Recaps

Dongguan slaughtered the Eternal True Gods who had gathered to hunt him, while Divine Lord Blood Prisoner was left to submit to Mei Gu and prepare for the Black Region operation. After the killings, Dongguan released Divine Lord Mirror Scale and began assessing his spoils.

• The Master of the Star Correspondence Tower spared Divine Lord Blood Prisoner and ordered him to remain there until the Black Region opened and cooperate with Mei Gu.
• Divine Lord Blood Prisoner contacted Mei Gu and resolved to pursue advancement to the chaos realm.
• Dongguan ambushed and killed four Eternal True Gods traveling toward the hunt.
• Dongguan pursued the gathered Eternal True Gods, killing ninety-three in total as survivors fled or escaped his reach.
• Dongguan released Divine Lord Mirror Scale as promised, then counted his spoils, including a little over twenty million grains of cosmic sand.

Dongguan reviewed the spoils he had taken from his enemies, studying several inheritances and examining Divine Lord Blood Prisoner's war robe. He decided to remain on the island briefly, then cultivate elsewhere before confronting Sui Shi City Lord.

• Dongguan checked the Three Saints Reincarnation Disk and decided not to force its progress, since advancing it would hasten his need to break through.
• Dongguan sorted through the stolen inheritances, setting aside two Chaos Realm inheritances and two unusual Eternal True God inheritances for study.
• Dongguan examined Divine Lord Blood Prisoner's war robe, recognized that it was tied to a possible Chaos Realm breakthrough, and sealed it away.
• Dongguan planned to stay on the island to watch for further consequences, then move to another city to cultivate.
• Dongguan resolved to make Sui Shi City Lord pay for having underestimated and bullied him.

Dongguan visited the Yanfeng Guild Hall in Ling Qiu City to trade for resources and intelligence, then studied what he learned about the Black Region and other opportunities. He remained focused on preparing for the Black Region’s opening and improving his strength.

• Dongguan entered the Yanfeng Guild Hall, sensed a Chaos Realm presence beneath it, and arranged to trade goods, purchase intelligence, and join its Dark Hall.
• The Guild Hall’s manager learned that Dongguan was the reputed Hundred-Man Butcher and heard speculation that he was a reincarnated God King preparing for the Black Region’s opening.
• A towering figure warned the manager that unusual forces might be involved in the Black Region’s opening and advised him to proceed cautiously.
• Dongguan reviewed intelligence about the Black Region, concluded it was a major opportunity, and considered the limited usefulness of information about its changing interior.
• Dongguan considered entering the Chaos Ruins and chose to focus on improving his Eternal Body and developing more Chaos Realm moves before pursuing further breakthroughs.

After more than forty eras of cultivation, Dongguan weighed his future options as the Yanfeng and Thunder Ancient Kingdoms sought to draw him to their sides. He realized his Independent Space-Time had reached Minor Accomplishment and prepared to face Sui Shi City Lord.

• At Wind Listening Pavilion, Pavilion Master Qianying and the Listening Wind Pavilion Master left together after discussing an invitation, while Divine Lord Caitian argued with others over the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom.
• Divine Lord Caitian urged Dongguan to choose between the Yanfeng and Thunder Ancient Kingdoms, but Dongguan avoided taking sides and considered the value of joining a major force.
• Dongguan reviewed his decades of study, his progress toward the Chaos Realm, and the advantages and drawbacks of joining different kinds of powers.
• Dongguan recognized that his Independent Space-Time had reached Minor Accomplishment, allowing him to use Complete Defense across his whole body without the Three Saints Reincarnation Disk, and thought of Sui Shi City Lord.

Sui Shi City Lord returned to Qu Shi City and resolved to cultivate toward Eternal True God, while Dongguan analyzed the city’s defensive array from outside. Dongguan prepared to infiltrate the city and disable the array so he could confront Sui Shi City Lord.

• Sui Shi City Lord returned from the Chaos Ruins with his law attainment near Eternal True God and stored his remaining Void Derivation Mother Tree leaves.
• Sui Shi City Lord reflected on his father Marquis Bai Sui’s gift and entered seclusion to digest his insights from the Chaos Ruins.
• Dongguan arrived outside Qu Shi City and used Hunyuan Vision to inspect Qu Shi City’s great array.
• Dongguan identified the array’s key nodes and planned to destroy the repair node and other nodes before breaking into the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Dongguan sensed that Divine Lord Blood Prisoner was far away and concluded he was unlikely to kill him before reaching Chaos Master.

