Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan, Ye Fan, Shi Hao, and Chu Feng complete the Joint Strike Technique after thirty thousand years of work. Its Dao Fruit draws on Meng Chuan’s power, allowing the three younger cultivators to combine their strength and, eventually, briefly approach the power of a true Limitless One.
• Meng Chuan sends the Dao Fruit into the bodies of Ye Fan, Shi Hao, and Chu Feng. It does not immediately raise their individual realms or strength: the technique only works when all three perform it together.
• The perfected technique lets them reach the Near-Limitless level more securely than before, but they are not yet strong enough to meet its full cultivation requirements. They must advance their own foundations before they can overcome the Limitless Barrier.
• The four celebrate the prospect of one day having four Limitless Ones in the family, though the three still have a long way to go.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan is both mentor and practical guardian: he shares power in the technique, retains some influence over its Dao Fruit, and warns the others not to become overconfident.
• Ye Fan, Shi Hao, and Chu Feng are excited and boastful about their future prospects, but accept that reaching Near-Limitless will take time. Their confidence reflects their close bond with Meng Chuan.
• The Dao Fruit creates an enduring karmic connection between its performers and the Limitless One who helped perfect it. The three welcome this bond, viewing Meng Chuan as their godfather and treating their relationship as familial rather than transactional.

Significant themes

• Power built through cooperation: The technique’s potential depends on combining the three cultivators’ strengths with Meng Chuan’s contribution.
• Patience and cultivation: A powerful technique cannot substitute for personal advancement; their realms must grow before they can wield its full potential.
• Family and lasting bonds: Shared effort creates an inseparable karmic connection, reinforcing the characters’ existing affection and trust.
• Promise versus present reality: Their future prospects are immense, but for now they have gained a technique—not an immediate leap in strength.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan explains that his Joint Strike Technique can help Ye Fan and the others break through the Limitless Barrier, but it will offer little advantage once they themselves become Limitless. At that level, their strength has few meaningful differences.
• He tells the three that he cannot stay with them to watch over their progress: he plans to enter Dao Union, a dangerous process in which he may lose his individual identity by merging with the Great Dao.
• Meng Chuan openly explains his plan, its risks, and his preparations. He believes that even if he loses himself, his Dao will endure and he will continue to watch over them.
• Ye Fan, Chu Feng, and Shi Hao worry about his decision but accept that it is his path to choose. They regret that Meng Chuan may not be present when they finally use their newly perfected technique together.
• Shi Hao asks whether they can help. Meng Chuan suggests that, after entering Dao Union, he might be able to resonate with the Joint Strike Dao Fruit—formed from his power—and perhaps manifest again through their combined technique.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan shifts from protector to someone willing to entrust the others with their own futures; he reassures them that they are strong enough to manage without him.
• The three recognize their own growth and independence, yet their affection for Meng Chuan makes his impending departure painful. Their concern does not lead them to challenge his choice.
• Ye Fan imagines their future as four Limitless allies, while Meng Chuan bluntly urges him to stop fantasizing. Shi Hao later turns that rebuke back on Meng Chuan when he makes an overly optimistic joke about transcending the Great Dao immediately.
• The group’s warm teasing gives way to a serious, candid discussion of sacrifice, uncertainty, and whether their bond can survive Meng Chuan’s transformation.

Significant themes

• Personal choice and the Dao: Each person must decide their own path; loved ones may worry, but cannot make that choice for them.
• Growth and independence: Meng Chuan’s companions no longer need his protection, and may eventually be able to help him instead.
• Identity, sacrifice, and continuity: Dao Union may erase Meng Chuan as an individual while preserving his Dao—and perhaps leave a way for him to reappear.
• Hope tempered by realism: The characters imagine future triumphs, but repeatedly ground one another in the dangers and limits of what is possible.

Plot points and events

• Meng Chuan realizes that the perfected Joint Strike Dao Fruit created by Ye Fan, Shi Hao, and Chu Feng might help him after he enters Dao Union. Because it contains traces of his power and should survive his transformation into the Great Dao, it could potentially preserve a link to him or help call him back.
• No one knows how the technique might work—or when Meng Chuan will reach the conditions for Transcendence. He tells the three to investigate after his Dao Union, and Chu Feng vows that they will keep practicing and searching for a way to help.
• The group leaves the Dao Demonstration Ground and meets Fang Han, Jiang Nan, Origin Ancestor, and Ruthless. Meng Chuan confirms that the Joint Strike Technique has been perfected, though the three creators still need to advance their cultivation before they can unleash its full power.
• Ye Fan and the others demonstrate the technique for the group, but it cannot be learned simply by observing it.
• Meng Chuan reports that the Chaos Cycle Seed has not yet begun evolving into its Second Stage. Origin Ancestor notes that thirty thousand years is negligible by the standards of the Chaos Sea.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan accepts that he cannot predict or control what will happen after Dao Union, but finds hope in the Dao Fruit and the possibility that it may leave a lasting connection.
• Ye Fan is frustrated that Meng Chuan’s explanation offers no practical guidance. Shi Hao asks what they should do, while Chu Feng turns uncertainty into a commitment to keep trying.
• Fang Han and Jiang Nan marvel at the technique’s potential, while Ye Fan modestly stresses how far the three still are from using its true strength. Fang Han reassures them that reaching the necessary level is only a matter of time.
• The group’s discussion is cooperative: Ye Fan and the others freely share their technique, and Meng Chuan answers questions about Dao Union.

