Recaps

Di Qing trapped Dongguan in his Heaven Pillar Sword Array and gathered power for its next transformation, while Dongguan used Supreme Shadow to prepare a counterattack. Di Qing unleashed Three Thousand Worlds against Dongguan’s gray cocoon, leaving their accumulated attacks poised to clash.

• Di Qing’s sword array transformed into thirty-six heaven pillars that restrained Dongguan’s gray mist and gathered power for a stronger attack.
• Dongguan realized that his comprehension fell short of Di Qing’s and considered using the Origin Ranking, but decided against it.
• Dongguan used Supreme Shadow and enclosed himself in a gray cocoon that accumulated power as Di Qing continued charging his array.
• The Myriad Realms Kingdom’s ruler watched as Di Qing and Dongguan chose to build up their attacks instead of striking early.
• Di Qing transformed his charged sword array into Three Thousand Worlds, whose world and rules pressed down on Dongguan’s gray cocoon.

Dongguan shattered the gray cocoon with Supreme Shadow, invoking the Supreme Rule and demonstrating that he could wield Ultimate Realm power through the Origin Ranking. Di Qing acknowledged Dongguan’s strength, warned him about the Progenitors, and left; Dongguan returned to Liuyin City determined to break through to the Ultimate Realm.

• Di Qing’s Sword Formation triggered cracks in the gray cocoon, whose explosion sealed his power and erased his formation under the Supreme Rule.
• Dongguan emerged from the gray mist with Ultimate Realm power and told Di Qing that his move was called Supreme Shadow.
• Dongguan explained that the Origin Ranking could grant investitures, including one to himself, allowing him to maintain Ultimate Realm power within the area covered by the Supreme Rule.
• Di Qing recognized that Dongguan could now face a Progenitor on the Origin Continent and began taking him seriously.
• Di Qing cautioned Dongguan about the alien races and explained that the strong’s claim to resources and opportunities for later cultivators were competing principles of order.
• Di Qing left after saying Dongguan had passed his test, and Dongguan returned to Liuyin City resolved to reach the Ultimate Realm and confront the Two Progenitors.

Dongguan studied the black bone from the Dream Domain and dreamed of an enormous snake, prompting him to seal the bone and worry about the influence of Tamos. He reviewed his cultivation and plans before sensing that Luo Feng had made rapid progress and begun expanding his Miniature Universe.

• Dongguan woke from a dream of a vast snake shadow and sealed the black bone with the Nine Origin Great Daos and the Supreme Rule.
• Dongguan sensed a snake form within his Chaos Space and recognized that his internal lineage had reached its final bottleneck.
• Dongguan weighed the dangers of entering the Heaven Pillar Realm and recalled that he had obtained the black bone from the Dream Domain.
• Dongguan considered how Tamos might be affecting him and reviewed his progress in the Great Daos and divine-body transformations.
• Dongguan sensed Luo Feng's rapid progress as Luo Feng began the final expansion of his Miniature Universe.

Luo Feng’s Miniature Universe expanded to the size of the Primal Universe as he broke through to become a God King, while humanity’s leaders discussed their growing dominance and plans for the Universe Ocean. The chapter ended with Tianqi True God longing for a way to reach the far end of the Universe Ocean without passing through the Reincarnation Passage.

• Luo Feng reflected on Dongguan’s cultivation and used the pressure he felt as motivation while his Miniature Universe began expanding.
• True Gods gathered outside Luo Feng’s Miniature Universe, discussed humanity’s rise, and greeted Rampaging Demon God.
• Luo Feng’s Miniature Universe expanded until it reached ten trillion light-years across, matching the Primal Universe.
• Human True Gods argued over whether Guantian Progenitor should share Universe Teleportation technology throughout the Universe Ocean, then accepted that the decision was already made.
• Tianqi True God expressed longing for a way to reach the end of the Universe Ocean without using the Reincarnation Passage.

After the Galaxy Universe finished expanding, Dongguan discussed a new project with Luo Feng and offered him a way to gain Emperor Lord combat strength through an empowered avatar. Luo Feng accepted the gift and discovered new insight in tea that Dongguan created using the Material Origin Great Dao.

• The True Gods discussed passing inheritances to future True Gods and Dongguan’s plan to let people visit other Universe Oceans and Primal Universes.
• The Galaxy Universe finished expanding, and the True Gods prepared to congratulate the Galaxy Ancestor.
• Luo Feng agreed to help Dongguan test whether projection could be taught, while Dongguan explained the limits and risks of projection vessels.
• Dongguan offered Luo Feng a secret treasure’s investiture power for a weak avatar, which could gain Emperor Lord combat strength once Luo Feng developed a branch of his Dao of Creation and Destruction.
• Luo Feng accepted the gift, and Dongguan’s tea gave him a glimpse of vitality and the Material Origin Great Dao.

