Chapter Summaries

The Origin Lords watched Luo Feng approach the end of Artifact Mountain’s will trial, prompting the Innate Source Being Faction to urge its Lord Game fighters to attack. Li Ze defended the mountain against a coalition of enemy God Emperors, killing one and then breaking free from their combined assault.

• The Origin Lords praised Luo Feng’s will as he climbed Qianhuan’s Will Test Stone Stairs, while the Innate Source Being Faction decided to send its fighters after him.
• The Innate Source Being Faction’s God Emperors attacked Li Ze outside Artifact Mountain, and Hun Guang persuaded the Strange Lifeform factions to join them.
• Li Ze refused to let the coalition pass and fought back as the Cultivator Faction’s God Emperors engaged the enemy forces.
• Li Ze killed a small-framed God Emperor from the Innate Source Being Faction with one strike and collected his treasures.
• Li He met Li Ze’s sword with his Wolf Fang Club, while Hun Guang struck Li Ze with a soul attack that had no apparent effect.
• Li Ze knocked Li He away and escaped the attacks of the surrounding God Emperors.

Li He unleashed a Peak World-level Source Secret Treasure and blasted Li Ze backward, threatening the Cultivator Faction’s blockade around Artifact Mountain. As the opposing God Emperors pressed forward, Li He and Hun Guang tried to exploit the opening and get someone inside.

• Li He struck Li Ze with his Wolf Fang Club while Hun Guang and other God Emperors attacked, forcing Li Ze to defend against them all.
• Li He empowered his Wolf Fang Club with black-red currents, overwhelmed Li Ze’s sword, and knocked him backward through spacetime.
• Ao Heng left the Starlight Ring’s range, causing it to blaze red and alarming the Cultivator Faction God Emperors defending Artifact Mountain.
• Li Ze identified Li He’s weapon as at least a Peak World-level Secret Treasure, and observers from the major factions learned of Li He’s newfound power.
• Li He told Hun Guang to try entering Artifact Mountain while he kept Li Ze occupied, and Hun Guang moved to break through the blockade.

Li Ze unleashed his full strength and overwhelmed Li He, preventing the opposing God Emperors from reaching Artifact Mountain. The battle turned tense again when Xi Mu arrived to join Li He, leaving Li Ze confident he could still hold them off until the Cultivator Faction’s other supreme God Emperors arrived.

• Li Ze concentrated the Karmic Fire Water-Flow Domain around himself, surged in strength and speed, and forced Li He’s Wolf Fang Club back.
• Li Ze’s sword strikes shattered Li He’s black-red currents, while Hun Guang and the other God Emperors gathered with Li He rather than risk advancing alone.
• Li He and the opposing God Emperors attacked Li Ze together, but Li Ze swept aside their combined ranged attacks and sent Li He flying dozens of light-years.
• Li He sensed a newcomer arriving, and Xi Mu appeared on the battlefield as Old Turtle carrying a Golden Coffin.
• The opposing factions regained confidence in Xi Mu’s arrival, while Li Ze reassured the Cultivator Faction that he could hold the line until their other supreme God Emperors arrived.

Li Ze burned the Origin Power of his Inner Universe to unleash a sword strike that reached the Origin Level, severing Old Turtle Xi Mu’s foreclaw despite his Source Secret Treasure armor. Li Ze then pursued the wounded Old Turtle, who turned to fight rather than flee.

• Old Turtle Xi Mu ordered Hun Guang and the other God Emperor Perfected experts to fight the Cultivator Faction’s God Emperors while he and Li He dealt with Li Ze.
• Old Turtle and Li He attacked Li Ze, but Li Ze used the Karma Fire Red Source Tower to overpower them and send Old Turtle flying.
• Li Ze burned more Origin Power and unleashed a devastating sword strike that severed Old Turtle’s foreclaw and sent the Myriad Weapons Returning to Ruin Coffin flying.
• The God Emperors recognized that Li Ze’s sword had reached the Origin Level, while Old Turtle’s allies urged him to flee.
• Li Ze caught up with Old Turtle, who turned to face him and swung the Myriad Weapons Returning to Ruin Coffin with his remaining foreclaw.

