Recaps

After sensing that a thief and a concealed God Emperor had targeted him, Dongguan decided to stay the course while considering whether to buy intelligence on Dragon Sleep City’s God Emperors. He studied his new treasures and reviewed the seven tiers of God Emperor strength, ending with a question about whether he could simulate a rare treasure’s effects.

• Dongguan recalled detecting a thief and a hidden observer, and resolved to recognize them if he encountered them again.
• He weighed spending ten thousand Hunyuan crystals on intelligence about Dragon Sleep City’s God Emperors and chose not to make any unusual moves.
• Dongguan studied his purchased materials, hoping to advance his material origin Great Dao and strengthen his combat ability.
• He reviewed the seven tiers of God Emperor strength and recognized that he had reached only the second tier.
• Dongguan consumed a fruit-like treasure that cleared his fatigue, then studied a low-tier Hunyuan lifeform’s scale and wondered whether he could simulate the treasure’s effect.

After more than a hundred eras in Dragon Sleep City, Dongguan met Chen Mian, who had recently advanced to the early God Emperor level. Chen Mian invited Dongguan to join Yuanhong God Emperor’s hunting team, leaving Dongguan to consider whether to accept before the team was finalized.

• Dongguan browsed low-tier Hunyuan lifeform materials, having spent more than a hundred eras in Dragon Sleep City without further trouble from thieves.
• Dongguan met Chen Mian and discerned that he had advanced to the early God Emperor Dao Comprehender level with a Flame Dao foundation.
• Chen Mian told Dongguan he planned to join Yuanhong God Emperor’s hunting team after emerging from seclusion.
• Chen Mian invited Dongguan to join, explaining that Dongguan’s high-tier Hunyuan bloodline met the team’s strength threshold despite his early God Emperor level.
• Dongguan said he would think about the invitation, and Chen Mian asked him to decide within three days.

Dongguan decided to accept Chen Mian’s invitation to try joining Yuanhong God Emperor’s Hunting Team, hoping to learn from its members and encounter stronger Hunyuan lifeforms. At Yuanhong’s cave abode, Shiji God Emperor proposed a test of strength, and Dongguan agreed.

• Dongguan weighed the risks and benefits of joining the Hunting Team and decided to visit Yuanhong God Emperor’s cave abode.
• Dongguan inspected the one-time secret treasures he had made from leftover Hunyuan materials and considered testing them for a possible future source of income.
• Chen Mian brought Dongguan to Yuanhong God Emperor’s cave abode and introduced him as the person he had recommended.
• Dongguan learned that Chen Mian had become Yuanhong’s disciple and that Yuanhong’s team consisted of Yuanhong, Chen Shi God Emperor, and Shiji God Emperor.
• Shiji God Emperor proposed a test of strength with Yuanhong’s tacit approval, and Dongguan accepted.

Dongguan sparred with Ji God Emperor while Yuanhong God Emperor and the Chen family watched, and his space-time abilities let him withstand Ji’s strongest attacks and avoid being pinned down. The bout ended in a draw, and Yuanhong decided Dongguan could help the hunting team.

• Yuanhong God Emperor, Chen Shi God Emperor, and Chen Mian discussed how long Dongguan might last against Ji God Emperor and whether Dongguan still followed the Dao Comprehender path.
• Ji God Emperor opened the spar with a three-punch sequence that combined space-time and cause-and-effect locks, while Dongguan studied the attacks and endured the first two punches.
• Ji God Emperor’s third punch collapsed parts of space-time, but Dongguan evaded its full force and announced that it was his turn to attack.
• Dongguan used space-time methods to evade Ji God Emperor’s attacks, while his own attacks could not overcome Ji’s defenses, and their spar ended in a draw.
• Yuanhong God Emperor judged that Dongguan could be useful on hunts, and Chen Mian asked why Dongguan had fused with a bloodline despite his strength.

Dongguan and Chen Mian joined Yuanhong God Emperor’s hunting team and chose to observe the veterans’ tactics before hunting on their own. When Chen Shi found three early God Emperor Two-Headed Cold Sheep Beasts, Dongguan watched as a saber-light blade struck one of them.

