Chapter Summaries

Li Qingshan used the Martial Arts Space to cultivate the Heavenly Evolution Jade Book through forty-nine layers, then seized control of the Immortal Artifact from its true owner, the Mind Nightmare Demon Ancestor. When he read it aloud in human words, the Great Dao’s revelations spread through the heavens and advanced the Epoch Prodigies’ martial arts.

• Li Qingshan discovered that reciting the Heavenly Evolution Jade Book in the Martial Arts Space earned one experience point per reading, even without the book’s presence.
• Li Qingshan repeatedly recited the text and advanced through forty-nine layers, but his progress stopped at the final point and he sensed that the Immortal Artifact’s true owner blocked completion.
• Li Qingshan returned to the Heavenly Dao Space, where the Heavenly Book’s whispers and Ink Threads withdrew, and he recognized that the book feared him because the Status Panel had granted him control over it.
• Li Qingshan identified the Mind Nightmare Demon Ancestor as the Heavenly Book’s true owner, then spoke the word “Zhou” and cracked the first Immortal Dao Inscription.
• Li Qingshan read the Heavenly Book’s contents in human language, and the Epoch Prodigies heard the Great Dao’s revelations as their martial arts phenomena transformed and advanced.

Li Qingshan read the Heavenly Book aloud, shattering its Immortal Dao Inscriptions as he broke through its restrictions and clashed with the Mind Nightmare Demon Ancestor. The book’s inscriptions gathered into a new sentence, while the Epoch Prodigies beyond the heavens advanced toward transformation.

• Starlight from across the Four Saints Galaxy poured into the top-ranked position as all 101 ranked prodigies became Sons of the Four Saints and prepared to enter the Land of Returning Ruins.
• Li Qingshan continued reading the Heavenly Book despite the Illusory Face warning that the shattered inscriptions were irreparably damaging it.
• As Li Qingshan read the final page, his Dao sounds accelerated the manifestations surrounding the Epoch Prodigies.
• After Li Qingshan spoke the book’s final word, the Dao sounds stopped and the shattered inscriptions gathered into the sentence: “The Land of Nothingness is the source of your heart; where Mind Nightmare binds you, the Great Dao may be stolen!”

Li Qingshan destroyed the Heavenly Book by debating the Demon Ancestor’s annotation, completed the Heavenly Evolution Jade Book, and discovered a new path for his Martial Dao. As his comrades became Sons of the Four Saints, the network erased the emerging Four Saints title and named him Origin Chief.

• Li Qingshan resisted the Demon Ancestor’s handwriting, wrote crimson annotations onto the Heavenly Book, and shattered it, completing the Heavenly Evolution Jade Book’s fiftieth layer.
• Li Qingshan gained insight into a million Great Suns and recognized how his comrades’ transformed Fundamental Images reflected their own Martial Dao paths.
• Li Qingshan realized that Evil Gods could become the dark planets in his starry river and changed his technique into the Day Abyss Dust Sand Scripture.
• The 101 Epoch prodigies became Sons of the Four Saints, and the Councilors watched as the Four Saints Galaxy’s starlight gathered above the rankings.
• The network erased the emerging Four Saints title and placed [Origin Chief, Li Qingshan] at the top of the rankings.

After Li Qingshan’s recitation transformed the Epoch Prodigies, Tu Xie tried to challenge the others, but Li stopped him. Li then gathered the remaining World Origin and distributed it to the prodigies as promised.

• Suixin admitted he had understood only the literal words of Li Qingshan’s final recitation, while the other Epoch Prodigies praised the opportunity it had given them.
• The Epoch Prodigies discussed the four available slots and the top ten’s advantage, and Tu Xie proposed another spar.
• Li Qingshan stopped Tu Xie with a hand on his shoulder, prompting Tu Xie and the other prodigies to thank Li for imparting the Dao.
• Li Qingshan gathered the remaining thousand strands of Mystic Yellow aura and shaped them into spheres for the Epoch Prodigies.
• Li Qingshan told the prodigies that the spheres were the payment he had promised them.

