Chapter Summaries

Chen Qingyu accepted the Guangwang Sect’s beacon to the Land of the Ruins of Return and learned why the sect had never used it. Sect Master Guangwang secured Chen’s guidance for his disciple’s pursuit of the Third Divine Realm, then asked to follow Chen into the Endless Battlefield someday.

• Sect Master Guangwang gave Chen Qingyu the beacon to the Land of the Ruins of Return as a first-meeting gift.
• At the banquet, Sect Master Guangwang explained that the Land of the Ruins of Return was perilous and that the Guangwang Sect had never risked losing its only beacon.
• Sect Master Guangwang revealed that his disciple lacked the requirements to reach the Third Divine Realm, so Chen Qingyu gave him a jade slip containing the necessary information.
• Sect Master Guangwang asked Chen Qingyu to let him follow along when Chen eventually entered the Endless Battlefield.

Sect Master Guangwang decided to accompany Chen Qingyu to the Endless Battlefield, while his disciple learned how difficult the requirements for reaching the Third Divine Realm were. Chen Qingyu continued cultivating at the Guangwang Sect headquarters, approaching a breakthrough to the seventh heaven of the Extreme Transformation Realm.

• Sect Master Guangwang announced that he would follow Chen Qingyu to the Endless Battlefield, and Chen Qingyu accepted his offer.
• After the banquet, Sect Master Guangwang gave his disciple the jade slip listing the five requirements for attaining the Third Divine Realm and warned him that his talent might not be enough.
• Sect Master Guangwang said he would risk another journey to the Endless Battlefield, while leaving his disciple to decide whether to pursue the Third Divine Realm.
• Chen Qingyu refined the power of the Heart of Myriad Realms and reached the limit of the sixth heaven of the Extreme Transformation Realm.

After breaking through to the Seventh Heaven of the Extreme Transformation Realm, Chen Qingyu left the Guangwang Sect and used a vast realm-breaking altar to cross more than a hundred Dao Domains at once. He emerged injured but quickly healed, then cautiously looked around the Land of the Ruins of Return.

• Chen Qingyu broke through to the Seventh Heaven of the Extreme Transformation Realm but failed to raise his laws to the late Emperor Venerable level.
• Chen Qingyu sensed a Guangwang Sect disciple ascending to the Realm of Creation and compared the decision to Void King's.
• Chen Qingyu left the Guangwang Sect and traveled to the edge of the Chuanming Dao Domain with help from major powers' super teleportation arrays.
• Chen Qingyu built a ten-thousand-zhang realm-breaking altar and used the beacon to open a passage toward the distant Land of the Ruins of Return.
• Chen Qingyu endured the dangerous crossing of over a hundred Dao Domains and emerged with injuries.
• Chen Qingyu healed himself and examined his surroundings, confirming that he had reached the Land of the Ruins of Return.

Chen Qingyu entered the ruined Land of the Ruins of Return, where remnant Dao chaos made exploration perilous and Great Dao Crystals might be found. He discovered that his Calamity of Dividing the Spirit could let him probe the chaos safely and set off north to search.

• Chen Qingyu surveyed the gray-black Dao Domain and saw a ruined sun hanging above it.
• Chen Qingyu recognized the drifting currents as remnant Dao chaos and recalled Great Emperor Kunyu's warning about its dangers.
• Chen Qingyu learned from Kunyu's records that only the chaos bearing traces of the two Heavenly Lords' battle could produce Great Dao Crystals, but its old location had shifted.
• Chen Qingyu realized that his Calamity of Dividing the Spirit might let him explore with divine sense without provoking the chaos.
• Chen Qingyu probed more than three thousand patches of remnant Dao chaos within a million li, then flew north to continue searching.

After months of searching the Land of the Ruins of Return, Chen Qingyu found a Remnant Dao Chaos surrounded by thousands of explorers who were waiting for someone to condense a Great Dao Crystal. A prince of the Celestial Person Clan recognized Chen Qingyu as Supreme Star Venerable’s personal disciple, drawing everyone’s attention to him.