Significant themes

• Uncertainty at the limits of knowledge: Even Meng Chuan cannot foresee what Dao Union will bring or how transcendence can be achieved.
• Connection and legacy: The Dao Fruit may preserve a bond with Meng Chuan when his individual form and will disappear.
• Persistence and shared effort: The three companions can offer no guaranteed solution, but commit to continuing their practice and exploration.
• The vastness of cosmic time: Thirty thousand years feels substantial to individuals but almost insignificant to the Chaos Sea.

Key plot points and events

• After thirty thousand years, the Chaos Cycle Seed’s evolution is still underway. The group remains patient, aware that the birth of a new Chaos will take a long time.
• Meng Chuan has told the others that he plans to enter Dao Union. He has prepared as much as he can and now must wait.
• Fang Han takes his three senior brothers to continue testing their Joint Strike Technique. Ye Fan, Shi Hao, and Chu Feng also want to experience its perfected form, and Fang Han is a powerful opponent for the test.
• Before leaving, the three brothers urge Meng Chuan not to leave important feelings unspoken or postpone what matters, since Dao Union may keep him away for an immense time—or prevent his return altogether.
• After the others depart, Meng Chuan and Ruthless discuss the risks of Dao Union and what their futures may hold. Ruthless says she intends to keep cultivating, and adds that her resurrected brother hopes she can have a happier life than before. Meng Chuan responds with a bright smile.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan is prepared to pursue Dao Union, but he openly acknowledges its uncertainty: he could be gone for ages, return to a radically changed world, or never return. His friends’ advice prompts a more personal moment with Ruthless.
• Ye Fan, Shi Hao, and Chu Feng show their affection and concern through poetic, teasing encouragement. Meng Chuan accepts their sincerity, even as he jokes about being lectured.
• Fang Han continues to stand out as an exceptional cultivator, wielding two Great Daos and serving as a formidable tester for the Joint Strike Technique.
• Ruthless remains committed to cultivation on her own terms. Her brother’s wish that she live more happily also hints at a new possibility in her life beyond relentless striving.

Significant themes

• Time and impermanence: Vast spans that seem brief to powerful beings can mean entire lifetimes to mortals; Dao Union could separate Meng Chuan from everyone he knows.
• Risk, ambition, and sacrifice: Reaching a higher realm demands confronting the possibility of permanent loss.
• Cherishing relationships: The brothers’ advice and Ruthless’s reassurance emphasize valuing loved ones before separation.
• Choosing one’s own future: Ruthless’s continued cultivation reflects her own desires, while her brother’s hope opens the possibility of a life shaped by happiness as well as pursuit.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan encourages Ruthless to look toward the future and accept the possibility of happiness, agreeing with Ye Fan and the others.
• He reflects on how his extraordinary early cultivation separated him from peers: as a young man, he was already meeting older, powerful cultivators rather than people his own age.
• Memories of a few youthful acquaintances surface, but Meng Chuan lets them go, recognizing that the past—and the people in it—cannot return.
• Meng Chuan shifts the conversation to Ruthless’s brother, suggesting that his life over the past thirty thousand years has been as remarkable as the youth he lost.
• He explains that the Sacred Body remains a formidable constitution even in a more advanced era. Ruthless’s brother, backed by her unseen protection, became one of the universe’s most celebrated figures.
• Ruthless agrees: her brother’s present glory is the life he should have had, had the earlier tragedy never occurred.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan reveals a quiet loneliness beneath his immense power. He acknowledges that his unusual path cost him ordinary peer relationships, yet accepts that those memories belong to the past.
• Ruthless shows both tenderness and grief when thinking of her brother. She is glad he has finally experienced the greatness and fulfillment she believes he always deserved.

Character interactions

• Meng Chuan gently challenges Ruthless to consider happiness for herself, then reassures her by reframing her brother’s life as one of restored opportunity rather than mere compensation.
• Ruthless listens and responds with quiet certainty, sharing Meng Chuan’s view that her brother’s current life reflects his true potential.

Significant themes

• Time and impermanence: Even cherished memories fade, and the past cannot be recovered.
• Growth and perspective: As people rise in status, they enter new circles; apparent changes in the world can reflect changes in one’s own position.
• The cost of exceptionalism: Meng Chuan’s rapid rise brought power but limited ordinary youthful connections.
• Fate, loss, and restoration: Ruthless’s brother’s later triumph cannot erase what happened, but it allows him to live the life his gifts might always have led him toward.
• A changing world: Cultivation and talent evolve across eras; the universe continues producing new wonders even after prominent figures are gone.

