Chapter Summaries

Gui Ying secured the Yu Family ancestor’s approval for an alliance that would open resource channels to Heavenly Prison City. He then went to the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce to seek another partnership, but Chen Mo blocked his entry and mocked him.

• Gui Ying asked Shopkeeper Yu to open resource channels for Heavenly Prison City, and Yu Tianxiong approved the request.
• Gui Ying and Shopkeeper Yu finalized the terms of an alliance between Heavenly Prison City and the Yu Family.
• Gui Ying led his party to the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce, whose trade had declined under the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion’s dominance.
• Chen Mo barred Gui Ying’s party from entering and insulted Heavenly Prison City.
• Gui Ying calmly asked Chen Mo to speak with him privately.

Gui Ying urged Chen Mo to ally the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce with Heavenly Prison City and the Yu Family against Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion. Chen Mo remained shaken by the revelation that the Yu Family had already joined, leaving the Chamber’s decision unresolved.

• Chen Mo brought Gui Ying and his group into a secure chamber after Gui Ying mentioned Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion.
• Gui Ying described how Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion had suppressed the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce and asked Chen Mo to join forces against it.
• Chen Mo refused, arguing that the Chamber’s vast foundations made an alliance too dangerous to decide on his own.
• Gui Ying revealed that Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion’s core experts were outsiders, provoking Chen Mo’s anger but not overcoming his fear of their power.
• Gui Ying said the Yu Family Patriarch had already allied with Heavenly Prison City, and Chen Mo reacted with disbelief as Gui Ying pressed him to join.

Chen Mo reported Gui Ying’s request to Shang Zhen, the imprisoned chairman of the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce, who realized that Infinite and Destiny were the two supreme Dao Lords he had sensed long ago. Shang Zhen questioned how Heavenly Prison City could oppose them and weighed the threat their involvement posed to the balance of Chaos.

• Chen Mo crossed the barriers of the tower and entered the forbidden realm to consult Shang Zhen.
• Shang Zhen’s aura surged, but the Dao Prison Lock bound him and forced him to suppress it.
• Chen Mo recounted Gui Ying’s visit, the disturbances in Sin Domain City, and the request for the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce’s support.
• Shang Zhen recognized the auras he had sensed in Chaos as those of Infinite and Destiny.
• Shang Zhen confirmed that the Yu Family’s ancestor had agreed to the request and asked what method Heavenly Prison City could use against the Supreme Great Dao.
• Shang Zhen considered the danger posed by the two Dao Lords and Heavenly Prison City’s involvement in Sin Domain City.

Shang Zhen summoned the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce’s two vice presidents to deliberate on whether to accept Heavenly Prison City’s demand and enter the dangerous contest surrounding Xuan Qing. Dao Lord Shou Gu warned that joining the game could destroy the weakened Chamber, leaving the decision unresolved.

• Shang Zhen weighed the Chamber’s declining fortunes against the risks of becoming entangled with Xuan Qing and Heavenly Prison City.
• Shang Zhen ordered Chen Mo to summon Qu Yao and Dao Lord Shou Gu for a joint deliberation.
• Chen Mo explained Gui Ying’s demand, Xuan Qing’s plans, the Yu Family ancestor’s agreement, and the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion’s pressure on the Chamber.
• Dao Lord Shou Gu described Xuan Qing’s ruthless nature and warned that entering the contest could sever the Chamber’s ties with the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion.
• Dao Lord Shou Gu advised Shang Zhen that accepting the demand was inadvisable.

Dao Lord Shou Gu proposed that the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce secretly ally with Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion and Dao Venerable Xuan Qing to overturn Sin Domain City's entrenched powers. He urged President Shang Zhen to stake the Chamber's future on Xuan Qing, leaving the decision to him.

