Chapter Summaries

Cangqiong Battle Emperor and Gao Mengnan failed to escape the Primordial God Realm, where Hua Yunfei restrained them and Nine Heavens God Realm's World True Spirit explained the plan to gather the Three Thousand Dao Realms' World True Spirits. The two learned that the plan might face a greater threat from the Thirty-Three Heavens, whose long-anticipated secret could soon become reality.

• Cangqiong Battle Emperor and Gao Mengnan battered the Primordial God Realm's boundary wall, but its cracks healed faster than they could make them.
• Gao Mengnan failed to call on world power, and Cangqiong Battle Emperor could not tear open the Space-time Long River.
• Hua Yunfei appeared and bound Cangqiong Battle Emperor with the Primordial Great Dao's chains after he attacked.
• Nine Heavens God Realm's World True Spirit invited Gao Mengnan and Cangqiong Battle Emperor to tea and told them someone planned to collect the World True Spirits as State Spirits.
• Gao Mengnan warned that rebelling against the Thirty-Three Heavens might be impossible because a secret they had learned could soon come true, and Nine Heavens God Realm's World True Spirit agreed.

The World True Spirit of the Nine Heavens God Realm persuaded Gao Mengnan and Cangqiong Battle Emperor to join the Primordial God Realm, revealing that Wu Wang Demon Venerable and the legendary King Yuan were connected to it. Their initiation turned into a beating by a crowd of World True Spirits, while Master Jiang examined the dismantled Unlimited Region Fixed Cannon.

• The World True Spirit of the Nine Heavens God Realm explained to Gao Mengnan and Cangqiong Battle Emperor why it had joined the Primordial God Realm and offered them freedom and support.
• Wu Wang Demon Venerable appeared and hinted that Eternal Immortal Ancestor and other historic powerhouses belonged to the Primordial God Realm.
• Wu Wang Demon Venerable revealed that King Yuan was connected to the Primordial God Realm, prompting Gao Mengnan and Cangqiong Battle Emperor to agree to join.
• Dozens of World True Spirits arrived and sealed Gao Mengnan and Cangqiong Battle Emperor, then beat them as an initiation ritual while Wu Wang Demon Venerable joined in.
• At Master Jiang's residence, Master Jiang examined the dismantled Unlimited Region Fixed Cannon and wondered why its full-power mode had a cooldown.

Wude and Wuqing met Misty Fairy in Dragon Abyss Sacred Realm and persuaded her and Nine Heavens Fairy to pose for photos for Yuan Fei, with Wuqing taking the pictures. In Tianqi Dao Realm, a long-sealed figure awakened and said that someone had finally arrived.

• Wude told Misty Fairy that Yuan Fei wanted more photos, but she refused to pose unless Yuan Fei took them himself.
• Wuqing vouched for Wude’s story, and Misty Fairy agreed to pose if Wuqing took the photos.
• Wuqing released the unconscious Nine Heavens Fairy, who reluctantly agreed after learning a girl would take the pictures.
• Wuqing led Misty Fairy and Nine Heavens Fairy into the Ancient Mirror and prepared outfits and poses for them.
• Wude called Little Xuan Ming with a special talisman stone.
• In Tianqi Dao Temple, a long-sealed figure awoke and asked if someone had finally come.

Hua Yunfei met the World True Spirit of the Tianqi Dao Realm, which revealed its ancient connection to a Tianji Peak ancestor and agreed to merge with him. As the World True Spirit and Tian Qi Dao Venerable joined the Hongmeng Dao Realm, Gao Mengnan protested that the newcomers were kicking him instead of the other way around.

• Hua Yunfei visited the World True Spirit of the Tianqi Dao Realm, which said it had foreseen his arrival because a long-ago ancestor had taught it divination techniques.
• The World True Spirit and Tian Qi Dao Venerable recounted how the mysterious ancestor had guided them, helping Tian Qi Dao Venerable reach the Quasi-Hegemon Level.
• Hua Yunfei confirmed the ancestor was likely from Tianji Peak and said he was still alive, then offered to absorb the World True Spirit into the Hongmeng Dao Realm.
• Hua Yunfei opened the Hongmeng Dao Realm, and Gao Mengnan and Cangqiong Battle Emperor emerged as Tian Qi Dao Venerable appeared before them.
• Tian Qi Dao Venerable and the World True Spirit learned that joining involved kicking Gao Mengnan, and Hua Yunfei approved their kicking him back.
• Gao Mengnan protested that new disciples were supposed to be kicked by earlier arrivals, while Cangqiong Battle Emperor withdrew his foot and slipped back into the Primordial God Realm.

