Chapter Summaries

Ling Wuyuan let the turmoil across the surrounding Domains continue, believing bloodshed and hardship would test his followers and help establish Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s rule. As he harvested karmic benefits and knowledge from those affected by his plans, he regarded the upheaval as only the beginning of a decades-long unification.

• Ling Wuyuan sensed how Torrent of Destiny drew nourishment from widespread turmoil and clarified that he had not held back merely to harvest more Laws of Karma.
• Ling Wuyuan reasoned that Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion needed to let the factions and its subordinates endure hardship and prove themselves before imposing order across the vast Domains.
• Ling Wuyuan considered the decades of work needed to govern the land, floating islands, winged foreign races, and intelligent marine races.
• Ling Wuyuan dismissed the suffering of the weak as an ordinary cost of the strong pursuing their ambitions and accepted that they could resist if they rejected their fate.
• Ling Wuyuan used Torrent of Destiny to harvest Laws of Karma from people affected by his plans and gained the chance to remotely read some of their techniques and knowledge.

Ling Wuyuan continued cultivating Karma Fun cautiously as Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion gained another Heavenly Position Realm cultivator and his own techniques advanced. In the Black Omen Battlefield, Void Mist Sea grew powerful enough to prey on small teams, but Ling Wuyuan kept him hidden for the future.

• Ling Wuyuan decided to keep cultivating Karma Fun while avoiding excessive actions that might attract powerful beings.
• Ling Wuyuan sensed a karmic fluctuation on Ice Mist Snow Island and realized Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion had produced its second Heavenly Position Realm cultivator ahead of schedule.
• Ling Wuyuan remained in the Void Glimpse Realm to keep tempering himself, and Mist Realm to Heavenly Palace became instinctive and far more refined.
• Void Mist Sea grew stronger in the Black Omen Battlefield and became capable of attacking small teams from the True Abundant Spirit Realm and Illusory Color Extreme Profound Heaven.
• Ling Wuyuan continued concealing Void Mist Sea, keeping him from revealing himself until the era he anticipated arrived.

[Void Mist Sea] secretly observed battles in the [Black Omen Battlefield], learning about the weapons and tactics of the [True Abundant Spirit Realm] and the [Illusory Color Extreme Profound Heaven]. He continued screening battlefields for danger and marking remains to scavenge after the fighting ended.

• [Void Mist Sea] sent a wisp of gray mist into a battlefield to observe the combatants and record their methods.
• The [True Abundant Spirit Realm] activated a superweapon that compressed the universe into a flat plane and forced its matter and energy to converge at superluminal speed.
• The dimensional collapse restrained the [Illusory Color Extreme Profound Heaven] fighters and drove the universe toward annihilation, while [Void Mist Sea] remained only an observer.
• [Void Mist Sea] used the [Torrent of Destiny] to screen dangerous battlefields and mark useful remains for later scavenging.

Void Mist Sea secretly observed a battle between the True Abundant Spirit Realm and the Illusory Color Extreme Profound Heaven until a brilliant light devastated both sides and ended the fighting. Afterward, Ling Wuyuan decided the region had become too dangerous and chose to move Void Mist Sea elsewhere.

• Void Mist Sea watched the two sides resume their battle after a cosmic explosion, sacrificing most of its hidden gray mist to survive the blast.
• Sensing danger, Void Mist Sea destroyed its hidden strand just before a brilliant light swept through the battlefield.
• The light killed or injured fighters from both sides, forcing their leaders to abandon the battle and retreat to recover.
• After both sides departed, Ling Wuyuan arrived and judged the surrounding region too dangerous for continued activity.
• Ling Wuyuan accepted that Void Mist Sea needed to make a strategic retreat and seek a safer region.

Ling Wuyuan settled in a ruined region of the Black Omen Battlefield and used the Beast Spirit Jade Nest to create a guardian beast for the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea. The newborn creature emerged with Void Glimpse Realm combat power and was expected to grow to the Heavenly Position Realm.

• Ling Wuyuan found an abandoned battlefield region that suited Void Mist Sea as a place to settle and develop.
• Ling Wuyuan examined the Beast Spirit Jade Nest, a powerful inheritance treasure capable of creating and controlling slave beasts.
• Ling Wuyuan used Torrent of Destiny and knowledge from the Dragon Beast Sea Ridge and Black Omen Battlefield to guide the Jade Nest in creating a Heavenly Position Realm guardian.
• After several weeks, the Beast Spirit Jade Nest produced an embryo, and Ling Wuyuan spent three more months adjusting and supplying it.
• Ling Wuyuan confirmed that the newborn beast would have Void Glimpse Realm combat power and would eventually advance to the Heavenly Position Realm, guarding the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea.

