Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• The Great Dao has entered the First Origin Point as the Chaos Cycle Seed evolves. The Chat Group belongs to that seed and is accepted by the Great Dao, while the Villain Chat Group’s plan to replace it has failed.
• The Villain Chat Group survives only because it retains traces of the Escaped One’s Breath. Those traces let it draw a little Great Dao power and keep Pangu’s return—and Meng Chuan’s survival—barely possible. When they fade, that chance will vanish unless Pangu has returned.
• Meng Chuan is being overwhelmed by the Great Dao Matrix. His connection as Chat Group Leader gives his True Self and True Spirit a thread back to existence, but his special link to the evolving Chaos Cycle Seed is weakening.
• The other Chat Group members, watching from distant worlds, see Meng Chuan’s group imprint flicker as he struggles toward Limitless and tries to return.
• Though too weak to witness the evolution directly, the members are participants in it through their connection to the Chat Group. They sense the Origin Point’s stages and mysteries, gaining an extraordinary opportunity for advancement.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan faces a precarious struggle: his leadership and connection to the Chat Group offer hope, but he cannot truly claim ownership of the Chaos Cycle Seed, and the Great Dao is eroding his link to it.
• Pangu remains trapped in the Death Domain; his possible resurrection depends on the narrow opening created by the Escaped One’s influence.
• The Chat Group members, including Meng Qi and the others, recognize Meng Chuan’s repeated efforts through his flickering imprint. Their shared bond makes them participants in the unfolding evolution, not mere observers.
• The Villain Chat Group is reduced to an unwelcome but temporarily tolerated remnant, dependent on borrowed traces rather than possessing the Chat Group’s direct connection to the Escaped One.

Significant themes

• Fate and possibility: What should be impossible—Pangu’s return or Meng Chuan’s survival—becomes possible through a small exception.
• Connection and belonging: The Chat Group’s bond gives Meng Chuan a lifeline and gives its members access to the Chaos Cycle Seed’s evolution.
• Limits of power: No individual can rule the Great Dao or Chaos Sea; even Meng Chuan’s unusual position cannot make him their master.
• Shared opportunity: The reopening of Chaos is a turning point for Meng Chuan, but also a rare chance for every Group Member to grow toward the Supreme Level.

Summary

• The Chat Group gains a path to advancement: As the First Origin Point evolves, its members glimpse the mysteries of creation, Chaos, and the Great Dao. Though they cannot focus on understanding them yet, the experience raises their potential: what once seemed an impossible leap from Level 299 to Supreme One may now be attainable. The members see this as a shared opportunity, not just Meng Chuan’s.
• Meng Chuan remains lost as the origin evolves: Inside the First Origin Point, the Great Dao Matrix merges with the Origin Point and drives the Chaos Cycle Seed’s transformation. The process is unpredictable and beyond anyone’s control; its success depends on the seed and the Great Dao. Meanwhile, the Chat Panel continues calling for Meng Chuan, and the Group Members worry that he may never return.
• The Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix act: After calling to Pangu three thousand times, they release the origin hidden in their Dragon-Phoenix Joint Strike Technique. Their fused dragon and phoenix phantoms form a powerful, Pangu-like origin. The Limitless Ones recognize the technique’s concealed purpose: “Dragon and Phoenix give rise to Pangu.”
• A possible route home opens: The forged Pangu origin enters the Villain Chat Group’s vortex and fuses with the Dao Seed formed during the Great Dao Tribulation. Their union makes the Power Great Dao tremble across the Chaos Sea and appears to open a door for Pangu’s return.

Character developments and interactions

The Chat Group’s members display solidarity, focusing on Meng Chuan’s safety even while surrounded by extraordinary insights. The Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix move beyond repeated calls to take a desperate, consequential action for Pangu. The Limitless Ones observe and interpret the sacrifice, revealing that the Dragon-Phoenix technique contains a secret they had never seen before.

Themes

The chapter emphasizes shared opportunity and collective bonds, the unknowability of creation, and the role of faith, sacrifice, and cooperation in confronting the impossible. Its ending turns a seemingly hopeless absence into a fragile possibility of return.

Key plot points and events

• The Great Dao of Power begins resonating with signs that Pangu may return. His false Origin and Dao Seed alter the Great Dao Matrix’s judgment, giving the apparently dead Pangu a slim chance of life and a possible path back.
• Across the Land of Ten Thousand Gods, its inhabitants chant the True Words of Summoning to call back their former Overlord. The resonance also reaches countless Pangu-like beings across the Chaos Sea.
• These beings are manifestations of the Great Dao of Power, not necessarily projections controlled by the original Pangu. As his influence over the Dao strengthens, they instinctively call him back. Their summons prove especially potent—effectively, Pangu’s own manifestations are calling for him.
• At the source of time, the Great Dao of Power gathers around the Villain Chat Group’s vortex. The vortex absorbs only a limited measure of its power, expands to about two meters, and repeatedly forms and loses a towering human outline.
• The many independent calls gradually synchronize into a single voice. The assembled Limitless Ones and Chaos Ones watch, while some apparently use the distraction to pursue plans elsewhere in the Chaos Sea.

