Chapter Summaries

Li Ze faced Frost and dozens of Source Experts who ambushed him, then crushed their formation with the Chaos Bell, Karma Fire Domain, and Heaven Seizing Sword. After killing the attackers, he left the hidden observers shocked by his strength.

• Frost and dozens of Source Experts launched their full assault on Li Ze while Jiuyin and Jihuo watched from the palace Secret Treasure.
• Li Ze struck with the Chaos Bell, killing seventeen attackers and severely wounding the rest.
• The surviving Source Experts recognized Li Ze as an Origin Lord and tried to flee.
• Li Ze unleashed the Karma Fire Domain to trap the survivors across hundreds of trillions of light-years.
• Li Ze used the Chaos Bell and Heaven Seizing Sword to kill the remaining attackers as hidden experts watched from afar.

Li Ze defeated Yinshuang and the other experts but let them escape so he could continue toward Tianxun Mountain. In the depths of the Primordial Source Space, Cang Zu and other powerful beings learned of Li Ze and began plotting to lure him into a deadly region and seize his opportunity.

• Li Ze killed the weaker Source Experts and drove Yinshuang and six powerful allies into retreat, then declined to pursue them.
• Li Ze told Jiuyin, Jihuo, and the others that killing the fleeing experts would cost too much and resumed their journey toward Tianxun Mountain.
• Cang Zu learned that Li Ze had nearly slaughtered Yinshuang's group and recognized him as the Cultivator Faction's rising Lord-level fighter.
• Cang Zu told the other ancient beings that Li Ze might possess an opportunity capable of helping them advance beyond the Primordial Source Space's restraints.
• Cang Zu and the others rejected a direct assault and agreed to track Li Ze and lure him into a dangerous region where they could try to kill him.

Li Ze and his companions entered the ruins of Tianxun Mountain, where they encountered Mo Bo’s group and agreed to explore separately. As Li Ze headed for the mountain’s core, its imprisoned inhabitants saw the newcomers as a possible chance to escape, though some expected them to perish like those before.

• After waiting for Tianxun Mountain’s periodic fluctuation, Li Ze, Jiuyin, Jihuo, and the others followed it into the ruins and sensed danger from the mountain-shaped phantom.
• Mo Bo and three companions appeared, recognized Li Ze, and agreed with him to explore separately, with each group keeping whatever treasures it found.
• The ruins’ Space-Time Array drew both groups to the same landing area, where a powerful force suppressed movement and weakened secret techniques.
• Li Ze’s group left Mo Bo’s group behind and headed through the explored outskirts toward Tianxun Mountain’s core.
• In the mountain’s depths, imprisoned beings discussed the newcomers and hoped they might help them escape, while some feared they would only die or become trapped.

Li Ze defeated the eight Strange Beasts guarding the central palace with the Chaos Bell, clearing the route into Tianxun Mountain’s core region. Inside, he discovered a hall of Black Thrones and sat on one, activating them all and unleashing a terrifying oppressive aura.

• Li Ze flew toward the central palace and fought the Strange Beasts while airflow Chains also tried to bind him.
• Mo Bo and his companions watched Li Ze’s battle through a light screen, then planned to follow the cleared route toward the continent’s core region.
• Li Ze used his Karma Fire Domain and Chaos Bell to kill all eight Strange Beasts, dispersing the airflow blocking the way.
• Li Ze entered the palace with Jiuyin and the others, found a vast hall filled with empty Black Thrones, and suspected they held a hidden mystery.
• Li Ze sat on one Throne, causing black light to connect and illuminate every Throne as their oppressive aura forced Jiuyin and the others to their knees.

Li Ze activated the true Tianxun Mountain by sitting on the palace throne and learned that the Tianxun Clan had been destroyed for trying to control the Primordial Source Space Origin Rules. He entered a hidden passage and met a consciousness of Tianxun Progenitor, who explained that he had fallen but left the consciousness behind.

• Li Ze's arrival on the throne awakened the central peak, and a voice called the powerful beings of Tianxun Mountain toward it.
• Mo Bo concluded that Li Ze had triggered the change and flew with the other Source Experts toward the central peak.
• Li Ze learned that the Tianxun Clan had been destroyed after its Progenitors attempted to control the Infinite Source Space Origin Rules.
• A passage opened before Li Ze, and an unfamiliar voice invited him inside; Li Ze entered while Jiuyin, Jihuo, and the others remained behind.
• Li Ze appeared in a vast void filled with mysterious azure currents and met a silver-robed figure who identified himself as Tianxun.
• Tianxun told Li Ze that he had fallen in the clan's destruction but had preserved a wisp of consciousness that would not disappear.

