Chapter Summaries

After capturing Zhaoming, Lu Ye and Chu Li returned toward Long Cloud Island, only to find Fei Heng’s Heavenly Origin Astrolabe weakening the defenders as the island fell. Lu Ye charged to confront Fei Heng, carrying Zhaoming and intent on reclaiming the island and pursuing the Supreme Treasure.

• The Human Race cultivators debated where to go, then Chu Li led them back toward Long Cloud Island with captured Zhaoming in tow.
• Zhaoming revealed that Fei Heng had begun an all-out assault, and Chu Li hurried the group toward the island.
• They saw the Heavenly Origin Astrolabe bathing Long Cloud Island in light that weakened and sealed cultivators’ strength.
• Fei Heng put away the treasure and ordered the island razed after its defenses fell, then spotted Zhaoming and charged at Lu Ye’s group.
• As Chu Li hesitated, Lu Ye carried Zhaoming straight toward Fei Heng, who transformed into a giant and reached to grab him.

Lu Ye used the Myriad Poison Bead’s poison hidden in the Blood Sea to turn the battle on Long Cloud Island, killing or weakening countless invaders. He then confronted Fei Heng, whose poisoned partner Zhaoming attacked him, and Fei Heng realized Lu Ye was responsible.

• Lu Ye released Zhaoming and slipped past Fei Heng into the Blood Sea, while Chu Li and the others followed him onto Long Cloud Island.
• Xia He and other Human Race cultivators faced defeat until poison suddenly killed or weakened many of their foreign opponents.
• Lu Ye revealed that he had spread the Myriad Poison Bead’s poison through the Blood Sea with his saber lights.
• Fei Heng sensed the mass deaths and rushed to confront Lu Ye, but Zhaoming died from the poison and attacked him before turning into a relentless corpse.
• Lu Ye struck at Fei Heng, who blocked his saber and accused him of poisoning Zhaoming.

Lu Ye fought Fei Heng after using the Myriad Poison Bead to poison him and turn Zhaoming into a Poison Corpse. As the Blood Sea collapsed and the foreign races fled Long Cloud Island, Lu Ye unleashed his Drawing Saber Slash against Fei Heng.

• Lu Ye and Fei Heng clashed, and Zhaoming, controlled as a Poison Corpse, charged at Fei Heng.
• Fei Heng killed Zhaoming with a palm strike, destroying her body while leaving her Dao Bones exposed.
• The poison inside Fei Heng disrupted his Dao Power, and Lu Ye pressed him with a fierce ten-breath assault.
• Fei Heng saw that the Blood Sea had collapsed and Poison Corpses were slaughtering the foreign races across Long Cloud Island, leaving the Human Race untouched.
• Fei Heng faltered at the scale of the defeat, and Lu Ye struck with his strongest attack, the Drawing Saber Slash, cracking his saber sheath and injuring his arm.

Lu Ye nearly defeated Fei Heng, but a Human Race Half-Saint named Si Shengya intervened and prevented him from taking the Feather Race’s Heavenly Origin Astrolabe. Si Shengya explained that losing the treasure would provoke the Feather Race’s Half-Saints, and Lu Ye learned that he had been watching because the astrolabe’s activation drew his attention.

• Lu Ye used Drawing Saber Slash to wound Fei Heng, who weakened the strike with the Heavenly Origin Astrolabe.
• Fei Heng and Lu Ye fought to a stalemate until Lu Ye used the Talent Tree’s roots to block the astrolabe’s divine light and overpower him.
• A crimson curved blade descended, and Fei Heng identified its wielder as the Human Race Half-Saint Si Shengya.
• Si Shengya ordered Lu Ye to let Fei Heng go, and Fei Heng fled with the Heavenly Origin Astrolabe.
• Si Shengya warned Lu Ye that taking the Feather Race’s treasure would bring several Half-Saints after him and said he had watched because the astrolabe’s activation made him curious.

Lu Ye returned to Long Cloud Island after Si Shengya explained why he could not intervene in the races’ conflicts, and found the island saved by the Poison Corpses he had created. He refused Chu Li’s offer to become island master and arranged for the Poison Corpses to gather, leaving the island’s human cultivators alarmed by their immense army.

