Chapter Summaries

Shi Lei took control of his family’s occult affairs and led an assault on Silver Ring’s factory. He killed Savile and left the Ring of Strange Machines’ followers broken, while invoking the Master of Esoteric Sect as his own master.

• Shi Lei offered Butler Wu and the Shi family Secret Martial Arts in exchange for joining his Secret Sect, then ordered them to find Silver Ring.
• Shi Lei learned Silver Ring was Savile Yegic, who ran Sang Song Factory and controlled the Blood Axe Gang and an armed guard unit.
• Shi Lei attacked Sang Song Factory alone, defeated the guards, and brushed off the Black Robes’ talismans and weapons.
• Savile used the Hand of Strange Machines to fight Shi Lei, but Shi Lei overpowered him with steam and killed him.
• Shi Lei said his master was the Master of Esoteric Sect, and the surviving Ring of Strange Machines members collapsed into madness and stupor.

Fang Xing used the manuals and spoils Shi Lei brought him to expand the Secret Sect’s teachings, then broke through the Gate of the Deep Sea and reached Limit Breaking Stage Two. He planned to build the Secret Sect into the world’s greatest power while exploring the Aether Layer for more inheritances.

• Shi Lei reported that he had dealt with the Ring of Strange Machines and offered Fang Xing its spoils and his family’s secret manuals.
• Fang Xing studied the four manuals and told Shi Lei that the Secret Sect had six divisions, promising to teach him Blood Division martial arts after he broke the First Limit.
• Fang Xing declared his ambition to replace the major factions of the Mystery Realm with the Secret Sect, and Shi Lei pledged his support.
• Fang Xing used the coordinates in the Hand of Strange Machines to enter the Aether Deep Sea and confronted the Gate of the Deep Sea.
• Fang Xing defeated the moth creatures guarding the Gate and shattered it with his fist, breaking through to Limit Breaking Stage Two.
• Fang Xing examined his improved Attribute Panel and resolved to seek out more inheritances in the Aether Layer.

Fang Xing explored the Aether Realm, discovered a Stone Division secret transmission, and captured four Heart Path Profounders. After learning about a trading market and receiving its coordinate, he demanded that each captive hand over a Heart Path secret transmission.

• Fang Xing entered the Aether Realm and found a dangerous Stone Forest that yielded a Stone Division secret transmission.
• Fang Xing crossed into a Starry Grassland and spotted a moth-winged girl pursued by three people wearing Pupa Skins.
• Fang Xing used steam attacks to knock down the girl and force the three pursuers out of their Pupa Skins, capturing all four Heart Path Profounders.
• Fang Xing killed one captive who tried to escape and demanded information from the survivors.
• The doll-like girl gave Fang Xing a White Flower Coordinate leading to an Aether Realm trading market.
• Fang Xing demanded one Heart Path secret transmission from each captive while the girl hoped her father would arrive.

Fang Xing obtained a Heart Path secret transmission and used Mystic Fist to subdue Ying and her father, a Hellhound Enlightened. He gave them a Secret Sect transmission and began empowering them with his Esoteric Martial Arts.

• The Heart Research Society leader stabbed his companion, extracted the Heart Dream Secret Ritual, and handed it to Fang Xing in exchange for escape.
• Fang Xing learned that Ying’s family had been weakened by a rebellion and that her father was an Enlightened who had transformed his black-dog cocoon into a Hellhound.
• Fang Xing used Mystic Fist to question Ying, learned about her father’s arrival, and discovered the Heart Path’s ability to create mythological beings in the Aether Realm.
• Ying’s father arrived as a giant Hellhound, but Fang Xing’s Mystic Fist overwhelmed him and reduced him to a puppy that became Fang Xing’s slave.
• Fang Xing gave Ying and the puppy a Secret Sect transmission and began empowering both with Dog-Headed Vajra Mouth Secret.

After Karl and A Ying received the Master of Esoteric Sect’s secret teaching, they used their new martial arts to survive an attack by traitors. Fang Xing then reached an Aether Realm marketplace and unleashed his Great Sun Dharma Realm, ordering the remaining Extraordinaries to submit to his Secret Sect and atone.

