Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yue learns that the top-secret information concerns Pan, a disciple of Qian Origin Divine Mountain who has left the mountain and is hunting the group.
• Pan escaped the restrictions of the Three Thousand Dimensions after fusing a unique strange artifact into his body. He is a Dimension-level lifeform who has fused four Origin Great Daos, giving him the potential for Transcendence.
• Unlike most experts, Pan is not satisfied with four Origin Great Daos and seeks to fuse five or six, believing a stronger foundation will make future Transcendence and advancement easier.
• Nine Heavens Emperor Lord suggests that Pan’s pursuit may be connected to the Human Race, provoking the foreign-race experts to focus their hostility on Li Yue.
• Li Yue questions Nine Heavens about a rumored secret art that could locate every Dimension-level lifeform. Nine Heavens denies possessing such an ability, though Li Yue suspects the method may belong to the self-awareness of the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Realm.
• After deciding that the gathered foreign races have no further value, Li Yue reveals his true strength. His aura rises from High-grade Dimension-level to Invincible Dimension-level, overwhelming everyone present.
• Nine Heavens Emperor Lord and the other foreign-race Dimension-level lifeforms are stunned. The First Heavenly Court’s Eldest Princess initially panics but realizes that Li Yue’s strength, rather than his cultivation realm, has reached the Invincible Dimension-level.
• Li Yue condemns the foreign races and summons the Sword Qi of the Ultimate Thirteen Dao Swords, preparing to execute them.
• Faced with imminent death, Nine Heavens Emperor Lord cries out, “Ancestor, save me!”

Character Developments

• Li Yue: Reveals that his power is far greater than previously believed. Though he has not reached a realm equivalent to Half-step Transcendence, his combat strength has surpassed Top-tier Dimension-level and reached the terrifying Invincible Dimension-level. His attitude shifts from questioning and observation to decisive judgment and execution.
• Nine Heavens Emperor Lord: His confident, evasive demeanor collapses once Li Yue displays his strength. He becomes terrified and appeals to a mysterious ancestor for protection.
• Pan: Although absent, he is established as an exceptionally ambitious and dangerous figure. His pursuit of five or six Origin Great Daos shows his desire for an extraordinary foundation and eventual Transcendence.
• First Heavenly Court’s Eldest Princess: Demonstrates caution and political awareness. She does not intervene because of Li Yue’s connection to the Ancient Cultivator King, but she is deeply shocked by his strength and carefully distinguishes between cultivation realm and combat power.
• Foreign-race Dimension-level lifeforms: Their concealed hostility toward Li Yue becomes open after Nine Heavens links the matter to the Human Race. Their confidence turns to terror when Li Yue reveals his overwhelming power.

Significant Themes

• Strength versus realm: Li Yue’s combat ability reaches Invincible Dimension-level even though his actual cultivation has not entered Half-step Transcendence. The chapter emphasizes that battle strength and cultivation realm are not always identical.
• Foundation and future potential: Pan’s desire to fuse more Origin Great Daos illustrates the importance of building a powerful foundation before advancing to higher realms.
• Hidden identities and concealed power: Li Yue has disguised his true strength, while the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Realm may possess secret abilities unknown to others.
• Racial conflict and prejudice: The foreign races’ hostility toward the Human Race exposes the broader tensions between the Human Race and other powerful groups.
• Fear and authority: Once Li Yue reveals his strength, the balance of power changes instantly. Those who had been threatening him are reduced to helplessness.

Character Interactions

• Li Yue listens to Nine Heavens Emperor Lord’s explanation of Pan and probes him about his supposed locating technique.
• Nine Heavens attempts to manipulate the situation by suggesting that Pan is targeting the Human Race, causing the foreign races to turn their hostility toward Li Yue.
• The Eldest Princess remains a silent observer, protected by her status as the Ancient Cultivator King’s representative and by the backing of the First Heavenly Court.
• Li Yue directly confronts the foreign races, declaring them worthy of execution.
• The chapter ends with Nine Heavens abandoning his previous composure and desperately calling upon his ancestor as Li Yue’s ultimate Sword Qi descends.

Chapter Summary: “The Ancestor Emerges—Why Was the Ancestor’s True Body in the Other Party’s Hands?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• As Li Yue confronts the Nine Heavens Emperor Lord and his allies, a mysterious black-robed figure suddenly appears. His arrival shakes the entire palace complex and reveals him as the supreme powerhouse behind the Nine Heavens Emperor Lord’s lineage.
• The figure effortlessly neutralizes all thirteen of Li Yue’s ultimate sword techniques with black-and-white mystic radiance.
• The First Heavenly Court’s eldest princess recognizes him as the terrifying existence feared even by the Ancient Cultivator King. The Dimension-level alien races and the Nine Heavens Emperor Lord enthusiastically acknowledge him as their “Ancestor.”
• Believing the Ancestor can easily defeat Li Yue, the Nine Heavens Emperor Lord and the alien races become arrogant, demanding that Li Yue kneel and beg for forgiveness.
• The Ancestor initially offers Li Yue a chance to end the conflict peacefully, but after Li Yue refuses to back down, he releases an aura approaching the Half-step Transcendence-grade and prepares to suppress him.
• Li Yue reveals that he knows the Ancestor was forged by someone named Yan Du. This shocks the Ancestor, since the secret was known only to himself and a very small number of beings.
• Li Yue then extends his hand and summons an Ancient Mirror from deep within the palace. The mirror is revealed to be the Ancestor’s true body and the source of his power.
• The chapter ends with the Ancestor horrified and the Nine Heavens Emperor Lord and alien races stunned that the Ancestor’s true body is now in Li Yue’s possession.

Character Developments

• Li Yue: Remains calm and confident despite facing an opponent far stronger in apparent aura and cultivation. His knowledge of Yan Du and ability to control the Ancient Mirror reveal that he possesses hidden authority and preparation specifically connected to the Ancestor.
• The Black-Robed Ancestor: Initially composed and magnanimous, he becomes enraged when Li Yue refuses to submit. His confidence collapses into shock once Li Yue identifies his creator and seizes control of his true body.
• Nine Heavens Emperor Lord: Shifts from anxiety to arrogance after the Ancestor appears. He assumes Li Yue, as a Divine Path Deity, cannot rival the Ancestor, but is left utterly bewildered when the Ancestor’s true body is taken from him.
• Dimension-Level Alien Races: Their fear disappears when the Ancestor emerges, and they openly mock and demand Li Yue’s submission. Their confidence is completely overturned by the Ancient Mirror’s transfer to Li Yue.
• First Heavenly Court’s Eldest Princess: Recognizes the Ancestor’s significance and understands that Li Yue’s ability to force him to emerge indicates an unprecedented level of danger.

Significant Themes

• Hidden power and preparation: Li Yue’s calmness suggests that strength is not always measured by visible aura or cultivation realm. His special connection to the Ancient Mirror gives him decisive leverage.
• Arrogance before revelation: The Ancestor’s followers assume that overwhelming power guarantees victory, only to have their confidence destroyed by an unexpected weakness.
• Origins and control: The Ancestor is revealed to be a forged existence whose true body is an Ancient Mirror, raising questions about his creator, Yan Du, and the extent to which he possesses genuine independence.
• Reversal of authority: The beings who demand that Li Yue kneel are forced into helpless silence when he takes control of the very source of their leader’s power.
• Mystery of Qian Origin Divine Mountain: The Ancient Mirror’s origin from the mysterious fallen faction becomes increasingly important, suggesting that Li Yue has obtained authority over an artifact of extraordinary significance.

Important Character Interactions

• The Ancestor attempts to negotiate with Li Yue, but Li Yue refuses to show fear or respect merely because of the Ancestor’s strength.
• The Nine Heavens Emperor Lord repeatedly urges the Ancestor to kill Li Yue and encourages the Ancestor’s followers to insult and threaten him.
• The Ancestor condemns Li Yue’s arrogance and attempts to suppress him through overwhelming pressure and thunder.
• Li Yue’s mention of Yan Du directly unsettles the Ancestor, revealing that Li Yue knows a closely guarded secret.
• Li Yue seizes the Ancient Mirror—the Ancestor’s true body—in front of everyone, transforming the confrontation and leaving both sides shocked.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yue reveals that he has complete control over the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror, whose self-aware black-robed consciousness was created by Yan Du.
• The First Heavenly Court’s eldest princess realizes that the mirror is actually the true body of the ancestor of the Thirty-Three Heavens Alliance, leaving her horrified by Li Yue’s power and mysterious identity.
• Li Yue orders the black-robed figure to return to the mirror and threatens to erase him. Though terrified, the figure convinces himself that Li Yue is merely using a temporary control technique and launches a full attack.
• The black-robed figure unleashes power approaching Half-step Transcendence-grade, causing the surrounding Great Dao and all nearby Dimension-level beings to tremble.
• Li Yue counters by activating the Qian Origin Eternal Dao Fire, a special flame belonging to the Qian Origin Divine Mountain lineage. The fire exploits a hidden backdoor in treasures forged by that lineage and begins destroying the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror.
• The black-robed figure realizes that Li Yue is a core disciple of Qian Origin Divine Mountain and begs for his life. Li Yue spares him temporarily and orders him to kill the members of the Thirty-Three Heavens Alliance.
• The black-robed figure obeys, attacking Nine Heavens Emperor Lord and the other sixteen Dimension-level foreign races. Despite their attempts to invoke an ancient Dao Contract and resist, all seventeen are completely annihilated.
• The chapter ends with the black-robed figure kneeling before Li Yue and asking how the First Heavenly Court’s eldest princess should be dealt with.

