Chapter Summaries

Emperor Xieyuan ascended after entrusting Mo Yuan with the Xie Yuan Imperial Palace, while the Azure Devil Realm and Dihuan Realm continued advancing toward the Great Thousand Realm. A hundred years later, both worlds had expanded substantially, but their transformation remained underway.

• Emperor Xieyuan gave Mo Yuan the Xie Yuan Emperor Token and left him control of most of the Xie Yuan Imperial Palace before ascending.
• Emperor Xieyuan's ascension brought energy and laws that accelerated the Azure Devil Realm's advancement, and many Azure Devil Race experts later ascended as well.
• Ye Qingshuang emerged from cultivation, met Ye Xiaoging, and took the frail child into her Cave Mansion while Ye Qingxuan looked on.
• Fifty-nine Human Race experts broke through to the Immortal Realm and ascended, prompting the Dihuan Realm's powers to prepare for the Azure Devil Realm's advancement.
• Over the following hundred years, the Dihuan Realm and Azure Devil Realm continued advancing, each expanding by about half as their laws and regions developed.

Dihuan Realm and Azure Devil Realm continued transforming, strengthening their World Crystal Walls while their Void Realms shrank and travel grew harder. As disorder spread through Dihuan Realm, Liu Tai’an considered Xuantian Sect’s response and heard a proposal to abandon its distant Dihuan Realm Alliance Branch.

• The Void Realms of Dihuan Realm and Azure Devil Realm shrank as the worlds absorbed their energies, while Great Dao Patterns strengthened both World Crystal Walls against the Chaos Sea.
• The stronger suppression prevented cultivators from escaping into the void, slowed travel, and forced Immortal Realm Experts to ascend after at most a hundred years.
• Elder Li told Liu Tai’an that ambitious forces were attacking and encroaching on others, and Liu Tai’an ordered Xuantian Sect to kill any force within its territory that violated the sect’s rules.
• Elder Li reported that the distant Endless Sea Domain branch needed replacement personnel, but travel had become too difficult and the Dihuan Realm Alliance had largely become an empty shell.
• Elder Li suggested abolishing the branch and recalling its elders and disciples to Xuantian Sect.

Ye Qingxuan endured the Heaven and Earth Lightning Tribulation and broke through to the Middle Tribulation Crossing Realm, while Liu Tai'an decided not to change his cultivation path. After the tribulation, Ye Qingxuan discovered that his Twelve Element Spirit Root had reached perfection and an unknown Thirteenth Element Spirit Root was developing.

• Liu Tai'an agreed with Elder Li to retain the Dihuan Realm Alliance Branch and noticed a tribulation phenomenon coming from Ye Qingxuan's Qingxuan Blessed Land.
• Yao Qiudao and Liu Tai'an recognized that Ye Qingxuan was breaking through to the Middle Tribulation Crossing Realm, and Liu Tai'an dismissed the idea of switching to the Blessed Cultivation - Self Path.
• Three days later, Ye Qingxuan faced three thousand Seven-Colored Lightning Tribulations inside Qingxuan Cave Heaven as Ye Qingshuang and Ye Xiaoging watched.
• Ye Qingxuan endured the tribulation, absorbed its power, and completed his breakthrough after Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Qingxuan Blessed Land had advanced to Tier Nine.
• Ye Qingxuan told Ye Qingshuang and Ye Xiaoging that his Twelve Element Spirit Root had been perfected and that his unknown Thirteenth Element Spirit Root was gradually taking shape.

After surviving the Heaven and Earth Lightning Tribulation, Ye Qingxuan noticed his spirit roots had advanced beyond the known twelve-element limit, possibly because Dihuan Realm’s laws were changing. Liu Tai'an visited to request Source Seeds and help connecting Xuantian Sect to its distant branch, and Ye Qingxuan provided both before wondering how his ascended master was faring.

