Chapter Summaries

The Great Dao Unification Sect was annihilated, and the ancient Dao Venerables imprisoned in the Dao Prison realized that Xuan Qing would now turn his attention toward them. They discovered that Xuan Qing escaped the Dao Prison Shackles because he was born in the current epoch, leaving them to await his arrival in dread.

• The Annihilation Great Dao erased the Great Dao Unification Sect's remaining patriarchs, destroying the sect and its Dao Field completely.
• Ancient Dao Venerables in the Dao Prison sensed the sect's Dao Resonance vanish but could not see beyond the prison's restraints.
• The central Wuji master said Xuan Qing would now focus on the Dao Prison and that they could only wait for him to arrive.
• Sky Shadow asked why Xuan Qing was unaffected by the Dao Prison Shackles despite reaching Wuji and traveling freely through Chaos.
• The ancient Dao Venerables realized the shackles suppressed remnants of past epochs, while Xuan Qing was born in the current epoch and therefore exempt.

Sky Shadow revealed that Xuan Qing had taken the Dao-Breaking Wuji Pagoda, the ancient Dao Venerables’ sole hope of breaking free from Dao Prison. The survivors feared Xuan Qing might comprehend its Supreme Chaos Origin, while Dao Venerable Dao Sheng tried to reassure them that he might fail.

• Sky Shadow announced that the Dao-Breaking Wuji Pagoda had fallen into Xuan Qing’s hands.
• Sky Shadow recounted how the Chaos Origin had annihilated more than a dozen Hunyuan Wuji beings and formed the pagoda from scattered fragments.
• Sky Shadow explained that he alone had managed to control the pagoda, which the seven survivors had kept hidden as their hope and trump card.
• Sky Shadow said Xuan Qing had forcibly suppressed the pagoda during the war in the Sin Domain and warned that the treasure could help him break through again.
• The ancient Dao Venerables panicked over losing their only chance at escape, and Dao Venerable Dao Sheng tried to comfort them by questioning whether Xuan Qing could understand the Origin.

Xuan Qing uncovered the Supreme Chaos Dao origin inside the Dao-Breaking Wuji Pagoda and destroyed the pagoda to claim its fragments. With four supreme great daos already perfected, he considered the distinct foundations that would shape his attempt to comprehend chaos, while the old-epoch beings remained trapped in the Dao Prison.

• The seven old-epoch beings realized Xuan Qing could resonate with the Dao-Breaking Wuji Pagoda’s chaos origin, and they waited for him to break the Dao Prison Shackles.
• Xuan Qing stood over the ruins left by the destruction of the Great Dao Unification Sect and summoned the subdued Dao-Breaking Wuji Pagoda into his palm.
• Xuan Qing used his Wuji Dao Eyes to discover that the pagoda’s core contained countless fragments of the Supreme Chaos Dao.
• Xuan Qing pierced the pagoda’s source core with the Annihilation Heavens Spear, destroying it and gathering every chaos-origin fragment.
• Xuan Qing recognized that comprehending chaos would require more than possessing its origin and reflected on how the foundations of his four perfected great daos had formed.

Xuan Qing uncovered a hidden Taiyin realm beneath the Great Dao Unification Sect’s ruins and met Yue Hua, the remnant soul of Moonlight Palace’s former master. She revealed that the sect had stolen her ancestral land and entrusted Xuan Qing with preserving it and restoring the legacy to her surviving descendants.

• Xuan Qing sealed the Chaos Dao Origin inside his sea of consciousness and planned to study it with Xuan Ming and You Hui later.
• With the Great Dao Unification Sect destroyed, a buried Formation barrier broke and revealed a secret realm filled with Taiyin moonlight.
• Xuan Qing entered the realm and recognized the traces of a long-lost Taiyin Dao lineage founded by a Hunyuan Wuji expert.
• Yue Hua manifested before Moonlight Palace and introduced herself as its former master, who had perished countless ages ago.
• Yue Hua explained that the Great Dao Unification Sect had stolen and concealed Moonlight Palace’s ancestral land and lineage.
• Yue Hua asked Xuan Qing to preserve the ancestral land and return the Dao Field and its legacy to any surviving descendants.

