Chapter Summaries

The narrator and the people of Number Twelve Peak investigated why the sect forgot every Immortal Lord who died on an expedition, and suspected Li Changfeng’s pills were protecting their memories. After a failed attempt to find Bizarre Creatures in Vanguard Hall, the narrator waited for another expedition and learned that a newly ascended Immortal Lord was recruiting a team with only three Heavenly Immortals from Vanguard Hall.

• Zi You told the narrator that every Immortal Lord who joined an expedition died, and the sect forgot each one a week later.
• Fang Jingchun said she also remembered the dead Immortal Lords, and the narrator suspected Li Changfeng’s monthly pills were why Number Twelve Peak remembered them.
• The narrator proposed joining the next expedition with Zi You to discover what was happening, and she agreed.
• The narrator visited Vanguard Hall and used True Sight to inspect its members, but found only humans and abandoned the theory that Bizarre Creatures were hiding there.
• After half a year in seclusion, the narrator learned that a new Immortal Lord from Number Three Peak was recruiting for an expedition with only three Heavenly Immortals from Vanguard Hall.

You signed up for a resource-gathering mission led by an Immortal Lord, but the Vanguard Hall would not let Zi You join, and Zhuge Qing suspected the mission was dangerous. Three days later, you met the team leader, Ye Wushuang, who noticed your late-stage Immortal Realm cultivation.

• Zi You explained that the Vanguard Hall took thirty percent of the resources when an Immortal Lord led a team, while the leader received fifty percent and the other disciples shared twenty percent.
• You signed up for the mission, but the registration elder accepted you as the team's only Immortal Realm disciple and turned Zi You away.
• Zhuge Qing warned that the mission might be dangerous, while Zi You urged you to stay; you insisted on going to uncover the secrets behind the Vanguard Hall's missions.
• Three days later, you reached the Vanguard Hall and saw Ye Wushuang, an Immortal Lord of the First Heaven, waiting near a cliff.
• You introduced yourself to Ye Wushuang, and he looked you over and remarked on your late-stage Immortal Realm cultivation.

Ye Wushuang led a squad to a secret realm that admitted only those below the Earth Immortal Realm, leaving the Immortal Realm disciple to collect resources while the others guarded the entrance. After hiding his ancient bronze ring and entering the realm, the disciple gathered Immortal Herbs before a peak Immortal Realm Bizarre Creature and a mass of others appeared around him.

• Ye Wushuang led the disciple and eight Heavenly Immortals from Immortal Spirit Sect toward the Black Sea, crushing small Bizarre factions along the way.
• Ye Wushuang revealed that a secret realm would open in seven days and ordered the disciple to enter it for cultivation resources while the squad fought Bizarre Creatures outside.
• Three Vanguard Hall members demanded the disciple's Storage Rings, but he hid the ancient bronze ring in the Void Realm and passed their search.
• The disciple entered the secret realm, found abundant Immortal Herbs, and swept them into his Void Realm.
• A peak Immortal Realm Bizarre Creature appeared and announced that it could finally leave as a huge mass of Bizarre Creatures surrounded the disciple.

Trapped in a secret realm overrun by Bizarre Creatures, you gathered immortal medicines while searching for a way to survive. On the final day, Wang Jian appeared as a soul avatar and revealed Vanguard Hall’s plan, but you began slaughtering the creatures as he watched, until he attacked your soul.

• You fled deeper into the secret realm because Bizarre Creatures guarded the exit, collecting immortal herbs and fruits as you went.
• By the third day, you decided to risk approaching the Bizarre Creatures guarding the resources.
• A soul avatar of Wang Jian appeared from your ring, and you realized Vanguard Hall had sent you in as bait to gather resources before you were killed.
• You charged into the Bizarre Creatures and killed more than a dozen peak Immortal Realm creatures, then taunted Wang Jian while collecting an immortal fruit.
• Wang Jian attacked your soul with his soul power while you fought the Bizarre Creatures.

You discovered that the Sword Emperor Remnant Soul wanted to devour Wang Jian’s soul clone, then found Primordial Dragon Travel could not take you out of the secret realm. With the exit blocked by Bizarre Creatures and only half an hour until the realm closed, you charged into them and unleashed your Sword Domain.

