Chapter Summaries

Su Xiaobai’s Number Two Shadow encountered a powerful Blood-Robed Dragon Person, an Ancient Domain Life who killed the clone once before they fought to a stalemate. The stranger revealed that the Final Battleground was a prison for exiled lifeforms, leaving Su Xiaobai with his first intelligence about the Ancient Domain’s inhabitants.

• Su Xiaobai restored Number Two Shadow and identified the humanoid attacker as a living Ancient Domain Life.
• The Blood-Robed Dragon Person attacked again, but Number Two Shadow evaded his blows and matched his combat strength.
• Su Xiaobai concluded that the Dragon Person could unleash power at the Ten-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade level.
• Su Xiaobai asked the Dragon Person who he was and learned that he spoke the Gubo Nation’s language.
• The Blood-Robed Dragon Person said he was an exiled prisoner confined to the Final Battleground for committing a monstrous crime.

Su Xiaobai learned that the so-called Final Battleground was an Exile Land where Ancient Domain Lives hunted visiting geniuses to grow strong enough to escape. After the Blood-Robed Dragon Person stalled him and called his team, three more Ancient Domain Lives arrived to surround Su Xiaobai.

• The Blood-Robed Dragon Person explained that exiled Ancient Domain Lives hunted geniuses for techniques and treasures in hopes of reaching the Ancient Grade and escaping the barrier.
• Su Xiaobai drew his blade and confronted the Blood-Robed Dragon Person, learning that the red marks on exiles trapped them inside the Protection Zone.
• Su Xiaobai concluded that the Protection Zone restrained Ancient Domain Lives, while geniuses faced a greater danger beyond it from Ancient Grade experts and powerful genius monsters.
• The Blood-Robed Dragon Person failed to trace Su Xiaobai's karma and questioned what he was.
• Su Xiaobai's clones warned him that three Ancient Domain Lives were approaching, and he realized the Blood-Robed Dragon Person had stalled for his teammates to arrive.
• The three Ancient Domain Lives joined the Blood-Robed Dragon Person to encircle Su Xiaobai.

Su Xiaobai used Number Two Shadow to study the attacks of four powerful Ancient Domain Lifeforms, then fused tens of thousands of Red-Gold Shadows into Giant Shadow. He ordered Giant Shadow to self-destruct, and the Minotaur Gang Leader warned the others to flee as its immense power erupted.

• The Minotaur Gang Leader struck at Su Xiaobai with the Great Annihilation Dao, but Su Xiaobai evaded the attack using the River of Time.
• The Minotaur Gang Leader, Number Two, Number Three, and the Blood-Robed Dragon Person attacked Number Two Shadow, destroying it repeatedly as it revived and studied their techniques.
• Su Xiaobai summoned Giant Shadow and fused it with tens of thousands of Red-Gold Shadows, raising its power to the Nine-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade.
• Giant Shadow struck the Blood-Robed Dragon Person apart, then Su Xiaobai ordered it to self-destruct.
• The Minotaur Gang Leader recognized the danger and screamed for the others to run.

Su Xiaobai used Number Two Shadow’s endlessly repeatable self-destruction to cripple the Minotaur Gang Leader and kill the remaining Ancient Domain Lives. After collecting their spoils and discovering unfamiliar Cosmic Daos, he turned to the Gang Leader, who surrendered and begged to negotiate.

• The Giant Shadow’s shockwaves grievously wounded the Minotaur Gang Leader and the three Blood-Robed Dragon People, damaging their bodies, souls, and Life Universes.
• Number Two Shadow revived and self-destructed again, and Su Xiaobai used its power to kill the three remaining Ancient Domain Lives.
• Su Xiaobai collected five million Cosmic Gold and eighty Ancestor Cosmos Grade Cultivation Techniques, then examined the unfamiliar Cosmic Daos he had found among the defeated foes.
• Su Xiaobai turned toward the Minotaur Gang Leader, who suppressed his aura, abandoned the fight, and offered to satisfy Su Xiaobai’s demands to save his life.

