Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Sincerity”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Muxuan returns from the underground palace within the Qingjing Jade Gold Pagoda and ignores numerous invitations from Snowfield City’s faction leaders.
• He tacitly approves the formation of a sixth Human Race faction after Yan Ti and Lian Feng advocate for it. The reason is growing competition for limited cultivation resources among the Human Race’s True Gods and Universe Masters.
• The new faction, the Shadow Blade Kingdom, is led by Shadow Blade Ancestor, with Yan Ti True God as its administrator. It unites the Qingyuan Clan, Yan God Clan, Shadow Blade lineage, several affiliated races, and former followers of Shadow Blade Ancestor.
• At its founding, the Shadow Blade Kingdom possesses nine True Gods and over 150 Universe Masters, making it one of the Human Race’s most powerful factions—surpassed only by the Virtual Universe Company and Giant Axe Dojo.
• Tens of thousands of years later, Luo Feng’s disciple Ximo becomes a True God. Together with Luo Feng’s Earthling and Nethersea lineages, he helps establish the Galaxy Kingdom, led by Luo Feng.
• The Human Race consequently divides from five major powers into seven. Since external enemies are no longer serious threats, competition within the Human Race becomes the primary source of conflict and advancement.
• Ye Muxuan later meets Dark Edge Divine Lord at a barbecue restaurant in Snowfield City. Dark Edge reveals that Blood Feast Divine Lord wishes to meet Ye Muxuan and has asked him to act as intermediary.
• To compensate Ye Muxuan for the trouble and possible offense involved, Dark Edge offers him a Mechanical Flow Treasure from the Dark Treasure Tower, regardless of whether the meeting succeeds.

Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan displays overwhelming authority and indifference. He ignores powerful figures’ invitations, yet understands that suppressing his followers’ ambitions would only create resentment and hinder their cultivation.
• Shadow Blade Ancestor becomes the symbolic and supreme leader of a major new faction, demonstrating the lasting influence of his lineage and former followers.
• Yan Ti True God grows into an important administrator and political organizer, helping establish the Shadow Blade Kingdom.
• Luo Feng remains independent rather than joining the Shadow Blade Kingdom and becomes the Human Race’s strongest combatant through the rise of the Galaxy Kingdom.
• Ximo advances from outstanding disciple to True God, marking the growing strength of Luo Feng’s Nethersea lineage.
• Dark Edge Divine Lord is cautious and politically astute. Although reluctant to refuse Blood Feast Divine Lord’s request, he carefully compensates Ye Muxuan to avoid offending him.
• Blood Feast Divine Lord is powerful enough to command an intermediary and operates a prestigious restaurant featuring rare, high-level ingredients.

Significant Themes

• Resource competition and political fragmentation: As the Human Race grows stronger, limited cultivation resources lead to the creation of new factions.
• Unity against external enemies versus internal rivalry: The factions remain united against outsiders, but weak external enemies allow internal competition to intensify.
• The limits of authority: Ye Muxuan could suppress the formation of new factions, but recognizes that forced unity would only delay inevitable conflict and advancement.
• Power and sincerity: Dark Edge’s generous apology demonstrates how gifts, respect, and careful diplomacy are necessary when dealing with figures of overwhelming strength.
• Expansion of influence across generations: New True Gods and emerging lineages naturally form their own power bases, suggesting that even more factions will arise before the end of the Reincarnation era.

Character Interactions

• Ye Muxuan’s servants treat him with extreme fear and reverence, emphasizing the vast gap between his power and that of ordinary True Gods.
• Yan Ti and Lian Feng’s proposal is indirectly accepted by Ye Muxuan, enabling the Shadow Blade Kingdom’s creation.
• Luo Feng declines to join Shadow Blade Ancestor’s faction, preserving the independence of the Earthling lineage.
• Dark Edge Divine Lord meets Ye Muxuan over food and wine, using hospitality to make his request more acceptable.
• Dark Edge openly explains his position: he cannot refuse Blood Feast Divine Lord, but also does not wish to offend Ye Muxuan. His promised Mechanical Flow Treasure serves as a sincere apology and acknowledgment of Ye Muxuan’s status.

Chapter Summary: “Hiring”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Blood Feast Divine Lord approaches Ye Muxuan, also known as Nightfall Divine Lord, while he is dining with Dark Edge Divine Lord in the gourmet hall.
• Ye Muxuan immediately asks Blood Feast to state his purpose directly rather than engage in polite evasions.
• Blood Feast reveals that Yu Yi Great Sage wishes to hire Ye Muxuan to participate in the coming campaign against Liuyu Kingdom.
• Ye Muxuan questions why Shi Kingdom would need an ordinary Eternal True God when it already possesses overwhelming military strength.
• Blood Feast admits that he is merely delivering Yu Yi Great Sage’s order and does not know the reason behind the request. Dark Edge confirms that Yu Yi Great Sage is known for offering generous compensation.
• Ye Muxuan does not accept immediately, saying that he will consider the offer.
• He then purchases and examines intelligence on Liuyu Kingdom at Yanfeng Hall. The information shows that Shi Kingdom vastly surpasses Liuyu Kingdom in God Kings, Chaos Overlords, Eternal True Gods, and lower-level forces.
• Ye Muxuan concludes that Liuyu Kingdom appears doomed unless the Emperor Lords of Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom intervene and force both sides to stop.

Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan/Nightfall Divine Lord: Demonstrates composure, confidence, and directness. He is not intimidated by Blood Feast’s status or persuaded by vague promises of generous payment. His refined Void Array Body allows him to conceal his aura so completely that even powerful figures may underestimate or overlook him.
• Blood Feast Divine Lord: Despite his prestigious connections and inheritance of a gourmet Secret Technique from a Chaos Overlord or possibly a God King, he becomes visibly nervous under Ye Muxuan’s gaze. His deference reveals Ye Muxuan’s growing reputation and pressure.
• Dark Edge Divine Lord: Remains mostly uninvolved in the negotiation. He continues eating and drinking, though his slight reaction confirms that he anticipated the hiring request. He supports Ye Muxuan’s freedom to decide and mentions Yu Yi Great Sage’s generosity based on their past business dealings.
• Yu Yi Great Sage: Though absent, he emerges as an influential and wealthy figure capable of recruiting powerful wandering experts and purchasing valuable Mechanical Flow Treasures.
• Liuyu God King and Liuyu Kingdom: Their position is presented as extremely precarious. Liuyu God King commands far fewer Chaos Overlords than Shi Kingdom and appears unable to withstand the coming invasion without outside intervention.

Significant Themes

• Power and reputation: Ye Muxuan’s silent presence and terrifying reputation exert more influence than any displayed aura or formal status.
• Strategic uncertainty: Although Shi Kingdom overwhelmingly outmatches Liuyu Kingdom, Yu Yi Great Sage’s decision to recruit Ye Muxuan suggests that hidden factors may exist beyond the available intelligence.
• Caution and independence: Ye Muxuan refuses to rush into a major war merely because the offer comes from a powerful faction. He investigates the situation before deciding.
• Hierarchy and intimidation: Blood Feast possesses impressive credentials, but Ye Muxuan’s strength and reputation place him in a position where even established Eternal True Gods feel pressured.
• The value of foundational techniques: The explanation of the Void Array Body emphasizes that powerful Secret Techniques are built through generations of refinement and are valuable because they are reliable, adaptable, and suited to cultivation—not merely because they are flashy or destructive.

Character Interactions

• Ye Muxuan confronts Blood Feast directly, forcing him to abandon pleasantries and reveal the real purpose of the meeting.
• Blood Feast tries to present the offer sincerely but is unsettled by Ye Muxuan’s gaze and restrained power.
• Dark Edge acts as a detached mediator, confirming Yu Yi Great Sage’s generosity while refusing to influence Ye Muxuan’s decision.
• The meeting ends without a commitment, leaving Ye Muxuan to independently assess the war and determine why Yu Yi Great Sage specifically wants him involved.

Chapter Summary: “Space Severing”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Muxuan refuses Blood Feast Divine Lord’s request to hunt experts from Liuyu Kingdom. Rather than openly rejecting someone from the Peak Chaos Realm, he claims he must enter seclusion to complete a secret art.
• Yu Yi Great Sage accepts the explanation, since the war between the two God King kingdoms is expected to last for countless epochs and Ye Muxuan, despite his strength, is still only an Eternal True God.
• Ye Muxuan retreats into cultivation, using his abundant Cosmic Sand and spacetime liquid while studying the Laws of Chaos and the Chaos Realm techniques left by Puba Divine Lord.
• More than two million years later, Rui Qing successfully breaks through to become the Qingyuan Clan’s eighteenth Universe Master and the Human Race’s 1,035th Universe Master.
• Ye Muxuan completes the analysis of Puba Divine Lord’s insights. His understanding of the Origin of Space surpasses his previous mastery of the Origin of Time, and he comprehends his first Chaos Realm move.
• He tests the technique by slashing through stable space, creating a visible spatial scar—an indication that the move possesses genuine Chaos Realm might.
• Ye Muxuan names the technique “Space Severing” and integrates its secret patterns into the seventh layer of the Shadow Admiration Blade’s Origin Embryo.
• He decides not to erase the blade’s previous secret patterns, viewing them as records of his cultivation path and growth.
• Having reached the limit of what his current environment can provide, Ye Muxuan realizes he must eventually approach the Chaos Ruins to advance further. However, doing so requires both a treasure capable of resisting Chaos power and formal permission to enter.

