Chapter Summaries

Chen Qingyu learned the five conditions for entering the Third Divine Realm, the Divine Might Realm, from Great Emperor Kunyu’s jade slip. Quasi-Emperor Void King learned how difficult the conditions were and left in despair, while Chen Qingyu considered Quasi-Emperor Formless’s chances.

• Chen Qingyu received Great Emperor Kunyu’s information and learned that entering the Divine Might Realm required five conditions, including a Great Dao Crystal and heaven’s favor.
• Chen Qingyu realized he could meet the first three conditions but did not know how to obtain a Great Dao Crystal or heaven’s favor.
• Chen Qingyu warned Quasi-Emperor Void King that opening the iron box alone could have severely damaged his divine soul, then gave him the jade slip as promised.
• Quasi-Emperor Void King read the five conditions, despaired at their difficulty, and asked whether Chen Qingyu could fulfill them.
• Chen Qingyu said he could do what Great Emperor Kunyu had done, and Quasi-Emperor Void King returned the jade slip and left dejected.
• Chen Qingyu reflected that Quasi-Emperor Formless might have a better chance of entering the Divine Might Realm than Quasi-Emperor Void King.

Chen Qingyu sought information about the Great Dao Crystal and summoned Dongfang Jinglong, hoping to learn what the Dongfang Clan knew about Great Emperor Kunyu’s records. Meanwhile, Quasi-Emperor Void King broke through to the Realm of Creation, and Chen Qingyu left Dongfang Jinglong’s clan origins in question.

• Chen Qingyu recalled that the Great Dao Crystal was one of the remaining requirements for the Third Divine Realm and suspected the Dongfang Clan held confidential records about Great Emperor Kunyu’s discovery.
• Quasi-Emperor Void King broke through to the Realm of Creation, becoming Great Emperor Void King, and Chen Qingyu praised his decisiveness.
• Chen Qingyu ordered Great Emperor Hunyuan to bring Dongfang Jinglong to him.
• Great Emperor Hunyuan retrieved the imprisoned Dongfang Jinglong and delivered her to Chen Qingyu at Heavenward Palace.
• Chen Qingyu asked Dongfang Jinglong which branch of the former Kunyu Divine Dynasty’s imperial family her Dongfang Clan belonged to.

Chen Qingyu learned that Dongfang Jinglong belonged to the weakened direct line of the former Kunyu Divine Dynasty and demanded that she take him to her clan’s records of Great Emperor Kunyu. He left her on the Kunyu Continent while he returned to his homeland.

• Dongfang Jinglong explained that her clan had fractured over a million years and that she had risked everything to save it by retrieving the King of Creation and the Heart of Myriad Realms.
• Dongfang Jinglong confirmed that her clan still preserved Great Emperor Kunyu’s confidential records, which Chen Qingyu needed to reach the Third Divine Realm.
• Chen Qingyu ordered Dongfang Jinglong to take him to Parasol Tree Island and promised to spare her, refusing her demand to recover the King of Creation first.
• Chen Qingyu removed Dongfang Jinglong’s seals, instructed the other Emperor Venerables, and asked Emperor Venerable Ziyuan to send them out of the Divine Throne.
• Chen Qingyu left Dongfang Jinglong on the Kunyu Continent and stepped into the void to return to his homeland.

After three years away, Chen Qingyu returned to the Desolate Continent, where his family and the Ninth Ancestor welcomed him. The Yinshan Liu Clan remained withdrawn amid internal turmoil, and Chen Qingyu reunited with his newly ascended Quasi-Emperor sister, Chen Qingmeng.

• The Ninth Ancestor and Chen Zhengxing discussed the Yinshan Liu Clan's continued retreat and worried about Chen Qingyu, who had been gone for three years.
• The Myriad Stars Armillary Heaven Bell manifested across Central Heaven Prefecture, and Chen Qingyu emerged from a rift before the Floating Heavenly Palace.
• Chen Qingyu greeted the Ninth Ancestor and Chen Zhengxing, apologized for his long absence, and explained that he had been occupied with other matters.
• Chen Qingmeng rushed into Chen Qingyu's arms, told him she had become a Quasi-Emperor, and playfully claimed she could beat him.
• Chen Zhengxing said Chen Qingyu's mother and sister had been notified, and Chen Qingyu asked his father to cook a homecoming meal.

