Chapter Summaries

Chu Tiannan accepted the long-avoided Heavenly Phoenix Valley trial despite warnings about its danger, then traveled to Phoenix Star to begin the mission. The planet’s administrators welcomed him as a vast crowd of natives waited below.

• A staff member warned Chu Tiannan that the Heavenly Phoenix Valley trial had defeated even Cosmic Venerables, but Chu Tiannan kept his choice.
• Onlookers discussed Chu Tiannan’s strength and wondered why he had accepted the supreme-level mission.
• The staff member processed the mission and gave Chu Tiannan a device he could crush to summon a rescue.
• As Chu Tiannan studied the valley’s information, he felt an inexplicable and growing attraction to it.
• Chu Tiannan teleported to Phoenix Star, where its administrators greeted him and invited him to follow them.

Chu Tiannan entered the Heavenly Phoenix Valley Trial carrying a Highness Token that made him a target for Phoenix Star’s natives. As he vanished into the trial, an officiant reminded the waiting candidates that their purpose was to seek the Phoenix God’s recognition.

• Phoenix Star’s administrator explained that anyone who seized Chu Tiannan’s red Highness Token could enter the Virtual World Group for training, drawing greedy and envious attention from the natives.
• Chu Tiannan assessed the crowd and his combat strength, then decided he could not afford to face the many challengers head-on.
• The administrator opened the trial gates and told Chu Tiannan to survive; Chu Tiannan entered using Teleportation.
• The natives lamented that Chu Tiannan could Teleport, while an officiant urged them to complete the trial rather than hope to take his token.
• The chapter described how Phoenix Star’s people believed the Heavenly Phoenix Valley Trial could earn the Phoenix God’s recognition.

Chu Tiannan entered Heavenly Phoenix Valley and discovered that the violent currents stirred something within him. He waited for three local experts to approach, then greeted them and said he had questions for them.

• Chu Tiannan entered the core area of Heavenly Phoenix Valley and sensed an unsettling stirring within his body.
• Chu Tiannan asked Asila to scan the area and learned that several Invincible Emperor-level figures were approaching through other entrances.
• Three blue-robed figures searched for Chu Tiannan, whose signal had disappeared from their detector.
• The three found Chu Tiannan meditating as the violent currents flowed around him without disturbing him.
• Chu Tiannan opened his eyes and told the three he had something to ask them.

Chu Tiannan searched Heavenly Phoenix Valley for a way into its core, hoping to complete the hidden mission and obtain a Phoenix God Stone. After Feng Tuhuang attacked him, Chu Tiannan revealed his Cosmic Venerable power and trapped the three locals, leaving Feng Tuhuang answering his questions.

• Chu Tiannan asked the three locals how to enter Heavenly Phoenix Valley’s innermost core, where he hoped to find a Phoenix God Stone for the hidden mission.
• Feng Tuhuang mocked Chu Tiannan and attacked him with clubs, believing him to be only an Invincible Emperor.
• Chu Tiannan blocked the attack with a chaos vortex that sealed the surrounding space and trapped all three locals.
• Feng Tuhuang realized Chu Tiannan was a Cosmic Venerable and identified himself as a member of the Central Phoenix Tribe.
• Feng Tuhuang explained that the tribe’s intelligence had led him to challenge Chu Tiannan, then cooperated to avoid provoking him further.

Chu Tiannan sought a way into the heart of Heavenly Phoenix Valley and learned that only Lady Phoenix God could grant access. He drove away the natives trying to take his red token and continued looking for a way into the core area.

• Chu Tiannan learned from Feng Tuhuang that no one could approach the heart of Heavenly Phoenix Valley unless Lady Phoenix God allowed it, then let Feng Tuhuang and his companions leave.
• Feng Tuhuang warned others that Chu Tiannan possessed the strength of a Cosmic Venerable, while Chu Tiannan reflected on the Thousand Star River's abilities.
• Chu Tiannan set off toward the center of Heavenly Phoenix Valley, where Phoenix Star natives repeatedly attacked him to seize his red token.
• Chu Tiannan blasted back the attackers with Heavenly Dao Rasengan and warned the surrounding natives not to provoke him.
• The natives fled in fear, leaving Chu Tiannan free to consider how to enter the core area.

