Chapter Summaries

Lü Qingyi and the Heavenly Dao watched a simulation of Ying Huaixu taking her place and speedrunning his cultivation to Quasi-Emperor before leaving to become an Immortal Emperor elsewhere. The Heavenly Dao explained that Lü Qingyi’s changes to the Divine Firmament Sword Sect had influenced Ying Huaixu and helped create the person he was now.

• Ying Huaixu joined the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, secretly killed a Discipline Hall disciple who had beaten him, and evaded suspicion by pretending to be badly injured.
• After learning that a privileged disciple wanted him dead, Ying Huaixu killed him too, then challenged Sword Mountain and became the Old Ancestor’s Ninth Personal Disciple.
• Ying Huaixu used All Rivers Run to the Sea to cultivate at extraordinary speed, reached Quasi-Emperor, and left the universe to seek Immortal Emperorhood elsewhere.
• Ying Huaixu refined demonic cultivators and those who had slandered him, overpowered the Grand Ancestor, and kept Old Ten as his plaything.
• The Heavenly Dao told Lü Qingyi that her reforms had helped make Ying Huaixu feel close to the sect, and Lü Qingyi was pleased that she had influenced him.

After mastering the power of his Plane World, Ying Huaixu realized the Heart-Questioning Valley instance could become a deadly trap and interpreted his quests as a plan to eliminate dangerous enemies before entering it. He began mobilizing allies to hunt powerful targets, while Tai Wangshu’s safety remained a concern.

• Lü Qingyi watched Ying Huaixu experiment with his Plane World after the Heavenly Dao disconnected.
• Ying Huaixu discovered he could automate and enhance his skills, alter the outside world with World Power, and potentially crush the Ascension Plane.
• Ying Huaixu recalled the Star-Devouring Ancestor’s repeated warning against Heart-Questioning Valley and worried the Outsiders would force him into its realm-matching instance.
• Ying Huaixu interpreted the Primordial Chaos Great Escape quest as a plan to gather Ascenders and eliminate powerful, disloyal figures before entering Heart-Questioning Valley.
• Ying Huaixu contacted Zhuang Mu and urged him to prepare for a hunt, telling him Lü Qingyi and Grand Martial Uncle could manage the sect.

Ying Huaixu led the sect’s senior members on a sweeping hunt, killing people marked by red exclamation points as enemies from beyond Hongmeng World. After Tong Xinran let the others see the marks too, they joined in, and Meng Wuya realized Lü Qingyi’s earlier bloodbath had kept them from misjudging Ying Huaixu.

• Ying Huaixu left the sect with its senior members, while disciples entered the Illusory Dream Trial to challenge him and were swiftly defeated.
• For seven days, Ying Huaixu searched across the land and killed people with red exclamation marks, alarming Zhuang Mu and Meng Wuya.
• Old Huang’s father examined the victims and concluded they were not from Hongmeng World, despite their ordinary appearance.
• Tong Xinran linked the group so they could see the red marks, and the senior members joined Ying Huaixu in hunting marked enemies until none remained in sight.
• The group grew exhausted but gained power, while Meng Wuya explained that the marks revealed malice and credited Lü Qingyi’s earlier actions with preventing them from treating Ying Huaixu as an enemy.

Ying Huaixu and the Divine Firmament Sword Sect discovered that the outsiders they had been killing were arranged in a formation that used their blood to open Heart-Questioning Valley. The sect devised a way to drive the outsiders out of the formation before killing them, while Meng Wuya suspected the Nine-Color Kings were pursuing their own plan.

• Survivors realized the people killed by the Divine Firmament Sword Sect had acted strangely, and they exposed outsiders hiding among the rogue cultivators.
• Ying Huaixu killed the exposed outsiders with Frost Sword Qi, then asked Chen Batian to investigate why their positions seemed unusual.
• Chen Batian identified a Nine-Origin Reversal Formation that channeled the dead outsiders’ blood toward Dream Province to open the Heart-Questioning Instance.
• Tong Xinran proposed warning the outsiders before the sect arrived so they would flee the formation before being killed.
• Meng Wuya connected the formation to the Nine-Color Kings and suggested they were provoking battles to eliminate the outsiders while serving as Heart-Questioning Valley’s final executioners.
• Ying Huaixu checked the map and confirmed that the Nine-Color Kings’ actions matched Meng Wuya’s theory.