Chen Qingyu returned to the Desolate Continent, reunited with his family, and met with the continent’s leaders to discuss the Yinshan Liu Clan’s missing ancestor. He told Liu Tongyuan that Quasi-Emperor Canliu had died, leaving the clan facing an uncertain future.

• Chen Qingyu refused the visiting envoys and went to bring his mother, Ling Qiuxia, and elder sister, Ling Shuangxue, home.
• Chen Zhengxing prepared a family feast, and Chen Qingyu recounted some of his experiences and discussed the Chen Clan’s development plans.
• Chen Qingyu went to the Golden Hall and received the Saints from the sacred lands, the Emperor Yuan Palace, and Liu Tongyuan.
• Chen Qingyu dismissed the other Saints and told Liu Tongyuan that Quasi-Emperor Canliu had died on the Kunyu Continent.
• Liu Tongyuan grieved and feared that without their ancestor the Yinshan Liu Clan would decline or fall into internal conflict.

Chen Qingyu told Liu Tongyuan that he would protect the Yinshan Liu Clan and move all life on the Desolate Continent to the Kunyu Continent. He then set out to create a high-grade minor world for the migration while the Chen Clan elders began planning their expansion.

• Chen Qingyu assured Liu Tongyuan that the Yinshan Liu Clan would be supported on the Kunyu Continent, then sent him back to prepare.
• Chen Qingyu told the Chen Clan elders he would enclose the Desolate Continent, its coastal waters, and its inhabitants in a high-grade minor world and take it to the Kunyu Continent.
• Chen Qingyu revealed that his strength surpassed that of ordinary Emperor Venerables, astonishing the Ninth Ancestor, Chen Zhengxing, and the other elders.
• Chen Qingyu ordered the elders to notify the Emperor Yuan Palace and the Yinshan Liu Clan, but to wait to inform the holy lands and alliance academies until the migration was underway.
• Chen Qingyu entered the void to create the minor world, while the Ninth Ancestor and the other elders began planning the Chen Clan's development and relations with Kunyu's native powers.

Chen Qingyu created a vast higher minor realm in the void by using the Heart of Myriad Realms and his Divine Treasure. He anchored the realm to the Wanjie All-Heaven Seal, successfully gaining the ability to perceive it from afar.

• Chen Qingyu surveyed the void around the Desolate Continent and formed a seed from the Law of Space, the Myriad Calamity Divine Treasure, and the Heart of Myriad Realms.
• Chen Qingyu split the Chaos Qi into clear and turbid streams and expanded them into a higher minor realm over seven days.
• Chen Qingyu used a heavenly curtain to separate the expanding realm from the material world and stop it from anchoring itself to the Desolate Continent.
• Chen Qingyu continued expanding the realm until it reached billions of li across, then drove its spatial anchor into the Wanjie All-Heaven Seal.
• Chen Qingyu sensed his connection to the completed higher minor realm and confirmed that his plan had worked.

Chen Qingyu created a high-grade minor realm anchored to the Wanjie All-Heaven Seal and moved the entire Desolate Continent into it without its inhabitants noticing. After informing the Chen Clan elders, he learned that Emperor Yuan Palace supported the undertaking, while the Yinshan Liu Clan's response remained uncertain.

• Chen Qingyu anchored his empty high-grade minor realm to the Wanjie All-Heaven Seal and decided to move the Desolate Continent into it.
• Chen Qingyu used his power to pull the continent from the physical world and, after three days, completed its transfer along with its inhabitants and two existing minor realms.
• Chen Qingyu watched the surrounding stable void collapse as the Sea of Chaos rushed into the space left by the missing continent.
• Chen Qingyu sent an avatar to the Floating Heavenly Palace and told the Ninth Ancestor and the elders that the Desolate Continent now lay inside his high-grade minor realm.
• The Ninth Ancestor said Emperor Yuan Palace supported the undertaking, but the Yinshan Liu Clan's position was still uncertain.

Chen Qingyu moved the Desolate Continent and the Yinshan Liu Clan into his high-grade minor realm, then carried it through the Sea of Chaos toward the Kunyu Continent. After arriving, he prepared to open a permanent gate so the people could settle in their new home.

