Chapter Summaries

Marquis Shang revealed himself as the reincarnated Great Gan Great Ancestor and used the Spiritual Sense Steel Seal to control powerful figures. As the Nine Apertures Azure Firmament Heavenly Net Absolute Array activated, he sacrificed eight controlled Dream Masters to force the two worlds to converge.

• The Great Gan Imperial Court activated the Nine Apertures Azure Firmament Heavenly Net Absolute Array by sacrificing Emperor Zhaoming, and the Great Gan Great Ancestor revealed himself as Marquis Shang.
• Yin Venerable Lord exposed Marquis Shang's Spiritual Sense Steel Seal, which had enslaved Imperial Court leaders and even three Sages who had willingly accepted it.
• Marquis Shang explained that the technique could control up to eighty-one people but had weakened his soul, while the allied Sages resolved that he had to die.
• As the Dream Master Realm neared opening, Marquis Shang triggered eight controlled mighty figures, including Elder Lian Huo and Elder Ji Yin, to attack their allies and sacrifice themselves.
• The blood dragon joined with six earth dragons and the eight sacrifices, crashing into the ground as Marquis Shang's ritual began merging the two worlds.

Fang Yuan witnessed the Six Extremes Earth Convergence Great Array devastate the battlefield and open the Gate of White Bones to the Dream Master Realm. As its energy and spirits flooded Great Gan, Marquis Shang revealed that he had engineered the disaster to help his true body escape the Inner Demon Realm, but the realm began demanding more offerings.

• Fang Yuan escaped the array's dimensional storm and saw that it had annihilated the allied army, including Shi Longtu, and destroyed much of Yujing City.
• The five Sages appeared among the survivors as the Gate of White Bones formed and opened, flooding the area with Dream Origin Power.
• Imperial Court experts attacked the weakened Seventh Layer Virtual Saints while the five Sages struggled to adapt their power to the new energy.
• Marquis Shang admitted that he came from the Inner Demon Realm and warned that its spirits would turn Great Gan into a living hell.
• Marquis Shang revealed that his true body was trying to escape through the gate and settle in Great Gan, while the Sages realized they had been manipulated.
• The Inner Demon Realm struck the Gate of White Bones with dark-red lightning, destroying bones and demanding more offerings before Marquis Shang could leave.

Marquis Shang revealed that he had manipulated the five Sages to free his true asura body from the Inner Demon Realm, while planning to become the Great Gan World's guardian. The Sages destroyed their grotto-heavens to fight him, but his true body broke their attacks and dragged Yin Venerable through the Gate of White Bones, leaving the survivors desperate to seal it.

• The five Sages realized Marquis Shang had used their scheme to open the World Gate and intended to make the Great Gan World his own paradise.
• Marquis Shang offered the Sages as sacrifices so his asura true body could descend through the Gate of White Bones.
• Sage Gu Chen destroyed his grotto-heaven and summoned the Twelve Ancestor Witches' Baleful Intent Grand Formation, while the other Sages reforged their grotto-heavens and unleashed their powers.
• The five Sages struck Marquis Shang's descending claw, breaking its fingers, but his true body extended a second hand into the Great Gan World.
• The asura's karmic chains seized Yin Venerable and dragged her through the Gate of White Bones into the Inner Demon Realm.
• The four remaining Sages abandoned their plan to enter the Inner Demon Realm and resolved to seal the World Gate.

Fang Yuan disrupted the battle over the Gate of White Bones by helping the four Sages seize the Nine Apertures Azure Firmament Heavenly Net Absolute Array. After they sealed the gate and severed Marquis Shang’s true body from the world, Heaven’s Will took control of both arrays and began cutting off the Great Gan World from the Inner Demon Realm.

