Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi detected signs that the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao had infiltrated the Star Brilliance Tower and sent Lei Kun to warn the Flame Emperor. The Flame Emperor tried to rally peak Emperor Realm experts to reinforce Starfall City, but many questioned the intelligence, demanded the Fallen Star, or refused to divert their forces.

• The Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao chose to retreat rather than risk triggering Starfall City's hidden defenses, despite the Bliss Ancestor urging him to attack.
• Lin Yi sensed two ancient auras in the Star Brilliance Tower, suspected the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao was inside, and sent Lei Kun to deliver a warning to the Flame Emperor.
• Lei Kun reached the Ancestral Land Void and gave the Flame Emperor Lin Yi's message; the Flame Emperor summoned the peak Emperor Realm experts to discuss a rescue.
• The Flame Emperor told the gathered experts that the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao had infiltrated Starfall City, but a representative from Star Constellation Main City questioned how that could be true when the Ancestor had been sighted elsewhere.
• Several peak Emperor Realm experts demanded a share of the Fallen Star or argued that reinforcing Starfall City would weaken their position in the Ancestral Land, leaving the Flame Emperor without their agreement.

With reinforcements absent, Lin Yi strengthened Starfall City's defenses and uncovered a plot by Bliss Sky Island remnants, who were hiding in the city with the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao and the Bliss Ancestor to seek the Ancient Meteorite. He eliminated Ji Hunhai and disguised himself as the cultivator to infiltrate their stronghold, leaving to investigate the Bliss Ancestor's plans.

• Lin Yi concluded that the peak Emperor Realm experts were refusing to aid Starfall City and continued reinforcing its formations while ordering a covert investigation.
• Lin Yi's forces discovered Emperor Evil Cultivators from Bliss Sky Island investigating the Ancient Meteorite, leading him to suspect the Bliss Ancestor and the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao were hidden in the city.
• White Tiger Captains and Cang Xuance captured Ji Hunhai, and Lin Yi learned from Cang Xuance that Ancestor Cang's life-soul lamp had dimmed and he was likely in danger.
• Lin Yi questioned the captured Ji Hunhai through a soul search and learned that he was a descendant of the Bliss Ancestor who had survived Bliss Sky Island's destruction.
• Lin Yi used the God-Forbidden Three Treasures to devour Ji Hunhai, then copied his appearance, aura, and abilities.
• Lin Yi left the prison disguised as Ji Hunhai and headed for the hidden stronghold of Bliss Sky Island's remaining cultivators.

Lin Yi, disguised as Ji Hunhai, infiltrated the Bliss Sky Island remnants’ hidden stronghold and learned that the Bliss Ancestor planned to spread the Six Source Ancestral Land’s secrets to sow chaos across the Source Realm. He obtained a Spirit Scroll of Qi Cultivation Methods and discovered that its methods were deliberately incomplete, leaving him wary of the Bliss Ancestor but with valuable material to study.

• Lin Yi entered the remnants’ Cave Abode disguised as Ji Hunhai and listened as Ji Xiongying explained the Qi Cultivation Method and the Ancestor’s plan to reveal the Ancestral Land’s secrets.
• Ji Xiongying sent groups of Emperor Evil Cultivators to spread those secrets around the Source Realm and create turmoil that would help reclaim Dark Mist City.
• Ji Wangzu gave the direct descendants Spirit Scrolls containing Qi Cultivation Method inheritances, and Lin Yi accepted one after Ji Wangzu overruled Ji Xiongying’s objection.
• Lin Yi found that the Single Toad Qi method and the other methods in the scroll were missing crucial sections and contained fatal flaws.
• Lin Yi concealed his alarm and decided the incomplete methods were still a valuable source of knowledge for his cultivation research.

Lin Yi’s covert stay among Bliss Sky Island’s descendants ended when the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao impersonated Bliss Ancestor and captured everyone at the hidden base. Lin Yi awoke bound beneath a vast five-colored divine tree, while the alliance between the two peak Emperor Realm figures stood strained but intact.

• Lin Yi watched Ji Xiongying and Ji Wangzu leave the cavern daily to meet Bliss Ancestor, then rejected the dangerous idea of ambushing one of them and taking his place.
• The Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao arrived disguised as Bliss Ancestor, but Ji Wangzu recognized inconsistencies and was immobilized before he could warn the others.
• The Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao revealed himself and used five-colored radiance to seal every descendant at the base, including Lin Yi, Ji Xiongying, and Ji Wangzu.
• The real Bliss Ancestor confronted the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao over their alliance and Starfall City, but yielded when the other man refused to release the captives.
• Lin Yi regained consciousness bound by invisible Dao chains beneath an enormous five-colored divine tree, with the other captives suspended nearby.