Character Developments

• Li Yue displays overwhelming authority and control. His ability to command the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror and wield the Qian Origin Eternal Dao Fire reveals that his identity and backing are far more formidable than previously believed.
• The black-robed figure changes from an arrogant, confident existence into a terrified servant. After realizing Li Yue can destroy his true body, he abandons resistance and submits completely.
• Nine Heavens Emperor Lord shifts from confidence in the ancestor to desperation. He attempts to use the Dao Contract and the Alliance’s role in creating the ancestor as protection, but this proves useless.
• The First Heavenly Court’s eldest princess becomes increasingly fearful and astonished, recognizing that Li Yue’s powers exceed anything expected of the contemporary Leader of the Divine Path.

Significant Themes

• Absolute power and submission: Li Yue’s dominance forces an almost invincible being to become his servant.
• Hidden identities and greater affiliations: Li Yue’s connection to Qian Origin Divine Mountain dramatically expands the mystery surrounding him.
• The danger of relying on powerful backers: The Thirty-Three Heavens Alliance believes the ancestor is their ultimate protection, but their dependence leaves them helpless once he is controlled.
• Betrayal and survival: The black-robed figure abandons his creators to preserve himself, emphasizing survival instinct over loyalty or contractual obligation.
• Irreversible destruction: Even resurrection contingencies and life-and-death techniques cannot save the seventeen foreign races from total annihilation.

Character Interactions

• Li Yue confronts and intimidates the black-robed figure, who first challenges his authority and then begs for mercy.
• Nine Heavens Emperor Lord urges the ancestor to attack Li Yue, mistakenly believing Li Yue is bluffing.
• After being spared, the black-robed figure immediately turns against Nine Heavens Emperor Lord and the other Alliance members at Li Yue’s command.
• The black-robed figure’s final respectful question places the First Heavenly Court’s eldest princess under Li Yue’s judgment, setting up the next conflict.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The First Heavenly Court’s eldest princess, Di Xue, witnesses Li Yue effortlessly destroy the Thirty-Three Heavens Alliance’s summoned ancestor and all seventeen Dimension-level beings, including three Top-tier Dimension-level experts.
• The black-robed Terror existence, whose strength approaches Half-step Transcendence-grade, prepares to imprison Di Xue and her companion in the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror.
• Di Xue attempts to secure her freedom by invoking her status as the First Heavenly Court’s eldest princess, her Imperial Clan lineage, and her connection to the Ancient Cultivator King. She also swears not to reveal what happened.
• Li Yue reads Di Xue’s hidden ambitions: becoming the First Heavenly Court’s first female emperor, restoring its former glory, and reaching Half-step Transcendence-grade.
• He offers to help her achieve those goals if she submits to him.
• Di Xue initially rejects the offer, believing even a core disciple of Qian Origin Divine Mountain could not grant someone Half-step Transcendence-grade power.
• Li Yue reveals that he is not merely a disciple but the ruler of the Qian Origin Lineage, with absolute authority over Qian Origin Divine Mountain and all its inhabitants.
• Shocked by this revelation, Di Xue realizes that Li Yue may be a supreme Transcender, potentially even more powerful and exalted than the First Heavenly Emperor.
• Seeing this as the greatest opportunity of her life, she kneels and pledges herself to Li Yue’s service, swearing absolute loyalty.
• The chapter ends with Di Xue making a severe request for an execution, apparently concerning the half-bald elder accompanying her.

Character Developments

• Li Yue is shown to possess overwhelming power, perceptive abilities, and an imposing authority that allows him to see through Di Xue’s deepest ambitions. His identity is elevated from a mysterious powerhouse to the ruler of Qian Origin Divine Mountain.
• Di Xue undergoes a dramatic change from proud and defiant princess to frightened but decisive subordinate. Although she initially resists submission, her ambition and pragmatism lead her to recognize Li Yue as an unparalleled opportunity.
• The half-bald old woman is traumatized by the destruction of the Alliance’s experts and becomes helpless before Li Yue’s forces. She is also stunned when Di Xue abandons her pride and submits.
• The Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror’s self-awareness is terrified after realizing that Li Yue is the true ruler of Qian Origin Divine Mountain, whom it had previously offended.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and hierarchy: The destruction of seventeen Dimension-level beings demonstrates the enormous gap between ordinary top-tier experts and existences near Transcendence.
• Ambition and opportunity: Di Xue’s desire to become a female emperor drives her to abandon resistance and seize the chance to advance under Li Yue.
• Submission to greater authority: Political status and noble bloodlines become meaningless before absolute strength and supreme identity.
• Hidden identities and revelation: Li Yue’s true position transforms the situation completely, showing how appearances can conceal immense power.
• Pragmatism versus pride: Di Xue sacrifices her independence and dignity in pursuit of her larger ambitions.

Character Interactions

• Li Yue dominates the exchange with Di Xue, first threatening imprisonment and then offering to make her ambitions possible.
• Di Xue attempts diplomacy and intimidation by citing her family background, but Li Yue exposes her inner thoughts and neutralizes her leverage.
• The revelation of Li Yue’s identity reverses their relationship: Di Xue changes from a noble princess bargaining for freedom into a devoted servant seeking his approval.
• Di Xue’s submission shocks the half-bald old woman, emphasizing how radically the power dynamic has changed.

Chapter Summary

• Di Xue’s revelation and the old woman’s death: Di Xue exposes the old woman as a long-standing spy planted beside her by the Seventh Ancestor. Although the old woman had served her for years, Di Xue had secretly known the truth all along and continued treating her normally. Suppressed by the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror, the old woman is unable to resist when Li Yue strikes her down with the “Heaven Destroyer” Sword Qi. Li Yue personally kills her because she is a valuable First Dimension target worth two million Divine Path Merit.
• Return to the Qian Origin Divine Mountain: Li Yue uses the Qian Origin Scroll, symbol of the Qian Origin Lineage’s leadership, to open a passage through the Endless Darkness and summon the Qian Origin Divine Mountain. He leads Di Xue and the trembling consciousness of the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror into the mountain.
• Qian Bao’s overwhelming status: Qian Bao greets Li Yue respectfully, revealing an aura far beyond Half-step Transcendence-grade beings. Di Xue is stunned by his supreme presence and realizes that Li Yue commands an existence who has already surpassed all things. She privately reflects on how badly the Thirty-Three Heavens Alliance has misjudged the enemy they provoked.
• Ancient Capital’s potential advancement: Li Yue asks Qian Bao whether Ancient Capital, the self-aware consciousness of the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror, can advance to the Half-step Transcendence-grade. Qian Bao explains that Ancient Capital is still fundamentally an artifact, and such beings face enormous difficulties in progressing. He would need to perfectly fuse another Origin Great Dao into his true body—something only beings at an extremely high level, such as the former Qian Origin leaders and Elders, could accomplish. Li Yue abandons the idea for now.
• The Slaughter Dao Blade: Qian Bao reveals that a second Half-step Transcendence-grade treasure has developed self-awareness: the Slaughter Dao Blade. Di Xue identifies its wielder, the Tu Dao Great Saint, as the legendary “Ancestor of the Blade,” an Invincible Dimension-level figure who once slew several Dimension-level beings before disappearing. Qian Bao confirms that the Tu Dao Great Saint is actually the Blade’s self-awareness and is currently sleeping in the Age-Turbulence Abyss. He suggests Li Yue could subdue him, noting that his strength is comparable to, or slightly greater than, Ancient Capital’s.
• Di Xue’s future: Qian Bao advises Li Yue not to place Di Xue in the Qian Origin Lineage, since she lacks talent in artifact refinement and would struggle to reach Half-step Transcendence there. He recommends sending her to the Gray Valley Ark and the Azure Cloud Sea Lineage, where her exceptional cultivation talent would allow her to advance rapidly.
• Li Yue’s hidden authority: Di Xue is surprised by the mention of the Gray Valley Ark, but Li Yue reveals that he is not only the leader of the Qian Origin Lineage—he is also the leader of the Azure Cloud Sea Lineage. This further demonstrates the breadth of his power and influence.