Tian Qi Dao Venerable and the Tianqi Dao Realm's World True Spirit joined Hua Yunfei’s group, and the World True Spirit merged with the Primordial God Realm’s Great Dao. With only the Imperial Realm’s World True Spirit left among the top ten Dao Realms, Hua Yunfei prepared to face Emperor Dragon Venerable, its Quasi-Hegemon-level protector.

• Tian Qi Dao Venerable and the Tianqi Dao Realm's World True Spirit kicked Cangqiong Battle Emperor while Gao Mengnan sang.
• Hua Yunfei welcomed Tian Qi Dao Venerable and the Tianqi Dao Realm's World True Spirit into the Primordial God Realm, where they discovered its many allied World True Spirits.
• The Tianqi Dao Realm's World True Spirit merged with the Primordial God Realm’s Great Dao and became the Tianqi Dao Realm's State Spirit, greatly strengthening Hua Yunfei’s Dao.
• Hua Yunfei learned that the Organization of Nothingness had taken the Immortal Dream Spirit Realm's World True Spirit, leaving only the Imperial Realm's among the top ten Dao Realms.
• The group warned Hua Yunfei that the Imperial Realm was protected by Emperor Dragon Venerable, but Hua Yunfei said his allies could face him together.

The Organization of Nothingness sent its twelve Quasi-Hegemon Level guardians to seize the Imperial Realm’s World True Spirit from Emperor Dragon Venerable. The guardians confronted him in the Temple of the Emperor, and he learned that each of them was as powerful as he was.

• The Lord of Nothingness learned that the Imperial Realm was the last of the ten strongest Dao realms whose World True Spirit remained unsecured.
• The Lord of Nothingness ordered the twelve guardians to seize the Imperial Realm’s World True Spirit and leave Emperor Dragon Venerable with a single breath.
• The Golden Little Dragon Person warned Emperor Dragon Venerable of an ominous premonition, and Emperor Dragon Venerable hid him inside his body when he sensed danger approaching.
• The twelve guardians appeared in the Temple of the Emperor and demanded the Imperial Realm’s World True Spirit.
• The Azure Dragon Guardian told Emperor Dragon Venerable that all twelve guardians were Quasi-Hegemon Level beings no weaker than him, shocking him.

Emperor Dragon Venerable learned that the twelve Guardians belonged to a faction more powerful than the Imperial Court and faced them alone inside the sealed Temple of the Emperor. He attacked Golden Ox Guardian first and gained the upper hand, but the battle remained unresolved.

• Azure Dragon Guardian told Emperor Dragon Venerable that all twelve Guardians belonged to the same faction, and the Guardians mocked his belief that the Imperial Court was supreme.
• White Tiger Guardian and Azure Dragon Guardian pointed out that Emperor Lord had never claimed the Imperial Court was the strongest faction, and Emperor Dragon Venerable realized his knowledge was outdated.
• Golden Little Dragon Person confirmed the Guardians' claims and said that Emperor Dragon Venerable would learn more when the time came, though it could not explain further.
• Golden Ox Guardian offered Emperor Dragon Venerable the choice to surrender, but Emperor Dragon Venerable refused and declared he would fight to the death.
• Emperor Dragon Venerable used The Cauldron Shakes Heaven and Earth to isolate Golden Ox Guardian, then attacked him with the Golden Dragon Halberd.
• Emperor Dragon Venerable wounded Golden Ox Guardian and forced him onto the back foot, but Golden Ox Guardian remained capable of fighting.

Emperor Dragon Venerable revealed his second Dao Fruit and used Myriad Stars Form Pearls to trap the Guardians in eternal space-time. He vanished with White Tiger Guardian, Azure Dragon Guardian, and Golden Ox Guardian, leaving the remaining nine Guardians to face the Lord of Nothingness.

