Chapter Summaries

As Jiang Liu refined soul energy inside the Divine Statue of Rules, a Grievance Soul trapped him in a vast sea-of-blood illusion. The Rule Statue’s Divine Soul watched helplessly as Jiang Liu prepared to use God Fills the World to break free.

• The Divine Soul of the Rule Statue watched Jiang Liu and recognized that he practiced the cultivation method created by a person who had once emerged from the statue.
• The Divine Soul sensed a powerful Grievance Soul attacking Jiang Liu’s sea of consciousness but could not intervene without risking destruction.
• Jiang Liu’s vision blurred, and he found himself surrounded by an endless sea of blood created by the Grievance Soul.
• Jiang Liu recognized the scene as an illusion and formed a Phantom Sound Flute from primordial energy to play God Fills the World.

Jiang Liu used an essence-formed Phantom Sound Flute to confront an illusion of Blood Dragons while the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue recovered its power from the music. The Blood Dragons attacked, and Jiang Liu’s wind blades met their black aura in an even first exchange.

• Unable to use his real Phantom Sound Flute, Jiang Liu manifested one from Heaven and Earth Essence and played music throughout the sealed space.
• The Divine Soul of the Rule Statue welcomed the music because it filled the space with essence and sped up its recovery.
• Blood Dragons emerged from the sea of blood, and Jiang Liu felt disgust toward their dark aura, recognizing that the Divine Statue of Rules was influencing his emotions.
• Jiang Liu played an eerie tune and summoned walls of wind and wind blades to block the Blood Dragons’ charge.
• The Blood Dragons smashed the wind blades with their black aura, and the sea of blood began churning as Jiang Liu’s flute music changed again.

Jiang Liu used his flute to create an illusion within the Grievance Soul’s blood-sea illusion and sent a Fire-Winged Monkey to attack the fused blood dragon. The monkey was destroyed, Jiang Liu’s music stopped, and the hidden Grievance Soul revealed itself and rushed toward him.

• Jiang Liu created an illusion that connected seamlessly with the Grievance Soul’s illusion and summoned a powerful Fire-Winged Monkey.
• The blood dragons merged into one, and the Fire-Winged Monkey struck the resulting dragon while Jiang Liu continued playing his flute.
• Jiang Liu aimed to weaken the Grievance Soul enough to expose it so the Divine Statue of Rules could find it and Jiang Liu could devour its illusory space.
• The blood dragon endured the monkey’s attacks, then shattered it with a sweep of its tail.
• Jiang Liu’s flute vanished and the music stopped as a black figure appeared and rushed toward him, revealing the Grievance Soul.

Jiang Liu trapped the Grievance Soul in an illusion so convincing that the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue failed to notice their disappearance. With the Grievance Soul bound, Jiang Liu began devising a way to devour its Soul Force without being detected.

• The Divine Soul of the Rule Statue tried to seize the black figure, but Grievance Soul tentacles blocked its palm long enough for the figure to reach Jiang Liu.
• A dazzling light enveloped Jiang Liu and the Grievance Soul, making both vanish from the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue's perception.
• Jiang Liu revealed that he had used a flute-sound illusion to deceive the Grievance Soul and conceal their disappearance from the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue.
• Jiang Liu considered how to devour the Grievance Soul's Soul Force without exposing himself to the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue.
• Jiang Liu tightened the mental chains binding the Grievance Soul.

Jiang Liu devoured the Soul Force the Grievance Soul released, strengthening his spiritual power and expanding his Divine Sea. When the Grievance Soul refused to release more, Jiang Liu prepared to cut it apart with a spiritual knife.

• The spiritual chains tightened around the black figure, and its released Soul Force was pulled into Jiang Liu's Divine Sea.
• Jiang Liu's Spiritual Avatar swallowed the Soul Force, weakening the Grievance Soul and increasing Jiang Liu's control over the illusion.
• Jiang Liu realized that devouring the Grievance Soul could advance his spiritual power and help him escape the other space.
• The Grievance Soul stopped releasing Soul Force, and Jiang Liu struggled to draw more out without tearing it apart.
• Jiang Liu formed a spiritual-power knife to cut the Grievance Soul, and a voice formed from intent appeared beside his ear.

Jiang Liu captured a Grievance Soul that retained clear consciousness and pressured it to reveal how to leave the alternate space. The soul explained its escape method, but Jiang Liu realized it might not work in his favor.

