Chapter Summaries

He Pingsheng tortured Gu Baiping, Gu Changsheng, and Daoist Heavenly Surge, then questioned Gu Baiping about the Orthodox God of Time's Dao foundation. He learned she had fabricated the claim and discovered she was already someone else's slave, while Gu Changsheng warned that the Equality Zone would soon end and restore their Divine King cultivation.

• He Pingsheng struck Daoist Heavenly Surge with four Buddhist seals after rejecting his claim that forming a Divine Slave Mark would summon a Divine Emperor.
• He Pingsheng searched the empty Great Hall for clues to leaving the space, then returned to question the three after they had spent half a day writhing on the ground.
• Gu Baiping admitted she had invented the story about the Orthodox God of Time's damaged Dao foundation to distract He Pingsheng and create an opening for a sneak attack.
• He Pingsheng demanded that Gu Baiping become his slave or die, but she revealed she already bore a Divine Slave Mark and belonged to an uncle in her Lineage.
• He Pingsheng put Gu Baiping in his Magical Treasure's space and stopped torturing Gu Changsheng and Daoist Heavenly Surge; Gu Changsheng warned that the Equality Zone would soon end and restore their Divine King cultivation.

He Pingsheng blood-refined the Primordial Chaos Supreme Dao Bell Core and used it to escape the mysterious space inside the bell. He emerged into an endless abyss with the damaged divine bell in his possession.

• He Pingsheng weighed whether to kill Gu Changsheng, Daoist Heavenly Surge, and Gu Baiping, but decided not to risk provoking the Divine Emperors or endangering his family.
• He Pingsheng examined the origin mass and discovered that it was the Primordial Chaos Supreme Dao Bell Core, which could control the bell’s space and fuse with its remnants.
• He Pingsheng blood-refined the core over six hundred years and fused the surrounding space with it, summoning the damaged Primordial Chaos Supreme Dao Bell.
• He Pingsheng placed four bell fragments against the divine bell, and they fused into it to repair four gaps.
• He Pingsheng put away the bell, causing the mysterious space to vanish and leaving him in an endless abyss.

He Pingsheng made Gu Changsheng and Daoist Heavenly Surge sign time-limited contracts to conceal the Primordial Chaos Supreme Dao Bell and help spread news of the Dao-Sacrificing Yin-Yang Cicada. After bringing them back to the abyss, he admitted Gu Baiping was not his contracted slave and asked how they could keep her alive and under control outside the Equality Zone.

• He Pingsheng suppressed the Buddhist Path Heart Seals and confronted Gu Changsheng and Daoist Heavenly Surge with the threat of killing them and hiding the truth about the bell.
• He proposed that they sign contracts requiring them to conceal the bell’s whereabouts for fifty thousand yuan, and both men agreed.
• He Pingsheng instructed them to claim that Gu Baiping had taken the bell and to tell others about the Dao-Sacrificing Yin-Yang Cicada afflicting someone in the time lineage.
• He Pingsheng brought Gu Changsheng and Daoist Heavenly Surge out of the Magical Treasure space and returned with them to the abyss.
• He Pingsheng revealed that Gu Baiping was already someone else’s servant and asked the two men how to keep her alive and controlled beyond the Equality Zone.

He Pingsheng had Gu Baiping swallow a pill that contaminated her Divine Apertures, then escaped the abyss with Gu Changsheng and Daoist Heavenly Surge. Outside, Gu Changsheng blamed Gu Baiping for stealing the Primordial Chaos Supreme Dao Bell and slandering his Master, while Yu Yingxian warned that a Divine Emperor was coming and announced a future challenge.