• Fang Yuan revealed his Seventh Layer Virtual Saint power, defeated a Spirit Scholar and the Grand General, and reached the Gate of White Bones to activate the Nine Apertures Azure Firmament Heavenly Net Absolute Array.
• The four Sages and Marquis Shang fought for control of the array, with Fang Yuan withdrawing after Hidden Dragon Venerable Lord and others joined Marquis Shang’s side.
• The four Sages overcame Marquis Shang’s allies, seized the array, and used it to turn the Gate of White Bones to stone, severing Marquis Shang’s true body’s hand and part of its arm.
• The Gate’s closure stopped the Six Extremes Earth Convergence Great Array, allowing Heaven’s Will to break free and take control of both arrays.
• Heaven’s Will fused the arrays into a net and blade that began severing the Great Gan World’s connection to the Inner Demon Realm, alarming Marquis Shang and the Sages.

The Inner Demon Realm opened the Gate of White Bones and stole the Great Gan World’s Dream Master cultivation path, stripping Fang Yuan and the Sages of their abilities. The gate closed, but Fang Yuan was left to consider whether he could learn to use Dream Origin Power without the stolen system.

• The Great Gan Will severed the world’s connection to the Inner Demon Realm, but Dream Origin Power already in the world sustained the Dream Masters.
• The Gate of White Bones opened, and an overwhelming being from beyond it descended as Marquis Shang fled.
• The being declared that it would take the Dream Masters’ path, then drained their cultivation and power to manifest and enlighten.
• Fang Yuan realized the Inner Demon Realm had stolen the Great Gan World’s Way of the Dream Master as a means of harvesting its achievements.
• The Gate of White Bones shut and was destroyed by divine thunder, while Fang Yuan and the Sages remained weakened.

Fang Yuan exploited the collapse of the Dream Masters’ power to kill Marquis Shang, while True Saints and True Origin Spirit Scholars turned against the weakened Dream Masters. The battlefield descended into a purge, and Fang Yuan charged after Li Qingmian to avenge Hermit Juexin.

• Fang Yuan intercepted Marquis Shang and struck him down as the Great Gan World’s will stripped Dream Masters of their power.
• A True Origin Spirit Scholar and other court forces attacked Marquis Shang, while Hidden Dragon Venerable Lord, Wan Sheng Wu Zun, and Qian Huan Yi assessed the upheaval.
• Hidden Dragon Venerable Lord used his spirit-path cultivation to kill a True Saint, and Wan Sheng Wu Zun and Qian Huan Yi withdrew with him as the battlefield dissolved into chaos.
• Fang Yuan shattered Marquis Shang’s skull, erased his remaining consciousness, and stored his corpse in the Mountain River Pearl.
• Fang Yuan forced his way past the court experts and charged at Li Qingmian, determined to avenge Hermit Juexin.

Fang Yuan avenged his master by killing Li Qingmian and other powerhouses, then escaped Yujing to recover in hiding. In his consciousness, he awoke in a tiny, failing True Dream Realm and realized it had survived the loss of his Dream Master cultivation.

• Fang Yuan killed Old Mother Tianshan, drove off Sage Gu Chen, and killed Li Qingmian after declaring his revenge for his master.
• Fang Yuan killed two more Seventh Layer Virtual Saints, left Yujing, and hid in a cave to recover as the remaining factions turned on the Dream Masters.
• Fang Yuan awakened as a flame in a chaotic void and recognized the space as his Sea of Consciousness.
• Fang Yuan found the rusted Mountain Sword and a statue of Elder Ji Yin, confirming that his True Dream Realm still existed despite the loss of his Dream Master path.

Fang Yuan discovered that his Attribute Solidification ability had preserved a fragment of the Dream Master path, then revived the Demon God Soldier and made her his servant. Meanwhile, the Great Gan World descended into violent persecution of Dream Masters, and released ghosts and Inner Demons began turning the chaos into a wider disaster.

• Fang Yuan manifested the True Dream Realm and realized his ability had preserved a sliver of its foundation, though the enemy who took the path could eventually threaten him.
• Fang Yuan revived the Demon God Soldier girl, told her Extreme Yin True Body had perished, and ordered her to serve him as Elder Ji Yin.
• Martial artists attacked Bai Ze Mountain in Tianhe Commandery, killing and plundering Dream Masters while the powerless former steward died by suicide.
• The Patriarch Meng confined his son for wanting to rescue his Dream Master teacher and allied with the attackers to seize the Dream Masters' wealth.
• A martial artist near the Meng residence transformed into a spider-bodied monster and attacked the crowd as other monsters appeared across the city.

