Chapter Summaries

Chu Yun joined the Heavenly Punishment Assembly as the fifth participant, alongside the Four City Lords, and entered the trials after Qin Ge officially began the event. In the first stage, Chu Yun used Space Order to map the starfields rather than follow Tong Qing’s method, leaving him progressing more slowly as he searched for the formation’s irregularity.

• The Emperor Qin sent Lord Jun to bring Chu Yun and Luo Ziming to the Divine Palace, where Xiaoyaozi and the others learned Chu Yun would participate in the Heavenly Punishment Assembly.
• Tong Qing introduced Chu Yun to Luo Ziming, Fang Mo, Jiang Chen, and Wen Tianyang as the Emperor Qin’s personally chosen fifth participant.
• Qin Ge urged the participants to seize the opportunity, then summoned five soul platforms and officially began the Heavenly Punishment Assembly.
• Chu Yun and the Four City Lords sat on the soul platforms, and their consciousnesses entered the Heavenly Punishment Spirit’s trials as their progress appeared on five crystal projections above the City of Divine Sins.
• In the first stage, Chu Yun used Space Order to leave spatial marks each time the formations transported him between starfields, slowly searching for the one that broke the pattern.

Chu Yun used Space Marks to solve the First Stage’s formation and quickly passed the Second Stage’s truth-and-lie puzzle. He entered the Third Stage, drawing the attention of the City of Divine Sins and raising Tong Qing’s hopes for him.

• The Four City Lords copied Tong Qing’s methods to clear the first two stages while Chu Yun continued searching for the formation’s irregularity.
• Tong Qing and Qin Ge recognized Chu Yun’s method for finding the First Stage’s formation eye, and Chu Yun cleared the stage in ten hours.
• Chu Yun asked the old man what he would say if he were the child, then chose the child’s box after the old man claimed his own box held the item.
• The child’s box contained a pearl that transformed into the entrance to the Third Stage, and Chu Yun entered it.
• Tong Qing learned Chu Yun had solved the Second Stage in three breaths, one breath faster than Qin Ge, and wondered if Chu Yun could truly succeed.

Chu Yun cleared the Third Stage in less than half an hour and began the Fourth, where he searched eighteen planets for the hidden entrance to the Fifth Stage. Elsewhere, Heavenly Court experts discovered that Ning Qing had escaped, while people in the Star Vast World waited anxiously for the Heavenly Progenitor to help rescue Chu Yun and the others.

• Chu Yun comprehended the Heavenly Stele and opened the entrance to the Fourth Stage, astonishing the spectators and the city lords still stuck in the Third.
• Chu Yun entered the Star Tower and began searching its eighteen Planet Worlds for the living being that concealed the Fifth Stage's entrance.
• After ten days, Chu Yun had searched seven planets, while the other city lords had made little progress in the Third Stage.
• Three Heavenly Court Grand Elders found Kong Chen, Jiang Miao, and the others turned into statues and realized Ning Qing was missing; they took the statues and left to report to the Chief Protector.
• An unnoticed ray of light entered one Grand Elder's Heavenly Eye and followed the three out of the Primordial Secret Realm.
• Zi Ling Xue, Meng Ruoxue, and the others failed to meet the Heavenly Progenitor, who had entered seclusion with the Star-Silver Life Artifacts, so they returned to the Origin World and contacted Ye Taiping and Ye Tianzheng.

Ye Taiping and Ye Tianzheng returned from seeking the Heavenly Progenitor, while the Origin World prepared for the Great Destruction and welcomed Mu Qianli back with her new Heaven-Stepping Realm cultivation. In the Abyss of Great Sin, Chu Yun cleared the Fourth Stage and entered the Fifth.

• Ye Taiping reported that the Heavenly Progenitor was in seclusion but had assured them Chu Yun’s life was not in danger, and he speculated that the Progenitor had made arrangements or a bargain in the Abyss of Great Sin.
• Meng Ruoxue urged everyone to trust the Heavenly Progenitor and wait until the Great Destruction, which was less than a month away, before demanding answers.
• Mu Qianli returned to the Origin World as the Mad Demon Blood Sect’s Heaven-Stepping Realm Sect Master, accompanied by two Half-step Ascending Heaven Supreme Elders, but kept the details of her breakthrough secret.
• After searching all eighteen planets, Chu Yun identified the wonton vendor on the first planet as the entrance to the Fifth Stage and blasted him apart with Order Power.
• Qin Ge explained that the Fourth Stage tested insight and spiritual power, while Tong Qing admitted he was no match for Chu Yun; Chu Yun then entered the Fifth Stage as the City of Divine Sins watched.

