Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liu subdued the divine soul that had invaded his Spirit Sea, but discovered a powerful Beast Soul hidden inside it. He began fighting the Beast Soul in his Spirit Sea Space, where the battle remained unresolved.

• Jiang Liu used the water of his Divine Sea to erode the invading divine soul until it could barely resist.
• Jiang Liu tried to question the weakened divine soul, but a Beast Soul hidden within it awakened and revealed immense power.
• Jiang Liu suspected that the Qi Refiner had been captured by the beast race as a War Slave during the era of the Qi Refiners.
• Jiang Liu attacked the Beast Soul with waves from his Spirit Sea, while the Beast Soul blocked them with hurricanes and struck back.
• Jiang Liu's spiritual-power blades dispersed the Beast Soul's hurricanes, but he realized the Beast Soul could still contend with him despite being suppressed.

Jiang Liu used the power of his Spirit Sea Space to fight the Beast Soul and the Qi Refiner’s Divine Soul, then trapped them in separate cages. The Beast Soul repeatedly shattered its cage, while the Qi Refiner was trapped, and Jiang Liu began to understand why they reacted so fiercely to the cages.

• Jiang Liu blocked the Beast Soul’s hurricanes and wind blades, then pressed both opponents with the power of his Spirit Sea Space.
• The weakened Qi Refiner’s Divine Soul launched a sudden assault, hoping to seize Jiang Liu’s body and regain his strength.
• Jiang Liu formed a mental-power cage around the Beast Soul and the Qi Refiner, but they shattered it and attacked him together.
• The Qi Refiner drove his aura into the Divine Sea to weaken Jiang Liu’s control while the Beast Soul lunged at him.
• Jiang Liu formed separate reinforced cages around them; the Beast Soul broke free, but the Qi Refiner remained trapped and cursed furiously.
• Seeing the Qi Refiner’s venomous expression, Jiang Liu began to understand their reaction to the cages.

Jiang Liu fought the Beast Soul and the Qi Refiner’s divine soul inside his Spirit Sea Space, where the trapped souls’ attacks cost them Soul Force. The Qi Refiner’s soul was caged and close to vanishing, while Jiang Liu weakened the Beast Soul and prepared to finish the fight.

• The Qi Refiner’s divine soul began to flicker as its Soul Force dissipated, and it resigned itself to death while Jiang Liu focused on the Beast Soul.
• Jiang Liu recovered some Soul Force when the souls’ attacks dissipated, while the Beast Soul continued fighting with formidable reserves.
• Jiang Liu wondered about the hall master’s strength and the silence inside the hall as the battle continued unnoticed.
• The Beast Soul sensed that Jiang Liu’s Soul Force was unusually strong and roared as it sent wind blades at him.
• Jiang Liu blocked the wind blades with tiny blades, and the Beast Soul’s aura weakened considerably after the exchange.

Jiang Liu endured the Beast Soul’s final eruption in his Spirit Sea Space, losing the Qi Refiner’s soul in the chaos but surviving the assault. After exhausting the Beast Soul and beginning to recover with the Heavenly Evolution Codex, he reached toward the fading soul.

• Jiang Liu intensified his attacks as the Beast Soul weakened, then retreated when it unleashed tornadoes and a storm of wind blades.
• The Beast Soul’s indiscriminate attacks obliterated the Qi Refiner’s soul and shattered Jiang Liu’s barriers, leaving Jiang Liu injured and his Spiritual Avatar unstable.
• Jiang Liu evaded the Beast Soul’s remaining attacks and realized its aura was fading and it could no longer fight back.
• Jiang Liu sent more Spiritual Avatars shaped like small knives through the Beast Soul, then approached it after confirming it had been exhausted.
• Jiang Liu circulated the Heavenly Evolution Codex to absorb energy and replenish himself as the Beast Soul flickered toward disappearance, then reached toward it with a Spiritual Avatar shaped like a small hand.

Jiang Liu absorbed the Beast Soul’s remaining Soul Force and learned from its memories that the Divine Hall of Rules had once been the source of rule cultivation before a war shattered it. He remained inside the hall, wondering what soul was trapped there, unaware that the hall was subtly changing.

• Jiang Liu absorbed the Beast Soul’s remaining Soul Force, replenishing his Divine Sea and gaining a faint view of the divine hall.
• Jiang Liu learned that the Divine Hall of Rules had once enabled cultivators and exotic beasts to enter the Realm of Rules.
• Jiang Liu learned that a war across the Three Realms over control of the hall had shattered it and spread its Power of Rule into primordial energy.
• Jiang Liu learned that survivors tried to restore the hall by using the bones of dead cultivators, but the restoration could not recover its former power or secret of immortality.
• Jiang Liu wondered what divine soul was trapped inside the hall while continuing to sort through the Beast Soul’s memories, unaware the hall was changing.

