Chapter Summaries

After Xinjiu Camp was destroyed, Xinjiu and Wangmeng discovered that the two surviving Overlimit Hunyuan Lifeforms had fled, apparently because the missing Void-Heart Derivation Demon had been dealt with. Dongguan finished hunting escaped enemies and arrived at the ruined camp to meet Xinjiu and Wangmeng.

• Xinjiu called on the two surviving Overlimit Hunyuan Lifeforms to kill him, but they fled through the city gate instead.
• Wangmeng returned to Xinjiu, and they wondered whether the Purger had stopped the missing Void-Heart Derivation Demon.
• Dongguan collected the bodies of escaped Innate Primal Chaos Lifeforms, including his fifth Overlimit-level victim, the Lightless One.
• Xinjiu and Wangmeng decided to meet the Purger and thank him, then waited atop the gate tower as Dongguan approached.

Dongguan met Wangmeng and Xinjiu God Emperor at Xinjiu Camp, where they discussed their origins, strength, and life in the Dark Sacred Realm. He then summoned Yanfeng Ancestor and Thunder Ancestor, revealing himself to them as the chapter ended.

• Dongguan met Wangmeng and Xinjiu God Emperor, and Wangmeng recognized him as Brother Guantian, the Purger.
• Dongguan allowed Xinjiu God Emperor to know his origins but asked them to keep the matter among themselves so Ying'an would not learn of his presence.
• Dongguan and Wangmeng caught up while Xinjiu described running Xinjiu Camp and the returns on his investment.
• Dongguan noticed Yanfeng Ancestor and Thunder Ancestor registering to return to Hunyuan City, then asked Xinjiu to invite them up.
• Yanfeng Ancestor and Thunder Ancestor joined Dongguan, Wangmeng, and Xinjiu, and Dongguan revealed his identity to the startled pair.

Dongguan met Yanfeng Ancestor and Thunder Ancestor, then left Xinjiu God Emperor and Death Dream Hall Master to suspect he had become an Invincible Being. As Dongguan studied Xinjiu’s inheritance in the wilderness, he wondered whether he could safely learn from other cultivators’ daos despite the risk of pollution.

• Yanfeng Ancestor and Thunder Ancestor realized Dongguan was their permanent backer, while outsiders would believe Xinjiu God Emperor protected them.
• Dongguan declined Xinjiu God Emperor’s offer to return to Hunyuan City and vanished, leaving Xinjiu and Death Dream Hall Master to discuss his concealed strength.
• Xinjiu God Emperor and Death Dream Hall Master concluded Dongguan was likely an Invincible Being and investigated his connection to Ying’an.
• Xinjiu God Emperor explained the ranks of Overlimit beings and assessed Ying’an as a quasi-Overlimit cultivator with a limited shadow path.
• Dongguan read Xinjiu God Emperor’s inheritance and considered whether he could study other daos without being polluted by them.

Hong Ge and Yifeiya reported Dongguan’s demonstrated strength to the Lords, but the Star Glow Lord told them to be patient. In the wilderness, Dongguan examined how Xinjiu’s legacy had advanced his Daos and reflected on the curiosity and choices needed to follow his own path.

• Hong Ge and Yifeiya judged that Dongguan had shown the strength of an invincible being and reported him to the Lords.
• The Star Glow Lord replied that they should be patient, and Hong Ge and Yifeiya decided to meet Dongguan when he returned to Hunyuan City.
• Dongguan found that studying Xinjiu’s legacy had deepened his Space Dao Road and Fluctuation Dao, while his Destruction Dao had also reached God King Two.
• Dongguan considered how crossing a threshold had made comprehending time and world easier, and he thought the Extreme Point Dao might be nearing its breakthrough.
• Dongguan reflected that his Dongguan Dao depended on witnessing wonders and recognized that curiosity and self-preserving choices could conflict.

Dongguan examined his more than twenty million merit points but found no treasure worth exchanging for, and instead decided to trade his stockpiled Hunyuan lifeform bodies for inheritances. He asked the Death Dream Hall Master to help arrange a large-scale exchange, leaving the Hall Master alarmed by the potential cost to Dongguan’s future.

• Dongguan checked his merit total of 21,092,038 and browsed the exchange catalog, but chose not to spend his points on a super treasure or Hunyuan Prisoner.
• Dongguan reviewed the Hunyuan lifeform bodies he had collected and decided their trade value could help him study his unusual avatar and Tamos’s resurrection vessel.
• Dongguan resolved to meet Wangmeng’s friends and exchange Hunyuan lifeform bodies for inheritances in bulk.
• The Death Dream Hall Master questioned Dongguan’s request to trade bodies for inheritances at the corresponding level and warned that collecting them indiscriminately could hinder his future path.

