Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ye tested the Divine Transformation Domain and discovered that it could raise his combat power to the Seven Breaks level, but left him nearly powerless afterward. As news spread that his Talent had become Transcendent, Li Qingqiu ordered Li Qingyue to apologize to him, and Jiang Ye prepared to enter seclusion before spotting a familiar figure outside the Chen Family grounds.

• Jiang Ye activated the Divine Transformation Domain, unleashed a spear strike that devastated a region hundreds of miles wide, and then collapsed from the ability’s severe energy cost.
• Li Qingqiu recovered the Li Family’s records about Jiang Ye, learned that Li Qingyue had driven him away, and ordered her to apologize to him or remain barred from the family.
• News spread among the transcendent lineages that Jiang Ye had gained Transcendent Talent, startling Zhou Xingkong and exciting Chu Jingye.
• Jiang Ye told Chen Zilu he would enter seclusion, gave her treasures to distribute, and left the Chen Family grounds.
• Jiang Ye spotted a familiar figure outside the Chen Family grounds and wondered who it was.

Jiang Ye confronted Li Qingyue over his parents’ deaths, then distributed talent-advancement treasures to his family, friends, and institutions. He arranged a Federation-wide selection for more candidates, while explicitly excluding the Zhou family.

• Li Qingyue brought Jiang Ye treasures as an apology, but he refused to forgive her until she uncovered the truth about his parents’ deaths; she said both deaths might have involved the Chu Family.
• Jiang Ye returned to his family and gave Jiang Ting, Jiang Dahai, and Li Anping treasures to improve their talents and cultivation.
• Jiang Ye gave Zhao Qingli advancement treasures, reassured her that she did not owe him anything, and described Chen Zilu as his Senior Sister and a special comrade-in-arms.
• Jiang Ye visited Penglai University and left treasures for the school, then learned Zhu Honglie was still in danger in Xishan Province.
• Jiang Ye gave White Dragon University treasures for advancing candidates’ talents and asked Bai Jing to arrange a broad, fair selection across the Blue Star Federation.
• Jiang Ye told Bai Jing not to allocate any advancement treasures to the Zhou family, and Bai Jing agreed to convey his request to Federation headquarters.

Jiang Ye learned about the Law World, Civilization Crossing, and the difficulty of reaching the higher Breaks before entering seclusion to take the eighth-floor Martial Arts Heavenly Ladder test. Meanwhile, Bai Jing presented hundreds of talent-advancement treasures to the Federation, prompting Alliance Leader Qi Tian to convene the demigods, who reacted with astonishment.

• Bai Jing and Elder Qiu discussed Jiang Ye’s Six Breaks realm, his peak Seven Breaks comprehension, and the Law World’s benefits for reaching Seven Breaks.
• Bai Jing and Elder Qiu explained Civilization Crossing’s separate Dao Bone and Transcendent battlefields, then warned Jiang Ye how difficult it would be to reach Eight Breaks and Nine Breaks.
• Jiang Ye arranged several months of undisturbed seclusion in an underground chamber at White Dragon University and began the eighth-floor Martial Arts Heavenly Ladder test.
• Bai Jing brought hundreds of talent-advancement treasures to Federation Headquarters, and Alliance Leader Qi Tian convened a meeting of the demigods without inviting the Zhou Family Demigod.
• Bai Jing told the demigods that Jiang Ye had brought back enough treasures to raise two hundred people to Transcendent Talent, stunning the assembled leaders.

Jiang Ye entered the Martial Arts Heavenly Ladder’s trial and arrived on Savage Dragon Star, where he learned about its tribes, ancient cities, and Black Tower trials. As he set out toward Black Obsidian City to make his name, Bai Gui realized Savage Dragon Star had supposedly been destroyed over ten thousand years earlier.

• Qi Tian secured the demigods’ agreement to give Jiang Ye treasures in exchange for Talent Treasures, while the Zhou Family Demigod was excluded and arranged to buy one from Chu Wanmo.
• The Federation began searching for people with outstanding Primitive Talents as Jiang Ye was teleported into the trial, where his life origin merged with the world.
• Jiang Ye killed a peak Five Breaks savage tiger with one slap and rescued hunters from the Black Stone Tribe, who told him about Savage Dragon Star and Black Obsidian City.
• Jiang Ye learned that Black Obsidian City’s Black Tower trials could help him make his name across Savage Dragon Star, and he headed toward the city.
• Bai Gui recalled that Savage Dragon Star had belonged to the Yellow Dragon Civilization and had been destroyed in a war more than ten thousand years earlier.

