Chapter Summaries

As immigrants and merchant caravans from the Tian Sui Zhen Yang Sect began arriving, Illusory Mist Realm Country gained resources and talent while Ling Wuyuan quietly oversaw its growth. With fifteen years remaining before the Myriad Nations Grand Assembly of the Profound Domain, he neared the Fate Defiance Realm but chose to wait for a natural breakthrough.

• Factions within the Tian Sui Zhen Yang Sect sent merchant caravans to Illusory Mist Realm Country after learning of its potential.
• Ambitious newcomers, some bringing their families, migrated to Illusory Mist Realm Country and brought resources and information.
• Ling Wuyuan mostly ignored the newcomers, meeting only powerful arrivals, while Su Qingyue and the others welcomed the influx.
• Ling Wuyuan’s Gray Mist spread through the Black Omen Battlefield, harvesting information and the Law of Karma to strengthen him.
• With fifteen years left before the Myriad Nations Grand Assembly of the Profound Domain, Ling Wuyuan recognized he could advance to the Fate Defiance Realm but decided to wait for a natural breakthrough.

Ling Wuyuan prepared for the approaching Myriad Nations Grand Assembly of the Profound Domain, hoping to meet powerful opponents and test his strength. He left for the gathering while livestreaming his journey for Xi Xianlan and the others, who stayed behind eager to watch.

• Ling Wuyuan reflected on the loneliness caused by his growing strength, but the Black Omen Battlefield and the Myriad Nations Grand Assembly of the Profound Domain reminded him that stronger beings existed.
• Ling Wuyuan trained in anticipation of the assembly, where Fate Defiance Realm experts and, in the distant past, Creation Realm experts had appeared.
• As the gathering approached, Ling Wuyuan grew excited and slept for the first time in many years to mark the occasion.
• Xi Xianlan and the others eagerly wondered whether the powerful attendees would settle disagreements by fighting, but Ling Wuyuan refused to bring them along because he expected to stir up trouble.
• Yan Xiujin asked Ling Wuyuan to start a livestream, so he activated the Gray Mist Imprint's real-time broadcast and streamed his journey to the assembly.

Ling Wuyuan followed the Myriad Nations Grand Assembly Invitation into the chaotic spacetime that served as a passage to the Starlight Heavens. He reached the Chaotic Starlight Sea, where countless shifting realms lay beyond his sight but could not be entered by appearance or distance alone.

• Ling Wuyuan flew into the sky at extreme speed and sensed an invisible Path leading to special spacetime regions.
• Ling Wuyuan entered the violent spacetime storms of the transit region and adapted to their chaotic conditions with ease.
• Ling Wuyuan raced through the interlayer and caught another hidden Path that carried him beyond the storms.
• Ling Wuyuan arrived in the Chaotic Starlight Sea and saw countless shifting halos, each representing a Starlight Heaven.
• Ling Wuyuan recognized that entering a Starlight Heaven required the right method, since appearances and distance in the Chaotic Starlight Sea were deceptive.

Ling Wuyuan reached the Chaotic Starlight Sea, where its abundant energy rapidly strengthened him and stabilized his new realm. Following the Myriad Nations Grand Assembly Invitation, he arrived at the Great Desolate Wasteland and entered it to find the gathering’s venue.

• Ling Wuyuan absorbed the Chaotic Starlight Sea’s berserk energy through a vast vortex, greatly increasing his strength and stabilizing his realm.
• Ling Wuyuan used the environmental transformation to reinforce his foundation before following the invitation’s clearer guidance.
• Ling Wuyuan found the ancient Starlight Heaven known as the Great Desolate Wasteland and observed travelers entering and leaving it.
• Ling Wuyuan followed the invitation’s directions and entered the Great Desolate Wasteland, carefully tracking his route toward the Grand Assembly venue.

Ling Wuyuan crossed the space-time barrier into the [Great Desolate Wasteland] and saw the harsh landscape surrounding [Dark Forest Wilderness City], venue of the [Myriad Nations Grand Assembly of the Profound Domain]. An enormous rune warship began arriving nearby, and the invitation letter in Ling Wuyuan's hand resonated with it.

• Ling Wuyuan chatted with Pei Yiman and the others as he traveled through the space-time barrier toward the [Great Desolate Wasteland].
• Ling Wuyuan entered the wasteland and found its metallic sand and violent winds posed little threat to him.
• Ling Wuyuan spotted [Dark Forest Wilderness City], where the [Myriad Nations Grand Assembly of the Profound Domain] was held.
• An enormous floating rune warship began emerging from the void, and Ling Wuyuan's invitation letter resonated as it arrived.

