Chapter Summaries

Ji Lang told Xiang Yuheng that Ling Wuyuan had chosen him for a special, unknown reason, while reflecting on his extraordinary new strength and the future it had opened up. Xiang Yuheng arranged protection for Ji Lang’s family and offered him a post in a special unit, which Ji Lang eagerly accepted.

• Ji Lang told Xiang Yuheng that he sensed Ling Wuyuan had chosen him for a special reason rather than at random.
• Ji Lang considered how Ling Wuyuan’s possession had left him vastly stronger and given him a bright future.
• Xiang Yuheng speculated about Ji Lang’s unusual background and questioned him about the possession and the meteorites.
• Xiang Yuheng told Ji Lang that his family had moved into a safer military residential compound and offered him a position in a special unit.
• Ji Lang readily agreed to Xiang Yuheng’s arrangements, eager to secure a stable future for his family.

Experts at a concealed military base assessed Ji Lang’s exceptional physical condition and concluded he had reached [War Class], was approaching [Strategic Class], and might live for more than a thousand years. Xiang Yuheng envied Ji Lang’s extraordinary fortune, though he kept his feelings hidden when Ji Lang finished the examinations.

• Xiang Yuheng asked the experts to assess Ji Lang, and they said Ji Lang had reached [War Class] and could advance to [Strategic Class] within a year.
• The experts found Ji Lang had no hidden injuries or flaws and possessed the healthy body of someone around twenty.
• An expert estimated Ji Lang could live at least half again as long as a powerhouse of equal rank, possibly exceeding a thousand years if he practiced Xiang Yuheng’s training method.
• Xiang Yuheng grew intensely jealous of Ji Lang’s strength and potential longevity but concealed his feelings.
• Ji Lang completed the examinations and met Xiang Yuheng again without noticing his envy.

Ling Wuyuan pieced together the origins of the war between Illusory Color Extreme Profound Heaven and True Abundant Spirit Realm, and learned more about the Main Spacetime’s Starlight Heavens and cosmic limits. He realized that the Heavenly Changes he had witnessed were aftereffects of Eternal Life Realm cultivators fighting.

• Ling Wuyuan used the Torrent of Destiny to assemble and verify information gleaned from the meteorites.
• Ling Wuyuan learned that Illusory Color Extreme Profound Heaven and True Abundant Spirit Realm were at war over a special object left by a powerful being and their opposing goals.
• Ling Wuyuan discovered that Illusory Color Extreme Profound Heaven was a Starlight Heaven anchored to Illusory Color Extreme Profound Star, and that such spacetimes were difficult to reach or leave.
• Ling Wuyuan learned that the Extreme of Heaven, the Extreme of Earth, and the Extreme of Sea embodied the world's most fundamental laws and existence.
• Ling Wuyuan realized that Heavenly Changes were aftereffects of battles between cultivators at or above the Eternal Life Realm.

After learning that Heavenly Changes were aftereffects of powerful cultivators fighting in the Heavenly Domain Wind Layer, Ling Wuyuan emerged from seclusion in high spirits. He decided to stay on Ice Mist Snow Island for several years to study and absorb his many gains, leaving Yan Xiujin delighted at the prospect of choosing their meals.

• The chapter explained that Main Spacetime's protections forced Eternal Life Realm cultivators who fought directly into regions such as the Heavenly Domain Wind Layer, where their clashes could cause vast disturbances in the skies.
• Ling Wuyuan realized that the strange Heavenly Changes he had once mistaken for natural phenomena were aftereffects of high-level cultivators' power.
• Ling Wuyuan emerged from several days of seclusion, and Xi Xianlan observed that he seemed pleased with what he had gained.
• Bai Jingshu asked whether Ling Wuyuan planned to test himself in a Secret Realm Space-Time, but he said he would remain on Ice Mist Snow Island and cultivate for the next several years.
• Ling Wuyuan explained that he needed time to study his techniques, records, and other accumulated resources, and Yan Xiujin cheered that she could choose their meals every day.