Character developments and interactions

• Pangu shifts from seeming irretrievably dead to having a genuine, if uncertain, chance of return. His growing connection to the Power Dao awakens its manifestations throughout the Chaos Sea.
• The Land of Ten Thousand Gods’ inhabitants, led in the passage by the Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix, unite across levels of power to summon their true Overlord.
• The other Limitless Ones and Chaos Ones remain outwardly silent observers at the source of time, but their attention and actions extend beyond it.
• The chapter distinguishes true Pangu manifestations from beings merely named Pangu, such as Meng Chuan’s projections, which are unaffected by the summons.

Significant themes

• Return through collective resonance: Countless voices and manifestations help reopen a path for someone believed dead.
• Identity and inheritance: Sharing Pangu’s name or appearance does not make a being the true Pangu; the chapter separates genuine influence from imitation.
• Power and influence: Pangu’s former mastery continues to shape the Great Dao of Power even after his death.
• Public ritual and hidden agendas: While the summoning unites many beings, powerful observers may exploit the moment for private purposes.

Key events

• At the Source of Time, the assembled Limitless Ones and Chaos Ones appear to watch calmly as the Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix attempt to resurrect Pangu.
• Their calm conceals a mixture of motives. Many Great Powers secretly interfere, blocking the prayers and summoning True Words of “Pangus” in certain regions and using their own Daos to keep the Power Great Dao out. These covert disruptions weaken the resonance needed for Pangu’s return.
• The resurrection repeatedly falters: a human outline forms in the vortex, then collapses before it can develop further.
• The Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix suspect that hidden interference may be responsible, but cannot determine its extent—or even tell whether Pangu’s return was naturally this difficult.
• Refusing to give up, they create and send a second mass of pseudo-Pangu Origin into the vortex. Doing so further depletes them, pushing their fused state from Limitless toward Near-Limitless and worsening their internal injuries.

Character developments and interactions

• Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix: Though fused, they retain separate consciousnesses and remain resolute. The Phoenix urges them to continue without hesitation; the Dragon agrees to pay any price short of defying the Great Dao. Their willingness to sacrifice so much surprises the watching Great Powers.
• The Great Powers: They publicly maintain a posture of support, while secretly trying to hinder the resurrection. Their motives remain unknown, and they humorously insist that they are all secretly helping Pangu.

Significant themes

• Hidden motives and hypocrisy: The Great Powers’ apparent goodwill masks covert opposition, with each group denying responsibility.
• Limits of knowledge and power: Even Limitless Ones cannot anticipate everything or observe every action across the Chaos Sea; secrecy makes accountability difficult.
• Sacrifice and determination: The Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix risk their power and well-being to bring Pangu back.
• Uncertainty: It remains unclear who truly wants Pangu restored, how much the sabotage has affected the ritual, and why the Dragon and Phoenix are so committed to him.

Summary

Key plot points and events

• The Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix continue sacrificing their Origin to help restore Pangu, despite the other Great Powers’ confusion about their devotion.
• As their second offering accelerates the formation of the Power Great Dao and makes its humanlike figure more distinct, the Great Powers secretly interfere with the living beings’ summoning chants. The Dragon and Phoenix sense the chants weakening and condemn the hidden saboteurs.
• The pair make a third offering, paying a far greater price than the amount of Pangu Origin they produce. Their Dragon-Phoenix fusion is forcibly shattered, leaving them severely weakened, cracked, and vulnerable. Their allies gather around them to protect them.
• The third offering brings a major change: the Power Great Dao forms a more humanlike body, and the combined pseudo-Pangu Origin and boundless radiance begin giving it color and substance. Yet something prevents the radiance from completing the process, while the summoning chants continue to fade.
• Disturbances then break out in several regions of the Chaos Sea, setting up further developments.

Character developments and interactions

• The Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix demonstrate extraordinary commitment to Pangu, accepting devastating harm rather than abandon his restoration. The other Great Powers mistake this for a personal bond of exceptional closeness.
• Their allies protect them after the fusion collapses, recognizing how exposed they are.
• The other Great Powers covertly obstruct Pangu’s return. Ye Fan and his companions—including those secretly taking part in the obstruction—outwardly appear grave but privately approve of the interference, as they fear for Meng Chuan.
• The Dragon and Phoenix openly threaten future repayment, while the saboteurs pretend not to understand their warning.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and loyalty: The Dragon and Phoenix pay a staggering personal cost for Pangu, though the reason for their devotion remains unexplained.
• Power and vulnerability: Even beings of immense strength can be endangered when they willingly surrender their reserves of life and damage their Great Daos.
• Hidden agendas and moral ambiguity: The Great Powers’ “help” is actually obstruction, and Ye Fan’s group supports it for their own reasons.
• Uncertain restoration: Pangu’s form is becoming increasingly complete, but an unseen obstacle and the fading chants threaten to halt the process.

