Chapter Summaries

Su Xiaobai’s Shadow Clones thwarted Gubo Nation’s attempt to identify his original body, and he questioned the captain about Gubo Nation’s presence in the Taiya Universe. The captain revealed that Gubo Nation had failed to achieve transcendence, a realm attainable only by Desolate Grade beings, leaving Su Xiaobai astonished by a level beyond Ancient Grade.

• The captain used spacetime reversal to locate Su Xiaobai and all his Shadow Clones across twenty or thirty Great Thousand Realms but could not tell which was the original body.
• Shadow Clone No. 1 mocked the captain, while Su Xiaobai reasoned that Gubo Nation would struggle to search the many realms before he grew stronger.
• Su Xiaobai claimed he came from Bai Nation and asked the captain why Gubo Nation had come to the Taiya Universe and how it had crossed between universes.
• The captain said Gubo Nation had failed to achieve transcendence and explained that transcendence was distinct from crossing the River of Time.
• The captain revealed that only Desolate Grade beings could touch transcendence, and Su Xiaobai was shocked to learn that Desolate Grade stood above Ancient Grade.

Su Xiaobai learned that transcendence meant escaping the lifespan of the universe, not merely crossing the River of Time. The captain explained that Gubo Nation had been displaced after its Desolate Grade being failed to transcend, and that it now planned to survive by borrowing the Taiya Universe’s lifespan.

• Su Xiaobai questioned the captain about the Desolate Grade and what true transcendence meant.
• The captain explained that even Ancient Grade beings would perish when their universe reached the end of its lifespan.
• Su Xiaobai realized that transcendence meant breaking free of the universe’s lifespan.
• The captain revealed that Gubo Nation’s Desolate Grade being had begun an impossible attempt at transcendence, then sacrificed himself to send the nation through a spacetime channel.
• The captain said Gubo Nation would not attempt transcendence again and would instead use the Taiya Universe to prolong its survival.
• Su Xiaobai concluded that Gubo Nation intended to seize the Taiya Universe, cultivate a Desolate Grade being, and sacrifice that being to extend the nation’s lifespan.

Su Xiaobai learned that the Gubo Nation planned to sacrifice half of the Taiya Universe’s designated lifeforms to escape into another universe, and the captain offered to spare the White Nation if it became a vassal. After gathering the information he wanted, Su Xiaobai summoned more than a thousand Shadows and attacked the captain.

• The captain explained that traversing universes required sacrificing half of a universe’s lifeforms and revealed that the Gubo Nation had infiltrated the Taiya Universe to prepare for conquest.
• Su Xiaobai realized the Gubo Nation intended to designate Taiya Universe lifeforms as sacrifices and that he himself would be among them if it took control.
• The captain offered to protect the White Nation from being sacrificed if it became a vassal of the Gubo Nation.
• Su Xiaobai asked how to trigger transcendence and what lay beyond it, but the captain refused to answer and demanded that the White Nation’s higher-ups speak with him.
• Su Xiaobai declared that it was time to act, summoned more than a thousand Shadows beside the captain, and ordered them to attack.

Su Xiaobai’s Shadow Clones escaped the captain’s restraints and invaded the Gubo Nation’s palaces, where they fought and harvested Gubo Lifeforms. After learning Gubo corpses yielded more than twice the Ancestor Origin of Taiya corpses, Su Xiaobai ordered even more clones to attack, leaving the Gubo Nation facing a widening slaughter.

• The captain annihilated Su Xiaobai’s Shadow Clones, but they revived, escaped his control, and one tried to steal his collected corpses before he froze it.
• The captain realized Su Xiaobai’s forces had mysterious abilities, then vanished through a black vortex to report the threat.
• More than a thousand Shadow Clones appeared at palaces across the Gubo Nation, prompting its Lifeforms to attack as a large battle erupted.
• Su Xiaobai received loot from the fighting and recycled a Three-Step Origin Ancestor Grade Gubo corpse, discovering it yielded more than twice as much Ancestor Origin as a comparable Taiya corpse.
• Su Xiaobai recalled his Shadow Clones from their current battlefield and sent several thousand more to spread out and slaughter Gubo Lifeforms.

