Chapter Summaries

Dongguan returned to Liuyin City and ordered the full rollout of the New Order across Origin Continent and the Universe Ocean. The announcement sparked alarm among the remaining Emperor Lords, who recognized that the new rules curtailed their options but could not resist them.

• Dongguan met with Jiao Mu Meng, who reported that the Guantian Commerce Guild and Technology Society had expanded across Origin Continent over the past two hundred eras.
• Dongguan ordered Jiao Mu Meng to implement the New Order below God King and said he would address the God Kings himself.
• Dongguan explained that the New Order would also involve the Universe Ocean and that superior power at each level would suppress resistance.
• The Guantian Commerce Guild sent the New Order announcement to cities and tribes across Origin Continent, stirring an uproar.
• Di Chu, Di Fu, and Di Luo discussed how the New Order restricted blood sacrifices and forced cultivators to develop, while the remaining Hunyuan Bloodline Emperor Lords accepted that they would need to seek treasure lands or leave Origin Continent.

Luo Feng studied Dongguan’s new regulations for the Origin Continent and asked about the mysterious Blood Battle Slaughter Grounds. Dongguan brought him into the vast white space to show him, leaving its nature unrevealed.

• Luo Feng read the regulations establishing knowledge studies, regular assessments, and forced entry into the Blood Battle Slaughter Grounds after three consecutive failures.
• Luo Feng learned that God Kings would face Dongguan in assessments and that failure would force them to reincarnate.
• Luo Feng met Dongguan in the guest pavilion and asked what the Blood Battle Slaughter Grounds were.
• Dongguan invited Luo Feng to see the grounds, and Luo Feng stopped resisting Dongguan’s space-time pull.
• Luo Feng arrived in a vast white expanse, where Dongguan appeared before him.

Luo Feng explored Dongguan’s Blood Battle Slaughter Grounds and learned that Dongguan planned to leave the Origin Continent, asking him to oversee his forces until Original Ancestor could take over. A hundred eras later, the World Beast youth saw someone arrive at Tianmu Kingdom while Purple Wood God King watched with concern.

• Dongguan showed Luo Feng the Blood Battle Slaughter Grounds, an Independent Space-Time with simulated treasure lands and opponents, including a replica of Luo Feng.
• Luo Feng tested the replica, learned Dongguan could imitate the form of his Great Annihilation Style, and discussed the grounds’ purpose and Dongguan’s view of great sinners.
• Dongguan told Luo Feng he would soon leave the Origin Continent and asked him to manage his forces; Luo Feng agreed to hand them to Original Ancestor after his breakthrough.
• The New Order gradually took hold despite initial dissatisfaction and some resistance.
• A hundred eras later, the World Beast youth looked up as someone arrived in the garden at Tianmu Kingdom, while Purple Wood God King appeared worried.

Dongguan confronted the Purple Wood God King and the World Beast A Yu over A Yu’s secret attacks and refusal to accept Dongguan’s order. Dongguan sealed the Tianmu Kingdom’s capital and challenged them to fight, while Luo Feng watched from Huyang City and considered his eventual departure for Hunyuan.

• Dongguan accused A Yu of orchestrating attacks and disappearances across the Origin Continent, and the Purple Wood God King initially denied his involvement.
• A Yu admitted through their soul connection that he had committed the acts to help the Purple Wood God King survive the Source World’s reincarnation.
• Dongguan declared that A Yu’s actions had crossed his interests and challenged him, putting the Tianmu Kingdom at stake.
• Dongguan sealed space-time around the Tianmu Kingdom’s capital, and A Yu told the Purple Wood God King to retreat before facing him.
• The Myriad Realms Kingdom Lord sensed Dongguan’s move and judged that Dongguan was unlikely to lose to A Yu.
• Luo Feng watched the battle’s distant fluctuations from Huyang City with Morosa and resolved to reach the Ultimate Realm before leaving for Hunyuan.

Dongguan defeated the World Beast A Yu and the Purple Wood God King, claiming Tianmu Kingdom and imprisoning them. He offered the Purple Wood God King exile instead of death, then left the Origin Continent with Di Qing for the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm.

• Dongguan used the combined power of his Origin Great Daos to restrain A Yu and capture him, his clones, the World Beast Warriors, and the Purple Wood God King.
• Dongguan claimed Tianmu Kingdom and made A Yu and the Purple Wood God King his spoils of war.
• Dongguan offered to release the Purple Wood God King on condition that he leave the Origin Continent or remain in a treasure land, and allowed him to take his people with him.
• Dongguan told the Purple Wood God King that those who stagnated could live but should not retain eternal life or excessive power, and that he would accept death if he himself decayed.
• Dongguan met Di Qing at a deep pool on the Heavenly Extreme Ice Plain, and they teleported toward the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm.

