Chapter Summaries

Ling Wuyuan subdued Wang Gaofan, then left him in control of Dark Forest Wilderness City and ordered him to cooperate with Illusory Mist Realm Country. Wang Gaofan was shocked by how few powerful cultivators the faction had.

• Wang Gaofan begged Ling Wuyuan for mercy and fell into despair as his hostility gave way to self-doubt.
• Ling Wuyuan restrained his overwhelming power, allowing cultivators in Dark Forest Wilderness City to recover and the city to restore Wang Gaofan's outward appearance.
• Ling Wuyuan told Wang Gaofan that the city would remain under his control and that he had to cooperate with Ling Wuyuan's subordinates.
• Ling Wuyuan sent Wang Gaofan information about Illusory Mist Realm Country, leaving him stunned by its small number of powerful cultivators and lack of higher-level personnel.

Wang Gaofan realized how underpowered Illusory Mist Realm Country was and understood why Ling Wuyuan had forced him to submit. After Wang Gaofan revealed the names, locations, and weaknesses of other nearby experts, Ling Wuyuan left to recruit them, while a control method quietly appeared in Wang Gaofan’s consciousness.

• Wang Gaofan recognized that Illusory Mist Realm Country had almost no powerful subordinates and regretted joining so quickly.
• Ling Wuyuan asked Wang Gaofan to identify nearby experts he could recruit, and Wang Gaofan decided not to risk deceiving him.
• Wang Gaofan gave Ling Wuyuan the names, locations, and other details of the experts he knew, especially those with whom he had conflicts.
• Ling Wuyuan memorized the targets, told Wang Gaofan to integrate the subordinates below, and vanished to deal with the experts himself.
• Wang Gaofan sensed a faint control method in his consciousness and realized Ling Wuyuan had already put one in place.

Ling Wuyuan swiftly subdued dozens of [Fate Defiance Realm] powerhouses and made them pledge loyalty, bringing their vast territories and resources under his control. He left the challenge of integrating them into the far weaker [Illusory Mist Realm Country] to Su Qingyue and the others, who did not yet know what he had done.

• Ling Wuyuan quickly defeated and subdued every target in the surrounding area, including Wang Gaofan and dozens of other [Fate Defiance Realm] beings.
• Ling Wuyuan planted control measures in his new followers' Sea of Consciousness, causing vast amounts of Law of Karma to gather around him through their far-reaching connections.
• Wang Gaofan and the others suspected Ling Wuyuan had a powerful, hidden past and more territory than the [Illusory Mist Realm Country] he had revealed.
• Ling Wuyuan ordered the subdued powerhouses to plan how to consolidate their territories and resources for the [Illusory Mist Realm Country] to absorb.
• Ling Wuyuan realized the main difficulty was having the [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion] receive and integrate forces far larger than its own, so he decided to leave the problem to Pavilion Master Su and the others.

Ling Wuyuan oversaw the construction of a new city in the Great Desolate Wasteland while planning to use the Illusory Mist Realm Country to absorb weaker forces before expanding further. He sent out beacons that would let his power reach distant territories and harvest the Law of Karma.

• Ling Wuyuan watched Wang Gaofan and the other Fate Defiance Realm cultivators build a city in the territory he had unified.
• Ling Wuyuan considered the city a foothold in the Great Desolate Wasteland, while prioritizing the Supreme Path and the Illusory Mist Realm Country's expansion in the Surface Spacetime.
• Ling Wuyuan used a gigantic metal furnace to refine a batch of deep-gray beacons.
• Ling Wuyuan sent the beacons to waiting figures, who accepted their missions and tore through spacetime to return to their territories.
• Ling Wuyuan planned to use the beacons and their karmic connections to alter distant regions and harvest the Law of Karma.

Jin Mufeng returned to the Tian Sui Zhen Yang Sect, where its members anxiously awaited news about their forced submission to the Illusory Mist Realm Country. After calming them with hopeful words, he activated his beacon, opening a Hole toward the sect as karmic threads surged together.

• The Tian Sui Zhen Yang Sect members questioned Jin Mufeng about the Illusory Mist Realm Country and the subjugation of surrounding factions.
• Jin Mufeng told the sect members that they had no choice but to follow the current and suggested the upheaval might let them advance.
• Jin Mufeng imagined that the sect might prosper by being among the first forces to submit to the Illusory Mist Realm Country.
• Jin Mufeng went to the sect’s central mountain and activated his beacon.
• The beacon opened a Hole toward the Tian Sui Zhen Yang Sect, while countless karmic threads converged and wove together.

Jin Mufeng’s beacon opened a connection between Gray Mist Spacetime and the Tian Sui Zhen Yang Sect, allowing gray mist to spread through the sect and reshape its environment. By morning, the beacon had vanished and the sect itself had become the new beacon, leaving the mist as a permanent presence.