Su Xiaobai gained a vast collection of Gubo cultivation techniques, synthesized them into nearly three hundred Ancestor Cosmos Grade techniques, and wanted to seize more Gubo strongholds. Meanwhile, Shadow Clones devastated Gubo territory, and Void Extinguisher Great Ancestor told Great Ancestor Tianlong that the attackers represented the White Nation and had declared war on the Gubo Nation.

• Su Xiaobai discovered that the Gubo Summoning Rings held many cultivation techniques and successfully used the system to comprehend Gubo techniques.
• Su Xiaobai synthesized the collected techniques into nearly three hundred Ancestor Cosmos Grade Cultivation Techniques and asked how long five accelerated techniques would take to finish.
• Su Xiaobai wished he could take control of more Gubo strongholds to obtain additional cultivation techniques and resources.
• Shadow Clones massacred Gubo palaces and cities, prompting the Royal Palace to dispatch Ninth and Tenth Step Origin Ancestors as reinforcements.
• Great Ancestor Tianlong confronted Void Extinguisher Great Ancestor over the slaughter, and Void Extinguisher identified the attackers as White Nation Lifeforms declaring war on the Gubo Nation.

After the Gubo Nation’s Ancient Ancestor purged Su Xiaobai’s Shadow Clones from one Great Thousand Realm, Su Xiaobai expanded his operations and strengthened his systems. He uncovered three more Gubo strongholds and learned that Gubo infiltrators had reached the Ancient Grade, leaving the Taiya Universe’s highest ranks compromised.

• Void Extinguisher Great Ancestor left to stop the White Nation invasion while the Gubo Great Ancestors prepared to report the war to their State Minister Elders.
• Over three months, Gubo forces resisted Su Xiaobai’s Shadow Clones until an Ancient Ancestor arrived and purged them from the Gubo Seven Absolute Sacred Realm.
• Su Xiaobai expanded his Shadows’ raids to more than eighty Great Thousand Realms, rose to Seventh Step Origin Ancestor Grade, and upgraded his systems to double his Shadow force.
• Su Xiaobai used the Law of Time to capture a Sixth Step Origin Ancestor Grade Gubo member, remove his soul-bound map protections, and learn the locations of three more Gubo strongholds.
• Su Xiaobai discovered a Gubo infiltrator list and learned that Gubo agents had infiltrated the Ancient Grade in the Taiya Universe.

Su Xiaobai weighed the danger posed by Gubo Nation and Ancient Grade beings while planning to strengthen himself before revealing his hidden power. Meanwhile, Defeating Blue Emperor Ancestor brought Empress Lingping to Supreme Pure Yang Palace, where her former friend Ziyan began restoring her memories.

• Su Xiaobai judged that Gubo Nation had deeply infiltrated the Taiya Universe and resolved to grow stronger while keeping his plans to Transcend to Ancestor and obtain an Ancestor Cosmos Grade Cultivation Technique secret.
• Su Xiaobai calculated that his idle rewards could let him reach Great Ancestor Grade within half a year and considered waiting until his power and system upgrades had accumulated further.
• Defeating Blue Emperor Ancestor brought Empress Lingping to Supreme Pure Yang Palace after several months of travel and explained that she would become the Palace Ancestor of Pure Yang Lingping Palace.
• Defeating Blue Emperor Ancestor introduced his Master, Ziyan, as Empress Lingping’s only friend before her reincarnation.
• Ziyan touched Empress Lingping’s forehead, causing her consciousness to shake as memories began returning.

After Empress Lingping recovered her past-life memories and severed her line of fate with Tantai Bai, Su Xiaobai comforted his daughter and continued cultivating. Over the next six months, he reached the Second Step Great Ancestor Grade and upgraded his cultivation systems, while Empress Lingping remained in seclusion at the Supreme Pure Yang Palace.

