Chapter Summaries

The Ninth Ancestor explained how stolen authority had escaped his notice and warned that a powerful figure behind Xu Yuanxian might rival the known wielders of the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror. After Chen Qingyu raised his suspicions about Wu Chenkong, the Ninth Ancestor confirmed Wu had truly existed, but had not yet explained the abnormalities Chen observed.

• The Ninth Ancestor told Chen Qingyu that he had sensed something wrong two months earlier but could not find the stolen authority because his clearance was lower than Chen Qingyu’s.
• The Ninth Ancestor deduced that multiple people like Xu Yuanxian had received stolen authority from a figure whose power might rival his own.
• Chen Qingyu and the Ninth Ancestor feared a vast conspiracy, especially because the Great Void Primal Spirit had shown no reaction to the theft.
• Chen Qingyu described Wu Chenkong’s abnormalities and Wu Su'e’s account to the Ninth Ancestor.
• The Ninth Ancestor told Chen Qingyu that Wu Chenkong had truly existed in history, then began to address the abnormalities in him.

Chen Qingyu learned from the Ninth Ancestor that no one could alter history with the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror since the ancient kings died, then discovered that reports about the theft of the Great Void's authority were reaching the holy lands. As news of Chen Shaojun’s triumph spread across the Desolate Continent, a major confrontation began to take shape.

• The Ninth Ancestor told Chen Qingyu that Wu Chenkong had a mysterious connection to the Great Void Primal Spirit and that history could no longer be altered through the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror.
• The Ninth Ancestor ordered Chen Qingyu to keep the matter secret, promised to investigate, and sent him back to the Floating Heavenly Palace.
• Chen Qingyu overheard Chen Yuande demanding answers from Chen Guangyao after Chen Qinghan reported what had happened, and decided to tell his father, Chen Zhengxing.
• News spread that Chen Shaojun had ranked first on the Immortal Heaven Ranking and received the title Number One Heavenly Prodigy of All Time.
• Ke Zhenhai, Wang Pojun, and Wu Su'e reported the theft of the Great Void's authority to leaders and elders of their respective holy lands, setting a larger storm in motion.

After Chen Qingyu released the Primordial Yang he had taken from Xu Yuanxian, the Myriad Phenomena Holy Land’s controlled disciples recovered their memories and reported Xu Yuanxian’s actions to their elders. The Holy Lord learned that the scandal implicated his holy land, while its reclusive elder prepared to discuss the matter with the Chen and Wu families’ elders in the Supreme Void.

• Chen Qingyu released the Primordial Yang he had seized from Xu Yuanxian, restoring the memories of more than a dozen controlled true disciples in the Myriad Phenomena Holy Land.
• The disciples recognized that Xu Yuanxian had controlled them and stolen authority from the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror, and they credited Chen Shaojun with freeing them.
• Senior Brother Lan led the disciples to report Xu Yuanxian’s actions to the holy land’s elders.
• The Holy Lord of Myriad Phenomena and the elders discussed Chen Shaojun’s rise before meeting the disciples and hearing their report from Lan Caihe.
• The Holy Lord hurried to meet his Great-granduncle, who said the Chen and Wu families had already informed him and that he would consult the other elders in the Supreme Void.

The four faction ancestors debated the theft of the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror's authority, and the Chen Clan's Ninth Ancestor secured agreement to shut down the Supreme Void Dao Realm for a full investigation. After Chen Qingyu recounted what happened to Chen Zhengxing in Divine Capital Changluo, he suddenly felt a wave of panic and paled.

• The ancestors of the East Flow Holy Land, Taihuang Wu Clan, Myriad Phenomena Holy Land, and Chen Clan met to discuss the stolen authority and argued over responsibility for Xu Yuanxian.
• The Chen Clan's Ninth Ancestor said a powerful hidden figure was behind Xu Yuanxian and insisted they investigate at any cost.
• The Ninth Ancestor proposed bringing forth the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror's physical body and shutting down the Supreme Void Dao Realm until they had investigated its source.
• The other ancestors objected to the disruption, but accepted the Ninth Ancestor's decision because they could not oppose his strength and he possessed the Mirror's physical body.
• Chen Zhengxing regretted that Chen Qingyu had been left unaware of the danger, while Chen Qingyu said the Ninth Ancestor would investigate the matter thoroughly.
• Chen Qingyu suddenly grunted and turned pale after feeling panic and palpitations.

