Chapter Summaries

Zi Hanyan, Xue Lingxu, and the Seventh Princess found Ning Xiaochuan’s family and friends sealed in the Heavenly Court’s Underground Prison, where Sub-God seals kept them safe from the chaos outside. Feng Yuexi revealed she was awake inside her pillar and asked them to find Little Ling'er, Ugly Old Woman, Little Hong, and the others.

• Zi Hanyan entered the Underground Prison and found the Old Marquis, Ning Xiner, Ning Qiancheng, Feng Yuexi, Tang Shuyue, and others sealed in pillars of light.
• Xue Lingxu warned Zi Hanyan that the Sub-God seals could not be broken without drawing the Source World experts’ attention.
• The Seventh Princess joined them and said Ning Xiaochuan would be in danger if he returned to confront the Sub-Gods.
• Yue Mingsong arrived and said Da Xi had repeatedly tried to rescue Ning Xiaochuan’s family but had been captured and returned each time.
• Feng Yuexi awakened inside her pillar, explained that the seals protected Ning Xiaochuan’s family, and asked them to find Little Ling'er, Ugly Old Woman, Little Hong, and the others.

Ning Xiaochuan cultivated inside the Hell Vortex, learned to use its pauses to move through it, and discovered that it created Corpse Beasts. He plunged beneath their birthplace, where his powers were sealed and he fell into an unknown place.

• Feng Yuexi learned that the people Yue Mingsong mentioned were likely guarded by lesser gods, and Yue Mingsong and the others left to seek another way to rescue them.
• Ning Xiaochuan spent days inside the Hell Vortex, enduring its force and deriving the World Extinction Origin Path from the vortex around him.
• When the vortex paused and Corpse Beasts streamed upward, Ning Xiaochuan followed one out, then returned after realizing he could use the pauses to descend faster.
• Ning Xiaochuan saw energy gather and create living Corpse Beasts, then plunged into the darkness below their birthplace to investigate.
• Ning Xiaochuan lost his powers and ability to fly, fell through the abyss, and crashed into the ground at an unknown location.

Ning Xiaochuan explored a ruined city at the bottom of the great vortex and learned that its inhabitants, including gods, had lost their powers and eventually died as mortals. After leaving to seek a way to survive, he found a phantom guarding an image of an ordinary Dan Furnace.

• Ning Xiaochuan found inscriptions in the ruined city describing how a colossal blade had moved it into a seal that stripped its inhabitants of their powers and lifespans.
• Ning Xiaochuan realized his own power was sealed and left the city rather than wait to die.
• Ning Xiaochuan tested his abilities as he traveled, but could not use the World Extinction Path or sense the World Extinction Demon Sword and the Mystic Beast Appraisal.
• Ning Xiaochuan found a beautifully dressed young man's corpse, but discovered it was only a phantom that vanished when he reached for its robes.
• Ning Xiaochuan examined the image the phantom had guarded and saw that it depicted an ordinary Dan Furnace.

Ning Xiaochuan followed the spatial imprint of a powerful young man to a pyramid-shaped mountain, where the man’s figure vanished before reaching the platform’s center. As Ning Xiaochuan pondered the mountain and the unrelated Dan Furnace pattern, an unseen voice welcomed the arrival of someone after a long wait.

• Ning Xiaochuan found a simple Dan Furnace pattern that soon weathered away, leaving him unable to understand its purpose.
• Ning Xiaochuan encountered the young man’s preserved spatial imprint and realized it showed events from the distant past.
• Ning Xiaochuan followed the young man’s imprint for over a month until it led him to a pyramid-shaped mountain.
• Ning Xiaochuan climbed to the summit and watched the young man’s figure crumble and disappear before reaching the platform’s center.
• An unseen voice told Ning Xiaochuan that someone had finally arrived after a long wait.

Ning Xiaochuan met the Shadow Saint Ruler, who revealed that he was a breath of a powerful Creator-level Heart Nourisher and explained the enormous vortex and the structure of hell. The Shadow Saint Ruler began describing how the Great Evolution World fit into the Dan Furnace, leaving Ning Xiaochuan shocked and awaiting the explanation.