Xuan Qing brought Jin Shui and Yue Ying to Moonlight Palace, where Yue Ying reunited with the fading Yue Hua and accepted the duty of restoring their lineage. After Yue Hua vanished, a sphere of Taiyin Origin passed to Xuan Qing, revealing memories from ages past.

• Xuan Qing transported Jin Shui and Yue Ying to Yue Hua's secret realm so Yue Hua could entrust her charge to them both.
• Yue Ying recognized Yue Hua as the Palace Mistress of Moonlight Palace and vowed to protect its Dao Lineage and restore the palace.
• Yue Ying begged Xuan Qing to save Yue Hua, but he explained that her collapsed Great Dao and exhausted Origin could not be restored.
• Xuan Qing promised that Moonlight Palace's treasures and legacy would go to Yue Ying and vowed to protect the lineage's restoration.
• Yue Hua dissolved into moonlight, leaving a sphere of Taiyin Origin to Xuan Qing, who uncovered memories spanning countless eras.

After uncovering the ancient ties between Moonlight Palace, the Divine Abyss, and Dao Prison, Xuan Qing relinquished authority over the Sin Domain and traveled to Dao Prison to investigate its secrets. He learned that the prison was born with each new Epoch to seal away survivors of the old Great Dao, and prepared to face the ancient powerhouses within.

• Xuan Qing learned from Yue Hua's memories that Moonlight Palace's founder came from the Divine Abyss and that the Great Dao Unification Sect had gained its power by exploring Dao Prison before destroying Moonlight Palace.
• Xuan Qing told Jin Shui and Yue Ying that he would neither govern nor restrict the Sin Domain, leaving them free to restore order or rebuild Moonlight Palace.
• Yue Ying thanked Xuan Qing, and he left the Moonlight Secret Realm to investigate Dao Prison.
• Xuan Qing arrived at Dao Prison and recognized its countless Law chains as the cage that had once overwhelmed him before he attained Wuji.
• Xuan Qing realized Dao Prison appeared with each Epoch Change to imprison survivors of the old Great Dao and looked toward the ancient powerhouses sealed within.

Xuan Qing entered Dao Prison unharmed and confronted its ancient Dao Venerables. Dao Mie tried to end the old grudge, but Xuan Qing exposed his hypocrisy by revealing the shattered remnants of the Dao-Breaking Wuji Pagoda.

• Xuan Qing walked into Dao Prison, and its Law Chains failed to bind or suppress him.
• The dormant ancient Dao Venerables awakened and watched Xuan Qing enter.
• Sky Shadow erupted in anger and prepared to attack Xuan Qing, but Dao Mie suppressed his killing intent.
• Dao Mie greeted Xuan Qing and urged him and Sky Shadow to let their grudge end, claiming the Great Dao Unification Sect did not matter.
• Xuan Qing challenged Dao Mie's claim of indifference and revealed the Origin Fragments of the shattered Dao-Breaking Wuji Pagoda.
• Dao Mie, Sky Shadow, Dao Sheng, and the seven ancient Dao Venerables were shaken by the fragments.

Xuan Qing shattered the Dao-Breaking Wuji Pagoda and rejected Dao Mie’s attempt to enlist him, revealing that the Dao Prison’s shackles did not bind him as a being of the new epoch. The ancient Dao Venerables set aside their grudges and offered to obey him if he could help them escape.

• Xuan Qing destroyed the Dao-Breaking Wuji Pagoda, provoking the seven ancient Dao Venerables.
• Dao Mie calmly proposed that they join forces to seek a way out of the Dao Prison.
• Xuan Qing mocked Dao Mie’s offer and claimed he had entered the prison by choice and could leave whenever he wished.
• Xuan Qing demanded compensation for the old Venerables’ scheme involving Sky Shadow and promised to consider helping them escape.
• Xuan Qing explained that the Dao Prison shackles bound beings of the old epoch, not him as a Dao Ancestor of the new epoch.
• Dao Mie, Sky Shadow, Dao Sheng, and the other ancient Venerables bowed and offered to obey Xuan Qing if he could free them.

