Chapter Summaries

Hua Wuluo returned with the Divine Wood Dao Seed and Ye Xinran urged him to keep it because it suited his cultivation. After Little Dragon envied the gift, Ye Xinran promised to ask the Fourth Elder for a comparable treasure for him.

• Little Dragon joked that Hua Wuluo shared his low cultivation realm, and Ye Xinran pointed out that Hua Wuluo had caught up to him.
• Hua Wuluo presented Ye Xinran with the Divine Wood Dao Seed and claimed he had retrieved it from a powerful group while everyone else cultivated.
• Ye Xinran offered the Divine Wood Dao Seed back to Hua Wuluo, explaining that it would benefit his advancement and that she had better treasures.
• Hua Wuluo accepted the Divine Wood Dao Seed and thanked Ye Xinran, while Little Dragon watched enviously.
• Ye Xinran promised to ask the Fourth Elder for a treasure of the same grade suitable for Little Dragon.

Ye Si retrieved Dragon Shadow Breath and the Cold Source Crystal from the Profound Origin True Realm for Little Dragon and Su Qingxuan, who joined Hua Wuluo to refine them. Ye Xinran then left the formation space to explore the secret realm, while Li Wuxun sensed their emergence.

• Ye Xinran asked Ye Si to obtain resources for Little Dragon and Su Qingxuan as well as Hua Wuluo.
• Ye Si seized Dragon Shadow Breath from a divine artifact in the Profound Origin True Realm and took a Cold Source Crystal that instantly finished forming.
• Ye Si gave Ye Xinran the Dragon Shadow Breath and Cold Source Crystal, and she handed them to Little Dragon and Su Qingxuan.
• Little Dragon, Su Qingxuan, and Hua Wuluo began refining their items in the formation space.
• Ye Xinran led Qian Ba and the others out to explore the secret realm, and Li Wuxun sensed that they had emerged.

Li Wuxun found Ye Xinran and her companions in the Primordial Yellow Ancient Realm and learned more about the Primordial Divine Hall. Despite growing more intimidated, he told Ye Xinran that he wanted to follow her.

• Ye Xinran and her companions left the Formation Array space without waiting for Little Dragon, Hua Wuluo, and Su Qingxuan to finish cultivating.
• Li Wuxun approached the group, and Ye Xinran recognized him and questioned how he had entered the Primordial Yellow Ancient Realm despite his low cultivation.
• Li Wuxun explained that his Master, Li Xundao, had taken him to the Profound Origin True Realm and that he had come to the Primordial Yellow Ancient Realm for the Divine Wood Dao Seed.
• Li Wuxun described his Master as one of the Profound Origin True Realm's peak experts, drawing curiosity from Ye Xinran and some of her companions.
• After Ye Xinran praised the Primordial Divine Hall's power, Li Wuxun admitted that it was stronger than he had imagined and said he wanted to follow her.

Li Wuxun joined Ye Xinran's group as they explored the secret realm and gained opportunities. A month later, they arrived at a divine tree where nine Ancient Venerable Realm experts were disputing seven Heavenly Extreme Divine Fruits, and Ye Xinran's group claimed the fruits.

• Ye Xinran agreed to let Li Wuxun follow her, and he joined the group after explaining that his Master had approved.
• Ye Xinran and the others explored the secret realm for a month, encountering opportunities and improving.
• Nine Ancient Venerable Realm experts argued over seven Heavenly Extreme Divine Fruits, then the seven strongest agreed to take one each.
• Ye Xinran's group arrived and declared that they wanted the fruits, making the experts stop because they feared offending Li Xundao and the powerful figures connected to the group.

Ye Xinran and her companions encountered a group of Ancient Venerable Realm experts guarding Heavenly Extreme Divine Fruits, but the experts yielded the fruit to them out of fear of the Primordial Divine Hall. After collecting the fruits, Ye Xinran offered them to her companions, who declined, apparently leaving them for Li Wuxun.