Key plot points and events

• Since becoming a Great Emperor, Ruthless has withdrawn almost completely from mortal affairs. She neither seeks worship nor watches over ordinary people, and even in Ye Fan’s original life she intervened only rarely.
• Her attitude changes when her own brother enters the world. She quietly ensures he is surrounded by extraordinary opportunities and treasures, while letting him live his life rather than choosing his path for him.
• After 30,000 years, her brother has become a Sacred Body Great Emperor, joined with the Heavenly Heart Imprint, and reached the highest Near-Immortal ranks. His first imperial life is still expected to last at least another 10,000 years.
• His long lifespan and Ruthless’s resources may let him explore a path to immortality through the Mortal World, but Ruthless leaves that choice to him. Whatever his eventual level, she could help strengthen him.
• He has gained several romantic confidantes but has kept his family background—and Ruthless—secret from them. Ruthless knows about them and accepts his happiness, while her presence protects him from people with hidden motives.
• Meng Chuan also knows of the relationships and sees them as natural, so long as they do not create serious complications.
• The chapter ends with Ruthless reflecting that her brother has found happiness and wondering whether she, too, might seek some of her own.

Character developments and interactions

• Ruthless remains detached from the world at large but is deeply protective and sincerely concerned for her brother. Importantly, she does not confuse care with control: she respects his relationships and future choices.
• Ruthless’s Brother has grown into an exceptionally powerful emperor, helped by vast fortune and a long-lived Sacred Body. Despite his status, he keeps his sister’s identity private to spare his confidantes the pressure of knowing how powerful his family is.
• Meng Chuan is aware of the brother’s romantic life but declines to interfere, viewing it as ordinary and healthy.
• The brother’s confidantes are not directly featured, but their relationships reveal his capacity for emotional connection and give Ruthless reassurance that he is happy.

Significant themes

• Love without control: Ruthless’s devotion shows itself through protection and support, not dictating her brother’s life.
• Distance and connection: Though Ruthless has transcended the mortal world, family gives her a personal reason to care about life within it.
• Happiness beyond power: The brother’s romances and Ruthless’s final reflection suggest that emotional fulfillment matters alongside cultivation and immortality.
• Privacy and protection: The brother hides his family ties to spare his companions intimidation, while Ruthless’s unseen vigilance shields him from manipulation.

Plot points

• Ruthless reflects on her brother’s advice to seek happiness. His resurrection and improved life have changed her, though she does not yet understand how.
• A hundred thousand years pass in relative peace across the Shrouding the Heavens World and the Chaos Sea. The calm is widely understood to be temporary: many Great Powers await the coming reenactment of Chaos, hoping to seize whatever benefits it brings. Some form secret alliances; others prepare independently.
• In the thirteen hundred centuries since Meng Chuan became a Limitless One, news of his achievements has spread throughout the Chaos Sea. His victory and power have made him the recognized strongest beneath the Great Dao.
• His battle with the Demon of the Dao’s Opposition becomes the foundation of legends across countless worlds. The demon’s name is permanently linked to Meng Chuan’s rise, much to the demon’s displeasure.

Character developments and interactions

• Ruthless is undergoing an inward transformation prompted by her brother’s return and his counsel, but she has not yet grasped its full meaning.
• Meng Chuan has become a singular, seemingly unsurpassable figure within the Limitless Domain. His reputation commands awe from Chaos Ones and respect even from Limitless Ones.
• The Demon of the Dao’s Opposition cannot escape being remembered as the adversary whose defeat helped establish Meng Chuan’s legend. The demon can discourage followers from discussing it publicly but cannot control the wider story.
• Great Powers across the Chaos Sea respond to the looming reenactment of Chaos with caution, ambition, and secret cooperation.

Significant themes

• Legacy and immortality: Meng Chuan’s name and deeds will endure beyond his lifetime and across future Chaos Cycles.
• Fame’s double edge: His glory also fixes the defeated demon in history as part of his story.
• Change and self-discovery: Ruthless’s transformation has begun before she can recognize it.
• Calm before upheaval: The Chaos Sea’s rare peace conceals widespread expectation of a world-shaking event.

Key plot points

• Over 130,000 years, Meng Chuan investigates Dao Union and what might follow it: Dao Dissolution, in which he would merge into the Great Dao.
• He discovers that his projections and legends across countless worlds are connected to him through Karma. He reasons that, after his dissolution, these links could act as anchors, potentially helping guide him back—much as Pangu’s projections might have helped restore Pangu.
• Meng Chuan has accumulated many safeguards: the Chaos Cycle Seed, his standing in the Chat Group, a Joint Strike Dao Fruit containing his power, karmic anchors, preparations in the Main God Space, and other measures.
• He concludes that attempting to reach Beyond Limitless by uniting with the Dao is still extremely dangerous, but no longer hopeless. He resolves to take the chance.

Character development

• Meng Chuan emerges as patient and methodical: he has used his long preparation period to test his theories and improve his odds rather than rushing ahead.
• His ambition remains strong, but it is tempered by careful risk assessment. He believes his prospects are far better than Pangu’s were, while recognizing that death is still more likely than survival.
• Pangu is presented as a tragic precedent: driven by the allure of Beyond Limitless, he attempted a seemingly fatal breakthrough with little preparation and died.