Dongguan used Independent Space-Time to enter Sui Shi City, destroy its formation nodes, and kill the Eternal True God stationed at the Star Response Tower. As he headed for the City Lord's Mansion, the Sui Shi City Lord realized the formation was close to collapsing and tried to flee to the Chaos Ruins, but Dongguan appeared and struck with his blade.

• Dongguan expanded Independent Space-Time with the Three Saints Reincarnation Disk and entered the city unseen.
• A True God noticed Dongguan destroying a node, but the Void True God dismissed the sight and secretly told him to keep quiet.
• Dongguan reached the Star Response Tower, destroyed its node, and killed the Eternal True God stationed there.
• The apparently slain Eternal True God restored himself and decided to inform Blood Prisoner about Dongguan.
• The Sui Shi City Lord realized the formation was near collapse and set out for the Chaos Ruins to seek his father's help.
• Dongguan appeared before the fleeing Sui Shi City Lord and brought down his blade.

Dongguan pursued Sui Shi City Lord, who escaped through a Spatial Passage into the Chaos Layer as Qu Shi City's Chaos Ruins erupted. Stranded amid the chaos power, Sui Shi City Lord summoned his father, Marquis Bai Sui, for help.

• Sui Shi City Lord used the city's array formation to withstand Dongguan's attacks, escaped Dongguan's space-time prison, and fled through a Spatial Passage with a protective leaf.
• The Chaos Ruins near Qu Shi City erupted, killing one Void True God and injuring others as the absent array formation failed to contain the chaos power.
• Dongguan watched the eruption from an Independent Space-Time and considered exploring the Chaos Layer after the surge began to subside.
• Sui Shi City Lord sheltered by a leaf of the Void Derivation Mother Tree activated a Token and summoned Marquis Bai Sui's avatar.
• Marquis Bai Sui assessed Sui Shi City Lord's cultivation, and Sui Shi City Lord tearfully pleaded with him to save him.

Dongguan entered the Chaos Layer to wait for the Sui Shi City Lord’s Void Evolving Mother Tree Leaf to run out, while considering the danger posed by Marquis Bai Sui. After finding that his independent space-time let him survive but limited what he could do, he prepared to leave the Chaos Ruins, then had a sudden thought.

• Dongguan ordered Ming Nian to confine the workers near the Chaos Ruins and prevent them from contacting anyone outside, then left an avatar to supervise them.
• Dongguan entered the Chaos Layer and reasoned that the Sui Shi City Lord could survive there for eras using a Void Evolving Mother Tree Leaf.
• Dongguan weighed the danger of Marquis Bai Sui, whom he estimated might reach Chaos Realm Transcendence after emerging from seclusion.
• Dongguan tried to catch a silvery gleam in the Chaos Layer, but the chaos power eroded his arm and the gleam vanished.
• Dongguan found that chaos power entering his independent space-time solidified into chaos crystals, and that comprehending the Chaos Law was easier there, though capturing Chaos Layer creatures remained difficult.
• Dongguan decided to leave the Chaos Ruins rather than wait and invite complications, but a thought suddenly occurred to him.

Dongguan returned from the Chaos Layer, freed Ming Nian and the other Void True Gods, and continued dismantling Qu Shi City's array after rejecting Marquis Bai Sui's proposed reconciliation. The Thunder Chamber of Commerce distanced itself from Marquis Bai Sui and offered to sell Dongguan intelligence about the Chaos Masters he might recruit.

• Dongguan left a Divine Power Avatar in the Chaos Layer to comprehend Chaos Law, then returned through the Chaos Ruins without affecting it.
• Dongguan released Ming Nian and the other Void True Gods and left them a pile of chaos crystals as payment.
• Marquis Bai Sui told Sui Shi City Lord he would try to delay Dongguan with a reconciliation offer, then send a friend to kill Dongguan or escort Sui Shi City Lord away if that failed.
• Dongguan rejected Marquis Bai Sui's demand that he provide resources to repair Qu Shi City's array and entered the Thunder Chamber of Commerce to destroy its hidden array node.
• The chairman warned Dongguan that Marquis Bai Sui might invite another Chaos Master and offered to sell him information about likely recruits.

Great Sage Wu arrived in Qu Shi City to find Dongguan and rescue Sui Shi, but his probing met a dangerous backlash from a hidden dwelling. Dongguan followed Wu to the Chaos Ruins and waited as Sui Shi returned, while Wu sensed something was wrong but could not detect Dongguan.

