Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liu tested his connection to the Chaos Space from Xingyun Island and decided to move it farther away for safety. His arrival frightened Tian Lan, who sensed his overwhelming power but dared not investigate.

• Jiang Liu traveled through the void to test whether he could still sense the Chaos Space from far away.
• Jiang Liu appeared above Xingyun Island, where neither the Unicorn Divine Ox nor Yu Chenghai noticed his arrival.
• Tian Lan sensed Jiang Liu’s immense aura from the God Realm’s barrier and hid his presence rather than investigate.
• Jiang Liu contacted the Chaos Space through its imprint in his Divine Sea and found that their connection remained strong across the God Realm’s domain.
• Jiang Liu decided to move the Chaos Space farther away and traveled back to the Divine Hall of Rules.
• Long afterward, a pair of enormous eyes appeared above Xingyun Island’s calm sea, still filled with fear.

Jiang Liu used his growing control over the Chaos Space to move it far from the Three Realms. After stopping, he discovered that the move had nearly emptied his Divine Sea of Soul Force without triggering a warning from the Data Panel.

• Jiang Liu returned to the Chaos Space and confirmed that it remained unchanged in his absence.
• Jiang Liu concentrated at the Chaos Heart and used his aura to move the entire Chaos Space from its original location.
• The Chaos Space Consciousness and the Divine Soul of the Rule Statue sensed the disturbance but could not enter the Chaos Heart, then returned to their cultivation after the trembling stopped.
• Void Creatures and warriors avoided the moving Chaos Space because its powerful aura crushed anything that approached.
• Jiang Liu sensed his connection with the Chaos Space deepen as he moved it, and stopped after a day when he judged he was far from the Three Realms.
• Jiang Liu replenished his Soul Force with the Heavenly Evolution Codex and realized his Divine Sea had nearly run dry without any warning from the Data Panel.

Jiang Liu left Chaos Space in the Void Core, where he sensed the overwhelming presence of the Void Overlord and found that the Data Panel’s shuttling function was suppressed. After the function became available again, he used his saved coordinates to return to the Human Realm.

• Jiang Liu replenished his Soul Force and decided not to move Chaos Space again until he reached the God Lord realm.
• Jiang Liu emerged into a desolate region of the void, unaware that he had moved Chaos Space into the Void Core.
• The Void Overlord noticed Chaos Space but ignored it, while Jiang Liu sensed his immense presence and retreated inside.
• Jiang Liu found that the Data Panel could not initially shuttle under the Void Overlord’s suppression, then watched the function light up again.
• Jiang Liu used his saved coordinates to return to the Human Realm and the Four Symbols Illusion Formation.

Jiang Liu used his Four Stages of Rule strength and God Fills the World to weaken the Soul Restriction Curse and soothe the remnant souls in the Four Symbols Illusion Formation. The Holy Master of the Human Realm realized the curse was failing and recalled that he had made the final Qin Emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty the formation’s main soul, but he remained focused on finding Battlefield Space and starting the War of Rules.

• Jiang Liu recognized the Soul Restriction Curse as the work of the Holy Master of the Human Realm and decided to try to free the dying divine soul trapped in the Four Symbols Illusion Formation.
• Jiang Liu confined the remnant souls in separate pocket spaces and played God Fills the World to calm them.
• Jiang Liu enveloped the remnant souls in the Power of Time-Space Rule, causing black smoke to rise as the curse began to weaken.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm sensed that his Soul Restriction Curse was losing its effect and was astonished that someone could break it.
• The Holy Master of the Human Realm recalled killing the final Qin Emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty and using him as the formation’s main soul, then set aside his concern to keep searching for Battlefield Space.

Jiang Liu freed the remnant souls trapped in the Four Symbols Illusion Formation, and their destruction shattered the formation. The last soul revealed that the Human Race Holy Master had sacrificed Great Qin’s final Qi Refiners, including its last emperor, leaving Jiang Liu to recognize the Holy Master as the Human Race’s greatest enemy.

• Jiang Liu played the Phantom Sound Flute to remove the remnant souls’ Soul Restriction Curses, and the freed souls burst apart with gratitude.
• Jiang Liu released the last remnant soul, which sent a voice of consciousness into his Divine Sea before exploding and destroying the Four Symbols Illusion Formation.
• Jiang Liu learned from the final soul that the victims used to create the formation were Great Qin Qi Refiners, including its last emperor.
• Jiang Liu learned that the Human Race Holy Master’s actions had broken the Human Race’s inheritance and brought about its lasting weakness.

