Chapter Summaries

Chen Daoxuan and Yaoguang City faced a massive Realm Demon assault after Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate refused the Demon Court Imperial Tutor’s offer to surrender. As Yaoguang City’s defenses faltered, Chen used his Insect Soldiers to slaughter demons and collect their corpses, preparing to strengthen his forces while Five Rivers urged him to use every hidden method he had.

• Chen Daoxuan learned that Yaoguang City was a Pure Yang Immortal Artifact and that it was surrounded by an overwhelming demon tide.
• The Demon Court Imperial Tutor offered Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate safety and immortality in exchange for surrender, but Five Rivers rejected him.
• The Imperial Tutor ordered the attack, and Chen Daoxuan joined the defenders with his Zhurong True Body as Realm Demons overwhelmed the city’s defenses.
• Chen deployed Two-Star Insect Soldiers to kill Realm Demons while his team collected their corpses, intending to advance his concealed Insect Soldiers and stall for time.
• Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate unleashed Yaoguang City’s power to drive back the demon tide, then secretly urged Chen Daoxuan to use all his methods.
• Chen Daoxuan gathered the corpses his team had collected and found that their total far exceeded his previous purchase from Zheng Ji.

Chen Daoxuan used the Realm Demon casualties to strengthen his Insect Soldiers while Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate stalled the assault on Yaoguang City. After the Demon Court Imperial Tutor discovered Chen Daoxuan’s squad and sent four Heavenly Venerate-tier world demons against it, Chen Daoxuan prepared to use the Gourd Artifact.

• Chen Daoxuan fed millions of Realm Demon corpses to his Insect Soldiers and decided to focus on advancing a hundred Five-Star Insect Soldiers to six stars.
• Chen Daoxuan found that the Five-Star Insect Soldiers needed Dao Lord grade corpses to advance, but they entered glowing chrysalises, so he resumed promoting Two-Star Insect Soldiers instead.
• The Demon Court Imperial Tutor discovered that Chen Daoxuan’s squad had caused nearly half the Realm Demon army’s losses and ordered Golden Peng to attack it with three divine generals.
• Golden Peng led three Heavenly Venerate-tier world demons toward Chen Daoxuan, while the Demon Court Imperial Tutor pinned down Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate with his Origin Realm Projection.
• Chen Daoxuan opened the Gourd Artifact, confident he could handle the four approaching enemies.

Chen Daoxuan left Yaoguang City’s barrier and revealed more than two thousand Five-Star Insect Soldiers, turning the assault by four Heavenly Venerate-tier world demons into a deadly ambush. As the Golden Peng Divine General pleaded with his master for rescue, the Demon Court Imperial Tutor attacked Yaoguang City after Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate refused to let him intervene.

• Wei Zhongwu shielded Chen Daoxuan from the four attacking world demons, then angrily rebuked him for provoking their decisive assault and urged him to stay alive.
• Chen Daoxuan walked through Yaoguang City’s Formation light barrier and faced the Golden Peng world demon, which attacked him with a spatial storm.
• Chen Daoxuan used more than two thousand Five-Star Insect Soldiers to surround the four world demons, and the Golden Peng world demon became trapped when another besieged demon fled.
• The Demon Court Imperial Tutor tried to strike Chen Daoxuan with the Yin Yang Two Qi Banner, but Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate sent Yaoguang City crashing into its chains and blocked him.
• The Golden Peng Divine General begged his master to save him, but Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate refused the Imperial Tutor’s offer, prompting the Imperial Tutor to attack Yaoguang City.

Chen Daoxuan and his Insect Soldiers killed three Heavenly Venerate-tier world demons as Silver Wing Heavenly Venerate arrived to save Yaoguang City and rout the Demon Court forces. After the battle, Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate prepared to return to Guangyuan Realm, while Wei Zhongwu told Chen Daoxuan that his military service might be ending.

• Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate struggled to defend Yaoguang City from the Demon Court Imperial Tutor's black-and-white chains while Chen Daoxuan's Five-Star Insect Soldiers killed the Golden Peng world demon and then the other two Heavenly Venerate-tier demons.
• Silver Wing Heavenly Venerate arrived on a Light Boat and overwhelmed the Demon Court Imperial Tutor with his speed, while Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate sent Yaoguang City crashing into the Golden Peng.
• The Demon Court Imperial Tutor ordered a retreat, but Silver Wing Heavenly Venerate pursued the demon tide and killed the remaining Heavenly Venerate-tier world demons before returning to Yaoguang City.
• Silver Wing Heavenly Venerate offered to guard Yaoguang City while Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate returned to Guangyuan Realm to recuperate and undergo his eighth Thunder Tribulation.
• Wei Zhongwu confronted Chen Daoxuan about his astonishing strength and background, then said Chen's military service might soon be over.

Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate and Silver Wing Heavenly Venerate explained to Chen Daoxuan why the human race had abandoned Phoenix Fall Realm and offered him a slot for an opportunity that could rapidly advance Primordial Spirit cultivators to Tribulation Transcendence. Chen Daoxuan accepted Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate’s invitation to go to Guangyuan Realm.

• Wei Zhongwu told Chen Daoxuan that a great opportunity might await him, then Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate summoned him.
• Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate and Silver Wing Heavenly Venerate discussed giving Chen Daoxuan a recommendation slot and warned him that his potential would not protect him without time to grow stronger.
• Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate and Silver Wing Heavenly Venerate explained that humans had made Guangyuan Realm their foundation while extracting resources and talented cultivators from Phoenix Fall Realm, which the True Demon Realm was gradually devouring.
• Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate revealed that the slot offered access to an opportunity that rapidly advanced Primordial Spirit cultivators to Tribulation Transcendence, helping humans hold the Two Realms Abyss.
• Chen Daoxuan agreed to follow Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate to Guangyuan Realm.

Chen Daoxuan traveled with Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate from Yaoguang City to the Guangyuan Realm, learning about the Inner Domain and the path to Tribulation Transcendence. After arriving, Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate began explaining the cultivation requirements Chen Daoxuan had to meet.

• Chen Daoxuan asked Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate to protect Fei Chenxue, and Five Rivers agreed to transfer her to the rear while advising Chen Daoxuan to grow strong enough to shelter her himself.
• Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate left Yaoguang City with Chen Daoxuan, entrusting the city to Silver Wing Heavenly Venerate as he departed for the Guangyuan Realm.
• During their journey, Five Rivers explained that the Inner Domain lay beyond the Outer Battlefield and discussed the fragmented structure of humanity's forces and the growing divide between Inner Domain and Phoenix Fall Realm cultivators.
• Chen Daoxuan and Five Rivers reached the Guangyuan Realm, where Chen Daoxuan noticed its vitality contrasted sharply with the Phoenix Fall Realm's despair.
• Five Rivers told Chen Daoxuan that reaching Tribulation Transcendence required advancing his Dao realm to the Creation Realm by expanding his world and elevating its Great Dao laws.

Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate brought Chen Daoxuan to his residence and gave him the Earth Pearl to accelerate the Xuanhuang Realm’s expansion, then showed him a place where he could comprehend the Dao. Chen Daoxuan stayed behind to cultivate, with twelve years to prepare for the opportunity to advance to the Tribulation Transcendence stage.

• Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate took Chen Daoxuan to Heavenly Venerate Mountain and introduced him to his partner and two daughters at his Cave Heaven Estate.
• Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate gave Chen Daoxuan the Earth Pearl, which could rapidly expand the world he had opened and help him reach the Creation Realm.
• Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate showed Chen Daoxuan the Dao charm left as the True Demon Realm devoured the Phoenix Fall Realm, a sacred place for comprehending the Great Dao.
• Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate told Chen Daoxuan to cultivate there and said he would return in twelve years for the opportunity to advance to the Tribulation Transcendence stage.
• Chen Daoxuan thanked Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate and resolved to trust and support those fighting alongside him.

Chen Daoxuan used Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate’s Earth Pearl to rapidly expand the Xuanhuang Realm while comprehending the Great Dao. A year later, the expansion slowed, but his world had reached World Realm Layer Four and grown to 130,000 li in diameter.

• Chen Daoxuan buried the Earth Pearl in the Xuanhuang Realm’s Earth Core, causing the world to expand far faster than it had with Creation Force alone.
• Chen Daoxuan absorbed ten million drops of Creation Force into the Earth Pearl, then ordered Yao Caiyi to guard it and notify him when the expansion slowed.
• Chen Daoxuan returned to Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate Manor and comprehended the Great Dao, balancing his progress with the Xuanhuang Realm’s rapid expansion.
• As Chen Daoxuan comprehended the Dao, the Xuanhuang Realm grew more vibrant and planktonic life appeared, signaling its approach to World Realm Layer Four.
• One year later, Chen Daoxuan retrieved the Earth Pearl after the expansion slowed and found that the Xuanhuang Realm had reached 130,000 li in diameter and World Realm Layer Four.