• Great Sage Wu spread his perception across Qu Shi City, but an attack from a small dwelling destroyed part of his soul power and made him abandon his investigation there.
• Dongguan observed Wu from independent space-time, identified him as Great Sage Wu, and concluded that Qu Shi City concealed a formidable presence.
• Wu went to the Chaos Ruins and contacted Sui Shi, telling him to come out.
• Sui Shi returned through the Chaos Layer after hearing that Wu had arrived, while Dongguan watched from hidden independent space-time.
• Wu sensed that something was wrong near the Chaos Ruins but failed to detect Dongguan, and Sui Shi announced through his Communication Token that he had arrived.

Dongguan killed Great Sage Wu’s nephew as he emerged from the Chaos Ruins, prompting Great Sage Wu to attack him. Dongguan survived the Chaos Master’s opening assault, but remained trapped on Great Sage Wu’s home ground and was burning divine power rapidly.

• Great Sage Wu realized the youth emerging from the Chaos Ruins was in danger, but a concealed blade struck and destroyed the youth’s True God Heart.
• Great Sage Wu attacked Dongguan in rage, creating a world of clouds and mist that crushed him with the Chaos Master’s power.
• Dongguan burned his divine power and used his saber to break apart Great Sage Wu’s attack, though the soul strike briefly disrupted his defenses.
• Great Sage Wu’s claw broke through Dongguan’s layers of defense and peeled away his outer shells, but Dongguan’s vast divine power let him survive the attack.
• Dongguan used his movement technique to transpose himself through space, while the battle’s hostile surroundings made each action consume far more divine power than Great Sage Wu’s.

Dongguan tested his abilities against Wu Shi Great Sage, a Chaos Master, and used independent space-time to escape after confirming its limits. Wu Shi Great Sage was banished into a random spatial layer, while Ming Nian and a black-clad woman watched the battle and discussed Dongguan's talent.

• Dongguan and Wu Shi Great Sage exchanged attacks, but neither could overcome the other's defenses, and Dongguan concluded that he could not challenge a Chaos Master without his bloodline power.
• Dongguan entered independent space-time, and Wu Shi Great Sage sensed the passage and forced his way inside.
• Dongguan left an avatar and space-time point as a trap, then severed the connection and banished Wu Shi Great Sage into a random spatial layer.
• Ming Nian and a black-clad woman watched the battle, discussed Dongguan's potential, and decided not to meet him before leaving.

Dongguan reflected on his weaknesses and decided to pursue the Black Region opportunity while strengthening his foundations. Fifty eras later, he studied captive Chaos Layer creatures and discovered an unexpected resonance between two of them.

• Dongguan assessed his shortcomings against Chaos Masters and concluded that he needed stronger will, attacks, secret arts, and treasures.
• Dongguan decided not to continue large-scale slaughtering and chose to study Origin Chaos while seeking opportunities in the Black Region.
• Dongguan maintained a resurrection contingency and continued developing his independent space-time as another fifty eras passed.
• Dongguan captured a golden Chaos Layer creature and compared it with a silver creature that also embodied chaos gold.
• The two creatures resonated, changing their colors and revealing unfamiliar combinations of chaos properties that Dongguan began investigating.

Dongguan gained insight into the Material Origin Great Dao and comprehended the Chaos Law, allowing him to become a Chaos Master whenever he chose. He decided to delay the breakthrough while he weighed its benefits and risks ahead of the Black Region opening.

• While studying Chaos Layer creatures, Dongguan connected his findings to the Mechanical Flow inheritance and realized that a catalyst could drive change.
• In Siwo City, Dongguan used his new insight to make the meat and vegetable on his plate exchange their flavors.
• Back in his cave residence, Dongguan recognized that his observations had led him to comprehend the matter-transformation branch of the Material Origin Great Dao and break through his bottleneck in the Chaos Law.
• Dongguan checked the Three Saints Reincarnation Disk and considered whether becoming a Chaos Master would help him before entering the Black Region.
• After weighing the limited benefits of advancing and the dangers of reincarnation, Dongguan chose to remain an Eternal True God for now, noting that his enemies posed no immediate threat.

Dongguan waited in Ling Qiu City for the Black Region to open while reviewing his understanding of the origin Great Daos and his cultivation path. As cultivators gathered outside the sealed region, a pale gray spot appeared on its surface.