Significant themes

• Hope and preparation: A near-impossible goal may become worth pursuing when enough safeguards and sources of support are gathered.
• Connection and identity: Projections, memories, treasures, and karmic ties may preserve a path back even after a person dissolves into the Dao.
• The cost of transcendence: Beyond Limitless exerts such a powerful pull that even certain death cannot deter those who seek it.
• Chance versus caution: Meng Chuan accepts risk, but distinguishes his considered gamble from Pangu’s far less prepared attempt.

Character interactions

• There are no direct conversations or confrontations. Meng Chuan’s key relationships are indirect: his karmic connections to his projections, his role in the Chat Group, and the allies whose Joint Strike Dao Fruit carries his power. These connections may become crucial anchors after Dao Union.

Key plot points and events

• After 130,000 years as a Limitless being, Meng Chuan senses that the Chaos Cycle Seed is beginning a major transformation: chaos is settling into order, and the void is turning into reality. He shares this warning with the Origin Ancestor, Fang Han, and Jiang Nan.
• Realizing that his coming Dao Union will take him away for an immense, uncertain length of time, Meng Chuan decides to visit old friends and say goodbye.
• He visits Ji Lianxing and Jiang Daoran, friends from his early years who have remained close to him. Their reunion is warm but full of teasing and familiar bickering.
• The chapter explains how Meng Chuan once helped trusted friends attain longevity by anchoring their life origins in the Dao Realm. The method was powerful but limited by the Dao Realm’s size and the recipients’ cultivation.
• Ji Lianxing and Jiang Daoran have since reached Quasi-Immortal Emperor, near the summit of the Heavens and All Realms—an achievement made possible in part by Meng Chuan’s support.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan is reflective and quietly uneasy about leaving the world he has spent so long protecting. His visit shows that, despite his supreme status, he still values old friendships.
• Ji Lianxing remains sharp-tongued, irreverent, and unafraid to challenge Meng Chuan. Her preparation of tea, however, reveals affection beneath the teasing.
• Jiang Daoran has become more relaxed around Meng Chuan as their cultivation gap has grown, shifting from formal distance toward genuine closeness.

Significant themes

• The cost of transcendence: Pursuing Dao Union may require Meng Chuan to leave behind the world and people he loves for a vast, unknown period.
• Friendship across time and power: Old bonds endure even as Meng Chuan rises far beyond his friends.
• The limits of compassion: Meng Chuan helped those closest to him, but could not grant longevity to everyone; even great power does not erase practical limits.
• Change and transition: The Chaos Cycle Seed’s shift from chaos toward order mirrors the approaching turning point in Meng Chuan’s own journey.

Character interactions

• Meng Chuan jokes that he would side with Jiang Daoran if Ji Lianxing’s temperament drove him away; she retorts that Jiang likes her just as she is.
• Ji suspects Meng Chuan has a hidden reason for visiting, while he insists he can simply come to see friends.
• Jiang welcomes Meng Chuan warmly, and Ji serves him tea despite her constant barbs—showing the affection and ease underlying their banter.

Plot and key events

• Ji Lianxing and Jiang Daoran, along with Meng Chuan’s other longtime followers in the Dao Realm, have independently reached at least the First Stage of the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm.
• Ji Lianxing reflects on how far they have come: once, Great Emperors seemed to be the highest possible realm; now they themselves stand among the strongest beings in existence.
• Meng Chuan tells Ji Lianxing and Jiang Daoran that they have the bearing of future Immortal Emperors. Jiang Daoran welcomes continued cultivation and surpassing their limits.
• The three reminisce about their early days and catch up on their lives. Ji Lianxing and Jiang Daoran are Dao Companions with a large family of descendants, whom they oversee carefully outside the Dao Realm.
• Ji Lianxing suspects Meng Chuan has another reason for visiting. He explains that he came to see them and to say he will be away for a long time while attempting a breakthrough. He advises them to seek help from Ye Fan and the others if needed.
• Ji Lianxing brings up Meng Chuan’s resurrection of the Female Emperor’s brother and asks whether he can now overcome the difficulties caused by the Similar Flower—hinting that she wants him to resurrect someone else.

Character developments and interactions

• Ji Lianxing is reflective about their extraordinary progress, but remains candid and familiar with Meng Chuan. Her question about resurrection reveals a personal hope.
• Jiang Daoran is calm and supportive, wishing Meng Chuan success and a swift return.
• Meng Chuan shows warmth toward his old friends and shares news of his coming absence, while withholding the risks of his breakthrough so they will not worry.
• Their easy joking and reminiscing show that, despite their immense power and status, their long friendship remains unchanged.

Significant themes

• Growth beyond imagined limits: Each new cultivation realm forces the characters to revise their understanding of what is possible.
• Friendship amid vast power: Meng Chuan’s old companions still interact with him naturally, as they did when they were minor cultivators.
• Self-directed cultivation and mutual support: Their achievements are their own, even though Meng Chuan has helped them; accepting support is not portrayed as shameful.
• Family and responsibility: Ji Lianxing and Jiang Daoran balance extraordinary cultivation with stewardship of their descendants, while keeping their family affairs separate from the Dao Realm.