Five years of study and growth brought Ling Wuyuan close to the Heart Domain Realm, and he anticipated celebrating his birthday with his companions. Meanwhile, his Soul Beacon and main body reached Dragon Beast Sea Ridge’s core, where the base’s alarm and defenses were swiftly neutralized.

• Over five years, Ling Wuyuan processed vast stores of knowledge and resources, becoming powerful enough to rival ordinary Void Glimpse Realm cultivators in some respects.
• Ling Wuyuan realized that he was likely to reach the Heart Domain Realm on his upcoming twenty-fifth birthday, though he looked forward more to surprises from Xi Xianlan and the others.
• Ling Wuyuan continued reading a tome as his All Things Known accelerated his understanding of its contents.
• At Dragon Beast Sea Ridge, Ling Wuyuan’s Soul Beacon and main body reached the core region of the planetary biological weapon manufacturing base.
• Dragon Beast Sea Ridge activated its alarm, planetary shield, and defenses, but the alarm abruptly stopped after its emergency countermeasures were overcome.

Ling Wuyuan used the [Soul Beacon] to seize control of [Dragon Beast Sea Ridge] and unlock its civilization-wide database. He found an intact, energy-rich cultivation chamber for creating high-level biological weapons and began preparing to build the [Soul Beacon] a powerful body.

• Ling Wuyuan's [Soul Beacon] exploited its internal control authority to shut down defenses and take over [Dragon Beast Sea Ridge].
• The [Soul Beacon] reached the heart-like Central Core Control Room and merged with it, claiming full control of the base.
• The base's internal database opened to Ling Wuyuan, who focused on a cultivation chamber used to manufacture high-level biological weapons.
• Ling Wuyuan confirmed the chamber was intact and had accumulated surplus energy, then began studying relevant techniques and running simulations with the biological AI.

Ling Wuyuan examined Dragon Beast Sea Ridge’s capacity to manufacture biological weapons and learned that its level-thirty-five bodies could be produced from abundant stored resources. He planned to combine the Thorn Civilization’s biotechnology with his other technical knowledge when creating a body for the Soul Beacon.

• Ling Wuyuan considered how living beings could exist as bodies and souls or as other forms, and recognized that Dragon Beast Sea Ridge could meet the requirements for creating life.
• Ling Wuyuan learned that Dragon Beast Sea Ridge could mass-produce biological weapons and that the level-thirty-five manufacturing base could make other weapons of its own tier.
• Ling Wuyuan found that Dragon Beast Sea Ridge had enough stored energy and matter to manufacture several top-tier biological weapons, including the special cultivation chambers needed for the process.
• Ling Wuyuan compared level-thirty-five biological weapons with Heart Domain Realm Cultivators and concluded that the latter’s abilities and combat skills gave them a decisive advantage.
• Ling Wuyuan decided to combine Thorn Civilization biotechnology with Mechanical Technique, rune techniques, Psionic Technique, and Electronic Technique to create a body for the Soul Beacon.

Ling Wuyuan began strengthening the Special Culture Vessel with resources and techniques from several civilizations while searching the surrounding starry sky for remnants of the vanished [Thorn Civilization]. He planned to investigate the civilization’s disappearance using its database, Fuge. Ketse. Yuli...'s corpse, and the [Torrent of Destiny], especially because a familiar-seeming creature had nearly destroyed the [Thorn Civilization].

• Ling Wuyuan used vast energy, matter, runes, minerals, and plants to transform and reinforce the Special Culture Vessel.
• Ling Wuyuan sent billions of biological weapons to explore nearby planets and search for [Thorn Civilization] ruins and resources.
• Ling Wuyuan wondered why the [Thorn Civilization] and other nearby civilizations had vanished more than two hundred thousand years earlier.
• Ling Wuyuan decided to study the base’s database and use Fuge. Ketse. Yuli...'s corpse with the [Torrent of Destiny] to reconstruct what happened.
• Ling Wuyuan recalled a tiger-like creature with huge wings and a scorpion tail that had nearly destroyed the [Thorn Civilization], and felt it seemed strangely familiar.