• Dongguan overheard that the Black Region's coming opening had drawn powerful cultivators to Ling Qiu City and driven up property prices.
• Dongguan reflected on his progress in the origin Great Daos, noting that his strongest insights were in the material transformation and constant change lineages.
• Dongguan considered On Hunyuan's claim that comprehending every origin Great Dao could allow a cultivator to reach World-Level Hunyuan.
• True Gods, Void True Gods, and some Eternal True Gods waited around the Black Region's black hemisphere.
• A True God covered in thick hair spotted a tiny pale gray mark near the hemisphere's base.

Dongguan trained with the Tribulation Beast Diagram while waiting for Eternal True Gods to enter the Black Region. After more than half an era, he learned that major powers had blockaded the Black Region and restricted entry.

• A True God entered the Black Region through a narrow passage before a Void True God could stop him, and the news of the opening spread.
• Dongguan learned that Eternal True Gods would have to wait a hundred eras to enter the Black Region, so he decided to strengthen himself first.
• Dongguan used the Tribulation Beast Diagram to temper his will and study its complex intent realm, but its effects diminished over time.
• Dongguan ended his seclusion and went to seek news about the Black Region and other treasures.
• An Eternal True God Dongguan had met before told him that major powers had blockaded the Black Region and restricted entry.

Dongguan bought rare treasures to temper his will and learned that the Yanfeng Guild Hall and Thunder Chamber of Commerce were guarding the Black Region’s entrances. After a Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom prince arranged an invitation for him, Dongguan surveyed the blockade and considered testing the waters.

• Dongguan bought several rare treasures from Hall Master Qianying and asked about the blockade of the Black Region.
• Hall Master Qianying said the Yanfeng Guild Hall guarded the northern entrance and the Thunder Chamber of Commerce guarded the southern one.
• His Highness instructed Hall Master Qianying to invite Dongguan to accompany him, hinting at a special opportunity in the Black Region.
• Dongguan circled the Black Region and observed the guarded entrances, the powerful Chaos Masters, and the rare gateways that might still appear.
• Dongguan looked toward a palace-type treasure near an entrance, where a Chaos Master’s aura emanated from within.

Dongguan infiltrated the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom’s Hidden Soldier Tower and discovered how it collected and processed information about the Black Region. After finding little worth taking, he returned to the central information crystal and considered trying something.

• The Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom escorted True Gods emerging from the Black Region into the tower to record their experiences.
• Dongguan followed them into the Hidden Soldier Tower inside his independent space-time and examined its suppression array and mechanisms.
• Dongguan used the Three Saints Reincarnation Disk to perfect his independent space-time and move directly to the information-gathering square.
• Dongguan identified the tower as a portable legion barracks and explored its rooms, but found no useful treasures.
• After the True God finished uploading his information, Dongguan watched the central crystal process it and decided to try something.

Dongguan tested whether he could observe Dragon Shadow Great Sage without being detected, then began planting black spheres in the crystal array to steal its information. Dragon Shadow Great Sage sensed an unseen observer but could not locate him and resumed his Dragon Sleep Cultivation while the theft proceeded.

• Dongguan prepared black spheres and Divine Power Avatars to infiltrate the crystals, then went to probe the Chaos Master’s condition.
• Dongguan projected a space-time point through the seven-colored barrier and saw Dragon Shadow Great Sage resting in the core space.
• Dragon Shadow Great Sage sensed someone watching him, searched the area, and suspected that a God King was spying on him.
• Dongguan realized Dragon Shadow Great Sage could sense his attention but could not find him, so he waited for the Chaos Master to settle down.
• Dragon Shadow Great Sage returned to his true form and fell asleep, while Dongguan inserted the black spheres into the crystals and began stealing information.

Dongguan stole information from the Hidden Soldier Tower, then investigated the Black Region’s barrier and entrance, learning why his independent space-time could not penetrate them. He returned toward Ling Qiu City, while Dragon Shadow Great Sage chose to keep his discoveries quiet and planned to enter the Black Region when his mission ended.

• Dongguan erased the traces of his information theft and left the Hidden Soldier Tower rather than provoke Dragon Shadow Great Sage further.
• Dragon Shadow Great Sage noticed the theft and suspected that the God King of Jin might have returned, but found no surveillance device in his residence.
• Dongguan tested the Black Region’s membrane wall and learned that it crossed multiple spatial layers, unlike the Hidden Soldier Tower’s central space.
• Dongguan tested the entrance and exit, discovered it still repelled him, and sensed something familiar in the power sustaining the Black Region.
• Dongguan decided to return to Ling Qiu City and hoped to raise his will to God King level soon.
• Dragon Shadow Great Sage dismissed the incidents and went back to sleep, intending to enter the Black Region after his mission ended in a thousand eras.

