Chapter Summaries

After the battle ended without a war, Ren returned to the Heavenly Court and entrusted its management to the Immortal Heavenly Emperor. He reunited with Ruthless, who stabilized his depleted Divine Soul and questioned his risky use of the Sacrificial Spirit Method to condense Heavenly Dipper Will.

• Ren and the others departed after the conflict ended, while Emperor Zun, Duan De, Ye Fan, and Xuanming went their separate ways.
• Ren assigned the Immortal Heavenly Emperor to manage and strengthen the Heavenly Court, then traveled to Violet Myrtle Star to see Ruthless.
• Yan Ruyu welcomed Ren and urged him to join Ruthless, who had been waiting in Ziwei Hall.
• Ruthless sensed Ren's Divine Soul depletion, stabilized it, and gave him tea to nourish it.
• Ren explained that he had used his Divine Soul to adapt the Sacrificial Spirit Method and rapidly condense Heavenly Dipper Will, despite the method's heavy cost.

Ren learned that Dijun, Taiyi, and Ruthless could reach Primordial Unity, but they were holding back because the realm offered no guarantee of supremacy and they sought stronger foundations. Ruthless explained that Innate Lifeforms had a fundamental quality disadvantage against Chaos Demon Gods, leaving the discussion focused on whether that gap could be overcome.

• Ren rejected developing Heavenly Dipper Sentience because the independent will it gained could escape his control.
• Ren asked Ruthless what realm Dijun, Taiyi, and she had reached, and she said they were Quasi-Saint Peaks with strength at Half-Step Primordial Unity.
• Ruthless revealed that Dijun, Taiyi, and she had enough accumulated power and Dao understanding to attain Primordial Unity.
• Ruthless explained that hidden experts, the danger of mass attacks, and the Heavenly Dao's power made Primordial Unity less decisive than Ren had assumed.
• Ruthless said Dijun and Taiyi wanted to reach a higher level and were delaying their breakthroughs to build stronger foundations.
• Ruthless explained that Innate Lifeforms were inherently weaker than Chaos Demon Gods, and Ren recognized that Dijun and Taiyi were trying to overcome that disadvantage.

Ren and Ruthless discussed how Life Level shaped cultivation and why Dijun and Taiyi had delayed their breakthroughs to seek evolution into Chaos Lifeforms. Ruthless explained which Primordial World experts could reach their realm, leaving Ren resolved to help Ye Fan and the others rebuild their cultivation while warning that Jiang Taixu’s weak foundation would hold him back.

• Ruthless told Ren that breakthroughs to Primordial Unity fixed a cultivator’s body and Primordial Spirit to their Great Dao, so Dijun and Taiyi had suppressed their breakthroughs while seeking to improve their Life Levels.
• Ruthless speculated that Taiyi’s Death Dao, Chaos aura, and Lunar Yin Avatar might combine with a Solar Origin Avatar to transform him into a Chaos Golden Crow, though he likely had other plans.
• Ruthless said she knew of Dijun, Taiyi, and Xihe as experts at her realm, and identified Wushi as especially likely to reach it because of his talent and exceptional foundation.
• Ruthless said Ye Fan, Emperor Zun, and Immortal Heavenly Emperor could reach the realm if they rebuilt their cultivation, but their foundations were weaker than Wushi’s and their success was not assured.
• Ren decided Ye Fan and the others needed to rebuild their cultivation, while Ruthless judged Emperor Zun especially promising and Jiang Taixu unlikely to reach the same realm because his foundation was too poor.

After learning that rapid growth without deep foundations could hinder cultivation, Ren and his allies prepared to rebuild their cultivation. Ren worried that his short cultivation history left him too weak to lead his growing forces, so Ruthless proposed ways to strengthen his foundations; he chose to travel across worlds and integrate their cultivation systems into his Reincarnation Dao Scripture.

