Chapter Summaries

The Divine Stone vanished from the Return to Ruins Divine Temple despite its intact restrictions, and Emperor Dragon Ancient Sovereign accused Cang Yuan Grand Sovereign of taking it. Ancient Venerables Jin Luo and Chi Ji warned that a search could weaken the Temple just as the Sacred Clan gathered in the Black Abyss Star Domain, leaving the theft’s timing unexplained.

• Emperor Dragon Ancient Sovereign’s Dragon Might shattered three Dragon Suppression Pillars and damaged the altar’s formations as he demanded that Cang Yuan appear.
• Ancient Venerable Jin Luo and Ancient Venerable Chi Ji arrived and learned from Yin Bone Saint that the Divine Stone had disappeared without any sign of intrusion.
• Emperor Dragon Ancient Sovereign argued that Cang Yuan’s access and opposition to refining the Divine Stone made him a likely culprit, then ordered his detention.
• Ancient Venerable Jin Luo cautioned that pursuing a potentially Three-Lotus-or-stronger thief could leave the Temple vulnerable to the Sacred Clan.
• Ancient Venerable Chi Ji recalled the Sacred Clan’s growing forces and worsening seal fissures, and questioned why the Divine Stone disappeared at this critical moment.

Ancient Venerable Chi Ji proposed sealing the Return to Ruins Divine Temple, investigating its members, and checking the Sacred Clan’s movements after the Divine Stone vanished. When the Sacred Clan launched a full assault on Heavens City, Emperor Dragon Ancient Sovereign led reinforcements to the front while the others began an internal search; Ancient Venerable Jin Luo and Ancient Venerable Chi Ji suspected the thief had reached the Godhood Realm.

• Ancient Venerable Chi Ji outlined three measures to investigate the Divine Stone’s disappearance and the possibility of a Sacred Clan informant.
• Ancient Venerable Jin Luo received an emergency message that the Sacred Clan had mobilized against Heavens City and requested reinforcements.
• Emperor Dragon Ancient Sovereign departed with Wan Zu, Poison Fire, Gou Lang, and three Great Venerables to defend the front line.
• Ancient Venerable Jin Luo assigned Saint Yun Xi and Great Venerable Mou Yin to investigate records and question the Divine Temple’s guards.
• Ancient Venerable Jin Luo and Ancient Venerable Chi Ji concluded that whoever passed through their restrictions might possess power beyond Three-Lotus Realm, possibly the Godhood Realm.
• The Divine Temple’s investigation continued while Cang Yuan remained shut inside his Quiet Room.

Cang Yuan Grand Sovereign continued cultivating with the Azure Lotus Dao Seed as Saint Yun Xi recorded a mysterious aura from the altar and questioned the Return to Ruins Divine Temple’s investigation. At the Chaos Tree, the being inside the Divine Stone awakened further and sensed Xiao Qing.

• Cang Yuan Grand Sovereign ignored Saint Yun Xi’s warning that Emperor Dragon Ancient Sovereign was enraged and that the altar incident could bring trouble from his faction’s Saints.
• Saint Yun Xi recorded the residual aura from the altar as a suspected divine afterglow surpassing the Saint level and decided not to report it.
• Saint Yun Xi wondered whether the investigation into the Divine Stone’s disappearance opposed the Ancestral Dragon’s intentions.
• Little Qing noticed that the Divine Stone’s eighth Primordial Divine Lock was close to breaking, while Xiao Qing said the being inside was still adapting.
• The being inside the Divine Stone turned toward Xiao Qing and reached out to him with a faint, curious consciousness.

Xiao Qing taught the newly awakened Divine Stone the Dao, and she began weaving the laws she heard into her own foundation. He named her Yao Yao, and she repeated her name in her first faint voice.

• The Divine Stone reached toward Xiao Qing’s gentle Chaos light and shared her joy with him.
• Xiao Qing began teaching the Divine Stone about the paths of the Tianyuan Realm, the Great Thousand World, and the Chaos Universe.
• The Divine Stone absorbed the sermon and gathered fragments of laws to weave the foundation of her own Dao.
• The Divine Stone learned to move and bounced excitedly while Xiao Qing and Little Qing watched.
• Xiao Qing named the Divine Stone Yao Yao, and she echoed her name in a faint voice.

Xiao Qing gave Yao Yao the Great Chaos World's resources and laws, and her first heartbeat revealed that she would be born in about ten years when the Nine Locks broke. Elsewhere, Cang Yuan Grand Sovereign neared a breakthrough, while Ancient Venerable Chi Ji approached the mysterious Luo God Palace and was challenged from within its restrictions.

