Chapter Summaries

The Primordial Hall released the Star Combat Ability Rankings, prompting powerful cultivators across the Southern Heaven Great Domain to reveal themselves and challenge figures of light. After a month with no new names on the rankings, Lin Yu watched the rankings draw widespread attention, advancing his goal of upgrading the Primordial Hall.

• The nine figures of light in the Gods and Devils Star Domain learned they could ask the Primordial Hall for a wish if they ranked, and they resolved to challenge for first place and break through their limits.
• A cultivator in the Green Bamboo Star Domain attained Sainthood after completing his cultivation technique and boasted that the rankings posed no challenge to him.
• Powerful cultivators emerged across the star domains, and countless challengers fought figures of light in the arenas for a month.
• The Star Combat Ability Rankings remained unchanged, as no challenger succeeded, while ranked cultivators found their figures of light matched their strength and choices.
• Lin Yu observed the commotion from the Primordial Space and used the dynamic rankings to attract public attention and influence for the Primordial Hall.

The Battle of the Extreme Dao began as the arenas across the Southern Heaven Great Domain merged into six enormous stages visible throughout all 321 star domains. The Primordial Hall displayed its overwhelming power, and the chapter left Lin Yu appearing above the arenas as the competition was about to unfold.

• The Primordial Hall merged the arenas into six vast stages and used the Primordial Rankings to broadcast them across the Southern Heaven Great Domain.
• Major factions, including the Southern Heaven Chamber of Commerce, the Fire Phoenix Clan, and the Indestructible Divine Mountain, arrived with powerful elders and disciples to watch.
• The twelve Primordial Spaces split open and released twelve Primordial Guards, each at the Peak of the Late-stage Immortal Realm.
• The twelve Primordial Guards took positions around the six arenas and sealed them off.
• Lin Yu appeared above the arenas, seated at a table and chair, as the cultivators watched in surprise.

Lin Yu revealed himself as the Primordial Hall’s hall master and began the arena tournament, transporting sixty thousand ranked cultivators to six arenas. The first round started with five thousand battles on the Saint Combat Ability Ranking List.

• The twelve Primordial Guards knelt before Lin Yu and greeted him as hall master, shocking the Southern Heaven Great Domain’s factions.
• Lin Yu activated all 321 Primordial Rankings lists and transported sixty thousand cultivators to the six arenas.
• Lin Yu summoned the ten thousand cultivators on the Saint Combat Ability Ranking List and divided them into five thousand pairs on an arena.
• The first-round battles began as cultivators unleashed their spells, techniques, weapons, and magic treasures while the Southern Heaven Great Domain watched.

Saint-level fighters battled on the Primordial Arena as Lin Yu watched for promising contestants. A white-robed youth defeated a powerful black bat, while a Heaven-Surging Toad swallowed its opponent, leaving both victors among the arena’s standout fighters.

• Half the battles had ended, and defeated cultivators were teleported away as spectators left to pursue treasures or recruit fighters.
• A white-robed youth used a golden halo to burn the black bat’s wing, then appeared on its back and tore the wing off.
• The white-robed youth punched the black bat down and destroyed it, impressing Lin Yu with his strength and unusual cultivation technique.
• Lin Yu recognized a Heaven-Surging Toad, whose transformed body could reflect and absorb spell attacks.
• The Heaven-Surging Toad struck its opponent with its tongue and swallowed him whole.

The first round of the Primordial Arena’s Saint-level battles ended after two days and nights, leaving ten powerful finalists whose strength reached the peak late-stage Saint King level. Lin Yu observed several unusual fighters among them as the final showdown approached.

