Recaps

After finishing his exchanges with Death Dream Hall Master, Dongguan prepared to leave the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm region where he had spent epochs disguised as an innate primal chaos lifeform. Zaituo exposed him and joined forces with Yinmeng and the blood-weeping eye beast king to confront him.

• Dongguan and Death Dream Hall Master debated whether illusion was grounded in reality or was itself a facet of reality, sharpening their respective Daos.
• Dongguan returned home, completed his written account of traveling with Yinmeng and Zaituo, and reflected on how Tamos's memories were influencing him.
• Dongguan asked Yinmeng and Zaituo to leave the Autumn Ze River Domain with him, but Zaituo revealed that he knew Dongguan was a cultivator in disguise.
• Yinmeng chose to stand with Zaituo, and the blood-weeping eye beast king appeared to help stop Dongguan.

Dongguan was exposed as a cultivator controlling a Virtual Form Being, then used a single powerful strike to injure You Jitian and leave a hidden mark on him. After returning to Tan Soul City, Dongguan planned to continue exploring the rivers as an Innate Primal Chaos Lifeform and the cities as a cultivator.

• You Jitian exposed Dongguan as a cultivator controlling a Virtual Form Being, and Dongguan admitted his identity to Zaituo and Yinmeng.
• You Jitian attacked Dongguan with bloody light, but Dongguan merged his avatar with the shell and transformed into a Silver Light Spear.
• Dongguan pierced You Jitian’s true eye, forcing him to postpone the siege of Qingqiang City and flee.
• Zaituo and Yinmeng decided to skip the siege after You Jitian left, while You Jitian discovered a lingering mark and vowed to seek help removing it.
• Dongguan returned to Tan Soul City, reviewed the restrictions on Innate Primal Chaos Lifeforms, and planned to explore the rivers and cities in different forms.

After three hundred epochs in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, Dongguan captured a Void Weaver and prepared to return to Dragon Sleep City, sensing that the city might hold the opportunity for his next breakthrough. The chapter ended with Elder Ying'an opening his eyes and saying he had sensed Dongguan's return.

• Dongguan captured a mid God Emperor Void Weaver on the banks of the Wuming River and sealed it in a Space Treasure.
• Dongguan reviewed his progress, noting his will remained just short of transcending the prison cage and that his Great Daos still needed breakthroughs.
• Dongguan decided to return to Dragon Sleep City, where he suspected the Infinity Chip had anchored an opportunity for his next breakthrough.
• In a Cave Abode in Dragon Sleep City, Elder Ying'an opened his eyes and said, "I sensed it."

Dongguan returned to Dragon Sleep City and discussed his future move to the Dark Sacred Realm with Yuanhong God Emperor, who explained its resources and dangers. Meanwhile, Lu Yin Walker explored a newly formed crater in the Dark Sacred Realm, following a bloodline trace possibly connected to the Infinite Great Serpent.

• Dongguan returned to his cave abode in Dragon Sleep City and considered whether to become a city elder or establish an outpost before moving to the Dark Sacred Realm.
• Lu Yin Walker explored a crater formed by something that had fallen from Hunyuan and sensed a bloodline related to the Infinite Great Serpent.
• Dongguan attended Yuanhong God Emperor’s banquet with Shiji, Chen Mian, and Chen Shi, and Yuanhong asked when he would go to the Dark Sacred Realm.
• Yuanhong God Emperor described the Dark Sacred Realm’s greater resources, ruins, and dangers, including the mind pollution suffered by Yuanxiang.
• Yuanhong God Emperor revealed that Dragon Sleep City had originally been built on a ruin.

Dongguan learned more about the Dragon Sleep Mountains and suspected they were the remains of a high-level Hunyuan lifeform. He concealed himself and headed into the mountains, while Ying'an Elder also disappeared into the shadows.