Lin Yi remained disguised as Ji Hunhai after Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao captured the Bliss descendants and tested their understanding of the Qi Cultivation Method. After Ji Wangzu earned freedom by passing the test, Lin Yi volunteered to be examined, and the ancestor recognized him as the first to awaken.

• Lin Yi hid his awareness in the five-colored divine tree’s Dao foundation space while the captured Bliss descendants struggled unsuccessfully to escape.
• Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao appeared and offered to spare anyone who showed genuine insight into the Qi Cultivation Method, then devoured a cultivator who tried to bluff his way through the test.
• Ji Wangzu answered the ancestor’s questions well enough to be released and made a registered disciple.
• When no one else dared volunteer, Lin Yi, disguised as Ji Hunhai, asked to be tested, and Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao noted that he had awakened before everyone else.

Lin Yi passed the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao’s test by identifying a flaw in the ancestor’s Dao Foundation and agreed to spend half a month repairing it in exchange for becoming a direct disciple. The ancestor gave Lin Yi the complete Five Directions Dao inheritance, freed and subdued the Bliss descendants, and accepted Ji Wangzu as his nominal disciple.

• Lin Yi impressed the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao with his knowledge of Single Toad Qi and identified the Five-Colored Divine Tree as the ancestor’s Dao Foundation, whose divided five Dao Qis threatened to collapse during a breakthrough.
• The Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao offered Lin Yi the complete Five Directions Dao inheritance and a chance to become his direct disciple if Lin Yi repaired its flaws within half a month, warning that failure would cost him his life.
• Lin Yi accepted the wager, asked the ancestor to spare the Bliss survivors, and received the complete Five Directions Dao inheritance.
• The Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao freed Ji Xiongying and the other Bliss descendants but sealed their powers, then left Lin Yi to study the inheritance in isolation.
• Ji Xiongying concluded that Ji Hunhai had overcome his despondency after Lin Yi risked himself to plead for the survivors.
• Ji Wangzu renounced Bliss Ancestor and pledged lifelong service to the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao in hopes of receiving the Five Directions Dao inheritance.

Lin Yi studied the Five Directions Dao inheritance and realized Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao had altered its foundations, creating the flaw that blocked his own breakthrough. With only half a month to solve the problem, Lin Yi used Great Dream Samsara to gain centuries of dream-time, while Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao became cautiously hopeful about his prospects.

• Lin Yi compared the inheritance with the orthodox Five Directions Dao and concluded Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao had changed its fixed Source Qi requirements, disrupting the balance of the Dao foundation.
• Lin Yi considered escaping with the Chaos Profound Bell but decided to preserve its ongoing transformation and treat flight as a last resort.
• Lin Yi activated Great Dream Samsara to study and deduce the inheritance over centuries of dream-time.
• Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao sensed Lin Yi's dream-space technique and thought he might uncover the flaw in the Five-Colored Dao Foundation.
• Ji Wangzu asked Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao to explain the inheritance, while Ancestor had largely lost faith in him and viewed him as a test subject for his modified cultivation path.

Lin Yi studied the complete Control of Six Qi and ancient Five Directions Dao inheritances, traced the flaw in Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao’s modified foundation to clashing Source Qi, and devised the Foundation Refining Method. He planned to develop a practical version while keeping leverage over the ancestor and delaying the repair.

• Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao sent Lin Yi the complete Control of Six Qi inheritance and the ancient orthodox Five Directions Dao method, which Lin Yi memorized through repeated Dreaming Reincarnation sessions.
• Lin Yi compared the ancient and modified Five Directions Dao methods and concluded that the ancestor’s pursuit of powerful Source Qi had disrupted the foundation’s balance.
• Lin Yi rejected destroying the foundation and starting over, then rejected adding more Source Qi because neither approach could realistically solve the conflicts.
• Lin Yi conceived the Foundation Refining Method, which would use artifact-smelting principles to reorder and harmonize the ancestor’s existing five sources without replacing or adding any Qi.
• Lin Yi decided to develop a practical smelting method, retain some leverage over Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao, and delay repairing the flaw in the ancestor’s foundation.

Lin Yi completed the Five-Colored Foundation Fusion Method, earned the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao’s approval, and became his first personal disciple. He began preparing to repair his master’s Dao Foundation while seeking news of Starfall City, and learned that his master had abandoned plans to attack it after discovering secrets about the Source Realm’s Ten Great Main Cities.

