Arc 8The Primordial Secret Realms

Lin Yu revealed the Primordial Rankings and opened twelve secret realms, then transformed the Four Great Star Domains by bringing them under the willow, the Holy City, and Hongmeng Mountain. As cultivators explored the realms, Chen Honghu defeated a rival and the Fire Phoenix Clan and Ancestor Yueyang gathered before a mysterious formation that released an Immortal-level opponent.

  • A willow branch expelled Bai Jinghui and Qin Yu’s group from the Land of the Extreme Dao, then split the Dimin Dao Sect’s world after warning its disciples away.
  • Lin Yu unveiled five Primordial Rankings across the Southern Heaven Great Domain, exposing the strength of major factions and the top Heaven’s Chosen.
  • Lin Yu forged Immortal Qi, empowered the Twelve Mountain Guardian Guards, and created twelve vast secret realms from ruined small worlds.
  • The Primordial Rankings opened the twelve realms, where cultivators found abundant opportunities and Immortal Qi while Lin Yu gained Fate Controller abilities and altered the fates of a youth and an ice dragon.
  • Lin Yu brought a glowing willow into the Southern Heaven Star Domain, took control of the Holy City, and made Hongmeng Mountain release Immortal Qi across the Four Great Star Domains.
  • Chen Honghu found Immortal Qi in a spirit stone, defeated the man in black, and refined his remnant soul in a purple-gold furnace.
  • Feng Yaoyang and the Fire Phoenix Clan discovered an enormous golden formation in Primordial Space Number Three and waited for the Indestructible Divine Mountain before approaching it.
  • Ancestor Yueyang failed to break or understand the formation, which opened and released an Immortal-level figure that matched his strength while Yu Liuli approached.
Chapters 176–200 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 176Split in Two

A mysterious willow branch drove Bai Jinghui and the Dimin Dao Sect cultivators out of the Land of the Extreme Dao, then punished the sect for trespassing. The Dimin Dao Sect’s world was split in two, leaving Situ Fengming and the surviving disciples stunned.

  • Bai Jinghui instinctively attacked the willow branch, but it struck him and sent him flying from the Land of the Extreme Dao.
  • The willow branch multiplied and blasted Qin Yu and the other Dimin Dao Sect cultivators through space back to their sect.
  • Bai Jinghui and the disciples crashed into the Dimin Dao Sect’s grounds, where Situ Fengming and the elders discovered them.
  • Bai Jinghui and the other returned cultivators suddenly burst apart as an ethereal voice warned the sect not to enter the Land of the Extreme Dao without the Hall Master of the Primordial Hall’s permission.
  • A willow branch split the Dimin Dao Sect’s world in two, leaving Situ Fengming and the disciples in disbelief.

Ch. 177Driven Out of the Land of the Extreme Dao

After witnessing the willow branch’s Immortal-level power, the master of the Dimin Dao Sect ordered his people to stay away from the Land of the Extreme Dao. In the south, a black illusory figure stopped the Star Radiance Dynasty’s army and left its general alive to carry a warning back.

  • The master of the Dimin Dao Sect felt the willow branch’s power and forbade his disciples from approaching the Land of the Extreme Dao, threatening to execute anyone who disobeyed and destroy their factions.
  • Several million soldiers of the Star Radiance Dynasty marched toward the Four Great Star Domains, but a black illusory figure appeared and told them to turn back without the Hall Master of the Primordial Hall’s permission.
  • The Star Radiance Dynasty general insisted on carrying out his mission, so the black illusory figure unleashed black Qi that devoured more than a hundred peak Saint King experts and severely wounded the general.
  • The black illusory figure warned the general that he would destroy the Star Radiance Dynasty if more troops approached, then sent him away through a spatial vortex.

Ch. 178Southern Heaven Star Domain Rankings

After powerful beings barred outside factions from entering the Land of the Extreme Dao in the name of the Primordial Hall's Hall Master, news of the region's strength spread across the Southern Heaven Great Domain. Lin Yu decided to capitalize on the commotion by unveiling five rankings, and the system produced the first entries of the Faction Ranking.