Key plot points and events

• Ji Lianxing asks whether Meng Chuan can now overcome the “Similar Flower” problem that once prevented the Female Emperor’s brother from being resurrected.
• Meng Chuan says his cultivation advanced thirteen thousand years ago, giving him the ability to resolve the problem. He claims resurrection is now possible for anyone within the Heavens and All Realms.
• When Ji Lianxing asks how powerful he has become, Meng Chuan casually reveals that he is now recognized as the strongest person in the Chaos Sea. His understated delivery leaves Ji Lianxing and Jiang Daoran stunned.
• Meng Chuan cautions that ability is not the only issue: the Female Emperor’s brother made his own choice, and the Female Emperor should consider whether he would want to return. In his case, Meng Chuan believes he would—he still wanted to care for his sister.
• Ji Lianxing admits she had hoped for his resurrection because she has few friends she remembers so clearly.
• The conversation abruptly shifts to Meng Chuan’s love life. Ji Lianxing points out that his descendants have settled down while he remains alone, then asks if he has feelings for the Female Emperor.
• Meng Chuan dodges the question by telling Jiang Daoran to have another child with Ji Lianxing, then leaves. Ji Lianxing concludes that his sudden departure means she struck a nerve.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan comes across as immensely powerful but still restrained and thoughtful. He is willing to discuss resurrection, yet emphasizes respecting the wishes of the person being brought back. His reaction to Ji Lianxing’s teasing suggests the question about the Female Emperor may have touched a sensitive subject.
• Ji Lianxing shows her direct, impulsive nature and deep affection for old friends. Her hope for the brother’s return reflects her loneliness and attachment to rare, enduring friendships; she is also playfully nosy about Meng Chuan’s feelings.
• Jiang Daoran mostly observes, sharing Ji Lianxing’s surprise at Meng Chuan’s strength.

Significant themes

• Choice and resurrection: The power to restore someone does not settle whether doing so is right; their own wishes matter.
• Friendship and remembrance: Ji Lianxing’s hope comes from valuing a friend she has never forgotten.
• Power and humility: Meng Chuan’s extraordinary status contrasts with his calm, almost casual presentation.
• Love and emotional evasion: Ji Lianxing’s teasing raises the possibility that Meng Chuan’s visits to the Female Emperor reflect deeper feelings.

Character interactions

• Meng Chuan and Ji Lianxing trade teasing complaints, with Ji Lianxing challenging his boastful-sounding account of his power and Meng Chuan privately resenting her for it.
• Meng Chuan offers Ji Lianxing a serious perspective on resurrection, prompting her to reflect on the choices made in the past.
• Ji Lianxing probes Meng Chuan about his solitude and possible feelings for the Female Emperor. He avoids answering directly and exits, leaving her convinced he panicked.

Plot points

• Ji Lianxing worries that Meng Chuan is about to face a dangerous breakthrough. She regrets not forcing Qingyue to survive, but recognizes that reviving her could violate Qingyue’s choice to die naturally and thrust her into a world she no longer knows.
• Jiang Daoran observes that Meng Chuan’s unusual, personal visits to old friends suggest he may be saying goodbye rather than simply announcing another breakthrough. They can only hope he returns safely.
• Meng Chuan visits Gu Cang, the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body. After joking awkwardly about their long friendship, he admits he is leaving for a long time and came to say goodbye. Gu Cang suggests he should also visit the Female Emperor.

Character developments and interactions

• Ji Lianxing is torn between wanting Qingyue back and respecting her wishes. She also realizes the danger of Meng Chuan’s situation and feels uneasy that she may have distracted him.
• Jiang Daoran is calm and perceptive, identifying how unlike Meng Chuan’s usual pre-breakthrough behavior these farewells are.
• Meng Chuan masks the gravity of his departure with teasing and exaggerated nostalgia, but eventually reveals his true purpose.
• Gu Cang is skeptical of Meng Chuan’s sentimental banter and refuses to be drawn in. Their familiar, prickly humor shows both a longstanding bond and a gap between Meng Chuan’s heartfelt farewell and Gu Cang’s guarded response.

Significant themes

• Respecting a person’s choices: Qingyue’s possible resurrection raises the question of whether preserving life is right when it contradicts someone’s wishes.
• Farewell and uncertainty: Meng Chuan’s visits hint at serious danger and a separation that may be permanent.
• Power and helplessness: His friends recognize that, despite their concern, they are too far beneath his level to help him directly.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan visits the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body before leaving on a dangerous, uncertain journey. Though he calls it a routine breakthrough, his farewells make his host suspect he may not return.
• Over tea, they reminisce about their history. Meng Chuan acknowledges that the Sacred Body helped him gain Ruthless’s trust by making his early visits to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land less awkward.
• The Sacred Body urges Meng Chuan to act on anything he might regret leaving undone, warning that dying with unfinished business would mean regret lasting for all eternity.
• Meng Chuan falls silent, recognizing the force of the warning. The Sacred Body then admits he cannot fully understand the concerns of people at Meng Chuan’s level.
• The Sacred Body says he would be content simply to attain the Dao and become an Immortal Emperor. He accepts his limits without abandoning his ambition.
• Meng Chuan responds with extravagant confidence, saying the Sacred Body should aim even higher—at least for Sacrificial Dao. The Sacred Body briefly feels inspired, then realizes the encouragement has changed nothing.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan masks his concern about the journey with lofty jokes, but the Sacred Body’s warning exposes the possibility that he has unresolved matters. He also shows gratitude for his friend’s past support.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body is warm and candid beneath his teasing. He has a grounded outlook: he will keep striving, but is content with what he has achieved and does not envy those far beyond him.

