Chapter Summaries

Dongguan reached the end of the Divine Mountain’s severed path, discovered its connection to Hunyuan Space, and began using the Supreme Rule to consolidate his insights. At the same time, Mei Gu seized Qi Sheng’s identity and entered the Origin Dao Platform, leaving Ming Nian and Lei Fuchang unable to stop her.

• Dongguan gained an initial grasp of the time origin great dao’s future branch and reached the 97,263rd step, the end of the Divine Mountain’s intact path.
• Dongguan used independent space-time to screen out the darkness’s Hunyuan power, recognized the mountain as a passage to Hunyuan Space, and began activating the supreme dao platform with law crystals.
• The Supreme Rule’s fluctuations spread across the Nine Great Mountains as the central altar and nine subsidiary platforms appeared, and Ming Nian checked that the designated entrants were ready.
• Ming Nian realized the entrant claiming to be Qi Sheng was Mei Gu, who had taken Qi Sheng’s place and entered the altar in the Life Mountains.
• Lei Fuchang’s attack was repelled by the pillar of light, and he and Ming Nian chose to enter their own dao platforms while Mei Gu’s plan remained uncertain.

Dongguan resisted the temptation to pursue rapid advancement and used his perception of the Supreme Rule to deepen his foundations and clarify the branches of his Dao. As he continued comprehending the Nine Origin Great Daos, an unknown figure outside the Source World discovered that an unaffiliated cultivator named Guan had taken the benefits he sought.

• Dongguan divided his consciousness to study the Nine Origin Great Daos in balance, weaving their mysteries together within his Law Universe.
• Dongguan glimpsed possible fusion Great Daos but concluded that his own Dao was not a fusion and that the Origin Great Daos should serve as its foundation.
• Dongguan realized he needed to comprehend every branch of the Nine Origin Great Daos before weaving the Source World's External Observation branch, and he planned to refine his Law Universe, Soul Sphere, and True Explanation of Comprehension for Internal Observation.
• An unknown figure outside the Source World waited with a sealed ring containing a dead dreamlike body and wondered whether his plan would work.
• The unknown figure caught a wisp of blood and learned that an unaffiliated cultivator named Guan had gained what the Chaos Masters of the Two Great Ancient Kingdoms had missed.
• The unknown figure sent a fluctuation into the darkness, where a strange thread remained untouched by Hunyuan power but was suppressed by another fluctuation.

Dongguan emerged from his first period of merging and noticed a faint trace that might have belonged to Mei Gu before the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion approached him with a proposed transaction. Meanwhile, Mei Gu escaped Ming Nian and Lei Fuchang by reincarnating, leaving them to discover Qisheng’s corpse and fear their mission had failed.

• Dongguan resumed cultivating in the Divine Mountain and encountered the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion, who asked to project an avatar into the Black Region.
• Ming Nian and Lei Fuchang waited for Qisheng’s merging to end, then confronted Mei Gu at the Life Origin Dao Platform.
• Mei Gu said they would meet again, vanished through reincarnation, and left Qisheng dead for Ming Nian to retrieve.
• Dongguan asked what the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion would offer in exchange for allowing the projection, and demanded information about the Black Region and the visitor’s purpose first.
• The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion agreed to provide the information before negotiating the transaction.

The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion explained the continent’s power structure, his origins, and why his forces sought resources from the Origin Continent. He offered Dongguan a deal and invited him to join Myriad Laws Tower, leaving Dongguan to decide whether to agree.

• The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion described the Two Great Ancient Kingdoms, the Hidden Forces, and how his true body and other leaders came from barren Source Worlds beyond the Origin Continent.
• He explained that outsiders sought opportunities left by Yuan and established forces to gather resources while their power was suppressed on the continent.
• The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion revealed that the Black Region and the Extreme Star Sect’s scheme had created a passage for bringing resources into the Origin Continent.
• He said he had split off an avatar to clear the way and told Dongguan he could claim he had been outmatched if the Two Great Ancient Kingdoms questioned him.
• The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion invited Dongguan to join Myriad Laws Tower as a provisional member, but Dongguan declined and the Master returned to negotiating the deal.

Dongguan negotiated with the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion over aid in exchange for standing aside rather than fighting for the Two Great Ancient Kingdoms. He chose to accept the Myriad Transformation Divine Body inheritance, and the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion began imparting its first three volumes.

• Dongguan reviewed the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion's offer list and noticed the Myriad Transformation Divine Body inheritance.
• The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion revealed that he had entered Infinity Space and offered to teach Dongguan his own Cause and Effect and Void chapters if Dongguan joined Myriad Laws Tower.
• The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion withdrew his offer to take Dongguan as a disciple when Dongguan hesitated, but promised to impart the inheritance when his avatar arrived.
• Dongguan reflected on his loyalties and chose to pursue his own cultivation rather than fight for the Two Great Ancient Kingdoms.
• The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion returned as an Immeasurable Clone and sent Dongguan the first three volumes of the Myriad Transformation Divine Body inheritance.