• You recognized the voice in your mind as the Sword Emperor Remnant Soul and realized it wanted to eat Wang Jian’s soul.
• You dragged Wang Jian’s soul clone into your Sea of Consciousness, where the Sword Emperor Remnant Soul devoured it.
• You tried to escape the secret realm with Primordial Dragon Travel, but could not open the Spatial Barrier, so you waited for the realm to close.
• Outside the secret realm, Wang Jian realized his soul clone had died, while Ye Wushuang listened to the Vanguard Hall members’ conversation.
• You reached the exit with half an hour remaining, found the Bizarre Creatures still blocking it, and charged in with Myriad Swords Returning to Origin: Sword Domain Descent.

Su Ming’s simulation ended with Wang Jian killing him during an expedition to an Immortal Mine, but Su Ming claimed every reward and reached the late stage of the Immortal Realm. After absorbing the simulation’s memories, he questioned why Zi You had said that every Immortal Lord who led an expedition died before returning to the Immortal Spirit Sect.

• Su Ming slaughtered the Bizarre Creatures in the secret realm, exhausted his spiritual energy, and escaped through Heavenly Mandate Protection.
• Wang Jian took Su Ming’s empty ring and accused him of finding no resources, but Su Ming rebuked him for sending him into danger.
• Ye Wushuang led the group south to attack a Bizarre faction and seize its Immortal Stones.
• Wang Jian stabbed Su Ming from behind, ending the simulation, and the Simulator offered Su Ming its rewards.
• Su Ming activated I Want It All, advanced to the late stage of the Immortal Realm, and recalled Zi You’s warning about expedition leaders dying.

Su Ming brought his companions to the Immortal Spirit Sect and began a new simulation after settling on Mountain Twelve. The simulation revealed that Zi You had uncovered a deadly secret about the Vanguard Hall, while Su Ming suspected Li Changfeng’s pills might explain why he had been spared.

• Su Ming decided to take everyone to the Immortal Spirit Sect and led them through the Black Sea to the canyon, where Zhang Jun guided them to Mountain Twelve.
• Su Ming began a simulation and told Zi You to investigate the Vanguard Hall while he secluded himself to cultivate.
• After five years, Su Ming emerged from seclusion and heard Zi You explain that Vanguard Hall teams searched for resources and split their finds with the hall.
• Zi You revealed that Immortal Lord disciples who led Vanguard Hall teams vanished on their expeditions, and everyone forgot about their deaths within three days of the teams’ return.
• Lin Tian asked why Su Ming had survived, and Su Ming suggested that the pills Li Changfeng had sent might be responsible.

After fifteen years of seclusion, the narrator reached the peak of the Immortal Realm and learned that Ye Wushuang had returned alive from a Vanguard Hall expedition. He asked where Ye Wushuang was, recalling that their previous expedition had ended with the narrator’s death after finding Immortal Stones.

• The narrator refused Zi You’s suggestion to join an expedition, saying their cultivation was too weak, and chose to cultivate instead.
• Zi You and the others waited for the narrator while cultivation resources grew scarce, and Xuanyuan Tian Ji declined to go searching for more.
• After fifteen years, the narrator broke through to the peak of the Immortal Realm and left seclusion.
• Lin Tian gathered the others, and the narrator learned that Xuanyuan Tian Ji had reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
• Zi You gave the narrator the resources she had collected during his seclusion and reported that Ye Wushuang was the only Immortal Lord to return alive from an expedition.
• The narrator asked where Ye Wushuang was and remembered that, in the previous simulation, they had found Immortal Stones before he died on the way back.

After learning that Ye Wushuang had been branded a traitor and that Li Changfeng had stopped supplying pills, the narrator visited Li Changfeng to investigate. Li Changfeng denied knowing about Ye Wushuang or the deaths of Immortal Lord expedition leaders, then surprised the narrator by commenting on his cultivation.

• Zi You told the narrator that Ye Wushuang had injured Vanguard Hall disciples, taken resources, and fled the Immortal Spirit Sect, which issued a warrant for him.
• The narrator and Zi You doubted the sect's account, but Zhuge Qing said his Heavenly Mystery Art could no longer divine much in the Vast Immortal Domain.
• Zi You mentioned that Li Changfeng had stopped delivering pills after nearly twenty years, so the narrator decided to question him.
• The narrator visited Li Changfeng at Pill Peak and asked about Ye Wushuang and the Immortal Lord disciples who had died on expeditions.
• Li Changfeng denied knowing about the deaths, and as the narrator prepared to leave, he asked whether it had taken the narrator twenty years to reach the peak of the Immortal Realm.

