Chapter Summaries

Zun Shan investigated the Zhoutian Sword Domain and reported that the Myriad Gods Cult had united its inhabitants, prompting the Yellow Dragon Divine Lord and the Ancient Sword Immortal Hall's leaders to suspect it was a hidden ancient power. The Divine Lords decided the domain was a trap and prepared to request reinforcements from the Immortal Hall.

• Zun Shan arrived in the Zhoutian Sword Domain, realized the Yellow Dragon Divine Lord was monitoring his thoughts, and hurriedly apologized before investigating the domain.
• After two months of searching, Zun Shan's observations reached the Yellow Dragon Divine Lord, who found the domain peaceful and its inhabitants united under the unfamiliar Myriad Gods Cult.
• The Yellow Dragon Divine Lord sent the Nine Nether Divine Lord a report that portrayed the Myriad Gods Cult as a powerful, mysterious faction.
• The Nine Nether Divine Lord told Sword Venerable Tai'a and the other Divine Lords that the Myriad Gods Cult was likely responsible for Jin Bujue and Wan Daoyuan's deaths, but none of them recognized its name.
• The Blood River Divine Lord warned that the Myriad Gods Cult might be allied with other Small Immortal World powers, and the Divine Lords concluded the Zhoutian Sword Domain was a trap.
• Sword Venerable Tai'a urged the group to request reinforcements from the Immortal Hall.

The Nine Nether Divine Lord and the others learned that the Ancient Sword Immortal Hall could not send reinforcements while it competed for a Primordial Unity Qi Secret Realm in the Small Immortal World. They decided to seek help from the Yellow Dragon Divine Lord and Jade Lotus Divine Lord to probe the Myriad Gods Cult, and left the outcome to their messages.

• The Ancient Sword Immortal Hall told the Nine Nether Divine Lord and the others to wait because three superpowers were preparing to fight over a Secret Realm connected to Primordial Unity Qi.
• The Jin Family patriarch ordered the five to seek an opportunity to probe the Myriad Gods Cult, while the Blood River Ancestor proposed having the Yellow Dragon Divine Lord contact it.
• The Nine Nether Divine Lord reasoned that Primordial Unity Qi might persuade the Yellow Dragon Divine Lord, then remembered his interest in the Jade Lotus Divine Lord.
• The others urged Cang Xue to ask the Jade Lotus Divine Lord for help, and he sent her a message using a treasured Message Talisman.
• The Nine Nether Divine Lord sent the Yellow Dragon Divine Lord a message asking him to contact the Myriad Gods Cult and offering promises he could keep.

In Roundlight World, the Yellow Dragon Divine Lord tried twice to spy on the Zhoutian Sword Domain through Heavenly Gold Divine Lords, but both attempts failed. Li Yun had already detected him and, after drawing Primordial Unity Qi through the Supreme Immortal Gate, brought his three thousand Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones to 9,999 Dominator's Authority, nearing the formation of his Great Dao Divine Image.

• The Yellow Dragon Divine Lord replied to the Nine Nether Divine Lord that he might approach the Myriad Gods Cult when he judged the timing right, while continuing to observe the Zhoutian Sword Domain through Zun Shan.
• After seeing the domain's widespread worship, the Yellow Dragon Divine Lord decided to have Zun Shan capture important figures, but his view went dark when Zun Shan was exposed and lost.
• The Yellow Dragon Divine Lord sent Mo He into the Zhoutian Sword Domain to resume spying, but apocalyptic scenes overwhelmed his vision and he lost contact with Mo He as well.
• The Yellow Dragon Divine Lord chose to remain in Roundlight World and watch the Zhoutian Sword Domain rather than risk entering it himself.
• Li Yun identified the Yellow Dragon Divine Lord's hiding place but did not pursue him, having discovered that the Supreme Immortal Gate drew Primordial Unity Qi from the Zhoutian Sword Domain's source.
• Li Yun's three thousand Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones rose from 9,990 to 9,999 Dominator's Authority, bringing him close to forming his Great Dao Divine Image.

Li Yun’s nearly fused Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones resonated with the Plane Ancient Dao, producing a million visions across the Eternal Immortal Domain as he approached forming a Great Dao Divine Image. The Lord of Eternal Immortality noticed the unprecedented spectacle, while powerful factions failed to uncover its source.

