Chapter Summaries

Su Xiaobai decided to transcend to Ancestor after judging that further cultivation as a Nine Tribulation Half Ancestor would take too long. During the breakthrough, he comprehended the Great Time Universe Dao and began transforming his Twelve Life Universes.

• Su Xiaobai decided to transcend to Ancestor rather than spend six more months growing stronger as a Half Ancestor.
• Su Xiaobai traveled to the borderlands, where his Shadows continued disrupting battles over the Ancient Domain Inheritance Platforms.
• Su Xiaobai began his transcendence, summoning his Twelve Life Universes as his body and pressure expanded.
• Su Xiaobai perceived himself as time itself and understood that time's essence was the cycle of birth and destruction.
• Su Xiaobai merged the Great Dao of Time with his Life Universe to form the Great Time Universe Dao, rendering other cultivators' Great Dao of Time useless before him.

Su Xiaobai fused the Three Thousand Great Daos with his twelve Life Universes and advanced into the Reincarnation Form. His awakening shook the Taiya Lifeform and drew the attention of Taiya Heavenly Venerable.

• Su Xiaobai fused the Three Thousand Great Daos with his twelve Life Universes, growing stronger as their power transformed.
• Su Xiaobai’s completed fusion released overwhelming pressure that forced beings across the Ancient Domain to kneel, while weaker cultivators and their Internal Universes were destroyed.
• Ancient Ancestor Grade geniuses on the Inheritance Platform sensed Su Xiaobai’s rising aura and wondered what kind of existence had awakened.
• Su Xiaobai traveled through the void as his twelve Life Universes illuminated the universe, then returned them to his body and emerged.
• Su Xiaobai’s arrival shook the Taiya Lifeform and stirred even Ancient Grade powerhouses to bow.
• Taiya Ancient Venerable opened his eyes and declared that the Reincarnation Form had appeared.

Su Xiaobai completed his Transcendence to Ancestor, merging his flesh and soul with twelve Life Universes to attain the Reincarnation Form and Immortal and Indestructible state. The system's accumulated cultivation and the resonance of his techniques then drove his true strength to Ten-Step Emperor Ancestor and beyond its previous limits.

• Su Xiaobai formed the Reincarnation Form as his twelve Life Universes merged with the Great Daos, bringing his existence into harmony with the River of Time.
• Su Xiaobai fused his fleshly body and soul with the Three Thousand Cosmic Daos and attained the Immortal and Indestructible state.
• Su Xiaobai gained the ability to glimpse the River of Time and stand outside its flow.
• Su Xiaobai's accumulated system cultivation erupted, advancing him from Nine Tribulation Half Ancestor to Ten-Step Emperor Ancestor.
• Su Xiaobai's Ancestor Grade and Ancestor Cosmos Grade Cultivation Techniques resonated with his perfected body, surging their power back into him and causing his true strength to leap forward.

Su Xiaobai advanced to the Eight-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade and tested the devastating power of his Chaotic Sword Rain technique. Meanwhile, Emperor Ancestor Duanhong led the Illusory Color Lingxiao Hall to hunt White Shadow, but his attempt to trace a captured clone failed, and White Shadow’s red-gold clones struck his group.

• Su Xiaobai reached the Eight-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade and realized that his strength could devastate a core Great Thousand Realm.
• Su Xiaobai unleashed Chaotic Sword Rain with one finger, annihilating nearby Great Ancestor Grade and low-level Ancient Ancestor Grade experts.
• Emperor Ancestor Duanhong set out with several hundred Illusory Color Lingxiao Hall members to kill White Shadow, relying on information from Emperor Ancestor Bilian about White Shadow’s clones.
• Emperor Ancestor Duanhong captured one of White Shadow’s clones and tried to trace its causal connection, but found that it had none.
• Hundreds of red-gold clones appeared and detonated themselves, killing the Illusory Color Lingxiao Hall geniuses who had not reached the Ancient Ancestor Grade.