Dongguan defeated the Ember-Dark God King with a single saber strike, took his true body, and spared his clones after judging his strength. The Ember-Dark God King survived the test and considered developing his technique without bloodline power, while Dongguan marked him as spared once and searched the Origin Ranking for his next target.

• The Ember-Dark God King attacked Dongguan with a black sun formed from darkness and flame, but Dongguan split it apart with a gray saber strike.
• Dongguan praised the potential of the Ember-Dark God King's technique, then killed him and collected his remains.
• The Ember-Dark God King discovered that Dongguan had not attacked his clones and concluded that he had passed the test.
• The Ember-Dark God King decided to try perfecting his move without bloodline power.
• Dongguan marked the Ember-Dark God King as spared once on the Origin Ranking and searched for his next target.

Dongguan confirmed that multiple Universe Oceans and Primal Universes existed, then sent nearly two thousand Human Race Universe Masters to explore different Universe Oceans and report their findings. The explorers began following compasses toward each Ocean’s Primal Universe while Dongguan monitored them through the Origin Ranking.

• The Original Ancestor connected the Virtual Universe networks across Miniature Universes and established Cosmic Passages for travel between them.
• Dongguan summoned the remaining Human Race Universe Masters and confirmed that there was more than one Universe Ocean and Primal Universe.
• Dongguan opened a passage into another Universe Ocean and sent a Universe Master with a compass to explore it and record information.
• Dongguan confirmed that the Origin Ranking let him maintain a connection with clones across different Universe Oceans.
• Dongguan deployed nearly two thousand Universe Masters to explore other Universe Oceans, avoiding regions with dangerous powerful beings.

Dongguan and the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion established a Hunyuan Bloodline Lifeform Cultivation Base in Heavenly Desolation City, shifting Dongguan from hunting bloodline lifeforms to raising them. Marquis Tianhuang agreed to keep the site secret and guard its forbidden area.

• Dongguan and the Heavenly Calamity Emperor Lord visited Marquis Tianhuang, who agreed to keep their visit confidential and carry out a later task.
• Dongguan told Marquis Tianhuang to keep others out of a future forbidden area, and Marquis Tianhuang accepted the assignment.
• Dongguan and the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion chose an unused cave residence near the Chaos Ruins and arranged for the Guantian Commerce Guild to buy it as cover.
• The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion created a hidden world for a Hunyuan Bloodline Lifeform Cultivation Base while Dongguan prepared to provide security and capture exotic beasts.
• The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion said he had prepared the source of the Hunyuan bloodlines, and Dongguan agreed to begin collecting exotic beasts.

Luo Feng fought Heavenly Calamity Emperor Lord and revealed the power of his Great Dao of creation and destruction. His Great Annihilation Style tore open the Source World’s Membrane Wall, leaving the watching God Kings stunned and eager to see how Heavenly Calamity Emperor Lord would respond.

• God Kings across the Origin Continent watched Luo Feng battle Heavenly Calamity Emperor Lord and discussed the danger facing the newly ascended God King.
• Wind Capital Empress considered inviting Luo Feng to Reincarnation Pavilion, while reflecting on her caution toward members connected to the three Alien Race organizations.
• Luo Feng praised Brother Guan’s ability to withstand ordinary methods and decided to reveal more of his own progress.
• Luo Feng unleashed the Great Annihilation Style, tearing open the Source World’s Membrane Wall before the Supreme Rule began repairing it.
• The God Kings judged Luo Feng’s move to be comparable to an Ultimate Realm Secret Art, while Dongguan recognized the potential of Luo Feng’s fusion dao.

Dongguan revealed his fusion Dao of time and world, using the sea of bitterness and the Other Shore to defeat Luo Feng’s Great Annihilation Style. As Dongguan departed, Original Ancestor broke through to God King, leaving Luo Feng with new insights and a stronger circle of allies.

• Dongguan transformed with the Calamity Battle Technique and announced he would reveal another fusion Dao.
• Dongguan split into three figures connected by a space-time river, and Original Ancestor recognized the world origin Dao within it and broke through to God King.
• Dongguan’s space-time river evolved into the sea of bitterness, with Dongguan standing on the Other Shore.
• The sea of bitterness enveloped Luo Feng’s Great Annihilation Style and wore away his control, leaving his attack unable to threaten Dongguan.
• Dongguan acknowledged Luo Feng’s strength, advised him to improve, and departed after the sea and the Other Shore vanished.

