Chapter Summaries

Xuan Qing explained that the Prehistoric Era remained in danger inside the Return to Void and might eventually lose all spiritual energy, though it could have a chance to reach the Prehistoric World. Zhuo Guang revealed that he had attained the Primordial Chaos Great Luo realm, and the chapter ended with Hongjun asking where he had gone while Zhuo Guang sought Xuan Qing’s permission to answer.

• Xuan Qing told Zhuo Guang and the Saints that the Prehistoric Era could still degenerate in the Return to Void, and that moving the world out would be difficult.
• Xuan Qing gave Nuwa and Houtu hope that an opportunity might arise, while Zhuo Guang clarified that he now went by Zhuo Guang rather than Lu Ya.
• Yuanshi asked where Zhuo Guang had become a Saint, and Hongjun identified his realm as Primordial Chaos Great Luo rather than sainthood.
• Hongjun explained that Primordial Chaos Great Luo practitioners placed their Dao Fruits in the River of Great Dao and were not bound by the Heavenly Dao.
• Zhuo Guang said he would not abandon his homeland, then looked to Xuan Qing for permission before answering Hongjun’s question about where he had gone.

Xuan Qing told the Saints that he came from another Primordial World and promised to take them there if they survived his journey into the Depths of Return to Void. When Luohu emerged and tried to recruit them to destroy their world, Xuan Qing erased his demonic influence and revealed that he had taken Luohu’s God-Slaying Spear.

• Xuan Qing explained that he came from another Primordial World, where another Hongjun had a different origin.
• Xuan Qing promised to take the Saints to his world if they were still alive when he returned from the Depths of Return to Void, but refused to promise the Heavenly Dao it could leave.
• The Heavenly Dao released Luohu because its Origin was depleted from resisting the Return to Void.
• Luohu urged Xuan Qing and Zhuo Guang to help him destroy the world and seize Pangu’s Dao Fruit, spreading demonic thoughts among its creatures.
• Xuan Qing erased Luohu’s demonic influence, then revealed the God-Slaying Spear in his possession, startling the Saints.

Xuan Qing defeated Luohu, took the God-Slaying Spear and World-Destroying Black Lotus, and left the Prehistoric Era to venture into the Return to Void. Zhuo Guang stayed behind, telling the Saints that Xuan Qing might be seeking out Chaos Demon Gods and old enemies.

• Xuan Qing restored the shattered space and captured the Return to Void power unleashed by Luohu’s World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Xuan Qing seized Luohu’s black lotus and severed Luohu’s connection to it, then slapped Luohu twice when he returned to challenge him.
• Xuan Qing thanked Luohu for delivering the black lotus, destroyed the captured Return to Void power, and departed beyond the Prehistoric Era.
• Zhuo Guang asked to accompany Xuan Qing, but Xuan Qing refused because the journey was too dangerous and vanished through space.
• The Saints questioned Zhuo Guang about Xuan Qing’s destination, and Zhuo Guang guessed he had gone to seek Chaos Demon Gods and old enemies.

Zhuo Guang described the vastly stronger Prehistoric Era to the saints, while Xuan Qing encountered a hidden palace in the Return to Void and was attacked by a deadly storm as he approached its depths. The chapter left Xuan Qing’s Immeasurable Law barrier cracking under the storm’s assault.

• Zhuo Guang explained that the other Prehistoric Era had Earth and Human Dao masters, numerous Dao Saints, and a Demon Lord who had not been sealed.
• Hongjun admitted that the Heavenly Dao had devoured the Earth Dao and Human Dao, angering Zhuo Guang and disappointing Nuwa and Houtu.
• Xuan Qing traveled deeper into the Return to Void and spotted a magnificent palace roof concealed by dense crimson mist.
• Xuan Qing used the Immeasurable Law to disperse the mist, but the palace disappeared without a trace.
• Xuan Qing headed toward the deepest darkness of the Return to Void and was met by an annihilating storm that targeted him.
• Xuan Qing raised a barrier of the Immeasurable Law, but the storm cracked it with its first assault.

Xuan Qing fought off a giant claw, but it dragged him through a rift into a sealed void near the Guixu Divine Palace. He met a Chaos Beast that recognized him as a Supreme and revealed that a Supreme had created the barrier sealing the space.

• Xuan Qing unleashed the Immeasurable Dao Body and wounded the claw emerging from the rift, but it seized the God-Slaying Spear and dragged him inside.
• Xuan Qing found himself trapped behind a black-patterned barrier that blocked the Immeasurable Law, though the God-Slaying Spear could pass through when he stopped channeling the Law into it.
• Xuan Qing explored the darkness toward the Guixu Divine Palace and found a scarlet-patterned barrier and a Stele warning that the passage led to the Great Dao Forbidden Land.
• A wounded Chaos Beast appeared, recognized Xuan Qing as a Supreme, and said a Supreme had created the barrier around the space.