  • A brown phantom drove away the Star Radiance Dynasty's general, while powerful beings across the Land of the Extreme Dao repelled or destroyed other invading factions.
  • News of nine Half-step Immortal Level experts and the Primordial Hall's unseen Hall Master spread throughout the Southern Heaven Great Domain, drawing crowds who watched from a safe distance.
  • Lin Yu observed the growing attention around the Four Great Star Domains and decided the Primordial Hall should make its appearance.
  • Lin Yu ordered the system to create five rankings for the Southern Heaven Great Domain, excluding the Four Great Star Domains.
  • The system completed its deductions, and Lin Yu opened the Faction Ranking, which listed the Indestructible Divine Mountain first, the Flame Phoenix Clan second, the Southern Heaven Chamber of Commerce third, and the Star Radiance Dynasty twenty-first.

Ch. 179The Five Great Rankings

Lin Yu reviewed the five rankings and the scarcity of Immortal Qi that limited Immortal-level cultivation in the Southern Heaven Great Domain. He released the rankings across all twenty-one star domains, where they appeared in the sky for everyone to see.

  • Lin Yu examined the Southern Heaven Great Domain's Faction Ranking and reflected on the Immortal Qi required for Immortal-level advancement.
  • Lin Yu reviewed the remaining four rankings and confirmed that their information had no problems.
  • Lin Yu ordered the system to display the five rankings at the center of every star domain in the Southern Heaven Great Domain.
  • The system distributed the rankings across all twenty-one star domains, and golden rankings appeared in the sky as living beings looked on.

Ch. 180Fame Points Rose Again

The Primordial Hall revealed five rankings for the Southern Heaven Great Domain, exposing the strength of its factions and the realm’s scale. The chapter ended with cultivators stunned by the Heaven’s Chosen Rankings, where the top five had reached Half-Step Immortal and the Indestructible Divine Mountain held two places.

  • The five Primordial Rankings appeared across the Southern Heaven Great Domain, and cultivators wondered why the Primordial Hall had issued them.
  • Cultivators and factions studied the rankings, discovering the Southern Heaven Chamber of Commerce ranked third and that at least seven more factions had hidden immortal-level experts.
  • The Heaven’s Chosen Ranking drew the most attention, listing one hundred young cultivators from the Great Domain’s 321 star domains, all at Imperial Lord level or higher.
  • Cultivators saw that the top five were Half-Step Immortal, with the Indestructible Divine Mountain occupying two places.

Ch. 181Promoting Immortal Ascension

Lin Yu used the Primordial Platform’s analysis of Immortal Qi to forge Immortal Qi from Primordial Qi, then strengthened the Twelve Mountain Guardian Guards. The guards reached the Immortal Realm Late Stage Second Layer after Lin Yu made the Hongmeng System issue their delayed cultivation rewards.

  • Lin Yu received the Primordial Platform’s complete analysis of Immortal Qi and learned how to forge it from Primordial Qi.
  • Lin Yu compressed Primordial Qi from a radius of ten thousand li and forged twenty-five strands of Immortal Qi in a bronze cauldron.
  • Lin Yu summoned the Twelve Mountain Guardian Guards and allotted thirty-six strands of compressed Primordial Qi to each guard.
  • Lin Yu ordered the Hongmeng System to issue the guards’ delayed cultivation rewards, and the system confirmed the rewards.
  • The rewards fused into the guards, raising each of them by eight cultivation layers and unleashing twelve powerful forces.

Ch. 182Forging Worlds

Lin Yu raised the twelve mountain-guarding guards to the Immortal Realm Late Stage Second Layer, then gathered hundreds of thousands of ruined small worlds on the Primordial Platform. He began merging them around twelve relatively intact worlds to forge twelve worlds infused with Primordial Qi.

  • The twelve mountain-guarding guards broke through to the Immortal Realm Late Stage Second Layer with help from the Hongmeng System and Primordial Qi, then thanked Lin Yu.
  • Lin Yu judged the guards strong enough for his next plan and told them to wait nearby.
  • Lin Yu projected abandoned small worlds from across the Southern Heaven Great Domain and gathered a hundred thousand of them above the Primordial Platform.
  • Lin Yu selected twelve relatively intact small worlds as centers and began merging the ruined worlds into them.
  • Twelve vortices of Primordial Qi appeared in the worlds, stabilizing them as Lin Yu began forging twelve extraordinary small worlds.