Jiang Liu searched the mountains for the missing Qin Bailian and discovered an enormous gathering of powerful Three-Eyed Flying Tigers around a blessed cultivation ground. He suspected the exotic beasts’ rapid growth was connected to the demon god and approached the swarm to investigate.

• Jiang Liu destroyed the Four Symbols Illusion Formation and prepared to leave, but Nangong Xing told him Qin Bailian was still missing.
• Jiang Liu searched deeper into the mountains, sensing Qin Bailian was alive but trapped through the Heavenly Dao perception of his oath shackle.
• Jiang Liu found that the mountains contained an alarming number of Saint Beasts and wondered whether their growth was linked to the demon god and the underground passages.
• Jiang Liu sensed a gathering of exotic beasts and flew toward it, discovering a huge swarm of Three-Eyed Flying Tigers surrounding a blessed cultivation ground.

Jiang Liu questioned the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger clan about the sudden Earth Vein eruptions and learned that Qin Bailian had been captured by a wolf clan. He set out to rescue Qin Bailian before deciding how to deal with the Earth Veins.

• Jiang Liu subdued the Three-Eyed Flying Tigers with his Divine Sense pressure but spared the clan and questioned its leader.
• The leading Three-Eyed Flying Tiger explained that Heaven and Earth Essence had suddenly erupted in the mountains, driving exotic beasts to fight over territory before they settled into clans.
• Jiang Liu learned that the Three-Eyed Flying Tigers did not know what had caused the eruptions.
• Jiang Liu discovered that a wolf clan had held Qin Bailian captive for more than ten days.
• Jiang Liu flew toward the wolf clan to rescue Qin Bailian, fearing he might arrive too late.

Jiang Liu left the Three-Eyed Flying Tigers and traveled to a mountain range occupied by wolf clans, where he found Qin Bailian captured by a Howling Moon Skywolf. After the wolf packs attacked him, Jiang Liu pulled the Skywolf and the unconscious Qin Bailian close, leaving the Skywolf trembling before him.

• The Three-Eyed Flying Tiger leader urged its clan to cultivate quickly after Jiang Liu departed, hoping to break through before he suppressed the beasts.
• Jiang Liu flew to a mountain range filled with wolf-clan exotic beasts and found Qin Bailian pinned beneath a Fourth-Tier Saint Realm Howling Moon Skywolf.
• Jiang Liu seized the Howling Moon Skywolf and Qin Bailian with his pale-blue Power of Rule.
• The Howling Moon Skywolf howled, sending the wolf-clan beasts charging at Jiang Liu, but his shield caused them to explode before they could reach him.
• Jiang Liu dragged the Skywolf and the unconscious Qin Bailian through the wolf pack and pulled them before him.

Jiang Liu rescued Qin Bailian from the Howling Moon Skywolf pack and discovered that a Demon God’s dark primal qi had caused his unconsciousness. Concluding that the Demon God was trying to draw him out, Jiang Liu ordered Qin Bailian to summon representatives of the Jianghu forces to the imperial city.

• Jiang Liu restrained the Howling Moon Skywolf and found Qin Bailian had no serious injuries, but dark primal qi was trapping his Divine Sense and internal breath.
• Jiang Liu used the Heavenly Evolution Codex to remove the dark primal qi, and Qin Bailian woke and thanked him.
• Jiang Liu realized the Demon God’s scheme had caused Qin Bailian’s condition and suspected the Demon God was trying to force him out of the Human Realm.
• Jiang Liu released the Howling Moon Skywolf, which retreated with its pack, carrying away the dead wolves.
• After hearing Qin Bailian’s account, Jiang Liu ordered him to summon representatives of all Jianghu forces to the imperial city, and Qin Bailian left to carry out the order.

Jiang Liu identified six major Essence eruption sites and planned to build a great city in each to suppress the Earth Veins and strengthen the Human Race. He returned to Qian City and asked the Jianghu forces to help build them, leaving the officials concerned about the Holy Dynasty’s finances and the forces’ growing power.

• Jiang Liu surveyed the Ten Thousand Mountains and found six major Essence eruptions in Yun Province, Qi Province, Qian Province, Tian Province, Mo Province, and Feng Province.
• Jiang Liu decided to build a great city at each of the six sites, leaving other eruption points to the beast races and planning to suppress beasts that interfered.
• Jiang Liu used the traversal coordinates to return to the Qian City Imperial Palace and went to the Hall of Governmental Affairs.
• Jiang Liu learned that representatives from the major Jianghu forces had arrived and presented them with his map of the six proposed city sites.
• Jiang Liu asked whether the Jianghu forces would participate in the construction, and the officials reacted with concern about the Holy Dynasty’s finances and the forces’ potential growth.

