Chapter Summaries

Creation Immortal King killed and devoured Dimension and Lord of True Spirit while Mythical Elder battled Lord of Truth, and Origin Immortal King pleaded for Ren’s help. Ren refused to intervene unless the remaining Immortal Kings proved their worth, explaining that he now chose followers by potential and other qualities, not strength alone.

• Creation Immortal King killed and devoured Dimension, then struck down Lord of True Spirit and absorbed him into his body.
• Mythical Elder attacked Lord of Truth, while Creation turned his attention toward Origin Immortal King.
• Origin Immortal King urged the others to flee and offered to serve Ren if Ren would stop Creation.
• Daoist Hongmeng and Worldly Freedom King asked Ren whether he would save the Immortal Kings, but Ren said he would intervene only if they proved their value.
• Ren explained that he judged potential followers by their strength, room to grow, distinctive advantages, potential, and connections, and that he had chosen Daoist Hongmeng and Fang Han for their exceptional qualities.

The Creation Immortal King devoured the Lord of the Unrecorded and grew powerful enough to shake the Gate of Eternal Life, while Ren judged the trapped Immortal Kings unworthy of cultivation. The surviving Immortal Kings remained trapped as the Creation Immortal King turned to devour the Eternal Ancient Lord.

• Ren watched the slaughter and decided that only survivors who proved their worth would qualify to be chosen by him.
• The Mythical Elder explained that the Gate of Eternal Life would neither let the Immortal Kings escape nor allow them to destroy themselves inside it.
• The Lord of the Unrecorded transformed his Great Dao into the River of No History, but the Creation Immortal King crushed him and absorbed his energy.
• The Eternal Life Ancestor Dragon wondered how the Creation Immortal King could devour so many enemies without failing to digest them.
• The Lord of Vast Righteousness called for the others to break the Yuanshi Lord's seal, while the Mythical Elder dismissed the idea.
• The Eternal Ancient Lord begged Daoist Hongmeng, Ancestor Dragon, and Freedom King to help him, but they stayed silent as the Creation Immortal King reached for him.

The Creation Immortal King slaughtered nearly all the Immortal Kings, leaving the Lord of Vast Righteousness, the sealed Yuanshi Lord, and the Mythical Elder. Facing death, the Lord of Vast Righteousness transcended his fear, forged the Great Thousand Literary Path Hall, and met the Creation Immortal King's Transcendence Divine Fist as it struck toward his palace.

• The Creation Immortal King devoured the Eternal Ancient Lord and killed almost all the Immortal Kings, leaving the Lord of Vast Righteousness, the sealed Yuanshi Lord, and the Mythical Elder.
• The Lord of Vast Righteousness accepted that he would die and revealed that his fear of death had helped him see beyond life and death.
• The Lord of Vast Righteousness declared the essence of the Confucian Path and evolved it into the Literary Path, summoning the Great Thousand Literary Path Hall.
• The Creation Immortal King praised the Lord of Vast Righteousness's transformation and resolved to fight him with his true strength.
• The Creation Immortal King burned through an epoch of power and unleashed the Transcendence Divine Fist, which struck toward the Great Thousand Literary Path Hall and shook the Gate of Eternal Life.

The Lord of Vast Righteousness broke Fortune’s Literary Path hall but was unable to resist the Creation Immortal King, who tried to kill and devour him. Ren stopped Fortune by controlling the Gate of Eternal Life’s instinct, saving Haoran because he recognized the potential in his newly forged Literary Path; Ren then reflected on which Immortal Kings he considered worth bringing into the Primordial World.