• Shangguan Wudi tried to imitate Little Dragon’s arrogant shouting, and Ye Xinran praised his effort while saying he still lacked Little Dragon’s spirit.
• Ye Xinran approached the Heavenly Extreme Divine Tree, and the Ancient Venerable Realm experts made way for her.
• Shangguan Shi suggested the experts were the ones who had encountered Hua Wuluo over the Divine Wood Dao Seed, prompting Ye Xinran to ask them about it.
• The experts hurriedly denied fighting Hua Wuluo, and one of them gathered seven Heavenly Extreme Divine Fruits for Ye Xinran.
• Ye Xinran offered the seven fruits to her companions, who declined them, and Li Wuxun realized they meant to leave the fruits for him.

Li Wuxun accepted the Heavenly Extreme Divine Fruits from Ye Xinran and went to cultivate while Li Xundao and Tantai Zhentian discovered that Little Dragon and Su Qingxuan were refining the mature Dragon Shadow Breath and Cold Source Crystal. Li Xundao concluded that an expert from the Primordial Divine Hall had accelerated their birth, and he advised Tantai Zhentian to obey Ye Xinran and her companions.

• Ye Xinran gave the Heavenly Extreme Divine Fruits to Li Wuxun, who followed the group to find a place to refine them.
• Li Xundao arrived outside the Formation Array space and was astonished to see Little Dragon and Su Qingxuan refining the mature Dragon Shadow Breath and Cold Source Crystal.
• Li Xundao suspected that an expert from the Primordial Divine Hall had accelerated the treasures' birth, and Tantai Zhentian agreed that such power was extraordinary.
• Li Xundao asked why Tantai Zhentian had left seclusion, and Tantai Zhentian admitted he had yielded his cultivation spot to Ye Xinran and her companions.
• Li Xundao calculated what had happened and told Tantai Zhentian to listen to those people when he encountered them.

Ye Chang'an and Ling Xianyue reached the Dao Master Realm and entered the Book Pavilion's mysterious top floor. Ling Xianyue began recalling her previous life there as a young man's phantom appeared before them.

• After Ye Xinran reached the True One Realm, the system raised Ye Chang'an's cultivation to the Dao Master Realm.
• Ling Xianyue broke through to the Dao Master Realm in the Time-Space Realm and told Ye Chang'an she wanted to revisit the Book Pavilion's top floor.
• Ling Xianyue recalled that she had forgotten what the top floor held in this life, then led Ye Chang'an inside.
• A formation activated in the top-floor room, gathering spiritual energy around a statue, and Ling Xianyue remembered cultivating and communicating with it in her previous life.
• The wooden door closed, the statue flashed, and a young man's phantom appeared, surprised that two people had come.

Ye Chang'an and Ling Xianyue met Li Wuxun's phantom in the Book Pavilion's top floor and learned that he had reserved an item for whoever took first place on the Cosmic Dao Stele. Ye Chang'an and Chi Yi pressured Li Wuxun to hand it over early, leaving the phantom startled by Ye Chang'an's power and unsure whether to comply.

• Ye Chang'an recognized the phantom as Li Wuxun, while Li Wuxun was surprised by Ye Chang'an's unknown talent.
• Ye Chang'an and Ling Xianyue asked why Li Wuxun had created the Book Pavilion and what he had left on its top floor.
• Li Wuxun said he would give them an important item only if they took first place on the Cosmic Dao Stele, and Ye Chang'an argued that they should receive it now.
• Chi Yi appeared, ordered Li Wuxun to hand over the item, and respectfully bowed to Ye Chang'an and Ling Xianyue.
• Chi Yi demanded that Li Wuxun stop dawdling as the phantom remained stunned and hesitant.

Ye Chang'an and Ling Xianyue learned that a jade talisman was tied to the Immortal Bridge Ancient Ruins and a war in the Primordial Dao Realm. After Chi Yi revealed the shadowy man's secret plans and boasted of his strength, the group left the Book Pavilion and met Wang Chen and the others.