After fifty years in seclusion, you broke through to the Earth Immortal Realm and discovered that Vanguard Hall was recruiting powerful disciples to search for immortal veins. You suspected its expeditions were connected to the disappearances and deaths of Immortal Lord disciples, and the chapter left you considering how soon Xuanyuan Tian Ji could reach the Immortal Lord Realm.

• You resumed seclusion after Li Changfeng warned that cultivation beyond the Immortal Realm was harder, keeping your suspicions about him and Ye Wushuang to yourself.
• After emerging twenty-five years later, you learned from Zi You that no Immortal Lord disciples had reportedly died on missions, then realized the safe-return reports involved Vanguard Hall expeditions and warned everyone to avoid them.
• You cultivated for another twenty-five years and broke through to the Earth Immortal Realm, while Ye Chuxue reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm and Xuanyuan Tian Ji reached its peak.
• Xuanyuan Tian Ji told you that Vanguard Hall had offered her increased resources and promised her half the spoils if she led an expedition after reaching the Immortal Lord Realm.
• You confirmed that no Immortal Lord disciples outside Vanguard Hall had been reported missing or dead, shared your suspicions with everyone, and asked Xuanyuan Tian Ji how soon she could break through.

After Xuanyuan Tian Ji used the resources Xuanyuan Tian Ji received from the narrator to reach Immortal Lord, she led the group on an expedition to claim two immortal veins. The group returned safely to Vanguard Hall, where the Immortal Sovereign hall master arrived to distribute their rewards, leaving the narrator suspicious.

• The narrator gave Xuanyuan Tian Ji the remaining secret-realm resources and explained that the Great Dream Immortal Emperor had bestowed them on him; she said she could reach Immortal Lord in five years.
• The narrator planned for Xuanyuan Tian Ji to lead an expedition with three Vanguard Hall disciples while the others watched them, and the group entered seclusion.
• Five years later, Xuanyuan Tian Ji broke through to Immortal Lord, and the old man at Vanguard Hall assigned three disciples to join the team.
• After leaving the Immortal Spirit Sect, Xuanyuan Tian Ji defeated the bizarre creatures guarding two immortal veins, and the Vanguard Hall disciples then told the group to return.
• The group crossed back into the Immortal Spirit Sect safely, despite the narrator's expectation that danger on the return journey would explain the deaths of Immortal Lord disciples.
• The group waited at a shrine for the Vanguard Hall master to distribute their rewards, and a smiling, white-haired middle-aged man approached.

Su Ming discovered that the Vanguard Hall Master was an Immortal Emperor-level Bizarre Creature and realized the Immortal Spirit Pill would alter the memories of everyone who took it. He attempted to rescue Xuanyuan Tian Ji, but the Vanguard Hall Master struck as Su Ming tried to escape through the Chaos Void.

• Su Ming used True Sight on the Vanguard Hall Master and discovered he was a Bizarre Creature, connecting him to Ye Wushuang's defection and the missing Immortal Lord disciples.
• Su Ming concealed his fear from the Vanguard Hall Master, accepted an Immortal Spirit Pill, and watched Zi You and the others take theirs too.
• After the Vanguard Hall Master sent everyone away but kept Xuanyuan Tian Ji behind, Su Ming told Zi You to take the others home and returned alone to rescue her.
• Su Ming used Void Concealment and Primordial Dragon Travel to reach Xuanyuan Tian Ji and opened his Void Realm for her to enter.
• As Su Ming began escaping through the Chaos Void with Xuanyuan Tian Ji, the Vanguard Hall Master shattered the Void Realm and sliced Su Ming in two at the waist.

After the Vanguard Hall Master severed him, the protagonist escaped with Xuanyuan Tian Ji into the Chaos Void, where Heavenly Mandate Protection saved them and Dragonkin Undying healed his body. They woke in a barren, apparently safe place within the Chaos Void and found a gigantic True Dragon statue as they explored.