Chu Tiannan was ambushed in a spatially sealed gorge by Supreme Chiming, a Cosmic Supreme from the Underworld Clan possessing a Phoenix Star native. After being knocked back by Chiming’s Nether Dao Power, Chu Tiannan refused to back down and attacked.

• Chu Tiannan drew the Chaos Sword and blocked a sudden purple sword strike.
• Chu Tiannan realized the gorge had been sealed by spatial confinement, preventing the battle’s disturbance from reaching outside.
• Supreme Chiming revealed that he had possessed a Phoenix Star native and had come to kill Chu Tiannan on behalf of the Underworld Clan.
• Supreme Chiming overwhelmed Chu Tiannan with Nether Dao Power and sent him crashing into the spatial barrier.
• Chu Tiannan recognized Supreme Chiming as a Cosmic Supreme and charged at him, declaring that he would still fight.

Chu Tiannan and Supreme Chiming fought while Chu Tiannan tried to outlast the possession. The Mingdao Clone intervened with the Mingdao Sword and struck Supreme Chiming, leaving him screaming as Nether Dao Power overwhelmed him.

• Supreme Chiming drove Chu Tiannan back with a powerful sword strike.
• Chu Tiannan drew Supreme Chiming's attention while the Mingdao Clone controlled over a hundred Chaos Sins to attack him.
• Mingdao Chu Tiannan combined the Chaos Sins with Nether Dao Power to form a purple longsword.
• Supreme Chiming recognized the Mingdao Sword and reacted with horror, believing it had been destroyed long ago.
• Mingdao pressed the Mingdao Sword against Supreme Chiming's forehead, unleashing Nether Dao Power and making him scream.

Mingdao drove Supreme Chiming’s consciousness out of the native youth, ending the possession without killing the youth. As Supreme Chiming vowed to try again, a woodland path appeared before Chu Tiannan in the Heavenly Phoenix Valley Trial.

• Mingdao forced Supreme Chiming out of the native youth, and the youth collapsed unconscious.
• Chu Tiannan confirmed that the youth was alive, while Mingdao reflected on Supreme Chiming’s strength and final words.
• Supreme Chiming was thrown back inside the black tower and cursed the loss of his possession puppet.
• Supreme Chiming vowed that Chu Tiannan and Mingdao would not be so lucky next time.
• Chu Tiannan noticed a woodland trail had appeared in the previously pathless valley.

Chu Tiannan became trapped in a mysterious passage in Heavenly Phoenix Valley and discovered a peaceful lakeside cottage. A graceful woman appeared and he asked her where he could obtain the Phoenix God Stone.

• Chu Tiannan entered a narrow path after finding that the cliff had opened into a passage.
• The path sealed behind him, and he discovered that he could neither teleport nor fly out; Mingdao realized Chu Tiannan had vanished.
• Chu Tiannan walked through the passage and emerged beside a beautiful lake with a cottage on an island.
• Chu Tiannan approached the cottage and heard a graceful woman say that the place had finally been found after six million eras.
• Chu Tiannan apologized for intruding and asked the woman where he could obtain the Phoenix God Stone.

Chu Tiannan met a woman in a long dress who identified him as the Child of Prophecy and recognized the Floating World Pearl he carried. After learning that the Chaos Lord had fallen, she embraced Chu Tiannan and promised to protect him.

• Chu Tiannan asked the woman in teal where to obtain the Phoenix God Stone, but she called him the Child of Prophecy foretold by the Chaos Lord.
• The woman said Chu Tiannan could not have entered Heavenly Phoenix Valley without the Floating World Pearl, and the pearl flew to her when he released it.
• Chu Tiannan said the Five Emperors City Lord had given him the pearl and revealed that the Chaos Lord had fallen.
• The woman asked whether an Underworld Clan member had attacked the Chaos Lord, and Chu Tiannan explained that his master had been gravely injured and could not be revived.
• The woman drew Chu Tiannan into her arms and promised that no one would bully him again.

Chu Tiannan learned that the woman who had comforted him was Phoenix Heaven Lord, his master's wife, and she revealed she had been waiting for him for six million epochs. She brought him into a Chaos Starry Sky time-acceleration world, where his teacher appeared and noted that Chu Tiannan had entered the Chaos Universe Stele.