• Liu Tongyuan and the Yinshan Liu Clan's elders argued over whether to trust Chen Qingyu's migration plan, until they discovered they had been moved into a high-grade minor realm.
• Liu Tongyuan realized Chen Qingyu had become an Emperor Venerable and the clan's danger was resolved, so he and the elders accepted the plan.
• Liu Tongyuan later visited Chen Qingyu to give the Yinshan Liu Clan's reply, while Chen Qingyu's true body continued guiding the realm through the Sea of Chaos.
• After more than a month, Chen Qingyu's avatar announced that the realm had reached the Kunyu Continent and that he would establish a permanent gate between the realms.

After the Kunyu Divine Throne closed, Chen Qingyu learned that Emperor Venerable Qinglu, Emperor Venerable Baihua, and Emperor Venerable Ziyuan had stayed behind together. He then set out with Dongfang Jinglong for the Chuanming Dao Domain, where their crossing would depend on his power.

• Great Emperor Hunyuan told Chen Qingyu that the last Emperor Venerable had left Kunyu Continent and the Kunyu Divine Throne had vanished.
• Great Emperor Hunyuan explained that Emperor Venerable Qinglu and Emperor Venerable Baihua had stayed in the Divine Throne with Emperor Venerable Ziyuan, who was helping Qinglu extend her lifespan and pursue a breakthrough.
• Chen Qingyu entrusted the Chen Clan's affairs to the Ninth Ancestor, said goodbye to his family, and departed with Dongfang Jinglong.
• Dongfang Jinglong told Chen Qingyu that crossing Dao Domains required a destination beacon and Half-Step Heavenly Lord power, and that she had brought a Chuanming Dao Domain beacon but had exhausted Kunyu's power on her previous crossing.
• Dongfang Jinglong said she would have to rely on Chen Qingyu to get them back to the Chuanming Dao Domain.

Chen Qingyu and Dongfang Jinglong crossed from the Myriad Dharma Dao Domain into the Chuanming Dao Domain using a Dao beacon and the Heavenly Lord power of Danyang Ju. After arriving, Chen Qingyu sensed the new domain’s richer primordial Qi and found the surrounding sea nearly devoid of intelligent settlements.

• Chen Qingyu and Dongfang Jinglong reached the boundary of the Myriad Dharma Dao Domain, where Dongfang Jinglong explained that she would build a ritual formation and Dao beacon to cross domains.
• Dongfang Jinglong spent seven or eight days constructing a pyramid-shaped altar and explained that her Dao beacon had been refined from an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon fragment left by an Emperor Venerable of the Dongfang Clan.
• Chen Qingyu channeled Danyang Ju’s Heavenly Lord power into the altar, opening a breach through the barrier and carrying himself, Dongfang Jinglong, and the Dao beacon into the Chuanming Dao Domain.
• Chen Qingyu and Dongfang Jinglong emerged near the Boundless Sea, battered by the pressure of crossing between Dao Domains.
• Chen Qingyu sensed that the Chuanming Dao Domain had several times the primordial Qi of the Myriad Dharma Dao Domain, then wondered why the surrounding waters held few intelligent settlements.

Chen Qingyu agreed to accompany Dongfang Jinglong to Parasol Tree Island, where she hoped his reputation would help protect her declining clan. As the Dongfang Clan faced another challenge from local factions backed by a stronger power, its leaders waited anxiously for Jinglong to return with treasures from their ancestor’s Divine Throne.

• Dongfang Jinglong explained that the Dongfang Clan had lost nearly all its former territory in the Boundless Sea and asked Chen Qingyu to lend his presence to deter its enemies.
• Chen Qingyu dismissed Jinglong’s attempt to enlist him in the clan’s disputes, then agreed to travel with her to Parasol Tree Island.
• On Parasol Tree Island, a middle-aged man told the Dongfang Clan’s ancestor that the Zhou Clan and other groups were again demanding an explanation.
• The ancestor urged the man to wait for Jinglong, whose return with the King of Creation, the Heart of Myriad Realms, and other treasures could resolve the clan’s crisis.
• At the Dongfang Clan’s main hall, the Zhou Clan’s black-robed leader and allied Quasi-Emperors demanded that the Jade-Faced Emperor Venerable answer for the clan’s alleged mistreatment.
• Dongfang Lie and the Dongfang Clan elders held back their anger because the local challengers had the support of a faction the clan could not afford to antagonize.

