Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan discovered how to command the World's Foundation and absorbed Earth Vein Yuan Power on a scale that reignited the Blackstone Tribe's totem, drawing the attention of neighboring tribes. When Red Feather Tribe warriors demanded a Yuan Treasure and ten women, Lin Yuan stepped in as their leader attacked Shi Shan.

• The old shaman showed Lin Yuan the Blackstone Tribe's crude cultivation method, and Lin Yuan deduced a far more effective circulation route.
• Lin Yuan commanded the earth to let him swallow its power, drawing in Earth Vein Yuan Power and reaching a level the old shaman could not fathom.
• Lin Yuan's absorption reignited the Blackstone Tribe's totem and sent a pillar of light into the sky, prompting Bloodfang and other tribes to send scouts or prepare to approach.
• Shi Shan warned Lin Yuan and the old shaman that Red Feather Tribe had arrived demanding the Yuan Treasure and ten women.
• A Red Feather Tribe warrior attacked Shi Shan, and Lin Yuan appeared before him and ordered him to get on his knees.

Lin Yuan killed the Red Feather Tribe’s young leader and used the confrontation to inspire the Blackstone Tribe to seek strength. After he instantly helped the tribe’s weakest boy condense his meridians, Stone Gu abdicated and declared Lin Yuan the tribe’s Divine Lord.

• Lin Yuan forced the Red Feather Tribe’s young leader to kneel, but the leader blew a distress whistle and threatened to summon his army.
• Lin Yuan killed the young leader with a single stomp, leaving the Red Feather Tribe warriors terrified.
• Lin Yuan told the Blackstone Tribe that they needed strength to survive, and Shi Shan and the others begged him to teach them.
• Lin Yuan guided Earth Vein Yuan Power through the weakest boy’s meridians, enabling him to condense them instantly.
• Stone Gu abdicated as the Blackstone Tribe’s shaman and proclaimed Lin Yuan their Divine Lord.

Lin Yuan established a contribution-point system and training structure to transform the Blackstone Tribe into his first base, then prepared to combine Earth Vein Yuan Power with Xu Beast Force. A scout’s report of the Bloodfang Tribe’s invasion interrupted his experiment.

• The Blackstone Tribe members hailed Lin Yuan as their Divine Lord, and he declared that strength and resources would be earned through contribution points.
• Lin Yuan assigned Luo Bing to organize the tribe and build the contribution system, while Number Seven analyzed the members and optimized their cultivation paths.
• Lin Yuan appointed Meng Ao, Su Li, and Gu Qinghe as instructors to train the tribe’s hunters into warriors.
• Lin Yuan entered the Totem Giant Bone and resolved to incorporate Xu Beast Force into his Symbiotic Path alongside Earth Vein Yuan Power.
• A scout reported that Bloodfang was leading the Bloodfang Tribe’s army toward the Blackstone Tribe to slaughter it.

The Bloodfang Tribe’s army attacked the Blackstone Tribe, but Lin Yuan used its warriors as sacrifices to complete his yin-yang energy cycle. Bloodfang was left frozen before Lin Yuan’s overwhelming divine power.

• A scout announced that the Bloodfang Tribe’s army had arrived, and the Blackstone Tribe prepared to defend itself despite overwhelming odds.
• Bloodfang ordered his army to slaughter everyone, while Lin Yuan walked alone to face the charging warriors.
• Lin Yuan called the army a source of yin power and unleashed black Xu Beast Force that drained the warriors’ life essence and souls.
• Lin Yuan formed a giant Taiji Diagram that purified the stolen energy and converted it into a self-sustaining cycle.
• The Bloodfang warriors vanished within moments, leaving Bloodfang rigid with terror as he realized he had provoked a god.

Lin Yuan erased Bloodfang, then rewarded the Blackstone Tribe with divine grace that healed and empowered them. As the tribe gathered its spoils and Luo Bing began a contribution system, a Snake Language Clan scout fled to warn his priest about the new Blackstone God.

• Bloodfang tried to flee, but Lin Yuan killed him and absorbed his memories, inheritances, and Origin Force.
• Lin Yuan bestowed divine grace on the Blackstone Tribe, healing its people and greatly increasing their strength.
• Shi Shan broke through to the Mountain Opening realm and pledged his life to Lin Yuan.
• A Snake Language Clan scout witnessed the destruction of the Bloodfang Tribe and hurried to warn his priest about the Blackstone God.
• The Blackstone Tribe collected Bloodfang's weapons, supplies, and mounts while Luo Bing began recording contributions with a jade token.

Luo Bing and Meng Ao’s systems transformed the Blackstone Tribe, while the Snake Language Tribe’s High Priest sent a poisonous girl as a supposed gift. Lin Yuan confronted her at the tribe’s entrance.

