Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingyuan survived a surprise attack by the Great Luo Venerable Cult and destroyed its surrounding force with overwhelming ease. He left with One Page Scholar and Murong Yue, while the few survivors abandoned the pursuit and resolved to report his rise to the Escape One Supreme.

• As Zhang Qingyuan's Five-Colored Divine Light faded, a swordsman and the other Great Luo Venerable Cult elders launched a coordinated ambush.
• Zhang Qingyuan caught the blood-red divine sword between two fingers, shattered it, and killed its wielder and two nearby cultivators with the fragments.
• Zhang Qingyuan blocked the remaining five Void Heaven Great Powers' attacks with the Yin Yang Taiji Diagram.
• Zhang Qingyuan drew his golden sword and annihilated the five Void Heaven Great Powers, while his sword pressure devastated the cult's other cultivators.
• Zhang Qingyuan departed with One Page Scholar and Murong Yue, and the surviving Great Luo Venerable Cult cultivators gave up the pursuit and decided to report him to the Escape One Supreme.

After Zhang Qingyuan escaped the Great Luo Venerable Cult’s attack, the Dean of Haoran Academy brought him to safety. More than half a month later, reports of Zhang Qingyuan’s victory spread across Central Continent, though they left out his clash with Nine Nether Supreme.

• One Page Scholar praised Zhang Qingyuan’s strength, and Zhang Qingyuan credited his survival partly to luck and the Scholar’s help.
• The Dean of Haoran Academy arrived, praised Zhang Qingyuan, and invited him to stay at the academy while Nine Nether searched for him.
• The Dean took Zhang Qingyuan and his companions to Haoran Academy, while Nine Nether’s gaze failed to find them and eventually withdrew.
• Over the next half month, cultivators flocked to the Ancient Arid Realm, and battles erupted as they sought opportunities for transcendence.
• Reports spread that Zhang Qingyuan had defeated more than ten Void Heaven Great Powers and devastated the Great Luo Venerable Cult, prompting widespread shock across Central Continent.

Zhang Qingyuan cultivated in Haoran Academy’s Heaven-Inducing Origin Secret Land and broke through to the Void Heaven Limit. He prepared to face the threat of Escape One Supremes but struggled to find a way to create an immortal art suited to his Chaos Great Dao.

• Zhang Qingyuan reflected on the gap between Void Heaven and Escape One and realized that he was close to the breakthrough threshold.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s Void Realm Cave Heaven grew more solid as he cultivated, and he advanced to the Void Heaven Limit.
• Zhang Qingyuan recognized his debt to Haoran Academy for granting him access to the rare secret land and for helping him against Nine Nether Supreme.
• Zhang Qingyuan judged that his new strength would let him withstand an Escape One Supreme more effectively, though he still sought a way to defeat one.
• Zhang Qingyuan considered creating an immortal-art killing move suited to his Chaos Great Dao but could find no existing inheritance to guide him.

At Haoran Academy, Zhang Qingyuan sorted through his treasures from the Ancient Arid Realm and planned to develop a Chaos Great Dao Supernatural Ability before attempting the Imperial Tomb’s inheritance challenges. He learned that Escape One Supremes had fought over the Ancient Arid Realm after his departure, turning it into a Forbidden Land and killing nearly everyone who entered.

• Zhang Qingyuan decided to study the academy’s extensive collection of Techniques and Martial Arts to create a Chaos Great Dao Killing Divine Ability.
• Zhang Qingyuan inventoried the Jade Slips from the Ancient Arid Realm, the Imperial Tomb in the Void Heaven Mirror, and the spoils taken from Great Luo Venerable Cult cultivators.
• Zhang Qingyuan recorded the ancient texts in his Proficiency Panel and searched them for inspiration while asking what had happened in the Ancient Arid Realm.
• Academy disciples told Zhang Qingyuan that Escape One Supremes had battled after his departure, destroying a small world and leaving the Great Desolate Realm a Forbidden Land.
• Zhang Qingyuan worried about Sword Son, Si Zhangji, Vajra Buddha Son, and the others, and felt relieved that he had left before the battle.

After learning about the Ancient Arid Realm, Zhang Qingyuan spent three years at Haoran Academy strengthening his foundations and searching for ways to create Supernatural Abilities suited to the Chaos Great Dao. He became much stronger, but still had no clear direction for developing those abilities.

• Zhang Qingyuan studied records from the Ancient Arid Realm and searched for insights into the Chaos Great Dao while the academy’s leaders recovered in seclusion.
• Zhang Qingyuan visited academy gatherings and the Library Palace, offered guidance to Disciples in disguise, and became the subject of a legend about a mysterious Great Power.
• Three years passed as Zhang Qingyuan read, researched, and roamed Haoran Academy, stabilizing his realm at the Void Heaven Limit and further improving his strength.
• Zhang Qingyuan lamented that he had found no useful reference for creating Chaos Great Dao Supernatural Abilities and recognized that the Proficiency Panel could analyze and imitate but could not create for him.