2. Character Developments

Ye Muxuan

• Becomes more cautious and politically adept by avoiding direct conflict with Blood Feast Divine Lord while maintaining his independence.
• Makes a major cultivation breakthrough, creating his first Chaos Realm move.
• His mastery shifts from being stronger in the Origin of Time to becoming stronger in the Origin of Space, giving him greater confidence in eventually fusing both into the Spacetime Origin.
• Develops a deeper attachment to his personal weapons, especially the Shadow Admiration Blade and Muying Disk, which he considers more compatible with him than the powerful Xuanling Tower.
• Begins planning his next stage of cultivation and recognizes that remaining in his current cave abode will no longer be sufficient.

Rui Qing

• Achieves a significant breakthrough and becomes a Universe Master, strengthening both the Qingyuan Clan and the Human Race.

Human Race’s True Gods

• Many powerful True Gods enter seclusion after the emergence of the Shadow Blade Kingdom and Galaxy Kingdom, hoping to overcome their bottleneck and become Void True Gods.
• Despite Ye Muxuan’s repeated preaching, their progress remains limited because the Universe Ocean’s cultivation environment is inferior to that of the Origin Continent.

Blood Feast Divine Lord and Yu Yi Great Sage

• Blood Feast Divine Lord reports Ye Muxuan’s refusal rather than pressuring him.
• Yu Yi Great Sage does not pursue the matter, considering Ye Muxuan insufficiently important to justify intervention during the early stages of the war.

3. Significant Themes

• Cultivation through accumulation and insight: Ye Muxuan’s breakthrough results from combining spacetime liquid, inherited knowledge, and persistent analysis rather than relying on a single opportunity.
• The importance of compatibility: A weapon’s value depends not only on its raw power but also on how naturally it harmonizes with its wielder.
• Respect for one’s path: Ye Muxuan preserves his earlier secret patterns because they represent the stages of his development, showing that advancement does not require rejecting the past.
• Limits of environment: The Universe Ocean cannot provide the same opportunities as the Origin Continent, making access to the Chaos Ruins essential for higher advancement.
• Political caution and patience: The ongoing war creates room for Ye Muxuan to avoid immediate obligations, while powerful figures judge events according to long-term strategic interests.
• The path toward greater realms: Comprehending several Chaos Realm moves may allow Ye Muxuan to become a Chaos Overlord, while deeper mastery of the Laws of Chaos could eventually lead toward a Great Origin Dao and God Kinghood.

4. Character Interactions

• Ye Muxuan and Blood Feast Divine Lord interact indirectly through the recruitment attempt. Ye Muxuan declines diplomatically, and Blood Feast Divine Lord respects the danger of obstructing another cultivator’s seclusion.
• Blood Feast Divine Lord reports to Yu Yi Great Sage, who chooses not to interfere because the war is still in its early stages and Ye Muxuan is not yet important enough to command attention.
• Ye Muxuan’s connection to the Human Race remains active despite his seclusion: he periodically observes its development and supports its experts by preaching the Dao.
• His relationship with his weapons is portrayed almost as a partnership, with the Shadow Admiration Blade and Muying Disk valued for their personal compatibility and shared history.

Chapter Summary:

Marquis Liuyin Takes Action

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Muxuan finds the treasures he needs in Yanfeng Hall, but their extreme prices—often hundreds of millions or over a billion Cosmic Sand—make purchasing them impossible. Such treasures are largely controlled by God Kings and are rarely sold.
• Unable to obtain the resources directly, Ye Muxuan buys a cave dwelling on the first level of the Chaos Ruins for one million Cosmic Sand. Its main value is its proximity to the Chaos Ruins, which improves his comprehension of the laws of chaos.
• He moves in with his three servants and begins a prolonged period of secluded cultivation, consuming spacetime fluid while studying the manifestation of the laws of chaos.
• Meanwhile, war breaks out between Shi Kingdom and Liuyu Kingdom. Shi Kingdom, supported by the Tiankun Kingdom Lord and three other God Kings, vastly outmatches Liuyu Kingdom, which has only Liuyu God King.
• Liuyu Kingdom suffers major losses in its initial clashes. Its Chaos Overlords enter the battlefield, but they are unable to gain an advantage against Shi Kingdom.
• Marquis Liuyin, a peak Chaos Overlord of Shi Kingdom, demonstrates overwhelming strength by using his Bloodfire World to easily repel a Peak Chaos Realm opponent. His mastery of more than ninety percent of a branch of the Great Dao places him near the threshold of the God King realm.
• After Marquis Liuyin’s victory, Formless Patriarch rewards him with numerous treasures, including the highly valuable Leaves of the Xuyan Mother Tree—resources Ye Muxuan desperately wants.
• Ye Muxuan concludes that Liuyu Kingdom will probably surrender rather than risk total destruction. Liuyu God King is responsible for an enormous population, including many clansmen living outside cities, and would not willingly sacrifice them in a hopeless war.
• The chapter recalls the destruction of Jin Kingdom and Wu Kingdom as a warning of what can happen when weaker God King powers fight overwhelming enemies.
• Ye Muxuan’s seclusion lasts two eras. He consumes all ten remaining bottles of spacetime fluid and comprehends the Second Form of a Chaos Realm move, achieving remarkable progress for an Eternal True God.
• At the same time, his teacher, White Phoenix Palace Master, emerges from seclusion and officially advances to the True God level. This gives the Human Race its sixtieth True God.

Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan: Shows patience and adaptability by abandoning his attempt to acquire rare treasures and instead improving his cultivation environment. His long seclusion produces significant gains, including mastery of a new Chaos Realm technique. However, his desire for the Leaves of the Xuyan Mother Tree remains unresolved.
• Marquis Liuyin: Establishes himself as one of the strongest Chaos Overlords outside the Ancient Countries. His effortless defeat of a Peak Chaos Realm expert greatly strengthens Shi Kingdom’s prestige and gives Shi Kingdom leverage in its coming negotiations with Liuyu Kingdom.
• Liuyu God King: Is placed in an increasingly difficult position. Her kingdom is militarily outmatched, and her responsibility toward her vast population makes surrender more likely than fighting to the bitter end.
• White Phoenix Palace Master: Completes her breakthrough from a top Universe Overlord to a True God, marking a major advancement for both herself and the Human Race.
• Formless Patriarch: Rewards Marquis Liuyin with valuable treasures after his battlefield success, indirectly intensifying Ye Muxuan’s frustration and longing.

Significant Themes

• The disparity between power levels: The conflict shows how a kingdom with several powerful God Kings can dominate one supported by only a single God King.
• The cost of war and responsibility: Liuyu God King’s concern for her people contrasts with the destructive consequences suffered by Jin Kingdom and Wu Kingdom, emphasizing the burden carried by rulers.
• Access to cultivation resources: Rare treasures are monopolized by the strongest figures, leaving independent cultivators like Ye Muxuan at a severe disadvantage.
• Patience and gradual advancement: Rather than relying on unavailable treasures, Ye Muxuan improves through persistent cultivation and achieves impressive results over time.
• Political influence through strength: Marquis Liuyin’s victory changes the balance of negotiations even without a full-scale clash between the highest-level experts.
• The growth of the Human Race: White Phoenix Palace Master’s breakthrough symbolizes the continued rise and strengthening of the Human Race.

Character Interactions

• Ye Muxuan receives intelligence from the Dark Hall about the war and Marquis Liuyin’s reward, prompting him to reconsider his chances of obtaining the Leaves of the Xuyan Mother Tree.
• Ye Muxuan reflects on his lack of connections to Marquis Liuyin and recognizes that neither Yu Yi Great Sage nor Great Sage Youxue could realistically persuade Marquis Liuyin to help him.
• Marquis Liuyin’s confrontation with Liuyu Kingdom’s Peak Chaos Realm expert becomes the decisive demonstration of Shi Kingdom’s superiority.
• Formless Patriarch’s reward to Marquis Liuyin links the political outcome of the war directly to Ye Muxuan’s personal cultivation concerns.
• White Phoenix Palace Master’s breakthrough occurs in parallel with Ye Muxuan’s progress, highlighting the simultaneous advancement of both his teacher and the Human Race.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Nightfall Divine Lord (Ye Muxuan) visits Misty Rain Tower to watch a performance.
• He learns about Dark Edge Divine Lord's death through a karmic communication token.
• Ye Muxuan takes over Dark Treasure Tower, previously owned by Dark Edge Divine Lord.
• In one night, Ye Muxuan eliminates thirteen dark factions in Snowfield City, killing tens of thousands, including seventeen Eternal True God leaders, as a warning to others.

Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan shows his concern and respect for his friend, Dark Edge Divine Lord, by taking over Dark Treasure Tower and avenging his death.
• Yunyan, the master of Misty Rain Tower, shows her understanding and caution when dealing with Ye Muxuan.
• Treasure Wood, Dark Edge Divine Lord's second disciple, demonstrates his loyalty and gratitude towards Ye Muxuan for saving Dark Treasure Tower.

