Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen explained that the White-Haired Elder was a Guardian of the Dead acting under the Eternal Night Star Sect’s Divine Kingdom Order, not the sleeping Other Shore True God itself. Li Yun learned that the Guardian would keep trying to make him a Holy Son and might even revive him, leaving him himself only if he gained the strength to oppose the Order.

• Ye Chen explained that an Other Shore True God could return as long as traces of it persisted across time and living beings’ memories.
• Ye Chen revealed that the Eternal Night Dao Tomb was the resting place of the True Gods of a fallen Divine Kingdom, whose apocalypse would begin again.
• Ye Chen said the White-Haired Elder was a True Spirit and Guardian of the Dead, acting for the sleeping god according to the Divine Kingdom Order.
• Ye Chen explained that the Order had marked Li Yun to become a Holy Son and that the Guardian would keep pursuing that mission, even saving or reviving him if necessary.
• Li Yun angrily asked whether he could resist, and Ye Chen said he would need to become an Other Shore True God or gain power to break the Divine Kingdom Order.

Li Yun accepted that he had to grow strong enough to resist the Eternal Night Divine Kingdom Order and secluded himself in the declining ruins Secret Realm. After months of cultivation and dwindling resources, he left with greatly increased strength and prepared to part ways with Saint Emperor Guangling.

• Li Yun agreed with Ye Chen that only cultivation could help him resist the Eternal Night Divine Kingdom Order, then left to cultivate in seclusion.
• Ye Chen told Ancient Emperor Changqing that Li Yun could escape the Order only by breaking it or becoming an Other Shore True God, and hinted that he had a secret of his own.
• Li Yun returned to the ruins Secret Realm and cultivated until he reached the forty-fifth level of the Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture and his Emperor Nature grew to 617 zhang.
• After three months, Li Yun stopped cultivating because the Secret Realm's boost had faded and his Myriad Wonders Points were nearly exhausted.
• Li Yun reached 87% progress on the forty-fifth level, gained the forty-sixth level of the Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture, and raised his Emperor Nature to 772 zhang.
• Li Yun met Saint Emperor Guangling, praised his progress, and said they would have to part ways.

After parting from Saint Emperor Guangling, Li Yun left the deteriorating Secret Realm and resumed hunting Great Black Heaven and Blood God Cult members to build his strength. While distracted by a message, he was caught by a Great Black Heaven Dao Sage, and he fought back by striking at the Dao-Rule Chains sealing the Starry Sky.

• Li Yun and Saint Emperor Guangling shared a farewell drink before going their separate ways.
• Li Yun left the Secret Realm, resolved to hunt Great Black Heaven and Blood God Cult members, and seek a better cultivation site.
• Li Yun killed enemies across the Starry Sky and raised his Myriad Wonders Points past 600,000 trillion while asking rescued Saint Emperors about cultivation grounds.
• A Great Black Heaven Dao Sage caught Li Yun hunting while he was reading a message and sealed a million li of Starry Sky around them.
• Li Yun unleashed his 772 zhang of Emperor Nature and swung the Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade, cracking the Dao-Rule Chains with which the Dao Sage had sealed the Starry Sky.

Li Yun broke the Great Black Heaven Dao Sage’s Starry Sky prison and discovered that his 772-zhang Emperor Nature could cut through the Dao Sage’s ninth-grade Dao. After Li Yun’s strike cracked the Dao Sage’s fist, he launched another attack, leaving the Dao Sage retreating in shock.

• The Great Black Heaven Dao Sage trapped Li Yun in a prison of darkness, but Li Yun cut through the Dao Sage’s chains with the Heaven-Slaying Treasure Blade.
• The Great Black Heaven Dao Sage formed a ten-thousand-zhang Dark Dao Body and attacked Li Yun with a crushing punch.
• Li Yun realized the Dao Sage’s ninth-grade Dao laws could be broken by his Emperor Nature and charged into the attack.
• Li Yun’s blade clashed with the Dao Sage’s fist, cracking it and leaving Li Yun nearly unscathed.
• Li Yun teleported beside the Great Black Heaven Dao Sage and slashed at his Dao Body, forcing the Dao Sage to retreat.

