Recaps

Chen Qingyu followed a bloodline-tracing Mystic Artifact to Seven Springs Mountain, where he realized Chen Qingjie’s disappearance might be connected to a plot against Saint King Chenliu’s remains. After his sword strike revealed the Sage Evolution Palace’s Heaven-Substituting Technique, he summoned the Ninth Ancestor and warned him that the remains might already have been stolen.

• Mr. Zhang’s Mystic Artifact led Chen Zhenghong, Chen Yuanhe, Chen Qingyu, and the others to Seven Springs Mountain, where it indicated Chen Qingjie was inside.
• Mr. Zhang said a powerful formation blocked him from entering, so Chen Zhenghong prepared to search the mountain with his relatives.
• Chen Qingyu realized Chen Qingjie may have been abducted because his bloodline allowed him to approach Saint King Chenliu’s tomb, and suspected the Sage Evolution Palace wanted the Saint King’s remains.
• Chen Qingyu struck Seven Springs Mountain with his Yang-Inscribed Dharma Sword, revealing the Cangliu Xie Clan’s Heaven-Substituting Technique.
• Chen Qingyu summoned the Ninth Ancestor and told him that the Sage Evolution Palace might already have stolen Saint King Chenliu’s remains.

The Ninth Ancestor broke the Sage Evolution Palace’s Heaven-Substituting Technique over Seven Springs Mountain and discovered that its agents had dug open Saint King Chenliu’s tomb. He and Chen Qingyu opened the coffin to find it empty, revealing that the Saint King’s remains had disappeared long before the recent raid.

• The Ninth Ancestor shattered the Heaven-Substituting Technique and exposed the Sage Evolution Palace’s image of the opened tomb and unconscious Stars Heavenly Army members.
• Chen Qingyu realized the Sage Evolution Palace had exploited the unguarded tomb to steal Saint King Chenliu’s remains, and warned that a Saint King-level Corpse Demon could threaten the continent.
• The Ninth Ancestor explained that he would have sensed any disturbance to the remains through the Myriad Stars Armillary Heaven Bell, so he believed the Sage Evolution Palace had not taken them.
• Chen Qingyu suggested opening the coffin, and the Ninth Ancestor agreed to check the remains despite the disrespect.
• The Ninth Ancestor opened the coffin and found an ordinary-looking woman inside, while the left side was empty; he and Chen Qingyu realized Saint King Chenliu’s remains had already vanished.

Chen Qingyu and the Ninth Ancestor discovered that Saint King Chenliu’s coffin was empty, but they could not determine who had taken his remains. Their discussion was interrupted when Emperor Yuan’s power froze the world and delivered Chen Qingyu an invitation to the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly.

• Chen Qingyu and the Ninth Ancestor opened Saint King Chenliu’s coffin and found it empty.
• Chen Qingyu and the Ninth Ancestor considered whether Saint King Chenliu had faked his death, someone had stolen his remains, or he had become a Corpse Demon, but the Ninth Ancestor ruled out each explanation.
• The Ninth Ancestor began to suggest another possibility, but the world turned gray and froze around Chen Qingyu and the Ninth Ancestor.
• A platinum invitation from Emperor Yuan’s palace appeared before Chen Qingyu, inviting him to the thirty-sixth Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly in the Saint Yuan Minor Realm within one month.
• Chen Qingyu accepted the invitation and realized that Emperor Yuan’s power had reached them without the Ninth Ancestor noticing.

After receiving an invitation to Emperor Yuan Palace’s Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly, Chen Qingyu prepared to leave the Central Capital and return to the Divine Capital. He promised Chen Yuanhe and the others that he would ask the Golden Hall to restore their main-lineage status, leaving them hopeful that their long-held wish would soon come true.

• Emperor Yuan Palace sent Chen Qingyu an invitation, and the Ninth Ancestor explained how it would let him enter the Saint Yuan Minor Realm.
• The Ninth Ancestor told Chen Qingyu to return to the Central Capital soon, hinting that time was running short before vanishing into the void.
• Chen Qingyu restored Saint King Chenliu’s tomb, kept the disappearance of the remains secret, and reunited the unconscious Chen Qingjie with his family.
• Chen Qingyu told Chen Yuanhe and the others that he would resign as inspecting envoy and attend the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly.
• Chen Qingyu promised to ask the Golden Hall to restore Chen Yuanhe and the others to the main lineage, then said farewell and asked them to handle his resignation.