After five years of rapid cultivation, Chen Daoxuan reached World Realm Layer Five but hit a bottleneck and failed to create a life with Spiritual Essence. He left Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate Manor with Ran Lingxi to move Xuanhuang Realm into the Inner Domain World, and she led him to a place she wanted to visit.

• Chen Daoxuan tried to create a body with Spiritual Essence, but it collapsed, confirming he could not succeed before reaching the Creation Realm.
• Chen Daoxuan decided to leave his secluded cultivation after reaching World Realm Layer Five and meeting a bottleneck.
• Ran Lingxi reminded Chen Daoxuan that he could move Xuanhuang Realm into the Inner Domain World, and he agreed to handle it on the trip.
• Chen Daoxuan refused to take Ran Lingxi without permission, but Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate allowed her to accompany him.
• Ran Lingxi led Chen Daoxuan down Heavenly Venerate Mountain and announced they had arrived at her chosen destination.

Chen Daoxuan visited Futuo Immortal City, bought Creation Realm insights from the Treasure Pavilion, and returned to secluded cultivation to study Spiritual Essence. After glimpsing its origin, he resolved to strengthen his Divine Sense and resumed the Sea Dividing Chapter, aiming for 1,800 thought-minds.

• Ran Lingxi took Chen Daoxuan to Futuo Immortal City, where she invited him to watch a Dao Lord grade Realm Demon battle, but he refused and asked for the Treasure Pavilion instead.
• Chen Daoxuan bought a thousand points of Spiritual Essence and insights into breakthroughs across the World Realm from the Treasure Pavilion.
• Chen Daoxuan returned to the inn, entered the Secret Chamber, and studied the Creation Realm insights to learn how Spiritual Essence could help create spiritual life.
• Chen Daoxuan examined a point of Spiritual Essence with his Divine Sense and glimpsed its dense, interwoven origin patterns, revealing a path toward the Creation Realm.
• Chen Daoxuan decided to cultivate his Sea of Consciousness and resumed the Sea Dividing Chapter, aiming to increase his thought-minds from 1,320 to 1,800.

Chen Daoxuan completed the Sea Dividing Chapter’s requirement of 1,800 thought-motes, though he could not begin the Star Charting Art without an immense supply of Pure Yang Immortal Swords. He took Ran Lingxi beyond Guangyuan Realm to choose a location for moving Xuanhuang Realm, leaving her with a new understanding of the danger posed by the Realm Demons.

• Chen Daoxuan endured severe pain and lost consciousness while condensing thought-motes, then recovered and discovered that he had reached 1,800.
• Chen Daoxuan learned that the Star Charting Art required 1,800 Pure Yang Immortal Swords and set the technique aside because he could not obtain them.
• After Ran Lingxi waited outside his cave mansion for over half a year, Chen Daoxuan took her beyond Guangyuan Realm to find a place for Xuanhuang Realm.
• Ran Lingxi told Chen Daoxuan that Phoenix Fall Realm was the human race’s root and admitted she wanted to escape the sheltered life at Heavenly Venerate Mountain.
• Ran Lingxi guided Chen Daoxuan toward the outer regions near Heavenly Venerate City, and he hurried to the chosen location, insisting that he could not wait a thousand years because of the Realm Demons.

Chen Daoxuan transported Xuanhuang Realm into the Inner Domain and brought Ran Lingxi inside to explore it. Afterward, he established a cross-domain connection to his clone in Phoenix Fall Realm, arriving at Twin Lakes Island.

• Chen Daoxuan and Ran Lingxi reached the Inner Domain near Heavenly Venerate City, and he began moving Xuanhuang Realm through a spatial passage.
• Ran Lingxi told the watching cultivators she came from Heavenly Venerate Mountain, discouraging them from approaching or interfering.
• Chen Daoxuan pulled Xuanhuang Realm into the Inner Domain, then brought Ran Lingxi inside to look around.
• Ran Lingxi explored Xuanhuang Realm and asked whether she could help transform it, while Chen Daoxuan asked about Five Rivers Realm.
• Chen Daoxuan established world coordinates by sensing his Black-Robed Clone on Twin Lakes Island in Phoenix Fall Realm, then stepped through a spatial passage to join it.