The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion emerged into the Divine Mountain Affiliated Mountains and confronted Ming Nian and Lei Fuchang, who ordered their forces to withdraw. Dongguan watched from an independent space-time, where the Master detected him and explained who could sense such observation.

• The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion reached the Divine Mountain entrance, bound Ming Nian’s clones through cause and effect, and said he would come find him.
• Ming Nian ordered the Eternal True Gods to evacuate to the wasteland and alerted the other mountain ranges and Lei Fuchang.
• The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion appeared before Ming Nian, who acknowledged defeat, and allowed the Eternal True Gods to leave.
• The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion confronted Lei Fuchang, who blamed Dongguan for entering Divine Mountain and disrupting their preparations.
• The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion sensed Dongguan watching from an independent space-time and explained that beings with Ultimate Realm characteristics or God King One in the Cause and Effect Great Dao could detect him.

After more than six hundred epochs of cultivation, Dongguan faced Marquis Bai Sui as the Black Region entered its next stage. Caught in a deadly trap, Dongguan invoked Three Saints Reincarnation, but the result was left unknown.

• Dongguan studied the Myriad Transformation Divine Body and cultivated on the Divine Mountain for over six hundred epochs while the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion controlled the subsidiary mountains.
• As the Black Region entered its next stage, Dark Extreme Great Sage warned Marquis Bai Sui that Dongguan had become a Chaos Master and possessed avatars; Marquis Bai Sui said he had prepared to kill him.
• Dongguan left the Divine Mountain to confront Marquis Bai Sui, hoping to test whether external means were necessary to attain Chaos Realm Transcendence.
• Marquis Bai Sui used white flames, a scroll, and a deep blue longsword to trap Dongguan’s avatar and threaten his soul across his other avatars.
• Realizing he had underestimated Marquis Bai Sui, Dongguan used the Three Saints Reincarnation Disk to draw on the Tamos bloodline, and something unexpected happened.

Dongguan fought Marquis Bai Sui while God Kings invaded the Black Region and besieged the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion. After the ruler of the You Kingdom intervened to save Marquis Bai Sui, Dongguan fled into an independent space-time, where the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion appeared and asked him for a passage out.

• The Three Saints Reincarnation Disk absorbed Marquis Bai Sui’s killing move, and the scroll’s remaining power opened a passage from outside the Black Region to the Divine Mountain.
• God Kings from the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom and Thunder Ancient Kingdom entered the Black Region and attacked the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion as the region’s barriers and terrain changed.
• Dongguan freed his avatar from the scroll’s restraints, then fought Marquis Bai Sui with golden light that analyzed and eroded the white fire.
• Marquis Bai Sui fled toward the passages through the Beast Origin Lands and summoned the ruler of the You Kingdom, whose Will Impact stopped Dongguan from killing him.
• Dongguan withdrew into an independent space-time, where the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion appeared and asked him to provide a passage out.

Dongguan declined to join the Myriad Laws Tower for now, but the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion warned that he could not remain neutral forever if he sought the Origin Continent’s opportunities. After receiving a token and a Dream-Extinguishing Heart Scale, Dongguan continued into seclusion to strengthen himself and cultivate the Hunyuan Body.

• Dongguan told the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion that he wanted to avoid the conflict between Myriad Laws Tower and the Two Great Ancient Kingdoms.
• The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion explained that pursuing opportunities tied to Yuan’s treasure lands would eventually draw Dongguan into those conflicts, then gave him a token and a Dream-Extinguishing Heart Scale.
• Dongguan stored the token without using it and discovered that the scale contained mysteries of three Origin Great Daos and a soul mystery related to dreams.
• Dongguan worried that others could enter his independent space-time and resolved to cultivate the Other Shore World and improve his control over it.
• Dongguan fled farther away to find a secluded place to begin cultivating the Hunyuan Body.

The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion trapped ten God Kings on Divine Mountain by awakening all nine Origin Beasts at once. After the beasts caused only limited losses, he left with the Master of the Star Correspondence Tower and revealed he had given Guan a Dream-Extinction Beast Heart Scale as payment for helping him escape.

• God King Jiayin realized the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion had arranged for the Black Region's resources to be taken beyond the God Kings' reach.
• The Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion transformed into nine streaks of light and awakened all nine Origin Beasts, sealing the God Kings inside the area.
• God King Jiayin directed the God Kings to fight the beasts together, while God King Xuanbing and the others took on their assigned opponents.
• The Master of the Star Correspondence Tower asked to borrow the ninth Dream-Extinction Beast Heart Scale, and the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion said he had given it to Guan as payment for help escaping.
• The Life Origin Beast was defeated, and only two God King One cultivators lost their true bodies, so the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion departed with the Master of the Star Correspondence Tower.