• Luo Bing rewarded a tribesman with contribution points, inspiring the Blackstone warriors to gather spoils and pursue the system’s rewards.
• Meng Ao defeated Shi Shan with one hand and began teaching the tribesmen basic stance training.
• The Snake Language Tribe’s High Priest ordered his poison-filled creation to go to the Blackstone Tribe as an “Ascension Gift.”
• Lin Yuan studied Bloodfang’s memories and learned about the tribes across the wasteland and a distant dynasty.
• The poisonous girl reached the Blackstone Tribe and disoriented its sentinels, but Lin Yuan appeared, neutralized the threat, and approached her.

Lin Yuan stripped the poison from Gu, named her Qian Ye, and gave her the Myriad Poison True Understanding. After witnessing his power, the High Priest of the Snake Language Tribe gathered his tribe’s wealth and ordered a pilgrimage to the Blackstone Tribe to offer loyalty to Lin Yuan.

• Lin Yuan absorbed the Myriad Poison Origin from Gu, freeing her from the Gu worms and their poison.
• Lin Yuan named the girl Qian Ye, gave her the Myriad Poison True Understanding, and she addressed him as Master.
• The High Priest of the Snake Language Tribe lost his connection to the Thousand Spider Gu and realized Lin Yuan had consumed its poison and claimed Gu.
• The High Priest laid out the tribe’s Ruin Beast Heart, map, and Soul Wood Token, then ordered his clansmen to bring their resources and slaves to the Blackstone Tribe.
• The High Priest declared that the Snake Language Tribe would make a pilgrimage to offer loyalty to Lin Yuan.

Sha Xie brought the entire Snake Language Tribe to Blackstone to beg Lin Yuan’s forgiveness and pledge its allegiance. Lin Yuan accepted their submission, marked Sha Xie with his power, and declared Blackstone’s rule over the Thousand-Mile Wasteland.

• The Snake Language Tribe arrived at Blackstone with its people, livestock, wealth, and slaves, and Sha Xie recognized the tribe’s newly fortified walls and powerful warriors.
• Sha Xie and the thousands behind him knelt before the city, and he offered the tribe’s possessions and loyalty to the Divine Lord.
• Lin Yuan appeared on the wall with Qian Ye, whose transformed aura made Sha Xie tremble with fear.
• Lin Yuan sent divine power into Sha Xie, renewing his meridians and loosening his cultivation bottleneck while binding his life and soul to the Divine Lord.
• Lin Yuan declared that the Thousand-Mile Wasteland would revere Blackstone, ordered all tribes to pay homage within three days, and threatened death to those who opposed him.

After Lin Yuan's declaration, tribes across the Thousand-Mile Wasteland submitted to him, while the Wind's Remnants challenged his rule and were destroyed by Qian Ye's poison. With tens of thousands gathered outside the Blackstone Tribe, Lin Yuan ordered Luo Bing to build a city named City of Beginnings.

• The smaller tribes near the Bloodfang Mountains rushed to bring tributes to the Blackstone Tribe after learning Lin Yuan had destroyed the Bloodfang Tribe.
• After hearing that the Snake Language Tribe had surrendered, the Giant Wood Tribe's chieftain ordered tribute prepared and declared that they would pay homage to the new king.
• The leader of the Wind's Remnants rejected Lin Yuan's authority and rallied his band to raid the Blackstone Tribe.
• Sha Xie asked Qian Ye for God's Punishment, and she gave him poison that silently wiped out the Wind's Remnants overnight.
• Three days later, tens of thousands of tribespeople knelt outside the Blackstone Tribe with tributes as Lin Yuan ordered Luo Bing to build a city for a million people and named it City of Beginnings.

Lin Yuan established City of Beginnings with a Contribution Points system, three governing institutions, and the Myriad Dao Stele, creating a new order centered on cultivation. As the city celebrated its completion, a scout reported that an envoy from the Great Yan Dynasty had arrived and demanded that Lin Yuan receive the king's edict.

• Luo Bing used the Eye of Truth to create a vast city blueprint, and the tribespeople built the city by earning Contribution Points for their work.
• Lin Yuan moved a mountain and opened a channel from a snowy peak, demonstrating his power and winning the tribespeople's trust.
• Lin Yuan established the Hall of Law Transmission under Luo Bing, the Martial Hall under Meng Ao, and the Dark Department under Qian Ye.
• Lin Yuan raised the Myriad Dao Stele, offering cultivation techniques and other goods in exchange for Contribution Points.
• A Martial Hall scout reported that an envoy from the Great Yan Dynasty had arrived with a dozen riders on flying Flame Lions and demanded that Lin Yuan receive the king's edict.