Plot points and events

• As the Source of Time undergoes momentous changes, Great Powers across the Chaos Sea watch closely, recognizing that the events may rank among the greatest turning points in its history.
• The pseudo-Pangu Origin triggers a transformation in Primordial Heaven: the world shakes and splits, a heartbeat-like sound comes from Primordial Chaos Star, and pillars of light rise from the ground and converge.
• Chaos Ancient Beasts across the Chaos Sea go berserk, destroying worlds before exploding. Their remains vanish into time.
• Primordial Chaos Space trembles, and the Primordial Chaos Golden Ranking becomes covered in Dao Patterns, glows, and behaves erratically. Its three Controllers—Primordial Chaos, Linley, and Qin Yu—cannot restrain it.
• The ranking tears through Primordial Chaos Space and disappears into time. It severs its bond with the Controllers, destroying their soul fragments imprinted on it and removing their administrator powers over the space.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Yu is confirmed to have become the third Primordial Chaos Controller. Primordial Chaos and Linley recall that Meng Chuan had confidently predicted his success, and they suspect his certainty was more than a guess.
• The three Controllers are left bewildered and briefly panicked by the ranking’s departure, especially because their souls were tied to it. Though their souls can recover and they retain their own formidable abilities, they no longer have the ranking’s special powers.

Significant themes

• Cosmic upheaval and historical turning points: The chapter frames the unfolding changes as potentially comparable to the founding of the Chaos Cycle or Pangu’s opening of Primordial Chaos.
• Limits of power: Even beings who are effectively invincible within their domain cannot control every force; the Controllers are helpless before the ranking’s transformation.
• Prophecy and foreknowledge: Meng Chuan’s accurate prediction about Qin Yu raises questions about how he knew what others could not.
• Uncertainty: The ranking’s disappearance may be beneficial or harmful, but its consequences remain unknown.

Key plot points and events

• The chapter explains that several strange places and artifacts—including Primordial Heaven, the Chaos Ancient Beasts, and the Primordial Chaos Golden Ranking—were created from remnants of Pangu after his death.
• As Pangu’s resurrection begins, these long-dormant relics are drawn through time into the vortex at the Source of Time and merge with the Dao body formed from the Power Great Dao.
• The fusion gives the body substance and restores Pangu’s distinctive aura, convincing the watching Great Powers that his return is genuinely possible.
• The aura’s sudden disappearance initially seems ominous, but the vortex swallows the Dao body and expands. A figure appears in the Grey Mist and begins walking toward the world—apparently Pangu.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan’s investigations had uncovered the connection between Pangu and the various relics, but the Great Powers had underestimated their significance.
• Ye Fan, Chu Feng, and their companions realize they misjudged the situation. Though they have no personal grievance against Pangu, they oppose his return because it could worsen Meng Chuan’s position.
• The Great Powers’ reactions divide between hope and alarm; some now regret not destroying Pangu’s relics long ago.

Significant themes

• The persistence of legacy: Pangu’s influence survives in places and beings thought to be disconnected from him.
• Fate, foresight, and preparation: Pangu may have arranged for this moment because he alone had some knowledge of the Chaos Cycle Seed.
• Loyalty amid uncertainty: Ye Fan and his companions choose to stand by Meng Chuan despite knowing little about Pangu.
• The danger of underestimating the past: Seemingly harmless remnants become crucial when circumstances change.

Character interactions

• The Great Powers watch the resurrection unfold and reassess the threat as Pangu’s aura returns.
• Ye Fan and Chu Feng privately communicate by Voice Transmission, acknowledging their miscalculation and their concern for Meng Chuan.
• The approaching figure exchanges an ambiguous gaze with the observers before walking toward them, leaving the Great Powers increasingly restless.

Key plot points and events

• The Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix’s sacrifices succeed in opening a passage through the vortex between the realm of death and the living world. A Dao body carrying Pangu’s aura is consumed as the offering; it is not Pangu’s new body, but the price paid to give him a chance to return.
• Pangu appears as a distant, wavering figure advancing steadily toward the portal. His return is not yet complete, but for the first time it seems achievable.
• The offering also destroys the Dao Seed inside the Dao body and consumes much of the Escaped One’s aura on the Villain Chat Group’s vortex. Its tenuous protection from the Great Dao Matrix weakens, and the vortex is forced away from the First Origin Point.
• Some Great Powers anticipate that once the remaining aura fades, they can openly interfere with Pangu’s return without drawing the Great Dao Matrix’s attention.
• Jieyin declares that Pangu’s return could provoke the Great Dao and endanger all living beings. He and his Buddhist companion attack the vortex, intending to destroy the passage.
• The Great Powers of the Land of Ten Thousand Gods oppose the Buddhist assault, while Buddhist Chaos Ones confront them. The Chaos Heavenly Emperor and the Demon of the Dao’s Opposition then join forces to block Jieyin and his companion.