Three months after activating the Beast Spirit Jade Nest, Ling Wuyuan saw it produce a powerful Void Glimpse Realm biological weapon and began mass-producing more creatures to guard the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea. He recognized the nest as a valuable source of protection, though he expected to reach the Immortal Realm faster than it could create Immortal Realm guardians.

• The Beast Spirit Jade Nest produced Ling Wuyuan’s first biological weapon: a huge, many-eyed fish that could travel through spacetime and wield numerous abilities.
• Ling Wuyuan tested the fish’s abilities and found that it was an excellent combatant, especially within the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea.
• Ling Wuyuan decided to produce more creatures of the same model before attempting other designs, since higher-grade weapons required too many resources and too much time.
• Ling Wuyuan ordered the Beast Spirit Jade Nest to produce smaller, lower-tier creatures as patrol units and cannon fodder, and it quickly created several.
• Ling Wuyuan realized Ji Yinghan had likely intended the nest to protect future generations, but believed his own advancement would outpace its production of Immortal Realm guardians.

Two years after Ling Wuyuan’s purge, life had spread through the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea, and the Beast Spirit Jade Nest’s biological weapons had become a formidable force. Ling Wuyuan was on the verge of reaching the Heavenly Position Realm as he worked with Su Qingyue and Yan Manyan to build a stable space-time passage to Dragon Beast Sea Ridge.

• The Beast Spirit Jade Nest’s biological weapons reproduced across the Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea, while Ling Wuyuan retained complete control over them.
• Su Qingyue assessed the weapons’ strength and noted that they could overwhelm the surrounding Domains if the resisting forces were no longer needed as whetstones.
• Su Qingyue asked Ling Wuyuan how far he was from the Heavenly Position Realm, and he said advancement might happen at any moment despite wishing to keep polishing his abilities.
• Ling Wuyuan changed the subject, and Su Qingyue turned to the runes he was using to construct a stable passage to Dragon Beast Sea Ridge.
• Ling Wuyuan brought Su Qingyue and summoned Yan Manyan to assist with the space-time passage project.

Ling Wuyuan activated a passage through space-time to take control of Dragon Beast Sea Ridge, seeking its stars as a logistical base and its production facilities for slave beasts. After his will seized control of hundreds of millions of stars, he formed a barrier that moved the entire secret realm toward its destination.

• Ling Wuyuan decided to claim Dragon Beast Sea Ridge for its starry sky and its ability to produce low- and mid-level slave beasts.
• Ling Wuyuan activated the runes, forming a golden ring that pierced space-time and reached Dragon Beast Sea Ridge.
• The Incubation Control Towers rose from the biological weapon manufacturing base and emitted a signal as Ling Wuyuan's golden light arrived.
• Ling Wuyuan's will split across hundreds of millions of stars, seized control of them, and moved them into formation.
• The stars formed a barrier that harnessed the space-time continuum and carried Dragon Beast Sea Ridge toward its destination.

Ling Wuyuan brought the [Dragon Beast Sea Ridge] to the [Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea] and opened a passage, planning to modify its biological weapons manufacturing base before advancing to the [Heavenly Position Realm]. Meanwhile, more than a hundred [Void Glimpse Realm] powerhouses gathered in the [Flowing Storm Domain] to discuss their desperate opposition to Ling Wuyuan and the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion].

• After two months of travel, Ling Wuyuan parked the [Dragon Beast Sea Ridge] near the [Deadly Silent Deep Shadow Sea] and opened a passage between them.
• Su Qingyue and the others asked Ling Wuyuan what they could do, and he told them the remaining work was his alone.
• Ling Wuyuan planned to modify the biological weapons manufacturing base for main spacetime and reflected that he was nearing the [Heavenly Position Realm].
• More than a hundred [Void Glimpse Realm] powerhouses from surrounding [Domains] gathered on a remote island in the [Flowing Storm Domain].
• The opposing factions, weakened by the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion]'s victories and unable to unite, resolved to make one final gamble against Ling Wuyuan.

A coalition of factions opposing Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion debated Ling Wuyuan’s growing power and the mounting danger of resisting him. The meeting ended with a participant speculating that Ling Wuyuan was waiting for them to unite so their opposition could help him break through to the Heavenly Position Realm.

• A mixed-blood human cultivator warned that Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion was gaining momentum and that continued defeats could force the opposing factions to abandon their territory.
• Another participant argued that Ling Wuyuan had amassed enormous resources and might already be close to the Heavenly Position Realm.
• The worried speaker recalled a former ally’s claim that Ling Wuyuan’s power was so overwhelming that even all the surrounding Domains’ Void Glimpse Realm cultivators could not threaten him.
• The speaker admitted that fear of Ling Wuyuan had already weakened his confidence before he had even met him.
• Another participant suggested that Ling Wuyuan might be holding back to draw the factions together and use their combined pressure to advance to the Heavenly Position Realm.