• Si Shengya warned Lu Ye that Half-Saints could not interfere in the races’ struggles without risking the Human Race’s survival, then cautioned him that his potential to become a Saint would attract powerful enemies.
• Lu Ye returned to Long Cloud Island and learned from Chu Li that Poison Corpses had turned the battle against the invading forces and preserved the island.
• Chu Li suspected a hidden expert had controlled the poison, while Lu Ye kept his role concealed and told him the Poison Corpses could help defend the island.
• Chu Li said Long Cloud had fled through his intact Space Spirit Array, and Lu Ye agreed that he would show Long Cloud no mercy if they met again.
• Chu Li asked Lu Ye to become island master, but Lu Ye refused and suggested that the poison-controlling expert could support Chu Li instead.
• Lu Ye commanded the Poison Corpses to gather, and their vast army assembled on the island, frightening the human cultivators.

Li Taibai revealed himself as the master of the Poison Corpse army, and Long Cloud Island’s survivors made Chu Li their new island lord. Meanwhile, Lu Ye completed the seventh layer of the Inner Realm Secret Technique and prepared to test whether his Talent Tree could consume a Sub-Treasure.

• Li Taibai accepted the islanders’ gratitude, condemned the vanished Long Cloud, and supported calls for Chu Li to become island lord.
• Chu Li accepted the position and ordered the island’s defenses repaired and supplies distributed, though Long Cloud had taken most of the treasury’s valuable contents.
• Lu Ye finished recording the seventh layer’s Dao Patterns, raising his base strength by four thousand five hundred Dao and bringing his full power above six thousand three hundred Dao.
• Lu Ye realized he could not advance further without Uniting Dao Pearl fragments and wondered whether the Origin Realm held any.
• Lu Ye examined the bronze hammer-shaped Sub-Treasure Chu Li had given him and decided to test whether the Talent Tree could devour it.

Lu Ye used Sub-Treasures to strengthen the Myriad Poison Bead Fruit, then followed Si Shengya’s summons to confront Long Cloud. He turned the helpless traitor into a Poison Corpse and took his treasures, leaving him newly wealthy.

• Lu Ye fed four Sub-Treasures to the Myriad Poison Bead Fruit and sensed its power grow, then kept his Treasure Armor and Weaving Heaven Needle while refining Dao Fish and developing poisons.
• Lu Ye followed a red light carrying Si Shengya’s aura to a Barren Island, where he found Si Shengya holding the captured Long Cloud.
• Si Shengya left Long Cloud’s fate to Lu Ye, and Lu Ye burned away the gu worm in his heart before stabbing him with the Crag Mountain Saber.
• Lu Ye’s concealed toxins turned Long Cloud into a Poison Corpse, which Si Shengya recognized as the method Lu Ye had used to create his Poison Corpse army.
• Lu Ye collected Long Cloud’s Storage Rings and realized the spoils could let him buy back the three Sub-Treasures he had sold.

Lu Ye and Si Shengya tried to protect Azure Wave Island by spreading poison among the attacking Demon Race, but a Supreme Treasure shattered the island’s defenses before the poison could take effect. Si Shengya investigated other islands and found another already defeated, while Lu Ye returned to Long Cloud Island and sought to buy back his three Sub-Treasures.

• Lu Ye sent Long Cloud Star System back to Long Cloud Island, then followed Si Shengya to Azure Wave Island, where he began spreading poison through the Blood Sea.
• After two days of preparation, Lu Ye told Si Shengya to wait another day or two for the poison to build up, but the Demon Race struck Azure Wave Island with the Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Annihilation Needle and breached its defenses.
• Si Shengya realized the Feather Race and Demon Race had both used Supreme Treasures, suggesting that something had disrupted the foreign races’ usual understanding about the Human Race on Cage Sea.
• Si Shengya took Lu Ye to another major island and found its defenses breached and its Human Race survivors being carried away as captives.
• Si Shengya told Lu Ye to return to Long Cloud Island while he inspected the other islands; Lu Ye used the Void Dao Patterns to return and told Chu Li he wanted to buy back his three Sub-Treasures.

