Recaps

Chen Ming arrived at the Sky-Piercing Pavilion for the auction, planning to buy resources for the Vermilion Bird Sacred Spirit and advance his other Divine Paths later. After the Mecha Race arranged a private room for him, he spotted Gu Feng and the Purple Firmament Team and kept the ninth-level access token.

• The Sky-Piercing Pavilion appeared over Dream Prefecture as people looked forward to the auction and the opening of Beyond Heaven.
• Chen Ming reviewed his gains, decided to focus first on nurturing the Vermilion Bird Sacred Spirit, and planned to seek Fire Essence, Saint Grade resources, and high-grade Spirit Sources at the auction.
• Chen Ming, Qing Muyu, and the others reached the Evening-Glow Pavilion, where Chen Ming bought an access token for the ninth level after learning that the special levels required Divine Realm credentials and advance reservations.
• A representative told Chen Ming that the Mecha Race had reserved a tenth-level private room for him, but Chen Ming kept his ninth-level token after spotting Gu Feng and the Purple Firmament Team.

Chen Ming gave Gu Feng’s team a ninth-floor auction token and 100,000 Merit Points before joining the Mecha Race on the tenth floor. There, he declined an elder’s offer of Merit Points and learned that deities from the Divine Realm were heading toward the Chaos Star Domain, leaving him concerned for Blue Star and resolved to grow stronger.

• Chen Ming gave Gu Feng’s team a ninth-floor entry token and a merit token containing 100,000 Merit Points.
• Chen Ming arrived at the Mecha Race’s tenth-floor suite, where 2B and several elders greeted him.
• 2B offered Chen Ming Merit Points from a Mecha Race elder, but Chen Ming politely refused.
• 2B told Chen Ming that several Divine Realm deities had recently headed toward the Chaos Star Domain after the higher-ups made new discoveries there.
• Chen Ming wondered whether the developments could affect Blue Star and resolved to become strong enough to protect it.

Chen Ming attended the Dream Prefecture auction and bid on Saint-Grade resources for his Spirit Sources. He won the Seven-Colored Profound Ice and Awakening Thunder Bead, then prepared to bid on a Spatial Law resource.

• Chen Ming watched the auction open as Qi Yucheng introduced the first lot, the Thunder Fire Sword, which a Heavenly God Race bidder won for ninety thousand Merit Points.
• Chen Ming waited through several lots before bidding on the Saint-Grade Seven-Colored Profound Ice, winning it for seventy-five thousand Merit Points.
• Chen Ming bid on the Saint-Grade Awakening Thunder Bead and won it for seventy-two thousand Merit Points.
• The auctioneer introduced the Tear of Return to Ruins, a Saint-Grade resource of the Spatial Law, with a starting bid of fifty thousand Merit Points.

Chen Ming competed for Saint Grade resources at the auction, clashing with Saint Kongming over several lots before turning his attention to Fire Essence Soil for the Vermilion Bird. The soil's bidding opened with a startling offer from a Deity's room, leaving Chen Ming's chances uncertain.

• Chen Ming outbid Saint Kongming for a Saint Grade space-type resource, paying 220,000 Merit Points after the Saint publicly tried to claim it.
• Chen Ming won a light-element resource for 100,000 Merit Points, then withdrew from a wind-element bidding war when Saint Kongming tried to drive up the price.
• Chen Ming continued bidding on Spirit Sources, won several valuable ones, and refused to pay inflated prices when Saint Kongming tried the same tactic again.
• Saint Kongming grew angry and closed his door, ending his participation under the auction's unspoken rules.
• Chen Ming recognized the Fire Essence Soil as the terrain needed to nurture the Vermilion Bird, but Floor 12, Room 05 immediately bid 200,000 Merit Points.

Chen Ming secured the resources he needed at the auction, with Deity Mu Yu secretly helping him win the Fire Essence. After the auction’s second round began, he gave 2B the metal cube he had won for him and used his new resources to advance Eternal Night Ice Mirror.

• Deity Mu Yu opened Room 11 and bid on the Fire Essence, then helped Chen Ming win it by bidding on his behalf.
• Chen Ming bought Saint Grade resources, Spirit Sources, and Fire Essence, completing his auction haul before the Deity auction began.
• Chen Ming paid for his winnings and gave 2B the metal cube he had outbid him for, returning a favor.
• Chen Ming declined to leave with 2B and unpacked his purchases in his mental space.
• Eternal Night Ice Mirror absorbed the ice-element and Spatial Law resources and advanced to Low-Tier Spirit Source, while the young Vermilion Bird became excited by the Fire Essence.