Fang Yuan learned that the Dream Masters had fallen into ruin and the Great Gan court had been destroyed, while magic spirits spread through the world. As his carriage reached a crowd of refugees, a martial artist transformed into a monster and attacked, confirming the calamity had reached them.

• Fang Yuan reviewed reports of the Great Gan court's collapse and the Dream Masters' decline, and decided Marquis Shang's belongings might hold clues to restoring his power.
• Fang Yuan discovered a ten-thousand-year soul jade pendant and mysterious characters carved into a hairpin among Marquis Shang's treasures.
• Jiyin alerted Fang Yuan to a vast crowd of refugees, and he learned that magic spirits were rampaging through Tianhe Commandery.
• Fang Yuan ordered his group to move on, but armed martial artists tried to seize the carriage and Jiyin.
• One martial artist transformed into a tentacled monster that devoured corpses and released white eggs to seek hosts, and Fang Yuan recognized the magic spirits' threat.

Fang Yuan discovered that Dream Origin Power could harm incorporeal demonic spirits and headed for the Holy Lotus Sect headquarters. As the sect faced a demonic beast siege, Liu Mengmei tried to organize its defense, but Elder Qinglian fled with the treasures and opened the way for the monsters to invade.

• Fang Yuan killed a demonic spirit, tested how Dream Origin Power affected it, and concluded that the demonic calamity could spread and grow more dangerous over time.
• Fang Yuan ordered Extreme Yin to take the carriage to the Holy Lotus Heavenly Pool, the Holy Lotus Sect headquarters.
• The Holy Lotus Sect disciples struggled to defend the headquarters from a beast tide after Yin Venerable Lord's death left them unable to activate their teleportation array.
• Liu Mengmei urged the disciples to resist and organized reinforcements for the protective array.
• Elder Qinglian escaped aboard the Flying Divine Ship, using his Elder Token to open the array and let the monsters flood into the Heavenly Pool.

Fang Yuan reached the Holy Lotus Heavenly Pool, killed Elder Qinglian, and forced the surviving Holy Lotus Sect disciples to submit so he could take their inheritance. He led Liu Mengmei and just over a hundred survivors out through the Beast Tide, but dozens of demon spirits attacked them at the end.

• Fang Yuan intercepted Elder Qinglian, rejected his offer, and killed him after breaking through his treasures.
• Fang Yuan subdued the monsters around the Heavenly Pool and reached Liu Mengmei and the surviving Holy Lotus Sect disciples.
• Fang Yuan killed a resistant steward and compelled the disciples to accept Liu Mengmei as their leader and prepare to leave.
• Fang Yuan used his strength to protect the group as they gathered scriptures and treasures and entered the Beast Tide.
• Dozens of demon spirits appeared and lunged at Fang Yuan's group.

Fang Yuan defeated the demonic spirit commanding the Beast Tide and learned that it came from the Inner Demon Realm. He enslaved it by learning its True Name, named it Ado, and took it along to help the squad as the demonic calamity continued to threaten Dagan.

• Fang Yuan crushed the demonic spirits and beasts attacking the squad, then captured the humanoid commander after it tried to flee and self-destruct.
• Fang Yuan beat the commander until it revealed its True Name, giving him control over its life and death, and named it Ado.
• Ado explained that it had evolved from a lowly wraith in the Inner Demon Realm by consuming energy and that it had attacked the Holy Lotus Heavenly Pool seeking powerful cultivators to eat.
• Ado identified a rune as meaning “Flower of Heart,” giving Fang Yuan a way to translate Marquis Shang’s documents, and agreed to guide the squad through the demonic beast army.
• Ado possessed Elder Qinglian’s corpse to make itself a body, and Fang Yuan ordered it to stay beside him and keep its frightening appearance hidden.