Ying Huaixu tried to delay the Heart-Questioning Valley Instance while protecting his people from the Outsiders, and Tai Wangshu and Ye Ningshuang realized the Nine-Color King was using Tai Wangshu as bait to draw him into Dream Province. The chapter left Tai Wangshu facing the danger of becoming the reason Ying Huaixu entered the instance too soon.

• Ying Huaixu decided to herd the Outsiders without killing them, while Lao Zhuang warned that screening their own allies could not prevent future betrayal.
• Ying Huaixu suggested sealing everyone below True Immortal if necessary, but Lao Zhuang explained that doing so would leave them helpless against Outsider True Immortals.
• Tai Wangshu wondered why the Dragon Clan Princess, empowered by Ying Huaixu and the Dragon Clan, had only fought the Nine-Color King to a draw.
• Tai Wangshu contacted Ye Ningshuang, who said the Nine-Color King had also fled when she arrived.
• Ye Ningshuang explained that the Nine-Color King was luring Tai Wangshu toward Dream Province because Ying Huaixu would enter Heart-Questioning Valley to rescue her.

After the Dragon Clan Princess gave Tai Wangshu a pair of long-distance teleportation bracelets, she explained that the Nine-Color King’s parallel selves had mastered countless paths and could use their battles to refine their Daos. Tai Wangshu shared her realization that Heart-Questioning Valley was helping them perfect those paths, and the factions united to prepare for the instance.

• The Dragon Clan Princess thanked Tai Wangshu for her support and gave her bracelets that could teleport her to the person she loved across any distance.
• The Dragon Clan Princess told Tai Wangshu that the Nine-Color King had used parallel selves to study her fighting style and that each self had perfected a different cultivation path.
• Tai Wangshu realized the Nine-Color King’s selves were using the Hongmeng World to test and refine their Daos, then shared the information in the group chat.
• Ying Huaixu explained that they had to clear Heart-Questioning Valley to prevent worse consequences later, and Tai Wangshu agreed that every sect needed to join the effort.
• Tai Wangshu left to prepare while the Dragon Clan Princess summoned her people, and other factions began discussing Heart-Questioning Valley after hearing Ying Huaixu’s warning.

Lao Zhuang warned the Sacred Land Sect Masters that Ying Huaixu had deduced a dangerous plot surrounding the Heart-Questioning Valley Instance, and the leaders agreed they needed to protect their disciples without letting powerful outsiders interfere. Their investigation then revealed that Heart-Questioning Valley’s leadership might be under control and that observing the valley could drain power.

• Lao Zhuang presented Ying Huaixu’s warning to the Sacred Land Sect Masters and urged them to stop the danger inside the Heart-Questioning Valley Instance.
• The Sect Masters agreed that their Tribulation Transcendence disciples would have to enter the instance while stronger figures guarded against Outsider interference.
• The Ancestral Dragon Saint Lord questioned whether Heart-Questioning Valley or the Outsiders had created the instance and warned that the valley could interfere with its laws.
• The Hall Master of Shura Hall argued that Heart-Questioning Valley’s silence and refusal to attend the meeting suggested it intended to trap their disciples.
• The Star-Seizing Ancestor observed that Heart-Questioning Valley’s higher-ups appeared controlled and cut off his view after sensing something trying to absorb his power.

The sect leaders debated how to handle Heart-Questioning Valley’s elders, and Ying Huaixu concluded they were unlikely to threaten the instance. Meanwhile, the Taiyin Old Ancestor teamed up with the seemingly invincible Xia Tong to hunt Outsiders and learned that Xia Tong claimed to be new.

• The Ancestral Dragon Saint Lord proposed poisoning the elders in seclusion, but Zhuang Mu worried they might be hiding to resist something draining their power.
• Zhuang Mu shared the group’s concerns with Ying Huaixu, who compared them with the game’s cutscenes and speculated that Outsiders had manipulated Heart-Questioning Valley’s cultivators to create the instance and target him.
• Ying Huaixu told Zhuang Mu that the elders could not affect the instance and warned that betrayal by their own people was the real danger.
• The Taiyin Old Ancestor teamed up with Xia Tong to hunt Outsiders, then followed behind because Xia Tong was far stronger than he was.
• The Taiyin Old Ancestor asked Xia Tong why he had never seen him before, and Xia Tong smiled and said he was new.