Chen Ming prepared to head to Beyond Heaven to level up, but stopped to buy the Cauldron of All Things at the auction. He won the Spirit-Fusing Divine Artifact for 5.01 million Merit Points and then set out for Beyond Heaven.

• Chen Ming finished arranging his resources and decided to visit the Extraterritorial Battlefield in Beyond Heaven to work toward level 40.
• Chen Ming noticed the auction’s second round included the Cave Heaven Realm, also known as the World-Breaking Shuttle, but did not bid on it.
• President Qianxing introduced the Cauldron of All Things, a Spirit-Fusing Divine Artifact once owned by the vanished God of All Spirits, and set its starting price at five million Merit Points.
• Chen Ming bid 5.01 million Merit Points for the cauldron and explained to the Deities that he was buying it for an elder from his class-changing world who was about to become a Deity.
• Chen Ming received the Cauldron of All Things, put it in his mental space, and prepared to leave for Beyond Heaven.

After leaving the Sky-Piercing Pavilion, Chen Ming discovered that the Cauldron of All Things reacted to him, the Blue Fire Little Ghost, the Bone Tower, the Human Emperor Banner, and his Void Law as if they were ingredients for a six-part refinement. He then entered the passage to the Extraterritorial Battlefield and arrived on a tranquil, expansive island.

• Chen Ming escaped the Sky-Piercing Pavilion, examined the Cauldron of All Things, and brought it into Night Wanderer Land.
• The Blue Fire Little Ghost, Chen Ming, the Bone Tower, and the Human Emperor Banner entered the cauldron as its legs and ears lit up.
• Chen Ming's Six-Colored Auspicious Cloud made the final ear glow only partially, and the cauldron expelled everyone before the refinement could continue.
• Chen Ming wondered what the cauldron was trying to refine and concluded that uncovering the Bone Tower's secrets might require reaching the Third Realm.
• Chen Ming passed through the hazy entrance to Beyond Heaven and emerged onto a quiet island in the Extraterritorial Battlefield.

Chen Ming entered the Extraterritorial Battlefield, a mental domain carved out in Void Space, and learned how its concealed identities and tiered battlefields worked. He arrived at the First Battlefield and saw the Dust Ranking, whose champions continued receiving benefits for a hundred years.

• Chen Ming realized the Extraterritorial Battlefield was a mental domain within Void Space and learned why the place had drawn generations of conflict.
• An old woman explained the five battlefield paths and helped the newcomers register concealed appearances and names; Chen Ming chose “Mystic Access” for the First Battlefield.
• Chen Ming learned that entrants could only visit battlefields at or below their highest tier, with their levels and skills suppressed in the First Battlefield.
• Chen Ming followed the group along the path through Void Space, wondered whether he could find void elements there, and reached the First Battlefield.
• The group saw the Dust Ranking, and Chen Ming learned that its champions kept receiving improvements while accepting challenges for a hundred years.

Chen Ming entered the First Battlefield and learned how difficult it was to rank among the Human Myriad Worlds' strongest. After Xuanyuan Qingyu reached Rank 500 and Chen Ming received a predicted Sub-Ranking of 8848, he wondered whether his initial placement was high.

• Chen Ming learned that the Heroes of the Century Ranking offered fame and rewards, and saw that many older, high-level Class Changers competed in the First Battlefield.
• Xuanyuan Lie told others he had failed to defeat the Rank 1000 arena champion.
• Chen Ming watched Xuanyuan Qingyu successfully challenge Rank 500 and return to the island to widespread attention.
• Chen Ming approached the Sub-Ranking and received a predicted Rank 8848 under the name Mystic Access.
• A few people praised Chen Ming's predicted ranking, and he asked whether it was considered high.

Chen Ming entered the ranking arena and challenged a Blood Race demon who had killed a Human Race fighter and taunted the crowd. Their first exchange revealed that Chen Ming’s defense stopped the demon’s attack, while the demon’s Eternal Defense resisted Chen Ming’s armor-piercing strike.

