Chapter Summaries

Li Yun and Dream Ancestor agreed to cooperate, and Dream Ancestor tasked the Cloud Gate's three great Heavenly Venerables with establishing the Dream God Hall under Li Yun's authority. Dream Ancestor explained that advancing a seven-colored Fate Lattice requires a powerful fate number, then revealed that Immortal Substance was needed to strengthen it.

• Li Yun agreed to cooperate with Dream Ancestor, who secured the Cloud Gate's three great Heavenly Venerables' submission.
• Dream Ancestor named Li Yun his full-authority representative to oversee the Dream God Hall, but Li Yun asked Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable, Yun Hai, and Yun Kong to manage the work while he stayed hidden.
• Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable asked how a Seven-Colored Fate Lattice could become an Eight-Colored Fate Configuration.
• Dream Ancestor explained that fate number and fortune combine to strengthen a Fate Lattice, but a sufficiently powerful fate number is essential for advancing beyond seven colors.
• Dream Ancestor revealed that Immortal Substance was needed to increase the power of a fate number.

Li Yun learned that Immortal Substance was needed to advance a Seven-Colored Fate Lattice, and the Dream Ancestor explained that it could be obtained through Immortal Gates or ancient Immortal Characters. Li Yun realized his own ability to obtain it through his Immortal Gate might be unusual and decided to keep it secret.

• The Dream Ancestor told Cloud Gate's three Heavenly Venerables that Immortal Substance was required to advance their Fate Lattices, leaving them despairing.
• Li Yun wondered why the Heavenly Venerables could not obtain Immortal Substance through their Immortal Gates, even though he had received droplets from his own.
• The Dream Ancestor explained that Immortal Substance had two sources and named the Immortal Gate as the first, saying it appeared only for some cultivators under special circumstances.
• Li Yun concluded that his own access to Immortal Substance was unusually easy and resolved to conceal it.
• The Dream Ancestor named ancient Immortal Characters buried in the Chaotic Void as the second source of Immortal Substance.

Dream Ancestor explained that Immortal Characters were inheritances created by Immortal Beings, and revealed that he possessed the Dream Character. He said the characters had been scattered throughout the human world and concealed their aura, leaving their discovery to fortune.

• Li Yun and Cloud Gate's three Heavenly Venerables were stunned when Dream Ancestor explained that Immortal Characters were formed from Immortal Substance and the profound truths of the Immortal Dao.
• Dream Ancestor said Immortal Characters were scattered across the human world as inheritances, and that Martial Ancestor Chen Jiuxu had comprehended the Taiwu Sacred Dao from the Martial Character.
• Dream Ancestor revealed his Dream Character, and Li Yun sensed its power before Dream Ancestor put it away.
• Cloud Gate's three Heavenly Venerables asked where they could obtain Immortal Characters, and Dream Ancestor told them the characters had hidden their distinctive aura among ordinary things.
• Cloud Gate's three Heavenly Venerables despaired at having to rely on fortune, while Li Yun reflected that knowing about the path to greater power could be worse than ignorance.

Li Yun asked Dream Ancestor whether cultivators could improve their chances of obtaining an Immortal Character, and Dream Ancestor hinted that hidden secrets existed. After Cloud Gate's three Heavenly Venerables urged everyone to make True Spirit Oaths, Li Yun secretly erased his oath with the Forbidden Divine Charm, while Dream Ancestor believed he could now trust Li Yun and ordered Situ Chun to swear as well.

• Li Yun asked Dream Ancestor whether there was a way to increase the chances of obtaining an Immortal Character, and Dream Ancestor praised his resolve before admitting there were hidden secrets.
• Cloud Gate's three Heavenly Venerables offered to make True Spirit Oaths to prove their loyalty to Dream Ancestor.
• Li Yun agreed to swear an oath and secretly used the Forbidden Divine Charm to erase it as soon as he made it.
• Dream Ancestor relaxed after Li Yun swore to continue cooperating with him and never betray him.
• Dream Ancestor told Situ Chun to make a True Spirit Oath too, and Situ Chun obeyed.