Li Yun hunted down the Great Black Heaven Dao Sage across dozens of Star Domains and killed him with a final blade strike. He collected the Dao Sage’s Dao Fruit, leaving the watching cultivators stunned by a Saint Emperor’s victory over a Dao Sage.

• Li Yun cleaved through half of the Great Black Heaven Dao Sage’s Dark Dao Body, badly damaging his Dao Fruit.
• The Great Black Heaven Dao Sage fled, but Li Yun pursued him and taunted him across the starry sky.
• Cultivators throughout the Hengwu Domain witnessed the chase and reacted with disbelief as Li Yun gained on the Dao Sage.
• The Great Black Heaven Dao Sage invoked Great Black Heaven’s power and threats, but Li Yun accelerated and sealed off his escape.
• Li Yun shattered the Dao Sage’s defenses and destroyed his body and divine soul with a blade strike.
• Li Yun swept the surviving Dao Fruit into the Gate of Myriad Wonders, while the watching experts remained stunned.

After Li Yun killed a Great Black Heaven Dao Sage, he evaded the enraged pursuers and continued hunting Great Black Heaven and Blood God Cult Saint Emperors while searching for a cultivation realm. The Seven Holy Sons of Black Heaven ordered a domain-wide hunt for Li Yun and Jueluo.

• Li Yun refined the Great Black Heaven Dao Sage's Dao Fruit for seventeen hundred trillion Myriad Wonders Points, then vanished before the arriving Supreme Sages could find him.
• News of Li Yun's feat spread across the Hengwu Domain, and those he had rescued from the Endless Dark Abyss congratulated him, warned him about retaliation, and offered places to hide.
• Li Yun rejected the offers to conceal him, continued hunting Great Black Heaven and Blood God Cult Saint Emperors, and asked his allies to find a Secret Realm for his cultivation.
• The Seven Holy Sons of Black Heaven learned that Li Yun had slain their subordinate, a Dao Sage sent to search for Jueluo, and ordered their forces to hunt Li Yun and the Bright Light Temple Holy Son.
• A Supreme Sage left to issue the highest-level kill order against Li Yun throughout the Hengwu Domain.

Li Yun met Tianbu, who brought him to a hidden Secret Realm that had become the Nine Wonders Clan’s new home. The realm increased cultivation speed a millionfold, and Li Yun was welcomed by the clan before he could begin cultivating.

• Li Yun continued hunting Great Black Heaven and Blood God Cult experts, dismissing Great Black Heaven’s kill order as an empty threat.
• Tianbu told Li Yun he had found an extraordinary Secret Realm, and Li Yun traveled for three months to meet him.
• Tianbu opened a hidden gate in a desolate Star Domain and led Li Yun into the Secret Realm.
• Tianbu revealed that the Nine Wonders Clan had hidden the Secret Realm before its destruction and that tens of thousands of survivors had gathered there as their new home.
• Tianbu told Li Yun that the Secret Realm increased cultivation speed a millionfold.
• Tianbu introduced Li Yun to the clan’s important Dao Sages, and the Nine Wonders Clan held a banquet to welcome him.

Li Yun secluded himself in the Nine Wonders Secret Realm and used its ten-millionfold cultivation speed to advance the [Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture]. Ten months later, he reached the legendary Nine-Hundred-Ninety-Nine-Zhang Emperor Nature, astonishing the Nine Wonders Clan.

• After the banquet, Supreme Sage Tianbu led Li Yun to a quiet courtyard prepared for him in the Secret Realm.
• Li Yun began cultivating at ten-millionfold speed and completed the forty-fifth level of the [Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture], then advanced into the forty-sixth level.
• Over ten months of seclusion, Li Yun shattered cultivation bottlenecks and steadily increased his Emperor Nature.
• Li Yun's Emperor Nature reached nine hundred and ninety-nine zhang, sending a pillar of golden imperial light across the Secret Realm.
• The Nine Wonders Clan's members, ancestors, Supreme Sages Jiuguang and Yufu, and Dao Sages gathered at the Lonely Peak in shock at Li Yun's achievement.