Xia Tong rejected the Taiyin Old Ancestor’s recruitment and joined him in guarding a black hole against Outsiders. When the Nine-Color King of Fate emerged with a swarm of Outsiders, Xia Tong recognized him, freed Liu Shishi from danger, and confronted him by unfolding the Myriad Forms, Boundless Realm.

• The Taiyin Old Ancestor tested Xia Tong’s bone age, confirmed he was six, and tried to recruit him to the Taiyin Sacred Land.
• Xia Tong showed the Taiyin Old Ancestor his Divine Firmament Sword Sect Guest Token and declined to join another faction.
• Xia Tong and the Taiyin Old Ancestor guarded another black hole and killed Outsiders who emerged from it.
• Xia Tong sensed a major threat and told the Taiyin Old Ancestor to hide as the black hole expanded and countless Outsiders poured out.
• The King of Fate emerged, immobilized the Taiyin Old Ancestor with a red Fate Thread, and faced Xia Tong as Liu Shishi prepared to fight the Outsiders.
• Xia Tong severed the King of Fate’s Fate Thread and unfolded his Myriad Forms, Boundless Realm, shocking the King of Fate.

The King of Fate fought Xia Tong, using Fate Rewrite and his final form to try to defeat him before Xia Tong could adapt. The King of Fate seized two fate threads linked to Xia Tong, but touching Ying Huaixu’s fate triggered unspeakable Restrictions.

• The King of Fate attacked Xia Tong and rewrote his fate, reducing him to a mortal, but Xia Tong regenerated and gradually became immune.
• The King of Fate repeatedly rewrote Xia Tong’s fate, but an attempt to make Xia Tong his dog rebounded and revealed that Xia Tong’s fate surpassed his own.
• The King of Fate entered his final form, Fate Control, while Xia Tong transformed into the Myriad Forms, Senluo Heavenly King, and the two clashed across the stars.
• The King of Fate gained the advantage by rewriting his own fate, but Xia Tong began developing immunity to the power of fate.
• The King of Fate burned away the jumbled fate threads on Xia Tong, leaving those of Xia Tong, the Ghost Bride, and Ying Huaixu.
• The King of Fate seized the Ghost Bride’s and Ying Huaixu’s fate threads, and touching Ying Huaixu’s triggered unspeakable Restrictions.

Xia Tong and Taiyin Old Ancestor wiped out the Outsiders in their area, and Xia Tong returned home with Taiyin Old Ancestor, who offered to guide him in cultivation. Xia Tong chose the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, gave the Fate Red String and Fate Brush to the Ghost Bride, and the chapter ended with the Outsiders learning that their Nine-Color King had been killed.

• A mysterious face erased the King of Fate, causing Ying Huaixu's system to report that one special blessing had been lost.
• Taiyin Old Ancestor used the Half-Moon Ring Blade to slaughter the Outsiders in his area, then joined Xia Tong at his home.
• Liu Shishi recognized Xue Si's aura, and Taiyin Old Ancestor offered to take Xia Tong as his disciple and personally guide him.
• Xia Tong chose the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, and Taiyin Old Ancestor agreed to guide him for a while.
• Xia Tong gave the Fate Red String and Fate Brush to the Ghost Bride and warned her not to use their power lightly.
• The Outsiders learned that their Nine-Color King had died less than a day after entering the Hongmeng World.

The Outsider powerhouses learned that the King of Fate had been lost, weakening their plan to claim Hongmeng’s origin laws. They planned to use Heart-Questioning Valley and a simultaneous assault on the world boundary, while the Lord of the Weird Gods worried that Ying Huaixu might survive and retaliate.

• The Outsider powerhouses realized the King of Fate was gone and discussed how his loss threatened their plans for Hongmeng’s origin laws.
• The Lord of Mile-High Heaven argued they could still win by wiping out Hongmeng’s cultivators after entering through Heart-Questioning Valley.
• The Lord of the Weird Gods privately wondered whether Ying Huaixu could survive the Seventh Divine Weapon and feared the consequences if he did.
• The Ancient Buddha proposed forcing the world boundary while Heart-Questioning Valley was open, creating a second route into Hongmeng.
• The Beast God asked who would distract Lü Qingyi and He Xixiang, and the powerhouses debated sending their quasi-emperors.