Character developments and interactions

• Pangu remains unseen in person, but his steady approach marks a major shift: he is no longer merely a lost hope, but a returning presence.
• The Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix are vindicated; their costly efforts have produced a real path home for Pangu.
• Jieyin presents his intervention as protection of all living beings, but his actions would sever Pangu’s route back. His Buddhist companion acts alongside him, consistent with their close partnership.
• The Chaos Heavenly Emperor’s known closeness to Pangu becomes consequential when he openly intervenes. The Demon of the Dao’s Opposition’s support is unexpected, raising questions about his motives or connection to Pangu.
• The Great Powers divide into opposing camps, shifting from covert resistance to open confrontation as the vortex’s protection fades.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and the cost of hope: Pangu’s return depends on the destruction of the Dao body and the loss of protections tied to the vortex.
• Hope versus obstruction: Pangu’s visible progress inspires hope, while opponents prepare to stop him before he can finish the journey.
• Political and moral justifications: Jieyin frames opposition as preventing catastrophe, illustrating how factions can present power struggles as acts of protection.
• Power and consequences: The Great Dao Matrix’s safeguards are limited; once the vortex loses its special connection, conflict among powerful beings can escalate with little restraint.

Key plot points and events

• The Demon of the Dao’s Opposition unexpectedly joins the Chaos Heavenly Emperor to defend Pangu’s return, fighting the Buddhist Sect’s two Limitless Ones.
• The other Limitless Ones—including Nuwa, despite her past closeness with Pangu—stay out of the conflict. The Three Pure Ones refuse the Buddhist Sect’s appeal to intervene.
• The battle reaches a stalemate. A Heavenly Court Sub-Emperor’s added fighting strength helps protect Pangu’s return, while the Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix remain weakened after their joint technique was broken.
• As the conflict settles into a fragile balance, Meng Chuan reappears inside the First Origin Point. After enduring the Great Dao’s impact, he has escaped oblivion and returned to the Mortal World. He credits the Chat Panel for helping him and encourages the Chaos Cycle Seed to continue evolving.

Character developments and interactions

• The Demon of the Dao’s Opposition surprises the other Limitless Ones by aiding Pangu, despite their previously cool relationship.
• Nuwa’s choice to remain neutral is equally unexpected given her good relationship with Pangu.
• The Buddhist Sect’s Limitless Ones demand the Three Pure Ones’ help, but their request is rejected; the Three Pure Ones prefer to watch.
• Meng Chuan returns with his awareness restored and renewed hope for the Chaos Cycle Seed, though he recognizes he cannot guide its evolution much further.

Significant themes

• Divergent loyalties: Even powerful beings with shared histories do not necessarily act together; the Limitless Ones’ interests and attitudes resist unity.
• Limits and consequences of power: Limitless Ones may devastate much of the Great Dao, but attacking the First Origin Point risks triggering its full retaliation.
• Hope amid helplessness: Meng Chuan’s return is a breakthrough, but the Chaos Cycle Seed’s evolution must now proceed largely beyond his control.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan is absorbed by the full force of the Great Dao Matrix, losing all sense of self as his mind, body, soul, and Dao are assimilated. The experience is beyond description.
• The Chat Group preserves his connection to the Mortal World and pulls him back. His survival was possible because of his bond with the Chat Group and the Chaos Cycle Seed; the Great Powers who expected his certain death did not know about that safeguard.
• While assimilated, Meng Chuan becomes one with the Great Dao. His return also draws the Great Dao Matrix closer to the Chaos Cycle Seed, helping its First Origin Point evolve toward existence.
• Meng Chuan is preparing to leave the First Origin Point. He has effectively entered the Limitless Domain, but must leave, consolidate his realm, and complete his ascension. The other Limitless Ones may exploit this brief unfinished interval.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan’s dangerous act proves to be a calculated risk rather than blind recklessness: he understood the peril and trusted the Chat Group’s connection to him.
• He has advanced beyond the Limitless Barrier and is already Limitless in an incomplete form—far beyond a Near-Limitless Being, though not yet fully established in the realm.
• His contribution to the Chaos Cycle Seed was greater than he realized: even without awareness, his return helped draw the Great Dao toward the seed’s evolution.

Character interactions

• Meng Chuan and the Chat Group share a reciprocal bond: he helped the Chat Group and Chaos Cycle Seed, and they helped preserve and restore him.
• The Chat Group acts as the unbroken “thread” linking Meng Chuan to the Mortal World, while his status as its master gives his role in the seed’s evolution added significance.
• The Great Powers’ belief that Meng Chuan would die reflects their limited knowledge, not the full circumstances of his survival.

Significant themes

• Interdependence and reciprocity: Meng Chuan’s survival comes from mutual aid rather than individual strength alone.
• Transformation and identity: Losing himself in the Dao is both obliteration and a kind of union with everything.
• Unseen influence: Even without conscious intent or memory, Meng Chuan affects the evolution of the Chaos Cycle Seed.
• Thresholds and vulnerability: He has crossed into Limitless, but the final step remains—and his moment of incompletion leaves him exposed to rivals.