Chen Qingyu returned to the Divine Capital and learned from the Ninth Ancestor that Emperor Yuan was nearing the end of his lifespan. The Ninth Ancestor warned that his death could unleash continent-wide war, as the powerful Emperor Yuan Palace might no longer remain aloof.

• Chen Qingyu left the Central Capital and returned to the Divine Capital, leaving local affairs to the city lord.
• Chen Qingyu asked the Ninth Ancestor to let his relatives in the Central Capital regain their status in the main lineage, and the Ninth Ancestor approved.
• The Ninth Ancestor told Chen Qingyu that Emperor Yuan was about to die after living for thirty thousand years.
• The Ninth Ancestor explained that Emperor Yuan's death would remove a powerful deterrent and could trigger war across the Desolate Continent.
• The Ninth Ancestor described the Emperor Yuan Palace's enormous strength, including nine surviving direct disciples in the Extreme Transformation Realm, three of them at Saint King level.

The Ninth Ancestor explained to Chen Qingyu that Emperor Yuan’s death could trigger a war that reshaped the Desolate Continent, because Emperor Yuan Palace’s power had kept the holy lands and other races in check. He revealed that Emperor Yuan had only a few to perhaps a dozen years left, and left Chen Qingyu with the hope that he would become a pillar of the Chen Clan before the era ended.

• The Ninth Ancestor told Chen Qingyu that Emperor Yuan Palace would likely seek greater power on the Desolate Continent once Emperor Yuan could no longer restrain it.
• The Ninth Ancestor explained that Emperor Yuan Palace’s existence had prevented war between the human holy lands and the other races after the Divine Capital calamity.
• The Ninth Ancestor revealed that Emperor Yuan possessed several Quasi-Emperor-level treasures and that the holy lands’ control of the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror was weakened by the Great Void Primal Spirit’s reincarnation and Sage Evolution Palace’s stolen authority.
• The Ninth Ancestor warned Chen Qingyu that Emperor Yuan’s death could lead to the destruction or submission of the holy lands and a new era of rule by Emperor Yuan Palace.
• The Ninth Ancestor said Emperor Yuan would likely die within a few to a dozen years and expressed confidence that Chen Qingyu could become a pillar of the Chen Clan before then.

The Ninth Ancestor warned Chen Qingyu that the Emperor Yuan Palace might be secretly allied with the Sage Evolution Palace and involved in stealing Saint King Chenliu’s remains. He sent Chen Qingyu to the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly with three covert missions, as the assembly became a potential battleground between powerful factions.

• The Ninth Ancestor explained that Emperor Yuan’s disciples organized the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly and might have used the Emperor Yuan Palace’s power to steal Saint King Chenliu’s remains.
• Chen Qingyu and the Ninth Ancestor suspected the Emperor Yuan Palace had secretly supported or even created the Sage Evolution Palace.
• The Ninth Ancestor told Chen Qingyu that the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly would represent a contest between two great camps, and that Chen Qingyu would bear responsibility for the Chen Clan and humanity.
• The Ninth Ancestor tasked Chen Qingyu with discovering Emperor Yuan’s true whereabouts, investigating the relationship between the two palaces, and locating Saint King Chenliu’s remains.

Chen Qingyu prepared to attend the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly in the Saint Yuan Minor Realm, where he would secretly investigate Emperor Yuan Palace and attempt three major tasks. He departed with three Chen Clan cousins, with the Ninth Ancestor’s emergency talisman and Chen Yaoguang’s orders entrusting their safety and decisions to him.

• The Ninth Ancestor gave Chen Qingyu a source talisman from the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror and promised to break into the Saint Yuan Minor Realm if Chen Qingyu faced danger.
• Chen Qingyu spent half a month cultivating as news of the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly spread and prodigies from across the Desolate Continent prepared to attend.
• Chen Yaoguang gathered Chen Qinghan, Chen Qinglu, and Chen Qingjue with Chen Qingyu, then ordered them to follow Chen Qingyu’s decisions during the journey.
• Chen Qingyu and his three cousins activated their invitation talismans and entered the gate of light to the Saint Yuan Minor Realm.

