Chapter Summaries

Wang Ba learned the Lesser Art of Dao Refinement as the Little Cang Realm’s sky broke open and Realm Eaters began forcing their way inside. Spirit Transformation cultivators across the realm sacrificed themselves to seal the breaches, while Yao Wudi and Mu Lianxu faced the same grim duty as the chapter ended.

• Wang Ba discovered that Sect Master Xun had undergone Liberation by Violence with Han Yanzi, then urged Du Wei to gather the Myriad Phenomena Sect’s people and supplies.
• Senior Jiang warned Pang Xiu and Du Wei that the Tribulation-Crossing Treasure Raft could no longer safely leave the realm, and identified the chaos-born invaders as Realm Eaters.
• Wang Ba recognized the intruding Winged Serpent as a totem beast from Tupi Continent, while Ciwu and other Xituo Continent monks sacrificed themselves to seal holes in the sky.
• Shao Yangzi chose to remain in the realm, and he, Su Dachun, Yan Wenzheng, and other cultivators sealed breaches by sending Spirit Transformation cultivators and Evil Gods into them.
• Shao Yangzi, Yan Wenzheng, Du Wei, and many other cultivators sacrificed themselves to plug the spreading black holes, leaving Wang Ba with Du Wei’s Spirit Beast Bag.
• Yao Wudi apologized to Ice Daoist and stood with Mu Lianxu beneath gathering tribulation clouds, saying that they were now the tallest ones left to hold up the sky.

Shen Fu learned that the Little Cang Realm was rejecting Spirit Transformation cultivators, but Liang Qiu Yu’s attempt to take his body was destroyed by a sinister force hidden within him. At the North Sea, Wang Xu’s attempt to kill the Daosheng Continent cultivators failed, and a colossal turtle rising beneath the sea sent their Hanging Cities crashing down.

• Jiang Taiyin told Shen Fu that the Heaven Rift was causing the Little Cang Realm to reject Spirit Transformation cultivators and that he intended to face the tribulation lightning.
• Liang Qiu Yu took control of Shen Fu and tried to claim his body, but a black substance inside Shen Fu attacked and destroyed Liang Qiu Yu’s primordial spirit.
• Jiang Taiyin chose to fly toward the sky and face the tribulation lightning, leaving Shen Fu to regain his awareness.
• Daosheng Continent cultivators summoned Wang Xu to present a sixth-tier Sea Pearl, but Wang Xu revealed it was a Heavenly Thunder Seed and detonated it among them.
• The Heavenly Thunder Seed failed to kill the Daosheng Continent cultivators, but a colossal turtle rose from the North Sea and its descending foot knocked their Hanging Cities from the sky.

The awakening of the North Sea Black Tortoise unleashed devastation and tribulation lightning, allowing the white-haired old man to kill City Lord Guang and avenge his family. As Spirit Transformation cultivators departed to confront the calamity, the Incense Dao seized the chance to attack Sen Kingdom, and Wang Ba prepared to respond.

• The North Sea Black Tortoise awoke, destroyed Hanging Cities, swallowed a fifth-tier divine beast, and drew down tribulation lightning that struck the surrounding cultivators.
• The white-haired old man grasped the meaning of the tortoise’s ancient patterns, condensed his blood Qi, killed City Lord Guang, and declared that he had avenged his mother and Wen Yin.
• Yao Wudi and Mu Lianxu chose to leave together, while Mu Lianxu gave Ice Daoist the final method from the Ice-Soul Deity-Transmutation Record.
• The Third-Rank Evil Gods learned that nearby Spirit Transformation cultivators were gone and sent Incense Dao forces to attack Sen Kingdom and unite Wind-Approaching Continent.
• Pang Xiu chose the Earth Immortal Dao and sank into Lesser Yang Mountain as Wei Rong and other cultivators rose to aid the effort to mend the heavens.
• Ma Shengxu told Wang Ba that Incense Dao cultivators had attacked Sen Kingdom, and Wang Ba agreed to handle the crisis.

Great Jin’s cultivators struggled against the Incense Dao forces and the Evil Gods, until Guan Ao arrived to cover their retreat. As the Stove God attacked Qu Zhongqiu, a young cultivator emerged from a Teleportation Array and killed him with a single blade strike, leaving everyone stunned by the arrival of the Chief Director.