Ling Wuyuan encountered Jin Mufeng, the sect master of the Tian Sui Zhen Yang Sect, outside Dark Forest Wilderness City. Jin Mufeng sensed Ling Wuyuan’s formidable but confusing aura, invited him to travel together, and brought him aboard his Floating Rune Warship to discuss the Myriad Nations Grand Assembly of the Profound Domain.

• Jin Mufeng sensed the invitation he had created and used its connection to locate Ling Wuyuan.
• Jin Mufeng recognized Ling Wuyuan as the Country Lord of the Illusory Mist Realm Country and judged that Ling Wuyuan’s chaotic aura concealed immense strength.
• Jin Mufeng contacted Ling Wuyuan, introduced himself, and invited him to travel together while explaining the Myriad Nations Grand Assembly of the Profound Domain.
• Ling Wuyuan accepted Jin Mufeng’s invitation, and Jin Mufeng teleported him aboard the Floating Rune Warship and offered him a seat.

Jin Mufeng welcomed Ling Wuyuan aboard his Floating Rune Warship and explained the Tian Sui Zhen Yang Sect’s history and connections while they traveled to Dark Forest Wilderness City. The ship arrived three days before the Myriad Nations Grand Assembly of the Profound Domain, and Jin Mufeng prepared to show Ling Wuyuan around the city, where teleportation was forbidden.

• Jin Mufeng served Ling Wuyuan dishes preserved with space-time technology and apologized for being unable to receive him properly earlier.
• Jin Mufeng told Ling Wuyuan that the Tian Sui Zhen Yang Sect had attended the Myriad Nations Grand Assembly of the Profound Domain 115 times and built trade ties with hundreds of powerful factions.
• Ling Wuyuan listened and responded as Jin Mufeng described how the sect’s decisions had helped it grow to eleven Immortal Realm cultivators.
• Jin Mufeng announced that they had reached Dark Forest Wilderness City and offered to show Ling Wuyuan around before the assembly began in three days.
• Jin Mufeng opened a light gate to the Floating Rune Warship’s outer deck, since the city prohibited outsiders from teleporting within it.

Ling Wuyuan and Jin Mufeng arrived in Dark Forest Wilderness City, where Jin Mufeng explained the advantages of its Starlight Heaven environment and envied its abundant spiritual energy. Jin Mufeng offered to show Ling Wuyuan around and introduce him to acquaintances, viewing him as a promising future powerhouse.

• Ling Wuyuan admired Dark Forest Wilderness City's black stone architecture, and Jin Mufeng mistook his praise as a judgment of the city's strength.
• Jin Mufeng described how the city's rich spiritual energy helped ordinary residents reach cultivation levels that required significant effort elsewhere.
• Jin Mufeng explained why cultivators often settled in the Starlight Heavens rather than compete for territory in the vast Surface Spacetime.
• Jin Mufeng said he wished the Tian Sui Zhen Yang Sect could establish a city in a Starlight Heaven but admitted they lacked the strength to defend one.
• Jin Mufeng offered to guide Ling Wuyuan through the city and introduce him to acquaintances, saying he was investing in Ling Wuyuan's potential.

Ling Wuyuan and Jin Mufeng reached the Reason of the Strong, a pagoda built for the Myriad Nations Grand Assembly of the Profound Domain. As Jin Mufeng explained how its seats displayed participants’ strength and speaking rights, Ling Wuyuan considered creating a similar wonder in Illusory Mist Realm Country.

• Ling Wuyuan told Jin Mufeng that he would welcome the Tian Sui Zhen Yang Sect if it came to pledge itself to him, then insisted he had been serious about his joke.
• Three days later, Ling Wuyuan, Jin Mufeng, and two acquaintances arrived at the Reason of the Strong.
• Jin Mufeng explained that the Tower Spirit assigned each participant an exclusive seat that transported them to a region based on their force’s location.
• Jin Mufeng described how the seats rose according to their occupants’ power, visibly establishing their strength and right to speak.
• Ling Wuyuan became interested in the pagoda’s design and considered making a similar wonder inside Illusory Mist Realm Country.

Ling Wuyuan entered the Reason of the Strong tower, where he saw thousands of Immortal Realm cultivators gathered in the West District. The chapter explained why even powerful Immortal Realm cultivators rarely submit to peers, while overwhelming higher-level strength can force their allegiance.

• Powerful figures greeted Jin Mufeng and his companions as they approached the tower, and Jin Mufeng introduced Ling Wuyuan as his new neighbor.
• Ling Wuyuan drew widespread curiosity because the assembled experts could not discern his background and awaited his performance in the tower.
• Jin Mufeng sat on a rune-marked seat that transported him elsewhere inside the tower, and Ling Wuyuan followed.
• Ling Wuyuan arrived in the West District and saw four to five thousand attendees, among more than ten thousand Immortal Realm cultivators in the venue.
• The chapter described how Immortal Realm cultivators resisted submitting to peers, while Fate Defiance Realm experts could crush them through overwhelming strength.