Dongfang Lie confronted the Zhou Clan ancestor and the other Quasi-Emperors, but Great Emperor Linggan arrived and revealed Spirit Communication Island’s power over the declining Dongfang Clan. The Jade-Faced Emperor Venerable received him and asked how he proposed to resolve the dispute.

• Dongfang Lie lost patience with the Zhou Clan ancestor and threatened the group, prompting them to claim he was trying to silence them.
• Yang Zhengang of Spirit Communication Island announced his arrival outside Parasol Tree Island, alarming Dongfang Lie and the Dongfang Clan elders.
• The Jade-Faced Emperor Venerable opened the formations and invited Great Emperor Linggan into the main hall.
• Great Emperor Linggan appeared in the hall and greeted the Jade-Faced Emperor Venerable, who refused to discuss the matter elsewhere.
• Great Emperor Linggan blamed the Dongfang Clan while presenting himself as an impartial arbiter, and the Jade Face Lady asked how he wanted to resolve the dispute.

Great Emperor Linggan demanded that the Dongfang Clan either join Spirit Communication Island or surrender Parasol Tree Island, and the Jade-Faced Emperor Venerable agreed to leave the island to preserve her clan. The clan's despair turned to confidence when Dongfang Jinglong returned, leaving Great Emperor Linggan wary as he waited to learn what she had brought back.

• Great Emperor Linggan offered the Dongfang Clan alliance under his control or compensation in exchange for leaving Parasol Tree Island.
• The Jade-Faced Emperor Venerable refused to join Spirit Communication Island and agreed to move the clan away within a month, despite Dongfang Lie and the elders pleading with her.
• The Jade-Faced Emperor Venerable explained that preserving the clan mattered more than risking its destruction over Parasol Tree Island, and the clan elders accepted her decision with resentment.
• A deacon announced that Grand Elder Jinglong had returned, and the Jade-Faced Emperor Venerable ordered her escorted to the main hall.
• Dongfang Lie and the elders believed Dongfang Jinglong had brought back the King of Creation and other supreme treasures, while Great Emperor Linggan grew suspicious and stayed to see what she would reveal.

Chen Qingyu brought Dongfang Jinglong back to Parasol Tree Island after discovering Emperor Venerables watching it, where Great Emperor Linggan had already arrived to pressure her grandaunt. As they approached the main hall, Chen Qingyu and Linggan sensed each other, and Linggan realized Dongfang Jinglong had brought powerful outside help.

• Chen Qingyu learned from Dongfang Jinglong that the Chuanming Dao Domain had more than a thousand Emperor Venerables.
• Chen Qingyu discovered four Emperor Venerables hiding near Parasol Tree Island, and Dongfang Jinglong suspected they served Great Emperor Linggan.
• Chen Qingyu brought Dongfang Jinglong to the island, where the guards confirmed that Great Emperor Linggan was already inside.
• Dongfang Jinglong reunited with the clan stewards, who escorted her and Chen Qingyu toward the main hall.
• Chen Qingyu sensed Great Emperor Linggan's presence, and Linggan sensed Chen Qingyu and recognized him as dangerous outside help.

Dongfang Jinglong returned to Parasol Tree Island with Chen Qingyu, and the Jade-Faced Emperor Venerable feared she had failed to obtain the supreme treasures. When the black-robed elder recognized Chen Qingyu as Quasi-Emperor Taiyu, the hall’s fear gave way to reverence, and Great Emperor Linggan bowed to him.

• Dongfang Jinglong greeted the Jade-Faced Emperor Venerable, who worried that the Dongfang Clan was doomed because she could not sense the King of Creation or Heart of Myriad Realms.
• Chen Qingyu entered the hall, and the Jade-Faced Emperor Venerable hoped that the powerful stranger might help the Dongfang Clan.
• The black-robed elder recognized Chen Qingyu as Quasi-Emperor Taiyu and introduced himself as Zhou Mingyang of Sanhe Island's Zhou Clan.
• Chen Qingyu recalled his past dealings with the Zhou Clan, forgave Zhou Mingyang, and told him to rise.
• Dongfang Jinglong identified Chen Qingyu as the personal disciple of the master of the Supreme Star Palace, and Great Emperor Linggan bowed to him.