• Gu Changsheng explained that a Defiled Earth Aperture-Tainting Pill could keep Gu Baiping from regaining her Divine King Realm cultivation for ten thousand yuan, and Daoist Heavenly Surge gave He Pingsheng one.
• He Pingsheng forced Gu Baiping to swallow the pill, then activated a seventh-grade Teleportation Divine Talisman to escape the abyss with Gu Changsheng and Daoist Heavenly Surge.
• Gu Changsheng told the gathered cultivators that Gu Baiping had refined the core of the Primordial Chaos Supreme Dao Bell, teleported away with it, and spread rumors that the Temporal Divine Emperor's Dao foundation had been damaged.
• He Pingsheng left the crowd, and Yu Yingxian caught up with him and asked how Gu Baiping had claimed the opportunity despite the others' Primordial Chaos Dao Bodies.
• Yu Yingxian said a Divine Emperor would soon arrive and promised to slay a Divine Emperor on Flowing Wave Mountain ten thousand yuan later.

He Pingsheng discovered that the Primordial Chaos Supreme Dao Bell could store divine power in a vast space he named the Second Dantian, giving him a powerful extra attack. He left the Equality Zone with his companions and their collected Heavenly Amber Pure Dew, avoiding the Ancient Taisui's territory.

• He Pingsheng tested the Primordial Chaos Supreme Dao Bell and found that it absorbed his divine power and could release it directly in an attack.
• He Pingsheng filled the bell's storage space over four or five days, estimating it held more than twenty Divine Sparks' worth of power, and named it the Second Dantian.
• He Pingsheng discovered that the bell could unleash all the stored power at once in a strike comparable to the second or third layer of the Divine Venerable Realm.
• He Pingsheng flew to Wu Dabao, White Wing, and Bluefish, who had collected eleven bottles of Heavenly Amber Pure Dew from the flowering Heavenly Amber Cattails.
• He Pingsheng left the Heavenly Amber Cattails behind and ordered White Wing to steer the Flying Boat [Dusk Heaven] around the Ancient Taisui's territory.

After leaving the Equality Zone, He Pingsheng discovered that Gu Baiping’s cultivation had returned to the Divine King Realm, though her sealed divine aperture kept her from using Daoist laws. While traveling through the void, he encountered Emperor Gu’s enormous carriage and learned from an attendant that Emperor Gu had slain an Ancient Taisui and left a deadly imperial pressure behind.

• He Pingsheng visited Gu Baiping inside the Primordial Chaos Supreme Dao Bell, dodged her attacks, and withdrew when she fired a Divine Sense Flying Knife.
• He Pingsheng enhanced batches of Heavenly Amber Pure Dew in the Treasure-Gathering Basin while the Dusk Heaven crossed the void for several years.
• A vast carriage marked Emperor Gu appeared overhead and forced He Pingsheng and the flying boat down onto the ground.
• An attendant emerged from the carriage and warned He Pingsheng and the others to take a two-day detour because Emperor Gu’s lingering imperial pressure could kill them.

He Pingsheng escaped the Divine Emperor and continued toward safety, then learned that the two butterfly eggs he had received were actually supreme-grade Nine Yin Divine Butterflies. The chapter left him considering the butterflies’ powerful abilities and unusual life cycle.

• He Pingsheng recovered from his encounter with Emperor Gu and ordered White Wing to hurry away from the Deadly Grounds.
• He Pingsheng questioned Gu Baiping about Emperor Gu’s visit, but she refused to answer.
• He Pingsheng examined the two butterfly eggs he had received from Long Zhidu and found they were ninth-grade, supreme-grade Nine Yin Divine Butterflies.
• He Pingsheng learned that the butterflies fed on living beings’ divine sense, could transform and hide in the void, and produced one male and one female egg when they died at the peak of the Divine Emperor Realm.

He Pingsheng awakened and bound two Nine Yin Divine Butterflies, then spent twenty-eight years traveling with Wu Dabao and the others out of the Dao Collapse and Yellow Fall Deadly Grounds. After arranging passage toward Celestial Pivot City, he heard that the Orthodox God of Time had come and fought Emperor Gu in Nothingness Space.

• He Pingsheng bound the male and female Nine Yin Divine Butterflies with his blood and awakened them using the matching Heavenly Amber Pure Dew.
• The butterflies told He Pingsheng they could gently feed on his Divine Sense but drain an opponent's Divine Sense dry, then ate from him and fell asleep.
• He Pingsheng placed the butterflies in the Treasure-Gathering Basin, but they remained unchanged after a year.
• Twenty-seven years later, He Pingsheng, Wu Dabao, and their group emerged from the deadly grounds and found a gathering place with merchant ships bound for Celestial Pivot City.
• He Pingsheng disguised himself, bought tickets for the group, and heard at a teahouse that the Orthodox God of Time had fought Emperor Gu in Nothingness Space.

