Chapter Summaries

Zhang Wei brought An Changhai to a hidden laboratory and used the Great Ji United Empire’s technology to examine him. Gu Yuan discovered Zhang Wei’s identity and gave him the Qi Refining Formula, which Zhang Wei began investigating cautiously.

• Zhang Wei asked the beggars who was unusual, then chose An Changhai and led him away.
• Zhang Wei took An Changhai into an underground laboratory and ordered A-Yun to examine him.
• Gu Yuan identified Zhang Wei as a senior researcher of the Great Ji United Empire’s Fifth Exploration Fleet.
• Zhang Wei had An Changhai’s genetic information extracted and was pleased with the results.
• Gu Yuan gave Zhang Wei the Qi Refining Formula, and Zhang Wei began researching it while suspecting it might be a trap.
• Zhang Wei’s people had fled their conquered homeland, and an ancient treasure had prevented them from cultivating techniques.

Gu Yuan discovered that Zhang Wei and An Changhai had been affected by strange experimental devices, then killed Wang the Great Benefactor when he came to collect Blood Pearls. As Gu Yuan considered gathering more pearls to force open the Blood Pearl Space, a divine message invited the villagers to sacrifice them for blessings.

• Gu Yuan found a Thought Seal in Zhang Wei's brain and a monitoring steel ball inside An Changhai, whom Zhang Wei had used as a test subject in experiments to improve comprehension.
• Beggars entered Zhang Wei's laboratory for experiments in exchange for food, while Gu Yuan stopped observing Zhang Wei because he would not cultivate.
• Gu Yuan welcomed returning villagers and distributed items from the Blood Pearl World as they described their rewards.
• Wang the Great Benefactor arrived to collect the village's Blood Pearls, but Gu Yuan made him vanish and took his storage pouch.
• Gu Yuan considered gathering Blood Pearls to force open the Blood Pearl Space, and a message appeared inviting villagers to sacrifice Blood Pearls for divine Grace.

Over three months, Gu Yuan watched Spirit Village grow as cultivators gathered and Zhang Wei’s research continued to benefit people he guided past him. When a warlord’s army came to seize the villagers for their Blood Pearls, the cavalry found it could not enter the village, and An Changhai’s arrival left the general frozen.

• Gu Yuan observed that Spirit Village had become a thriving holy land, with many villagers reaching Qi Refinement and An Changhai advancing to peak Foundation Establishment.
• Gu Yuan continued sending talented people past Zhang Wei and planned to send more after the technology was upgraded.
• A middle-aged general arrived with thousands of cavalrymen, learned that villagers possessed Blood Pearls, and ordered Spirit Village attacked so its people could be turned into Blood Pearls.
• The cavalry repeatedly failed to get their horses into Spirit Village, while the villagers and Dharma preachers watched in confusion.
• An Changhai returned and glanced toward the general, who abruptly froze.

Chen Yunlong worshiped Gu Yuan and traded Blood Pearls for a breakthrough to Golden Core, while Mo Tianxing’s former Dharma Protector Elder found him preaching as a divine envoy. The elder discovered that Mo Tianxing’s soul had been damaged by this world’s laws but lacked the strength to heal him.

• An Changhai met Chen Yunlong, who mistook Gu Yuan for a deity and became devoted to him after witnessing his power.
• Chen Yunlong traded more than ten thousand Blood Pearls for a Golden Core breakthrough, and Gu Yuan used the energy to advance to the ninth stage of Nine Tribulations.
• Mo Tianxing gained fame as a divine envoy and preached the Qi Refining Formula to crowds in a city.
• Mo Tianxing’s Dharma Protector Elder found him, but Mo Tianxing denied belonging to a sect and warned the elder not to disturb his Dao heart.
• The elder subdued Mo Tianxing and found that traces of the world’s laws had damaged his divine soul, though he could not heal him.

Gu Yuan discovered a mysterious Myriad Worlds shop in the wilderness and descended into the body of a preacher to meet its host, Chu Chu. After Chu Chu claimed the shop could provide anything for a price, Gu Yuan said he wanted Chu Chu.

• The old man failed to treat the unconscious Mo Tianxing, abandoned him, and left the city.
• Gu Yuan considered having Mo Tianxing pilot the flying boat to other worlds once this world was settled.
• Gu Yuan wandered through the bustling Spirit Village, then noticed a Myriad Worlds shop while observing a preacher in the wilderness.
• Gu Yuan descended into the preacher and examined the shop, whose sign and spatial aura suggested it did not belong to this world.
• Chu Chu introduced himself as the shop's host and claimed it could grant anything for a price.
• Gu Yuan asked whether he could truly get anything he wanted, then told Chu Chu, "I want you."