Su Xiaobai’s clones killed Emperor Ancestor Bilian and Emperor Ancestor Duanhong, revealing their overwhelming strength as Su Xiaobai reached the Eight-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade. He then ordered his system to hunt every Ancient Ancestor Grade genius in the Cosmic Genius War space.

• Emperor Ancestor Duanhong tried to protect Emperor Ancestor Bilian, but a Red-Gold clone killed her with a slash of Five-Step Ancient Ancestor strength.
• The Red-Gold Shadow’s aura rose to the Eight-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade, and it killed Emperor Ancestor Duanhong with a single strike.
• Su Xiaobai observed his clones across the Cosmic Genius War space and realized he had become powerful enough to overwhelm its geniuses.
• Su Xiaobai ordered the One-Click Auto Monster Hunting System to hunt every Ancient Ancestor Grade genius and take their wealth.
• Ancient Ancestor Grade beings across the space sensed an unprecedented crisis approaching.

Red-Gold Shadows unleashed by Su Xiaobai slaughtered geniuses across the battlefield, while he tested their immense new strength and began studying the Ancient Zhena Dark Hell Canon. He managed to turn past its opening page, revealing a new world within the cultivation technique.

• Tens of thousands of Red-Gold Shadows appeared near the Ancient Ruins and killed Ancient Ancestor experts before they could escape or send warnings.
• Bat King Emperor Ancestor attacked a Red-Gold Shadow, but it erased his sword technique and killed him with one strike.
• Su Xiaobai used the Shadows to adapt to their increased strength and reflected that they could threaten even Nine-Step Ancient Ancestors.
• Su Xiaobai brought out the Ancient Zhena Dark Hell Canon and tried to comprehend it by deploying large numbers of Shadows.
• Su Xiaobai found that turning the Canon's pages required steadily greater strength, then opened the first page of its actual contents and saw a new world.

Su Xiaobai used his Shadows and Twelve Life Universes to absorb two Ancient Grade Cultivation Techniques, but the system estimated that comprehending them would take 32.6 billion years. He turned back to the Ancient Domain battlefield to earn Cosmic Gold, where Azure Light Emperor Ancestor and his faction prepared to hunt the Shadows.

• Su Xiaobai mobilized nearly all his Shadows to help him absorb the contents of two Ancient Grade Cultivation Techniques, completing the task in two days.
• Su Xiaobai placed both techniques in the One-Click Training Space and learned that comprehending them would take 32.6 billion years.
• Su Xiaobai decided to keep harvesting Ancient Ancestor Grade cultivators to earn Cosmic Gold and reduce the time needed for comprehension.
• Azure Light Emperor Ancestor led more than twenty Ancient Ancestor Grade cultivators and targeted the Shadows belonging to White Shadow Emperor Ancestor.
• Azure Light Emperor Ancestor's faction grew alarmed as the Shadows began killing stronger cultivators, and many Ancient Ancestor Grade cultivators joined forces to eliminate them.

Azure Light Emperor Ancestor led more than a hundred Ancient Ancestor Grades into the mist to kill White Shadow Emperor Ancestor, whom he considered a threat to his control. Su Xiaobai watched through Number Seven Shadow as the group launched a massive attack that engulfed the clone.

• Azure Light Emperor Ancestor gathered more than a hundred Ancient Ancestor Grades to punish White Shadow Emperor Ancestor for slaughtering indiscriminately and encroaching on his influence.
• Number Seven Shadow and two other Shadows defeated a Five-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade beast king, then fought several Ancient Ancestor Grades who came for the bloodshed’s spoils.
• Azure Light Emperor Ancestor arrived after the fight and found Number Seven Shadow collecting three Summoning Rings.
• Su Xiaobai examined the approaching group through Number Seven Shadow’s vision and realized they had brought more than a hundred Ancient Ancestor Grades to his doorstep.
• Azure Light Emperor Ancestor ordered everyone to attack, and their combined techniques engulfed Number Seven Shadow.