Xuan Qing learned that he was trapped in Return to Void and met its lonely guardian, whom he named Qing Xu. Qing Xu revealed a way to take one of Xuan Qing’s avatars out, leaving Xuan Qing with a possible means to escape.

• Xuan Qing learned that the place was the Guixu Divine Palace, whose master was dead, and that the palace itself could not be found.
• The giant beast explained its lonely existence in Return to Void and willingly submitted to Xuan Qing, who named it Qing Xu.
• The Great Dao bestowed the name on Qing Xu, allowing it to communicate with the Great Dao and pursue Primordial Taiji.
• Qing Xu explained that Return to Void allowed entry but not exit without the divine palace master's consent, so Xuan Qing could not leave with his current cultivation.
• Qing Xu proposed taking an avatar of Xuan Qing out of Return to Void, and Xuan Qing realized that creating such an avatar would be easy for him.

Xuan Qing sent Qing Xu through the Return to Void with the Green Lotus of Creation to deliver it to Xiao in the Prehistoric Era. Qing Xu reached the world but was stopped by its saints, who learned it had been born in the Return to Void and had come at Xuan Qing’s command.

• Xuan Qing gave Qing Xu the Green Lotus of Creation and ordered it to throw the treasure toward the Prehistoric Era without entering it.
• Qing Xu carried the Green Lotus through the Return to Void, and saints across other worlds saw its azure light.
• The saints repairing the Prehistoric Era recognized the Green Lotus, and Zhuo Guang concluded Xuan Qing was seeking help.
• Zu Long sensed an unfamiliar aura at the East Sea entrance to the Return to Void and summoned the Prehistoric Era’s saints.
• Yang Mei and the other saints blocked Qing Xu’s approach, then lowered their barrier after Qing Xu said Xuan Qing had sent it.
• Qing Xu delivered the Green Lotus toward the Yellow River Basin and told Yang Mei it could not enter the Prehistoric Era because it was born in the Return to Void.

Xiao used the Green Lotus of Creation to nurture a new consciousness named Qin, then sent the lotus into the Return to Void with Han Xi and Yang Mei. Qing Xu took it and departed deeper into the forbidden realm, leaving Han Xi and Yang Mei to return safely.

• Xiao severed part of his Divine Sense and placed it in the Green Lotus of Creation, where the Law of Creation nurtured it into a new consciousness.
• After the azure light faded, Xiao named the new being Qin and told Shennong he could visit Jingwei on Azure Nether Island.
• Qing Xu told Han Xi that Xuan Qing could not leave the Return to Void and that entering it was too dangerous for her to help him.
• Xiao arrived at the entrance, dismissed the gathered saints, and asked Han Xi and Yang Mei to carry the Green Lotus of Creation into the Return to Void.
• Han Xi and Yang Mei endured the Return to Void's corrosive power until Qing Xu seized the lotus and flew deeper into the realm.

Qing Xu returned the Green Lotus of Creation to Xuan Qing, who used it and the World-Destroying Black Lotus to form a new incarnation named Qin. Qing Xu then revealed that the first master of the Guixu Divine Palace was said to have been human, leaving Xuan Qing to ponder the Human Race’s origins and the mysteries of the Return to Void.

• Zhuo Guang and the others hurried back to the Prehistoric Era and devoted themselves to repairing the Primordial Land.
• Qing Xu brought the Green Lotus of Creation to Xuan Qing, unaware that a black Dao Pattern had entered it from the barrier.
• Xuan Qing infused the lotus with the Law of Creation and the World-Destroying Black Lotus’s origin, forming an incarnation that he named Qin.
• Qing Xu confirmed that Qin could leave the Return to Void and explained that Xuan Qing’s other incarnation, Xiao, had arisen from his Obsession among the Human Race.
• Qing Xu told Xuan Qing that the first master of the Guixu Divine Palace was said to have been human, prompting him to reflect on the Human Race’s unusual place in the worlds.
• Qing Xu explained that Xuan Qing could maintain the Return to Void’s stability by straightening any crimson Dao Patterns on the Stele.

Qin and Qing Xu traveled through Return to Void to the Milky Way, where Qin recognized Earth Star and tried to return home. An invisible barrier blocked their way into the Solar System, and even Qing Xu's Guixu Law could not break through it.