Su Xiaobai spared the Minotaur Gang Leader after erasing the karmic red light and ordered him to gather the Exiles for him to hunt. The Minotaur Gang Leader brought Su Xiaobai to Black Bull Mountain and revealed its cultivation-enhancing inner domain, which Su Xiaobai refused to accept as a gift.

• Su Xiaobai's system erased the karmic red light from Number Two Shadow after he killed three Ancient Domain Lives.
• Su Xiaobai spared the Minotaur Gang Leader on the condition that he gather the Exiles, especially the strongest ones.
• The Minotaur Gang Leader led Su Xiaobai to Black Bull Mountain and showed him the Black Bull Gang's mountain stronghold.
• Su Xiaobai discovered that Black Bull Mountain's inner domain accelerated comprehension of the Great Annihilation Dao.
• The Minotaur Gang Leader offered Black Bull Mountain to Su Xiaobai, but Su Xiaobai refused.

Su Xiaobai converted the Black Bull Gang Leader’s gifts and the treasures of three Ancient Domain Lifeforms into Cosmic Gold, then spent nearly forty million kilograms to upgrade his system. The new Dao Mastery function let him analyze five Great Daos he had not been able to comprehend, leaving him poised to advance his mastery of Ancient Grade techniques.

• The Black Bull Gang Leader ordered his subordinates to summon every gang leader in the Exile Land by promising to reveal a secret about escaping.
• Su Xiaobai searched the three Ancient Domain Lifeforms’ treasures and gained tens of millions of kilograms of Cosmic Gold from their spoils and corpses.
• Su Xiaobai invested nearly forty million kilograms of Cosmic Gold to raise the One-Click Training Space, One-Click Auto Monster Hunting function, and One-Click Enlightenment Space by five levels.
• The upgraded One-Click Training Space reduced the time needed to comprehend an Ancient Grade technique to 130,000 years.
• The new Dao Mastery function let Su Xiaobai analyze the Great Profound Destruction Dao, Great Extreme Annihilation Dao, Great Heaven Opening Dao, Great Martial Destruction Dao, and Great Spirit Destruction Dao.

Su Xiaobai learned that the system upgrade had strengthened his Shadows and heard the Black Bull Gang Leader explain that reaching the Ancient Grade required combining with the Cosmic Dao. He doubted the Gang Leader’s account but recognized that it might help guide his own path forward.

• The One-Click Auto Monster Hunting upgrade increased the number of Shadows to 2.88 million and halved the cooldown for synthesizing a Red-Gold Shadow.
• Su Xiaobai realized a Giant Shadow could now defeat the Black Bull Gang Leader without self-detonating, and considered how the upgrade would help him face the strongest exiles.
• Su Xiaobai asked the Black Bull Gang Leader about the Great Annihilation Dao, and the Gang Leader explained that the Ancient Domain contained thirty thousand Daos, many of which escaped the restrictions affecting the Three Thousand Great Daos.
• The Black Bull Gang Leader revealed that Combine Dao—fusing oneself with the Cosmic Dao to become an Ancient Dao—was the path to the Ancient Grade.
• Su Xiaobai connected Combine Dao to his past experience fusing his Life Universes with the Three Thousand Great Daos, but remained uncertain whether the Gang Leader’s explanation was completely reliable.

Su Xiaobai learned that Ancient Grade strength depended heavily on cultivating the Ancient Dao, then watched the Ghost Devouring Gang arrive at Black Bull Mountain seeking his escape information. Red Ghost and White Ghost attacked Number Two Shadow after mistaking him for prey, while the Black Bull Gang Leader withdrew to see how the fight unfolded.

