Chapter Summaries

Li Yun learned that the Heavenly Gold Divine Throne could support 3,000 Dominator's Authorities and invited Tongtian and Shengyan into the Heaven-and-Earth Main Aperture to study the change of eras. They warned him that Eclosion Heavenly Venerable would likely seek help from his master, Sword Venerable Tai'a, whose complete Great Dao Divine Manifestation made him a grave threat.

• Li Yun thanked Tongtian and Shengyan for explaining the Heavenly Gold Divine Throne's limit and confirmed that he had not rushed to condense his Great Dao Divine Manifestation.
• Tongtian and Shengyan asked to enter the Heaven-and-Earth Main Aperture to study the coming change of eras, and Li Yun opened a gateway for them.
• Tongtian warned Li Yun that Eclosion Heavenly Venerable was Sword Venerable Tai'a's disciple and would likely go to him after escaping.
• Tongtian explained that Tai'a had completed his Great Dao Divine Manifestation and possessed Epoch Divine Power, making him stronger than incomplete Great Dao Divine Lords.
• Li Yun sent Tongtian and Shengyan into the Purple Jade Cave Heaven and worried that Tai'a might overpower him if he returned, though he trusted his own strength to keep growing.

Li Yun watched successive Children of the Epoch transcend from the Myriad Gods Realm while Primordial Unity Qi strengthened his Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones. Though they reached the accepted limit of three thousand strands of Dominator's Authority, Li Yun chose to keep testing whether they could grow further.

• Old Daoist Wuchen became the Child of the Epoch, transcended as a Heavenly Gold Divine Lord, and received a drink and guidance from Li Yun.
• Duanmie became the Fourth Epoch's Child of the Epoch and transcended, and Li Yun saw him off with a drink.
• Wang Chao became the Fifth Epoch's Child of the Epoch, transcended, and received a farewell drink from Li Yun.
• Across later epochs, Li Yun's three thousand Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones reached three thousand strands of Dominator's Authority apiece, the accepted limit for forming complete Great Dao Divine Images.
• Li Yun suppressed the urge to condense Great Dao Divine Images and continued observing the Myriad Gods Realm's epochs to see whether his thrones could advance beyond the supposed limit.

After the Twelfth Epoch, Li Yun reunited with his former Dao Companion Bai Youruo, who vowed to become a Great Dao Divine Lord and teach him a lesson. In the Thirteenth Epoch, his Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones surpassed three thousand Dominator's Authority, and two Dao Venerables speculated that they might produce a Divine Image beyond the usual nine grades.

• Bai Youruo became the Child of the Twelfth Epoch and reunited with Li Yun, her former Dao Companion.
• Li Yun explained the path beyond Heavenly Gold Divine Lord to Bai Youruo, who forced herself on him before leaving and promising to become a Great Dao Divine Lord.
• At the start of the Thirteenth Epoch, Li Yun's Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones absorbed Primordial Unity Qi and rose to four thousand Dominator's Authority.
• Li Yun summoned Heaven-Reaching Dao Venerable and Sacred Flame Dao Venerable and asked whether the thrones could exceed three thousand Dominator's Authority.
• Sacred Flame Dao Venerable explained that Great Dao Divine Images had nine grades and speculated that Li Yun's thrones might forge an image beyond the ninth grade.

Li Yun concealed from Tongtian and Shengyan that he had already exceeded the Heavenly Gold Divine Throne's limit, then continued cultivating as the Zhoutian Sword Domain began showing signs of a world-ending catastrophe. Three thousand years after fleeing, Eclosion Heavenly Venerable reached the Small Immortal World and told his master Sword Venerable Tai'a that Li Yun had taken the Heaven-and-Earth Main Aperture.

• Li Yun accepted Tongtian and Shengyan's advice without revealing that he had reached 4,000 units of Dominator's Authority, and he returned to cultivation.
• As Purple Jade Cave Heaven grew by drawing on the Zhoutian Sword Domain's world origin, the Main World weakened and signs of catastrophe appeared.
• Eclosion Heavenly Venerable arrived in the Small Immortal World, where Sword Venerable Tai'a had joined the Ancient Sword Immortal Hall and advanced his Immortal Sword God Divine Image through three Great Epochs.
• Sword Venerable Tai'a scolded Eclosion Heavenly Venerable for abandoning the Zhoutian Sword Domain, and Eclosion blamed Li Yun for seizing the Heaven-and-Earth Main Aperture.
• Eclosion Heavenly Venerable begged Sword Venerable Tai'a to kill Li Yun, while Sword Venerable Tai'a angrily mocked him for losing the domain.