• The Heaven-Surging Toad swallowed its opponents, and Lin Yu used the Hongmeng System to discover it had undergone only one bloodline transformation.
• A black-clad youth used endlessly producible Heavenly Demon Blood to raise his cultivation to the peak of the late-stage Saint King and kill the white-haired elder.
• The first round continued for two days and nights, reducing ten thousand cultivators to a little over ten survivors.
• The ten finalists appeared on the Saint Combat Ability Ranking List, and spectators across the Southern Heaven Great Domain anticipated their final battles.
• Lin Yu recognized the Heaven-Surging Toad, the black-clad youth, a white-clad young man, two Indestructible Divine Mountain disciples, and a Fire Phoenix Clan member among the finalists.

Lin Yu let the ten strongest Saint-realm fighters choose their own opponents, and they turned the arena into a free-for-all. After the three elders withdrew and three more fighters were eliminated, the Fire Phoenix Clan member unleashed Flame Nirvana as he faced the black-robed youth, the white-robed youth, and the brown ant.

• Lin Yu announced that the ten fighters could choose their opponents, and they immediately began fighting in a free-for-all.
• The other seven fighters joined forces against the three elders, who admitted defeat and left the arena.
• The black-robed youth severely injured both Indestructible Divine Mountain cultivators, while the Fire Phoenix Clan member's flames pushed the Heaven-Surging Toad to flee.
• Three more fighters left the arena, leaving the Fire Phoenix Clan member, the black-robed youth, the white-robed youth, and the brown ant.
• The Fire Phoenix Clan member used Flame Nirvana, transforming into an Ancient Phoenix and greatly increasing his combat power.

The four remaining fighters unleashed their bloodline powers in the Primordial Arena, driving their strength far beyond ordinary Saint-level limits. The black-clad youth, white-clad youth, and Fire Phoenix Clan member attacked the newly transformed Mighty Ant as he tried to escape.

• The black-clad youth fused with a black phantom and became a demon god, while the white-clad youth awakened his Desolate Ancient Battle Physique and surged toward peak late Saint King strength.
• The Mighty Ant shattered his carapace, revealing a stronger form with golden light and a newly forming red shell.
• The black-clad youth, white-clad youth, and Fire Phoenix Clan member seized the chance to attack the Mighty Ant while his new carapace was weak.
• The Fire Phoenix Clan member struck the Mighty Ant with Samadhi True Fire, and the black-clad youth followed with burning black spiritual power.
• Spectators and nearby Saint King experts watched in alarm as the four fighters displayed power that could threaten opponents far above their realm.

The three prodigies struggled to damage the Mighty Ant as their strength waned, until its repeated provocations drove them to unite against it. Their combined attacks cracked its carapace, while Lin Yu recognized the Mighty Ant’s stubborn fighting spirit.

• The Mighty Ant endured the Fire Phoenix Clan member, the white-robed youth, and the black-robed youth’s attacks while its carapace recovered.
• The three Saints continued dividing their attacks between the Mighty Ant and one another, giving it time to recover.
• The Mighty Ant provoked all three opponents with indiscriminate attacks, and the black-robed youth and white-robed youth finally joined forces against it.
• The Fire Phoenix Clan member joined their assault, and their combined attacks widened cracks in the Mighty Ant’s carapace.
• Lin Yu watched and reflected that the Mighty Ant’s relentless combativeness came from its bloodline and its drive to break through.

After three days of battle, the Mighty Ant refused the white-robed young man's offer to withdraw and was killed by the combined attacks of the three remaining fighters. The white-robed young man, the black-robed youth, and the Fire Phoenix Clan member appeared to draw, but the Primordial Arena began forming a mysterious figure, suggesting the contest was not over.

• After three days of fighting, the Mighty Ant's armor and life force had weakened, but he continued attacking all three opponents.
• The white-robed young man offered to spare the Mighty Ant if he withdrew, but the Mighty Ant roared and attacked again.
• The white-robed young man, the black-robed youth, and the Fire Phoenix Clan member unleashed their final attacks and blasted the Mighty Ant to pieces.
• The three fighters' attacks collided, and they were found kneeling in a pit, each unable to fight, as cultivators concluded the battle was a draw.
• The Primordial Arena began repairing itself as seven-colored light gathered and a powerful, blurry figure started to form.

