Arc 18Chen Hei’s Chessboard

Chen Hei Quan attained the Sword Dao Fruit Position, then used cause-reversal to force the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable to withdraw Time Shepherding and reset the world. Afterward, Chen Fan faced a coalition of powerful enemies and was battered beyond the Supreme True Realm as Nine Heavens appeared before him.

  • The Eldest Prince reached Golden Core and pursued the Sword Dao Fruit Position, but Chen Hei Quan emerged from it and shattered his grotto-heaven.
  • Chen Hei inscribed his true spirit on the Sword Dao Fruit Position and attained Golden Core, while Chen Fan killed the Old Emperor and both State Preceptors.
  • Chen Hei Quan’s Present Self merged with his Past Self, and Chen Hei attained the Sword Dao Fruit Position as the Life-and-Death Chess Game ended with Heaven and Earth’s victory.
  • Chen Hei Quan used the True-False Supreme Realm’s erasure and Temporal Fallacy to force the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable to retract Time Shepherding, resetting the world before bidding Chen Fan farewell.
  • The Buddha Ancestor, Nine Heavens, and other powers attacked Chen Fan, who sacrificed talents and abilities to escape their mystiques and briefly gain Immortal Venerable-level strength.
  • Chen Fan fought the assembled powers in the River of Time, but their coordinated attacks shattered his amplified power and cast him into the True Myriad Worlds.
  • The Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority continued attacking Chen Fan, while Nine Heavens crossed from the present into the future and appeared before him Beyond the World.
Chapters 426–450 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 426[The Eldest Prince Breaks Through to Golden Core Powerhouse, a Great Opportunity, the Old Emperor Makes His Move]

The Eldest Prince broke through to Golden Core Powerhouse by claiming the Sword Dao fruit position. The Old Emperor moved to seize it, but the Left and Right State Preceptors turned against him, and their clash began.

  • Chen Hei revealed that the Sword Dao fruit position had been one of his three opportunities and considered changing his plans to watch the Eldest Prince attain the Dao.
  • By year forty-five, the Eldest Prince had retraced the orthodox cultivation path and reached Foundation Establishment Limit-Breaking Ninth Level while remaining locked in a stalemate with the Eighth Prince.
  • In year fifty, the Eldest Prince inscribed his true spirit on the Sword Dao fruit position, broke through to Golden Core Powerhouse, and advanced to the golden core middle stage.
  • In year fifty-one, the Old Emperor attacked the Eldest Prince with the Dragon-Subduing Chant, coveting the Sword Dao fruit position.
  • The Left and Right State Preceptors attacked the Old Emperor, using Root of Heaven and Earth and General's Command to counter his assault.

Ch. 427[The Great Li Emperor's abnormal behavior, speculation]

The Eldest Prince’s claim to the Sword Dao Fruit Position drew court support, while the Old Emperor withdrew and the Eighth Prince gained power as regent. The narrator investigated the Old Emperor’s strange origins and ended still wondering what had influenced his behavior.

  • The Old Emperor attacked the Eldest Prince over the Sword Dao Fruit Position, but the Left and Right State Preceptors helped the Eldest Prince drive him off after two exchanges.
  • The Eldest Prince’s cultivation advanced, and his promise of pursuing the Sword Dao Fruit Position attracted officials to his faction despite the Eighth Prince gaining authority.
  • The Old Emperor retreated from court affairs and allowed the Eighth Prince to serve as regent, but the Eldest Prince’s faction initially remained stronger.
  • Over seven years, the Eldest Prince lost interest in political struggle, and the Eighth Prince expanded his influence until his faction gained the upper hand.
  • The narrator investigated the Old Emperor and learned he had appeared after the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority returned, then questioned what explained his abnormal behavior.

Ch. 428"My lord, you've been waiting for this moment... for a long time, haven't you?"

The Eldest Prince began forging a grotto-heaven as the Sword Dao Fruit Position manifested in Central Province, and you suspected the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority was helping him attain the Dao. Watching the upheaval, Chen Hei suddenly announced that the vacant fruit position offered a chance to attain the Dao and asked whether you had long awaited this moment.