• Yuanhong God Emperor explained the team’s two options for Dongguan and Chen Mian: hunt weaker Hunyuan lifeforms together or observe the veterans and join their fights.
• Chen Mian recommended watching Yuanhong God Emperor, Ji, and Chen Shi hunt before attempting to fight, and Dongguan agreed.
• The Flying Boat left Dragon Sleep City and traveled toward a river, while Dongguan used the Dongguan Dao to probe the surroundings and examine his companions.
• Chen Shi detected three early God Emperor Two-Headed Cold Sheep Beasts and invited Dongguan and Chen Mian to test themselves against them.
• One Cold Sheep Beast moved away from the others, and a blade of saber light struck it as it searched for a space-time node to gnaw on.

Dongguan and Chen Mian hunted three Two-Headed Cold Sheep Beasts by the Wuming River to test their ability against low-tier Hunyuan lifeforms. Dongguan killed two and preserved their remains, while Chen Mian finished the strongest one, and Yuanhong God Emperor prepared to move the team onward.

• Chen Mian and Dongguan agreed to hunt the three Two-Headed Cold Sheep Beasts, with Chen Mian targeting the strongest and Dongguan approaching one that had stopped sucking.
• Dongguan broke free of the beast’s time-and-space freezing attack, destroyed its body and Life Core, and took its horns and Life Core fragments.
• Chen Shi gathered and sealed the first beast’s crystallized remains, then explained that his experience processing Hunyuan materials helped preserve more of its bloodline power.
• Dongguan killed the second beast and sealed its more complete remains, while Chen Mian continued fighting the strongest beast inside his Flame World.
• Chen Mian finished his opponent and joined Dongguan and the three God Emperors, and Yuanhong God Emperor released the Flying Boat so they could continue hunting.

The Hunting Team used Yuanhong God Emperor’s carefully coordinated ambush to eliminate a community of heavenly star madmen. Dongguan and Chen Mian watched the hunt and joined the team as it moved in to finish suppressing the survivors and harvest materials.

• Chen Shi God Emperor explained why the team usually avoided attacking low-tier Hunyuan lifeforms and discussed his plans to pursue bloodline fusion.
• Yuanhong God Emperor spotted several dozen heavenly star madmen, including two at the mid God Emperor stage, and told Dongguan and Chen Mian to watch his hunt.
• Chen Shi God Emperor provoked the beasts and led them on a long chase while Yuanhong God Emperor secretly set up an ambush.
• Ji God Emperor restrained a mid God Emperor beast as Yuanhong God Emperor’s dark formation trapped the other one and his sword destroyed its Life Core.
• Chen Shi God Emperor brought Dongguan and Chen Mian to the battlefield, where the team killed the remaining beasts and prepared to harvest them alive.

Dongguan reflected on the Hunting Team’s strengths and continued developing his own abilities as he joined more hunts. When the team approached a Desolate Hoof, Dongguan sensed it was actually a Late God Emperor; the disguised creature attacked, forcing the five cultivators to split up and flee.

• Dongguan considered how Chen Shi God Emperor, Ji God Emperor, and Yuanhong God Emperor contributed to hunts, and decided to improve his ability to act alone.
• Dongguan developed a perception method that helped pinpoint Life Cores and took part in several more battles with the Hunting Team.
• Yuanhong God Emperor led the five cultivators toward a lone Desolate Hoof, which Dongguan sensed was stronger than its apparent Mid God Emperor level.
• The Desolate Hoof revealed its true strength and charged, so Yuanhong God Emperor attacked while the others scattered to retreat.
• The Desolate Hoof pursued Yuanhong God Emperor and sent four deep-yellow shadows after the others; one shadow chased Dongguan, who discovered a faint yellow mark on his left hand.