Ling Wuyuan discovered that the colossal creature that devastated the Thorn Civilization was a demonic beast from Main Spacetime, while the Thorn Civilization itself came from his previous life's True Abundant Spirit Realm. He suspected the war between the True Abundant Spirit Realm and Illusory Color Extreme Profound Heaven had scattered spacetime fragments like Dragon Beast Sea Ridge across Main Spacetime.

• Ling Wuyuan reflected on how much stronger he had become since encountering the creature that swallowed the Thorn fleets, though its full strength remained unknown.
• After nearly fifty days of work in Dragon Beast Sea Ridge, the special cultivation vessel was about a third renovated, while Ling Wuyuan continued studying before creating his avatar's body.
• Ling Wuyuan used the Torrent of Destiny, the Thorn database, and Fuge Kotse Yuli's corpse to determine that the creature was a demonic beast from Main Spacetime.
• Ling Wuyuan confirmed that the Thorn Civilization originated in the True Abundant Spirit Realm, the spacetime of his previous life, and recognized that its people were also his fellow natives.
• Ling Wuyuan found records identifying Illusory Color Extreme Profound Heaven as an invading enemy and suspected the war had scattered fragments of the True Abundant Spirit Realm throughout Main Spacetime.

Ling Wuyuan used the [Torrent of Destiny] to confirm that his previous-life home was closely connected to his current one, and that the ancient mobile ruin on the [Golden Mist Continent] likely came from the [True Abundant Spirit Realm]. He began considering how his dual residency might let him travel between realms without the strength restrictions that affected others.

• Ling Wuyuan realized he had been wandering between his previous-life home and his current home all along.
• He guessed that the ancient mobile ruin came from the [True Abundant Spirit Realm], and the [Torrent of Destiny] revealed that his conjecture was likely true.
• Ling Wuyuan laughed at the revelation while Bai Jingshu wondered what had happened; he told her he had figured something out.
• Ling Wuyuan suspected the ruin had been an exploration team destroyed by a cultivator from the [Illusory Color Extreme Profound Heaven].
• Ling Wuyuan considered how his dual residency might let him move between the [True Abundant Spirit Realm] and the main spacetime without losing strength.

Ling Wuyuan went shopping with Bai Jingshu, continued preparing his Gray Mist Imprint and clone, and celebrated his birthday with Pei Yiman and the others. As he rejoiced over sleeping together, his clone embryo took shape and received the Soul Beacon.

• Ling Wuyuan invited Bai Jingshu shopping, and she took his hand while keeping his birthday surprise secret.
• Yan Xiujin sent them a message asking for food, and Ling Wuyuan offered to livestream street food so she could choose what she wanted.
• Over the next several days, Ling Wuyuan’s research and clone preparations proceeded smoothly as his exploration forces discovered resource planets and hidden ruins.
• Ling Wuyuan attributed his growing good fortune to the Torrent of Destiny and the karma accumulating as surrounding Domains recognized him as their future ruler.
• On his birthday, Pei Yiman and the others shyly spoke to Ling Wuyuan, who excitedly welcomed the prospect of sleeping together.
• Far away, the clone embryo took shape, and the prepared Soul Beacon merged into it.

Ling Wuyuan’s [Soul Beacon] avatar began rapidly consuming resources and evolving as he used the [Torrent of Destiny] to guarantee its successful birth. Meanwhile, Ling Wuyuan fought fiercely in the main spacetime, leaving his opponents shaken and Yuan Yujun trapped at the banquet.

• Ling Wuyuan’s [Soul Crystal] merged with the embryonic body, awakening it and unsealing its adaptive evolution.
• The [Soul Beacon] devoured resources and repeatedly optimized its structure while Ling Wuyuan supplied materials and used the [Torrent of Destiny] to secure its successful birth.
• Ling Wuyuan overwhelmed Xi Xianlan in the main spacetime, while Pei Suxia and Yan Xiujin feared him and asked to make peace.
• Yuan Yujun realized she had been drawn into a Hongmen Banquet and tried to leave, but Wu Yanlian held her back and asked her to help deal with Wuyuan.

