Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye and Zhu Yin fought Void Beasts in the Space Corridor and improved their command of the Path of Space by refining the Dao Seeds they left behind. When a Void Current trapped them with no escape route, Lu Ye stopped running and tried to carry Zhu Yin through space with his Dao Seed.

• Zhu Yin and Lu Ye joined forces to kill a Void Beast, and Zhu Yin took its Dao Seed to refine while Lu Ye guarded her.
• Lu Ye and Zhu Yin traveled through the shifting passageways, killed more Void Beasts, and divided their Dao Seeds as Lu Ye rapidly improved his control of space.
• Lu Ye sensed a disturbance ahead, and Zhu Yin identified it as a Void Current bearing down on them.
• When they found no passage in which to hide and the current nearly caught them, Lu Ye grabbed Zhu Yin and told her not to activate any power.
• Lu Ye stepped toward the Void Current and unleashed his Dao Seed, making himself and Zhu Yin blur and distort as they began traveling through space.

Lu Ye and Zhu Yin escaped a Void Current by teleporting into a cavern filled with Void Beasts, where Zhu Yin revealed that she belonged to the Dragon Race and used the Power of Time and Sequence to help Lu Ye fight. After they fled, they realized the cavern held the remains of a Phoenix Race member, and Zhu Yin decided to retrieve them.

• Lu Ye used the Void Teleportation Technique to take Zhu Yin past the Void Current, but they landed in a cavern surrounded by Void Beasts.
• Lu Ye and Zhu Yin fought the Void Beasts, targeting their Dao Seeds, as more than a hundred enemies pursued them.
• Zhu Yin summoned her Dragon Soul and slowed the Void Beasts with the Power of Time and Sequence, allowing Lu Ye to kill many of them.
• When Zhu Yin could no longer sustain the force field, Lu Ye grabbed her and fought their way out until the Void Beasts stopped pursuing them.
• Lu Ye and Zhu Yin recognized that the cavern contained the remains of a Phoenix Race member, and Zhu Yin said she wanted to collect them.

Lu Ye and Zhu Yin continued hunting Void Beasts around the Phoenix Race senior’s remains, but the beasts refused to leave their cave, forcing the pair to attack inside. Lu Ye’s new Void Pounce Technique helped them fight until a powerful, intelligent Void Beast revealed itself and began drawing the others together.

• Lu Ye and Zhu Yin rested, and Zhu Yin refined the two remaining Dao Seeds while Lu Ye cultivated his Space Dao Seed.
• Lu Ye lured Void Beasts into another ambush, and he and Zhu Yin killed dozens before splitting the Dao Seeds, with Zhu Yin keeping only three.
• When Lu Ye tried to lure out the remaining Void Beasts, they stayed inside the cave, so he and Zhu Yin decided to fight their way in and collect the Phoenix Race senior’s remains.
• Lu Ye used his newly developed Void Pounce Technique to kill Void Beasts while Zhu Yin protected herself, until one unusually strong beast ambushed her and Lu Ye blocked its strike.
• The intelligent Void Beast cried out and drew the others toward it; when it retreated, it collided with another Void Beast and the two merged into one.

Lu Ye and Zhu Yin fought a Void Beast that had fused with more than twenty others and taken on the form of a phoenix. They discovered that the Ox-Striking Mystic Art could damage it, but as Zhu Yin neared her limit, she brought out her Dragon Pearl to strengthen her Temporal Field and keep the battle going.

• The Void Beasts fused into a powerful phoenix-shaped creature that resisted Lu Ye and Zhu Yin’s attacks and forced them to flee.
• The creature fired black spikes at the pair, but Lu Ye used a slash that stretched space to blunt the attack; both were wounded.
• Zhu Yin charged the creature while Lu Ye protected her, and they realized that the Ox-Striking Mystic Art could disrupt and injure it.
• Lu Ye and Zhu Yin fought together using the art, but Zhu Yin’s strength waned as she maintained the Temporal Field.
• Zhu Yin brought out her Dragon Pearl, increasing the Temporal Field’s power and slowing the Void Beast’s attacks slightly.