Dongguan escaped the Void Weaver while studying the yellow tracking mark and reconsidering how his Dao of observation should develop. After Desolate Hoof killed Chen Mian and pursued the remaining marked cultivators, Dongguan’s mark vanished just before it arrived, and he broke his second seal to face it.

• Dongguan escaped the Void Weaver’s hunting net by unleashing a formation, then continued weakening the yellow mark that tracked him.
• Dongguan reflected on how low-tier Hunyuan lifeforms perceived the world and began considering how to incorporate different forms of observation into his Dao.
• Desolate Hoof lamented that Chen Mian’s death might not be permanent, sensed the remaining marks, and set off after the cultivators.
• Chen Shi God Emperor confirmed that his mark had disappeared and wondered how Ji was faring.
• Dongguan’s yellow mark vanished as Desolate Hoof arrived, so Dongguan broke his second seal and raised his aura to the Mid God Emperor level to fight.

Dongguan fought Desolate Hoof, whose overwhelming strength and space-time sealing forced him to search for a way to improve from within. By awakening his bloodline instincts, Dongguan escaped the third strike, while a dejected middle-aged man watching from the shadows recognized something familiar in his sudden advance.

• Desolate Hoof attacked Dongguan with a hoof strike that sealed space and time, but Dongguan held it back using his newly awakened bloodline power.
• Desolate Hoof repeatedly pressed Dongguan with raw strength, and Dongguan realized he lacked the power to unravel the bloodline-based sealing technique through his Dao alone.
• Dongguan reflected on the difference between Dao and bloodline power and loosened his mental restraint to awaken his bloodline instincts.
• Dongguan casually broke through Desolate Hoof's space-time seal and dodged his third strike, then realized instinct had revealed a flaw in his opponent's technique.
• A dejected middle-aged man watched from the shadows, wondered how Dongguan had improved his control over space-time, and felt that the change was familiar.

Dongguan struggled against Desolate Hoof, realizing he had failed to learn how to guide his bloodline instinct. After revealing his world-level Hunyuan bloodline, he drew the attention of a powerful cultivator who captured Desolate Hoof and identified Dongguan as an Infinite Serpent.

• Dongguan recognized that his arrogance as a Dao Comprehender had kept him from learning how bloodline cultivators guided their instincts, leaving him able only to evade Desolate Hoof.
• Desolate Hoof weakened his attack to plant a force on Dongguan, then used the opening to pin him down and wear him out.
• Dongguan released his Eternal Body to expel the invading force, revealing his world-level Hunyuan bloodline and shocking Desolate Hoof and the hidden middle-aged man.
• Desolate Hoof fled when the hidden man’s presence was exposed, but the man contracted space-time and dragged him back.
• Desolate Hoof revealed a second power, reaching the threshold of God Emperor Perfection, but the middle-aged man still suppressed him and drew him into his robes.
• The middle-aged man appeared before Dongguan and asked if he was an Infinite Serpent.

After returning to Dragon Sleep City, Dongguan learned that Walker Lu Yin was a near-invincible Space-Time Walker connected to the fallen Beigu World Cluster. As Dongguan pondered the nature of bloodline power, he received word that Chen Mian had returned and wanted to meet.

• Dongguan greeted Mu Jie at Dragon Sleep City’s gates, then bought information about the dejected middle-aged man he had seen.
• Dongguan learned that the man was Walker Lu Yin, a rescued cultivator from the fallen Beigu World Cluster who had mastered the time and space Half-Hunyuan Daos.
• Walker Lu Yin asked to see Star Glow Lord, but Ge warned him that the Lord was busy and offered to relay his request to Lord Candlefire.
• An enormous black serpent watched the Dark Sacred Realm, hoping to confirm that Elder Brother Tamos would appear there.
• Dongguan reflected on the differences between bloodline power and the power of the Great Dao, then learned that Chen Mian had returned and wanted to meet.

Dongguan examined analytical diagrams of rare low-tier Hunyuan lifeforms before joining Yuanhong God Emperor's gathering. The group discussed their next hunt and agreed to avoid the area where they had encountered a Desolate Hoof.