Ling Wuyuan broke through to a new realm after his clone completed its transformation, then continued his intimate fight with Yuan Yujun instead of stabilizing his cultivation. Yuan Yujun rushed back to her duties after a sect elder contacted her, while Yan Xiujin explained that her “surprise” was intended to shock Yuan Yujun and delight Ling Wuyuan.

• Ling Wuyuan’s clone completed its transformation in the Dragon Beast Sea Ridge, triggering changes in Ling Wuyuan, his Soul Beacon, and the Gray Mist Imprints connected to Pei Yiman and the others.
• Yuan Yujun suspected Ling Wuyuan had used a dual cultivation technique, but accepted that helping him break through was a good thing.
• Ling Wuyuan refused Yuan Yujun’s demand to stabilize his realm and insisted that they keep fighting until the next day.
• By the time Yuan Yujun answered a sect elder’s summons, a week had passed, and she blamed Ling Wuyuan and her unfilial disciples while warning them to keep quiet.
• Yan Xiujin claimed that she and the others had helped Ling Wuyuan win over Yuan Yujun, and Ling Wuyuan realized that their surprise had meant shocking Yuan Yujun while delighting him.
• Ling Wuyuan slapped Xi Xianlan and Wu Yanlian, suspecting that they had helped arrange the scheme.

Ling Wuyuan tested his newly awakened abilities by filling the room with dark gray mist and drawing it into his Heart Domain. He explained that his Domain could suppress power, erode what it covered, and convert completely eroded things into more mist, while Xi Xianlan sensed its enormous energy and strange spacetime effects.

• Ling Wuyuan filled the room with dense dark gray mist and confirmed that it could camouflage his power.
• Xi Xianlan used the Gray Mist Imprint to sense the mist’s energy and realized that one wisp held nearly as much power as she did.
• Xi Xianlan sensed that Ling Wuyuan had drawn the room into his temporary alternate-dimensional Domain.
• Ling Wuyuan explained that his Domain suppressed other energies, eroded what it covered, and converted fully eroded things into more gray mist.

After advancing to the Heart Domain Realm, Ling Wuyuan discovered that his realm’s Completion had accelerated his avatar’s development across time and space. He shaped the avatar into an eerie, adaptable mass of gray mist and planned to send it to the True Abundant Spirit Realm once it emerged from its infancy.

• Ling Wuyuan realized that advancing to the Heart Domain Realm had granted him Life Completion and Power Completion, strengthening his abilities beyond mere increases in physical fitness and true essence.
• Ling Wuyuan sensed that his avatar in the Dragon Beast Sea Ridge had endured its first year and developed into a vortex-centered mass of gray mist that shifted between reality and illusion.
• Ling Wuyuan tested his avatar’s forms, turning it into metallic mist and then a writhing, watchful presence that felt like a newly born evil god.
• Ling Wuyuan adjusted the resources feeding the avatar and estimated it would need about two more years there, or a little over half a month in the Main Spacetime, to become a threat to Heart Domain Realm Cultivators.
• Ling Wuyuan planned for the avatar’s first mission to be returning to the True Abundant Spirit Realm to investigate the war with the Illusory Color Extreme Profound Heaven and look for opportunities to intervene.

Ling Wuyuan’s avatar devoured the special cultivation blood and became the Void Mist Sea, a vast mist that began consuming stars. It left a blank region in the starry sky, and Ling Wuyuan confirmed the avatar’s name.

• Ling Wuyuan continued his daily cultivation after reaching the Heart Domain Realm, while Su Qingyue and the others accepted his extraordinary advancement.
• Su Qingyue and the others focused on Ling Wuyuan and Yuan Yujun’s relationship, embarrassing Yuan Yujun enough that she stayed in her room for several days.
• Ling Wuyuan’s avatar consumed the special cultivation blood after it stopped substantially aiding its growth, completing its transformation.
• The newly born mist exerted an oppressive presence across the biological weapon base, but Ling Wuyuan’s mental force restored the creatures’ composure and his control over them remained intact.
• The dark-gray mist crossed the planet’s surface and spread into space, eroding matter and energy and swallowing tens of thousands of stars.
• Ling Wuyuan named the transformed avatar the Void Mist Sea after it left a vast blank region in the starry sky.