• The Jackal-Head God ambushed and killed Liu with moonlight, prompting Great Jin’s cultivators to fight their way toward a retreat.
• Qu Zhongqiu arrived with reinforcements, and Guan Ao revealed himself, using Great Sun Divine Fire and a Dao Domain to hold off the Evil Gods.
• The Evil Gods attacked Guan Ao and the Great Jin cultivators while Qu Zhongqiu coordinated their withdrawal.
• The Stove God killed a Great Jin cultivator and then targeted Qu Zhongqiu, while the Jackal-Head God and Cloth-Sack God continued attacking the others.
• A Teleportation Array opened beside Qu Zhongqiu, and a young cultivator stepped through and killed the Stove God with a blade strike.
• Qu Zhongqiu, Guan Ao, Ling Weizi, Hu Zaixi, and the others recognized the newcomer as the Chief Director and Nephew-disciple Wang.

Wang Ba arrived on the battlefield, killed an Evil God, and used an illusion to capture the Incense Dao cultivators before facing the remaining Evil Gods. He revealed the Heavenfall blade and combined Five Elements Divine Abilities to kill the Cloth-Sack God, then turned his attention to the others.

• Wang Ba emerged from the Teleportation Array and stunned the Great Jin cultivators and Evil Gods by killing the Stove God with a single saber strike.
• Wang Ba unleashed an illusion that left the Incense Dao cultivators helpless, captured more than two hundred of them, and sent most of the Great Jin cultivators away through a Teleportation Array.
• Wang Ba told Ling Weizi, Hu Zaixi, Qu Zhongqiu, and Guan Ao to withdraw, but they stayed near the array while he approached the remaining Evil Gods.
• Wang Ba summoned his Fourth-Tier Law Treasure, Heavenfall, and merged Metal, Wood, Fire, Water, and Earth Divine Abilities into its blade.
• Wang Ba's five-colored slash killed the Cloth-Sack God, and he turned toward the remaining Evil Gods as another illusion began to envelop them.

Wang Ba drove the controlled evil gods through the sky’s cracks, confirmed that otherworldly monsters still threatened the Little Cang Realm, and received the damaged Yuyang Drum before returning toward the Myriad Phenomena Sect. He reunited with Shen Fu, who declined to come back with him, while events elsewhere revealed that the Primordial Demon Sect’s leader had survived and Fanming had escaped into a strange new predicament.

• Wang Ba forced several evil gods into the sky’s cracks, where he glimpsed monsters beyond the realm and discovered traces embedded in the Boundary Membrane.
• The damaged Yuyang Drum flew from a Dao Domain fragment into Wang Ba’s arms, and its True Spirit did not respond.
• Wang Ba praised Ji Lan, then reunited with Shen Fu and invited him to return to the Myriad Phenomena Sect, but Shen Fu declined and gave him a Jade Slip of cultivation methods.
• Shen Fu left alone, then heard the Primordial Demon Sect’s aged leader summon the sect’s disciples back and learned that the leader had survived.
• Fanming emerged from beneath a desert in a bird’s body, discovered that entering the sea turned it into a fish under Bing Yi’s control, and became interested in eating the chaos-colored matter from the sky’s cracks.

After the Myriad Phenomena Sect lost most of its leaders in the catastrophe, Jiying and the surviving cultivators appointed Qu Shentong as the tenth Sect Master and Wang Ba as Deputy Sect Master. As the sect began addressing the dangers facing Wind-Approaching Continent, Qu Shentong and Wang Ba went to meet Jiang Yi, who revealed her connection to a Myriad Phenomena Sect in the Cloud-Heaven Realm.

• At the memorial shrine, Jiying reported the sect's heavy losses and called for a new Sect Master; Xumi declined and supported choosing a Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Jiying proposed Wang Ba for Sect Master, but Wang Ba demurred, so Xumi suggested Qu Shentong, who accepted the position.
• Qu Shentong appointed Guan Ao, Ma Shengxu, and Lin Yi to lead the Three Halls, then named Wang Ba Deputy Sect Master.
• Wang Ba proposed reopening the Exquisite Ghost Market, investigating the Myriad Gods Kingdom, and gathering information before deciding how to respond to the Three Continents Cultivators and the sky rifts.
• Xumi explained to Jiying that he wanted to keep Wang Ba from drawing attention, while Qu Shentong told Wang Ba he had taken the Sect Master's position partly to shield him from burdensome duties.
• At the Myriad Phenomena Scripture Repository, Qu Shentong and Wang Ba met Jiang Yi, who introduced herself as a ninth-generation disciple of the Cloud-Heaven Realm's Myriad Phenomena Sect.