Dongguan used the Death Dream Hall Master’s network to buy a large collection of God Emperor inheritances, paying Hunyuan Lifeform bodies as compensation. As he began studying the inheritances, two powerful figures appeared before him, and he sensed they were High-Level Hunyuan Lifeforms.

• Dongguan agreed to pay one tenth of a same-level Hunyuan Lifeform body for each inheritance, provided it was unique and at least God Emperor level.
• The Death Dream Hall Master contacted his network, and cultivators began trading inheritances to Dongguan for Hunyuan Lifeform bodies.
• Dongguan narrowed his purchases to Dao Comprehender inheritances and offered less for bloodline cultivator inheritances.
• God Emperor Ying'an heard about the exchange and submitted his inheritance to obtain a God Emperor Perfection Hunyuan body.
• Dongguan studied Ying'an’s inheritance, then saw two figures whose auras seemed to come from beyond the prison cage and identified them as High-Level Hunyuan Lifeforms.

Guardians Qiu Ge and Yifeiya explained why Dongguan had not yet been received by a Lord and offered to let him inspect the Hunyuan prisoners kept for trials. Dongguan learned he could choose prisoners or exchange battle merit for them, strengthening his ties with the Guardians.

• Qiu Ge and Yifeiya introduced themselves as Guardians of the Dark Sacred Realm and stopped questioning Dongguan after he said the Star Glow Lord and Yuan Lord knew his circumstances.
• Qiu Ge explained that Dongguan’s transcendent will should have earned him guidance, but the Guardians had reported his case to a Lord and were awaiting instructions.
• Yifeiya proposed releasing sealed Hunyuan prisoners as trials, explaining that their strength would be restricted and their influence could temper Dongguan’s will.
• Qiu Ge and Yifeiya offered to let Dongguan inspect more than thirty thousand prisoners and exchange battle merit for any that interested him.
• Dongguan realized he had little to fear within the Dark Sacred Realm as the Guardians’ offer established goodwill between them.

Dongguan endured the mind pollution of the imprisoned Hunyuan lifeforms and used the experience to understand how to complete his Dongguan Dao. He left the Space-Time Prison Cage with renewed resolve to integrate all his different views into one.

• Ge and Yifeiya brought Dongguan into the Space-Time Prison Cage, where the imprisoned Hunyuan lifeforms’ gazes subjected him to mind pollution.
• Dongguan resisted the pollution, drawing on the will he had forged through the Eternity Dream and the pressure of a World-Level Hunyuan.
• Dongguan studied the Hunyuan lifeforms’ attention as another kind of view, comparing it to his own way of observing and understanding others.
• Dongguan realized that his Dongguan Dao would reach perfection when he integrated all his views into one, and decided that gathering more views would help him build toward that goal.
• Dongguan emerged from the Space-Time Prison Cage before a day had passed, surprising Ge and Yifeiya with his speed.

Dongguan chose the information-focused Hunyuan Prisoner Exotic Crystal for his needs and decided to postpone releasing another prisoner while he built up his foundation. He settled into secluded cultivation, refining his avatar and studying inheritances, and a thousand eras passed.

• Dongguan selected Exotic Crystal, a cunning Hunyuan Prisoner whose abilities suited his plans to integrate his system and strengthen his Extreme Point Great Dao.
• Yifeiya warned Dongguan that Exotic Crystal was dangerous, but Dongguan declined to release another prisoner for training because it could disrupt the Dark Sacred Realm.
• Dongguan returned to his cave abode and planned to study his collected inheritances, integrate his knowledge, and examine Exotic Crystal and his avatar.
• Dongguan considered refining his avatar into a secret treasure and weighed other ways to acquire Innate Secret Treasures.
• A thousand eras passed as Dongguan continued his secluded cultivation.

Dongguan met Luo Feng on the Origin Continent and learned that Luo Feng planned to reach a higher level before entering the Dark Sacred Realm. Meanwhile, Ying'an grew restless and ventured out again, prompting Dongguan to prepare to settle their lingering grudge.

• Dongguan and Luo Feng met in a restaurant, where Dongguan discerned that Luo Feng's life great dao had reached God Emperor perfection.
• Luo Feng said he would advance his creation and destruction dao before entering the Dark Sacred Realm, and the two considered hunting or sparring together in the future.
• After hearing of a newly descended Hunyuan ruin, Ying'an used a second avatar to explore while keeping another in Hunyuan City.
• Dongguan detected Ying'an's movement through their causal connection and decided to act, intending to leave Ying'an in a fate-driven predicament rather than merely kill his avatar.