• Dao Lord Shou Gu recalled his admiration for Xuan Qing and revealed that he had opposed the Sin Domain forces' plot against him.
• Qu Yao prompted Shou Gu to reveal his plan, and he asked Shang Zhen to hear it privately.
• Shang Zhen sealed the souls of himself, Shou Gu, Qu Yao, and Chen Mo so their discussion could not be leaked.
• Shou Gu proposed secretly aligning with Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion and Xuan Qing to sweep away Sin Domain City's old powers and take control of its commerce and authority.
• Qu Yao and Chen Mo reacted with shock, and Chen Mo warned that Shou Gu's plan risked the Chamber's entire foundation.
• Shou Gu argued that relying on Heavenly Prison City and the old powers was also a gamble, then asked Shang Zhen to approve his plan.

Shang Zhen committed the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce to overthrowing Sin Domain’s old order, but the group faced a dilemma over Heavenly Prison City’s offer to cooperate. Dao Lord Shou Gu proposed pretending to accept while secretly passing intelligence to Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion, and Shang Zhen approved the scheme as the council debated who would carry it out.

• Shang Zhen praised Dao Lord Shou Gu’s vision and declared that the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce would wager on a new order for Sin Domain.
• Shang Zhen asked how to respond to Gui Ying’s invitation from Heavenly Prison City, and Chen Mo urged the group to drive its representatives out.
• Dao Lord Shou Gu warned that an outright rejection would make the Chamber of Commerce a target and proposed feigning cooperation to gather intelligence for Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion.
• Chen Mo objected to acting as a double agent, but Dao Lord Shou Gu argued that the intelligence would give the Chamber of Commerce leverage to secure an alliance.
• Shang Zhen approved the deception and suggested eliminating those who knew of it after the conflict was decided.
• Chen Mo refused to lead the negotiations, and Dao Lord Shou Gu said his upright manner would make him unsuitable for the deception.

Qu Yao was chosen to negotiate with Gui Ying and used her charms to get him to reveal Heavenly Jade City's alliance plan. She learned that Xuan Qing commanded powerful reinforcements from beyond Chaos, leaving her inwardly shocked while keeping her composure.

• Shang Zhen, Chen Mo, and Dao Lord Shou Gu persuaded Qu Yao to handle the negotiations with Gui Ying.
• Gui Ying and the Heavenly Jade City cultivators waited in the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce's guest room, then prepared to leave when no one answered.
• Qu Yao entered with dancers and used her alluring presence to unsettle Gui Ying and his companions.
• Qu Yao claimed she could speak and decide for the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce, then asked Gui Ying to explain his proposal.
• Gui Ying revealed that Heavenly Jade City planned to unite the Sin Domain's forces and fight Xuan Qing's cross-realm forces.
• Qu Yao concealed her shock when Gui Ying described Xuan Qing's powerful reinforcements from beyond Chaos.

Qu Yao secured the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce’s preliminary alliance arrangements with Gui Ying while secretly learning Heavenly Prison City’s plans against the invading army. Shang Zhen assigned her to lead alliance negotiations and Chen Mo to investigate Sin Domain’s forces, while Gui Ying worried that the city’s five oldest clans remained to be won over.

• Qu Yao negotiated preliminary alliance terms with Gui Ying and extracted Heavenly Prison City’s plan to join forces with Sin Domain against the army from beyond the realm.
• After Qu Yao left, Gui Ying found his cultivators dazed by her influence and ordered them to flee the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce.
• Qu Yao reported her success to Shang Zhen, who appointed her to represent the Chamber of Commerce in multi-faction alliance negotiations.
• Shang Zhen ordered Chen Mo to shift the Chamber of Commerce’s efforts into Sin Domain’s main city and investigate the factions’ loyalties and hidden strength.
• The Chamber of Commerce mobilized its spies and intelligence network throughout Sin Domain City.
• Gui Ying worried that he had persuaded only the Chamber of Commerce and Treasure Pavilion, while the five oldest local clans still held the city’s deepest roots and greatest power.