• Tantai Bai sensed her fate line with Empress Lingping had been severed and wept, fearing her mother had abandoned her.
• Su Xiaobai concluded that Empress Lingping had reached the Great Thousand Fu Zhu Void Realm and unsealed her past-life memories, then reassured Tantai Bai that her mother was alive and cultivating.
• Over six months, Su Xiaobai advanced from the Seventh Step Origin Ancestor Grade to the Second Step Great Ancestor Grade by comprehending and upgrading cultivation techniques.
• Su Xiaobai completed his collection of the Three Thousand Great Daos and raised the One-Click Auto Monster Hunting function to level 130, unlocking Shadow Alchemy 2 and Shadow Fusion at new milestones.
• Su Xiaobai unlocked Cultivation Technique Enlightenment in the One-Click Training Space and began fusing all 3,000 Great Daos into an Ancestor Cosmos Grade Cultivation Technique.
• Su Xiaobai upgraded the One-Click Cultivation Space and unlocked Instant Cultivation, which granted the equivalent of 100 years of cultivation once every 30 days.

After six months of growth and a year and a half of pursuit, Su Xiaobai reached the core region of the Taiya Universe and learned how powerful its Ancient Grade forces and prodigies were. Intrigued by what the super sects might know, he disguised himself and set out for the Great Thousand Fu Zhu Void Realm.

• Su Xiaobai's Shadows located and attacked Gubo Nation's hidden old nests, whose entrances were concealed in prosperous, heavily guarded places.
• A Shadow told Su Xiaobai they had reached the Great Thousand Fu Zhu Void Realm, the core region of the Taiya Universe.
• Su Xiaobai learned that the universe had thousands of Ancient Grade existences, that the Supreme Pure Yang Palace was a super sect, and that prodigies with ten and eleven Life Universes existed.
• Su Xiaobai wondered what his twelve Life Universes represented and decided to visit the core region and its super sects in person.
• Su Xiaobai altered his appearance, concealed his strength, bid Bai'er and Ling'er farewell, and used Replacement to leave.

Su Xiaobai visited the Great Thousand Fu Zhu Void Realm to learn about the Supreme Pure Yang Palace and travel toward its main hall. In the inner region, he encountered powerful Ancestor Grade geniuses and learned that many had gathered for the Universe Genius Battle.

• Su Xiaobai visited the Dark Thorn Tai Void Palace and learned that the Supreme Pure Yang Palace’s main hall was in the Great Thousand Fu Zhu Void Realm and that its founder, Pure Yang Ancient Venerable, had destroyed the Ao Shi Yue Li Palace.
• Su Xiaobai used a Space-Time Teleportation Gate to head toward the inner region rather than wait a hundred years for a branch hall to recommend him.
• Su Xiaobai brought Tantai Bai, Su Ling'er, and Little White Dragon along to see the Great Thousand Realm as they traveled.
• Su Xiaobai explained that Ancestor Grade geniuses built their strength over immense periods by expanding their Life Universes and cultivating techniques.
• Su Xiaobai saw a genius riding a colossal phoenix and learned that many of the gathered geniuses had come for the Universe Genius Battle.

Su Xiaobai headed to the Supreme Pure Yang Palace to register for the Universe Genius Battle, hoping to test himself against the universe’s strongest geniuses and gain a deeper understanding of the universe. He arrived near the palace, where he sensed that Empress Lingping was inside.

• Su Xiaobai learned that the Universe Genius Battle drew geniuses from across the Taiya Universe and offered its top competitors a chance to become disciples of Ancient Grade beings.
• Su Xiaobai traveled toward the Supreme Pure Yang Palace, gaining another Ancestor Cosmos Grade Cultivation Technique every seven days while sightseeing with Tantai Bai, Su Ling'er, and the others.
• After a month, Su Xiaobai sent Tantai Bai, Su Ling'er, and the others back into his Internal Universe and promised Tantai Bai that she would soon meet her mother.
• Su Xiaobai sensed that Empress Lingping was inside the Supreme Pure Yang Palace and speculated about her reaction when her past-life memories awakened.
• Su Xiaobai turned into a streak of light and flew toward the Supreme Pure Yang Palace's gate.

Su Xiaobai entered Supreme Pure Yang Palace under the alias White Shadow and used altered Essence Blood to reveal nine Life Universes. His result drew the sect’s Ancient Ancestors to the main hall, where they competed to claim him as a disciple.