• Xiao Qing ordered the World Tree to devote the Great Chaos World's resources and heavenly Dao laws to Yao Yao, and the Divine Stone formed a vortex as she fell asleep.
• Yao Yao's heart began beating, gently resonating through the Origin Space, and Xiao Qing said she would be born in about ten years when the Nine Locks broke.
• Cang Yuan Grand Sovereign's three-petaled Azure Lotus Dao Seed weakened the bottleneck that had held back his cultivation for thousands of years.
• Ancient Venerable Chi Ji arrived near the Luo God Palace after news of the Sacred Clan's advance, Emperor Dragon Ancient Sovereign's march, and the Divine Stone's disappearance weighed on her.
• Ancient Venerable Chi Ji presented her Return to Ruins Divine Temple aura outside the palace's first restriction, but the restrictions stayed closed and a voice from within asked who she was.

Ancient Venerable Chi Ji visited Luo Ling at the Luo God Palace to discuss the Sacred Clan’s looming all-out war and the signs of the Saint God’s awakening. She revealed that the Ancestral Dragon’s Chaos Divine Stone had vanished from the Return to Ruins Divine Temple without disturbing its formidable defenses, leaving Luo Ling to consider who could have taken it.

• Ancient Venerable Chi Ji entered the Luo God Palace and met its Palace Master, Luo Ling, a Three-Lotus Saint Peak.
• Luo Ling explained that she had been watching events across the heavens and recognized the unrest within the Return to Ruins Divine Temple.
• Ancient Venerable Chi Ji warned Luo Ling that the Sacred Clan was preparing a massive offensive and that the Saint God’s awakening seemed increasingly likely.
• Ancient Venerable Chi Ji revealed that the Ancestral Dragon’s Chaos Divine Stone had disappeared from the Divine Temple’s forbidden grounds.
• Ancient Venerable Chi Ji said the Temple’s restrictions and formations remained intact, and Luo Ling solemnly considered what could pass through them without a trace.

Ancient Venerable Chi Ji secured Luo Ling’s promise that the Luo God Palace would help defend the heavens if the Sacred Clan launched a full-scale assault. As Chi Ji departed, she sensed a power beyond the Three-Lotus Realm within the palace and wondered about its first Palace Master.

• Ancient Venerable Chi Ji urged Luo Ling to unite against the threats facing the heavens, including the Sacred Clan and a hidden force.
• Luo Ling agreed that the Luo God Palace would act if the Sacred Clan attacked or the heavens faced destruction, citing the palace’s duty to protect Cangxuan Heaven and its people.
• Luo Ling said her teacher remained in seclusion and could not be summoned, but would emerge if the heavens reached the brink of destruction.
• Luo Ling gave Ancient Venerable Chi Ji a communication Jade Talisman so she could call for help if the front became critical.
• As she left the Luo God Palace, Ancient Venerable Chi Ji sensed a primordial power beyond the level of Saints and recalled rumors about the palace’s first Palace Master.

Ancient Venerable Chi Ji learned that Luo God Palace would aid the heavens in the coming war, while Luo Ling reported the danger to her mysterious master. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, Su Youwei left home with her parents for Luo God Palace, and her Jade Tablet resonated with her as they traveled toward Cangyun Ridge.

• Ancient Venerable Chi Ji received word that Palace Master Luo Ling would fight when the Sacred Clan launched its war, and heard that an aura had been found near the Return to Ruins Land.
• Luo Ling visited her master in the Luo God valley and reported the Sacred Clan's movements; her master replied that she already knew.
• Li Wei packed the Jade Tablet for the journey, and Old Master Su gave Su Mu his money pouch before bidding Su Youwei farewell.
• Su Youwei sensed a pull toward the northern mountains, and the Jade Tablet glowed and hummed when she touched it.
• Su Mu, Li Wei, and Su Youwei reached Cangyun Ridge and began crossing its rugged, mist-covered paths on foot.

Su Mu, Li Wei, and Su Youwei traveled through Cangyun Ridge, where they fought and killed a powerful One-Horned Black-Scaled Python. At their camp that night, Li Wei began telling Su Youwei how she had met a female disciple of Luo God Palace.

• Su Youwei insisted on climbing the steep mountain path herself as the family headed deeper into the forest.
• A One-Horned Black-Scaled Python attacked, and Li Wei used her talismans to shield the family while Su Mu fought it.
• Su Mu used Ninefold Overlaying Waves to kill the python, then warned that the blood would attract other demonic beasts.
• The family escaped to a sheltered cave, where Su Youwei said she would learn to protect her parents at Luo God Palace.
• Li Wei began telling Su Youwei about meeting a female disciple of Luo God Palace.

Li Wei recounted how a mysterious woman from Luo God Palace had rescued her in the mountains and given her a jade tablet, which later saved Li Wei and Su Mu from fierce beasts. After a dangerous two-month journey through Cangyun Ridge, the family reached the outskirts of Luo God Palace and arrived at Welcome Immortal Town.