• Ye Qingxuan discovered that his Twelfth Element Spirit Root had perfected and an unknown Thirteenth Element Spirit Root was beginning to form, while Ye Qingshuang and Ye Xiaoging reacted with astonishment.
• Ye Qingxuan speculated that his new spirit root was related to Dihuan Realm’s transformation and its expanding Great Dao Laws.
• Liu Tai'an visited Ye Qingxuan and asked for Source Seeds and a way to connect Xuantian Sect with its Alliance Branch in the Deep Sea Domain.
• Ye Qingxuan promised Xuantian Sect one thousand Blessed Land Origin Seeds and one thousand Cave Heaven Origin Seeds, and offered a Realm Gate for the branch to access Qingxuan Virtual Market and return to the sect.
• Liu Tai'an thanked Ye Qingxuan and joked that he would visit often, prompting Ye Qingxuan to remember that over a hundred years had passed since Cen Zhe ascended.

Ye Qingxuan gave Liu Tai'an a Realm Gate linked to Qingxuan Virtual Market to solve Xuantian Sect’s Deep Sea Domain branch’s travel problem. After returning to cultivation, Ye Qingxuan reflected on Qingxuan Cave Heaven’s growth and the wider risks of using Realm Gates, while a Xuantian Sect elder set out to install the gate.

• Ye Qingxuan gave Liu Tai'an one thousand Blessed Land Origin Seeds, one thousand Cave Heaven Origin Seeds, and a Realm Gate connected to Qingxuan Virtual Market.
• Liu Tai'an told Elder Li that a Tribulation Crossing Realm elder would install the Realm Gate at the Deep Sea Domain branch so Xuantian Sect’s people could travel quickly between it and the sect.
• Ye Qingxuan returned to Qingxuan Cave Heaven and resumed cultivation, while considering the growth of its spirit veins, spirit plants, and other resources.
• Ye Qingxuan’s disciples continued suppressing the Azure Devil Race across Dihuan Realm, though their efforts became harder as the realm expanded and its suppression strengthened.
• A Xuantian Sect Tribulation Crossing Realm elder left for the Deep Sea Domain carrying Ye Qingxuan’s Realm Gate, while Ye Qingxuan considered why most sects could not safely deploy their own gates on a large scale.

Ye Qingxiao returned to Qingxuan Cave Heaven after more than a century, bringing the Azure Devil Race corpse and Yu Xueqing’s sealed body so Ye Qingxuan could save her. He reunited with his neglected daughter Ye Xiaoging, while Dihuan Realm continued expanding and transforming over the next thousand years.

• Ye Qingxiao used Ye Qingxuan’s Boundary Suppressing Pagoda and Spiritual Sense Imprint to kill the Azure Devil Race member he had pursued for over a hundred years.
• Ye Qingxuan sensed the imprint activate and learned that Ye Qingxiao was returning; Ye Qingshuang vowed to confront him for abandoning Ye Xiaoging.
• After three years of flying back from the Endless Sea Domain, Ye Qingxiao returned to Qingxuan Cave Heaven with the Azure Devil Race corpse and Yu Xueqing sealed in a Rule Coffin.
• Ye Qingxuan began extracting the Devil Qi from Yu Xueqing, while Ye Qingxiao stayed and gradually repaired his relationship with Ye Xiaoging.
• Over the next thousand years, Dihuan Realm expanded roughly fivefold, its Spiritual Energy and rule comprehension improved, and cultivation flourished, though increasing heavenly suppression limited cultivators’ reach.

A thousand years of transformation reshaped the Dihuan Realm, leading most forces to consolidate territory and pursue resources according to their strength. Ye Qingxuan recalled his returning companions and continued cultivating as Dongxuan City grew stronger, while his Cave Heaven and Blessed Land neared advancement.

• Small and mid-sized forces prioritized nurturing high-level cultivators, while top-tier forces used Realm Gates to secure distant high-tier resource lands and Hegemon-level Forces consolidated their expanding territories.
• Ye Qingxuan welcomed Ye Zhaoheng, Ye Zhaoyu, Liu Yun'er, and Liu Cai'er back to Qingxuan Cave Heaven and ordered them to cultivate there, ending their thousand-year expedition.
• Ye Qingxuan reflected that his cultivation remained short of the Tribulation Crossing Late Stage, though Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Qingxuan Blessed Land were nearing Tier Ten advancement.
• Ye Qingxuan ended his subordinates' Demon Tribulation suppression mission and allowed Dongxuan City cultivators with sufficient Contribution Points to cultivate in his Cave Heaven and Blessed Land.
• Dongxuan City gained more than twenty Void Glimpse Realm experts and abundant resources, while the Qingxuan Virtual Market retained visitors and shops despite declining traffic.