• Su Xiaobai registered as White Shadow and deliberately displayed nine Life Universes while suppressing his realm to Nine Tribulation Half Ancestor.
• An examiner escorted White Shadow to the main hall after reporting his talent to the sect’s Renowned Elders.
• White Shadow asked about the sect’s leadership and learned that Fenghuo Ancient Ancestor was the Sect Master, while Pure Yang Ancient Venerable had not appeared for years.
• Mizhan Ancient Ancestor welcomed White Shadow and gave him an Ancient Ancestor Grade jade pendant before the Sect Master assigned him a master.
• Fenhai, Anxing, and other Ancient Ancestors arrived and argued over who would take White Shadow as a disciple.

The Ancient Ancestors were shocked by Su Xiaobai’s strength and claimed age, then competed to recruit him as they brought him to the main hall. There, the Supreme Pure Yang Palace Sect Master appeared through a familiar black vortex, and Su Xiaobai realized he was an infiltrator from Gubo Nation.

• The Ancient Ancestors noticed that Su Xiaobai could withstand their life pressure and suspected he had reached the Emperor Ancestor or higher despite being under a million years old.
• Mizhan Ancient Ancestor asked how long Su Xiaobai had cultivated, and Su Xiaobai claimed it had been a million years.
• The Ancient Ancestors were astonished by Su Xiaobai’s claimed cultivation speed and competed to offer him techniques, treasures, and opportunities.
• The Ancient Ancestors brought Su Xiaobai to the main hall, where he learned that a disciple chose which Ancient Ancestor to follow.
• The Supreme Pure Yang Palace Sect Master appeared from a black vortex, and Su Xiaobai recognized him as an infiltrator from Gubo Nation.

Su Xiaobai discovered that the Supreme Pure Yang Palace’s Nine-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade Sect Master was a Gubo Nation infiltrator, then joined the sect’s master-selection ceremony. He named Empress Lingping as his chosen master, only to realize the Sect Master had secretly manipulated him into saying it.

• Su Xiaobai recognized the Sect Master as a Gubo Nation infiltrator but concealed his discovery and greeted him as White Shadow.
• The Sect Master declined to compete for Su Xiaobai as a disciple, and the Ancient Ancestors gathered to let him choose a master.
• Empress Lingping arrived, and Su Xiaobai observed that she had reached the One-Step Emperor Ancestor Grade.
• Su Xiaobai chose Empress Lingping, shocking the gathered Ancient Ancestors and Lingping herself.
• Su Xiaobai realized the Sect Master had used a technique to make him choose Lingping.

Su Xiaobai became Empress Lingping’s disciple while realizing the Sect Master was gathering Essence Blood to create Gubo Nation infiltrator disguises. He left with Lingping’s gifts, aware that his blood could expose his strength and Twelve Life Universes once it reached the Gubo Nation.

• Su Xiaobai pretended to be confused about being controlled, then accepted Empress Lingping as his master.
• The Sect Master asked Su Xiaobai and Empress Lingping for Essence Blood to establish a Soul Blood Oath, and Su Xiaobai realized the blood could be used to make disguises.
• Su Xiaobai reasoned that the Sect Master might already have collected Essence Blood from the Supreme Pure Yang Palace’s Ancient Ancestors and that other infiltrators could be present.
• Su Xiaobai and Empress Lingping gave the Sect Master their Essence Blood and completed the oath before he vanished into a black vortex.
• Empress Lingping took Su Xiaobai to the branch hall, asked why he felt familiar, and gave him a Summoning Ring filled with treasures and Cosmic Gold.

Su Xiaobai learned about the Gubo Nation’s infiltration and planned to use the upcoming Universe Genius Battle to hunt powerful opponents. After discovering that traveling through Space-Time Teleportation Gates required vast Sect Contribution Points, he sought sect missions and encountered Defeating Blue Emperor Ancestor.

• Empress Lingping gave Su Xiaobai a separate small-world cave abode inside the Lingping Branch Hall and told him not to disturb her unless something important happened.
• Su Xiaobai considered how deeply the Gubo Nation had infiltrated the super sects and suspected that some Ancient Ancestors might be impostors.
• Su Xiaobai planned to join the Universe Genius Battle in a year and a half, hoping to hunt its powerful participants while acknowledging that he needed more strength to survive.
• Su Xiaobai explored the sect halls and learned that he needed Sect Contribution Points to use Space-Time Teleportation Gates to other Great Thousand Realms.
• Su Xiaobai decided to complete sect missions for contribution points, then heard Defeating Blue Emperor Ancestor ask if he was troubled.

