Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liu used the Heavenly Evolution Codex to strengthen his Power of Time-Space Rule, but his body reached its limit before he could make a major breakthrough. He flew toward the Fallen Star Stone and came upon a glowing sphere that even Void Exotic Beasts were afraid to approach.

• Jiang Liu concluded that the Heavenly Evolution Codex let him cultivate Power of Rule in a way other warriors could not.
• Jiang Liu absorbed Void Force, Power of Rule, and creatures until his essence energy and Power of Time-Space Rule saturated his body.
• Jiang Liu realized he needed to temper his meridians before he could safely hold more Power of Rule, then set out toward the Fallen Star Stone.
• Jiang Liu traveled through the Void while consuming and replenishing his energy, avoiding the risk of drawing the attention of Void forces with a spaceship.
• Jiang Liu spotted a glowing sphere surrounded by Void Exotic Beasts, which watched it from a distance and feared approaching.

Jiang Liu suspected that a huge ball of light had survived a Void Storm and traveled to this region, and he approached it to investigate. He sensed powerful Human Race warriors inside, including a Supreme God Realm warrior, and continued toward the settlement cautiously.

• Jiang Liu concluded that the ball of light was likely another faction's settlement displaced by a Void Storm.
• He recalled the storm's destructive power and became eager to learn how the ball of light had endured it.
• Jiang Liu concealed his aura and used Nebula Shrunken Earth to pass the Void Exotic Beasts unnoticed as he approached.
• Jiang Liu sensed powerful auras inside the ball of light and recognized them as belonging to Human Race warriors.
• Jiang Liu realized that a Human Race Supreme God Realm warrior was inside, but kept his guard up and continued approaching carefully.

The Holy Wang Pavilion learned that the Holy Master Pavilion had gone to the Nether Realm to seek reinforcements before the upcoming War of Rules, raising fears that their alliance would be targeted. The Pavilion Master sent Zhao Li to investigate and attack if the Holy Master Pavilion had found reinforcements, then sensed an intruder approaching.

• The Pavilion Master asked Zhao Li about the Holy Sky Pavilion, and Zhao Li reported that the Holy Master Pavilion had gone to the Nether Realm for reinforcements.
• The Holy Wang Pavilion members worried that Bai Ye might have found a Hidden Starstone and that the Holy Master Pavilion would target their forces before the war.
• The Pavilion Master ordered Zhao Li to investigate the Nether Realm and summon nearby forces to attack if the Holy Master Pavilion had gained reinforcements.
• Zhao Li used his mastery of the Speed Rule to vanish, and the Pavilion Master noticed someone approaching.

Zhao Hao learned that a pure-blooded Human Race Divine Realm martial artist had arrived at Starstone and sent Zhao Qian to receive him. Jiang Liu slipped past the Void Exotic Beasts, was spotted, and watched Zhao Li fly past without stopping as another figure approached.

• Zhao Hao reassured the Holy Wang Pavilion members that the newcomer was a Third-Tier Divine Realm martial artist, then revealed that he was a pure-blooded Human Race member.
• The Holy Wang Pavilion members were astonished and grew excited at the possibility that the Human Realm had changed enough to produce a Divine Realm expert.
• Zhao Hao told Zhao Qian to receive the newcomer, while Jiang Liu silently passed between two Void Exotic Beasts.
• Jiang Liu sensed that he had been spotted and became wary as Zhao Li approached in a blue-green halo.
• The Void Exotic Beasts scattered from Zhao Li, who ignored Jiang Liu and flew onward; a pale-yellow halo then approached Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu met Zhao Qian, who mistook his visit to the Holy Master Pavilion for a desire to join it and led him through the void. They reached the Shadowed Starstone, where Jiang Liu saw a gray sphere inhabited by humans.

• Jiang Liu greeted Zhao Qian and concealed his Power of Time-Space Rule when Zhao Qian’s aura pressed against him.
• Jiang Liu told Zhao Qian he had come from the Nether Realm and was heading to the Holy Master Pavilion, prompting Zhao Qian to decide to guide him.
• Zhao Qian waited ahead to assess Jiang Liu’s flying speed, and Jiang Liu followed using spiritual energy and Nebula Shrunken Earth.
• Zhao Qian guided Jiang Liu around the Void Turbulence until they reached the Shadowed Starstone, which Jiang Liu saw was inhabited by humans.

Jiang Liu entered the Shadowed Starstone with Zhao Qian and met Zhao Hao and the Holy Wang Pavilion experts. When Zhao Qian revealed that Jiang Liu had claimed to come from the Nether Realm and planned to seek the Holy Master Pavilion, Zhao Hao summoned a powerful breeze that left Jiang Liu unable to move.