Gu Yuan investigated the Myriad Heavens Shop and discovered that its system was connected to a Myriad Heavens Containment Center powerhouse named Chen Ke. After infiltrating the system and giving it a cultivation method, Gu Yuan descended into it and began turning himself into energy.

• Gu Yuan tried to bargain for the shop and for power across the myriad heavens, irritating Chu Chu.
• Chen Ke entered the shop, and Gu Yuan identified him as an Early Myriad Methods powerhouse from the Myriad Heavens Containment Center.
• Gu Yuan sensed the system hidden inside Chu Chu and overheard it complaining about Chu Chu and the Containment Center.
• Gu Yuan secretly placed the Qi Refining Formula in the system's database, and the system began cultivating it in alarm.
• Gu Yuan descended into the system while appearing to fall asleep, then began the process of turning himself into energy.

Chen Ke seized Chu Chu when his system vanished, then fought Gu Yuan as the unstable space collapsed. Gu Yuan returned to the Blood Pearl World, where he saw that King Chen’s army was spreading Dharma transmission and his own breakthrough to the Myriad Laws Realm seemed close.

• Chen Ke grabbed Chu Chu and searched for the missing system while Gu Yuan watched.
• Chen Ke suspected Gu Yuan was powerful, and Gu Yuan raised his aura to the ninth stage of Nine Tribulations.
• Gu Yuan and Chen Ke exchanged ten moves, Chu Chu died, and Gu Yuan’s consciousness returned to the Blood Pearl World.
• Chen Ke was left without the system, host, or mission and vanished after lamenting his losses and fine.
• Gu Yuan heard villagers discuss King Chen’s growing army and widespread Dharma transmission, and thought the Myriad Laws Realm was near.

Gu Yuan broke through to the Myriad Laws Realm and awakened the ability to connect the consciousness networks of Qi Refining Formula cultivators. He forced his way through the Blood Pearl Space into an unfamiliar academy world, where nine Myriad Laws experts confronted him.

• King Chen expanded his army of cultivators and reached Spirit Transformation in three months, largely through Gu Yuan's rewards.
• Gu Yuan used the two Blood Pearls to break through to the Myriad Laws Realm and gained the ability to connect Qi Refining Formula cultivators' consciousness networks.
• Gu Yuan sensed the Blood Pearls and forcibly opened a passage from the Blood Pearl Space into another world.
• The young man cultivating with a cube-shaped ancient treasure saw it crack and explode, sending him flying.
• Gu Yuan emerged inside an academy and faced nine Myriad Laws experts, whose imposing elder demanded to know how he had intruded.

Gu Yuan fought nine Myriad Dharma cultivators at Righteous Academy, killed several, and plundered the academy’s treasure vault. He discovered Gao Xing’s system-backed cultivation, crushed its energy source, and vanished, leaving the academy in ruins and unable to offer a reward.

• Gu Yuan battled nine Myriad Dharma cultivators and killed one with Sword Wu, thwarting their attempt to form an array.
• Gu Yuan searched Righteous Academy with his divine sense and began seizing everything in its treasure vault while fighting.
• Gu Yuan spotted Gao Xing, a Myriad Dharma Realm Great Perfection gate guard whose system cultivation was limited to certain hours.
• A falling corpse struck Gao Xing, and his system refused to help because it was outside working hours.
• Gu Yuan crushed Gao Xing’s system energy source, absorbed its energy, and vanished from the academy.
• The Vice Academy Master ordered a wanted notice for Gu Yuan, then learned the treasure vault was gone.

Gu Yuan used [Connection] to create a chat group linking people from different worlds. As more members joined, the empty group reached six people, including Zhao Ruiming.

• Gu Yuan sensed [Connection] and began searching for suitable people before planning to leave with Mo Tianxing.
• Azure Origin Patriarch received the chat interface and saw Azure Mountain Sect Master join.
• Ding Qi begged Tang Dongyang to stop Lin Hao from beating him, but Tang Dongyang dismissed the matter as a private grudge.
• Tang Dongyang explored the chat group as Yang Jianghu and Director Jiang also joined.
• The group grew past four members, and Director Jiang added Zhao Ruiming before ending the setup.

Gu Yuan added a lottery module to the light screen to get its users talking, and they soon began boasting about their worlds. The users all claimed to have won first prize, leaving Gu Yuan wondering how the empty lottery had given them rewards.