Luo Linger and Zhong Shenxiu asked Ye Qingxuan for permission to travel through the Dihuan Realm Outer Four Domains, and he gave them tokens that allowed them to use Qingxuan Virtual Market’s Realm Gates. After they left, Liu Tai'an spoke with Ye Qingxuan, whose Cave Heaven Blessed Land was nearing a rank advancement that could propel his cultivation beyond Liu Tai'an’s.

• Luo Linger and Zhong Shenxiu visited Ye Qingxuan and asked for authority to use Qingxuan Virtual Market’s Realm Gates for cross-domain travel.
• Ye Qingxuan realized they had not obtained a sect warrant and suspected they planned to slip away without permission.
• Luo Linger explained that she and Zhong Shenxiu had reached a cultivation bottleneck and wanted to travel for experience.
• Ye Qingxuan sensed that Luo Linger had reached the Void Glimpse Realm Initial Stage Peak and that Zhong Shenxiu had secretly reached the Mid Void Glimpse Realm, then gave them tokens to pass through the Realm Gates.
• Liu Tai'an’s incarnation appeared and explained that he had tacitly approved his disciples’ trip, while Ye Qingxuan acknowledged Liu Tai'an’s progress to the Middle Tribulation Crossing Realm.
• Ye Qingxuan silently confirmed Liu Tai'an’s guess that his own Cave Heaven Blessed Land’s imminent advancement would soon let him break through to the Tribulation Crossing Late Stage.

Ye Qingxuan’s Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Qingxuan Blessed Land advanced to Tier Ten, and the World Origin they released raised his cultivation to Peak Middle Tribulation Crossing Realm. He suppressed their growth to prevent them from becoming a True World under the Dihuan Realm’s control, then focused on advancing toward the Mahayana Realm.

• Liu Tai'an warned Ye Qingxuan that further advancement of his Cave Heaven Blessed Land could deepen its karmic ties to the Dihuan Realm and hinder his ascension, but Ye Qingxuan assured him he could resolve the problem.
• After Liu Tai'an’s incarnation phantom left, Ye Qingxuan returned to Qingxuan Cave Heaven and resumed closed-door cultivation.
• After a hundred years of advancement, Qingxuan Cave Heaven and Qingxuan Blessed Land reached Tier Ten, and Ye Qingxuan spent another hundred years refining their World Origin feedback.
• Ye Qingxuan reached Peak Middle Tribulation Crossing Realm and reflected on nearly three thousand years in the Dihuan Realm, while noting that his Cave Heaven now held three Tier 10 Spirit Veins and numerous lower-tier veins.
• Ye Qingxuan realized that further growth could let the Dihuan Realm’s rules take control as his Cave Heaven and Blessed Land merged into a True World, so he suppressed their growth and resolved to pursue the Mahayana Realm.

Ye Qingxuan perfected his Rule Power, broke through to the Tribulation Crossing Late Stage, and later heard that Bai Zichun had successfully reached the Void Glimpse Realm. After three thousand years of the Dihuan Realm’s advancement, a faint fluctuation swept across the realm as its transformation began to change.

• Ye Qingxuan spent over a decade comprehending Rule Power before Bai Zichun visited to discuss his planned breakthrough to the Void Glimpse Realm.
• Ye Qingxuan gave Bai Zichun seventh-grade Enlightenment Tea and advised him to improve his control of Rule Power before attempting the breakthrough.
• After sixty years, Ye Qingxuan perfected his Rule Power, spent another hundred years tempering himself, and successfully advanced to the Tribulation Crossing Late Stage.
• Ye Qingxuan returned to seclusion, while Ye Qingxiao continued cultivating after Ye Qingxuan removed the Devil Qi from Yu Xueqing and returned her sealed body.
• One hundred and seventy-six years after Ye Qingxuan’s breakthrough, Bai Zichun emerged from seclusion as a Void Glimpse Realm cultivator and continued overseeing the Blessed Cultivator Courtyard.
• Three thousand years after the Dihuan Realm began transforming, a faint fluctuation swept across it and subtle changes appeared in its transformation.