Eclosion Heavenly Venerable sought Sword Venerable Tai'a’s help against Li Yun, who had seized the Zhoutian Sword Domain. Jin Bujue volunteered to confront Li Yun, and Sword Venerable Tai'a ordered him to go with Wan Daoyuan after Eclosion claimed Li Yun had about 2,000 Dominator's Authorities.

• Jin Bujue arrived and questioned Eclosion Heavenly Venerable about leaving the Zhoutian Sword Domain, prompting Sword Venerable Tai'a to explain that Li Yun had defeated him and seized the domain.
• Jin Bujue offered to accompany Eclosion to face Li Yun, and the two disciples argued over Eclosion’s defeat.
• Jin Bujue revealed that his Heavenly Gold Divine Throne had reached 1,500 Dominator's Authorities and said he could defeat Li Yun.
• Eclosion Heavenly Venerable claimed Li Yun might have 2,000 Dominator's Authorities and urged Sword Venerable Tai'a to handle him personally.
• Sword Venerable Tai'a said he could not leave the Small Immortal World for at least three thousand years and ordered Jin Bujue to take Wan Daoyuan to the Zhoutian Sword Domain.

Eclosion Heavenly Venerable learned that Jin Bujue had powerful backing in the Small Immortal World and planned to use Li Yun to win his favor. Meanwhile, Li Yun’s cultivation advanced as his Three Thousand Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones approached a natural convergence that he could not suppress, so he focused on breaking the nine-thousand limit of their Dominator’s Authority.

• Jin Bujue dismissed Eclosion Heavenly Venerable’s warning and left for the Zhoutian Sword Domain to find Wan Daoyuan, whom he said could defeat Li Yun.
• Sword Venerable Tai'a explained that Jin Bujue belonged to a powerful Small Immortal World family and advised Eclosion Heavenly Venerable to flatter him rather than provoke him.
• Eclosion Heavenly Venerable resolved to let Jin Bujue face Li Yun so he could gain Jin Bujue’s favor.
• Li Yun continued cultivating as the Myriad Gods Realm passed through thirty-six Creation and Destruction Epochs, strengthening his Three Thousand Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones.
• Li Yun found that his thrones’ Dominator’s Authority neared nine thousand and that their resonance was naturally drawing them toward a Great Dao Divine Image.
• Li Yun failed to suppress the resonance and decided to push his Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones past the nine-thousand limit before they converged.

Li Yun endured epoch after epoch as the Myriad Gods Realm’s Primordial Unity Qi slowly pushed his three thousand Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones toward their limit. By the sixty-third Creation and Destruction Epoch, their Dominator’s Authority had reached 9,975 strands, while his mind had become tempered by the suffering of every life in the realm and his aura drew close to the Plane Ancient Dao.

• Li Yun broke through the 9,000-strand bottleneck during the Myriad Gods Realm’s forty-sixth Creation and Destruction Epoch, and his Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones surged to 9,700 strands of Dominator’s Authority.
• Li Yun’s Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones gained power more slowly in each subsequent epoch, rising to 9,950 strands by the fifty-sixth epoch.
• Li Yun resisted the urge to forge a Great Dao Divine Image before reaching the Thrones’ true limit and devoted himself to enduring further Life and Death Epochs.
• Li Yun’s mind experienced the torment of every living being across the Myriad Gods Realm’s repeated cycles of Life and Death, becoming imperishable and indestructible.
• Li Yun reached the sixty-third Creation and Destruction Epoch with his Thrones at 9,975 strands, while his aura drew close to the Plane Ancient Dao.

After two hundred years of quiet cultivation, Li Yun had settled his heart and raised his Dominator's Authority to 9,981. Eclosion Heavenly Venerable returned to the Zhoutian Sword Domain with Jin Bujue and Lord Wan, intending to reclaim it for their master and searching for Li Yun.