• The drunken Black Bull Gang Leader told Su Xiaobai that Ancient Grade beings sharing an Ancient Dao became mortal enemies, and that Dao cultivation was measured in stars.
• A week after the Black Bull Gang Leader spread false information, Su Xiaobai learned through his Shadow Clones that powerful Ancient Domain Life were heading to Black Bull Mountain.
• Red Ghost and White Ghost arrived with Ghost Devouring Gang members and arrogantly demanded the Black Bull Gang Leader’s information about leaving the Exile Land.
• The Black Bull Gang Leader revealed Number Two Shadow, and Red Ghost and White Ghost attacked him after recognizing him as an unmarked being from another universe.
• The Black Bull Gang Leader pulled back from the battle, hoping Red Ghost and White Ghost would wear down Su Xiaobai.

Su Xiaobai used his newly learned daos to kill the Red-White Twin Fiends and wipe out Ghost Devouring Gang, then turned Black Bull Mountain into a hunting ground for incoming exile teams. After a month of effortless battles and relentless pursuit by his clones, he continued collecting Cosmic Gold from the Ancient Domain Life he killed.

• Su Xiaobai unleashed Great Martial Destruction Dao and four other daos, killing Red Fiend and White Fiend and destroying Ghost Devouring Gang.
• Su Xiaobai reclaimed the gang members’ souls and Life Universes, while Black Bull Gang Leader named the crater Ghost Devouring Pit.
• Exile teams repeatedly attacked Su Xiaobai at Black Bull Mountain, and he killed them with his mastered daos as Black Bull Gang watched.
• Over one month, Su Xiaobai defeated four powerful batches of exiles and pursued escaping Ancient Domain Life with his clones.

Over half a year, Su Xiaobai slaughtered more than a thousand Ancient Domain Life, devoured their Great Daos, and advanced to Nine-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade. With his system functions greatly upgraded, he planned to master the Ancient Domain’s thirty thousand Great Daos and approach Ancient Grade.

• Su Xiaobai killed forty-five waves of Ancient Domain Life while the Black Bull Gang cleaned up the aftermath and followed him as their leader.
• Su Xiaobai gathered hundreds of Ancestor Cosmos Grade Cultivation Techniques, perfected six hundred of them, and advanced to Nine-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade.
• Su Xiaobai upgraded his system functions, increasing his cultivation speed, strengthening Shadow, and mastering more than four thousand Cosmic Daos.
• Su Xiaobai reflected that mastering the Ancient Domain’s Great Daos could bring him to the peak of Ten-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade and let him challenge Ancient Grade beings.
• Black Bull Gang Leader and the gang members watched Su Xiaobai with awe as he effortlessly killed powerful exiles and used their Great Daos in battle.

Su Xiaobai left Black Bull Mountain and sent his Red-Gold Shadows to hunt Ancient Domain Life around a central Space-Time Vortex, where Cosmic Geniuses had gathered to steal their spoils. Ghost Blade Emperor Ancestor and his group attacked the clones, setting up a confrontation with Su Xiaobai.

• Su Xiaobai made the Black Bull Gang Leader the dominant force in the Exile Land and ordered him to report any Cosmic Geniuses he discovered.
• Su Xiaobai left the Final Battleground’s remote edge and traveled to a central Space-Time Vortex where Red-Gold Shadows were fighting thousands of Ancient Domain Life.
• Su Xiaobai noticed groups of Cosmic Geniuses secretly surrounding his clones, hoping to claim the spoils after the shadows weakened their targets.
• Ghost Blade Emperor Ancestor, ranked nineteenth on the Genius List, led more than a dozen Eight-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade experts in an attack on the Red-Gold Shadows and Ancient Domain Life.

Su Xiaobai’s shadows slaughtered Ghost Blade Emperor Ancestor’s group and reached the edge of the Protection Zone, where he discovered the immense wealth and powerful beasts of the Ancient Domain beyond it. He left off unable to cross the invisible boundary.

• Number Two Shadow killed Ghost Blade Emperor Ancestor and his companions with a single strike, while Red-Gold Shadows attacked Nascent Ancient Ancestor’s group.
• Su Xiaobai learned from Number Seven Shadow that it had reached the edge of the Protection Zone and sent Number Two Shadow to investigate.
• Su Xiaobai saw the vast Ancient Grade forest beyond the boundary and a Giant Pangolin whose presence filled him with dread.
• Su Xiaobai tested the boundary with Number Two Shadow, but the invisible wall stopped him from leaving the Protection Zone.