• A Blood Race demon defeated a Human Race Class Changer on platform 1230 and provoked the Human Race crowd.
• Chen Ming learned that the demon was trying to bait someone into challenging him and decided to enter the arena.
• Chen Ming challenged the demon on platform 1230, hoping to test his abilities and potentially earn rewards from further challenges.
• The demon charged Chen Ming with a ram-horn blade, but Chen Ming’s defense reduced the attack to one damage.
• Chen Ming struck back and dealt 300 damage, but his armor-piercing attack failed to fully penetrate the demon’s Eternal Defense.

Chen Ming defeated a Blood Race genius on Floating Platform [1230] and gained experience that raised him to Level 37. A second Blood Race challenger stepped onto the platform, giving Chen Ming another chance to gain experience.

• The Blood Race demon man's attacks dealt only [-1!] damage, while Chen Ming countered with Spatial Domain-enhanced slashes that grew powerful enough to wound him.
• Chen Ming trapped the fleeing demon man with spatial confinement and killed him using Eternal Storm and a final slash.
• The Human Race celebrated Chen Ming's victory as the Blood Race grew angry over the death of its genius.
• The platform awarded Chen Ming 900,000 experience and raised him to Level 37.
• Chen Ming taunted the Blood Race, and another member of the race immediately stepped onto Floating Platform [1230] to challenge him.

Chen Ming defeated three Blood Race challengers on stage 1230, while the Human Emperor Banner collected their Spirit Bodies. He dismissed a challenge from seat 294 and accepted one from seat 130, preparing to climb to a higher-ranked stage.

• Chen Ming killed Blood Two after fighting him at close range, then had the Human Emperor Banner collect his Spirit Body.
• Chen Ming killed Blood Three, an elderly Blood Race woman, in a few moves, and the banner collected her Spirit Body.
• When no one else challenged him, a Blood Race demon at seat 294 taunted Chen Ming, but Chen Ming dismissed him as too low-ranked.
• A Blood Race fighter at seat 130 challenged Chen Ming, and Chen Ming accepted.

Chen Ming accepted a challenge for the 130th Sub-Ranking seat and killed the middle-aged Blood Race challenger despite the concealing Great Mist, gaining enough experience to reach Level 38. After Xuanyuan Qingyu entered the Dust Ranking at No. 95, Chen Ming taunted the Blood Race, drawing the attention of a Blood Race woman fighting on the 69th platform.

• Chen Ming left the 1230th battle platform and went to challenge the 130th seat, where a middle-aged Blood Race demon warned him he would pay for his arrogance.
• Xuanyuan Qingyu entered the Dust Ranking at No. 95, lifting the Human Race's morale.
• The middle-aged demon shrouded the 130th platform in Great Mist, but Chen Ming fought him using the Night Wanderer Lamp to see through it.
• The mist cleared to reveal Chen Ming alive and his opponent gone; Chen Ming received 2.7 million experience and reached Level 38.
• Chen Ming taunted the Blood Race and asked whether they had another challenger, while a Blood Race woman on the 69th platform watched him with killing intent.

Chen Ming won his fifth consecutive battle on Platform [130], then ignored Zhu Youli’s challenge from rank 69 and continued toward higher positions on the Dust Ranking. As Zhu Youli realized he considered her rank too low, Chen Ming prepared to challenge stronger opponents.

• A young Blood Race demon challenged Chen Ming to avenge his elder brother, but Chen Ming endured his attacks and killed him with a single slash.
• Chen Ming’s fifth victory earned him experience, while Human Race spectators praised Mystic Access and speculated about his identity.
• Zhu Youli entered the Dust Ranking at rank 69, while Xuanyuan Qingyu, Little Dragon Girl, and Heavenly Derivation were also challenging the rankings.
• Zhu Youli challenged Mystic Access, but Chen Ming rode his auspicious cloud past her platform without looking at her.

Chen Ming challenged Dust Ranking Seat No. 50 and defeated its phantom through damage reflection, then claimed the seat when its defender forfeited. The victory raised him to Level 39 and gave him a Void Mark, leaving him one level from the Third Realm and with a way to enter Void Space.

• Chen Ming chose to challenge Seat No. 50 while Zhu Youli challenged Seat No. 49.
• Wayfarer's Dust Ranking phantom attacked Chen Ming, but damage reflection destroyed it before Chen Ming could act.
• The original defender at Seat No. 50 declined to return and fight, allowing Chen Ming to win the challenge.
• Chen Ming gained experience, a Void Mark, and reached Level 39.
• Chen Ming realized the Void Mark would let him enter and leave Void Space as he pursued a complete Void Law.

