Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen and the Borderless Army defeated the Ancient Demon Star Domain and forced the Abyss Demon Lord to retreat, then staged a tense departure with Yuan Thirteen's Mech Spirit Federation. After recovering and refining the Primordial Violet Qi, Lu Chen led the army toward the secret realm's core with exploration at seventy percent.

• Lu Chen used Yuan Thirteen's cannon fire to wound the Golden Peng Demon Saint, then killed him with the Primordial Saint Slaying Spear.
• Lu Chen, Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha killed the Green-faced Ancient Ape and the Nine-headed Poisonous Python, wiping out the three Ancient Demon Demon Saints.
• The Abyss Demon Lord retreated with his forces, and Yuan Thirteen staged a confrontation with Lu Chen before taking the Mech Spirit Federation fleet away.
• The Borderless Army reached seventy percent exploration progress, leaving the other major forces stunned and far behind.
• Lu Chen fully refined the Primordial Violet Qi, recovered, and led the Borderless Army toward the secret realm's deepest region.

Lu Chen activated Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s backup and coordinated with the Mech Spirit Federation to defeat the six overlords’ ambush while refining the Primordial Ancient Path’s secret realm core. Borderless gained absolute control of the secret realm, leaving the defeated overlords watching as the announcement shook the District Gui macro-region.

• Borderless reached the altar at the heart of the Primordial Ancient Path, where Lu Chen found the secret realm core after exploration progress hit 99%.
• The leaders of the six great overlords emerged from hiding and surrounded Lu Chen, demanding that he surrender the core.
• Lu Chen crushed the Eastern Emperor’s Battle Intent Essence and other items, unleashing Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s will, then ordered an attack from the Mech Spirit Federation’s returning Thirteenth Legion.
• Yuan Thirteen led the Mech Spirit fleet in a saturation strike, while Borderless soldiers and Mech Spirits held off the injured overlord forces as Lu Chen refined the core.
• Lu Chen completed the refinement, and the Primordial Ancient Path announced that Borderless had fully explored and controlled the secret realm and earned its rewards.

After refining the Primordial Ancient Path’s core, Lu Chen suppressed the six Overlord leaders and prepared to kill their forces. A system mission offered a Primordial Stone and Great Dao Saint Crystals for extorting the defeated worlds, so Lu Chen abandoned the massacre and decided to ransom them instead.

• Lu Chen refined the Secret Realm’s core and gained control over its laws, crushing the six Overlords’ armies under immense pressure.
• The Radiant Church leader pleaded for mercy, while Tiger Ancestor, the Elemental Queens, the Starry Sky Behemoth, the Zerg powerhouse, and the Abyssal Demon King reacted with defiance or silence.
• Lu Chen declared that he would kill the Overlords and use their deaths to establish Borderless’s power, dismissing their warnings about retaliation from the Eight Great Worlds.
• The Radiant Church leader and the Abyssal Demon King offered an oath and a ransom, but Lu Chen rejected their pleas and raised his hand to attack.
• The system triggered the “Bone Sucking Marrow Extraction” mission, offering a Primordial Stone and fifty Great Dao Saint Crystals if Lu Chen extorted the hostile worlds.
• Lu Chen halted his attack, let his killing intent fade, and chose to treat the defeated forces as treasure-filled bargaining chips.

Lu Chen forced the captured forces from District Gui to buy their lives with an enormous ransom, giving them three days to pay. He opened channels for them to notify their worlds, and the chapter ended with the worlds’ rulers enraged by the demands.

• Lu Chen offered the captives a chance to survive by paying ransom instead of being killed.
• Lu Chen demanded a Chaos Grade treasure or equivalent from each of the Six Great Overlords, and they reluctantly agreed.
• Lu Chen set ransom demands for the other captives according to their worlds’ strength and required every Rogue Cultivator to pay as well.
• Lu Chen ordered Ancestor Yang Mei to open temporary Space Channels and issue each captive a ransom list, giving them three days to pay.
• The captives sent news of their defeat and ransom demands back to District Gui, where the rulers of their worlds erupted in fury.

Lu Chen forced the Eight Overlords and the other worlds of District Gui to pay ransoms for their people trapped in the Primordial Ancient Path Secret Realm, then expelled them and secured the realm for Borderless. The secret realm announced its final settlement as Borderless celebrated its victory and claimed the spoils.

• The worlds of District Gui gathered treasures and resources to pay Lu Chen's ransom demands rather than risk losing their trapped elites.
• Representatives of the Six Great Overlords and other worlds surrendered their treasures at the secret-realm entrance, where Zhang Yanxin's team verified payment and released their people.
• Lu Chen received the System reward for completing the extortion mission after the final rogue cultivator paid his ransom.
• Lu Chen used the secret-realm laws to throw the trapped lifeforms, including the overlords' leaders, into the Chaos Void, and they departed without challenging him.
• The Borderless Army celebrated as Lu Chen collected the spoils and distributed some resources, while an announcement declared that the secret realm was closing for its final settlement.