Dream Ancestor revealed that Great Dream Immortal City belonged to the ancient Eternal Immortal Dynasty, a civilization founded by Immortal Beings and buried in Chaos during a calamity. He explained the dangers of searching for its ruins, leaving Li Yun and the others asking how they could locate ownerless immortal cities.

• After Situ Chun swore a True Spirit Oath, Dream Ancestor told the group that Great Dream Immortal City was part of the Eternal Immortal Dynasty and that he had found the Dream Immortal Character there.
• Li Yun connected Dream Ancestor’s account of the Chaos Calamity to his own theory that ancient immortal cities and civilizations lay buried beneath layers of Chaos.
• Dream Ancestor revealed that Immortal Being Meng Shenji had ruled Great Dream Immortal City, one of the Eternal Immortal Dynasty’s eighteen cities, each led by an Immortal Being.
• Dream Ancestor said the Chaos Calamity had buried the Eternal Immortal Dynasty and that some ancient immortal cities could offer great opportunities, though many already had owners.
• Dream Ancestor explained that reaching buried cities required surviving the increasing pressure of deep Chaos, which could erode the Dao Fruit of anyone below the Heavenly Venerable realm.
• Li Yun, Situ Chun, and Cloud Gate’s three Heavenly Venerables asked Dream Ancestor how they could find ownerless immortal cities.

Dream Ancestor told Li Yun and the three Heavenly Venerables of Cloud Gate that an ownerless ancient immortal city would emerge in three hundred years, offering a chance to obtain an Immortal Character. After returning from Great Dream Immortal City, Li Yun discussed the Fate Dao Fruit with Cloud Gate’s Heavenly Venerables and agreed to help establish Dream God Hall while remaining hidden.

• Dream Ancestor revealed that an ancient immortal city would emerge in three hundred years and warned that Heavenly Venerables across the Chaos Great Void would compete for its Immortal Character.
• Dream Ancestor said Profound Venerables would not appear to seize the Immortal Character or aid others, and the three Heavenly Venerables of Cloud Gate began preparing for the contest.
• Li Yun and the three Heavenly Venerables of Cloud Gate left Great Dream Immortal City, while Dream Ancestor kept Situ Chun behind for special training.
• Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable recognized Li Yun as the Fate Immortal Venerable and questioned the claimed danger of the Fate Dao Fruit.
• Li Yun said Martial Ancestor had revealed that some who suppressed Cang Life Master had secretly made deals with him and sought to control the fate of all living beings.
• Li Yun and the three Heavenly Venerables agreed to establish Dream God Hall as Dream Ancestor had instructed, with Li Yun remaining hidden unless needed.

The Dream God Hall expanded rapidly, boosting its fortune and Li Yun’s cultivation while he kept his growing strength concealed. Two years later, Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable asked Li Yun to intervene after the Gufang Divine Hall killed one of their Human Venerables at the border.

• The three Heavenly Venerables of Cloud Gate built the Dream God Hall, which grew from a dozen-odd great worlds to more than a hundred as the Dream Ancestor unsealed more worlds.
• Li Yun received thirty percent of the Dream God Hall’s fortune, advancing his Fate Palace to its second level and increasing his Immortal Venerable Dao Fruits to 640 while hiding his progress.
• After two more years, Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable visited Li Yun with news that the Gufang Divine Hall had been provoking the Dream God Hall.
• Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable reported that the Gufang Divine Hall had killed a Human Venerable near their border, and asked Li Yun to act.

Li Yun learned that the Gufang Divine Hall had killed a Human Venerable from the Dream God Hall to curb its expansion, and agreed to retaliate. He crossed into Gufang Divine Hall territory, vanished from the sight of two waiting Heavenly Venerables, and announced that he would kill two of their Human Venerables in return.

• Li Yun recalled how the Dream God Hall’s rapid growth and its refusal to halt expansion had provoked the Gufang Divine Hall.
• After the Gufang Divine Hall killed a Dream God Hall Human Venerable at the border, Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable asked Li Yun to act, and he agreed.
• Li Yun arrived near the border and detected the hidden Heavenly Venerables Tianfang and Di Lao watching him.
• Li Yun crossed into Gufang Divine Hall territory, then vanished so completely that Tianfang and Di Lao could no longer sense him.
• Li Yun declared that he would kill two Gufang Divine Hall Human Venerables in retaliation, stunning the six Dream God Hall Heavenly Venerables watching from afar.