• Jin Mufeng’s beacon rose into the sky and opened a Hole connecting Gray Mist Spacetime to the Tian Sui Zhen Yang Sect.
• Gray mist spread through the sect, targeting its natural surroundings and spiritual, earth, qi, and sea veins as karmic threads linked the two places.
• Sect members noticed a hazy gray halo in the night sky and were told it was a side effect of a special method.
• The halo swelled like a dim moon, then shattered and vanished as the sect’s hidden formation activated and the beacon disappeared.
• By the next morning, residents found gray mist lingering across the sect; they eventually realized it would remain, but adapted to its minor effects.

Ling Wuyuan expanded his control over territories and factions by using the power of Destiny and Karma, then returned to the Imperial Capital after two months. Su Qingyue and the others were left overwhelmed by the vast new territories and forces they had to manage.

• Ling Wuyuan used gray mist and formation barriers to claim territories and strengthen his control over factions that had accepted his rule.
• Ling Wuyuan treated territories, factions, and countries as means to harvest more Law of Karma and planned to reshape them over time.
• Two months later, Ling Wuyuan returned to the Imperial Capital—Sixteen Island Ring Continent, where the environment had improved through the Illusory Mist Realm Country's work.
• Su Qingyue and the others learned that dozens of Fate Defiance Realm cultivators, tens of thousands of Immortal Realm cultivators, and the neighboring Tian Sui Zhen Yang Sect awaited their management.
• Su Qingyue and the others despaired because they had not even finished sorting out the original ten thousand-plus Domains and could not handle the expanding workload.

Ling Wuyuan promised to ease Su Qingyue and the others’ workload and help them reach the Eternal Life Realm, while explaining that he could not yet raise them to the Immortal Realm. Su Qingyue urged him to recruit more trustworthy staff, as Illusory Mist Realm Country was being kept running largely through Ling Wuyuan’s power and guidance.

• Ling Wuyuan assured Su Qingyue and the others that their workload would ease as Illusory Mist Realm Country’s administration matured, and promised to provide benefits and help them advance to the Eternal Life Realm.
• Ling Wuyuan explained that rapidly cultivating them required vast resources and careful work to protect their potential, and that advancing them to the Immortal Realm was still beyond his abilities.
• Su Qingyue told Ling Wuyuan that they needed more trustworthy people because Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s members had been pushed into management roles.
• The chapter described how inexperienced staff were struggling with the vast country’s affairs, while Ling Wuyuan’s Torrent of Destiny and personal strength kept Illusory Mist Realm Country operating smoothly.

Ling Wuyuan considered how to solve the Illusory Mist Realm Country’s shortage of trustworthy personnel and decided to create a more advanced, self-growing Artifact Spirit or Tower Spirit, despite the risks. He briefed Su Qingyue and the others on the plan and on which Great Desolate Wasteland factions would be easiest to take over.

• Ling Wuyuan rejected accelerating infants in a different spacetime because their different backgrounds could divide them from the country’s existing members.
• Ling Wuyuan considered creating a powerful, self-growing Artifact Spirit or Tower Spirit, but worried it might outgrow his control and rebel.
• Ling Wuyuan told Su Qingyue and the others about his plan and reassured them that he could handle any rebellion.
• Ling Wuyuan advised Su Qingyue and the others which Great Desolate Wasteland factions, territories, resources, and personnel would be easiest to take over.
• Su Qingyue and the others memorized Ling Wuyuan’s advice, knowing that taking over factions with Fate Defiance Realm cultivators would remain difficult for them.

Ling Wuyuan used his knowledge and the [Torrent of Destiny] to create the [Imperial Central Intelligent Rune Computer], a powerful, self-evolving sphere built around a fragment of his soul. He intended it to support the [Void Mist Sea] from the [Imperial Palace], while reserving the hardest problems for himself.

• Ling Wuyuan began constructing the [Imperial Central Intelligent Rune Computer] after absorbing much of the knowledge taken from the factions in the [Illusory Mist Realm Country].
• He made a mass of special gray mist containing a fragment of his soul the computer’s core processor.
• The [Torrent of Destiny] fueled rapid improvements, using information from possible futures to identify and fix flaws before they arose.
• Rare resources appeared in sequence and were consumed as the mist transformed, accompanied by sounds like a factory forging at full speed.
• By the second day, the computer had become a thirty-centimeter sphere with immense concentrated mass, high intelligence, and the ability to evolve automatically.
• Ling Wuyuan planned for the computer to support the [Void Mist Sea] remotely, with himself stepping in if the two could not solve a problem.