Key Themes and Character Developments

• Hidden identities and long-term deception: Di Xue’s concealed knowledge of the old woman’s betrayal highlights the prevalence of espionage and political maneuvering.
• Li Yue’s expanding authority: His command over multiple supreme lineages and his ability to summon the Qian Origin Divine Mountain establish him as a figure of extraordinary status.
• The difficulty of transcendence: The chapter emphasizes that even self-aware treasures face immense obstacles in becoming true Half-step Transcendence-grade beings.
• Strategic recruitment: Li Yue seeks powerful, loyal beings such as Ancient Capital and potentially the Slaughter Dao Blade to strengthen his position.
• Character interactions: Di Xue’s awe toward Qian Bao reinforces her growing recognition of Li Yue’s power. Ancient Capital’s fearful reverence toward Qian Bao reflects his origins within the Qian Origin Divine Mountain, while Qian Bao’s respectful treatment of Li Yue confirms Li Yue’s supreme leadership.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Di Xue is stunned to learn that Li Yue controls both the Qian Origin Lineage and the Azure Cloud Sea Lineage, which includes the legendary Qian Origin Divine Mountain and Gray Valley Ark. These are the two most powerful mysterious lands in the Three Thousand Dimensions, containing Half-step Transcendence-grade treasures and inheritances.
• Li Yue questions Qian Bao about the fate of the nine Half-step Transcendence-grade beings associated with the Three Thousand Dimensions.
• Qian Bao explains that Treading Dao and Jian Ling attempted to achieve Transcendence, but their success or death remains unknown. Other legendary figures—such as Dao Immortal, Mo Hai, and Yun Qiannian—never took the final step, and their current status is also uncertain.
• Qian Bao emphasizes that the Three Thousand Dimensions limits even the greatest geniuses. He believes figures such as the First Heavenly Emperor, Treading Dao, and Jian Ling might have reached even the Second Transcendence Realm had they been born in High Heaven.
• Qian Bao reveals that at least one other Transcender exists: a newly advanced Transcender from the hostile Demon Star Pavilion Lineage. This being cannot enter the Three Thousand Dimensions directly but influences events through subordinates, whom Pan is eliminating.
• Li Yue asks Di Xue about the remaining major powers after the destruction of the Thirty-Three Heavens Alliance.
• Di Xue identifies two comparable forces:
  • Ten Thousand Currents Sea, an ancient organization whose origins predate the sealing of the First Dimension and which has secretly recruited Dimension-level beings for ages.
  • Extreme Sacred Mountain, an extremely cautious and mysterious faction believed to have been founded by one of Jiang Emperor’s disciples. Its reputation comes from ambushing and killing five Top-tier Dimension-level lifeforms.
• The chapter ends with Li Yue asking Di Xue about the number of additional Half-step Transcendence-grade beings within the First Dimension beyond its four known kings.

Character Developments

• Li Yue is established as an overwhelmingly powerful and strategic figure. He no longer fears beings below the Half-step Transcendence level and is focused on mapping the Three Thousand Dimensions’ hidden powers and threats.
• Di Xue shifts from disbelief to profound reverence toward Li Yue after realizing the scale of his authority. She also demonstrates her value as a knowledgeable guide to the political and historical structure of the dimensions.
• Qian Bao remains loyal to Li Yue while admitting the limits of his knowledge. His reflections reveal humility, sorrow, and admiration for the great talents who were constrained by their environment.
• Treading Dao and Jian Ling are characterized as legendary geniuses who may have reached Transcendence, though their fates remain unresolved.
• The Demon Star Pavilion Transcender is introduced as a significant but restricted enemy whose influence depends on agents within the Three Thousand Dimensions.

Significant Themes

• The importance of environment: Even supreme geniuses may be unable to reach their full potential if born in a lower or restricted realm.
• The uncertainty of transcendence: Reaching the final step is portrayed as an all-or-nothing path where failure means death, leaving the fates of legendary cultivators unknown.
• Hidden power structures: The Three Thousand Dimensions contain ancient factions and beings whose strength is concealed from the wider world.
• Strategic knowledge and preparation: Li Yue seeks information about every major force before acting, emphasizing the importance of understanding the broader balance of power.
• Legacy and limitation: Past emperors, disciples, and ancient organizations continue to shape the present, while seals and dimensional barriers restrict even Transcendent beings.

Character Interactions

• Li Yue and Di Xue: Li Yue questions Di Xue about the major hidden factions, treating her as an important source of intelligence. She responds with respect and detailed historical knowledge.
• Li Yue and Qian Bao: Li Yue interrogates Qian Bao about Half-step Transcendence beings and Transcenders. Qian Bao answers honestly while explaining the limits imposed by his confinement in Qian Origin Divine Mountain.
• Qian Bao and the ancient geniuses: Though not a direct interaction, Qian Bao reflects on figures such as Treading Dao and Jian Ling, expressing admiration for their potential and regret that the Three Thousand Dimensions restricted them.
• Li Yue and the wider power structure: Through his questions, Li Yue positions himself as a dominant force preparing to confront or control the remaining major powers of the Three Thousand Dimensions.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Di Xue reveals that the First Dimension contains seven Half-step Transcendence-grade beings: two hidden within the Imperial Clan, one in the Extreme Abyss, and four others already known. Li Yue is impressed by the First Dimension’s extraordinary foundation, created by Ancient Emperor Lord Zhi.
• Li Yue questions how several Half-step Transcenders across the Three Thousand Dimensions died. Qian Bao explains that Ancient Emperor Lord Zhi may have left behind hidden arrangements capable of killing even such powerful beings.
• Qian Bao presents a major theory: the Three Thousand Dimensions and other “world-like realms” may have been created by Ancient Emperor Lord Zhi to cultivate a successor or disciple capable of inheriting his mantle. Li Yue doubts this explanation is complete.
• Li Yue brings Di Xue and Ancient Capital to the Gray Valley Ark. He entrusts Di Xue to Gray Valley, ordering him to help her reach the Half-step Transcendence-grade.
• Gray Valley reports that the Divine Path Dimension has been established after merging six Ninefold Fusion Dimensions. Small Divine Path factions are beginning to gather there.
• Gray Valley reveals the discovery of a mysterious location possibly left behind by Ancient Emperor Lord Zhi. The site contains an exceptionally dense Divine Path aura and a Stone Tablet that, according to Gray Valley’s intuition, only Deities can safely read. Even a Transcender who tried to inspect it would allegedly die.
• This discovery leads Li Yue to reconsider Zhi’s purpose in creating the Three Thousand Dimensions, Three Thousand Dao Heavens, Three Thousand Initial Lands, and Three Thousand Abysses.
• Li Yue theorizes that Zhi may not have created these realms primarily to cultivate a disciple. Instead, he may have created them to develop, test, or establish the Divine Path—possibly making Ancient Emperor Lord Zhi the original creator or mastermind behind it.
• Li Yue decides to visit the site and investigate the Stone Tablet, hoping it contains the earliest origin of the Divine Path.

Character Developments

• Di Xue fully commits herself to Li Yue, openly revealing sensitive information and demonstrating loyalty without deception. She is also placed under Gray Valley’s guidance to improve her cultivation.
• Li Yue becomes increasingly suspicious of the official explanations surrounding Ancient Emperor Lord Zhi. His curiosity shifts from merely understanding Zhi’s legacy to uncovering the fundamental origin of the Divine Path.
• Qian Bao shows intense admiration for Ancient Emperor Lord Zhi and enthusiasm for the possibility of becoming his successor. His theory introduces the idea that Zhi may have been preparing a disciple.
• Gray Valley demonstrates both obedience and caution. Although he is a Transcender, the Stone Tablet’s power frightens him, emphasizing the terrifying depth of Zhi’s hidden arrangements.

Significant Themes

• The unknowable legacy of supreme beings: Ancient Emperor Lord Zhi’s motives remain mysterious, and even Transcenders understand only fragments of his plans.
• The origin and creation of power systems: The chapter shifts toward the possibility that the Divine Path was deliberately created or engineered by Zhi.
• Hidden dangers beyond apparent strength: Even Half-step Transcenders and Transcenders may be vulnerable to ancient arrangements and forbidden relics.
• Loyalty and allegiance: Di Xue’s sincere submission to Li Yue contrasts with the political and secretive nature of the powerful factions.
• Inheritance and destiny: The possibility of becoming Zhi’s disciple is raised, but the chapter increasingly suggests that the true inheritance may be knowledge of the Divine Path itself.

Important Character Interactions

• Li Yue and Di Xue: Di Xue answers Li Yue’s questions honestly, confirming her allegiance. Li Yue later assigns her to Gray Valley’s faction for cultivation.
• Li Yue and Qian Bao: Li Yue questions Qian Bao about the deaths of Half-step Transcenders and listens to his theory about Zhi cultivating a successor, though he remains skeptical.
• Li Yue and Gray Valley: Gray Valley reports the state of the Divine Path Dimension and reveals the mysterious Stone Tablet. Their exchange triggers Li Yue’s new theory about Zhi and the Divine Path.
• Gray Valley and Di Xue: Gray Valley accepts Li Yue’s command to train Di Xue, arranging for Wu Xing to take her into the Gray Branch.