Li Qingshan left the restored Canglan Replica with the Epoch Prodigies after learning that the Immortal Realm had vanished into legend. Back at Ziying Academy, Zhao Yang found Xiang Feifeng still waiting for the results of the War of the Four Saints when a message arrived.

• Yue Zhen and Feng Boyong doubted Li Qingshan, but he showed the shattered Heavenly Book Fragments and convinced the Epoch Prodigies he was himself.
• Suixin said he wanted to go home, and an Astral Rift opened toward the Azure Dragon Galaxy.
• Li Qingshan asked Old Daoist Tianji about the Immortal Realm, and Tianji said it had vanished and was known only through legends and hearsay.
• Li Qingshan and the Epoch Prodigies departed through the Nebula Vortex, while Old Daoist Tianji thanked them for ending the Canglan Demonic Tribulation.
• At Ziying Academy, Zhao Yang spoke with Xiang Feifeng, who was waiting for news of the War of the Four Saints, when his Communicator vibrated with a message.

The Four Saints Council summoned the galaxy’s media to reveal the Epoch Prodigy Ranking, where Li Qingshan appeared as the [Origin Chief] above more than a hundred [Sons of the Four Saints]. The Council withheld what the title meant and began preparing a livestream as the prodigies started their return.

• Editor-in-chiefs and paparazzi gathered outside the Shattered Meteor Belt after the Four Saints Council summoned them.
• Shi Feng told the media that the Council had shocking news about the ranking and the War of the Four Saints.
• The Council revealed a ranking listing more than a hundred [Sons of the Four Saints] and Li Qingshan as [Origin Chief].
• Shi Feng refused to explain the top-secret title and told the media to prepare for a livestream of the returning Epoch Prodigies.
• On September 10, Year 0003, news outlets across the Four Saints Galaxy sent citizens the headline [Prodigies, Return!].

All 101 Epoch prodigies returned from the Nebula Vortex, and the Stellar Sea discovered that Li Qingshan had been named Origin Chief on the Epoch Prodigy Ranking. Shi Feng explained that the title was a powerful position in the Land of Returning Ruins, leaving Li Qingshan to wonder whether the Network had appointed him before he arrived.

• Li Qingshan and all 100 other Epoch prodigies emerged from the Nebula Vortex alive after three years.
• Viewers saw the Epoch Prodigy Ranking list 100 Sons of the Four Saints and Li Qingshan as Origin Chief, with a colorful electronic screen attached to the ancient Stone Tablet.
• Gu Feng, Ming Shuang, and officials across the Four Saints Galaxy watched the ranking and reacted to Li Qingshan's new position.
• You Qixuan and the other prodigies realized they had all become Sons of the Four Saints, while Li Qingshan praised the electronic screen after Shi Feng said the Network had installed it.
• Shi Feng told Li Qingshan that Origin Chief was a position coveted by prodigies across hundreds of thousands of galaxies for 120,000 years, and Li Qingshan asked if the Network had appointed him in advance.

Li Qingshan learned that becoming Chief of the Land of Returning Ruins required Ninth-Order combat power, which previous Chiefs had reached through rare fortuitous encounters. He grew eager to discover what corrupted, Evil God-related salvage the alien races were pursuing.

• Li Qingshan dismissed concerns about resentment over his Network-appointed Chief position, joking that he would talk things over with the other prodigies.
• Shi Feng explained that Xiang Hao had subdued everyone 120,000 years earlier but had failed to obtain the Chief position.
• Shi Feng revealed that Chief candidates needed Ninth-Order combat power and that past Chiefs had used fortuitous encounters in the Land of Returning Ruins to cross the power gap.
• Li Qingshan reported the Canglan Demonic Tribulation and learned that the Star Martial Hall was interested in the Epoch Top Ten's Second Transformations.
• Li Qingshan asked what fortuitous encounters the Evil God Alien Races were trying to salvage, then suggested they might involve Evil Gods and corruption.