Jiang Yi explained the Little Cang Realm’s declining world rank and offered ways to restore it, then gave Qu Shentong a method for repairing the Heaven Rift. Wang Ba later entered the Myriad Gods Kingdom through his divine statue and discovered its halls were being carried across the sea on enormous ships.

• Jiang Yi revealed that she was a Void Refinement cultivator from the Cloud-Heaven Realm and described Chongyuan Patriarch’s rise to Tribulation Transcendence and his plans to help the Little Cang Realm’s cultivators.
• Jiang Yi explained that replenishing Primal Chaos Mother Qi might restore the Little Cang Realm, while refining a secret realm with many Dao Domains could create a small world able to support Spirit Transformation tribulations.
• Jiang Yi gave Qu Shentong the Wall-Joining Method, which could repair fissures in the realm’s boundary wall.
• Qu Shentong handed the Wall-Joining Method to Wang Ba and thanked him for taking on work in several small countries; Wang Ba reviewed sect reports before returning to Myriad Laws Peak.
• Wang Ba entered the Bead Secret Realm and sent his consciousness into the Myriad Gods Kingdom, where he found its divine halls aboard enormous ships crossing the sea.

Wang Ba spoke with the Mother God after reviving as the Yin God and accepted a mission to mend the sky’s rifts for incense contributions. Back in the Bead Secret Realm, he persuaded Qi Yan to postpone his planned Spirit Transformation tribulation by revealing that Qi Yan’s beast-taming skills were essential to a Sect plan for accommodating Spirit Transformation cultivators; then he received a message from Shen.

• Wang Ba learned that the Myriad Gods Kingdom was sailing toward the Emperor Pole Continent, and the Mother God tasked him with mending sky rifts to help restore the world’s rank.
• Wang Ba returned to his body after Mo Qi’s transmission warned that Qi Yan intended to face the Spirit Transformation Tribulation.
• Wang Ba showed Qi Yan the Chi Dragon and Five-Colored Divine Deer and relayed Du Wei’s message that taking Qi Yan as his disciple was what he regretted least.
• Qi Yan explained that he planned to test whether the world could still support Spirit Transformation and, if he failed, leave the Sect valuable experience.
• Wang Ba had Mo Qi swear secrecy and told Qi Yan that the Sect could construct a place for Spirit Transformation cultivators, a plan requiring Qi Yan’s beast-taming expertise.
• Wang Ba received a message from Shen through a Spirit Ear law artifact.

Wang Ba investigated Han Yanzi’s survival, the rampaging totem beasts, and worsening boundary cracks while the Myriad Phenomena Sect prepared for its future. The chapter ended with Wang Ba witnessing a Great Qian Confucian scholar suppress Incense Dao cultivators on the Emperor Pole Continent.

• Wang Ba told Qu Shentong, Jiying, and Xumi that Han Yanzi was alive, but they learned the Primordial Demon Sect’s restored protective formation made attacking him too risky.
• Wang Ba reported that World Eater totem beasts were ravaging the continents, then left his incarnation to attend the succession ceremony while he went to seal cracks near Li Kingdom.
• Wang Ba used the Wall-Joining Method to close the cracks, unaware that Fanming had entered the realm through one and returned to the fifth tier by consuming Primal Chaos Mother Qi.
• The Myriad Phenomena Sect completed its succession ceremony, and the Ice Daoist persuaded Qi Yan to investigate breeding fourth-tier spirit beasts with Dao Opportunity instead of attempting his tribulation.
• Wang Ba reached the Emperor Pole Continent and witnessed a Great Qian Confucian scholar use Haoran Qi, aided by crossbow bolts, to overwhelm attacking Incense Dao cultivators.