Lin Yuan rejected the Great Yan Dynasty envoy’s demand that he leave the city and kneel to receive its edict, imposing his own rule on anyone entering the City of Beginnings. He left the envoys’ Flame Lions powerless and grounded, then invited their shaken commander to present the edict.

• The dynasty envoy demanded that Lin Yuan leave the city and kneel, while Shi Shan, Sha Xie, and Meng Ao reacted to the dynasty’s show of force.
• Lin Yuan told the envoys he would read the edict himself and declared that anyone entering his city had to land and walk in.
• The young commander asserted that the Great Yan Dynasty’s will was the only rule and repeated his order for Lin Yuan to kneel.
• Lin Yuan’s will extinguished the Flame Lions’ fire and strength, making them fall and throwing the envoys from their backs.
• The young commander stared at Lin Yuan in horror, and Lin Yuan calmly told him to present the edict.

Lin Yuan rejected the Great Yan Dynasty’s attempted enfeoffment and rewrote its imperial edict with his own laws. He sent the Young Man general back with an ultimatum demanding that the Yan King come to City of Beginnings within three days to discuss ownership of the world.

• The Young Man general and his companions stood helpless outside City of Beginnings as Lin Yuan’s presence subdued their Flame Lions.
• Lin Yuan summoned the golden edict from the Young Man general and read its terms, which demanded tribute, troops to fight the Beast Tide, and Lin Yuan’s submission to the Yan King.
• Shi Shan, Sha Xie, and Luo Bing condemned the edict’s demands and warned that they were a means of controlling Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan erased the Yan King’s laws from the edict and rewrote it using his own Divine Laws.
• Lin Yuan returned the altered edict to the Young Man general and demanded that the Yan King bring the Myriad Mile Territory Map to City of Beginnings within three days.

Lin Yuan prepared the City of Beginnings for war after forcing the Great Yan Dynasty’s envoys to flee. In Tianyan City, the Yan King recognized the Dao power written on the altered decree, suffered a backlash, and announced that he would personally visit Lin Yuan.

• Li Jue and the other Great Yan Dynasty envoys fled after Lin Yuan erased the royal seal and rewrote the imperial decree.
• Lin Yuan ordered Meng Ao to recruit ten thousand promising tribesmen into a divine army and told Luo Bing to turn the City of Beginnings into an impregnable war fortress.
• Three days later, Li Jue reported the events to the Yan King, prompting Great Yan’s officials to argue over whether to attack or proceed cautiously.
• The Yan King examined Lin Yuan’s writing, saw a Dao beyond the world’s Rules, and spat golden blood.
• The Yan King ordered an imperial decree declaring that he would travel to the wasteland in three days to pay his respects to Lin Yuan.

Yan King witnessed Lin Yuan’s Dao Mark overpower his King’s Dao Dragon Qi and decided to travel to the City of Beginnings to seek the Dao. He arrived before Lin Yuan’s city and entered its open gates barefoot, alone.

• Yan King revealed Lin Yuan’s words on the imperial edict as a Taiji Diagram that erased his King’s Dao Dragon Qi, and the chancellor identified it as a manifestation of the true Dao.
• Yan King ordered Li Mu to guard Tianyan City and the chancellor to govern, then left for the City of Beginnings to seek the Dao.
• Lin Yuan told Shi Shan and Sha Xie to open the city gates and let Yan King seek answers beneath the Myriad Dao Stele.
• Three days later, Yan King arrived with his royal procession, saw Lin Yuan on the city wall, removed his shoes, and walked alone into the city.

Yan King Jiang Yan entered the City of Beginnings and recognized that its civilization and Myriad Dao Stele could replace the old world, so he humbled himself before Lin Yuan and began studying the Qi-Guiding Art. After three days of meditation, he emerged with a new understanding of cultivation and a path toward a far sturdier foundation.

• Jiang Yan toured the City of Beginnings and witnessed its efficient workshops, Contribution Point system, and ambitious people.
• Jiang Yan bowed to Lin Yuan, revealed his true name, and said he had come to seek the Dao.
• Lin Yuan directed Jiang Yan to the Myriad Dao Stele and explained that its teachings were open to all living beings.
• Jiang Yan sat beneath the stele to study the Qi-Guiding Art, while the Three Thousand Yan Dragon Guard waited outside the city.
• After three days, Jiang Yan opened his eyes and understood how the Qi-Guiding Art drew on Origin Force through affinity and resonance rather than plunder.

Jiang Yan surrendered the Great Yan Dynasty’s treasury for Contribution Points, then received Lin Yuan’s command to return to Tianyan City and escort him there. Lin Yuan revealed that he intended to reclaim the Yang’s Origin sealed beneath the capital and resolve the dynasty’s ancient trouble.