Summary

Li Yue travels through the Endless Darkness on the Tiger Soul Puppet with Gray Valley, who identifies it as a creation of the once-powerful Sky Puppet Lineage. Gray Valley explains that the lineage formerly ruled a Higher Heaven but mysteriously declined, later giving rise—directly or indirectly—to several powerful puppet-making factions. He also warns Li Yue about High Heaven’s forty-nine Pinnacle Heavens, each controlled by an overwhelming super-faction linked to an Ancient Emperor Lord or containing beings of the Third Transcendence Realm. Even the Azure Cloud Sea Lineage at its peak would have been insignificant before such forces.
They arrive at the hidden Radiant Mountains, a miraculous region only three million light-years across that cannot be perceived from outside its boundary. Gray Valley explains that every mountain contains an extraordinarily dense Divine Path aura and the presence of Ancient Emperor Lord Zhi, the Creator of the Three Thousand Dimensions. Upon entering, Li Yue is overwhelmed by the aura, which surpasses the combined Divine Path essence of the entire Divine Path Dimension and makes the auras of powerful Transcenders seem insignificant. The experience profoundly humbles him and destroys his recent confidence that he could easily dominate the Three Thousand Dimensions and the First Dimension.
Li Yue resolves to abandon arrogance and proceed with extreme caution. He decides that he should not attempt his larger plans until he reaches the absolute peak of Half-step Transcendence—or preferably becomes a true Transcender, masters a Transcendence-grade Dao, and possesses several Transcendence-grade treasures. He embraces stealth, patience, and overwhelming preparation as the safest cultivation strategy.
Following Gray Valley’s instructions, Li Yue looks into the distance and sees an immense, ancient gray Stone Tablet surrounded by the Three Thousand Origin Great Daos. Its characters radiate powerful Dao intent, but a layer of gray mist makes them impossible to read. The chapter ends with Li Yue confronting this mysterious relic left behind by Ancient Emperor Lord Zhi.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Li Yue: Becomes significantly more cautious and humble after sensing Lord Zhi’s overwhelming presence. His confidence shifts from near-invincibility to a firm belief in preparation, concealment, and absolute strength.
• Gray Valley: Acts as Li Yue’s guide and advisor, providing historical knowledge about the Sky Puppet Lineage, High Heaven, the Pinnacle Heavens, and the Radiant Mountains.
• Li Yue and Gray Valley: Their interaction is primarily instructional. Gray Valley warns Li Yue not to provoke High Heaven’s overlords, while Li Yue listens carefully and reassesses his ambitions.

Significant Themes

• The vast hierarchy and hidden dangers of the Three Thousand Dimensions.
• Humility in the face of truly supreme power.
• The importance of caution, patience, and preparation in cultivation.
• Ancient Emperor Lord Zhi’s enduring influence and mysterious legacy.
• The limitations of perception and knowledge when confronted with higher realms and ancient treasures.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yue studies a colossal stone tablet covered in gray mist but realizes he cannot read its records with his current abilities. He concludes that seeing through the mist requires both a Dao-Wielding Divine Rank and Half-step Transcendence-grade strength—an almost impossible combination.
• He notices a much smaller stone tablet nearby titled “True Explanation of Cloud Opening and Insight.” Suspecting it was left behind by the Ancient Emperor Lord Zhi, Li Yue begins studying it.
• As he comprehends the tablet, Li Yue enters a mysterious hall and hears a profound Dao sound, becoming fully immersed in its teachings.
• In the First Dimension, the Ancient Cultivator King learns that his granddaughter, Di Xue, has vanished from the Three Thousand Dimensions. Though he knows she has not died, he refuses to personally enter the dangerous region and instead orders Yingyue to inform the Heavenly Emperor.
• Outside the Three Thousand Dimensions, numerous Transcenders witness the enormous phantom of Ancient Emperor Lord Zhi manifesting above the dimensions. They are shocked, since this indicates that another of Zhi’s hidden phantoms has been activated.
• Li Yue awakens and discovers that True Explanation of Cloud Opening and Insight is a supreme secret art of the Fourth Transcendence Realm. A mysterious power has already advanced his mastery to the second layer.

Character Developments

• Li Yue gains a major breakthrough in understanding. He learns that the secret art can form a Heaven-and-Earth Dao Cloud capable of fusing two of his Origin Great Daos whenever it blooms. Since his cloud can already bloom twice, he has obtained an extraordinary foundation for future cultivation.
• The Ancient Cultivator King is shown to be powerful, detached, and cautious. Despite caring about Di Xue, he considers the Three Thousand Dimensions too dangerous to enter for her sake.
• Di Xue becomes a central mystery after disappearing without dying, suggesting that she may have entered a hidden realm beyond ordinary perception.
• Yingyue is introduced as the Ancient Cultivator King’s obedient and capable subordinate, entrusted with delivering the news to the Heavenly Emperor.
• The Transcenders outside the Three Thousand Dimensions become wary of the Azure Cloud Sea Lineage and the possible implications of Zhi’s phantom being activated.

Significant Themes

• The vast gap between realms: The chapter emphasizes how impossibly difficult it is to reach the level required to decipher Zhi’s greatest legacy.
• Ancient inheritances and hidden mysteries: Zhi’s stone tablets and phantoms reveal that the Three Thousand Dimensions contain secrets far beyond the knowledge of current experts.
• Power through comprehension: Li Yue’s advancement comes not from direct combat but from understanding a supreme Dao technique.
• Danger and caution: Even a Half-step Transcendence existence views the Three Thousand Dimensions as extraordinarily perilous.
• Fusion and transcendence: The secret art represents the possibility of merging countless Origin Great Daos into one, hinting at a path toward unprecedented power.

Character Interactions

• The Ancient Cultivator King orders Yingyue to report Di Xue’s disappearance to the Heavenly Emperor.
• The Transcenders collectively react with fear and speculation when Zhi’s phantom appears, with the red-haired Transcender particularly concerned that the Azure Cloud Sea Lineage may be involved.
• Li Yue’s interaction is primarily with the ancient stone tablet and the Dao sound within it, which guide him toward mastering the Fourth Transcendence Realm secret art.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yue reflects on his current power. His Three-thousand-fold Combat Power gives him immense strength, but it consumes divine power rapidly—about one billion World Divine Power in fifty breaths.
• The second blooming of the Heaven-and-Earth Dao Cloud allows him to begin fusing his three Origin Great Daos. He believes this fusion could raise his base strength from the upper-middle level of High-grade Dimension-level to potentially Super Dimension-grade.
• Li Yue decides that increasing his Divine Rank is now essential, since his current rank is limiting the growth of his base strength.
• He returns to the Divine Path Dimension, where the Hall of All Gods has united numerous Divine Path factions from across the Three Thousand Dimensions. This gathering is possible because Li Yue believes even a Half-step Transcendence-grade enemy would be unable to threaten them.
• He then returns to the Dimension of Myriad Daos and checks the resources accumulated during his absence. Thanks to the accelerated time flow in the Qingyi Chaos World and the efforts of the Eternal Divine Court, he gains 4.5 billion World Divine Power, bringing his total to 10 billion.
• With this reserve, Li Yue can activate his Three-thousand-fold Combat Power roughly fifty times, giving him much greater confidence before entering the Land of Extinction.
• To advance to the Super Taboo Divine Rank, Li Yue still needs forty-nine Extinction Lights and forty-nine Lights of Ultimate Life. He enters the Land of Extinction, determined to gather the required Extinction Lights much faster than previous Deities.
• The chapter ends with Li Yue observing a group of six apparently ordinary humans defending themselves against waves of grotesque, tumor-covered fox-like Demon Ghosts in a frozen wasteland.

2. Character Developments

• Li Yue becomes increasingly confident in his overwhelming strength. He recognizes both the advantages and limits of his current abilities, particularly the enormous consumption caused by his combat-power techniques.
• He demonstrates strategic foresight by accumulating a massive reserve of divine power before entering the dangerous Land of Extinction.
• His attitude toward the Divine Path changes from cautious protection to near-total confidence: he believes he can personally safeguard the united Divine Path factions against even extremely powerful enemies.
• Li Yue also shows curiosity and analytical awareness when he notices that the ordinary humans in the Land of Extinction can use abilities containing traces of Origin Great Daos.

3. Significant Themes

• Power and limitation: Li Yue’s strength is extraordinary, but maintaining it requires enormous resources. True advancement depends on improving his Divine Rank and foundation.
• Preparation before danger: Rather than entering the Land of Extinction immediately, Li Yue strengthens his position, unites allies, and gathers ten billion World Divine Power.
• Unity versus fragmentation: The Divine Path factions abandon their traditional strategy of scattering throughout the dimensions and instead unite under Li Yue’s protection.
• Mystery of the Land of Extinction: The land appears to operate according to unusual laws, allowing ordinary humans to wield powers comparable to Origin Great Dao abilities.
• Escalation and transformation: Li Yue is approaching a major breakthrough, while the strange environment hints that the next stage of his journey will challenge his understanding of power and reality.