Lu Ye learned that the Feather Race and other foreign races might soon attack Long Cloud Island, and Si Shengya proposed sheltering its people beneath the sea. The chapter left Lu Ye and Si Shengya at a hidden refuge prepared to receive the island’s clansmen.

• Blood Calamity warned Lu Ye that the Feather Race was gathering forces and that other races, including the Blood Race, coveted Long Cloud Island.
• Blood Calamity told Lu Ye he had no leads on leaving the Origin Realm and suggested seeking the secluded Human Race Half-Saint.
• Chu Li returned Lu Ye’s three Sub-Treasures, and Lu Ye warned him that Long Cloud Island might face another attack from multiple races.
• Si Shengya arrived and proposed moving the island’s clansmen to a hidden refuge beneath the sea, with Chu Li and Lu Ye offering to help set up a Space Spirit Array.
• Si Shengya explained that the foreign races were capturing more Human Race cultivators than in past hunts, then brought Lu Ye to the underwater refuge he had prepared.

Lu Ye completed the relocation of Long Cloud Island’s Human Race to a concealed underwater refuge, then questioned Si Shengya about Saints and the Origin Realm. Si Shengya left to investigate a place after learning the Outer and Inner Realms were merging, giving Lu Ye a map marked with a mysterious dangerous island.

• Lu Ye and his Clone built connected Space Spirit Arrays and moved Long Cloud Island’s millions of clansmen and the Poison Corpse army to a hidden underwater refuge.
• Lu Ye destroyed the array on Long Cloud Island after the migration was complete.
• Si Shengya explained that true Saints surpassed Half-Saints but risked becoming puppets, and said an unexplained restriction restrained powerful beings across the Star Abyss.
• Lu Ye told Si Shengya that he had entered the Origin Realm by accident during a Star Abyss upheaval and mentioned signs that the Outer and Inner Realms were merging.
• Si Shengya left to investigate a place and sent Lu Ye a map of the Origin Realm, which marked a huge island at the center of the Cage Sea as extremely dangerous.

Lu Ye escaped capture by Xue Tianxing, a Blood Race Half-Saint, by accepting Blood Calamity’s help and posing as his Blood Slave. Blood Calamity brought him to Abyss Island, where he revealed that the Abyss—the will known to the Origin Realm’s Half-Saints—was suppressed.

• Lu Ye followed Blood Calamity’s warning and went to him instead of fleeing from Xue Tianxing.
• Blood Calamity presented Lu Ye as his Blood Slave, and Xue Tianxing accepted the explanation and let them leave together.
• Blood Calamity told Lu Ye he had helped him in hopes Lu Ye might help him someday, but kept his purpose secret.
• A day later, Blood Calamity brought Lu Ye to Abyss Island, a vast island marked by nine Heaven-Penetrating Divine Pillars.
• Blood Calamity told Lu Ye that the Abyss was suppressed on Abyss Island.

Lu Ye realized the nine Heaven-Penetrating Divine Pillars were sealing the Abyss and watched the Blood Race sacrifice captured Human Race cultivators to weaken them. The ritual shook the pillars, while Xue Tianxing drove off Si Shengya and Lu Ye remained unable to intervene.

• Lu Ye recalled that a Divine Pillar in the Outer Realm had been part of the Dragon and Phoenix Ancestors’ seal, and concluded that the nine pillars on Abyss Island sealed the Abyss.
• Blood Calamity warned Lu Ye not to react as Xue Tianxing ordered the Blood Race ships to begin a ritual at a giant pit.
• Lu Ye saw captured Human Race cultivators driven from the ships and thrown into the pit as sacrifices.
• Xue Tianxing confronted Si Shengya and threatened to slaughter a Human Race island unless he left; Si Shengya departed.
• Blood Race powerhouses performed a ritual that sent nine crimson streams around the Divine Pillars, shaking them and exhausting the captives’ life force.

After the Blood Race’s sacrifice brought them Sub-Treasures and a Supreme Treasure, Blood Calamity explained the Nine Pillar Seal’s history to Lu Ye, and Si Shengya warned that breaking it could unite the Three Realms and awaken the Abyss. As Si Shengya, Lu Ye, and Blood Calamity discussed leaving the Origin Realm, a mysterious chain-like shadow appeared in the sky.