Li Qingshan revealed that he could absorb corruption and explained that his new Day Abyss Dust Sand Scripture used Evil Gods as nourishment to advance beyond Myriad Manifestations. He left the others stunned while privately relying on his Status Panel as a safeguard against corruption.

• Li Qingshan told Shi Feng and the Councilors that he had absorbed the corruption left in the shattered jade fragment from the Mind Nightmare Demon Ancestor.
• Yang Zhixuan arrived after hearing the news and asked whether absorbing corruption was necessary to advance beyond Myriad Manifestations.
• Li Qingshan demonstrated the Day Abyss Dust Sand Scripture, explaining that it used Myriad Phenomena Star Sand and Evil Gods as nourishment to build a Starry River.
• Shi Feng warned Li Qingshan that the corrupted Opportunities salvaged from the Land of Returning Ruins were extremely dangerous and could serve as weapons against humanity.
• Li Qingshan welcomed the prospect of dangerous corruption and privately resolved that his Status Panel would protect him if his will failed.

Li Qingshan demonstrated how the Day Abyss Dust Sand Scripture transformed Corruption and let him reach the Star Realm’s Second Heaven, astonishing Yang Zhixuan and the councilors. Yang Zhixuan realized Li Qingshan’s future growth might let him touch Above the Nine Heavens, and Li Qingshan left to return in three days.

• Yang Zhixuan concluded that Li Qingshan’s path of turning Corruption to his own use could not be replicated, but might inspire new research into the Myriad Evolution Star River.
• Li Qingshan showed that his companion-star method made his sunlight carry Corruption traits without harming those around him, and he pierced the second heavenly curtain.
• The councilors were astonished when Li Qingshan said he had only just broken through the second layer, and Shi Feng told him to return in three days for the journey to the Land of Returning Ruins.
• Yang Zhixuan connected Li Qingshan’s Myriad Manifestations to the possibility of reaching Above the Nine Heavens as his power grew.

Xie Sha ordered Xie Sen to carry a decree into the Land of Returning Ruins, where the Evil Horn Tribe and the other races were to hunt down human Prodigies and kill a mysterious genius. Xie Sen agreed, but the unknown target’s description stirred his fear that it might be the Formless Sky Demon.

• Xie Sha appeared above the Evil Horn Tribe’s Altars and summoned his descendant Xie Sen, praising him for maintaining them.
• Xie Sha gave Xie Sen a blood-lit horn and ordered him to tell the Evil Horn Tribe’s Elders to mobilize fully and kill every human Prodigy in the Land of Returning Ruins.
• Xie Sen warned that the operation could cost the tribe its foothold and expose its Elders to retaliation, but Xie Sha explained that Lord Youming had issued the decree to eliminate a human genius who destroyed a supreme treasure of the Mind Nightmare Demon Ancestor.
• Xie Sen asked for the genius’s identity so the Elders could set traps, but Xie Sha said no name, portrait, or gender was known.
• Xie Sen remembered the Formless Sky Demon and the Soul Tablets that had shattered a thousand years earlier, then reassured himself that the Demon could not have become so powerful in such a short time.

Li Qingshan learned that Suixin kept his fortune despite its risks, then met Kong Yang and discovered that friendly alien-race elders were prepared to support him in the Land of Returning Ruins. Xiang Hong also sought the elders’ backing against the newly arrived Chief, but Kong Mingze pledged his support to Xiang Hong instead.

• Suixin explained to Li Qingshan how his and Tai Shang’s fortunes had been linked, and why Tai Shang’s decision to sever his fortune had broken their fate.
• Suixin refused to give up his fortune, while Chi Baixiu worried about the danger it might bring.
• Li Qingshan arrived at Qingshan Star, where Kong Yang told him that Kong Mingze and other Ninth Order elders were stationed in the Land of Returning Ruins.
• Kong Yang said Kong Mingze would fully support Li Qingshan when the Chief arrived.
• Xiang Hong asked the elders of Alien Races to support him against the new Chief, and Kong Mingze promised to back Xiang Hong.