  • By Year eighty, the Eldest Prince's faction had declined while the Eighth Prince monopolized power as regent, and the emperor and State Preceptors remained inactive.
  • In Year ninety, the Sword Dao Fruit Position descended in a grand spectacle, stripping sword cultivators of their Mighty Power and gathering it as starlight.
  • The Sword Dao Fruit Position manifested above the Eldest Prince as he forged his grotto-heaven, leading you to suspect that the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority was helping him attain the Dao.
  • Chen Hei suddenly declared that the time to attain the Dao was near and asked you whether you had been waiting for this moment.

Ch. 429[A reversal imminent? A sudden change, "Chen Hei" lays his cards on the table]

Chen Hei confronted you over the Life-and-Death Chess Game, arguing that your actions had helped bring about the Eldest Prince’s pursuit of the Sword Dao Fruit Position. His reasoning made you realize that your [Purple Talent: I Am the Chess Player] may have guided you to choose him, and he concluded that you were a transmigrator whose talents could not be copied by the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority.

  • You used [Purple Talent: True-Sight Eye] to inspect Chen Hei and found his fate unchanged and bleak.
  • Chen Hei asked whether your chess game had reached its endgame and claimed the Eldest Prince’s impending breakthrough and Sword Dao Fruit Position were part of your design.
  • Chen Hei questioned whether you had ever intended to follow the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority’s rules, prompting you to recall that [Purple Talent: I Am the Chess Player] had told you to wait and led you to choose Chen Hei.
  • Chen Hei explained that his [Golden Talent: Heaven and Earth Soul] kept his true thoughts beyond the Venerable Lord’s reach, then inferred that you possessed a similarly uncopiable ability.
  • Chen Hei identified you as an Otherworldly Demon and transmigrator, and you realized he meant your [Talent], which the Venerable Lord’s [Twin Blossoms] could not copy.

Ch. 430"Please grant me an audience with your true self!" (4,000-word chapter)

Chen Hei explained how he had investigated the Life-and-Death Chess Game and concluded that Chen Fan wanted the Sword Dao fruit position for him. He revealed that he could not yet pursue the fruit position without ruining his own plan, then asked to meet Chen Fan’s true self.

  • Chen Hei said he had entered the Great Li Imperial House to verify whether the Life-and-Death Chess Game was real and watched the Eldest Prince as a possible chosen piece.
  • Chen Hei recounted Chen Fan’s extraordinary rise and inferred that he had entered the game to obtain the Sword Dao fruit position.
  • Chen Hei reasoned that Chen Fan had secretly influenced the Old Emperor of Great Li to attack the Eldest Prince, signaling to Chen Hei that he should claim the Sword Dao fruit position.
  • Chen Hei said he had abandoned void-proof but had not cultivated because attaining the Sword Dao fruit position now would ruin his plan.
  • Chen Fan demanded Chen Hei’s true purpose, and Chen Hei asked to meet his true self.

Ch. 431["This time... I won't lose again!!!"]

Chen Fan’s true self awakened after “Chen Hei” deduced that his real memories were hidden by [Purple Talent: I Am the Chess Player]. Chen Fan challenged “Chen Hei’s” assumptions, but “Chen Hei” remained determined to oppose the [Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority] and declared that he would not lose again.

  • “Chen Hei” waited for Chen Fan’s hidden true self to emerge, and [Purple Talent: I Am the Chess Player] eventually activated.
  • [Purple Talent: Once and for All] and the [True-False Supreme Realm] activated, while the [Chaos Bell] protected Chen Fan as his true self awakened.
  • Chen Fan told “Chen Hei” that he had worked backward from a desired answer and was not certain his deduction was correct.
  • “Chen Hei” admitted he needed a victory and refused to back down, even though his plan depended on Chen Fan’s support.
  • Chen Fan warned that “Chen Hei” would die as a pawn on the chessboard, but “Chen Hei” vowed that this time he would not lose again.

Ch. 432["My lord, I am going to overturn this chessboard of life and death."]