• Lin Yi presented the Five-Colored Foundation Fusion Method, and the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao recognized its promise and questioned whether Lin Yi was truly Ji Hunhai.
• The Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao took Lin Yi as his personal disciple and brought him to a hidden space in Starfall Outer City, where he introduced Ji Wangzu as Lin Yi’s junior brother.
• Ji Wangzu accepted Lin Yi as his senior brother, and Lin Yi sent him to investigate Starfall City and the Ancestral Land Void.
• The Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao supplied Emperor-grade materials for refining his Dao Foundation, and Lin Yi inspected them for flaws.
• Lin Yi urged caution about refining the Dao Foundation in Starfall City, and the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao revealed that he had abandoned his plan to attack the city after uncovering secrets about the Source Realm’s Ten Great Main Cities.

Lin Yi helped the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao refine a method for fusing his Dao Foundation while managing growing unrest in Starfall City through his Fuzhu Incarnation. When the fusion stalled, the ancestor revealed that he had created his five unique Source Qi and agreed to teach Lin Yi the secret refining method, warning him not to use it for Control of Six Qi.

• Lin Yi instructed Gu Hanshuang and Starfall City's stewards to keep the city's rules unchanged as Emperor Realm cultivators poured in, while his Fuzhu Incarnation handled affairs in the city.
• Lei Kun reported that leading Merchant Alliances had suffered repeated thefts, and Lin Yi reassured them while recognizing that the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao was gathering materials.
• Lin Yi and the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao refined seven-colored essence and adjusted the fusion method, but the mixture remained too thin to safely accept the ancestor's Dao Foundation.
• The Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao named his five unique Source Qi, then explained that he had created them by combining essences from other sources.
• The ancestor agreed to teach Lin Yi his secret Source Qi refining method as a core teaching of their First Vein, but warned that it could not be used for Control of Six Qi.

Lin Yi refined the Five-Colored Foundation Fusion Method while more than twenty peak Emperor Realm experts gathered at the ascension site to face visitors from the Nine Heavens World. After Great Emperor Zi Wei and Great Emperor Gan Jin failed to stop a Great Dao Realm expert from stabilizing the passage, five figures crossed into the Six Source Ancestral Land.

• Lin Yi used the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao's knowledge to improve the seven-colored gel and advance the Five-Colored Foundation Fusion Method.
• Great Emperor Gan Jin gathered peak Emperor Realm experts at the ascension site after learning that people from the Nine Heavens World might descend.
• A giant eye and enormous hand appeared through a spatial rift, but Great Emperor Zi Wei disrupted their power and Great Emperor Gan Jin burned away much of the projection with heavenly fire.
• The Source Realm emperors attacked the remaining projection, but six pillars formed by Control of Six Qi stabilized the passage and resisted Great Emperor Zi Wei and Great Emperor Gan Jin's attacks.
• Great Emperor Zi Wei chose to wait rather than use the Source Realm's forbidden means, and five figures from the Nine Heavens World crossed into the Six Source Ancestral Land.

After learning that powerful figures from the Nine Heavens World had descended, Lin Yi heard from the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao about the Ninefold Tower and the Tidal Spirit Sea, then deflected Ji Wangzu’s suspicions about his identity. In the void of the Ancestral Land, Great Emperor Gan Jin told the peak Emperor Realm cultivators that their defeat in a series of duels could let the outsiders enter and travel through the Source Realm freely.

• The Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao explained that the Nine Heavens World was the ascended realm, that its Ninefold Tower oversaw those who reached the Great Dao Realm, and that it lay in the deep-sea region of the Tidal Spirit Sea.
• The Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao left Lin Yi and Ji Wangzu to manage the foundation-fusion work, and Ji Wangzu probed Lin Yi about the Starfall City figure who shared his name.
• Lin Yi denied being the Starfall City Lin Yi and told Ji Wangzu to prepare the Emperor Materials, then used his Fuzhu Incarnation to consider the threat to Starfall City and urge the Flame Emperor and the other Star Brilliance Envoys to act.
• Great Emperor Gan Jin convened the peak Emperor Realm cultivators and revealed that the five visitors came from the Ninefold Tower and had demanded access to the Source Realm through the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm Passage.
• Great Emperor Gan Jin said that he had lost to one of the visitors while Zi Wei had narrowly won, leaving the Source Realm three more duels to contest before the visitors could move freely through the realm.

The Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao returned to the Ancestral Land Void and proposed a partnership, while the Bliss Ancestor captured Ji Wangzu and learned that Lin Yi had infiltrated his ranks. The chapter ended with the Bliss Ancestor offering to forgive Ji Wangzu if he helped capture Lin Yi alive.