• Li Yun sensed the Plane Ancient Dao through his Great Dao Divine Image and became free of his restlessness about the path ahead.
• Two hundred years passed in the Zhoutian Sword Domain as Li Yun's Heavenly Gold Divine Throne sublimated and his Dominator's Authority rose to 9,981.
• Eclosion Heavenly Venerable and Jin Bujue entered the Zhoutian Sword Domain with the black-clad Lord Wan through a tear in the sky.
• Jin Bujue insulted the Zhoutian Sword Domain, while Eclosion Heavenly Venerable flattered him and offered to serve him.
• Jin Bujue said they would reclaim the Zhoutian Sword Domain for their master, and Eclosion Heavenly Venerable released his Great Dao Divine Lord might to find Li Yun.

Eclosion Heavenly Venerable returned to the Zhoutian Sword Domain and confronted Heaven-Reaching Dao Venerable and Sacred Flame Dao Venerable, but Jin Bujue intervened when they overwhelmed him. Jin Bujue attacked both Dao Venerables with his Myriad-Age Immortal Void-Breaking Divine Fist, leaving the domain and its Three Thousand Great Daos shaking.

• Eclosion Heavenly Venerable appeared in a million-li Dao Body, and Eclosion Immortal Sect’s Heavenly Gold Divine Lords welcomed him back.
• Eclosion Heavenly Venerable accused Heaven-Reaching Dao Venerable and Sacred Flame Dao Venerable of siding with Li Yun and demanded they leave or kneel to him.
• Heaven-Reaching Dao Venerable and Sacred Flame Dao Venerable manifested their Great Dao Divine Images and pressured Eclosion Heavenly Venerable.
• Eclosion Heavenly Venerable called to Jin Bujue for help, and Jin Bujue kicked him aside before attacking the two Dao Venerables with his Myriad-Age Immortal Void-Breaking Divine Fist.
• Heaven-Reaching Dao Venerable and Sacred Flame Dao Venerable met Jin Bujue’s fist with their Divine Images as the Zhoutian Sword Domain and Three Thousand Great Daos shook.

Jin Bujue lost his clash with the Heaven-Reaching and Sacred Flame Dao Venerables, then insulted Eclosion Heavenly Venerable when he offered help. Wan Daoyuan stepped in and challenged the two Dao Venerables, leaving the fight poised to begin.

• Jin Bujue's Fist Mark shattered against the Heaven-Reaching and Sacred Flame Dao Venerables, and he was injured and driven back.
• Jin Bujue prepared to attack again, but shoved Eclosion Heavenly Venerable aside and cursed him when he offered assistance.
• Wan Daoyuan arrived, gave Jin Bujue an excuse to withdraw, and took his place against the two Dao Venerables.
• Heaven-Reaching and Sacred Flame suspected Wan Daoyuan was stronger than Jin Bujue and considered relying on Li Yun if they could not defeat him.
• Wan Daoyuan told Heaven-Reaching and Sacred Flame they were not worthy opponents, and they challenged him to prove his strength.

Wan Daoyuan easily defeated Tongtian and Shengyan, revealing that his Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones held more than 2,900 measures of Dominator's Authority. The two Great Dao Divine Lords called for Li Yun to face Wan Daoyuan, while Eclosion Heavenly Venerable mocked Li Yun and was rebuked for his earlier defeat.

• Wan Daoyuan punched Tongtian and Shengyan, shattering their Great Dao Divine Images and sending them flying as they spat blood.
• Jin Bujue proclaimed that Wan Daoyuan's Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones held over 2,900 measures of Dominator's Authority, stunning the Heavenly Gold Divine Lords across the Zhoutian Sword Domain.
• Tongtian and Shengyan recognized Wan Daoyuan's formidable foundation and considered Li Yun the only person in the domain who might match him.
• Tongtian and Shengyan called toward Guangyang Prefecture, asking Li Yun to come because they could not hold off Wan Daoyuan.
• Eclosion Heavenly Venerable mocked Li Yun for hiding, and Tongtian and Shengyan reminded him that Li Yun had beaten him into retreat.

Li Yun arrived in the Zhoutian Sword Domain, where his lotus steps captivated everyone and made Wan Daoyuan sense overwhelming danger. Jin Bujue attacked him, but Li Yun erased the golden Fist Mark with a lotus blossom as he continued walking.