Dongguan showed Stars Lord and other Human Race leaders a world where he could reverse time and shape civilizations, revealing the beginnings of his Other Shore World. In the Origin Continent, he planned further experiments toward creating his Independent Space-Time.

• Youquan God King questioned Marquis Bai Sui about his failed attack on Dongguan and concluded that Dongguan might possess a secret treasure usable through a clone.
• Youquan God King sent Marquis Bai Sui back as bait so he could watch for Dongguan and probe his abilities.
• Dongguan demonstrated to Stars Lord a world whose history he could reset and accelerate, and explained how he could create matter below the Immortal level within it.
• Dongguan invited Original Ancestor, Luo Feng, Chaos City Lord, and other Human Race figures to inspect the world, and Luo Feng identified its power as a temporal method beyond the Time Law.
• In the Origin Continent, Dongguan reflected that his first attempt had succeeded and planned more experiments before beginning his Independent Space-Time.

Dongguan tested cultivating the hunyuan body by entering deeper spatial layers and adapting to hunyuan power with the help of his independent space-time and Break All Bans. He emerged in the wilderness carrying two fragments transformed from hunyuan power, one of which revealed itself to be valuable before it dissipated.

• Dongguan failed to create an Other Shore World in his independent space-time, but felt better able to detect and counter the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion if he intruded again.
• Dongguan entered his independent space-time and moved it beyond the Chaos Layer, where he opened a controlled passage to hunyuan power.
• Dongguan used Break All Bans to adapt to increasingly concentrated hunyuan power, reaching the introductory stage of the hunyuan body.
• Dongguan continued deeper into the hunyuan environment, determined to master the hunyuan body and explore its properties.
• Dongguan appeared in the wilderness with two fragments transformed from hunyuan power, and his consciousness entered the evaporating crystal-like fragment before it vanished.

Dongguan studied the clear and turbid products of filtered Hunyuan power, then discovered that matter could be separated into basic and sublimation states and recombined. He saw a path toward standardized mechanical-flow technology but decided to continue researching privately until he was strong enough to protect it.

• Dongguan explained how Hunyuan power was filtered into clear energy that enhanced perception and turbid Primal Chaos Sand, which could serve as a material substrate and adapt to Hunyuan power.
• Dongguan considered how the Origin Continent or the Tamos bloodline might produce Hunyuan crystal, and weighed the benefits of crystal shards against secluded cultivation.
• Dongguan experimented with artifact-refining materials and discovered that matter could be separated into basic and sublimation states, then recombined into stable materials.
• Dongguan realized that his independent space-time could preserve these states and that his discovery offered a universal material standard for mechanical-flow technology.
• Dongguan decided to continue researching alone because the Origin Continent was dangerous and the technology could not yet be safely spread.

Dongguan explored the Three Saints Reincarnation Disk’s ability to extract Hunyuan bloodlines, then traveled the Origin Continent and found the fallen Purple Moon Ancestor. After killing Purple Moon, he considered using the Rainbow Splendor Sect as the foundation for a faction.

• Dongguan examined the faint White Fire and Blue Spring shadows in the Three Saints Reincarnation Disk and learned that extracting Hunyuan power raised the disk’s “Tai” progress bar.
• More than three hundred epochs later, Purple Moon lived in exile in Qiaohu Chaos Prefecture, near death after losing his Miniature Universe and being expelled from his sect.
• Dongguan found Purple Moon and breached his mental defenses to inspect his memories and information.
• Dongguan learned that Purple Moon’s will had advanced to Eternal True God-level and that information about him had leaked to a small sect.
• Dongguan erased Purple Moon’s consciousness and soul, then wondered how Jiao Mu Meng and the others were doing.
• Dongguan considered building a faction and decided the Rainbow Splendor Sect might serve as its shell.

Dongguan infiltrated Rainbow Splendor Sect to eliminate a danger left by Purple Moon and subdue the sect, but the grand elder chose reincarnation before hearing that submission was possible. Dongguan took the sect’s inheritance stone carving and approached sect master Hong Wandao, who agreed to hear him out.

• Dongguan appeared in the grand elder’s meditation chamber, neutralized his defenses, and trapped him in an independent space-time.
• The grand elder began a reincarnation technique to preserve the sect’s future, then realized Dongguan had offered him a chance to submit; he reincarnated before he could accept.
• Dongguan examined the Rainbow Splendor Sect’s stone carving, compared it with his Dream-Extinguishing Heart Scale, and judged it a useful but inferior copy of mysteries from a Hunyuan Creature.
• Hong Wandao grew uneasy about the grand elder, and Dongguan appeared before him with the sect’s inheritance carving.
• Hong Wandao recognized the carving, inferred that the grand elder had been defeated, and asked Dongguan to speak.