• The shadowy man handed over a jade talisman, which Chi Yi checked before Ye Chang'an gave it to Ling Xianyue.
• The shadowy man explained that the talisman would be useful at the Immortal Bridge Ancient Ruins, but Ye Chang'an had Chi Yi explain its purpose.
• Chi Yi revealed that the talisman could uncover information about a war in the Primordial Dao Realm and draw in the shadowy man's reincarnated self.
• Chi Yi disclosed that the shadowy man had left measures in case no astonishing talent appeared, advising future generations not to ascend to the Primordial Dao Realm.
• The shadowy man asked whether Chi Yi could defeat Cheng Tian Mountain, and Chi Yi boasted that he could crush it easily.
• Ye Chang'an, Ling Xianyue, and Chi Yi left the Book Pavilion and met Wang Chen, Lin Tianya, and the others waiting outside.

Ling Xianyue planned to reach the ninth level of the Dao Master Realm and challenge the Cosmic Dao Stele, but Ye Chang'an took her into the hall instead. Meanwhile, Chi Yi tried to impress the Ice Phoenix, and Zhao Tianqiong advanced at the Heavenly Sect before declaring he would challenge the Cosmic Dao Stele again.

• Ling Xianyue told Wang Chen and Lin Tianya that the Book Pavilion's top floor was not something they were meant to know, and Ye Chang'an took her and Chi Yi away.
• Ling Xianyue said she wanted to reach the ninth level of the Dao Master Realm and challenge the Cosmic Dao Stele, but Ye Chang'an led her deeper into the hall.
• Chi Yi visited the Ice Phoenix, argued that he was an expert, then left to cultivate after she dismissed him.
• Qin Qi broke through while cultivating in the Heavenly Sect's time-accelerating Formation Array and teased Zhao Tianqiong for falling behind.
• Zhao Tianqiong advanced further and said he would challenge the Cosmic Dao Stele again.

Zhao Tianqiong challenged the Cosmic Dao Stele again and rose from rank ninety-nine to fifty-nine, prompting debate across the Vast Universe Domain about his strength and whether the Primordial Divine Hall would ever challenge the stele. Qin Qi then brought him back toward the Heavenly Sect, insisting he show her its forbidden grounds.

• Qin Qi opened a spatial portal and accompanied Zhao Tianqiong to the Cosmic Dao Stele for his new challenge.
• Zhao Tianqiong unleashed his strongest sword strike, and the stele raised him from rank ninety-nine to rank fifty-nine.
• Beings across the Vast Universe Domain debated Zhao Tianqiong's leap in rank and whether the Primordial Divine Hall's powerhouses would challenge the stele.
• Zhao Tianqiong wondered whether the powerhouses ranked around him were close in strength, while Qin Qi dismissed the importance of the rankings.
• Qin Qi opened a portal back to the Heavenly Sect and pulled Zhao Tianqiong through, asking him to show her its forbidden grounds.

After Zhao Tianqiong climbed to fifty-ninth on the Cosmic Dao Stele, Xuan Tianyue and the elders discussed whether Heavenly Dao Hall’s leaders and young talents could reach the top hundred. In another hall, Xuanyuan Hao’s peers speculated about two mysterious guests who remained in seclusion, while Xuanyuan Hao wondered who they really were.

• Qi Tianyuan, Yuan Daolin, and Xuan Tianyue were shocked that Zhao Tianqiong had risen forty places to fifty-ninth on the Cosmic Dao Stele.
• Xuan Tianyue said his bottleneck was loosening and left to cultivate, urging Yuan Daolin and Qi Tianyuan to work harder because their cultivation was too low.
• Yuan Daolin and Qi Tianyuan debated whether they, Xuan Tianyue, Xuanyuan Hao, and Xiao Yueming could enter the Cosmic Dao Stele’s top hundred, and compared the young men with the Primordial Divine Hall.
• Young men in another hall praised Xuanyuan Hao and claimed he would surpass Zhao Tianqiong, while discussing two guests who had stayed in seclusion since arriving at Heavenly Dao Hall.
• Xuanyuan Hao wondered who the two mysterious guests were as his companions boasted that they could challenge them.

Ye Xinran learned that the secret realm’s power kept the Primordial Yellow Ancient Realm’s Strength Ranking from detecting her, then had Ye Si accelerate time in the cave mansion and Little Dragon’s Formation Array space. She ordered Qian Ba and the others to stop cultivating when they reached the Half-step Venerable Lord Realm.