Zhang Qingyuan accepted Qin Yang’s challenge over the Heaven-Inducing Origin Secret Land slot and set terms that sharply constrained his own defense. The chapter ended with the gathered Academy disciples stunned by Zhang Qingyuan’s proposal.

• Zhang Qingyuan reunited with One Page Scholar, who praised his reputation and welcomed him back to Haoran Academy.
• Qin Yang confronted Zhang Qingyuan, insisting that the secret-realm slot should have gone to him and demanding a match.
• Zhang Qingyuan agreed to fight Qin Yang after One Page Scholar asked him to show mercy.
• Zhang Qingyuan proposed to stand still and defend himself with one hand, declaring that any step backward or damage to the surroundings would count as his loss.
• The onlookers fell silent after hearing Zhang Qingyuan’s challenge terms.

Zhang Qingyuan faced Qin Yang’s challenge at Haoran Academy, allowing him to attack under conditions that showed complete confidence. After effortlessly stopping Qin Yang’s strongest techniques and flicking him away, Zhang Qingyuan left him with a lesson in humility.

• Zhang Qingyuan said he would not move or damage the ground during the challenge, while One Page Scholar chose not to stop Qin Yang.
• Qin Yang unleashed the Sacred Word Law, suppressing the spectators’ power, then attacked Zhang Qingyuan with a Haoran qi ruler and the Five Prohibitions of Confucian Law.
• Zhang Qingyuan froze Qin Yang and his attack in midair, then casually destroyed the ruler.
• Zhang Qingyuan told Qin Yang to train harder and flicked him a hundred li away through several mountains without damaging the plaza.

Zhang Qingyuan defeated Qin Yang without letting him approach, then explained to One Page Scholar that the crushing defeat was meant to break Qin Yang’s arrogance and help him grow. As they walked, Zhang Qingyuan asked One Page Scholar about Chaos Power, and the scholar suddenly claimed he had an idea.

• Zhang Qingyuan’s effortless victory over Qin Yang left the spectators stunned, and they praised him as the strongest beneath the Escape One Supremes.
• One Page Scholar told Zhang Qingyuan that Qin Yang’s defeat could help him overcome the flaw caused by a life of easy success.
• Zhang Qingyuan explained that Qin Yang’s Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart would turn the severe setback into a powerful realization and rebound.
• Zhang Qingyuan asked when the Dean would leave seclusion and mentioned his difficulty creating a Chaos Supernatural Ability.
• Zhang Qingyuan asked One Page Scholar about Chaos Power, and One Page Scholar suddenly exclaimed that he had an idea.

Zhang Qingyuan learned from One Page Scholar that he could develop Chaos techniques by studying nature in the Outer Heavens, where a chaos creature had once been recorded. At the Internal Library, he found that outsiders needed immense contributions to enter and offered the records and inheritances of the Great Desolate Sacred Dynasty.

• One Page Scholar told Zhang Qingyuan that Haoran Academy had no Chaos-based offensive techniques and advised him to learn from the chaos of the Outer Heavens.
• One Page Scholar said the Supreme Sage Teacher had encountered a chaos creature and left an image of it in the academy’s Internal Library.
• One Page Scholar brought Zhang Qingyuan to the Internal Library, but Master Kong said outsiders could enter only by contributing knowledge, records, or inheritances.
• Zhang Qingyuan asked whether the Great Desolate Sacred Dynasty’s records and inheritances would earn enough Contribution Points.

After studying Haoran Academy’s inner library, Zhang Qingyuan found a lead for creating a Chaos Great Dao supernatural ability in records about the Silver Patterned Realm Dragon Kun. He used an old piece of the creature’s skin to begin comprehending its incomplete law patterns.

• Zhang Qingyuan traded the Great Desolate Sacred Dynasty’s records for access to Haoran Academy’s inner library and became an honored guest.
• One Page Scholar realized Zhang Qingyuan had emptied the Desolate Dynasty’s library hall, but accepted his explanation that he had taken the records from slain Great Luo Venerable Cult cultivators.
• Over three days, Zhang Qingyuan studied the Supreme Sage Teacher’s legacies and the inner library’s records, deepening his understanding of the Dao Severing Escape One realm.
• Zhang Qingyuan read the Supreme Sage Teacher’s account of the Silver Patterned Realm Dragon Kun and recognized it as a possible model for his Chaos Great Dao supernatural ability.
• Zhang Qingyuan found the Silver Patterned Realm Dragon Kun skin he had obtained from Guo Taiping, then used his Chaos Great Dao magic power to reveal its incomplete patterns and began examining them with his Spiritual Sense.