• Karl and A Ying woke after receiving the Heart Division Martial Arts, Mystic Fist, and suspected that a Deity had bestowed the secret teaching upon them.
• Karl moved his family from their manor, but gunmen attacked and killed the servants before they could leave.
• Karl used illusions and his enhanced strength to defeat the attackers, killed the traitor Yule, and vowed that the Heart Research Society would become the Master of Esoteric Sect’s loyal believers.
• Fang Xing followed the White Flower Coordinate to an Aether Realm marketplace and judged the gathered Extraordinaries to be criminals.
• Fang Xing covered the marketplace with his Great Sun Dharma Realm, burned many of the gathered figures, and demanded that the survivors join his Secret Sect and atone.

Fang Xing learned that his younger sister Fang Qiong was dying from a mysterious illness after an archaeological expedition, so he returned to Emerald Pavilion City to see her. He found that his family might be entangled in Extraordinary affairs and arrived at her isolation ward, where he suspected Pavilion Path was behind the spreading black spots.

• Fang Xing completed the Six Illusions Skill, shattered the Gate of Longevity, and glimpsed the six Deities in the Aether Realm while wondering whether the Creator had reincarnated as one of them.
• Shi Lei brought Fang Xing a letter reporting that Fang Qiong and much of her Archaeology Team had fallen gravely ill after excavating an ancient tomb.
• Fang Xing traveled to Emerald Pavilion City and learned that his brother worked for a bureau handling Extraordinary incidents and his younger sister had joined a club linked to a secret society.
• Fang Xing went to Owell Hospital to visit Fang Qiong, whose body was covered in spreading black spots, and suspected the illness came from Pavilion Path.

Fang Xing cured Fang Qiong of a curse and sent Shi Ding to retrieve Fang Fang from the Bloody Sisterhood. Fang Leng returned home to find his siblings already gathered, leaving him stunned by the sudden reunion.

• Fang Xing used the No Ge Hand and Secret Sect Empowerment to cure Fang Qiong, seal the curse, and sever its connection to a distant source.
• Fang Xing told Shi Lei to investigate the curse’s symbol and sent Shi Ding to bring Fang Fang back from Emerald Pavilion High School.
• Joanna tried to initiate Fang Fang into the Bloody Sisterhood with a coercive chair-dance test, but Shi Ding stormed in and defeated the football players and Joanna.
• Fang Leng returned home expecting to find his younger sister alone, but found Fang Qiong, Fang Xing, and Fang Fang there.

Fang Xing sent Shi Lei and Fang Fang to destroy the Bloody Sisterhood, while Fang Leng learned more about the Secret Sect and suspected Fang Xing was one of its highest-ranking figures. At Owell Hospital, two members of the Forest of Worms discussed Fang Qiong’s survival and the tomb of David the Blasphemer.

• Fang Leng explained that the Bloody Sisterhood was led by two powerful Banshee sisters, and Fang Xing offered to have the Secret Sect deal with them.
• Fang Leng described the Secret Sect’s strength and asked Fang Xing about his rank, but Fang Xing let him believe he might be a Dharma King.
• Fang Xing ordered Shi Lei to take Fang Fang and wipe out the Bloody Sisterhood, then Shi Lei immobilized Fang Leng with a look.
• Shi Lei stormed the Bloody Sisterhood’s nightclub, killed its leaders, and showed Fang Fang their monstrous forms and underground slaughterhouse.
• At Owell Hospital, a woman and a man from the Forest of Worms discussed Fang Qiong’s survival and suspected she had gained something from David the Blasphemer’s tomb.

The Forest of Worms attacked Fang Qiong’s family, but Fang Xing intervened and the woman’s Sunset Ritual turned against her, creating the Night of Sunset over Emerald Pavilion City. Fang Qiong captured the surviving attacker and learned that the Archaeology Teams had been used to search for David the Blasphemer’s tomb; by dawn, Shi Lei returned with Fang Fang after showing her the Hidden Realm’s cruelty.