After the Three Realms chose Yunzhi Shangren as hall master, they rebuilt the Divine Hall of Rules using the bodies of dead cultivators and beast clans. The hall regained some Power of Rule, but the missing blood and souls and the resentment corrupting Yunzhi Shangren set the stage for a sudden eruption.

• The Three Realms cultivators chose Yunzhi Shangren to suppress the Divine Hall of Rules and calm the dead cultivators' resentment.
• The builders discovered that the blood had vanished from the cultivators' and beast clans' corpses, alarming Yunzhi Shangren and the others.
• The Three Realms cultivators repaired the hall with the corpses and returned some Power of Rule to it.
• Yunzhi Shangren remained at the hall to suppress the resentment, which gradually changed his state of mind.
• A waterfall of blood appeared before the Divine Hall of Rules, and the hidden danger erupted.

Jiang Liu uncovered memories showing that Ming Bai had refined the blood of the dead into a Bloodfall more powerful than the Divine Hall of Rules. As Yunzhi Shangren fought Ming Bai, the hall’s resentment had already changed his judgment, and the cultivators of the Three Realms realized how far both fighters surpassed them.

• Jiang Liu collected the Beast Soul’s memories and learned how a Bloodfall had once overwhelmed the Divine Hall of Rules.
• Yunzhi Shangren recognized Ming Bai’s aura in the Bloodfall and recalled their earlier battle, which had left both of them gravely wounded.
• Yunzhi Shangren sent Rule power from the Divine Hall of Rules against the Bloodfall, intending to break it and return its blood to the bones in the hall’s walls.
• Yunzhi Shangren’s desire to restore the blood revealed how the hall’s resentment had altered his state of mind.
• The Divine Hall of Rules and the Bloodfall clashed, while Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai fought beyond the reach of anyone else.
• The cultivators of the Three Realms realized that Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai had both far surpassed their strength.

After Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai fought to a grievous draw, the mutated Divine Hall of Rules and its evil master left the Three Realms fearing what would come next. Years of uneasy peace ended as powerful cultivators began disappearing in growing numbers, causing panic across the cultivation world.

• Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai fought with devastating force, leaving both gravely injured and revealing Yunzhi Shangren’s evil transformation.
• Ming Bai withdrew with the weakened Bloodfall, while Yunzhi Shangren returned to the Divine Hall of Rules to recover and the Three Realms’ cultivators dispersed in fear.
• The Three Realms remained peaceful for several years as Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai recovered.
• Powerful cultivators began disappearing, and the growing number of missing people sparked panic as others suspected Yunzhi Shangren or Ming Bai.

Jiang Liu learned from the Beast Soul how Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai destroyed the forces of the Three Realms and the beast race. The Divine Hall of Rules and Bloodfall disappeared afterward, while the cultivators and beast clans steadily declined.

• The cultivators of the Three Realms gathered at the transformed Divine Hall of Rules to demand answers from Yunzhi Shangren, who attacked them alongside Ming Bai and annihilated them.
• The beast race joined the cultivators in attacking Yunzhi Shangren after learning that its members had also disappeared.
• Yunzhi Shangren was initially overwhelmed, but Ming Bai suddenly joined the battle and helped turn it against the cultivators and beast race.
• Ming Bai and Yunzhi Shangren killed everyone who had attacked the Divine Hall of Rules, leaving no survivors.
• The Divine Hall of Rules and Bloodfall vanished, and Jiang Liu finished sorting through the Beast Soul's memories while still harboring doubts.

Jiang Liu explored the Divine Hall of Rules, wondering how the Three Rule Lords had found it and why they had started the War of Rules. He sensed the hall’s strange energy and malevolent phantoms, then felt his Divine Sea stir as he seemingly discovered the divine statue he had been seeking.

• Jiang Liu concluded that he would need to become stronger before he could learn the truth from Yunzhi Shangren or Ming Bai.
• Jiang Liu examined the hall’s energy and sensed resentment and evil intent from the phantoms on its walls.
• Jiang Liu decided to search the hall while the battle between Bloodfall and the Divine Hall of Rules kept him from intervening.
• Jiang Liu reasoned that a divine statue must have supplied the Power of Rule used to help cultivators break through, then felt his Divine Sea stir as if he had found it.

Jiang Liu cautiously approached the statue in the Divine Hall of Rules while avoiding the powerful Phantoms of Resentment. When a beam of light struck him, he saw that the statue looked exactly like him.