Chen Hei Quan confronted his lord about the Life-and-Death Chess Game and revealed that he would overturn it, though he refused to disclose his trump card. After learning that his lord sought the Sword Dao Fruit Position, Chen Hei Quan announced his decision to overturn the game.

  • Chen Hei Quan described his repeated failures and declared that he would never accept the ending awaiting him.
  • His lord challenged him to explain how he could win while trapped as a weak chess piece, but Chen Hei Quan asked why his lord assumed he would lose.
  • Chen Hei Quan admitted that he did not trust his lord and explained that he had come to ask whether his lord sought the Sword Dao Fruit Position and what he truly intended in the game.
  • His lord truthfully confirmed that he was plotting to obtain the Sword Dao Fruit Position.
  • Chen Hei Quan smiled and declared that he would overturn the chessboard of life and death.

Ch. 433[Showing your hand, the Third Chess Player]

The protagonist confronted the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority after returning from the true-false supreme realm, denying any intent to break the Life-and-Death Chess Game’s rules. He then revealed that he suspected a hidden third Chess Player and attacked the Eighth Prince, identifying the target as the Nine Heavens, Lord of the Heavenly Court.

  • The protagonist returned to the Great Li Imperial House with power comparable to a Spirit Transformation Dao Master, drawing the attention of the Painting World’s manifestation.
  • The Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority questioned whether the protagonist intended to break the game’s rule against acting personally, and the protagonist denied it.
  • The protagonist accused the Venerable Lord of already knowing about his concealed ability and said he would wait for the game to produce a winner.
  • The protagonist declared that another being was observing the game from behind the scenes and used Heaven-and-Earth Sword to attack the hidden Eighth Prince.
  • The protagonist identified the Eighth Prince as the third Chess Player: the Nine Heavens, Lord of the Heavenly Court.

Ch. 434[Lord of the Heavenly Court Nine Heavens, the truth, cards on the table]

Chen Fan forced the Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, to reveal himself and confronted the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority with his deductions about the Celestial Court’s return and the hidden Eighth Prince. The Venerable Lord confirmed Chen Fan’s reasoning and revealed that Nine Heavens had influenced the Old Emperor’s attack on the Eldest Prince, exposing himself as the Third Chess Player.

  • Chen Fan struck at the Eighth Prince’s palace with Heaven-and-Earth Sword, but the attack was blocked without the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority intervening.
  • The Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, emerged from the palace and praised Chen Fan as the Eternal Radiance Immortal Venerable.
  • Chen Fan accused the Venerable Lord of reviving the Nine Heavens Celestial Court and using Nine Heavens, disguised as the Eighth Prince, as a contingency against him.
  • The Venerable Lord confirmed Chen Fan’s deductions and said Chen Fan had begun investigating after learning that the Celestial Court had returned above Great Li.
  • The Venerable Lord identified Nine Heavens as the one who influenced the Old Emperor to attack the Eldest Prince, revealing that Nine Heavens was the Third Chess Player.

Ch. 435[The reasons, Nine Heavens' purpose, and the upheaval sparked by attaining the Dao]

Changming explained why he had exposed Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, and said he wanted the Life-and-Death Chess Game to proceed without interference. As the Eldest Prince neared the Dao of the Sword Dao Fruit Position, Chen Hei Quan emerged from the fruit position, shattered the Eldest Prince’s grotto-heaven, and left him gravely wounded.

  • Changming concluded that Nine Heavens had revealed himself both to seek a chance to cooperate and to spur Chen Hei to attain the Sword Dao Fruit Position, but Changming refused to trust him.
  • Nine Heavens asked whether Changming intended to overturn the Life-and-Death Chess Game, and Changming said he wanted it to proceed normally by eliminating variables, including Nine Heavens’s interference.
  • The Eldest Prince forged a grotto-heaven, reached the Golden Core Late Stage, and appeared close to attaining the Sword Dao Fruit Position and becoming a Nascent Soul True Lord.
  • A figure emerged from the Sword Dao Fruit Position, shattered the Eldest Prince’s grotto-heaven, and struck down his cultivation and true spirit.
  • The Eldest Prince survived only because True Lord-level Mighty Power from his Sea of Consciousness resisted the backlash, and the figure revealed himself as Chen Hei Quan.