• Li Yun sensed the Plane Ancient Dao as his Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones nearly merged and his Dominator’s Authority approached its final breakthrough.
• The Plane Ancient Dao spread a million wondrous visions across every world in the Eternal Immortal Domain, astonishing its inhabitants.
• Leaders of the Ancient Immortal Realm, the Primordial Secret Land, and the Primordial Immortal Court ordered investigations, but their Secret Arts failed and some suffered backlash.
• The Lord of Eternal Immortality lamented his failure to form a First Grade Divine Image before noticing the visions and wondering who had caused them.
• The Lord of Eternal Immortality compared the million visions with the three thousand visions caused by his own ascension to Great Dao Divine Lord and recognized the new phenomenon as extraordinary.

The Lord of Eternal Immortality failed to trace the source of the million manifestations because the Plane Ancient Dao concealed it, so he ordered his subordinates to search by other means. Before they found anyone, the Sacred Heaven Great Emperor contacted him and congratulated him on developing a first-grade Divine Image.

• The Lord of Eternal Immortality used his Authority to trace the million manifestations, but the Plane Ancient Dao concealed their source and scattered the power he summoned.
• The Lord of Eternal Immortality stopped investigating and forbade his Ancient Immortal Church subordinates from using the Plane Ancient Dao to divine the source, warning them of a dangerous backlash.
• The Lord of Eternal Immortality ordered his subordinates to secretly search by other means for the Heavenly Gold Divine Lord who was about to attain the Dao.
• A Message Talisman from the Sacred Heaven Great Emperor arrived, and the Lord of Eternal Immortality recognized the ruler of the neighboring, higher-ranked Sacred Heaven Plane.
• The Sacred Heaven Great Emperor appeared through the talisman and asked, “Brother Eternal, should I congratulate you on developing a first-grade Divine Image?”

The Lord of Eternal Immortality misled the Sacred Heaven Great Emperor and other neighboring Plane Lords about the million visions, then urged his subordinates to find their source. In Purple Jade Cave Heaven, Li Yun completed his breakthrough and awakened a divine power beyond Dominator's Authority.

• The Lord of Eternal Immortality denied making a breakthrough to the Sacred Heaven Great Emperor, then deliberately cut off their message to fuel the emperor's suspicions.
• The Lord of Eternal Immortality received probing messages from the Abyssal Plane, the Ancient God Plane, and other neighboring planes, and warned his subordinates in the Ancient Immortal Realm to find the visions' source quickly.
• Li Yun continued drawing Primordial Unity Qi through the Supreme Immortal Gate as his Three Thousand Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones pressed against the barrier beyond 9,999 Dominator's Authorities.
• After three months, Li Yun's Three Thousand Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones merged flawlessly, and a divine power beyond Dominator's Authority began to emerge.
• Li Yun opened his eyes, delighted that he had broken through.

Li Yun broke through to Great Dao Divine Lord with a Seventh-Rank Great Dao Divine Image, far exceeding what he had expected. He absorbed the Zhoutian Sword Domain into the Myriad Gods Realm, then fixed his gaze on the Yellow Dragon Divine Lord, who was overcome with terror.

• Li Yun’s Three Thousand Heavenly Gold Divine Thrones merged into a Great Dao Divine Image containing three Dao Patterns, making it a Seventh-Rank Divine Image.
• Li Yun realized his new image had spared him countless epochs of cultivation and dangerous Life and Death cycles.
• Li Yun took the Supreme Immortal Gate outside the Zhoutian Sword Domain and absorbed the entire domain into the Myriad Gods Realm.
• The Zhoutian Sword Domain’s absorption ended the Myriad Gods Realm’s current Creation and Destruction Epoch, and stronger vitality began to form within it.
• The Yellow Dragon Divine Lord noticed the vanished omens and Zhoutian Sword Domain, then suspected Li Yun had caused them.
• Li Yun looked toward the Roundlight World, and the Yellow Dragon Divine Lord was seized by unprecedented terror.

Li Yun killed the Yellow Dragon Divine Lord and began absorbing worlds into the Supreme Immortal Gate. Alarmed that the creator of the million visions might threaten his position as Plane Lord, the Lord of Eternal Immortality declared a Dao Struggle and ordered every Great Dao Divine Lord to hunt the newcomer as an Other Plane Fiend.