Plot points and events

• The Nine Limitless Ones have been waiting for a moment when they can act without risking a violation of the Great Dao’s Iron Laws. Pangu’s return and Meng Chuan’s unstable new state may give them that opening, though they do not yet understand what is happening inside the First Origin Point.
• While the other Limitless Ones focus on Pangu’s return and the confrontations among their peers, Primordial Beginning asks Nuwa, Houtu, and the others for their views. Their evasive replies reveal nothing definite.
• Inside the First Origin Point, Meng Chuan assesses his newly attained power and observes events at the Source of Time, seeing both the inner and outer sides of the Great Dao.
• Meng Chuan understands why Pangu chose this moment to return: Pangu can exploit the opportunity, while his return may draw some Limitless Ones away from Meng Chuan.
• The Villain Chat Group’s true form has exhausted its special aura and has become merely a passage enabling Pangu’s return. The group is finished, but the fate of its surviving members remains unknown.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan is clear-eyed and pragmatic. Rather than resent Pangu for using him, he recognizes that their interests overlap: each may divert enemies from the other. He sees them as comrades in adversity, though they have not met face-to-face.
• Pangu seizes what may be his only chance to return, using Meng Chuan’s situation to do so.
• The Limitless Ones are shown as deeply risk-averse: despite their rivalries, they will not endanger their eternal existence unless they can act with certainty.
• Primordial Beginning, Nuwa, and Houtu exchange views about the unfolding events, but Nuwa and Houtu deliberately avoid stating their positions plainly.

Significant themes

• Risk versus self-preservation: Even beings who are nearly invincible hesitate to act if doing so could threaten their existence.
• Mutual exploitation and shared interests: Meng Chuan and Pangu use the same crisis to advance their own aims, yet their goals temporarily align.
• The end of an era: The Villain Chat Group, once a major threat, has served its purpose and is now reduced to a gateway.
• Uncertainty: The Limitless Ones cannot perceive the full changes within the First Origin Point, and the surviving members of the Villain Chat Group vanish without explanation.

Plot points and events

• Meng Chuan reflects on the Villain Chat Group’s defeat. Though it had once been a dangerous rival, he accepts its destruction and regrets only that he never met its mysterious Group Leader.
• He reasons that the Group Leader was likely the Villain Chat Group’s Artifact Spirit: a manager and recruiter, but not its true master. Pangu created the group as a weapon against the Chat Group, and its opposite, villainous nature limited the choices it could make.
• Meng Chuan deduces that the Villain Chat Group drew the Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix into the Great Dao Tribulation. It needed to follow Meng Chuan’s lead because it could not form even a false Dao Seed on its own.
• As Pangu struggles to return from the vortex, Meng Chuan withdraws his attention and begins ascending from the First Origin Point, breaking beyond the Great Dao.
• The powerful beings watching recognize that Meng Chuan has succeeded in becoming Limitless. His breakthrough, alongside Pangu’s imminent return, could reshape the Chaos Sea.
• Other Limitless Ones realize that once Meng Chuan fully leaves the First Origin Point, attacking him will no longer violate the Great Dao’s laws. The moment grows tense, though Meng Chuan remains calm and greets them with a smile.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan moves from reflecting on an old enemy to decisively pursuing his breakthrough. He is thoughtful about the past but composed in the face of the powers now watching him.
• The Villain Chat Group’s Group Leader is revealed through Meng Chuan’s deductions as a powerless functionary rather than the group’s true controller; its ultimate master was Pangu.
• Houtu, Lingbao, and other great beings react with surprise and respect to Meng Chuan’s awakening. The watching Limitless Ones exchange observations, while Chaos Ones respond with awe, envy, resentment, or inspiration.
• Meng Chuan’s calm greeting contrasts with the observers’ excitement and the newly apparent possibility that he may be vulnerable to attack.

Significant themes

• Rivalry and loss: Meng Chuan can acknowledge the danger and significance of a defeated enemy without regretting its end.
• Fate and interconnectedness: The Villain Chat Group’s schemes depended on Meng Chuan’s actions, illustrating how events form a chain of causes.
• Power and freedom: The Group Leader’s limited authority contrasts with Meng Chuan’s ascent beyond the Great Dao.
• The cost of transformation: Meng Chuan’s breakthrough changes the balance of power and introduces new danger, even as it marks an extraordinary achievement.

Key events

• Meng Chuan continues breaking free of the Great Dao. His experience during its attempted assimilation has prepared him to complete the transition to the Limitless Realm.
• Nuwa welcomes him and asks which race he belongs to. Meng Chuan firmly identifies himself as human, saying that his origins and sense of identity remain unchanged despite his extraordinary realm.
• Once Meng Chuan fully escapes the Great Dao, he immediately begins integrating and elevating his realm.
• The Demon of the Dao’s Opposition, Limitless Jieyin, and the Chaos Heavenly Emperor launch a coordinated attack, seeking Meng Chuan’s Limitless Dao Fruit. Meng Chuan rebuffs the Demon’s request with a sharp retort.
• Meanwhile, another Limitless One continues attacking Pangu. Chaos Ones obstruct that assault, but some of the Limitless Power still reaches Pangu.
• The attackers combine their powers: Buddhist visions, demonic forces, and the Heavenly Court converge in a formidable fusion.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan remains calm under scrutiny and attack. He shows confidence, but also a strong attachment to his human identity. His exchange with Nuwa suggests that belonging to a people depends not only on form or essence, but also on what one recognizes in one’s heart.
• Nuwa is the first to address Meng Chuan, welcoming him as a new Limitless One and probing his connection to humanity. She recognizes that he is still constrained by the Great Dao and does not take offense when he can only respond briefly.
• The Demon of the Dao’s Opposition openly admires Meng Chuan’s achievement, but his request to inspect Meng Chuan’s Dao Fruit reveals his predatory intent.
• Jieyin and the Chaos Heavenly Emperor join the Demon in attacking Meng Chuan, while the remaining Buddhist Limitless One keeps pressure on Pangu.