Ling Wuyuan completed the [Imperial Central Intelligent Rune Computer], a vast system that could manage the Illusory Mist Realm Country and control its resources, personnel, and defenses. Su Qingyue and the others received delegated authority over it, while Pei Yiman and the other holders of [Gray Mist Imprints] received far greater powers.

• Ling Wuyuan’s [Imperial Central Intelligent Rune Computer] was installed in the expanded palace, where Su Qingyue and the others saw it as an immense sea of gray mist and lights.
• Su Qingyue and the others used their granted authority to inspect the computer’s solutions, follow its reasoning on difficult matters, and offer input.
• The computer was revealed to monitor the country through its gray mist and remotely control [Battle Puppets], [War Weapons], and [Spacetime Secret Realms].
• Ling Wuyuan delegated Su Qingyue and the others authority to propose punishments for Wang Bufan and the other controlled subordinates, while Pei Yiman and the other [Gray Mist Imprint] holders received broader powers, including the ability to execute them without giving a reason.

The Imperial Central Intelligent Rune Computer rapidly cleared the Illusory Mist Realm Country’s backlog while adapting and improving its administrative work. Half a month later, residents saw their lives improving and government personnel worked more easily, though many—including their superiors—did not understand the tasks they carried out.

• The Imperial Central Intelligent Rune Computer processed affairs so quickly that pending matters dwindled, moving Su Qingyue and the others to tears of relief.
• As it handled administrative work, the computer adapted through Ling Wuyuan’s soul fragments and gathered information about threats, talented individuals, and overlooked matters.
• Ling Wuyuan planned to use the computer’s future deductive ability to help members of the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion and potentially offer paid deductions to outsiders.
• Half a month later, the Illusory Mist Realm Country’s government worked with unprecedented efficiency, and residents noticed daily improvements in their lives.
• Government personnel grew comfortable completing assigned tasks despite not understanding their purposes, while even some immediate superiors remained confused.

The Imperial Central Intelligent Rune Computer transformed the Illusory Mist Realm Country by coordinating officials, resources, and intelligence with extraordinary precision. Ling Wuyuan regretted not building it sooner, though he had previously lacked the technology and resources.

• Officials carried out strange, difficult-sounding assignments that proved easy to complete and later discovered how they supported tasks elsewhere.
• The Imperial Central Intelligent Rune Computer mobilized the country’s people, territories, resources, and knowledge while addressing overlooked dangers.
• The computer coordinated precision strikes that eliminated unorthodox cultivators and forbidden-zone threats, defeating their escape plans through the Torrent of Destiny.
• The computer boosted the efficiency of Ling Wuyuan’s Nationwide Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Energy Intensity Adjustment Plan, raising the country’s spiritual energy.
• Ling Wuyuan regretted not creating the computer earlier, but he had lacked the necessary technology and resources.

Ten years after the [Imperial Central Intelligent Rune Computer] was born, it integrated the [Illusory Mist Realm Country] and activated its buried formation barriers, transforming the country’s environment and greatly increasing its spiritual energy. Ling Wuyuan monitored the changes and recognized that talented people long constrained by poor circumstances might now have the chance to flourish.

• The [Imperial Central Intelligent Rune Computer] linked and integrated the [Illusory Mist Realm Country], activating formation barriers beneath its land, seas, and skies.
• A strange radiance spread across the country, bringing living beings a sense of comfort as their environment began to improve.
• Cultivators and demonic beasts sensed heaven and earth spiritual energy increasing in both quality and quantity.
• After seven days, spiritual energy had risen by hundreds of times on average, with barren places such as the [Silver Mist Sea Domain] seeing increases of at least a thousandfold.
• The [Imperial Capital] became a cultivation paradise, and countless spiritual objects grew rapidly, though people’s ability to cultivate remained limited by their aptitude.
• Ling Wuyuan monitored the country through the [Imperial Central Intelligent Rune Computer] and identified promising talents who could benefit from their new opportunities.

Ling Wuyuan considered whether to cultivate promising talents in [Illusory Mist Realm Country], then received word that his avatar [Void Mist Sea] was about to advance to the [Fate Defiance Realm]. The advance moved his plan to seize [True Abundant Spirit Realm] and [Illusory Color Extreme Profound Heaven] closer to success, but also made [Void Mist Sea] harder to hide in the [Black Omen Battlefield].

• Ling Wuyuan discovered several dozen promising individuals in [Illusory Mist Realm Country] but only recorded their names for someone else to assess and cultivate.
• Ling Wuyuan received a report that [Void Mist Sea] was about to advance to the [Fate Defiance Realm] within the [Black Omen Battlefield].
• Ling Wuyuan recognized that the advancement brought his plan to take advantage of the war between [True Abundant Spirit Realm] and [Illusory Color Extreme Profound Heaven] closer to success.
• Ling Wuyuan resolved to stay cautious and considered how to keep [Void Mist Sea] concealed as its growing strength made it increasingly conspicuous.