Number Seven Shadow survived the combined attack of more than a hundred Ancient Ancestor Grade experts, then killed Azure Light Emperor Ancestor with one slash. Su Xiaobai left the trapped attackers to his clone, which began killing them all.

• Azure Light Emperor Ancestor ordered the experts to overwhelm Number Seven Shadow without killing him too quickly, hoping to use the clone to find White Shadow Emperor Ancestor's true body.
• Number Seven Shadow emerged unharmed from the combined assault and identified Azure Light Emperor Ancestor as the mastermind.
• Number Seven Shadow crossed space and killed Azure Light Emperor Ancestor with a single slash, then sealed the surrounding area.
• The trapped experts fled in panic and pleaded with White Shadow Emperor Ancestor to spare them and accept their submission.
• Su Xiaobai rejected their pleas and departed, leaving Number Seven Shadow to mercilessly kill the Ancient Ancestor Grade experts.

Su Xiaobai used his Shadow Clones to hunt Ancient Ancestor Grade geniuses across the Ancient Domain Battlefield, amassing five million kilograms of Cosmic Gold and upgrading the One-Click Training Space and One-Click Auto Monster Hunting. With the northern region cleared and his strength greatly increased, he sent clones to other regions and set out for the Ancient Domain Inheritance Platform, where the top-ranked geniuses gathered.

• Su Xiaobai's Shadow Clones killed Ancient Ancestor Grade opponents across the battlefield, including the ranked Ghost Owl Emperor Ancestor, and collected their belongings.
• Su Xiaobai spent five million kilograms of Cosmic Gold to upgrade the One-Click Training Space, reducing Ancient Grade cultivation technique comprehension time to eight hundred million years, then upgraded One-Click Auto Monster Hunting with the remaining funds.
• Su Xiaobai sent Number Six Shadow and Number Seven Shadow south and Number Three and Number Four west to hunt in regions where Ancient Ancestor Grade experts had formed alliances.
• Su Xiaobai directed Number Two Shadow to the Ancient Domain Inheritance Platform, confident in his strength after advancing to the Eight-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade.
• Five Ancient Domain Inheritance Platforms stood in the southwestern region, where ranked geniuses including Spirit Snake Emperor Ancestor, Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor, and Thousand Autumns Emperor Ancestor had gathered.

White Shadow Emperor Ancestor arrived at the contested Ancient Domain Inheritance Platforms, where the most powerful experts gathered and judged him an unlikely threat. Su Xiaobai, controlling Number Two Shadow, recognized that the five platform holders could be difficult opponents, while Condensing Wave Emperor Ancestor urged him to leave to survive.

• Giant Devourer Emperor Ancestor and Immortal Bead Emperor Ancestor occupied two of the platforms, while the other top-ranked powerhouses held the remaining platforms.
• Immortal Bead Emperor Ancestor and the assembled experts noticed White Shadow Emperor Ancestor approaching with twelve Life Universes and wondered how his strength had risen so dramatically.
• Su Xiaobai used Number Two Shadow to observe the five powerful platform holders and concluded that each could be difficult for him to defeat.
• An Eight-Step Ancient Ancestor questioned why White Shadow Emperor Ancestor had come to seek death, and Condensing Wave Emperor Ancestor offered to help preserve his life if he left.

Su Xiaobai kept Number Two Shadow on the outskirts of the inheritance platforms until Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor launched a lethal attack. Number Two Shadow survived the opening strike and fought him to a standstill, leaving the surrounding experts stunned as the battle continued.

• Su Xiaobai decided to wait for an opportunity rather than challenge the experts occupying the inheritance platforms.
• Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor suddenly left his platform and attacked Number Two Shadow with a full-strength sword strike.
• Number Two Shadow activated several defensive methods and survived the strike, surprising Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor and the watching experts.
• Su Xiaobai revealed himself through Number Two Shadow, summoned the Black Blade, and counterattacked with three Ancestor Cosmos Grade saber techniques.
• Su Xiaobai and Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor clashed in a battle that shook the surrounding space, while the gathered experts watched from a distance.