• Chen Qingyu explored the Land of the Ruins of Return for over three months but found no trace of the Remnant Dao Chaos he sought.
• Chen Qingyu discovered a small Remnant Dao Chaos ringed by thousands of Quasi-Emperors and Emperor Venerables, then flew over to investigate.
• Two young men emerged from the Remnant Dao Chaos, and the explorers lamented that neither had condensed a Great Dao Crystal.
• The boy called the gathered explorers scavenging hyenas, then recognized Chen Qingyu as Quasi-Emperor Taiyu.
• The boy introduced himself as a prince and heir of the Celestial Person Clan, explaining that Chen Qingyu’s apprenticeship to Supreme Star Venerable had made him famous.
• The explorers and the tall young man reacted with surprise when they learned Chen Qingyu was Supreme Star Venerable’s personal disciple.

Chen Qingyu arrived at the Remnant Dao Chaos and met two other contenders for the Great Dao Crystal: the Celestial Person Clan's little prince and Jin Zhengyuan, a disciple of Heavenly Lord Donglong's school. After resting, the three entered the chaos together, where Chen Qingyu found himself surrounded by dazzling beauty and deadly danger.

• Chen Qingyu recognized the Celestial Person Clan's little prince and learned that Jin Zhengyuan served under Heavenly Lord Donglong's ninth disciple.
• Chen Qingyu settled beside the Remnant Dao Chaos in a larger open space than the other two, while the little prince and Jin Zhengyuan privately acknowledged him as a rival.
• The little prince worried that he was at a disadvantage against Chen Qingyu and Jin Zhengyuan, who had a higher standing and more experience.
• After resting for a day, Chen Qingyu, the little prince, and Jin Zhengyuan entered the Remnant Dao Chaos to seek the Great Dao Crystal.
• Chen Qingyu emerged into a dazzling, nebula-like spectacle and sensed that its hidden dangers could kill him.

Chen Qingyu followed the little prince and Jin Zhengyuan to the blue-and-gold Heavenly Lord powers, where they were trying to draw out the invisible Great Dao Crystal. After observing their failed attempts, he realized they were using their laws as bait and prepared to try fishing for it himself.

• Chen Qingyu spotted the little prince and Jin Zhengyuan flying toward the intertwined Heavenly Lord powers and followed them.
• Chen Qingyu saw many law-infused treasures but decided not to risk collecting them before the Great Dao Crystal was taken.
• The little prince and Jin Zhengyuan extended threads of their laws into the flowing Qi, searching for the formless Great Dao Crystal.
• Chen Qingyu watched them struggle for an hour and realized the threads were bait meant to lure out the crystal.
• The little prince asked Chen Qingyu to try, and Chen Qingyu stepped forward, saying he would give fishing a try.

Chen Qingyu used his superior strength and control of the Dao of Myriad Calamities to search the blue-gold current, attracting a Great Dao Crystal on his first attempt. The little prince and Jin Zhengyuan grew jealous and moved to disrupt his attempt and steal the crystal.

• Chen Qingyu formed a thread of law and discovered that resisting the current’s pressure required great strength.
• Chen Qingyu easily controlled his thread and swept through the current, astonishing the little prince and Jin Zhengyuan.
• A Great Dao Crystal appeared and playfully circled Chen Qingyu’s thread as he tried to catch it.
• Jin Zhengyuan and the little prince became jealous and sent their own threads into the current to disrupt Chen Qingyu and seize the crystal.

Chen Qingyu defeated the little prince and Jin Zhengyuan in a clash of laws and claimed the Great Dao Crystal, which transformed to match his Dao of Myriad Calamities. After he left, the other competitors rushed into the Remnant Dao Chaos and began fighting over its supreme treasures.

• The little prince and Jin Zhengyuan tried to join forces against Chen Qingyu, but he shattered their threads of law and forced them to give up.
• Chen Qingyu drew the Great Dao Crystal to his thread of law, transformed it into a Crystal of Wanjie, and absorbed it into his body.
• Jin Zhengyuan and the little prince congratulated Chen Qingyu and apologized for their attempt to interfere.
• Chen Qingyu used the Heavenly Lord power left by Danyang Ju to leave the Remnant Dao Chaos.
• Thousands of Quasi-Emperors and Emperor Venerables entered the Remnant Dao Chaos, and a bloody battle over its treasures began.