Dongguan subjugated the Rainbow Splendor Sect and ordered Hong Wandao to help establish a merchant association, while keeping his identity concealed. After Dongguan left, Hong Wandao inspected the supreme elder’s former chamber and decided to focus on preserving the sect.

• Hong Wandao asked Dongguan about the supreme elder, and Dongguan explained that the elder had hurried into reincarnation before they could speak.
• Dongguan agreed to receive the supreme elder’s customary treatment but said he would need the sect’s cooperation and would not stay there often.
• Dongguan told Hong Wandao to organize the merchant association’s initial personnel, and they discussed its structure and plans.
• Dongguan gave Hong Wandao the stone carving, entered independent space-time, and disappeared.
• Hong Wandao examined the traces of battle in the supreme elder’s meditation chamber, recognized Dongguan’s strength, and resolved to keep the sect going.

Jiaomu Rong and Jiao Mu Meng struggled to control the Jiaomu Society and decided to seek refuge with Dongguan. Dongguan appeared before them, accepted their offer of loyalty, and told them to gather trusted people so he could take them away.

• Jiaomu Rong and Jiao Mu Meng argued with the Jiaomu Society’s elders over paying the Youquan Family, and the meeting ended with each elder agreeing to contribute five thousand cosmic sand.
• Jiao Mu Meng and Jiaomu Rong decided to leave the failing faction after making the payment and discussed finding Dongguan rather than returning to their tribe.
• Jiao Mu Meng persuaded Jiaomu Rong that their past connection made Dongguan a suitable person to serve, though they did not know how to find him.
• Dongguan appeared between the brothers and said he needed people, ordering them to gather those they trusted so he could take them away.
• Jiao Mu Meng and Jiaomu Rong bowed to Dongguan and agreed to obey.

Dongguan found a way to send an octahedral crystal core through the Primal Universe’s restrictions and arranged for Lord Wanxing to retrieve it from a distant region of the Universe Ocean. He remained outside the Universe Ocean, planning to refine another crystal core and send it by a separate clone.

• Dongguan found the desired location along the Source World’s Membrane Wall and contacted the Origin Will of the Primal Universe.
• The Origin Will explained the regions of the Universe Ocean and the limits on its power, and Dongguan learned that powerful God Kings could not freely enter and destroy Miniature Universes.
• After negotiating with the Origin Will, Dongguan arranged for it to deliver his octahedral crystal core to a stable region far from the Primal Universe.
• Dongguan assigned Lord Wanxing to travel there by Universe Teleportation and retrieve the crystal core, telling him to prepare thoroughly and bring Supreme True Treasures.
• Dongguan watched the crystal core disappear and decided to refine another one, planning to send a different clone to deliver it.

Dongguan began organizing the merchant association in Rainbow Splendor City and examined Jiaomu Rong’s cultivation after learning about his experiences and the effects of possessing an Exotic Beast. He concluded that Jiaomu Rong’s cultivation paths were impaired and said there were three ways to increase his strength further.

• Dongguan brought Jiaomu Rong, Jiao Mu Meng, and their forces to Rainbow Splendor City to establish the merchant association discreetly.
• Dongguan showed Jiaomu Rong a memory transcriber intended as one of the association’s products and asked him to recount his experiences after leaving Qu Shi City.
• Jiaomu Rong used the transcriber to report what had happened, while Dongguan assessed the weaknesses caused by his possession of an Exotic Beast.
• Dongguan determined that Jiaomu Rong’s Bloodline and Law cultivation paths could not easily advance with his current foundation.
• Dongguan told Jiaomu Rong that he knew three methods to increase his strength, and Jiaomu Rong eagerly asked him to teach them.

Dongguan described three ways Jiaomu Rong could advance: comprehend the chaos law, use powerful one-time secret treasures, or fuse with another exotic being. He assigned Jiaomu Rong to oversee secret possession experiments and named the merchant association Guantian.

• Dongguan explained that Jiaomu Rong could continue cultivating through the chaos law, though the path would be difficult.
• Dongguan offered to make limited one-time secret treasures for the merchant association’s personnel to help them survive encounters with Chaos Masters.
• Dongguan proposed that Jiaomu Rong repeat his earlier fusion with an exotic beast, while warning that a chaos realm fusion was uncertain and dangerous.
• Dongguan tasked Jiaomu Rong and Jiao Mu Meng with recruiting volunteers for secret possession experiments and training successful participants as Hidden Guards.
• Dongguan told Jiaomu Rong not to involve the innocent in experiments, defining his enemies as those who took the initiative to oppose him.
• Dongguan named the merchant association Guantian.