• A woman and a man from the Forest of Worms found Fang Qiong’s home and prepared a Sunset Ritual before attacking her family.
• Fang Xing sensed the intruders, killed the black Worms, and wounded the man so Fang Qiong could pursue him.
• The woman activated the Sunset Ritual, but its power struck her instead and the illusory sun lit up Emerald Pavilion City.
• Fang Qiong captured the wounded man, Elvis, and revealed that the Forest of Worms had used the Archaeology Teams as cannon fodder to seek David the Blasphemer’s tomb.
• At dawn, Shi Lei returned with Fang Fang, who had experienced the Hidden Realm’s cruelty during their visit.

Fang Xing and Fang Qiong entered the Aether Realm through David’s tomb, where the Forest of Worms had opened a Gate while searching for a hidden coordinate. They arrived in a Gulan-era Secret Realm and heard David’s declaration, leaving them poised to explore the Blasphemer’s world.

• Fang Xing reviewed records about David and decided to investigate the Aether Realm projection of his tomb with Fang Qiong.
• Lord Olivius learned that the Forest of Worms had not found the Aether Realm coordinate and worried over Lina’s apparent death and the disaster it might foretell.
• Fang Xing and Fang Qiong watched the Forest of Worms excavate recklessly, then Fang Qiong sensed the presence connected to her shoulder mark.
• The Forest of Worms’ ritual opened a Gate in the tomb, and Fang Xing led Fang Qiong inside after incapacitating two guards.
• Fang Xing and Fang Qiong entered a Gulan-era city in the Aether Realm and heard David proclaim that he had stolen the glory of the Six Gods.

Fang Xing and Fang Qiong witnessed Oliver’s pursuit of David’s secret turn into a corruption ritual that transformed Oliver into a Pavilion Worm. Fang Xing then attacked the creature, leaving its black crystal exposed.

• Fang Xing told Fang Qiong that David had survived as an Evil Spirit, and they watched the Forest of Worms Extraordinary summon a Secret History Worm to defeat him.
• Wounded and disoriented, David revealed that the God of Pavilion had arranged his supposed blasphemy and Angelhood, shattering Oliver’s dream of becoming an unrestricted Angel.
• Oliver changed Paths and sacrificed the Secret History Worm and David’s spirit, transforming himself into a Pavilion Worm under the influence of the Shadow of the Plundering Raven.
• Fang Xing explained to Fang Qiong that Oliver’s ritual could provide a Key for her future advancement, then reflected on the conversion between Ether Elements and the possibility of claiming the Creator’s Rank.
• Fang Xing attacked the Pavilion Worm with six Secret Martial Arts, tore it apart, and exposed a black crystal in its corrupted remains.

After defeating Oliver, Fang Xing faced the Plundering Raven, who tried to seize his body, but Fang Xing imprisoned the Deity with his Great Radiance Womb Realm Mandala. He left the collapsing Secret Realm with Fang Qiong, then met the God of History, who insisted the events remain secret.

• Fang Xing examined Ge Angel's Divinity Crystal as Fang Qiong realized the curse's nourishment had left her close to breaking through the Second Great Limit.
• The collapsing Secret Realm revealed the Shadow of the Plundering Raven, who offered to elevate Fang Xing into a Deity if he joined him.
• The Shadow of the Plundering Raven attacked Fang Qiong, and Fang Xing pushed her away before being swallowed by its darkness.
• Fang Xing revealed his Six Emptiness Time Wheel Emptiness Vajra and Great Radiance Womb Realm Mandala, trapping the Plundering Raven beneath the altar.
• Fang Xing reunited with Fang Qiong and said he had defeated the Pavilion Deity.
• The God of History appeared and asked Fang Xing to keep the events secret from even the Worms.

Leos, a powerful Law Lord reincarnated as coal worker Old Benson, awakened and used his Deep Sea Golden Finger to reach the Aether Realm in search of transcendence. There, a Bald Woman mistook him for an unregistered Wanderer and took him to meet the Heart Division’s Law Lord.