• Dongguan studied the diagrams of a Void-Armored Black and a Thousand-Autumn Fate Cicada among the crystal pillars in Yuanhong God Emperor's cave abode.
• Chen Shi God Emperor cautioned Dongguan against relying too much on the diagrams and led him to the gathering.
• Yuanhong God Emperor welcomed Dongguan, Chen Shi God Emperor, Chen Mian, and Shiji, then raised the subject of their next hunting expedition.
• Shiji God Emperor thanked Yuanhong God Emperor for diverting the Desolate Hoof and saving him during their previous hunt.
• Chen Shi God Emperor suggested that the group avoid the area where they had encountered the Desolate Hoof, and Dongguan chose not to mention Lu Yin Walker's strength.

After the hunt, Yuanhong God Emperor proposed that the team identify the secret treasures they needed so they could help each other find them. He revealed that his clash with the Desolate Hoof had helped him break through a bottleneck, and the others began listing their needs.

• Chen Shi God Emperor offered to sell the team's surplus Hunyuan materials, and the hunters accepted his handling of the spoils.
• Yuanhong God Emperor admitted that the hunt had exposed his lack of strength and proposed improving their power with secret treasures.
• Yuanhong God Emperor said he had gained insight during his clash with the Desolate Hoof and broken through a long-standing bottleneck.
• Yuanhong God Emperor named treasures connected to light, darkness, and improving his Life-Bound Sword as his needs.
• Ji God Emperor asked the team to watch for a suitable new bloodline, bloodline-study treasures, and items for escape, space-time, and concealment.

At a banquet, Dongguan and the others described the treasures they needed and the paths they pursued, while Dongguan weighed his cultivation against the danger of his Tamos bloodline. Later, Lu Yin Walker told the Star Glow Lord that he had encountered a mid God Emperor who had fused with the Infinite Serpent's bloodline.

• Chen Shi God Emperor asked for secret treasures to study materials and Hunyuan power, while Chen Mian requested treasures centered on the flame Dao.
• Dongguan explained that he needed perception-type treasures and considered how to strengthen his Dongguan Dao, will, Dao Comprehender path, and control over the Tamos bloodline.
• After the banquet, Dongguan studied the crystal pillars in the square and then left.
• In the Dark Sacred Realm, Lu Yin Walker told the Star Glow Lord that he had met a cultivator in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm who had fused with the Infinite Serpent's bloodline.
• Lu Yin Walker stressed that the cultivator was only a mid God Emperor, leaving him suspicious that the man might be an innate primal chaos lifeform's hidden pawn.

Dongguan completed an Innate Secret Treasure that enhanced his powers of observation, while Luo Feng studied a blood scale in the Star Tower and prepared for a future breakthrough. The chapter ended with Dongguan’s attempt to observe Luo Feng’s Star Tower triggering a powerful Will Impact.

• Star Glow Lord told Lu Yin Walker that Dongguan was not an Infinite Serpent spy but had something unusual about him, and advised Lu Yin Walker to share his research on the Infinite Serpents.
• Dongguan completed an Innate Secret Treasure, bonded with it, and discovered that it could manifest an observing eye wherever his power reached.
• Dongguan named the treasure’s ability Heavenly Pillar Vision and considered how it could help his cultivation and research into Origin Great Daos.
• Luo Feng examined a blood scale inside the Star Tower and planned to leave the Origin Continent after advancing the Great Dao of Destruction to the Ultimate Realm.
• Dongguan used Heavenly Pillar Vision to peer into the Star Tower, but Luo Feng redirected his gaze toward the blood scale, causing a Will Impact that made Dongguan bleed.

Luo Feng and Dongguan discussed their ambitions to become the Lord of the Source World and the paths to reach it, while testing their powers and sharing a rare treasure. The chapter ended with Dongguan discovering an unfamiliar crystal-prism secret treasure in Dragon Sleep City.