• Jiang Liu restrained his aura and moved carefully past the Phantoms of Resentment, which returned to the walls instead of attacking.
• Jiang Liu realized the Phantoms of Resentment had attacked him earlier and considered how the Divine Hall of Rules preserved their strength.
• Jiang Liu approached a strangely familiar statue and reasoned that Yunzhi Shangren had rebuilt the hall to shelter the Phantoms of Resentment.
• Jiang Liu stopped before the statue, unsettled by its presence and by the silence from Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai's battle outside.
• A beam of light shot from the statue and struck Jiang Liu, revealing that the statue had his own appearance.

Jiang Liu discovered that the Divine Hall of Rules’ statue looked like him and realized its appearance might explain why the hall’s inhabitants had mistaken him for its incarnation. As the hall became visible around the statue, he reached toward it and was pulled inside, disappearing.

• Jiang Liu realized the Beast Soul and others had likely held back because they believed he was the divine statue’s incarnation.
• Jiang Liu decided to explore the hall while its inhabitants left him alone and spread his Divine Sense around the statue.
• Jiang Liu saw the plaza and meditation mats as the darkness receded, possibly because he had refined the Beast Soul’s Soul Force.
• Jiang Liu reached toward the statue to feel its material, but his hand passed through and a force dragged him inside.

Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai had used the War of Rules to gather the flesh and souls they needed to sustain their corrupted forms, hoping to escape them through a secret tied to the Divine Hall of Rules’ statue. After Jiang Liu, whose face matched the statue’s, entered it, Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai resumed their battle as they waited to learn whether Jiang Liu could find what they sought.

• Ming Bai asked Yunzhi Shangren whether Jiang Liu could find what they needed and free them, but Yunzhi Shangren watched the Divine Hall of Rules without answering.
• Yunzhi Shangren recalled that Jiang Liu had attracted his attention by absorbing the white mist and then astonished him with his resemblance to the divine statue.
• Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai had lured the Three Rule Lords into waging the War of Rules every thousand years to replenish the flesh and souls that sustained their corrupted forms.
• Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai had spent more than ten thousand years seeking a way to break free, but they could not approach the statue without their life force draining away.
• After sensing Jiang Liu vanish into the Divine Hall of Rules, Yunzhi Shangren sent a huge hand toward Bloodfall, and Ming Bai struck back.

Jiang Liu entered the alternate dimension inside the Divine Statue of Rules and examined its unusual energy, gravity, and limits. With the Data Panel disabled and an unseen consciousness watching him, he cautiously began investigating the dangerous space.

• Jiang Liu realized that the Divine Statue of Rules' power inside the Divine Hall had been suppressed and wondered whether the statue produced the energy filling the hall and its alternate dimension.
• Jiang Liu stepped forward and found that the space's heavy gravity shortened his stride and made his vital energy feel sluggish.
• Jiang Liu discovered that every icon on his Data Panel had turned gray, leaving him without its assistance.
• Jiang Liu sensed a hidden consciousness watching him and considered whether it belonged to Yunzhi Shangren or the Divine Statue of Rules.
• Jiang Liu spread his Divine Sense, but it stopped after extending only a dozen or so meters.

Jiang Liu explored the alternate space inside the Divine Statue of Rules, where gravity and his strength were suppressed as divine power held back the Grievance Souls. After a beast phantom and a cultivator phantom appeared and were destroyed by the statue’s power, Jiang Liu healed the resulting injury to his Divine Sea and was left wary of the dangers around him.

• Jiang Liu withdrew his suppressed Divine Sense into a barrier and began exploring the desolate alternate space.
• Jiang Liu realized the Divine Statue of Rules’ remaining divine power was suppressing chaotic Grievance Souls, and that this power was gradually weakening.
• A dark flying-beast phantom appeared, then exploded, spreading black aura and increasing the gravity pressing on Jiang Liu.
• A cultivator phantom appeared and laughed, prompting Jiang Liu to attack it with vital-energy knives that were destroyed by the statue’s divine power.
• Jiang Liu circulated the Heavenly Evolution Codex to heal the damage to his Divine Sea and looked around, fearing further attacks.

Jiang Liu discovered that his primordial energy, refined by the Heavenly Evolution Codex, could revive the barren dimensional space inside the Divine Statue of Rules. As strange cries and several powerful auras approached, he prepared to face whatever was coming.

