Chapter Summaries

Xu Yeming overheard the second elder and an unknown old man discuss Xu Luo, the Cangxuan Guardian Beast’s inheritance, and a meeting at Hidden Dragon Abyss in ten days. He reported the discovery to Xu Chen, then traveled to Cangxuan Academy to question the Black Lord about the old man.

• The old man concluded that Xu Luo might not be from the Chaos Realm or the Xu Clan, and warned the second elder to watch him closely.
• The old man told the second elder to meet him at Hidden Dragon Abyss in ten days, then ended their communication through the prism.
• Xu Yeming returned to Xu Luo’s residence and told Xu Chen what he had overheard, confirming their suspicions about the second elder.
• Xu Yeming traveled secretly to Cangxuan Academy, where the dean activated a teleportation formation to send him to the Black Lord.
• The Black Lord, now appearing as an old man in dark green robes, asked Xu Yeming why he had come.

Xu Yeming told the Black Lord that Divine Realm forces and members of the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan were gathering at the Hidden Dragon Abyss, prompting the Black Lord to take him there. They arrived to find the Abyss sealed by golden chains, as a dark shadow approached from below.

• The Black Lord recovered and advanced in strength, then teased Xu Yeming after his gaze overwhelmed him.
• Xu Yeming showed the Black Lord a recording of the mysterious old man's voice, and the Black Lord said the voice had likely been altered.
• The Black Lord explained that he had sealed the Hidden Dragon Abyss, once a Forbidden Zone of Life and a base for the Divine Realm, after the Chaos Divine Dynasty fell.
• Xu Yeming told the Black Lord that rebels from the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan planned to gather at the Hidden Dragon Abyss with the Divine Realm's backing.
• Furious at the Divine Realm's renewed interference, the Black Lord agreed to accompany Xu Yeming and left with him to prepare ahead of the gathering.
• The Black Lord and Xu Yeming reached the Hidden Dragon Abyss, where golden chains sealed the cliff as a dark shadow rose from below.

Xu Yeming and the Black Lord secretly followed a Divine Realm agent and his allies into the Hidden Dragon Abyss, where they uncovered a plot to seize the Chaos Divine Dynasty’s inheritance and capture rival geniuses. They learned the Divine Realm had infiltrated multiple top-tier forces, but the gathering’s full plan remained unknown.

• Xu Yeming used his master's black robes to conceal himself and the Black Lord from detection.
• A white-robed man from the Divine Realm poured liquid on the golden chains sealing the passage and opened a gap without triggering the Law Seals.
• Xu Yeming and the Black Lord waited for the gathering, then followed seventeen black-robed figures down to the Divine Realm passage.
• The white-robed man questioned the group’s leader, whose voice Xu Yeming recognized from the prism, and learned they controlled ten Sun and Moon Tokens.
• The white-robed man ordered the group to seize the Chaos Divine Dynasty’s core inheritance and capture the other forces’ geniuses, while placing restrictions on the geniuses they controlled.

Xu Yeming and the Black Lord watched the Divine Realm prepare the Reversal Dragon-Tiger Platform, which could convert the Mortal Realm geniuses’ Qi into Divine Qi while letting the Divine Realm control them. The Divine Realm planned to recruit the geniuses or capture them alive, and the platform’s danger left their freedom at risk.

• The Black Lord grew furious after learning that the Divine Realm planned to control and eliminate uncooperative geniuses, but Xu Yeming urged him to stay hidden and stop the plan carefully.
• The black-robed leader identified Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, Mu Fusheng, and Xu Yeming as a variable, noting their Sun and Moon Tokens and their connection to the Azure Cloud Sword Master’s inheritance.
• The white-robed man ordered the black-robed figures to try recruiting the Mortal Realm group with promises of resources, then cripple them and bring them alive if they refused.
• The white-robed man placed dragon-head and tiger-beast seals into a ritual platform as Divine Qi poured from the cave and gathered on it.
• The Black Lord identified the platform as the Reversal Dragon-Tiger Platform and explained that it could boost the geniuses’ strength while allowing the Divine Realm to draw on their Divine Qi and enslave them.