4. Character Interactions

• Li Yue interacts indirectly with the Divine Path factions by providing a secure central refuge in the Divine Path Dimension. Their leaders and Taboo Deities unite under the Hall of All Gods because they trust his ability to protect them.
• Within the frozen wasteland, an imposing middle-aged man—addressed as Elder—commands a group of six survivors. When contact with their Lineage fails, the group grows concerned about its fate.
• The Elder detects the approaching Demon Ghosts and leads the defense.
• A Shen reports the loss of contact with the Lineage and uses the Slumber Curse to incapacitate one of the attacking creatures.
• The other members cooperate by using different Sequence Abilities, while the Elder activates Dragon Demon Eye to empower the group.
• Although the group successfully kills several enemies, the Demon Ghosts continue arriving in endless numbers, setting up a larger confrontation and drawing Li Yue’s attention.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Six cultivators, led by Zhang Xianchao, are overwhelmed by swarms of Corrupted Demon Foxes in a snowy region.
• A scarred man uses his defensive sequence ability to hold back several monsters, while Zhang Xianchao consumes the campsite’s Hellfire and unleashes it through his Dragon Demon Eye, destroying dozens of foxes. However, the Hellfire is exhausted and will need seven days to recover.
• As another wave of foxes attacks, Li Yue arrives. From the sky, he releases precise Sword Qi that annihilates every visible and hidden Corrupted Demon Fox, saving the group.
• The six survivors recognize Li Yue as a Void-Stepping powerhouse and respectfully introduce themselves, with Zhang Xianchao speaking on their behalf.
• Li Yue realizes that the six people—and indeed all 1.2 billion humans in the world—are manifestations of a single extremely powerful existence. The countless bizarre monsters are manifestations of another powerful existence.
• He concludes that the world is actually a Dao Strife World, where two Super Dimension-grade beings have engaged in an immense battle of Daos for countless years.
• Li Yue exits the Dao Strife World and discovers that it exists within a chess piece on a floating chessboard in a pavilion above the Black Sea.
• The two beings overseeing the opposing sides are already dead, though their Dao Strife Worlds continue functioning endlessly. Their unexplained deaths leave Li Yue deeply puzzled.
• Li Yue suspects that the Black Sea and its terrifying Origin Great Dao storm constitute the true Land of Extinction, a place far more dangerous than the regions previously explored by other Deities.
• A message confirms his suspicion: every ten years, entrants face a deadly crisis. Those who survive receive Extinction Jades, which can be exchanged for treasures in the Extinction Treasury. Participants may also encounter and rob other lifeforms.
• Li Yue remains composed and begins considering the value of the Extinction Jade and the treasures it may unlock. He turns his attention to the corpses of the two dead Super Dimension-grade beings, expecting them to contain Extinction Jades.

Character Developments

• Li Yue demonstrates overwhelming power by effortlessly destroying the Corrupted Demon Foxes with Sword Qi. His ability to perceive the true nature of the Dao Strife World also highlights his increasingly profound insight.
• His confidence remains intact despite entering the genuine Land of Extinction. Rather than retreating, he immediately evaluates its rules, dangers, and potential rewards.
• Zhang Xianchao and his companions are shown to be powerful enough to survive ordinary threats but helpless against the mass assault of the monsters. Their fear and reverence emphasize the vast gap between them and Li Yue.
• The two dead Super Dimension-grade beings are developed indirectly through their lingering influence: even in death, their manifestations and Dao battle continue to shape an entire world.

Significant Themes

• The hidden nature of reality: Entire populations and ecosystems are revealed to be manifestations of two greater beings, questioning the distinction between individuals, worlds, and higher existences.
• Conflict beyond death: The Dao Strife continues even after both participants have died, suggesting that supreme powers can leave behind forces that operate independently of their creators.
• The danger of the unknown: The bizarre deaths of two Super Dimension-grade beings imply that even the strongest entities are vulnerable in the Black Sea and Land of Extinction.
• Survival and opportunity: The Land of Extinction combines lethal trials with the promise of rare treasures, encouraging both caution and competition.
• Power hierarchy: The chapter contrasts the six cultivators’ desperation, Li Yue’s dominance, and the mysterious realm capable of killing beings far stronger than ordinary Deities.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Xianchao and the other five cultivators initially fight together in fear and desperation, relying on the elder’s Hellfire to survive.
• After Li Yue rescues them, they bow respectfully and address him as a superior “lord,” while Li Yue largely ignores them as he investigates the deeper truth behind their existence.
• Li Yue’s main interaction is not with living characters but with the remnants of the two dead Super Dimension-grade beings. His scrutiny of their corpses and Dao Strife Worlds drives the chapter’s mystery.
• The Land of Extinction itself addresses Li Yue through its warning message, establishing the rules and stakes of his new environment.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• After defeating the two former chess players, Li Yue discovers that their bodies, treasures, Extinction Jade, and other possessions completely vanish. He realizes the Land of Extinction does not allow him to inherit their legacy or loot their remains.
• Li Yue concludes that Extinction Jade is likely the foundation for accessing the Land of Extinction’s greatest opportunity, possibly an “Extinction Treasury.” He compares the region to the Divine Moon World and Death Origin Realm, each of which contains a powerful wondrous treasure.
• Preparing for the next crisis, Li Yue summons the Tiger Soul Puppet and the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror, whose artifact spirit, Ancient Capital, agrees to remain alert.
• He establishes several layers of defense around the drifting pavilion:
  • An Invincible Dimension-level Nine-Colored Dao-Proving Formation
  • A Supreme Dimension-level black armor
  • The Myriad Abyss Dao Robe
  • The Tiger Soul Puppet and Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror as external guards
• Li Yue spends the next ten years cultivating with the aid of a Life-and-Death Furnace. He successfully advances the Qian Origin Eternal Body to its second layer.
• This breakthrough grants him:
  • A dramatically stronger physical body
  • Base strength barely reaching the Top-tier Dimension-level
  • The Qian Origin Eternal Radiance, which weakens attacks below the Transcender realm by thirty percent
• At the ten-year mark, the first crisis arrives: a strange black cloud formed from mist resembling the surrounding black sea, containing more than ten twisted humanoid figures.
• The figures attack with power at roughly the High Creation-grade, but Li Yue effortlessly destroys them with a casual gesture and then burns away the remaining mist with Crimson Dao Fire.
• After overcoming the crisis, he receives a High Creation-grade Extinction Jade.
• A message then appears asking whether he wishes to enter the next level of the Land of Extinction, suggesting the area is divided into multiple escalating levels. Li Yue wonders whether he can skip levels.

Character Developments

• Li Yue becomes increasingly cautious and strategic. Rather than immediately exploring, he fortifies his position and prepares for the Land of Extinction’s periodic trials.
• His cultivation and combat power rise sharply. Although his cultivation remains equivalent to the High Creation-grade, his physical strength reaches the Top-tier Dimension-level, making him far stronger than the greatest recorded patriarchs of the Azure Cloud Sea and Qian Origin lineages at the same realm.
• His attitude toward the Land of Extinction shifts from curiosity to calculated ambition. He recognizes that Extinction Jade may be essential to obtaining the region’s ultimate treasure.
• Ancient Capital, the newly awakened self-awareness of the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror, formally accepts Li Yue’s command and serves as a vigilant guardian.

Significant Themes

• Preparation and survival: Li Yue survives by combining powerful treasures, defensive formations, and careful planning rather than relying solely on strength.
• Escalation and hidden opportunity: The periodic crises appear structured by levels, with Extinction Jade serving as both a reward and a possible key to deeper secrets.
• Power beyond conventional realms: Li Yue’s physical strength greatly exceeds what should be possible for someone of his cultivation level, emphasizing the novel’s theme of transcending established limits.
• The unknowable nature of the Land of Extinction: Its vastness, deadly black sea, inaccessible surroundings, and mysterious layered structure reinforce its status as a realm governed by unfamiliar laws.