• Ruthless explained that Jiang Taixu needed to repeatedly rebuild and temper his cultivation, and Ren sent the advice to others through the Sky Ranking.
• Immortal Heavenly Emperor decided to arrange the Heavenly Court, seek the Phoenix Clan's inheritance, and prepare to rebuild his cultivation; Emperor Zun, Wushi, Duan De, and others also received the message.
• Ye Fan and his companions began preparing to rebuild their cultivation, while Ren acknowledged that his power lagged behind the forces he commanded.
• Ruthless outlined four methods for Ren to overcome his insufficient foundations, including time cultivation, reincarnation, studying other worlds' systems, and sending divine-sense incarnations across worlds.
• Ren chose to explore different worlds and combine their systems, and he considered obtaining the Desolate Emperor's Self-Transforming Freedom Technique and bringing the Desolate Emperor to the Primordial World.

Ren began cultivating in Ziwei Hall to stabilize his Divine Soul and advance, while the Heavenly Dipper Fragments reshaped the Primordial World and its factions prepared for conflict. Taiyi mobilized the Demon Gods, and Kunpeng explained how the Demon Court’s Demon Sages, Demon Gods, and Demon Venerables had formed its three factions.

• Ruthless advised Ren to focus on reaching a higher realm before planning how to raise his Life Level, and Ren agreed to cultivate first.
• Ren entered seclusion in Ziwei Hall, used the Time Formation, and began absorbing insights from Jiang Chen, the Shadow Realm, and his recent battle.
• Fallen Heavenly Dipper Fragments created new resources, blessed lands, dangerous terrain, and separate spaces across the Primordial World as Great Powers discussed forging treasures and choosing sides.
• Taiyi told Xihe and Ni Jun that he would eventually fight Ren, ordered Ni Jun to gather the Fierce Beasts and Demon God Hall, and planned to counter Dijun’s Demon Emperor Sword and the Shen Ni Phantom.
• Qiongqi and Chimei reported Ni Jun’s recruitment of hidden experts to Kunpeng, who explained the Demon Court’s three factions and their Demon Sage, Demon God, and Demon Venerable ranks.

Kunpeng, Taiyi, and Dijun rebuilt the Demon Venerables, Demon Gods, and Demon Sages as the Primordial World prepared for possible war, while Ren made no comparable move. In the Demon Land, the Demon Empress, Shadow Fiend, and the Supreme Heavenly Demon considered using dangerous cultivation methods to weed out weak demonic cultivators and build an elite force.

• Qiongqi explained how the Demon Sages, Demon Gods, and Demon Venerables had differed in strength and survival during the old war.
• Kunpeng ordered Qiongqi, Taowu, Chaos, and Chimei to summon the Demon Venerables and establish a ranking as Taiyi rebuilt the Demon God Hall.
• Dijun ordered Bai Ze to recruit experts from the Demon Realm and form new Demon Sages, removing Bai Ze and Ji Meng from their old titles.
• Bai Ze returned from the Demon Realm, and Dijun's newly assembled Demon Sages joined the Demon Gods and Demon Venerables as rebuilt factions.
• Observers questioned what force Ren would assemble, but he took no action while the three factions prepared for war.
• Shadow Fiend and the Supreme Heavenly Demon urged the Demon Empress to make dangerous cultivation methods available to refine the Demon Cult's ranks.

The Demon Empress handed control of the Demon Cult to the Three Demons and the Shadow Fiend, whose brutal reforms spread demonic cultivation across the Primordial World. After reaching Quasi-Saint Peak in seclusion, Ren learned why Heavenly Tribulations had vanished and traveled to the evolved Trash Station, renaming it the Reincarnation Treasure Realm and its Artifact Spirit Bao'er.

• The Demon Empress agreed to let the Three Demons and the Shadow Fiend reorganize the Demon Cult, and their ruthless cultivation methods caused its population to fall while spreading through the Primordial World.
• Ren emerged from seclusion on Violet Myrtle Star after reaching Quasi-Saint Peak, and Ruthless advised him to strengthen his foundation rather than advance to Half-Step Primordial Unity.
• Ruthless explained that Fiendish Qi from the Witch-Demon War had obscured the Heavenly Dao, preventing Heavenly Tribulations and weakening its control over the Primordial World.
• Ren chose to go to the Myriad Worlds to develop new trump cards and strengthen his foundation with other cultivation systems.
• Ren visited the transformed Trash Station, learned its Artifact Spirit had evolved after devouring the Shrouding the Heavens World, and renamed the realm Reincarnation Treasure Realm and the Spirit Bao'er.