Ye Qingxuan observed that the Dihuan Realm’s transformation had stalled in some ways even as its land and space continued to grow more stable, then returned to cultivation. Meanwhile, five newly strengthened sects agreed to stop paying tribute to the Xuantian Sect in thirty-seven years, while Tianming Sect’s Ji Dongming and Xiao Aotian prepared to avoid direct involvement and cautioned against underestimating their rival.

• Ye Qingxuan sensed that the Dihuan Realm’s spiritual energy, enlightenment environment, and expansion had stagnated, though its rules and the stability of its land and space continued transforming.
• Powerful figures across the Dihuan Realm investigated the changes but found no explanation and returned to seclusion.
• Ji Dongming gathered the ancestors of Tianming, Mengtian, Fentian, Bihai, and Haiyou Sects to discuss breaking free of the Xuantian Sect’s control.
• Ji Dongming proposed that the five sects stop paying tribute, then expand into surrounding territories if the Xuantian Sect did not respond; Huo Yuanzi and Immortal Qingxia supported him, and Yun Mengyao and Yun Wuming reluctantly agreed.
• The five ancestors planned to carry out their first test when the Xuantian Sect collected tribute in about thirty-seven years.
• After the others left, Xiao Aotian warned Ji Dongming not to underestimate the Xuantian Sect, and Ji Dongming said Tianming Sect would not be the one to provoke it.

Ji Dongming persuaded Xiao Aotian that Tianming Sect could expand into another province through Realm Gates without abandoning its Tongtian State foundation, while hinting at eventually challenging Xuantian Sect. More than thirty years later, Bihai Sect openly refused to pay tribute, Haiyou Sect paid as usual, and Fentian Sect prepared to follow Tianming Sect’s plan.

• Xiao Aotian and Ji Dongming discussed Tianming Sect’s options, and Ji proposed using Realm Gates to develop in two distant provinces while keeping the sect’s Tier 10 Spirit Vein.
• Ji declared that Tianming Sect might one day surpass Xuantian Sect, prompting Xiao to warn him against underestimating Xuantian Sect and Ye Qingxuan.
• More than thirty years later, Immortal Qingxia ordered Bihai Sect to stop paying tribute, then personally drove Xuantian Sect Elder Luo from its territory.
• Haiyou Sect ancestor Yun Wuming learned that his sect had paid its tribute and wondered what Ji Dongming was planning.
• Ji watched Xuantian Sect’s tribute collectors depart and wondered which allied sects would refuse payment; Huo Yuanzi ordered Fentian Sect to follow the plan despite an elder’s suggestion to pay half.

Liu Tai'an decided to destroy the Bihai Sect for refusing tribute while giving the Fentian Sect another chance. Yao Qiudao agreed to accompany him and revealed that he had comprehended the Karma Great Dao Law, bringing him close to the Immortal Realm.

• Huo Yuanzi accepted the Fentian Sect Master's proposal, and the Fentian Sect agreed to provide only half its tribute for now.
• Yun Mengyao rejected Ji Dongming's plan and ordered the Mengtian Sect to hand over its tribute to the Xuantian Sect.
• Elder Li reported that the Bihai Sect had refused tribute and the Fentian Sect had provided only half; Liu Tai'an decided to handle the matter personally.
• Liu Tai'an told Yao Qiudao he planned to annihilate the Bihai Sect and give the Fentian Sect another chance, but asked Yao Qiudao to accompany him in case other Mahayana Realm Experts were involved.
• Yao Qiudao calculated the incident, said only the Bihai Sect's ancestor would openly oppose the Xuantian Sect, and agreed to go with Liu Tai'an.
• Yao Qiudao revealed that he had comprehended a trace of the Karma Great Dao Law and was one step away from the Immortal Realm.