After spending half a year developing a Chaos-powered movement technique, Zhang Qingyuan demonstrated its ability to hide him completely from One Page Scholar’s senses. He teased his friend about his supposedly limited talent, then brought him wine the next day to make up after One Page Scholar stayed away.

• One Page Scholar visited Zhang Qingyuan and asked whether he had made progress on his method.
• Zhang Qingyuan used silver runes and Chaos aura to vanish without leaving a trace, then appeared behind One Page Scholar.
• Zhang Qingyuan explained that the movement technique was incomplete because the Silver Patterned Realm Dragon Kun hide fragment held only partial runes, while pretending to lament his own talent.
• One Page Scholar recognized Zhang Qingyuan’s teasing, cursed him, and left in a fury.
• After One Page Scholar did not visit for half a month, Zhang Qingyuan brought wine to him the next day, and they reconciled.

The dean of Haoran Academy took Zhang Qingyuan beyond the Nine Heavens so he could use Silver Patterned Realm Dragon Kun skin to seek a living specimen and comprehend its complete Dao. After warning Zhang Qingyuan that great upheaval was near, the dean led him into the Chaotic Nothingness, where Zhang Qingyuan struggled to adjust to being cut off from the world.

• Zhang Qingyuan worried about repaying One Page Scholar and the dean, and the dean asked him to look after One Page Scholar and the academy's remaining sparks if disaster destroyed the academy.
• The dean warned Zhang Qingyuan that great upheaval was coming and urged him to raise his realm quickly.
• The dean shielded Zhang Qingyuan as they crossed the deadly gale-force layer above the Nine Heavens and entered the Chaotic Nothingness.
• Zhang Qingyuan lost his fusion with heaven and earth and gasped in discomfort, but the dean reassured him until his breathing steadied.

Zhang Qingyuan traveled with the Dean through the Chaotic Realm Sea, learning that other worlds existed beyond the Azure Realm and that the Upper Realm lay in a separate cosmos. They reached a lifeless continent fragment where they planned to lure out the Silver Patterned Realm Dragon Kun.

• Zhang Qingyuan looked back at the Azure Realm and then traveled with the Dean into the Chaotic Nothingness.
• During three months of travel, the Dean explained the emptiness of the Void Boundary Sea and the distant Blood Origin Realm.
• Zhang Qingyuan asked whether the Upper Realm was in the Chaotic Sea, and the Dean explained that it lay in another cosmos reached by ascension.
• Zhang Qingyuan and the Dean arrived at a dead fragment of a world where the Supreme Sage Teacher had found traces of the Silver Patterned Realm Dragon Kun.
• The Dean said they would use the Silver Patterned Realm Dragon Kun's beast skin to lure it out there.

Zhang Qingyuan used a perfected concealment technique to observe a Silver Patterned Realm Dragon Kun retrieving its beast skin in the Chaos Boundary Sea. By studying its movement and runes, he created the Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique and began his path toward mastering Chaos Power.

• The Dean warned Zhang Qingyuan that provoking the Silver Patterned Realm Dragon Kun could bring consequences beyond their ability to handle.
• Zhang Qingyuan demonstrated that he had perfected his concealment technique and hidden his aura completely.
• Zhang Qingyuan and the Dean waited in concealment as the Silver Patterned Realm Dragon Kun arrived, took its beast skin, and vanished into the darkness.
• After observing the creature, Zhang Qingyuan studied its law Runes and improved his incomplete technique into a movement-type Supernatural Ability.
• Zhang Qingyuan named the new technique the Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique and considered how further study might elevate it to an immortal art.

After returning from the Chaotic Nothingness, Zhang Qingyuan and the Dean were ambushed by Extraterrestrial Abyssal Demons near the Azure Realm. The Dean confronted their warship while Zhang Qingyuan raced toward the world membrane, only to discover enemies waiting in ambush along his path.

• Zhang Qingyuan refined his Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique during the journey back to the Azure Realm.
• As Zhang Qingyuan and the Dean neared the Azure Realm, a black Light Pillar struck, and the Dean pulled Zhang Qingyuan out of its path.
• Zhang Qingyuan spotted a colossal warship, and the Dean recognized it as belonging to Extraterrestrial Abyssal Demons and suspected someone had revealed their route.
• The Dean sent Zhang Qingyuan toward the world membrane and charged the warship, unleashing his righteous qi against it.
• Zhang Qingyuan saw black yaksha-like figures, each as powerful as a Heavenly Being, blocking his route to the Azure Realm.

Zhang Qingyuan fought his way into a horde of Abyssal Demons in the chaotic void, using his sword and Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique to evade their attacks and kill hundreds. As the demons closed in and restricted his movement, he realized he needed to break their encirclement.

