Chapter Summaries

Chen Qingyu read Chen Kaihai’s notes on reaching the Divine Shore Realm and concluded that his own path lay in expanding his Blood Sea with [Drawing Out Primordial Yang]. He left confident he could reach the realm within two months and returned home, where Chen Zhengxing asked about his prospects.

• Chen Qingyu learned that Chen Kaihai had reached the Divine Shore Realm by sacrificing his Dual-Flow Sacred Physique and burning the other body’s martial foundation.
• Chen Qingyu concluded that each person needed a path suited to their own Blood Sea, and that he could expand his with [Drawing Out Primordial Yang].
• Chen Qingyu returned Chen Kaihai’s notes and left Star Sea Floating Island after telling the Ninth Ancestor he would reach the Divine Shore Realm within two months.
• Chen Qingyu arrived home, where Chen Zhengxing asked whether he was confident he could reach the Divine Shore Realm.

Chen Qingyu told Chen Zhengxing that he had found his own path toward the Divine Shore Realm, and his father urged him to pursue it. When Chen Qingyu asked how Chen Zhengxing had strengthened his body in the Golden Bridge Realm, his father explained the origins and dangers of the Gravity Tempering Method, leaving Chen Qingyu asking how he had solved its challenges.

• Chen Qingyu told Chen Zhengxing that he had found his own path to supreme strength and believed the Divine Shore Realm was within reach.
• Chen Zhengxing encouraged Chen Qingyu to pursue the Divine Shore Realm, explaining how it could give him a superior cultivation foundation.
• Chen Qingyu asked how Chen Zhengxing had tempered his body in the Golden Bridge Realm, and Chen Zhengxing revealed his Gravity Tempering Method.
• Chen Zhengxing described how an ancestor’s gravity experiments inspired him, but caused test subjects’ bodies and organs to fail under heightened gravity.
• Chen Qingyu asked Chen Zhengxing how he had overcome the dangers and created the Gravity Tempering Method.

Chen Zhengxing revealed that he had created the dangerous Gravity Tempering Method and taught it to Chen Qingyu, who then cultivated in seclusion. Chen Qingyu reached the ninth heaven of the Golden Bridge Realm and perfected the method after a month and seven days of punishing training, by the fifty-fourth day of his seclusion.

• Chen Zhengxing told Chen Qingyu that his Star Sacred Body had helped him create the Gravity Tempering Method.
• Chen Zhengxing taught Chen Qingyu the method, warned him about its dangers, and forbade him from teaching it to anyone without permission.
• Chen Qingyu cultivated and nurtured his primordial yang, breaking through to the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth heavens of the Golden Bridge Realm over seventeen days.
• Chen Qingyu began cultivating the Gravity Tempering Method at full strength, relying on his Primordial Yang Indestructible Body to survive repeated severe injuries.
• After one month and seven days of arduous training, Chen Qingyu perfected the Gravity Tempering Method, reaching that milestone on the fifty-fourth day of his seclusion.

Chen Qinghan revealed to Chen Qinggu that the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror had trapped them in a fate they could not escape, and that Chen Qinggu had forgotten the truth seven times after leaving the Supreme Void Dao Realm. With only five or six days left to live, Chen Qinghan asked his brother to spend that time with him and carry on in his place.

• Chen Qinggu confronted Chen Qinghan about his unusual behavior, and Chen Qinghan agreed to explain in private.
• Chen Qinghan told Chen Qinggu that someone had stolen the authority of the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror and that leaving the Supreme Void Dao Realm erased Chen Qinggu's memories of the revelation.
• Chen Qinghan explained that this was the seventh time Chen Qinggu had asked him about their predicament and that even Chen Shaojun had not found a solution.
• Chen Qinghan said he had only five or six days left to live and asked Chen Qinggu to spend the time with him as he passed on his experience.

Wu Su'e rejected Zhao Delong’s advances, saying she was dying and needed Chen Shaojun to save her. After more than fifty days of punishing cultivation, Chen Qingyu reached the legendary Divine Shore and declared that he had crossed the sea of suffering.

• Wu Su'e told Zhao Delong that Chen Shaojun was the man in her heart and that she was about to die, then vanished before he could respond.
• Chen Qingyu continued his arduous cultivation despite its toll on his body and spirit, while Chen Zhengxing watched with concern.
• Chen Qingyu noticed he had reached his limit in less than an hour and examined his body.
• Chen Qingyu saw that the golden bridge across his sea of blood now reached the Divine Shore.
• Chen Qingyu realized he had crossed the entire sea of suffering and celebrated reaching the legendary realm.

Chen Qingyu ascended to the Divine Shore Realm and discovered how the breakthrough transformed his inner world, True Qi, and physique. After telling Chen Zhengxing, he declared that he would continue challenging the [Immortal Altar] and reach the top of the Immortal Heaven Ranking.