• The God of History gave Fang Xing a Worm Crystal containing a portion of its essence in exchange for dealing with the Shadow of the Plundering Raven.
• Decades later, coal worker Old Benson collapsed from Black Lung Disease and awakened as Leos, a Law Lord who had reincarnated after being dragged into Dao-Contention.
• Leos consulted the Deep Sea’s guidance, entered a dream, and used it to reach the Aether Realm as a Wanderer.
• A Bald Woman confronted Leos as an illegal Wanderer, then offered to take him to Glow Law Lord of the Secret Sect’s Heart Division for verification.

Leos joined the Secret Sect and rose to the strength of a Dharma King, hoping to use the Great Sun Sutra to become a god. When he summoned the scripture, Fang Xing revealed that he had manipulated Leos from the start, and Leos was transformed into a Buddha and devoured, ending their decades-long Life-Contention.

• Glow Law Lord initiated Leos into the Secret Sect and gave him an Empowerment that healed his lungs and taught him Esoteric Martial Arts.
• Over several years, Leos rose to Dharma King strength and plotted to seize the Great Sun Sutra so he could become a god.
• Leos performed a ritual at the Heavenly Pool on Great Snow Mountain and summoned the Great Sun Sutra.
• When Leos opened the scripture, Fang Xing revealed that he had watched and manipulated him through his Secret Sect Empowerments.
• Fang Xing forced Leos to become a Buddha, and Leos's body was reduced to a beam of rainbow light that Fang Xing devoured.

After defeating the Creator, Fang Xing preserved the Solar System as an Inner World and promised the Blue Star Federation that its people could eventually be made real. He discovered he had reached the strength required for the Thirteenth Realm and identified the Great Xia World universe as the Creator’s home universe.

• Fang Xing told the Blue Star Federation that the universe had collapsed, but he had preserved the Solar System and recorded the imprints of its inhabitants so they could be rebooted.
• Fang Xing promised to grant a limited number of people true life and allow them to leave the Inner World, then announced he would enter seclusion.
• Fang Xing examined his Attribute Panel and found that the Creator’s inheritance had greatly advanced his Law Comprehension, especially the True Self, Illusory, and Space Laws.
• Fang Xing realized that fully comprehending the True Self Law qualified him to advance to the Thirteenth Realm, though he still needed to absorb Source Power and gather resources.
• Fang Xing traveled to the Edge of the Universe in the Great Xia World and concluded that it was the universe where the Creator had lived.

Fang Xing arrived in the Great Xia universe, advanced his Star Palace Scroll to the Neutron Star Grade, and planned separate Great Dao paths for his true body and Immortal Cultivation Clone. He reached Green Water Star to learn about the local civilization and seek resources, leaving for the Starry Sky Bank with a disguise and a plan to sell items from Creator Leos’s estate.

• Fang Xing absorbed Cosmic Source Force and advanced his Star Palace Scroll to the Twelfth Realm, judging that he needed more resources to reach the Celestial Law Lord Realm.
• Fang Xing considered cultivating the Pan Wu Great Dao with his true body and the Time-Space Great Dao with his Immortal Cultivation Clone, using the God-Demon Split secret art to manage conflicting Law Comprehensions.
• Fang Xing sent his Immortal Cultivation Clone through the Gate of Heavens to gather resources in the Spirit Realm and pursue ascension to the True Immortal Realm.
• Fang Xing found Green Water Star, disguised himself as a five-scale Sea Race member, and learned about the Deep Sea Civilization and its customs.
• Fang Xing tipped a Sea Race Woman with a Source Power Crystal and traveled with her toward the Starry Sky Bank, planning to sell items from Creator Leos’s estate to accelerate his breakthrough.

Fang Xing sold a Grey Origin Fruit through Treasure Pavilion and asked for information that could help him address his outstanding karmic obligations. He learned that a Primordial Beast cub would be auctioned on Azure Blue Star in 297 cosmic days.