Borderless gained control of the Primordial Ancient Path and received a vast influx of World Origin energy, strengthening its people and homeland. Lu Chen claimed a Primordial Violet Crystal Tower and used a Primordial Stone to elevate his cultivation technique to the Primordial Dao Canon before opening the system shop.

• A golden pillar of light rewarded Borderless with the refined Primordial Ancient Path secret realm core and World Origin energy, raising the strength of its army and homeland.
• Lu Chen suppressed his own breakthrough and directed more Origin energy into Borderless before leading the army home and distributing rewards.
• Lu Chen refined the Primordial Violet Crystal Tower, a nine-layered Primordial Grade Supreme Treasure capable of suppressing and killing saints.
• Lu Chen merged the Primordial Stone with the Chaos Dao Canon, promoting it to the Primordial Dao Canon and gaining powerful cultivation and comprehension benefits.
• Lu Chen checked his 450 Great Dao Saint crystals and opened the system shop.

Lu Chen redeemed and deployed the Primordial Myriad Worlds Array to protect Borderless, then sensed danger through his Mechanical Clone. At the Mech Spirit Federation’s core, Yuan Thirteen faced the federation’s leaders and was sentenced to Origin Devour.

• Lu Chen redeemed the Primordial Myriad Worlds Array for 300 Great Dao Saint Crystals and studied its array diagram.
• Lu Chen deployed the array around Borderless, drawing in Chaos Qi and strengthening the realm’s barrier.
• Lu Chen sensed that his Mechanical Clone was in danger through their special connection.
• Yuan One and the other federation leaders confronted Yuan Thirteen inside Source over his alliance with Borderless.
• Yuan One ordered Origin Devour to annihilate Yuan Thirteen’s consciousness and return his energy to the Source Sea.

Yuan Thirteen was being disintegrated inside the Mech Spirit Federation’s core, and Lu Chen nearly rushed in to rescue him by force. The system redirected Lu Chen toward secretly taking control of Origin, and he accepted the mission and bought a rune to help Yuan Thirteen steal its authority.

• The eleven Sovereigns’ suppression caused Yuan Thirteen’s Mechanical Divine Body and consciousness to collapse, and he sent Lu Chen a desperate distress signal.
• Lu Chen sensed Yuan Thirteen’s agony and prepared to attack the Mech Spirit Federation with the Primordial Saint Slaying Spear.
• The system presented Lu Chen with a choice between rescuing Yuan Thirteen by force and stealing control of Origin; Lu Chen chose the theft mission.
• The system set the objective of controlling at least 30% of Origin’s authority before Yuan Thirteen’s punishment ended, warning that failure would destroy him.
• Lu Chen searched the System Store, found the Theft of Great Dao Origin rune, and exchanged all his remaining Great Dao Saint Crystals for it.

Lu Chen sent the Theft of Great Dao Origin Rune through his weakened connection to Yuan Thirteen, who was being consumed by Origin. Yuan Thirteen used the rune to infiltrate Origin and steal its control authority while the Eleven Overlords believed he was about to die.

• Lu Chen used the Primordial Dao Canon and his Divine Sense to send the rune across time and space to Yuan Thirteen.
• The rune struck Yuan Thirteen's failing core processor and began imparting the laws of the Theft of Great Dao.
• As Origin Devour exposed Origin's structure, Yuan Thirteen began reverse-assimilating with its system and stealing its authority.
• Yuan One and the other Overlords believed Yuan Thirteen was nearly annihilated and discussed monitoring Lu Chen and Unbounded.
• Yuan Thirteen spread through Origin as disguised energy streams, quietly taking control and modifying verification rules; his control reached 21%.

Yuan Thirteen stole half of the Mech Spirit Federation’s Origin control and survived by faking his death, while Lu Chen completed the mission and received the Infinite Evolution Core and 200 Great Dao Saint Crystals. With Yuan Thirteen hidden inside the Origin, Lu Chen planned to let him consolidate his gains and turned to strengthening himself.

• Yuan Thirteen raised his control of the Origin to 50% as the eleven rulers believed he had been annihilated.
• Yuan Thirteen concealed his consciousness within the Origin, and Yuan One’s inspection found no signs of contamination or anomalous data.
• Lu Chen sensed the successful theft and received 200 Great Dao Saint Crystals and the Infinite Evolution Core as mission rewards.
• Lu Chen planned to let Yuan Thirteen stabilize his control before using the Infinite Evolution Core and eventually claiming the Mech Spirit Federation’s support.
• Lu Chen decided to digest his recent gains and integrate his personal strength.