• The Shadow Saint Ruler appeared before Ning Xiaochuan and said he would spare him because he wanted company.
• Ning Xiaochuan told the Shadow Saint Ruler that the people who had lived in the city were long dead, and the Shadow Saint Ruler reviewed Ning Xiaochuan’s journey through time.
• The Shadow Saint Ruler identified Ning Xiaochuan’s World Extinction Path and revealed that he was a breath carrying the Dao of a powerful being.
• The Shadow Saint Ruler said he had killed Jun Qian Shang and spread the rumor that entering the enormous vortex would grant control over hell, which had led Yan Quan Old Ancestor to send Ning Xiaochuan there.
• The Shadow Saint Ruler explained that hell, the Ruins of Return, the God Receiving Tower, and the Great Evolution World formed parts of a Dan Furnace refined by a Creator-level Heart Nourisher.

Ning Xiaochuan learned that the Great Evolution World was a vast furnace that produced divine sparks, then faced the Shadow Saint Ruler and his Cause and Effect Origin. After Ning Xiaochuan’s body and memories were severed and his figure disappeared, the Shadow Saint Ruler was left stunned.

• Ning Xiaochuan understood that the Great Evolution World refined divine sparks from the lives of its worlds, and that the God Conferred Battle was a fight to claim them.
• The Shadow Saint Ruler explained that he controlled the Cause and Effect Origin and could sever the causes and effects that made up a person.
• Ning Xiaochuan stepped into the Shadow Saint Ruler’s power, losing his cultivation, the World Extinction Demon Sword, and eventually his memories.
• The Shadow Saint Ruler urged Ning Xiaochuan to retreat and offered to let him stay as company, but Ning Xiaochuan continued forward.
• Ning Xiaochuan’s body crumbled and disappeared, leaving the Shadow Saint Ruler shocked.

Ning Xiaochuan survived Shadow Saint Ruler’s attempts to erase him with Causal Origin Power and won their wager. After learning that Little Golden Ginseng’s grandfather had shattered hell’s seal and damaged the Dan Furnace, Shadow Saint Ruler eagerly pledged loyalty to Ning Xiaochuan, who demanded to learn how to control the furnace.

• Shadow Saint Ruler repeatedly reversed causality to kill Ning Xiaochuan, but could not overcome the two strands of causality within him and collapsed from exhaustion.
• Ning Xiaochuan recovered his physical strength, confirmed that Shadow Saint Ruler’s Causal Origin Power had vanished, and declared that he had won their wager.
• Shadow Saint Ruler explained that the old turtle’s kick had shattered hell’s seal and badly damaged the Dan Furnace he guarded.
• Ning Xiaochuan revealed that he had met the old turtle and agreed to marry Little Golden Ginseng, causing Shadow Saint Ruler to beg to become his subordinate.
• Ning Xiaochuan grabbed Shadow Saint Ruler and ordered him to explain how to control the Dan Furnace’s power.

Ning Xiaochuan refined the Dan Furnace core and learned it contained energy that could help him cultivate the Original World Origin Power, though the Furnace could no longer create divine sparks. After deciding to protect his family by bringing them to Little Golden Ginseng's grandfather, he recovered his powers and headed out of the Hell Vortex.

• Ning Xiaochuan refined the Dan Furnace core and sensed the overlapping Small Worlds within the Furnace.
• Yu Ningsheng felt the God Conferring List shake as the God Receiving Tower and God Conferred Battle drew near, then continued on her way.
• The Shadow Saint Ruler explained that the core held the Original World Origin Power and that the Dan Furnace had lost its ability to create divine sparks.
• Ning Xiaochuan questioned why the Shadow Saint Ruler stayed with him and learned he feared being reclaimed by the being who created him.
• The Shadow Saint Ruler advised Ning Xiaochuan to settle his family within the Dan Furnace or take them to Little Golden Ginseng's grandfather.
• Ning Xiaochuan's powers returned as he descended the hill, and he flew toward the vortex to return to Hell.