• Li Yun ascended into the sky with Lotus Blossoms with Every Step, drawing the attention of everyone in the Zhoutian Sword Domain.
• Wan Daoyuan sensed an invisible pressure from Li Yun that no one else could detect and feared the danger he posed.
• Wan Daoyuan shouted at Li Yun and broke the others' fascination with his lotus steps.
• Jin Bujue, enraged at feeling humiliated, charged at Li Yun and struck with the Eternal Fist.
• Li Yun continued walking calmly as a lotus blossom opened beneath the golden Fist Mark and made it vanish.

Li Yun killed Eclosion Heavenly Venerable and discovered that refining him through cycles of Life and Death yielded Primordial Unity Qi, which strengthened his Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones. He then seized Wan Daoyuan and Jin Bujue as they tried to flee, subjecting them to the same terrifying power.

• Wan Daoyuan warned Li Yun that Jin Bujue’s powerful family and the Small Immortal World would retaliate if he refused to let the attack go.
• Li Yun seized Eclosion Heavenly Venerable and repeatedly killed and revived him until only Primordial Unity Qi remained.
• Li Yun absorbed the Primordial Unity Qi, raising the Dominator’s Authority of all Three Thousand Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones from 9,987 to 9,988.
• Wan Daoyuan grabbed Jin Bujue and fled, trying to tear open the sky of the Zhoutian Sword Domain.
• Li Yun caught Wan Daoyuan and Jin Bujue in a sky-blotting hand and subjected them to the power of Myriad Births and Deaths.

Li Yun killed Eclosion Heavenly Venerable, Jin Bujue, and Wan Daoyuan, gaining Primordial Unity Qi and bringing his Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones to 9,990 strands of Dominator's Authority. Tongtian and Shengyan warned him that Wan Daoyuan's powerful backers would retaliate, and urged him to flee the Zhoutian Sword Domain.

• Two Black Gold Divine Lords found Jin Bujue and Wan Daoyuan's Soul Steles cracked and rushed to report their deaths.
• Li Yun's killing of Eclosion Heavenly Venerable, Jin Bujue, and Wan Daoyuan stunned everyone in the Zhoutian Sword Domain.
• Li Yun gained Primordial Unity Qi, raised each Heavenly Gold Divine Throne to 9,990 strands of Dominator's Authority, and came close to forming his Great Dao Divine Image.
• Tongtian and Shengyan questioned Li Yun about his strength, and he said Wan Daoyuan had reached 2,977 strands of Dominator's Authority.
• Tongtian and Shengyan realized Wan Daoyuan's powerful backers would come after his death and urged Li Yun to leave immediately.

Li Yun told Heaven-Reaching Dao Venerable and Sacred Flame Dao Venerable that fleeing the Zhoutian Sword Domain would leave their Great Dao Divine Images incomplete, and proposed taking the domain with them. He left them wondering where he could put an entire world.

• Li Yun explained that Heaven-Reaching Dao Venerable and Sacred Flame Dao Venerable would never complete their Great Dao Divine Images if they abandoned the Zhoutian Sword Domain.
• Heaven-Reaching Dao Venerable and Sacred Flame Dao Venerable realized their predicament stemmed from yielding to Sword Venerable Tai'a long ago.
• Li Yun said they would flee, but not until they could take the Zhoutian Sword Domain with them.
• Heaven-Reaching Dao Venerable asked Li Yun where he intended to put the domain, and Li Yun promised to show them.

Li Yun revealed the Myriad Gods Realm to Tongtian and Shengyan and explained his plan to absorb the Zhoutian Sword Domain into it. He proposed that they reincarnate inside the merged world to rebuild their foundations, though they would risk failing to become its Child of the Epoch.

• Li Yun brought divine-sense incarnations of Tongtian and Shengyan into the Myriad Gods Realm, where they were stunned by its rapid cycles of Life and Death.
• Li Yun explained that the Supreme Immortal Gate contained the Myriad Gods Realm and could keep absorbing other worlds to grow stronger.
• Li Yun told Tongtian and Shengyan that he intended to merge the Zhoutian Sword Domain into the Myriad Gods Realm, both to evade Wan Daoyuan's pursuers and raise the realm's nature.
• Tongtian asked whether the merger would prevent them from repairing their incomplete Great Dao Divine Images, and Li Yun assured him it would instead help them repair faster.
• Li Yun proposed that Tongtian and Shengyan reincarnate in the merged realm and compete to become the Child of the Epoch, risking further cycles if they failed.