• Zhao Qian opened a passage through the Shadowed Starstone, and Jiang Liu marked a traversal coordinate before following him inside.
• Jiang Liu found himself surrounded by dozens of Supreme God Realm experts from the Holy Wang Pavilion, and Zhao Hao ordered them to rein in their auras.
• Zhao Hao questioned Jiang Liu about where he had come from and where he planned to go.
• Zhao Qian told Zhao Hao that Jiang Liu had said he came from the Nether Realm and intended to seek the Holy Master Pavilion.
• Zhao Hao summoned a swirling breeze, the experts retreated, and Jiang Liu tried to leave but found himself unable to move.

Jiang Liu reached the Holy Master Pavilion seeking a way to enter the Supreme God Realm before an approaching catastrophe, and Zhao Hao questioned him using mind-controlling power. Zhao Hao then offered him a Human Race cultivation manual, giving Jiang Liu hope for himself and Gongsun Haoyue’s group.

• Zhao Hao questioned Jiang Liu about his origins, his search for the Holy Master Pavilion, and the calamity he sensed, while the Data Panel protected Jiang Liu’s consciousness from Zhao Hao’s mental control.
• Jiang Liu pretended to remain unconscious during the questioning, then recovered and told Zhao Hao he wanted a method to reach the Supreme God Realm.
• Zhao Hao considered taking Jiang Liu as a disciple but decided against it because the coming War of Rules could put him in danger.
• Zhao Hao offered Jiang Liu a Human Race cultivation manual that could teach him how to break through to the Supreme God Realm.
• Jiang Liu realized the manual could also provide cultivation methods for Gongsun Haoyue and the others when they reached the Divine Realm.

Zhao Hao gave Jiang Liu a Space Pouch containing Human Race cultivation techniques, secret realms, and classics, after leading him to the concealed stone house of the Holy Wang Pavilion. He then asked Jiang Liu about the Human Realm’s current situation, hoping its people could grow strong enough to help the Holy Wang Pavilion.

• Zhao Hao sensed that Jiang Liu cultivated Devil Race and God Race techniques but chose not to pry into his cultivation secrets.
• Zhao Hao led Jiang Liu through formations concealing the Holy Wang Pavilion’s stone house, and Jiang Liu waited outside rather than enter uninvited.
• Zhao Hao returned with a Space Pouch containing secret realms and classics brought from the Human Realm by their ancestors, and gave it to Jiang Liu.
• Zhao Hao asked Jiang Liu to describe the Human Realm’s current situation and explained that he hoped its strength would eventually grow.

Jiang Liu questioned Zhao Hao about why the Three Rule Lords had forced the Three Great Power Alliance into war before the War of Rules. Zhao Hao confirmed that the coming world-destroying crisis had compelled the Three Rule Lords to wage the war so they could survive, and he urged Jiang Liu to focus on protecting the Human Race.

• Jiang Liu accepted the Space Pouch and wondered whether the Three Rule Lords had forced Supreme God Realm warriors to fight in order to evade the approaching crisis.
• Jiang Liu told Zhao Hao his doubts about the War of Rules and the Three Rule Lords' motives.
• Zhao Hao revealed that he had sensed the crisis during the previous War of Rules and said the Three Rule Lords had launched the war because the crisis left them no choice.
• Jiang Liu wondered how the Three Rule Lords could escape the crisis, while Zhao Hao urged him to cultivate and keep the Human Race alive rather than join the War of Rules.
• Zhao Hao sensed the crisis growing closer and feared that the Three Realms might be destroyed after the coming War of Rules.

Jiang Liu asked Zhao Hao about the forces in the void and learned how the three great power alliances were organized and ranked. He was left wondering what role the Divine Realm Guardian played in the War of Rules.

• Zhao Hao recovered from his distress and reassured Jiang Liu that his fears about the future might not come true.
• Jiang Liu reflected on the terrifying power of the Three Rule Lords and considered whether the Devil God could teach him how to hide his Power of Rule.
• Jiang Liu asked Zhao Hao about the forces in the void, and Zhao Hao explained the Holy Wang Pavilion, Holy Master Pavilion, and Holy Sky Pavilion.
• Zhao Hao said the Holy Sky Pavilion was the strongest alliance, while the Holy Wang Pavilion was the weakest but most tolerant of mixed-bloods.
• Jiang Liu wondered what role the Divine Realm Guardian played in the War of Rules.

Jiang Liu questioned the Divine Realm Guardian’s motives and suspected a hidden alliance against the Three Rule Lords before asking Zhao Hao for the Fallen Star Stone’s location. Zhao Hao gave him updated coordinates and warned that powerful leaders could sense his Human Race aura; Jiang Liu then left the Shadowed Starstone.