Su Xiaobai used his Red-Gold Shadows to slaughter the Gubo Nation infiltrators who reinforced the Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor. After the attackers destroyed Number Two Shadow, it recovered and revealed Su Xiaobai’s true appearance, exposing him as the mastermind behind the massacre at the Gubo Nation headquarters.

• The Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor summoned reinforcements after realizing he could not defeat White Shadow Emperor Ancestor alone.
• Dozens of Seven-Step and ten Eight-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade infiltrators arrived and attacked Su Xiaobai, while Immortal Bead Emperor Ancestor chose not to intervene.
• Su Xiaobai sent out Red-Gold Shadows, whose self-detonations killed Eight-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade experts and revealed that each shadow possessed immense strength.
• The Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor and the assembled Ancient Ancestor Grade experts focused their attacks on Number Two Shadow and shattered it, believing they had killed their target.
• Number Two Shadow recovered completely and appeared as Su Xiaobai, causing the Gubo Nation infiltrators to recognize him as the mastermind behind their headquarters massacre.

Su Xiaobai used his clones and mastery of the Great Daos to trap Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor and slaughter the Gubo Nation infiltrators. After synthesizing a new Ancient Grade cultivation technique from his spoils, he invested the Cosmic Gold he gained into One-Click Auto Monster Hunting.

• Su Xiaobai's Red-Gold and Golden Shadows trapped Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor while Number Two Shadow and Su Xiaobai attacked the infiltrators.
• Su Xiaobai's suppression of the infiltrators' Great Daos let him kill their Seven-Step and Eight-Step Ancient Ancestors while onlookers watched in alarm.
• Immortal Bead Emperor Ancestor judged White Shadow Emperor Ancestor powerful enough to rank among the top five, while Silver Mist Emperor Ancestor wondered whether he could defeat Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor.
• Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor unleashed his full strength and repeatedly destroyed Number Two Shadow, only to learn that his target was a clone as Su Xiaobai continued killing infiltrators.
• Su Xiaobai gained enough Ancestor Cosmos Grade Cultivation Techniques to synthesize Ancient Primordial Divine Revelation Spirit-Opening Dao Heaven-Opening Primordial Chaos Art, then spent his Cosmic Gold on One-Click Auto Monster Hunting.

Su Xiaobai upgraded One-Click Auto Monster Hunting and used its new Giant Shadow function to raise Number Two Shadow to Nine-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade. Number Two Shadow killed Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor with the power of time, and Su Xiaobai took over the Ancient Domain Inheritance Platform.

• Su Xiaobai spent most of his remaining Cosmic Gold upgrading One-Click Auto Monster Hunting and unlocked Giant Shadow.
• Su Xiaobai fused the shadows into Number Two Shadow, whose strength surged to Nine-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade.
• Number Two Shadow walked upon the River of Time and used its power to destroy Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor's body, soul, and universes.
• Silver Mist Emperor Ancestor, Immortal Bead Emperor Ancestor, Spirit Snake Emperor Ancestor, and Thousand Autumns Emperor Ancestor witnessed the kill and recognized White Shadow Emperor Ancestor's overwhelming strength.
• Su Xiaobai avoided challenging the other ranked experts and occupied Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor's Ancient Domain Inheritance Platform.

Su Xiaobai occupied Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor's Inheritance Platform after killing him, frightening other contestants away. He then spoke peacefully with Spirit Snake Emperor Ancestor and Giant Devourer Emperor Ancestor, who welcomed him and discussed going to the Final Battleground.

• Su Xiaobai claimed a spot on Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor's Inheritance Platform, and the other contestants fled or stopped fighting rather than risk provoking him.
• Su Xiaobai reflected that the Giant Shadow's power had let him overcome the Eight-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade's limits and kill a Nine-Step Ancient Ancestor Grade using the River of Time.
• Spirit Snake Emperor Ancestor and Giant Devourer Emperor Ancestor greeted Su Xiaobai from nearby platforms and approached him without using their Great Dao auras.
• Giant Devourer Emperor Ancestor and Spirit Snake Emperor Ancestor praised Su Xiaobai's strength and said he deserved a place among the top geniuses.
• Su Xiaobai said he cared little about the rankings and had come to reach the Final Battleground, while Giant Devourer Emperor Ancestor urged the strongest contestants to avoid needless fighting.