Liu Taian and Yao Qiudao went to punish the Bihai Sect, and Liu Taian’s Xuantian Sword devastated the sect and repeatedly annihilated Immortal Qingxia. Immortal Qingxia blamed Ji Dongming for orchestrating the probing of the Xuantian Sect, but Liu Taian kept attacking her, determined to eliminate her as a threat.

• Yao Qiudao reassured Liu Taian that he would not ascend before Liu Taian reached the Mahayana Realm, then accompanied him to the Bihai Sect.
• Liu Taian declared that the Bihai Sect would be destroyed for refusing tribute and violating Xuantian Sect rules, then struck it with the Xuantian Sword.
• Liu Taian’s sword destroyed the Bihai Sect’s protective formation, killed Immortal Qingxia’s body and Primordial Spirit, and devastated the sect grounds.
• Immortal Qingxia reconstructed herself and demanded to know why Liu Taian had targeted her sect; Liu Taian explained that the other named sects had obeyed the tribute rules.
• After Liu Taian struck her again, Immortal Qingxia realized she had been deceived and accused Ji Dongming of secretly orchestrating the probe, offering to spy on the Tianming Sect in exchange for mercy.
• Liu Taian rejected Immortal Qingxia’s offer and struck her a third time; as she reconstructed herself again, he launched another attack.

Liu Tai'an and Yao Qiudao killed Immortal Qingxia and destroyed Bihai Sect, but the battle cost Xuantian Sect some Living Being Destiny. After news of the destruction spread, rival powers grew wary, while Liu Tai'an returned to Xuantian Sect to cultivate and Ji Dongming reconsidered the power of the Xuantian Sword.

• Immortal Qingxia begged Liu Tai'an to spare her, then detonated her origins and tried to escape as fragments of her Source of Rules.
• Yao Qiudao bound Immortal Qingxia's fragments with Karma chains, allowing Liu Tai'an to destroy her Source of Rules and kill her permanently.
• Liu Tai'an sensed that Xuantian Sect had lost some Living Being Destiny and resolved to limit slaughter and damage when possible, while warning rival sects not to provoke Xuantian Sect.
• Liu Tai'an thanked Yao Qiudao, returned to Xuantian Sect, informed Elder Li of Bihai Sect's destruction, and entered closed-door cultivation.
• After Xuantian Sect publicized Bihai Sect's annihilation, forces across its territory grew wary; Huo Yuanzi returned withheld tribute and apologized, while Ji Dongming reflected on the Xuantian Sword's power.

After Xuantian Sect destroyed Bihai Sect, its restored prestige curbed the ambitions of powers across its twenty-one Great States and relieved pressure on its Affiliated Forces. Meanwhile, new forces continued to emerge and fight over resources throughout the expanding Dihuan Realm, leaving many prefectures on the verge of local chaos.

• Ji Dongming concluded that Tianming Sect needed an Immortal Artifact to rise in the coming Great Era.
• The Yun Family ancestor learned from Yun Miao that Xu Yunzi had withdrawn Xuyun Sect’s scouts from the Yun Family.
• The Yun Family ancestor credited Xuantian Sect’s destruction of Bihai Sect with forcing Xu Yunzi to ease his pressure on the Yun Family.
• Powers across Xuantian Sect’s twenty-one Great States restrained their actions after Bihai Sect’s fall, restoring calm for many Affiliated Forces.
• Emerging forces across the Dihuan Realm continued fighting over Spirit Veins and resources as the realm expanded, and many prefectures began showing signs of local chaos.

Ao Yun and Ji Yao attacked the Qingxuan Ye Family’s hidden clan land to seize its Tier 8 Spirit Vein, forcing Ye Ximing to summon Ancestor Ye Qingxuan. Ye Qingxuan’s incarnation revealed that the family was not officially registered as an affiliated force of the Xuantian Sect, leaving the attackers’ claim unresolved.