Li Ze killed Old Turtle by burning a portion of his Inner Universe Origin Power, then turned toward Li He while weighing the cost of further fighting. He charged Li He but appeared less powerful in their first clash, leaving Li He to flee and wonder whether Li Ze's earlier strength had come from an explosive technique.

• Li Ze struck Old Turtle with twenty-six sword strikes, breaking his Source Bloodline and killing him despite his armor and the Myriad Weapons Returning to Ruin Coffin.
• Li Ze collected Old Turtle's three Source Secret Treasures and assessed that the victory had cost nearly one-thousandth of his Inner Universe Origin Power.
• Li Ze decided against killing every opposing God Emperor, fearing the political and energy costs, but resolved to keep them out of Artifact Mountain.
• Li Ze charged Li He, while the other factions' God Emperors retreated and the Cultivator Faction's God Emperors fought to hold them in place.
• Li He blocked Li Ze's attack, sensed that Li Ze's power was only somewhat stronger than his, and fled while suspecting Li Ze had used an explosive Secret Technique against Old Turtle.

Li Ze fought Li He and killed Hun Guang after Zhan Mo and Illusion arrived, then gathered the Cultivator Faction’s God Emperors near Artifact Mountain. Both sides agreed to a temporary truce while Luo Feng attempted the trial, and more God Emperors continued to arrive.

• Li Ze overpowered Li He in their clash but could not seriously injure him without burning his Inner Universe’s Origin Power.
• Li Ze abandoned the duel and attacked Hun Guang, wounding him while the other God Emperors continued fighting across the battlefield.
• Zhan Mo arrived and engaged Li He, while Illusion tried to draw Li Ze into an illusion that the Illusory Dream River barely resisted.
• Li Ze killed Hun Guang, then called the Cultivator Faction’s God Emperors to gather around him as the opposing factions withdrew toward Illusion.
• Li Ze and Zhan Mo agreed to wait while Luo Feng attempted Artifact Mountain’s trial, and Illusion and Li He accepted a temporary truce.
• Over the following days, God Emperors from the major factions arrived, and neither side resumed the fighting.

The Cultivator Faction and its rivals remained locked in a standoff over Artifact Mountain while Luo Feng endured the Will Test Stone Stairs. Luo Feng broke through to Origin-level will, transformed his soul, and resumed climbing toward the mountaintop palace.

• The Innate Source Being Progenitors confronted the Infinite Great Serpent over the deaths of Xi Mu and Hun Guang, and it promised to revive them and use a hidden trump card against Li Ze.
• The Cultivator Faction's Origin Lords praised Li Ze's victory and prepared for the Innate Source Being Faction to continue fighting.
• Li Ze rejected Illusion's proposal to end the stalemate, and the two sides waited outside Artifact Mountain.
• Luo Feng endured two more days of illusions and will attacks on a stone step, then broke through to Origin-level will and transformed his soul.
• Luo Feng shattered the next stone-step illusion with his will and sped toward the palace at Artifact Mountain's summit.

Luo Feng reached Artifact Mountain’s ninth level and discovered the Blade Core, a Secret Treasure that could transform a saber into a World-class Source Secret Treasure. The blade mark on the Blade-shaped Boulder injured his soul with overwhelming pressure, and Luo Feng began to carefully comprehend its mystery.

• The Artifact Mountain Spirit brought Luo Feng to the eighth level, where he saw the Sky Breaking Hammer and learned that its Dao Rhythm came from the Secret Treasure.
• Luo Feng learned that the ninth level’s Blade Core could merge with a Battle Saber, and he considered using it to transform his Blood Shadow Saber.
• Luo Feng entered the ninth-level hall and saw a vision of a Battle Saber dividing Chaos into life and death before the scene vanished.
• The blade mark’s pressure injured Luo Feng’s soul and body, but his willpower breakthrough helped him endure it.
• Luo Feng suspected the blade mark held a secret left by a Lord and began to comprehend it.