After the Supreme Void Dao Realm suddenly closed, Chen Qingyu learned that the upheaval had spread across the Desolate Continent and chose to cultivate while the ancestor was unavailable. He broke the shackles of his body and began his breakthrough to the Spirit Origin Realm.

• Chen Zhengxing told Chen Qingyu that the Supreme Void Dao Realm had closed after his consciousness avatar lost contact with it.
• The closure expelled martial artists across the Desolate Continent and sparked unrest, prompting Chen Qingyu to seek the ancestor at the Floating Heavenly Palace.
• Chen Qingyu found no one at the palace and returned to learn that Chen Zhengxing had joined Chen Clan members sent to quell unrest in the Divine Capital.
• Chen Qingyu decided to use the time to advance his cultivation, then studied the path into the Four Spirit Origin Realms in seclusion.
• Chen Qingyu pushed his True Qi, broke the shackles of his body, and began ascending toward the Nine Heavens.

Chen Qingyu reached the Spirit Origin Realm and examined the starry Nine Heavens formed from his cultivation foundation, estimating that he could advance to the True Gang Realm in nine months. At dinner, Chen Zhengxing revealed that the Supreme Void Dao Realm’s sudden closure had disrupted the Floating Heavenly Palace, where he had gone to help.

• Chen Qingyu perceived his Nine Heavens as a vast starry sea containing twelve constellations and celestial bodies corresponding to his abilities and techniques.
• Chen Qingyu discovered that his Star True Qi had transformed into Star True Essence and that his cultivation continued refining primordial Qi at a rate more than a hundred times greater than ordinary Venerables.
• Chen Qingyu used Qi Absorption in Nine Breaths to estimate that he could reach the True Gang Realm in around nine months.
• Chen Qingyu left secluded cultivation and planned to travel to Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge once the matter at hand was settled.
• Chen Zhengxing told Chen Qingyu that the unrest had already been quelled and that he had actually gone to assist the Floating Heavenly Palace after the Supreme Void Dao Realm’s closure caused disruptions.

Chen Qingyu learned that the Great Void Primal Spirit had escaped the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror, leaving behind a mindless shell that still maintained the Supreme Void Dao Realm. The Ninth Ancestor revealed that an unknown mastermind had exploited its departure to steal part of its authority.

• Chen Qingyu told Chen Zhengxing that he had reached the Spirit Origin Realm, and Chen Zhengxing promised to tell him about the past before he set out to travel.
• Chen Qingyu checked in at the Floating Heavenly Palace and received a slight enhancement to his Standing Upright Without a Shadow divine ability.
• The Ninth Ancestor told Chen Qingyu that he and three others had investigated the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror but could not find the mastermind behind the disturbance.
• The Ninth Ancestor revealed that the Great Void Primal Spirit had escaped its true body, leaving behind a thoughtless shell that continued to govern the Supreme Void Dao Realm.
• The Ninth Ancestor explained that the mastermind had seized the chance to secretly steal part of the Great Void Primal Spirit's authority.

Chen Qingyu learned that the Great Void Primal Spirit had escaped the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror and reincarnated, prompting the Ninth Ancestor to assign him the mission of finding it. The chapter left Chen Qingyu facing the prospect of bringing the reincarnation into the Chen Clan, whether as a brother or a future wife.