• Chen Qingyu broke through to the Divine Shore Realm and found that his inner world had become a vast white land surrounding his Blood Sea.
• Chen Qingyu realized that primordial Qi was flowing into his Blood Sea and replenishing his True Qi automatically.
• Chen Qingyu examined his transformed True Qi and physique, finding both had grown far more powerful.
• Chen Qingyu left the cultivation chamber and told Chen Zhengxing that he had ascended to the Divine Shore Realm.
• Chen Zhengxing praised Chen Qingyu, who declared that he would challenge the [Immortal Altar] and reach the top of the Immortal Heaven Ranking.

Chen Qingyu returned to the Immortal Altar to resume his challenge against Chang Helie, ranked sixth on the Immortal Heaven Ranking. After surviving Chang Helie’s strongest attack without injury, Chen Qingyu saw through his concealment and attacked as Chang Helie fled.

• Chen Qingyu entered the Immortal Altar and continued his previous challenge against Chang Helie.
• Chang Helie struck Chen Qingyu with a powerful golden attack, but Chen Qingyu emerged unhurt.
• Chen Qingyu mocked Chang Helie and reflected on how much stronger he had become since their last encounter.
• Chang Helie concealed himself to seek an opening, but Chen Qingyu used Seeing Through Walls to locate him.
• Chen Qingyu unleashed Flying Sand and Moving Stones, forcing Chang Helie to transform into light and flee.
• Chen Qingyu laughed and pursued Chang Helie.

Chen Qingyu defeated Chang Helie to claim sixth place on the Immortal Heaven Ranking, then immediately challenged fifth place, He Yuxuan. News of his victory spread across Golden Bridge Heaven, giving Chen Qinghan renewed resolve to keep fighting for his life.

• Chen Qingyu unleashed his sandstorm, but Chang Helie endured it with golden rings and charged toward him.
• Chen Qingyu struck Chang Helie down, and the sandstorm consumed him.
• The Great Void Primal Spirit announced that Chen Qingyu had reached sixth place and awarded him Great Void Points and a special reward.
• Chen Qingyu immediately challenged He Yuxuan, the fifth-ranked cultivator from the Subduing Sea Holy Land.
• The Immortal Altar’s golden light and the Great Void Primal Spirit’s announcement spread news of Chen Qingyu’s victory across Golden Bridge Heaven.
• Chen Qinghan regained hope after hearing that Chen Qingyu had not given up, and he and Chen Qinggu hurried toward the Immortal Altar.

News of Chen Qingyu reaching sixth place on the Immortal Heaven Ranking stirred the Desolate Continent and drew spectators toward the Immortal Altar. He continued his challenge by arriving at the fifth altar, where he chose to watch He Yuxuan's ascent recording before fighting her.

• Wu Su'e heard that Chen Shaojun had reached sixth place and hurried toward the Great Void Teleportation Array.
• Ke Zhenhai heard the news in Eastflow Sacred City, broke out of the restaurant, and flew toward the array, blaming himself for giving up.
• Wang Pojun failed to clear the War God Tower's tenth floor, then heard Chen Shaojun's ranking and flew toward the Great Void Teleportation Array.
• Across the Desolate Continent, martial artists and powerful figures focused their attention on Chen Shaojun's second Immortal Altar challenge.
• Chen Qingyu crossed to the fifth altar and recognized He Yuxuan, whose enormous True Qi made her a formidable opponent.
• After the Great Void Primal Spirit deducted six million Great Void Points, Chen Qingyu chose to watch He Yuxuan's ascent recording.

Chen Qingyu used his intangibility to defeat He Yuxuan and claimed fifth place on the Immortal Heaven Ranking, then killed Chen Kaihai to rise to fourth. He continued challenging and watched Ao Tong’s recording before preparing to face the East Sea Dragon Clan’s powerful third-ranked fighter.

• Chen Qingyu watched He Yuxuan’s recorded battle and identified weaknesses in her immense True Qi.
• Chen Qingyu evaded He Yuxuan’s True Qi with Standing Upright Without a Shadow, struck her from behind, and took fifth place on the Immortal Heaven Ranking.
• Chen Qingyu challenged Chen Kaihai and killed him in a clash of fists, earning fourth place on the ranking.
• Chen Qingyu watched an overview of Chen Kaihai’s life and reflected on mortality before choosing to continue challenging.
• Chen Qingyu watched Ao Tong’s recording and recognized that the third-ranked East Sea Dragon Clan fighter would be difficult to defeat.

Chen Qingyu defeated Ao Tong and Chang Qiqi, advancing to second place on the Immortal Heaven Ranking. He stood one victory away from reaching the summit of the Immortal Altar.