Significant themes

• Identity beyond outward form: At the highest levels of cultivation, racial traits may disappear, making self-recognition and allegiance central to identity.
• Transformation through adversity: The Great Dao’s assimilation threatened Meng Chuan but also gave him insights that make his final advancement unusually easy.
• Power and uncertainty: The Limitless Ones’ shifting alliances and coordinated assault show that friendship and hostility remain uncertain until action reveals them.
• New attainment as a moment of danger: Meng Chuan’s rise draws immediate attention—and a lethal challenge—from powerful rivals.

Key plot points and events

• As Meng Chuan continues his attempt to attain Limitless, the Three Pure Ones confront Jieyin, the Demon of the Dao’s Opposition, and the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, shielding Meng Chuan from their attacks.
• The Three Pure Ones’ combined power is exceptionally formidable, holding their own against the three opponents. Jieyin’s resistance stems from concern that a new Limitless One outside the Buddhist Sect would disrupt the balance of power and threaten its influence.
• The Demon of the Dao’s Opposition openly declares that he intends to compete with Meng Chuan for the Great Dao, seeking to seize Meng Chuan’s Dao Fruit and Fortune.
• The Heavenly Court’s Sub-Emperor arrives, turning the fight into four against three. With Nuwa and Houtu remaining on the sidelines, the attackers appear to gain an advantage.
• Fang Han intervenes by bringing forth the Gate of Eternal Life and confronting the Sub-Emperor. Though the Sub-Emperor wields Limitless power, Fang Han’s command of two Great Daos helps him withstand the attack.
• The Sub-Emperor calls for an old acquaintance to emerge. The Origin Ancestor finally reveals himself, and the Gate’s radiance strengthens Fang Han’s resistance.

Character developments and interactions

• The Three Pure Ones act in unified defense of Meng Chuan, demonstrating the exceptional strength of their bond and cooperation.
• Jieyin is shown as deeply invested in protecting the Buddhist Sect, whose path is closely bound to its two Limitless leaders.
• The Demon of the Dao’s Opposition makes his rivalry with Meng Chuan explicit, framing the conflict as a struggle over who will claim the Great Dao.
• Fang Han steps in to counter the Sub-Emperor, displaying confidence in his own and the Gate’s combined strength.
• The Origin Ancestor ends his concealment in response to the Sub-Emperor’s challenge, suggesting a past connection between them.
• Nuwa and Houtu observe without joining the battle, while Ye Fan and the others are unable to intervene against the Sub-Emperor.

Significant themes

• Power and balance: Meng Chuan’s potential rise threatens the established distribution of influence among the Limitless forces.
• Ambition and rightful claim: The Demon argues that the Great Dao’s place is not predetermined and must be won through struggle.
• Unity and opposition: The Three Pure Ones’ harmony makes them unusually powerful, while competing interests drive the other factions to resist Meng Chuan.
• Legacy and attachment: The Buddhist leaders’ close identification with their sect contrasts with other Limitless Ones’ more distant view of their Dao Lineages.

Key plot points and events

• The Origin Ancestor returns and briefly helps suppress the Heavenly Court Sub-Emperor’s Limitless-level power.
• He reveals that the Chaos Heavenly Emperor secretly sabotaged his past attempt to attain the Limitless Dao. The revelation shocks the watching Great Powers and damages the Heavenly Emperor’s reputation.
• The Origin Ancestor joins Fang Han and the Gate of Eternal Life in containing the Sub-Emperor. Together, they prevent him from reaching Meng Chuan, who must complete a vulnerable realm integration without interference.
• The Three Pure Ones help clear away the Sub-Emperor’s Limitless Mystic Power, while Ye Fan, Chu Feng, and others guard against further interference.
• The Demon of the Dao’s Opposition calls in Minghe, who honors a prior agreement despite believing the outcome is already decided. Minghe unleashes a vast Sea of Blood and burning Karmic Fire, adding another source of Limitless-level power to the battlefield.

Character developments and interactions

• Origin Ancestor emerges as both a survivor of a failed breakthrough and a formidable ally. His calm, openly sarcastic exchange with the Chaos Heavenly Emperor exposes their history and his betrayal.
• Chaos Heavenly Emperor is revealed to have caused the Origin Ancestor’s past failure, prompting distrust and condemnation from other Great Powers.
• Fang Han remains capable of facing the Sub-Emperor but needs the Origin Ancestor’s help to protect Meng Chuan completely.
• Minghe shows loyalty to his agreement with the Demon of the Dao’s Opposition, even while recognizing that intervention may not change the outcome.
• The Three Pure Ones, their disciples, and the other guardians coordinate to prevent opponents from exploiting the chaos.