Chen Ming climbed the Dust Ranking to 10th place, defeating a Blood Race phantom and then facing its original holder, Netherwalker. After his attack failed to break Chen Ming’s defenses, Netherwalker stopped fighting and walked away.

• Chen Ming claimed 50th place after the previous holder gave it up, while other races accused him of winning unfairly.
• Chen Ming challenged the 10th seat and defeated its Blood Race phantom with repeated spatially enhanced slashes.
• Netherwalker appeared as Chen Ming’s opponent, and the two began fighting without speaking.
• Chen Ming blocked Netherwalker’s supreme blood-mist attack, taking only 1 damage and gaining 4000 shield.
• Netherwalker fell silent, stopped fighting, and walked toward the edge of the battle stage.

Chen Ming defeated Netherwalker, climbed to tenth on the Dust Ranking, and challenged Venerable Cangyuan for the first seat. Venerable Cangyuan’s dragon phantom attacked with a roar that inflicted mental damage as the battle began.

• Netherwalker escaped Chen Ming’s Spatial Domain by dissolving into blood mist, conceding the challenge and leaving Chen Ming with the rewards for reaching Dust Ranking No. 10.
• Chen Ming saw that he was close to Level 40 and chose to use his final challenge on Venerable Cangyuan, the pure-blooded Dragon Race member who had held first place for ninety years.
• The Human Race island celebrated Chen Ming’s rise to tenth, while people across the Void Islands gathered as he stepped onto the No. 1 battle platform.
• Venerable Cangyuan’s dragon phantom appeared to assess Chen Ming, then unleashed a roar that shook the platform and dealt him mental damage.

Chen Ming passed the phantom dragon’s test and faced [Venerable Cangyuan] on Battle Platform [1]. Their fierce battle left [Venerable Cangyuan] striving to break Chen Ming’s seemingly impenetrable defense while spectators watched in shock.

• Chen Ming recognized that the phantom dragon had mistaken his hidden [Absolute Defense] for a weakness in mental defense, and he chose to continue the challenge.
• [Venerable Cangyuan] appeared in human form and mistook Chen Ming for a Human Race Saint using an alias, but Chen Ming said he had only just arrived beyond the domain.
• [Venerable Cangyuan] tested Chen Ming with a dragon-claw strike, while Chen Ming’s attack received only [-1] damage and restored his shield.
• [Venerable Cangyuan] recognized Chen Ming’s capped defense and vowed to break its limit, then attacked with a silver spear and a powerful Golden Dragon True Body.
• Spectators across the three islands watched in astonishment as [Venerable Cangyuan] fought with unusual intensity.

Chen Ming defended against Cang Yuan’s attacks until the Dragon Race venerable conceded, making Mystic Access the top-ranked challenger. Chen Ming reached Level 40, awakened the SSS-rank skill Absolute Domain, and set his sights on leaving the Voidland to enter the Third Realm.

• Cang Yuan attacked Chen Ming repeatedly but could not break through his capped defense, while Chen Ming reflected damage.
• Cang Yuan introduced himself as the Azure Radiance Venerable and withdrew from the battle without a decisive victory.
• Chen Ming claimed first place on the Dust Ranking and received five million experience, a Void Mark, and a Void Spirit Source.
• Chen Ming reached Level 40 and awakened the SSS-rank skill Absolute Domain.
• The crowd speculated about Mystic Access’s identity as news of his ranking spread, while Chen Ming left the platform and prepared to enter the Third Realm.

After claiming the top Dust Ranking spot, Chen Ming’s phantom defeated the fifth-ranked Demon Race challenger with one strike. Back in Dream Prefecture, Chen Ming reached level 40, manifested his mental power, and discovered that his Absolute Domain extended his Absolute Defense to everything within its range.

• The Demon Race’s Venerable Cangyuan conceded to Chen Ming, making Mystic Access the top-ranked contestant on the Dust Ranking.
• The fifth-ranked Demon Race contestant challenged Mystic Access, but Chen Ming’s phantom defeated him with an Eternal Slash.
• Chen Ming returned to the original entrance island and received four million experience for defending the first seat.
• Chen Ming returned to Dream Prefecture, where his accumulated level-ups took effect and he reached level 40.
• Chen Ming manifested his Mental Domain and discovered that Absolute Domain could protect everything within its range with Absolute Defense.

