Chapter Summaries

Hu Yanbo killed several powerful figures burdened with heavy karma, then found that five remaining targets were too dangerous to eliminate with his current abilities. He decided to seek twenty million Hunyuan Crystals from the two ancient kingdoms’ Progenitors to strengthen his will, but still needed to determine what he could offer in exchange.

• Hu Yanbo’s clones killed Jiuye God King, Shihu God King, and Guiying God King, advancing three branches of the Great Dao of Destruction.
• Hu Yanbo identified five remaining karmic targets, including Tiehu Demon Lord and Black Vulture Ancestor, but judged that their protectors and defenses made them impossible to kill safely for now.
• Powerful cultivators at Old Man Tianshi’s trading gathering learned of the recent God King deaths and dispersed in fear that the unknown killer would target them next.
• Hu Yanbo concluded that advancing his Fruit-Cause Dao required raising his will, but the Infinite Space treasury lacked the Great Dream Source Seed he had hoped to use.
• Hu Yanbo decided to obtain twenty million Hunyuan Crystals from the Progenitors of the two ancient kingdoms and prepared to use a defensive secret treasure during negotiations.
• Hu Yanbo began considering what possession could persuade the Progenitors to pay him twenty million Hunyuan Crystals.

Hu Yanbo asked Feng Xi for twenty million Hunyuan crystals, and she agreed to support him after recognizing his extraordinary growth and power. As Luo Feng prepared to break through, Giant Axe Founder overcame his long-standing bottleneck and decided to attempt the Reincarnation Passage once his Miniature Universe transformed.

• Hu Yanbo left a clone to keep studying the Great Dao Diagram and went to seek Feng Xi’s advice about obtaining twenty million Hunyuan crystals.
• Feng Xi discovered that Hu Yanbo had the same level of spiritual will as the force that had recently killed many great sinners, and he confirmed that he was responsible.
• Feng Xi chose to help Hu Yanbo obtain the crystals, investing her savings in her disciple rather than a rare treasure.
• Luo Feng announced that he was about to break through, drawing Hu Yanbo’s consciousness to the gathering around Luo Feng’s Miniature Universe.
• Watching Luo Feng’s universe expand stirred Giant Axe Founder’s frustration, and he broke through his bottleneck with a casual axe swing.
• Giant Axe Founder resolved to visit the Reincarnation Passage and experience the Ancient Civilization after his Miniature Universe transformed.

Hu Yanbo’s teacher, Feng Xi, sold a rare World-Level Hunyuan lifeform bone to the Yanfeng Ancestor and Thunder Ancestor, then gave Hu Yanbo an enormous reserve of Hunyuan crystals as an investment in his future. Hu Yanbo vowed to prove her confidence justified, setting up his next period of cultivation.

• Hu Yanbo learned from Feng Xi that extraordinary guests had arrived and withdrew his perceptions as instructed.
• The Yanfeng Ancestor, Thunder Ancestor, Time-Space Old Demon, Master of Two Realms Palace, and Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion visited Feng Xi to bid on Special Lifeform remains.
• Feng Xi sold a long blue bone to the Yanfeng Ancestor and Thunder Ancestor for an enormous sum, despite the other guests’ offers and advice.
• After the guests left, Feng Xi gave Hu Yanbo the Illusion Realm Maze containing a vast quantity of Hunyuan crystals and explained that she was investing in his potential.
• Hu Yanbo promised to prove that Feng Xi’s investment was wise and prepared to use the resources to advance his cultivation beyond the God King Second Level.

Hu Yanbo advanced his will to the late God Emperor level and used it to continuously study and merge the branches of the Effect-Cause Dao, despite the strain on his body. Elsewhere, Giant Axe continued cultivating in the Eastern Capital while Luo Feng joined Wuxin God King and others in the Dream Domain, where they discussed the mysterious being Hu Yanbo had become.

• Hu Yanbo tested his stronger Karma Rings and found their attack could injure a God King Second Level but could not kill an Emperor.
• Hu Yanbo spent twenty million Hunyuan crystals and discovered that his remaining funds were close to, but below, the three hundred million needed to repay the Advance Panel for late God Emperor will.
• Hu Yanbo advanced his will to the late God Emperor level, endured severe pain, and used the resulting clarity to observe and merge Effect-Cause Dao branches without stopping.
• Giant Axe reflected on the dangers facing weaker beings across the Origin Continent and returned to his cave dwelling to cultivate toward becoming an Eternal True God.
• Wuxin God King led Luo Feng, Emperor Guixu, and Yuntian God King to the place where they had encountered the mysterious being, and they suspected it was Hu Yanbo.
• Emperor Guixu told Luo Feng that he might have surpassed his teacher, and Luo Feng turned his attention toward the darkness deep in the Dream Domain.