• A Grievance Soul offered to show Jiang Liu how to leave if he protected it, but he refused to promise protection.
• Jiang Liu considered the danger of returning outside, where Bloodfall and Yunzhi Shangren might seize him, and questioned whether what they sought was elsewhere in the Divine Hall of Rules.
• When the Grievance Soul hesitated to reveal the escape method, Jiang Liu tightened his spiritual chains and threatened to destroy it.
• The Grievance Soul gave in and explained how to leave, and Jiang Liu furrowed his brows after hearing that its method might not suit him.

Jiang Liu refused the Grievance Soul’s plan to escape and instead tried to absorb its Soul Force. The Grievance Soul exposed him by breaking out, and the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue appeared as Jiang Liu faced the resulting danger.

• The Grievance Soul asked Jiang Liu to help it escape through a weakness in the dimensional space’s defenses, but he refused to trust it.
• Jiang Liu tightened his Soul Force chains around the Grievance Soul and absorbed some of its Soul Force to strengthen his divine soul.
• The Grievance Soul erupted with its aura to expose Jiang Liu before it disappeared, and the chains destroyed it.
• The Grievance Soul’s outburst split Jiang Liu’s Seemingly Real Illusion, allowing the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue to appear.
• The Divine Soul of the Rule Statue purified the scattered Soul Force, while Jiang Liu considered how to handle the threat before him.

Jiang Liu negotiated with the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue, offering to help restore its divine power in exchange for three conditions. The Divine Soul was inclined to agree to two but hesitated over letting him explore the alternate dimension, fearing he might give Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai what they sought.

• Jiang Liu reasoned that the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue needed his help and decided to negotiate for his safety.
• Jiang Liu sent his mental intent to the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue and requested free passage in and out, refuge when his life was in danger, and permission to explore the alternate dimension in exchange for helping restore its divine power.
• The Divine Soul of the Rule Statue considered Jiang Liu’s conditions and believed his resemblance to its former master and his cultivation of the Heaven Evolution Codex meant it would not kill him regardless.
• The Divine Soul of the Rule Statue was willing to accept the first two conditions but hesitated over the third, fearing Jiang Liu might find what Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai wanted and hand it to them.
• Jiang Liu hoped to explore the alternate dimension and devour its Grievance Souls, both to strengthen himself and to help purify the area.

Jiang Liu refined the Grievance Soul’s Soul Force, purged its lingering resentment, and experienced a surge in strength. He then saw the alternate space’s true, colorful form and spotted more Grievance Souls in the distance.

• The Divine Soul of the Rule Statue accepted Jiang Liu’s conditions, confident that its restored power would let it overcome Ming Bai and Yunzhi Shangren.
• Jiang Liu cultivated the Heaven Evolution Codex, refined the absorbed Soul Force, and purified the resentment within it.
• Jiang Liu’s aura briefly surged, surprising the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue, before he returned to his calm state.
• Jiang Liu saw the alternate space in its dazzling, multicolored form and realized the Grievance Soul he had absorbed had expanded his Divine Sea.
• Jiang Liu spotted shadowy Grievance Souls in the distance and smiled, though he knew he was still weaker than the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue.

Jiang Liu discovered that he could see hidden Grievance Souls and tried to ambush one, only to find its counterattack threatened his Divine Sea. The Divine Soul of the Rule Statue killed it and saved him, while Jiang Liu wondered why other Grievance Souls had appeared to delay its arrival.

• Jiang Liu used his new ability to locate a hidden Grievance Soul and observed that it retained some intelligence.
• Jiang Liu attacked the Grievance Soul with the Heavenly Evolution Codex, but it retaliated by sending chaotic consciousness into his Divine Sea.
• Jiang Liu fought the invading consciousnesses within his Divine Sea and endured their assault.
• The Divine Soul of the Rule Statue killed the Grievance Soul, leaving Jiang Liu to refine its Soul Force.
• Jiang Liu realized several other Grievance Souls had briefly blocked the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue and questioned why.

Jiang Liu refined the Soul Force from a powerful Grievance Soul and realized that several Grievance Souls had joined forces against him. He continued playing his flute to draw them out, relying on the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue to annihilate them while refining what Soul Force he could.