Xu Yeming watched the Divine Realm convert its agents to Divine Qi and learned that they planned to seize the God Ascension Writ. Their power stirred the Ancestral Dragon Soul, which warned the Divine Realm against overstepping its bounds.

• After three days of converting Divine Qi, two black-robed figures died, and Xu Yeming praised the Black Lord’s skill.
• The black-robed leader thanked the white-robed man, who ordered him to kill the other prodigies and secure the God Ascension Writ in the core area.
• The Black Lord explained that the God Ascension Writ could temporarily open a passage to the Divine Realm and that the Divine Realm sought it to expand its reach.
• The black-robed figures’ surging presence stirred the Ancestral Dragon Soul, whose roar injured most of them and scattered their power.
• The Ancestral Dragon Soul warned the white-robed man that the Divine Realm was nearing the limits set by powerful beings of the past, while the man defended its actions.

The Ancestral Dragon confronted the Divine Realm’s white-robed man after the intruders left the Hidden Dragon Abyss. Xu Yeming offered to seek a way to restore the Ancestral Dragon’s strength, and Lu Changsheng arrived with Huang Qian and Zhu Jiuyin, where Huang Qian and the Ancestral Dragon recognized their ancestors’ connection to the First Dragon-Phoenix Calamity.

• The white-robed man lifted the Divine Realm figures’ bloodline pressure, ordered them to continue their plan, and left the Ancestral Dragon in the cave.
• The Black Lord and Xu Yeming met the Ancestral Dragon, who learned the Black Lord’s lifespan problem had been resolved thanks to Xu Yeming’s master.
• Xu Yeming offered to consult Lu Changsheng about restoring the Ancestral Dragon’s body or strength, and the Ancestral Dragon promised him a generous reward.
• Xu Yeming contacted Lu Changsheng, who agreed to come and bring the Torch Dragon, while Xu Yeming suggested placing a restriction in the Ancestral Dragon’s soul if needed.
• Lu Changsheng arrived with Huang Qian and Zhu Jiuyin, and the Ancestral Dragon recognized Huang Qian as a descendant of Huang Lisi, his former rival in the First Dragon-Phoenix Calamity.

Huang Qian and the Ancestral Dragon discovered they shared an enemy in the Divine Realm, while Lu Changsheng agreed to help the Ancestral Dragon under strict conditions. The Ancestral Dragon accepted, and Lu Changsheng planned to place his soul in Zhu Jiuyin’s sea of consciousness.

• The Ancestral Dragon explained that the Divine Realm had provoked the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan into their mutual destruction, and Huang Qian agreed they had a common enemy.
• The Ancestral Dragon recognized Zhu Jiuyin’s torch dragon bloodline as a hope for the Dragon Clan’s revival, while Lu Changsheng fed and coached him to hide from danger.
• The Black Lord warned the Ancestral Dragon not to anger Lu Changsheng and explained that Lu Changsheng had helped bring Zhu Jiuyin into the world, prompting the Ancestral Dragon to thank him.
• Lu Changsheng offered to help the Ancestral Dragon if he concealed their meeting, shared all information about the Divine Realm, and accepted a restriction in his soul.
• After the Ancestral Dragon agreed, Lu Changsheng decided to let his soul reside in Zhu Jiuyin’s sea of consciousness so the two could switch control without interfering with each other.

Lu Changsheng devised a way to let the Ancestral Dragon and Zhu Jiuyin share one body by concealing one soul inside an array in Zhu Jiuyin’s sea of consciousness. After installing the array, he sent the Ancestral Dragon’s soul inside, leaving its success uncertain.

• The Black Lord and the Ancestral Dragon doubted Xu Yeming’s unprecedented idea, while Lu Changsheng complained that it could bring unwanted attention and risk failure.
• Lu Changsheng reasoned that an array could hide one soul from the sea of consciousness and prevent it from rejecting the other.
• Lu Changsheng used a vessel that stored and absorbed the power of heaven and earth’s rules to create an array foundation that worked inside a sea of consciousness.
• Lu Changsheng laid a concealment array and installed it in Zhu Jiuyin’s sea of consciousness without resistance.
• The Ancestral Dragon entered Zhu Jiuyin’s sea of consciousness, trusting Lu Changsheng’s method despite fearing that the souls might clash.