• The Ninth Ancestor explained that someone was stealing the Great Void Primal Spirit's authority from the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror, and Chen Qingyu's warning had alerted the Chen Clan to the danger.
• The Ninth Ancestor agreed to let Chen Qingyu travel beyond the Divine Capital and tasked him with finding the Great Void Primal Spirit's reincarnation.
• The Ninth Ancestor reasoned that the reincarnation was likely human and that Chen Qingyu's connection as the Supreme Void Young Venerable gave him the best chance of finding it.
• Chen Qingyu asked what the Chen Clan would do if he found the reincarnation, and the Ninth Ancestor proposed adopting a boy into the clan or having Chen Qingyu marry a girl.

Chen Qingyu learned that the Chen Clan wanted him to find the Great Void Primal Spirit's reincarnation and bring them to the Divine Capital, while the Ninth Ancestor dismissed his marriage agreement with Wu Su'e. The Ninth Ancestor rewarded him with a Mystic Artifact embryo, which began nurturing itself inside Chen Qingyu.

• The Ninth Ancestor explained that trying to control the Great Void Primal Spirit's reincarnation was too dangerous and told Chen Qingyu to bring the reincarnation back to the Divine Capital if he found them.
• The Ninth Ancestor argued that Wu Su'e was no longer a worthy match for Chen Qingyu, and Chen Qingyu rejected the idea of marrying a reincarnation who might be a man.
• The Ninth Ancestor admitted he did not know where the reincarnation was, but said Chen Qingyu's connection of karma and heavenly fate might lead them to meet while traveling.
• The Ninth Ancestor gave Chen Qingyu a top-grade Mystic Artifact embryo he had nurtured for ten thousand years.
• Chen Qingyu channeled Star True Essence into the white seal, which entered his body and began nurturing itself.

Chen Qingyu returned from meeting the Ninth Ancestor and told Chen Zhengxing about the Great Void Primal Spirit’s reincarnation and his mission. As Chen Qingyu prepared to travel, Chen Zhengxing revealed how he met Chen Qingyu’s mother, Ling Qiuxia, and hinted that her family had manipulated their marriage for a hidden scheme.

• Chen Qingyu told Chen Zhengxing that the Great Void Primal Spirit had reincarnated and that the Ninth Ancestor had given him a special mission.
• Chen Qingyu said he wanted to leave the Divine Capital soon, and Chen Zhengxing began explaining his parents’ past.
• Chen Zhengxing revealed that Ling Qiuxia was the Spirit King’s seventh daughter, the Princess of Rosy Light, and that they met while traveling in the Southern Region.
• Chen Zhengxing recounted how he and Ling Qiuxia fought, entered a ruined secret realm, and became close after surviving its dangers together.
• Chen Zhengxing said the Chen Clan’s higher-ups opposed their marriage, while Ling Qiuxia’s elders unexpectedly supported it.
• Chen Zhengxing revealed that Ling Qiuxia’s family had been pursuing hidden ambitions and schemes, which he discovered only after it was too late.

Chen Zhengxing revealed that his marriage to Chen Qingyu’s mother had enabled a nonhuman conspiracy that nearly destroyed the Chen Clan. He explained how the Ninth Ancestor defeated the attackers, leaving Chen Qingyu to learn the true cost of the calamity.

• Chen Zhengxing told Chen Qingyu that the Spirit Clan Royal Court had backed his marriage as part of a plot by several nonhuman races against the Chen Clan.
• Chen Zhengxing recounted how the attackers used Chen Qingyu’s elder sister’s first-birthday banquet to infiltrate the Divine Capital and target her Saint King Bloodline and the Myriad Stars Armillary Heaven Bell.
• Chen Zhengxing described how the assault killed his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, along with many other Chen Clan members, while leaving the clan close to extinction.
• Chen Zhengxing explained that the nonhuman races sought the Chen Clan’s portion of the Supreme Void Eternal World Mirror’s authority and had blocked human reinforcements outside the Divine Capital.
• The Ninth Ancestor emerged from the Floating Heavenly Palace and killed seven mighty nonhumans, forcing the attackers to flee and ending the threat of war.

Chen Zhengxing told Chen Qingyu how his parents’ marriage led to a devastating conflict and a binding agreement between the Chen Clan and the Spirit Clan Royal Court. The chapter ended with Chen Zhengxing insisting that Chen Qingyu and his older sister must undergo a blood exchange ritual.