Ning Xiaochuan escaped Hell, claimed the Ruin World's chessboard form to conceal his aura, and learned that rescuing his master Sui Hanyu would require surpassing the power that sealed her. As the God Receiving Tower opened, he prepared to leave the Ruin World while Yu Ningsheng began admitting qualified Demigods.

• Ning Xiaochuan used the lingering cracks in Hell's seals to escape into the Ruin World.
• Ning Xiaochuan seized a wisp of the Ruin World's aura, discovered its chessboard form, and swallowed it to conceal his presence.
• The Shadow Saint Ruler warned Ning Xiaochuan that using his vast inner energy to fight would waste it, and told him Sui Hanyu's seal could not be casually broken.
• Ning Xiaochuan gave up on rescuing Sui Hanyu for now and headed out of the Ruin World.
• The God Receiving Tower opened above the Great Evolution World, and Yu Ningsheng recorded the Overturning Sea Demon God's name on the God Conferring List to let him enter.
• Yu Ningsheng continued admitting powerful figures, including Demigods from the God River Civilization and the Heavenly Court Master.

Yu Ningsheng barred Leng Wuyou and the Source World Sub-Gods from entering the God Receiving Tower because of their threat to Ning Xiaochuan’s loved ones. Leng Wuyou forced her to register several of them, then began threatening to kill the captives, leaving Yu Ningsheng desperate for Ning Xiaochuan to return.

• Yu Ningsheng denied the Devilish People entry to the God Receiving Tower, and a fourth-level Sub-God was killed when he attacked its gate.
• Yu Ningsheng told Leng Wuyou and the Source World Sub-Gods that she would not record their names, despite knowing that defying the rules could destroy her soul and spirit.
• Leng Wuyou threatened to kill Ning Xiaochuan’s captured family and friends unless Yu Ningsheng admitted the Source World experts to the tower.
• Yu Ningsheng registered Xu Cheng and the other five Sub-Gods, allowing them to enter the God Receiving Tower.
• Leng Wuyou threatened to start killing the captives to force Yu Ningsheng to violate the tower’s rules further, and Yu Ningsheng pleaded for Ning Xiaochuan to return.

Ning Xiaochuan arrived at the God Receiving Tower and found Leng Wuyou holding his family and friends hostage. Enraged, he unleashed the Creator’s stored energy to fight Leng Wuyou, leaving his body on the verge of bursting as Leng Wuyou attacked.

• Ning Xiaochuan flew toward Yu Ningsheng and saw that Leng Wuyou had captured Ning Qiancheng and the others.
• Leng Wuyou showed Ning Xiaochuan an image of his imprisoned family and demanded that he surrender.
• Yu Ningsheng urged Ning Xiaochuan to escape, but he told her not to interfere and began releasing the energy within him.
• Ning Xiaochuan sealed away the Shadow Saint Ruler despite its warnings about the cost of using the energy.
• Leng Wuyou recognized that Ning Xiaochuan was borrowing a mighty god’s power and punched at him.

Ning Xiaochuan used his temporary control of the Dan Furnace to defeat Leng Wuyou, obtain a divine spark for Yu Ningsheng, and purge the Great Evolution World and Ruins of Return of their enemies. His power was already dissipating when he seized the hidden Heart Demon.

• Ning Xiaochuan blew Leng Wuyou away, tore off his arms, crushed him into a ball, and hurled him into the Hell Vortex, where the Dan Furnace consumed his power and soul.
• The Dan Furnace's new energy completed a divine spark inside the God Receiving Tower, and Ning Xiaochuan pulled it out and gave it to Yu Ningsheng, explaining that she would guard the Great Evolution World after his power faded.
• Ning Xiaochuan realized his overwhelming strength came from the refined energy and his control of the Dan Furnace, but the power was breaking apart and its use was damaging his body.
• Ning Xiaochuan killed the hidden God River Civilization experts and Devilish People across the Great Evolution World, then rescued Ning Qiancheng and the others from the pillars of light.
• Ning Xiaochuan swept the evil gods and surviving Devilish Sub-Gods from the Ruins of Return back into hell, then seized the hidden Heart Demon.

