Chapter Summaries

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.

Dongguan arrived in Hunyuan City, confirmed that God Emperor Ying'an was there but could not attack him under the city's rules, and exchanged battle merits for a private cultivation cave abode. Inside its independent space-time, he began considering whether he could use it to discover why controlling the Source World had failed.

• Dongguan reached Hunyuan City by official Flying Boat and found God Emperor Ying'an in the city, but decided to postpone his revenge because the city's protections prevented him from attacking.
• Dongguan had his battle merits counted from his stored corpses, totaling 1,509,580 merits.
• Dongguan exchanged one million battle merits for Bing Seven Cave Abode and gained command over its independent space-time.
• Dongguan experienced the cave abode's origin power and wondered whether he could simulate controlling a Source World there to understand where he had gone wrong.

Dongguan used his cave abode authority to simulate the evolution of a Source World while studying the Supreme Rule. After his experiments triggered a Space-Time Annihilation Tribulation, he watched the collapse and reset the cave abode, gaining a hint of understanding about time.

• Dongguan studied the Supreme Rule by evolving secret patterns into a miniature world inside his cave abode.
• Dongguan created an avatar and experimented with modifying the origin using ideas from texts he had studied.
• Dongguan's changes triggered a Space-Time Annihilation Tribulation that tore apart the simulated world and its inhabitants.
• The large Hunyuan Hall offered to reset the cave abode for 10,000 battle merits, and Dongguan waited until the annihilation nearly ended before accepting.
• Dongguan watched the cave abode reset and noticed a hint of understanding about time.

Dongguan continued experimenting with the Large Hunyuan Hall’s cave-abode resets and finally identified why he could not take control of the Origin Continent’s Source World. After advancing two Origin Great Daos to God King Two, he resolved to seek more power and go hunting for battle merits.

• Guardians of the Dark Sacred Realm discussed Dongguan’s simulated Space-Time Annihilation Tribulation and agreed to charge ten thousand battle merits for each cave-abode reset.
• Dongguan reset the cave abode again, recognized clues in the traces left in time, and began his 8,920th attempt after many failures.
• On the Origin Continent, Dongguan advanced his time and world Origin Great Daos to God King Two, bringing his total to seven without gaining control of the Source World.
• Dongguan realized that the power of cycle and his bloodline’s obstruction blocked the final step, and that breaking law with force could let him become a Hunyuan Lord.
• Dongguan decided to pursue more breakthroughs and go hunting because his battle merits were running low.

Dongguan hunted Black Sky Descendants near Hunyuan City and headed for Xinjiu Camp to gather information and sell spoils. At the camp, the Thunder Ancestor reluctantly sold a Cangyan Remains for a low price, while the Yanfeng Ancestor said the camp still offered a vital foothold.

• Dongguan killed a group of Black Sky Descendants and gathered their materials, estimating they would yield around seven thousand battle merits.
• Dongguan considered Luo Feng’s progress and the war’s likely end, then set out to clear Hunyuan lifeforms around Hunyuan City and visit seventy-six camps.
• Dongguan examined cause-and-effect paths and tracked the movement of innate primal chaos lifeforms as he approached Xinjiu Camp.
• The Thunder Ancestor argued with a camp attendant over the low price offered for his near-late-God-Emperor Cangyan Remains, then accepted five battle merits.
• The Yanfeng Ancestor told the Thunder Ancestor that Xinjiu Camp’s market was extortionate but provided a safer foothold far from Hunyuan City.

Yanfeng Ancestor and Thunder Ancestor were caught in a siege on Xinjiu Camp as Hunyuan Lifeforms flooded the city. Xinjiu and Wangmeng watched the battle and discovered that a powerful Void-Heart Derivation Demon had joined the attack.

• Yanfeng Ancestor and Thunder Ancestor hurried toward their lodging when a Lightless One and several Overlimit Level Hunyuan Lifeforms attacked Xinjiu Camp.
• After the camp opened its gates, Hunyuan Lifeforms entered the streets, forcing Yanfeng Ancestor, Thunder Ancestor, and other cultivators to fight them before reaching safety.
• Xinjiu and a deep-teal-robed figure observed the siege from the central palace and noted that six Overlimit Level Hunyuan Lifeforms had surrounded the camp.
• The deep-teal-robed figure detected a seventh Overlimit Level Hunyuan Lifeform and identified it as the Void-Heart Derivation Demon.
• Xinjiu realized that without Wangmeng's presence, he might not have been able to defend the camp against the demon.

Xinjiu and Death Dream Hall Master weighed the danger of a Void-Heart Derivation Demon as six Overlimit Level Hunyuan Lifeforms attacked Xinjiu Camp. The attackers entered the formation, God Emperor Xinjiu mobilized the city's cultivators, and Yanfeng Ancestor and Thunder Ancestor prepared to escape as the camp's defenses crumbled.