Jiang Ye traveled across the Barren Plains toward Black Obsidian City, where he hoped to learn about Savage Dragon Star and challenge the Black Tower. After joining Zhao Zixuan, he destroyed a bandit gang that ambushed them, revealing strength far beyond what she expected.

• Jiang Ye and Bai Gui discussed whether Savage Dragon Star was the same planet that had been destroyed ten thousand years earlier, and Jiang Ye decided to learn more in Black Obsidian City.
• Jiang Ye disguised himself as a member of a low-tier tribe and traveled cautiously across the Barren Plains toward the city.
• A horde of Six Breaks vicious beasts attacked Jiang Ye, but a purple-armored girl drove them off and invited him to travel with her; she later identified herself as Zhao Zixuan.
• Near Black Obsidian City, four bandits surrounded Jiang Ye and Zhao Zixuan, and their Seven Breaks leader trapped them in a domain.
• Jiang Ye used Earth's Profound Meaning to break the bandit's domain, killed the three Six Breaks bandits with a palm strike, and slew their leader with his spear.
• Zhao Zixuan stared in shock at Jiang Ye after seeing him defeat all four bandits in moments.

After Jiang Ye effortlessly killed a Seven Breaks bandit, Zhao Zixuan revealed Black Obsidian City’s power structure and the ranks of demigods while they traveled toward the city. When Nine Breaks fierce beasts attacked, Uncle Yan rescued them and revealed that Zhao Zixuan was the Black Obsidian City Lord’s daughter; Jiang Ye arrived in the city with a month to prepare for the Black Tower trial.

• Jiang Ye defeated a Seven Breaks Savage Dragon Star bandit with one move, and Zhao Zixuan and Uncle Yan recognized his exceptional potential.
• As Jiang Ye and Zhao Zixuan headed toward Black Obsidian City, she explained demigod ranks, the Black Tower trial, and the city’s powerful rulers.
• Nine Breaks fierce beasts ambushed Jiang Ye and Zhao Zixuan, but Uncle Yan appeared and killed them with a single attack.
• Zhao Zixuan revealed that she was the Black Obsidian City Lord’s daughter and that Uncle Yan was her guardian, then warned the beasts might have targeted her.
• Uncle Yan transported Jiang Ye and Zhao Zixuan to Black Obsidian City, where she arranged for Jiang Ye to stay until the Black Tower trial began in a month.
• Jiang Ye asked Zhao Zixuan for information about Black Obsidian City, the other prosperous ancient cities, and Savage Dragon Star.

Jiang Ye settled in Black Obsidian City, learned about the Black Tower trial, and discovered that Savage Dragon Star belonged to Huanglong Civilization. As he began a month of cultivation, a mysterious figure arrived at Blue Star and took a girl, calling her “Your Highness” and saying he had come to take her home.

• Zhao Zixuan lent Jiang Ye a Divine Palace Token, brought him to a residence near the Black Obsidian Divine Palace, and arranged for information and treasures to be delivered to him.
• Qing Yuan told Jiang Ye that the residents were candidates for Zhao Zixuan’s personal guards and explained the Black Tower trial and its rewards.
• Zhao Zhuo confronted Zhao Zixuan about bringing Jiang Ye to the city, and she threatened him when he suggested harming Jiang Ye.
• Jiang Ye read Zhao Zixuan’s dossier and learned that Savage Dragon Star was part of Huanglong Civilization and that the Black Tower could earn him fame and a path to Brilliant Dragon Main Star.
• Jiang Ye began cultivating with the treasures and inheritances he had received, preparing for the Black Tower trial a month later.
• A mysterious figure arrived above Blue Star, summoned a girl from the planet, and told her he had come to take her home.

Jiang Ye cultivated Qiu Fang True God's inheritances and brought Dharma Manifestation to the brink of its beginner level, but he needed an eighth-tier treasure to deepen his understanding of Heaven and Earth. Zhao Zixuan invited him to a banquet attended by extraordinary prodigies, where such a treasure might be available, and Jiang Ye agreed to go.