The [Void Mist Sea] devoured celestial bodies across the [Dragon Beast Sea Ridge], gaining knowledge and powers as it evolved. On the third day, it began eating a black hole, whose first bite delighted Ling Wuyuan.

• The [Void Mist Sea] used [All Things Known] to learn from what it consumed, gaining the ability to release radiation that could mutate nearby life.
• Driven purely by evolution and power, the [Void Mist Sea] drifted through space and devoured hundreds of millions of celestial bodies in a single day.
• By the third day, the [Void Mist Sea] chose a black hole as its next meal before leaving the [Dragon Beast Sea Ridge].
• As the [Void Mist Sea] approached the black hole, its gravity warped time and space, but the avatar devoured the nearby gravity and restored its time flow.
• The [Void Mist Sea] made contact with the black hole and took its first bite, prompting Ling Wuyuan to marvel at how sweet it was.

Ling Wuyuan devoured a black hole and the stars drawn toward [Void Mist Sea], then traveled toward the [True Abundant Spirit Realm]. Su Qingyue and Ling Wuyuan agreed to keep his advancement to the [Heart Domain Realm] from the public for now.

• Ling Wuyuan discovered that black holes and their constituent antimatter were a delicacy and gained a deeper understanding of time, space, matter, and energy as he ate.
• Ling Wuyuan manifested [Void Mist Sea]'s mass, creating a gravitational field that suppressed the nearby black hole and pulled countless stars toward it.
• Ling Wuyuan confined the gravitational field to protect [Dragon Beast Sea Ridge], then ate the stars that had broken from their orbits over the next three or four days.
• After finishing its second meal, [Void Mist Sea] faded from the starry sky and headed through spacetime toward the [True Abundant Spirit Realm].
• Su Qingyue asked whether to announce Ling Wuyuan's advancement, and he left the decision to her; she chose to keep it quiet because his real age would shock outsiders.

Ling Wuyuan continued his disciplined cultivation and rapidly absorbed vast amounts of knowledge while his avatar, [Void Mist Sea], crossed the dangerous ocean of spacetime. After reaching the [True Abundant Spirit Realm] and confirming it was safe to enter, he guided the avatar inside.

• Su Qingyue worried that Ling Wuyuan's extraordinary potential might attract a powerful expert, though she kept those concerns to herself.
• Ling Wuyuan continued cultivating and studying, finishing the [Thorn Civilization technologies] in the [Dragon Beast Sea Ridge] by the third year and reading a third of the [External Ultra-High Pressure Information Storage Discs].
• Ling Wuyuan read and memorized the secret manuals and cultivation methods collected by the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion] and other factions, leaving Su Qingyue and the others astonished by his knowledge.
• Ling Wuyuan's avatar, [Void Mist Sea], survived a perilous journey through spacetime storms, growing stronger and gaining strange abilities by devouring unusual materials.
• After the [Torrent of Destiny] confirmed it could enter safely, [Void Mist Sea] surged into the [True Abundant Spirit Realm], and Ling Wuyuan thought, “I'm back...”

Ling Wuyuan passed the True Abundant Spirit Realm’s checks and used the Law of Karma to steer his random teleportation toward a place suited to him. He arrived on a vast battlefield near the Black Wall, where he decided to stay hidden until the fighting ended and scavenge what remained.

• Ling Wuyuan endured the True Abundant Spirit Realm’s screening and safely crossed its spacetime barrier.
• He spent a vast amount of the Law of Karma to raise his luck and anchor a future in which he would arrive somewhere best suited to him.
• The Void Mist Sea was randomly teleported into a desolate starfield filled with debris and distant explosions.
• Ling Wuyuan spotted two enormous forces battling beneath the Black Wall and recognized that the Main Spacetime force was close to defeat.
• Ling Wuyuan decided to hide and wait for the battle to end so he could loot the fallen.