Li Yun reached the ancient Saint Emperor limit of nine hundred and ninety-nine zhang of Emperor Nature, then wondered whether it could be broken. The Nine Wonders Clan’s elders had no clear answer, but agreed to discuss his idea after celebrating.

• Li Yun reached nine hundred and ninety-nine zhang of Emperor Nature and considered whether Emperor Scriptures could help him surpass the supposed limit.
• The Nine Wonders Clan’s patriarchs, Supreme Sages, and Dao Sages congratulated Li Yun and proposed holding a feast.
• Li Yun stopped Supreme Sage Tianbu’s feast plans to ask whether a stronger Hengwu Domain could raise the Saint Emperor’s limit beyond nine hundred and ninety-nine zhang.
• Supreme Sage Tianbu said no one could explain the limit’s truth clearly, but agreed that Li Yun’s question deserved discussion after the celebration.

Jueluo entered the Nine Wonders Clan’s heavily sealed Secret Realm and offered to help Li Yun surpass the Nine-Hundred-Ninety-Nine-Zhang Emperor Nature limit. He explained that the limit came from the Primordial Order and invited Li Yun to join the Pure Land Divine Kingdom in the Tianming Domain, leaving Li Yun to consider the recruitment offer.

• Jueluo opened a gate into the Nine Wonders Clan’s Secret Realm without triggering its defenses and addressed Li Yun by name.
• Li Yun recognized Jueluo as the Bright Light Temple Holy Son and demanded to know why he had tracked him down.
• Jueluo explained that the Nine-Hundred-Ninety-Nine-Zhang Emperor Nature limit came from each domain’s Primordial Order.
• Jueluo said the order of a Divine Kingdom could alter the Primordial Order and offered to take Li Yun to the Pure Land Divine Kingdom in the Tianming Domain.
• Those present realized Jueluo had come to recruit Li Yun.

Holy Son Jueluo invited Li Yun and the Nine Wonders Clan to join the Bright Light Temple, claiming he wanted to help them destroy Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult. After Jueluo left, Li Yun warned the clan that all three powers might seek to make them subjects of rival Divine Kingdoms, leaving the clan wary of the Bright Light Temple’s true motives.

• Holy Son Jueluo invited the Nine Wonders Clan to join the Bright Light Temple and unite against Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult.
• Li Yun said the clan needed time to consider the offer, and Jueluo agreed to visit other cultivators before returning.
• After Jueluo flew away, the clan asked Li Yun why he distrusted the Holy Son.
• Li Yun explained what he had learned about the Divine Kingdom and warned that the major powers wanted to make everyone their subjects.
• Supreme Sage Jiuguang concluded that the Bright Light Temple had come to fight its rivals for territory.

After Holy Son Jueluo left the Nine Wonders Clan, Li Yun urged the clan to prepare for upheaval by strengthening themselves and secretly joining forces with Hengwu Domain’s established powers. He asked for more Emperor Scriptures to test whether he could surpass the Primordial Order’s limit, while Jueluo watched from the Starry Sky and dismissed their hopes.

• Supreme Sage Tianbu calmed the Nine Wonders Clan and warned that Holy Son Jueluo had deliberately demonstrated his strength and taken an interest in them.
• Li Yun advised the clan to keep cultivating and secretly contact the Eastern Estate and West Mountain to unite Hengwu Domain’s local forces.
• Li Yun said he would test the Primordial Order’s limits for himself and asked the Nine Wonders Clan for more Emperor Scriptures.
• Supreme Sage Tianbu promised to provide the clan’s remaining two thousand-odd Emperor Scriptures, and the Nine Wonders Clan celebrated Li Yun’s achievement with a feast.
• Holy Son Jueluo watched a Light Curtain of Li Yun’s conversation and mocked the clan for believing Emperor Scriptures could help Li Yun break the Primordial Order’s limit.