• Jiang Liu finished refining the Soul Force from the Grievance Soul and assessed the dangers of facing the united Grievance Souls.
• Jiang Liu decided to keep using the Phantom Sound Flute to protect himself and gather Soul Force despite the risks to his Divine Soul.
• The Grievance Souls tried to attack Jiang Liu, but the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue annihilated them before they could act.
• Jiang Liu played God Fills the World, drawing out more Grievance Souls as the Rule Statue's divine power recovered.
• Jiang Liu played more forcefully and refined the surrounding Soul Force while the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue destroyed the attacking Grievance Souls.

Jiang Liu played his xiao to expose hidden Grievance Souls while searching the pocket dimension for its entrance and exit, fearing the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue might trap him once it recovered. Outside, Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai fought amid Ming Bai’s blood mist, and Jiang Liu wondered why the Grievance Souls seemed to multiply as they were killed.

• The Divine Soul of the Rule Statue annihilated exposed Grievance Souls, growing stronger as Jiang Liu dodged the attacks’ aftershocks.
• Jiang Liu played God Fills the World to reveal hidden Grievance Souls and investigate the pocket dimension without exposing his Divine Sense directly.
• Jiang Liu searched for the pocket dimension’s entrance and exit because he feared the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue would turn against him after clearing the Grievance Souls.
• Yunzhi Shangren delayed Ming Bai in the blood mist by creating numerous figures around the Divine Hall of Rules, forcing Ming Bai to attack them one by one.
• Jiang Liu saw that the Grievance Souls seemed to grow more numerous even as the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue killed them.

Jiang Liu realized that the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue was secretly drawing Grievance Souls into the strange space while growing stronger from killing them. After overusing his Soul Force, he was forced to flee as the Grievance Souls swarmed him, and the Data Panel became usable again near the entrance.

• Jiang Liu noticed that later Grievance Souls were weaker and inferred that the entrance had opened, allowing some to enter from the Divine Hall of Rules.
• Jiang Liu suspected that the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue could still control the Grievance Souls and was using him to clear them out.
• Jiang Liu's Divine Sea began to run dry, so he stopped his flute-music attack and raised a vital-energy barrier.
• The Grievance Souls rushed toward Jiang Liu as soon as the music stopped, and he activated Nebula Shrunken Earth to race toward the entrance.
• Jiang Liu refined scattered Soul Force while fleeing, and the Data Panel reappeared before him.

Jiang Liu used the Sky Devouring Cat to draw the Grievance Souls’ attention while he fled toward the exit, but the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue eliminated his pursuers. Jiang Liu began restoring his Divine Sea with scattered Soul Force, and the Sky Devouring Cat fought off the Black Mist and returned to him.

• Jiang Liu summoned the Sky Devouring Cat, which tried to hold back the Black Mist with wind blades but could not affect it.
• Jiang Liu left the Sky Devouring Cat behind as a distraction and rushed toward the exit while Grievance Souls closed in around him.
• The Divine Soul of the Rule Statue killed the Grievance Souls pursuing Jiang Liu, and Jiang Liu stopped to prepare the Phantom Sound Flute.
• Jiang Liu circulated the Heavenly Evolution Codex and absorbed scattered Soul Force, beginning to restore his dried-up Divine Sea.
• The Sky Devouring Cat unleashed black tornadoes that swept the Black Mist away, then flew back to Jiang Liu.
• Jiang Liu sensed that the Sky Devouring Cat’s strength had stabilized at the Third-Tier Divine Realm and wondered whether the System Space had helped it improve faster.

Jiang Liu refined the scattered Soul Force left by the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue while the Sky Devouring Cat revealed that it could devour Grievance Souls. The cat began consuming them to increase its strength, while Jiang Liu remained focused on cultivating.

• Jiang Liu wondered why the Sky Devouring Cat could thrive in the System Space and repel Grievance Souls, but set aside his questions to refine scattered Soul Force.
• The Sky Devouring Cat reached Jiang Liu and complained, but he ignored it and continued strengthening his Divine Soul.
• The Sky Devouring Cat secretly absorbed scattered Soul Force, then flew away from Jiang Liu and pounced on a Grievance Soul.
• The Grievance Soul enveloped the Sky Devouring Cat and vanished as the cat devoured it, despite its Supreme God Realm strength.
• The Sky Devouring Cat sought Jiang Liu's help to refine what it had consumed, but when he did not respond, it pounced on another Grievance Soul.
• Jiang Liu and the Sky Devouring Cat continued absorbing Soul Force as the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue slaughtered the remaining Grievance Souls.