Gui Ying went to the Li Family to seek an audience with its Clan Leader about an important matter, but Li Tianshi blocked him at the gate. Li Tianshi became curious when Gui Ying revealed he came from Heavenly Domain City, leaving Gui Ying awkwardly enduring the child’s inspection.

• Gui Ying overcame his doubts about the ancient clans and approached the Li Family’s gates to seek the Clan Leader.
• Li Tianshi, the Li Family’s young master, blocked Gui Ying and declared himself the epoch’s number-one genius.
• Gui Ying restrained his power and politely asked Li Tianshi to let him enter, but Li Tianshi ordered the gates closed.
• Gui Ying said he came from Heavenly Domain City on important business, prompting Li Tianshi to ask whether he was one of the so-called sewer rats.
• Li Tianshi circled Gui Ying, touched his robe, and sniffed him, then wondered aloud why he did not smell filthy as the rumors claimed.
• Gui Ying sighed and began explaining himself to the curious Li Tianshi.

Gui Ying warned the Li Family that forces from beyond the domain were preparing to invade Sin Domain. Elder Zhang took the warning seriously and escorted him to meet the family head.

• Li Tianshi discovered Gui Ying was clean and demanded to know why he had come to the Li Family.
• Gui Ying requested an audience with the Li Family's Clan Leader, warning that Sin Domain City faced a life-or-death crisis.
• Li Tianshi dismissed Gui Ying's warning as an attempt to swindle the Li Family and tried to drive him away.
• Elder Zhang recognized Gui Ying and initially ordered him to leave, while Li Tianshi defended Gui Ying against the rumors about Heavenly Domain City.
• Gui Ying warned Elder Zhang that powerhouses from beyond the domain were about to invade Sin Domain.
• Elder Zhang was shaken by the warning, asked whether it was true, and led Gui Ying to meet the family head.

Gui Ying warned Li Tianba that the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion had colluded with extraterritorial forces, including Yang Mei, a Demon God from the Great Dao Forbidden Land, and urged the Li Family to join Heavenly Domain City’s alliance. Li Tianba agreed to investigate first, but Gui Ying objected and faced his anger.

• Gui Ying told Li Tianba that the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion had secretly allied with extraterritorial forces and housed powerful outsiders.
• Li Tianba threatened Gui Ying when he doubted his accusation, but Gui Ying insisted it was true and named Yang Mei as one of the hidden experts.
• Gui Ying said the Yu Family and the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce had already formed a secret pact with Heavenly Domain City against the invasion.
• Gui Ying warned that the invading leader had once devastated Heavenly Domain City and commanded the highest Great Dao.
• Li Tianba said he would investigate the pavilion and consider an alliance if Gui Ying’s claims were confirmed.
• Gui Ying objected to waiting for an investigation, and Li Tianba’s pressure forced him to stagger back and beg forgiveness.

Gui Ying persuaded Li Tianba to arrange a gathering of Sin Domain’s major powers to discuss an alliance, but Li Tianba privately dismissed the proposal as a pretext. He told Zhang Feng that Dao Venerable Xuan Qing’s command of two Supreme Great Daos could reshape the order of chaos, leaving his own intentions unstated.

• Gui Ying proposed setting a date to gather representatives of Sin Domain’s major powers at the Li Family and discuss an alliance against threats beyond the domain, and Li Tianba agreed.
• After Gui Ying left, Li Tianba asked Zhang Feng whether the envoy’s claims were true, and Zhang Feng judged them likely genuine but cautioned that Gui Ying might have concealed motives.
• Li Tianba dismissed the alliance proposal as a pretext and argued that the foreign powers had established themselves in Sin Domain with the native powers’ consent.
• Li Tianba asked Zhang Feng whether he had ever seen a controller of a Supreme Great Dao, then described Dao Venerable Xuan Qing as a talent from the Great Dao Forbidden Land destined to stir up a new order in chaos.