After helping the Ancestral Dragon’s soul enter Zhu Jiuyin’s sea of consciousness, Lu Changsheng learned that the Divine Realm was an outsider sealed into this world by mysterious powerful figures. He decided to go to the Divine Realm to investigate their purpose and the larger web of karma surrounding him.

• Lu Changsheng helped the Ancestral Dragon’s soul coexist with Zhu Jiuyin’s, and Zhu Jiuyin agreed to let his ancestor control his body in exchange for something.
• Lu Changsheng asked the Ancestral Dragon about the Divine Realm, and Zhu Jiuyin yielded control so his ancestor could explain.
• The Ancestral Dragon revealed that the Divine Realm had once overwhelmed the other five realms before powerful figures suppressed it and made it a whetstone for them.
• The Ancestral Dragon said those figures had cited possible invasions by hostile races from beyond the world as their reason, but Lu Changsheng suspected they had another purpose.
• Lu Changsheng decided to go to the Divine Realm and asked the Ancestral Dragon whether he knew a way there, shocking everyone present.

Lu Changsheng entered the Divine Realm alone after investigating and modifying the spatial passage connecting it to the Chaos Realm. He emerged undetected in a realm guarded by dozens of people, where vast palaces rose toward the heavens.

• Lu Changsheng decided to travel to the Divine Realm because his search for the enemy had reached a dead end.
• The Ancestral Dragon showed Lu Changsheng the hidden passage and warned that the Divine Realm had guarded and monitored it.
• Lu Changsheng examined the passage, discovered its detection arrays, and added his own arrays to conceal his entry and prepare for a possible escape.
• Lu Changsheng entered the passage alone while Huang Qian stayed behind, and Xu Yeming told her that Lu Changsheng was difficult to pursue.
• Lu Changsheng reached the Divine Realm, avoided dozens of guards by opening a route through space, and emerged among towering palaces.

Lu Changsheng infiltrated the Heavenly Punishment Hall and learned that the Divine Realm was preparing an operation to bring all Six Realms under its control. He followed the hall to a divine vein, where he saw chained, naked slaves whose bodies contained Spiritual Qi and Immortal Qi.

• Lu Changsheng disguised himself and entered the Heavenly Punishment Hall, where he learned the Divine Realm's palaces were ranked Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow.
• The Heavenly Punishment Hall Master announced that the Heavenly Palace had ordered an operation aimed at bringing all Six Realms under the Divine Realm's control.
• The white-robed Divine Envoy promised ten Yellow Rank members a chance to advance to Profound Rank if their slaves extracted enough divine ore essence, and threatened punishment for anyone who disrupted the operation.
• Lu Changsheng decided to investigate the divine vein and its slaves while using the operation as a path toward entering the Profound Rank.
• The Heavenly Punishment Hall traveled through a black hole to the divine vein, where Lu Changsheng saw dense but toxic Divine Qi and chained people whose bodies contained Spiritual Qi and Immortal Qi.

Lu Changsheng entered a Divine Ore Essence mine where enslaved cultivators were worked to death, and he selected twenty workers while secretly preserving their condition. He left the chapter seeking information from four elderly slaves, offering possible escape while warning them against betraying him.

• A Divine Envoy ordered the newcomers to triple their slaves’ gathering speed or face divine fire tempering, then vanished to watch from the shadows.
• Lu Changsheng selected twenty badly weakened slaves and promised pills and possible preferential treatment if they gathered more Divine Ore Essence.
• You Chen and Hu Wei mocked Lu Changsheng’s poor selection, while You Chen whipped a slave and threatened to use Blood Explosion Pills.
• Lu Changsheng secretly sent Qi of Creation into his twenty workers to keep them from deteriorating further without attracting suspicion.
• Lu Changsheng secretly asked four yellowed old men about the mine, offering to help them escape if they gave him valuable information and warning that their restrictions would kill them if they exposed him.