Ch. 436[The Present Self Strikes, "Planting a Seed," the Mighty Power of Heaven and Earth]

The narrator realized Chen Hei Quan had used his Third Era Present Self to plant a contingency that let Chen Hei approach the Sword Dao Fruit Position and reverse the Life-and-Death Chess Game. As the Left and Right State Preceptors and Great Li’s Old Emperor attacked Chen Hei, he effortlessly repelled them with the Mighty Power of Heaven and Earth.

  • Chen Hei Quan’s blow nearly crippled the Eldest Prince, while the other chess players let it stand because it followed the game’s rules.
  • The narrator deduced that Chen Hei Quan’s Third Era Present Self had planted a contingency in the Sword Dao Fruit Position rather than acting directly across spacetime.
  • Chen Hei’s true spirit resonated with the contingency and began to inscribe itself on the Sword Dao Fruit Position, preparing to break through to Golden Core.
  • The Left and Right State Preceptors and Great Li’s Old Emperor joined forces and unleashed their fruit position mystiques to kill Chen Hei.
  • Chen Hei swept away all three attacks with the Mighty Power of Heaven and Earth.

Ch. 437The [Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority]'s Assessment of Chen Hei Quan, a Discussion of Heaven's Mandate

Chen Hei reached the final steps of attaining the Sword Dao fruit position while Chen Fan and the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority discussed Chen Hei Quan’s hidden plans and heaven’s mandate. The venerable lord warned Chen Fan that heaven’s mandate alone could not determine everything, then fell silent as Chen Hei continued his breakthrough.

  • Heaven and Earth’s power frightened the three Nascent Soul True Lords, leaving Chen Hei free to attain the Sword Dao fruit position.
  • The Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority praised Chen Hei Quan for using his three selves across different spacetimes to leave a contingency for Chen Hei.
  • The venerable lord explained that Chen Hei Quan had once been cast into an abyss by the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable and had returned against the tide.
  • The Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority said Chen Hei Quan had been destined to contend with his master and inherit heaven’s mandate, and that this was why Heaven and Earth had intervened.
  • Chen Fan dismissed Chen Hei Quan’s schemes as inconsequential beside his golden heaven’s mandate.
  • The venerable lord told Chen Fan that heaven’s mandate alone could not decide everything, then watched Chen Hei continue to attain his Dao.

Ch. 438[Chen Hei would attain the Dao, karmic law punishment, an existence emerging from [the past]]

Chen Hei attained the Sword Dao fruit position as a Golden Core Powerhouse, triggering a temporal paradox and severe karmic law punishment. As a hidden existence believed to be Senior Lin Feng emerged from the past to kill him, the Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, intervened to protect Chen Hei and help him advance further.

  • Chen Hei inscribed his true spirit on the Sword Dao fruit position and attained the Golden Core realm, causing his past and future selves to reach the same cultivation level.
  • The resulting temporal paradox sent karmic law punishment across time, while Chen Hei remained protected by heaven and earth's Mighty Power.
  • A concealed existence emerged from the past, endured the karmic law punishment, and advanced toward Chen Hei with killing intent.
  • The narrator suspected the approaching existence was Senior Lin Feng, whose Time Shepherding ability had helped create the temporal paradox.
  • The Lord of the Heavenly Court manifested the genuine Nine Heavens Celestial Court and traveled upstream through the River of Time to confront the attacker and protect Chen Hei.

Ch. 439[Slaughtering Three Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivators, Taking Action, Stalemate]

Chen Fan tried to kill Chen Hei before his dao attainment, but the Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, blocked him. Chen Fan instead slaughtered the Great Li imperial family’s three Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators, obtaining the fruit positions needed to advance his heavenly fire dao.