Luo Feng endured the Blade-shaped Boulder’s punishing saber intent and comprehended the Origin Lord-level saber art hidden in its mark, recognizing it as a guiding opportunity for his Blade Dao. After the mark vanished and the boulder shattered, a purple Blade Core appeared, and Luo Feng sent the Blood Shadow Saber toward it.

• Luo Feng suppressed the saber intent’s impact with his Origin-level soul and Divine Power, allowing him to witness a vision of a blood-colored Blade Light splitting the void and shaping opposing forces of creation and destruction.
• Luo Feng recognized the blade mark as an imprint of an Origin Lord’s slaughtering Blade Dao and realized its mysteries could guide his future saber-art techniques.
• Luo Feng repeatedly immersed himself in the blade mark over the course of a day, enduring its impact and memorizing the vision as the mark gradually faded.
• Luo Feng made one final attempt to comprehend the mark, which then disappeared as the Blade-shaped Boulder cracked apart and revealed a purple Blade Core.
• Luo Feng summoned the Blood Shadow Saber, spoke of continuing their journey together, and sent it flying toward the Blade Core.

After Luo Feng obtained the Blood Shadow Saber on Artifact Mountain, Li Ze led the Cultivator Faction into the mountain as the other factions rushed to claim its remaining treasure. Luo Feng stayed at the foot of the mountain, confident he could defend his saber, while Li Ze and the others began the will test.

• Li Ze received word that Luo Feng had obtained a Specific Secret Treasure and ended the Cultivator Faction’s standoff with the other factions.
• Li Ze, Jin Feng, and the other Cultivator Faction God Emperors entered Artifact Mountain, prompting God Emperors from the other factions to follow.
• Luo Feng descended from the summit carrying the Blood Shadow Saber, which he revealed had become a World-class Source Secret Treasure.
• Jin Feng offered to have the strongest God Emperors guard Luo Feng while they took turns climbing, but Luo Feng urged them all to attempt the will test and said he could handle any challengers.
• Li Ze trusted Luo Feng and led the Cultivator Faction up the Will Test Stone Stairs; after stepping onto the first step, he found its illusion easy to resist and continued upward.

Li Ze raced up Artifact Mountain’s Will Test Stone Stairs, astonishing the factions and even Luo Feng with how easily he shattered the illusions. He reached the final ten thousand steps and began a contest with Illusion for the remaining Specific Secret Treasure, the Sky Breaking Hammer.

• The God Emperors waiting at the mountain’s foot watched Li Ze and Illusion climb far faster than the other contestants, while Illusion’s faction knew she had special knowledge of the test.
• Li Ze found the early illusions crude and ineffective, sprinted past the other God Emperors, and crossed two-thirds of the stairs.
• The other factions began secretly scheming to seize Luo Feng’s Battle Saber as Li Ze’s performance raised fears that the Cultivator Faction would claim another Specific Secret Treasure.
• Li Ze felt the direct Will Impact strengthen on the final ten thousand steps, but shattered the illusions and continued climbing despite slowing down.
• Illusion entered the final ten thousand steps behind Li Ze and vowed to reach the summit first, while the Source Experts watched their contest and praised Li Ze’s potential.

Li Ze struggled against the increasingly powerful illusions on the Will Test Stone Stairs while Illusion caught up with him. Below Artifact Mountain, more than fifty God Emperors attacked Luo Feng to seize his Secret Treasure, and he met them in battle, intent on testing his strength.

• Li Ze resisted a realistic illusion of returning to his first life on Blue Star and broke through it before climbing another stair.
• God Emperors watching the test noted that Illusion was closing in on Li Ze, while praising Luo Feng's will and his newly acquired weapon.
• More than fifty God Emperors from other factions attacked Luo Feng as over thirty more moved to engage the Cultivator Faction's defenders.
• Luo Feng told the Cultivator Faction God Emperors to hold off their attackers and flew to confront the force coming for him.
• Luo Feng's saber strike met the attackers' combined assault, and his Flame Flow Divine Wings shielded him from harm.
• Led by Lin Jiu, the attackers coordinated another offensive, and Luo Feng charged into the ensuing battle to test the blade mark's mysteries.