After Heavenly Calamity Emperor Lord defeated God King Luo He, the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom’s Emperor Lords debated whether to impose duties on Luo He but left the matter unresolved. Meanwhile, Luo Feng discussed founding the Blade River Sect with Original Ancestor, and Dongguan completed the Seven Transformations of the Myriad Transformation Divine Body and began testing it.

• Heavenly Calamity Emperor Lord defeated God King Luo He but spared his body, and the Origin Continent’s experts recognized Luo He’s formidable strength.
• Di Yuan and Di Yan proposed giving God King Luo He additional responsibilities, but Di Chu objected, and Di Fu shelved the dispute.
• Morosa reached God King Two after receiving food and bloodline remnants, then told Luo Feng and Original Ancestor that Dongguan had finished studying him.
• Luo Feng and Original Ancestor discussed establishing a Virtual Network and founding the Blade River Sect.
• Dongguan perfected the Seven Transformations and began attempting to complete the new Myriad Transformation Divine Body stage.

Di Xuan responded to Dongguan’s second forced entry into the Heaven Pillar Realm, where Lei Che Lord used the realm’s array formation to defend himself rather than attack. Dongguan then seized Di Xuan’s hesitation to strike, burning his bloodline as the chapter ended.

• Di Xuan sensed a call for support and traveled to the entrance where Dongguan had entered the Thunder Ancient Kingdom’s section of the Heaven Pillar Realm.
• Lei Che Lord challenged Dongguan for forcing his way in again, and Dongguan enveloped him in gray mist and attacked.
• Lei Che Lord summoned the Thirty-Six Heavenly Pillars’ phantoms to form a defensive shell around himself.
• Di Xuan arrived and realized Lei Che Lord had left him to confront Dongguan while withholding cooperation with the array formation.
• Dongguan engulfed Di Xuan in gray mist, rushed in, burned his bloodline, and struck.

After Di Xuan fell while helping Lei Che Lord, Dongguan continued dismantling the Heaven Pillar Realm’s array core as the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom’s Emperor Lords tried to stop him. The Emperor Lords became trapped in Dongguan’s Sea of Bitterness while he searched for a way through the array.

• The Emperor Lords entered the Heaven Pillar Realm and learned from Lei Che Lord that Di Xuan’s body had fallen after lasting only a few seconds.
• Lei Che Lord repaired the damaged Heavenly Pillar phantoms and waited while the Thunder Ancient Kingdom’s Lords arrived.
• Dongguan used gray mist to unravel the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom’s array core, but the secret patterns repeatedly redirected his efforts.
• Eleven Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom Emperor Lords attacked Dongguan, who engulfed them in the Sea of Bitterness and resumed analyzing the array.
• The Emperor Lords struggled through the Sea of Bitterness’s discarded techniques and possibilities, with Emperor and Di Fu making the best progress toward the Other Shore.

Dongguan exploited a flaw in the Heaven Pillar Realm’s formation to reach Lei Che Lord while the Thunder Ancient Kingdom’s other Lords went to confront him. Lei Che Lord prepared to reincarnate as Dongguan began breaking through his defenses.

• Di Yan, Emperor, Di Yuan, and Di Fu argued over how to cross the Sea of Bitterness and how to respond to Di Xuan’s fall.
• Dongguan noticed the Yanfeng Emperor Lords’ progress slowing and focused on unraveling the formation.
• Lei Che Lord met the Thunder Ancient Kingdom’s eight arriving Lords and persuaded them to leave him guarding the Array Core.
• After the eight Lords departed, Dongguan appeared beside Lei Che Lord and attacked the formation.
• Dongguan identified flaws caused by Lei Che Lord’s earlier rescue of Di Xuan, while Lei Che Lord sent a warning and prepared his Reincarnation Secret Technique.

Emperor led the nineteen Lords through Dongguan’s Sea of Bitterness by using his God Emperor-level will, while Dongguan attacked them from the shore. The Sea of Bitterness dissipated as they reached the Other Shore, leaving the exhausted Lords to face Dongguan.

• After learning that Lei Che’s side was in trouble, the Lords agreed to follow Emperor’s plan to break through the Sea of Bitterness with their combined will.
• Emperor became the core of their united formation as the others protected him and forced their way toward the Other Shore, accepting worsening mental and physical conditions.
• Dongguan continued deciphering the Array Core, then attacked Emperor and the Lords from the shore with weapons and elemental strikes formed from Gray Mist.
• The Lords defended Emperor against Dongguan’s repeated attacks and eventually reached the Other Shore, where the Sea of Bitterness dissipated.
• The exhausted Lords faced Dongguan, who had waited for them on the Other Shore after burning his Hunyuan Bloodline to sustain the Secret Art.