• Chen Qingyu defeated Ao Tong, whose true dragon form and dragon breath had destroyed five battle formations, and took third place on the Immortal Heaven Ranking.
• Chen Qingyu learned that Ao Tong had been the first Dragon King of the East Sea Dragon Clan and that the true dragons had split into East Sea and North Sea groups a hundred thousand years earlier.
• Chen Qingyu watched Chang Qiqi's ascent recording and saw that his light-based techniques resembled Chang Helie's but were considerably more powerful.
• Chang Qiqi concealed himself among clusters of light and attacked Chen Qingyu, but Chen Qingyu used Seeing Through Walls to locate him and struck him down.
• Chen Qingyu won his fourth consecutive match and moved to within one victory of the Immortal Altar's summit.

Chen Shaojun climbed to second place on the Immortal Heaven Ranking, leaving only Wu Chenkong between him and the summit. Wu Su'e revealed Wu Chenkong’s history and said only their coming battle could show whether Chen Shaojun could defeat him.

• Chen Shaojun defeated successive opponents and reached third place on the Immortal Heaven Ranking as martial artists in Divine Capital Changluo celebrated.
• Wu Su'e arrived at the Immortal Altar, where the Great Void Primal Spirit announced that Chen Shaojun had reached second place.
• Wu Su'e told Chen Qinghan, Ke Zhenhai, and Wang Pojun that Wu Chenkong had overthrown the Ancient Kingdom of Taihuang and defeated the eight Saint King Bloodlines that besieged him.
• Wu Su'e explained that the history had been sealed and asked them to keep the Taihuang Wu Clan secret.
• Chen Qinghan asked whether Chen Shaojun could defeat Wu Chenkong, and Wu Su'e said she did not know until they fought.

Chen Qingyu challenged Wu Chenkong for the top spot on the Immortal Heaven Ranking and watched a recording that revealed Wu Chenkong’s terrifying power. Their battle began with Wu Chenkong’s Human Dao Dragon Qi sealing Chen Qingyu’s True Qi, and Wu Chenkong ordered him to kneel and submit.

• Chen Qingyu defeated Chang Qiqi, rose to second place on the Immortal Heaven Ranking, and chose to challenge Wu Chenkong.
• Chen Qingyu spent ten million Great Void Points to challenge Wu Chenkong and watched a recording of Wu Chenkong destroying fifty thousand elite martial artists with a sweep of his sleeve.
• Wu Chenkong turned toward Chen Qingyu, revealing his golden mask, as the battle began.
• Chen Qingyu tried to activate Standing Upright Without a Shadow but discovered that Wu Chenkong’s Human Dao Dragon Qi had immobilized his True Qi and sealed his martial arts.
• Wu Chenkong rose above Chen Qingyu and commanded him to kneel and submit, pressing him down with immense invisible force.

Chen Qingyu struggled against Wu Chenkong’s overwhelming Human Dao Dragon Qi, which left him unable to fight back. He remembered that Qi Absorption in Nine Breaths could fuel his abilities with primal Qi even without True Qi, escaped the suppression, and charged at Wu Chenkong as the battle escalated.

• Wu Chenkong suppressed Chen Qingyu with his Dragon Qi and blasted him around the altar with invisible force.
• Chen Qingyu realized he needed to break the Dragon Qi’s suppression but could find no way to do so.
• Wu Chenkong attacked with a heavier punch, and Chen Qingyu evaded it by using Qi Absorption in Nine Breaths to power his martial techniques with primal Qi.
• Chen Qingyu told Wu Chenkong that his Dragon Qi could not suppress everything and charged at him.
• Wu Chenkong acknowledged that Chen Qingyu was the first to escape his Dragon Qi’s suppression and said he would stop holding back.

Wu Chenkong unleashed his full strength against Chen Qingyu, but both fighters used illusions and hidden bodies to outmaneuver each other. Chen Qingyu was caught in Wu Chenkong’s trap just as the Realm Seal struck, leaving his survival uncertain.

• Wu Chenkong used the Mountains and Rivers Seal to destroy what he thought was Chen Qingyu, but the body proved to be an illusion.
• Chen Qingyu revealed that he had hidden himself with Standing Upright Without a Shadow and created the decoy with his improvised Starlight Illusory Body.
• Wu Chenkong protected himself with golden True Qi and searched for Chen Qingyu, while Chen Qingyu quietly approached him.
• Chen Qingyu grabbed Wu Chenkong from behind and used Drawing Out Primordial Yang, but realized he had seized Wu Chenkong’s Dragon Qi Manifestation Body.
• Wu Chenkong emerged from the golden waves and struck Chen Qingyu with the Realm Seal, leaving Chen Qingyu facing a potentially fatal blow.

Chen Qingyu defeated Wu Chenkong after using [Drawing Out Primordial Yang] and discovering that Wu Chenkong had almost no Primordial Yang left, though the reason remained a mystery. The Great Void Primal Spirit crowned Chen Qingyu the Supreme Void Young Venerable and granted him authority over the Supreme Void Dao Realm.