Ch. 183Qi of Creation

Lin Yu forged twelve vast worlds from depleted small worlds and discovered that the process had produced Qi of Creation, raising his cultivation to the Middle Stage of the Great Emperor Level. He planned to open secret-realm entrances across the Southern Heaven Great Domain so cultivators could enter the worlds and seek opportunities.

  • Lin Yu used the Primordial Platform to devise new rules and guide the fusion of twelve damaged small worlds.
  • As Lin Yu forged the worlds, a green lotus appeared above him and Yin-Yang Qi, Five Elements Qi, and Lightning Qi merged into Qi of Creation.
  • After three days, twelve vast, spiritually rich worlds formed around the Primordial Platform, each containing a dangerous forbidden zone.
  • Lin Yu realized that Qi of Creation had appeared and that his cultivation had advanced to the Middle Stage of the Great Emperor Level.
  • Lin Yu decided to establish secret-realm entrances throughout the Southern Heaven Great Domain, connecting cultivators to the twelve worlds and their abundant opportunities.

Ch. 184Cultivation Weakness

Lin Yu arranged for twelve mountain guards to become masters of the twelve worlds and set the system to place entrances to those worlds across the Southern Heaven Great Domain. Three days later, the Primordial Rankings revealed the worlds to the domain, and twenty-four streaks of light entered them.

  • Lin Yu explained that the twelve worlds copied visitors’ cultivation results into his mind, helping him compensate for his own cultivation weakness.
  • Lin Yu ordered the twelve mountain guards to enter separate worlds, become their masters, and protect them in exchange for the worlds’ fortune.
  • Lin Yu instructed the system to place an entrance to a secret realm in every star domain, allowing entrants to be randomly transported to one of the twelve worlds.
  • Three days later, the Primordial Rankings spread golden light across all 321 star domains of the Southern Heaven Great Domain.
  • The Primordial Rankings revealed images of the twelve worlds and their treasures, then a rift opened and twenty-four streaks of light entered the worlds.

Ch. 185The Worlds Opened to the Public

The Primordial Rankings destroyed the Indestructible Divine Mountain’s defenses after an Immortal Level expert tried to seize the displayed Immortal Qi. Lin Yu announced that the twelve secret realms were open to everyone in the Southern Heaven Great Domain, while the Indestructible Divine Mountain’s ranking fell and the attacker died.

  • An Immortal Level expert reached for the Immortal Qi, and golden pillars from the Primordial Rankings shattered his illusory hand.
  • The pillars struck the Indestructible Divine Mountain, breaking its defensive arrays and filling the sky above it with mushroom clouds.
  • Lin Yu announced that anyone in the Southern Heaven Great Domain could enter the twelve secret realms through the Primordial Rankings after waiting ten breaths.
  • Lin Yu said the realms contained treasures and Immortal Qi, and that anyone who gathered a full strand of Immortal Qi would receive a Primordial Token granting one entry to the Land of the Extreme Dao.
  • The Indestructible Divine Mountain remained silent, fell one place on the Primordial Rankings' Sect Strength Ranking, and the Early-stage Immortal Level Third Layer expert perished.

Ch. 186Controller of Fate

After Lin Yu opened twelve vast worlds to the Southern Heaven Great Domain, countless cultivators entered and discovered that the worlds’ abundant spiritual power rapidly strengthened them. Many thanked the Primordial Hall and vowed loyalty, while wisps of presence rose from their worshipers toward the heavens.

  • The Primordial Rankings opened twelve vast worlds to the Southern Heaven Great Domain, and low-level cultivators and Rogue Cultivators rushed to enter while major factions held back.
  • Lin Yu watched the new arrivals appear throughout the vast worlds from the Primordial Platform.
  • Cultivators who entered the spiritual-power-rich worlds began breaking through to higher levels and even entire realms.
  • Countless cultivators knelt to thank the Primordial Hall and vowed to serve it, moving Lin Yu with their devotion.
  • Wisps of presence rose from the kneeling beings and shot toward the heavens.

Ch. 187Changing Fate

Lin Yu awakened the Fruit of Fate and gained the Fate Controller ability, allowing him to perceive and alter people’s destinies. He changed the frail youth’s future and left him to see whether he could reach the Saint Realm and transcend fate.