• Phoenix Heaven Lord embraced Chu Tiannan and promised that no one would bully or harm him while she was there.
• Phoenix Heaven Lord introduced herself as Chu Tiannan's master's wife, Phoenix Heaven Lord, and said she had been waiting for him for six million epochs.
• Phoenix Heaven Lord led Chu Tiannan into a wooden house and opened it to reveal a Chaos Starry Sky time-acceleration world.
• Phoenix Heaven Lord called Chu Tiannan's teacher out, and a white-robed figure appeared and praised him for entering the Chaos Universe Stele.

The Chaos Lord explained that Chaos and Mingdao were originally one and began guiding Chu Tiannan toward the Law of Chaos’s second profound mystery, Mingdao Zangetsuha. Chu Tiannan started the comprehension while the Phoenix Heaven Lord protected him, leaving him to awaken under the Chaos Lord’s guidance.

• The Chaos Lord greeted Chu Tiannan inside the Chaos Universe Stele and led him deeper into the starry sky to receive something.
• The Chaos Lord explained that he could not pass on everything at once and said he would help Chu Tiannan open the second profound mystery of the Law of Chaos, Mingdao Zangetsuha.
• The Chaos Lord revealed that Chaos and Mingdao were originally one and that separating them had led to his own tragedy.
• Chu Tiannan sat down and began contacting the second profound mystery as the Chaos Lord told him to guard his mind.
• The Phoenix Heaven Lord activated her Phoenix Domain to protect the area while Chu Tiannan began his comprehension.

Chu Tiannan relived the scene of his failed attempt to advance from Demon Dragon Sovereign to Demon Dragon Great Sage, while enduring Mingdao's power in the Chaos Starry Sky. He heard that people had plotted against him, and the memory ended with him barely alive after the tribulation.

• The Chaos Lord urged Chu Tiannan to guard against his inner demon as Mingdao's power poured into him.
• Chu Tiannan revisited Demon Dragon Canyon and recognized the moment of his past breakthrough attempt.
• He watched his enormous dragon form endure and shatter the silver lightning of the tribulation.
• Chu Tiannan heard two familiar voices plan to stop the Lord of Ten Thousand Realms from becoming a Great Sage to protect the Holy Dragon Great Emperor's position.
• After the tribulation clouds vanished, Chu Tiannan saw his Demon Dragon Sovereign body lying on the ground, barely alive.

Chu Tiannan witnessed the memory of his past self surviving the cloud tribulation and becoming a Demon Dragon Great Sage, only to be betrayed and killed by a silver divine dragon. The vision ended with the silver dragon biting into the dying Demon Dragon Sovereign’s neck.

• Chu Tiannan saw his past self survive the cloud tribulation and realize he had become a Demon Dragon Great Sage.
• Unseen voices lamented that the Demon Dragon Sovereign had survived and decided they had no choice but to let her go.
• A radiant silver divine dragon descended, and the weakened Demon Dragon Sovereign looked at her with delight.
• The silver divine dragon roared and annihilated Demon Dragon Canyon with her power.
• The Demon Dragon Sovereign was pierced by the divine light and looked at the silver dragon in confusion and resentment.
• The silver divine dragon bit into the Demon Dragon Sovereign’s neck as tears filled his eyes.

Chu Tiannan relived the moment his past self was killed and realized someone had targeted him after his breakthrough. As thoughts of revenge stirred his heart demon, he fought the encroaching darkness with Mingdao’s power and the Mingdao Sword.

• Chu Tiannan saw his past self die and realized someone had killed him after his breakthrough.
• Chu Tiannan’s desire for revenge stirred his inner world and nearly caused him to turn dark, but the Chaos Lord called him back to himself.
• Chu Tiannan recognized the darkness as his heart demon and struggled to resist it with his chaos current.
• Mingdao urged Chu Tiannan to use his power, and Chu Tiannan joined the mingdao current with his chaos current to push back the darkness.
• Chu Tiannan drew the Mingdao Sword and slashed, sending a purple-lit black hole sweeping through the darkness.

Chu Tiannan mastered the second profundity of the Law of Chaos, Mingdao Zangetsuha, after clearing the darkness from his inner world. The Chaos Lord explained its power and burden, but admitted he did not know the final profundity.