Hu Yanbo completed the Second Level of the Fruit-Cause Dao, gaining the power to determine life and death through cause and effect. After killing Di Yuan with a thought and realizing the scale of his new power, Hu Yanbo set out to become the Story King of the Origin Continent.

• Hu Yanbo repeatedly copied and connected the Effect-Cause Secret Patterns until he formed a complete sigil and merged all six branches of the Karma Great Dao.
• Hu Yanbo tested his new Fruit-Cause abilities, recognizing that he could determine outcomes by accepting their corresponding costs.
• Hu Yanbo believed he had mastered the remaining branches of the Great Dao of Destruction, then declared that Di Yuan was already dead.
• Di Yuan died instantly in his palace, and the other Emperors sensed that his Karmic Thread had snapped.
• Hu Yanbo learned that killing Di Yuan had advanced his repayment progress and concluded that he could decide the fates of most Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom Emperors.
• Hu Yanbo left the Quiet Chamber and appeared above the Howling Wind Abyss, declaring his goal of becoming the Story King of the Origin Continent.

Di Fu and the other Emperors discovered Di Yuan’s lifeless body and considered whether a mysterious Cleaner had killed him. Meanwhile, Hu Yanbo advanced his Fruit-Cause Dao, earned Reward Points, and found Heaven and Earth Qi, a treasure that seemed suited to his path.

• Di Fu led seven Emperors into Yuan Capital in the Hunyuan Space Eight-Aspect Array and found no signs of battle.
• Di Fu confirmed that Di Yuan’s intact body lay dead at the bottom of the blood pool, and Di Chu ruled out any known curse-killing method.
• Di Fu asked whether Di Yuan’s death might be connected to the Cleaner, Hu Yanbo.
• Hu Yanbo demonstrated the second level of his Fruit-Cause Dao in Infinite Space and received 100,000 Reward Points, bringing his total to 309,970.
• Hu Yanbo reviewed the higher-tier treasure list and found Heaven and Earth Qi, which he decided was the Innate Secret Treasure he needed.

Hu Yanbo exchanged for Heaven and Earth Qi, refined it into a yin-yang jade ring, and used it to deepen his Fruit-Cause Dao insights and perceive events across the Origin Continent. He confronted the Thunder Ancestor over the sins of three monarchs, then killed them inside Thunder Mountain despite the Ancestor’s defenses.

• Hu Yanbo exchanged for Heaven and Earth Qi, learned that two previous recipients had broken free of the cage, and refined the qi into a yin-yang jade ring.
• Hu Yanbo used the ring to survey karmic ties across the Origin Continent and saw that Chaos would eventually break through and follow the Giant Axe Founder to the Origin Continent.
• Hu Yanbo contacted the Thunder Ancestor inside Thunder Mountain and demanded that Monarch Lan Duo, Monarch White Demon, and Monarch Feng Xing be allowed to leave so he could deal with them.
• The Thunder Ancestor refused Hu Yanbo’s demand and insisted that no one could kill the three monarchs inside Thunder Mountain.
• Hu Yanbo activated the Fruit-Cause Dao and killed Monarch Lan Duo, Monarch White Demon, and Monarch Feng Xing within Thunder Mountain, leaving the Thunder Ancestor stunned.

Hu Yanbo confronted the Thunder Ancestor after killing three Monarchs and declared that grave sinners across the Origin Continent must die by his hand. The Yanfeng Ancestor proposed a wagered duel to settle the dispute, and the Thunder Ancestor accepted.

• The Thunder Ancestor investigated Hu Yanbo’s strange Secret Patterns while experts across the Origin Continent gathered to watch.
• Di Xi reported that the Karmic Threads of Lan Duo, White Demon, and Feng Xing had vanished, and Di Qing summoned the Yanfeng Emperors, warning that something big was coming.
• The Thunder Ancestor attacked Hu Yanbo with his lightning domain, but the strikes passed through Hu Yanbo’s present-time projection without harming him.
• Hu Yanbo told the Thunder Ancestor that he would punish all grave sinners, including those who had sinned in the past, and challenged him to a duel over the rules.
• The Yanfeng Ancestor backed a wagered duel and promised his kingdom would follow Hu Yanbo’s rules if he won; the Thunder Ancestor accepted.

Hu Yanbo fought the Thunder Ancestor in the Universe Ocean and revealed that he had comprehended the complete Fruit-Cause and Karma Great Daos. He turned the Thunder Ancestor’s own attacks against him, but the duel was interrupted by a voice accusing Thunder of attacking its speaker’s disciple.