The gathered cultivators debated how Ling Wuyuan could be stopped, speculating that he wanted them to gather and pressure him into advancing. One attendee proposed exploiting the moment before Ling Wuyuan advanced and revealed that he possessed a dangerous object said to be capable of killing any Void Glimpse Realm cultivator.

• The attendees speculated that Ling Wuyuan had been a Void Glimpse Realm expert for centuries and had planned the current events to provoke his advancement.
• The group debated whether to gather against Ling Wuyuan, fearing that doing so would give him the pressure he needed to advance.
• One attendee argued that Ling Wuyuan could still be killed before reaching the Heavenly Position Realm and urged the others to strike when he was about to advance.
• When questioned about Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion and its Void Glimpse Realm cultivators, the attendee claimed there was an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.
• The attendee revealed that he possessed a strange, dangerous object capable of killing any Void Glimpse Realm cultivator, shocking the others.

Zheng Fanyi revealed a cracked Broken Arrow and demonstrated its deadly power to persuade the attendees that it could kill Ling Wuyuan. He claimed the arrow could unleash vastly greater force as a one-time consumable, but the attendees questioned why he would risk such a valuable weapon against Ling Wuyuan.

• Zheng Fanyi said he had tested the Broken Arrow himself after finding it in a dangerous ruin.
• Zheng Fanyi summoned the Broken Arrow and released ink-green gas, causing a shriek that tore through space-time and threatened the attendees.
• An attendee argued that a weapon capable of killing ordinary Void Glimpse Realm cultivators might not endanger Ling Wuyuan and could even help him advance.
• Zheng Fanyi explained that the Broken Arrow could be reused or consumed to multiply its destructive power thousands or tens of thousands of times, potentially wounding a Heavenly Position Realm cultivator.
• The attendees grew interested in the weapon but asked why Zheng Fanyi would consume it to kill Ling Wuyuan instead of leaving and using it elsewhere.

Zheng Fanyi explained that his damaged Broken Arrow had only two or three uses left, so he offered to use it against Ling Wuyuan in exchange for benefits from the assembled superpowers. He strengthened the arrow to demonstrate its overwhelming power, convincing some hesitant attendees to commit to the deal.

• Zheng Fanyi said his Broken Arrow was unstable and could be used only two or three more times.
• He offered to deal with Ling Wuyuan if the superpowers provided sufficient rewards, including secret manuals, ultimate arts, and rare medicines.
• The attendees accepted his explanation and became reassured that he was motivated by profit rather than a hidden scheme.
• Zheng Fanyi hoped the rewards would help him advance from the Void Glimpse Realm to the Heavenly Position Realm.
• He further activated the Broken Arrow, and its terrifying power persuaded some hesitant attendees to make up their minds.

Zheng Fanyi accepted resources from more than a hundred superpowers and many Void Glimpse Realm Rogue Cultivators to challenge Ling Wuyuan, then prepared to repair his Broken Arrow. He embraced the coming battle as a chance to approach the Heavenly Position Realm, while spies promptly reported the plan to Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion.

• More than a hundred superpowers and numerous Void Glimpse Realm Rogue Cultivators pooled resources for Zheng Fanyi in exchange for his fight against Ling Wuyuan.
• Zheng Fanyi judged Ling Wuyuan overwhelmingly powerful but trusted that his Broken Arrow gave him a chance to win.
• Zheng Fanyi set aside resources to repair the Broken Arrow and expected Ling Wuyuan to accept a direct challenge.
• Zheng Fanyi grew excited about facing Ling Wuyuan and declared that he would prove his strength.
• Spies at the meeting relayed Zheng Fanyi and the others' plan to Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion.

Yan Manyan and Su Qingyue dismissed Zheng Fanyi’s Broken Arrow as no real threat to Ling Wuyuan and discussed the rebels’ ignorance of his true strength. As Ling Wuyuan neared the end of his seclusion, he began hearing the rhythms of the world.

• Yan Manyan reviewed intelligence about Zheng Fanyi’s Broken Arrow and concluded it was unlikely to threaten Ling Wuyuan.
• Yan Manyan and Su Qingyue said the outside factions badly underestimated Ling Wuyuan and wondered whether he would emerge before the rebels approached.
• Yan Manyan said Ling Wuyuan’s strength was growing rapidly and that his final transformation was near.
• Su Qingyue reflected on Pei Yi’s extraordinary talent and her indifference to recognition.
• Inside an Artificial Grotto-Heaven, Ling Wuyuan reached the crucial moment of his transformation and heard the rhythms of time, space, matter, energy, and the world.