Dongguan fought off the nineteen Emperor Lords while using his avatars to hold them back and continue unraveling the Heaven Pillar Realm’s array. The array began collapsing after Di Fu reached its external node, but Di Fu fled when he realized Lei Che had ruined the plan, and Dongguan turned his attention to the bloodline-fused Emperor Lords.

• Dongguan shattered the Emperor Lords’ formation and sent nineteen Gray Mist avatars to engage them.
• Dongguan’s avatars fought the weakened Emperor Lords, injuring Di Yan and forcing some opponents onto the defensive.
• Emperor used a God Emperor-level Will Secret Technique to disperse an avatar, giving Di Fu time to reach the array’s external node.
• Di Fu briefly connected with the Heaven Pillar Realm’s array, but fled after realizing Lei Che had ruined the plan, and Emperor pursued him.
• The array’s secret patterns collapsed as Dongguan’s Gray Mist spread through it, and Dongguan prepared to make the bloodline-fused Emperor Lords reincarnate.

Dongguan broke the Heaven Pillar Realm’s formation and used his avatars to intercept the Emperor Lords and lords of the two ancient kingdoms. After collecting the fallen foes’ Hunyuan bloodlines, he entered the realm’s inner region, once forbidden to all but the Imperial Clan.

• Dongguan used Will Impact to stir Lei Che Lord’s Hunyuan bloodline will, causing Lei Che Lord to reincarnate and his array core to collapse.
• Dongguan sealed space-time around the Emperor Lords and lords, while Di Fu escaped and Emperor broke past an avatar with a time-disordering technique.
• Dongguan’s avatars reached peak ultimate-realm might, forcing Di Yan, Di Xi, and Di Wu to activate the Reincarnation Secret Technique.
• Dongguan counted nine more enemies defeated, bringing his total to eleven, and collected the Hunyuan bloodlines from the Emperor Lords’ bodies.
• Dongguan entered the Heaven Pillar Realm’s inner region.

Dongguan explored the Heaven Pillar Realm’s inner region and discovered that its deadly landscape was the remains of a powerful being whose death had created a vast ecosystem of decay. As he continued toward Bone Mountain, the Emperor Lords gathered to seek out the Progenitor, while God Kings noticed their dwindling numbers.

• Dongguan entered the inner region and found that its plants, soil, bones, and Blood River carried mental contamination from a dead being.
• Dongguan tested the landscape, learned how its hazards worked, and gathered fragments of an image connected to the dead being.
• Dongguan concluded that Yuan had made the Thirty-Six Heavenly Pillars to contain the effects of the being’s death and decided to search for the best single material he could take.
• Dongguan examined a bone at Bone Mountain but left it behind while he looked for a better choice.
• Di Fu, Emperor, Di Chu, and the remaining Emperor Lords gathered in Flame Capital and set out to seek the Progenitor.
• God Kings across the Origin Continent discovered through routine cause-and-effect checks that many Emperor Lords were missing.

Dongguan studied the Blood River and began exploring the underground of the Heaven Pillar Realm, where he found a pulsating stone sphere. Meanwhile, the Thunder Ancestor and Yanfeng Ancestor discussed the losses their kingdoms had suffered and considered how to respond to Dongguan.

• Dongguan used a fishing rod to collect Blood River water and examined its deadly soul contamination from a distance.
• After surveying Bone Mountain and the Blood River, Dongguan headed underground to continue exploring the Heaven Pillar Realm.
• The Thunder Ancestor learned that two-thirds of the Thunder Ancient Kingdom's monarchs had fallen and contacted the Yanfeng Ancestor.
• The Yanfeng Ancestor heard the Emperor Lords' accounts of their clash with Dongguan and weighed possible responses with the Thunder Ancestor.
• Deep underground, Dongguan sensed a faint pulse from a round stone sphere and began examining it.

Dongguan comprehended the internal branch of his Dao through a World-Level Hunyuan Creature’s eyeball, then left it behind as a natural secret treasure still forming. He confronted Youquan God King in the You Kingdom, where their clash began just as others moved to intervene.

• Dongguan touched the Hunyuan eyeball and combined its perception with his Tamos Bloodline’s Hunyuan Vision, falling into deep comprehension.
• Dongguan completed the internal branch of his Dao and decided not to take the still-forming eyeball from the Heaven Pillar Realm.
• Dongguan left the underground and went to confront Youquan God King, who revealed his power and spread a deathly domain across the city.
• Youquan God King recognized Dongguan as the Heavenly Calamity Emperor Lord and realized he had come to settle their karma.
• Dongguan used his new ability after meeting Youquan God King’s gaze, disorienting him before he could fight back.
• A speaker noted that Youquan was a Retainer of the Thunder Ancient Kingdom and their descendant, and another voice agreed to go with them.