Ling Wuyuan considered taking Dark Forest Wilderness City by defeating Wang Gaofan, believing the city would be easier to seize than the scattered Myriad Nations Grand Assembly of the Profound Domain. Jin Mufeng mistook Ling Wuyuan’s silence for awe at the gathered cultivators and rose to demonstrate his strength.

• Ling Wuyuan reasoned that Wang Gaofan supported the Myriad Nations Grand Assembly because it brought him allies, trade, and other benefits.
• Ling Wuyuan considered overpowering Wang Gaofan and claiming Dark Forest Wilderness City, confident he could defeat a Fate Defiance Realm cultivator.
• Jin Mufeng assumed Ling Wuyuan was intimidated by the many Immortal Realm cultivators and recalled his own first visit to the assembly.
• Jin Mufeng told Ling Wuyuan not to feel disheartened and said he would go first to show what he could do.
• Jin Mufeng poured his power into his seat, which carried him rapidly upward.

Ling Wuyuan poured power into his chair and rocketed upward through the tower, crossing the Immortal Realm's theoretical height limit and entering Reason of the Strong. His breakthrough shook the venue and activated Dark Forest Wilderness City's city-protecting grand array, while a secluded figure in the City Lord's Mansion recognized that a Fate Defiance Realm powerhouse had appeared.

• Ling Wuyuan tested the chair and learned that its height and the power needed to maintain it increased sharply as he climbed.
• Ling Wuyuan poured power into the chair without holding back, and it shot him upward at astonishing speed.
• Jin Mufeng lost sight of Ling Wuyuan as he raced past Jin Mufeng and startled stronger Immortal Realm experts above.
• Ling Wuyuan's ascent shook the entire tower, sending Jin Mufeng spinning and disrupting the other attendees.
• Ling Wuyuan crossed the Immortal Realm's theoretical height limit, causing Dark Forest Wilderness City's city-protecting grand array to surge in power.
• A figure secluded in the City Lord's Mansion realized that a Fate Defiance Realm powerhouse had entered Reason of the Strong.

Wang Gaofan considered whether the Myriad Nations Grand Assembly of the Profound Domain’s new Fate Defiance Realm cultivator would try to seize control of it. He arrived beside Ling Wuyuan, whose ascent to the top of the structure revealed his realm to the gathered participants and left them fearing upheaval.

• Wang Gaofan reflected that the Grand Assembly’s first Fate Defiance Realm cultivator could destabilize the organization or give him a chance to take control.
• Wang Gaofan crossed the city and appeared beside Ling Wuyuan as Ling continued rising.
• The gathered powerful beings felt Wang Gaofan’s overwhelming presence and turned their attention toward him.
• The participants noticed Ling Wuyuan at the structure’s summit and realized he had reached the Fate Defiance Realm.
• Many participants feared conflict between Ling Wuyuan and Wang Gaofan and prepared defensive and escape methods.
• Jin Mufeng and others who had spoken with Ling Wuyuan questioned how he could be a Fate Defiance Realm cultivator after calling himself a recent newcomer.

At the Myriad Nations Grand Assembly of the Profound Domain, Ling Wuyuan’s power and mysterious aura baffled the gathered cultivators, while Jin Mufeng anxiously tried to explain his connection to him. Wang Gaofan recognized Ling Wuyuan as a Fate Defiance Realm cultivator and questioned his origins and reason for coming.

• Jin Mufeng felt the gathered cultivators’ suspicious gazes and worried they would assume he was secretly allied with Ling Wuyuan.
• Jin Mufeng pieced together Ling Wuyuan’s earlier clues and concluded that he had recently advanced to the Fate Defiance Realm, though he misunderstood the cause of Ling Wuyuan’s chaotic aura.
• Wang Gaofan sensed that Ling Wuyuan was a Fate Defiance Realm cultivator with immense power and speculated that he came from a Starlight Heaven or had developed beyond his homeland.
• Wang Gaofan welcomed Ling Wuyuan to Dark Forest Wilderness City and asked why he had come and which power he represented.
• Wang Gaofan noticed Ling Wuyuan’s chair identified him with the unfamiliar Illusory Mist Realm Country and suspected that he had concealed his true origins.

Ling Wuyuan declared that he intended to conquer the powers gathered for the Myriad Nations Grand Assembly of the Profound Domain and bring Wang Gaofan and Dark Forest Wilderness City under his command as well. Wang Gaofan responded with laughter and began unleashing his power, setting the stage for a clash.