Chen Qingyu brought Chen Qinghan, Chen Qinglu, and Chen Qingjue through the Saint Yuan Minor Realm toward Emperor Yuan Palace, observing its unusual rules and mixed-race communities along the way. After several hours of flight, they reached the vast plain before the palace complex.

• Chen Qingyu and the others entered the Saint Yuan Minor Realm and followed their invitations toward Emperor Yuan Palace.
• Chen Qingyu carried his three cousins in his Ziwei Star True Gang after realizing their different cultivation levels made their flight too slow.
• Chen Qingyu discovered that the minor realm restricted flight speed to roughly that of a newly advanced Divine Treasure Realm cultivator.
• The group saw humans and other races living together throughout the realm, and Chen Qingyu noticed that mixed-blood children’s lineages seemed to coexist without interfering with each other.
• After flying for several hours, Chen Qingyu and the others reached a vast plain and spotted the immense palace complex of Emperor Yuan Palace in the distance.

Chen Qingyu and his three cousins arrived at the Emperor Yuan Palace to attend the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly and were shown to the human prodigies’ quarters. After settling in, Chen Qingyu prepared to use his system to check in.

• Chen Qingyu brought Chen Qinghan, Chen Qinglu, and Chen Qingjue to the Emperor Yuan Palace and presented their invitations at the entrance.
• A white-robed attendant recognized Chen Qingyu as Chen Shaojun and escorted the four into the palace complex.
• Chen Qingyu learned that five prodigies from the Myriad Phenomena Holy Land had arrived the day before and that human and nonhuman guests were housed separately.
• The attendant led the four to their quarters, and Chen Qingyu advised his cousins to stay in their palaces and tell him if they encountered trouble.
• Chen Qingyu entered his palace, sat in the cultivation chamber, and called on his system to check in.

Chen Qingyu gained the Heavenly Emperor’s divine ability, Words Become Law, and tested its power and limits in the Saint Yuan Minor Realm. A wounded Chang Ziqiu of the Myriad Phenomena Holy Land arrived to visit him and asked to speak inside.

• Chen Qingyu received Words Become Law as his first check-in reward at Emperor Yuan Palace.
• Chen Qingyu used the ability to fill his cultivation chamber with light and found that it consumed far more True Gang than producing light normally.
• Chen Qingyu tried to remove the Saint Yuan Minor Realm’s flight-speed restriction, but Emperor Yuan’s rules resisted him and caused a slight backlash.
• Chen Qingyu reflected on how the Heavenly Emperor’s powers might relate to the Dao of Myriad Calamities before Chang Ziqiu called from outside the palace.
• Chen Qingyu met the injured Chang Ziqiu, who asked to discuss his visit inside the hall.

Chen Qingyu learned from the injured Chang Ziqiu that Emperor Yuan would not preside over the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly, and that Emperor Yuan Palace's prodigies had overwhelmingly defeated the visiting challengers. The chapter left Chen Qingyu facing the possibility that Emperor Yuan Palace's true successors were stronger still.

• Chen Qingyu welcomed Chang Ziqiu into the palace, where Chang used a treasure to shield their conversation from eavesdroppers.
• Chang Ziqiu told Chen Qingyu that Emperor Yuan had not appeared for a hundred years and that his eldest disciple would preside over the assembly.
• Chang Ziqiu explained that Emperor Yuan Palace's prodigies had challenged the visiting youths the previous night and crushed them all.
• Chang Ziqiu revealed that the prodigies who defeated them were only external disciples, while Emperor Yuan Palace's direct successors were stronger.

Chang Ziqiu explained that the Saint Yuan Minor Realm’s open academy system and Emperor Yuan’s Yuan-Seizing Method produced prodigies with foundations beyond the Desolate Continent’s limits. He warned Chen Qingyu that the coming Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly would pit the Desolate Continent’s prodigies against those from within the Saint Yuan Minor Realm.

• Chang Ziqiu told Chen Qingyu that the Saint Yuan Minor Realm made cultivation arts widely available and selected talented cultivators through successive rounds of competition.
• Chang Ziqiu explained that Emperor Yuan’s True Scripture of Ten Thousand Yuan, Life-Seizing and Void-Crossing contained the Yuan-Seizing Method, which could break the strongest foundation’s shackles.
• Chang Ziqiu said that only a tiny fraction of the Emperor Yuan Palace’s people became direct disciples, and that just a dozen or so cultivators had reached the Divine Shore Realm in thirty thousand years.
• Chang Ziqiu warned Chen Qingyu that the Emperor Yuan Palace’s prodigies would join the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly, making it a contest between the Desolate Continent’s cultivators and those of the Saint Yuan Minor Realm.