• Azure Origin Patriarch broke the silence by greeting everyone, but the chat remained awkward as the users exchanged stiff small talk.
• Gu Yuan created a task that awarded points for sending messages and added a lottery module instead of opening a marketplace.
• The users began chatting to earn lottery chances, and Yang Jianghu joined in after reading the module’s introduction.
• Azure Origin Patriarch, the Cultivator Administration Bureau Director, the Azure Mountain Sect Master, and the Human Race Standing Council Chairman traded increasingly grand stories about their worlds.
• The users all claimed they had won first prize in the lottery, and Gu Yuan wondered how anyone had won when he had added no rewards.

After arranging for Mo Tianxing to return and leaving the world’s affairs to develop, Gu Yuan realized the Blood Pearl World had been making people forget its secrets. He uncovered an ancient treasure fused with the Heavenly Dao and seized it to take its energy.

• Mo Tianxing reflected on awakening his former memories, accepted his role as a divine messenger, and decided to return before visiting other worlds.
• Gu Yuan left Spirit Village and Mo Tianxing’s affairs to develop, then realized he had overlooked the Blood Pearl World’s hidden secret.
• Gu Yuan entered a mysterious space and resisted its spiritual laws, which tried to make him forget his purpose.
• Gu Yuan found an ancient treasure fused with the Heavenly Dao and broke through its illusions to reveal its true form as a pill furnace.
• Gu Yuan seized the pill furnace and resolved to take the Heavenly Dao energy it contained.

The Blood Pearl vanished, ending the world’s special rules, and Gu Yuan left as Zhang Wei prepared to depart with his laboratory. Mo Tianxing returned to the flying vessel with only two other survivors, learning that the guardian elder had died.

• The people of the Blood Pearl world discovered that its rules had disappeared, while Zhang Wei recognized that the world had lost its extraordinary status and ordered his group to leave.
• The transmitters of the teachings in Spirit Village received Gu Yuan’s oracle that the Blood Pearl was gone and confirmed the old rules no longer worked; they also learned the village teacher had died.
• Gu Yuan returned to the flying vessel and noticed that Zhang Wei’s group was preparing to leave the world as well.
• Mo Tianxing returned to the vessel and told a waiting disciple that the guardian elder had died and only two other members of his group remained alive.

After the Blood Pearl World lost its special quality, the surviving disciples returned to the flying vessel, where Mo Tianxing became commander and distributed a valuable cultivation method. Gu Yuan accompanied Zhang Wei aboard a Great Ji battleship, and both civilizations continued their journeys along the same route without making contact.

• The last two disciples returned from the special world, leaving only twenty-one people aboard the flying vessel after the casualties.
• Mo Tianxing became commander and gave Junior Brother Zhang the Old Sea Qi Refining Formula to distribute among the survivors.
• Gu Yuan followed Zhang Wei into a Great Ji United Empire battleship and found that its personnel bore thought seals.
• Zhang Wei’s researchers reported that the world’s special quality had vanished and suspected the nearby cultivation civilization might be responsible, but Zhang Wei ordered them to avoid contact.
• Over the next two months, the Profound Light Sect’s flying vessel and the Great Ji battleship continued traveling in the same direction, and Zhang Wei told the pilot not to reveal their presence.

Gu Yuan observed the Profound Light Sect’s encounter with the Star Alliance, whose Nine Tribulations cultivators sold supplies across the Old Sea. He guided Mo Tianxing into selling the Ancient Qi Refining Formula for one million Star Alliance points, then remembered he had forgotten Zhao Wu.

• Gu Yuan noticed the flying boat stop beside a Star Alliance vessel and sensed that its structure was supported by several laws.
• Junior Brother Zhang identified the Star Alliance, and Gu Yuan discovered that every cultivator aboard their disciplined flying boat was in the Nine Tribulations Realm.
• Su Wei, a Ninth Level Nine Tribulations supervisor, offered to buy items the Profound Light Sect had obtained from a special world.
• Gu Yuan guided Mo Tianxing to present a copy of the Ancient Qi Refining Formula, and Su Wei offered one million Star Alliance points for it.
• Mo Tianxing accepted the offer, and the Star Alliance also discounted the Profound Light Sect’s supplies by ten percent.
• Gu Yuan examined the Star Alliance’s storage ring and recalled that he had forgotten Zhao Wu of the Myriad Heavens Containment Center.

After completing a mission, Zhao Wu joined [Connection] and introduced the Myriad Heavens Containment Center as an ordinary treasure-hunting faction. He recognized Azure Origin Patriarch among the members, while the others welcomed Zhao Wu and mistook his faction for friendly.