• Chu Tiannan unleashed Mingdao Zangetsuha in his inner world and devoured the darkness, restoring light.
• The Chaos Lord praised Chu Tiannan for mastering the second profundity in only a hundred thousand years.
• Chu Tiannan asked what Mingdao Zangetsuha did, and the Chaos Lord said it could sever or devour everything and was his strongest combat art.
• The Chaos Lord warned that using Mingdao Zangetsuha placed a burden on Chu Tiannan and advised him not to use it too often.
• Chu Tiannan asked about the final profundity of chaos, and the Chaos Lord admitted he had not comprehended it.

Chu Tiannan completed the second profound mystery of chaos, and the Chaos Lord revealed that mastering the third required reaching the cosmic throne. The Chaos Lord then reunited with the Phoenix Heaven Lord and told her he was about to take the final step and had come to say goodbye.

• The Chaos Lord explained to Chu Tiannan that the third profound mystery of chaos required reaching the cosmic throne.
• Chu Tiannan reflected that he had spent a hundred thousand years comprehending Mingdao Zangetsuha, though only a quarter of an hour had passed outside the Chaos Starry Sky.
• The Chaos Lord appeared behind the Phoenix Heaven Lord and apologized for lying to her about his fate.
• The Phoenix Heaven Lord accused the Chaos Lord of hiding the truth that he had already fallen, and he let her vent while holding her.
• The Chaos Lord promised not to lie to her again and said he was about to take the final step, so he had come to say goodbye.

The Chaos Lord told the Phoenix Heaven Lord that he had to sacrifice himself to help Chu Tiannan complete the final fusion of chaos. After an emotional farewell, he and the Phoenix Heaven Lord prepared to begin Chu Tiannan’s final step.

• The Phoenix Heaven Lord panicked when the Chaos Lord said farewell, and he confessed that he loved her and that their agreement was fulfilled.
• The Chaos Lord explained that, as the previous Chaos Throne had sacrificed himself for the next Chaos to be born, he now had to help Chu Tiannan complete the final fusion of chaos.
• The Phoenix Heaven Lord asked why the Chaos Lord had chosen her over another woman, and he told her it was because she understood him best.
• The Chaos Lord promised he might be resurrected someday, and the Phoenix Heaven Lord accepted his farewell.
• Chu Tiannan stood before the Chaos Lord and the Phoenix Heaven Lord, and the Chaos Lord announced that they were about to begin his final gift.

The Chaos Lord transferred the core of Chaos to Chu Tiannan, who absorbed its power while meditating. The Chaos Lord dissipated completely, leaving Chu Tiannan alone in the cabin as the ritual continued.

• Chu Tiannan began meditating as the Chaos Lord prepared to pass on his power.
• The Phoenix Heaven Lord sealed the island and guarded the cabin while the ritual began.
• The Chaos Lord sent the laws of Chaos and Nether Dao Power into Chu Tiannan, whose forehead mark devoured them.
• The Chaos Lord explained that he was giving Chu Tiannan the core of Chaos and hoped he would rebuild the Chaos Cosmic Nation.
• The Chaos Lord thought a final farewell to the Phoenix Heaven Lord and disintegrated into starlight.
• Chu Tiannan continued absorbing the law ripples, unaware he was alone in the cabin.

Chu Tiannan gathered with Luo'er, Alita, Bo Jue, Cailing, Abu Luodi, and Wu in the virtual world after receiving a notice about Heavenly Ladder Team ranking battles. He revealed that he was nearing the cosmic venerable threshold and expected to rival a cosmic supreme after breaking through.

• Chu Tiannan read the ranking battle notice and learned that higher team ranks brought greater battle merit rewards.
• Luo'er, Alita, and Bo Jue arrived, and Chu Tiannan joked with Luo'er about missing her.
• Cailing arrived with Abu Luodi and Wu and asked whether Chu Tiannan had been in seclusion for over ten thousand years.
• Chu Tiannan confirmed he had been in seclusion and realized more than ten thousand years had passed.
• Chu Tiannan told the group he had begun sensing the cosmic venerable threshold and expected to rival a cosmic supreme after breaking through.