Su Xiaobai’s killing of Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor made the other experts treat him with respect and fear. Immortal Bead Emperor Ancestor approached him, and the two most dangerous geniuses in the Ancient Domain stood face to face as Thousand Autumns Emperor Ancestor fled.

• Giant Devourer Emperor Ancestor and Spirit Snake Emperor Ancestor cautiously visited Su Xiaobai, wary of his lack of relatives and allies to protect.
• Su Xiaobai reflected that killing Flame Flood Dragon Emperor Ancestor had earned him the respect of the ranked experts.
• Dragon Bristle Emperor Ancestor tried to seize a spot, but Su Xiaobai shouted at him and frightened him away.
• Immortal Bead Emperor Ancestor left Silver Mist Emperor Ancestor and approached Su Xiaobai, while Thousand Autumns Emperor Ancestor withdrew to avoid being caught between them.

Immortal Bead Emperor Ancestor met Su Xiaobai at his Ancient Domain Inheritance Platform, and they agreed to avoid attacking each other’s sides before the Final Battleground unless conflict arose. After four months of growing stronger and driving ranked geniuses from their platforms, Su Xiaobai prepared to enter the Final Battleground as the one-year agreement ended.

• Immortal Bead Emperor Ancestor visited Su Xiaobai, and the two discussed their mutual ability to kill each other and agreed to meet in the Ancient Domain.
• Immortal Bead Emperor Ancestor’s visit deterred others from targeting Su Xiaobai for the next few months.
• Su Xiaobai upgraded One-Click Auto Monster Hunting and used Giant Shadows and Red-Gold Shadows to kill ranked geniuses and increase his Cosmic Gold income.
• After returns from hunting reached saturation, Number Two Shadow left the Inheritance Platform and Su Xiaobai spotted Emperor Yi Emperor Ancestor across the distant starry sky.
• The one-year agreement ended, and pillars of light rose from the Ancient Domain Inheritance Platforms to carry their occupants to the Final Battleground.

On the day the one-year agreement expired, Su Xiaobai entered the Ancient Domain alone and discovered that its Great Daos far surpassed those of the Taiya Universe. He sensed a mysterious willpower watching the region, one that might belong to a Dominator or an even greater existence.

• Su Xiaobai drove off the Ancient Ancestor Grade figures who had gathered on his Inheritance Platform, then chased down an Eight-Step Ancient Ancestor who glared at him and reclaimed the Summoning Ring.
• When the agreement expired, Su Xiaobai arrived alone on an Inheritance Platform in the Ancient Domain and felt its oppressive pressure.
• Su Xiaobai examined the ancient ruins and found Great Daos more numerous and powerful than the Three Thousand Great Daos he had comprehended.
• Su Xiaobai sensed an unseen willpower observing him and suspected it surpassed Pure Yang Ancient Venerable, perhaps belonging to a Dominator.

Su Xiaobai explored the true Ancient Domain, discovering its immense scale and extraordinary resilience while sending Shadow Clones to investigate its dangers. As Number Two Shadow entered a star domain surrounding a black hole, Su Xiaobai suddenly lost contact with it.

• Su Xiaobai tested the Ancient Domain’s ruins with Black Blade · Shadow and found that even his powerful strike caused only limited damage.
• Su Xiaobai crossed into a vast, desolate starry sky and realized its stars and distances dwarfed those of the Taiya Universe.
• Su Xiaobai sent his Shadow Clones out in exploration teams to search the Ancient Domain and encounter Ancient Domain Life.
• Su Xiaobai directed Number Seven Shadow toward the edge of the Protection Zone to investigate the Great Terror beyond it.
• Su Xiaobai followed Number Two Shadow into a star domain around a gigantic black hole, where the connection suddenly broke and Number Two Shadow appeared to die.