After returning to the He Family, He Pingsheng provided resources, assigned Bluefish and White Wing to help guard the estate, and arranged for Old Cao to seek Yu Si’s release. He then joined Su Zhenzhen at his Daoist grounds to “discuss” the Dao of Yin-Yang.

• He Pingsheng hid near the departure point, then boarded the Great Ship and returned to Celestial Pivot City after six years of flight.
• He Pingsheng left Celestial Pivot City with Bluefish and White Wing and returned to the He Family, where Old Diao briefed him on the lineage’s situation.
• He Pingsheng reunited with Su Zhenzhen and gave her resources for the He Family’s needs.
• He Pingsheng gave Old Cao two hundred thousand pieces of high-grade divine gold and asked him to arrange Yu Si’s release from the Shimmering Light Divine Kingdom.
• He Pingsheng introduced Bluefish and White Wing to Old Cao and assigned them to help guard the He Family.
• He Pingsheng went to his Daoist grounds, where he and Su Zhenzhen prepared to discuss the Dao of Yin-Yang.

He Pingsheng gave Su Zhenzhen a huge stock of supreme-grade pills to support the He Family and asked her to watch for anyone investigating his whereabouts. After eighty years of cultivation, he learned that no one was looking for him and that Old Cao had reduced Yu Si’s imprisonment to five thousand yuan of time.

• He Pingsheng gave Su Zhenzhen twenty-four thousand bottles of supreme-grade pills to fund the He Family and recruit contracted disciples.
• He Pingsheng asked Su Zhenzhen to send Zhou Qingmei to Celestial Pivot City to check whether anyone was investigating him, then stayed with Su Zhenzhen before she left.
• He Pingsheng slept for several days, then fed his Nine-Colored Divine Butterflies some of his divine sense and continued cultivating for eighty years without advancing his realm.
• Old Cao reported that Zhou Qingmei had found no one asking about He Pingsheng.
• Old Cao said he had used two hundred thousand high-grade divine crystals to reduce Yu Si’s prison term from six hou to fifty ji, or five thousand yuan of time.

He Pingsheng learned that a Divine Emperor’s divine sense had not exposed his Immortal Treasure-Gathering Basin, and decided he could use it freely. He began a long seclusion to improve his cultivation and comprehend Daoist laws.

• Old Cao told He Pingsheng the lineage had ample resources and that Yu Si’s sentence might be reduced to one thousand yuan through gradual effort.
• He Pingsheng asked whether Divine Emperor Celestial Pivot could sense across the distance to the He Family, then concluded Divine Emperors could not detect his Treasure-Gathering Basin.
• He Pingsheng told Old Cao he would see no one during his seclusion, gave him a stalk of Nine-Orifice Exquisiteness for Han Houzhi, and sent a message to Su Zhenzhen.
• He Pingsheng drew more than sixteen hundred Unsullied Insight Talismans, enhanced one, and used it with a Heavenly Heart Golden Core to boost his comprehension.
• He Pingsheng began comprehending the Spatial and gravity Daoist laws while cultivating his divine sense and swallowing Divinity-Pacifying Pills.

Gu Jinghong and her companions summoned Wang Dun to question him about Gu Baiping's disappearance and the Primordial Chaos Supreme Dao Bell. After initially denying everything, Wang Dun claimed he had taken the bell and challenged them to stop him.

• Gu Jinghong explained that clues pointed to Wang Dun as the person connected to her missing younger sister, Gu Baiping.
• Gu Jinghong and her companions concealed their auras and waited for Wang Dun to arrive at their boat.
• Wang Dun arrived, and Gu Jinghong asked whether he had been to the Dao Collapse and Yellow Fall Deadly Grounds.
• Wang Dun denied knowing the place, but Lu Chi accused him of taking the Primordial Chaos Supreme Dao Bell and framing Gu Baiping.
• Wang Dun paused, then admitted that he had taken the bell and asked whether Lu Chi had a problem with it.
• Lu Chi demanded that Wang Dun hand over the bell or die, and Wang Dun eagerly asked if he was serious.