Significant themes

• Regret and unfinished business: A dangerous journey makes the cost of postponing important actions feel urgent.
• Acceptance and ambition: The Sacred Body balances realistic self-knowledge with continued effort.
• Friendship and quiet support: His practical role in easing Meng Chuan’s early relationship with Ruthless mattered, even if it was not obvious at the time.
• Humor amid danger: Their banter softens a serious farewell and reveals the affection behind their friendship.

Character interactions

Meng Chuan and the Sacred Body trade teasing remarks, reminisce about the Sacred Body’s role as an intermediary with Ruthless, and speak sincerely about danger, regret, and personal limits. The Sacred Body encourages Meng Chuan to face what matters; Meng Chuan answers by trying to encourage his friend with an almost absurdly lofty goal.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan and the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body discuss the possibility of advancing to Sacrificial Dao. Meng Chuan could grant him that power, but chooses not to do so immediately.
• They joke about whether such advancement would require consuming ashes. Meng Chuan explains that the Weird Race relied on this dangerous method, while ordinary forced advancement can be harmless—though it permanently fixes the recipient’s cultivation level.
• The Sacred Body asks whether Meng Chuan resurrected the Female Emperor’s brother. Meng Chuan confirms that he did.
• The Sacred Body explains that he noticed the resurrection after the brother attained emperorship, then learned the young man had advanced further and become a Battle Immortal.
• The chapter outlines the Battle Immortal path: an exceptionally difficult route that requires reaching Immortal-level combat power through battle while still possessing a Human Dao body. It had long seemed impossible, but the Female Emperor’s brother has achieved it.

Character development and interactions

• Meng Chuan is revealed as a being powerful enough to raise others to immense realms, yet he treats such power casually and declines to grant it without reason. He also remembers the Female Emperor’s long-held wish and fulfilled it by resurrecting her brother.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body openly admires Meng Chuan’s power and longs for higher realms, but remains grounded and refuses advancement by the grotesque ashes method. He shows insight into both Meng Chuan’s character and the Female Emperor’s devotion.
• The Female Emperor’s brother emerges as an extraordinary, independent talent. Rather than following the expected Red Dust Immortal route or seeking Meng Chuan’s guidance, he has attained the seemingly impossible Battle Immortal Dao Fruit.
• Their conversation shifts from teasing and speculation about cultivation to sincere recognition of the brother’s achievement.

Significant themes

• Effort and earned achievement: Even when powerful beings can grant realms with ease, the struggles and gains of those who advance on their own remain meaningful.
• Power and its costs: Forced advancement may be safe compared with the Weird Race’s method, but it can permanently limit future growth.
• Possibility beyond accepted limits: The brother’s success challenges the belief that the Battle Immortal path cannot be completed.
• Devotion and remembrance: Meng Chuan’s resurrection of the brother fulfills an enduring wish the Female Emperor carried for a long time.

Key events

• Ruthless’s Brother lived for one hundred thousand years across two imperial lifetimes, an unprecedented span for a Human Dao Great Emperor in the Dharma-Ending Age.
• His longevity came from both the era’s life-extending methods and, above all, his exceptionally deep Emperor’s Dao Origin, shaped by many fortuitous encounters and unseen blessings.
• The chapter compares his lifespan with other powerful figures, especially Ye Fan and the legendary Supreme Heavenly Emperor, explaining how their circumstances and attainments differed.
• Before his hundred thousand years were over, Ruthless’s Brother achieved the Battle Immortal Fruit—becoming the first Battle Immortal in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. His breakthrough shook the Universe and was felt by all living beings.
• The event drew the attention of the Dao Realm’s inhabitants. It also stirred the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, who remarked that Ruthless’s Brother became a Battle Immortal almost as quickly as Meng Chuan had.