Lu Ye and Zhu Yin combined their powers of time and space to wound and destroy the fused Void Beast, then defeated the remaining beasts. Zhu Yin collapsed from exhaustion, while Lu Ye discovered the slain creature had left behind a Phoenix Feather.

• Zhu Yin sacrificed her Dragon Pearl and urged Lu Ye to flee, but he refused to abandon her.
• Lu Ye used Shared Breath, Connected Branches to link their auras and combine his Power of Space with Zhu Yin’s Power of Time and Sequence into the Power of Time and Space.
• Lu Ye struck the Void Beast twice with the combined power, forcing it to flee as Zhu Yin struggled to maintain the Temporal Field.
• Lu Ye and Zhu Yin used Near Yet Far to overcome the Void Beast’s resistance, shatter its Dao Seed, and kill it.
• Lu Ye and Zhu Yin defeated the other Void Beasts, after which Zhu Yin collapsed and Lu Ye found a colorless feather left by the special beast.

Lu Ye and Zhu Yin escaped the Space Corridor with Huang Jiuyin’s help and reunited with Su Yan. Back at the Phoenix Nest, Lu Ye refined the Space Dao Seeds he had gathered until he felt painfully stuffed, and Su Yan offered to help him with a secret art.

• A Phoenix Race member contacted Lu Ye and Zhu Yin through the firelight, and Huang Jiuyin soon arrived to rescue them.
• Huang Jiuyin led Lu Ye and Zhu Yin out of the Space Corridor, where they reunited with Su Yan and the other Phoenix Race elders.
• Huang Jiuyin sent Lu Ye, Su Yan, and Zhu Yin back to the Phoenix Nest and warned them not to enter the Space Corridor again for a while.
• Zhu Yin left soon after arriving at the Phoenix Nest, and Su Yan asked Lu Ye whether a misunderstanding had arisen between them.
• Lu Ye offered Su Yan Space Dao Seeds, then refined the remaining seeds with the Talent Tree until he felt stuffed.
• Su Yan explained that a Phoenix Race ancestor had created a secret art to help External Officials cultivate the Path of Space, sealed off the Phoenix Nest, and offered to help Lu Ye.

Lu Ye and Su Yan cultivated the Dual Cultivation Pact, benefiting each other and revealing Lu Ye’s remarkable progress in the Path of Space. The Dragon Sovereign learned that Lu Ye had wielded the Power of Time and Space, and hurried to tell the Phoenix Lord.

• Su Yan explained the Dual Cultivation Pact to Lu Ye, and their Soul Bodies merged as they cultivated and shared benefits.
• Zhu Yin tried to fuse the Power of Time and Sequence with the Power of Space but realized her bloodline also prevented it.
• The Dragon Sovereign visited Zhu Yin, learned that Lu Ye had fused the two powers, and asked her to recount what happened in the Space Corridor.
• The Phoenix Lord waited outside Su Yan’s sealed Phoenix Nest, then met the Dragon Sovereign when he arrived with grave news.
• The Phoenix Lord mistakenly thought Lu Ye had wronged Zhu Yin, but the Dragon Sovereign clarified that Lu Ye had wielded the Power of Time and Space.

Dragon Sovereign and the Phoenix Lord secretly planned to verify whether Lu Ye could wield the Power of Time and Space, while Lu Ye continued honing his spatial techniques in the Phoenix Nest. Zhu Yin arrived to invite the Phoenix Race to the Dragon City Grand Ceremony, unaware that Dragon Sovereign had sent her there as part of his plan.

• Dragon Sovereign told the Phoenix Lord that Zhu Yin’s account indicated Lu Ye had wielded the Power of Time and Space, and they agreed to test him secretly at the Dragon City Grand Ceremony.
• Lu Ye cultivated with Su Yan, strengthened his Space Dao Seed, and practiced his movement and blade techniques based on the mysteries of Near Yet Far.
• Lu Ye sparred with Su Yun and defeated him through superior mastery of the Path of Space, prompting Su Yun to storm away in frustration.
• Zhu Yin arrived at the Phoenix Nest and explained that she had come to invite the Phoenix Race to the Dragon City Grand Ceremony.
• Zhu Yin wondered why Dragon Sovereign had personally assigned her to deliver the invitation and had told her to invite her close young sisters as well.