• Great Emperor Gan Jin told the gathered experts that the Source Realm needed Venerable Xuantian and discussed the uneasy relationship between the Nine Heavens World visitors and the Six Source Ancestral Land's three ancestors.
• The Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao broke through the Ancestral Land Void's barrier, repelled attacking cultivators with his Five-Colored Radiance, and said he had come to discuss a partnership.
• The Bliss Ancestor watched Ji Wangzu gathering materials in Starfall City, abducted him into his Inner World, and tortured him for information.
• Ji Wangzu confessed that he had become the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao's disciple to protect the captive Bliss Remnants and revealed that Lin Yi had infiltrated under Ji Hunhai's identity.
• The Bliss Ancestor learned that the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao's Dao Foundation had a flaw and offered to forgive Ji Wangzu if he helped capture Lin Yi alive.

Lin Yi escaped Bliss Ancestor’s ambush after Ji Wangzu revealed his hiding place, then returned to Starfall City and activated its inner-city defenses as Bliss Ancestor launched an assault. Bliss Ancestor declared that he intended to plunder the city’s resources to rebuild Bliss Sky Island.

• Lin Yi sensed danger, but Bliss Ancestor tore into the secret interstitial space and attacked him; Lin Yi blocked the strike with the Primordial Shield and escaped using the Void-Illuminating Cold Mirror.
• Ji Wangzu realized Lin Yi had survived the ambush and feared Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao would punish him for betraying Lin Yi’s location.
• Lin Yi reached Starfall Inner City, recognized that Ji Wangzu had leaked his coordinates, and entered the Star Brilliance Tower to activate the Minor Realm Sealing Formation.
• Bliss Ancestor’s sinister Emperor’s might spread over Starfall City, triggering an emergency response and bringing its defenses to full readiness.
• Lin Yi strengthened the inner-city barrier while Ji Wangzu questioned the timing of the attack; Bliss Ancestor explained that he planned to plunder the city and use its resources to rebuild Bliss Sky Island.

Bliss Ancestor ravaged Starfall Outer City until Yan Guinan intervened with a golden saber strike. After Starfall Tower formally requested his help, Yan Guinan confronted Bliss Ancestor over an old grudge, and their clash threatened the city as Lin Yi and the Mercury Tower Master reinforced its formations.

• Bliss Ancestor plundered more than ten Outer City settlements and prepared to break into the Inner City, but Yan Guinan shattered his evil mist with a golden saber strike.
• Lin Yi, the Mercury Tower Master, Eastern Guardian, and Southern Guardian identified Yan Guinan and sent him a formal request for aid.
• Yan Guinan accepted the request, ordered his disciple to remain safely in the Inner City, and charged at Bliss Ancestor.
• Bliss Ancestor tried to recruit Yan Guinan, but Yan Guinan revealed that the Emperor Evil Cultivators of Bliss Sky Island had once hunted him down.
• Bliss Ancestor unleashed Great Black Heaven and the Great Black Heaven Bliss Finger, and Yan Guinan met the attack with his Emperor Blade.
• Lin Yi and the Mercury Tower Master reinforced Starfall City's formations to contain the devastating clash.

Lin Yi shielded Yan Guinan’s young companion from Ji Wangzu’s surprise attack while Yan Guinan and the Bliss Ancestor battled above Starfall City. Lin Yi’s Primordial Shield withstood Ji Wangzu’s peak Emperor Realm trump card, leaving Ji Wangzu stunned and the confrontation unresolved.

• The clash between Yan Guinan and the Bliss Ancestor devastated Starfall City, and Lin Yi teleported to protect the girl Yan Guinan had left behind.
• The girl refused to enter the Star Brilliance Tower, so Lin Yi stayed beside her as they watched the battle.
• The Bliss Ancestor sacrificed nearly ten million abducted beings to unleash stronger attacks, forcing Yan Guinan onto the defensive.
• The girl reproached Lin Yi for Starfall City’s failure to stop the Bliss Ancestor, but she softened after Lin Yi acknowledged the defenders’ limits.
• Ji Wangzu launched a lethal surprise attack at Lin Yi and the girl, and Lin Yi shielded her with the Primordial Shield.
• Yan Guinan and the Bliss Ancestor paused their battle as the shield blocked Ji Wangzu’s attack, while the Bliss Ancestor ordered Ji Wangzu to kill Lin Yi and the girl.