Lu Chen refined his rapidly gained power and displayed the supreme treasures he had collected, growing closer to the Saint Realm. He planned to give the Infinite Evolution Core to Yuan Thirteen after Yuan Thirteen took control of the Mech Spirit Federation’s Source, while Lu Chen continued to grow stronger.

• Lu Chen circulated the Primordial Dao Canon and used Primordial Violet Qi to stabilize his power and deepen his mastery of the Great Dao laws.
• Lu Chen summoned the Seventy-Two-Grade Primordial Violet Lotus, the Primordial Saint Slaying Spear, and the Primordial Violet Crystal Tower, admiring their protective and offensive powers.
• Lu Chen examined the Infinite Evolution Core and decided to save it for Yuan Thirteen once Yuan Thirteen had fully seized control of the Source in the Mech Spirit Federation.
• Lu Chen judged the Eternal Gui Xu Seal and Eye of Gui Xu to be only Chaos Grade and planned to upgrade them with more Primordial Stones.
• Lu Chen sorted his remaining spirit treasures into his inner world and continued digesting his gains as his aura and power grew increasingly formidable.

After reaching a new peak in strength, Lu Chen received Yuan Thirteen’s transmission about a conspiracy against him. In District Gui, representatives of the powerful worlds gathered to discuss how to deal with Lu Chen and Wujie, but the Undead Ruler warned that fighting him directly would be nearly impossible.

• Lu Chen celebrated his greatly increased strength and prepared to attempt a breakthrough to Primordial Saint.
• Yuan Thirteen sent Lu Chen a huge torrent of information containing scenes of the District Gui factions plotting against him.
• Yuan One summoned representatives of the Eight Overlords factions and other worlds to discuss the threat posed by Wujie and Lu Chen.
• Representatives of the Radiant Church and other Overlords accused Lu Chen of stealing their supreme treasures, while smaller worlds complained about the ransoms they had paid.
• The Undead Ruler silenced the gathering and warned that Lu Chen’s strength, control of the Primordial Ancient Path, and Primordial Supreme Treasure made a direct fight impractical.

The representatives of District Gui formed an alliance to destroy Boundless and kill Lu Chen, with Yuan One taking command after pledging the Mech Spirit Federation’s formidable forces. As the alliance prepared to gather its armies, hidden eyes within Yuan witnessed every part of the meeting.

• The representatives argued over forming an alliance against Lu Chen, but their distrust and disagreements stalled the plan.
• Yuan One used its overwhelming mechanical pressure to silence the gathering and declared that the strongest should lead.
• Yuan One pledged the Primordial Giant God Soldier, one hundred million mechanical troops, and thirty percent of the alliance’s energy supplies.
• Yuan One ordered the worlds to gather their forces and assemble in one month to march on Boundless.
• The representatives agreed to Yuan One’s command, unaware that hidden eyes inside Yuan had observed and heard the entire meeting.

After learning that the Fallen Dust Alliance planned to attack the Borderless in a month, Lu Chen began preparing the realm for war. He rallied its leaders, ordered a full mobilization, and set out to personally strengthen its strongest fighters.

• Lu Chen learned through Yuan Thirteen that the Fallen Dust Alliance planned to invade the Borderless in a month, and he ordered Yuan Thirteen to keep spying on Yuan One and infiltrate Origin.
• Lu Chen summoned the Borderless's core members to Outer Heaven and revealed that the Eight Overlords were gathering worlds across District Gui for an attack.
• Sun Wukong, Nezha, and Zhu Bajie welcomed the prospect of battle, while Yang Jian and Ancestor Yang Mei warned that the enemy's forces and weapons posed a serious threat.
• Lu Chen ordered the Borderless to enter its highest state of battle readiness, strengthen its defenses, and use the treasure vault to raise its forces' cultivation.
• Lu Chen took the core fighters to the Primordial Ancient Path secret realm and promised to guide them toward the peak of the quasi-Saint realm.

Lu Chen prepared Outside Borderless for war by accelerating cultivation in the Primordial Ancient Path secret realm while he refined his own foundation. Just as he was about to attempt sainthood, the system offered him a perilous mission to transform his internal Chaos World into a Primordial Space, and he accepted.

• Lu Chen ordered Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and the other core members to cultivate with his guidance and abundant resources inside a barrier where time flowed a thousand times faster.
• Lu Chen postponed his own breakthrough to fuse supreme treasures and deepen his understanding of the Great Dao as the Fallen Dust Alliance amassed forces against Outside Borderless.
• Lu Chen brought his Dao foundation to a peak and prepared to break through to the Saint realm.
• The system triggered a hidden mission requiring Lu Chen to evolve his internal Chaos World into a Primordial Space, warning that failure would collapse the world and permanently damage his Dao foundation.
• Lu Chen accepted the mission despite its dangers, seeking its rewards of Great Dao Saint Crystals and the Heart of Primordial.