• Li Yun caught the fleeing Yellow Dragon Divine Lord, shattered his Nine-Rank Yellow Dragon Divine Image, and killed him with Life and Death Power.
• Li Yun absorbed the Yellow Dragon Divine Lord's Primordial Unity Qi, then took the Roundlight World into the Supreme Immortal Gate.
• Li Yun began swallowing worlds along his path through the Eternal Immortal Domain.
• The Lord of Eternal Immortality realized the creator of the million visions might surpass him and take his position as Plane Lord.
• The Lord of Eternal Immortality declared a Dao Struggle and ordered all Great Dao Divine Lords to identify the newcomer as an Other Plane Fiend and kill them on sight.

The Lord of Eternal Immortality linked Li Yun to the vanished worlds and ordered the Eternal Immortal Domain to hunt him down. As Li Yun traveled toward the Small Immortal World to confront Sword Venerable Tai'a, he learned that the Great Ming Heaven Realm’s Divine Lords had joined the search and vowed to retaliate.

• The Lord of Eternal Immortality traced the million manifestations and the disappearance of the Zhoutian Sword Domain and hundreds of worlds to Li Yun, then ordered a plane-wide search.
• Li Yun continued devouring worlds to strengthen the Myriad Gods Realm while traveling toward the Small Immortal World to kill Sword Venerable Tai'a and obtain Primordial Unity Qi.
• Li Yun approached the Great Ming Heaven Realm and learned that its five Great Dao Divine Lords included the Progenitors Tianming and Guangming.
• Tianming, Guangming, and the other Divine Lords discussed the Plane Lord’s order to find and kill the supposed fiend from the Other Plane.
• Li Yun realized the order targeted him, sensed hostility gathering across the Eternal Immortal Domain, and vowed to retaliate.

After learning that the Plane Lord had ordered a hunt for him, Li Yun erased his traces and fled before reaching the Great Ming Heaven Realm. The pursuers found no sign of him, and the Lord of Eternal Immortality’s subordinates could only wait for him to emerge from hiding.

• Li Yun discovered the Plane Lord had branded him a fiend from the Other Plane and ordered his elimination, so he erased his presence and fled, avoiding the Small Immortal World and the Great Ming Heaven Realm.
• Several powerful figures from the Ancient Immortal Realm arrived near the Great Ming Heaven Realm and questioned its five Great Dao Divine Lords about Li Yun.
• The Myriad Swords Divine Lord, the Baisheng Divine Lord, and the Daowu Divine Lord concluded that Li Yun had likely sensed their dragnet, erased his traces, and changed course.
• The powerful figures questioned the five Great Dao Divine Lords again, then left to devise a new strategy.
• The Lord of Eternal Immortality’s subordinates found that no more worlds had vanished and concluded that Li Yun had gone into hiding, beyond the Plane Ancient Dao’s ability to trace.

After three thousand years without finding Li Yun, the Ancient Immortal Church’s leaders met to discuss the failed search. Zi Tian, the Purple Heavenly Venerable, ordered them to search their territories and kill Li Yun if they found him, leaving the leaders fearing that the Lord of Eternal Immortality had also lost patience.

• For three thousand years, the Ancient Immortal Church and its allies found no credible trace of the Million Phenomena Bearer, and rumors spread that he had fled the Eternal Immortal Domain.
• Zi Tian, the Purple Heavenly Venerable, questioned the Ancient Immortal Church’s assembled leaders about their failure to find Li Yun.
• A yellow-robed leader explained that the Plane Ancient Dao concealed Li Yun’s presence and that searching the vast Eternal Immortal Domain by other means took time.
• Zi Tian, the Purple Heavenly Venerable, called Li Yun a threat to the Ancient Immortal Church and ordered the leaders to search their territories and kill him.
• Zi Tian, the Purple Heavenly Venerable, and the Golden Heavenly Venerable left the hall, and the assembled leaders hurried away, fearing that the Lord of Eternal Immortality had also lost patience.

The Purple and Golden Second Heavenly Venerables reported to the Lord of Eternal Immortality, who approved their plan to search for Li Yun and drive him out of hiding. After they left, the Lord revealed his suspicions about Li Yun and the two immortal courts, then focused on advancing his Second Grade Divine Image toward First Grade.