• Li Wei told Su Youwei how a woman from Luo God Palace had guided her out of the mountains and given her a jade tablet that could let a daughter enter the palace's entrance trial.
• Su Mu revealed that the jade tablet's protective imprint had once saved him and Li Wei from three fierce beasts, and Li Wei tied it around Su Youwei's neck.
• Su Mu and Li Wei led Su Youwei through Cangyun Ridge, fighting off fierce beasts and treating Su Mu after a Burrowing Scorpion grazed his arm.
• After two months, the family emerged from Cangyun Ridge and saw the radiant mountains and distant palace of Luo God Palace.
• The family descended to the foot of the mountain and reached the town marked Welcome Immortal Town.

Su Mu and Li Wei brought Su Youwei to Welcome Immortal Town so she could attend Luo God Palace’s Spirit Appraisal Assembly, hearing about the many powerful families whose children would compete. On the morning of the assembly, the family joined the crowds heading toward the valley where it would be held.

• Su Mu overheard cultivators discussing how few candidates were accepted into Luo God Palace, and one man noticed that Su Youwei seemed different from the others.
• Su Mu found the family a cramped former woodshed at an inn after learning that every other room in town was occupied.
• Su Mu told Li Wei about the powerful families arriving for the assembly, and Li Wei reminded Su Youwei that her Jade Tablet only let her enter one trial.
• Li Wei tucked the Jade Tablet against Su Youwei’s chest and promised to give her a pretty hairstyle in the morning.
• Before dawn, Su Mu, Li Wei, and Su Youwei joined the crowd walking to the valley three miles west of Welcome Immortal Town.

At the Luo God Palace’s Spirit Appraisal Assembly, Su Mu and his family waited as the testing began and watched elite candidates reveal their talents. Nangong Yao’s test reached seven colors, leaving the assembly stunned as her result continued to unfold.

• Su Mu and Li Wei reassured Su Youwei that they would wait for her as the Spirit Appraisal Assembly began.
• The steward announced that girls aged six to under fourteen would be tested, with candidates earning three or more colors entering selection and those with seven or more being admitted directly.
• Yan Qingxue produced six colors and an Ice Phoenix phantom, qualifying for the retest.
• Lu Nianqing produced four colors and entered the preliminary selection.
• Nangong Yao revealed that she had already reached the Open Veins Stage and pressed her hand to the stele.
• The stele rapidly lit to seven rings, shocking the crowd and the steward.

Su Youwei took the Spirit-Testing Stele exam after Nangong Yao’s extraordinary result seemed to leave little hope for the other candidates. When the stele reacted to the Jade Tablet on Su Youwei’s chest, it unleashed a world-shaking black-and-white heavenly phenomenon, leaving the entire venue stunned.

• Nangong Yao displayed seven-colored Source Qi and was admitted to Luo God Palace without a retest.
• Su Youwei watched other children pass or fail the Spirit-Testing Stele before her turn arrived.
• Su Youwei pressed her hand to the stele, which initially remained dark as onlookers mocked her.
• The Jade Tablet on Su Youwei’s chest trembled, and the stele lit all nine rings before erupting in black-and-white radiance.
• A pillar of light pierced the clouds and formed a Yin-Yang Phenomenon, astonishing the crowd, Nangong Yao, and Su Youwei’s parents.

Su Youwei’s extraordinary Spirit-Testing Stele result drew the attention of Qin Miaoyi, who summoned the family to learn about their Luo God Palace Jade Tablet. After confirming the tablet belonged to her senior sister Luo Qingyin, Qin Miaoyi examined Su Youwei’s meridians and reacted with rare shock, leaving the reason for her reaction unresolved.

• Su Youwei’s Jade Tablet resonated with the Spirit-Testing Stele as the Yin-Yang Phenomenon faded, and Qin Miaoyi noticed the token.
• Qin Miaoyi invited Su Youwei and her parents to a Quiet Room, where she confirmed that the Jade Tablet bore her senior sister Luo Qingyin’s Source Qi imprint.
• Li Wei explained how Luo Qingyin had sheltered her in the mountains nearly twenty years earlier and given her the Jade Tablet.
• Qin Miaoyi examined Su Youwei’s hand with her Source Qi, reacted with astonishment, and probed her meridians more deeply.

Qin Miaoyi confirmed that Su Youwei possessed a rare Yin-Yang Qi Palace and began teaching her the Luo God Palace’s cultivation methods. Su Youwei successfully guided Source Qi through her meridians, beginning her cultivation.