Dongguan tested his newly comprehended soul-observing ability on Youquan God King, uncovering the history behind his revenge and exile. He realized Soul Enslavement’s workings and created an unusual Secret Art while examining Youquan God King’s soul.

• Dongguan used his new soul-observing ability to examine Youquan God King and read his memories.
• Dongguan learned that Di Youquan had been robbed of an Innate Secret Treasure by Di Yanwei, then endured years of suppression before plotting revenge.
• Di Youquan killed Di Yanwei, but his actions were exposed, forcing him to abandon the Di name and defect from Flame Wind as Youquan God King.
• Dongguan discovered how Soul Enslavement altered consciousness and how the Formless Soul could retrieve fragments left in servants.
• Dongguan concluded that his Dao emphasized seeing through things rather than the Soul Dao and created an unusual Secret Art.

Dongguan finished examining Youquan God King's consciousness and prepared to confront the two Progenitors. When Thunder Ancestor challenged him over the deaths of their subordinates, Dongguan deliberately provoked a fight, and the battle began.

• Dongguan realized he could create loyal Dao Soldiers by altering Youquan God King's consciousness, though the method had limits and serious repercussions.
• Thunder Ancestor and Yanfeng Ancestor arrived, and Yanfeng Ancestor realized Dongguan had not reached the Ultimate Realm.
• Dongguan admitted that he had killed the monarchs and Emperor Lords from both ancient kingdoms and challenged the two Progenitors to hold him accountable.
• Thunder Ancestor attacked Dongguan with his domain, while Dongguan's Calamity Battle Technique spread gray mist that eroded the lightning.
• Thunder Ancestor transformed the lightning with his blood and sealed the surrounding space-time, while Yanfeng Ancestor protected the city and watched their battle.

Dongguan watched Thunder Ancestor summon nine lesser Hunyuan creatures and gained insight into the Dao of form, then imitated their shapes and techniques with his gray mist. Despite adapting quickly, Dongguan’s portion of the sealed battlefield kept shrinking, leaving Thunder Ancestor close to victory.

• Thunder Ancestor transformed his lightning beasts into nine lesser Hunyuan creatures whose power came from their forms.
• Dongguan realized that outward form was a Dao and a facet of his Dongguan Dao’s External Branch.
• Dongguan shaped nine gray-mist creatures to imitate Thunder Ancestor’s creatures and began copying their moves.
• Thunder Ancestor’s creatures repeatedly tore apart the imitations, but Dongguan’s gray mist re-formed with increasing resemblance to their techniques.
• Thunder Ancestor continued attacking as Dongguan’s gray mist lost ground, and Yanfeng Ancestor wondered whether his intuition about Dongguan had been wrong.

Dongguan broke Thunder Ancestor’s sealing domain and unleashed a strange bloodline power that disrupted Thunder Ancestor’s creatures. He struck again, but Thunder Ancestor activated a Thunder World to block the attack.

• Feng Xi watched the battle and judged that Dongguan was at a disadvantage against Thunder Ancestor.
• Dongguan drew in the gray mist and released a pillar of light that shattered Thunder Ancestor’s sealing domain, forcing the battle back to a draw.
• Dongguan invoked a snake-like bloodline aura that caused Thunder Ancestor’s nine creatures to collapse and briefly disrupted Thunder Ancestor.
• Dongguan appeared above Thunder Ancestor and struck with another gray pillar of light.
• Thunder Ancestor summoned ten lightning figures whose formations fused into a Thunder World, which collided with Dongguan’s attack.

Dongguan used a World Projection to suppress Thunder Ancestor, who conceded the wagered duel before his formation was badly damaged. Dongguan then demanded changes to the Origin Continent’s order, beginning with opening its treasure lands to all cultivators, and started presenting his broader plan.

• Thunder Ancestor’s formation withstood Dongguan’s World Projection, but Yanfeng Ancestor recognized that the attack drew on the Source World’s seemingly infinite power.
• Thunder Ancestor called off the fight and conceded the wagered duel, and Dongguan withdrew his attack.
• Thunder Ancestor inspected his formation and found that it could repair itself, then agreed not to pursue the earlier matter.
• Dongguan demanded that the Heaven Pillar Realm and Dream Domain be available to all cultivators rather than monopolized by a few.
• Yanfeng Ancestor asked what else Dongguan wanted, and Dongguan began outlining his plans to change the Origin Continent’s order.