Jiang Liu absorbed scattered Soul Force in the alternate space and broke through to the Rule Three Realm, gaining the ability to destroy Grievance Souls with his Power of Rule. He then noticed Sky Devouring Cat radiating an unexpectedly dangerous aura.

• Jiang Liu absorbed scattered Soul Force, strengthened his soul, and realized he could fully control his Power of Rule.
• Jiang Liu gathered more Soul Force and reached a critical point, then broke through to the Rule Three Realm.
• Jiang Liu unleashed his Power of Rule, tearing apart the surrounding Grievance Souls.
• Jiang Liu checked his status and discovered that nearly ten days had passed in the Ancient Battlefield.
• Jiang Liu looked toward Sky Devouring Cat and sensed that its abnormal aura posed a hint of danger.

Jiang Liu watched the Sky Devouring Cat devour Grievance Souls, then put it into the System Space to sleep and refine its gains. After breaking through to the Rule Three Realm, Jiang Liu slaughtered and refined the remaining Grievance Souls, but the exit stayed closed and the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue remained absent.

• Jiang Liu realized the Sky Devouring Cat could directly devour and refine Grievance Souls, and suspected its sudden power surge had been beyond its control.
• Jiang Liu put the sleeping Sky Devouring Cat into the System Space to refine the Soul Force in its body.
• Jiang Liu used the Power of Time-Space Rule to destroy a fleeing Grievance Soul with a single blow.
• Jiang Liu pursued and killed Grievance Souls, refining their Soul Force with the Heavenly Evolution Codex.
• Jiang Liu noticed the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue had vanished and saw that the exit remained closed.

The Divine Soul of the Rule Statue watched Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai battle outside the Divine Hall of Rules, hoping to eliminate them before they could threaten its recovery. Yunzhi Shangren continued defending the hall as Ming Bai escalated the fight by summoning beast-shaped Grievance Souls.

• The Divine Soul of the Rule Statue shifted its attention from Jiang Liu to Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai, intending to kill them and regain control of the Divine Hall of Rules.
• Yunzhi Shangren destroyed two Grievance Souls that threatened the hall's entrance, while Ming Bai angrily demanded that he stop blocking him.
• Yunzhi Shangren surrounded the Bloodfall with multiple figures and attacked, forcing Ming Bai to contract it and evade.
• Ming Bai summoned countless beast-shaped Grievance Souls from the Bloodfall, making Yunzhi Shangren's expression turn grave.

Yunzhi Shangren attacked Ming Bai and Bloodfall, believing he could defeat them both before the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue intervened. As the battle intensified, the Divine Soul quietly spread its power through the Grievance Souls, whose sudden calm went unnoticed.

• Yunzhi Shangren decided to attack Ming Bai first, confident he could still defeat the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue afterward.
• Yunzhi Shangren locked down Bloodfall and blasted apart the bloody figures that Ming Bai sent against him.
• Ming Bai unleashed more Grievance Souls, driven by rage at Yunzhi Shangren's apparent betrayal and his own hope of restoring his physical form.
• Ming Bai suspected Yunzhi Shangren had been plotting against him, though he could not understand how Yunzhi Shangren had anticipated help for the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue.
• The Divine Soul of the Rule Statue spread divine power through the hall, gradually quieting the Grievance Souls while Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai remained unaware.

Jiang Liu nearly exterminated the Grievance Souls in the Divine Statue of Rules’ alternate space and sensed a hidden place there. He flew to investigate while avoiding anything that might weaken the statue’s Divine Soul as it fought Yunzhi Shangren and Ming Bai.

• Jiang Liu seized and destroyed Grievance Souls, refining their Soul Force with the Heavenly Evolution Codex to strengthen his Divine Sea.
• Jiang Liu sensed that the Grievance Souls had weakened as the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue recovered and transformed the alternate space.
• Jiang Liu chose not to take the hidden treasure before the battle, fearing that doing so might affect the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue.
• Jiang Liu continued exterminating Grievance Souls until they stopped attacking him, then used his Divine Sense to locate an abnormal place.
• Jiang Liu flew to a small mound and formed an essence-energy hand to grab at the ground below.