Lu Changsheng questioned four elderly slaves and learned about the Divine Realm’s plans and the Heavenly Palace’s entry rules. After hearing that a slave had died from the poison, he found a possible way to act without attracting suspicion.

• Lu Changsheng secretly questioned four old men while pretending to supervise their work, and they warned him that the Divine Realm had enslaved them after luring them from the lower realms.
• The old men revealed that the Divine Realm planned to build an array using divine ore essence to break through the space between the upper and lower realms, and that an important Heavenly Palace figure had entered seclusion to break through.
• The old men told Lu Changsheng that only a direct summons or a Divine Envoy could bring someone into the Heavenly Palace, and they mentioned the Divine Maiden was seeking a man with matching Yang Qi.
• Lu Changsheng urged the old men to keep working and gathering information while he considered how to remove the poison without raising suspicion.
• A nearby slave died when his depleted body could no longer suppress the poison, giving Lu Changsheng a sudden idea.

Lu Changsheng devised a way to use an artifact to absorb the divine vein’s poison and staged its creation to impress the Divine Realm’s leaders. The Divine Envoy promised him resources and a handsome reward, leaving Lu Changsheng’s plan to gain favor and escape closer to fruition.

• Lu Changsheng decided to forge an external container that could absorb the poison without exposing his own body, and he planned to conceal how he made it.
• Lu Changsheng pretended to labor over refining materials while the Divine Realm disciples and the master of the Heavenly Punishment Hall watched.
• Lu Changsheng tossed the finished container into the air, and it drew in the surrounding yellow poison, visibly clearing the air.
• The Divine Envoy and the master of the Heavenly Punishment Hall rushed to Lu Changsheng, and the Divine Envoy excitedly asked about the container.
• Lu Changsheng claimed the invention came from his artifact-refining experiments, and the Divine Envoy offered him whatever materials and assistance he needed.
• You Chen and Hu Wei regretted offending Lu Changsheng as the Divine Envoy took the container to the Heavenly Palace to secure a reward.

Lu Changsheng was summoned to the Heavenly Palace after his container for toxic divine vein lands earned him acclaim. He arrived before a Heavenly God, who healed and examined him, then asked what reward he wanted.

• The Heavenly Xing Hall Master praised Lu Changsheng for his contribution, promised him a reward, and told him to await the Heavenly Palace’s summons.
• The Heavenly Palace split the sky and sent down the Divine Ascension Stairway, and Lu Changsheng climbed it to the palace.
• Lu Changsheng reached the palace, feigned injury under its pressure, and was carried inside.
• The Heavenly God examined and healed Lu Changsheng, then asked what reward he wanted.

Lu Changsheng earned the Heavenly God's favor by creating containers that absorbed the Divine Vein's poison, but the Heavenly God postponed his reward until a gathering to search for a dao companion for Jiang Yiyu. Lu Changsheng received an Earth Grade residence and promised materials, while Jiang Yiyu threatened to seek a suitable partner in the lower realms herself.

• Lu Changsheng declined to ask for a reward, and the Heavenly God decided to announce his contribution and reward to the entire Divine Realm.
• Jiang Yiyu entered the Heavenly Palace and told the Heavenly God that she would search the lower realms for someone with enough Yang Qi if no candidate was found soon.
• The Heavenly God told Jiang Yiyu to wait while he searched the Divine Realm, then postponed Lu Changsheng's reward until the search gathering in a few days.
• The Heavenly God ordered the Divine Envoy to give Lu Changsheng an Earth Grade private residence, meet his material needs, and have him refine more containers.
• The Divine Envoy brought Lu Changsheng's materials list and promised to deliver the supplies, while Lu Changsheng entered the residence and began inspecting it.

Lu Changsheng, posing as Zhongsheng, continued refining containers that could absorb the divine vein's poison and was visited by the Divine Maiden, Jiang Yiyu, who asked whether he could suppress the Yin Qi in her body. The next day, Lu Changsheng and nearly everyone in the Divine Realm gathered for his reward ceremony and the search for Jiang Yiyu's dual cultivation partner, as a Heavenly God descended above the arena.