Significant Themes

• Friendship and Loyalty: Ye Muxuan's actions highlight his loyalty to his friend, Dark Edge Divine Lord, and Treasure Wood's loyalty to his teacher and Nightfall Divine Lord.
• Power and Fear: Ye Muxuan's silent and swift elimination of thirteen dark factions demonstrates the power and fear he commands in Snowfield City.
• Revenge and Warning: Ye Muxuan's actions serve as a warning to other factions, showing that he will not hesitate to take revenge on those who dare to offend him or his friends.

Character Interactions

• Ye Muxuan interacts with Yunyan, showing his understanding and respect for her caution.
• Ye Muxuan interacts with Treasure Wood, demonstrating his willingness to help and support Dark Treasure Tower.
• Ye Muxuan's actions serve as a warning to the other factions in Snowfield City, showing his power and influence.

Chapter Summary: Highrock City

Key Plot Points and Events

• Nightfall Divine Lord’s power is revealed to all of Snowfield City after the divine bodies of seventeen Eternal True God leaders from thirteen dark factions are found intact but with their wills destroyed—matching the mysterious death of Puba Divine Lord. Although everyone suspects Nightfall Divine Lord, there is no usable evidence.
• Ye Muxuan leaves a divine incarnation behind to guard the Dark Treasure Tower while his true body departs Snowfield City with the Qingjing Jade Gold Pagoda. He spends Cosmic Sand at Yanfeng Hall to gather intelligence for his next move.
• The chapter explains the growing expansion of Shi Kingdom, founded by Tiankun Kingdom Lord and two allies. Shi Kingdom has already annexed several weaker nations and now intends to attack Liuyu Kingdom, though it avoids directly provoking Yu Kingdom and Cold Forest Kingdom because of their powerful allies and God Kings.
• Ye Muxuan travels to Highrock City, a major city of Liuyu Kingdom located near the conflict with Shi Kingdom. The city is controlled by Highrock Great Sage, one of Liuyu Kingdom’s two Peak Chaos Realm experts, who previously suffered a crushing defeat against Marquis Liuyin.
• Using his Perfect Divine Body’s Formless and Faceless ability, Ye Muxuan disguises himself as an Eternal True God named “Cleaving Edge.” He purchases a secluded residence for five hundred Cosmic Sand and begins gathering information through the Dark Hall.
• Remembering that bounties must be accepted before a target is killed, Ye Muxuan accepts every bounty connected to Shi Kingdom’s forces in Highrock City. His targets include Dusk Cloud Tree, Shi Kingdom’s highest-ranking leader in the city.
• The city’s various factions notice the arrival of the unfamiliar Eternal True God, and information about him reaches both the City Lord Mansion and Shi Kingdom’s infiltrators. However, because he remains inside his residence and the ongoing conflict consumes their attention, they only maintain limited surveillance.
• Night falls, setting the stage for Ye Muxuan—now associated with the alias “Nightfall Divine Lord”—to begin his operation.

Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan demonstrates increasing caution and professionalism. He deliberately accepts missions before acting, learns from the mistake surrounding Puba Divine Lord, and prepares extensively through intelligence gathering and disguise.
• He also shows confidence in operating alone amid a dangerous political conflict, treating the mission as both an opportunity to earn Cosmic Sand and a chance to weaken Shi Kingdom.
• Nightfall Divine Lord gains notoriety after the mysterious destruction of the seventeen leaders’ wills, establishing him as a feared and nearly untouchable figure.
• Tiankun Kingdom Lord and Shi Kingdom are portrayed as ambitious expansionists, but their aggression is tempered by the strength of rival nations and their powerful allies.
• Highrock Great Sage is established as a major regional power despite having previously been defeated by Marquis Liuyin.

Significant Themes

• Power without proof: Snowfield City knows who is likely responsible for the massacre, but suspicion cannot replace evidence, emphasizing the limits of investigation even among the strongest experts.
• Preparation and strategic thinking: Ye Muxuan’s success depends not merely on strength but on disguises, intelligence, mission procedures, and careful target selection.
• Political balance and deterrence: The conflict between Shi Kingdom, Liuyu Kingdom, Yu Kingdom, and Cold Forest Kingdom is shaped by alliances and the threat of overwhelming retaliation.
• Reputation and fear: Nightfall Divine Lord’s legend grows through spectacular but unexplained killings, allowing his identity and methods to intimidate factions even without direct proof.
• Individual power amid large-scale conflict: While two nations prepare for war, Ye Muxuan independently enters the battlefield and begins targeting key figures from within the city.

Character Interactions

• Snowfield City’s factions collectively discuss Nightfall Divine Lord’s suspected involvement, though none can formally accuse him.
• Ye Muxuan interacts indirectly with Yanfeng Hall by purchasing intelligence and with the Dark Hall by accepting bounty missions.
• His arrival in Highrock City draws the attention of both Liuyu Kingdom’s City Lord Mansion and Shi Kingdom’s hidden forces, creating a surveillance contest even before he makes a move.
• The chapter contains no major direct confrontation yet; instead, it builds tension between Ye Muxuan and the Shi Kingdom agents he has marked for assassination.

Chapter Summary: “Nightfall Descends”

Key Plot Points and Events

• As night falls over Highrock City, the ongoing war between the Liuyu Kingdom and the Shi Kingdom keeps the city tense. Unaffiliated True Gods are forced to leave the city for safety, while the few who remain are closely monitored.
• Ye Muxuan, a newly arrived and mysterious Eternal True God, spends the night in a heavily guarded cave residence. Numerous factions, surveillance arrays, and city patrols watch him, but nothing suspicious occurs.
• By dawn, Highrock City discovers that many leaders and important members of Shi Kingdom-affiliated organizations have vanished without leaving any traces. Nearly half of the hidden organizations in the city are affected.
• The disappearances bypass every surveillance array in the city and occur so precisely that the victims appear to have been individually targeted. Panic spreads among the Shi Kingdom’s forces, the City Lord Mansion, the city guards, and the three great families.
• City Lord Gao Yanzheng and Gao Yanning conclude that a powerful Divine Lord must be responsible. They consider seeking information from Huanghu Sang and the influential local Huanghu Clan.
• A surviving Eternal True God attempts to contact nine missing leaders and then all other leaders, only to discover that none can be reached. Before his communication token is destroyed, an unknown voice tells him, “I found you,” confirming that the attacker is still hunting the organization.
• The chapter reveals that the renowned pharmacist Mulberry Elm is secretly the infamous Shi Kingdom operative Dusk Cloud Tree. Ye Muxuan finds him in a concealed underground location beneath his potion-brewing residence.
• Dusk Cloud Tree realizes that Ye Muxuan is the mysterious assassin, but Ye Muxuan kills him instantly with a blade attack before he can react. He cleans the area and leaves at dawn.

Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan: Demonstrates extraordinary stealth, intelligence, and lethal power. He can bypass Highrock City’s defensive arrays without triggering them and systematically eliminate carefully selected targets. His actions suggest deep knowledge of the Shi Kingdom’s hidden network.
• Gao Yanzheng and Gao Yanning: Reveal themselves as responsible authorities attempting to contain the crisis. Their confusion emphasizes how completely Ye Muxuan has concealed his movements.
• Dusk Cloud Tree/Mulberry Elm: Is exposed as a double-identity figure: a respected public pharmacist and a major covert operative. Despite his secrecy and precautions, he is unable to detect Ye Muxuan until the moment of his death.
• The Shi Kingdom’s hidden factions: Their confidence and organization collapse as their leaders disappear one after another, leaving lower-ranking members confused and frightened.

Significant Themes

• Stealth versus surveillance: The city’s extensive arrays and constant monitoring prove useless against Ye Muxuan, highlighting the limits of institutional power against a sufficiently skilled individual.
• Fear and uncertainty: The disappearances create panic precisely because there are no sounds, clues, or detectable disturbances. The unseen nature of the threat makes it more terrifying.
• Hidden identities and concealed power: Public appearances conceal dangerous truths, as shown by Mulberry Elm’s secret identity as Dusk Cloud Tree and Ye Muxuan’s apparently understated presence.
• Political instability during wartime: The conflict between the two God King kingdoms creates an environment where covert assassinations can destabilize entire factions without immediately provoking open retaliation.
• Predator and prey: Ye Muxuan methodically tracks his targets, while the surviving Shi Kingdom operatives realize too late that they are being hunted.

Character Interactions

• Gao Yanzheng and Gao Yanning discuss the unexplained disappearances and agree that the attacker must be a powerful Divine Lord. Gao Yanzheng directs Gao Yanning to question Huanghu Sang.
• A Shi Kingdom Eternal True God communicates with his subordinates, discovering that all of his leaders have vanished. His final exchange with Ye Muxuan’s unidentified voice marks the moment he understands that he too has been found.
• Ye Muxuan and Dusk Cloud Tree have only a brief confrontation. Dusk Cloud Tree recognizes Ye Muxuan just before Ye Muxuan destroys his consciousness with a single blade strike, ending the chapter on a decisive assassination.