Chen Qingyu returned to Wanxing Ancestral Land and asked Danyang Ju to refine the Heart of Myriad Realms so he could advance toward the Third Divine Realm. As the Heart melted, Chen Qingyu rapidly reached the Quasi-Emperor level and began climbing the Path of Ultimate Sublimation, aiming to reach the Emperor Venerable Peak.

• Chen Qingyu returned to Star Rainbow Palace and visited his master, Danyang Ju, in the Hall of Ten Thousand Stars.
• Chen Qingyu told Danyang Ju that he had gained the secrets of attaining the Third Divine Realm and asked him to refine the Heart of Myriad Realms.
• Danyang Ju agreed, explaining that Chen Qingyu did not need to seek the Favor of Heaven's Will because it would come once he fulfilled the other four conditions.
• Danyang Ju began melting the Heart of Myriad Realms, and Chen Qingyu's cultivation surged to the Extreme Transformation Realm Ninth Heaven as his laws advanced to the Late Emperor Venerable level.
• Chen Qingyu entered the Quasi-Emperor level, transformed his Myriad Calamities Divine Treasure into an Inner Heaven and Earth, and began absorbing the Heart's power to strengthen his Dao Path.
• Seeing that Chen Qingyu could grasp the Path of Ultimate Sublimation, Danyang Ju let him advance on his own, and Chen Qingyu set out to reach the Ninth Heavenly Stair and Emperor Venerable Peak.

Chen Qingyu used the Heart of Myriad Realms to reach the peak of Quasi-Emperor, then fulfilled the conditions to enter the Third Divine Realm and attained the Divine Might Realm. Heaven’s will revealed that a Final Calamity threatened the world and that only a Heavenly Lord could learn how to survive it, leaving Chen Qingyu determined to become one.

• Chen Qingyu rapidly ascended to the ninth heavenly step but remained just short of Emperor Venerable Peak.
• The Great Dao Crystal emerged from Chen Qingyu, and the fulfilled conditions triggered heaven’s will to appear before him.
• Chen Qingyu recovered his memories of attaining Selflessness of the Dao Origin and learned that a Final Calamity was coming and that only a Heavenly Lord could find a way to avoid it.
• Chen Qingyu entered the Divine Might Realm, transforming his Dao Path into Divine Power and bringing his laws under perfect control.
• Danyang Ju congratulated Chen Qingyu on reaching the Third Divine Realm and told him no obstacle could now stand between him and becoming a Heavenly Lord.

Chen Qingyu learned from Danyang Ju about the Endless Battlefield’s chance to grant a path toward becoming a Heavenly Lord, then prepared to enter it. Before leaving, he asked Li He to protect his vulnerable lineage on the Kunyu Continent.

• Danyang Ju warned Chen Qingyu not to reveal the secret of the final calamity and explained that the Endless Battlefield’s blessing gave half-step Heavenly Lords a strong chance, but no guarantee, of reaching the Realm of Heaven-Reaching.
• Danyang Ju revealed that he had entered the Endless Battlefield without receiving its blessing and attained the Realm of Heaven-Reaching through his own strength.
• Chen Qingyu returned the Star-Breaking Heavenly Pearl to Li He and confirmed he was preparing to enter the Endless Battlefield.
• Li He told Chen Qingyu that previous disciples had failed there and wished for him and his sixth senior brother to reach the Realm of Heaven-Reaching.
• Chen Qingyu asked Li He to watch over his lineage on the Kunyu Continent while he was away.

Chen Qingyu secured Li He's promise to protect the Chen Clan before leaving for the Endless Battlefield, then visited the Guangwang Sect to set out with Sect Master Guangwang. The sect elders learned that their protection plan was the Nine-Direction Destruction Divine Cauldron, a Half-Step Heavenly Lord-level Mystic Artifact.