• Ji Yao led Ao Yun to the mountain range, where Ao Yun shattered the Ye Family’s seventh-tier grand formation.
• Ye Ximing confronted the two intruders, refused Ao Yun’s demand for submission, and summoned Ancestor Ye Qingxuan through the Boundary Suppressing Pagoda.
• Ao Yun recognized Ye Qingxuan as a Tribulation Crossing Realm expert and apologized, but Ye Qingxuan accused him of attacking a Xuantian Sect affiliated force.
• Ji Yao explained that his inquiries had found no record of the Ye Family in the area, and Ye Qingxuan realized the family had never updated its registration after relocating.

Ye Qingxuan suppressed Ao Yun and Ji Yao after they attacked the Ye Family, then arranged to make the clan an affiliated force of the Xuantian Sect. He sent his External Incarnation to guard the Ye Family and prepared to use Ao Yun as bait to draw Haoyue Hall into a confrontation.

• Ao Yun pleaded for mercy by invoking his father Ao Gutian and Haoyue Hall, but Ye Qingxuan sentenced him and Ji Yao to ten thousand years of suppression.
• Ao Yun and Ji Yao tried to flee, but Ye Qingxuan used the Boundary Suppressing Pagoda to trap and suppress them.
• Ye Qingxuan gave Ye Ximing a Token Imprint and ordered him to register the Ye Family as an affiliated force of the Xuantian Sect and designate its clan land as the Ye Family's Territory.
• Ye Qingxuan sent his Tribulation Crossing Realm External Incarnation to guard the Ye Family with a Boundary Suppressing Pagoda, the Minor Zhou Sky Stars Great Formation, and the Everlasting Immortal Bottle.
• Ye Qingxuan revealed that he had deliberately spared Ao Yun to lure Haoyue Hall into attacking the Ye Family, giving him a chance to retaliate and establish the clan's standing.

Three thousand years later, Ye Qingxuan’s External Incarnation remained hidden in the Ye Family Clan Land to guard it and gave Ye Ximing a new foundation artifact and formation diagram. After returning from Qing Prefecture State City, Ye Ximing reported that the surrounding region had been designated as Ye Family’s Territory.

• The Ye Family had grown to include more than twenty Spirit Transmutation Realm Experts, while conflicts among other Dihuan Realm powers spread into localized warfare.
• Ye Qingxuan’s External Incarnation arrived at the Ye Family Clan Land and waited inside the Boundary Suppressing Pagoda for Ye Ximing.
• Several years later, Ye Ximing returned and was drawn into the pagoda, where he met Ye Qingxuan’s External Incarnation.
• Ye Qingxuan gave Ye Ximing the Three-Star Mid-grade Spirit Treasure Boundary Suppressing Pagoda and a Tier 8 Array Diagram, ordering him to establish a new guardian formation and keep the incarnation’s existence secret.
• Ye Ximing said he could not form a Tier 8 guardian formation across the expanded clan land alone, and Ye Qingxuan promised to help secretly.
• Ye Ximing reported that the Ye Family’s territory had been officially designated to include its mountain range and the surrounding mountains and plains.

Ye Qingxuan reassured the Ye Family elders that he would handle Haoyue Hall, then used his Xuantian Sect Enforcement Elder authority to spread news of Ao Yun’s suppression across Yunhai State and Qingzhou. The report stirred both regions, and Chiyang Palace began watching to see how Haoyue Hall would respond.

• Ye Ximing returned to the Ye Family and told Ye Xuanyun and Ye Qingfeng that Ye Qingxuan would deal with Haoyue Hall.
• After confirming the Ye Family’s territory had been officially designated, Ye Qingxuan ordered Xuantian Sect’s intelligence network to publicize Ao Yun’s ten-thousand-year suppression.
• Liu Tai'an let Ye Qingxuan’s order pass through the sect, and Xuantian Sect elders in Yunhai State and Qingzhou dispatched cultivators to spread the news.
• The story that Ao Yun had been suppressed spread across Yunhai State and Qingzhou, prompting cultivators to speculate about Haoyue Hall’s response.
• Chiyang Palace suspected Xuantian Sect was behind the publicity and chose to wait and watch Haoyue Hall’s next move.