Character Interactions

• Li Yue commands the Tiger Soul Puppet and Ancient Capital to remain alert while he cultivates.
• Ancient Capital responds respectfully to Li Yue, reinforcing their master-and-artifact-spirit relationship.
• During the crisis, Li Yue directly confronts and destroys the black mist creatures with overwhelming ease.
• Afterward, he addresses the mysterious system-like message and questions whether he can bypass the next level, ending the chapter on a note of curiosity and possible challenge.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yue is presented with the option to skip levels in the Land of Extinction. Greater skips lead to increasingly dangerous zones but provide more Universal Extinction Jades as rewards.
• He reasons that the Universal Extinction Jade may function as a versatile form of Extinction Jade, making the rewards extremely valuable. However, skipping levels is dangerous because death in the Land of Extinction is permanent.
• Assessing his strength, Li Yue concludes that activating his various combat techniques could raise him from the Top-tier Dimension-level to the Supreme Dimension-level. To avoid drawing too much attention, he chooses to skip eight levels rather than the maximum.
• He is transported to the Super Dimension-grade Destruction Land, where he must survive a crisis every hundred years to receive three thousand Universal Extinction Jades, along with additional rewards for each crisis survived. He is also identified as the first person in history to skip eight levels.
• During the waiting period, Li Yue refines his final Life-and-Death Furnace and imbues it with the powerful Second Transcendence Realm secret art Great Void Time-Space, which can freeze time within its area of effect.
• After only five years, a damaged ancient ship arrives. A cold woman in black demands half of Li Yue’s Extinction Jades and forcibly anchors his pavilion to her ship.
• Li Yue calmly claims that he has no Extinction Jades and sarcastically suggests that she give him some instead. Enraged, the woman attacks with a sword strike combining the Destruction, Slaughter, and Death Origin Daos.
• Li Yue activates the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror through the command “Ancient Capital.” Its Reincarnation Mystic Light destroys her attack, breaks several defensive formations on her ship, and overwhelms her completely.
• The woman realizes that Li Yue is far stronger than herself despite remaining in the Super Dimension-grade area. She begs for mercy, offering information about the Land of Extinction, but the chapter ends with her defenses being shattered and her fate appearing grim.

Character Developments

• Li Yue demonstrates increasing confidence in his strength while remaining cautious about revealing his full abilities. His choice to skip eight levels reflects both ambition and strategic restraint.
• He gains another major weapon by successfully merging Great Void Time-Space into the Life-and-Death Furnace.
• Li Yue’s calm, almost mocking response to the woman’s demands highlights his composure and growing dominance over powerful opponents.
• The woman in black is introduced as a ruthless survivor and predator who has already killed twelve Super Dimension-grade experts. However, her confidence collapses when she encounters Li Yue, revealing the danger of underestimating hidden experts.

Significant Themes

• Risk versus reward: Skipping levels offers enormous rewards but exposes cultivators to potentially fatal dangers.
• Strength hidden beneath appearances: Li Yue deliberately stays in a lower-ranked area, while the woman herself disguises her true strength by hunting weaker survivors there.
• Survival and predation: The Land of Extinction encourages ruthless competition, with survivors attacking one another for resources.
• Overwhelming power and strategic restraint: Li Yue possesses extraordinary strength but avoids unnecessary publicity, carefully balancing advancement with caution.
• Historical greatness: The chapter emphasizes how rare it is to fight above one’s cultivation level, placing Li Yue among exceptional geniuses such as the historical Divine Path Leaders and Yun Qiannian.

Character Interactions

• Li Yue and the woman in black engage in a brief but hostile confrontation. She attempts to intimidate and extort him, while he responds with calm sarcasm.
• Their battle immediately reverses the power dynamic: the woman expects an easy victim but discovers that Li Yue is vastly stronger.
• Her final pleas for mercy and offer of information contrast sharply with her earlier arrogance, underscoring her fear and Li Yue’s complete control of the encounter.

Chapter Summary: Upgrading the Ark of Bygone Days, Entering the Extinction Treasury

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yue interrogates a black-skirted woman who has survived in the Land of Extinction for more than one hundred thousand years and endured ten periodic crises.
• She offers to reveal the Land’s secrets in exchange for her life, but Li Yue refuses to negotiate. He orders Ancient Capital to kill her immediately.
• The black-skirted woman is destroyed by Reincarnation Mystic Light. Li Yue uses his Soul Origin Great Dao to capture fragments of her shattered divine soul and extract her memories.
• From her memories, Li Yue learns several important facts:
  • The intervals between crises double each time, beginning at one hundred years, then two hundred, four hundred, and so on.
  • Black Sea Great Dao Fish occasionally emerge from the Black Sea.
  • Consuming one allows a cultivator to choose an Origin Great Dao and receive a beneficial enhancement.
  • The woman obtained only three such fish during her extremely long stay.
  • Natives exist within the Black Sea, though her memories reveal nothing about their strength.
• Li Yue discovers that the woman’s ancient ship and his pavilion are both called Arks of Bygone Days. A prompt offers him the option to devour her Ark.
• After Li Yue agrees, his pavilion triples in size and speed. It also gains a strange fragrance, which he suspects attracts the rare Black Sea Great Dao Fish.
• He collects seventeen Super Dimension-grade Extinction Jades from the woman’s remains.
• Using one Extinction Jade, Li Yue opens a black gate to the Extinction Treasury and enters it.
• Inside, he finds a vast black-jade plaza populated by numerous living beings. Each is isolated from the others by walls of light, allowing them to see but not interact.
• The chapter ends as items begin appearing before Li Yue, setting up the exploration of the treasury’s contents.

Character Developments

• Li Yue becomes even more ruthless and decisive. Rather than risk allowing the woman to conceal information or retaliate, he kills her instantly and extracts what he needs from her soul.
• His confidence grows as he recognizes that even an Invincible Dimension-level opponent is helpless against Ancient Capital and his Reincarnation Mystic Light.
• Li Yue also gains greater strategic resources: a faster and larger Ark, valuable Extinction Jades, and knowledge about the Land’s dangers and opportunities.
• The black-skirted woman is revealed to be extremely experienced and cautious by ordinary standards, but her attempt to bargain fails because she underestimates Li Yue’s willingness to kill her despite the secrets she possesses.

Significant Themes

• Ruthlessness and survival: In the Land of Extinction, knowledge and strength determine survival, and Li Yue refuses to leave potential threats alive.
• The value and danger of information: The woman’s secrets are useful, but Li Yue demonstrates that he does not need to negotiate for them.
• Progress through conquest: By devouring another Ark, Li Yue directly converts a defeated enemy’s resources into his own growth.
• Mystery and exploration: The Black Sea, its native inhabitants, the Great Dao Fish, and the Extinction Treasury all suggest deeper hidden systems and dangers.
• Isolation and competition: The light barriers separating the treasury’s survivors imply that the realm is designed to prevent cooperation, perhaps forcing each entrant to face individual trials or choices.

Character Interactions

• The main interaction is the confrontation between Li Yue and the black-skirted woman. She attempts to bargain by offering her accumulated knowledge, while Li Yue rejects her terms and kills her.
• Their encounter demonstrates the extreme imbalance between them: despite her Invincible Dimension-level power and long experience, Li Yue overwhelms her instantly.
• Within the Extinction Treasury, Li Yue observes many other survivors but cannot communicate or interact with them because of the surrounding walls of light.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yue explores the Extinction Treasury, discovering that many treasures are extraordinarily valuable despite their low prices in Extinction Jades. These include:
  • The

Five Elements Nine-Aperture Heavenly Fruit

Taiyin Impermanent Divine Fluid

• A Life-and-Death Heavenly Profound Fruit, even rarer and more powerful
• A mysterious pill valued at one hundred Extinction Jades
• He realizes that the Extinction Jade is far more precious than he had understood, though the treasury contains no explanations for most items.
• Li Yue summons Gudou through the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror to identify the treasures. Gudou explains most of them, but over forty percent remain unknown, possibly originating outside the Three Thousand Dimensions.
• Li Yue exchanges one Extinction Jade for forty-nine strands of Extinction Light, accomplishing the immediate purpose of his visit. However, he remains because he wants the additional rewards promised for surviving future crises, including three thousand Universal Extinction Jades.
• Over the next ninety years, Li Yue encounters two survivors. He ignores the first, who avoids him, since they have no conflict.
• He later discovers a forested island occupied by six Super Dimension-grade beings traveling on six Arks of Bygone Days. The group immediately surrounds and attacks him with unmistakable intent to kill.
• The six attackers combine their strength into a formation comparable to an Invincible Dimension-level being. Li Yue calmly orders Gudou to act, and Gudou kills all six instantly with six beams of Reincarnation Mystic Light.
• Li Yue claims their six Arks and twenty-seven Extinction Jades, then investigates the island. His perception passes through it without obstruction, revealing the presence of something extraordinary.
• Gudou identifies the hidden discovery as the corpse of a Transcendence-grade supreme lifeform—a Transcender.

Character Developments

• Li Yue gains a clearer understanding of the Extinction Treasury and the enormous value of Extinction Jades. Despite being astonished by treasures beyond his experience, he remains restrained and does not waste his limited resources.
• His confidence and strategic patience are emphasized: after obtaining the Extinction Light he needs, he chooses to stay in pursuit of greater rewards rather than leave immediately.
• Li Yue also demonstrates a pragmatic moral code by refusing to pursue the cautious survivor who poses no threat.
• Gudou proves overwhelmingly powerful, effortlessly destroying six coordinated Super Dimension-grade beings and reinforcing his near-invincible status below Half-step Transcendence.
• Gudou’s shock at the discovery of the Transcender’s corpse shows that even he is deeply unfamiliar with, and awed by, what lies beyond the known realms.