Chu Yun entered the Fifth Stage trial, where he had to reach the ocean floor and kill the existence inside the Emperor's Coffin within three days. He discovered that the ghosts endlessly revived and resisted his Peak Order seals, leaving him unable to advance as Qin Ge explained that only a Limit Order could seal them.

• Chu Yun began the Fifth Stage trial in a ghost-filled ocean and was tasked with finding the Emperor's Coffin and killing the special existence inside within three days.
• Chu Yun repeatedly annihilated the attacking ghosts with his Crimson Order, but they revived immediately and kept him from diving into the ocean.
• Chu Yun tried to seal the ghosts with Order, but his Peak Order had no effect on them.
• Tong Qing asked Qin Ge why Chu Yun could not seal the ghosts, and Qin Ge explained that they were formed from the Heavenly Punishment Spirit's Order aura and required a Limit Order to seal.

Chu Yun cleared the Fifth Stage by destroying the ghosts’ hidden Blood Pellets, then entered the Sixth Stage, where he had to survive a strike approaching Shatter Vastness. Short on the Editing Points needed for an item that could help him, he called on Xiaoyaozi to kill two Half-step Ascending Heaven experts so he could gain more.

• Chu Yun discovered that removing the Blood Pellets inside the ghosts stopped them from reviving, and he cleared the ocean of ghosts to reach the Emperor’s Coffin.
• Chu Yun defeated the Heaven-Stepping Ghost King inside the coffin and entered the Sixth Stage through the Star Gate it became.
• The heavenly god who guarded the Sixth Stage told Chu Yun he had to endure one strike with power infinitely close to Shatter Vastness.
• Chu Yun found an Exchange Mall item costing 210 billion Editing Points but had only 170 billion, so he used his allotted half-cup-of-tea pause to summon help.
• Chu Yun ordered Xiaoyaozi to kill two Half-step Ascending Heaven exiles, and Xiaoyaozi attacked them with his Destroy God Sword Qi.

Xiaoyaozi killed two Half-step Ascending Heaven experts at Chu Yun’s request and went with Lord Jun to the Divine Palace alongside his companions. In the Sixth Stage, Chu Yun exchanged for the Heavenly Covering Tribulation Robe and faced the celestial god’s spear attack.

• Xiaoyaozi killed two Half-step Ascending Heaven experts in the City of Divine Sins after Chu Yun asked him to.
• Lord Jun summoned Xiaoyaozi to the Divine Palace, and Yan Kunlun, Bei Gong Lin, the Nine Profound Dragon Emperor, and the others chose to accompany him.
• Qin Ge watched the group depart, having refrained from stopping Xiaoyaozi to see what Chu Yun intended.
• Chu Yun received 60 billion Editing Points from Xiaoyaozi’s kills and exchanged them for the Heavenly Covering Tribulation Robe.
• Chu Yun agreed to begin the next trial, and the celestial god gathered Order Energy into his spear for a devastating attack.

Chu Yun survived the Celestial God's devastating Sixth Stage attack completely unscathed and entered the final trial, where he faced an identical version of himself. Their powers and techniques matched exactly, and their first clashes ended in a stalemate.

• The City of Divine Sins assumed Chu Yun had been defeated by the Celestial God's spear, but he emerged from the order tides unharmed.
• The Celestial God announced that the final trial required Chu Yun to use every means to kill his opponent, and Chu Yun entered the Seventh Stage.
• Chu Yun found an opponent who looked and felt exactly like him, and the other Chu Yun declared that he was Chu Yun.
• Chu Yun attacked with four Qiankun Blood Stars, but the other Chu Yun matched his move and the blood stars collided.
• Chu Yun unleashed Blood Annihilation Star River, and the other Chu Yun used the same ability, sending both of them flying back.