Fang Yuan abandoned Jinyang Blessed Land and seized control of the Nine Absolute Mountains, establishing a new force amid the chaos in the Great Gan World. He left the mountains organized and defensible, but made clear that only useful people and their families would be admitted.

• Fang Yuan rejected the Spiritual Sense Steel Seal technique as too narrow a path and continued traveling toward Jinyang Blessed Land.
• Fang Yuan ordered Meng Tian and Meng Guang to evacuate Jinyang Blessed Land and take everyone to the Nine Absolute Mountains.
• Fang Yuan drove out the Dream Master Alliance and took control of its stronghold in the Nine Absolute Mountains, where the Dream Masters surrendered and joined him.
• Fang Yuan gathered his followers and surviving Dream Masters, named his new force the Nine Absolute Mountains, and had its peak cleared and fortified.
• The girl of Extreme Yin reported that the mountains could house three thousand people and were protected by sealed entrances and A Duo's demon patrols.
• Fang Yuan told the girl of Extreme Yin and Liu Mengmei to admit only useful recruits, then surveyed the new settlement and its fields.

Fang Yuan used the Seed of Jianmu to establish a formation and lay the foundation for a new sect in the Nine Absolute Mountains. He became its Mountain Lord and then turned his attention to cultivating while considering the Great Gan World's turmoil and the Dream Masters' lost path.

• Fang Yuan planted the Seed of Jianmu with Myriad Transformations Mystic Water and Nine Heavens Breath Soil, creating the Heavenly Net Greenwood Great Array to regulate the Nine Absolute Mountains' energy and restrictions.
• Fang Yuan announced the establishment of a sect in the Nine Absolute Mountains, naming himself Mountain Lord, Jiyin and Liu Mengmei as Protectors, and Meng Tian, Meng Guang, and others as Stewards.
• More than a thousand people bowed to Fang Yuan and accepted their positions as the sect's First Absolute Disciples and other members.
• Fang Yuan returned to his quiet chamber, reflected on Marquis Shang's Spiritual Sense Steel Seal manual, and resumed considering his cultivation.
• Fang Yuan assessed the Great Gan World's upheaval, the Inner Demon Realm's influence, and the Dream Masters' loss of their former path, then found the crisis fascinating.

Fang Yuan rebuilt his True Dream Realm and resolved to forge a stronger Dream Master path while the demonic calamity worsened beyond Nine Absolute Mountains. At Bai Ze Mountain, Sage Bai Ze and his people faced a three-headed dragon that split into three great experts and broke through their defensive array.

• Fang Yuan absorbed Dream Origin Power, collapsed his failing True Dream Realm, and rebuilt it as a small domain while retaining his Domain User abilities.
• Fang Yuan saw that his Dream Master cultivation could improve again and planned to create a new path using the scriptures and inheritances he had gathered.
• The demonic calamity spread across the land as war and suffering nourished the evil spirits, while Nine Absolute Mountains quietly consolidated its strength.
• Sage Bai Ze defended Bai Ze Mountain with the Myriad Spirits Great Array as a growing horde of monsters attacked.
• A three-headed Black Dragon demanded submission, but Sage Bai Ze attacked it with a Wind Dragon and severed its neck.
• The wounded dragon split into three great experts, broke through the Myriad Spirits Great Array, and charged Sage Bai Ze and the elders.

Sage Bai Ze and Bai Ze Mountain’s surviving Dream Masters repelled a demonic attack but faced shortages and had no reliable allies. Fang Yuan offered to trade supplies for Dream Master records and support, prompting them to confirm that the True Dream Realm had collapsed and could not be restored.

• Sage Bai Ze and three allies fought off the Black Dragons, which escaped after one sacrificed a clone to break the array.
• Bai Ze Mountain’s leaders debated relocating or seeking aid, but distrusted the Evil Saint Sect and the Realm Alliance and worried about dwindling supplies.
• An administrator delivered Fang Yuan’s offer to trade Spirit Rice and origin crystals for Dream Master texts and discuss mutual support.
• Bai Ze Mountain tested Dream Masters of different ranks and confirmed that the True Dream Realm had collapsed, leaving them unable to turn the illusory into the real.
• Sage Bai Ze suspected Fang Yuan wanted to recover the Dream Master path by gathering its practitioners, while the elders doubted they could unite.