• Li He promised to send Emperor Venerables to secretly protect the Chen Clan, and Chen Qingyu departed the Wanxing Ancestral Land for the Endless Battlefield.
• Sect Master Guangwang's elders pressed him to reveal how he planned to protect the Guangwang Sect after his departure.
• Chen Qingyu arrived at the Guangwang Sect, and Sect Master Guangwang recognized that he had reached the Third Divine Realm and Peak Emperor Venerable strength.
• Chen Qingyu told Sect Master Guangwang he planned to break through to Emperor Venerable after entering the Endless Battlefield.
• Sect Master Guangwang confirmed he was ready to leave and revealed the Nine-Direction Destruction Divine Cauldron as the sect's hidden reserve.

Sect Master Guangwang revealed the damaged Nine-Direction Destruction Divine Cauldron and entrusted it to the grand elder before leaving with Chen Qingyu for the Endless Battlefield. They arrived at a vast metal fortress, where Sect Master Guangwang explained that they had been assigned to the Heavenly Stem Alliance and began to warn Chen Qingyu that the two alliances were not equal in practice.

• Sect Master Guangwang told the elders that the Nine-Direction Destruction Divine Cauldron was a damaged half-step Heavenly Lord-grade artifact he had obtained in his youth, and that it could not let the sect dominate the Dao Domain.
• Sect Master Guangwang entrusted the cauldron to the grand elder to guard the sect after his departure, then set off with Chen Qingyu.
• Chen Qingyu and Sect Master Guangwang linked their presences and accepted the Endless Battlefield’s summons, vanishing from the sky.
• Chen Qingyu arrived at a huge silver-gray fortress beneath twelve suns and sensed how solid the realm’s space and laws were.
• Sect Master Guangwang explained that Emperor Venerables were randomly assigned to either the Heavenly Stem Alliance or the Earthly Branch Alliance, then said their assignment to the Heavenly Stem Alliance was bad luck.

Chen Qingyu and Sect Master Guangwang traveled to the Heavenly Stem Alliance’s headquarters to obtain their Heavenly Lord Talisman Edicts. There, Guangwang learned that the Earthly Branch Alliance had a decisive advantage, leaving the Heavenly Stem Alliance in crisis.

• Sect Master Guangwang explained that the Endless Battlefield’s allocation mechanism sent newcomers to the weaker alliance, and that day and night lengths reflected the balance of power.
• Guangwang warned Chen Qingyu that crossing the battlefield to join the Earthly Branch Alliance was too dangerous, so they headed for the Heavenly Stem Alliance headquarters.
• Chen Qingyu learned that tens of thousands of Peak Emperor Venerables had fought in the Endless Battlefield.
• Guangwang reunited with an old burly comrade at headquarters and asked about the battlefield’s current state.
• Guangwang discovered that daytime lasted only nine two-hour periods and nighttime fifteen, showing the Earthly Branch Alliance’s overwhelming advantage.
• Guangwang explained that a Half-Step Heavenly Lord had been assigned to the Earthly Branch Alliance while one of the Heavenly Stem Alliance’s Half-Step Heavenly Lords departed, upsetting the balance.

Chen Qingyu joined the Heavenly Stem Alliance under the alias Great Emperor Wanjie and received a Heavenly Lord Talisman Edict. After Sect Master Guangwang left to gather intelligence, Chen Qingyu settled into his new residence and prepared to sign in with his system.

• Sect Master Guangwang warned Chen Qingyu to conceal his identity to avoid making him and his Half-Step Heavenly Lord senior brother targets of the Earthly Branch Alliance, so Chen Qingyu chose the title Great Emperor Wanjie.
• Chen Qingyu and Sect Master Guangwang entered the alliance’s fortress tower, where twelve Heavenly Lord statues granted each of them a Heavenly Lord Talisman Edict.
• Sect Master Guangwang explained that the talisman proved their membership and had special functions, then took Chen Qingyu to claim two neighboring halls as their residences.
• Sect Master Guangwang left to consult old friends about the alliance’s grim situation, while Chen Qingyu entered his hall, sat down, and called on his system to sign in.