• White Tiger Guardian and the other Guardians shattered the Golden Dragon Cauldron’s inner world and attacked Emperor Dragon Venerable.
• Emperor Dragon Venerable and Golden Little Dragon Person summoned Myriad Stars Form Pearls, revealing Emperor Dragon Venerable’s second Dao Fruit and temporarily freezing the Guardians.
• Golden Snake Guardian and eight others broke free, but Emperor Dragon Venerable had targeted White Tiger Guardian, Azure Dragon Guardian, and Golden Ox Guardian for eternal banishment.
• The nine free Guardians attacked, but Myriad Stars Form Pearls diverted their strikes as Emperor Dragon Venerable departed with the three trapped Guardians.
• The celestial phenomena vanished, and Rat Guardian lamented that the survivors would have to explain their defeat to the Lord of Nothingness.

The Lord of Nothingness forcibly reversed time to prevent Emperor Dragon Venerable from escaping with three guardians, then tried to recruit him into the Organization of Nothingness. Emperor Dragon Venerable refused and demanded to know what happened to the Golden Little Dragon Person, whom the Lord said had been taken by someone protected by an extraordinary figure.

• The Lord of Nothingness reversed time within the Temple of the Emperor and freed White Tiger Guardian and the other two guardians from Emperor Dragon Venerable.
• The Lord of Nothingness praised Emperor Dragon Venerable’s strength and invited him to join the Organization of Nothingness.
• Emperor Dragon Venerable rejected the offer and demanded to know where the Golden Little Dragon Person had gone.
• The Lord of Nothingness said someone else had taken the Golden Little Dragon Person, and the guardians suspected Hua Yunfei.
• The Lord of Nothingness said the person behind Hua Yunfei was no ordinary figure and could prevent him from reversing time.

Lord of Nothingness captured Emperor Dragon Venerable after his guardians defeated him, while Hua Yunfei and his companions secretly seized the Imperial Realm World True Spirit. They brought it to the Primordial God Realm, where Gao Mengnan fled at the sight of it, and Master Jiang wondered why his device could not retain users’ power data.

• Lord of Nothingness invited Emperor Dragon Venerable to join his organization, but Emperor Dragon Venerable refused to trust him.
• Lord of Nothingness ordered White Tiger Guardian, Azure Dragon Guardian, and the other guardians to capture Emperor Dragon Venerable, and they fought until the Temple of the Emperor fell silent.
• Hua Yunfei, Wu Wang Demon Venerable, Eternal Immortal Ancestor, and Tian Qi Dao Venerable revealed that they had secretly taken the Imperial Realm World True Spirit using Fair Trade.
• The four brought the Golden Little Dragon Person through a passage to the Primordial God Realm, where Gao Mengnan recognized it and ran away.
• At Master Jiang's residence, Master Jiang wondered why his device could not retain the user's power data.

Hua Yunfei fused Golden Little Dragon Person into the Primordial God Realm after discovering that nearly a hundred World True Spirits had joined his side willingly. He entered seclusion to break through, but strange memories from cultivating the endless Reincarnation trapped him deep in his mind.

• Tian Qi Dao Venerable and Wu Wang Demon Venerable brought Gao Mengnan to meet Golden Little Dragon Person, and Gao Mengnan summoned nearly a hundred World True Spirits.
• The World True Spirits explained that they had joined the Great World because they resented the Thirty-Three Heavens, while Golden Little Dragon Person doubted their chances against them.
• Hua Yunfei sealed Golden Little Dragon Person's power and fused it into the Primordial God Realm, causing its world power to surge and his own cultivation to near a breakthrough.
• Hua Yunfei saw Feng Qingwu cultivating as the Reincarnation Empress's phantom gradually merged with her, then entered seclusion.
• Hua Yunfei was overwhelmed by painful memories from cultivating the endless Reincarnation and became trapped in them.

Hua Yunfei woke on N City's Central Pedestrian Street, back on Earth with no cultivation and no memory of how he got there. As videos of him went viral, he wondered whether the Kaoshan Sect and his life there had only been a dream, while someone watching him through a phone frowned.