• Wang Gaofan ordered intelligence departments to investigate Ling Wuyuan and Illusory Mist Realm Country, but received little beyond basic information and records of Ling Wuyuan's recent movements.
• Ling Wuyuan considered whether to proceed cautiously, then decided Wang Gaofan posed no threat and chose to act more freely.
• Ling Wuyuan told Wang Gaofan that he planned to subdue the assembly's powers and had decided to take Wang Gaofan and Dark Forest Wilderness City under his command.
• Wang Gaofan laughed at Ling Wuyuan's declaration and warned him that Dark Forest Wilderness City was his home ground.
• Wang Gaofan's power grew increasingly violent, filling the area with crushing pressure.

Wang Gaofan unleashed the power of Dark Forest Wilderness City to pressure Ling Wuyuan, but Ling released his own aura and shattered the city’s defenses. Wang Gaofan remained standing, though his body and soul were close to being crushed.

• Wang Gaofan’s fury awakened Dark Forest Wilderness City’s defenses and let him exert near-total control over the city’s spacetime.
• Wang Gaofan’s hostile pressure compressed the surroundings, but Ling Wuyuan remained unmoved and found the sensation novel.
• Ling Wuyuan rose from his seat and released the aura he had restrained for years, overwhelming the minds of everyone present.
• Ling Wuyuan’s pressure distorted spacetime, tore apart Wang Gaofan’s hostility, and burst the city-protecting array.
• The city’s inhabitants collapsed under Ling Wuyuan’s pressure, while Wang Gaofan alone stayed standing as his skin repeatedly cracked and healed.

Ling Wuyuan’s overwhelming pressure crushed Wang Gaofan and the other powerful figures in Dark Forest Wilderness City, leaving them unable to resist. The chapter ended with Ling Wuyuan calmly watching as their desperate attempts to break free failed.

• Wang Gaofan endured repeated injuries and recoveries under Ling Wuyuan’s pressure, and realized he had no opening to fight back.
• Wang Gaofan convinced himself Ling Wuyuan’s pressure was a temporary ability and tried to hold out while secretly activating Dark Forest Wilderness City’s formations and barriers.
• Wang Gaofan challenged Ling Wuyuan to use his other methods, but Ling Wuyuan lost interest and sat back down without easing the pressure.
• The powerful figures present rallied their strength to resist Ling Wuyuan’s pressure, but their efforts had no effect.

Ling Wuyuan kept Wang Gaofan under crushing pressure, forcing his body and soul through repeated destruction and regeneration while demanding that he surrender or die. Wang Gaofan’s condition worsened despite his immortality and the energy support of Dark Forest Wilderness City, but he refused to accept how completely outmatched he was.

• Ling Wuyuan waited for Wang Gaofan to surrender or die, unconcerned about the force he used to seize him.
• After thirty seconds, Wang Gaofan’s legs shattered and he fell to his knees in midair.
• Ling Wuyuan’s pressure prevented Wang Gaofan’s leg tissue from reaching his wounds, and it exhausted its energy before disintegrating.
• Wang Gaofan continued struggling as his immortality healed him, while Dark Forest Wilderness City’s energy support prolonged his resistance.
• Wang Gaofan refused to believe that Ling Wuyuan’s strength left him no chance to escape surrender or death.

Ling Wuyuan continued pressuring Wang Gaofan while Wang convinced himself that Ling was bluffing and waited for a chance to strike. By the hundredth second, Wang had been reduced to a heap of rotting flesh with a cracked soul, but his [Undying Nature] was still trying to restore him.

• Wang Gaofan decided Ling Wuyuan's pressure was a deliberate trick and resolved to wait for Ling to reveal a flaw.
• Ling Wuyuan ignored Wang's thoughts and planned to make the strongest people among the affected crowd cooperate, moving down to weaker people if necessary.
• Pei Yiman and the others discussed Ling's attempt to subdue Wang through the [Gray Mist Imprint], while caring about the situation chiefly because of Ling Wuyuan.
• At the hundredth second, Ling Wuyuan's pressure had left Wang unable to hold himself up, his body rotting into a mass of flesh and his soul covered in cracks.
• Wang's [Undying Nature] continued trying to repair him, and Jin Mufeng and the others watched in admiration.

Wang Gaofan endured Ling Wuyuan’s relentless pressure until his strength neared exhaustion and death seemed imminent. Unable to accept dying, he unconsciously declared that he was willing to submit.

• Ling Wuyuan continued crushing Wang Gaofan with pressure as the ordeal passed a hundred seconds.
• Wang Gaofan’s body and soul repeatedly regenerated, rapidly draining his energy and bringing him close to death.
• Wang Gaofan recalled his past submission to stronger powers and realized he had missed his chance to flee.
• Wang Gaofan blurted out that he was willing to submit, then realized he had spoken because he still wanted to live.