• Yuanhong Elder explained that Dragon Sleep City was built on the Dragon Sleep Mountains’ ruins and described how flaws in realm formations had become rarer after Star Glow Lord attained his Dao.
• Yuanhong invited Dongguan to team up in the Dark Sacred Realm, but Dongguan left the decision open until he had visited it himself.
• Dongguan looked toward the mountains and considered how unifying his different forms of vision might complete his Great Dao.
• Using vision developed from studying the Tian Shi Dragon Beast, Dongguan perceived the mountains as the nearly emptied corpse of a high-level Hunyuan lifeform and decided to investigate.
• Ying'an Elder recalled the creature’s fall, the experts’ exploration of its remains, and how the mountains became a natural defense for Dragon Sleep City before vanishing into the shadows.

Dongguan discovered that the Dragon Sleep Mountains were the lingering form of a High-Level Hunyuan Lifeform and used the site to comprehend it. Elder Ying'an found him and attacked, while Yuanhong Elder recognized that the conflict between Guantian and Ying'an had begun.

• Dongguan concluded that the Dragon Sleep Mountains themselves were the form of a High-Level Hunyuan Lifeform and continued studying the free comprehension site.
• Elder Ying'an spotted Dongguan on the mountain peak and vanished into shadow.
• Yuanhong Elder told Ji God Emperor that the conflict between Guantian and Ying'an had begun, and said he had failed to dissuade Ying'an.
• A nearly invisible spike pierced through the void toward Dongguan as he sat on the peak.
• Dongguan opened his eyes and said that Ying'an had finally arrived.

Elder Ying'an poisoned Dongguan with Dao Derivation Poison, disrupting his Great Daos and forcing his consciousness to gather in one body while his clones lost control. Dongguan fled into the wilderness, hoping to survive long enough to restore his Great Daos as Elder Ying'an pursued him.

• Elder Ying'an revealed that he had noticed Dongguan in Dragon Sleep City and used Dao Derivation Poison that infected Dongguan through his shadow.
• Dongguan’s consciousness gathered in one body as his clones lost consciousness, and the poison threw his Great Daos into chaos.
• Dongguan realized he needed about three days to order his Great Daos and feared what losing control of his clones might mean for the Tamos Bloodline.
• Dongguan chose the wilderness over Dragon Sleep City to avoid Elder Ying'an’s preparations there and continued fleeing.
• Elder Ying'an pursued Dongguan and resolved to kill him within two days if possible.

Dongguan struggled to escape Elder Ying'an, whose poison and tracking techniques countered his many combat systems. As Dongguan used cause-and-effect seeds to distract his pursuer, Elder Ying'an revealed that he was trying to kill him because Dongguan stood in the way of his Dao.

• A lightning-wreathed figure watched Dongguan flee the Dragon Sleep Mountains with Elder Ying'an and reflected on the burdens of a cultivator's long life.
• Dongguan used varied techniques and a decoy stone to evade Elder Ying'an, but the poison, pursuit, and fate-based tracking kept him from escaping.
• Elder Ying'an split up to pursue both Dongguan's airborne target and his underground decoy as the poison's effects weakened.
• Dongguan's cause-and-effect seeds spread among a group of Long-Haired Dumplings, turning them into distractions as they scattered to survive.
• Dongguan asked Elder Ying'an why he was determined to kill him, and Elder Ying'an said Dongguan stood in the way of his Dao.

Elder Ying'an revealed that he had poisoned Dongguan to seize a treasure he believed could advance his Great Dao, after fate led him to suspect Dongguan held it. As Dongguan analyzed the Dao Derivation Poison and suspected it had a dangerous second stage, both men realized they might have only a short time to act.

• Elder Ying'an demanded that Dongguan hand over a treasure he believed could help him advance in his Great Dao, and Dongguan questioned why Ying'an had not attacked him three hundred epochs earlier.
• Elder Ying'an explained that fate had pointed him toward Dongguan and that he had waited while investigating what Dongguan might possess.
• Dongguan recalled the True Explanation of Comprehension and used it to analyze the Dao Derivation Poison, finding similarities to the Other Shore Sea of Bitterness.
• Dongguan suspected the poison could have a second stage that might turn it into a powerful cultivation aid, and realized he needed to deal with Ying'an before it arrived.
• Elder Ying'an weighed whether he could subdue Dongguan in time, fearing that a Dao Tribulation or Dongguan's growing strength could ruin his chance.