  • Devout presence streamed into Lin Yu’s green lotus, awakening the Fruit of Fate and triggering his Fate Controller ability.
  • Lin Yu absorbed the new knowledge, formed a Fate Crystal, and gained an ethereal presence beyond time and space.
  • Lin Yu examined the frail youth who had first worshipped him and saw that the youth was destined to die after an expert stole his opportunities.
  • Lin Yu altered the youth’s river of fate and said that the rest was up to him.
  • Lin Yu hoped the youth would reach the Saint Realm and change his fate completely.

Ch. 188Moving Out at Once

Lin Yu tested his ability to alter fate by erasing the ice dragon’s transformation and returning him to an ice serpent. Half a month later, the Southern Heaven Great Domain’s major powers entered the Twelve Primordial Secret Realms, where Baili Xuelian discovered that the seventh realm had changed her cultivation.

  • Lin Yu altered the ice dragon’s past, stripping away his Primordial Qi transformation and returning him to a Qi Sea Realm ice serpent.
  • Over half a month, the Twelve Primordial Secret Realms became a sensation across the Southern Heaven Great Domain.
  • The Flame Phoenix Clan and other major powers mobilized toward the secret realms, including Baili Xuelian and the Southern Heaven Chamber of Commerce.
  • Baili Xuelian entered the seventh Primordial Secret Realm and surveyed its primeval forest.
  • Baili Xuelian sensed a change and circulated her cultivation technique, forming spiritual-power vortexes that devoured the surrounding spiritual power for half an hour.

Ch. 189Baili Xuelian

Baili Xuelian discovered that the Primordial Secret Realm contained Immortal Qi and suspected its strange, endless sky concealed the Primordial Hall’s secret. Lin Yu noticed her investigation and used his power to draw her into a vision of himself, revealing the overwhelming strength of a Peak Immortal.

  • Baili Xuelian confirmed that cultivators below the Mid-stage Immortal Level could absorb the Primordial Secret Realm’s Immortal Qi directly and cultivate more than a hundred times faster.
  • Baili Xuelian wondered why the Primordial Hall had placed Immortal Qi in its twelve secret realms and suspected the Hall Master was trying to attract cultivators.
  • Baili Xuelian noticed that the secret realm’s sky seemed strange and rushed toward the ninth heaven to investigate, but found no end to it.
  • Lin Yu observed Baili Xuelian and decided to make her help him cultivate, since she was the first Half-Step Immortal expert to enter the realm.
  • Lin Yu waved his hand, causing Baili Xuelian to see a vision of a white-robed figure whose power she recognized as the Third Layer of the Late-stage Immortal Realm, or Peak Immortal.

Ch. 190Hurry Up and Bring Me Experience

Baili Xuelian’s attempt to enter the Seventh Primordial Secret Realm’s skies was repelled by a Mountain Guardian Guard, revealing that the secret realms were protected by formidable experts. As the major powers entered the realms and searched for treasures, Lin Yu gained Fame Points and advanced to the Imperial Lord level, anticipating that their activity would speed his rise toward Half-step Immortal.

  • A Mountain Guardian Guard forced Baili Xuelian’s spiritual power out of the skies, and she concluded that the Primordial Secret Realms were guarded by Peak of the Immortal Realm experts.
  • Baili Xuelian vowed to obtain Immortal Qi and a Primordial Token, then ordered more than ten thousand Southern Heaven Chamber of Commerce cultivators to search the Primordial Secret Realm for treasures.
  • Major powers in the other secret realms discovered the extraordinary Spiritual Qi and opportunities, while learning that powerful monsters—including Half-step Immortal Level creatures—made the realms dangerous.
  • Lin Yu received repeated notifications that the Primordial Hall had gained Fame Points as cultivators entered the realms.
  • Lin Yu reached the Imperial Lord level and expected the incoming cultivators to help him advance toward Half-step Immortal.

Ch. 191Collecting Some Rent

Lin Yu found that the Four Great Star Domains had transformed dramatically since the blue membrane broke, but the system could not deduce the cause. Wanting to improve the region before outsiders arrived, he decided to collect rent from its long-term guests and appeared before a glowing willow tree.