Dongguan learned that a newly fallen ruin could contain dangerous passages and unusual treasures, then grew interested in exploring it. At the ruin, a gray-robed cultivator found and restrained Ying'an.

• A huge object fell into the Dark Sacred Realm, and its protective formations diverted it into the wilderness, where it formed a ruin.
• Dongguan read about ruins and learned from the two Guardians that they would postpone releasing the Hunyuan Prisoners until the new ruin had been explored.
• A purple-robed cultivator spotted what appeared to be buildings inside the ruin and gathered a group to search for them, while others chose to enter alone.
• A gray-robed cultivator arrived and identified the black-robed cultivator as Ying'an.
• The gray-robed cultivator appeared beside Ying'an and sealed him before he could react.

Dongguan confronted Ying'an over the past plot and demanded to know about the Dao Derivation Poison. After Ying'an revealed where he had found it, Dongguan overwhelmed him with mind pollution and destroyed his avatar.

• The Gray-Robed Figure vanished with Ying'an, and the cultivators of Hunyuan City prepared to enter the ruins after Wu Huang said he had found the entrance.
• Dongguan brought Ying'an to a valley and revealed that he was Guantian, seeking revenge for Ying'an's past scheme.
• Ying'an argued that the Dao Derivation Poison had helped Dongguan, then offered information about it in exchange for leniency.
• Ying'an admitted he had no poison or recipe left but told Dongguan about the ruin where he had obtained it.
• Dongguan poured mind pollution into Ying'an with a Space-Time Crystal, then annihilated his avatar.

Dongguan investigated the newly discovered ruin and studied Exotic Crystal, while Ying'an survived the mind pollution in Hunyuan City. Lu Yin Walker decided to visit the ruin after learning what had happened to Ying'an.

• Ying'an regained a trace of reason after enduring continuous mind pollution and wondered whether he would recover or sink into oblivion.
• Dongguan examined the sealed Exotic Crystal from multiple angles and considered the geometric lifeform's connection to the ruin.
• Dongguan entered the ruin and discovered that its shifting terrain acted like intersecting flat surfaces and shortcuts through different layers.
• Dongguan entered the ruin through a side passage to investigate the ruin itself, which he suspected might share traits with Abandoned Ruins.
• Lu Yin Walker learned that Ying'an had been polluted after visiting the newly discovered ruin and decided to investigate it himself.

Wu Huang’s group fought the owl wolves while Lu Yin Walker searched for the ruin’s center, and Dongguan used the ruin to make a breakthrough in his Dao. The chapter left Dongguan with a clear framework for completing his Great Dao and Lu Yin Walker still seeking the ruin’s greatest opportunity.

• Wu Huang arranged for the surviving cultivators to receive shares of the gains according to their contributions and to share their exploration experiences.
• A gold-robed cultivator revealed himself as a calamity-type cultivator and attacked the owl wolves, drawing out the hidden alpha wolf so the others could wound it.
• The alpha wolf escaped into its pack, while the gold-robed cultivator survived and said he needed time to recover before attacking again.
• Lu Yin Walker watched the battle from concealment, then continued toward the ruin’s center, unable to sense the Infinite Great Serpent Statue or contact God Emperor Ying'an.
• Dongguan compared the ruin with his research into Exotic Crystal, understood that different views were differences in angles, and began building a framework for his Great Dao.

After organizing his accumulated insights, Dongguan continued searching the Ruin for what he needed to perfect the Dongguan Dao. Lu Yin Walker’s search for Ying'an led him to the Infinite Great Serpent Statue and the disappearing Bronze Gate, and the chapter ended with him recognizing Dongguan in another layer of the Ruin.

• Dongguan completed organizing his thirteen Origin Great Dao views and decided to explore more ruins and other sources of insight.
• Lu Yin Walker questioned Wu Huang’s group and learned that a senior had taken Ying'an away about five eras earlier.
• Lu Yin Walker used the Infinite Great Serpent Statue to search the gathered beings, found a snake-shaped lifeform with a trace of the bloodline, and killed it.
• The Bronze Gate turned illusory as the statue’s eyes lit up; Lu Yin Walker sealed the Hunyuan lifeforms in place and slaughtered them when they tried to resist.
• After the Bronze Gate vanished, Lu Yin Walker recovered the statue and decided to take it to a Large Hunyuan Hall for appraisal.
• Dongguan used the Space-Time Crystal to reach another layer, where he and Lu Yin Walker saw one another; Lu Yin Walker froze when he recognized Dongguan.

After recognizing Dongguan as an Invincible Being, Lu Yin Walker challenged him to a wagered exchange of blows. Their clash of space-time and tribulation ended with Dongguan’s causal lines throwing the battlefield into chaos.