• Chen Qingyu turned to face Wu Chenkong and seized him, taking a devastating blow to his shoulder instead of his head.
• Chen Qingyu unleashed [Drawing Out Primordial Yang], and Wu Chenkong died when his nearly depleted Primordial Yang dissipated.
• Chen Qingyu realized that Wu Chenkong had likely had only one day left to live, but he could not understand why.
• The Great Void Primal Spirit declared Chen Qingyu the winner, awarded him ten million Great Void Points, and promised a special reward after he reached [Spirit Origin Heaven].
• The Great Void Primal Spirit healed Chen Qingyu, named him the strongest martial artist in [Golden Bridge Heaven], and granted him the title and authority of Supreme Void Young Venerable.

After defeating Wu Chenkong, Chen Qingyu received the title of Supreme Void Young Venerable but found that the Great Void Primal Spirit had sealed Wu Chenkong’s life history and ignored his report of stolen authority. Chen Qingyu removed the foreign restraint and left, while the Dao Realm announced his historic victory to all ten heavens.

• Chen Qingyu questioned why he had received the title of Supreme Void Young Venerable and discovered that the Great Void Primal Spirit would not let him view Wu Chenkong’s life history because he lacked permission.
• Chen Qingyu compared the notification with the one for his living father, Chen Zhengxing, and concluded that something unusual surrounded Wu Chenkong.
• Chen Qingyu examined his authority, found gray-black threads left by the person behind Xu Yuanxian, and reported the stolen power to the Great Void Primal Spirit, which gave no response.
• Chen Qingyu used his authority to destroy the gray-black threads and resolved to tell the ancestor about the mystery before leaving the Dao Realm.
• Chen Qingyu promised to challenge the golden-masked figure again in Spirit Origin Heaven after visiting Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge.
• The Great Void Primal Spirit announced across all ten layers that Chen Shaojun had taken first place on the Golden Bridge Heaven Immortal Altar and bestowed the title of Supreme Void Young Venerable upon him.

After Chen Qingyu became the Number One Heavenly Prodigy of All Time, he used his newly gained authority to free Chen Qinghan and the others from Xu Yuanxian’s restraints. He then took Wu Su'e away from the crowd and asked her about Wu Chenkong, the ancestor of the Taihuang Wu Clan.

• The crowd celebrated Chen Qingyu’s ascent to the top of the Immortal Altar, while Chen Qinghan and the others rejoiced that their rescue had arrived.
• Chen Qingyu emerged with a grave expression and confirmed that he had gained enough authority to break Xu Yuanxian’s remaining means.
• Chen Qingyu used his authority and Drawing Out Primordial Yang to remove the restraints and restore the others’ lifespans.
• Wang Pojun thanked Chen Qingyu, and Chen Qingyu urged everyone to report the conspiracy to their teachers and elders for investigation.
• Chen Qingyu transported himself and Wu Su'e to the outskirts of Divine Capital Changluo, then asked her about Wu Chenkong.

Chen Qingyu questioned Wu Su'e about the history of her ancestor Wu Chenkong and proposed that the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror might have fabricated his existence and altered the world's memories. After they agreed to seek answers in the real world, Wu Su'e asked Chen Qingyu to travel with her when they both reached the Spirit Origin Realm.

• Wu Su'e told Chen Qingyu that Wu Chenkong had been born a hundred thousand years earlier and was said to have defeated eight great Saint King Bloodlines.
• Chen Qingyu questioned why the great sacred lands had erased nearly all records of Wu Chenkong and suggested the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror had altered everyone's memories.
• Wu Su'e rejected the possibility that Wu Chenkong had never existed, insisting that her clan descended from him.
• Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e agreed to seek answers from their ancestors after returning to the real world.
• Chen Qingyu said he planned to reach the Spirit Origin Realm and travel, and Wu Su'e asked to accompany him.

Chen Qingyu arranged to travel south with Wu Su'e for the first part of his journey, then hurried to the Ninth Ancestor to report how someone had used the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror to interfere with him and others. The Ninth Ancestor vowed to investigate, while Chen Qingyu ended by asking why the ancestor had not noticed the interference despite holding the Chen Clan’s authority over the Mirror.

• Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e agreed to meet in Liyang City in half a month and travel together for part of his journey south.
• Chen Qingyu realized his memories were no longer being distorted and went to the Floating Heavenly Palace to seek the Ninth Ancestor.
• The Ninth Ancestor was furious when Chen Qingyu recounted the events involving Xu Yuanxian and the use of the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror against him and others.
• The Ninth Ancestor promised to investigate the matter and told Chen Qingyu not to spread word of it.
• Chen Qingyu asked why the Ninth Ancestor had not detected the interference, since he held the Chen Clan’s portion of the Mirror’s authority.