• Jiang Ye studied Dharma Manifestation, Six-Armed Demon God, and Indestructible Golden Body, then used his Enlightenment Divine Jade to cultivate.
• Zhao Zixuan told Zhao Zishuang that she believed Wang Ye could earn an elder's favor, while Zhao Zishuang revealed her Fire's Profound Meaning had reached the peak of the Eighth Break.
• After five days of cultivation, Jiang Ye brought Dharma Manifestation to 99% beginner progress but failed to advance because his understanding of Heaven and Earth was insufficient.
• Jiang Ye concluded that he needed an eighth-tier treasure to improve his understanding before the Black Tower opened.
• Zhao Zixuan invited Jiang Ye to a banquet where extraordinary prodigies might discuss the Dao, spar, and auction treasures, and Jiang Ye agreed to attend.

Jiang Ye attended a banquet at Star Palace with Zhao Zixuan, where he met Black Obsidian City's prominent prodigies and learned about the Star Domain Battlefield. The gathering shifted toward a demonstration of Zhao Chen's Starry Sky Myriad Phenomena Stone, which could measure the value of treasures, opportunities, and people.

• Zhao Zhuo confronted Zhao Zixuan and Jiang Ye on the way to Star Palace, and Zhao Zixuan warned Jiang Ye that Zhao Zhuo's brother Zhao Chen was a powerful prodigy.
• At Star Palace, Zhao Zixuan introduced Jiang Ye as her honored guest, and Moxin praised his strength and perceptiveness.
• Jiang Ye met Zhao Zishuang, Zhao Feiyu, and Bai Wei, while Zhao Zishuang privately cautioned Zhao Zixuan that the other guests might look down on him as an outsider.
• Moxin and Zhao Zishuang discussed joining the Star Domain Battlefield after the Black Tower trial, and Zhao Zixuan told Jiang Ye about its rare opportunities and Huanglong Merit.
• Zhao Chen presented a Starry Sky Myriad Phenomena Stone that could measure the value of treasures, opportunities, and people, drawing the guests' interest.

At Zhao Chen’s banquet, Jiang Ye’s test of the Starry Sky Myriad Phenomena Stone produced a multicolored vision and shattered the treasure. Zhao Chen used the incident to challenge Jiang Ye to fight Zhao Zhuo’s guard, Jiang Lai, and Jiang Ye agreed on one condition.

• Zhao Chen demonstrated the Starry Sky Myriad Phenomena Stone, and Bai Wei and several other prodigies tested their potential.
• Zhao Zishuang produced a golden vision, and Moxin later did the same.
• Jiang Ye’s test made the stone flash through multiple colors before it shattered, stunning the banquet hall.
• Zhao Zhuo demanded compensation, but Zhao Chen proposed that Jiang Ye settle the matter by defeating one of them.
• Zhao Chen brought in Zhao Zhuo’s guard, Jiang Lai, whose strength was at the peak of Six Breaks, and challenged Jiang Ye to fight him.
• Jiang Ye accepted the fight but said he had one condition.

Jiang Ye wagered a Blood Jade Divine Crystal against Zhao Chen’s peak seventh-rank Dao-insight treasure and defeated Jiang Lai with one palm, revealing Quasi-Eight Breaks-level Fire’s Profound Meaning. Zhao Chen apologized and gave Jiang Ye several treasures before leaving the banquet, while the prodigies of Black Obsidian City looked at Jiang Ye with awe.

• Jiang Ye demanded a Dao-insight treasure as a condition for fighting, and Zhao Chen offered a peak seventh-rank treasure against Jiang Ye’s Blood Jade Divine Crystal.
• Zhao Chen sent Jiang Lai to fight Jiang Ye in the banquet hall’s expanded arena.
• Jiang Ye shattered Jiang Lai’s Gold’s Profound Meaning domain and knocked him unconscious with one palm.
• Zhao Zixuan and Zhao Zishuang realized Jiang Ye had displayed a different Profound Meaning from the one he had used before, and Zhao Zishuang suspected he was stronger than they had thought.
• Zhao Chen apologized to Jiang Ye, gave him several seventh-tier treasures, and left with Zhao Zhuo and Jiang Lai.
• The banquet guests watched Jiang Ye with awe, and his name became known across Black Obsidian City.

After defeating Jiang Lai, Jiang Ye drew attention across Black Obsidian City and traded for Zhao Zishuang’s eighth-tier Purple Spirit Crystal. As factions investigated his origins ahead of the Black Tower’s opening, the city’s rankings placed him seventh and identified him as a native of a low-ranking tribe on the Barren Plains.