Chen Qingyu visited the Dongfang Clan to consult records about Great Emperor Kunyu’s attainment of the Third Divine Realm. He discovered that Kunyu had found the Great Dao Crystal in the ruins of a destroyed Dao Domain, a place connected to a contest between two Heavenly Lords.

• Chen Qingyu arrived on Parasol Tree Island, and Great Emperor Linggan and the others bowed to him.
• Great Emperor Linggan panicked over Chen Qingyu’s connection to the Dongfang Clan and considered how to resolve their feud.
• The Jade-Faced Emperor Venerable mistakenly imagined Chen Qingyu and Dongfang Jinglong were romantically involved before Jinglong explained their mutually beneficial relationship.
• The Jade-Faced Emperor Venerable retrieved Great Emperor Kunyu’s confidential records, and Chen Qingyu read them from a golden crystal jade.
• Chen Qingyu learned that Kunyu had obtained the Great Dao Crystal in the Land of the Ruins of Return, the remains of a Dao Domain destroyed amid a conflict between two Heavenly Lords.

Chen Qingyu learned that the waymark to the Land of the Ruins of Return had been seized by the Guangwang Sect and arranged to contact them through Great Emperor Linggan. He agreed to wait on Spirit Communication Island until the sect responded, intending to visit and borrow the Dongfang Clan’s waymark.

• Chen Qingyu returned the golden crystal jade to the Jade-Faced Emperor Venerable and asked for Great Emperor Kunyu’s waymark to the Land of the Ruins of Return.
• The Jade-Faced Emperor Venerable told Chen Qingyu that the Guangwang Sect had seized the waymark during turmoil in the Dongfang Clan hundreds of thousands of years earlier.
• Chen Qingyu dismissed Great Emperor Linggan’s apologies over his past misunderstanding with the Dongfang Clan and asked him to contact the Guangwang Sect.
• Great Emperor Linggan offered to use Chen Qingyu’s name to contact the Guangwang Sect, and Chen Qingyu authorized him to do so and announced he would visit to borrow the waymark.
• Chen Qingyu accepted Great Emperor Linggan’s offer to wait on Spirit Communication Island, which had a super teleportation array, and prepared to leave with the Jade-Faced Emperor Venerable and Dongfang Jinglong.

Chen Qingyu arrived at the Guangwang Sect to borrow the waymark to the Land of the Ruins of Return, prompting Sect Master Guangwang to prepare to welcome him. The sect master rebuked his disciple for resenting the decision and taught him that knowing his own limits was essential to survival and success.

• Great Emperor Linggan welcomed Chen Qingyu to Spirit Communication Island and arranged for him to travel to the Guangwang Sect.
• The news that the Supreme Star Palace's crown prince had arrived spread across the Southern Continent and the Boundless Sea.
• Sect Master Guangwang's disciple questioned why he would give Quasi-Emperor Taiyu the waymark to the Land of the Ruins of Return.
• Sect Master Guangwang scolded his disciple for disrespecting Chen Qingyu and explained that the waymark could help Chen Qingyu pursue the Third Divine Realm.
• Sect Master Guangwang revealed that he had once surrendered a Half-Step Heavenly Lord's legacy to earn a place in the Guangwang Sect, and that his grandmaster later returned the opportunity to him.
• Sect Master Guangwang called his disciple jealous and presumptuous, telling him to know his own limits.

Sect Master Guangwang coached his disciple to treat Chen Qingyu with extreme caution and seek his favor without demanding an exchange. When Chen Qingyu arrived at the Guangwang Sect, its sect master presented him with a damaged metal fragment that he recognized as a beacon.

• Sect Master Guangwang reprimanded his disciple for disrespecting Chen Qingyu and warned that the Guangwang Sect could not withstand his power.
• The disciple suggested sharing secrets about the Third Divine Realm, and Sect Master Guangwang advised him to please Chen Qingyu before raising the subject indirectly.
• Sect Master Guangwang told his disciple to accompany him in welcoming Chen Qingyu and learn from his conduct.
• After several days of travel and visits to other factions, Chen Qingyu arrived at the Guangwang Sect, where Sect Master Guangwang and dozens of Emperor Venerables welcomed him.
• Sect Master Guangwang offered Chen Qingyu a brocade box, and Chen Qingyu opened it to find a damaged metal fragment that he identified as a beacon.