• Chen Zhengxing explained that the Ninth Ancestor’s victory preserved the Chen Clan’s standing, while Chen Zhengxing was punished and his branch was nearly destroyed for his role in the conflict.
• Chen Zhengxing said Chen Qingyu’s mother returned to the Spirit Clan Royal Court pregnant, delayed his birth for sixty years, and sent him to the Divine Capital six years ago under their agreement.
• Chen Zhengxing revealed that the agreement required Chen Qingyu and his older sister to exchange their bloodlines when he came of age, making him human and her a member of the Spirit Race.
• Chen Qingyu asked whether they could refuse the ritual, but Chen Zhengxing explained that the holy lands had witnessed the agreement and that completing his bloodline would greatly improve his potential.
• Chen Qingyu offered to give up the opportunity to help his family reunite, but Chen Zhengxing declared that the ritual could not be stopped.

Chen Qingyu agreed to travel to the Spirit Clan Royal Court for the blood replacement ritual after Chen Zhengxing urged him to seize the chance to grow stronger and visit his mother and sister. Before Chen Qingyu departed the Divine Capital, the Ninth Ancestor gave him a prepared identity, a disguise mask, and a life-saving divine pill.

• Chen Zhengxing agreed that Chen Qingyu should undergo the blood replacement ritual, explaining that their family bond did not depend on blood and that greater strength could help reunite the family.
• Chen Qingyu decided to leave for the Spirit Clan Royal Court the next morning and visit his mother and sister.
• Chen Zhengxing and Chen Qingyu toured the Divine Capital together, then parted to cultivate for the night.
• Chen Qingyu visited the Ninth Ancestor before leaving, and the Ninth Ancestor wished him success in finding the reincarnation of the Great Void Primal Spirit and completing the ritual.
• The Ninth Ancestor gave Chen Qingyu a genuine new identity, a mask that concealed his appearance, and a Myriad Transformations Life-Creation Pill that could restore him after death.
• The Ninth Ancestor told Chen Qingyu to swallow the pill in front of him and promised to reach him if his life was threatened.

Chen Qingyu prepared a new identity and received travel supplies and instructions from his father before leaving the Divine Capital. He departed through a teleportation array toward the southern border, beginning his journey to fulfill his mission.

• Chen Qingyu swallowed the Myriad Transformations Life-Creation Pill, secured his new identity items, and changed his appearance.
• The Ninth Ancestor sent Chen Qingyu from the Floating Heavenly Palace, and Chen Qingyu left for the teleportation array.
• Chen Zhengxing gave Chen Qingyu a spatial ring filled with supplies and several million spirit crystals, along with a bloodline covenant for reaching the Spirit Clan Royal Court.
• Chen Qingyu selected the teleportation array closest to the southern border and used his azure jade thumb ring to bypass identity verification and payment.
• Chen Qingyu said goodbye to Chen Zhengxing and teleported away from the Divine Capital.

The Ninth Ancestor assigned the purple-robed elder Little Seventeen to secretly protect Chen Qingyu as he traveled south, while warning the Spirit Clan not to interfere with the blood exchange ritual. Chen Qingyu arrived in Four Directions City and was immediately surrounded after leaving its teleportation arrays.

• The Ninth Ancestor summoned Little Seventeen and asked him to serve as Chen Qingyu's Dao protector.
• Little Seventeen accepted eagerly, and the Ninth Ancestor told him to follow Chen Qingyu without revealing himself unless danger or bullying required it.
• The Ninth Ancestor instructed Little Seventeen to warn the Spirit Clan that no one could disrupt the blood exchange ritual.
• Chen Qingyu teleported to Four Directions City, intending to find a map and continue toward Liyang City.
• A large crowd gathered around Chen Qingyu as soon as he left the teleportation array area.