Luo Feng fought off more than fifty God Emperors while the Cultivator Faction battled the allied factions, then revealed that his Blood Shadow Saber and improved saber technique had raised him to the level of a most top-level God Emperor. After using Lin Jiu to temper his skills, Luo Feng unleashed the Lie Yuan Technique and engulfed the opposing God Emperors in a willstorm.

• The Cultivator Faction's God Emperors joined the battle against the allied factions, and Bei Mu's black-mist Domain clashed with Corrupt Fire God Emperor's flame Domain.
• Lin Jiu revealed a World-class Source Secret Treasure, the black Long Shuttle, and launched a powerful attack at Luo Feng.
• Luo Feng countered Lin Jiu with the Blood Shadow Saber, showing strength that the God Emperors recognized as that of a most top-level God Emperor.
• Lin Jiu charged Luo Feng again, but Luo Feng blocked him, used their duel to temper his saber technique, and endured attacks from the other God Emperors.
• Luo Feng declared that he had finished digesting his insights from the Blade Mark and unleashed the Lie Yuan Technique, enveloping every God Emperor from the non-Cultivator Factions in a willstorm.

Luo Feng used the Lie Yuan Technique to kill sixty-four God Emperors with a wide-range Will Attack, giving the Cultivator Faction a decisive advantage. As the enemy forces retreated, Luo Feng fought Lin Jiu and prepared to pursue the remaining opponents.

• Luo Feng tested the will defenses of more than eighty enemy God Emperors and selected sixty-four vulnerable targets for a killing attack.
• Luo Feng unleashed the Soul Extinction Art and annihilated all sixty-four targets, shocking the battlefield and shifting the advantage to the Cultivator Faction.
• Corrupt Fire God Emperor and the other Cultivator Faction God Emperors attacked the survivors while Luo Feng engaged Lin Jiu in direct combat.
• The Cultivator Faction overwhelmed and killed another enemy God Emperor, prompting the remaining opponents to urge Lin Jiu to retreat.
• Lin Jiu reluctantly ordered the surviving God Emperors to flee as Luo Feng continued fighting him.

Li Ze endured Origin Level will attacks on Artifact Mountain’s test stairs as the Chaos Bell transformed his soul and strengthened his will, while Illusion reached the summit first. The chapter left Li Ze near the end of his strength, unable to gather his will-body as darkness overtook him.

• After the battle around Artifact Mountain, Luo Feng collected the spoils and watched Illusion overtake Li Ze on the test stairs.
• Li Ze fought increasingly powerful will-forms in the illusion, and an Origin Level will nearly shattered his soul.
• The Chaos Bell released bronze radiance that repaired Li Ze’s will-body and transformed his soul, letting him destroy the first Origin Level will.
• Illusion used her secret technique to reach Artifact Mountain Summit before Li Ze, while the factions below reacted to her victory.
• Yuan observed that the Chaos Bell’s aid strengthened Li Ze but made his will breakthrough harder.
• Li Ze endured repeated Origin Level collisions and repeatedly gathered his shattered will until he could no longer reform it and darkness overtook him.

Li Ze broke through to Origin Level will during the Artifact Mountain test and discovered that the Chaos Bell contained Pangu’s Blood of the Great Dao, granting him the complete Soul Great Dao of the Primordial World. After the blood began transforming his soul and body and greatly improving his Dao comprehension, he continued toward Artifact Mountain Summit.

• Facing the collapse of his soul and will, Li Ze recalled his life and refused to submit, breaking through the limit of God Emperor Perfected into Origin Level will.
• Li Ze used his awakened will to shatter the surrounding violent wills and escape the black illusion.
• The Chaos Bell produced a drop of Blood of the Great Dao, and Li Ze learned it contained the complete Soul Great Dao of the Primordial World.
• Blood-colored Mystic Patterns spread from Li Ze’s soul into his body, steadily strengthening his life essence and physical power.
• Li Ze sensed that his Origin-level soul had made Dao comprehension more than a hundred times faster, then stepped toward Artifact Mountain Summit.

Li Ze broke through to Origin-level Soul Will on Artifact Mountain but arrived too late to claim the Second Specific Secret Treasure, which Illusion obtained. Li Ze and Luo Feng then reached the Ten Thousand Methods Mountain Range, where they began the test required to enter the Law Domain.