Tianxun sent Li Ze into the Sovereign Ancient Road, an ancient treasure holding secrets beyond Lord level, after Li Ze chose to investigate it despite the danger. Inside, the road suppressed his powers outside his body and bombarded him with unfamiliar Dao threads, which he began using to deepen his comprehension and advance his Inner Universe.

• Tianxun explained that he had awakened after seeing Li Ze's strength and asked him to inherit the Tianxun Clan's pursuit of controlling the Primordial Source Space Origin Rules, but Li Ze refused.
• Tianxun revealed that his clan's path came from secrets found in the Sovereign Ancient Road and offered Li Ze a choice between entering it or receiving a Lord-level Source Secret Treasure and leaving.
• After learning that the road was dangerous and that a powerful member of the Tianxun Clan had died there, Li Ze chose to enter and Tianxun opened the entrance.
• Li Ze entered the Sovereign Ancient Road, where the Stone Stairs prevented his powers from extending beyond his body and disappeared into darkness above and around him.
• When Li Ze stepped onto the first stair, unfamiliar threads of Dao struck and injured him, but their fluctuations gave him insights into new Dao mysteries.
• Li Ze punched apart the Dao threads as he climbed, absorbing their insights, and his Inner Universe slowly began to change.

Li Ze endured the Sovereign Ancient Road’s endless Dao attacks, using them to comprehend new Daos and strengthen his Inner Universe. After a hundred million years, he was gravely injured but remained determined to continue, believing his progress would improve his chances of surviving the Source Universe Tribulation.

• Li Ze let the road’s Dao threads strike his body, turning their impacts into clearer insights and strengthening his physique and Inner Universe.
• As he climbed, the threads became powerful Dao manifestations and then actively attacking figures that combined multiple Daos, forcing Li Ze to fight back with the Heaven Seizing Sword.
• Jiuyin, Jihuo, and the other Source Experts witnessed strange phenomena shrouding the Tianxun Mountain Continent, while Mo Bo wondered whether Li Ze or a treasure had caused them.
• After another hundred million years of combat, Li Ze suffered severe wounds but fully comprehended the Dao of Destruction, bringing his total to forty-three complete Daos and hundreds of incomplete ones.
• Li Ze was blasted away for the first time, yet remained resolved to advance and strengthen his Inner Universe before confronting the Origin Will of the Primordial Source Space.

Li Ze created Sword Universe by turning his Inner Universe into a sword, clearing the Myriad Dao Stone Steps and reaching the end of the Sovereign Ancient Road. There, the road’s Green Snake revealed that the stone steps were only an outer trial and that Li Ze must face the Master’s supreme experts to obtain the Master’s legacy.

• Tianxun and the other Tianxun Clan experts watched Li Ze advance and hoped he could break through to Above Lord and free them from their seals.
• Li Ze fought the remaining figures on the Sovereign Ancient Road and used his Inner Universe to form a universe that could withstand their attacks.
• Li Ze transformed that universe into a sword technique he named Sword Universe and used it to destroy the attackers and sever their connection to the road’s Origin Source.
• Li Ze reached the stone platform at the end of the road and found an ancient Green Stone Tablet engraved with the word “Sovereign.”
• The Green Snake appeared and explained that Li Ze had passed only the outermost trial and must defeat the Master’s supreme experts to obtain the Master’s legacy.
• Li Ze asked whether the Master was a realm above Origin Lord.

The green snake revealed that Master was the realm beyond Lord and explained the Sovereign Ancient Road’s dangerous trials and rewards. Li Ze entered the road, defeated its first avatar with ease, and pressed on in search of stronger opponents.

• The green snake confirmed that Master was the pinnacle beyond Lord and said Li Ze’s Inner Universe path gave him a chance to reach Origin Lord.
• The green snake explained that Li Ze would fight powerful avatars on the Sovereign Ancient Road and could gain their cultivation experience and Dao Essence by defeating them.
• The green snake activated the stone tablet, revealing a staircase of universes, and Li Ze flew onto it to begin the trial.
• A handsome man in qing armor named Cang Lan attacked Li Ze, who cut him down with the Heaven Seizing Sword and Sword Universe.
• Li Ze absorbed Cang Lan’s insights, found them only slightly helpful, and flew toward the next universe seeking stronger opponents.

Li Ze fought his way along the Sovereign Ancient Road, facing increasingly powerful incarnations and learning from their techniques. When Yan, a Supreme Being, joined eleven other experts to attack him, Li Ze finally unleashed his strengthened Sword Universe and overwhelmed them, while the Green Snake watched in astonishment.

• Li Ze battled five incarnations from the second universe, holding back to study their different ways of using Dao before suppressing them with Sword Universe.
• As stronger incarnations appeared, Li Ze let the earlier opponents join the fight, seeking enough pressure to improve through battle.
• A flame-wreathed Supreme Being named Yan appeared and attacked Li Ze alongside eleven other powerful incarnations.
• Li Ze endured their combined assault and declared that he had learned their Dao and arts, then unleashed his strengthened Sword Universe.
• Li Ze’s Sword Universe suppressed Yan and the other incarnations and shook the Sovereign Ancient Road, leaving the Green Snake stunned by its power.