Chen Daoxuan returned after seven years away and reunited with Luo Li, apologizing for leaving without telling her. He brought her to the Xuanhuang Realm and arranged for her to visit the Heavenly Venerate Manor so she could cultivate in its Abyssal Land, then left with Luo Li and Ran Lingxi for the Guangyuan Realm.

• Chen Daoxuan found Luo Li waiting at the Chen Family residence and apologized for leaving her behind without warning.
• Luo Li accepted Chen Daoxuan's apology after he promised not to hide dangerous matters from her again, and agreed to help guard the Xuanhuang Realm as the Chen Family's foundation.
• Chen Daoxuan took Luo Li to the expanded Xuanhuang Realm, where she admired its new mountains, lakes, seas, and wildlife.
• Chen Daoxuan introduced Luo Li to Ran Lingxi, and the two women quickly became friendly.
• Chen Daoxuan agreed to take Luo Li to the Heavenly Venerate Manor so she could cultivate in its Abyssal Land, and the three departed for the Guangyuan Realm.

Chen Daoxuan brought Luo Li to the Abyssal Land, where she advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm while he cultivated and prepared to create his own Spiritual Essence. After a brief retreat together in Xuanhuang Realm, Chen Daoxuan began shaping his Spiritual Essence origin and asked Luo Li what kind of lifeform he should create first.

• Chen Daoxuan asked Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate to let Luo Li cultivate in the Abyssal Land, and Five Rivers agreed after Chen Daoxuan insisted he would not regret giving her the opportunity.
• Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate revealed to Ran Lingxi that he had lied about the Abyssal Land’s capacity to test whether his plan to give Ran Lingxi and her mother a way out was reliable.
• Luo Li cultivated in the Abyssal Land with the Saint Origin Pill and advanced from early-stage Golden Core to late-stage Golden Core in less than half a year.
• Luo Li secluded herself to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and Chen Daoxuan guarded her until she emerged safely three months later.
• Chen Daoxuan took Luo Li to Xuanhuang Realm, where they spent the night together before he began completing his Spiritual Essence origin.
• Chen Daoxuan formed a Spiritual Essence origin that was ninety-nine percent complete and asked Luo Li what kind of Spiritual Essence lifeform he should create first.

Chen Daoxuan created merfolk in the Xuanhuang Realm, triggering its elevation and becoming a Creation Realm Dao Lord. He returned to Heavenly Venerate Mountain to compete for Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate’s recommendation slot, where he learned that human traitors and Demon Court assassinations made the candidates’ situation dangerous.

• Chen Daoxuan used Spiritual Essence to create a merfolk woman in the North Sea, then made more merfolk as Luo Li watched.
• After a year, the Xuanhuang Realm’s elevation ended, strengthening its spiritual energy and Chen Daoxuan’s World Force enough for him to become a Creation Realm Dao Lord.
• Chen Daoxuan and Luo Li teleported to Heavenly Venerate Mountain, where Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate recognized Chen Daoxuan’s breakthrough and agreed to let him compete for the recommendation slot.
• Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate told Chen Daoxuan that he had selected six other candidates, making seven in total, and explained that human genius cultivators faced Demon Court assassinations and help from human traitors.
• Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate warned Chen Daoxuan that the Demon Court’s growing influence had made people within human territory increasingly difficult to trust, citing the ambush that wiped out the force sent to aid another city.

Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate warned Chen Daoxuan about human traitors and revealed the Demon Court’s vast strength, deepening Chen Daoxuan’s resolve to grow stronger. In seclusion, Chen Daoxuan decided to risk modifying the Star Charting Art to use his Insect Soldiers as star vessels, then began receiving its second inheritance.

• Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate warned Chen Daoxuan to conceal his strength until he reached Silver Wing Heavenly Venerate’s level and explained the four Great Demon Domains and the Demon Court’s powerful hierarchy.
• Chen Daoxuan learned that the Demon Court’s Emperor Lord could unite the True Demon Realm and that its Divine Generals formed its backbone, while Dao Lord and True Lord grade World Demons were treated as cannon fodder.
• Chen Daoxuan and Luo Li returned to the Abyssal Land, exchanged a few words, and entered seclusion to cultivate.
• Chen Daoxuan considered replacing the Star Charting Art’s Pure Yang Immortal Swords with Insect Soldiers and decided to gamble on modifying the Immortal Art despite the risk of losing it.
• Chen Daoxuan examined his more than five thousand Insect Soldiers, including over two thousand six-star soldiers, and began receiving the Star Charting Art’s second inheritance.