• The Vanguard Hall Master realized the protagonist had escaped with Xuanyuan Tian Ji and wondered how a human had mastered a Primordial Dragon divine ability.
• The protagonist struggled through the Chaos Void with a grave wound, while his memories of Xuanyuan Tian Ji began to fade.
• Heavenly Mandate Protection activated and teleported the unconscious protagonist and Xuanyuan Tian Ji to a random safe location.
• The protagonist woke in a barren wasteland with his body restored, and Xuanyuan Tian Ji woke beside him.
• The protagonist and Xuanyuan Tian Ji realized they were still in the Chaos Void and began exploring the barren land.
• The protagonist and Xuanyuan Tian Ji approached a gigantic True Dragon statue emerging from the Chaos Qi.

The protagonist and Xuanyuan Tian Ji were drawn into the True Dragon statue and arrived in the Primordial Virtual Realm, home of the Primordial Dragon Race. After Situ Xiao Yue learned how the protagonist had inherited Primordial Dragon bloodline abilities, her brother Situ Hao Yue arrived and confronted the two humans.

• The True Dragon statue swallowed the protagonist and Xuanyuan Tian Ji after the protagonist touched it.
• The protagonist met Situ Xiao Yue, identified her as a Primordial Dragon, and explained that Primordial Dragon Essence Blood had taught him Primordial Dragon Travel.
• Situ Xiao Yue revealed that they were in the Primordial Virtual Realm, where the Primordial Dragon Race lived, and offered the protagonist a possible place among them.
• Situ Hao Yue arrived, shielded Situ Xiao Yue, and questioned how the two humans had entered the realm.
• Situ Xiao Yue defended the visitors, but Situ Hao Yue warned her not to trust humans.
• The protagonist told Situ Hao Yue that Bizarre Creatures had hunted them into the Chaos Void and that they had drifted into the realm.

You learned that your Primordial Dragon bloodline came from a drop of essence blood belonging to Situ Hao Yue's branch, and told Clan Leader Situ about the dire state of the Vast Immortal Domain. Xuanyuan Tian Ji asked about the Weiyang Immortal Domain, and Clan Leader Situ explained how the Abnormal Clan's strength had driven the Primordial Dragon Race to retreat into its Void Realm.

• Situ Hao Yue brought you and Xuanyuan Tian Ji before Clan Leader Situ after accusing you of trespassing in the Primordial Dragon Race's ancestral grounds.
• Clan Leader Situ sensed your imperial dragon bloodline, and you explained that you had obtained it from a True Dragon Phantom in a secret realm in Barren Prefecture.
• Clan Leader Situ and Situ Hao Yue recognized the bloodline as Primordial Dragon Essence Blood from Situ Hao Yue's branch, and Situ Hao Yue's hostility toward you faded.
• You told Clan Leader Situ that the Vast Immortal Domain was in dire condition, describing the fall of the Vast Dao Palace, the Human Race's losses, and the Immortal Spirit Sect's control by the Abnormal Clan.
• Xuanyuan Tian Ji asked whether Bizarre Creatures threatened the Weiyang Immortal Domain and whether the Human Race still had factions there.
• Clan Leader Situ said the Abnormal Clan had once dominated the Weiyang Immortal Domain, forcing the Human Race and Ten Thousand Races to unite, and that the Primordial Dragon Emperor had created the Primordial Virtual Realm as a refuge.

The clan chief warned Xuanyuan Tian Ji that her clan was unwelcome in Weiyang Immortal Domain and advised her not to return until she reached the Immortal Emperor Realm. As Su Ming and Xuanyuan Tian Ji remained stranded in the Primordial Virtual Realm, they suspected Situ Hao Yue's newly awakened interest in his ancestor might offer a way out, and a year later Situ Hao Yue came to challenge Su Ming again.

• The clan chief said Weiyang Immortal Domain had once been in the best condition but warned Xuanyuan Tian Ji that her clan was hunted by the Abnormal Clan and shunned by the Human Race and Ten Thousand Races.
• The clan chief explained that the Primordial Dragon Race wanted to live in the Chaos Void and would not escort Su Ming and Xuanyuan Tian Ji back to the Great Thousand Worlds.
• Situ Hao Yue became convinced that his father had left the Primordial Virtual Realm to fight the Bizarre Creatures after learning that his ancestor had fallen in Canglan Realm.
• Su Ming told Xuanyuan Tian Ji that Situ Hao Yue's changed attitude might be tied to his ancestor and could hold the key to leaving the Chaos Void.
• After a year in the Primordial Virtual Realm, Situ Hao Yue entered and confidently challenged Su Ming to another fight.