• Jiang Liu considered whether the Demon God and the Divine Realm Guardian were cooperating to distract the Three Rule Lords while the Demon God’s true body escaped.
• Jiang Liu asked Zhao Hao for the Fallen Star Stone’s coordinates and said he intended to visit without venturing deep inside.
• Zhao Hao agreed after a brief display of power and explained that a Void Storm had displaced the Fallen Star Stone and the Shadowed Starstone.
• Zhao Hao shared the latest coordinates for the Fallen Star Stone and the Holy Sky Pavilion’s Celestial Might Starstone, warning that powerful figures could detect Jiang Liu’s Human Race aura.
• Jiang Liu realized he had been careless about revealing his identity, said farewell to Zhao Hao, and departed the Shadowed Starstone.

Zhao Hao sent Jiang Liu to investigate the sealed Holy Sky Pavilion, suspecting something had happened to its Pavilion Master, Zhang Cheng. After returning near Xingyun Island, Jiang Liu tested whether the Divine Realm Guardian could detect his Power of Rule and considered how to free the Long Wave Sword God from Tian Lan’s control.

• Zhao Hao explained that he had sent Jiang Liu to probe the Holy Sky Pavilion because the Holy Wang Pavilion had lost contact with its spies there.
• Zhao Hao reassured Zhao Cheng and Zhao Yi that Jiang Liu could conceal his movements, then vanished after suspecting Zhang Cheng was behind the pavilion’s unexplained lockdown.
• Jiang Liu used spatial traversal to return near Xingyun Island, and Zhao Hao sensed his aura disappear beyond detection.
• Jiang Liu circulated the Heavenly Evolution Codex and found no sign that Tian Lan was probing his Divine Sense.
• Jiang Liu concluded that he needed to reach the Realm of Rules before he could rescue the Long Wave Sword God from Tian Lan’s control.

After returning to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, Jiang Liu reunited with Gongsun Haoyue and the other women before settling his restless state of mind. He emerged from several days of meditation having mastered the Time-Space Rule and broken through to the Supreme God Realm.

• Jiang Liu checked on the cultivating forces around Xingyun Island and Tranquil Sea Island, then entered the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and reunited with Gongsun Haoyue and the others.
• Jiang Liu sensed that Han Yi was preparing to break through to the Divine Realm and decided to discuss her options without interfering with her choice.
• Cuier, Xiao He, Murong Yin, and Feng Yue prepared a feast, and the women took care of Jiang Liu as he ate.
• Jiang Liu meditated for several days until his aura settled, then emitted a dazzling white light as his insight deepened.
• Jiang Liu completely mastered the Time-Space Rule and broke through to the Supreme God Realm, though he sensed that his new state was unusual.

After reaching the Supreme God Realm, Jiang Liu discovered that he still had a progress bar and found he could wield the Time and Space Rules with startling ease. He suspected that cultivating both rules let him sense other powers, while the Three Rule Lords remained unaware of his breakthrough.

• Jiang Liu used the Time Rule to drain a sea beast’s vitality and the Space Rule to move instantly across dozens of meters.
• Han Yi, Gongsun Haoyue, Murong Yin, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, and the other women watched Jiang Liu’s display and felt overwhelmed by the gap between their cultivation and his.
• Jiang Liu sensed a spatial disturbance and gathered the women into an Essence Energy hand, then wondered whether he had begun to grasp the Mind Control Rule.
• The women went off to cultivate, and Jiang Liu considered hiding his other rules from the Three Rule Lords while remaining with the Holy Wang Pavilion.
• Jiang Liu looked outside and saw no sign that his breakthrough had alerted the Three Rule Lords.

After breaking through in the dual cultivation rule without alerting the Three Rule Lords, Jiang Liu brought Zhao Hao’s collection of Human Race cultivation arts and manuals to the Ruyi Celestial Palace. He showed them to the women and explained that he had found a Human Race divine-grade force in the void.

• Jiang Liu tested his Time-Space Rule and opened the Space Pouch Zhao Hao had given him.
• Jiang Liu moved the Human Race classics into the Ruyi Celestial Palace, hoping Gongsun Haoyue and the others could find arts better suited to them.
• Jiang Liu considered using a Human Race art to conceal his aura and strengthen his Divine Sea’s protection.
• Jiang Liu invited the women into the study, where Feng Yue reacted with delight at the collection and Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch asked about its origins.
• Jiang Liu told the women he had found a Human Race divine-grade force and began explaining how he obtained the manuals in the void.

Jiang Liu reassured his wives after telling them how he had obtained the Human Race manuals, then studied records of the Human Realm’s past. He learned that the Human Realm’s rebellion against the God Realm had failed and its Divine Nature had been destroyed, but the books did not explain why its martial Dao inheritance was later wiped out.