Ren considered which world would best strengthen his foundations and chose Eternal Life World for its three thousand Great Daos, the Destiny Dao, and the mysterious Gate of Eternal Life. Bao'er opened a Spacetime Tunnel, leaving Ren poised to begin his journey there.

• Bao'er explained that she could not open tunnels to Chaos or to another point in the Primordial World's altered timeline.
• Ren weighed several worlds, ruling out options including Perfect World, Wilderness World, and Sword Dao Sovereign World.
• Bao'er recommended five worlds and described what each could offer Ren.
• Ren chose Eternal Life World and planned to seek its Great Daos, find the Gate of Eternal Life, and potentially capture its Immortal Kings.
• Bao'er opened a Spacetime Tunnel to Eternal Life World.

Ren entered the Eternal Life World and appeared inside Linglong Immortal Venerable’s palace, where she attacked him and nearly died after trying to divine his origins. Ren healed her with a pill’s life force and urged her to abandon an unstable breakthrough, leaving her astonished by his power and advice.

• Bao'er opened a passage to the Eternal Life World and warned Ren that the world was unusual.
• Ren traveled through the Spacetime Tunnel and emerged inside Linglong Immortal Venerable’s cultivation palace, startling the disciples outside.
• Linglong Immortal Venerable attacked Ren with her wish-based Divine Kingdom, but he seized and crushed her divine ability.
• Linglong Immortal Venerable tried to divine Ren’s identity, suffered a severe backlash, and began to die as her Divine Soul broke apart.
• Ren restored Linglong Immortal Venerable with life force from a pill, then told her to forgo a breakthrough and stabilize her foundation.

Ren questioned Linglong Immortal Venerable after arriving at Linglong Paradise, learning that the Flood Dragon Subduing Yellow Springs Diagram had not appeared and that the Yellow Springs Great Emperor had died more than six thousand years earlier. He then asked for the Hongmeng Heavenly Dao cultivation method, and Linglong agreed to give it to him.

• Ren asked Linglong Immortal Venerable about the Flood Dragon Subduing Yellow Springs Diagram and when the Yellow Springs Great Emperor had died.
• Linglong told Ren that the Diagram had not appeared and that the Yellow Springs Great Emperor had fallen more than six thousand years earlier.
• Ren asked whether Linglong had received Daoist Hongmeng's Hongmeng Heavenly Dao cultivation method.
• Linglong confirmed that she had the method, explained that she had instead created Linglong Great Luo Heaven, and agreed to give Ren the method in exchange for the immortal pill he had already given her.

Ren learned about the Eternal Life World's cultivation system from Linglong Immortal Venerable and compared its realms with those of the Primordial World. He concluded that the Eternal Life World was more complete than the Shrouding the Heavens World, leaving its cultivators with less room for dramatic advancement in the Primordial World.

• Ren accepted the Primordial Heavenly Dao Divine Ability from Linglong Immortal Venerable and asked where to find the Gate of Eternal Life, but she knew only its legends.
• Ren asked Linglong Immortal Venerable to explain her cultivation system, offering treasures or other rewards in return.
• Linglong Immortal Venerable described the Eternal Life World's cultivation realms and her methods, then revealed that she was a Half-Step Profound Immortal.
• Ren compared the Eternal Life World's realms with those of the Primordial World, estimating the relative levels of Heavenly Lords and Immortal Kings.
• Ren concluded that the Eternal Life World was more complete than the Shrouding the Heavens World, so its cultivators would gain less from moving to the Primordial World.

Ren explained his ambitions and offered to teach Linglong Immortal Venerable his cultivation system if she abandoned her own, leaving her to consider the choice while he settled into Linglong Paradise. He gave her a Ninth-Grade Golden Lotus as payment, and she examined the unfamiliar treasure.