Chapter Summary: “Recruitment”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Muxuan, operating under the alias Cleaving Edge and known as the Nightfall Divine Lord, is summoned to a private palace in Yanfeng Hall after completing numerous assassination missions in Highrock City.
• In one night, he kills more than a hundred targets without alerting Highrock City’s experts or factions. His victims include:
  • Dusk Cloud Tree, a major Shi Kingdom agent and the city’s second-highest bounty target.
  • 77 Void True Gods
  • 42 Eternal True Gods
• Ye Muxuan meets Yanfeng Hall’s deputy hall master, who tests him by offering wine brewed from the blood of a God King-level exotic beast, the Myriad Worlds Ice Wind Beast.
• The deputy hall master verifies Dusk Cloud Tree’s corpse and confirms Ye Muxuan’s right to the enormous bounty of 950,000 Cosmic Sand.
• The additional corpses Ye Muxuan produces carry total bounties of 4,658,500 Cosmic Sand. Combined with Dusk Cloud Tree’s reward, Ye Muxuan earns over 5.6 million Cosmic Sand.
• The deputy hall master realizes that Ye Muxuan has effectively eliminated the upper ranks of Shi Kingdom’s hidden agents in Highrock City.
• Ye Muxuan explains that he acted out of revenge because a close friend was killed by Mechanical Flow Treasures.
• Impressed and wary, the deputy hall master offers Ye Muxuan the prestigious position of steward of Yanfeng Hall.

Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan/Nightfall Divine Lord is portrayed as extremely powerful, calculating, and mysterious. His ability to annihilate consciousness while leaving bodies intact suggests a terrifying will-based secret technique, possibly on the level of a God King inheritance.
• He demonstrates his unusual standards by treating the deputy hall master’s rare soul-nourishing wine as merely “excellent,” having grown accustomed to even more effective cultivation resources.
• Ye Muxuan’s massacre reveals both his revenge-driven motivation and his ability to independently identify and eliminate hidden agents across a massive city.
• The deputy hall master initially views Ye Muxuan as an ordinary Eternal True God but gradually shifts from casual curiosity to caution, then to serious respect. He recognizes that Ye Muxuan may be far more dangerous than his apparent cultivation level suggests.
• The deputy hall master also displays considerable status and wealth, possessing three Chaos Treasures and access to God King-level resources.

Significant Themes

• Hidden strength and deception: Ye Muxuan presents himself as an ordinary Eternal True God, while secretly possessing overwhelming killing abilities and extraordinary perception.
• Power versus appearances: The deputy hall master learns that cultivation realm and public identity do not reveal a person’s true capabilities.
• Revenge and justice: Ye Muxuan’s campaign against Shi Kingdom’s agents is motivated by the death of a friend, turning professional assassination into personal retaliation.
• Political protection and allegiance: Membership in Yanfeng Hall offers Ye Muxuan safety from Shi Kingdom and powerful enemies, showing how affiliation with a major organization can be as valuable as individual strength.
• The value of resources: The contrast between Ye Muxuan’s cultivation-focused mindset and the deputy hall master’s appreciation of luxury highlights differing perspectives shaped by background and status.

Character Interactions

• The deputy hall master attempts to establish dominance through hospitality and rare wine, but Ye Muxuan’s calm response subtly unsettles him.
• The deputy hall master questions Ye Muxuan’s motives and indirectly acknowledges the political significance of his killings.
• Ye Muxuan openly presents the corpses of his victims, using them both to claim his rewards and to demonstrate his capabilities.
• Their conversation evolves from a formal bounty transaction into a strategic recruitment negotiation, with Yanfeng Hall offering Ye Muxuan high rank and protection in exchange for his service.

Chapter Summary: “Thirteen Eras”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Muxuan, known as Nightfall Divine Lord, rejects the deputy hall master of Yanfeng Hall’s recruitment. Although joining would provide protection from Shi Kingdom and security if Highrock City fell, Ye Muxuan chooses to follow his own plans.
• The deputy hall master’s subordinate suggests killing Ye Muxuan for insulting his master, but the deputy hall master refuses. He does not want to offend Tiankun Kingdom Lord, who was raised by an Emperor Lord, and recognizes that his own status as a Second-Class Marquis is insufficient to challenge such a figure.
• The deputy hall master reveals his greater ambition: to reach the Peak Chaos Realm or cultivate an Infinite Divine Body, thereby becoming a First-Class Marquis with authority comparable to a God King.
• Ye Muxuan leaves Highrock City, retaining ownership of his cave residence. He then travels through five major cities in Shi Kingdom’s Yuyi Chaos Province, carrying out Dark Hall assassination missions.
• For thirteen eras, Ye Muxuan avoids appearing personally. He uses his Dark Hall token and divine power incarnations to receive and submit missions, methodically targeting Shi Kingdom’s Void True Gods and Eternal True Gods.
• His attacks devastate Shi Kingdom: several thousand Eternal True Gods and hundreds of thousands of Void True Gods are killed. Entire cities are sometimes wiped out, causing greater losses than Shi Kingdom suffers in direct frontline battles with Liuyu Kingdom.
• Shi Kingdom’s bounty for Nightfall Divine Lord rises to ten million Cosmic Sand, the maximum associated with an Eternal True God’s combat strength.
• Ye Muxuan eventually reappears in Snowfield City and asks Treasure Wood to invite Crimson Flame Divine Lord to Misty Rain Tower.
• Xuelite, the city lord, watches Ye Muxuan through the city’s formations. Having commissioned extremely expensive intelligence on him, Xuelite understands how dangerous and valuable he has become.
• A powerful observer within Yanfeng Hall notices Ye Muxuan’s arrival and sends a report to headquarters.

Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan/Nightfall Divine Lord: Becomes increasingly formidable and feared. He demonstrates patience, independence, and strategic discipline by avoiding unnecessary exposure while continuing to inflict enormous damage on Shi Kingdom.
• Deputy Hall Master: Reveals himself as ambitious and pragmatic. Though offended by Ye Muxuan’s refusal, he prioritizes long-term advancement over personal revenge and is focused on achieving a higher realm and greater political authority.
• The deputy hall master’s subordinate: Displays absolute loyalty but a simplistic belief that insults should be answered with extermination.
• Treasure Wood: Continues to treat Ye Muxuan with great respect, reflecting Ye Muxuan’s growing reputation and status.
• Xuelite: Becomes cautious and deeply attentive toward Ye Muxuan. His willingness to purchase extraordinarily expensive intelligence shows that he considers Nightfall Divine Lord a major strategic threat.
• Shi Kingdom: Suffers severe military and political losses, while its desire to capture Ye Muxuan intensifies.

Significant Themes

• Strength over status or reputation: The deputy hall master states that “honor is useless” without real power, emphasizing the political and cultivation-based hierarchy of the world.
• Ambition and self-determination: Both the deputy hall master and Ye Muxuan pursue their own paths rather than settling for immediate safety or comfort.
• Strategic patience: Ye Muxuan’s refusal to reveal himself allows him to conduct a long campaign while minimizing the risk of retaliation.
• Power and political restraint: Even powerful figures hesitate to act when doing so might offend someone backed by an Emperor Lord, showing how authority and connections shape conflicts.
• The consequences of reputation: Ye Muxuan’s accomplishments transform him from a relatively obscure Eternal True God into a figure whose intelligence is worth enormous sums and whose bounty reaches the highest possible level.

Character Interactions

• The deputy hall master and his subordinate discuss whether Ye Muxuan should be killed after rejecting recruitment. The deputy hall master restrains his subordinate, choosing caution over vengeance.
• Ye Muxuan silently acknowledges the deputy hall master’s continued observation but leaves without confrontation, reinforcing their mutual awareness and tension.
• Treasure Wood greets Ye Muxuan with exceptional respect and immediately follows his request to summon Crimson Flame Divine Lord.
• Xuelite observes Ye Muxuan from the City Lord Mansion and responds carefully after considering his intelligence reports.
• Ye Muxuan’s return to Snowfield City and his request to meet Crimson Flame Divine Lord suggest that a significant new interaction or confrontation is about to begin.

Chapter Summary — Cause

Key Plot Points and Events

• After more than a dozen epochs, Lu Lan encounters Nightfall Divine Lord (Ye Muxuan) again at Misty Rain Tower’s Orchid Moon Pavilion, where he is enjoying music, dancing, food, and wine.
• Crimson Flame Divine Lord arrives and greets Ye Muxuan. Soon afterward, City Lord Xuelite and the leaders of Snowfield City’s major families and underground faction gather, bringing nearly all of the city’s ruling powers together.
• Yunyan, the proprietor of Misty Rain Tower, performs for the distinguished guests and later withdraws when Ye Muxuan clearly intends to discuss confidential matters.
• The other Divine Lords probe Ye Muxuan about his recent journey and the commotion he caused, but he reveals almost nothing.
• Once only Crimson Flame Divine Lord and Treasure Wood remain, Ye Muxuan activates the Muying Disk, sealing the pavilion in a powerful spacetime lockdown that even most Chaos Overlords could not break.
• Ye Muxuan offers Crimson Flame Divine Lord a Chaos Realm inheritance related to the Source of Fire. The inheritance originally came from a Chaos Overlord of Shi Kingdom, whom Ye Muxuan killed during his journey.
• In exchange, Crimson Flame must:
  1. Oppose Shi Kingdom if he cultivates the inheritance, since its causal traces may eventually be discovered.
  2. Protect Dark Treasure Tower after Ye Muxuan leaves Snowfield City.
• Crimson Flame accepts the deal and promises to protect Treasure Wood, even allowing him to shelter in his cave abode if necessary.
• Ye Muxuan reveals that Dark Edge Divine Lord was murdered by Yu Yi Great Sage because Yu Yi feared that Dark Edge’s Mechanical Flow Treasure expertise would benefit the rival Liuyu Kingdom.
• Ye Muxuan formally entrusts Dark Treasure Tower to Crimson Flame Divine Lord, advises Treasure Wood to remain cautious and cultivate diligently, and announces that he will soon leave Snowfield City.
• The chapter ends by shifting to Difu Xi, a reincarnated prodigy of Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom’s imperial family. She abandons the goal of surpassing a certain “little one’s” hundred-thousandfold divine body and instead resolves to pursue an Infinite Divine Body.

Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan/Nightfall Divine Lord is shown to be cautious, strategic, and increasingly powerful. His mastery of spacetime lockdown has reached the Chaos Realm, and he carefully arranges protection for his allies before departing.
• He demonstrates loyalty toward Dark Edge Divine Lord, investigating the truth behind his death and ensuring that Dark Treasure Tower will survive.
• Crimson Flame Divine Lord proves pragmatic but honorable. Though wary of accepting a dangerous inheritance, he recognizes its value and agrees to protect Treasure Wood and Dark Treasure Tower.
• Treasure Wood learns the true cause of his teacher’s death and is consumed by anger toward Yu Yi Great Sage, though he understands that he currently lacks the strength to seek revenge.
• Yunyan displays perceptiveness and professionalism, recognizing Ye Muxuan’s need for privacy and withdrawing without being asked.
• Difu Xi is established as a heaven-blessed imperial prodigy whose ambitions shift toward achieving the Infinite Divine Body.

Significant Themes

• Power and responsibility: Greater strength creates obligations, as shown by Ye Muxuan arranging protection for Dark Treasure Tower and Crimson Flame accepting the consequences of the inheritance.
• Cause and effect: The inheritance carries causal consequences involving Shi Kingdom, while Dark Edge’s death results from political fear and competition between ancient kingdoms.
• Loyalty and friendship: Ye Muxuan repays Dark Edge’s friendship by uncovering the truth and safeguarding his legacy.
• Political rivalry and suppression: Yu Yi Great Sage eliminates Dark Edge not because of personal hatred, but to prevent his talents from strengthening a rival kingdom.
• The limits of strength: Treasure Wood’s hatred cannot overcome the enormous gap between a Void True God and a Great Sage, emphasizing the harsh hierarchy of the cultivation world.
• Departure and preparation: Ye Muxuan’s impending journey marks a transition, with him settling old affairs and preparing allies before leaving Snowfield City.

Character Interactions

• Ye Muxuan and Crimson Flame Divine Lord: Their polite banquet conversation develops into a serious negotiation. Ye Muxuan offers a valuable inheritance, while Crimson Flame agrees to become his ally and protector of Dark Treasure Tower.
• Ye Muxuan and Treasure Wood: Ye Muxuan treats Treasure Wood as a trusted subordinate, informs him of Dark Edge’s fate, and urges him to cultivate rather than act recklessly.
• Crimson Flame and Treasure Wood: Crimson Flame promises to preserve Treasure Wood’s life and offer him refuge, giving Treasure Wood a powerful protector.
• Ye Muxuan and the other Snowfield City leaders: They attempt to extract information about his journey, but he remains guarded and discloses nothing meaningful.
• Lu Lan and Xuelite: Lu Lan is overwhelmed upon realizing that the city lord is present, becoming too nervous to continue performing.
• Difu Xi and the unseen “little one”: Her thoughts reveal her comparison with another exceptional cultivator and her decision to pursue a different path to supreme strength.

Summary

Plot Points and Events

• In Snowfield City, Ye Muxuan visits Yanfeng Hall to purchase the extremely rare Calamity Beast Diagram.
• Steward Xueli Chu explains that it costs fifteen million Cosmic Sand, an enormous price even for an Eternal True God, and contacts the deputy hall master because he lacks the authority to sell it.
• The masked deputy hall master warns Ye Muxuan that even viewing the diagram requires a Chaos Realm-level will; weaker wills may be contaminated and driven insane.
• Ye Muxuan confirms that his will is sufficiently powerful, having reached the advanced Chaos Realm level after thirteen eras of assassinations and pursuit.
• He pays the full price and is told the diagram will arrive within three days.
• Because the transaction exceeds ten million Cosmic Sand, Yanfeng Hall grants him a single-use auction token.
• The deputy hall master also offers a related Void Diagram and Secret Technique for two million Cosmic Sand. Ye Muxuan purchases them as well, believing they will enhance his cultivation while studying the Calamity Beast Diagram.
• Afterward, an unseen higher-ranking figure questions the deputy hall master’s decision to assist Ye Muxuan. The deputy hall master defends it as an “advance investment,” creating a humorous final exchange that suggests he may be acting beyond—or close to—the limits of his authority.

Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan demonstrates immense wealth, confidence, and determination. He is willing to spend seventeen million Cosmic Sand on tools that may significantly improve his will cultivation.
• His advanced Chaos Realm will is emphasized, showing that he is qualified to use a treasure dangerous to almost all Eternal True Gods.
• The deputy hall master is revealed to be pragmatic and subtly supportive of Ye Muxuan. He not only completes the sale but also provides valuable guidance and sells him complementary resources.
• Xueli Chu is established as a powerful and well-connected steward, though he remains cautious and follows Yanfeng Hall’s hierarchy.
• The final unseen observer and the deputy hall master imply that Yanfeng Hall’s senior figures are closely monitoring Ye Muxuan and may view him as a worthwhile future investment.

Significant Themes

• Power and status: The enormous cost of the diagram and the deputy hall master’s high-grade Chaos treasure highlight the vast difference between ordinary Eternal True Gods and major imperial or ancient powers.
• Cultivation through dangerous knowledge: The Calamity Beast Diagram is both extraordinarily valuable and potentially deadly, reinforcing the risks involved in pursuing greater strength.
• Strategic investment and alliances: Yanfeng Hall’s assistance suggests that powerful organizations may support exceptional individuals for future benefits rather than simple goodwill.
• Wealth as a tool for advancement: Ye Muxuan’s financial resources allow him to obtain rare treasures and techniques unavailable to most cultivators.

Character Interactions

• Xueli Chu respectfully informs Ye Muxuan of the diagram’s price and limitations before summoning the deputy hall master.
• The deputy hall master tests Ye Muxuan’s resolve, warns him about the diagram’s dangers, and rewards his major purchase with an auction opportunity.
• He then recommends the Void Diagram and Secret Technique, establishing a more cooperative relationship with Ye Muxuan.
• In the closing scene, the deputy hall master privately justifies helping Ye Muxuan to a superior, hinting at internal oversight and possible tension within Yanfeng Hall.

Chapter Summary: “Assassination”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Muxuan leaves Yanfeng Hall, intending to return quietly to his cave residence while waiting three days for the Calamity Beast Diagram.
• He senses that a powerful expert is following and ambushing him. Although his treasure-sensing ability detects the attacker’s position, it cannot reveal the expert’s concealed body.
• Suspecting the attacker may be a bounty hunter or an agent of the Shi Kingdom, Ye Muxuan remains cautious and uses the Flat Cylindrical Object to instantly traverse the void back to his cave.
• At the cave entrance, the attacker—later identified as Nightfall Divine Lord—launches a surprise strike. His violet eyes influence Ye Muxuan while a sword simultaneously attacks both Ye Muxuan’s divine body and his Heart of the True God.
• The attack is designed as a “double kill,” targeting both physical existence and consciousness. However, Ye Muxuan has prepared his cave with defensive and trapping formations.
• Ye Muxuan catches the sword with one hand, whose fingers transform into five Miniature Universes, and strikes the attacker with the other. He also creates an independent spacetime using hazy clear light and the One Thought Universe.
• He destroys Nightfall Divine Lord’s defenses, seizes his Heart of the True God, and kills him almost instantly. The entire battle is concealed by Ye Muxuan’s formations and barely noticed by outsiders.
• Ye Muxuan collects the attacker’s corpse and treasures. The spoils include:
  • A powerful gray longsword capable of piercing his Perfect Divine Body.
  • Gray combat boots containing laws related to the “Chaos Void.”
  • A Chaos Pearl that condenses and stores chaos divine power for use with Chaos Realm techniques.
• The three Chaos treasures are worth more than ten million Cosmic Sand. The Flat Cylindrical Object also extracts the attacker’s origin into the Void Space, making the assassination a complete victory for Ye Muxuan.

Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan is shown to be extremely cautious, experienced, and well-prepared. Rather than confronting the hidden attacker carelessly, he immediately returns to a fortified location.
• His power is emphasized through his ability to kill an Eternal True God-level assassin in a single exchange, overpowering both the attacker’s physical defenses and Heart of the True God.
• Ye Muxuan’s preparation as a Formation Master becomes crucial. His cave is not merely a residence but a deadly trap for anyone attempting to assassinate him there.
• His brief recollection of his teacher, White Phoenix Palace Master, reveals a sentimental attachment to his past and to the combat boots she once gifted him.
• Nightfall Divine Lord is presented as a formidable assassin with exceptional concealment, soul attacks, and a powerful sword, but he underestimates Ye Muxuan’s preparations and defensive abilities.