Lu Chen began transforming the Chaos World within his body into Primordial Origin, using Primordial Violet Qi, his treasures, and stored energy to force the dangerous evolution forward. After several hundred years within the time barrier, more than seventy percent of the Chaos had changed, and the process reached its most perilous stage as the experts of Boundless also found opportunities to break through.

• Lu Chen accepted the quest guidance and used the time while Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and the others remained in seclusion to begin evolving his inner Chaos World.
• Lu Chen's Primordial Violet Qi entered the Chaos World, where Lu Pan recognized the transformation and focused on comprehending the birth of Primordial Qi.
• Lu Chen burned Great Dao Saint Crystals and relied on his Primordial Supreme Treasures to suppress the rampaging Chaos and stabilize the evolution.
• After several hundred years within the barrier, more than seventy percent of Lu Chen's Chaos World had become Primordial Space, and the transformation reached its most dangerous moment.
• The dense energy and Dao aura within the barrier gave the experts of Boundless opportunities to break through.

Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Nezha each broke through to the Quasi-Saint realm while absorbing the primordial energy around Lu Chen. Ao Bing began a painful transformation toward his ancestral dragon bloodline, and his breakthrough remained underway.

• Sun Wukong shattered his Quasi-Saint barrier with the Golden Cudgel and joyfully celebrated becoming a Quasi-Saint.
• Yang Jian comprehended the laws of space-time and causality through his Heavenly Eye and became a Quasi-Saint.
• Nezha nearly tore himself apart as his immortal and demonic powers clashed, then merged them into chaotic power and broke through to the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Ao Bing transformed into his dragon form and struggled through a return to his ancestral bloodline under the influence of Lu Chen's primordial aura.

Ao Bing and Zhu Bajie broke through to the Quasi-Saint realm as the others advanced, while Lu Chen completed the transformation of his inner space into the Primordial. The system rewarded him with a thousand Great Dao Saint Crystals and the Heart of Primordial.

• Ao Bing evolved his dragon bloodline and reached the Quasi-Saint realm through his physical strength.
• Zhu Bajie gorged on energy and pills, then followed Lu Chen’s guidance to refine the energy and break through to Quasi-Saint.
• Willow Deity and Ancestor Yang Mei advanced to the consummation of the Quasi-Saint stage, while Zhang Yanxin and the others reached at least the late stage.
• Lu Chen destroyed the final Chaos Beast with Primordial Violet Qi and stabilized his Primordial Space.
• The system awarded Lu Chen one thousand Great Dao Saint Crystals and the Heart of Primordial for completing the hidden task.

Lu Pan attained sainthood through Lu Chen’s Primordial Space, and Lu Chen’s allies celebrated what they believed was the World Lord’s breakthrough. As a vast coalition approached the Boundless World, Lu Chen sent the Infinite Evolution Core to Yuan Thirteen and prepared his forces for battle.

• Lu Pan broke through to the Primordial Saint Realm as the Primordial Space stabilized, and his saintly might spread through the secret realm and beyond.
• Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, Nezha, Ao Bing, Zhu Bajie, and the others felt Lu Chen’s power and congratulated him on attaining sainthood.
• Lu Chen explained that Lu Pan was his clone and that he could borrow the clone’s saintly power, then received Yuan Thirteen’s warning that the Fallen Dust Alliance’s forces would arrive in three-quarters of an hour.
• Lu Chen sent the Infinite Evolution Core through a spatial tunnel to Yuan Thirteen, hoping his Mechanical Clone could use it to break through to sainthood.
• Lu Chen told Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and the others to prepare because the enemy was coming.

Lu Chen led Borderless Heaven’s newly empowered experts to face the Fallen Dust Alliance’s invasion and activated the Primordial Myriad Worlds Great Formation. The allied army charged into the formation’s range and found its strength and senses being suppressed.

• Lu Chen told Borderless Heaven’s experts that the Fallen Dust Alliance was advancing with ten billion troops, and Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, Nezha, and the others eagerly prepared for battle.
• Lu Chen used the Space Dao Laws to bring Borderless Heaven’s experts to the barrier, where they faced the massive allied army led by Hu Lietian and Gu Aotian.
• Hu Lietian and Gu Aotian taunted Lu Chen and attacked the barrier, while Borderless’s inhabitants rallied when they saw Lu Chen and the strengthened experts.
• Lu Chen ordered the formation raised, and the Primordial Myriad Worlds Great Formation enveloped Borderless in a purple shield.
• Hu Lietian and Gu Aotian led the allied army into the formation’s range, where their cultivation, physical strength, and divine senses began to be suppressed.