Su Yan explained to Lu Ye that the Dragon City Grand Ceremony would accompany the Tower of Time’s opening, drawing cultivators from across the Inner Realm to compete for entry. Lu Ye agreed to attend with Su Yan and learned how the tower’s time-altering floors and selection trials worked.

• Zhu Yin invited Su Yan to stay in Dragon City for the upcoming Grand Ceremony, and Su Yan and Lu Ye agreed to go.
• Su Yan told Lu Ye that the Tower of Time belonged to Dragon City but had to be opened to cultivators across the universe whenever it became accessible.
• Su Yan explained that the tower had ninety-nine floors, with time passing faster on higher floors, and that its unpredictable openings brought about the Dragon City Grand Ceremony.
• Su Yan told Lu Ye that Dragon City would select up to thirty thousand entrants through cultivation-level trials, while a few candidates could enter through limited direct slots.
• Lu Ye learned that Fusion Dao and Uniting Dao cultivators usually occupied separate floors, and he set aside his hope of gaining entry through Dragon City’s connections.

Lu Ye, Su Yan, Su Yun, and the two young phoenixes arrived in Dragon City for the Grand Ceremony, where cultivators competed for entry to the Tower of Time. Su Yun began fighting for a place in the arena trials, while Lu Ye and Su Yan tried a lottery trial and Lu Ye was eliminated despite drawing what he thought was an auspicious number.

• Huang Jiuyin brought Lu Ye and the others to Dragon City through a long-distance Teleportation Spirit Array and told them to explore the ceremony.
• Su Yan contacted Zhu Yin, and Su Yun led the group toward the trials for Tower of Time entry.
• Su Yun defeated an arena champion and took over his arena, beginning the matches required to qualify for the next round.
• Lu Ye and Su Yan left the arena district to seek a simpler trial and joined a lottery with Feng Erwu and Huang Erliu.
• Lu Ye drew lot number 99999, but the trial official announced that only numbers below 10000 advanced, leaving Lu Ye shocked at his elimination.

Lu Ye learned that the Hundred Boats Competing test offered direct qualification for the Tower of Time to whoever retrieved a pearl hidden in a waterfall filled with the Power of Time and Sequence. He joined the Dragon Descendants in the contest, but struggled at the start before realizing what made the waterfall difficult to climb.

• Su Yan asked Yin'er about a test that could grant direct entry to the Tower of Time, then led Lu Ye to the waterfall where the Hundred Boats Competing was held.
• Su Yan explained that competitors had to retrieve a pearl hidden near the top of the waterfall and that Dragon Descendants usually had an advantage against its Power of Time and Sequence.
• Lu Ye registered, received a small wooden boat, and faced a hostile Dragon Descendant who questioned whether he was Human Race.
• The presiding Harmony Dao expert started the contest, and Lu Ye charged up the waterfall but struggled to stay on his boat as the other competitors surged ahead.
• Feng Erwu and Huang Erliu mocked Lu Ye while Su Yan scolded them, and Lu Ye realized the waterfall was effectively a River of Time and Sequence.

Lu Ye used his Power of Space to climb the waterfall in Hundred Boats Competing, overtaking the Dragon Descendants and defeating those who tried to stop him. He reached seven thousand zhang and neared his limit, while the pearl above the waterfall remained out of reach.

• Lu Ye used his Space Dao Seed to shield himself from the waterfall's Power of Time and Sequence and began climbing behind the Dragon Descendants.
• As the Dragon Descendants tired, Lu Ye overtook them one by one and surpassed the contest's previous record for a Dragon Descendant.
• The dragon-headed Dragon Descendant attacked Lu Ye, but Lu Ye countered and sent him falling from the waterfall.
• The first-echelon Dragon Descendants attacked Lu Ye's canoe together, but he used spatial techniques and his saber to repel them and eliminate several.
• Lu Ye continued upward alone, felt mounting pressure at six thousand zhang, and neared his limit at seven thousand zhang.