• Xuan Qing sent Qing Xu through the passage with the Green Lotus of Creation and resumed studying the Guixu Law.
• Qing Xu realized they needed a destination and used Qin's mental image of the Milky Way to guide them there.
• Qing Xu emerged into the Milky Way, and Qin recognized Earth Star before heading toward it.
• An invisible barrier repelled Qin at the edge of the Solar System, so he asked Qing Xu to test it carefully.
• Qing Xu used the Guixu Law against the barrier, but its silver-gray Dao Patterns absorbed the power and left them unable to enter.

Qin failed to enter Earth Star through its time-and-space barrier, but the barrier swallowed him and Qing Xu instead. On Earth Star, researcher Liu Qing saw traces of them in outer space, connected the discovery to his father’s account of a disappearance, and returned home to find Xiao Ye with his father.

• Qing Xu attacked Earth Star’s barrier, but its Dao Patterns absorbed the force and left it intact.
• A vast time-and-space whirlpool formed, swallowed Qin, and drew Qing Xu in after him; Qin took refuge in the Green Lotus of Creation.
• Xiao Zhang and Liu Qing observed a human figure and giant beast near the Solar System, but the recording vanished before they could preserve it.
• Liu Qing remembered his father’s claims about a Box and a person disappearing, then ordered Xiao Zhang to keep the discovery secret and hurried home.
• Liu Qing found Xiao Ye chatting with his father while the doctor lay unconscious, and his father rebuked him for failing to visit.

Ye Hei revealed to Liu Qing and Old Master Liu that immortals and transmigration were real, and explained that the figure in space might be Xiao Zhou returning to Earth Star. He left Liu Qing considering how science, time, and cultivation might connect.

• Ye Hei recognized Old Master Liu’s account of events in space and restored his health and youth with a strange cigarette.
• Liu Qing told Ye Hei and Old Master Liu that the research institute had detected a person and a giant beast in space, but the evidence could not be preserved.
• Ye Hei explained that he had returned from beyond Earth Star’s barrier and believed another transmigrator had been stranded outside the Solar System.
• Ye Hei demonstrated his power by taking Liu Qing and Old Master Liu into the sky and back, then confirmed that immortals existed.
• Ye Hei suggested the figure in space was probably Xiao Zhou, whose past encounter with Old Master Liu might bring the Liu family good Karma.
• Ye Hei connected scientific theories about time and the Great Dao with the possibility of cultivating immortality.

Ye Hei explained to Liu Qing that time worked differently beyond Earth Star and left an invitation for the returning transmigrator before disappearing. Elsewhere, Qin and Qing Xu awoke in an unfamiliar world where their powers were suppressed, and Qin struggled to find food and make a fire.

• Ye Hei told Liu Qing that time passed differently beyond Earth Star and gave him an invitation to deliver if the transmigrator returned.
• Ye Hei vanished, and the old man urged Liu Qing to drink the tea, which healed his aches; Liu Qing agreed to keep the encounter secret.
• Qin awoke in an ancient forest and discovered that his Magic Power and Divine Sense were severely weakened, while Qing Xu could no longer sense laws or Magic Power.
• Qin sent Qing Xu to scout and found a stream, where he used a little Magic Power to spear a fish.
• Qin gathered firewood and dry grass but failed to make a flame with his weakened Magic Power, leaving him to consider drilling wood for fire.

Qin and Qing Xu found themselves weakened in a world with unfamiliar rules, where even starting a fire and catching food became practical concerns. After eating, Qin planned to explore for spiritual treasures, and Qing Xu advised following the stream.

• Qin struggled to start a fire, but Qing Xu accidentally extinguished it before lighting it again with sparks from a stone.
• Qing Xu reported finding only ordinary beasts and explained that they might have entered a different universe whose rules suppressed their powers.
• Qing Xu said they could escape the suppression by cultivating under the universe's rules and breaking through to Primordial Chaos Great Luo.
• Qin grilled silver scale fish, and Qing Xu caught more fish for them to eat.
• After resting, Qin asked Qing Xu which direction to explore, and Qing Xu said they should follow the stream.

Qin and Qing Xu discovered an ancient Daoist temple beside a waterfall and found an elderly man sparring with a modern-dressed woman, revealing that the world resembled Earth Star rather than a realm of cultivation. The old man welcomed Qin into the temple, where Qin explained that he had left the mountains after his master died, and the woman felt guilty for having treated him harshly.

• Qin and Qing Xu followed the stream to a waterfall and spotted an ancient Daoist temple on the opposite bank.
• Qin warned Qing Xu to stay quiet as they descended the moss-covered steps toward the temple.
• Qin peered through the gate and saw an elderly man practicing palm techniques with a young woman in modern clothes.
• The woman confronted Qin, but the elderly man welcomed him inside for tea.
• Qin told the old man that his master had returned to heaven and earth and that he had left the mountains; the woman felt remorse for her earlier reprimand.