Chen Qingyu explained to Chang Ziqiu that Emperor Yuan Palace had arranged for its disciples to challenge outsiders and reveal the Saint Yuan Minor Realm’s cultivation system as part of a plan to weaken and divide the Desolate Continent’s holy lands. He warned that the pressure would intensify at the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly and that Emperor Yuan Palace would later seek support across the continent.

• Chang Ziqiu told Chen Qingyu that the externally taught disciples had treated him courteously but seemed to look down on outsiders.
• Chen Qingyu reasoned that Emperor Yuan Palace’s upper echelons had authorized the challenges to display their strength and undermine the holy lands’ confidence.
• Chen Qingyu explained that revealing the Saint Yuan Minor Realm’s cultivation system could tempt outsiders to abandon their own inheritances and split the holy lands from within.
• Chang Ziqiu admitted that he had considered switching to Emperor Yuan’s True Scripture of Ten Thousand Origins, Life-Seizing and Void-Traversing after losing to a disciple.
• Chen Qingyu predicted that Emperor Yuan Palace would pressure more prodigies, then seek influence across the Desolate Continent after the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly.

Chen Qingyu explained that the Emperor Yuan Palace planned to use the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly to display its strength and win support, and Chang Ziqiu hoped Chen could delay that plan by defeating its talents. Meanwhile, Emperor Yuan Palace disciples were ordered not to provoke Chen Shaojun because they feared they could not defeat him.

• Chang Ziqiu realized the Emperor Yuan Palace's plan could divide the holy lands and draw the people of the Desolate Continent to its side.
• Chen Qingyu said he could not stop the Palace's open stratagem, but winning at the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly could delay it by preserving the holy lands' reputation.
• Chang Ziqiu said Chen Qingyu was their only hope against the Palace's origin-seizing method.
• Chen Qingyu recognized that the Emperor Yuan Palace would target him and said he looked forward to seeing its methods.
• An Emperor Yuan Palace woman told the gathered disciples that their superiors had ordered them not to provoke Chen Shaojun because his strength surpassed theirs.

Chen Qingyu obtained the Heavenly Emperor's divine ability Mastery over All Things at the Emperor Yuan Palace and began learning to use it. As prodigies from many holy lands arrived for the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly, he reunited with old acquaintances and learned that the Spirit Clan Royal Court had come too.

• A woman ordered her disciples to avoid provoking Chen Qingyu and anyone close to him, while Chen Qingyu warned Chen Qinghan and the others to report any challenges to him.
• Chen Qingyu checked in at the Emperor Yuan Palace and obtained the Heavenly Emperor's divine ability Mastery over All Things.
• Chen Qingyu realized he could use Mastery over All Things to seize control of opponents' weapons, artifacts, and abilities, and considered combining it with his Heavenly Calamity.
• Prodigies from many holy lands and races arrived at the Emperor Yuan Palace for the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly.
• Chen Qingyu reunited with Wu Su'e, Ke Zhenhai, and Wang Pojun, then learned that the Spirit Clan Royal Court's group had arrived.

Chen Qingyu learned that the Spirit Clan Royal Court had arrived at Emperor Yuan Palace and planned to visit his elder sister, while warning Wu Su'e and the others that Emperor Yuan Palace's disciples were defeating the nonhuman prodigies. The chapter ended with Ling Shuangxue's protective barrier shattering as she faced a powerful Emperor Yuan Palace disciple.

• Wu Su'e told Chen Qingyu that the Spirit Clan Royal Court had arrived at Emperor Yuan Palace over two hours earlier.
• Chen Qingyu explained Chang Ziqiu's information and reasoned that Emperor Yuan Palace was unlikely to challenge him or his companions before the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly, though other holy lands might be targeted.
• Wu Su'e, Ke Zhenhai, and Wang Pojun left after discussing the danger to the other holy lands.
• Chen Qingyu asked a white-robed attendant to guide him to the nonhuman races' lodgings so he could reunite with his elder sister.
• Emperor Yuan Palace's externally taught disciples defeated prodigies from the Crystal Clan, Demon Race, Dragon Race, and other holy lands, leaving Ling Shuangxue as the Spirit Race's last contender.
• A white-robed Emperor Yuan Palace disciple struck Ling Shuangxue's pale green protective barrier with a white wheel of light, shattering it.