• The Purple and Golden Second Heavenly Venerables visited the Lord of Eternal Immortality and apologized for failing to find Li Yun or control the rival immortal courts.
• The Lord of Eternal Immortality said he knew the Eternal Immortal Court and Primordial Immortal Court sought Authority over the Plane Ancient Dao, but avoided attacking them to prevent turmoil that neighboring planes could exploit.
• The Purple Heavenly Venerable suspected the rival courts might be hiding Li Yun, but the Lord said his agents had found no contact between Li Yun and either court's leaders.
• The Lord approved the Second Heavenly Venerables' plan to search their own territory and force Li Yun out of hiding, while leaving the rival courts alone for now.
• After the Second Heavenly Venerables left, the Lord accused Li Yun of trying to build strength in secret and vowed to deal with the rival courts after him.
• The Lord of Eternal Immortality absorbed Primordial Unity Qi to strengthen his Second Grade Divine Image and pursue a breakthrough to First Grade.

Divine Lord Guangming left Divine Lord Tianming after losing a Primordial Purple Qi Flower and wandered to Red Sun Town, where he hoped someone would recognize him despite his suppressed aura. After an unidentified passerby seemed to notice him, Guangming suspected that a hidden expert—or perhaps the Million Phenomena Bearer—was in town.

• Divine Lord Tianming defeated Divine Lord Guangming at chess and won one of Guangming's Primordial Purple Qi Flowers.
• Divine Lord Guangming left Tianming's residence to wander because he was bored of guarding the Great Ming Heaven Realm during the Ancient Immortal Church's search for the Million Phenomena Bearer.
• Divine Lord Guangming reached Red Sun Town, suppressed his aura, and drank at a roadside stall among ordinary cultivators.
• Divine Lord Guangming hoped someone would recognize him, but the people at the stall and the Great Chief Sovereign who shared his table did not.
• An unseen person glanced at Divine Lord Guangming with apparent surprise, prompting him to search the crowd and wonder whether the Million Phenomena Bearer was nearby.

Divine Lord Guangming suspected a white-robed villager named Brother Li might be Li Yun, the Million Phenomena Bearer, and followed him to Yun Shan Village. After Guangming nearly endangered the villagers in anger, Brother Li calmed them and invited Guangming into his courtyard, leaving their meeting about to begin.

• Divine Lord Guangming spotted a detached white-robed figure in Red Sun Town and followed him to Yun Shan Village.
• Guangming asked a villager about Brother Li, who warned him not to harm the man and then mistakenly suspected Guangming of pursuing him romantically.
• Guangming’s anger released divine might that threatened the village, but a chuckle from Brother Li dispersed it and soothed the villagers.
• Brother Li invited Guangming to come to his courtyard, and Guangming entered, declaring that he had waited a long time to catch Li Yun.
• When villagers gathered to confront Guangming, Brother Li told them to go back and called Guangming an old friend.

Li Yun revealed his overwhelming power to Divine Lord Guangming, who had discovered him in Red Sun Town, and explained why the Plane Ancient Dao concealed his whereabouts. Guangming begged for mercy, but when Li Yun’s Great Dao Divine Image vanished and a sacred authority appeared, Guangming recognized Plane Authority.

• Divine Lord Guangming confronted Li Yun in a courtyard and said the Ancient Immortal Church would come for him.
• Li Yun revealed that Guangming had only noticed him because Li Yun allowed it and had sat behind him unseen at the stall.
• Li Yun explained that his Great Dao Divine Image had been Seventh-Rank from its creation and that the Plane Ancient Dao concealed his aura and whereabouts.
• Divine Lord Guangming recognized Li Yun’s Seventh-Rank Divine Image, panicked, and fell to his knees begging for mercy.
• Li Yun warned that the Ancient Immortal Church could recover Guangming’s erased memories, then his Divine Image vanished and Plane Authority appeared.

Divine Lord Guangming mistook Li Yun’s Plane Authority for proof that he planned to challenge the Lord of Eternal Immortality and pledged himself to Li Yun. Li Yun clarified that he wanted only to protect the Great Ming Heaven Realm and remain there in peace, but Guangming remained convinced he had found a rival to the Supreme Plane Lord.

• Divine Lord Guangming realized Li Yun possessed Plane Authority and concluded that the Lord of Eternal Immortality sought to kill him to protect his position as Plane Lord.
• Divine Lord Guangming bowed to Li Yun and offered his loyalty, believing Li Yun could become a rival to the Lord of Eternal Immortality.
• Li Yun explained that he only meant to use Plane Authority to conceal the Great Ming Heaven Realm from the Ancient Immortal Church and had no intention of challenging the Lord of Eternal Immortality.
• Li Yun recalled that he had unexpectedly gained a small share of Plane Authority after settling in Yun Shan Village, but had avoided using it and relied on his Seventh-Rank Divine Image.
• Divine Lord Guangming swore loyalty to Li Yun, while Li Yun stopped trying to correct his assumptions and focused on staying in the Great Ming Heaven Realm until the Myriad Gods Realm completed its Creation and Destruction Epoch.