Xuan Qing refused to free the ancient Wuji powers, who attacked him together in the Dao Prison. The Genesis Azure Lotus erased their assault, revealing itself as a newly formed Chaos Supreme Treasure and leaving the seven ancient powers stunned.

• Xuan Qing saw through the ancient Wuji powers’ feigned submission and refused to risk freeing them from the Dao Prison Shackles.
• Dao Sheng challenged Xuan Qing, and six ancient Dao Venerables attacked him with their Supreme Great Daos.
• Xuan Qing summoned the Genesis Azure Lotus, which dissolved the six powers’ combined attack without harming him.
• Dao Mie recognized the lotus as a new Chaos Supreme Treasure called the Genesis Azure Lotus, not the ancient Chaos Green Lotus.
• The ancient Dao Venerables were stunned and no longer dared attack Xuan Qing, who dismissed their limited knowledge of the new epoch.

Xuan Qing forced the six ancient Dao Venerables to stand aside by revealing the Heavens Annihilation Spear and its Supreme Great Dao, then entered the deepest part of the Dao Prison. After he vanished, Dao Mie persuaded the others to wait for his possible death and claim his treasures, while greed and suspicion split the group.

• Xuan Qing rebuked the six Dao Venerables for attacking him and rejected Dao Mie's offer of submission.
• Xuan Qing summoned the Heavens Annihilation Spear, unleashing the Annihilation Supreme Dao and overwhelming the seven ancient cultivators.
• The seven retreated and let Xuan Qing pass as he walked into the chaotic black mist at the Dao Prison's core.
• Dao Sheng admitted that the Great Dao Unification Sect's destruction had not been unjustified, while Dao Mie said the Chaos Origin Forbidden Ground would likely kill Xuan Qing.
• Dao Mie urged the others to wait for Xuan Qing to die and seize his two Chaos Supreme Treasures, prompting the seven to eye one another with suspicion and greed.

Xuan Qing confronted the seven ancient Wujis in Dao Prison and forced them to lead him toward the Source Forbidden Zone. He had overheard their plans to seize his treasures and intended to use the expedition to eliminate the threat they posed to the worlds.

• Xuan Qing returned to ask Dao Mie for directions to the Chaos Origin, and Dao Mie pointed toward Dao Prison’s deepest reaches.
• Xuan Qing suspected Dao Mie of misleading him, then exposed the seven Wujis’ scheme to wait for his death and claim his Chaos Supreme Treasures.
• Dao Mie swore that his directions were true, while the seven denied plotting against Xuan Qing and Dao Mie asked him to share any insights he gained.
• Xuan Qing summoned the Heavens Annihilation Spear and ordered the seven Wujis to scout the Source Forbidden Zone or face its attack.
• The seven Wujis reluctantly set off toward the depths with Xuan Qing following, while he recalled how he had concealed himself to overhear their plans and resolved to remove them as a threat.

Xuan Qing followed seven ancient Wuji figures into the Dao Prison’s Source Forbidden Zone, where they hoped to exploit the Chaos Origin’s eruption to escape. They reached the Origin Core, while Xuan Qing remained determined to ensure none of them left alive.

• Sky Shadow warned Dao Mie that the seven were doomed inside the Source Forbidden Zone, but Dao Mie said resisting Xuan Qing’s Heavens Annihilation Spear would also mean certain death.
• Dao Mie proposed that the seven wait for the Chaos Origin to manifest and draw Xuan Qing’s attention, then use the turmoil to flee.
• Xuan Qing overheard their plan and silently decided to kill the seven ancient Wuji so they could never threaten the Sin Domain again.
• As the group advanced, Xuan Qing realized that the Dao Prison and the Chaos Origin were originally one entity, with the prison shackles and Origin working together to trap and destroy ancient powers.
• Dao Mie and the other six reached the Chaos Origin Core and froze before its vast, rotating vortex.

Xuan Qing sealed the seven ancient Wuji inside the Immeasurable Dao Coffin, leaving himself alone before the Chaos Origin Core. When he cautiously stepped toward it, the origin began to shake violently and gather into a potentially catastrophic storm.