• Luo Feng and Dongguan used their Great Daos and treasures in a contest of observation, with neither gaining a decisive advantage.
• Dongguan asked whether Luo Feng would compete to become the Lord of the Source World, and Luo Feng said he would pursue the chance rather than yield it.
• Dongguan explained the three routes to becoming the Lord and revealed that he cultivated all nine origin Great Daos, with three already at god king two.
• Dongguan gave Luo Feng rare wine that combined creation and destruction, and Luo Feng used the Creation and Destruction Eye to study its effects.
• Dongguan visited a shop in Dragon Sleep City and noticed a new crystal-prism secret treasure set with ten eye-like beads.

Dongguan tried the Ten Luminary Eyes and gained new insight into combining perception and focus. Elder Ying'an revealed that he was using Fate to pursue a breakthrough and believed Dongguan possessed something he needed, while Yuanhong God Emperor left in disgust.

• An attendant offered Dongguan a chance to try the Ten Luminary Eyes, a secret treasure refined using a method created by the Lord of Ten Luminaries.
• Elder Ying'an told Yuanhong God Emperor to keep the matter secret, explaining that he needed something Dongguan might possess and had turned to Fate for a chance to advance.
• Yuanhong God Emperor warned that pursuing Fate could cost Elder Ying'an his life, then wondered whether Dongguan could break free of the cage.
• Dongguan used the Ten Luminary Eyes to study his surroundings and discovered a new direction for linking his internal and external perception through focus.
• The attendant ended Dongguan's trial, and Elder Ying'an took Dongguan's delight as a sign that his plan was working.
• Yuanhong God Emperor departed, while Elder Ying'an accepted the consequences as destined fate and its price.

After three hundred epochs, Yuanhong God Emperor prepared to leave for the Dark Sacred Realm, while Dongguan chose to leave the Hunting Team as his strength had outgrown it. The chapter ended with Yuanhong and Dongguan racing into the Wuming River’s depths to hunt and test their strength against each other.

• Yuanhong God Emperor killed a late God Emperor low-tier Hunyuan lifeform and announced he would head to the Dark Sacred Realm and seek Elder status.
• Dongguan told the team he would leave, and Yuanhong God Emperor explained that Dongguan’s growing strength had made him too powerful for the team.
• Chen Shi God Emperor said he would enter prolonged seclusion, while Chen Mian planned to team up with Ji God Emperor.
• Yuanhong God Emperor challenged Dongguan to hunt into the depths of the Wuming River and compare their efficiency, and Dongguan accepted.
• Yuanhong God Emperor and Dongguan charged ahead to hunt, while Chen Shi God Emperor, Chen Mian, and Ji God Emperor followed in a Flying Boat.

Dongguan and Yuanhong God Emperor joined forces to kill a God Emperor Perfection Qianting Wanderer in the Wuming River, then returned to Dragon Sleep City. Dongguan left the city on a long journey after Yuanhong warned him to be careful of Elder Ying'an.

• Dongguan and Yuanhong God Emperor teamed up to kill the wounded Qianting Wanderer and took its corpse before quickly leaving the Wuming River.
• An illusory phantom appeared over the battlefield and reflected that the prison would eventually shatter as the Innate Primal Chaos Lifeform Faction advanced.
• Elder Ying'an confronted Yuanhong God Emperor in his cave abode, accusing him of failing to keep the Ten Luminary Eyes scheme on track, but Yuanhong denied revealing anything.
• Yuanhong God Emperor warned Dongguan about Elder Ying'an as Dongguan prepared to leave Dragon Sleep City.
• Dongguan acknowledged the warning, boarded his silver-gray flying boat, and departed into the void.

Dongguan brought Luo Feng to Yulan City, where Di Qing met them and helped arrange their registration. After learning that Dongguan’s unusual observing presence had unsettled the gatekeeper, the group discussed their plans for cultivating and hunting in the region.