• The Blood Race received several Sub-Treasures and a staff-shaped Supreme Treasure, which Xue Tianxing claimed despite being disappointed by its form.
• Blood Calamity told Lu Ye that the Nine Pillar Seal had divided the Star Abyss into Three Realms to contain the Abyss, and that the races used Human Race sacrifices to weaken the seal for their own freedom.
• Si Shengya appeared, confirmed Lu Ye was safe, and explained that the Abyss hated the Human Race and that breaking the seal would likely unite the Three Realms and fully awaken the Abyss.
• Blood Calamity asked how to leave the Origin Realm, and Si Shengya said he did not know but believed the realm would cease to exist when the Three Realms merged.
• The sky changed as a dark, chain-like shadow gathered overhead, and Lu Ye recognized it as the chain that had bound and taken him away after he encountered San.

Lu Ye learned that Ba Qiu might be preparing to become a Saint, a step that could drag him into the Origin Realm and destroy his consciousness. Blood Calamity revealed that he wanted Lu Ye’s help poisoning Xue Tianxing so he could steal the Half-Saint’s bloodline and advance, and Lu Ye suggested his poison might be strengthened enough to work.

• Si Shengya explained that the realm’s seal had stirred because someone in the Inner Realm was preparing to become a True Saint, and Lu Ye feared Ba Qiu was the one taking that step.
• After Si Shengya departed, Lu Ye demanded Blood Calamity reveal why he had been following and protecting him.
• Blood Calamity admitted that he wanted to become a Half-Saint by targeting Xue Tianxing’s bloodline, and asked Lu Ye to help poison him.
• Lu Ye warned that his current poison could not affect a Half-Saint, but suggested it might work if he could make it stronger.
• Lu Ye told Blood Calamity that his poison-controlling power came from the Myriad Poison Bead, and Blood Calamity realized Lu Ye possessed two Supreme Treasures.

Lu Ye persuaded Blood Calamity that the damaged Myriad Poison Bead could be repaired by devouring treasures, hoping to obtain the Azure Dome Mirror in exchange for helping him target Xue Tianxing. Blood Calamity refused to hand over his treasure, but later set off to help Lu Ye by luring Fei Heng into a trap.

• Blood Calamity verified that Lu Ye's poison had grown stronger, but doubted that devouring Sub-Treasures had caused the change.
• Lu Ye argued that Blood Calamity should trade the Azure Dome Mirror for help becoming a Half-Saint, while Blood Calamity proposed sacrificing Lu Ye's Starry Sky Chessboard instead.
• Blood Calamity followed Lu Ye through Feather Race territory and asked for the map, claiming he would help Lu Ye vent his anger.
• Blood Calamity flew away, and Lu Ye hid nearby and waited for several days.
• Lu Ye sensed Liao Power and Myriad Poison Bead poison as Blood Calamity returned with the weakened Fei Heng.

Blood Calamity lured Fei Heng into a trap and killed him, then tested the Myriad Poison Bead on Fei Heng’s Sub-Treasure while Lu Ye questioned him about the Half-Saints’ plans. Lu Ye and Blood Calamity traveled to the abyss marked on Lu Ye’s map and descended into its darkness.

• Blood Calamity disguised himself as Xue Fei and lured the injured Fei Heng away from Feather Race territory, where he revealed his identity and killed him in a brief fight.
• Blood Calamity took Fei Heng’s Sub-Treasure and later gave one to Lu Ye, who used the Myriad Poison Bead to reduce it to powder.
• Lu Ye asked what the Half-Saints were doing, and Blood Calamity admitted that he knew little beyond rumors he had overheard.
• Lu Ye demonstrated the Myriad Poison Bead’s power to Blood Calamity, who examined the poison and remained intent on following Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye and Blood Calamity reached the abyss marked by Si Shengya and descended until all light disappeared.

Lu Ye collected Uniting Dao Pearl fragments in the Origin Realm while explaining that they existed in the time and space of the previous instant. The dense flow of fragments suggested a major war had erupted in the Inner Realm, and Blood Calamity feared the Blood Race was under attack.