• Zhao Zixuan and Zhao Zishuang praised Jiang Ye after his battle, and he revealed that he was only twenty years old.
• Moxin and the other prodigies continued the banquet’s treasure auction, where Jiang Ye obtained a seventh-tier treasure before the guests departed.
• Zhao Zishuang explained Black Obsidian City’s competing factions and offered Jiang Ye guidance, while Zhao Zixuan welcomed him as a guest of Tiangang Palace.
• Zhao Zishuang offered Jiang Ye an eighth-tier Purple Spirit Crystal, and he traded his Blood Jade Divine Crystal for it before leaving.
• News of Jiang Ye’s victory spread through Black Obsidian City, and the updated Transcendent Prodigy Rankings placed him seventh and listed his origin as a low-ranking tribe on the Barren Plains.

As news of Wang Ye’s origins spread, Black Obsidian City’s factions sought to recruit him, while Zhao Tiangang recognized his potential and gave Zhao Zixuan an enlightenment treasure for him. Refining the Purple Spirit Crystal, Jiang Ye comprehended Earth’s Profound Meaning at the Eight Breaks level.

• Black Obsidian City’s forces learned that Wang Ye came from a low-level tribe and began planning to recruit him, while Zhao Chen told Zhao Zhuo not to provoke him further.
• Jiang Ye asked Zhao Zixuan to screen visitors and gifts so he could cultivate in seclusion, then began refining Zhao Zishuang’s eighth-tier Purple Spirit Crystal.
• Zhao Zixuan arranged for Tiangang Palace to guard Jiang Ye’s residence and planned to collect visitors’ gifts herself.
• Zhao Tiangang praised Wang Ye’s potential, judged that his Fire’s Profound Meaning was at peak Seven Breaks, and gave Zhao Zixuan an eighth-tier enlightenment treasure to offer him.
• As Jiang Ye refined the Purple Spirit Crystal, his comprehension deepened, and he reached the Eight Breaks level in Earth’s Profound Meaning.

Jiang Ye advanced Earth's Profound Meaning to Eight Breaks and raised his other four fundamental profound meanings to Quasi-Eight Breaks while studying Qiu Fang True God's inheritance. He completed the 360,000 strands needed for the prototype of Dharma Manifestation, and his Life Level began rising as the chapter ended.

• Jiang Ye used the eighth-tier Purple Spirit Crystal to advance Earth's Profound Meaning to Eight Breaks, but the crystal ran out before it could help his other profound meanings.
• Zhao Zixuan delivered an eighth-tier treasure from Zhao Tiangang and a Storage Ring of gifts from the city's factions, then told Jiang Ye five days had passed since the banquet.
• Jiang Ye refined the golden treasure and studied the five fundamental profound meanings together, bringing metal, wood, water, and fire to Quasi-Eight Breaks.
• Jiang Ye began forming Dharma Manifestation by weaving 360,000 strands of profound light with the five fundamental profound meanings.
• After Jiang Ye wove the 360,000th strand, the prototype of Dharma Manifestation surged with power and his Life Level rose from early-stage Six Breaks through peak Six Breaks.

Jiang Ye completed the entry-stage Heaven and Earth Form, raising his Life Level and unlocking more of his profound meanings’ power. After learning about the Black Tower’s trials and the competition among the twelve ancient cities, he joined the other geniuses as the tower opened.

• Jiang Ye broke through to Peak Six Breaks and completed the entry stage of Heaven and Earth Form, allowing him to unleash more of his Heaven and Earth Profound Meaning.
• Jiang Ye received Zhao Zixuan’s message that the Black Tower was about to open, then left his residence and shared some of the gifts she had collected for him.
• Zhao Zixuan told Jiang Ye that Black Obsidian City had fallen behind other ancient cities in recent Black Tower trials, while Purple Obsidian City’s Zi Yao Ye had reached the thirteenth level.
• Jiang Ye and Zhao Zixuan met the other geniuses at Star Radiance Palace, where Moxin noticed Jiang Ye’s progress and encouraged him to clear the ninth level.
• The Black Tower opened, and Jiang Ye flew toward it with Zhao Zishuang and the other prodigies to begin their trials.

Jiang Ye entered the Black Tower trial with the contenders from the ancient cities and sensed that Zi Yao Ye was a dangerous rival. As ten thousand challengers were transported into the tower, the city lords and Black Obsidian elders watched anxiously, while Zhao Tiangang noticed something surprising about Wang Ye.