Significant themes

• Betrayal and concealed motives: The Emperor’s apparent esteem for the Origin Ancestor masked a calculated betrayal.
• Trust and reputation: The revelation reshapes how the Great Powers view the Chaos Heavenly Emperor and his court.
• Duty amid defeat: Minghe acts because he gave his word, despite expecting little result.
• The limits of individual strength: Fang Han can contend with the Sub-Emperor, but only a coordinated force can prevent every attack from disrupting Meng Chuan’s transformation.

Key events

• Minghe draws on the Sea of Blood to briefly reach the Limitless level, then attacks Meng Chuan to honor his agreement with the Demon of the Dao’s Opposition.
• Suirenshi blocks him with the Kindling Ancient Lamp and warns him not to interfere while a member of the Human Race is pursuing the Limitless Dao.
• Minghe recognizes that Suirenshi was waiting for this moment and discusses why the Human Race has chosen to intervene.

Character developments and interactions

• Minghe is revealed as a formidable, difficult-to-kill figure whose existence is bound to the Sea of Blood. His power comes with a cost: ascending to the Limitless level damages the Sea of Blood. He had anticipated that the Human Race might protect Meng Chuan.
• Suirenshi emerges as the Human Race’s defender, temporarily reaching the Limitless level through the Human Dao. He stands firm against Minghe on behalf of his people.
• Meng Chuan’s identity becomes decisive. Because he has acknowledged his Human Race origins, the Human Ancestors regard him as one of their own and are willing to support his breakthrough.
• Nuwa’s position is clarified: though she is a true Limitless One with competing interests, her role as a Human Ancestor means she will not attack Meng Chuan and may help him. She must still judge whether his commitment to the Human Race is sincere.

Significant themes

• Belonging and loyalty: Meng Chuan’s acknowledgment of his roots earns the Human Race’s protection; the chapter stresses that the Human Race will not abandon its own.
• Power and sacrifice: Minghe’s extraordinary ascent depends on harming the Sea of Blood that sustains him.
• Identity and obligation: Nuwa’s multiple roles complicate her choices, while Suirenshi’s duty to the Human Race makes his intervention clear.
• Collective support: Meng Chuan’s pursuit of the Limitless Dao is no longer solely his own struggle; the Human Race’s backing changes the balance of power.

Chapter Summary: “Stalemate”

Key events

• Meng Chuan’s attempt to attain the Dao draws nearly ten Limitless-level fighters into a vast, multiversal battle. The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, Minghe, Suirenshi, and others clash around him, while the Origin Ancestor and Fang Han hold off the Heavenly Court’s Sub-Emperor.
• The combatants unleash their full power across worlds, dimensions, and Space-Time. Ordinary Chaos Ones can only watch: they lack the strength to intervene, and their alliances make a unified challenge to the Limitless Ones impossible.
• The assembled spectators recognize that this battle is unlike the largely ceremonial confrontations that followed Pangu’s earlier opening of Primordial Chaos. This time, the Limitless Ones are genuinely fighting, though the conflict is unlikely to end in anyone’s death.
• Despite their numbers and ferocity, Meng Chuan’s opponents cannot break the barrier protecting him. Fang Han points this out, noting that Meng Chuan is close to succeeding.
• The enemy cannot simply redirect more forces to Meng Chuan: the struggle around Pangu must also continue, and even the Buddhist Sect’s remaining Limitless fighter would only balance Nuwa’s presence. Houtu is unlikely to join the attack, given her usual neutrality toward others seeking Attainment of the Dao.

Character developments and interactions

• Fang Han remains composed while taunting the attackers with a calm assessment: they are failing, and their strength appears spent. His confidence reflects his faith in Meng Chuan’s progress.
• Meng Chuan is the focus of the largest and most intense clash, yet remains protected behind a barrier that the attackers cannot overcome.
• Nuwa has not entered the fight directly but serves as a reserve, discouraging the enemy from revealing or committing further forces.
• Houtu is portrayed as unusually detached among the Limitless Ones. Her established habit of not obstructing newcomers makes her an unlikely ally for Meng Chuan’s opponents.
• The watching Chaos Ones are awed by the unprecedented spectacle and understand that Meng Chuan has triggered it.

Significant themes

• Power and political alliances: Limitless Ones rely on followers and allies, but at the highest level of conflict, even large forces can lose their influence.
• The rarity of true conflict: The current battle contrasts with earlier, largely performative clashes, revealing how extraordinary it is to witness Limitless Ones fight in earnest.
• Neutrality and precedent: Houtu’s noninterference highlights the unwritten norms governing attempts to attain the Dao.
• A stalemate of competing priorities: Meng Chuan’s opponents cannot break through, yet cannot concentrate all their strength against him without abandoning the struggle around Pangu.

Key plot points and events

• At the Source of Time, Pangu’s return is close to failing: the Buddhist Sect’s Limitless One keeps attacking, making Pangu’s form increasingly unstable and distant from the Mortal World.
• The Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix cannot intervene directly because their Limitless power has temporarily vanished after the costly preparations they made to enable Pangu’s return.
• Ancestral Phoenix asks Houtu to help and offers her a valuable reward, including something Houtu once requested from Pangu. Houtu agrees and blocks the Buddhist Sect’s Limitless One with her Dao of reincarnation, forcing that side of the struggle into a stalemate.
• With the interference stopped, Pangu’s reflection regains ground and approaches the portal between life and death. Its final progress is painfully slow and precarious.
• Just as the return seems to be one step from either success or failure, the Chat Group Body’s vortex explodes. A powerful force bursts outward, the Great Dao surges, and a foot enters the Source of Time. The chapter ends without revealing whose foot it is or what the explosion means.