• Ye Xinran asked Ye Si why her improved cultivation had not placed her on the Strength Ranking, and he explained that the secret realm was beyond the Primordial Yellow Ancient Realm’s Heavenly Dao’s reach.
• Ye Si offered to adjust the secret realm’s level or raise the Heavenly Dao’s level, and Ye Xinran learned that he could raise worlds to the Profound Origin True Realm or even the Primordial Dao Realm.
• Ye Si explained that Jiang Wuya came from the Primordial Dao Realm but was only barely an expert there, and Ye Xinran decided she did not need to join the Strength Ranking yet.
• Ye Xinran asked Ye Si to accelerate time in the cave mansion by a thousand times and match the time flow inside Little Dragon’s Formation Array space.
• Ye Xinran sent Little Dragon’s group a message to stop cultivating at the Half-step Venerable Lord Realm, then told Qian Ba and the others to do the same.

Li Wuxun began cultivating with a treasure while Little Dragon, Hua Wuluo, and Su Qingxuan learned that their training space had a thousandfold time flow. A month later, Ye Xinran was playing chess with Shangguan Wudi and denied moving one of his pieces after he accused her of cheating.

• Ye Xinran explained the Half-step Venerable Lord Realm to Li Wuxun, who resolved to catch up with his companions and began cultivating with the treasure she had given him.
• Little Dragon received Ye Xinran's message that the time flow had increased to a thousand times the outside world and that they should stop cultivating at the Half-step Venerable Lord Realm.
• Little Dragon, Hua Wuluo, and Su Qingxuan resumed cultivating, delighted by their accelerated training conditions.
• A month later, Ye Xinran defeated Shangguan Wudi at chess while Qian Ba, Zhao Jiu, and Shangguan Shi debated whether his poor play was genuine.
• Shangguan Wudi accused Ye Xinran of moving his piece, but she denied it and challenged him to another game.

Ye Xinran finished her chess match with Shangguan Wudi and continued looking for opponents, while Little Dragon and Hua Wuluo completed their breakthroughs. With Li Wuxun having reached the Samsara Realm, Ye Xinran decided it was time for everyone to leave the secret realm and compete on the Strength Ranking.

• Ye Xinran beat Shangguan Wudi at chess, and he declined to play another round despite praising her skills.
• Qian Ba, Zhao Jiu, and Shangguan Shi privately discussed Shangguan Wudi’s apparent pride and joked about proving themselves to him later.
• Ye Xinran taught Shangguan Wudi chess and then asked Yang Yi, Qi Qianqian, and Su Qingxuan to play.
• Little Dragon and Hua Wuluo finished cultivating and announced that they had both reached the Half-step Venerable Lord Realm.
• Shangguan Shi reminded Ye Xinran about Li Wuxun, and Ye Xinran sensed that he had reached the Samsara Realm before deciding to leave the secret realm.

Ye Xinran and the others emerged from the secret realm, and all ten took over the Strength Ranking at the Half-step Venerable Lord Realm. Their achievement shocked the Primordial Yellow Ancient Realm, while Wang Chen and Luo Yue Bai wondered what kind of force the Primordial Divine Hall was.

• Li Wuxun left the cave mansion after Ye Xinran announced that it was time to leave the secret realm.
• Ye Xinran and the others appeared outside the secret realm and waited for the Strength Ranking to update.
• The Strength Ranking listed Ye Xinran, Qian Ba, Zhao Jiu, Shangguan Shi, Yang Yi, Shangguan Wudi, Qi Qianqian, Little Dragon, Hua Wuluo, and Su Qingxuan in the same order as the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking, all at the Half-step Venerable Lord Realm.
• Ye Xinran and the others celebrated their matching rankings, while Li Wuxun silently resolved to catch up with them.
• Cultivators throughout the Primordial Yellow Ancient Realm erupted into discussion as the new rankings replaced the previous top ten.
• Wang Chen told Luo Yue Bai that the Primordial Divine Hall had taken over the entire Strength Ranking, and Luo Yue Bai asked what kind of force it was.