Ling Wuyuan advanced to the Heavenly Position Realm after hearing the rhythm of the world, gaining the ability to reshape the rules within his domain. He experimented by transforming his Artificial Grotto-Heaven, but recognized that his creation was temporary and could not sustain itself.

• Ling Wuyuan heard the world's rhythm and experienced an inexplicable understanding that improved his control over energy.
• Ling Wuyuan awakened to find he had advanced to the Heavenly Position Realm, while his Artificial Grotto-Heaven had developed highly complete traces of rules.
• Ling Wuyuan used his will to fill the Artificial Grotto-Heaven with dark-gray fog and alter its shape, time flow, energy efficiency, and physical laws.
• Ling Wuyuan spent a day experimenting, enlarging the Artificial Grotto-Heaven and dividing it into thousands of regions with different time flows and gravity.
• Ling Wuyuan realized his Artificial Grotto-Heaven lacked complete rules and could not sustain its energy or matter, so it would eventually revert or collapse.

After learning of Zheng Fanyi’s public challenge, Ling Wuyuan agreed to wait for him and asked that Broken Arrow be repaired so the fight would not disappoint him. Over a meal, Ling Wuyuan discussed Heavenly Position Realm insights with Yan Manyan, and their conversation lasted two days.

• Ling Wuyuan learned from Yan Manyan and Su Qingyue about Zheng Fanyi’s challenge and agreed to face him.
• Ling Wuyuan told them to have Zheng Fanyi repair Broken Arrow before using it against him.
• Su Qingyue asked why she could not sense Ling Wuyuan’s power, and he explained that he was containing it with a Space-Time Shield after his advancement.
• Ling Wuyuan invited Yan Manyan and Su Qingyue to eat with him, and Yan Manyan recognized that his shield distorted space-time and rules.
• Yan Manyan discussed Heavenly Position Realm insights with Ling Wuyuan, who answered her questions openly.
• Yan Manyan and Ling Wuyuan’s discussion continued for two days before she noticed how much time had passed.

After advancing to the Heavenly Position Realm, Ling Wuyuan adjusted to his transformed power and sensed that the Main Spacetime had recognized him as a true resident. Meanwhile, Zheng Fanyi remained inactive and faced possible death while trying to repair the Broken Arrow.

• Ling Wuyuan and Yan Manyan concluded their exchange, while Su Qingyue, Pei Yi, and the others listened without understanding much.
• A month passed without Zheng Fanyi or the resistance making a major move, and Ling Wuyuan speculated that Zheng Fanyi might be planning on a much longer timescale.
• Ling Wuyuan grew more accustomed to his immense new power and prepared to experiment with advanced techniques from Ji Yinghan's inheritance.
• Ling Wuyuan sensed that the Main Spacetime increasingly accepted him, granting him the status and advantages of a true resident.
• Zheng Fanyi accidentally caused a dangerous problem while repairing the Broken Arrow and risked dying before he could challenge Ling Wuyuan.

While testing a new technique on Broken Arrow, Zheng Fanyi triggered a catastrophe that erased his island lair and nearly killed him. He escaped the ocean vortex badly injured, delaying his challenge to Ling Wuyuan until he could recover and repair his weapon.

• Zheng Fanyi regretted testing his new technique while repairing Broken Arrow and used forbidden techniques in a desperate attempt to survive.
• A flash of light erased Zheng Fanyi's deserted island, leaving a vast ocean pit that became a growing vortex.
• Zheng Fanyi crawled out of the vortex with most of his flesh gone, then fled to recover and restore Broken Arrow before challenging Ling Wuyuan.
• The next day, figures surveying the expanding vortex mistook its lingering energy for evidence of a fierce battle.

As rumors of an imminent war spread, Ling Wuyuan remained unaware while [Void Mist Sea] prepared to advance in the dangerous [Black Omen Battlefield]. After receiving a warning that a major battle might soon reach his safe house, [Void Mist Sea] reinforced it and sent part of himself elsewhere.

• Witnesses misread the ocean vortex as evidence of an assassination in the conflict between [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion] and the rebels, then fled and spread rumors of impending war.
• [Void Mist Sea] prepared for advancement to the [Heavenly Position Realm], using [Torrent of Destiny] to navigate the tangled karmic connections of the [Black Omen Battlefield].
• [Void Mist Sea] nearly completed construction of a special safe house after a day of work.
• A karmic connection warned [Void Mist Sea] that a major battle might soon engulf the area.
• [Void Mist Sea] reinforced the safe house, split off part of his body to relocate, and planned to test the defenses while trying to preserve the site.