Dongguan and Di Qing traveled through Hunyuan Space to the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, where Dongguan’s divine body began collapsing because his Myriad Transformation Divine Body depended on the Origin Continent’s rules. He started examining the realm’s different Great Daos to find a way to resolve the conflict.

• Dongguan and Di Qing crossed Hunyuan Space in a droplet, passing more than 125 Source Worlds on their way to the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm.
• Di Qing explained that travelers could encounter Hunyuan lifeforms in Hunyuan Space and that a Hunyuan Space Mark would let Dongguan attempt such journeys himself.
• They arrived at the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, whose nine rivers formed an immense array sealing the world.
• Dongguan’s hair and skin fell away and his flesh swelled as his divine body began to collapse.
• Dongguan realized that his Myriad Transformation Divine Body was coordinated with the Origin Continent’s supreme rules, which conflicted with the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm’s Great Daos.
• Dongguan began sensing the differences between the two realms’ Great Daos to determine what to do.

Di Qing left for Yulan City with 52 cultivators after Dongguan chose to remain behind while his divine body collapsed. Dongguan weighed his options, resolved to embrace the suppressed Hunyuan bloodline, and began lifting the first seal of the Infinity Chip.

• Di Qing gathered more than two hundred cultivators and offered to lead anyone willing to pay to Yulan City.
• After learning Dongguan would need more time to recover, Di Qing departed aboard an azure metal vessel with 52 cultivators.
• Dongguan considered rebuilding his divine body through his Great Daos, relying on the Immeasurable Great Dao, or activating his suppressed Hunyuan bloodline.
• Dongguan decided he could not escape the bloodline and would have to face and conquer it, despite abandoning a pure Dao Comprehender path.
• Dongguan stirred the Infinity Chip and began lifting the first of its five seals, feeling an urgent need to grow stronger.

Dongguan completed the first seal’s reconstruction and chose to focus on the Tamos bloodline’s power of infinity. His aura spread mind pollution among the cultivators nearby, while he remained immersed in cultivation.

• Chen Shi God Emperor arrived at the Sacred Mountain and noticed Dongguan cultivating alone.
• A nearby Ultimate Realm cultivator told Chen Shi God Emperor that Dongguan had been reconstructing his divine body for more than half a day.
• Chen Shi God Emperor sensed that Dongguan was no stronger than an Early God Emperor and left through the Dark Abyssal Pool.
• Dongguan sensed two paths in the Tamos bloodline, infinity and eternity, and chose to prioritize infinity.
• Dongguan’s changed aura spread faint mind pollution, alarming the nearby cultivators, who steadied their minds and speculated about gaining insight from it.

A vast Infinite Great Serpent sensed Tamos’s resurrection ripple before escaping the scrutiny of a black-robed youth, who traced the disturbance toward the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm. There, Dongguan stabilized his Tamos bloodline and resolved to pursue the path of becoming a Lord of the Source World, while Chen Shi God Emperor prepared to travel to Dragon Sleep City.

• An Infinite Great Serpent sensed a ripple linked to Tamos, fled as a black-robed youth arrived, and left the youth investigating its trail toward the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm.
• Chen Shi God Emperor brought an Ultimate Realm junior to the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm and taught the junior to reconstruct their divine body for the realm.
• Chen Shi God Emperor offered to take cultivators to Dragon Sleep City in exchange for Hunyuan crystals, and nearly a hundred agreed to join him.
• Dongguan assessed the Tamos bloodline in his stabilized divine body and found that the Infinity Chip let him switch between a Dao Comprehender body and a bloodline body.
• Dongguan decided to continue developing his own Great Daos, starting with the immeasurable Great Dao, and aimed to become a Lord of the Source World.
• Dongguan asked a nearby cultivator about Chen Shi God Emperor’s trip to Dragon Sleep City.

On the way to Dragon Sleep City, Chen Shi inspected the Hunyuan crystals Dongguan had given him and wondered why they were irregular origin crystals. Dongguan cultivated in the aft cabin and prepared to make his own way in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm as Chen Mian came to speak with him.

• Chen Shi told Chen Mian to cultivate after they reached Dragon Sleep City, and Chen Mian went to look around the aft cabin.
• Chen Shi examined the origin crystals Dongguan had given him and suspected they might carry some hidden purpose.
• Dongguan chose to travel with Chen Shi rather than wait for Di Qing, and settled in the aft cabin to cultivate.
• Dongguan considered how to advance his bloodline and Dao without prematurely triggering Tamos's contingency, then used the Infinity Chip's stored fuel to build his bloodline power.
• Dongguan checked the several hundred thousand origin crystals he had brought and noticed Chen Mian entering the aft cabin.