Wang Dun revealed that he had dozens of Divine King Realm servants after the six Divine Kings threatened him over the Primordial Chaos Supreme Dao Bell. He ordered them to defeat the six, then took control of the surviving women, including transferring Gu Jinghong’s Divine Slave Mark to himself.

• Gu Jinghong stopped Lu Chi from killing Wang Dun and demanded that he explain where her sister had gone and why he had accused her of taking the Primordial Chaos Supreme Dao Bell.
• Wang Dun admitted that the damaged Primordial Chaos Supreme Dao Bell was in his hands and demanded payment, while Lu Chi and the woman in red threatened him.
• Wang Dun summoned Yu Lu and then sixty more Divine King Realm women, astonishing the six Divine Kings who had surrounded him.
• Wang Dun ordered his servants to kill the men and subdue the women, then sat aside while the battle ended and four women were brought to him.
• Wang Dun made three women hand over their Divine Slave Marks and used a Love Transfer Talisman to take Gu Jinghong’s mark from her former master.

After 436 yuan and more than 36,000 years in seclusion, He Pingsheng emerged at the tenth layer of the Divine Spirit Realm, still short of the Divine Lord Realm. Qiao Huizhu and Wen Buwan told him that the He Family faced a crisis involving the Peng Family, and he asked what had happened.

• He Pingsheng continued cultivating in seclusion for centuries while the He Family expanded across Fuyu Mountain.
• Qiao Huizhu and Wen Buwan discussed Su Zhenzhen's upcoming celebration for Bingyao's breakthrough and worried about the Peng Family's pressure on the He Family.
• He Pingsheng left his great hall after 436 yuan and more than 36,000 years in seclusion, then reunited with Qiao Huizhu and Wen Buwan.
• He Pingsheng revealed that he had reached the tenth layer of the Divine Spirit Realm and was nearing the Divine Lord Realm.
• Wen Buwan explained that they had hoped his breakthrough would help the family survive its crisis, and He Pingsheng asked what had happened.

He Pingsheng learned that the Peng Family had placed divine statues in the He Family’s halls to drain their power of faith, then demanded details about the rival lineage. He left to consult Su Zhenzhen, who revealed that the Peng Family’s grand elder had advanced to the eleventh layer of the Divine Venerable Realm with help from the He Family’s faith.

• Qiao Huizhu explained that the He Family had been placed under the Peng Family’s authority after it became a five-star gold-star lineage.
• Qiao Huizhu said the Peng Family had first installed one divine statue in the He Family’s hall and had recently forced them to accept two more.
• Wen Buwan told He Pingsheng that the Peng Family had an expert at the tenth layer of the Divine Venerable Realm and more than twenty Divine Venerable elders.
• He Pingsheng asked Qiao Huizhu to bring Su Zhenzhen to him, then encouraged Wen Buwan and promised to help her form a primordial chaos Dao body.
• Su Zhenzhen gave He Pingsheng a jade slip listing the Peng Family’s twenty-seven Divine Venerable elders and revealed that grand elder Peng Daxi had reached the eleventh layer by benefiting from the He Family’s power of faith.

He Pingsheng smashed three Peng Family statues in the He Family’s Divine Statue Great Hall, provoking a likely confrontation with the Peng Family. He prepared to rely on his divine butterflies and persuaded Gu Baiping to lend him divine power, though she objected to the amount he demanded.

• He Pingsheng learned that the He Family was short on power of faith and refused Su Zhenzhen’s suggestion to endure the Peng Family’s presence.
• He Pingsheng smashed the three unfamiliar statues in the Divine Statue Great Hall, and Su Zhenzhen and the others went to activate the Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation.
• He Pingsheng entered the Divine Bell Space and asked Gu Baiping to help him fight the Peng Family’s Divine Venerables.
• He Pingsheng showed Gu Baiping his two divine butterflies, which had reached the first layer of the divine venerable realm and could devour an opponent’s divine sense.
• Gu Baiping agreed to help by sending divine power into the Primordial Chaos Supreme Dao Bell, but protested when He Pingsheng demanded one-tenth of her power.