Qin stayed at Li Qiudao’s Daoist Temple, where a cup of tea led them to discuss whether ordinary pursuits could be paths to the Dao. The young woman’s suggestion that Foot Dao was also Dao left Li Qiudao startled and Qin amused.

• Li Qiudao and the young woman invited Qin to stay at the Daoist Temple, and the young woman apologized for her earlier rudeness.
• Li Qiudao asked about Qing Xu, and Qin introduced him as a companion who had followed him from the mountains.
• The young woman asked Qin to buy lottery tickets, but Li Qiudao scolded her and brought Qin to the tea table.
• Qin praised Li Qiudao’s tea, gave his name as Qin, and learned that the old man was called Li Qiudao.
• Qin asked whether mortal tea counted as a Dao, and Li Qiudao agreed that Tea Dao was also Dao.
• The young woman suggested that Foot Dao was also Dao, startling Li Qiudao while Qin smiled at the idea.

Qin learned about the modern world and studied the Daoist Temple’s scriptures in search of a way to counter the Great Dao Rules. As Qin and Qing Xu read, Li Zhixia revealed she would leave the next day to deal with a fallen Mysterious Object and a conflict with the Wang Family.

• Li Zhixia apologized to Li Qiudao for speaking carelessly, and he apologized to Qin for her behavior.
• Qin asked Li Qiudao about the world, learned it resembled Earth Star but had a different history, and requested Daoist scriptures.
• Li Qiudao brought Qin the scriptures, and Qin and Qing Xu began studying them while Li Qiudao and Li Zhixia left the tea room.
• Li Zhixia told Li Qiudao that her family had found a fallen Mysterious Object but had encountered the Wang Family.
• The chapter explained that fallen fragments were later identified as immensely powerful Mysterious Objects, sparking a worldwide search and drawing Cultivators hoping to use them to cultivate Daoist arts.

Qin studied the scriptures with Qing Xu, who found a possible direction for Qin to cultivate despite the world's restrictions. After Qin rested and shared a meal with Li Qiudao and Zhi Xia, Zhi Xia wondered whether humans could truly reach the stars.

• Li Qiudao warned Zhi Xia to put her safety first as she pursued the Mysterious Object, and she vowed to bring it back so he could cultivate.
• Qin struggled to understand the scriptures, but Qing Xu found a possible direction that might let Qin cultivate.
• Qin fell asleep while Qing Xu read, and Li Qiudao and Zhi Xia were startled to see the beast studying the scriptures.
• Qin woke with stronger Divine Sense and denser Magic Power, then joined Li Qiudao and Zhi Xia for dinner.
• Qin and Qing Xu ate with the family, and Zhi Xia later asked Qin whether humans could reach the stars.

Qin discussed the cultivation realms needed to cross the Star Sea with Zhi Xia and the old man, then learned that Qing Xu had devised a method for him to cultivate in this world. Qin began testing it at the waterfall.

• Qin explained that crossing the Star Sea required a realm like Spirit Transformation, which he associated with Shen You Yu Qing and a Primordial Spirit that could leave the body.
• The old man revealed that the Daoist Sect's inheritance reached only the Nascent Soul realm, and Qin surmised that this world's cultivation system divided the mortal realms into more stages.
• After studying the scriptures overnight, Qing Xu woke Qin and outlined a method of resonating with the world's heavenly currents and gathering fragments of its rules into his soul.
• Qing Xu demonstrated the method by conjuring a flame with the power of Return to Void, and Qin decided to try it at sunrise.
• Qin sat on a rock beside the waterfall, concealed his aura, and began synchronizing his breathing with the surrounding mountains, rivers, grass, and trees.

Qin absorbed the world's eastern Wood Qi, loosening the seal on his Heavenly Immortal cultivation enough to gain the strength of Refining Qi into Spirit. While he cultivated beneath the waterfall, Zhi Xia prepared the Li Family to bid for a Mysterious Object at auction, where she arrived with Li Wanxing.

• Qin merged with the eastern Wood Qi, briefly releasing Immortal Essence and loosening the Shackles that sealed his cultivation.
• Qin told Old Master, whom Li Qiudao identified as a Qi Refining cultivator, that he would remain at the waterfall to meditate.
• Zhi Xia learned that the Li Family would compete with the Wang Family for a Mysterious Object and urged her family to obtain it.
• Three days later, Zhi Xia brought Li Wanxing to the auction, while he questioned whether cultivators truly existed.