• Jiang Liu promised Murong Yin, Gongsun Haoyue, and the other women that he would be more careful after his dangerous encounter with Zhao Hao.
• Jiang Liu and the women began reading the Human Race manuals Zhao Hao had brought, and Jiang Liu studied the Chronicles of War Records to learn about the Human Realm’s past.
• Jiang Liu learned that Zhao Hao’s ancestor had left the Human Realm after a devastating war, founded the Holy Wang Pavilion, and had never returned.
• Jiang Liu concluded that Zhao Hao hoped to use the Human Realm as a source of recruits for the War of Rules.
• Jiang Liu searched the books for what had happened after the war but found no account of the destruction of the Human Realm’s martial Dao inheritance.
• Jiang Liu learned that the God Realm had oppressed the Human Realm, whose failed rebellion ended with the destruction of its Divine Nature and its long decline.

Jiang Liu reasoned that the Human Realm had regained Divine Nature and might undergo a second great reawakening, making cultivation and breakthroughs easier. Meanwhile, Qin Bailian investigated denser vital energy and stronger exotic beasts across the provinces, learning that Nebula Mountain’s vital energy had reached half the concentration of an essence stone.

• Jiang Liu connected his breakthrough, the Saintly Sky Art, and the temples collecting Faith Power to the Human Realm’s return of Divine Nature.
• Jiang Liu deduced that destroying the old Heaven’s Dao had been the Human Realm’s first reawakening and that regaining Divine Nature could trigger a second.
• Jiang Liu considered how the God Realm’s plundering and later power struggles had left the Human Realm impoverished, then studied the ancient text for clues.
• Qin Bailian asked his subordinate about the Martial Division’s investigation into denser vital energy and rising attacks by exotic beasts.
• The subordinate reported that vital energy emanating from Nebula Mountain had reached half the concentration of an essence stone.

Qin Bailian investigated the Human Realm’s steadily increasing Essence and worried that the Holy Dynasty might lose control as martial artists broke through in great numbers. In the God Realm, Jiang Liu found a log mentioning a man named Cheng and wondered whether their conversation had concerned the Human Realm’s lost martial heritage.

• Qin Bailian ordered the Ministry of Surveillance to monitor famous rivers and mountains and report any major changes.
• As the Essence grew denser and martial artists advanced into the Peak Grandmaster and Saint Realms, Qin Bailian and the Hall of Governmental Affairs recruited or monitored them to preserve the Holy Dynasty’s control.
• Qin Bailian and the others hoped Jiang Liu would return to manage the increasingly prosperous Human Realm.
• Jiang Liu searched Zhao Hao’s records for the hidden martial artists and found a log describing its writer’s encounter with an old friend named Cheng near the Human Realm.
• Jiang Liu wondered whether Cheng had told the writer about the Human Realm’s lost martial heritage.

Jiang Liu learned that the Saint Heaven Sect might have been secretly targeted to destroy its divine-grade inheritance, but Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch did not know who was responsible. He decided to return to the Human Realm for clues and went to check for news from Eternal Joy City, where Long Wave Sword God had gone silent.

• Jiang Liu found no useful clues in the remaining ancient texts, which contained only cultivation arts, and told the women what he had discovered.
• Gongsun Haoyue and Flowing Cloud Matriarch revealed that their ancestors had suspected another enemy was behind the Saint Heaven Sect's disappearance, with the Halls of Yama serving as a public culprit.
• Jiang Liu concluded that the hidden enemy had sought to erase the Saint Heaven Sect's inheritance and prevent divine-grade secret manuals from appearing in the Human Realm.
• Jiang Liu arranged for Yunkong and others to copy the cultivation manuals, then used his mastery of the Space Rule to show the women he could travel alone.
• Jiang Liu flew to the headquarters of the Shockwave Sea Alliance to look for news from Eternal Joy City and found only Yu Chenghai there.

Jiang Liu asked Yu Chenghai for news from the Neutral Continent and learned that Feng Changtian’s death and Long Wave Sword God’s breakthrough had been made public. He suspected Long Wave Sword God had been chosen as the God Realm’s Supreme Being and resolved to learn more about the Divine Realm Guardian’s Mind Control Rule.

• Jiang Liu entered the hall, and Yu Chenghai realized he could not sense Jiang Liu’s strength despite having reached the Second-Order Divine Realm.
• Jiang Liu asked Yu Chenghai whether he had received news from the Neutral Continent.
• Yu Chenghai reported that news of Captain Feng Changtian’s death and Long Wave Sword God’s breakthrough to the Third-Tier Divine Realm had spread throughout the God Realm.
• Jiang Liu inferred that the Divine Realm Guardian had chosen Long Wave Sword God as the God Realm’s Supreme Being.
• Jiang Liu considered seeking knowledge of the Divine Realm Guardian’s Mind Control Rule from Long Wave Sword God so he could better prepare for Zhao Hao.