• The Thunder Ancestor, Hu Yanbo, and the Yanfeng Ancestor left the Origin Continent, and Di Qing joined them to watch the duel.
• The Thunder Ancestor created eight clones and used a formation to attack Hu Yanbo, but Hu Yanbo’s Heaven and Earth Qi kept the attacks from landing.
• The Thunder Ancestor used an ancient stone pillar and the Thunder World Ten Ultimate Formation to pull Hu Yanbo’s true body toward the present timeline.
• Hu Yanbo completed his comprehension of the Fruit-Cause and Karma Great Daos, froze the Thunder Spears, and redirected them into the Thunder Ancestor’s formation.
• Hu Yanbo froze the Thunder World’s shifting weaknesses and used the redirected spears to strike the Thunder Ancestor.
• A voice broke through the Thunder World and accused the Thunder Ancestor of attacking its disciple.

Feng Xi arrived at the Thunder World and revealed that Hu Yanbo was her disciple, Xiao Feng, shocking Thunder Ancestor, Yanfeng Ancestor, and Di Qing. After Hu Yanbo defeated the Great Sinners and established a new rule that they must die, the group gathered in the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom, where Thunder Ancestor and Yanfeng Ancestor eagerly offered Hu Yanbo resources and Feng Xi another chance to study Special Lifeform remains.

• Feng Xi emerged from seclusion as a Middle God Emperor and entered the Thunder World through a passage Hu Yanbo opened in the formation.
• Feng Xi introduced Hu Yanbo as Xiao Feng, the first-ranked Chaos Realm transcender, and Thunder Ancestor conceded defeat.
• Hu Yanbo declared that Great Sinners must die, and the remaining Great Sinners across the Origin Continent immediately lost their lives.
• Yanfeng Ancestor and Thunder Ancestor endorsed Hu Yanbo's rule, then invited him and Feng Xi to the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom.
• Yanfeng Ancestor and Thunder Ancestor offered Hu Yanbo Hunyuan crystals, while Yanfeng Ancestor offered Feng Xi access to Special Lifeform remains; Feng Xi urged Hu Yanbo to accept the resources.

Hu Yanbo used his new standing to support Feng Xi’s lineage and Luo Feng, then advanced his understanding of the three branches of the Time Origin Great Dao. Across the Origin Continent, others reacted to Hu Yanbo’s rise, while Luo Feng resolved to ask his teacher how to improve his lagging Great Dao of Destruction.

• Feng Xi gave Hu Yanbo insights into the Life Great Dao, World Beast Blood Talismans, and Five-Colored Treasure Medicine to share with Luo Feng, while the Fengdu Queen teased her about favoring her granddisciple.
• Hu Yanbo spent his available advance on complete comprehension of the past, present, and future branches of the Time Origin Great Dao, then began creating a secret technique to repay it.
• Di Xuan rewarded Di Xuanhong and promised him favorable treatment, while Di Xuanhong warned his family not to misuse his friendship with Hu Yanbo.
• At a gathering in the Eastern Capital, the Fengdu Queen learned that Emperor Guixu had once encouraged Luo He to challenge Hu Yanbo, and she said Hu Yanbo would be pleased by a disciple’s ambition.
• Luo Feng resolved to seek Hu Yanbo’s guidance because his six branches of the Great Dao of Destruction remained stuck at Chaos Realm Peak, holding back his Life-Destruction Great Dao.

Hu Yanbo opened a perfect new Great Dao through reverse causality, met Yuan again, and received a Hunyuan Heart and a Token. After giving Luo Feng a Source Heart and other gifts, Hu Yanbo fused with the Hunyuan Heart and quickly completed a second-level time-origin secret technique.

• Hu Yanbo opened the complete fruit-cause Dao, earning the highest reward for opening a Great Dao and 200,000 Reward Points.
• Yuan appeared, gave Hu Yanbo a Hunyuan Heart and a Token, and learned that the fruit-cause Dao helped Hu Yanbo comprehend other Great Daos faster.
• Hu Yanbo exchanged Reward Points for a Source Heart and gave it, along with his grandmaster’s insights and treasures, to Luo Feng.
• Hu Yanbo studied and fused the Hunyuan Heart, transforming his divine body and greatly increasing its affinity with origin Great Daos.
• Hu Yanbo used his enhanced affinity to complete a second-level secret technique of the Great Dao of Time Origin.

Hu Yanbo used his Hunyuan Body to deepen his comprehension and began advancing the Life Origin Great Dao, then continued repaying advances in seclusion. Meanwhile, Luo Feng revealed God Emperor Will in the Dream Domain, forcing Di Yan and the other Emperors to retreat, and news of his power spread across the Origin Continent.