• The Gate of Eternal Life’s restraints vanished after the clash, but Daoist Hongmeng, the Worldly Freedom King, and the others chose to remain and watch rather than escape through someone else’s efforts.
• Fortune’s punch shattered the Great Thousand Literary Path Hall, and the wounded Lord of Vast Righteousness declared that his Literary Path would endure within the Gate of Eternal Life.
• Fortune raised his palm to kill Haoran but could not move, and the Mythical Elder and others wondered who was restraining him.
• Ren admitted that he had used the Gate of Eternal Life’s instinct to restrain Fortune and save Haoran, whose insight and potential impressed him.
• Ren considered why he had valued the Creation Immortal King and Daoist Hongmeng above the other Immortal Kings and judged Haoran’s breakthrough worthy of recognition.

Ren rescued Lord of Vast Righteousness by trading with the Gate of Eternal Life and recognized his breakthrough in the Literary Path. Haoran pledged to follow Ren, who planned to bring him to the Primordial World to spread the Literary Path among the Human Race.

• Ren realized Lord of Vast Righteousness had advanced the Literary Path beyond what the Gate of Eternal Life recorded and took an interest in him.
• Creation Immortal King suspected Ren had intervened, and Ren emerged through a passage formed from the Gate of Eternal Life's Dao Rhyme.
• Ren explained that he had saved Lord of Vast Righteousness through a transaction with the Gate's instinct, not by controlling it.
• Ren freed Lord of Vast Righteousness, which also allowed Creation Immortal King to recover.
• Haoran thanked Ren and vowed to serve him, and Ren invited him to follow and help spread the Literary Path among the Human Race.

Ren declined to save the Yuanshi Lord and let the Creation Immortal King devour him, but the Yuanshi Lord broke free and exposed the history behind his defeat. The Mythical Elder admitted that he had incited the Immortal Kings to besiege the Yuanshi Lord and helped ambush him.

• The Lord of Vast Righteousness accepted Ren’s resources and entered a passage to recover.
• The Creation Immortal King asked Ren about his origins and purpose, but Ren redirected attention to the breaking seal.
• The Mythical Elder urged the Creation Immortal King to devour the Yuanshi Lord while he guarded against interference.
• Ren said he had no interest in saving the Yuanshi Lord, and the seal shattered as the Yuanshi Lord emerged in a rage.
• The Yuanshi Lord accused the Mythical Elder and the Creation Immortal King of engineering the siege and ambushing him.
• The Mythical Elder confirmed that he had stirred up the siege, explaining that the Yuanshi Lord’s arrogance and strength had made him a target.

Yuanshi Lord uncovered that Mythical Elder and Creation Immortal King were blood relatives, and Creation revealed he was Mythical Elder’s son. Creation explained how Mythical Elder had secretly supported him, then said he had acknowledged his father long ago but had once been born from an accident and carried deep resentment.

• Yuanshi Lord accused Mythical Elder and Creation Immortal King of combining their similar Dao Rhymes and questioned their relationship.
• Mythical Elder implied Yuanshi Lord had already guessed the truth, and Creation admitted that he was Mythical Elder’s son.
• Mythical Elder said he had thought Creation would never acknowledge him as his father.
• Creation described how Mythical Elder had arranged Heavenly Mother as his wife, helped establish the Creation Heavenly Court, and secretly aided his rise.
• Daoist Hongmeng wondered how Creation had overcome his father’s influence to become an Immortal King.
• Creation said he had acknowledged Mythical Elder when he took the name Creation, but had originally been born by accident and cultivated with resentment.

Creation recounted how he severed his Origin and reincarnated 3,333 times to escape the Mythic Dao’s influence before reaching the peak of the Heavenly Lord realm and becoming an Immortal King. After the revelation explained his bond with the Mythical Elder, Yuanshi Lord renewed his attack, and the two sides’ armies clashed.

• Creation described repeatedly severing his Origin, sealing his memories, and rebuilding his cultivation until he had reincarnated 3,333 times.
• Creation explained that his accumulated understanding of the Great Daos let him create the Creation Dao, the Creation Heavenly Court, and the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures.
• Daoist Hongmeng and Ren praised Creation’s resolve, while everyone realized the Mythical Elder had aided him because they were father and son.
• Yuanshi Lord declared that he would settle their old and new grudges by killing Mythical and Creation, and the Mythical Elder answered that his son wanted to Devour Yuanshi Lord.
• The Mythical Elder unleashed Mythic Dao, Endless Myth, while Yuanshi Lord fused the Yuanshi Gate into himself and attacked with Yuanshi Divine Fist.
• The mythical army and the Demon Dao army collided in a barrage of explosions.