He Pingsheng rejected Gu Baiping’s demand for early release, then returned to find the He Family preparing for the Peng Family’s response to his destruction of their divine statue. When Head Steward Peng arrived to demand compensation and a replacement, He Pingsheng revealed he had smashed three statues and challenged Peng Daxi to come in person.

• Gu Baiping asked He Pingsheng to let her out early, but he reminded her of her past betrayal and refused to offer more than his promise to release her someday.
• He Pingsheng left the Magical Treasure space and went to the Lineage’s Great Hall as the He Family prepared for the Peng Family’s retaliation.
• Peng Daxi sensed that his divine statue at the He Family had broken and sent Head Steward Peng with a replacement statue.
• Head Steward Peng arrived at the He Family and demanded that they enshrine the new statue and compensate Peng Daxi for the old one.
• He Pingsheng admitted that he had smashed Peng Daxi’s statue and the statues of two guest elders, then told Head Steward Peng to ask Peng Daxi to come in person.

Peng Daxi decided not to risk a conflict with the He Family and ordered an investigation into their background. Decades later, Old Cao told He Pingsheng that the City Lord's Manor had driven the He Family's shipbuilding business to the brink by selling boats with special flying privileges in Celestial Pivot City.

• Peng Daxi told his steward to abandon the dispute over the smashed statues and investigate the He Family.
• He Pingsheng's family celebrated the Peng Family's retreat, and He Pingsheng spent time with Qiao Huizhu and the others.
• He Pingsheng gave Qiao Huizhu a female heavenly amber cattail flower, which embarrassed her.
• After several peaceful decades, Old Cao told He Pingsheng that the He Family's shipbuilding business could no longer compete with the City Lord's Manor.
• Old Cao explained that the City Lord's Manor sold boats with boat numbers that allowed them to fly in Celestial Pivot City, as well as smaller boats that could also fly there.

He Pingsheng used the Nine Visages Divine Artifact to create a new appearance so he could visit Celestial Pivot City without being recognized. After touring the city and seeing the City Lord's Manor's Divine Boats, he decided to buy one for convenience.

• He Pingsheng asked Old Cao for a disguise that could fool Divine Kings, and Old Cao brought him the Nine Visages mask, which could conceal its owners even from Divine Emperors.
• He Pingsheng imprinted a handsome new visage in the mask and left with Old Cao for Celestial Pivot City.
• After arriving, He Pingsheng and Old Cao traveled through the city by Demon Beast and teleportation array to reach the City Lord's Manor.
• He Pingsheng saw the Manor's numbered Divine Boats and decided to have Old Cao buy one.

He Pingsheng and Old Cao bought a Divine Boat and boat number through an outside seller after the City Lord’s Manor quoted an exorbitant price and warned of a wait of tens of thousands of years. Peng Xiuxiu recognized Old Cao and escorted them to the boat-number steles, where she showed them how to identify their number.

• A saleswoman told He Pingsheng and Old Cao that a Divine Boat with a boat number would cost six thousand middle-grade divine gold outside the City Lord’s Manor.
• After waiting four hours, He Pingsheng learned the Manor charged twenty million low-grade divine gold for the boat and had no stock, with a wait of at least tens of thousands of years.
• He Pingsheng negotiated with the outside saleswoman and bought a fourth-grade Divine Boat and boat number for four thousand middle-grade divine gold.
• The saleswoman registered He Pingsheng and Old Cao, gave them a number plate and golden Divine Boat, and called Peng Xiuxiu to guide them.
• Peng Xiuxiu recognized Old Cao as the He Family’s steward, met He Pingsheng, and offered to recommend him for work at the City Lord’s Manor.
• Peng Xiuxiu led them to the square’s stone steles and showed them where to find their boat number.