Dongguan released the fourth seal on his Tamos Bloodline to introduce a variable against Elder Ying'an's fate-driven pursuit, reaching God Emperor perfection. As he fled, he chose to cultivate the Cause and Effect Great Dao in hopes of evading his pursuer and delaying the Dao Derivation Poison's second stage.

• Dongguan suspected Elder Ying'an wanted the Infinity Chip and considered using it, but instead released the fourth layer of his Tamos Bloodline seal.
• Dongguan's leaked aura revealed that he had reached God Emperor perfection, intensifying Elder Ying'an's greed and killing intent.
• Elder Ying'an attacked with shadows carrying the power of cause and effect, injuring Dongguan through a curse as Dongguan escaped.
• Dongguan realized unsealing the Tamos Bloodline would prolong the time needed to stabilize his power and might delay the Dao Derivation Poison's second stage.
• Dongguan fused two branches of the Cause and Effect Great Dao, advanced his fifth Origin Great Dao to God King two, and chose to focus on cause and effect to evade Elder Ying'an's tracking.

Dongguan used his growing mastery of Cause and Effect to evade Ying'an Elder while spreading seeds across the wilderness, then found an opening and changed course. A long-haired ball of fur awakened a bull-headed King-level Hunyuan Lifeform, just as Ying'an Elder's shadow clone arrived.

• Dongguan continued fleeing as Ying'an Elder pursued him and destroyed most of the seeds he had scattered.
• Dongguan's Cause and Effect Origin Great Dao reached the Ultimate level, letting him begin interfering with Ying'an Elder's tracking.
• Dongguan sensed an opening and subtly changed direction while continuing to flee.
• In the Wuming River Domain, a long-haired ball of fur struck a sleeping bull-headed figure and awakened it.
• The bull-headed King-level Hunyuan Lifeform seized the furball, then noticed Ying'an Elder's shadow clone and attacked it.

Dongguan led Ying'an Elder into the Wuming River as contaminated Hunyuan lifeforms spread chaos across the wilderness and Dragon Sleep City. A Bull-Horned Giant Shadow and other creatures noticed the disturbance and began moving toward the river.

• Dongguan realized his seeds had attached to a creature stronger than himself and considered using the chaos to free sealed beings.
• Contaminated Hunyuan lifeforms fled, fought Ying'an Elder’s shadows, or spread the disturbance, while hunting parties watched and seized opportunities.
• Dragon Sleep City's City Lord examined the contaminated remains, cleansed a scale, and decided to hold Ying'an Elder accountable for abandoning his duties.
• The City Lord inspected Ying'an Elder's empty cave abode and used time reversal to review Dongguan's past.
• Dongguan entered the Wuming River and challenged Ying'an Elder to follow him.
• The Bull-Horned Giant Shadow and other contaminated creatures sensed the river's ripples, and some headed toward them.

Ying'an Elder was trapped in the Wuming River and killed by a swarm of Hunyuan Lifeforms, while Dongguan safely waited inside a Wuming Nether Pool. Dongguan began his Dao Tribulation, with breakthroughs in the Cause and Effect Origin Great Dao and Tamos Bloodline awaiting him.

• Ying'an Elder was pulled into a Wuming Nether Vortex by the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm formation, leaving him unable to reach Dongguan during his Dao Tribulation.
• Ying'an Elder’s clone outside the river was attacked by a King-level Hunyuan Lifeform and other Hunyuan Lifeforms, and Ying'an Elder was killed again inside the Wuming Nether Pool.
• Ying'an Elder realized the Hunyuan Lifeforms were hunting down his clones and considered searching the river for what he or Dongguan might leave behind.
• Dongguan remained hidden inside a Late God Emperor Desolate Hoof at the center of a Wuming Nether Pool and finished sorting through the Dao Derivation Poison.
• Dongguan entered his Dao Tribulation, with the Cause and Effect Origin Great Dao nearing the Ultimate Realm and four of the five Tamos Bloodline seals already broken.