Ning Xiaochuan expelled the Heart Demon and sent him through a Human-God Gate, then rescued his family from the Heavenly Court after Feng Yuexi escaped captivity and killed the demigod holding them hostage. With his family safe, Ning Xiaochuan turned his attention to the God Receiving Tower, where most of the God River Civilization’s demigods were gathered.

• Ning Xiaochuan seized the Heart Demon, expelled the seed inside himself, and threw him into a Human-God Gate leading to the God River Civilization.
• Ning Xiaochuan tore open and restored part of the Heavenly Court’s Ancient Grand Formation to rescue Ning Xiner and his other family members without destroying the formation.
• Feng Yuexi broke free from her pillar of light, burned the Source World demigod to ashes, and left to find a quiet place to cultivate.
• Ning Xiaochuan sent his family to the former site of the Yulan Empire and protected them with the energy remaining in his body.
• As Ning Xiaochuan prepared to confront the God Receiving Tower, a figure wrapped in iron chains emerged from the ocean.

Ning Xiaochuan learned that Little Ling'er and Little Red might have been taken to the God River Civilization, forcing him to reconsider his plans. He sent the Purple Gold Imperial Lord through the Human-God Gate with the Heavenly Court’s geniuses, while preparing to act on his own.

• Ning Xiaochuan freed the Purple Gold Imperial Lord from Leng Wuyou’s chains beneath the sea and learned that his power had been heavily suppressed.
• The Purple Gold Imperial Lord told Ning Xiaochuan that Little Ling'er and Little Red might have been escorted to the God River Civilization.
• Ning Xiaochuan stopped the Purple Gold Imperial Lord from entering alone, then entrusted him with the Heavenly Court and its gathered geniuses so he could take them to the God River Civilization.
• The Purple Gold Imperial Lord entered the Human-God Gate carrying the Heavenly Court, while Xue Lingxu, Ji Fan, and the other geniuses saw Ning Xiaochuan growing distant.
• A furious Source World genius watched Ning Xiaochuan bend down like a drawn bow, leaving Xue Lingxu and the others wondering what he intended to do.

Ning Xiaochuan destroyed the Human-God Gate and forced everyone out of the God Receiving Tower, then ended the God Conferred Battle by slaughtering Sub-Gods. As he refined them into energy, a hazy woman emerged from the tower and claimed a newly formed godhead.

• Ning Xiaochuan shattered the Human-God Gate with one punch, leaving the Source World geniuses too frightened to challenge him.
• Ning Xiaochuan used the World Extinction Demon Sword to strike the God Receiving Tower and force everyone inside it out.
• Ning Xiaochuan declared the God Conferred Battle over, then killed the Overturning Sea Demon God with a single sweep of his sword.
• Ning Xiaochuan pursued and slaughtered the fleeing Sub-Gods, feeding their energy into the Dan Furnace as God Receiving Pearls and a Virtual Godhead formed.
• A hazy female figure emerged from the God Receiving Tower and took the newly completed godhead.

Ning Xiaochuan killed the God River Civilization’s subordinate gods, silenced their resentment, and destroyed the Human-God Gates, then sent the Great Evolution World’s subordinate gods through to aid the Purple Gold Imperial Lord. With the God Conferred Battle ended, he noticed the Godhead was missing and faced Tantai Xuechen as his tribulation continued.

• Ning Xiaochuan crushed the last subordinate god from the Source World and promised to purge the resentment left by the fallen God River Civilization gods.
• The Jade Void Old Ancestor and other Great Evolution World subordinate gods blamed Ning Xiaochuan and demanded he apologize to the Source World, so Ning Xiaochuan seized them and sent them through the Human-God Gate to help the Purple Gold Imperial Lord.
• Ning Xiaochuan destroyed the remaining Human-God Gates, and a distant palace in the Vast Demon Star Region detected that the passage to the Great Evolution World had been destroyed and that none of the Ten Demon Saints had returned.
• Ning Xiaochuan refined the lingering resentment into God Receiving Pearls and suspected Demon Empress Shiji had taken the missing Godhead.
• The God Receiving Tower’s light gate vanished, ending the God Conferred Battle, but Tantai Xuechen appeared above the Great Evolution World as Ning Xiaochuan’s tribulation continued.