• Blood Calamity failed to intercept the Uniting Dao Pearl fragments, while Lu Ye easily collected one and began refining it.
• Lu Ye explained that shattered Uniting Dao Pearl fragments passed through the Origin Realm before returning to the Inner Realm, and Blood Calamity wondered if their route could lead them home.
• Lu Ye revealed that collecting the fragments required the Power of Time and Space and his inner world's Spirit of the Uniting Dao Pearl, so Blood Calamity could not imitate him.
• Lu Ye observed that the streams of fragments had grown dense, suggesting that many Uniting Dao Cities had been destroyed in a major Inner Realm war.
• Blood Calamity realized the Blood Race might be under attack because Lu Ye's actions and disappearance could have drawn other races against them, while Lu Ye speculated that Ba Qiu might have provoked a siege.

As the Blood Race faced a possible assault in the Inner Realm, Blood Calamity asked Lu Ye to help him kill Xue Tianxing and seize his bloodline, offering the Azure Dome Mirror in exchange. They formed a Blood Oath, and while Blood Calamity prepared it, Lu Ye raised his Inner Realm Uniting Dao Pearl to Cosmos-tier; the oath’s blood-red mark then entered Lu Ye’s forehead.

• Blood Calamity, fearing the Blood Race would lose its territory and his standing, offered Lu Ye the Azure Dome Mirror to help kill Xue Tianxing and obtain his bloodline.
• Blood Calamity demanded that Lu Ye not compete for Xue Tianxing’s bloodline, help build an Uniting Dao City, and ally with him until their plan was resolved; Lu Ye accepted the terms and agreed to a Blood Oath.
• Lu Ye gave Blood Calamity a drop of his heart’s blood, and Blood Calamity combined it with his own to prepare the oath while Lu Ye continued refining fragments.
• Lu Ye’s Inner Realm Uniting Dao Pearl reached Cosmos-tier, and he continued collecting fragments to strengthen it further.
• Blood Calamity completed the Blood Oath ritual and sent its blood-red light into Lu Ye’s forehead, leaving an intricate mark there.

Lu Ye and Blood Calamity formed a Blood Oath, and Blood Calamity handed over the Azure Dome Mirror in exchange for Lu Ye helping him create a Uniting Dao Pearl. After the Inner Realm battle appeared to end, Lu Ye began devouring the mirror’s mystery into the Myriad Poison Bead Fruit while continuing to cultivate.

• Blood Calamity and Lu Ye recited a Blood Oath, binding themselves to their agreement, and Blood Calamity reluctantly gave Lu Ye the Azure Dome Mirror.
• Lu Ye rejected Blood Calamity’s idea of building a Uniting Dao City and helped him fuse fragments into a Uniting Dao Pearl that increased his strength.
• Lu Ye and Blood Calamity continued improving the pearl until Uniting Dao Pearl fragments stopped appearing, leading them to conclude that the Inner Realm battle had ended.
• Blood Calamity told Lu Ye that the Top Ten Uniting Dao Cities each possessed a Core Fragment needed to raise a Uniting Dao Pearl to Universe-tier.
• Lu Ye constructed a World Pillar while using the Talent Tree to devour the Azure Dome Mirror’s mystery and feed it into the Myriad Poison Bead Fruit.

Lu Ye discovered that the Talent Tree could preserve a Supreme Treasure’s power and used the restored Myriad Poison Bead to create a poison far deadlier than before. Blood Calamity confirmed it could threaten a Half-Saint if Lu Ye had enough of it.

• After the Azure Dome Mirror crumbled, Lu Ye preserved its final trace of mystery on the Talent Tree, creating the possibility of growing an Azure Dome Mirror Fruit later.
• Lu Ye examined the Myriad Poison Bead Fruit and learned to perceive and create many kinds of poison through it.
• Lu Ye tested a new fluorescent poison on Blood Calamity, whose strength fell by more than thirty percent as the poison disrupted his blood, vitality, and Dao Force.
• Lu Ye recalled the poison and healed Blood Calamity, who judged that it could threaten a Half-Saint if there was enough of it.