Li Yun retaliated for Gufang Divine Hall's killing of a Dream God Hall Human Venerable by killing two of theirs, then escaped their territory unharmed. He declared that Gufang Divine Hall would face twofold retaliation for any future killings, and the two factions ended the confrontation poised for further conflict.

• Yu Feng and the other Dream God Hall Heavenly Venerables admired Li Yun's bold provocation of Gufang Divine Hall.
• Li Yun killed two Gufang Divine Hall Human Venerables, catching its seven Heavenly Venerables off guard.
• Gufang Divine Hall's Heavenly Venerables sealed their territory, but Li Yun escaped and returned unharmed to the border.
• Li Yun announced that he had avenged Dream God Hall and would retaliate twofold for any future killings by Gufang Divine Hall.
• The seven Gufang Divine Hall Heavenly Venerables confronted Li Yun and the six Dream God Hall Heavenly Venerables, then withdrew after Heavenly Venerable Gudao threatened that the matter was not over.

Gufang Divine Hall coerced nearby factions into joining it after its defeat at Dream God Hall, increasing its Heavenly Venerable count from seven to fifteen. Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable worried about the growing threat, but Li Yun remained confident and said he would beat their courage out of them.

• Gufang Divine Hall issued surrounding factions an ultimatum to submit or die, then spread a rumor that an Above Heavenly Venerable stood behind it.
• Three Heavenly Venerables submitted to Gufang Divine Hall within a month, and the hall publicized their surrender.
• Over the next three months, more nearby factions submitted, raising Gufang Divine Hall's number of Heavenly Venerables to fifteen.
• Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable visited Li Yun and asked how Dream God Hall should respond to the growing force.
• Li Yun dismissed Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable's fears and said he could beat the courage out of Gufang Divine Hall's forces.

Li Yun left Dream God Hall after promising to crush the nerve of Gufang Divine Hall’s Heavenly Venerables, then disappeared so completely that Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable could not sense him. Dream God Hall’s leaders worried he might provoke a war, but they could not guess his plan and wondered whether he had simply run away.

• Li Yun told Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable to wait for news, then vanished using an undetectable concealment technique.
• Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable told Dream God Hall’s five other Heavenly Venerables that Li Yun intended to crush the nerve of Gufang Divine Hall’s Heavenly Venerables.
• Yun Hai, Yu Feng, Yunkong, and the others feared Li Yun might attack Gufang Divine Hall’s Human Venerables or Earth Venerables and trigger a full-scale war.
• The Heavenly Venerables rejected the idea that Li Yun planned to kill one of Gufang Divine Hall’s Heavenly Venerables, since such a feat seemed impossible.
• Yu Feng wondered whether Li Yun had decided the situation was hopeless and run away to hide.

Li Yun reached the Gufang Divine Hall’s border and found that it planned to annex the Peacock Great World, whose Peacock Heavenly Venerable was already considering surrender. Li Yun decided to target the Peacock Great World, leaving the outcome of his plan unresolved.

• Heavenly Venerable Yu Feng suggested that Li Yun had fled the Gufang Divine Hall, but Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable calmed the others and urged them to wait for news.
• Over seven days, Li Yun observed the Gufang Divine Hall’s growing strength as it absorbed smaller factions and expanded from seven Heavenly Venerables to fifteen.
• Li Yun reasoned that the Gufang Divine Hall’s Heavenly Venerables feared the cost of a direct war with the Dream God Hall and preferred to force its submission without fighting.
• On the eighth day, Li Yun reached the border and recognized the neighboring Peacock Great World, which the Gufang Divine Hall planned to annex next.
• Peacock Heavenly Venerable gathered his four Earth Venerables to discuss how to submit to the Gufang Divine Hall without appearing cowardly.
• Li Yun chose the Peacock Great World as his target and revealed his killing intent.

Peacock Heavenly Venerable decided to submit the Peacock Great World to the Gufang Divine Hall, believing it would help him advance and bring his faction benefits. As he announced the decision, his Immortal Gate appeared and unleashed a terrifying killing intent that engulfed him.