Li Ze unleashed the full power of his Sword Universe and overwhelmed the twelve expert avatars on the Sovereign Ancient Road. After killing Yan and the other avatars, he absorbed their insights and stood motionless as their memories flooded into his consciousness.

• Li Ze shattered the staff-wielding avatar’s weapon and repelled the combined attacks of all twelve avatars with one sword strike.
• Li Ze continued attacking, killed one avatar, and absorbed the insights it left behind, strengthening his Sword Universe.
• Li Ze overwhelmed the remaining avatars and destroyed them one by one until only Yan remained.
• Yan acknowledged Li Ze’s strength but insisted that he still had to defeat him to pass the Sovereign Ancient Road.
• Li Ze drowned Yan’s avatar in Sword Light and killed him, then received his memories and Dao insights.

Li Ze pushed deeper along the Sovereign Ancient Road and provoked a simultaneous assault by eight powerful Supreme Being Avatars. After killing one with a Soul Attack, he used the Chaos Bell to amplify his Sword Universe and began annihilating the remaining enemies, leaving the avatars stunned by his strength.

• Li Ze continued killing Supreme Being Avatars and improving his strength as he advanced along the Sovereign Ancient Road.
• Li Ze crossed multiple Cosmic Steps without waiting, triggering eight Supreme Being Avatars to condense and attack him together.
• Li Ze used a Soul Attack to stun the avatars briefly and killed Rock Ancestor, but the seven remaining avatars resumed their assault.
• Li Ze brought out the Chaos Bell and merged its power with his Sword Universe, then annihilated a humanoid Supreme Being Avatar with a single slash.
• The remaining Supreme Being Avatars were shocked as Li Ze's weakened Sword Universe swept toward its next target.

Li Ze fought through the Supreme Being Avatars on the Sovereign Ancient Road, but the arrival of three even stronger opponents left him nearly defeated. As the avatars tried to kill him, he understood Emperor’s destructive technique and began a breakthrough that could strengthen his Sword Universe.

• Li Ze killed several Supreme Being Avatars with the Sword Universe and Chaos Bell, but three stronger avatars arrived from deeper along the Sovereign Ancient Road.
• One avatar’s radiance nearly ensnared Li Ze’s consciousness, another attacked with a War Spear, and Emperor’s purple light shattered Li Ze’s defense and wounded him.
• The Supreme Being Avatars joined forces and suppressed Li Ze, while the Green Snake doubted he could pass the test.
• As he fought Emperor, Li Ze realized Emperor turned other Daos into firewood to fuel the Destruction Dao, and considered applying the method to his own Sword Dao.
• Li Ze’s aura and Sword Universe grew stronger as he began a breakthrough, prompting Emperor and the other five avatars to attack before he could complete it.

Li Ze comprehended how to merge the Ten Thousand Daos into his Sword Dao and used his new technique to overwhelm the Supreme Being Avatars on the Sovereign Ancient Road. As the Green Snake watched from outside, Li Ze continued killing the Avatars, and the battle neared its end.

• Li Ze endured the attacks of six Supreme Being Avatars with the Chaos Bell while incorporating Emperor's technique into his own.
• Li Ze completed his breakthrough in comprehension, merging the Ten Thousand Daos into his Sword Dao and creating a sword from the resulting Chaos energy.
• Li Ze killed one Supreme Being Avatar with a sword strike and absorbed its memories and Dao Rhythm insights.
• Li Ze resisted the Dao of Dreams and slew another Supreme Being Avatar as his flawless sword technique suppressed the others.
• The Green Snake watched Li Ze's overwhelming performance and sensed that the battle on the Sovereign Ancient Road was about to end.

Li Ze defeated Emperor in the Sovereign Ancient Road and gained insights into Emperor’s cultivation path before completing the trial. He received access to the Green Stone Tablet’s Master Secret Art inheritance and began comprehending one of its ten secret arts.

• Li Ze defeated Emperor, who admitted he could not win and shared his cultivation insights before his avatar dispersed.
• Li Ze studied Emperor’s memories and resolved to prove that his Inner Universe Cultivation Path could reach the supreme level.
• The creator of the Sovereign Ancient Road noticed Li Ze’s achievement, while Yuan observed the sword intent surrounding Li Ze’s Golden Crow Main Body and was impressed.
• After three thousand years of Dao Enlightenment, Li Ze was transported out of the Sovereign Ancient Road and met the Green Snake.
• The Green Snake offered Li Ze a Master Secret Art inheritance, and Li Ze touched the Green Stone Tablet and began comprehending one of its ten light spheres.