The Mythical Elder and Yuanshi Lord shook the Gate of Eternal Life in a fierce battle, but Creation offered to take over after absorbing the Immortal Kings he had devoured. Creation then confronted Yuanshi Lord, and their first punches collided.

• Daoist Hongmeng watched as the Mythical Elder and Yuanshi Lord exchanged powerful attacks that shook the Gate of Eternal Life.
• The Mythical Elder used Mythic Dao, Mythic Infusion to merge mythical figures into his body and strike Yuanshi Lord with Divine Might Like the Sea.
• Creation told the Mythical Elder that he had digested the Immortal Kings and would fight Yuanshi Lord, so the Mythical Elder withdrew.
• Yuanshi Lord turned his killing intent toward Creation, whose aura cracked the surrounding space and crystal walls.
• Creation and Yuanshi Lord unleashed their fists at each other, and their attacks collided.

Creation Immortal King and Yuanshi Lord unleashed their ultimate attacks in a battle that shook time and space. Their clash sent destructive aftershocks across eras, leaving the fight's outcome unresolved.

• Creation Immortal King told Yuanshi Lord that his power relied on external objects, while Creation had cultivated his strength through countless reincarnations.
• Yuanshi Lord rejected Creation's judgment and transformed into the Primordial Demon Gate, gathering energy to form a powerful Demon Seal.
• Daoist Hongmeng and Eternal Life Ancestor Dragon were shaken by Yuanshi Lord's power, while Ren watched to see how Creation would respond.
• Creation burned his mana, qi and blood, and Origin before launching the Creation Divine Fist.
• Yuanshi Lord sent the Demon Seal against Creation's fist, and their collision unleashed shockwaves across time and space.

Creation Immortal King defeated and Devoured Yuanshi Lord, explaining that he sought to surpass the Gate of Eternal Life by forging power of his own. Afterward, Mythical Elder celebrated his son's victory while Daoist Hongmeng and the others recognized Creation Immortal King's overwhelming strength.

• Yuanshi Lord collapsed and cracked apart, revealing that Creation Immortal King had survived their battle, though badly injured.
• Yuanshi Lord asked whether Creation Immortal King had reached Eternal Life, and Creation Immortal King explained that only the Gate of Eternal Life's Artifact Spirit could attain that realm through the Gate.
• Creation Immortal King said he would create new cultivation systems and Daos to pursue Eternal Life independently, then declared that Yuanshi Lord would become his nourishment.
• Yuanshi Lord unleashed his final divine ability, but Creation Immortal King crushed his body and Divine Soul and Devoured him.
• Mythical Elder proudly celebrated Creation Immortal King's victory, while Daoist Hongmeng, Eternal Life Ancestor Dragon, and Worldly Freedom King acknowledged his superiority.

Ren invited the Creation Immortal King and others to leave the Eternal Life World for the terrifying Primordial World, where their cultivation could continue. After the Gate of Eternal Life released them, the group departed to settle personal affairs before deciding what to do next.

• The Creation Immortal King sensed the Primordial World's immense power in Ren and realized how insignificant his own strength remained.
• Ren offered to take the Creation Immortal King to a dangerous but opportunity-filled world, and the Creation Immortal King asked for time to consider.
• Ren told the Gate of Eternal Life to release the sealed passage after its instinct sensed that the others no longer intended to harm it.
• Ren left through the opened passage and told Daoist Hongmeng, the Eternal Life Ancestor Dragon, and the Lord of Vast Righteousness to handle their unfinished business before finding him.
• The Lord of Vast Righteousness, the Eternal Life Ancestor Dragon, the Worldly Freedom King, and Daoist Hongmeng departed for their respective realms and personal affairs.