  • Lin Yu saw that the Four Great Star Domains’ races and rankings had changed as sealed talents awakened, while Xu Ziyue’s true physique remained hidden from the rankings.
  • Lin Yu asked the system to deduce the Four Great Star Domains’ condition, but it refused because his authority was insufficient.
  • Lin Yu decided to transform the Four Great Star Domains before Primordial Token holders arrived, then spotted a glowing willow tree in the projected images.
  • Lin Yu activated the system’s projection and appeared before the willow tree in the Southern Heaven Star Domain.
  • The willow tree greeted Lin Yu and asked why he had come.

Ch. 192An Astonishing Understanding

Lin Yu moved the glowing willow to the center of the Southern Heaven Star Domain and ordered it to illuminate the Land of the Extreme Dao. He then arrived at another forbidden land, where a middle-aged man greeted him respectfully and asked what he wanted.

  • Lin Yu told the glowing willow that its rent was to move and gave it ten galaxies to fill with its branches and light.
  • The willow asked Lin Yu what realm he had reached, and he claimed he was only a little Imperial Lord before leaving.
  • The willow appeared in the Southern Heaven Star Domain, spread across ten planets, and illuminated the Land of the Extreme Dao.
  • Cultivators noticed faster cultivation beneath the willow, and the Southern Heaven Holy Maiden recognized it as the hall master's doing.
  • Lin Yu arrived above another forbidden land, where a middle-aged man bowed and asked what orders he had.

Ch. 193To Lend or Not to Lend

Lin Yu took the Holy City from a forbidden land and expanded it into a dragon-shaped barrier around the Four Great Star Domains. He then visited another forbidden land and took sixteen drops of ominous blood, leaving its people powerless to stop him.

  • Lin Yu demanded to borrow the Holy City, and its guardian asked to consult his sect before agreeing.
  • Lin Yu seized the Holy City with a wave of his hand, leaving the guardian astonished by his control over the sacred artifact.
  • Lin Yu enlarged the Holy City and guided it around the Land of the Extreme Dao, enclosing the Four Great Star Domains.
  • Beings across the Four Great Star Domains watched the spectacle and speculated that Lin Yu's actions might bring them another benefit.
  • Lin Yu appeared at a forbidden land's dried-up pool, extracted sixteen drops of blood wreathed in black Qi, and left.

Ch. 194Transformation Complete

Lin Yu used black essence to have the Primordial Platform deduce eight guardians and save the rest, then received treasures from the Phoenix Clan patriarch and five other forbidden-land figures. He began the final transformation of the Land of the Extreme Dao by raising Hongmeng Mountain, whose appearance sent torrents of Immortal Qi across the Four Great Star Domains.

  • The black phantom mourned that Lin Yu had taken sixteen of his thirty drops of black essence, but decided not to pursue him.
  • Lin Yu sent sixteen drops of black essence to the Primordial Platform, ordering it to deduce eight guardians and reserve the other eight.
  • The Phoenix Clan patriarch and five figures from forbidden lands presented Lin Yu with their clans' supreme treasures and fled.
  • Lin Yu returned to Hongmeng Mountain and commanded it to rise as the final step in transforming the Land of the Extreme Dao.
  • Hongmeng Mountain expanded and radiated the Great Dao, while black vortices released countless streams of Immortal Qi across the Four Great Star Domains.

Ch. 195Five-Colored Spirit Stone

Lin Yu used streams of Immortal Qi to transform the Four Great Star Domains, then gained another cultivation breakthrough as powerful cultivators entered the Primordial Spaces. In one Primordial Space, Chen Honghu killed a giant spirit beast and obtained a five-colored spirit stone.

  • Immortal Qi poured from Hongmeng Mountain into the Four Great Star Domains, greatly raising the quality of their spiritual power.
  • Cultivators across the Four Great Star Domains thanked the Hall Master, while leaders of the forbidden lands regretted not offering more treasures.
  • Lin Yu welcomed his cultivation breakthrough and anticipated the first Southern Heaven Great Domain cultivator to gather Immortal Qi and enter his Land of the Extreme Dao.
  • Chen Honghu obtained a five-colored spirit stone after a giant spirit beast's corpse transformed into one.

Ch. 196The Mantis Stalks the Cicada

Chen Honghu discovered a wisp of Immortal Qi in a seven-colored spirit stone and neared the amount needed to obtain a Primordial Token. A man in black tried to rob him, but Chen Honghu destroyed the attacker’s nine pythons with a few punches, leaving the man in black facing his true strength.