• Qin Miaoyi explained that Su Youwei’s naturally balanced Yin-Yang Qi Palace could absorb both yin and yang Source Qi and gave her extraordinary potential.
• Qin Miaoyi tested Su Youwei with the Spirit-Measuring Pearl, which revealed a yin-yang pattern before the artifact cracked from the resonance.
• Qin Miaoyi arranged for Su Mu, Li Wei, and Su Youwei to stay at the Luo God Palace’s secular residence.
• Qin Miaoyi brought Su Youwei to the cultivation room and taught her the Luo River Qi Guiding Art and how to sense Source Qi.
• Su Youwei swallowed a First-Grade Pulse-Opening Pill and, after repeated attempts, guided its warm current toward her right hand.

Su Youwei opened her meridians in five days, and Qin Miaoyi arranged for her to join Luo God Palace under an elder’s guidance. Ten years later, Little Qing watched as the last of the Divine Stone’s nine Primordial Divine Locks remained unbroken.

• Su Youwei reached the Early Open Veins Stage five days after first sensing Source Qi, astonishing Qin Miaoyi with her progress.
• Qin Miaoyi told Su Mu and Li Wei that she would not take Su Youwei as her disciple and that a Luo God Palace elder would come to take her to the palace.
• Three mornings later, Elder Liu arrived, and Su Youwei left with her after saying goodbye to her parents.
• Qin Miaoyi watched Su Youwei depart, while the Spirit Appraisal Assembly continued in Welcome Immortal Town.
• Ten years later, Little Qing watched the Divine Stone as eight of its nine Primordial Divine Locks had shattered.

After ten years beneath the World Tree, Yao Yao awakened and began speaking with Little Qing, while Xiao Qing saw that her birth was close. At the Return to Ruins Divine Temple, investigators exposed a Sacred Clan spy, but the missing Divine Stone’s location remained unknown.

• Yao Yao spoke to Little Qing for the first time, then teased her for being noisy as Little Qing urged her to come out soon.
• Xiao Qing observed that Yao Yao had mastered three systems of laws and that the ninth Primordial Divine Lock was close to breaking.
• Emperor Dragon Ancient Sovereign drove the Sacred Clan’s army beyond Heavens City’s third defensive line after three years of battles.
• Ancient Venerable Chi Ji captured a Divine Temple deacon who had secretly aided the Sacred Clan and forced him to reveal its spies in Heavens City.
• Emperor Dragon Ancient Sovereign purged the spies, but his scouts found no trace of the Divine Stone.

Cang Yuan Grand Sovereign prepared to enter the Three-Lotus Realm as the Divine Stone’s final lock broke and Yao Yao was born. Yao Yao reunited with Little Qing, who welcomed her after ten years of guarding the stone.

• Cang Yuan Grand Sovereign waited for the Azure Lotus Dao Seed’s fourth petal before taking the final step into the Three-Lotus Realm.
• Little Qing awoke as the Divine Stone blazed, and the World Tree poured its origin essence toward it.
• The ninth Divine Lock shattered, the stone shell cracked apart, and Yao Yao emerged from the cocoon of light.
• Little Qing recognized Yao Yao and embraced her, telling her she had been waiting for ten years.
• Yao Yao recalled Little Qing’s daily visits and her promise to weave a flower crown.

Yao Yao reunited with Xiao Qing and demonstrated that her Chaos Dao Foundation could merge the Source Qi and spiritual energy laws. After exhausting herself, she fell asleep beside him, while Xiao Qing and Little Qing reflected on the future she would choose for herself.

• Yao Yao approached Xiao Qing, touched the gentle chaotic light he offered, and caused the laws of the Great Chaos World to resonate.
• Yao Yao asked why the Tianyuan Realm's Source Qi laws conflicted with the Great Thousand World's spiritual energy laws, and Xiao Qing explained their opposing principles.
• Yao Yao merged Source Qi and spiritual energy in her palms, and Xiao Qing explained that her Chaos Dao Foundation made the laws complementary.
• Yao Yao grew tired and fell asleep beside Xiao Qing after asking whether she would see him when she woke.
• Little Qing returned with Chaos Spirit Flowers, sat beside Xiao Qing, and heard him say Yao Yao would choose her own future.

Ten years after entering Luo God Palace, Su Youwei emerged from seclusion with her ten Divine Palaces perfected and the Yin-Yang Qi integrated into her body. Luo Ling praised her progress and began to speak about the palace’s long history, leaving her purpose unclear.

• Su Youwei emerged from the lake and greeted the disciples, gently correcting Qinghe’s jade pendant and demonstrating her kindness to the junior disciples.
• Elder Liu welcomed Su Youwei to the Glazed Palace, where Luo Ling was waiting for her.
• Luo Ling assessed Su Youwei’s cultivation and said she could attempt to break through to the Heavenly Sun Stage within half a year.
• Su Youwei explained that her smooth path had depended on help from Luo Qingyin, Elder Qin Miaoyi, Elder Liu, and others.
• Luo Ling rose and told Su Youwei that Luo God Palace had stood for ten thousand years and accepted more than a hundred thousand disciples.