• Variegated Earth Venerable warned Peacock Heavenly Venerable that the Gufang Divine Hall might use new subordinates as cannon fodder against the Dream God Hall.
• Peacock Heavenly Venerable argued that the Gufang Divine Hall had powerful backing and planned to build a vast faction, then revealed to himself that he sought a way to merge fate with fortune again.
• Peacock Heavenly Venerable dismissed the Dream God Hall as weak and said fighting it would let the Peacock Great World prove its allegiance to the Gufang Divine Hall.
• The four Earth Venerables agreed to follow Peacock Heavenly Venerable, and he announced that he would formally contact the Gufang Divine Hall.
• An Immortal Gate appeared behind Peacock Heavenly Venerable and released overwhelming killing intent that engulfed him before he could react.

An unseen attacker used the Peacock Heavenly Venerable’s Immortal Gate to destroy his Fate Palaces and kill him, then annihilated his four Earth Venerable disciples. The Gufang Divine Hall’s Heavenly Venerables rushed toward the Peacock Great World, while Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable and the others wondered whether the Dream God Hall’s Vice Hall Master was responsible.

• The Peacock Heavenly Venerable’s Immortal Gate unleashed power that shattered his three Fate Palaces and erased his Dao Fruit, killing him after he called on the Gufang Divine Hall to avenge him.
• Variegated Earth Venerable and the other three disciples tried to flee, but the same power destroyed them before they could escape Peacock Hall.
• Heavenly Venerable Gudao and fourteen other Gufang Divine Hall Heavenly Venerables learned that the Peacock Heavenly Venerable had fallen and hurried toward the Peacock Great World.
• Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable and the other five Dream God Hall Heavenly Venerables sensed the death and discussed whether their Vice Hall Master had caused it.
• Heavenly Venerable Yu Feng rejected the idea that the Vice Hall Master could kill a Heavenly Venerable so easily, and the others agreed that the cause was likely a change within the Peacock Great World.

After Peacock Heavenly Venerable and his four disciples were killed, Heavenly Venerable Gudao’s group arrived at the Peacock Great World and worried the death would undermine the Gufang Divine Hall’s efforts to recruit other Heavenly Venerables. Gudao prevented his followers from blaming the Dream God Hall without evidence and urged everyone to identify another possible culprit.

• Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable persuaded the six Heavenly Venerables of the Dream God Hall to stay put and wait for reliable news.
• Heavenly Venerable Gudao and the other fourteen Gufang Divine Hall Heavenly Venerables arrived and learned that Peacock Heavenly Venerable and his four Earth Venerable disciples had been killed.
• Heavenly Venerable Tianfang accused the Dream God Hall’s Deputy Hall Master, but Heavenly Venerable Gudao rebuked him for making an accusation without evidence.
• Di Lao Heavenly Venerable suggested that someone might be sowing discord, and Heavenly Venerable Tianfang retracted his accusation.
• Heavenly Venerable Gudao told the group to investigate suspicious figures who were powerful, skilled at concealment and assassination, and potentially ambitious.

After Peacock Heavenly Venerable’s death, Gufang Divine Hall searched for the killer but made no serious move against Dream God Hall and eventually gave up. Heavenly Venerable Yu Feng mocked Li Yun for disappearing, while Li Yun remained hidden in the Immortal Scar Realm and emerged from his gains with a Fourth-Layer Fate Palace.

• Heavenly Venerable Gudao suspected Dream God Hall was behind Peacock Heavenly Venerable’s death but led the others back to Gufang Divine Hall without making a hasty accusation.
• Gufang Divine Hall searched its territory for six months, avoided a major confrontation with Dream God Hall, and then abandoned its search.
• Heavenly Venerable Yu Feng ridiculed Li Yun for disappearing, claiming that he had run away and would soon return now that Gufang Divine Hall had stopped searching.
• Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable warned Heavenly Venerable Yu Feng to stop insulting Li Yun, but admitted that he could not confirm Li Yun had killed Peacock Heavenly Venerable.
• Li Yun stayed hidden in the Immortal Scar Realm and spent half a year absorbing the Fate Number and Configuration of Peacock Heavenly Venerable and his four Earth Venerable disciples.
• Li Yun’s Fate Palace advanced from the Second Layer to the Fourth Layer.