Chu Yun discovered that the final trial's opponent shared his injuries, making their fight a deadly stalemate. With both of them near death, Chu Yun chose to detonate all his remaining power, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Chu Yun fought his equally matched double for nearly three hours before injuring him with a hidden strand of domain power.
• Chu Yun realized that every wound inflicted on his double was mirrored on himself.
• The double mutilated himself, leaving both Chu Yuns severely injured and nearly powerless.
• Chu Yun concluded that he had to gamble and exploded his head, releasing all his remaining power across the sky.

Chu Yun passed all seven trials of the Heavenly Punishment Assembly by self-destructing in the final stage, earning the Heavenly Punishment Spirit's recognition. Qin Ge arranged for him to fuse with it the next day, while Chu Yun agreed to delay returning to his world until the fusion was complete.

• Chu Yun's self-destruction ended the Heavenly Punishment Assembly, and the people in the City of Divine Sins concluded that he had won by killing both himself and the linked version of himself.
• The Four City Lords awoke on the Heavenly Punishment Soul Platform, and Chu Yun's shattered consciousness was restored by the Punishment Heaven Order.
• Qin Ge told Chu Yun that he had passed all seven trials and ordered him to come to the Divine Palace the next day to fuse with the Heavenly Punishment Spirit.
• Qin Ge warned Chu Yun that returning to his world before the fusion would accomplish little and might alert his enemy, so Chu Yun agreed to wait and honor their prior agreement.
• Luo Ziming congratulated Chu Yun, who promised to break the seal of the Abyss of Great Sin after mastering the Limit Order; Tong Qing explained that the Heavenly Court's power made revenge difficult.

Chu Yun reassured Luo Ziming that the Heavenly Court would be occupied by Chu Yun and Emperor Qin, giving Luo Ziming a chance to take revenge. On the final night, Xiaoyaozi guessed that Third Senior Brother had arranged the events, and Chu Yun confirmed it.

• Tong Qing warned Chu Yun and Luo Ziming that the Heavenly Court's Three Great Emperor Venerables made a direct assault too dangerous.
• Chu Yun promised that he and Emperor Qin would draw the Heavenly Court's attention, so Luo Ziming could attack targets he could handle.
• Luo Ziming regained his resolve and vowed to make the Heavenly Court pay for its actions.
• Xiaoyaozi and Yan Kunlun urged Chu Yun to be wary of Qin Ge, but Chu Yun said they needed each other.
• On the final night, Xiaoyaozi inferred that Third Senior Brother had arranged events around Chu Yun, and Chu Yun confirmed his guess.

Chu Yun learned from Xiaoyaozi that Third Gentleman was still alive and had made arrangements in the Abyss of Great Sin. Qin Ge brought Chu Yun to the Heavenly Punishment Spirit, whose life was failing, and Chu Yun began fusing with its power as Qin Ge stood guard.

• Chu Yun told Xiaoyaozi that Third Gentleman had survived, was the Lord of San Ming, and held secrets of the Twilight Ancient Ruins.
• Xiaoyaozi and Chu Yun discussed the hidden forces behind the Star Vast World and the need for Chu Yun to master the Limit Order before returning.
• Qin Ge opened an Order Star Gate and brought Chu Yun to the Heavenly Punishment Spirit in a distant Star Sea.
• The Heavenly Punishment Spirit warned Chu Yun to uphold the power of the first perfect Order, and Chu Yun vowed to do so.
• Qin Ge cut off the four life planets' energy supply, and the Heavenly Punishment Spirit began fusing with Chu Yun as Qin Ge guarded them.

Third Gentleman and the Masked Man prepared for Night Crown’s arrival, knowing several Shatter Vastnesses sought the Primordial Essence and that Third Gentleman’s true body could not leave the Twilight Ancient Ruins. Meanwhile, Mi Xi found Wan Xue in Mu Qianli’s body at the Grass Hall, where she mocked his presidency.