• Zhang Qingyuan recognized the black figures as Abyssal Demons and charged into their ranks instead of retreating.
• Zhang Qingyuan killed the first wave of Heavenly Human-level demons and beheaded three void sky-level commanders with his sword.
• The Abyssal Demons attacked together, but Zhang Qingyuan used the Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique to evade them and slay more than three hundred demons.
• Abyssal Demon commanders ordered the lower-ranked demons to withdraw and form a blockade while dozens of commanders attacked Zhang Qingyuan.
• Zhang Qingyuan continued evading and killing commanders, but the demons' reinforcements and encirclement steadily narrowed his room to maneuver.

Zhang Qingyuan used his Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique to evade the Abyssal Demons and kill their commanders, but their tightening encirclement steadily reduced his room to maneuver. Seeing the Dean losing ground against the Great Enemy, Zhang Qingyuan decided to try to break the deadlock as a terrifying power began to emerge from him.

• Zhang Qingyuan dodged the Abyssal Demons’ attacks and struck down their commanders, using his movement technique to survive their overwhelming numbers.
• The Abyssal Demons compressed the battlefield to diminish Zhang Qingyuan’s advantage, and his pressure grew as his escape routes narrowed.
• Zhang Qingyuan noticed the Dean was being suppressed by the Great Enemy and realized the Dean’s defeat would make their situation dire.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided to attempt to break the deadlock and increase his chances of surviving the retreat.
• Zhang Qingyuan continued killing Abyssal Demon commanders as a terrifying fluctuation began emanating from his body.

Zhang Qingyuan unleashed the Immortal Erlwood Divine Thunder and used the chaos of the Dean of Haoran Academy’s battle with the Abyssal Demon Emperor to strike the Emperor. The Dean seized the opening and escaped with Zhang Qingyuan into the Azure Realm’s reach.

• Zhang Qingyuan fused a wisp of Immortal Qi into the Erlwood Divine Thunder, annihilating nearby Abyssal Demons and forcing the survivors to retreat.
• The Dean of Haoran Academy recognized Zhang Qingyuan’s attack as a chance to break through the blockade, but the Abyssal Demon Emperor sent a giant black hand to kill Zhang Qingyuan.
• The Dean blocked the black hand with a gateway formed from his righteous qi, and their collision devastated the surrounding Chaos.
• Zhang Qingyuan used his movement Supernatural Ability to hurl the Immortal Erlwood Divine Thunder at the Abyssal Demon Emperor, piercing and badly injuring him.
• The Dean took Zhang Qingyuan and raced through the Abyssal Demons’ blockade into the area covered by the Azure Realm.

Zhang Qingyuan escaped into the Azure Realm with the Dean after fighting off a thousand Heavenly Being Abyssal Demons and wounding the Abyssal Demon Emperor. Beyond Chaos, the Abyssal Demon Emperor and Yuan agreed to hunt Zhang Qingyuan during the coming upheaval, while the Dean remained troubled after their escape.

• Yuan appeared before the furious Abyssal Demon Emperor, and they discussed Zhang Qingyuan’s extraordinary strength and possible identity as the Child of the Plane.
• Yuan proposed that they cooperate to hunt Zhang Qingyuan when they entered the Azure Realm during the coming upheaval, and the Abyssal Demon Emperor agreed to split the world’s origin equally.
• Zhang Qingyuan and the Dean passed through the Gale Force layer and returned to the Azure Realm.
• Zhang Qingyuan reflected that the dangerous battle had brought his Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique to Great Accomplishment, though he would rather avoid such life-or-death fights.
• Zhang Qingyuan noticed that the Dean looked worried as he gazed at the sky and asked what was wrong.

The Dean warned Zhang Qingyuan that the Heavenly Court had been infiltrated and explained that the approaching Heavenly Change would open the way for an invasion by Outer Realm Kings. He revealed that Yuzhou and Haizhou were about to reunite with the Azure Continent, while Zhang Qingyuan still lacked the foundation to sever the Dao.

• The Dean urged Zhang Qingyuan to advance quickly, warning that traitors within the Heavenly Court could help the Outer Realm Kings invade during the coming Heavenly Change.
• Zhang Qingyuan admitted he had only recently reached the Void Heaven Limit and would not risk damaging his foundation with a forced breakthrough.
• The Dean explained that the world's power rose and fell in ten-thousand-year cycles, and that the Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable had delayed the cycle to prevent the Azure Realm's source from being exhausted.
• The Dean recounted how the surviving Escape One Supremes formed the Heavenly Court after learning the Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable's secret and surviving the ensuing turmoil.
• The Dean said Yuzhou and Haizhou had been found beyond Yunzhou and were nearing reunification with the Azure Continent, which would obscure the heavenly secrets and weaken the Heavenly Dao Consciousness.
• The Dean warned that the resulting turmoil would give the Outer Realm Kings their best chance to invade.