  • Chen Fan decided to attack Chen Hei as the karmic law punishment intensified and the Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, appeared to protect his dao attainment.
  • Chen Fan’s Heaven-and-Earth Sword struck at Chen Hei, but the Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, crushed it with a Formless Great Hand.
  • Chen Fan urged the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority to act, but the venerable lord remained silent.
  • Chen Fan attacked the Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, then redirected his empowered strike at the Great Li imperial palace.
  • Chen Fan killed the Left and Right State Preceptors and the Old Emperor, gaining three fruit positions and the materials needed to advance heavenly fire to Great True Lord.

Ch. 440[There Was Only One Chen Hei Quan in the World, and He Was About to Attain the Dao]

As he attained the Sword Dao Fruit Position, Chen Hei’s Past Self met his Present Self and confronted the pain and confusion left by his defeat to the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable. His Present Self merged into him, leaving only one Chen Hei Quan as he prepared to attain the Dao.

  • Chen Hei devoted himself to attaining the Sword Dao Fruit Position, and his Present Self’s image became clear.
  • The meeting of the two Chen Hei Quans drew the karmic law punishment, but his Present Self comforted his Past Self.
  • Chen Hei’s Past Self recalled his losses, his confusion over the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable, and his status as the destined rival bearing the golden heaven’s mandate.
  • His Present Self told him to go and said he was happy for him, then dispersed into starlight and merged into his body.
  • Only Chen Hei Quan’s Past Self remained, poised to attain the Dao.

Ch. 441The Awakening of [Golden Heaven's Mandate]: [Heaven and Earth] Won

You fought the Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, while Chen Hei approached the Sword Dao Fruit Position. Chen Hei Quan awakened the golden heaven's mandate and attained the Dao with Heaven and Earth's help, leaving Heaven and Earth the victor of the Life-and-Death Chess Game.

  • You fought the Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, and realized he was holding you back rather than using his full power.
  • Karmic law upheaval erupted around Chen Hei as he seemingly met his Present Self and triggered punishment for two Chen Hei Quans existing at once.
  • The Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, blocked the karmic law punishment, and Chen Hei's golden heaven's mandate awakened as he attained the Sword Dao Fruit Position.
  • The Painting World shattered, the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority dissipated, and Heaven and Earth intervened to help Chen Hei Quan attain the Dao.
  • You recognized that Heaven and Earth had won the Life-and-Death Chess Game, while Chen Hei Quan had ultimately remained its chess piece.

Ch. 442[Endgame, "I... will still overturn the chessboard!!!"]

Chen Hei Quan attained the Sword Dao Fruit Position and became a Nascent Soul True Lord, but Chen Fan’s True-False Supreme Realm began destroying him. Facing certain death, Chen Hei Quan declared that he would still overturn the chessboard.

  • He awakened the Golden Heaven's Mandate, advanced to the Golden Core Late Stage, and accepted Heaven and Earth's decree to contend in the Future.
  • The Sword Dao Fruit Position instantly merged with his grotto-heaven, making him a Nascent Soul True Lord.
  • After seeing Chen Fan, Chen Hei Quan was struck by a mysterious connection that shattered half his dharma body and threatened to kill him.
  • Chen Fan declared that he had won the game, while Chen Hei Quan realized the True-False Supreme Realm was causing the connection and that neither the Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens nor Heaven and Earth could save him.
  • Chen Hei Quan told Chen Fan that the game had never ended and vowed to overturn the chessboard.

Ch. 443["Fight That [Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable] Once More!"]

Chen Fan explained his plans to eliminate Chen Hei Quan using the [true-false supreme realm] or [I Am the Mastermind], but Chen Hei Quan rejected the fate laid out for him by [Heaven and Earth]. As his body disintegrated, Chen Hei Quan revealed that he would use cause-reversal to fight the [Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable] once more.

