Chapter Summaries

Dongguan exchanged 50,405 Reward Points for the Origin Ranking, a treasure that could help him control a Source World and strengthen his position against powerful Ultimate Realm experts. After it arrived in Liuyin City, he examined a spatial fluctuation from Infinity Space and reflected on his progress toward completing Supreme Shadow.

• Dongguan weighed the Origin Ranking against cultivation manuals he still wanted and decided to spend 50,405 Reward Points on it.
• Dongguan learned that the Origin Ranking could not leave the Source World and could help its owner act on behalf of the Supreme Rule, though its offensive powers were restricted.
• Dongguan considered how the Origin Ranking might help him contend with the Progenitors of the Two Great Ancient Kingdoms and other Ultimate Realm figures.
• The Origin Ranking appeared in Dongguan's quiet chamber in Liuyin City after the exchange succeeded.
• Dongguan studied the spatial fluctuation from Infinity Space, reviewed his progress on Supreme Shadow, and saw a rolled-up scroll appear before him.

Dongguan used the Origin Ranking to connect with the Supreme Rule, gaining lasting access to perceive it and limited ability to alter events governed by it. He located Di Qing and explored the ranking’s limits, leaving his plans to reshape the Origin Continent dependent on facing the two kingdoms’ Progenitors.

• Dongguan activated the Origin Ranking and discovered that it let him perceive the Supreme Rule without a time limit, though attempts to manipulate it risked backlash and a long cooldown.
• Dongguan used the ranking to observe the Three Thousand Dimensional Universe Ocean, found Di Qing on the Origin Continent, and decided the final step toward establishing order was to face the two kingdoms’ Progenitors.
• Di Qing sensed someone spying on him, opened his eyes, and stood up to investigate what might have happened on the Origin Continent.
• Dongguan learned that the Origin Ranking could bring forward or delay phenomena such as World Beasts when their conditions were already close to being met, but could not alter the Supreme Rule itself.
• Dongguan found that the ranking could trace God Kings within the Source World but could perceive only the entrances of treasure lands beyond Infinity Space.

Dongguan assessed the limits of the Supreme Shadow technique and continued considering how to advance his Dao, then met Di Qing, who visited the Technology Society and warned that technology’s power would face severe limits at the highest realms.

• Dongguan concluded that Supreme Shadow arose from the Supreme Rule’s rejection response and set aside its potential as an observational branch to preserve the purity of his Dao.
• Dongguan received a message that Di Qing had come to visit and identified the Technology Society as one of his two main organizations.
• Di Qing investigated the Technology Society and found that it shared accessible universal technological knowledge related to Mechanical Flow legacies.
• Dongguan asked Di Qing for his assessment, and Di Qing said technology could challenge the Chaos Realm and contribute in God King One battles but would struggle to advance further.
• Di Qing explained that only technology built around capturing and releasing a dangerous phenomenon had harmed beings at his level, and that it was not a pure technological weapon.

Dongguan explained his goal of turning specialized inheritances into basic technology so knowledge could be shared and used by those unable to advance through cultivation. Di Qing challenged his confidence in reaching the Ultimate Realm, then led him into the Universe Ocean to test his strength, where their battle began.

• Dongguan explained how the Technology Society distinguished basic technology from specialized inheritances and sought to make more knowledge universally usable.
• Dongguan said he hoped the Guantian Commerce Guild and the Technology Society would cooperate without relying on him, while Di Qing questioned whether technology could keep pace with cultivation before the Great Destruction.
• Dongguan declared that he would reach the Ultimate Realm, and Di Qing warned that doing so would challenge the order of the two Progenitors.
• Di Qing challenged Dongguan to show how he had suppressed Di Yan and the others, then vanished and left a spatial trace for Dongguan to follow.
• Dongguan followed Di Qing’s trace to the Universe Ocean, where he spread a gray haze across the battlefield and Di Qing attacked with streaks of sword light.

Dongguan used his Calamity Battle Technique against Di Qing’s Ultimate Realm swordsmanship, while observers across the Origin Continent watched the clash. Di Qing unveiled a new move after his Sword Formation began to collapse, and the battle continued with Dongguan studying the limits of his path.

• Dongguan burned a Hunyuan Bloodline and used his gray calamity mist to corrode Di Qing’s sword light, observing its trajectories and evading its attacks.
• Dongguan realized his comprehensive Calamity Battle Technique could exploit flaws in lesser opponents but might struggle against the perfection of Ultimate Realm cultivators, exposing a weakness in his own combat path.
• God Kings and Emperor Lords across the Origin Continent watched the battle, while Di Yan hoped Di Qing would restrain Dongguan.
• Sitting Mountain Guest brought Luo Feng to watch the battle, and Luo Feng considered his progress in the Life and Destruction Origin Great Daos.
• As his Sword Formation showed signs of collapse, Di Qing praised Dongguan’s ability to find weaknesses and unleashed the Three Thousand Killing Array, sending black-and-white sword light sweeping toward the gray mist.

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.