Lu Ye used the Talent Tree to combine the waterfall’s Power of Time and Sequence with his Power of Space, allowing him to reach the top and claim the pearl for Su Yan. The Dragon Sovereign’s attempt to identify the awaited person failed, but he saw a burning tree bearing numerous Supreme Treasures; Lu Ye then left for the Dragon Palace with Su Yan, Zhu Yin, and the two little ones.

• Lu Ye drew on the Talent Tree to absorb the waterfall’s Power of Time and Sequence and fused it with his Power of Space into the Power of Time and Space.
• The Dragon Sovereign searched the River of Time and Sequence for the person his people awaited, but saw only a blurry figure and a burning tree bearing Supreme Treasures.
• Lu Ye used the new power to ascend to ten thousand zhang, seized the pearl, and gave it to Su Yan before registering for a slot in the Tower of Time.
• Lu Ye left with Su Yan and the two little ones to avoid the crowd gathering to see him after his achievements at the Dragon City Grand Ceremony.
• Zhu Yin met the group outside the Dragon Palace, gave berries to the two little ones, and led everyone inside.

Lu Ye and Zhu Yin defeated a Void Beast after Phoenix Lord secretly tested their combined powers. Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord then confronted Lu Ye about Zhu Yin’s warning to keep their past encounter from Su Yan, and Lu Ye swore that nothing improper had happened.

• Lu Ye left Su Yan and Zhu Yin chatting and spoke privately with Zhu Yin, who asked him not to tell Su Yan about their previous encounter.
• The study shattered into fragments of space, and a powerful Void Beast emerged through a rift.
• Lu Ye and Zhu Yin combined their powers to kill the Void Beast, and Lu Ye collected its Dao Seed.
• Phoenix Lord and Dragon Sovereign appeared, revealing that Phoenix Lord had arranged the test to observe their teamwork.
• Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord took Lu Ye to a hall and demanded an explanation about Zhu Yin’s warning.
• Lu Ye swore by the Star Abyss Will that he and Zhu Yin had done nothing improper, easing the two rulers’ suspicions.

Lu Ye asked the Dragon Sovereign about Yang Qing and learned that he was the Dragon Race’s missing Second Generation Ancestor, then demonstrated a Dao Pattern that linked auras. The Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord failed to combine their powers, confirming that only a Human Race body could reconcile yin and yang.

• Lu Ye asked whether Yang Qing was in Dragon City, and the Dragon Sovereign revealed that Yang Qing was the Dragon Race’s Second Generation Ancestor, whose whereabouts were unknown.
• The Dragon Sovereign asked Lu Ye to form the Shared Breath, Connected Branches Dao Pattern so he and the Phoenix Lord could test whether their powers could merge.
• The Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord tried to combine their powers through the Dao Pattern, but their powers remained incompatible.
• The Dragon Sovereign concluded that only a Human Race body could reconcile yin and yang, and Lu Ye asked why.

The Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord revealed why Lu Ye could reconcile Dragon and Phoenix powers and asked him to help with a task requiring precise control of the Power of Time and Space. While preparing with Zhu Yin, Lu Ye improved his Dao Pattern, and Fang awakened after passing its second hurdle, leaving Lu Ye able to advance to Harmony Dao but facing a huge cost to strengthen Fang.

• The Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord told Lu Ye that their races descended from Human Race ancestors and asked him to help with a task after the Dragon City Grand Ceremony.
• The Dragon Sovereign promised Lu Ye a few Sub-Treasures, then arranged for him to practice evolving the Power of Time and Space with Zhu Yin.
• Lu Ye requested Dragon City's records related to his Shared Breath, Connected Branches Dao Pattern, studied them for more than ten days, and deduced an improved version.
• Lu Ye and Zhu Yin used the improved Dao Pattern to make their powers fuse more smoothly while Lu Ye practiced controlling the result.
• Fang awakened after passing its second hurdle, and Lu Ye discovered that nurturing it toward its new limit would require millions of Dao Power.

Lu Ye continued nurturing the Crag Mountain Saber until the Phoenix Lord brought him and Zhu Yin to the Tower of Time as it opened. After thousands of cultivators entered, Lu Ye joined the Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord in entering the tower, where the four remained together instead of being assigned to separate levels.