  • Chen Fan recalled that he had preserved Chen Hei's afterimage in the [true-false supreme realm] and kept [I Am the Mastermind] as a backup way to kill Chen Hei Quan.
  • Chen Hei Quan asked Chen Fan what would happen if he survived the tribulation, and Chen Fan said he would become a chess piece in [Heaven and Earth]'s scheme and trade himself for a Dao Master.
  • Chen Hei Quan said he refused to accept that fate, even as the [true-false supreme realm] continued to destroy his body.
  • Chen Hei Quan told Chen Fan that he suspected the [Simulator] made their present selves unreal and questioned whether [Heaven's Mandate] was what had made him who he was.
  • Chen Hei Quan declared that he wanted to act as a chess player and fight for himself, then revealed that he would use cause-reversal to fight the [Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable] once more.

Ch. 444[Chen Hei Quan's Story (1): The Journey and the Ending, a Choice]

After becoming a Nascent Soul True Lord, Chen Hei Quan chose to use Chen Fan’s True-False Supreme Realm to erase him and every present anomaly, hoping to make the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable withdraw his life-bound divine ability. He looked beyond time toward the Venerable’s battle with the Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, ready to stake everything on the past and fight again.

  • Chen Hei Quan reflected on the messages left by his future and present selves and realized he wanted a breathtaking journey more than an easy ending.
  • Though he had attained the Sword Dao fruit position, Chen Hei Quan declared that he wanted to reverse cause and effect and fight the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable again.
  • Chen Fan reacted with shock as Chen Hei Quan revealed he planned to use the True-False Supreme Realm’s erasure to force the Venerable to withdraw his life-bound divine ability.
  • Chen Hei Quan explained that he had anticipated Chen Fan’s plan and had deliberately welcomed the erasure as part of his own scheme.
  • With help from Heaven and Earth, Chen Hei Quan looked beyond the river of time and met the gaze of the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable battling Nine Heavens.

Ch. 445[Chen Hei Quan's Story (2): The Meaning of Perseverance]

Chen Hei Quan explained how he used his impending erasure to force the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable to retract Time Shepherding and undo the sealed past. Chen Fan praised his perseverance before the world reset and Chen Hei Quan’s existence vanished.

  • Chen Hei Quan revealed that the Temporal Fallacy would make karmic law punishment target the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable and disrupt his sealed-past arrangement.
  • As his Dharma body disintegrated, Chen Hei Quan reasoned that the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable would have to retract Time Shepherding to prevent that outcome.
  • Chen Fan called Chen Hei Quan’s choice magnificent and spoke of the glory in persevering despite an uncertain or futile outcome.
  • The Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable unleashed his power, and Chen Hei Quan realized his plan had succeeded as the world began to change.
  • Time Shepherding was fully retracted, the world reset, and Chen Fan bowed to Chen Hei Quan, saying he had learned much.

Ch. 446["Fellow Daoist, meeting you now is truly my good fortune. You have taught me much!"]

Chen Fan recognized Chen Hei Quan’s perseverance and reflected on how he had overturned Heaven and Earth’s game. After Chen Hei Quan returned to the past for a second playthrough, his Sword Dao fruit position remained with Chen Fan, and Chen Hei Quan took his leave.

  • Chen Fan recalled Chen Hei Quan’s question about whether Heaven’s Mandate had made him, and recognized that Chen Hei Quan had chosen it through his own perseverance.
  • Chen Fan concluded that Chen Hei Quan had won against Heaven and Earth, him, and the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority.
  • Chen Hei Quan canceled Time Shepherding and returned to the past, while the Sword Dao fruit position remained behind.
  • The Sword Dao fruit position flew into Chen Fan’s hand, and Chen Hei Quan’s dao resonance recounted his life and choices.
  • Chen Hei Quan said farewell to Chen Fan, who silently thanked him for what he had taught him.

Ch. 447[The Encirclement of Every Supreme Power in the Fifth Era: A Desperate Impasse]

Chen Fan was trapped in Central Province’s ruins as the Fifth Era’s supreme powers gathered to kill him, and his attempts to escape failed. With his trump cards constrained, he unleashed karmic law punishment to disrupt their attacks, but still lacked the strength to break the deadlock.