• Third Gentleman told the Masked Man that four Shatter Vastnesses were targeting Night Crown’s Primordial Essence, including the President of the Ancestral God Association and Wan Xue, and warned that the final contender would be troublesome.
• The Masked Man vowed to defend Star Boundless, while Third Gentleman said their junior brother was fusing with the Punishment Heaven Order but would not be ready for the battle.
• Third Gentleman explained that his true body had to remain in the Twilight Ancient Ruins to prevent greater chaos in the Land of Eternity.
• Mi Xi sensed Wan Xue’s presence and traveled through a spatial Star Gate to the Origin World.
• Mi Xi confronted Wan Xue, who was inhabiting Mu Qianli’s body, in the Peach Blossom Forest and questioned why she had come there.
• Mu Qianli taunted Mi Xi about becoming President of the Ancestral God Association and contrasted his leisure with President Qin’s workload.

Mi Xi and Mu Qianli swore a Primordial Oath to cooperate against the Venerable One before competing for the Primordial Essence. As Night Crown approached, the Venerable One prepared to devour the intruders, while Zi Ling Xue and others headed toward the Star-Silver Gate as Chu Yun continued fusing the Punishment Heaven Order.

• Mi Xi and Mu Qianli agreed to trap and temporarily send away the Venerable One, then swore a Primordial Oath to uphold their cooperation until they could contend for the Primordial Essence.
• Bei Gong Ming reported that the Heavenly Beginning Star System Sea had not moved against the Star-Silver Gate, and the Venerable One ordered the Beigong Family to stay inside until Night Crown passed.
• The Venerable One sensed two intruders and declared that they would be devoured together.
• Chu Yun continued fusing the Punishment Heaven Order in the Land of Exile, while Qin Ge guarded him, and the approaching Night Crown kept him from joining the battle.
• Zi Ling Xue decided to travel to the Star-Silver Gate with Baili Xueji and two others, as Meng Ruoxue and the women vowed to stand with the Origin World.
• Mu Qianli left the Grass Hall, and one person each from the Light Clan and the Beigong Family set out for the Star-Silver Gate.

As Night Crown descended upon the Star Vast World, the Heavenly Progenitor ordered Nan Li and Xuan Yuan to open the Star-Silver Gate and unleash the Star-Silver Tree’s ultimate force. The Star-Silver River surged into Night Crown’s darkness, and their collision left Zi Ling Xue and the others reeling.

• The Heavenly Progenitor gave Nan Li and Xuan Yuan three Star-Silver Life Artifacts and told them to open the Star-Silver Gate when Night Crown arrived.
• Zi Ling Xue and Baili Xueji arrived with other Origin World experts to witness the upheaval, and the Heavenly Progenitor accepted their presence.
• Night Crown’s darkness swallowed the Star Sea, suppressed the Star Vast World’s power, and triggered disasters throughout the worlds.
• At the Heavenly Progenitor’s signal, Nan Li and Xuan Yuan placed the three artifacts, joining the five keys and opening the Star-Silver Gate.
• The Star-Silver River poured from the gate and collided with Night Crown, unleashing violent shockwaves that overwhelmed everyone except the Heavenly Progenitor.

As the Great Destruction ended and the Primordial Essence began forming, Origin Emperor Venerable Liu Changge revealed himself alongside God Ancestor Wu Mo and Wan Xue Her Ladyship. Liu Changge exposed Heavenly Progenitor as the Star-Silver Tree’s chosen one and urged the other two to eliminate him before competing for the Primordial Essence.

• The Star-Silver Tree’s power began awakening, and Night Crown fused with it as the Primordial Essence started to appear.
• Heavenly Progenitor sensed hidden intruders and called them out, prompting a masked figure, Mi Xi, and Mu Qianli to appear.
• Ye Taiping recognized that the souls inhabiting Mi Xi and Mu Qianli belonged to Shatter Primordial Experts from the Land of Eternity.
• The masked figure revealed himself as Liu Changge, Origin Emperor Venerable, and Zi Ling Xue identified the others as God Ancestor Wu Mo and Wan Xue Her Ladyship.
• Liu Changge told Wu Mo and Wan Xue that Heavenly Progenitor was chosen by the Star-Silver Tree, and they began considering attacking him first.

The Heavenly Progenitor warned Wan Xue Her Ladyship and God Ancestor Wu Mo that attacking him would let Origin Emperor Venerable take control of the Starry Sky Heavenly Dao unchecked. As Origin Emperor Venerable prepared to challenge him, the Doomsday Palace Master arrived, revealing that the Heavenly Progenitor’s Star-Silver Curse might have been a ruse.