Li Qingshan reviewed the Land of Returning Ruins and Origin Island’s five rival Island Masters before reuniting with Gu Feng and teasing him about his declining thesis rating. On Origin Island, Liang Feiyan asked the Elders how they would respond to the [Chief]’s arrival, and Kong Mingze again promised his support.

• Li Qingshan learned that the Land of Returning Ruins consisted of a dangerous sea and sheltering islands, and that Origin Island had five competing Island Masters.
• Li Qingshan reviewed the five contenders’ backgrounds and combat strengths, including Liang Feiyan’s long experience with her Second Transformation.
• Li Qingshan reunited with Kong Yang, then visited Gu Feng and joked about the poor reviews of Gu Feng’s thesis while revealing his own highly rated work.
• Liang Feiyan arrived at a gathering of Elders on Origin Island and asked how they would respond to the approaching [Chief].
• Kong Mingze promised to support Liang Feiyan, who pointed out that he had already made the same promise five times.

Li Qingshan and the Epoch Prodigies arrived at Origin Island, where the Five Island Masters expected the elders to challenge his appointment as [Chief]. Instead, Kong Mingze and the Ninth Order elders welcomed Li Qingshan as Origin Chief.

• Kong Mingze persuaded Liang Feiyan that he would support her, then privately led the alien elders away after hinting that his promised support was meant for someone else.
• Li Qingshan visited friends and former colleagues, checked on Little Fatty in the Taotie Domain, and then set off for the Land of Returning Ruins.
• Shi Feng used the Communicator to open a green data path, and Li Qingshan led the Epoch Prodigies through it to Origin Island.
• The Five Island Masters prepared to use the elders’ challenge to Li Qingshan to start a contest for [Chief].
• Li Qingshan arrived with one hundred other prodigies, and Kong Mingze and the elders bowed to welcome him as Origin Chief.

Li Qingshan arrived on Origin Island and was welcomed by Kong Mingze and the Ninth Order elders, embarrassing the Five Island Masters who had tried to secure the Chief position. As the Five Island Masters attacked, Li Qingshan stepped forward himself and proposed a heart-to-heart talk, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Kong Mingze and the Ninth Order elders bowed to welcome Li Qingshan, while the Five Island Masters realized the elders supported him instead.
• The Five Island Masters confronted Kong Mingze for misleading them, and he explained that the Network had designated Li Qingshan as Chief.
• The Five Island Masters unleashed their powers, and Kong Mingze asked Li Qingshan for permission to help suppress them.
• Li Qingshan stopped the elders, walked through the Five Island Masters' destructive phenomena, and suggested they talk through their misunderstandings and plan their future together.

Li Qingshan used his Sunlight to make the Five Island Masters acknowledge him as [Chief] and summoned a meeting at Origin Residence. He revealed that Tu Xie and the other eight newcomers had undergone a Second Transformation of their Fundamental Images, then turned the meeting toward the Evil God Alien Race.

• Li Qingshan's Sunlight soothed the crowd, suppressed the Five Island Masters' hostility, and led them to salute him as [Chief].
• Li Qingshan went to Origin Residence and called the island's leaders and prodigies to a meeting.
• Tu Xie challenged Liang Feiyan and the other Island Masters, but Li Qingshan stopped him and said he was not their match yet.
• Li Qingshan revealed that Tu Xie, Feng Boyong, and the other seven newcomers had all undergone a Second Transformation of their Fundamental Images.
• Li Qingshan dismissed discussion of resources and Opportunities and announced that the meeting would address the Evil God Alien Race.