• Zhao Wu captured a system after stopping a young man from escaping, then returned to his cave abode with his team.
• Zhao Wu examined [Connection], read the members’ titles, and noticed that the chat history from before he joined was unavailable.
• The Azure Origin Patriarch reacted uneasily to Zhao Wu’s title because he remembered his past dealings with the Myriad Heavens Containment Center.
• Zhao Wu recognized the Azure Origin Patriarch’s name and recalled suffering heavy losses in a previous encounter, but decided not to reveal his identity.
• Zhao Wu told the group that his faction was a top-ranked treasure-hunting organization that completed missions and collected rewards.
• The other members praised Zhao Wu’s faction as ordinary and friendly, leaving Zhao Wu wondering whether [Connection] linked worlds from different universes.

The Star Alliance completed a trade with the Profound Light Sect, then contacted the Great Ji United Empire and introduced its technology and goods. Zhang Wei bought a Gene Evolution Method capable of reaching the Myriad Dharma realm, leaving him hopeful that the Empire could reclaim its homeland.

• The Star Alliance finished its transaction with the Profound Light Sect and departed while Gu Yuan watched its vessel head toward a Great Ji United Empire warship.
• The Star Alliance vessel bypassed the Empire warship’s security system and opened communications with Zhang Wei, who learned about the Star Alliance from its representative.
• Zhang Wei questioned why the Star Alliance relied on traveling vessels instead of establishing a network, prompting Gu Yuan to consider the limits of its presence in the Old Sea.
• The Star Alliance representative showed Zhang Wei a catalog, and Zhang Wei purchased a Gene Evolution Method capable of breaking through to the Myriad Dharma realm by selling the Empire’s resources and unfinished technology for increasing comprehension.
• After the Star Alliance departed, Zhang Wei studied the gene method and felt hope that the Empire could soon reclaim its homeland.

Gu Yuan and the others discovered a new special world, and Mo Tianxing entered first. He arrived in the middle of a Zhao Clan strength assessment, where his fall killed Zhao Qin and Zhao Jiner, leaving the Zhao Clan Patriarch to realize his son was among the victims.

• After three months without encountering a special world, Gu Yuan’s group found one and stopped their flying vessel nearby.
• Mo Tianxing explained the entry precautions, then entered the world and lost consciousness as a strange power of laws flowed into him.
• At a Zhao Clan strength assessment, Zhao Qin was praised for reaching the third stage of True Word Power at eighteen.
• As Zhao Qin and Zhao Jiner prepared to embrace, Mo Tianxing fell from the sky and crushed them both.
• The city lord, City Defense Army, and Zhao Clan elders arrived; after hearing what had happened, the Zhao Clan Patriarch realized Zhao Qin had been killed.

Gu Yuan observed a world where people were compelled to speak the truth as City Lord Sun Lin subdued the Zhao Clan Patriarch and imprisoned the unconscious Mo Tianxing. Gu Yuan possessed an old man who was Sun Lin’s father, learned how Truth Speakers cultivated, and discovered the old man had another identity.

• City Lord Sun Lin stopped the Zhao Clan Patriarch from attacking Mo Tianxing, then struck him down after he threatened Sun Lin.
• Sun Lin and the Zhao Clan Patriarch openly revealed their connections and relied on their backing, while Gu Yuan realized people in this world could not conceal the truth.
• Sun Lin imprisoned the unconscious Mo Tianxing in a specially prepared dungeon and used a plate to declare restrictions that became reality.
• Gu Yuan explored the City Lord’s Manor and chose an old man with high status but no apparent strength as his vessel.
• Gu Yuan gave the old man a Truth-Speaking Qi Refining Formula; after cultivating spiritual energy, the old man awoke and dismissed his servants.
• Gu Yuan examined the old man’s memories and discovered that he was Sun Lin’s father and had another identity.

Gu Yuan discovered that the Abyss Organization had contacted him to help rescue Mo Tianxing, then watched its members free Mo Tianxing from the city lord’s dungeon. Through Mo Tianxing’s perspective, Gu Yuan saw the organization’s formidable headquarters as its members brought him there.

• Gu Yuan investigated the Abyss Organization in the city lord’s memories, settled into life at the manor, and learned that the other Profound Light Sect disciples had been captured or driven into hiding.
• After half a month, Gu Yuan received an Abyss Organization message asking him to assist with a dungeon rescue and arranged a family banquet for that night.
• Abyss Organization members slipped into the dungeon, used a jade pendant to break Mo Tianxing’s chains, and escaped while Gu Yuan watched.
• Sun Lin discovered Mo Tianxing was missing and ordered an investigation into the Zhao Clan.
• The rescuers took Mo Tianxing through several teleportation formations to the Abyss Organization’s headquarters, which Gu Yuan inspected through Mo Tianxing’s perspective.