Significant Themes

• The dangers of bounty hunting and political conflict: Even powerful figures such as Ye Muxuan can become assassination targets, whether because of personal enmity, political factions, or lucrative bounties.
• Preparation versus surprise: The assassin relies on stealth and a sudden lethal attack, but Ye Muxuan’s foresight and defensive formations completely reverse the situation.
• The dual nature of life and death: The assassin’s attack targets both the divine body and the Heart of the True God, emphasizing that destroying physical form alone is insufficient against True Gods.
• Power concealed beneath appearances: Nightfall Divine Lord’s hidden presence and seemingly ordinary treasures contrast with their extraordinary abilities. Likewise, Ye Muxuan’s calm exterior conceals overwhelming combat strength.
• Turning danger into profit: Ye Muxuan not only survives but gains a valuable corpse, powerful Chaos treasures, and additional benefits from the Flat Cylindrical Object.

Character Interactions

• The main interaction is the sudden confrontation between Ye Muxuan and Nightfall Divine Lord. Nightfall attempts to kill Ye Muxuan before he can react, but Ye Muxuan counters immediately and decisively.
• Ye Muxuan’s servants play a supporting role by arranging the Formation Bases he previously prepared, unknowingly helping create the trap that protects their master.
• Ye Muxuan’s memories of White Phoenix Palace Master provide an emotional contrast to the otherwise violent and transactional assassination scene.
• The chapter also connects Ye Muxuan’s gains to Luo Feng and the Sector Beast Dis, since the collected corpses may later serve as food and cultivation resources for Dis.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Muxuan receives the Calamity Beast Diagram and disappears from Snowfield City.
• Zhong Li, a Universe Venerable of the Qingyuan Clan, breaks through to become a Universe Master after more than ten billion eras.
• The Human Race's strength significantly increases, with several new Universe Masters and True Gods emerging.
• True God Qingyue, an ancient Universe Master, breaks through to become the Human Race's sixty-first True God.
• Ye Muxuan harvests two grains of Earth Core Marrow from a wilderness tribe and leaves behind standardized Mechanical Flow weapons.

Character Developments

• Zhong Li: Breaks through to become a Universe Master, strengthening the Qingyuan Clan and the Human Race.
• True God Qingyue: Breaks through to become the Human Race's sixty-first True God, demonstrating her ancient power and talent.
• Ye Muxuan: Comprehends the Laws of Chaos, harvests Earth Core Marrow, and aids a tribe without causing them harm.

Significant Themes

• Power and Strength: The Human Race's increasing power and the importance of breakthroughs in the story's universe.
• Respect and Aid: Ye Muxuan's respect for ancient Universe Masters and his decision to help a tribe without endangering them.
• Time and Era: The vast differences in time scales between the Primal Universe and the Origin Continent.

Character Interactions

• Ye Muxuan and the Qingyuan Clan: Ye Muxuan's actions indirectly benefit the Qingyuan Clan and the Human Race.
• Ye Muxuan and the Wilderness Tribe: He harvests their Earth Core Marrow but leaves them standardized weapons to help them without causing harm.

Chapter Summary: Nightmare Dream Mountain Range

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Nightmare Dream Mountain Range is introduced as a vast, dangerous ancient range separating the Eastern Extreme Region from the Thunder Ancient Kingdom, with its tail extending toward the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom. Several powerful sects and kingdoms occupy its borders, maintaining a tense regional balance.
• Demon Iron City, controlled by the Demon Iron Sect, is presented as a major neutral stronghold. The sect possesses two God Kings and seventeen Chaos Realm elders, including two Grand Saints.
• The Demon Iron Sect once considered founding its own kingdom, but the destruction of other ambitious powers—especially the Wu Kingdom and Jin Kingdom—convinced its leaders that establishing a kingdom would attract dangerous enemies. The sect therefore remains independent and acts as a stabilizing force between the Eastern Extreme Region and Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom.
• Ye Muxuan arrives in Demon Iron City and disguises himself as the Hengque Clone, posing as an Eternal True God. He purchases a cave residence near the first layer of the city’s Chaos Ruins and seals it with defensive formations.
• Ye Muxuan learns that Great Sage Tongxuan’s inheritance lies within the Nightmare Dream Mountain Range, near the place where Tongxuan and the Pagoda Spirit were nearly destroyed. Despite this opportunity, Ye Muxuan decides not to enter the mountains immediately because their core regions are extremely dangerous and have claimed the lives of even God Kings.
• Inside his residence, Ye Muxuan enters the Qingjing Jade Gold Pagoda and continues analyzing the origin sources of Eternal True Gods who had comprehended Chaos Realm techniques. He discards origins related to Chaos laws he does not intend to cultivate, such as Chaos Gold and Chaos Fire, focusing instead on time, space, and spacetime.
• He begins studying the time-oriented origin source left by an unnamed Eternal True God assassinated in Snowfield City, while the Flat Cylindrical Object absorbs the origins he rejects.
• The chapter then shifts to the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom, where Difu Xi receives a decree from Emperor Lord Difu, the ancestor of her lineage. She is preparing to travel the continent with Dao protectors to gain experience and recruit retainers.

Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan demonstrates increasing caution and strategic patience. Rather than rushing toward Great Sage Tongxuan’s inheritance, he establishes himself securely in Demon Iron City and continues strengthening his comprehension.
• His cultivation direction becomes clearer: he chooses to specialize in the origins of time and space, particularly their fused spacetime origin, abandoning other compatible Chaos laws.
• Ye Muxuan also shows emotional detachment mixed with faint courtesy when acknowledging the unnamed Eternal True God whose origin he uses; he briefly apologizes before absorbing the origin.
• The Demon Iron Sect is characterized as pragmatic and survival-oriented. Its leaders abandon their ambitions of founding a kingdom after witnessing the destruction of stronger powers.
• Difu Xi is introduced as an exceptionally talented imperial descendant. She possesses an Infinite Divine Body, reached the Eternal True God realm in only ten epochs, and may eventually become a Chaos Realm expert and First-Class Marquis of the Difu Lineage.

Significant Themes

• The danger of ambition and political power: The destruction of the Wu and Jin Kingdoms illustrates how founding a kingdom can provoke the hostility of far stronger powers.
• Strategic restraint: The Demon Iron Sect survives by remaining neither too powerful nor openly expansionist, while Ye Muxuan likewise avoids entering the mountain range before he is ready.
• Inheritance and survival: The remnants of the Wu Kingdom, Duan Donghe Lineage, and Great Sage Tongxuan’s legacy suggest that power and knowledge may survive even after their original holders are destroyed.
• Cultivation specialization: Ye Muxuan’s decision to focus on time and space emphasizes the importance of choosing a coherent path rather than pursuing every possible law.
• Balance of power: Demon Iron City and the Demon Iron Sect exist because neighboring powers need a relatively stable force in the buffer zone, revealing how weaker factions can survive through geopolitical necessity.

Character Interactions

• The Demon Iron Sect’s two God Kings and its Chaos Realm experts collectively decide against founding a kingdom, reflecting internal agreement shaped by fear of powerful enemies.
• The sect maintains indirect relations with both the Eastern Extreme Region and the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom, functioning as a mutually accepted neutral force.
• Ye Muxuan interacts with Demon Iron City’s environment and institutions rather than directly meeting major figures; he uses the city’s neutrality and trading infrastructure to establish a safe base.
• Difu Xi receives instructions from Emperor Lord Difu, linking her future journey to the authority and expectations of her imperial lineage. Her upcoming travels may also bring her into contact with Ye Muxuan or the wider conflicts surrounding the mountain range.

Chapter Summary: “Xuyan Mother Tree”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• In his cave residence beneath Demon Iron City, Ye Muxuan continues cultivating his will by studying the Calamity Beast Diagram through the Void Diagram. The Void Diagram divides the original image into three thousand progressively manageable layers.
• He first studies the foundational layer, experiencing the exotic beast’s countless tribulations as if they were his own. The process strengthens his will and allows him to absorb the diagram’s “light of the heart.”
• The Pagoda Spirit warns him that strong will is essential for controlling his enormous divine body and resisting bloodline corruption. When Ye Muxuan asks about the name of their sect, the spirit cryptically replies that he will learn it after reaching the God King realm.
• Ye Muxuan progresses through additional layers of the diagram, including one filled with despair and deathly intent. His will steadily improves, strengthening his connection to the Flat Cylindrical Object and reducing his reliance on its Will Execution technique.
• He receives notice of an upcoming auction through a one-use command talisman from Yanfeng Hall. Before attending, he explores Demon Iron City, gathers intelligence from Yanfeng Hall, Thunder Hall, and Dark Hall, and learns that even powerful Demon Iron Sect elders have bounties placed on them.
• Disguised as Hengque, he visits the city’s trading district and purchases a semi-mature piece of Illusory Void Wood for two million Cosmic Sand, along with formation materials and resources for cultivating his Void Array Body.
• At the auction, Ye Muxuan ignores ordinary treasures and waits for something useful to his cultivation. On the final day, he bids for five leaves of the Xuyan Mother Tree, a resource primarily suited to Chaos Overlords.
• After raising his bid to eighty-six million Cosmic Sand, he ranks fourth and successfully wins the auction. He receives the leaves in a purple wooden box after paying more than eighty million Cosmic Sand.
• The chapter ends with Ye Muxuan preparing to enter the Chaos Ruins, where he intends to use the Xuyan Mother Tree leaves to resist Chaos power and directly comprehend the Laws of Chaos. He realizes that the Demon Iron Sect, located near the ruins, will likely be central to his next steps.

2. Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan’s willpower grows significantly. By enduring the depicted calamities, he begins transforming his greatest weakness—his personal will—into a major strength.
• He develops greater confidence and composure. After surviving the intense experiences of the diagram, ordinary dangers and environments seem insignificant to him.
• His relationship with the Flat Cylindrical Object deepens as his own will becomes stronger, suggesting that future uses of its Will Execution may depend increasingly on his personal strength rather than borrowed advantage.
• Ye Muxuan remains cautious and pragmatic. He avoids provoking the powerful Demon Iron Sect, carefully gathers intelligence, disguises himself while exploring, and purchases materials for future cultivation.
• His growing wealth and accumulated inheritances give him the financial power to compete with independent Chaos Overlords at the auction.

3. Significant Themes

• Will forged through suffering: The Calamity Beast Diagram presents transformation as the only path to survival. Hardship either produces growth or leads to destruction.
• Inner strength versus external power: Ye Muxuan has previously relied heavily on the Flat Cylindrical Object, but the chapter emphasizes that true mastery requires strengthening his own heart and will.
• Control of power: A vast divine body and powerful bloodline are dangerous without sufficient willpower to control them.
• Preparation and patience: Rather than rushing into the Chaos Ruins or confronting the Demon Iron Sect, Ye Muxuan gathers resources, studies intelligence, and prepares carefully.
• Hierarchy and mystery: The unknown identity of Ye Muxuan’s sect and the distant God King realm reinforce the larger mysteries and power structure of the world.
• Cultivation as transformation: The repeated imagery of tribulation, death, and rebirth reflects Ye Muxuan’s own path toward becoming strong enough to face the Chaos level.

4. Character Interactions

• Ye Muxuan and the Pagoda Spirit: The spirit instructs him on the importance of heart and will, particularly in suppressing bloodline backlash. Its refusal to reveal the sect’s name creates a mystery tied to Ye Muxuan’s future advancement.
• Ye Muxuan and the black-mist shopkeeper: He bargains for Illusory Void Wood despite the shopkeeper’s intimidating presence. The quick acceptance of his offer makes him suspect that he overpaid, while the shopkeeper’s refusal to sell mature wood leaves him curious.
• Ye Muxuan and the auction participants: He competes indirectly against unknown Chaos Overlords for the Xuyan Mother Tree leaves, repeatedly increasing his bid until securing fourth place.
• Ye Muxuan and the Demon Iron Sect: There is no direct confrontation, but the sect becomes an increasingly important looming force. Ye Muxuan recognizes that access to the Chaos Ruins may require dealing with or navigating around it.

Chapter Summary: “Reunion with an Old Friend”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• After the auction, Ye Muxuan returns to his quiet cave abode and focuses on finding a way into the Chaos Ruins before the Leaves of the Xuyan Mother Tree lose their effectiveness.
• He continues studying the origins within the Flat Cylindrical Object’s void space and comprehends his fifth Chaos Realm technique, the Second Form of the Origin of Time.
• The Flat Cylindrical Object suddenly devours all the origins within the void space. When Ye Muxuan’s consciousness investigates, the space violently shakes, annihilating his consciousness thread and preventing him from entering again. He decides to set the mystery aside and continues cultivating independently.
• Ye Muxuan advances in the Three Thousand Void Calamity Beast Diagram, reaching the Tenth Form. With the aid of the light of the mind, his will rises to the Peak Chaos Realm, bringing him closer to the extraordinarily difficult God King level.
• A Dark Hall mission reveals that someone using the codename “Star Moon” is searching for “You,” the Sector Beast King. Ye Muxuan realizes that Star Moon must be Great Sage Xihe, his former companion.
• Xihe, now reincarnated as Difu Xi, arrives in Demon Iron City. She overwhelms the Demon Iron Sect’s talented younger generation during a cultivation exchange, demonstrating her extraordinary strength.
• Ye Muxuan meets Difu Xi in secret and confirms her identity. She explains that the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom’s Kingdom Lord gave her special reincarnation treasures, allowing her to retain her memories because she possessed God King-level will.
• Ye Muxuan returns the Xiyue Mirror, her treasured secret weapon from her previous life.
• Difu Xi offers Ye Muxuan one of the two retainer positions she will receive after breaking through to the Chaos Realm. Ye Muxuan accepts, recognizing the immense advantages of gaining the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom’s support.
• Delighted by his decision, Difu Xi offers him a reunion gift and asks what he wants.

2. Character Developments

Ye Muxuan

He continues making significant cultivation progress, attaining Peak Chaos Realm will while still only an Eternal True God. He becomes more aware of the gap between independent cultivators and the great ancient kingdoms, particularly regarding access to resources such as the Chaos Ruins. His decision to become Difu Xi’s future retainer marks a major strategic shift from independence toward securing powerful backing.

Difu Xi / Great Sage Xihe

Xihe has successfully reincarnated into the imperial clan of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom and retained her memories from the beginning. She possesses an Infinite Divine Body, God King-level will, and an excellent chance of becoming a First-Class Marquis after entering the Chaos Realm. Her ambitions extend beyond survival: she seeks to reach the God King level and eventually avenge the Kingdom Lord of her previous life.

The Demon Iron Sect’s younger generation

Their confidence is crushed after Difu Xi effortlessly suppresses their combined forces and defeats even their chief disciple in a single move. They leave the banquet humbled and unwilling to discuss the encounter.

The Flat Cylindrical Object

Its sudden consumption of all the origins and subsequent refusal to respond introduces an unresolved mystery and temporarily removes one of Ye Muxuan’s most useful cultivation aids.

3. Significant Themes

• The value of powerful backing: Independent cultivation offers freedom, but joining a major faction provides access to resources that would otherwise be nearly impossible to obtain. Ye Muxuan’s acceptance of Difu Xi’s offer reflects this practical reality.
• Reincarnation and identity: Difu Xi’s new life preserves both Xihe’s memories and ambitions, showing that reincarnation can transform one’s circumstances without erasing the past.
• Friendship and mutual trust: Despite their changed identities and vastly improved positions, Ye Muxuan and Xihe retain goodwill from their past together.
• Ambition and competition: Difu Xi intends to exploit her imperial-clan status to rise as high as possible, while Ye Muxuan’s potential—along with Luo Feng’s and the Sector Beast’s—makes him a valuable future ally.
• Cultivation talent versus resources: Ye Muxuan’s achievements are remarkable for someone from the Universe Ocean, but the chapter emphasizes how much greater opportunities are available on the Origin Continent and within the ancient kingdoms.
• Unresolved mysteries: The disturbance in the void space and the Flat Cylindrical Object’s unexplained behavior create a continuing thread of uncertainty.

4. Character Interactions

• Ye Muxuan and Difu Xi meet privately in a restaurant after she identifies him as the Dark Hall member “Cleaving Edge.”
• They exchange observations about their changed identities: Ye Muxuan comments on her reincarnation into the imperial clan, while she acknowledges his cultivation progress and strength.
• Ye Muxuan returns the Xiyue Mirror, prompting Difu Xi to remember her former life and sincerely thank him.
• Difu Xi explains her reincarnation circumstances and openly praises Ye Muxuan’s potential, believing he could eventually become a God King.
• She offers him a future retainer position, emphasizing that the offer also effectively brings Luo Feng and the Sector Beast into her sphere of influence.
• Ye Muxuan accepts, and the reunion ends on a celebratory note as Difu Xi offers him a personal meeting gift.

Chapter Summary: “Chaos Space”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Muxuan arrives at the Chaos Ruins beneath Nightmare Iron City, a spatial abyss that continuously releases chaos power. When this power enters ordinary spacetime, it condenses into valuable chaos crystals and chaos stones.
• A steward of the Demon Iron Sect explains the ruins and grants Ye Muxuan unrestricted access. The sect accepted him because Difu Xi requested it, and because his reputation, bounty, and potential make it advantageous to cultivate a relationship with him.
• Although some younger disciples initially objected to an outsider using the ruins, Ye Muxuan’s overwhelming strength—particularly his ability to tear space open—forces them to accept him.
• Ye Muxuan enters the spatial abyss, enduring the violent chaos power and traveling upstream into the Chaos Ruins. The surrounding passage gradually expands until it becomes an immense, boundless chaos layer.
• In a palace within Nightmare Iron City, Difu Xi discusses Ye Muxuan with her white-haired adviser and two peak Chaos Realm protectors. She states that she believes he has the potential to become a God King.
• The protectors consider whether Difu Xi plans to recruit Ye Muxuan as a retainer, recognizing that such an appointment would grant major benefits to their clans and affiliated forces.
• Ye Muxuan survives the transition into Chaos Space because of the Leaves of the Xuyan Mother Tree, a powerful treasure that protects him from the chaos layer’s scouring, rejection, and assimilation.

Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan: His status continues to rise. He is treated as a major future talent rather than an ordinary Eternal True God, and he confidently enters a region that would normally be fatal to someone of his cultivation. His possession of the Leaves of the Xuyan Mother Tree demonstrates both his resources and preparation.
• Difu Xi: Her faith in Ye Muxuan is revealed to be extremely high. She believes he could eventually reach God Kinghood, suggesting that she views him as a valuable potential ally or retainer rather than merely someone she is helping temporarily.
• Demon Iron Sect’s steward: He behaves respectfully toward Ye Muxuan, hoping to gain the favor of both him and Difu Xi. His attitude reflects the sect’s pragmatic willingness to support powerful outsiders.
• The two protectors: They are shown to be politically motivated and highly concerned with securing future benefits for their own clans and forces through Difu Xi’s growing influence.
• Demon Iron Sect disciples and servants: Their obedience emphasizes the power hierarchy of the Origin Continent. Once Ye Muxuan’s strength is demonstrated, resistance disappears.