Li Tianba planned to secretly ally the Li Family with Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion while pretending to cooperate with Heavenly Prison City, intending to exploit the coming conflict and dominate Sin Domain City. Jin Shui learned that Dao Venerable Xuan Qing was leading an army toward the city and prepared for Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion’s open confrontation with the old powers.

• Li Tianba showed Zhang Feng a Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion golden card and declared his intention to join forces with Dao Venerable Xuan Qing and destroy Heavenless City.
• Zhang Feng warned Li Tianba that openly siding with Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion could unite the other four powers against the Li Family.
• Li Tianba revealed that his alliance with Heavenly Prison City was a deception meant to uncover its plans before the Li Family secretly backed Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion and struck at the other powers.
• Zhang Feng praised Li Tianba’s scheme and became confident that the Li Family would rise above the other powers.
• Jin Shui received word that Dao Venerable Xuan Qing was leading an army toward Sin Domain City and resolved to make Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion’s first true battle a decisive challenge to the old order.

Jin Shui received a visit from Dao Lord Shou Gu of the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce, who revealed Heavenly Prison City’s plot against the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion. Dao Venerable Xuan Qing then appeared undetected, leaving Dao Lord Shou Gu stunned.

• A servant delivered the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce’s invitation, and Jin Shui ordered the guest shown in.
• Dao Lord Shou Gu arrived, and Jin Shui greeted the elder who had secretly protected the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion.
• Jin Shui asked why Shou Gu had come, and Shou Gu disclosed that Heavenly Prison City had sought outside allies to destroy the pavilion.
• Dao Venerable Xuan Qing appeared silently at the tea table, and Shou Gu recognized him in shock.

Qin revealed that his purpose in Sin Domain went beyond destroying Heavenly Prison City, while the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce proposed an alliance with the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion. Dao Lord Shou Gu disclosed that the chamber’s deeper aim was to ask Qin how its president, Shang Zhen, could break the Dao Prison’s Shackles and ascend to Wuji.

• Qin said Heavenly Prison City could be erased easily and hinted that his goal in Sin Domain was much broader.
• Jin Shui asked Dao Lord Shou Gu to explain the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce’s purpose, and Shou Gu revealed its plans.
• Shou Gu proposed an alliance to monopolize Sin Domain’s trade with the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion and said the chamber would destroy Treasure Pavilion.
• Qin agreed to the alliance, then pressed Shou Gu to reveal the chamber’s deeper objective.
• Shou Gu said Shang Zhen sought Qin’s guidance on breaking the Dao Prison’s blockade and reaching Wuji, but remained trapped beneath its pressure in Sin Domain City.

Qin Ye asked whether Chaos Origin Stones could free the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce's Chamber Master from the Sin Domain Dao Prison. Jin Shui revealed a stone's power and refused to disclose the secret behind it, leaving Dao Lord Shou Gu with a possible way to break the Chamber Master's suppression.

• Qin Ye told Dao Lord Shou Gu that Jin Shui and Yue Ying had used Chaos Origin Stones to advance their cultivation despite the Dao Prison.
• Jin Shui brought out a Chaos Origin Stone and explained that its power could disperse the Dao Prison Chains and release the Chamber Master's cultivation if enough stones were gathered.
• Dao Lord Shou Gu received the stone in shock and wondered why the Sin Domain's major powers had not seized it.
• Jin Shui said the stone's origins involved a secret tied to his mistress and declined to explain further, and Dao Lord Shou Gu stopped probing.
• Qin Ye set aside his curiosity about Jin Shui's wife and focused on the Primordial World's future.

Qin formed a binding alliance between the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion and the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce using the Annihilation Supreme Dao. After the contract revealed his power, he told Dao Lord Shou Gu that he was Qin, an Origin avatar of Dao Venerable Xuan Qing.