• Dao Mie warned Xuan Qing that entering the core restricted zone could trigger a deadly rampage of the Chaos Origin, while the other six Wuji echoed his plea to stay back.
• Xuan Qing decided the seven were too dangerous to leave alive and summoned the Immeasurable Dao Coffin.
• The coffin swallowed Sky Shadow, Dao Sheng, Dao Mie, and the other four Wuji, then suppressed their attacks and sealed them away.
• Xuan Qing faced the Chaos Origin Core alone and cautiously took one step forward to test it.
• The Chaos Origin began shaking, its currents turned violent, and a primordial storm threatened to erupt.

Xuan Qing entered the chaos origin and discovered it recognized his new-epoch Dao body as compatible, then absorbed its Chaos Dao Wheel. The Chaos Supreme Great Dao took root in his sea of consciousness, where it immediately clashed with his four existing supreme Great Daos.

• Xuan Qing retreated from the chaos origin, realized it did not consider him an enemy, and tested his theory with an origin fragment.
• The origin fragment resonated with the Source Core, and hidden chaos-origin fragments within Xuan Qing flew out and merged with it.
• The chaos origin settled into its true form as the Chaos Dao Wheel, which Xuan Qing recognized as the source sustaining the Dao Prison.
• Xuan Qing touched the Chaos Dao Wheel, and it entered his sea of consciousness as the Chaos Supreme Great Dao.
• The new Chaos Dao clashed with Xuan Qing's four existing supreme Great Daos, shaking his sea of consciousness and body.

The Dao Prison collapsed after the Chaos Dao Wheel entered Xuan Qing’s sea of consciousness, releasing Chaos Origin Essence across the Sin Domain. Tian Feixue, Shang Zhen, and Li Tianba reached Hunyuan Wuji, while Xuan Qing remained trapped in a deadly clash among five Supreme Great Daos.

• The Dao Prison lost its Source Core and collapsed, releasing its Law Chains and Dao Resonance as Chaos Origin Essence across the Sin Domain.
• Tian Feixue, Shang Zhen, and Li Tianba each used the influx of essence to break through to Hunyuan Wuji.
• The three newly ascended Dao Venerables worried that ancient captives might escape and threaten the Sin Domain, but no one emerged from the ruins.
• Tian Feixue, Shang Zhen, and Li Tianba sensed Xuan Qing’s Dao tribulation in the Deep Void, bowed toward him, and returned to their Dao Fields to stabilize their cultivation.
• Xuan Qing floated in the collapsed Dao Prison as five Supreme Great Daos fought within his body and sea of consciousness.

Xuan Qing united the five supreme Great Daos and manifested the legendary Chaos Pearl, discovering that it contained a complete realm of chaos. He wondered whether his own world was another pearl in someone else’s hand, but resolved to uncover the truth and break free of any restraints.

• The four supreme Great Daos tempered the Chaos Dao Wheel, which entered Xuan Qing’s Sea of the Great Dao and was refined into a flawless chaos Dao flower.
• The upheaval in the Sea of the Great Dao shook primordial golden immortals throughout the heavens, while Xuan Qing remained unharmed.
• A round pearl condensed from the chaos Dao flower, left the Sea of the Great Dao, and appeared in Xuan Qing’s palm as the legendary Chaos Pearl.
• Xuan Qing sent his divine sense into the Chaos Pearl and discovered that it contained a complete, independent Great World of chaos.
• Xuan Qing feared that his own universe might be contained within another Chaos Pearl, then steadied his Dao heart and vowed to uncover the ultimate truth and break every restraint.

Xuan Qing completed his Chaos Origin and destroyed the Dao Prison of the Ages, then returned to the Sin Domain as Xuan Ming and You Hui ascended to Hunyuan Wuji. The three newly gathered Dao Venerables considered their prospects for the journey to the Divine Abyss, while Xuan Ming and You Hui realized Xuan Qing had gained the Chaos Supreme Great Dao.