  • Chen Honghu found a wisp of Immortal Qi in a seven-colored spirit stone and said he needed two more to make a complete strand.
  • The man in black confronted Chen Honghu, intending to seize his treasures, but Chen Honghu ignored him and walked away.
  • The man in black summoned nine enormous black pythons and sent them rushing at Chen Honghu.
  • Chen Honghu shattered all nine pythons with a few punches in less than three breaths.
  • The man in black turned pale as terrifying spiritual power surged toward him.

Ch. 197Still Too Weak

Chen Honghu defeated a black-clad Early Saint Venerable who had secretly followed him, then absorbed the man’s remnant soul in an alchemy furnace. He sensed a treasure deep within Primordial Space but decided he needed to cultivate faster before entering.

  • The black-clad man’s defenses failed against Chen Honghu’s attack, and Chen Honghu appeared above him and stomped down.
  • The black-clad man unleashed his full strength, but the ancient divine beast phantom behind Chen Honghu shattered his attacks and sent him flying.
  • Chen Honghu contained the explosion to protect the forest, then used a purple-gold alchemy furnace to pull in the black-clad man’s escaping remnant soul.
  • Chen Honghu refined the black-clad man in the furnace and waited until the man had completely disappeared.
  • Chen Honghu sensed a treasure deep within Primordial Space, judged himself too weak to reach it safely, and flew off to cultivate faster.

Ch. 198Feng Yaoyang

Feng Yaoyang and the Fire Phoenix Clan reached a powerful formation guarding the core of Primordial Space Number Three. Unable to break it alone, Feng Yaoyang decided to wait for the Indestructible Divine Mountain and try to join forces with them.

  • Feng Yaoyang led eight other Half-Step Immortal Fire Phoenix Clan cultivators toward the core of Primordial Space Number Three, where they had encountered several powerful spirit beasts.
  • Elder Huo transformed into a massive fire phoenix and sent flames toward the quiet space ahead, revealing an enormous golden formation.
  • Cultivators across Primordial Space Number Three heard the formation appear and wondered what had caused the commotion.
  • Feng Yaoyang judged the formation to be at least Immortal Level and recognized that the treasures beyond it must be extraordinary.
  • Elder Huo suggested using “that thing” to break the formation, but Feng Yaoyang chose to wait for the Indestructible Divine Mountain and seek an alliance.

Ch. 199The Indestructible Divine Mountain Arrives

The Fire Phoenix Clan and other cultivators gathered before a mysterious golden formation as the Indestructible Divine Mountain arrived. Ancestor Yueyang could not fully see through the unfamiliar formation, leaving its nature unclear.

  • Feng Yaoyang warned the Fire Phoenix Clan elders to stay on guard and not trust the Indestructible Divine Mountain.
  • More than a thousand cultivators from the Southern Heaven Great Domain arrived and waited before the golden formation.
  • Yu Liuli, Fu Yanchun, Xiao Qingchen, and Ancestor Yueyang emerged from a spatial rift, drawing recognition and reverence from the crowd.
  • Ancestor Yueyang gently lifted the bowing cultivators with an irresistible force, displaying his Immortal-level power.
  • Ancestor Yueyang examined the golden formation but could not see through it or find a record of it in ancient texts.

Ch. 200Ancestor Yueyang Makes His Move

Ancestor Yueyang attacked the golden formation, but his spatial power passed through it without causing damage, and the formation produced an immortal-level figure that fought him with stronger versions of his own moves. As the battle continued, Yu Liuli approached the formation to investigate, while Feng Yaoyang watched her go first.

  • Ancestor Yueyang examined the golden formation, failed to understand it, and struck it with waves of space spanning tens of thousands of li.
  • The spatial waves passed through the formation, which remained intact.
  • The formation opened and released an immortal-level figure that matched Ancestor Yueyang's strength.
  • Ancestor Yueyang fought the figure, whose attacks mirrored his but overpowered his moves.
  • Yu Liuli crossed tens of thousands of li to approach the formation, and Feng Yaoyang encouraged her to investigate first.
Arc 8 of 48
Arc 8 of 48