Chen Daoxuan mastered the introductory level of the Grand Formation of the Stars and completed the preparations for cultivating the Star Charting Art. In the Xuanhuang Realm, he connected 1,800 six-star Insect Soldiers to his 1,800 acupoints and gained immense power, though he reminded himself not to become careless.

• Chen Daoxuan used the Primordial Enlightenment Scripture to raise his comprehension and grasp the introductory level of the Grand Formation of the Stars.
• Chen Daoxuan and Luo Li opened 1,800 acupoints in his body before he left her to enter seclusion in the Xuanhuang Realm.
• Chen Daoxuan arranged 1,800 six-star Insect Soldiers in the Starry Sword Dao Chart, raising the artifact to high-grade immortal artifact status.
• Chen Daoxuan activated the Star Charting Art and connected the soldiers' power to his 1,800 acupoints, forming a circuit through his body.
• Chen Daoxuan felt powerful enough to destroy the Xuanhuang Realm with a punch, then cautioned himself against becoming careless.

Chen Daoxuan and Luo Li visited Futuo Immortal City, then went to the Treasure Pavilion to buy pills and an immortal artifact. After learning about the pavilion's stock and meeting the Heavenly Venerate Shufang, Chen Daoxuan focused on the Heaven Shaking Axe, priced at 100 million drops of Creation Force.

• Chen Daoxuan invited Luo Li to the Treasure Pavilion and agreed to take her to see Futuo Immortal City's Demon Fighting Arena.
• At the Treasure Pavilion, Chen Daoxuan asked to buy a Golden Crow Shard, Saint Origin Pills, and an immortal artifact, prompting the staff to verify his identity.
• Mo Qianfan explained that the human race could forge immortal artifacts and described their grades, uses, and prices.
• Mo Qianfan returned with Shufang, a Three Tribulation Heavenly Venerate who said he had received the previous opportunity granted by Five Rivers Heavenly Venerate.
• Shufang presented three low-grade immortal artifacts, and Chen Daoxuan chose to examine the Heaven Shaking Axe, which cost 100 million drops of Creation Force.

Chen Daoxuan bought the Heaven Shaking Axe and two other treasures to prepare for the contest for a Tribulation Crossing opportunity, while Shufang secretly recognized his terrifying potential. He then took Luo Li to the Two Realms Futu Demon Fighting Arena, where they entered a VIP room to watch a cultivator battle a Realm Demon.

• Chen Daoxuan tested the Heaven Shaking Axe, learned that Immortal Artifacts required Immortal Power to activate properly, and bought it along with two other treasures for 140 million Creation Force.
• Shufang told Mo Qianfan that Chen Daoxuan would certainly win the Tribulation Crossing slot because Shufang sensed that Chen Daoxuan was stronger than himself.
• Chen Daoxuan warned Luo Li not to assume all Heavenly Venerates were kind, then agreed to accompany her to the Demon Fighting Arena.
• At the Two Realms Futu, Chen Daoxuan learned the next Realm Demon battle was a month away but bought a VIP ticket for a cultivator-versus-Realm Demon duel scheduled in an hour.
• Chen Daoxuan used Teleportation to take Luo Li into the VIP room, bypassing its Formation with ease.

Chen Daoxuan recognized his old enemy Xiao Yuhua fighting in a Demon Fighting Arena and tried to learn who backed him. After the arena owner refused to help him buy Xiao Yuhua’s defeat, Chen Daoxuan broke into the arena and attacked its protective Formation.

• Chen Daoxuan recognized Xiao Yuhua in the arena but hid his identity and wagered forty million units of Creation Force on the Realm Demon to draw out the arena’s owner.
• He Yinnian, the arena’s owner and son of the Nine Regions Heavenly Venerate, refused Chen Daoxuan’s demand to arrange Xiao Yuhua’s defeat and offered to mediate instead.
• Chen Daoxuan dismissed He Yinnian, returned his untouched wager, and shattered the VIP private room before walking toward the arena.
• He Yinnian sent Elder Qu to stop Chen Daoxuan, but Chen Daoxuan’s ten six-star Dao Soldiers forced Elder Qu back.
• Chen Daoxuan teleported to a weak point in the arena’s protective Formation and struck it with the Heaven Shaking Axe as Xiao Yuhua watched in terror.