• At the edge of the Intersection Zone, two Sea Race Members saw illusory Evil God Kin vanish in the Real Universe and discussed investigating the fallen Law Lord Realm figure behind the zone.
• Fang Xing left Starry Sky Bank after consigning items and learned he would have to wait a month for the Source Power Crystals he needed.
• Fang Xing asked the Sea Race Woman to take him to Treasure Pavilion, where he offered a Grey Origin Fruit for sale.
• Treasure Pavilion valued the fruit at 700 million Source Power Coins, and Fang Xing accepted the 10 percent commission in exchange for 630 million Source Power Coins transferred to his account.
• Fang Xing asked Treasure Pavilion for information on the Primordial Beast Race and available Primordial Beasts.
• The Sea Race Woman told Fang Xing that a Satellite Grade Primordial Beast cub would be auctioned at the Myriad Races Auction on Azure Blue Star in 297 cosmic days.

Fang Xing rested in a villa on Green Water Star and explored the Sea Race network, learning about the universe and the notorious Law Lord Leos. Gilly Dilan investigated Fang Xing but decided not to provoke him, while Fang Xing turned to Sea Race games and entertainment.

• Fang Xing left Treasure Pavilion with ten anonymous Net Scales and went to his rented villa to rest.
• Gilly Dilan swallowed the Grey Origin Fruit, sold possessions to repay loans, and ordered Moye not to act against the unknown Sea Race member after reviewing Fang Xing's records.
• Fang Xing browsed public information on the Sea Race network and read about the universe's civilizations and the Starry Sky Civilization's wanted list.
• Fang Xing learned that Leos Jones D. Ficnado had been an Interstellar Wanderer who rose to the peak of the Law Lord Realm before dying while pursuing a breakthrough.
• Fang Xing could not find information on Great Xia Civilization, so he decided to explore Sea Race online games and entertainment instead.

Fang Xing completed a Starry Sky Bank transaction for Source Power Crystals, and the bank caught Ji Li Dilan spying on it. Fang Xing made Ji Li his slave and prepared to travel with him to Azure Blue Star, where he expected to advance toward the Law Lord Realm.

• Fang Xing exchanged Leos's miscellaneous belongings for a Space Ring filled with Source Power Crystals while Starry Sky Bank personnel Zi Kong and Lan Xie escorted the transaction.
• Zi Kong traced a satellite watching the deal to Ji Li Dilan, and Fang Xing chose to take Ji Li as his slave instead of having him punished.
• Lan Xie implanted a Slave Collar in Ji Li, who accepted his new status and explained his family's likely response and his debts.
• Fang Xing ordered Ji Li to sell his assets, repay his debts, and buy tickets to Azure Blue Star; Ji Li completed the tasks and booked luxury cabin tickets for a departure in three days.
• The Source Power Crystals were absorbed by Fang Xing's Space Ring, and he estimated that he could reach the Law Lord Realm in less than a year before changing his forehead scales from five to ten.

Fang Xing stayed on Azure Blue Star, rejected Amor’s offer to buy back Ji Li, and attended the Myriad Races Auction with him. The auction began with rare creatures and slaves, and Fang Xing finally saw an Origin Devil Beast cub put up for bidding.

• The Dilan elders decided to send Amor to buy Ji Li back, while Fang Xing stayed unaware of their plans.
• Fang Xing and Ji Li checked into Listening Rain Entertainment City, where Ji Li sold supplies that raised Fang Xing’s funds past two billion Source Power Coins.
• Amor offered Fang Xing one billion Source Power Coins for Ji Li, then raised the offer to ten billion and the Dilan Family’s friendship; Fang Xing refused and ordered Ji Li to escort him out.
• Amor reported Fang Xing’s refusal to Lord Falan and planned to discover Fang Xing’s intentions on Azure Blue Star and obstruct him.
• Fang Xing and Ji Li visited the Myriad Races Auction, where Fang Xing viewed the Eco-Tubes and watched the bidding begin.
• The auction host introduced an Origin Devil Beast cub with a starting bid of five hundred million Source Power Coins.