Chapter Summaries

Ling Yuan prepared to break through beyond Saint Grade by sensing the Great Thousand World’s Will, while helping defend the world and cultivating those around him. He gathered the Great Thousand World’s strongest figures in Spirit Domain to explain the path before demonstrating his breakthrough.

• After the Outer Realm Evil Clan abandoned the Southern Border, Ling Yuan left two newly refined Heavenly Demon Emperor puppets there and rented his other Heavenly Sovereign Puppets to Qin Tian.
• When the Outer Realm Evil Clan attacked Burning Sky Continent, Qin Tian used Ling Yuan’s rented puppets to help repel them.
• Ling Yuan reached the peak of Late Saint Grade, defeated Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor in battle, and helped Lin Dong rescue his wife from the Ice Spirit Clan.
• Over the following years, Ling Yuan’s companions reached the Heavenly Sovereign Realm, his thirty incarnations reached Saint Grade, and he discovered that breaking through required sensing and gaining recognition from the World Will.
• Ling Yuan summoned Qin Tian, the Sword Saint, Lin Dong, his family, and others to Spirit Domain, explained what he had learned, and began demonstrating his attempt to reach the Half-step Dominator Realm.

Ling Yuan summoned the Firmament List and used his thirty Saint Grade avatars to inscribe his surname, becoming a Half-Step Ruler. He continued toward writing his full name, but after all his avatars were exhausted, he struggled alone with two strokes left.

• Ling Yuan called forth the Firmament List and explained how inscribing a surname or full name granted Half-Step Ruler or Dominator power.
• Ling Yuan summoned thirty Saint Grade avatars, and Qin Tian realized they were the reason Ling Yuan had consumed so much Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Ling Yuan combined his power with his avatars and inscribed the character Ling on the Firmament List, becoming a Half-Step Ruler.
• Ling Yuan continued writing the character Yuan, but the Firmament List's resistance drained his true body and avatars.
• Ling Yuan's thirty avatars were exhausted, leaving him to struggle alone with two strokes remaining.

After reaching the Dominator Realm, Ling Yuan destroyed the Outer Realm Evil Clan, killed Heavenly Evil God, and purified the lands the clan had corrupted. He settled into family life as the Great Thousand World rebuilt, while his son Ling Fan became its second Dominator Realm expert.

• Ling Yuan inscribed his complete name on the Firmament List and reached the Dominator Realm.
• Ling Yuan annihilated the thirty-two great clans, then urged the Great Thousand World to launch a counterattack against the Outer Realm.
• At Northern Desolate Hill, Ling Yuan broke Heavenly Evil God's seal and killed him with a spear of Heaven and Earth's Great Power.
• The Great Thousand World armies reclaimed the Outer Realm, and Ling Yuan purified its polluted lands.
• Ling Yuan declined Qin Tian's offer to lead the Great Thousand Palace and spent the following years with his family as his wives and concubines had children.
• Ling Yuan and Qing Yanjing's son, Ling Fan, became the Great Thousand World's second Dominator Realm expert.