• Hua Yunfei regained his senses in a bike lane and was shoved by an electric-scooter rider, then realized he was on Earth and had become an ordinary person.
• Hua Yunfei apologized to the rider, learned he was on N City's Central Pedestrian Street, and wandered through the street trying unsuccessfully to use his power.
• Passersby filmed Hua Yunfei in his ancient robes, and his appearance quickly made him famous online, drawing both admirers and critics.
• Hua Yunfei wondered whether the Kaoshan Sect and his past life had only been a dream or an illusion tied to endless Reincarnation.
• Someone watching Hua Yunfei through a phone furrowed his brow.

Hua Yunfei returned to Earth, but he was penniless, powerless, and unsure whether he could get home. After collapsing on a pedestrian street, he was carried away by a stranger, while two people who recognized him hurried to N City; when he woke, his rescuer accused him of pretending not to remember them.

• Hua Yunfei asked a woman for the date, learned it was July 25, 2024, and left when she tried to exchange contact information.
• Hua Yunfei headed toward the subway, failed to regain his cultivation, sensed something unusual in his meridians, and collapsed.
• A stranger claimed Hua Yunfei was their friend and carried him away from the crowd.
• A woman and a middle-aged man recognized Hua Yunfei in a short video and rushed from C City to N City.
• Hua Yunfei woke in a living room, and the newcomer accused him of pretending not to remember them.

Hua Yunfei learned that he had supposedly faked his death and forgotten a woman whose apparent suicide haunted his recovered memories, then answered a call from his mother. Meanwhile, the Lord of Nothingness repeatedly dreamed of Hua Yunfei and saw him in a video, leaving them baffled by the connection.

• Hua Yunfei told the woman that he had lost most of his memories, and she accused him of forgetting a woman and faking his death.
• Hua Yunfei recalled a woman jumping from a building and glimpsed an unidentified old man watching her fall.
• The woman received a call from Hua Yunfei's parents, and Hua Yunfei answered, saying, "Hello, Mom, it's me."
• The Lord of Nothingness dismissed the White Tiger Guardian's concerns about Hua Yunfei and began cultivating to break through.
• The Lord of Nothingness fell into another vivid dream, watched a video of Hua Yunfei, and wondered how he had appeared in the dream.

Lord of Nothingness explored Earth and discovered that Hua Yunfei’s vivid dream might be real. Hua Yunfei reunited with his grieving parents, while Lord of Nothingness dismissed him as no threat and claimed he would remain far stronger.

• Lord of Nothingness sensed cultivators hidden across Earth and investigated their strength and activities.
• Lord of Nothingness arrived near Hua Yunfei and saw him embrace his parents, who had recognized him in a video and rushed to meet him.
• Hua Yunfei noticed someone spying on the family and wondered whether cultivators existed on Earth.
• Lord of Nothingness withdrew after Hua Yunfei detected his presence and judged Hua Yunfei’s soul sense impressive.
• Lord of Nothingness called Hua Yunfei insignificant and said he would outgrow Hua Yunfei and Dao Wushuang before they could reach his level.

Hua Yunfei remained unconscious as his Reincarnation True Body tried to attack him, but the Red-robed Woman drove it away. Meanwhile, Jiang Ruoyao, Yue Yunshang, and Ye Fantian entered the ruins of Tongtian Road to search for the fifth fragment.

• Hua Yunfei and the Lord of Nothingness were struck by painful, chaotic memories, and Hua Yunfei fainted again.
• The Reincarnation True Body challenged the unconscious Hua Yunfei, but the Red-robed Woman appeared and forced it to retreat.
• The Red-robed Woman said she understood Hua Yunfei's feelings, then headed deeper into the Path of Reincarnation.
• Jiang Ruoyao, Yue Yunshang, and Ye Fantian arrived at the ruins of Tongtian Road to search for the fifth fragment.
• Yue Yunshang teased Jiang Ruoyao about Hua Yunfei missing her, and Jiang Ruoyao said she would be happy if he missed her and even happier if he had found her pretty sisters.

Jiang Ruoyao, Yue Yunshang, and Ye Fantian climbed the ruined Tongtian Road to find Jiang Ruoyao’s fifth fragment. They reached it in the space beyond a severed staircase, only to discover someone already holding it.