Chen Qingyu received the Flowers Bloom in an Instant divine ability at the Endless Battlefield and considered how it could strengthen his mastery of time. Sect Master Guangwang then warned him that the Heavenly Stem Alliance was nearing a forced final battle, leaving Chen Qingyu to face a deadly crisis that he also saw as an opportunity.

• Chen Qingyu checked in at the Endless Battlefield and obtained Flowers Bloom in an Instant, a divine ability that accelerated time.
• Chen Qingyu realized the ability could help him wield the Law of Time more fully and considered whether future rewards would grant more Heavenly Gang Transformations.
• Sect Master Guangwang told Chen Qingyu that the Heavenly Stem Alliance had suffered crushing defeats and was approaching the limit-breaking point.
• Sect Master Guangwang explained that reaching the limit-breaking point would force a final battle, where the losing alliance would lose its accumulated merits and rewards.
• Sect Master Guangwang revealed that the Earthly Branch Alliance had seven Half-Step Heavenly Lords against the Heavenly Stem Alliance's four, and that the exit routes were sealed.
• Chen Qingyu accepted the danger of the final battle and said it could bring great opportunities if they seized them.

Chen Qingyu waited in the Endless Battlefield and used two daily check-ins to gain a time-reversing divine ability and Zhu Jiuyin’s Ancestral Witch talent. His power grew as Pangu’s True Body reached one-third completeness, while he prepared to develop the Calamity of Time and await deployment.

• Sect Master Guangwang told Chen Qingyu that the Heavenly Stem Alliance had sealed the exits and required Emperor Venerables to await compulsory missions.
• Chen Qingyu secluded himself in the fortress and checked in at the Endless Battlefield, obtaining the Heavenly Gang Transformation Reverse the Wind and Return the Fire.
• Chen Qingyu studied the new ability and considered combining it with his other time powers to develop the Calamity of Time.
• At his next check-in, Chen Qingyu obtained the Body of Zhu Jiuyin, Ancestral Witch of Time.
• Chen Qingyu’s Pangu’s True Body reached one-third completeness, and he resolved to develop the Calamity of Time and advance toward Emperor Venerable Limit strength.

After completing the Calamity of Time, Chen Qingyu broke through to the realm of creation and considered which laws to abandon so he could advance toward half-step heavenly lord. He went to the Heavenly Stem Alliance headquarters to look for treasures that could speed his progress.

• Chen Qingyu learned that the Endless Battlefield sign-in rewards were exhausted and that the Heavenly God Palace had become his next sign-in location.
• After three days of deduction, Chen Qingyu completed Calamity of Time and broke through to the realm of creation while suppressing the breakthrough phenomena.
• Chen Qingyu decided to abandon his weaker laws and focus on upper-tier laws, aiming to reach half-step heavenly lord sooner.
• Chen Qingyu visited the Heavenly Stem Alliance headquarters and examined the treasures available for exchange with merit points.
• Chen Qingyu reviewed the alliance’s merit tiers, which determined when emperor venerables could return to the Three Thousand Dao Domains.

Chen Qingyu inspected the Merit Exchange List and found that the Heart of Myriad Realms cost more merit than he could afford. A mandatory order then summoned him and hundreds of others to reinforce the Mount Taishi battlefield, leaving Sect Master Guangwang alarmed as they headed to assemble.

• Chen Qingyu examined the list's Gifts of Eternal Life and noted their steep rank and merit requirements.
• Chen Qingyu learned that a Heart of Myriad Realms cost a thousand merit points and decided to seek one by earning merit on the battlefield.
• Chen Qingyu received a mandatory mission ordering its recipients to assemble at headquarters and reinforce the Mount Taishi battlefield for fifty merit points.
• Chen Qingyu flew toward his residence as Emperor Venerables across the fortress reacted fearfully to the order.
• Sect Master Guangwang flew over to Chen Qingyu, pale and sweating, and warned him that the mandatory mission meant trouble.