Wang Chen and Luo Yue Bai hoped to reclaim the rankings after the Primordial Divine Hall’s Half-step Venerable Lords ascended, while Qiu Qianyue remained in the lower realm until the Nine Profound Hall had a successor. Ye Xinran told Li Wuxun she could take him with her when she ascended, leaving him astonished by her ability to defy Heaven’s Dao.

• Luo Yue Bai pointed out to Wang Chen that the Primordial Divine Hall’s experts would soon ascend, allowing them to reclaim the rankings, and Wang Chen admitted he was also only at the Half-step Venerable Lord Realm.
• Qiu Qianyue reflected that she could ascend but stayed to protect the Nine Profound Hall until someone could take her place.
• Qiu Qianyue sensed Ye Xinran and the others return to the Nine Profound Hall and left her hall to meet them.
• Ye Xinran told Li Wuxun to cultivate in her Time-Space Divine Tower and said she would take him with her when she ascended.
• Ye Xinran explained that she had previously taken Little Dragon and Xiao Luo with her during ascensions, and Little Dragon said he could ascend on his own this time.
• Li Wuxun marveled that Heaven’s Dao had never stopped Ye Xinran, while recalling that the Heaven’s Dao of each world was connected to higher realms.

Ye Xinran and her companions entered the Time-Space Divine Tower to cultivate while preparing for her ascent to the upper realm. During a chess game with Shangguan Wudi, she secretly altered the board and convinced him that her skill had overwhelmed him.

• Qiu Qianyue visited Ye Xinran, learned she planned to ascend to find her parents, and left without disturbing the group.
• Ye Xinran and the others entered the Time-Space Divine Tower and later gathered on its fourth floor to play chess.
• Shangguan Shi, Zhao Jiu, and Qian Ba suspected Ye Xinran would secretly move Shangguan Wudi's pieces again as they watched their game.
• Ye Xinran secretly manipulated the chessboard, called check, and left Shangguan Wudi baffled by the sudden turn.
• Shangguan Wudi praised Ye Xinran's chess skill and admitted he had wrongly believed she cheated in their previous game, while Ye Xinran concealed her discomfort.

Ye Xinran finished a chess game against Shangguan Wudi and prepared to ascend with her companions after Little Dragon and Hua Wuluo broke through to the Venerable Lord Realm. She and the others appeared at Nine Profound Hall, where golden ascension passages carried them toward the upper realm as Qiu Qianyue and the Elders saw them off.

• Ye Xinran challenged Qian Ba, Zhao Jiu, and Shangguan Shi to play two chess games at once, but two distant blasts interrupted them as Little Dragon and Hua Wuluo broke through.
• Little Dragon and Hua Wuluo reached the Venerable Lord Realm, and Ye Xinran said they would ascend after she finished her game with Shangguan Wudi.
• Ye Xinran beat Shangguan Wudi again, while Little Dragon and Hua Wuluo suspected she had secretly moved his chess piece and Shangguan Shi told them to keep quiet.
• Ye Xinran decided to ascend with everyone who had broken through, leaving Li Wuxun behind to continue cultivating in the Time-Space Divine Tower.
• Ye Xinran and her companions appeared at Nine Profound Hall, where ten golden ascension passages carried them upward as Qiu Qianyue and several Elders respectfully saw them off.

Ye Xinran and nine others ascended from the Primordial Yellow Ancient Realm, while Su Qingxuan took revenge on the Chen Family before entering the ascension passage. The chapter ended with the Chen Family destroyed and a system notice announcing Ye Xinran’s arrival in the Vast Universe Domain.

• Ye Xinran and the other Primordial Divine Hall members ascended together, astonishing the people of the Primordial Yellow Ancient Realm and Wang Chen.
• Su Qingxuan told Ye Xinran she wanted to avenge herself on the Chen Family, and Ye Xinran supported her.
• Su Qingxuan unleashed her Venerable Lord Realm pressure and sent a Sword Light toward the Chen Family, while Wang Chen wondered why the Heavenly Dao did not react.
• The Chen Family members thought Su Qingxuan had left without seeking revenge, but her Sword Light struck and destroyed their territory.
• The system detected Ye Xinran’s ascension to the Vast Universe Domain and announced an exclusive divine ability reward.