• Jiang Ruoyao, Yue Yunshang, and Ye Fantian entered the ruined Tongtian Road and began climbing its golden staircase.
• Jiang Ruoyao briefly grew dizzy, then felt the staircase’s remnant power trying to drive her away; Yue Yunshang dispelled it.
• The three encountered a vast sword mark whose lingering Sword Qi showed that a powerful being had severed Tongtian Road.
• Ye Fantian led the group across the broken staircase into the dangerous empty space where Jiang Ruoyao sensed the fragment.
• Jiang Ruoyao, Yue Yunshang, and Ye Fantian found the fragment in someone else’s hand, and that person noticed them.

Jiang Ruoyao, Ye Fantian, and Yue Yunshang encountered Feng Ming, the Emperor Lord of the Imperial Court, while seeking the fifth fragment. He proposed an alliance with Kaoshan Sect, then abducted Yue Yunshang to pressure the sect and Phoenix Emperor Venerate, leaving Jiang Ruoyao and Ye Fantian back at the Tongtian Road entrance.

• Jiang Ruoyao and Ye Fantian recognized Feng Ming as the Emperor Lord of the Imperial Court, who held the fifth fragment and had crossed the broken Tongtian Road.
• Feng Ming explained that the forces intertwined in the void made it stable enough for him to travel there, and he said he could descend directly into the Three Thousand Dao Realms.
• Feng Ming offered to give the fragment to Kaoshan Sect if they cooperated with the Imperial Court, but Ye Fantian refused to speak for the sect.
• Feng Ming sealed Yue Yunshang in his palm, intending to use her as leverage to make Phoenix Emperor Venerate help him and to force Kaoshan Sect to negotiate.
• Feng Ming kept the fragment and sent Jiang Ruoyao and Ye Fantian back to the Tongtian Road entrance.

Jiang Ruoyao and Ye Fantian learned that the Kaoshan Sect had deliberately let them face danger and that the Emperor Lord sought cooperation to escape constraints tied to an approaching catastrophe. The ancestors sent them back to the Yuanyang Realm to train cultivators while they worried whether Master Jiang could reproduce the Unlimited Region Fixed Cannon before the crisis arrived.

• The Kaoshan Peak ancestor and the other ancestors reassured Jiang Ruoyao and Ye Fantian that the sect had contingencies and had let them gain experience firsthand.
• The Kaoshan Peak ancestor explained that the Emperor Lord was a prodigy with old ties to the Kaoshan Sect and might want its help to cast off the constraints imposed on Hegemon Grade beings.
• The Kaoshan Peak ancestor warned that a world-shaking event feared by the Emperor Lord and other Hegemon Grade beings was near, but told Jiang Ruoyao she would understand when it came.
• The Kaoshan Peak ancestor sent Jiang Ruoyao and Ye Fantian to the Yuanyang Realm to transfer and train cultivators from the Great Universe.
• After Jiang Ruoyao and Ye Fantian left, the ancestors discussed the coming crisis and whether Master Jiang could replicate the Unlimited Region Fixed Cannon.

Phoenix Emperor Venerate rushed to the Imperial Court after hearing that the Emperor Lord had taken Yue Yunshang, but found her unharmed and learned the Emperor Lord wanted to unite the Hegemon Grade beings against an approaching threat. The Emperor Lord challenged Phoenix Emperor Venerate to make him leave his seat.

• Xin Que told Phoenix Emperor Venerate that the Emperor Lord had taken Imperial Empress Feng Ming, prompting Phoenix Emperor Venerate to summon the Phoenix Immortal Dynasty’s forces and charge toward the Imperial Court.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate arrived at the Imperial Court and entered after the Emperor Lord assured him Yue Yunshang was unharmed.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate found Yue Yunshang sharing tea with the Emperor Lord and demanded to know why he had summoned him.
• The Emperor Lord warned that an approaching event would threaten their positions and said all the Hegemon Grade beings needed to join forces.
• The Emperor Lord said he would persuade the other Hegemon Grade beings after Phoenix Emperor Venerate, then challenged him to make him leave his seat.