• Linglong Immortal Venerable questioned Ren about his identity and purpose, and he said he sought greater strength and everything in the world.
• Ren told Linglong Immortal Venerable that he knew of her background but would reveal it later, then offered to teach her his cultivation system if she switched from her current one.
• Linglong Immortal Venerable struggled to choose between her familiar cultivation system and Ren's unknown system, so Ren told her to decide at her own pace.
• Ren said he would stay in Linglong Paradise and offered guidance in cultivation, then gave Linglong Immortal Venerable a Ninth-Grade Golden Lotus as payment.
• Linglong Immortal Venerable recognized the Golden Lotus as a treasure beyond an Immortal Artifact and wondered why it had no Artifact Spirit.

Ren gave Linglong Immortal Venerable a Ninth-Grade Golden Lotus and asked her to investigate Hua Tiandu, Fang Qingxue, and Fang Qingxue’s family without using divination. He established a time-accelerating formation so they could cultivate while he studied the Hongmeng Heavenly Dao and the mysteries of the Gate of Eternal Life.

• Ren gave Linglong Immortal Venerable the Ninth-Grade Golden Lotus as payment for staying in her palace.
• Ren asked Linglong Immortal Venerable to have disciples secretly investigate Hua Tiandu, Fang Qingxue, and every member of Fang Qingxue’s mortal family, warning her against divining them.
• Ren activated a formation that made one day outside equal a thousand years inside, and told Linglong Immortal Venerable to cultivate and report any findings.
• Ren used a damaged Jade Butterfly Fragment to comprehend the Hongmeng Heavenly Dao, while Linglong Immortal Venerable gained rapid insights into her Great Wish Art and Linglong Great Luo Heaven.
• Ren studied Eternal Life’s cultivation system and concluded that its magic power embodied condensed Dao, deepening his suspicions about the Gate of Eternal Life.

Ren perfected the Great Dao Scripture using 2,999 Great Daos but could not obtain the Destiny Dao. After Linglong Immortal Venerable awakened from her cultivation, she mistook Ren’s offer to recruit her as a romantic proposal, while Ren also warned that changing cultivation systems might protect her from a hidden danger.

• Ren perfected the Great Dao Scripture with 2,999 Great Daos, leaving only the Destiny Dao missing.
• Ren put away the Creation Jade Butterfly Fragment and awakened Linglong Immortal Venerable from her cultivation.
• Linglong Immortal Venerable said the fragment had helped her master her divine abilities and improve her Linglong Great Luo Heaven.
• Ren offered Linglong Immortal Venerable his cultivation system and asked her to become his, intending to recruit and nurture her.
• Linglong Immortal Venerable assumed Ren wanted her for her beauty and agreed to become his Dao companion.
• Ren accepted her misunderstanding and warned that switching cultivation systems could guard against a possible hidden danger in the Gate of Eternal Life.

Ren warned Linglong Immortal Venerable that the Eternal Life cultivation system might carry a hidden danger through its connection to the Gate of Eternal Life, then showed her the Primordial World and gave her the Shrouding cultivation system. Linglong began replacing her old cultivation method while Ren continued investigating the Great Daos of Eternal Life, still without news of Fang Qingxue and the others.

• Ren told Linglong Immortal Venerable that the Eternal Life cultivation system might be influenced by the Gate of Eternal Life and carry a hidden danger.
• Ren used the Sky Divine Ranking to show Linglong Immortal Venerable the Primordial World and its powerful armies.
• Ren gave Linglong Immortal Venerable the Shrouding cultivation system and Emperor Scriptures, and she recognized its difference from the Eternal Life system.
• Ren warned Linglong Immortal Venerable to keep the Primordial World and the Gate of Eternal Life's secrets to herself, and she agreed to switch cultivation systems.
• Linglong Immortal Venerable began wearing away her old cultivation, while Ren resumed studying the Great Daos of Eternal Life.

Ren reviewed intelligence on Fang Qingxue, Hua Tiandu, and the Fang Family, then traveled to the Yuhua Immortal Sect to investigate Hua Tiandu. He entered Tiandu Hall and found Hua Tiandu cultivating.

• Linglong Immortal Venerable told Ren that Fang Qingxue had become a True Disciple and that Hua Tiandu remained the sect's foremost True Disciple, then gave him a detailed report on the Fang Family.
• Ren decided to investigate Hua Tiandu first, avoiding Fang Han and Fang Qingxue because of their close ties to the Gate of Eternal Life.
• Linglong Immortal Venerable sent an avatar with Ren as a Love Thread while her true body stayed behind to cultivate.
• Ren reached the Yuhua Immortal Sect, followed the Love Thread's guidance to Tiandu Peak, and passed through the sect's formations.
• Ren entered Tiandu Hall and saw Hua Tiandu cultivating his divine abilities.