Su Xiaobai met Defeating Blue Emperor Ancestor, who explained ways to earn Sect Contribution Points and revealed a secret exchange for tokens taken from disciples of other supreme sects. Su Xiaobai realized the scheme meant the Mission Pavilion’s Renowned Elder might also be an infiltrator.

• Su Xiaobai suspected Defeating Blue Emperor Ancestor might be an impostor but approached him as the newly admitted disciple White Shadow.
• Defeating Blue Emperor Ancestor learned Su Xiaobai had taken Empress Lingping Palace Ancestor as his master and led him to the Secret Realm Stele.
• Defeating Blue Emperor Ancestor described earning contribution points by buying materials for low-star missions or hiring assassins to complete higher-star missions.
• Defeating Blue Emperor Ancestor revealed that disciples could secretly exchange stolen Sect Tokens from other supreme sects for contribution points.
• Su Xiaobai realized the tokens held disciples’ blood and identifying information, and suspected the Renowned Elder of the Mission Pavilion had been infiltrated.

Su Xiaobai learned that infiltrators had spread through the Supreme Pure Yang Palace and followed Defeating Blue Emperor Ancestor’s advice to pursue several ways of earning Sect Contribution Points at once. He brought a token from Central Purgatory Palace to Elder Pifeng, who valued it at 150,000 points.

• Su Xiaobai suspected Defeating Blue Emperor Ancestor was a Gubo Nation infiltrator but wondered whether his warning about the sect’s dangers meant he was playing another role.
• Defeating Blue Emperor Ancestor gave Su Xiaobai a jade talisman and explained three ways to earn Sect Contribution Points: complete secret-realm missions, hunt mission targets, and exchange tokens taken from other sect disciples.
• Su Xiaobai decided to pursue all three routes and searched his stored spoils for Sect Tokens from super sects.
• Su Xiaobai found a token from Central Purgatory Palace that belonged to a Seven-Step Emperor Ancestor and took it to the Mission Hall.
• Elder Pifeng became wary when he saw the token, but relaxed after Su Xiaobai said Defeating Blue Emperor Ancestor had sent him and offered 150,000 Sect Contribution Points for it.

Su Xiaobai sold sect tokens to Elder Pifeng for Sect Contribution Points, secretly building up enough to travel to another core Great Thousand Realm. He arrived in the Great Thousand Wuxiang Moon Realm and sent his Shadows toward its outskirts to begin hunting.

• Elder Pifeng gave Su Xiaobai 150,000 Sect Contribution Points for a Seven-Step Emperor Ancestor token and required him to keep the transaction secret and off the rankings.
• Su Xiaobai returned with more tokens, including one from an Origin Ancestor Grade disciple, and received another large payment.
• Over the following week, Su Xiaobai brought Elder Pifeng thirty more tokens, nearly half from Origin Ancestor Grade experts, and reached ten million Sect Contribution Points.
• Su Xiaobai used the points to travel through the Space-Time Teleportation Gate to the Great Thousand Wuxiang Moon Realm.
• Su Xiaobai summoned his Shadows and sent them in different directions toward the core Great Thousand Realm's outskirts.

Su Xiaobai expanded the Shadow Clones’ invasion and disguised their strength so they could continue harvesting spoils without drawing powerful enemies too soon. After selling Elder Pifeng 50 Origin Ancestor Grade Sect Tokens, he gained enough contribution points to access three core Great Thousand Realms, and planned to return in seven days.

• Su Xiaobai ordered the Shadow Clones to disguise themselves as Second Step Great Ancestors while they spread toward the outskirts of the Great Thousand Realm.
• Su Xiaobai used Replacement to return, then waited seven days before visiting the Mission Pavilion.
• Su Xiaobai presented Elder Pifeng with 50 Origin Ancestor Grade Sect Tokens, astonishing him with the scale of the Shadow Clones’ slaughter.
• Elder Pifeng paid Su Xiaobai 100 million contribution points, giving him access to three core Great Thousand Realms.
• Su Xiaobai thanked Elder Pifeng and left, saying he would return in seven days.