The Primordial Demon Sect’s Grand Supreme Elder assessed the upheaval in Great Jin and ordered Shen Fu to lead him to the Blood Qilin, while forbidding an attack on the Myriad Phenomena Sect. In Emperor Pole Continent, Wang Ba investigated the Confucian cultivation he had encountered and went to Mother God’s hall, where familiar voices recognized him.

• The Grand Supreme Elder rewarded Shen Fu for locating the Blood Qilin and questioned the Demon Sect cultivators about changes in Great Jin.
• After learning Wang Ba had become the Myriad Phenomena Sect’s Deputy Sect Master, the Grand Supreme Elder ordered the sect watched but not attacked.
• The Grand Supreme Elder heard that Wang Xu had killed a Nascent Soul Perfection cultivator and chose to investigate the Blood Qilin instead of pursuing him.
• Wang Ba recalled that the Great Confucians’ methods might combine Divine Patterns Ritual techniques with the divine soul, then heard Mother God order evil gods to flood a city.
• Mother God summoned Wang Ba to her hall to receive a method to veil the heavens, and he recognized that the enormous placenta there belonged to a God Lord-level being.
• Several familiar voices in Mother God’s hall recognized Wang Ba as the cultivator who had forced them beyond the Firmament.

Zhao Feng returned to the Myriad Phenomena Sect and learned that he had been named Heart Sword Peak's new peak master, while his sword-bearing disciple discovered that Wang Ba had become deputy sect master. In the Mother God's Divine Hall, Wang Ba defended his identity, learned that the Dragon Transformation Pool was hindering the Evil Gods, and received incense power that let him make part of his Yin God Bow real, prompting a dangerous new idea.

• Zhao Feng arrived at the Myriad Phenomena Sect and learned that Heart Sword Peak's former peak master had died and that Elder Xumi had appointed him as the replacement.
• Zhao Feng's sword-bearing disciple asked about Wang Ba and learned that his father had become the sect's deputy sect master, then followed Zhao Feng toward Great Harmony Palace.
• Wang Ba persuaded the Mother God that he was the true Yin God by presenting evidence of his work repairing the Firmament, and the Mother God punished the Jackal-Head God for accusing him.
• Wang Ba told the Mother God and War God that Han Yanzi had survived and threatened the deities, and he learned that the Dragon Transformation Pool strengthened Emperor Pole Continent's cultivators and restrained the Evil Gods.
• The Mother God taught Wang Ba the Heaven-Spanning Method and gave him incense power, which he refined into Yin Spirit Power to make half of his Yin God Bow's bowstring substantial.
• Wang Ba wondered whether he could use his power to overturn illusion and reality to create a set of Daoist Grounds.

Wang Ba tested whether Yin Spirit Power could turn Dao Intent into something real, then entered the Myriad Gods Kingdom to investigate the Dragon Transformation Pool and learned it contained the Great Qian Imperial Clan’s accumulated legacies and treasures. He left the chapter considering the unusual Confucian Dao cultivation method.

• Wang Ba used Yin Spirit Power to imitate a strand of Fire Art Dao Intent but failed to make it tangible, and considered studying the Mixed-Blood White Tiger for clues.
• Wang Ba received word that the Well God, River God, and Rain God had flooded Chongwen City and captured it without a fight.
• Wang Ba concealed his disgust at the destruction and agreed to accompany the Jackal-Head God and other gods to Chongwen City.
• Wang Ba helped clear the floodwaters and seized unconscious Confucian scholars while the other gods examined the city's mechanical crossbows.
• Wang Ba invaded a Confucian scholar's consciousness and learned that the Dragon Transformation Pool held the Great Qian Imperial Clan's legacies and treasures, and that the Confucian Dao cultivation method was unusual.

Wang Ba learned how Great Qian’s Confucian scholars and city defenses worked, then discovered that cultivators across the continent were benefiting from the Dragon Transformation Pool. He proposed diverting the Myriad Phenomena Sect’s attention toward Great Qian and infiltrating the sects, winning the Mother God’s approval.