  • The Buddha Ancestor of the Western Region, Shakyamuni Tony, the Penglai Island Lord, six beings from the Myriad Worlds Gate, and the Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, appeared around Chen Fan.
  • Chen Fan failed to escape using the true-false supreme realm or the Hollow Willow after his other self and Shakyamuni Tony countered him.
  • Past Li Ping urged Chen Fan to use his final trump card or transform into him, and Chen Fan accused Li Ping of scheming for his own benefit.
  • The gathered powers launched a barrage of attacks, and Chen Fan barely survived by using Word Follows the Law and Heavenly Rule Inscription.
  • Chen Fan tried to activate wish echo, but I Am the Chess Player stopped him and said the time had not yet come.
  • Chen Fan unleashed karmic law punishment, disrupting the attackers temporarily, but recognized that Existence from Nonexistence and Judgment might still not give him enough strength to prevail.

Ch. 448[Predicament, Activating [Purple Talent: Existence from Nonexistence]]

Trapped by the Western Region Buddha Ancestor’s fruit position mystiques and a host of attackers, you sacrificed many of your abilities and cultivation to activate [Purple Talent: Existence from Nonexistence]. The talent freed you from the Ancestor’s restraints and restored you beyond peak condition as its power continued to surge through you.

  • You used [Sea of Time] to recover, but the Western Region Buddha Ancestor’s [Pure Land] and [Chaos of Past and Present] mystiques suppressed your abilities and returned you to a gravely wounded state.
  • A slaughter-type major divine ability destroyed a third of your incarnations, leaving you with no way to withstand the surrounding attackers.
  • You activated [Purple Talent: Existence from Nonexistence] and saw your talents, cultivation, fruit positions, divine abilities, and experiences manifest as spheres of light.
  • You sacrificed several talents, your Foundation Establishment and nascent soul cultivation, and many divine abilities to seek a chance to survive.
  • The talent freed you from the Western Region Buddha Ancestor’s two mystiques, evaded the slaughter-type attack, and restored you to a state stronger than peak condition.

Ch. 449[Amplification, Fierce Battle, Purpose?]

You sacrificed your talents to awaken [Existence from Nonexistence] and gained overwhelming power, but the Fifth Era’s gathered combatants still drove you back with a coordinated assault. The battle ended with you suspecting your enemies were deliberately pushing you toward desperation without letting you die.

  • You sacrificed multiple talents and gained ten thousand Great Dao phantoms, immense magical power, true damage, and the temporary strength of an Immortal Venerable.
  • You escaped the [Supreme True Realm]’s rejection by entering the [River of Time], where the Fifth Era’s highest-level combatants confronted you.
  • The [City-Head Earth] used [Past and Present] to erase the moment you activated your talent, but your sacrificed [Heavenly River Water] formed a [Time Great Dao] that resisted it.
  • The [Future Dao Master] manifested another [Time Great Dao], but your ten thousand Great Dao phantoms overwhelmed both temporal attacks and the other enemies’ abilities.
  • The [Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority] compressed a Great World into a killing move, and the gathered combatants’ coordinated attacks shattered your amplified power.
  • You realized that the [Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens], the [Mysterious Dao Master], the [Incumbent Dao Master], and the [Myriad Worlds Gate] forces had not fully acted, and suspected they meant to corner you without killing you.

Ch. 450[True Myriad Worlds, a Desperate Situation]

The narrator was blasted from the River of Time into the True Myriad Worlds after the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority struck with a super Great World, leaving their rank shattered and their life in danger. As the Venerable Lord attacked again, Nine Heavens crossed into the future and appeared before the narrator Beyond the World.

  • The Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority hit the narrator with a super Great World and other killing moves, shattering their rank and destroying the phantoms of myriad Daos.
  • The narrator was thrown from the River of Time into the True Myriad Worlds beneath the Supreme True Realm.
  • More killing moves battered the narrator as the Time Great Dao and Life and Death Great Dao worked to restore their rank and preserve their life.
  • The Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority opened another painting scroll containing a super Great World and launched it at the narrator.
  • Nine Heavens crossed from the present into the future and appeared before the narrator Beyond the World.
Arc 18 of 32
Arc 18 of 32