Fang Yuan discovered Azure Origin Grass that could stabilize the Great Gan World's chaotic Origin Energy, and Heaven's will rewarded his efforts by raising his Planting Skill to level six. With plans to spread the grass and high-yield crops, he then decided to use the Dream Traveling Method to seek world-origin power and test his ideas about Dream Masters.

• Fang Yuan learned that the World Alliance and Evil Saint Sect rejected his proposal, while Bai Ze Mountain agreed only to trade books and secret arts for supplies.
• Fang Yuan inspected Nine Absolute Mountains' Spiritual Fields and identified a hardy weed that could calm chaotic Origin Energy, naming it Azure Origin Grass.
• Fang Yuan prayed for Heaven's guidance, received world-origin power, and raised his Planting Skill to level six, gaining the ability to communicate with plants and direct their growth and mutations.
• Fang Yuan ordered Liu Mengmei to prepare high-yield crop and Spirit Rice seeds so he could spread Azure Origin Grass and improve food production.
• A month later, Fang Yuan decided to use the Dream Traveling Method to harvest world-origin power and test his ideas about the Way of the Dream Master.

Fang Yuan searched for new world coordinates after the Great Gan World shifted, then entered the ominous Purple Eye World and reincarnated as Tantai Mie Ming. His family treated the newborn as a weapon against their curse, and Fang Yuan sensed that his powerful body had been deliberately prepared for a purpose.

• Fang Yuan discovered that the Great Gan World’s movement had severed his known world coordinates and began searching for unfamiliar worlds.
• After a month of searching, Fang Yuan located the dangerous Purple Eye World and sent his true spirit there.
• Fang Yuan’s spirit encountered a vision of a purple-black Bronze Door before darkness overtook him.
• Tantai Juexin welcomed a newborn boy during a storm, and the family elder named him Tantai Mie Ming.
• Tantai Mie Ming silently observed his fearful relatives as Fang Yuan recovered from reincarnation and sensed that his body had been prepared as a tool.

Fang Yuan grew up in the secluded Tantai Family, where a curse seemed to bring repeated mysterious deaths and left the household fearing him as an ill omen. By age five, he had concluded that the family was cursed, while remaining isolated from its members.

• As a newborn, Fang Yuan learned about the Tantai Family and found that his powers and skills were sealed in a mansion heavy with Yin Qi.
• Qiu Liang tried to stab Fang Yuan, blaming him for A Shang’s death, but Tantai Juexin killed her after she fatally stabbed a maid.
• Tantai Guijing ordered the incident kept secret and strengthened the family’s security, while the household began treating Fang Yuan as a harbinger of ill fortune.
• Over five years, Fang Yuan noticed that people in the family kept dying mysteriously and that his mother, Su Xin, and the other household members avoided him.
• At age five, Fang Yuan concluded that the Tantai Family was cursed and remained isolated despite having comfortable living conditions.

Fang Yuan, called Tantai Mie Ming by the Tantai family, faced his first practical ghost-exorcism lesson in the dangerous Ghost Garden and revealed his power over its plants. After he survived and destroyed a Dead Man's Vine, Tantai Guijing put Tantai Juexin in charge of his training and told him that Juexin had returned.

• Tantai Juexin tested Fang Yuan's knowledge of ghosts and led him to the forbidden grounds behind the Sacrificial Hall.
• Tantai Juexin pushed Fang Yuan into the Ghost Garden and ordered him to stay there until dawn, while explaining that its plants and supernatural dangers could kill him.
• Fang Yuan used his Planting Skill and Heart of Nature to command the garden's plants and sensed their pain and distortion.
• Fang Yuan ripped up a Dead Man's Vine, ended its suffering, and emerged with its seeds before asking Tantai Juexin to teach him to identify the plants.
• Tantai Guijing sent Fang Yuan away, assigned Tantai Juexin responsibility for his training, and told him that Juexin had returned.