Jiang Liu decided to build six major cities in areas with dense Heaven and Earth Essence, assigning the Hall of Governmental Affairs to negotiate contributions and territory with the Jianghu forces. The forces agreed to participate but hesitated when they learned powerful exotic beasts occupied the sites, fearing a beast tide.

• Jiang Liu explained that the six locations had at least twice the Heaven and Earth Essence of other areas and said the Holy Dynasty would build there despite any exotic-beast opposition.
• Jiang Liu ordered the Hall of Governmental Affairs to arrange contributions and land allocations, giving the Star Cloud Saint Sect a share in Qian Province and setting divisions for the other locations.
• Jiang Liu required the six cities to follow existing laws and threatened to personally kill anyone who defied them.
• Qin Bailian led the Hall of Governmental Affairs in summoning the major forces and outlining the construction plan and assigned areas.
• The major forces agreed to contribute, but grew hesitant after learning powerful exotic beasts occupied the sites and worrying that construction could provoke a beast tide.

Mo Han and the other force leaders agreed to support building cities in Qi Province after Qin Bailian assured them Jiang Liu would deal with any exotic beasts that threatened the project. In the imperial palace, Li Qiaoyun told Jiang Liu she had come to marry him, leaving him unsure how to respond to a promise Murong Yin and Feng Yue had made years earlier.

• Mo Han pledged Exotic Beast Valley's people and resources to clear exotic beasts and prepare for the city-building project, prompting the other force leaders to offer their support.
• Qin Bailian assured the leaders that Jiang Liu would personally eliminate any exotic beast race that interfered, and they set construction assignments, divided city territories, and planned city guard armies.
• Li Qiaoyun visited Jiang Liu in the imperial palace and told him that Murong Yin and Feng Yue had promised she could marry him once she reached the Peak Grandmaster level.
• Jiang Liu realized Li Qiaoyun had taken the old promise seriously and wondered how he could handle it now that his other women were in the God Realm.

Jiang Liu oversaw construction at the six spiritual-energy eruption sites while waiting for the mutant beasts to respond. As city walls neared completion, a violent tremor and surging auras signaled that the beast tide had begun.

• Li Qiaoyun asked Jiang Liu to honor a promise, but he stalled until Murong Yin and Feng Yue returned.
• The factions captured all six designated sites and began building cities, while Jiang Liu declined Elder Han Bai’s offer to have the Frost Race help.
• Jiang Liu remained in the Human Realm and instructed Lin Chi to watch for signs of the mutant beasts gathering.
• Jiang Liu inspected the Qian Province construction site after more than ten days without a mutant-beast counterattack.
• Jiang Liu sensed a violent tremor and powerful auras approaching, and realized the beast tide had erupted.

Jiang Liu killed the Fire-Winged Monkey leading the beast tide in Qian Province and used essence blades to eliminate dozens of high-tier exotic beasts. After learning that another beast tide had erupted in Tian Province under a second Fire-Winged Monkey, he rushed there and saved Qin Bailian and the other martial artists, while growing suspicious of the repeated appearance of these beasts.

• Jiang Liu saw that the beast tide in Qian Province was led by a Fourth Tier Saint Realm Fire-Winged Monkey that was close to breaking through to the Divine Realm.
• Nangong Yun prepared the martial artists in Qian City mountain range for battle, and Jiang Liu killed the Fire-Winged Monkey with one slash.
• Jiang Liu threw out essence blades that killed dozens of Third and Fourth Tier Saint Realm exotic beasts, turning the battle in the Human Race martial artists' favor.
• Jiang Liu received word that another beast tide had erupted in Tian Province, also led by a Fire-Winged Monkey, and hurried there.
• Jiang Liu killed the high-tier exotic beasts in Tian Province, including the Fire-Winged Monkey that had been attacking Qin Bailian and the others.

Jiang Liu arrived during the beast tide in Mo Province, killed several powerful mutated beasts, and let the Human Race martial artists fight the rest. After the tide subsided, he turned his attention to investigating the mountain range’s earth veins once the new cities were secure.

• Jiang Liu arrived in Mo Province and killed the Fourth-Tier and Third-Tier Saint Realm mutated beasts, rescuing Qin Bailian and the other martial artists.
• Qin Bailian and the others attacked the remaining beasts while Jiang Liu inspected the rapidly developing city and planned to investigate the earth veins after the fighting.
• The remaining Saint Realm mutated beasts kept fighting because they wanted to reclaim the mountain range, despite Jiang Liu’s arrival and the Celestial Fire Stone Monkey’s death.
• First-Tier Saint Realm mutated beasts fled, prompting the others to retreat as the Human Race martial artists killed the slower Beast Emperors and Beast Kings.
• The mutated beasts left the mountain range, and the beast tide subsided.