• Jiang Ye learned that the projected challengers included rivals from other ancient cities, and Moxin identified Wei Guang of White Obsidian City as his rival for the ninth floor.
• Bai Xi and Zi Feng arrived with their cities’ strongest prodigies and discussed attempting the fourteenth floor, which could earn a Third-Class General Order.
• Zi Yao Ye appeared and overwhelmed the gathered challengers with his aura; Jiang Ye judged that his own chances against him were below fifty percent.
• The Black Tower transported ten thousand prodigies inside, beginning the trial as the twelve city lords watched and worried about Savage Dragon Star’s standing.
• Black Obsidian City’s thirty-six elders hoped Moxin would clear the tenth floor, while Zhao Tiangang spotted Wang Ye and reacted with surprise.

Jiang Ye advanced through the Black Tower, defeating copied guardians and discovering the Earth Walking technique while suppressing his power. His progress astonished the elders and city lords watching, and he passed the sixth floor to enter the first echelon.

• Jiang Ye entered the Black Tower alone, heard the rewards and restrictions, and defeated the first-floor guardian with his Fire's Profound Meaning.
• Jiang Ye cleared the second through fourth floors, then defeated a fifth-floor replica by using Water's Profound Meaning against its copied Fire's Profound Meaning.
• Zhao Tiangang praised Wang Ye's prospects as the elders watched, while the Black Obsidian City Lord realized Jiang Ye had comprehended three basic Profound Meanings.
• Jiang Ye faced three guardians on the sixth floor and deliberately suppressed his power to avoid making later replicas stronger.
• Jiang Ye discovered the Earth Walking technique, used it to reposition himself at extraordinary speed, and killed all three guardians to pass the sixth floor.

Jiang Ye climbed the Black Tower rapidly, surpassing Moxin and Zhao Zishuang and clearing the difficult tenth and eleventh layers. He continued through the twelfth and thirteenth layers, leaving Black Obsidian City's elders stunned as his ascent showed no sign of slowing.

• Jiang Ye cleared the Seventh Layer, collected five peak seventh-tier Dao-comprehension treasures, and continued upward.
• Jiang Ye defeated the guardians on the Ninth Layer and entered the top ten of the rankings.
• Jiang Ye reached the Tenth Layer, where he used his Luoshen Spear Second Form, Annihilation of Heaven and Earth, to defeat the gatekeepers.
• Jiang Ye cleared the Tenth and Eleventh Layers, shocking the elders of Black Obsidian City.
• Jiang Ye also cleared the Twelfth and Thirteenth Layers without slowing down.

Jiang Ye cleared the fourteenth floor of the Black Tower by defeating a copy of Zi Yao Ye, revealing that he had mastered five basic profound truths. After claiming a rare Fruit of Law, he entered the fifteenth floor despite the warning that challengers with Transcendent Talent almost never survived.

• Jiang Ye defeated the peak-grade guardian on the thirteenth floor and chose to continue to the fourteenth.
• Jiang Ye fought a copy of Zi Yao Ye and won by unleashing a ten-thousand-meter Heaven and Earth Dharma Appearance and his five basic profound truths.
• The city lords were astonished by Jiang Ye’s talent and argued over who would claim him as a disciple, while Hei Yao insisted Jiang Ye would be his.
• Jiang Ye took the fourteenth-floor reward, which Bai Gui identified as a Fruit of Law that could improve or help condense laws.
• Jiang Ye entered the fifteenth floor as Zi Yao Ye, Bai Xi, Zhao Zixuan, and Zhao Zishuang watched with alarm.

Jiang Ye defeated the fifteenth-floor guardian of the Black God's Tower by unleashing his Deification domain, then chose not to risk the sixteenth floor. He received the Myriad Laws Return Heart Treasure Kasaya, which could accelerate his cultivation of the White Dragon · True God Canon.

• Jiang Ye opened his Transcendent Domains and fought the Eight Breaks guardian, but the guardian's higher realm and mastery of all five fundamental Profound Meanings gradually pushed him into danger.
• Jiang Ye activated Deification, greatly increased his power, overcame the guardian's spear techniques, and killed him.
• Observers across Savage Dragon Star were stunned that Wang Ye had cleared the fifteenth floor, while Zhao Chen warned Zhao Zhuo to avoid Zhao Zishuang and her sister.
• Jiang Ye collected a high-grade Fruit of Law, then learned his odds of clearing the sixteenth floor were one in ten and stopped the challenge.
• Jiang Ye chose a treasure that could improve a Cultivation Method and received the Myriad Laws Return Heart Treasure Kasaya, which clarified his understanding of the White Dragon · True God Canon.