Significant Themes

• The vastness of the unknown: Many treasury treasures are unrecognized even by Gudou, suggesting realms, civilizations, and powers beyond the Three Thousand Dimensions.
• Accumulation versus immediate gain: Li Yue chooses to delay his departure and pursue potentially greater rewards, demonstrating long-term ambition and patience.
• Power disparity: The six attackers believe their combined formation can challenge an Invincible Dimension-level being, yet Gudou destroys them effortlessly, highlighting the overwhelming gap between ordinary supreme beings and higher existences.
• Mystery and hidden opportunity: The island’s inhabitants violently protect a secret, and their deaths reveal that the true treasure is not their loot but the remains of a Transcender.
• The limits of knowledge: Li Yue’s lack of experience and Gudou’s inability to identify many treasures underline how little even powerful figures understand about the wider cosmos.

Character Interactions

• Li Yue relies on Gudou as an expert advisor, asking him to identify the treasury’s treasures and later commanding him to eliminate the six attackers.
• Li Yue deliberately avoids conflict with the second survivor, showing restraint in contrast to the island group’s indiscriminate hostility.
• The six island guardians interact with Li Yue only through immediate attack, revealing their determination to kill anyone who discovers the island.
• Gudou’s final declaration that the island contains a Transcender’s corpse transforms the encounter from a simple ambush into a potentially world-shaking discovery.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yue discovers that the island contains the corpse of a Transcendence-grade supreme lifeform in Dragon Clan form. The corpse stretches for ninety million miles and still radiates overwhelming Transcendence pressure.
• More than three hundred Great Dao Dragonblood Grasses grow on the corpse. These are extraordinarily valuable treasures, each worth at least ten Extinction Jades and capable of greatly enhancing a cultivator’s strength.
• By examining the lingering soul fragments of six Super Dimension-grade lifeforms he killed, Li Yue learns that they discovered the island over twelve hundred years ago.
• The six had formed a special formation to withstand the corpse’s pressure and had spent hundreds of years harvesting only seven Great Dao Dragonblood Grasses. They intended to continue until they had taken all the grasses—and possibly the entire corpse.
• Since harvesting the grasses requires enduring the corpse’s terrifying pressure, Li Yue decides not to risk approaching personally. He orders Ancient Capital, the self-awareness of the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror, to collect them instead.
• Ancient Capital begins harvesting from the dragon’s tail, where the pressure is weaker, and successfully gathers grass after grass without incident.
• When Ancient Capital reaches the dragon’s belly, he suddenly freezes. He then reports in shock that a living creature, apparently a dragon egg, is present there.

Character Developments

• Li Yue displays both immense ambition and caution. He recognizes the extraordinary value of the corpse and its treasures, but avoids recklessly exposing himself to unknown Transcendence-grade dangers.
• His confidence grows after learning that the six previous enemies were not only outsiders but rivals who had nearly completed a long-term harvesting plan. Their deaths leave him free to claim the island’s treasures.
• Ancient Capital proves capable of withstanding the corpse’s pressure due to the exceptional strength of the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror, but his sudden fear and astonishment reveal that the dragon egg is far more alarming than the grasses.
• The deceased six Super Dimension-grade lifeforms are revealed through their memories to have been organized, patient competitors who cooperated temporarily for mutual gain.

Significant Themes

• Treasure and danger: The chapter emphasizes that immense rewards are inseparable from terrifying risks, especially in the Land of Extinction.
• Pragmatism and survival: Li Yue’s choice to send Ancient Capital instead of approaching personally demonstrates the importance of caution when confronting a Transcendence-grade remnant.
• The limits of knowledge: Even after Li Yue uncovers the corpse’s identity and the grasses’ value, the discovery of the dragon egg introduces a new mystery and potentially greater threat.
• Missed opportunity and fate: The six Super Dimension-grade lifeforms spent centuries preparing to harvest the corpse, only to be killed just as their efforts were beginning to bear fruit.

Character Interactions

• Li Yue studies the memories of the six dead lifeforms to understand their motives and methods.
• He consults Ancient Capital about the identity and value of the grasses.
• Li Yue gives Ancient Capital careful instructions to harvest from the safer dragon-tail region and remain alert for hidden dangers.
• Ancient Capital successfully gathers the treasures but ultimately alarms Li Yue by discovering a living dragon egg inside the corpse’s belly.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yue discovers a dragon egg inside the corpse of a Transcendence-grade Dragon Clan being. He realizes the egg contains the direct descendant of a Transcender—an extraordinarily rare and powerful lifeform that could be born at Dimension-level and potentially reach Transcendence.
• Ancient Capital attempts to retrieve the egg through the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror. It first uses scents resembling Dragon Clan food and then various toys to lure the egg out, but nothing works.
• Ancient Capital warns that force cannot be used because disturbing the corpse’s remaining power could instantly kill even a Half-step Transcendence-grade being.
• The supposedly dead dragon corpse suddenly opens its eyes and immobilizes Li Yue with a strand of golden power. A terrifying voice then emerges from the corpse, accompanied by blood-red yin winds and lightning.
• The dragon identifies himself as Ao Chong, a member of the True Dragon lineage and one of the Nine Time Dragons. He explains that he died long ago but has temporarily formed a fragment of consciousness because of Li Yue’s arrival.
• Ao Chong asks Li Yue to care for his daughter and warns him that she must beware the Space Dragon lineage. In return, he grants Li Yue his dragon scales, dragon horns, and Great Dao Dragonblood Grass.
• Ao Chong’s remaining life essence becomes nourishment for his daughter. As his corpse’s destructive power erupts, his dragon scales shield Li Yue.
• The dragon egg is transported before Li Yue and opens, revealing a beautiful dragon girl who appears to be sixteen or seventeen years old and possesses an overwhelming aura of time.

Character Developments

• Li Yue shifts from excitement over obtaining a priceless dragon egg to fear and caution when Ao Chong awakens. His instinct is to flee, but he is forced to remain calm and respectful in the presence of a Transcendence-grade being.
• Ancient Capital demonstrates ingenuity by trying multiple nonviolent methods to retrieve the egg, but ultimately admits failure and recognizes the danger of provoking the corpse.
• Ao Chong is introduced as a powerful but dying remnant of a legendary True Dragon. Despite his terrifying power, he shows trust in Li Yue by entrusting him with his daughter and rewarding him with invaluable treasures.
• The dragon girl is introduced at the end of the chapter as Ao Chong’s heir. Her birth immediately suggests immense potential and a future connection to the Time Dragon lineage.

Significant Themes

• The rarity and value of powerful descendants: The chapter emphasizes how extraordinarily difficult it is for Transcendence-grade beings to produce offspring, making the dragon girl nearly priceless.
• Inheritance and responsibility: Ao Chong passes on his legacy, power, and obligations to both his daughter and Li Yue.
• Life, death, and reincarnation: Ao Chong exists temporarily between death and consciousness, while the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror plays a role in the encounter.
• Hidden danger and overwhelming power: The apparently dead corpse remains terrifyingly potent, showing that even remnants of supreme beings can destroy lower-level entities.
• Conflict between lineages: Ao Chong’s warning about the Space Dragon lineage hints at a larger struggle between the Time and Space Dragon clans.

Character Interactions

• Li Yue and Ancient Capital work together to obtain the dragon egg, with Ancient Capital acting as his subordinate and advisor.
• Li Yue respectfully addresses Ao Chong after being restrained, recognizing the immense difference in their power.
• Ao Chong directly entrusts Li Yue with raising and protecting his daughter, establishing a major future bond between them.
• The chapter ends with Li Yue witnessing the dragon girl’s birth, marking the beginning of their relationship.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The cracked dragon egg hatches into a young Time Dragon girl named Ao Ying. The egg transforms into a snow-white battle dress, and Ao Ying possesses an aura approaching Half-step Transcendence-grade power from birth.
• Ao Ying pays respects to her deceased father, the Transcendence-grade Time Dragon Ao Chong, vowing to avenge him and kill his great enemy.
• She identifies Li Yue as the nanny her father arranged for her. Li Yue jokingly—or manipulatively—tells her to call him “Daddy,” and she obediently accepts.
• Li Yue assumes responsibility for Ao Ying, instructing her to follow his orders. Ao Ying agrees because her inherited memories tell her to obey the nanny.
• As the blood winds and lightning surrounding the island fade, Li Yue collects Ao Chong’s remaining dragon horns, scales, Great Dao Dragonblood Grass, and the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror.
• Li Yue, Ao Ying, and the mirror leave the island aboard the pavilion.
• A powerful Transcender arrives afterward, confirms Ao Chong’s death, and realizes that Ao Ying inherited his Time Dragon power. He intends to capture and drain her so he can become the sixth Time-Space Dragon in Dragon Clan history.
• The Land of Extinction’s rules attack the Transcender, forcing him to retreat.
• Once aboard the pavilion, Li Yue resumes cultivating the Ultimate Thirteen Dao Swords. Ancient Capital also begins serious cultivation, hoping to reach Half-step Transcendence-grade with the help of the Great Dao Dragonblood Grass.
• Ao Ying attempts to cultivate as well, motivated by her desire to defeat her father’s enemy, but she does not yet know how to begin.