• Lu Changsheng learned that his residence was covered in sensing and surveillance formations, left them intact, and continued refining containers.
• Jiang Yiyu visited Lu Changsheng and asked if artifact refining could suppress the Yin Qi in her body; he claimed he could not help her.
• After Jiang Yiyu left, Lu Changsheng secretly marked her with Holy Qi so he could perceive her movements and avoid getting entangled with her.
• Lu Changsheng resumed refining, and the next day the Divine Realm gathered in an enormous floating plain for his reward and the selection of Jiang Yiyu's dual cultivation partner.
• The crowd discussed Zhongsheng's prospects while You Chen and Hu Wei worried about their strained relationship with him; then an old man descended above the arena amid the Four Symbols.

At the Divine Realm gathering, Lu Changsheng concealed his true fire-attributed power while the Divine Maiden Jiang Yiyu drew attention to him. The Heavenly God began rewarding him for his service and revealed that Xuan Heavenly God might take him as a disciple.

• The Heavenly God explained the Divine Realm hierarchy and opened the gathering to find a suitable candidate for Jiang Yiyu.
• Jiang Yiyu urged Lu Changsheng to reveal his Divine Qi, and Lu Changsheng released a doctored presence that failed to impress the Heavenly God or the assembled candidates.
• Xu Baorui, Tang Huai, and Ding Wanshan dismissed Lu Changsheng, while Jiang Yiyu remained suspicious that he was hiding something.
• The Heavenly God brought Lu Changsheng onto a stone platform and announced the Heavenly Profound Artifact Refining Record as one of his rewards.
• The Heavenly God said that if Lu Changsheng met the cultivation method's requirements, Xuan Heavenly God would take him as his disciple, stunning the crowd.

Lu Changsheng touched the Heavenly Profound Artifact Refining Record and accidentally caused an overwhelming resonance by releasing only a tiny bit of his fire presence. Xuan Heavenly God appeared, impressed by the display, while Jiang Yiyu realized Lu Changsheng had been hiding his abilities.

• Azure Heavenly God invited Lu Changsheng to test whether he could touch the Heavenly Profound Artifact Refining Record, and Lu Changsheng pretended the flames hurt as he reached for it.
• Lu Changsheng touched the scroll and released a little of his suppressed presence, causing a vast sea of fire to erupt around him.
• Azure Heavenly God protected the disciples below as Xu Baorui, Ding Wanshan, Tang Huai, and the others stared in shock at Lu Changsheng's resonance with the scroll.
• Jiang Yiyu realized Lu Changsheng had concealed his exceptional Dao of Fire attainments and suspected he had rejected her offer to dual cultivate.
• Xuan Heavenly God appeared, praised Lu Changsheng's unmatched resonance, and watched as the sea of fire vanished and the scroll settled into Lu Changsheng's hand.

Lu Changsheng earned Xuan Heavenly God's recognition and was accepted as his final disciple, receiving a Heavenly Palace Command Token. Azure Heavenly God also arranged for Lu Changsheng to test whether he could suppress Jiang Yiyu's Yin Qi, and Jiang Yiyu was waiting outside his residence when he returned.

• Xuan Heavenly God asked Lu Changsheng to become his disciple, and Lu Changsheng accepted.
• Xuan Heavenly God gave Lu Changsheng a Heavenly Palace Command Token and told him to come to the Heavenly Palace the next day to inherit his mantle.
• Azure Heavenly God questioned Lu Changsheng about concealing his presence, and Lu Changsheng claimed he had felt unworthy of Jiang Yiyu.
• Jiang Yiyu asked Lu Changsheng to try suppressing her Yin Qi, and Azure Heavenly God declared they would become dao companions if he succeeded.
• Azure Heavenly God rewarded Lu Changsheng with three Divine Blood Pills and announced that the Divine Realm would attack the Lower Five Realms when commanded.
• Lu Changsheng returned to his Earth Rank residence and found Jiang Yiyu waiting outside.