Chen Qingyu arrived as Ling Shuangxue was about to be struck down, froze her Emperor Yuan Palace attacker, and helped heal her. After declaring that he would answer for the injury to his older sister, he confronted the Emperor Yuan Palace disciples, and one challenged him to fight.

• Ling Shuangxue's barrier broke, and the white-robed Emperor Yuan Palace disciple sent his white wheel of light at her as she struggled to defend herself.
• Chen Qingyu shouted for the disciple to stop, then froze him and his attack before catching Ling Shuangxue and healing her with Drawing Out Primordial Yang.
• Ling Shuangxue recognized Chen Qingyu, and the watching prodigies were shocked to learn that she was his older sister.
• Chen Qingyu rebuked the frozen disciple for injuring Ling Shuangxue and confronted the Emperor Yuan Palace disciples who protested his insults.
• An Emperor Yuan Palace disciple stepped forward and challenged Chen Qingyu to fight.

Chen Qingyu demanded that Emperor Yuan Palace's disciples apologize to his elder sister, then used the Word Spirit Art to force a powerful disciple to kneel. When Senior Brother Li challenged him, Chen Qingyu attacked first with the Heaven-Collapsing Finger.

• Chen Qingyu rejected the bald, white-robed disciple's challenge and demanded that Emperor Yuan Palace's disciples kneel and apologize to his elder sister or be beaten into doing so.
• The bald, white-robed disciple attacked with his strongest Divine Ability, but Chen Qingyu commanded him to kneel and forced him down despite his resistance.
• The externally taught disciples were stunned and afraid to intervene until Senior Brother Li arrived and identified Chen Qingyu's power as the Word Spirit Art.
• Senior Brother Li challenged Chen Qingyu, confident in his peak Heavenly Impulse Realm cultivation and status as vice president of the Seven Origins Association.
• Chen Qingyu accepted Senior Brother Li's offer to strike first and flicked a finger, unleashing the Heaven-Collapsing Finger.

Chen Qingyu defeated the blood-eyed young man and forced dozens of Emperor Yuan Palace’s externally instructed disciples to kneel, then reunited with Ling Shuangxue. He suspected Emperor Yuan Palace’s factions had targeted his sister to test him, and waited for their elders to answer for the attack.

• Chen Qingyu shattered the blood-eyed young man’s nine blood-colored gates with the Heaven-Collapsing Finger and knocked him unconscious.
• Chen Qingyu used Mastery over All Things to suppress forty or fifty Emperor Yuan Palace disciples and force them to their knees until their elders arrived.
• Chen Qingyu left with Ling Shuangxue, while the watching nonhuman sacred land prodigies dispersed in fear of Emperor Yuan Palace’s response.
• Chen Qingyu and Ling Shuangxue caught up in her palace, where she worried that Emperor Yuan Palace’s higher-ups would retaliate.
• Chen Qingyu told Ling Shuangxue that the disciples’ attack might have been a deliberate test by one faction within Emperor Yuan Palace, which knew she was his sister.

Chen Qingyu reassured Ling Shuangxue that Emperor Yuan Palace’s leaders would apologize and contain the incident, while the Seven Origins Association debated how to respond to Chen Shaojun’s defeat of its disciples. A duty officer from Three Origins Hall arrived to meet Chen Qingyu, leaving the kneeling disciples uncertain about whether the palace would punish him.

• Chen Qingyu told Ling Shuangxue that Emperor Yuan Palace’s leaders had likely allowed the confrontation and would punish the disciples and apologize.
• News of Chen Shaojun’s victory spread through Emperor Yuan Palace, and the Seven Origins Association leaders decided to wait for their superiors rather than challenge him.
• The kneeling disciples hoped Emperor Yuan Palace would rescue them and punish Chen Shaojun.
• A Divine Treasure Realm duty officer from Three Origins Hall arrived and politely asked to see Shaojun of the Chen Clan.
• Chen Qingyu and Ling Shuangxue welcomed the duty officer into the palace, while the kneeling disciples wondered why he had not come to demand an accounting.