• Wang Ba studied the Confucian scholars’ Haoran Qi and unfamiliar crossbow talisman patterns while the gods waited for scouts to report.
• Wang Ba watched the evil gods’ forces besiege and capture a city, then asked the Jackal-Head God to give him the defeated defender Wei Bai.
• Wang Ba possessed Wei Bai and learned that the Dragon Transformation Pool offered trials, inheritances, and rewards to cultivators at each realm.
• Wang Ba warned the Mother God that Myriad Phenomena Sect cultivators would soon investigate the gods’ presence and proposed steering them toward Great Qian’s cultivators while planting undercover agents.
• The Mother God accepted Wang Ba’s plan, and the other evil gods praised him.

Wang Ba learned about the Dragon Transformation Pool and urged Mother God to conceal the gods’ strength while Great Qian’s factions fought. He arranged for Myriad Phenomena Sect disciples to seek the pool’s rewards and ended by asking Qu Shentong to spread a secret rumor about hidden Void Refinement patriarchs.

• Sha Hui told Wang Ba that Great Qian’s cultivators had split into city-defending, sect, and Rogue Cultivator factions, and that Yang Que led the strongest faction while fighting the East Abyss Five Sects over the Dragon Transformation Pool.
• Mother God revealed that Great Qian cultivators had slain Well God, River God, and Rain God with mechanical crossbows near the Dragon Transformation Pool, and Wang Ba advised her to avoid provoking the factions and to build strength quietly.
• Wang Ba returned to the Myriad Phenomena Sect and persuaded Qu Shentong to send trusted disciples to the Dragon Transformation Pool, while warning that Ye Cangsheng’s remnant soul might still pose a danger.
• Qu Shentong reported that the Great Flood was receding, the Yuan Magnetism calamity was worsening, and Wang Xu’s True Martial Practitioners had driven out the Three Continents Cultivators in Great Yan.
• Wang Ba asked Qu Shentong to circulate a carefully limited rumor that the Myriad Phenomena Sect, the Longevity Sect, and the Wandering Immortal Temple each had a hidden Void Refinement patriarch.

Wang Ba reunited with Wang Yi'an and spent a rare day with his family before preparing for the Dragon Transformation Pool journey. He refined escape-dissolution markers and met Patriarch Yuyang's spirit, who revealed that Xun Fujun had sent him to Wang Ba because he might be able to repair his damaged true body.

• Qu Shentong agreed to requisition twenty-four pieces of fourth-tier spiritual material, then reviewed a report warning that the sect's Spirit Vein could perish within a hundred years unless the protective formation's power supply was changed.
• Wang Ba returned to Myriad Laws Peak and reunited with Wang Yi'an, who had come back from the West Sea Kingdom with Senior Brother Zhao.
• Wang Ba, Bu Chan, Wang Yi'an, and Wang Qingyang planted spirit plants and shared a family meal before Bu Chan voiced her fears about Wang Yi'an and Wang Qingyang going to Emperor Pole Continent for the Dragon Transformation Pool.
• Wang Ba used Er Ya's flames to shape fourth-tier spirit ore into command tokens and inscribed escape-dissolution Dao markers, sending ten to the Earthly Treasures Hall with instructions for Ma Shengxu.
• Wang Ba summoned Patriarch Yuyang's spirit from the damaged great drum and learned that Xun Fujun had told him Wang Ba might be able to repair his true body.
• Wang Ba suspected that Yin Spirit Power and the ability to refine the false into the true could explain how he might repair the Fifth Tier Law Treasure.

Wang Ba experimented with turning captured Incense Dao cultivators into Spirit Beasts to cultivate Dao Intent, then bid farewell to Zhao Feng and others as they departed for Emperor Pole Continent. There, the East Abyss Five Sects debated how to keep Yang Que from claiming the Dragon Transformation Pool’s inheritances, before learning that foreign cultivators had arrived and defeated their people.

• Wang Ba sheltered Patriarch Yuyang in his middle dantian and learned that Azure Nether and Shao Yangzi had gone to mend the heavens.
• Wang Ba extracted Dao Intent from captured Incense Dao cultivators, then rewrote their minds and placed their Divine Souls into Spirit Chickens and Spirit Turtles to test whether they could cultivate Dao Intent.
• Qi Yan collected Wang Ba’s Mixed-Blood White Tiger to investigate whether Divine Beast descendants inherited Dao Opportunity or Dao Domains through their bloodlines.
• Wang Ba hosted Zhao Feng and their companions for Spring and Autumn Intoxication, then gave Zhao Feng black Command Tokens before the group departed for Emperor Pole Continent.
• Mei Shan and the East Abyss Five Sects debated how to stop Yang Que from obtaining the Dragon Transformation Pool’s inheritances, then learned that cultivators from the Outer Continent had arrived and defeated their people.