After the Gate of Myriad Wonders refined the Nine Wonders Clan’s Emperor Scriptures, Li Yun discovered that the Myriad Wonders World had evolved and was behind the system’s increased cultivation speed. He began testing whether the vast stockpile of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures could further nourish that world.

• Supreme Sage Tianbu gave Li Yun all 2,371 Emperor Scriptures held by the Nine Wonders Clan, and Li Yun fed them into the Gate of Myriad Wonders.
• After a month, the scriptures strengthened the [Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture] but did not raise Li Yun’s Emperor Nature beyond 999 zhang.
• Li Yun noticed that the Millionfold-Speed Cultivation boost had increased to two-millionfold despite his Myriad Wonders Points falling.
• Li Yun examined the Gate of Myriad Wonders and realized that the Myriad Wonders World had grown and that the things refined by the gate had left traces within it.
• Li Yun activated the Gate of Myriad Wonders and melted down his stored Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, sending them raining across the Myriad Wonders World.

Li Yun discovered that strengthening the Myriad Wonders World could loosen the Primordial Order’s suppression, so he left the Nine Wonders Clan to seize resources from his enemies. He returned to the Endless Dark Abyss disguised as a Black Heaven Saint Emperor and headed for Dark Abyss Holy City.

• The Myriad Wonders World consumed vast resources, grew stronger, and raised Li Yun’s cultivation speed boost to five million times while loosening the Primordial Order’s restraint.
• Li Yun decided to strengthen his world by hunting Great Black Heaven and the Blood God Cult rather than asking the Nine Wonders Clan for more help.
• Li Yun told Supreme Sage Tianbu that he was leaving, and Tianbu promised the Nine Wonders Clan would remain his support.
• Li Yun used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to return to the Endless Dark Abyss, where he found more than a hundred trapped Saint Emperors and newly repaired defenses.
• Li Yun disguised himself as a Black Heaven Saint Emperor and walked openly toward Dark Abyss Holy City.

Li Yun infiltrated Dark Abyss Holy City disguised as Qu Wu and learned that the Black Origin Divine Pool could revive three Supreme Sages killed by the Bright Light Temple Holy Son. Seeing a chance to seize the pool and the Dao Fruits, he joined four Saint Emperors heading to the Forbidden Land.

• Li Yun subdued a Great Black Heaven Saint Emperor, took his identity token and appearance, and entered Dark Abyss Holy City disguised as Qu Wu.
• Li Yun heard the Seven Holy Sons of Black Heaven rage that the Bright Light Temple Holy Son had killed three of his Supreme Sages.
• The Seven Holy Sons ordered the Black Origin Divine Pool activated to restore the three Supreme Sages using their surviving Dao Fruits.
• Li Yun decided the pool and Dao Fruits could benefit the Myriad Wonders World and approached four Saint Emperors leaving the palace.
• Li Yun persuaded the four Saint Emperors to let him accompany them to the Forbidden Land.

Disguised as Martial Saint Emperor Qu, Li Yun witnessed the Seven Holy Sons of Black Heaven begin reviving three Supreme Sages with the Black Origin Divine Pool and Resurrection Array. After analyzing the process, he discovered that three stalks of Blood-Withering Grass could sabotage it, leaving him with a way to disrupt the revival.

• Li Yun entered the Forbidden Land with four Saint Emperors and saw three Supreme Sage Dao Fruits gathered above the Black Origin Divine Pool.
• The Black Heaven Supreme Sage ordered thirty-six Dao Sages and three Supreme Sages to activate the Resurrection Array and begin rebuilding the fallen Supreme Sages' bodies.
• Li Yun secretly used the Gate of Myriad Wonders to analyze the pool and array, learning that their revival required the [Flesh-Rebirth Formula] and at least half a year of uninterrupted work.
• Li Yun learned that three stalks of Blood-Withering Grass could contaminate the formula's ingredients and trigger the Resurrection Array's failure.