Jiang Liu investigated why city construction in Mo Province was progressing unusually slowly, learning that its rocks and Earth Vein were unusually hard. Suspecting the cause lay near the former wolf territory and a Nether altar, he flew there to investigate.

• Jiang Liu learned that Feng Province had completed its city’s initial construction first because many forces had helped, while Mo Province’s progress lagged despite reports of calm.
• Jiang Liu sent Gong Mo and Tian Ling to Feng Province to arrange formations, and they treated his advice to practice as a guiding principle.
• Jiang Liu traveled to Mo Province and questioned Meteor, who reported that unusually hard rocks and Earth Vein were slowing construction.
• Jiang Liu flew toward the site where he had found Qin Bailian, suspecting the former wolf territory’s unusual conditions might be connected to the Nether altar beyond the mountain range.

Jiang Liu investigated the strange Fire-Winged Monkey mutations and followed unusually dense Primal Qi into a cavern beneath the mountain. He continued toward a mysterious roar and found the Heaven and Earth Essence ahead gathered so thickly that he could not see the path.

• Jiang Liu suspected the Fire-Winged Monkeys’ mutations were connected to the desert altar and the changes caused by destroying the Netherworld Master's consciousness and soul.
• Jiang Liu found exotic-beast flesh and undisturbed bones near a cave, suggesting no beasts had dared approach since the wolf-clan beasts left.
• Jiang Liu entered the cavern and flew deeper under a protective shield of the Power of Rule, encountering no attacks or signs of life.
• Jiang Liu heard a continuous roar that did not sound like an exotic beast and sensed no beast, martial artist, or Devil Race aura nearby.
• Jiang Liu realized the Heaven and Earth Essence had grown so dense ahead that it obscured the path and had gathered in the cavern rather than spreading outward.

Jiang Liu encountered a dragon-shaped creature in a passage dense with Primal Qi and discovered that it appeared to be formed from the Qi itself. The encounter led him to realize that the Human Realm’s cultivation environment had changed, though he had yet to understand why the Primal Qi Dragon had formed.

• Jiang Liu used flames to light his way through the dense Primal Qi after he could no longer see ahead.
• A huge mouth swallowed the flames and lunged at Jiang Liu, who shattered it with a blade formed from Primal Qi.
• Jiang Liu saw a gigantic dragon head attack him while the surrounding Primal Qi helped pin him down.
• Jiang Liu realized the dragon beast had reached the first stage of the Divine Realm, suggesting that warriors might now be able to break through within the Human Realm.
• Jiang Liu sensed that the dragon head condensed from the surrounding Primal Qi and wondered what conditions had made it transform into a dragon.

Jiang Liu realized the Demon God had corrupted a Primal Qi Dragon to threaten the Human Realm and inferred how the Howling Moon Skywolf had thwarted the scheme. He split the dragon apart again and pressed deeper into the Earth Vein to find and remove the spirit-bearing object.

• Jiang Liu concluded that someone had forced the Primal Qi Dragon to devour flesh and blood, and suspected the Demon God was behind the tampering.
• Jiang Liu reasoned that the Howling Moon Skywolf had protected Qin Bailian and kept beasts and martial artists out of the passage, preventing the dragon from growing more dangerous.
• Jiang Liu decided to destroy the Primal Qi Dragon and take the Demon God's spirit-bearing object to end the scheme.
• Jiang Liu cleaved the dragon apart again and continued deeper into the Earth Vein, where he found the essence far denser than he had expected.
• Jiang Liu concluded that the Demon God had come to corrupt the Human Realm's essence but had been forced to leave by the overwhelming essence tide, and that Jiang Liu's Data Panel had exposed the scheme.

Jiang Liu tried to extract the demonic nature from the Dark Spirit Stone, the enormous spiritual object the Demon God had placed in the Human Realm, but it resisted his efforts. The Demon God watched from afar and hoped Jiang Liu would preserve the stone, whose purpose had yet to be fulfilled.

• Jiang Liu used the Heavenly Evolution Codex to draw Dark Primal Qi from the enormous stone, while stopping the Golden Giant from destroying it.
• Jiang Liu continued extracting Dark Primal Qi for a day, but the stone showed no signs of weakening and left him mentally exhausted.
• Jiang Liu stopped to recover after realizing the Heavenly Evolution Codex was having little effect on the stone.
• The Demon God revealed that he had placed the Dark Spirit Stone where the Human Realm’s Primal Qi was most concentrated to hinder its development and serve another purpose.
• The Demon God sensed Jiang Liu was reluctant to destroy the stone and smiled, believing the object might still fulfill its purpose.