Chen Mian mingled with the cultivators aboard Chen Shi God Emperor’s flying boat and invited Dongguan, who used the title Guantian, to discuss the Dao. As the boat neared Dragon Sleep City, Dongguan discovered that Chen Shi God Emperor had been observing him through the vessel, then the flying boat suddenly shook.

• Chen Mian arrived in the rear cabin and, after the other cultivators ignored him, accepted Yaoluo’s invitation to speak with her group.
• Over the next two days, Chen Mian conversed with most of the rear cabin cultivators while Yaoluo discouraged him from gathering everyone for a Dao discussion.
• Chen Mian approached Dongguan, who introduced himself as Guantian, and asked about his plans in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm.
• Dongguan traced a persistent gaze to Chen Shi God Emperor, who was monitoring the rear cabin through the flying boat.
• Chen Mian said the boat should reach Dragon Sleep City in about half a day, but the flying boat suddenly shook.

Dongguan and the other cultivators survived a Desolate Hoof’s attack when Chen Shi God Emperor reinforced the Flying Boat and escaped. They reached Dragon Sleep City, where new arrivals learned the city’s rules and registered their identities.

• A Late God Emperor Desolate Hoof pursued Chen Shi God Emperor’s Flying Boat, forcing him to evade it while the passengers waited anxiously.
• Chen Shi God Emperor reshaped and reinforced the Flying Boat so the Desolate Hoof’s strike sent it speeding out of danger.
• Dongguan asked Chen Mian whether he cultivated the Way of Cause and Effect, and Chen Mian denied it.
• The Flying Boat reached Dragon Sleep City, where a white-robed young man explained the city’s entry, lodging, payment, and conduct rules.
• Dongguan registered under the name Guantian, and the cultivators left the Flying Boat to enter the city.

Dongguan explored Dragon Sleep City, learned about its residents and ruling Elder Hall, and rented an inner-city cave abode for one thousand epochs. His conspicuous payment in Origin Crystals and the reported aura of his high-grade Hunyuan Bloodline drew the attention of a Late God Emperor.

• Dongguan bought basic intelligence and learned about Dragon Sleep City's population, cave-abode costs, and governing Elder Hall.
• Dongguan discovered that detailed information about the city's leaders and God Emperors required additional payment, then chose the cheapest inner-city cave abode.
• Dongguan rented Aokou Mountain Area Cave Abode No. 79253 for one thousand epochs and paid in Origin Crystals.
• A middle-aged man in black learned that Dongguan had spent 100,000 Hunyuan crystals and had revealed a high-grade Hunyuan Bloodline aura on the Sacred Mountain.

Dongguan settled into cave abode No. 79253 in Dragon Sleep City and cultivated the Immeasurable Great Dao. After more than thirty epochs, he advanced to Early God Emperor and prepared to go shopping before testing his strength outside the city.

• Dongguan used the Talisman Order to claim cave abode No. 79253 and fashioned it into a residence with a fortified quiet chamber.
• Dongguan weighed the risks of carrying his irregular Hunyuan crystals and decided to enter seclusion before pursuing resources or hunting.
• Dongguan cultivated the Immeasurable Great Dao, aiming to strengthen his Dao Comprehender path and better control his Tamos Bloodline.
• After more than thirty epochs, Dongguan advanced to Early God Emperor on the Dao Comprehender path.
• Dongguan decided to leave the cave abode, spend his Hunyuan crystals to strengthen his bloodline, and later try hunting outside the city.

Dongguan shopped in Dragon Sleep City, studying secret treasures and buying varied materials and cultivation treasures for fifty thousand Hunyuan crystals. After a thief failed to steal from him, he hurried back to his cave abode, unaware that a black-robed man had taken an interest in his wealth and origins.

• Dongguan examined the Formless Divine Weapon, learned it cost fifty million Hunyuan crystals, and decided not to buy it.
• He rejected an Illusion Realm Maze and an Early God Emperor saber, then concluded that he still needed to improve the Heavenly Calamity Secret Art.
• Dongguan bought assorted innate primal chaos lifeform materials and rare treasures, spending fifty thousand Hunyuan crystals.
• A black-robed middle-aged man noticed Dongguan's bloodline and origin crystals, suspected they came from a Hunyuan ruin, and directed a short figure toward him.
• The short figure tried to steal from Dongguan, but he noticed the attempt in time and kept his possessions safe.
• Dongguan hurried toward his cave abode as the black-robed man watched him from the shadows.

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.