Character developments and interactions

• Ancestral Phoenix shows urgency and pragmatism, bargaining directly with Houtu rather than expecting help for free.
• Houtu moves from detached observer to active participant once offered something she values. She does not fight to defeat the Buddhist Sect’s Limitless One, but successfully prevents him from interfering.
• The Buddhist Sect’s Limitless One accepts that he cannot proceed against Houtu and withdraws his attacks when the vortex erupts.
• The Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix’s sacrifice underscores their commitment to Pangu’s return, while the other Chaos Ones watch anxiously.

Significant themes

• The cost of restoration: Pangu’s return depends on painful sacrifices and the support of allies.
• Bargains and obligation: Houtu’s help is secured through a valuable promise, and the text stresses that beings at this level face severe consequences for breaking their word.
• Uncertainty at the threshold: Pangu’s return remains fragile even after the main obstruction is removed; the sudden explosion leaves its outcome unresolved.

Key plot points

• Pangu returns from the Death Domain through a final sacrifice: the shattered vortex that housed the Villain Chat Group is consumed and erased from all time. The group’s creator destroys it himself, ending its long conflict with the Chat Group.
• The Buddhist Sect’s Limitless One acknowledges Pangu’s survival and admits defeat. Pangu thanks the powers who helped bring him back, especially the Land of Ten Thousand Gods.
• Pangu fulfills a promise to Houtu. Because his return changes the past, she has held the object she once sought from him for ages.
• Pangu notices Meng Chuan consolidating his realm. He recognizes that Meng Chuan’s actions created the opportunity for his own return and praises him sincerely.
• Houtu suggests that Pangu wait while Meng Chuan attempts to attain the Dao. Pangu refuses to remain a spectator: he believes the opportunity was originally his and intends to try to reclaim it.

Character developments and interactions

• Pangu returns with a gentle manner despite his immense power, reflecting on the passage of time and his first experience of death. His gratitude is genuine, but so is his ambition: he keeps a grievance against Bodhi and still hopes to reclaim what he sees as his lost opportunity.
• Houtu accepts that her bargain is complete and steps aside. She cautions Pangu against interfering with Meng Chuan’s attainment.
• Bodhi, the Buddhist Sect’s Limitless One, accepts defeat without a fight. Pangu likewise does not seek immediate vengeance, but records the attempted obstruction as lasting karmic debt.
• Ancestral Dragon welcomes Pangu’s return with joy, despite his weakened state. Pangu’s thanks acknowledge the great price the Land of Ten Thousand Gods paid.
• Meng Chuan remains focused on consolidating his realm, but his role is pivotal: the opportunity he created enabled Pangu’s return.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and change: The Villain Chat Group’s destruction enables Pangu’s return, while the altered past reshapes old bargains and histories.
• Long-lived grudges and karma: Limitless Ones avoid futile fights, yet remember betrayals and debts across ages.
• Competing claims to destiny: Pangu is grateful to Meng Chuan, but believes the opportunity should have been his and is unwilling to give it up without a struggle.
• The passage of time: Pangu’s return underscores how completely the world—and its history—can change over endless ages.

• Pangu’s claim: Newly returned, Pangu declares that the changes following his opening of Primordial Chaos—and the opportunities now surrounding Meng Chuan—are bound to him. He intends to take them back, believing he has the right and ability to claim them.
• Houtu intervenes: Houtu warns Pangu against fighting and rejects his justification as self-serving rhetoric. When he asks whether she will stop him, she says she will. Although she helped him return, she accepts responsibility for the consequences and chooses to protect Meng Chuan.
• The balance shifts: Pangu had expected to join forces with the Buddhist Limitless One against Meng Chuan while Nuwa could not hold them both off. But Houtu’s opposition would make the conflict a stalemate. The Buddhist Limitless One then announces he will no longer oppose Meng Chuan’s breakthrough, further weakening Pangu’s position.
• Pangu’s final gamble: Despite the odds, Pangu attacks Houtu, convinced this is his only chance. While fighting her, he pulls on karmic connections linking him to the Great Dao and the events around Meng Chuan. The First Origin Point trembles, then stills; Meng Chuan’s aura changes, and the Great Dao begins to grow beyond the Chaos Boundary.
  Character developments and interactions: Pangu’s ambition and sense of entitlement override his recent cooperation with Houtu. Houtu reveals that her easygoing nature does not prevent firm choices or loyalty, and she stands by her promise to intervene. The Buddhist Limitless One acts pragmatically, withdrawing once he judges that opposition will not change the outcome. The other Limitless Ones watch with alarm as Pangu’s gamble takes effect.
  Themes: The chapter questions claims of destiny, ownership, and righteous cause, suggesting that grand justifications often mask personal desire. It also explores responsibility for the consequences of one’s choices, shifting alliances among powerful beings, and the risks of acting when an opportunity may be fleeting.