The Ghost Bride completed her integration of the Fate Laws, gaining the ability to see and alter the paths of fate. After she used that power to change an impoverished scholar’s future, the resulting resentment overwhelmed her, and Liu Shishi rebuked her.

• The Outsiders concluded that the Hongmeng Heavenly Dao had taken the Fate Laws after the King of Fate died from a backlash.
• Xia Tong told Liu Shishi to wait until the Ghost Bride finished integrating the Fate Laws, since the Outsiders might search for them.
• A year later, the Ghost Bride completed the integration, and Xia Tong concealed the heavenly signs while Liu Shishi shattered them.
• The Ghost Bride examined the fates of a dog, Liu Shishi, Xia Tong, and Xue Si, then laughed at Xue Si’s possible future role as the Shenxiao Red-Dust Guide.
• The Ghost Bride altered the fate of a poor scholar, whose later abuses brought resentment that tormented her until Liu Shishi cleansed it with merit and rebuked her.

The Ghost Bride recognized the danger of changing fate carelessly and left for the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, while Xia Tong secluded himself to cultivate before setting out to hunt Outsiders with Liu Shishi. Meanwhile, Tai Wangshu realized An Ruoyun might be an Outsider agent hiding in Dream Province and contacted Ye Ningshuang.

• Liu Shishi warned the Ghost Bride that changing fate without judging someone’s character could bring dangerous consequences, and the Ghost Bride stopped using her power recklessly.
• The Ghost Bride concluded she needed protection and hurried to the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, leaving Xia Tong with Liu Shishi; Xue Si followed the Taiyin Old Ancestor.
• Xia Tong cultivated in seclusion for over ten years in the Ascension World, then emerged at sixteen and agreed to hunt Outsiders with Liu Shishi.
• Tai Wangshu suspected An Ruoyun was more powerful than Return to True and discovered she had worked for the Outsiders and visited Dream Province.
• Tai Wangshu contacted Ye Ningshuang, who said she was with the Dragon Clan getting another pair of Bracelets forged.

Ye Ningshuang accepted the Dragon Clan's dragon liver and gave its princess an azure dragon soul before discussing An Ruoyun and the hidden Thousand Mechanisms Sect with Tai Wangshu. Ye Ningshuang warned that she could not enter Dream Province ahead of time, and Tai Wangshu chose to ask Ying Huaixu before acting; he told her to hold her position.

• The Dragon Clan served Ye Ningshuang dragon liver and prepared bracelets, and she sampled the dish.
• Ye Ningshuang gave the Dragon Clan Princess the soul of the Little Azure Dragon in exchange for the meal, then left.
• Tai Wangshu told Ye Ningshuang that An Ruoyun might be central to the secret-realm upheaval and that the Thousand Mechanisms Sect's former leader, Tang Yinchuan, may have hidden its core leadership.
• Ye Ningshuang explained that she could not enter Dream Province because the enemy's Heart-Questioning Valley Instance was still being built and could exploit her presence there.
• Ye Ningshuang advised Tai Wangshu to ask Ying Huaixu before taking An Ruoyun's bait, then crushed her token in anger.
• Ying Huaixu told Tai Wangshu to hold her position, and she resumed comprehending the Dao as her cultivation rapidly advanced.

Ying Huaixu investigated why Ascenders had stopped appearing and found that conspiracy theories and strange cultivation in the Ascension Worlds were keeping them from ascending. After accidentally frightening Ascenders to death, he reset one world and reflected on his power over its people, while Lü Qingyi encouraged him to focus on the choices before him.

• Ying Huaixu discovered that rumors about ascension being a scam had spread through the Ascension Worlds, while Ascenders in Primordial Chaos were too busy cultivating to respond.
• Ying Huaixu found worlds where people viewed immortals as predators and others where cultivators and artifacts had become distorted beyond the system's standards.
• Ying Huaixu broke an Ascension World's barrier to help a talented cultivator, but the man died of fright when he saw Ying Huaixu, and other Ascenders also panicked and died.
• Ying Huaixu cut off the world's spiritual energy to reset it after its people fell into despair over the deaths of their strongest fighters.
• Ying Huaixu wondered whether his indifference made him a heartless immortal, and Lü Qingyi told him to consider the misery of the world's people and not let such doubts derail his decisions.