• Jiang Liu noticed a weed in the once-barren space and found that his Divine Sense could now reach dozens of meters.
• Jiang Liu sensed a familiar trace of primordial energy in the weed and wondered whether he was connected to the Divine Statue of Rules.
• Jiang Liu used the Heavenly Evolution Codex to refine energy into primordial energy and spread it through the space, causing weeds to sprout and the dry ground to grow moist.
• Jiang Liu realized the Heavenly Evolution Codex, not his own existence, had caused the space to change, and he began to question where the codex came from.
• Strange cries sounded in the distance as several powerful auras rapidly approached Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu’s cultivation nourished the Divine Statue of Rules, which began recovering and barred Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai from entering its hall. As Jiang Liu walked through the statue’s alternate space, his vital energy restored the barren land while Grievance Souls were destroyed.

• Jiang Liu sensed that his Heavenly Evolution Codex cultivation had strengthened the Divine Statue of Rules enough to annihilate the attacking Grievance Souls.
• The Divine Statue of Rules radiated light across the prayer mats, but the brief surge of vital energy was not enough to extend its recovery.
• Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai rushed to the Divine Hall of Rules after sensing the statue’s change, but its doors shut and its aura blocked them.
• Ming Bai sent Phantoms of Resentment toward the hall, and Yunzhi Shangren destroyed them and warned Ming Bai not to attack the Divine Hall.
• Yunzhi Shangren spread his phantom around the hall, while Ming Bai retreated and chose to wait.
• Jiang Liu walked through the alternate space as his vital energy restored the barren ground and the approaching Grievance Souls were annihilated.

Jiang Liu continued using the Heavenly Evolution Codex to refine the alternate space’s energy into vitality and restore the Divine Statue of Rules, while Grievance Souls grew stronger and more numerous. As he sensed resentment within the energy, he began to understand its origin and why the statue could not absorb it directly.

• Jiang Liu decided to keep restoring the Divine Statue of Rules, both to survive the Grievance Souls and to pursue control of the statue and its alternate space.
• The alternate space grew greener as grass, saplings, and larvae appeared, while the Grievance Souls attacking Jiang Liu increased in number and strength.
• Jiang Liu wondered who had written the Heavenly Evolution Codex, realizing it could refine energy that even the Divine Statue of Rules could not absorb.
• Jiang Liu continued refining the energy and feeding the resulting vitality to the statue, while his meridians, flesh, and physical strength improved.
• Resentment within the energy gathered around Jiang Liu in whirlwinds, and he began to understand where it came from and why the statue could not absorb it.

Jiang Liu reasoned that the Ancient Battlefield’s energy came from the resentment of its dead and could suppress the Divine Statue of Rules, while Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai struggled to contain the Grievance Souls. As the Divine Statue began recovering, Yunzhi Shangren sensed the souls weakening, but Ming Bai feared Bloodfall would soon consume him.

• Jiang Liu concluded that the Ancient Battlefield’s energy was formed from the souls and resentment of the dead, and that without his arrival the Divine Statue of Rules might have collapsed, unleashing the Grievance Souls.
• Jiang Liu reasoned that Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai had once tried to destroy the Divine Statue of Rules but later relied on it to suppress the growing Grievance Souls.
• Ming Bai’s greed had led him to refine dead cultivators’ blood into Bloodfall, which eventually took control of him and threatened to turn him into one of its Grievance Souls.
• Ming Bai held back from attacking the Divine Hall of Rules because he feared a fight to the death and could feel the souls inside Bloodfall nearing the point of escaping his control.
• Yunzhi Shangren sensed white light appearing inside the Divine Hall of Rules and inferred that the Divine Statue was recovering, weakening the Grievance Souls affecting him.

Yunzhi Shangren waited for the Divine Statue of Rules to recover as it slaughtered the Grievance Souls, hoping to use the chance to escape the Divine Hall of Rules. Ming Bai sensed the change and attacked Yunzhi Shangren with the Bloodfall, beginning a decisive battle outside the hall.

• Yunzhi Shangren let Ming Bai destroy the Divine Statues of Rules while the statues killed the dwindling Grievance Souls, hoping to escape when the hall was nearly cleared.
• Yunzhi Shangren sent Ming Bai a signal not to act rashly, but Ming Bai inferred that something inside the hall was going in Yunzhi Shangren's favor.
• Ming Bai and Yunzhi Shangren gathered their auras as both prepared to fight over the Divine Hall of Rules.
• Ming Bai expanded the Bloodfall and swept it across the hall and Yunzhi Shangren, whose phantom grew brighter and more solid.
• Ming Bai unleashed blood mist to overwhelm Yunzhi Shangren in one attack because the situation inside the Divine Hall of Rules made him uneasy.