After the Myriad Gods Realm began a new Creation and Destruction Epoch, its Primordial Unity Qi drove Li Yun’s body and Divine Image to a brief shared peak before an accelerating decay extinguished them both. Half a year later, the tiny remnant left behind began to tremble as Divine Lord Guangming and four other Great Dao Divine Lords arrived at Yun Shan Village.

• Li Yun regarded Plane Authority as a temporary tool rather than the foundation of his strength and turned his attention to the transformed Myriad Gods Realm.
• After more than three hundred billion years within the realm, a new Creation and Destruction Epoch began, and three parts of its Primordial Unity Qi flowed into Li Yun.
• Li Yun’s body and Limitless Creation and Destruction Divine Image merged at their peak, then began declining together.
• An Ominous Miasma rapidly accelerated their decay until Li Yun and his Divine Image vanished, leaving only an infinitesimal black speck.
• After half a year, the black speck trembled as Divine Lord Guangming arrived outside Yun Shan Village with Divine Lord Tianming, Jingming, Douming, and Huaming.

The Divine Lord Tianming accompanied the Divine Lord Guangming and three other Great Dao Divine Lords to Yun Shan Village to judge whether Li Yun was as powerful as Guangming claimed. Tianming remained skeptical but weighed pledging allegiance against the danger of opposing Li Yun, and he quietly sent his divine sense into the village to probe him.

• The Divine Lord Tianming questioned the Divine Lord Guangming about Li Yun and why he was hiding in Yun Shan Village, while Guangming called him a hidden dragon waiting to rise.
• The Divine Lord Tianming recalled how the Divine Lord Guangming had claimed Li Yun possessed a Seventh-Rank Divine Image, had seized Authority over the Plane Ancient Dao, and had accepted Guangming's allegiance.
• The Divine Lord Tianming considered reporting Li Yun to the Lord of Eternal Immortality and the Ancient Immortal Church, but feared Li Yun would kill him before they could intervene.
• The Divine Lord Tianming gathered three other Great Dao Divine Lords and came with the Divine Lord Guangming to see Li Yun, intending to decide whether to pledge allegiance or pursue another plan.
• The Divine Lord Tianming extended his divine sense into Yun Shan Village to examine Li Yun, and the Divine Lord Guangming allowed it because Li Yun had already given permission for their visit.

Divine Lord Tianming searched Yun Shan Village for Li Yun but found no trace of him, and the villagers’ memories contained no sign he had ever been there. Divine Lord Guangming remained certain his own memories of Li Yun were real, leaving him baffled about what had happened.

• Divine Lord Tianming sent his Divine Consciousness into Yun Shan Village to find Li Yun, while Divine Lord Guangming watched for his reaction.
• Divine Lord Tianming searched the village and found no trace of Li Yun, then accused Divine Lord Guangming of being fooled and claimed Li Yun had fled after erasing the villagers’ memories.
• Divine Lord Tianming drew out the memories of the villagers, but none showed Li Yun or the encounters Divine Lord Guangming remembered witnessing.
• Divine Lord Guangming checked his own memories and found no evidence they had been altered, yet he could not explain why they contradicted the villagers’ memories.

Li Yun completed his first Life and Death, unleashing Divine Might so terrifying that Divine Lord Tianming and the others begged for mercy. They swore themselves into Li Yun's service, while Li Yun reflected that the ordeal had been a life-and-death tribulation.

• Divine Lord Tianming saw Li Yun's power emerge from nothingness and fell back in terror as Divine Might swept across the Great Ming Heaven Realm.
• Divine Lord Guangming and Divine Lord Tianming knelt at the courtyard gate and pleaded with Li Yun to spare them.
• Li Yun invited them inside, and Divine Lord Guangming recognized that Li Yun had completed Life and Death and gained One-Epoch Divine Power.
• Divine Lord Tianming and the others swore solemn oaths to enter Li Yun's service.
• Li Yun dismissed the achievement as only one Life and Death but reflected that the ordeal had tested his will and could have killed him permanently.