Significant Themes

• Strength determines status: The Demon Iron Sect’s disciples accept Ye Muxuan because power, not origin or formal affiliation, governs respect.
• Political value of potential: Ye Muxuan’s future prospects make him valuable even before he reaches the Chaos Realm. Difu Xi and the protectors are already considering how his eventual rise could affect their factions.
• Resources and opportunity: The Chaos Ruins generate immense wealth, while access to Chaos Space offers rare cultivation advantages. Powerful groups treat such locations and treasures as strategic assets.
• Danger and advancement: Entering Chaos Space is both extremely dangerous and essential for higher-level cultivation. Progress requires enduring forces capable of destroying even Eternal True Gods.
• Special treatment for exceptional individuals: Ye Muxuan, as a Universe Ocean powerhouse, may possess a unique path toward becoming a God King through the Primal Universe, reflecting the Supreme Rules’ preferential treatment of outstanding beings from barren lands.

Character Interactions

• The Demon Iron Sect steward respectfully guides Ye Muxuan, explains the Chaos Ruins, and assures him that he may return whenever he wishes.
• Ye Muxuan thanks the steward and the Demon Iron Sect before entering the ruins, maintaining a courteous but confident demeanor.
• Difu Xi speaks with her white-haired adviser and two protectors about Ye Muxuan’s potential. The protectors indirectly probe whether she intends to recruit him.
• Difu Xi’s authority and presence intimidate the protectors, who avoid meeting her gaze when she responds.
• The chapter ends with Ye Muxuan alone in the vast chaos layer, protected by the Leaves of the Xuyan Mother Tree and beginning his journey through Chaos Space.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Muxuan enters the Chaos Layer, protected by the Leaves of the Xuyan Mother Tree for a limited time.
• He observes and comprehends various Chaos Laws, each offering unique insights.
• In the Miniature Universe, a Secret Pattern of law appears, benefiting all lifeforms within.
• Ye Muxuan encounters Chaos creatures, lifeforms feeding on Chaos Force, and observes one being captured by his Flat Cylindrical Object.
• The Flat Cylindrical Object starts repairing itself using fragments of Chaos Laws from the captured creatures.

Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan demonstrates his skill and understanding of Chaos Laws, showing his ability to adapt and learn in new environments.
• The Flat Cylindrical Object reveals its initiative and ability to capture Chaos creatures, suggesting it has a will and can act independently.

Significant Themes

• The evolution of Chaos and its infinite possibilities.
• The importance of opportunity and personal effort in growth and development.
• The nature of Chaos creatures and their role in the Chaos Layer.

Character Interactions

• Ye Muxuan interacts with the Miniature Universe and its inhabitants through his will, providing an opportunity for them to observe a Secret Pattern of law.
• The Flat Cylindrical Object interacts with Chaos creatures, capturing and absorbing them to repair itself.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Muxuan, in the chaos layer, comprehends the complete Chaos Laws and becomes a Chaos Overlord.
• His Miniature Universe, the Shadow Blade Holy Land Universe, expands to a diameter of one trillion light-years, matching the size of the Primal Universe.
• The Original Ancestor and Giant Axe Founder plan to undergo Reincarnation but are advised by Ye Muxuan to wait due to the dangers and limitations of their current Miniature Universe structures.

Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan: He becomes the first Chaos Overlord in the Universe Ocean, solidifying his position as the strongest member of the Human Race.
• The Original Ancestor and Giant Axe Founder: They decide to postpone their Reincarnation plans after learning about the challenges and risks involved.

Significant Themes

• The dangers and challenges of Reincarnation and the Origin Continent.
• The importance of Miniature Universe structure for future growth and progress.
• The Human Race's dominance in the Universe Ocean.

Character Interactions

• Ye Muxuan interacts with the Original Ancestor, Giant Axe Founder, and Luo Feng to discuss the latter's plans for Reincarnation.
• The True Gods of the Universe Ocean gather to witness the expansion of the Shadow Blade Holy Land Universe and celebrate the Human Race's achievements.
• The Eastern Emperor Ancestor learns about the Shadow Blade Ancestor's breakthrough and considers contacting him.

Chapter Summary: “Difu Xi Breaks Through”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Muxuan continues transforming his divine body after entering the Chaos Realm. His one-trillion-light-year Miniature Universe supplies enormous quantities of chaotic divine power, but completing the transformation of his hundred-thousandfold Perfect Divine Body will take considerable time.
• Having just become a Chaos Overlord, Ye Muxuan deliberately keeps his breakthrough secret and avoids returning to the imperial clan. Newly advanced Chaos Realm cultivators are considered relatively weak until their divine bodies, strength, and techniques stabilize.
• Difu Xi is pleased by Ye Muxuan’s advancement and begins preparing both a congratulatory gift and her own breakthrough. She possesses extensive experience from her previous life and has already reached the limits of the Eternal True God stage.
• Ye Muxuan focuses on the most important survival technique for a Chaos Overlord: a reincarnation Secret Technique. He also enters the fifth level of the Qingjing Jade Gold Pagoda to fuse its sixth azure jade Control Core.
• With the Pagoda Spirit’s approval, Ye Muxuan successfully fuses the sixth Crystal Sphere. This grants access to treasures and God King-level inheritances within the sixth-level spaces, though the seventh Control Core cannot be fused until he becomes a God King.
• Difu Xi eventually comprehends the complete laws of chaos and breaks through to the Chaos Realm with an Infinite Divine Body.
• She returns to Yanfeng Hall and is recognized as an exceptionally important imperial-clan talent. Her breakthrough is reported directly to Difu, the ruling Emperor Lord and her ancestor, who orders her to keep the news secret while resources are sent to help stabilize and complete her transformation.
• Difu Xi chooses to remain in Demon Iron City rather than immediately return to the Imperial Capital. She uses Ye Muxuan’s supposed ongoing cultivation as a public explanation for staying.

Character Developments

• Ye Muxuan: Advances from the Eternal True God stage to the Chaos Realm, becoming a Chaos Overlord. He demonstrates greater mastery of the laws of chaos, successfully forms a Chaos Universe, and fuses the sixth Control Core. His priorities shift toward cautious cultivation, body transformation, reincarnation techniques, and obtaining higher-level inheritances.
• Difu Xi: Breaks through to the Chaos Realm with an Infinite Divine Body, confirming her extraordinary talent and previous-life experience. Her status rises dramatically: she is expected to become a First-Class Marquis of the Difu Lineage and receives direct support from her ancestor, Emperor Lord Difu.
• The Pagoda Spirit: Acknowledges Ye Muxuan’s rapid progress while maintaining its superior, almost teacher-like attitude. It provides the sixth Control Core and warns him not to force the seventh fusion before becoming a God King.
• Demon Iron City’s authorities: Remain largely unaware of the significance of the two breakthroughs. The city continues operating normally, while Nightfall Divine Lord’s absence from the Chaos Ruins attracts little attention.

Significant Themes

• Cautious growth and concealment: Both protagonists understand that newly advanced Chaos Realm cultivators are vulnerable. Rather than displaying their strength, they hide their breakthroughs and consolidate their foundations.
• Talent and status: Difu Xi’s Infinite Divine Body places her in a privileged position within the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom. Her talent grants her access to resources and direct communication with an Emperor Lord, privileges unavailable even to powerful peak Chaos Realm guardians.
• The importance of foundations: Advancement is not merely about entering a higher realm. Divine-body transformation, stable cultivation, reincarnation techniques, secret arts, and inheritances are all essential to surviving against stronger Chaos Overlords and God Kings.
• Inheritance and preparation: Ye Muxuan’s fusion of the Control Core highlights the value of ancient sect inheritances, while Difu Xi’s resources show the advantages of belonging to a powerful imperial lineage.
• Unequal power structures: The chapter emphasizes the vast difference between Eternal True Gods and Chaos Realm cultivators, as well as the social hierarchy separating ordinary experts, imperial-clan members, marquises, and God Kings.

Character Interactions

• Ye Muxuan and Difu Xi: They exchange news about Ye Muxuan’s breakthrough and support each other’s progress, but both preserve secrecy and avoid interfering with the other’s cultivation.
• Ye Muxuan and the Pagoda Spirit: Ye Muxuan respectfully requests permission to fuse the sixth Control Core. The Pagoda Spirit evaluates his mastery of chaos laws, grants approval, and cautions him regarding the dangers of attempting the seventh fusion too early.
• Difu Xi and her guardians: Her guardians congratulate her and encourage her to return to the Imperial Capital. She overrules this suggestion, explaining that her ancestor has instructed her to remain hidden and stabilize her strength.
• Difu Xi and Emperor Lord Difu: Although Difu does not appear directly, his personal intervention demonstrates the special relationship between them. He gives her secret instructions and promises resources, revealing the exceptional treatment afforded to an imperial genius with an Infinite Divine Body.
• Difu Xi and Demon Iron City’s great families: She accepts invitations and gifts but refuses offers to become a guest elder or participate in marriage alliances, reinforcing her independence and extremely high status.