Chen Qingyu accepted Emperor Yuan Palace’s apology gift for Ling Shuangxue after she was nearly injured by its externally taught disciples. He then asked about meeting Emperor Yuan and learned that the assembly’s winner might not be granted an audience, though he was allowed to tour most of the palace.

• A white-robed duty officer explained that the three Saint Kings offered Ling Shuangxue an apology gift, and Chen Qingyu accepted the Three Origins Spirit Serenity Pill on her behalf.
• Chen Qingyu gave the pill to Ling Shuangxue, explaining that he had already taken a Thirteen Golden Grain Pill and would gain no benefit from it.
• The duty officer realized Chen Qingyu had taken a Thirteen Golden Grain Pill and privately recognized the value of that intelligence.
• Chen Qingyu asked how he could meet Emperor Yuan, but the duty officer said Emperor Yuan had not received visitors for a hundred years and would not preside over the assembly.
• Chen Qingyu learned that his chance to enter the Dragon Gate and meet Emperor Yuan was uncertain, then secured permission to tour most of Emperor Yuan Palace before the assembly.

After Emperor Yuan Palace compensated Chen Qingyu for the clash with its external disciples, he explained to Ling Shuangxue that the palace’s leaders cared more about studying him than their disciples’ reputations. The next morning, his third check-in at Emperor Yuan Palace granted him the Heavenly Emperor’s authority, [Heaven and Earth, I Alone], leaving him with power over the laws of heaven and earth.

• Chen Qingyu released the external disciples from his divine ability after accepting Emperor Yuan Palace’s compensation, and the white-robed cultivator dismissed them before departing.
• Chen Qingyu told Ling Shuangxue that Emperor Yuan Palace’s three Saint Kings viewed him as their true opponent and would sacrifice their disciples’ standing to prepare for the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly.
• Chen Qingyu reassured Ling Shuangxue that he could handle Emperor Yuan Palace’s prodigies, then spent several hours touring the palace with her before they returned to their lodgings.
• News of the confrontation spread through Emperor Yuan Palace and the human holy lands, and their prodigies felt relieved that the external disciples were unlikely to challenge them.
• Chen Qingyu completed his third check-in at Emperor Yuan Palace and received the Heavenly Emperor’s power of authority, [Heaven and Earth, I Alone].
• Chen Qingyu’s consciousness rose above heaven and earth, where he gained the ability to control the laws governing fate, space, time, matter, and all living things.

Chen Qingyu obtained the Heavenly Emperor's authority, Heaven and Earth, I Alone, and learned that his next sign-in location was Zhongliang Kingdom Capital. He tested the power's ability to break and rewrite laws, then recognized its immense cost and the limits imposed by his cultivation.

• The system announced that Emperor Yuan Palace's rewards were exhausted and unlocked the seventh sign-in location, Zhongliang Kingdom Capital.
• Chen Qingyu wondered whether Zhongliang Kingdom lay in the Land of Myriad Kingdoms and decided to investigate after leaving the Saint Yuan Minor Realm.
• Chen Qingyu used Heaven and Earth, I Alone to break the movement-speed law within ten zhang of himself.
• Chen Qingyu changed the law governing flame, making fire flow like water before restoring it to its normal state.
• Chen Qingyu realized that using the authority consumed most of his True Gang and that his absolute domain's size depended on his cultivation.

Chen Qingyu struggled to evolve the Heavenly Emperor’s authority-based divine abilities into calamities before the Divine Ability Realm, while searching the Emperor Yuan Palace for clues about Saint King Chenliu’s remains and the Sage Evolution Palace. With the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly only two days away, he had found no clues and his cultivation deductions had stalled.

• Chen Qingyu decided that turning the Heavenly Emperor’s powers into calamities could strengthen his innate divine ability, and began deducing how to do it without the Martial Practice Hall’s time acceleration.
• Chen Qingyu cultivated in seclusion and spent four hours each day searching the Emperor Yuan Palace, but after more than ten days he found neither a solution nor any trace of the Sage Evolution Palace or Saint King Chenliu’s remains.
• Externally instructed disciples feasted aboard a pleasure boat and hoped Chen Shaojun would lose face at the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly.
• When Chen Qingyu arrived at the lake, the externally instructed disciples recognized him and quickly fled.
• Chen Qingyu concluded that the evidence about the stolen remains might be hidden in the residences of direct-line successors or higher-ups, while his deductions remained stalled with the assembly two days away.