Tamos sought a way to improve his chances of becoming a high-tier Hunyuan and learned about Ancestral Return-level beings, while Dongguan broke through his Dao Tribulation and escaped the Eternity Dream. Dongguan realized an avatar was missing, and that avatar awakened in Infinite Hunyuan Space with a different will.

• Tamos's King friend explained that reaching the critical state made the ultimate leap possible but that failure was common, and described the stronger Ancestral Return-level beings.
• Tamos began forcing stronger low-tier Hunyuan lifeforms to attempt breakthroughs as test subjects, but none succeeded.
• Dongguan awakened from the darkness, advanced his Immeasurable Great Dao and Dao Comprehender path, and began forming a Fusion Dao of Change.
• Dongguan broke the Eternity Dream with Dao Tribulation Power and returned to the Desolate Hoof puppet in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm.
• Dongguan sensed that an avatar outside the Origin Continent Source World was missing and worried about what remained sealed behind the fifth seal.
• In Infinite Hunyuan Space, the missing avatar opened its eyes with a different will, vertical pupils, and greater proficiency with Hunyuan Power.

Lu Yin Walker found a statue of an Infinite Great Serpent in a collapsing ruin, while a Black-Clothed Youth examined the timelines surrounding it and turned his attention toward the Infinity Domain. In the Wuming River, Dongguan found and sealed an inheritance called the Grudge Art, then severed its connection to Ying'an Elder.

• Lu Yin Walker entered a hidden palace in the ruin, found a statue of an Infinite Great Serpent, and took an object resonating with him before the hall collapsed.
• A Black-Clothed Youth inspected the palace across timelines and decided to intervene in an outcome connected to the Infinity Domain.
• Dongguan searched the Wuming River, found a silver stone, and received an inheritance called the Grudge Art.
• Dongguan sealed the stone and used his aura to sever its connection to Ying'an Elder.
• Ying'an Elder cried out as the connection was cut and admitted that he had been too late.

Tamos transformed Dongguan’s avatar into a high-tier Hunyuan Lifeform and reunited with Zha Wulei, only for Star Glow Lord to capture them. Tamos helped Zha Wulei escape at great cost, while Star Glow Lord was left with the serpent’s remains and Tamos’s high-tier body.

• Tamos changed his form and absorbed Hunyuan Power, deciding to wait for his clansmen while recovering his lost essence.
• Zha Wulei appeared, and Tamos’s borrowed power surged until he became a high-tier Hunyuan Lifeform.
• Star Glow Lord froze space-time around Tamos and Zha Wulei, then demanded that they submit or die.
• Tamos asked to persuade Zha Wulei, but after speaking with him, he fused their bodies and resisted Star Glow Lord’s demand for his Life Core.
• Tamos burned Zha Wulei’s body to restrain Star Glow Lord for a moment, allowing Zha Wulei to teleport away while grievously wounded.
• Star Glow Lord gathered the remains of Zha Wulei and Tamos’s high-tier cultivator body.

Dongguan obtained the Grudge Stone and studied its dangerous inheritance, but Star Glow warned him that its source was an unpredictable being. Meanwhile, the Ying'an Elder spread rumors about Dongguan's valuable treasure and summoned cultivators to surround him at the Sacred Mountain, where Dongguan prepared to fight.