Chen Qingyu arrived in Four Directions City and hired a local guide, then asked about people who had recently risen to prominence in hopes of finding the reincarnated Great Void Primal Spirit. After learning the city’s celebrated geniuses were far weaker than he expected, he concluded that finding the Primal Spirit would depend on luck.

• Chen Qingyu chose a young man from the crowd to guide him around Four Directions City.
• Chen Qingyu offered the guide a spirit crystal, but the guide warned that accepting such a valuable payment could get him killed, so Chen Qingyu took it back.
• Chen Qingyu bought a map and paid the guide with blood jade.
• Chen Qingyu asked the guide about sudden-rising geniuses, hoping one might be the Great Void Primal Spirit reincarnated.
• The guide listed several local talents, but Chen Qingyu learned that even the strongest had only cleared the fifth floor of the War God Tower.
• Chen Qingyu decided that searching for the Great Void Primal Spirit across the Desolate Continent would be like looking for a needle in the ocean, and that he would have to rely on chance.

Chen Qingyu traveled from Four Directions City to Liyang City, where he unexpectedly reunited with Wu Su'e. He accepted her offer to rest at the courtyard she had bought.

• Chen Qingyu left Four Directions City and flew south toward Liyang City after consulting a map.
• During the seven-day journey, Chen Qingyu considered how to improve his spirit arts while the Supreme Void Dao Realm remained closed.
• Near Liyang City, Chen Qingyu sensed Wu Su'e's presence and was surprised she had arrived before him.
• Wu Su'e flew out to greet Chen Qingyu and noticed he had changed his appearance.
• Chen Qingyu told Wu Su'e to call him Qingyu, and she invited him to rest at her courtyard.

Chen Qingyu reunited with Wu Su'e in Liyang City, and they traveled south through the chaotic Land of Myriad Kingdoms toward Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge. After more than a month of travel, they reached the Taihe Mountain Range, where Wu Su'e explained how an ancient king’s sword strike had carved the gorge.

• Chen Qingyu met Wu Su'e in Liyang City, where she revealed that a treasure made strangers see her as an ordinary country girl and explained that an elder had brought her across the void.
• Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e rested, then flew south together toward Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge.
• Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e crossed the Land of Myriad Kingdoms, using teleportation arrays and enduring trouble amid its rival kingdoms.
• After more than a month, Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e left the Land of Myriad Kingdoms and approached the Taihe Mountain Range.
• Wu Su'e explained that Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge had been formed when an ancient king cleaved the mountain range with a single sword strike.

Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e flew south toward the Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge, where Chen hoped to fulfill his Sign-In System’s second location requirement. Wu Su'e explained the gorge’s connection to the Heavenly Sword Saint King and Liangshan Sword Saint Wang Jue as they approached the vast passage.

• Chen Qingyu admitted to Wu Su'e that the Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge held a special attraction for him, though he knew little about it beyond what he had learned in clan elementary school.
• Wu Su'e told Chen Qingyu that Wang Jue had inherited one-fifth of the Heavenly Sword Saint King's swordsmanship legacy, which helped him establish the Liangshan Wang Clan.
• Wu Su'e pointed out the Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge, and Chen Qingyu saw its enormous gap crowded with cultivators traveling through it.
• Wu Su'e explained that the gorge stretched tens of thousands of li and was a thousand li wide, while Chen Qingyu wondered where exactly he needed to go to sign in.

Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e arrived at Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge amid an unusual influx of Venerables. Chen Qingyu checked in and gained Ancestral Witch Qiangliang’s lightning talent, then examined his transformed powers in his inn room.

• Chen Qingyu and Wu Su'e noticed hundreds of Venerables streaming into Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge and wondered what had drawn them there.
• Chen Qingyu entered the gorge and used his first check-in at Heaven-Reaching Sword Gorge to obtain Qiangliang’s Ancestral Witch lightning talent.
• The talent transformed Chen Qingyu while he stood dazed, and he and Wu Su'e went to an inn in Heaven-Reaching City.
• Alone in his room, Chen Qingyu discovered that he could command lightning, resist lightning arts, and wield a vastly stronger Ancestral Witch Body.