The Creation Immortal King and the Mythical Elder considered whether to follow Ren to a greater world, while the Gate of Eternal Life arranged trials for Fang Han. Ren returned to Linglong Paradise after defeating the Creation Immortal King, where Linglong and Fang Han had awaited news of him.

• The Creation Immortal King told the Mythical Elder that Ren carried the aura of a vast, powerful world and said he was willing to gamble on following Ren, though he was unsure whether Ren could be trusted.
• The Creation Immortal King and the Mythical Elder left the Gate of Eternal Life to visit the Heavenly Mother and the Creation Immortal King's daughter, while the Gate's Instinct began arranging trials for Fang Han.
• Surviving Heavenly Lords watched as Immortal Kings emerged from the Gate of Eternal Life and then departed to pursue their own wishes.
• Ren left the Upper Realm and returned to Linglong Paradise, where Linglong Immortal Venerable worried about the battle and Fang Han reassured her that Ren had won.
• Ren arrived and told Linglong Immortal Venerable he was back, and Daoist Hongmeng arrived laughing and greeted his daughter.

After years of cultivation in the Eternal Life World, Ren gathered the remaining Immortal Kings who chose to follow him to the Primordial World. The Creation Immortal King and Mythical Elder learned about that world through the Firmament Ledger, and Ren prepared to return with his allies.

• Daoist Hongmeng restored Linglong Immortal Venerable’s memories, and she learned about Ren’s strength while remaining his Dao companion.
• After more than a decade outside and countless years in the Time Array Diagram, Ren emerged from seclusion as the Creation Immortal King arrived and chose to follow him.
• Daoist Hongmeng and the other Immortal Kings revealed how much they had advanced through studying Primordial World texts and cultivating in the Time Array Diagram.
• Ren gave the Creation Immortal King and Mythical Elder access to the Firmament Ledger, and they began learning about the Primordial World.
• Ren reflected that he had gathered nearly all the Immortal Kings in the Eternal Life World and prepared to return to the Primordial World with them.

Ren prepared to leave the Eternal Life world with Linglong Immortal Venerable and Fang Qingxue, intending to leave Fang Han the resources and responsibilities he needed to grow. In the Primordial World, Violet Myrtle Star celebrated a major breakthrough that Haotian attributed to Ren, while the defeated Haotian clung to thoughts of a chance to resist.

• The Creation Immortal King eagerly asked Ren when they would enter the Primordial World, and Ren said they would go after handling a few matters.
• Ren decided to take Linglong Immortal Venerable and Fang Qingxue with him, leaving Fang Han the Fang Family and Linglong Paradise so the Gate of Eternal Life's resources would benefit Fang Han.
• Ren led the group back to the Primordial World after settling the remaining matters.
• Violet Myrtle Star's purple qi formed Divine Dragons, and the Queen Mother wondered whether Ren or Dijun had made a breakthrough.
• Haotian concluded that Ren had caused Violet Myrtle Star's celebration, then declared he would never submit and insisted he still had a chance to oppose Ren.
• Haotian acknowledged that many guards and servants had betrayed him, while Taibai Jinxing remained loyal.

Ren returned to Violet Myrtle Star after his journey through Eternal Life, carrying knowledge of three thousand Great Daos and a trace of the Destiny Dao. He shared those gains with Ruthless, who began absorbing them to strengthen her cultivation.

• Ruthless awoke in Ziwei Hall and sensed Ren returning through a Spacetime Tunnel.
• Ruthless recognized that Ren's aura held traces of at least three thousand Great Daos, woven together in an unusual harmony.
• Ren revealed his Destiny Aura, and Ruthless identified it as a trace of the Destiny Dao.
• Ren explained that Shen Ni had also wielded the Destiny Dao and that the river formed by Shen Ni's phantom was the River of Destiny.
• Ren gave Ruthless a rune containing the Destiny Dao cultivation method and transmitted his knowledge of the three thousand Great Daos, divine abilities, and Gate of Eternal Life.
• Ruthless rapidly absorbed Ren's teachings, hoping to deepen her Great Dao and narrow the gap with Dijun.