After winning a third challenge against a Primordial Dragon, you learned why Situ Hao Yue had been testing your strength: he wanted to leave the Primordial Immortal Domain and return to the Great Thousand Worlds to search for his father. You agreed to take him with you, hoping his father could become an ally against the Abnormal Clan.

• You defeated a Primordial Dragon at the Earth Immortal Realm Great Perfection, shocking Situ Hao Yue and the spectators despite being only at the early stage of the Earth Immortal Realm.
• You convinced Situ Hao Yue that your victories came from your awakened Primordial Dragon bloodline and that you could not defeat a Heavenly Immortal.
• Situ Hao Yue hosted a feast with you, Xuanyuan Tian Ji, and his sister, and shared immortal wine that aided cultivation.
• Situ Hao Yue told you that his faction of the Primordial Dragon Race wanted battle and that he suspected his father, a Dragon Emperor, was alive in the Weiyang Immortal Domain.
• You agreed to take Situ Hao Yue with you when you left the Primordial Virtual Realm, hoping to find his father and gain an Immortal Emperor ally.

Situ Hao Yue asked you to take Situ Xiao Yue with your group and keep her safe in the Vast Immortal Domain, offering to help strengthen your Dragon Race bloodline and repair your shattered Void Realm in return. Situ Xiao Yue agreed to stay with you after Situ Hao Yue promised to visit her, but you had to wait three years for the Ancestral Dragon Pool to open.

• Situ Xiao Yue insisted she would follow Situ Hao Yue into the Great Thousand Worlds, while he warned that the journey was too dangerous for her.
• Situ Hao Yue asked you to protect Situ Xiao Yue in the Vast Immortal Domain, and you protested that you were an Earth Immortal fleeing Bizarre Creatures.
• Situ Hao Yue offered you a chance to enter the Ancestral Dragon Pool and strengthen your bloodline, explaining that it could also help restore your shattered Void Realm.
• Situ Xiao Yue agreed to travel with your group after Situ Hao Yue promised to come find her in the Vast Immortal Domain.
• The next day, Situ Hao Yue told you the Ancestral Dragon Pool would open in three years and that it opened once every ten years with few places available.

Situ Hao Yue brought you and Xuanyuan Tian Ji to the Ancestral Dragon Pool, where you used Dao Heart Illumination to accelerate your bloodline growth at the cost of your lifespan. After reaching 82% bloodline concentration and enduring two days, you activated the skill again to keep cultivating.

• After three years of seclusion, you and Xuanyuan Tian Ji met Situ Hao Yue, who told you the Ancestral Dragon Pool would open in a month.
• Situ Hao Yue took you to Dragon Abyss and explained that talented humans were allowed one bloodline baptism in the pool.
• You entered the Ancestral Dragon Pool with nine others and began absorbing its dragon-marrow motes as they questioned why you had been given a slot.
• After your bloodline rose only about one percent in a day and the pain became severe, you used Dao Heart Illumination, burning a third of your lifespan and turning your bangs white.
• You reached 82% bloodline concentration but could endure only two days before the pain returned, so you activated Dao Heart Illumination again, turning half your hair white.

After leaving the Ancestral Dragon Pool, the protagonist revealed that his bloodline concentration had reached ninety percent and learned that his Chaos Body explained his limited cultivation breakthrough. Situ Hao Yue decided to leave the next day to search for his father, while the protagonist discovered his Void Realm had been fully restored and enlarged.

• The protagonist left the Ancestral Dragon Pool after nine days, having raised his bloodline concentration to ninety percent and reached the middle stage of the Earth Immortal Realm by burning through his lifespan.
• Situ Hao Yue, Situ Xiao Yue, and Xuanyuan Tian Ji questioned the protagonist about his white hair, and he admitted that he had used a forbidden art.
• Situ Xiao Yue revealed that her bloodline concentration was ninety-two percent and Situ Hao Yue's was ninety-seven percent.
• Xuanyuan Tian Ji explained that the protagonist's Chaos Body made cultivation breakthroughs much harder, and Situ Hao Yue recognized him as a prodigy.
• Situ Hao Yue said he would leave the next day to search for his father, and the protagonist later found that his shattered Void Realm had been restored and enlarged.