• Jiang Yan exchanged the contents of his storage ring for an enormous amount of Contribution Points, becoming the top contributor in the City of Beginnings.
• Lin Yuan identified Tianyan City as the seal over a sleeping Yang Ruin Beast and decided the time had come to retrieve the Yang’s Origin.
• Lin Yuan ordered Jiang Yan to bring the Three Thousand Yan Dragon Guard to Tianyan City and promised to resolve the trouble that had burdened the dynasty for three thousand years.
• Jiang Yan accepted Lin Yuan’s decree and ordered the Yan Dragon Guard to assemble, explaining that they would escort the Divine Lord rather than conquer or inspect the city.
• Lin Yuan appeared before the guards, declared that their journey would be too slow, and swept his hand across the space ahead.

Lin Yuan tore open space and arrived in Tianyan City with Jiang Yan and the Three Thousand Yan Dragon Guard, then awakened the Three-legged Golden Crow beneath the city. After absorbing its attack, Lin Yuan prepared to unite the Golden Crow’s Yang with the Yin he had obtained and make it his Dao Foundation.

• Lin Yuan opened a Space Rift to Tianyan City, and Jiang Yan and the Three Thousand Yan Dragon Guard followed him through.
• Li Mu mistook Lin Yuan for an assassin, but Jiang Yan ordered him to show respect to the Divine Lord.
• Lin Yuan stamped through the Sun God Stone foundation and awakened the dormant Yang's Origin beneath the city.
• The Three-legged Golden Crow emerged from beneath Tianyan City and attacked Lin Yuan with Sun God Light.
• Lin Yuan absorbed the Golden Crow’s attack into his Taiji Diagram and declared that he would unite its Yang with his Yin to form his Dao Foundation.

Lin Yuan completed his Yin-Yang Dao Foundation, gained control over the Forgotten Ruins, and repelled the gaze of an Upper Realm Inspector. He renamed the world the Divine Revelation Continent and began preparing to ascend to the Upper Realm.

• Lin Yuan absorbed the Three-legged Golden Crow into his Taiji Diagram and completed his Yin-Yang Dao Foundation.
• Lin Yuan gained authority over the Forgotten Ruins and realized its world barrier had loopholes.
• A purple-gold eye appeared beyond the barrier, and Jiang Yan identified it as the Upper Realm Inspector that harvested the world.
• Lin Yuan used his control of the world's laws to block the Inspector's gaze and vowed to confront it in the Upper Realm.
• Lin Yuan renamed the Forgotten Ruins the Divine Revelation Continent and ordered Tianyan City's residents to relocate to the City of Beginnings.
• Lin Yuan announced he would use the Sun God Stone and Myriad Dao Stele to forge a Vessel of Ascension.

Lin Yuan ignited the core of the Vessel of Ascension, drawing the attention of the Upper Realm and prompting a Six-Winged God Servant to descend and attack. Meng Ao formed the God-Awakened Army into the Slaying Gods battle formation, and the first clash began as he ordered the Thick Earth sequence to respond to the God Servant’s spear.

• Over the year, Luo Bing and thousands of workers built the Vessel of Ascension while Meng Ao trained the hundred-thousand-strong God-Awakened Army.
• Lin Yuan poured his Yin-Yang Taiji Dao Foundation into the Myriad Dao Stele and ignited the Vessel of Ascension.
• The Vessel’s energy pillar broke through the World Barrier, alerting a powerful being in the Upper Realm, who ordered a Six-Winged God Servant to seize the ship and purify its people.
• The Six-Winged God Servant descended through a silver rift and prepared to destroy the Vessel of Ascension.
• Meng Ao ordered the God-Awakened Army to form the Slaying Gods battle formation, and its demon god phantom met the God Servant’s Judgement Spear.
• As the spear struck toward the phantom, Meng Ao ordered the First Sequence, Thick Earth, and thirty thousand warriors stamped their feet into the ground.

Meng Ao’s army pierced the Six-Winged God Servant with a battle halberd, and Lin Yuan captured him to turn the god into part of the Vessel of Ascension. With the vessel’s beacon and divine-power converter ready, Lin Yuan prepared to fire the Yin and Yang Annihilation Cannon at the beings beyond the Space Rift.

• Meng Ao’s soldiers used the Demon God’s ocher barrier to withstand the Six-Winged God Servant’s Judgement Spear, then pierced him with a Formation-Breaking halberd.
• Lin Yuan seized the wounded Six-Winged God Servant and pressed him into the Vessel of Ascension, where its runes analyzed and transformed his body and soul.
• The God-Awakened Army roared in celebration after seeing mortals slay a god.
• Luo Bing reported that the God Servant had become a source of Order-law samples, an Upper Realm beacon, and a divine-power converter for the vessel.
• Lin Yuan learned that the Yin and Yang Annihilation Cannon could make its first low-power shot after one incense stick and promised the Divine Beings a taste of mortal artillery.