Ren returned from the Eternal Life World and discussed with Ruthless how its cultivators might adapt to the Primordial World, leaving her to resume seclusion. He reunited with Yan Ruyu at Ziwei Palace, rested with her, and learned that its many women were managing well and pursuing cultivation.

• Ruthless and Ren discussed the Eternal Life World’s brutal cultivation and the challenges its cultivators would face in the Primordial World.
• Ruthless advised that Eternal Life cultivators should rebuild their foundations and use the Heaven-Shrouding Technique, then returned to seclusion to study the Great Daos and Destiny Dao.
• Ren left Ziwei Hall and reunited with Yan Ruyu, telling her about his journey through the Myriad Worlds.
• Yan Ruyu led Ren to a star-filled pavilion, where he rested and thanked her for managing Ziwei Palace.
• Yan Ruyu reassured Ren that the women of Ziwei Palace got along well and that many were cultivating to help him in the future.

Ren left Ziwei Palace and inspected the vast armies on Violet Myrtle Star, praising Jiang Shang for training and organizing them. He and Jiang Shang then headed toward Ziwei Military City, the center of the expanding network of legion cities.

• Ren left Linglong Immortal Venerable and Fang Qingxue in Ziwei Palace, where they began cultivating anew and inspired the other women to cultivate as well.
• Ren traveled to the far side of Violet Myrtle Star and saw its many legion cities and armies practicing formations.
• Ren praised Jiang Shang, who had trained the legions and become a Great Principle Golden Immortal with a Military Strategy Dao Fruit.
• Jiang Shang accepted Ren's praise, and the two set off with their soldiers for Ziwei Military City.

Ren inspected the Ziwei Legion at Ziwei Military City and learned that it had grown to 360 billion soldiers but had run short of people to convert. Jiang Shang explained that the population Ren had brought back was divided among elite recruitment, the Heavenly Court, and the Mortal World, and began describing the women who remained.

• Ren arrived at Ziwei Military City and was welcomed by Yao Lao, Gu Yuan, and the others.
• Ren asked Jiang Shang how many soldiers the Ziwei Legion had, and Jiang Shang reported 360 billion.
• Ren demanded to know why the enormous population he had gathered from other worlds was nearly exhausted.
• Jiang Shang explained that he had selected elite recruits through trials, sent ordinary soldiers to the Heavenly Court, and assigned children to the Mortal World.
• Jiang Shang said the elderly had been converted into ordinary Heavenly Soldiers and noted that most of the remaining women were unsuitable for conversion into the main legion.
• Ren realized he had forgotten about the women as Jiang Shang continued explaining their fate.

Ren learned that Jiang Shang had used up the population taken from previous worlds, then supplied him with countless powerful beings captured in Eternal Life. He left the Ziwei Legion’s training and resource problems unresolved before bringing Jiang Shang, Yao Lao, and others to the Scripture Pavilion, where they suspected he had brought back more experts.

• Jiang Shang explained how the captured population had been divided among female legions, reincarnated humans, Heavenly Soldiers, and menial workers, and said the Immortalization Pool had been idle.
• Ren approved Jiang Shang’s arrangements and gave him a scroll containing countless living beings captured from Eternal Life.
• Jiang Shang warned Ren that the legions needed a continuing population supply, consumed enormous resources, and lacked experience in real battles.
• Ren told Jiang Shang to keep building the Ziwei Legion and prepare it to defeat Dijun and Taiyi’s armies, while he considered the problems later.
• Ren led Jiang Shang, Yao Lao, and others to the Scripture Pavilion, prompting them to suspect he had returned with more experts.