• Dongguan and Luo Feng arrived at Yulan City, and a gatekeeper assessed their strength before explaining the city’s rules.
• Di Qing recognized the two visitors and registered them to stay at his residence.
• Luo Feng asked why the gatekeeper had seemed frightened, and Di Qing helped Dongguan realize that his habitual way of observing others unnerved them.
• Dongguan reined in his presence after experimenting, and the three reached Di Qing’s residence.
• Luo Feng planned to cultivate before hunting, while Di Qing intended to explore Yulan City and possibly hunt with him and Dongguan.

Dongguan showed Di Qing that he had killed a late God Emperor Void Weaver, while Luo Feng reflected on gaining the strength to gather Hunyuan materials himself. At Yulan City, Hall Master Yuanxiang met Lu Yin Walker, who decided to abandon his pursuit of becoming a Lord and fuse with a Hunyuan bloodline.

• Dongguan presented Di Qing with a late God Emperor Void Weaver he had killed, and Di Qing searched its body for materials.
• Luo Feng realized that he could now obtain Hunyuan research materials through his own efforts.
• Hall Master Yuanxiang met Lu Yin Walker, whose breakthrough had come after his Source World and home were destroyed.
• Yuanxiang asked Lu Yin Walker if he planned to give up his pursuit of becoming a Lord.
• Lu Yin Walker said his Fusion Dao had little hope of advancing further, so he would become Hunyuan first.

Lu Yin Walker brought an unmerged Infinite Serpent Bloodline Carrier to Hall Master Yuanxiang and began testing whether it could ease Yuanxiang’s mind pollution. In Yulan City, Dongguan’s bloodline stirred near Yuanxiang’s residence, advancing his understanding as he wondered what had caused the change.

• Lu Yin Walker told Hall Master Yuanxiang that he planned to fuse with an Infinite Serpent bloodline, despite the risks, and asked to try methods to ease Yuanxiang’s mind pollution.
• Lu Yin Walker revealed his Bloodline Carrier and explained that he wanted to test its influence before fusing with it.
• Dongguan sensed a stirring in his bloodline while shopping in Yulan City, left his purchases, and asked an attendant whose residence lay in the direction he had sensed.
• The attendant identified the residence as Hall Master Yuanxiang’s, and Dongguan used his gaze to make the attendant forget seeing him again.
• Dongguan circled Yuanxiang’s residence as his bloodline mastery broke through a bottleneck, then delayed releasing his third-layer seal while his understanding continued to improve.

Lu Yin Walker temporarily relieved Hall Master Yuanxiang’s mind pollution, then sensed an unusual reaction in his bloodline projection and discovered Dongguan nearby. The chapter ended with Lu Yin Walker noticing Dongguan as Dongguan greeted him.

• Lu Yin Walker used the Infinite Serpent bloodline to absorb much of the mind pollution from Hall Master Yuanxiang, though he could only treat its symptoms.
• Hall Master Yuanxiang considered ways to cure the pollution permanently but concluded that severing the memories or strengthening his will were the only options.
• Lu Yin Walker left the cave abode and sensed an unusual movement in his bloodline projection, which led him to Dongguan.
• Dongguan weighed whether to seek a trade with Hall Master Yuanxiang for whatever had stirred the Tamos bloodline, but decided to grow stronger first.
• Dongguan saw Lu Yin Walker and greeted him.

In Yulan City, Dongguan met Lu Yin Walker over a meal and discovered that Lu Yin Walker possessed a crystal containing another Infinite Serpent’s bloodline. Lu Yin Walker began an exchange of insights with Dongguan, who eyed the crystal cautiously rather than coveting it.

• Dongguan met Lu Yin Walker at a restaurant and reflected on their previous encounter and his own cultivation progress.
• Lu Yin Walker asked why Dongguan remained at Mid God Emperor, then noted that advancing too quickly on the Bloodline Path could be dangerous.
• Lu Yin Walker explained that Star Glow Lord had verified Dongguan was not a spy and considered exchanging insights with him.
• Lu Yin Walker showed Dongguan a dark red bloodline vessel, which stirred Dongguan’s Infinite Serpent bloodline.
• Dongguan recognized the crystal’s danger and considered whether it might help him control his bloodline, while Lu Yin Walker approved of his caution.