Su Xiaobai failed to break through the Protection Zone’s barrier, then watched a slain Giant Pangolin pass through from outside. A Golden Robe Elder appeared and noticed Number Two Shadow, revealing an overwhelming presence tied to the River of Time.

• Su Xiaobai tested the barrier with Number Two Shadow and Black Blade · Shadow, but neither attack damaged it.
• Su Xiaobai merged Number Two Shadow with countless old shadows and unleashed his full strength, yet the barrier still held.
• A violent upheaval outside the Protection Zone sent the wounded Giant Pangolin through the barrier and onto a parched continent.
• Su Xiaobai realized the barrier prevented those inside from leaving but allowed beings from outside to enter.
• The Giant Pangolin died from its fatal wound, and the Golden Robe Elder appeared, met Su Xiaobai’s gaze, and noticed Number Two Shadow.

Su Xiaobai encountered Yigong Overlord, a powerful inspector from Tianshu Holy Land, who failed to trace the karma of Su Xiaobai’s clone. Through their conversation, Su Xiaobai learned about the Ancient Domain’s power hierarchy and the standing of the Holy Lands.

• Yigong Overlord created an Ancient World Illusion around Number Two Shadow and probed the clone for karma, but could not discover its source.
• Su Xiaobai realized the gap between his strength and an Ancient Grade powerhouse, while relying on the clone’s lack of karma to protect his main body.
• Su Xiaobai asked Yigong Overlord about the Ancient Domain, and learned that he was a core inspector from Tianshu Holy Land.
• Yigong Overlord explained that the Ancient Grade stood below the Ancient Venerable, Ancient Overlord, Eternal Monarch, and Desolate Ancient Celestial Venerable ranks.
• Su Xiaobai learned that Tianshu Holy Land was ruled by Desolate Ancient Celestial Venerables, with Ancient Overlords as its core combat strength and Eternal Monarchs among its upper echelon.

Su Xiaobai learned more about the Ancient Domain’s hierarchy and drew Yigong Overlord’s interest with his twelve Life Universes and ability to sever karma. Princess Yunxi arrived, heard about White Shadow’s unusual nature, and invited him to join Tianshu Holy Land.

• Yigong Overlord explained that Jiang Nations ruled by Desolate Grade existences stood above the Holy Lands, while Su Xiaobai considered the prejudice against people from lower realms.
• Yigong Overlord recognized Su Xiaobai’s twelve Life Universes and ability to see the River of Time, and began to anticipate his future.
• Princess Yunxi arrived and asked Yigong Overlord why he was in the Exile Land.
• Yigong Overlord told Princess Yunxi about Number Two Shadow, including his severed karma, and she considered the revelation in silence.
• Princess Yunxi asked Su Xiaobai his name and invited him to join Tianshu Holy Land, saying his future achievements would surpass most people’s.

Su Xiaobai accepted Princess Yunxi’s offer to join Tianshu Holy Land as one of her ten close guards, after learning that the guards would compete in the Battle of the New Stars. Yigong Overlord brought him out of Exile Land and into the Ancient Domain, where Su Xiaobai began discovering how different its true territory was from what he had imagined.

• Princess Yunxi offered Su Xiaobai a place among her Tianshu Ten Close Guards and explained the Battle of the New Stars.
• Su Xiaobai agreed to join Tianshu Holy Land, seeing it as a way to leave Exile Land and gain a powerful backer.
• Yigong Overlord took Su Xiaobai out of Exile Land, revealing the Ancient Domain’s far greater spiritual power and open expanse.
• Princess Yunxi departed to attend the New Star Conference with the Tianshu Saint Son.
• Yigong Overlord explained that the Ancient Grade forest was only a small Tianshu Holy Land hunting ground and that the Yinglu beasts there were captive experimental species.