Li Ze entered the Green Stone Tablet’s inheritance and witnessed Shi, the Master who created the Sovereign Ancient Road, demonstrate four of the Five Styles of the Master. As Shi began the final style, Dao Without End, his Long Sword exploded before Li Ze could see the technique.

• Li Ze’s consciousness entered a vast, dark space after the universe within the Green Stone Tablet fused into his body.
• Shi appeared before Li Ze, explained that passing the Sovereign Ancient Road’s test showed he had the potential to become a Master, and began demonstrating his secret art.
• Shi demonstrated the First Style, Creation, which opened countless worlds with a single sword strike.
• Shi demonstrated the Second Style, Living Beings, creating lives that rapidly grew powerful, and the Third Style, Source Binding, which evoked Primordial Source Rivers and the restraints of countless lives.
• Shi demonstrated the Fourth Style, the Path of the Master, forming an extraordinary pattern from two intertwined Rivers of Time and Space that Li Ze could not comprehend.
• Shi began the Fifth Style, Dao Without End, but his Long Sword exploded before Li Ze could see the technique.

Li Ze received the Five Styles of the Master inheritance and took the Sovereign Ancient Road from Tianxun Mountain. The Tianxun Progenitor asked him to free four sealed Tianxun Origin Lords if he reached the Master Level, and Li Ze agreed.

• Li Ze learned that the fifth style, Dao Without End, could not be fully demonstrated on the Sovereign Ancient Road, then returned to his body with the inheritance of the first four styles.
• The Green Snake completed its mission, passed responsibility for finding new Inheritors to Li Ze, and dispersed as the Sovereign Ancient Road merged into the Green Stone Tablet.
• Li Ze refined the Green Stone Tablet and left the trial space, then told the Tianxun Progenitor he had passed the trial and would take the Sovereign Ancient Road with him.
• The Tianxun Progenitor explained that four Tianxun Origin Lords remained sealed and asked Li Ze to free them if he reached the Master Level; Li Ze agreed.
• The Tianxun Progenitor gave Li Ze a silver ring containing Tianxun Clan treasures and resources.

At the Divine Temple beneath Tianxun Mountain, Mo Bo overwhelmed Jiuyin and Jihuo until Li Ze returned to the battlefield. Li Ze revealed a vastly greater power and struck Mo Bo down with his Sword Universe.

• Jiuyin and Jihuo joined forces against Mo Bo over the Secret Treasures in the Divine Temple, but Mo Bo unleashed a powerful attack that wounded Jihuo and sent Jiuyin’s Long Shuttle flying.
• Nantian sensed Li Ze’s aura returning from Tianxun Mountain, and Li Ze appeared on the battlefield as Mo Bo stopped his assault.
• Li Ze attacked Mo Bo with the Heaven Seizing Sword and sent him flying, but Mo Bo believed he could withstand Li Ze’s power and charged back into battle.
• Li Ze formed the Sword Universe and overwhelmed Mo Bo, cutting through his Battle Saber and dividing his body in two.

Li Ze killed Mo Bo after overwhelming him with the Sword Universe, then turned on the three World-class Source Experts who had accompanied him. The other battlefield experts were left shaken by Li Ze's strength.

• Li Ze severely wounded Mo Bo with one strike, and Mo Bo decided to flee as the surrounding experts watched in shock.
• Li Ze pursued Mo Bo with the Sword Universe, declaring that Mo Bo would pay with his life for attacking Jihuo and the others.
• Mo Bo turned to fight, but Li Ze's seventh sword annihilated him despite his attempts to withstand the blows.
• Li Ze collected Mo Bo's many Lord-level Source Secret Treasures, which he considered valuable for strengthening the Human Race.
• Li Ze pursued and killed Mo Bo's three fleeing companions.

After leaving the Tianxun Mountain Ruins, Li Ze gave Jiuyin, Jihuo, and the others treasures before returning them to the Land of Source. In the depths of the Primordial Source Space, Cang and his allies sent Li Yuan to lure Li Ze into Tianmie Forest, but Li Yuan appeared before Li Ze first.

• Li Ze offered Jiuyin, Jihuo, Nantian, Yuanlun, and Guxingtu treasures as compensation, and they accepted the palace treasures while Li Ze kept Mo Bo's spoils.
• Li Ze stored the group in his spatial Secret Treasure, left the Tianxun Mountain Ruins, and returned them to the Land of Source.
• Cang and the other figures learned Li Ze had emerged and ordered Li Yuan to lure him to Tianmie Forest, while they prepared to intervene if the plan failed.
• Li Yuan appeared behind Li Ze in the depths of the Primordial Source Space, introduced himself, and provocatively asked Li Ze to show him what he had obtained.