Chapter Summaries

Chen Ming reached the Sea of Flowers Valley, where Deity Yaochi recognized him and let him enter to seek the Azure Dragon Sacred Spirit. Inside her divine field, he found the Azure Dragon in a heavenly pool, while Yaochi mentioned that he had already obtained the Black Tortoise and White Tiger Sacred Spirits.

• Chen Ming arrived at the Sea of Flowers Valley, where [Ji], Xuanyuan Qingyu, the Giant Spirit Race, and Mo Yunya's group had gathered outside.
• [Ji] showed Chen Ming the woman tending the flowers, and he realized she was the Deity behind the valley.
• Deity Yaochi asked Chen Ming whether he had come for the Azure Dragon Sacred Spirit, and she invited him into the valley when he said yes.
• Chen Ming used Void Sight and saw that the flower valley concealed Heaven Mountain and a heavenly pool containing the Azure Dragon Sacred Spirit.
• Deity Yaochi asked Chen Ming about taking the Black Tortoise and White Tiger Sacred Spirits, and Chen Ming said he had merely been lucky.

Chen Ming agreed to obtain the Azure Dragon Sacred Spirit without relying on the Void Law, after the woman from the sea of flowers challenged him to prove his true skill. He gathered a vast tide of flower petals and began drawing their energy together, with the Deities and onlookers watching.

• The woman from the sea of flowers told Chen Ming to claim the Azure Dragon Sacred Spirit with his true skill, revealing that two of her old friends resented him for defeating them.
• Onlookers learned that Chen Ming had already obtained the Black Tortoise Sacred Spirit and the White Tiger Sacred Spirit, and discussed the strength of the Four Saints path.
• Chen Ming left his Auspicious Clouds state and withdrew his Void Law-enhanced Spatial Domain before entering the sea of flowers.
• Chen Ming gathered one petal from each flower until the petals formed a vast tide with energy matching the Azure Dragon Sacred Spirit.
• Chen Ming divided his Spatial Domain around the petals and clenched his left hand, causing their colors to coalesce.

Chen Ming fought the fully grown Azure Dragon Sacred Spirit, revealing powerful spatial, lightning, and eternal abilities as he trapped it between Eternal Storm and the Heavenly Scourge Thunder Halberd. The strike’s outcome remained unclear, but the watching deities recognized Chen Ming’s overwhelming power and arrogance.

• Four deities discussed Chen Ming’s mental control, spatial techniques, and eternal attributes, noting that his abilities showed the beginnings of a divine skill.
• The Azure Dragon Sacred Spirit emerged over the sea of flowers, and the onlookers realized it was fully grown and Saint Grade.
• Chen Ming challenged the Azure Dragon to bow, endured its sweeping strike without moving, and taunted it before counterattacking.
• Chen Ming bound the Azure Dragon with a lightning net infused with spatial abilities and slammed it from the sky with Eternal Storm.
• Chen Ming rose beneath the falling dragon and trapped it between Eternal Storm and the Heavenly Scourge Thunder Halberd, unleashing a massive clash that left the onlookers wondering whether anyone could survive the blow.

Chen Ming defeated the Azure Dragon Sacred Spirit and won its willing submission, then met the Deities who had been watching him. Mu Yu asked about the Light God, and Chen Ming said he did not know the god’s current situation but that the Blue Star Gods might be approaching revival.

• Chen Ming struck the Azure Dragon Sacred Spirit with Eternal Storm and Minor Scourge, then restrained it with spatial chains after it recovered.
• Chen Ming ordered the Azure Dragon Sacred Spirit to bow, and the dragon lowered its head and willingly entered Chen Ming’s mental space.
• The Deities appeared before Chen Ming, and Ling Tian protested the loss of the Yin-Yang Twin Fish before Mu Yu stopped him.
• Chen Ming told Mu Yu that the Light God had met him in Dream Prefecture and suggested the Blue Star Gods might be nearing revival.

Chen Ming gained the Yin-Yang flower and a Vermilion Bird Sacred Spirit hatchling after Mu Yu pressured the long-browed deity to help him complete the Four Saints. As the gathered witnesses reacted to his achievement, the passage to the second level of Beyond Heaven opened over Dream Prefecture.

• Mu Yu warned Chen Ming that the Yin-Yang Twin Fish required Yin-Yang Qi and gave him a rare black-and-white flower to nurture them.
• Mu Yu declared Chen Ming her half-disciple and argued that the wager over the Four Saints should continue, but the long-browed deity refused to surrender his Vermilion Bird Sacred Spirit outright.
• The long-browed deity compromised by giving Chen Ming a Vermilion Bird Sacred Spirit hatchling to raise himself.
• Chen Ming thanked the deities, while onlookers marveled that he had obtained all Four Saints and could pursue the Divine Path.
• Radiant clouds spread across Dream Prefecture as the passage to the second level of Beyond Heaven opened.

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.