Su Xiaobai sent two million Shadow Clones into the Ancient Domain to search its dangerous outer regions, where their discoveries quickly brought him immense wealth. Their exploration also exposed a deceptive ruin created by an Ancient Venerable Grade Ancient Domain Life, which targeted the Giant Shadow led by Number Six Shadow.

• Su Xiaobai replaced the Shadow Clones remaining in the Taiya Universe into the Ancient Domain and ordered them to search its peripheral regions.
• The Shadows spread across the Ancient Domain and collected vast amounts of Cosmic Gold, treasures, and cultivation techniques from dangerous areas.
• Number Six Shadow led Red-Gold Shadows into abandoned ruins, where they transformed into a Giant Shadow to investigate why earlier Shadows had vanished.
• Su Xiaobai recognized that the apparent ruins were illusions created by an Ancient Venerable Grade Ancient Domain Life that had swallowed experts, and the creature targeted the Giant Shadow.

Su Xiaobai fought a gigantic Taotie in the Ancient Domain while his Shadow Clones gathered a fortune in Ancient Grade treasures and remains. As Number Two Shadow and Yigong Overlord neared Tianshu Holy Land, Yigong warned Su Xiaobai about three taboos and the dangers of provoking powerful figures.

• Su Xiaobai prepared to butcher a star-sized Taotie after its illusion faded and it revealed the bones covering its body.
• Number Two Shadow traveled with Yigong Overlord toward Tianshu Holy Land as Cross-Ancient powerhouses fought along their route.
• Su Xiaobai’s Shadow Clones collected more than a thousand Ancient Ancestor Grade treasures and dozens of Ancient Grade treasures, rapidly increasing his wealth and strength.
• Yigong Overlord told Su Xiaobai that he must not kill fellow disciples, enter forbidden zones, or provoke powerful figures at Tianshu Holy Land.
• Yigong assured Su Xiaobai that Princess Yunxi’s backing would protect him within the Holy Land, while Su Xiaobai considered using his clones to provoke enemies without risk to himself.

After defeating a Taotie Ancient Domain Life, Su Xiaobai advanced to Ten-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade and arrived with Yigong Overlord at Princess Yunxi’s base. He learned that her nine guards were exceptionally powerful, while she intended for him to survive the New Star War rather than fight for kills.

• Giant Shadow killed the Taotie after repeated self-detonations, and Su Xiaobai gained abundant Cosmic Gold and Summoning Rings from its remains.
• Su Xiaobai continued gathering treasures, cultivation techniques, and Great Daos, eventually mastering five thousand Great Daos and advancing to Ten-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade.
• Yigong Overlord questioned Su Xiaobai’s sudden breakthrough, and Su Xiaobai claimed he had consolidated strength gained from earlier battles.
• Su Xiaobai and Yigong Overlord met Princess Yunxi outside a massive city, where she noted his breakthrough and hoped he would improve her New Star War ranking.
• Princess Yunxi’s nine guards greeted her at her base; all had reached Ten-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade and could kill Ancient Venerables.

Princess Yunxi appointed Su Xiaobai as the tenth guard for the New Star War and led the group toward Tianshu Holy Land. Along the way, Su Xiaobai learned about the Ancient Domain’s brutal struggle for power and the dangers of pursuing transcendence, while his own ambitions grew.

• Princess Yunxi introduced her nine elite guards, gave Su Xiaobai a guard token, and accidentally turned her Essence Blood mark into a system reward.
• Princess Yunxi filled the New Star War’s ten slots and led the guards toward Tianshu Holy Land as the ruins traveled through the air.
• Su Xiaobai listened to the guards explain that the Ancient Domain’s Super Holy Lands fostered Desolate Grade beings through brutal competition.
• Su Xiaobai recalled how Gubo Nation’s strongest Desolate Grade being had failed at transcendence after trying to take the nation along.
• Yigong Overlord noticed Su Xiaobai’s interest in the Desolate Grade and transcendence as Su Xiaobai considered his growing ambitions.