Ning Xiaochuan fought Tantai Xuechen and sealed her with the Crimson Ghost Ship inside a light cocoon, but the seal was unstable and his power would last only one more day. Yue Mingsong claimed he could help seal Tantai Xuechen for tens or hundreds of thousands of years, and Ning Xiaochuan urged him to explain how.

• Ning Xiaochuan overwhelmed Tantai Xuechen in battle, but the Crimson Ghost Ship protected her from death.
• Ning Xiaochuan trapped Tantai Xuechen and the Crimson Ghost Ship in a light cocoon, then decided to suppress her in the Great Evolution World.
• Yue Mingsong appeared and explained that he had missed the journey to the Source World after being tricked into a failed date.
• Yue Mingsong warned Ning Xiaochuan that his seal might hold Tantai Xuechen for only half a year and learned Ning Xiaochuan's strength would dissipate within a day.
• Yue Mingsong offered to help seal Tantai Xuechen for tens or hundreds of thousands of years, and Ning Xiaochuan asked him to reveal the method.

Yue Mingsong gave Ning Xiaochuan the World Breaking Boat and suggested using it to find a black hole to kill Tantai Xuechen. Ning Xiaochuan made arrangements for his loved ones and left the Great Evolution World, unaware that the boat could only be used once.

• Yue Mingsong showed Ning Xiaochuan the World Breaking Boat and explained that it could cross the void, but warned that reaching the God River Civilization without enough energy could take ten thousand years.
• Ning Xiaochuan gave two Pseudo-Godheads and other treasures to Old Marquis, then gave a Tang Clan ancestor's Pseudo-Godhead to Tang Shuyue.
• Ning Xiaochuan told Tang Shuyue, Old Marquis, Ning Xiner, and the others that he was leaving the Great Evolution World and would return.
• Ning Xiaochuan entrusted the Great Evolution World to Yu Ningsheng, embraced her, and departed through the world's barrier.
• Yue Mingsong realized that he had forgotten to tell Ning Xiaochuan the World Breaking Boat was defective and could only be used once.

Ning Xiaochuan crossed into the cosmic void aboard the World Breaking Boat, but his power ran out and left the vessel slowing dangerously far from the God River Civilization. The Shadow Saint Ruler emerged and offered a way to keep the boat moving, then began teaching Ning Xiaochuan about Godheads and the two paths to becoming a god.

• Ning Xiaochuan rode the World Breaking Boat beyond the Great Evolution World and witnessed enormous stars, a world-sized tree, and a sleeping cosmic beast.
• Ning Xiaochuan's energy dissipated after a cup of tea, causing the World Breaking Boat to slow as he worried he would be stranded in the void.
• The Shadow Saint Ruler emerged from Ning Xiaochuan's wrist and recognized the World Breaking Boat and the energy in Ning Xiaochuan's treasures as possible ways to power it.
• The Shadow Saint Ruler explained that a Godhead was high-level energy and that Sub-Gods could become gods either by refining energy or by comprehending laws.

Ning Xiaochuan learned about the two paths to godhood and discovered that his body could absorb Pseudo-Godhead energy with ease because the Original World Origin Law had permanently expanded his Meridians. He used the energy to accelerate the World Breaking Boat, which encountered a light-devouring cosmic body.

• The Shadow Saint Ruler explained the differences between attaining godhood through energy and through laws.
• Ning Xiaochuan absorbed the energy from the God Receiving Pearls and found it placed almost no burden on him.
• The Shadow Saint Ruler realized that the Original World Origin Law had fixed Ning Xiaochuan's expanded Meridians in place, greatly improving his talent.
• Ning Xiaochuan channeled the God Receiving Pearls' energy into the World Breaking Boat, increasing its speed.
• A deathly cosmic body that devoured light appeared before Ning Xiaochuan.