Li Yun realized he had no Blood-Withering Grass to sabotage the resurrection of the three Black Heaven Supreme Sages, but Holy Son Jueluo’s sudden return disrupted the ritual. As Jueluo fought the Seven Holy Sons of Black Heaven and three Supreme Sages, Li Yun saw a chance to act while the Resurrection Array was abandoned.

• Li Yun decided to find Blood-Withering Grass within six months and secretly add it to the Black Origin Divine Pool.
• Holy Son Jueluo appeared above the Endless Dark Abyss, recognized Li Yun, and winked at him without exposing his disguise.
• The Seven Holy Sons of Black Heaven and three Supreme Sages attacked Jueluo, who met them with a powerful strike of light.
• The Seven Holy Sons of Black Heaven split Jueluo’s palm with his dark blade, and the four attackers began a fierce battle.
• Li Yun noticed the Supreme Sages maintaining the Resurrection Array were distracted by the battle and saw an opportunity.
• The Seven Holy Sons of Black Heaven summoned the three Supreme Sages to help him, causing the Resurrection Array to break off.

Li Yun took advantage of the battle above the Dark Abyss to seize the Black Origin Divine Pool and its three Nirvana Supreme Sage Dao Fruits. He escaped through the Gate of Myriad Wonders as the Black Heaven Holy Sons realized what had happened and blamed Holy Son Jueluo.

• The thirty-six Dao Sages left Li Yun and four Black Heaven Saint Emperors to guard the Black Origin Divine Pool while they went to support the battle overhead.
• Li Yun revealed his strength, suppressed the four Black Heaven Saint Emperors, and sent them into the Myriad Wonders World.
• Li Yun ignored the three Supreme Sage Dao Fruits' threats and pulled the entire Black Origin Divine Pool into the Myriad Wonders World.
• The three Supreme Sages noticed the pool had vanished, and the Seven Holy Sons of Black Heaven accused Holy Son Jueluo of helping Li Yun steal it.
• Li Yun teleported away through the Gate of Myriad Wonders, while Holy Son Jueluo watched him disappear.

Li Yun escaped the Endless Dark Abyss and hid in a desolate Star Domain while the Myriad Wonders World continued to evolve. He sensed that a Primordial Order might be forming inside it, and his Emperor Nature’s nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine-zhang limit began to loosen.

• Li Yun fled the Endless Dark Abyss, wary that Holy Son Jueluo would pursue him, and repeatedly teleported to confuse his trail.
• Li Yun returned to the Star Domain where the Through-Ancient Dynasty and the Golden Eagle Dynasty had once stood, finding it shrouded in darkness linked to the Dark Heavenly Lord.
• Li Yun moved to a desolate Star Domain and watched the Myriad Wonders World expand as it absorbed immense vital energy.
• Li Yun sensed an intangible force taking shape within the Myriad Wonders World and wondered whether it was a Primordial Order of his own.
• Li Yun felt the constraint on his Emperor Nature loosen and anticipated breaking through its nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine-zhang limit.

Li Yun received the Forty-Seventh Layer of the Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture and began cultivating it at a twenty-millionfold rate to challenge the limits imposed by Primordial Order. Jueluo failed to locate him but continued hunting, intent on taking him back to the Tianming Domain.

• After the Myriad Wonders World absorbed the Black Origin Divine Pool and three Supreme Sage Dao Fruits, the Gate of Myriad Wonders revealed a Forty-Seventh Layer of the Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture.
• Li Yun absorbed the new layer's contents over three days and nights, then discovered his cultivation boost had risen to twenty million times and his Myriad Wonders Points to nine million trillion.
• Li Yun began cultivating the Forty-Seventh Layer, spending his points rapidly as he used his Nine-Hundred-Ninety-Nine-Zhang Emperor Nature to strike against Primordial Order's limits.
• Jueluo searched the surrounding stars but could not find Li Yun, then vowed to keep hunting until he could take him back to the Tianming Domain.