Li Yun explained the risks and promise of reincarnating in the Myriad Gods Realm, and Tongtian and Shengyan chose to begin anew there. They agreed with Li Yun on a plan to merge the Zhoutian Sword Domain into the Myriad Gods Realm in three years, and Tongtian ended by asking how many Dominator's Authorities Li Yun's Heavenly Gold Divine Throne possessed.

• Tongtian and Shengyan agreed to reincarnate in the Myriad Gods Realm after explaining their weak foundations and their fear that others would seize their True Spirits elsewhere.
• Li Yun reassured them that he would observe without interfering and could not influence the birth of a Child of the Epoch.
• Li Yun outlined a plan in which he would act through the Supreme Immortal Gate while Cao Jin mobilized the Zhoutian Origin, with Tongtian and Shengyan assisting.
• The three agreed to begin merging the Zhoutian Sword Domain in three years, starting with the Purple Jade Cave Heaven, and estimated the process would take at most eight hundred years.
• Tongtian asked Li Yun how many Dominator's Authorities his Heavenly Gold Divine Throne possessed.

Li Yun revealed that his Heavenly Gold Divine Throne had reached 9,990 Dominator's Authorities, far beyond what Heaven-Reaching Dao Venerable and Sacred Flame Dao Venerable had imagined. Awed by his power and potential, they pledged their loyalty, and Li Yun invited them to drink.

• Heaven-Reaching Dao Venerable guessed that Li Yun's Heavenly Gold Divine Throne had nearly reached 3,000 Dominator's Authorities, and Sacred Flame Dao Venerable agreed.
• Li Yun explained that 3,000 Dominator's Authorities did not mark the Perfection Realm and advised them to keep strengthening their thrones after reincarnating.
• Li Yun revealed that his Heavenly Gold Divine Throne held 9,990 Dominator's Authorities but had not yet reached true perfection.
• Heaven-Reaching Dao Venerable and Sacred Flame Dao Venerable recovered from their shock and pledged to serve Li Yun after cultivating anew.
• Li Yun produced wine and dishes and invited them to drink.

Three years after Li Yun founded the Myriad Gods Cult and began merging with the Zhoutian Sword Domain, Sword Venerable Tai'a traveled from the Small Immortal World with four Great Dao Divine Lords to investigate Jin Bujue and Wan Daoyuan's deaths. As they discussed the mystery, Nine Nether Divine Lord proposed sending someone ahead to scout the Zhoutian Sword Domain.

• Li Yun united the Zhoutian Sword Domain's factions in the Myriad Gods Cult and drew out the Thoughts of All Beings as he began merging with the domain.
• The Ancient Sword Immortal Hall's leaders blamed Sword Venerable Tai'a for Jin Bujue and Wan Daoyuan's deaths and ordered him to investigate.
• Sword Venerable Tai'a set out for the Zhoutian Sword Domain with Nine Nether, Blood River, Cang Xue, and Falling Void.
• Nine Nether Divine Lord doubted that a Heavenly Gold Divine Lord could have killed Wan Daoyuan and warned Tai'a that the Jin Family would demand answers.
• Nine Nether Divine Lord suggested sending someone ahead to scout the Zhoutian Sword Domain before the group arrived.

Divine Lord Jiuyou sent Huang Long to scout the Zhoutian Sword Domain, but Huang Long devised his own plan to investigate it without risking himself. The chapter left Huang Long monitoring Zun Shan, whom he had sent into the domain as bait.

• Divine Lord Jiuyou contacted his old friend Huang Long, who agreed to scout the Zhoutian Sword Domain in exchange for a favor.
• Huang Long traveled from the Nine Dragons Divine Realm and reached the area around the Zhoutian Sword Domain after thirty years.
• Huang Long searched the outskirts, entered the weaker Roundlight World, and seized its Heavenly Gold Divine Lord, Zun Shan.
• Huang Long ordered Zun Shan to investigate the Zhoutian Sword Domain and learn about its strongest cultivator and any Great Dao Divine Lords.
• Huang Long hid in Zun Shan's hall and secretly watched him, intending to use him as bait to glimpse what was inside the Zhoutian Sword Domain.