Character developments and interactions

• Ruthless’s Brother is established as a genuine historical marvel: Ruthless protected him from the Unseen, but did not directly guide his achievements. His longevity and Battle Immortal attainment were ultimately his own.
• Ruthless remains a protective presence, though her restraint emphasizes her brother’s independence.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body compares Ruthless’s Brother’s achievement with Meng Chuan’s, recognizing how exceptional it is for someone of their shared constitution to surpass the limits of earlier Sacred Bodies.
• The Dao Realm responds with curiosity and attention when a Battle Immortal emerges from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

Significant themes

• Limits and exceptions: The chapter presents the severe constraints of the Dharma-Ending Age, then portrays Ruthless’s Brother as an extraordinary exception.
• Nature versus cultivation: Constitution matters, but Origin, experience, opportunity, and accumulated advantages can matter just as much.
• Achievement through one’s own strength: Protection and favorable circumstances helped, but Ruthless’s Brother earned his breakthrough himself.
• Immortality through struggle: A Battle Immortal’s path depends on attaining immortal-level combat power within the short lifespan and harsh conditions of a mortal age.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan speaks with the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body before departing. The Sacred Body praises Ruthless’s Brother for achieving Immortal Ascension within a hundred thousand years, while noting that his current strength still falls far below Meng Chuan’s Immortal King-level combat power.
• The Sacred Body urges Meng Chuan not to leave with regrets, warning that he may not return. Meng Chuan brushes off the concern, but the Sacred Body privately worries about him.
• Before leaving, Meng Chuan visits old companions from across the ages, including the Black Emperor, Wushi, and the Azure Emperor.
• The Black Emperor has reached the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level and dominates the Heavens. Once an ordinary black mutt, he now calls himself the “Dog Ancestor” and pursues his ambition to restore the glory of the dog clans.
• Wushi and the Azure Emperor have advanced to the Sacrificial Dao Domain. Though they lag behind Shi Hao, Ye Fan, Ruthless, and others, Meng Chuan believes they can eventually reach the Chaos Domain.
• Wushi tells Meng Chuan that they will wait for his return. Meng Chuan encourages him, expressing confidence that Wushi will continue to grow and may one day catch up to the others—or even to Meng Chuan himself.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan is preparing for a dangerous departure, visiting longtime companions and offering encouragement. His affection for Wushi, his first disciple, is especially clear.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body reveals his deep concern for Meng Chuan, despite Meng Chuan’s casual dismissal of his warning.
• The Black Emperor has risen from an insignificant dog to a Quasi-Immortal Emperor and embraces his status as the greatest dog in the Heavens.
• Wushi and the Azure Emperor have made extraordinary progress by reaching Sacrificial Dao, though their path to Chaos remains ahead. Wushi remains devoted to Meng Chuan and hopeful about his return.

Significant themes

• Parting and uncertainty: Meng Chuan’s departure may be final, and those close to him fear for his safety.
• Faith in potential: Meng Chuan insists that present differences in power do not determine anyone’s ultimate limits.
• Loyalty and enduring bonds: His visits and exchanges with old companions show how relationships persist across immense stretches of time.
• Growth through perseverance: Wushi and the Azure Emperor must follow a different, slower path than their peers, but Meng Chuan believes they can still reach the same heights.
• Comic irreverence: The Black Emperor’s rise turns the Heavens’ hierarchy into a running joke: most beings are “not even as good as a dog.”

Plot and events

Meng Chuan reflects on whether he has shown favoritism among his disciples. He concludes that he treated Wushi, Ye Fan, Shi Hao, and Chu equally; Wushi’s slower progress mainly came from circumstances outside Meng Chuan’s control, especially the Origin Ancestor’s inheritance, which was destined for the other three.
Ruthless, however, is a different case. Meng Chuan acknowledges that his choices greatly advanced her: he gave her his Dao Fruit, helping her reach the Sacrificial Dao realm, and later gave her another Dao Fruit that cleared her path toward Near-Limitless. Without his help, she could still have risen through the realms, but much more slowly and with greater risks. His support allowed her to keep pace with—and eventually move beyond—the others.
Meng Chuan encourages Wushi and reassures him that he has never been disappointed in him. Wushi intends to reach the Sacrificial Dao Peak, then venture into the Boundless Chaos Sea to seek the opportunity he needs to advance further. For now, he will remain in the Shrouding the Heavens World and build the foundation required for that journey.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan admits that he has helped Ruthless more than the others, while affirming that he values Wushi and the others equally.
• Wushi shows no resentment over being behind. He trusts Meng Chuan’s care, responds earnestly to his encouragement, and looks forward to exploring worlds beyond his own.
• Ruthless’s advancement is presented as the result of both her own potential and Meng Chuan’s exceptional assistance.
• Their exchange is warm and respectful: Meng Chuan praises Wushi, while Wushi promises to make him proud.

Significant themes

The chapter explores fairness versus favoritism, distinguishing equal affection from unequal outcomes caused by fate, inheritance, and opportunity. It also emphasizes gratitude without envy, the importance of personal effort and preparation, and the idea that growth may require seeking a new path beyond familiar worlds.