• Hu Yanbo discovered that the Hunyuan Body let his consciousness harmonize with the Origin Land and greatly accelerated his comprehension of the Great Daos.
• Hu Yanbo checked the Hunyuan Heart's requirements, advanced the fusion of two Life Origin branches, and chose to pursue Second Level advances across his five Great Daos.
• Luo Feng used God Emperor Will to withstand Di Yan, Di Wu, and Di Xi's attacks, prompting them to withdraw from the Dream Domain.
• Luo Feng thanked Emperor Guixu and Wuxin God King, then promised to help Guixu kill Di Yan if an opportunity arose.
• News of Luo Feng's God Emperor Will spread; the Original Ancestor discussed his future with the Fengdu Queen, while the Giant Axe Founder continued training.
• Hu Yanbo remained in seclusion, immersing his consciousness in repaying the advance of the Space Origin Great Dao.

Hu Yanbo completed the second-level comprehension of all nine Great Daos and used the Advance Panel to become Lord of the Source World, instantly refining its origin and gaining World-Level Hunyuan power. As the Origin Continent sensed its new ruler, Thunder Ancestor and Flame Wind decided to dissolve their ancient kingdoms and tell Feng Xi about Hu Yanbo.

• Hu Yanbo found that refining the Source World's origin through his own will would take too long, so he used the Advance Panel to check the repayment conditions for the remaining Great Daos.
• Hu Yanbo spent Reward Points on Immeasurable Treasure Liquid and advanced the remaining four Great Daos to the second level through comprehension and cultivation.
• Hu Yanbo advanced to Lord of the Source World, instantly refining its origin and gaining control over its rules, space, and River of Time.
• The Source World poured divine radiance into Hu Yanbo, raising his power to the World-Level Hunyuan ranks even though his own Daos remained at the Ultimate Realm.
• God Kings and God Emperors across the Origin Continent sensed the birth of a Lord of the Source World, while Thunder Ancestor and Flame Wind discussed the event.
• Flame Wind and Thunder Ancestor decided to dissolve the Two Great Ancient Kingdoms and inform Feng Xi, hoping Hu Yanbo would earn the new ruler's appreciation.

Hu Yanbo revealed to Feng Xi that he had become the Lord of the Source World, then drew the attention of the Cultivator Faction’s Seven Lords. Yuan appointed him guardian of the Seventh Domain and brought him to the Land of Beginnings, where the escaped cultivators greeted him.

• Hu Yanbo told Feng Xi that he was the Lord of the Source World, relieving her fears about the continent’s new ruler.
• Lord Xingmang and Yuan discovered Hu Yanbo’s new status, and Yuan decided to bring him to the Land of Beginnings.
• Hu Yanbo examined his Source World and learned that its origin could replenish his power, though his outside clones would have limited strength.
• Yuan appointed Hu Yanbo guardian of the Seventh Domain and explained that the role would let him remain near his home and cultivate.
• Yuan led Hu Yanbo through Infinite Hunyuan Space to the hidden Land of Beginnings, where the escaped cultivators turned to look at their new arrival.

Yuan welcomed Hu Yanbo to the Land of Origin, explained the Cultivator Faction’s precarious position, and gave him the resources and advice available to a new World-Level Hunyuan lifeform. After meeting the faction’s powerhouses and accepting their help, Hu Yanbo prepared to appoint deputies for the Dark World Cluster so he could focus on comprehending the Hunyuan Dao.

• Yuan built Hu Yanbo a cultivation abode, gave him a silver bracelet, and explained that the Cultivator Faction might eventually lose its territory to the Innate Primal Chaos Lifeform Faction.
• Hu Yanbo received ten million Reward Points and one hundred thousand Contribution Points, then exchanged Reward Points for cultivation treasures intended for Feng Xi, Fengdu, and Luo Feng.
• Hu Yanbo met the World-Level Hunyuan powerhouses, who were astonished that he had reached this level after only three hundred eras and gave him advice and defensive resources.
• Torchfire Dao Lord arranged to hand the Dark World Cluster’s management over to Hu Yanbo and offered to introduce three Hunyuan lifeforms as potential deputies.
• Hu Yanbo agreed to meet the representatives so he could organize the cluster’s affairs and then enter seclusion to study the Hunyuan Dao.

Hu Yanbo established the Heavenly Sect as the sole authority over the Origin Continent, delegated its administration, and helped his allies pursue their own paths. After reshaping the Source World’s territory and rules and offering the Original Universe’s Origin Will a chance to reincarnate, he prepared to study the next stages of the Effect-Cause Dao.