Ren investigated Hua Tiandu and uncovered the Tumor of the Gate of Eternal Life embedded in his soul. After discovering its overwhelming negative energy, Ren suspected the Gate itself was this world's Heavenly Dao, and Sky Ranking described how it destroyed epochs to evolve.

• Ren used the Heaven-Shrouding Formation to conceal his presence while Hua Tiandu cultivated.
• Ren extracted Hua Tiandu's soul and dispelled the techniques concealing the Tumor within it.
• Ren saw visions of ruined epochs and a dark force corroding what appeared to be the Gate of Eternal Life.
• Ren drew out a strand of the Tumor's aura and found its negative energy exceeded that of the Origin of All Evil.
• Ren asked Sky Ranking about the world's Heavenly Dao, and its Artifact Spirit accused the Gate of Eternal Life of creating and consuming successive epochs to strengthen itself.

Ren learned that the Tumor inside Hua Tiandu was formed from the resentment and hopes of eras destroyed by the Gate of Eternal Life, and that Creation Immortal King had weakened their resistance by removing it. The Firmament Ledger explained how World Wills evolved, leaving Ren with a clearer understanding of the Gate and the Eternal Life World's missing Heavenly Dao.

• The Firmament Ledger explained that countless destroyed eras had formed the Tumor, which corroded the Gate of Eternal Life.
• The Firmament Ledger described how cultivators in an earlier era created the Destiny Dao to resist the Gate, wounding it before their effort failed.
• Ren realized that Creation Immortal King had undone the eras’ resistance by removing the Tumor and sending it to reincarnate, explaining Fang Han’s costly effort to settle his Karma with him.
• Ren and the Firmament Ledger concluded that Fang Han’s human emotions had changed the Gate’s future and could prevent it from destroying eras again.
• The Firmament Ledger described a World Will’s evolution from Instinct to consciousness, soul, artifact, and human form, and explained that the Eternal Life World had chosen the Gate as its artifact form.
• Ren understood that the Gate’s Artifact Spirit had reincarnated as a human, leaving the Eternal Life World without a Heavenly Dao and allowing Immortal Kings to approach and enter the Gate.

Ren extracted the Tumor from Hua Tiandu’s soul and stored it in the Firmament Ledger so he could give it to Jiang Chen. Hua Tiandu’s soul was left badly damaged and still threatened by the Tumor’s lingering corruption.

• Ren decided to take the Tumor to the Primordial World for Jiang Chen to consume.
• Ren sealed the Tumor with the Great Sealing Technique and pulled it from Hua Tiandu’s soul, causing Hua Tiandu intense pain.
• Ren forced the reluctant Firmament Ledger to store the sealed Tumor in its inner world.
• Ren examined Hua Tiandu’s damaged soul and found that the Tumor’s remaining aura was spreading through it.

Ren restored Hua Tiandu’s soul after removing the Tumor so Hua Tiandu could challenge Fang Han and help temper him. Ren planned to nurture Fang Han, the reincarnated Artifact Spirit of the Gate of Eternal Life, and bring him to the Primordial World, trusting the Reincarnation Treasure Realm to secure his loyalty.

• Ren used the Great Soul Technique to restore Hua Tiandu’s shattered soul and explained that Hua Tiandu could temper Fang Han through their inevitable conflict.
• The Sky Ranking warned Ren that the Gate of Eternal Life’s reincarnated Artifact Spirit would be dangerous and difficult to control, and proposed turning the Gate into Ren’s Spirit Treasure instead.
• Ren rejected the Sky Ranking’s advice and said he was confident he could subdue Fang Han through methods beyond the Sky Ranking.
• Ren relied on the Reincarnation Treasure Realm’s ability to devour worlds and imprint loyalty on their inhabitants as the secret behind his confidence.
• Ren agreed that Fang Han’s growth would take time but expected the Eternal Life World to help him develop, then proposed going to see Fang Han.