• The Heavenly Progenitor told Wan Xue Her Ladyship and God Ancestor Wu Mo that Liu Changge had once used the complete Starry Sky Heavenly Dao to annihilate someone, so they held back from attacking him.
• Origin Emperor Venerable explained that he had devoured the Star-Silver Tree’s spirit and believed he could defeat the Heavenly Progenitor in a contest for control of the Starry Sky Heavenly Dao.
• The Heavenly Progenitor suggested that he might be beyond the Shatter Desolation realm, unsettling Origin Emperor Venerable.
• The Doomsday Palace Master arrived, and Origin Emperor Venerable suspected that the Star-Silver Curse had been fake and that the two were allies.

Heavenly Fate Ancestor merged with Heavenly Progenitor, revealing himself as Master and breaking through to Shatter Vastness while taking control of the Star-Silver energy. As the Primordial Essence neared completion, Liu Changge unleashed his peak Shatter Vastness power, leaving the confrontation poised to erupt.

• Zi Ling Xue sent a projection of the events at the Star-Silver Gate to the Great Xia Dynasty, where Sky Demoness recognized the Doomsday Palace Master as her Master.
• Heavenly Progenitor merged into Heavenly Fate Ancestor, who revealed himself as Master, reached Shatter Vastness, and absorbed the Star-Silver energy.
• The Starry Sky Heavenly Dao power drained from Bei Gong Lin and Ancestor God Treading Heaven, while Qin Ge urged San Ming to defeat their enemies.
• Liu Changge realized Master had taken control of the Star-Silver Consciousness, and Master explained that he had used two bodies to prepare against Origin Emperor Venerable.
• As the Primordial Essence neared completion, Liu Changge gathered Origin Order and released his peak Shatter Vastness might, forcing most people present to bow under its pressure.

Wan Xue Her Ladyship, God Ancestor Wu Mo, and Master joined forces against Origin Emperor Venerable, but he countered their attacks and trapped them in a refining prison. As nine tenths of the Primordial Essence filled, God Ancestor Wu Mo looked to Wan Xue Her Ladyship, believing they needed to use their trump cards.

• God Ancestor Wu Mo proposed that he, Master, and Wan Xue Her Ladyship attack Origin Emperor Venerable together, and Master agreed.
• The three Shatter Vastness experts unleashed ice, destruction, and Star-Silver attacks, but Origin Emperor Venerable dissolved them by severing the origin of their power.
• Wan Xue Her Ladyship, God Ancestor Wu Mo, and Master intensified their attacks, while Origin Emperor Venerable boosted his strength and broke through their techniques.
• Origin Emperor Venerable surrounded the three with illusory figures and trapped them in Heaven and Earth Melting Furnaces, calmly preventing their escape.
• As the Primordial Essence reached nine tenths, God Ancestor Wu Mo struggled to break the force-seal and looked to Wan Xue Her Ladyship for their trump cards.

Wan Xue Her Ladyship and God Ancestor Wu Mo tried to stop Liu Changge from claiming the Primordial Essence, but his Origin Taiji Seal overwhelmed their treasures and left them gravely wounded. As the Primordial Essence neared completion, the Master joined them and questioned whether they would truly give up.

• Wan Xue Her Ladyship used the Ancient Cold Hourglass to trap Liu Changge while the Master attacked him with Star-Silver Order.
• God Ancestor Wu Mo brought out Space-Time Ink and began preparing to exile Liu Changge, but Liu Changge countered with the Origin Taiji Seal.
• The Origin Taiji Seal suddenly surged in power, broke through the Ancient Cold Hourglass and Wu Mo's space-time restraints, and severely injured Wan Xue Her Ladyship and God Ancestor Wu Mo.
• Liu Changge planted an Origin Seal in Wu Mo before the wounded Wu Mo and Wan Xue Her Ladyship escaped; they decided they could no longer contest the Primordial Essence.
• The Master approached the two of them and asked whether they were willing to leave without another attempt, though Wu Mo doubted they could defeat Liu Changge.