• Hu Yanbo appointed Teng, Shi Ge, and Yi Feiya as deputies to govern the Dark World Cluster and its Holy Realms.
• Hu Yanbo founded the Heavenly Sect, replaced the Origin Continent’s old powers with its order, and assigned leadership to Flame Wind, Thunder, the Fengdu Queen, and Mohe.
• Hu Yanbo gave Feng Xi research treasures and advised Luo Feng to leave the Source World to seek stronger opponents and follow his Dao.
• Hu Yanbo expanded the Origin Continent a hundredfold, drained most of the Universe Ocean’s energy, and imposed new lifespan and reincarnation rules.
• Hu Yanbo offered the Origin Will of the Original Universe a choice, and it chose to reincarnate and experience the Source World.
• Hu Yanbo guided the Origin Will into reincarnation, then prepared to enter seclusion and study the Effect-Cause Dao.

Hu Yanbo used his World-Level Hunyuan spiritual will to rapidly cultivate his Fruit-Cause Dao while Yuan and Xingmang concluded that his mysterious land was hiding his future timelines. About one era later, the Fengdu Queen brought Lin Yan to the Heavenly Sect’s Supreme Heaven, where Hu Yanbo planned to take the young True God as his disciple.

• Hu Yanbo examined the Advance Panel and advanced his Fruit-Cause Dao to the Middle God Emperor level before encountering powerful pressure from its youthful secret-pattern form.
• Xingmang told Yuan that Hu Yanbo’s future timelines were dwindling, suggesting he was refining a mysterious land more powerful than the Time Star.
• Yuan welcomed the prospect that Hu Yanbo could become a major force against the Hunyuan Ancestors once he finished refining the mysterious land.
• After roughly one era passed, the Fengdu Queen brought Lin Yan to the Heavenly Sect’s Supreme Heaven and explained that Hu Yanbo wished to take him as a disciple.
• Lin Yan gained hope as he sensed the Supreme Heaven’s nourishing Great Dao auras, and the Fengdu Queen led him to meet his teacher.

Hu Yanbo welcomed Lin Yan as his youngest disciple, resurrected the people named on the jade register, and made Mo Lin a Heavenly Sect elder. After a million eras of accelerated cultivation, Hu Yanbo remained unable to penetrate the Fruit-Cause Dao Panel and weighed whether to gamble on raising his spiritual will, while the Seven Lords faced renewed attacks from the Hunyuan Ancestors.

• Hu Yanbo gave Lin Yan the Sect Master's token and allowed him to use it to seek help for his endangered tribe, while warning him not to abuse its authority.
• Hu Yanbo used the jade register to resurrect the listed dead, including the Lord of Wu Kingdom and his army, and welcomed Mo Lin as the Heavenly Sect's Thirteenth Elder.
• After a million eras of cultivation in his Cave Abode, Hu Yanbo found that his spiritual will had reached the middle World-Level Hunyuan stage but still could not reveal the Fruit-Cause Dao's ultimate secrets.
• Hu Yanbo considered using the Prepayment System to raise his spiritual will further, though he worried about the cost and whether Senior Yuan and the others would extend him credit.
• Lord Xingmang told the other Hunyuan Lords that the Hunyuan Ancestors had attacked again, and Jin and Yuan asked when Hu Yanbo might break through.
• Lord Xingmang said he could still see a million futures for Hu Yanbo, a number that had neither risen nor fallen.

Hu Yanbo realized that the Advance Panel might be a Life Core or mysterious treasure and began carefully refining its origin to strengthen his Fruit-Cause Dao. As he advanced toward late World-Level, Xingmang saw his possible futures dwindling, and the Seven Lords hoped he would become their eighth Lord while they fought to defend the Cultivator Territory.

• Yuan asked Hu Yanbo whether he was having trouble refining the mysterious land, and Hu Yanbo thanked him before ending the communication.
• Hu Yanbo suspected the Advance Panel was his origin and began merging its core with his half-Hunyuan Fruit-Cause Dao, drawing in its power a little at a time.
• Xingmang sent orders to protect talented youngsters and evacuate treasures as the Cultivator Territory came under attack, then noticed Hu Yanbo had one fewer possible future.
• Hu Yanbo steadily refined the origin, broke through World-Level stages without a bottleneck, and began advancing toward late World-Level.
• After a battle against more than seventy Progenitors, Yuan noticed Hu Yanbo's progress, and Xingmang told the Lords that only a hundred thousand of Hu Yanbo's futures remained.
• The Seven Lords rejoiced at the prospect of Hu Yanbo becoming their eighth Lord and strengthening Yuan's Primordial Rule Operation Array.