Fanming escaped the Little Cang Realm, devoured cultivators, and fled after discovering a pink beast feeding on the Winged Serpent in the darkness. Meanwhile, Wang Ba began investigating Spirit Beast bloodlines and breeding a mutated Horned Snake, hoping to develop Divine Beast descendants.

• Fanming escaped the Winged Serpent through a crack, then fled the Little Cang Realm as Tribulation Lightning grew stronger.
• Fanming scattered cultivators with strange wind, swallowed those outside a damaged Dao Domain, and escaped through a crack near the Dragon Transformation Pool.
• Fanming later found the Winged Serpent being devoured by a small pink beast and fled; the beast settled into a broken crystal to sleep.
• Mei Shan, Ke Mo, Gate Master Tong, and the other Four Sects discussed waiting for overseas cultivators to emerge from the Dragon Transformation Pool and seizing their gains.
• Wang Ba examined 17,592 Spirit Beast species and identified a rare fourth-tier mutated Horned Snake with a black snake in its bloodline.
• Wang Ba gathered female snakes and other Spirit Beasts to pair with the male Horned Snake, considering whether Yin-Yang Creation Power could overcome species barriers.

Guan Ao and the Myriad Phenomena Sect disciples entered the Dragon Transformation Pool and learned from Dragon Transformation High Person about its perilous trials and powerful inheritances. As the disciples began climbing the Dragon Transformation Heavenly Dao, Zhao Feng gave Wang Yi'an his Command Token, while Wang Ba sought guidance on the Yin-Yang Creation Dao and Pang Xiu called for Senior Jiang.

• Guan Ao and the Myriad Phenomena Sect disciples encountered Dragon Transformation High Person, who explained the trials, rewards, and three Void Refinement inheritances on the Dragon Transformation Heavenly Dao.
• Dragon Transformation High Person warned the cultivators that failing a trial could mean death, and Guan Ao stayed behind with him while Zhao Feng led the others to the steps.
• Ji Yuan entered the trials and discovered that the mist isolated each climber from everyone outside, prompting Zhao Feng to warn the disciples to prioritize their safety.
• Zhao Feng returned Wang Yi'an's firebird Command Token, then climbed the steps ahead of him as Wang Yi'an followed.
• Wang Ba asked Pang Xiu for help mastering the Yin-Yang Creation Dao, and Pang Xiu called Senior Jiang out of the scripture repository.

Wang Ba studied the sect’s Yin-Yang records in hopes of comprehending its principle of creation, while Jiang Yi expected him to abandon the difficult path and focus on the Myriad Laws Dao. At the Dragon Transformation Pool, Zhao Feng crossed into the Spirit Transformation trials and claimed the Heavenly Saint Treasure Mirror, while Wang Ba ended the chapter by telling Pang Xiu he had brought the firewood Jiang Yi required.

• Jiang Yi warned Wang Ba that the creation aspect of Yin-Yang was difficult and required an external catalyst, then let Pang Xiu gather every sect record concerning Yin-Yang for him to study.
• Jiang Yi privately told Pang Xiu that she expected Wang Ba to give up after ten years, and promised to help him cultivate Yin-Yang Qi only if he somehow comprehended the Dao.
• Zhao Feng climbed the Dragon Transformation Pool’s stone steps, tempered his Sword Dao in battle, and reached the two-thousandth step after advancing during the trial.
• Zhao Feng stepped onto the two-thousand-and-first level despite his body cracking, then received the Heavenly Saint Treasure Mirror and vanished as news spread that an overseas cultivator had seized the inheritance.
• Wang Ba connected Yin-Yang to the origin of all living things through his studies and, when Pang Xiu appeared, said he had brought the firewood Jiang Yi wanted.
• Pang Xiu realized Wang Ba was claiming to have comprehended Yin-Yang and asked whether he had truly succeeded.