• Lu Ye spent two months replenishing Dao Force and nurturing the Crag Mountain Saber.
• The Phoenix Lord brought Lu Ye and Zhu Yin to the Tower of Time after it appeared outside the Dragon Palace.
• The Dragon Sovereign announced that the qualified cultivators could enter the tower, warning them that combat and death were possible inside.
• Thirty thousand cultivators entered the tower, while Dragon Race elders stayed behind to guard Dragon City.
• The Dragon Sovereign, Phoenix Lord, Lu Ye, and Zhu Yin entered the Tower of Time together, unlike the other cultivators, who were assigned to different levels.

The Dragon Sovereign brought Lu Ye and Zhu Yin beneath the Tower of Time to reveal the Dragon and Phoenix Races’ secret Ancestral Abyss, where powerful dragons were imprisoned inside a vast restriction. After explaining that the prisoners were former Dragon Sovereigns and potential successors, he began asking Lu Ye what he understood about the Star Abyss Will.

• The Dragon Sovereign led Lu Ye, Zhu Yin, and the Phoenix Lord beneath the Tower of Time into a Pure Land hidden below its lowest level.
• A golden chain bound the Dragon Sovereign briefly before retracting, and the Phoenix Lord and Dragon Sovereign worried that the Ancestral Abyss Restriction was deteriorating.
• Lu Ye and Zhu Yin saw enormous dragons trapped inside a golden sphere, and the Dragon Sovereign identified the place as the Ancestral Abyss.
• The Dragon Sovereign revealed that the imprisoned dragons were former Dragon Sovereigns and clansmen with the aptitude to become Dragon Sovereign, and told Zhu Yin she might one day have to send him into the prison.
• The Dragon Sovereign asked Lu Ye what he thought the Star Abyss Will was, and Lu Ye described its apparent attempts to control cultivators.

Lu Ye learned that the Star Abyss Will corrupted powerful cultivators and that the Dragon Sovereigns sealed themselves in the Ancestral Abyss to avoid becoming its puppets. The Dragon Sovereign revealed that Lu Ye and Zhu Yin might be able to repair the weakening restriction with their Power of Time and Space, and Lu Ye agreed to try.

• The Dragon Sovereign explained that the Star Abyss Will secretly clouded the minds of powerful cultivators, and that each generation of Dragon Sovereigns sealed themselves in the Ancestral Abyss to resist its corruption.
• Lu Ye considered using the Talent Tree's Annihilating Flame Power to help the Dragon Sovereign but decided to wait until he was stronger, then learned that the Phoenix Lords escaped the same fate through nirvana.
• The Dragon Sovereign said the Second Generation Ancestor had likely escaped the Star Abyss Will by cultivating the Time Reversal Mystic Art.
• The Dragon Sovereign revealed that the Ancestral Abyss Restriction was made from the Power of Time and Space, had weakened over time, and could only be repaired by Lu Ye with Zhu Yin's cooperation.
• Lu Ye promised to exhaust every effort to repair the restriction and asked the Dragon Sovereign to tell his friends he was safe.
• The Dragon Sovereign explained that time passed far faster in the Tower of Time's lowest level, so decades of work there would amount to only months outside.

Lu Ye and Zhu Yin used the Power of Time and Space to reinforce and repair the Ancestral Abyss Restriction, proving that the ancient barrier could be restored. After their first successful repair, the Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord discussed protecting Lu Ye while the work continued.

• The Dragon Sovereign explained that Lu Ye and Zhu Yin could use the Power of Time and Space to mend and strengthen the Ancestral Abyss Restriction.
• Lu Ye and Zhu Yin reinforced a weakened pattern, and the Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord confirmed that their method worked.
• Over the following year, Lu Ye copied and reinforced roughly a thousand weakened patterns as he grew more adept.
• After ten days of preparation, Lu Ye and Zhu Yin repaired a broken pattern while the Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord drove back an attacking Mad Dragon.
• The Dragon Sovereign suggested keeping Lu Ye in Dragon City for his protection, but the Phoenix Lord warned that forcing him to stay could estrange him and recalled Ba Qiu as a cautionary example.