Key plot points

• Meng Chuan encourages the Azure Emperor, assuring him that his current position behind Ye Fan and others does not limit his future potential.
• The Azure Emperor is close to Wushi in the Sacrificial Dao Domain. Meng Chuan suggests that once they reach its peak, they travel together and support each other. The Azure Emperor agrees and promises to break through before Meng Chuan returns from his coming Dao Union.
• The chapter explains why the Azure Emperor is unusually self-directed: before taking human form, he lived for ages as the Green Lotus Immortal Divine Medicine, accompanying powerful cultivators and absorbing knowledge of the Dao.
• Meng Chuan then visits Yaoyao, who is cultivating in a secret land. She greets him warmly, and he explains that he came because she had not visited in a long time.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan and the Azure Emperor: Their long history has made their bond strong, even though the Azure Emperor joined Meng Chuan’s life later and needs less guidance than the others. Meng Chuan’s encouragement reflects genuine confidence and affection; the Azure Emperor responds with a smile and a firm promise.
• The Azure Emperor: He remains elegant, independent, and confident in his own path. He accepts Meng Chuan’s advice without anxiety about being behind his peers.
• Meng Chuan and Yaoyao: Their reunion is affectionate and familiar. Yaoyao’s bright welcome shows how close they have become, with Chu Feng being the only person in Sacred Ruins Space-Time closer to Meng Chuan.

Significant themes

• Different paths to growth: Falling behind temporarily does not determine a person’s eventual achievement; individual potential and persistence matter.
• Mentorship and mutual trust: Meng Chuan guides those close to him, while they make their own commitments and await future reunions.
• Friendship across eras: Meng Chuan’s connections span the eras of Shi Hao, Ye Fan, and Chu Feng. His advice to make many friends reflects his own life—and the chapter ends humorously claiming that everyone who knows him is his friend and that he has no enemies.

Plot points

• Meng Chuan visits Yaoyao, an Immortal Emperor Pinnacle who travels the Heavens seeking an opportunity to break through to Sacrificial Dao.
• He says Chu Feng asked him to put in a good word. Yaoyao rejects the idea before hearing him out, and Meng Chuan admits he never intended to advocate for Chu Feng.
• Yaoyao explains that her life is devoted to the Great Dao, not romance. She sees cultivation as her eternal pursuit.

Character developments

• Yaoyao is portrayed as exceptionally powerful, ambitious, and independent. Despite her youthful manner, past loss and betrayal have left her uninterested in romantic pursuits.
• Chu Feng remains in love with Yaoyao, as he has since youth, but his feelings are unreturned. Even after reaching Above Sacrificial Dao, he is distracted by her.
• Meng Chuan is fond of Yaoyao and refuses to pressure her on Chu Feng’s behalf, believing unreciprocated feelings cannot be changed by persuasion.

Character interactions

• Yaoyao playfully interrogates Meng Chuan about his visit and cuts off his message from Chu Feng.
• She jokes that Chu Feng has grown lazy and distracted because of her.
• Meng Chuan agrees with her assessment and teases her internally, while Yaoyao affectionately declares that he “dotes” on her.

Significant themes

• Unrequited love: Chu Feng loves Yaoyao, but she does not share his feelings.
• Devotion to personal purpose: Yaoyao prioritizes the Dao over romance, reflecting the sacrifices and focus of powerful cultivators.
• Respecting autonomy: Meng Chuan recognizes that Yaoyao’s feelings are hers to decide and refuses to interfere.

Plot points and events

• Meng Chuan visits Yaoyao in a secluded Great Dao secret land while making farewell rounds before attempting the Ultimate breakthrough.
• Yaoyao says she has nearly explored the Heavens and All Realms but has found little. She may travel farther if her search remains fruitless.
• Meng Chuan explains that he is approaching a potentially final turning point: success would make him the sole being beyond Limitless; failure would end his life. He wants to say a proper goodbye to those close to him.
• Yaoyao worries that the formal visit makes the danger feel like a true farewell, but Meng Chuan tries to lighten the mood. They leave the secret land and talk for a while before parting.
• Meng Chuan also visits Chu Feng’s parents and other acquaintances, though he keeps those meetings casual and does not tell them about his impending breakthrough. He then visits people from the Perfect World Era, including the Old Village Chief of Stone Village—now an Immortal King—and Willow God.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan shows affection and responsibility toward his friends, choosing to explain the stakes to those especially close to him rather than simply disappear. He also uses humor to soften a grave moment.
• Yaoyao remains lively and perceptive, quickly understanding why Meng Chuan has come. Beneath her teasing, she is worried about the possibility that he may not return.
• The Old Village Chief’s rise to Immortal King, along with the Big Yellow Dog’s advancement, highlights how far Stone Village’s people have come.

Significant themes

• Farewell and uncertainty: Meng Chuan faces a breakthrough that could bring transcendence or death, making every parting meaningful.
• Friendship and obligation: He believes years of companionship deserve an honest, respectful goodbye.
• Humor amid danger: Playful banter lets Meng Chuan and Yaoyao face fear without letting it dominate their conversation.
• Growth and legacy: The former villagers’ extraordinary cultivation reflects how one person’s rise can uplift those around them.

Character interactions

• Meng Chuan and Yaoyao trade teasing remarks, but their closeness allows her to voice her fears and him to speak candidly about his fate.
• Yaoyao offers to help fulfill any final wish, though Meng Chuan doubts she could assist with his needs.
• Meng Chuan catches up with Chu Feng’s parents without burdening them with the details, then continues his farewell visits to valued friends, including Willow God.