• Jin Shui explained that the Chaos Origin Stones came from Dao Venerable Xuan Qing's residence, so Qin's approval was needed to provide them.
• Qin agreed to Dao Lord Shou Gu's request and forged a Great Dao contract binding the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion and the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce in an alliance against the Sin Domain's established powers.
• Jin Shui and Dao Lord Shou Gu offered their Origin blood essence, activating the contract and imprinting its terms on the leaders of both organizations.
• Shang Zhen and the two vice presidents sensed the Annihilation Supreme Dao and realized the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion had another supreme expert.
• Dao Lord Shou Gu questioned whether Qin was Dao Venerable Xuan Qing, and Qin identified himself as Qin and said he shared Xuan Qing's Origin.
• Jin Shui clarified that Qin was an Origin avatar of Dao Venerable Xuan Qing who commanded the Annihilation Supreme Dao.

Dao Lord Shou Gu learned that Qin was an independent Origin avatar of Dao Venerable Xuan Qing who wielded the Supreme Great Dao of World Destruction, and he carried Xuan Qing’s secret orders to the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce. When he revealed Xuan Qing’s third Supreme Great Dao to the chamber’s leaders, Shang Zhen’s power surged, triggering the Dao Prison’s restraints, and Shou Gu offered Chaos Origin Stones to help free him.

• Qin ordered Dao Lord Shou Gu to secretly bring the Prehistoric armies into the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce’s territory without alerting the Sin Domain’s major forces.
• Dao Lord Shou Gu returned to the secret realm and met President Shang Zhen and Vice Presidents Chen Mo and Qu Yao, who already knew the alliance’s binding terms.
• Shang Zhen asked what the World Destruction power was, and Dao Lord Shou Gu revealed that it was Dao Venerable Xuan Qing’s third Supreme Great Dao.
• Shang Zhen’s shaken state of mind caused his power to surge, and the Sin Domain’s Dao Prison Law Chains bound and suppressed him.
• Dao Lord Shou Gu produced Chaos Origin Stones and urged Shang Zhen to break their shackles and absorb their Origin.

Shang Zhen used a Chaos Origin Stone to break the Sin Domain's restraints, revealing that the stones could open a path to Hunyuan Wuji. He gave Dao Lord Shou Gu control of the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce, but Shou Gu warned them not to celebrate too soon.

• Following Dao Lord Shou Gu's instructions, Shang Zhen channeled the Chaos Origin Stone's power and dissolved the restraints on his cultivation.
• Qu Yao and Chen Mo witnessed the breakthrough and realized the stones could overcome the Sin Domain's Dao Prison.
• Dao Lord Shou Gu explained that the stones were a gift from Dao Venerable Xuan Qing, secured through the alliance between the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce and the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion.
• Shang Zhen celebrated the chance to pursue Hunyuan Wuji and praised Dao Lord Shou Gu for forging the alliance.
• Shang Zhen transferred all authority over the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce to Dao Lord Shou Gu, and Qu Yao and Chen Mo accepted without objection.
• Dao Lord Shou Gu cautioned them not to celebrate too soon.

Dao Lord Shou Gu persuaded the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce leaders to remain independent while cooperating with Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion. In Sin Domain City, Gui Ying secured Drunken Fragrance Pavilion as an ally, and Xiang Ling entered its secret chamber after receiving permission from the Pavilion Master.

• Dao Lord Shou Gu rejected Shang Zhen’s offer to merge the Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce into Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion, arguing that independent cooperation and competition would preserve both powers’ growth.
• Shang Zhen, Qu Yao, and Chen Mo entrusted the chamber’s decisions and development to Dao Lord Shou Gu and focused on awaiting their chance to break through.
• Gui Ying left Drunken Fragrance Pavilion pleased that its members had readily agreed to a secret alliance against the coming invasion of the Sin Domain.
• Gui Ying set out to persuade the Dao Alchemy Alliance, the Ancient Formation Masters Association, and the Great Dao Unification Sect to join the alliance.
• After Gui Ying departed, Xiang Ling went to Drunken Fragrance Pavilion’s forbidden secret chamber and requested an audience with the Pavilion Master, who invited her inside.