• Xuan Qing drew the Chaos Pearl into his Dao Body, completed his Origin, and watched the Dao Prison of the Ages disintegrate into Chaos.
• Xuan Qing stored the Dao Prison Ancient Stele inside the Chaos Pearl and returned to the Sin Domain.
• Xuan Ming perfected the Destiny Great Dao and ascended to Hunyuan Wuji.
• You Hui perfected the Reincarnation Great Dao and ascended to Hunyuan Wuji, bringing the Sin Domain's recent total of new Hunyuan Wuji Dao Venerables to five.
• Xuan Qing congratulated Xuan Ming and You Hui and reflected that their strength, along with the other Wuji experts, would help prepare for the journey to the Divine Abyss.
• Xuan Ming and You Hui sensed Xuan Qing's new Chaos Supreme Great Dao, and Xuan Qing said the Chaos Origin had entered him of its own accord.

Xuan Qing questioned the seven ancient Wuji about Divine Abyss, promising to spare whoever provided useful information. Dao Mie revealed that Moonlight Palace’s founder, Yue Hua, was the biological daughter of the Lord of Divine Abyss, then began recounting a cataclysmic battle within the forbidden land.

• Xuan Qing gathered the seven ancient Wuji in the Immeasurable Dao Coffin and offered to pardon whoever shared useful secrets about Divine Abyss.
• Dao Mie asked whether Xuan Qing would honor his promise, and Xuan Qing swore an oath on the supreme Great Daos.
• Dao Mie recalled witnessing the wounded Moonlight Palace Master emerge from a rift in Chaos with her followers and settle in Sin Domain.
• Dao Mie said two mysterious Wuji emerged from the rift afterward and became the first-generation founders of Unity of the Great Dao, whom he followed as a disciple.
• Dao Mie revealed that Yue Hua, the Moonlight Palace Master, was the biological daughter of the Lord of Divine Abyss.
• Dao Mie began describing an ancient cataclysmic battle that erupted within Divine Abyss and swept through the forbidden land.

Dao Mie revealed the history of Divine Abyss and the ancient war between its ruler and the master of Return to Void, then explained that his masters had died fighting Moonlight Palace Master Yue Hua. Xuan Qing prepared to leave, and Dao Mie demanded that he honor his promise to spare him, but Xuan Qing claimed he had already done so by not killing him.

• Dao Mie recounted how the master of Return to Void invaded Divine Abyss, leaving both supreme rulers gravely damaged and the forbidden land shattered.
• Dao Mie explained that Moonlight Palace Master Yue Hua escaped Divine Abyss and founded Moonlight Palace, while his two masters later founded the Great Dao Unification Sect.
• Dao Sheng, Sky Shadow, and the other ancient Wuji experts became furious when they realized Dao Mie had concealed the secrets from them for ages.
• Xuan Qing asked where Dao Mie's masters were, and Dao Mie said Yue Hua had killed them in a battle after the Great Dao Unification Sect declared war on Moonlight Palace.
• Dao Mie begged Xuan Qing to honor his promise to spare him, but Xuan Qing replied that he had spared him by leaving him alive and able to roam freely.

Xuan Qing learned the ancient history of Divine Abyss and the contradiction surrounding the fall of Return to Void, then decided to postpone exploring the forbidden land until he grew stronger. Dao Mie was left trapped in the Immeasurable Dao Coffin as the other six Wuji experts attacked him.

• Xuan Qing revealed that he had meant to spare Dao Mie’s life, not free him, and Dao Sheng, Sky Shadow, and the other four attacked Dao Mie together.
• Xuan Qing returned to the outside world and told Xuan Ming and You Hui everything Dao Mie had said about Divine Abyss, its Lord, and the ancient war with Return to Void.
• Xuan Ming and You Hui lost their pride in their new Wuji breakthroughs as they learned that Divine Abyss had once commanded power far beyond theirs.
• Xuan Qing recognized that Dao Mie’s account contradicted what he knew about the death of the Return to Void Palace Master and suspected that the ancient history concealed a major secret.
• Xuan Qing decided not to enter Divine Abyss until he had strengthened himself and solidified all five of his Dao Fruits.