Lin Yi used several Innate Spirit Treasures to counter Ji Wangzu’s evil artifacts and attacks while protecting the girl in his arms. After Lin Yi seized Ji Wangzu’s Annihilation Fiend Gourd, Ji Wangzu sacrificed hundreds of millions of living beings to break free of Lin Yi’s gravitational restraint.

• Ji Wangzu attacked Lin Yi with the Annihilation Fiend Gourd, unleashing poisonous fiendish energy and countless evil souls, while Lin Yi defended them with the Primordial Shield and Heaven and Earth Great Mill.
• Ji Wangzu found an opening and struck at Lin Yi, but Lin Yi’s Heaven Suppressing Earth Locking Pagoda blocked the killing blow.
• Lin Yi revealed the Nine-Grade World-Purifying White Lotus, which burned away Ji Wangzu’s evil souls, then used the Treasure-Seizing Gourd’s gravity to pin Ji Wangzu in place.
• Lin Yi used the Treasure-Seizing Gourd to sever Ji Wangzu’s connection to the Annihilation Fiend Gourd and take the artifact for himself.
• Ji Wangzu sacrificed hundreds of millions of living beings in his inner world, drawing their Blood Qi and origin souls into himself and shattering the gravitational restraint.

Lin Yi used his spirit treasures and talismans to defeat and seal Ji Wangzu, while protecting the girl in his arms. Bliss Ancestor rushed down to avenge Ji Wangzu, but Lin Yi blocked his attack with the Primordial Shield.

• Lin Yi suppressed Ji Wangzu with the World-Purifying White Lotus, Mountain Splitting Sword, and Treasure-Snatching Gourd, but Ji Wangzu used the Bloodwater Spirit Robe to create an evil yin clone that infiltrated Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi expelled and sealed the clone's corrupting power with the God-Forbidden Three Treasures, leaving Ji Wangzu weakened and vulnerable.
• The Mountain Splitting Sword beheaded Ji Wangzu, and Lin Yi used the Void-Illuminating Cold Mirror, World-Purifying White Lotus, and Heaven Suppressing Earth Locking Pagoda to seal his fleeing remnants.
• Bliss Ancestor sensed Ji Wangzu's defeat and charged toward Lin Yi, launching the Great Black Heaven Bliss Finger.
• Lin Yi protected the girl and stopped Bliss Ancestor's strike with the Primordial Shield.

Lin Yi and Yan Guinan joined forces against Bliss Ancestor, trapping him inside Starfall City's Meteorite Array. Lin Yi wounded him and severed his arm, but Bliss Ancestor sacrificed hundreds of millions of living beings to unleash a devastating attack that broke through Lin Yi's defenses.

• Bliss Ancestor relentlessly attacked Lin Yi, but Yan Guinan intervened and helped him withstand the assault.
• Yan Guinan asked Lin Yi to delay Bliss Ancestor, and Lin Yi persuaded Mercury Tower Master to activate the Meteorite Array, sealing Starfall City and trapping Bliss Ancestor.
• Lin Yi left the girl under the Fuzhu Clone's protection and ambushed Bliss Ancestor with the Mountain Splitting Sword, then used the World-Purifying White Lotus to suppress his defenses and sever his arm.
• Bliss Ancestor sacrificed the living beings in his inner world and unleashed the Great Black Heaven Bliss Finger at Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi raised the Primordial Shield and Heaven Suppressing Earth Locking Pagoda, but Bliss Ancestor's attack pierced the shield and blasted the pagoda away.

Lin Yi and Yan Guinan failed to stop Bliss Ancestor from escaping Starfall City after a fierce battle, but four peak Emperor Realm experts ambushed him above the Tidal Spirit Sea. Bliss Ancestor tried to break through Great Emperor Panyan's defenses, and the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao moved to intercept him.

• Bliss Ancestor shattered Lin Yi's defensive Emperor Artifacts, but Lin Yi endured his Heaven-Slapping Emperor Palm and quickly healed his injuries.
• Bliss Ancestor abandoned his pursuit of Lin Yi and fought Yan Guinan while Lin Yi supported him from a distance with the Mountain Splitting Sword.
• Bliss Ancestor broke Yan Guinan's Emperor Blade, and the Mercury Tower Master opened the Meteorite Array to let him escape Starfall City.
• Bliss Ancestor stopped above the Tidal Spirit Sea to threaten Starfall City, but the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao, Great Emperor Gan Jin, the Flame Emperor, and Great Emperor Panyan surrounded him.
• Bliss Ancestor burned his Emperor Realm origin and charged toward Great Emperor Panyan, but the Ancestor of the Five Directions Dao sent five-colored radiance after him.