Li Yun remained in the Immortal Scar Realm, while the Gufang Divine Hall grew stronger and secretly searched for the killer of Peacock Heavenly Venerable. As Heavenly Venerable Gudao considered declaring war on the Dream God Hall, he learned that the hidden attacker had struck again.

• Li Yun stayed in the Immortal Scar Realm to use more opportunities to condense Dao Fruits and strengthen himself.
• Over the next year, the Gufang Divine Hall gained three Heavenly Venerables, bringing its total to eighteen, while the Dream God Hall stopped expanding.
• Heavenly Venerable Gudao questioned Tianfang and Di Lao about their failure to find Peacock Heavenly Venerable's killer.
• Di Lao warned that the killer might strike again and urged the Gufang Divine Hall to guard against another death.
• Di Lao proposed declaring war on the Dream God Hall to force the hidden enemy to reveal himself, and Heavenly Venerable Gudao agreed before realizing the attacker had struck again.

After Azure Sky Heavenly Venerable was killed, Heavenly Venerable Gudao and the Gufang Divine Hall hurried to investigate and Gudao vowed to declare war on the Dream God Hall. An independent cultivator Heavenly Venerable challenged his reasoning and warned that war could provoke even deadlier retaliation, leaving Gudao stunned.

• Azure Sky Heavenly Venerable’s life signs vanished, and Heavenly Venerable Gudao concluded that he had been killed.
• Heavenly Venerable Gudao, Tianfang, Di Lao, and fifteen other Heavenly Venerables from the Gufang Divine Hall teleported toward the Azure Sky Great World.
• An independent cultivator Heavenly Venerable demanded that Gudao explain the danger facing those who had joined the Gufang Divine Hall.
• Gudao promised to declare war on the Dream God Hall if they found no traces of the attacker at the Azure Sky Great World.
• The independent cultivator Heavenly Venerable pointed out Gudao’s conflicting claims about the Dream God Hall and warned that war might provoke further assassinations.
• Heavenly Venerable Gudao was left stunned by the warning.

After finding Azure Sky Heavenly Venerable dead, Heavenly Venerable Gudao demanded that the gathered Heavenly Venerables decide how to respond to the unknown killer. Heavenly Venerable Hexi and the ten other independent Heavenly Venerables urged peace, leaving Gudao and the Gufang Divine Hall’s core members stunned.

• Heavenly Venerable Hexi told Heavenly Venerable Gudao that the independent Heavenly Venerables would not risk joining a war against the Dream God Hall until the killer was dealt with.
• Heavenly Venerable Gudao and the others investigated the Azure Sky Great World and found that Azure Sky Heavenly Venerable had been killed in the same manner as Peacock Heavenly Venerable.
• Heavenly Venerable Gudao demanded that the gathered Heavenly Venerables suggest what to do, but the eleven independent Heavenly Venerables stayed silent.
• Heavenly Venerable Hexi said the killer’s assassination method made a direct confrontation too dangerous and suggested making peace.
• The other ten independent Heavenly Venerables supported Hexi, leaving Gudao and the six core Heavenly Venerables unable to respond.

After another Heavenly Venerable fell, Dream God Hall's leaders feared war with Gufang Divine Hall and argued over whether Li Yun was responsible. Heavenly Venerable Yu Feng left to demand that Dream Ancestor remove Li Yun, but a strike from a silently opened Immortal Gate annihilated him.

• Heavenly Venerable Gudao brought the eleven independent cultivator Heavenly Venerables back to Gufang Divine Hall after warning that he would consult its Hall Master.
• Dream God Hall's six Heavenly Venerables discussed the latest death and worried that Gufang Divine Hall might attack them.
• Yunmeng Heavenly Venerable said he did not know Li Yun's whereabouts, while Heavenly Venerable Yu Feng accused Li Yun of fleeing and demanded his share of Dream God Hall's fortune.
• Heavenly Venerable Yu Feng teleported away to ask Dream Ancestor to expel Li Yun and appoint him Deputy Hall Master.
• An Immortal Gate opened behind Heavenly Venerable Yu Feng, and a world-shaking strike reduced him to nothingness.