After manifesting a complete spirit body, Chen Ming evolved the Vermilion Bird Sacred Spirit and began awakening his spatial specialization. He completed the awakening with the new ability to create space, while his other spirit sources continued evolving.

• Chen Ming considered how a world-spanning mental domain could let him create an invincible Divine Realm, then prepared to advance his spirit source path and awaken his spatial specialization.
• Yue Xi gave Chen Ming a complete Fox Spirit Tail, which he divided between the Vermilion Bird Sacred Spirit and Bi Fang to help them evolve.
• The Vermilion Bird Sacred Spirit reached Saint-Tier, and Chen Ming began its evolution while awakening his spatial specialization inside his mental space.
• Bi Fang, the Withered Spirit Tree, and the Bronze Bell evolved together as the Night Wanderer Land filled with fire and sound-wave runes.
• Chen Ming used extra spatial resources to complete his awakening and gained the ability to create independent spatial regions and condense spatial fragments directly.

Chen Ming began the Spirit Source Path by absorbing the four origin-tier Sacred Spirits, aided by the Cauldron of All Things refining their elemental power. After integrating the Vermilion Bird and Azure Dragon, he subdued the White Tiger and prepared to absorb it.

• The Vermilion Bird Sacred Spirit evolved to the origin tier, and Chen Ming began integrating the Sacred Spirits to set foot on the Spirit Source Path.
• The Cauldron of All Things refined the Vermilion Bird’s fire elemental power, allowing Chen Ming to absorb it smoothly.
• Chen Ming absorbed the Azure Dragon Sacred Spirit’s wood elemental power and gained the strength of two Saints.
• Chen Ming released the White Tiger Sacred Spirit, then used the Vermilion Bird and Azure Dragon’s power to suppress it.

Chen Ming fused the Vermilion Bird, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise Sacred Spirits to form the Sacred Spirit Path, transforming his attribute energy into Sacred Spirit Energy and upgrading his abilities. With the Withered Spirit Tree and Bi Fang reaching Origin Tier, he prepared to bring Bi Fang into the Cauldron of All Things and expand his path.

• The White Tiger Sacred Spirit was shattered and refined inside the Cauldron of All Things, and Chen Ming absorbed and fused the Black Tortoise Sacred Spirit.
• Chen Ming fused the four elemental powers with his own attribute energy and successfully formed the Sacred Spirit Path.
• Chen Ming's attribute energy became Sacred Spirit Energy, enhancing his offensive, recovery, and defensive abilities, though [Absolute Defense] remained unchanged.
• The Withered Spirit Tree and Bi Fang completed their Origin Tier transformations, and Chen Ming summoned Bi Fang into the Cauldron of All Things.

After reaching Level 40, Chen Ming fused Bi Fang’s fire with the Vermilion Bird’s power, strengthening his Sacred Spirit Path and considering which Divine Paths to pursue. He entered the Second Realm battlefield under the name Reminiscing the Past and prepared to speedrun toward the Third Realm.

• Chen Ming emerged from seclusion with a fifth Bi Fang Sacred Spirit and gained the Eternal Burning effect in his Sacred Spirit Energy.
• Chen Ming reviewed the Star Dipper Chessboard, Eternal Night Ice Mirror, and Yin-Yang Twin Fish, and considered focusing on the four Divine Paths he already had.
• Chen Ming left Dream Prefecture after completing his advancement and traveled to the Extraterritorial Battlefield’s entrance island.
• Chen Ming heard people discussing Mystic Access’s feats and entered the Second Realm battlefield under the name Reminiscing the Past.
• Chen Ming planned to speedrun the Ruins Ranking with Heavenly Scourge so he could test his advancement against Spirit Source Energies in the Third Realm.

Chen Ming entered the Second Realm and placed a huge bet on himself taking first place on the Ruins Ranking, drawing widespread disbelief. He began climbing the Sub-Ranking by intimidating his first opponent into surrendering.

• Chen Ming learned that the Ruins Ranking was mainly a proving ground for newcomers, then set his initial rank as [Reminiscing the Past] at 3226th place.
• Chen Ming bet one hundred thousand Merit Points on himself taking first place on the Ruins Ranking, and [B-God] matched his bet as others mocked them and wagered against him.
• Chen Ming entered a battle for the Sub-Ranking's [1000th] seat against a young girl who also used a sword.
• Chen Ming unleashed the Heaven-Splitting Sword Strike to frighten the girl, who surrendered before he could attack.