• The Ying'an Elder confronted Dongguan near the Sacred Mountain, revealed that rumors of his secret treasure had spread, and called Guantian as arrays and cultivators converged on the mountain.
• Dongguan sensed the approaching cultivators, clenched his fists, and prepared to fight as the Ying'an Elder vanished into the array formations.
• On the banks of the Wuming River, Dongguan studied the Grudge Stone's techniques and concluded that he could use them as a reference but could not cultivate them.
• Star Glow appeared behind Dongguan and explained that the Grudge Stone came from a strange being whose intentions and methods were uncertain.
• Dongguan decided the Grudge Stone was too risky to use unless his life was at stake.

Dongguan exchanged the Grudge Stone with the Star Glow Lord for a sealed clone that had become the vessel of Tamos, then decided to use cultivators blocking his way to advance his Cause and Effect Great Dao. A group of rogue cultivators gathered at the Sacred Mountain, preparing to target him for the treasures he was rumored to carry.

• The Star Glow Lord compared the Grudge Stone with the Infinity Chip and offered Dongguan a Space-Time Crystal containing his sealed clone, which had become Tamos's vessel.
• Dongguan accepted the exchange, and the Star Glow Lord departed with the Grudge Stone.
• Dongguan stopped a long-haired dumpling carrying his Cause and Effect Seed and decided to use it and the gathered cultivators to develop his Cause and Effect Great Dao.
• At the Sacred Mountain, rogue cultivators discussed Ying'an's rumors about Dongguan's valuable treasures and agreed that targeting him was worth the risk.

Dongguan used a challenge to draw Xitian God Emperor, Nishen Daojun, and their allies into the Wuming River, while he prepared to leave the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm. Ying'an Elder sensed his departure and reflected on the price he had incurred after his scheme failed.

• Nishen Daojun identified Dongguan's challenge and warned the cultivators that his several Origin Great Daos could make him a threat, causing some of them to consider withdrawing.
• Dongguan's phantom appeared before the group, challenged them to find him in the Wuming River, and vanished; Xitian God Emperor and Nishen Daojun eventually entered the river, followed by some of the others.
• Dongguan watched the cultivators and innate primal chaos lifeforms through water screens, then assessed his condition and noted that Tamos's revival had consumed his reserve of bloodline will.
• Dongguan told Ying'an he would come for him, entered the Dark Abyssal Pool, and left the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm.
• Ying'an Elder sensed a teleportation and recalled that his failed Grudge scheme had cost him, though he did not yet know what price his use of Fate would bring.

Dongguan returned to Origin Continent, regained control of his clones and treasures, and studied how the Origin Great Daos enabled Source World refinement. He began refining the Source World, uncertain whether his Tamos bloodline might cause trouble, while Luo Feng continued cultivating in Huyang City.

• Dongguan returned to Origin Continent and entered an Independent Space-Time to regain control of his clones.
• Dongguan recovered the Heavenly Pillar Vision and Origin Ranking, while his scattered clones gradually regained consciousness.
• Dongguan examined how mastering five Origin Great Daos met the threshold for refining a Source World and could lead to becoming a World-Level Hunyuan.
• Dongguan began refining the Source World through the Origin Ranking, despite his unease about his Tamos bloodline.
• Dongguan looked toward Huyang City, where Luo Feng was cultivating in a Star Tower at Mid God Emperor.

Dongguan used seeded low-tier Hunyuan lifeforms and an array to draw cultivators and their spoils toward him while Nishen Daojun tracked his location. Xitian God Emperor reached Dongguan after the cultivators killed a king-class beast, but Dongguan revealed his invincible will and killed him, then collected the spoils.

• Nishen Daojun struggled to find Guantian God Emperor as innate primal chaos lifeforms overwhelmed the cultivators and Xitian God Emperor held back a king-class beast.
• Dongguan commanded seeded low-tier Hunyuan lifeforms to gather their allies and head toward the cultivators, while his array drew in the battlefield’s spoils.
• After several dozen days, Nishen Daojun found Dongguan’s location, and the cultivators sacrificed a companion to kill the king-class beast so Xitian God Emperor could reach him.
• Xitian God Emperor confronted Dongguan and tried to stop the beast’s body from being devoured, but Dongguan’s will stunned him and a gray-mist saber destroyed his body.
• Dongguan collected the secret treasures and Hunyuan lifeform bodies, ending the confrontation.

