Chapter Summaries

Dongguan used the Black Markets to observe Innate Primal Chaos Lifeforms, while Yinmeng and Zaituo realized that someone had peered through their disguises. The market continued, and an azure-robed man arrived outside the poisonous swamp.

• A White-Robed Youth entered a Black Market, bought goods from Yinmeng, and left spatial traces that Yinmeng and Zaituo could not identify.
• Yinmeng and Zaituo sensed someone seeing through them, while Dongguan recognized them as a Phantom Sound Demon and a Heavenly Crystal Origin Stone and chose not to capture them.
• Yinmeng reflected that the trial Black Market was risky but necessary as she and Zaituo prepared to advance to high-tier Hunyuan Lifeforms.
• Dongguan wandered through a second Black Market and used the Dongguan Dao to observe nearly forty Innate Primal Chaos Lifeforms, seeing through most of their disguises.
• A man in azure robes appeared outside the poisonous swamp and asked whether he had found the place.

God Emperor Ranling of Qingcheng dragged the Black Market into reality and confronted Dongguan, who chose to test his strength rather than flee. Dongguan broke through Ranling’s attack and revealed power that forced Ranling to consider using his bloodline.

• Ranling found the Black Market’s distorted space and dragged it into reality, causing most of its occupants to dissipate.
• Dongguan recognized Ranling and decided to test his skills against the God Emperor rather than leave.
• A tall, thin figure admitted he was a spy and warned Ranling that Dongguan might be unusual.
• Ranling trapped Dongguan in a space-and-fluctuation attack, but Dongguan broke through and struck him.
• Ranling created nine figures to surround Dongguan, who countered with rainbow light and showed power Ranling judged to be that of a Late God Emperor Dao Comprehender.
• Ranling’s silver eyes appeared as he prepared to unleash his bloodline power, while the spy urged him not to fail.

Ranling fought Dongguan’s silver-corroding bloodline power and survived after the Hall Master’s safeguard stopped him from charging into a dangerous final clash. Dongguan then captured an innate primal chaos lifeform and began a false possession to gain an identity among them.

• Dongguan attacked Ranling as Ranling’s high-tier Hunyuan bloodline spread silver pollution across the battlefield.
• A voice in Ranling’s mind ordered him to defend, and he used silver rivers as shields until Dongguan’s final strike dissipated.
• A tall, thin figure explained that Ranling’s bloodline will had nearly driven him into a head-on clash, and Ranling admitted the Hall Master had helped him tame it.
• In Qingkong City, an armored figure realized the safeguard he had left on Ranling had triggered and hoped to meet the new powerful figure in the Dark Sacred Realm.
• Dongguan restrained a late God Emperor innate primal chaos lifeform by the Autumn Ze River and pierced its life core to begin a false possession.

Yinmeng and Zaituo ambushed a lone cultivator, but the counterattack left Yinmeng shaken and revealed that their target was a virtual form being with a possibly noble bloodline. Zaituo continued defending them as Yinmeng realized the being might descend from a world-level hunyuan lifeform.

• Yinmeng asked Zaituo when they should hold another black market, and Zaituo advised her to wait rather than let the cultivator who paid for the first one turn her into his tool.
• Zaituo sensed a late God Emperor bloodline cultivator nearby and proposed that he distract the target while Yinmeng attacked.
• Zaituo and Yinmeng ambushed the target, but Yinmeng's dream attack failed and the target struck her with a terrifying soul defense.
• Zaituo sheltered Yinmeng inside his body and endured the target's space-time attacks while refusing to retreat.
• Yinmeng regained consciousness and told Zaituo that their target was a virtual form being with an exceptionally powerful soul defense and possibly a noble bloodline.

Dongguan used the identity of a Virtual Form Being to negotiate a truce with Zaituo and Yinmeng, then joined them as a companion. He called himself One Thought and successfully infiltrated the Innate Primal Chaos Lifeforms.

• Zaituo and Yinmeng proposed an alliance with the ambushed Virtual Form Being, and the three reached an agreement after negotiating.
• Dongguan reflected on Life Cores and his limited understanding of Innate Primal Chaos Lifeforms while maintaining his disguise.
• Zaituo advised Dongguan to use the Virtual Form Being's racial advantages and asked him to help with future hunts.
• Yinmeng recovered from her injuries and joined Zaituo and Dongguan, prompting Dongguan to consider the resilience of Innate Primal Chaos Lifeforms.
• Yinmeng asked Dongguan's name, and he introduced himself as One Thought.

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.