• Lu Yin Walker asked Dongguan how he had polluted Ying'an’s mind, then offered him a chance to study his Infinite Great Serpent statue in exchange for an explanation.
• Dongguan accepted Lu Yin Walker’s proposal to wager the answer and statue on a fight between them.
• Lu Yin Walker demonstrated his orthodox space-time path and explained how its backlash became a tribulation.
• Dongguan revealed causal lines throughout space-time and gained insight that loosened two cultivation bottlenecks.
• Lu Yin Walker unleashed Infinite space-time, and Dongguan used Tribulation, chaos to twist and shatter the space-time surrounding them.

Dongguan accepted the Infinite Great Serpent Statue from Lu Yin Walker, then studied how it might help complete his bloodline and refine his perspective. Elsewhere, a snake shadow asked Infinity how to free a junior from the Prohibition, while a Black-Clothed Youth watched Dongguan and considered the Space-Time Net.

• Lu Yin Walker and Dongguan tested their strength in the space-time storm, then quelled it together; Lu Yin Walker conceded and gave Dongguan the Infinite Great Serpent Statue.
• Dongguan left for another layer, and Lu Yin Walker concluded that Dongguan would likely defeat him in a normal spar and departed the ruin.
• Dongguan felt the statue stir his bloodline, calmed its influence, and decided to study the Abandoned Ruins throughout the Dark Sacred Realm to broaden his perspective.
• A snake shadow asked Infinity whether a being brought into the Infinity Domain by an Infinity Chip could break through the Prohibition, and Infinity revealed that it might be possible under harsh conditions.
• A Black-Clothed Youth examined the thickened Space-Time Net and watched Dongguan, whose three special points faintly resonated.

Dongguan explored an Abandoned Ruin in the Dark Sacred Realm while pursuing a breakthrough, unaware that Exotic Crystal’s seal was loosening and the prisoner was preparing to escape. Meanwhile, the Infinite Serpent Ancestor arranged a mission to rescue Tamos, and Star Glow Lord warned the gathered Lords that the truce was about to end.

• Dongguan studied Innate Primal Chaos Lifeforms and realized he could simulate the fusion of Great Daos through their bloodline mysteries.
• Dongguan headed to the Abandoned Ruin Ying'an had mentioned, hoping to find inspiration for refining a weakened form of Dao Derivation Poison.
• Exotic Crystal used a faint connection between the objects on Dongguan to loosen his seal and began taking human form inside the small cauldron.
• The Infinite Serpent Ancestor agreed to rescue Tamos and assigned Zha Wulei to seek help keeping the cultivator Lords occupied.
• Star Glow Lord watched Dongguan enter the Abandoned Ruin, then gathered seven figures beside the lake and announced that the truce was about to end.

Dongguan uncovered the origins and refining method of Dao Derivation Poison in the Dark Sacred Realm’s former Abandoned Ruin. When Exotic Crystal escaped its small cauldron, Dongguan fled through a mysterious door into the Infinite Hunyuan Space, where a beam from the Dark Sacred Realm targeted him using a statue as its coordinates.

• Dongguan reconstructed the ruin’s past and learned that a Source World’s cultivators created Dao Derivation Poison to kill a powerful Destruction Demon, who survived and later refined the poison himself.
• Dongguan discovered that refining Dao Derivation Poison required the faith of living beings, a Source World’s Supreme Rule, Hunyuan materials, and rare treasures.
• Dongguan found traces of Yifeiya’s attack and sensed a door opening in the depression, but the small cauldron holding Exotic Crystal began to crack.
• Exotic Crystal broke free as the small cauldron exploded, and Dongguan escaped through the door into the Infinite Hunyuan Space.
• Dongguan contacted Hunyuan City for help, learned that the Guardians had already departed, and saw a beam from the Dark Sacred Realm target him through the statue he had obtained from Lu Yin Walker.

Dongguan underwent Ultimate Awakening as Exotic Crystal attacked him and stole the Infinite Great Serpent Statue. With the Lord ordering that Exotic Crystal must not activate it, Dongguan pursued him through space-time.

• Dongguan broke through the final bloodline seal and began his Ultimate Awakening as Exotic Crystal arrived.
• Exotic Crystal attacked Dongguan, wounded his hand, and stole the Infinite Great Serpent Statue.
• Dongguan warned Ge that Exotic Crystal's escape was connected to the statue and asked him to notify the Lord, pursue Exotic Crystal, and question Lu Yin.
• Ge told Dongguan that Yifeiya was already on her way and that the Lord had ordered them to stop Exotic Crystal from activating the statue.
• Exotic Crystal fled in a geometric form, and Dongguan pursued him through distortions of space-time.