Character Developments

• Ao Ying is revealed to be an exceptionally powerful newborn with a terrifying Time Dragon bloodline. Despite her immense strength and inherited memories, she remains mentally inexperienced and childlike.
• She quickly accepts Li Yue as “Daddy,” demonstrating her obedience, innocence, and reliance on her father’s instructions.
• Li Yue becomes Ao Ying’s guardian and teacher. He is amused by her strength and innocence but also feels guilty about taking advantage of her trust.
• Ancient Capital, the self-awareness of the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Mirror, is shocked by Ao Ying’s power and becomes determined to improve himself so he will not lose his position as Li Yue’s strongest subordinate.
• The unnamed Transcender is established as Ao Chong’s enemy and a major threat to Ao Ying, seeking to steal her inherited Time Dragon power.

Significant Themes

• Inheritance and revenge: Ao Ying inherits her father’s power and mission, vowing to avenge him.
• Power and bloodline: Her near-Half-step Transcendence strength at birth highlights the extraordinary potential of Transcendence-grade bloodlines.
• Innocence and responsibility: Although Ao Ying is overwhelmingly powerful, she is emotionally and psychologically newborn, creating a contrast between her abilities and her dependence on Li Yue.
• Ambition and competition: Ancient Capital’s reaction shows how the arrival of a stronger being inspires both insecurity and determination.
• Rules beyond individual power: Even a Transcender cannot freely act within the Land of Extinction, emphasizing that cosmic laws surpass personal strength.

Character Interactions

• Ao Ying initially looks down on Li Yue’s strength, but accepts him as her “Daddy” after he presents the role as her father’s arrangement.
• Li Yue teases Ao Ying by touching her soft dragon horn, while she responds shyly and asks him to stop because it tickles.
• Ancient Capital reunites with Li Yue in relief, then reacts with shock and competitiveness upon sensing Ao Ying’s strength.
• The hostile Transcender never directly confronts the group but establishes Ao Ying as a target through his plan to capture and exploit her power.
• At the end, Ao Ying imitates Li Yue and Ancient Capital by sitting down to cultivate, though she is uncertain how cultivation works.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• After another five years, Li Yue reaches his 110th year inside the Super Dimension-grade Destruction Land and senses that its first major crisis is about to begin.
• He has spent this time comprehending the Ultimate Thirteen Dao Swords. The first three swords have reached minor mastery, while the fourth, “Shattering Heaven,” remains at beginner level with only six percent progress.
• The crisis unexpectedly manifests inside Li Yue’s body as countless violent bolts of lightning. Some possess Super Dimension-grade power, making the trial potentially fatal even for powerful beings.
• Thanks to his exceptionally strong physique from the second layer of the Qian Origin Eternal Body, along with his activated Hundredfold Combat Power, Li Yue withstands the attack without suffering real injury. After roughly a thousand breaths, the lightning disappears.
• The Destruction Land announces that Li Yue is the first person in history to survive after skipping eight levels. He receives:
  • 3,000

Universal Extinction Jades

• 128

Super Dimension-grade Annihilation Jades

• He declines entry into the next level, where he would face Invincible Dimension-level crises. Although his Thousandfold Combat Power could theoretically let him survive, its enormous energy consumption would make the risk unacceptable.
• Dragon Maiden Ao Ying reveals that she has independently collected seventeen Universal Extinction Jades by fishing them from the black sea’s hidden River of Time using her father’s dragon horn.
• Li Yue realizes that Ao Ying’s abilities, inherited from the future Transcendence-grade Time Dragon, allow her to perceive and manipulate aspects of the Destruction Land that he cannot.
• After accepting Ao Ying’s jades, Li Yue uses one to open a mysterious nine-colored Extinction Treasury and enters it, eager to discover its treasures.

Character Developments

• Li Yue demonstrates his immense physical durability, strategic caution, and growing power. He can now survive crises that might kill other Super Dimension-grade beings, but he remains unwilling to gamble recklessly against stronger trials.
• His cautious nature is emphasized: despite possessing enough resources to attempt the next level, he refuses because the duration and energy cost of the crisis are uncertain.
• Dragon Maiden Ao Ying is shown to possess extraordinary perception and special abilities linked to the River of Time. Her seemingly casual discovery of seventeen Universal Extinction Jades suggests that her potential is far greater than ordinary Dimension-level beings.
• Ao Ying’s innocent, trusting relationship with Li Yue is reinforced when she freely offers him all the jades she gathered.

Significant Themes

• Caution versus ambition: Li Yue chooses survival and certainty over advancing prematurely into a more dangerous realm.
• The vastness of cultivation and time: A century passes almost instantly to Li Yue, highlighting the enormous timescales of higher-level existence.
• Innate bloodline and destiny: Ao Ying’s connection to the future Time Dragon grants her abilities that even Li Yue cannot replicate.
• Hidden opportunities in danger: The Destruction Land is not only a place of deadly trials but also a source of extraordinary treasures.
• Power and preparation: Li Yue’s survival depends on both overwhelming strength and careful management of his energy reserves.

Character Interactions

• Ao Ying notices Li Yue’s newly acquired treasures and compares them with the small number she has collected herself.
• Li Yue questions her about the jades, initially astonished that they can be found in the black sea.
• Ao Ying explains that she fishes them from the River of Time with her father’s dragon horn and offers all seventeen to him.
• Li Yue accepts the gift and uses one immediately, opening the nine-colored gate to the Extinction Treasury while Ao Ying remains nearby.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yue enters a vast, nine-colored plaza within the Extinction Treasury, finding himself alone.
• A nine-colored woman named Wan’er appears, claiming to be the spirit of the Extinction Treasury. She reveals that Li Yue is the first person to possess over three thousand Universal Extinction Jades, granting him access to the Land of Extinction’s most valuable treasures.
• Wan’er explains the Land of Extinction’s origins: it was created by Yuan, the first Ancient Emperor Lord of High Heaven, to contain the growing number of Taboo Lives. These beings could become Survivors, acquire Extinction Jades, and exchange them for treasures, thereby slowing their growth and easing the burden on High Heaven.
• She reveals that powerful Transcenders now covet the Land of Extinction and the supreme treasure Yuan left behind. Their interference has disrupted its rules, leading to conflicts such as the battle between the Time Dragon and Space Dragon.
• Through a hypothetical question, Wan’er hints that she intends to let the invaders fight over lesser treasures while secretly escaping with the most valuable ones.
• Li Yue realizes that she is not merely the spirit of the treasury but the conscious will of the entire Land of Extinction. She asks him to take her out of the Land of Extinction.
• Understanding her overwhelming power and the danger of refusing, Li Yue agrees to help.
• Wan’er then reveals a cosmic treasury filled with supreme treasures, including more than thirty Transcendence-grade items and the corpses of a terrifying Golden Winged Peng and a Phoenix. She indicates that one of the treasures may be especially suited to Li Yue.

2. Character Developments

• Li Yue: Demonstrates caution, intelligence, and adaptability. He listens without immediately committing, recognizes Wan’er’s hidden intentions, and quickly realizes the enormous danger and opportunity involved in helping the will of an entire world. Despite his alarm, he pragmatically agrees.
• Wan’er / the Will of the Land of Extinction: Her identity develops from a gentle treasury spirit into an ancient, immensely powerful consciousness born from the deaths of countless Taboo Lives. She is strategic and self-preserving, planning to escape with the Land of Extinction’s greatest treasures rather than surrender them to invading Transcenders.

3. Significant Themes

• Survival and self-preservation: Li Yue’s answer to Wan’er’s question reflects the chapter’s central principle: survival comes before pride, possessions, or allegiance.
• Burden and sacrifice: The Land of Extinction was created to bear High Heaven’s growing burden, showing how entire worlds may be shaped by the need to contain powerful beings.
• Power and exploitation: Once Yuan disappeared, outsiders began coveting the Land of Extinction, treating its treasures and inhabitants as resources to be seized.
• Hidden identities and manipulation: Wan’er initially presents herself as a treasury spirit, concealing her true nature and intentions until Li Yue begins to suspect the truth.
• Alliance with overwhelming power: Li Yue must decide whether assisting a vastly superior entity is an opportunity or a dangerous trap.

4. Character Interactions

• Wan’er respectfully but deliberately guides Li Yue into discussing how one should respond to invaders.
• Li Yue’s practical answer reveals that he values survival and strategic retreat, which aligns with Wan’er’s own intentions.
• After Li Yue deduces her plan, Wan’er openly reveals her true identity and proposes an alliance: he will help her escape, and she will grant him access to the Land of Extinction’s greatest treasures.
• Their relationship is cooperative but uncertain, built on mutual benefit and concealed risks rather than trust.