Dongguan received an offer from the Yanfeng Guild Hall to accompany an Eternal True God into the Black Region in exchange for intelligence, payment, and possible Retainer status, but he declined to sign until he knew whether he could enter. While Dongguan resumed cultivation, His Highness began choosing other candidates for the expedition.

• Dongguan read the Fall-Cause Fruit-Skin contract and weighed its restrictions and rewards, including the chance to become a Retainer of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom.
• Dongguan decided not to sign until he knew whether he would count as a Chaos Realm cultivator or an Eternal True God when the Black Region opened, and he told the Yanfeng Guild Hall he needed time.
• Dongguan reviewed information from the Hidden Soldier Tower, then began tempering his will with the Tribulation Beast Diagram and a Deep Space Fruit.
• Qianying Hall Master told His Highness that Dongguan had not accepted the offer, so His Highness chose Qianying Hall Master first and began selecting other candidates.

Dongguan refused the ancient kingdom’s retainer offer rather than risk a karmic tie, while rival forces prepared for the Black Region’s next stage. As the opening drew near, Dongguan watched from an independent space-time, still uncertain about the last step needed to advance his will.

• Dongguan left the unsigned letter in his cave abode and refused Hall Master Qianying’s demand for an answer, giving up the retainer status.
• His Highness accepted Dongguan’s refusal and ordered his group to gather intelligence before departing for the Black Region.
• A black-robed figure sent ten Eternal True Gods to the Black Region Divine Mountain with orders to kill everyone who entered it.
• The Master of the Star Correspondence Tower prepared his Eternal True Gods to enter the Black Region, while his senior sister promised to watch for God Kings.
• Dongguan reviewed footage of the Black Region from an independent space-time and noted that its gateways had spread as the opening approached.

Dongguan watched the Black Region open as the Two Great Ancient Kingdoms sealed it off, then saw the Master of the Star Correspondence Tower break through their blockade and send thousands of Eternal True Gods inside. While the Chaos Masters fought the Master of the Star Correspondence Tower and his clone, Dongguan confirmed he could enter and slipped into the Black Region.

• Dongguan observed the Black Region open and found that most of its surface allowed entry, though the Two Great Ancient Kingdoms soon sealed it with their domains.
• Dongguan changed his divine body and aura to disguise his identity before entering.
• The Master of the Star Correspondence Tower broke through the blockade and sent several hundred wrapped Eternal True Gods through an opening.
• The Master of the Star Correspondence Tower used starlight tracks to transport more than ten thousand Eternal True Gods into the Black Region.
• Dragon Shadow Great Sage and the Thunder Ancient Kingdom's Chaos Master confronted the Master of the Star Correspondence Tower, who sent a Void Dao Clone to fight them.
• Dongguan tested the Black Region's surface, confirmed he could enter, and sank inside as more Eternal True Gods set out toward it.

Dongguan entered the Black Region, tested his Tamos Bloodline’s limits, and fought a group of Flame Gorillas that manifested as Law Beasts. He collected their crystals and found that the eternal-level crystal offered only modest insight into the laws.

• Dongguan entered the Black Region and discovered that his independent space-time ability still worked there, though it was cut off from the outside world.
• Dongguan considered the limits of the Tamos Bloodline and concluded that its flaws meant it was not invincible.
• Dongguan spread his aura across the wasteland, drawing a group of Flame Gorillas that formed a united force of Law Beasts.
• Dongguan used two Immeasurable Great Hand Seals to grind the Law Beasts into oblivion and gathered their fiery-red crystals.
• Dongguan studied the eternal-level crystal’s mystery of six fused laws expressed through fire and judged its benefit to be ordinary.

Dongguan hunted law beasts in the Black Region while searching for the Beast Origin Land, then rescued three Eternal True Gods trapped by several beast packs. After suppressing the beasts, he learned that the gray-robed man could offer information about the place he had been seeking.

• Dongguan refined an Eternal True God Level law crystal and reflected on the Beast Origin Land and the Black Region's stages.
• Dongguan found a gray-robed middle-aged man, Shen Mo, and a sinister man surrounded by packs of law beasts.
• The gray-robed man prepared to fight to the death with Shen Mo while the sinister man took their spatial treasure and prepared to flee.
• Dongguan appeared and suppressed all three packs of law beasts with enormous palms.
• Dongguan told the three men to leave, but the gray-robed man offered information about the Beast Origin Land.
• Dongguan agreed to discuss the information after dealing with the beasts.