• Death Dream Hall Master warned Xinjiu that the Void-Heart Derivation Demon could coordinate the six Overlimit Level lifeforms and said he wanted the Demon Cloud Beast.
• Six groups of Hunyuan Lifeforms advanced on Xinjiu Camp, while Yanfeng Ancestor and Thunder Ancestor found fighting raging through the city.
• God Emperor Xinjiu ordered the cultivators to channel their divine power, then destroyed a formation of God Emperor Perfection Hunyuan Lifeforms at the North City Gate.
• The six Overlimit Level lifeforms attacked the camp's formation, and cultivators began planning escapes as the city's defenses suffered heavy damage.
• Yanfeng Ancestor and Thunder Ancestor searched for the mysterious cultivator who had observed the battle, but he had vanished and his appearance was becoming hazy in their memories.

Dongguan confronted the Void-Heart Derivation Demon as the battle for Xinjiu Camp began at its city gates. God Emperor Xinjiu and the Death Dream Hall Master attacked the Demon Cloud Beasts while the other Hunyuan Lifeforms tried to break out, and the Void-Heart Derivation Demon struggled to escape the approaching Purger.

• Dongguan recognized that the Void-Heart Derivation Demon had helped the Lightless One slip in and decided to mark the remaining targets for later.
• The Death Dream Hall Master attacked the Demon Cloud Beasts at the southern gate, using a Death Energy Scythe to wound their Overlimit Level leader and weaken the others.
• God Emperor Xinjiu launched an attack at the northern gate as four Overlimit Level Innate Primal Chaos Lifeforms tried to break out through the other gates.
• The Void-Heart Derivation Demon told the other Hunyuan Lifeforms that the plan had changed and warned that the Purger was arriving sooner than expected.
• The Lightless One urged Yun and Mysterious Roar to hold on while the others fought through the city and destroyed its array formations.
• The Void-Heart Derivation Demon tried to unravel the causal lines binding it and escape into the void, but it remained locked in place as the Purger drew closer.

Dongguan tracked the Void-Heart Derivation Demon to Xinjiu Camp while Xinjiu and Wangmeng fought the invading Hunyuan Lifeforms. Wangmeng shattered the Demon Cloud Beast, and Dongguan suddenly appeared before the waiting Void-Heart Derivation Demon.

• Dongguan used an avatar's karmic link to locate the Void-Heart Derivation Demon and decided to confront it before hunting the remaining Innate Primal Chaos Lifeforms.
• At Xinjiu Camp, Xinjiu and Wangmeng held the city gates while the cultivators protected themselves and the enemy forces advanced.
• Xinjiu and Wangmeng agreed to strike before reinforcements arrived, with Xinjiu prepared to detonate the city if the battle turned against them.
• Wangmeng shattered the Demon Cloud Beast at the South City Gate and began destroying its fragments to reach its Life Core.
• The Void-Heart Derivation Demon weighed supporting its allies, fleeing, or waiting, and chose to wait and assess Dongguan's strength.
• Dongguan appeared before the Void-Heart Derivation Demon in a Gray-Robed Figure.

Dongguan overwhelmed the Void-Heart Derivation Demon in a contest of space-time mastery and killed it with a crushing will attack. Inside the city, the six remaining Overlimit Level beings realized they were trapped and feared Dongguan would kill them next.

• The Void-Heart Derivation Demon attacked Dongguan by shattering space into countless slicing fragments, but Dongguan’s domain settled space-time and tracked its divided forms.
• Dongguan thwarted the Void-Heart Derivation Demon’s escape by collapsing the space around it and sweeping it back into the distorted battlefield.
• Dongguan reflected on the difference between bloodline power and the Great Dao as he exhausted the demon’s limited combat variations.
• Dongguan crushed the Void-Heart Derivation Demon’s exposed Life Core with his will, and the dying demon recognized him as an Invincible Being.
• Inside the city, the six remaining Overlimit Level beings saw the demon’s avatars disappear and feared they would be doomed unless they escaped immediately.

Wangmeng killed the Demon Cloud Beast and collected its remains while Xinjiu sacrificed the city’s power to defeat Mysterious Roar. Xinjiu then triggered the city’s destruction as the other overlimit lifeforms approached, and Dongguan prepared to act after watching the collapse.

• Wangmeng destroyed the Demon Cloud Beast’s Life Core, gathered its materials, and told Xinjiu that his battle was over.
• At the North City Gate, Xinjiu kept fighting Mysterious Roar despite the approaching overlimit lifeforms and asked Wangmeng to collect its corpse if he had to return anew.
• Xinjiu burned the city’s energy, prompting cultivators to flee as the weakened array formations overloaded.
• The Death Dream Hall Master agreed to hold off the two approaching overlimit lifeforms at the South City Gate while Xinjiu fought on.
• Xinjiu killed Mysterious Roar and commanded the city to collapse, unleashing a destructive wave that devastated the city and severely injured overlimit lifeforms.
• Dongguan watched the city’s destruction after putting away the Void-Heart Derivation Demon’s body, then prepared to finish things up.