The seven Cultivator Lords discussed their worsening position in the war and examined the power of the dead World-Level Hunyuan Lifeform Tamos. They suspected the Infinity Domain might conceal a way to advance beyond its known limits, but Star Glow Lord said they had to focus on the war first.

• Wu Lan Lord and Minghuang Lord reported that Hunyuan Ancestors were pressing their forces, while Moman Lord proposed attacking enemy territories in retaliation.
• Yuan urged the Lords to give younger cultivators time to produce a new Lord, but Lord Naigu and Minghuang Lord warned that Hunyuan Ancestors were easier to replace and harder to kill.
• Star Glow Lord showed the others a trace of power from Tamos and revealed that Tamos had trapped one of his clones for a breath despite being an injured World-Level Hunyuan Lifeform.
• Lord Naigu identified the power as Eternity Cycle Power and deduced that Tamos might have gained a seat in the Eternal Land if he had become a Hunyuan Ancestor.
• Yuan connected Tamos to Wuyin and the Three Saints, who had entered the Infinity Domain, and warned that its true secrets might allow more than the known advancement to Hunyuan Ancestor.
• Star Glow Lord said the Lords had to wait until the war ended before pursuing plans related to the Infinity Domain.

Dongguan remained unable to take the final step toward fully controlling Origin Continent, despite seeing what that power would allow him to do. He decided to travel to the Dark Sacred Realm to seek a secret treasure and settle old grudges, and arrived at the summit of Sacred Mountain to teleport there.

• Dongguan examined his near-unification with the Supreme Rule and wondered whether his Dao was insufficient to complete the final step.
• Dongguan considered exchanging the Origin Ranking for a secret treasure in Infinity Space, but could not decide which item would help him advance.
• Dongguan chose to head to the Dark Sacred Realm and hoped to find Ying'an there.
• Dongguan returned to Sacred Mountain, climbed past its invisible pressure, and entered the summit teleportation pool for the Dark Sacred Realm.

Dongguan traveled to the Dark Sacred Realm, where a massive black shadow briefly appeared to follow him. Meanwhile, Zha Wulei learned that the Infinite Serpent Ancestor wanted to meet him after he escaped Star Glow Lord, and he prepared to go despite his companion’s warning.

• Dongguan reflected on his Dongguan Dao and the Hunyuan Lords before sensing a huge black shadow during his journey through Hunyuan Space.
• Dongguan reached the Dark Sacred Realm, and the black shadow reappeared to watch the world before vanishing again.
• A black-clad figure observed the shadow across past and future timelines and hoped the attempt would yield something.
• An Infinite Great Serpent told the weakened Zha Wulei that the Infinite Serpent Ancestor had agreed to see him because he escaped Star Glow Lord.
• Zha Wulei became excited and prepared to visit the Supreme Progenitor, while the Infinite Great Serpent warned him not to ask for Tamos’s rescue.

Dongguan arrived in the Dark Sacred Realm and learned about its dangerous cities and powerful cultivators while speaking with Songhe Daojun. After hearing that Ying'an God Emperor had returned to Chengfeng City, Dongguan chose to travel to Hunyuan City to seek him out.

• Dongguan assessed the Dark Sacred Realm's rules and learned that its Hunyuan lifeforms made travel between cities far more dangerous than in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm.
• Songhe Daojun explained that he was traveling to Hunyuan City to study a Hunyuan prisoner and seek a breakthrough.
• Dongguan asked Songhe Daojun about Ying'an God Emperor, Xitian God Emperor, and Nishen Daojun.
• Songhe Daojun said Ying'an had left Chengfeng City for Hunyuan City and had recently returned to Chengfeng City, while Xitian led an alliance there and Nishen was in another city.
• Dongguan decided to take the flying boat to Hunyuan City, and he and Songhe Daojun discussed the Dao until it arrived.