• Source Experts from the Cultivator Faction praised Li Ze's exceptional talents, while the Innate Source Being Faction discussed plans to kill him and Luo Feng.
• Li Ze shattered the illusion on Artifact Mountain's final step, learned that Illusion had already claimed the Second Specific Secret Treasure, and chose to leave without confronting him.
• Li Ze met Luo Feng, and they summoned the Cultivator Faction's God Emperors before departing Artifact Mountain as the test closed behind them.
• Nearly a month later, Li Ze and Luo Feng flew to the southern edge of the Central World and entered the Law Domain's hidden mountain range through a small lake.
• Li Ze and Luo Feng learned that they had to comprehend the secret arts carved on all 10,081 peaks and fuse them into a new secret art to pass the test and enter the Law Domain.

Li Ze and Luo Feng joined the Cultivator Faction’s God Emperors at the Ten Thousand Methods Mountain Range, where they learned that Ku Xing Lord had created the trial grounds and that comprehending its secret techniques would grant access to the Law Domain. They began studying the Origin Secret Art Cloud Moon Technique, and Li Ze identified the Spacetime Dao within its cloud-filled domain.

• Jin Feng told Li Ze and Luo Feng that Ku Xing Lord had created the Ten Thousand Methods Mountain Range and that Cultivator Faction members had an advantage in its trial.
• Jin Feng described the twenty-three top-tier God Emperors and gave Li Ze and Luo Feng Jade Slips with shortcuts for comprehending the mountain’s secret techniques.
• Li Ze, Luo Feng, and Jin Feng reached the central peak, where Cultivator Faction God Emperors were studying the Cloud Moon Technique.
• Li Ze and Luo Feng examined the engraved image and felt its profound pressure and attraction.
• Li Ze focused on the sea of clouds, recognized the Spacetime Dao within it, and immersed himself in studying the Origin Secret Art.

She Yuan came to the Ten Thousand Methods Mountain Range with a Progenitor-granted trump card intended to kill Li Ze, even at the cost of his own life. After more than a year of study, Li Ze mastered Cloud Moon Technique and went on to comprehend other secret arts; a hundred years later, She Yuan confronted him while he studied a technique on an Outer Ring Peak.

• She Yuan met Greedy Wolf, learned that Li Ze and Luo Feng were protected by Jin Feng's nearby group, and ordered Greedy Wolf to watch for a chance to strike if they separated.
• She Yuan entered the Central 81 Peaks and waited on an unoccupied peak while other factions speculated about his arrival.
• After hundreds of thousands of epochs of accelerated study, Li Ze completely comprehended Cloud Moon Technique, while Luo Feng continued studying it.
• Li Ze moved from peak to peak, comprehending secret techniques, and a hundred years passed.
• While Li Ze studied an unfamiliar God Emperor-level technique, She Yuan landed several hundred thousand kilometers away and confronted him, invoking his friendship with Xi Mu.

Li Ze accepted She Yuan’s challenge outside the Ten Thousand Methods Mountain Range and used their battle to test the secret techniques he had comprehended. She Yuan secretly released Infinite Serpent Poison, prompting the Cultivator Faction’s Source Lords to threaten the Infinite Great Serpent.

• She Yuan accused Li Ze of killing Xi Mu and challenged him to fight outside the Ten Thousand Methods Mountain Range; Li Ze accepted, suspecting She Yuan had a trump card.
• Li Ze and She Yuan faced off in the void as God Emperors from multiple factions gathered to watch and prevent either side from interfering.
• Li Ze used the Golden Extreme flying technique and the Heaven Seizing Sword against She Yuan’s shield and silver moon weapons, then tested additional techniques from the Ten Thousand Methods Mountain Range.
• She Yuan realized Li Ze was using the fight to deepen his comprehension and secretly burned Source Bloodline Power to release Infinite Serpent Poison from a drop of multicolored liquid.
• Wu, Jin, Xing Mang, and other Cultivator Faction Source Lords recognized the poison and threatened the Infinite Great Serpent if Li Ze fell.