Li Qingshan insisted on pursuing both resources and the Evil God Alien Race, but learned that the turbulent Returning Ruins Sea made finding and attacking their islands extremely difficult. He arranged friendly negotiations with the neighboring Nine Islands and resolved to find a way to overcome the sea’s dangers.

• Kong Mingze praised Li Qingshan’s goal of hunting the Evil God Alien Race, and Li Qingshan said exterminating them and gathering resources could be pursued together.
• Liang Feiyan explained that the Alien Races’ restrictions prevented interrogation and that turbulent waters made locating and raiding their islands a lengthy undertaking.
• Xiang Hong proposed dealing with the other Nine Islands over salvage areas, but Li Qingshan insisted on calling the meeting friendly negotiations.
• Liang Feiyan said Origin Island gained only two or three thousand particles of Myriad Phenomena Star Sand every ten thousand years, disappointing Li Qingshan.
• Li Qingshan adjourned the meeting, ordered contact with the Nine Islands, and decided to find a way to overcome the Returning Ruins Sea and hunt the Evil God Alien Race.

Xie Sen warned the Evil Horn Elders that the coming Hundred Tribes Alliance would face a dangerous assault by human Heavenly Demons, but they eagerly prepared to seize its leadership. At Origin Island, Li Qingshan discovered that Sunlight could smooth the Returning Ruins Sea’s Rule Turbulence, though its power was not yet sufficient to cross it.

• Xie Sen told the Evil Horn Elders that Lord Youming had ordered the surrounding races to target human prodigies, and the Elders decided to form an alliance and pursue its leadership.
• Xie Sen urged the Elders to wait, recalling the devastation caused by a previous Heavenly Demon assault, but they dismissed his fears and cited the Hundred Races’ Island Suppressing Treasures.
• Xie Sen unfolded a portrait showing a vague human outline shrouded in darkness as the Elders hurried off to prepare the alliance.
• Li Qingshan reached the Returning Ruins Sea above Origin Island and watched salvagers retreat when Rule Turbulence tore apart a tide of world fragments.
• Li Qingshan tested the turbulence with Sunlight and saw it smooth the current, then realized he needed more Corruption for Sunlight to become strong enough to cross the sea.

After the Returning Ruins Sea calmed, Li Qingshan realized he needed better ways to locate the Evil God Alien Race and their Corruption. He seized the chance to contact Hongxian Island's Chief, Lu Bing, and proposed a Ten Island Alliance.

• Li Qingshan watched the Returning Ruins Sea settle and lamented that finding Corruption and fortuitous encounters still depended on luck.
• Kong Mingze suggested using Mecha Masters as lookouts and explained Hongxian Island's technological culture and its powerful Chief, Lu Bing.
• Li Qingshan and Kong Mingze watched a planetary cage bring Chu Qing, a Hongxian Island Mecha Master, to Origin Island after she salvaged beyond her territory.
• Liang Feiyan confronted Chu Qing, but Li Qingshan ended the dispute and asked her to invite Lu Bing to Origin Island.
• Li Qingshan told Chu Qing he wanted to discuss a Ten Island Alliance with Lu Bing.

Li Qingshan proposed uniting the Ten Islands to expand against the Evil God Alien Race, while the Hundred Races Elders gathered in the Returning Ruins Sea and argued over their own alliance. Xue Xing then appeared and declared that the Blood Rot Clan would lead the Hundred Tribes Alliance.

• Li Qingshan sent Chu Qing back to deliver his invitation for the Ten Island Chiefs to meet on Origin Island and discuss an alliance.
• Li Qingshan explained his plan to use Mecha Masters to find Evil God Alien Race strongholds and seize their treasure vaults.
• Liang Feiyan agreed to send invitations to the Nine Islands, and Kong Mingze followed her to help draft them.
• In the deepest part of the Returning Ruins Sea, Xie Sen watched the Hundred Races Elders argue over who should lead their alliance.
• Xue Xing entered the gathering and declared that the Blood Rot Clan would lead the Hundred Tribes Alliance, challenging the Elders to object.