Void Mist Sea completed its advancement to the Fate Defiance Realm, shrinking before expanding into gray mist that people and machines instinctively ignored. Its new concealment came at the cost of some combat power, while battlefield facilities quietly reduced the importance of information about the mist.

• Void Mist Sea collapsed inward at a steady rate as its advancement began within the semi-independent spacetime.
• After reaching an imperceptible size, Void Mist Sea transformed and expanded to fill the space with gray mist of a higher rank.
• The advanced mist caused living beings and machinery to ignore it, reflecting Ling Wuyuan’s desire to keep Void Mist Sea concealed.
• Void Mist Sea sacrificed some of its combat-power growth to strengthen its concealment, which Ling Wuyuan expected to compensate for later.
• Facilities gathering battlefield information gradually lowered the importance assigned to data about the gray mist.

Ling Wuyuan and [Void Mist Sea] grew stronger through their linked advancement, allowing the gray mist to distort the memories and attention of most beings in the [Black Omen Battlefield]. After bringing its power under control, [Void Mist Sea] began expanding rapidly again.

• Ling Wuyuan gained further insights into the [Fate Defiance Realm] as his power and [Void Mist Sea]'s continuously converged and advanced.
• [Void Mist Sea] extended its cognitive interference, causing most beings in the [Black Omen Battlefield] to overlook the gray mist and dismiss it as an unimportant phenomenon.
• Ling Wuyuan's ability left only [Creation Realm] and [World Creation Realm] experts with a chance of noticing that something was wrong, while filtered information made it unlikely they would investigate soon.
• After [Void Mist Sea] brought its power under control, the gray mist in the [Black Omen Battlefield] began expanding faster than ever before.

The newly strengthened [Void Mist Sea] rapidly expanded and eroded information throughout the [Black Omen Battlefield], while an unnamed [Fate Defiance Realm] expert sensed that someone was concealing a secret from him. Unable to trace the interference or identify its source, he was left considering possible enemies and factions.

• The [Void Mist Sea] used its new strength and [Torrent of Destiny] to expand its reach severalfold and gather information far faster than before.
• An existence at the headquarters of the [Illusory Color Extreme Profound Heaven], skilled in the Dao of Destiny and Karma, felt a fleeting sense of unease and began divining its cause.
• The expert found that a powerful force had twisted and concealed the relevant karmic threads, confirming that his unease was not an illusion.
• He considered whether someone from the [True Abundant Spirit Realm] was responsible, then ruled out its known experts based on their personal methods.
• He wondered whether the culprit belonged to the [Illusory Color Extreme Profound Heaven], was one of his enemies, or came from another [Starlight Heavens], but could not determine the source.

Ling Wuyuan’s Gray Mist spread across the realms while Shen Jixing hesitated to investigate the strange karmic interference. Thirty years after [Void Mist Sea] reached the [Fate Defiance Realm], Ling Wuyuan sensed the mist reaching Earth’s universe and decided to return there.

• Shen Jixing noticed tangled karmic threads but worried that investigating might expose him to a hidden enemy or implicate his teammates.
• [Void Mist Sea] judged Shen Jixing’s interest too weak to threaten its concealment, while Ling Wuyuan ordered it to keep testing the realms and strengthening its hidden presence.
• The Gray Mist spread through [Illusory Mist Realm Country], the [Black Omen Battlefield], alternate spacetimes, and [Great Desolate Wasteland], earning Ling Wuyuan growing reverence from Wang Gaofan and the others.
• Thirty years after [Void Mist Sea] advanced to the [Fate Defiance Realm], Ling Wuyuan sensed his Gray Mist reaching the universe where Earth was located.
• Ling Wuyuan decided to visit Earth, and the Gray Mist carrying his will vanished from its location.

Ling Wuyuan arrived near Earth and saw that more than two centuries had passed, with humanity rebuilt into a vast civilization across the enlarged planet. He left the space base behind and headed down to visit his homeland, while the astronauts wondered how to report his appearance.

• Ling Wuyuan used a wisp of Gray Mist to cross billions of light-years and arrive near Earth, then shaped a body from its remaining power.
• He observed that Earth had expanded to about thirty-five times its former surface area and that humanity had grown to nearly thirty billion people.
• Ling Wuyuan saw that human civilization had reclaimed the planet and advanced its space technology, though it still focused mainly on Earth.
• He decided to visit his homeland and noticed astronauts watching him from a nearby space base.
• Ling Wuyuan vanished toward Earth, leaving the base commander and deputy commander arguing about what to do.