Ying Huaixu upgraded Frost Annihilation-Moonlight and his cultivation technique, then discovered his newly awakened Frost Laws were dangerously powerful. Lü Qingyi questioned the Heavenly Dao about Ying Huaixu’s arrival, difficulty setting, and bloodline, leaving his origins mysterious.

• Ying Huaixu decided to secretly let Ascension World discover the trash Spirit Veins and spent his accumulated experience on upgrades.
• Ying Huaixu enhanced Frost Annihilation-Moonlight into a Supreme-Quality Spirit Treasure with powerful frost effects.
• Ying Huaixu advanced his cultivation technique to Great Perfection and gained an unusable trace of Frost Laws.
• Ying Huaixu unleashed Frost Concept, freezing Tianqu Peak’s vegetation until Lü Qingyi shielded Shenxiao and warned him about endangering others.
• Lü Qingyi questioned the Heavenly Dao about Ying Huaixu’s difficulty setting, character customization, appearance, and bloodline.

Lü Qingyi learned that the Heavenly Dao had planned to use Ying Huaixu to help build a new world, but had changed course after discovering his exceptional abilities and rising value. The Heavenly Dao explained why she favored Ying Huaixu and offered to send him home with his memories sealed, leaving Lü Qingyi to consider whether she could accept never seeing him again.

• Lü Qingyi realized the Heavenly Dao had prepared a treasure-rich new world and intended to use the current world as a trap while Ying Huaixu and others advanced in the new one.
• The Heavenly Dao said Ying Huaixu's price had risen among the Cheat Distributor Rankings, so she had gambled on his ability to reverse the world's fate.
• The Heavenly Dao showed Lü Qingyi Ying Huaixu's painful life history, including his mother's death, his father's disappearance, and his younger sister's illness and death.
• Lü Qingyi suspected the Heavenly Dao was trying to make her sympathize with Ying Huaixu, and the Heavenly Dao admitted she could amplify existing feelings but could also send him home with his memories sealed.
• The Heavenly Dao said she would not have made the same arrangements for another top-ten player, explaining that Ying Huaixu was more protective of others and less ruthless than his rivals.

Lü Qingyi learned that Ying Huaixu’s devotion to her ran deeper than she knew, and an accidental lightning strike left him cursing the Heavenly Dao. As Outsider deaths threatened his plans and time ran short, Ying Huaixu sought the Star-Seizing Sect Master’s help to hunt Outsiders, while He Xiuyuan resolved to improve himself.

• The Heavenly Dao explained to Lü Qingyi how ruthless the top-ranked Heavenly Daos could be and revealed Ying Huaixu’s affectionate account names, prompting Lü Qingyi to blush.
• A bolt of Violet Firmament Divine Thunder struck Ying Huaixu, who cursed the Heavenly Dao until it asked Lü Qingyi to stop talking to it for a while.
• Ying Huaixu suspected Lü Qingyi had arranged the lightning strike, then learned that Outsiders were dying in the blood sacrifice formations and ordered Old Chen to carry out the Second Plan to keep them alive.
• Unable to reach Xia Tong or Taiyin Old Ancestor, Ying Huaixu asked the Star-Seizing Sect Master to take him hunting Outsiders, and the Sect Master agreed.
• He Xiuyuan watched Ying Huaixu leave without him, clenched his fists, and returned to find Cheng Wanshu.

He Xiuyuan insisted on opening his sealed talent despite Cheng Wanshu’s warning that it could consume him. After breaking the Seal and reaching Return to True, he rejected the old man who offered to merge with him and attacked instead.

• He Xiuyuan told Cheng Wanshu he wanted to unlock his talent, and she warned that doing so could cost him his life or let another Divine Soul take control.
• Cheng Wanshu began opening the Seal with help from Lü Qingyi, and He Xiuyuan entered a dark inner world where the Great Sun Saint Lord’s Divine Sense tested his resolve.
• He Xiuyuan endured the force tearing away his flesh and broke every chain sealing his talent, unleashing golden light and entering Return to True.
• An old man appeared beneath a golden tree and offered He Xiuyuan a choice between merging with him or defeating him.
• He Xiuyuan refused the offer, called the old man a body-snatcher, and attacked him with the Twin Swords, but the old man sent him flying through a star.