The Mighty Ant survived the three cultivators’ assault and evolved into the Glazed Mighty Ant, winning the Primordial Arena. As Lin Yu granted his wish to take human form, the Heavenly Dao intervened with a lightning storm over the Southern Heaven Great Domain.

• The Mighty Ant emerged from the seven-colored light as the Glazed Mighty Ant, with a transformed body and wings.
• The three opponents conceded, and the Primordial Rankings teleported them out of the arena.
• Lin Yu recognized the Glazed Mighty Ant’s victory and granted his wish to break the Mighty Ant Clan’s curse and take human form.
• As the Glazed Mighty Ant began transforming, golden lightning descended and the Heavenly Dao filled the sky over the Southern Heaven Great Domain with a vast sea of lightning.
• An indifferent voice rang out as the cultivators faced the Heavenly Dao’s threat.

The Glazed Mighty Ant survived the tribulation and took human form, astonishing the cultivators who witnessed her transformation. When Lin Yu teased her about choosing between a human form and a name, she hurriedly named herself Jing Chen, and the Star Combat Strength Rankings updated accordingly.

• Lin Yu's power shattered the thunderbolts and cleared the thunderclouds, revealing the Glazed Mighty Ant as a beautiful young girl.
• The newly human Mighty Ant thanked Lin Yu, who conjured a chair for her on the Saint seat.
• Lin Yu pointed out that the Mighty Ant needed a human name, and she asked him to choose one for her.
• Lin Yu teased that he could grant only one wish, making the Mighty Ant quickly insist on keeping her human form and choose the name Jing Chen.
• The Star Combat Strength Rankings replaced “Mighty Ant” with “Jing Chen,” and she celebrated having a name.

Lin Yu began the Saint King arena matches and sealed an Immortal Level sword so it could not give its wielder an unfair advantage. After ten days, three cultivators remained, and their grueling final battle continued under the ancient battlefield devil’s dominance.

• Lin Yu summoned the ten thousand cultivators on the Saint King Combat Ability Ranking List to the Primordial Arena, where five thousand matches began.
• Jing Chen noticed a handsome young man wielding a golden treasure sword, and Lin Yu recognized the sword as an Immortal Level magic treasure.
• Lin Yu sealed the sword’s power, learned the young man had obtained it from an ancient ruin, and added a rule limiting magic treasures to their wielders’ realms.
• After ten days of battles, the young man, a disciple of the Indestructible Divine Mountain, and an ancient battlefield devil remained.
• The ancient battlefield devil chased and overwhelmed the other two in a final battle that lasted six hours, while both opponents struggled to endure.

Murong Liu won the battle and asked Lin Yu to erase his previous life's memories, choosing to live only as himself. After Lin Yu granted his wish, Murong Liu gained renewed clarity and strength, while the remaining participants eagerly awaited their turns.

• Murong Liu defeated his opponent and appeared on the Star Combat Ability Rankings as a Saint King Extreme Dao expert.
• Murong Liu asked Lin Yu to erase his previous life's memories, explaining that they had become shackles and he wanted to live only as Murong Liu.
• Lin Yu erased Murong Liu's previous-life memories, leaving him with only his memories of this life.
• Murong Liu walked toward his Saint King chair as his presence and power of the Great Dao grew stronger.
• The remaining participants, convinced Lin Yu could grant their wishes, grew eager to enter the arena and compete for first place.

The Saint Venerable tournament began, and He Xianshan of the Indestructible Divine Mountain displayed the powerful Indestructible Nine-Turn Method. Lin Yu studied the method and began merging it with Hao Yueshen’s cultivation scripture to create a new technique for her, while Jing Chen and Murong Liu watched the increasingly intense battles.

• He Xianshan used the Indestructible Nine-Turn Method to annihilate his opponent and confidently awaited his next battle.
• Lin Yu recognized that He Xianshan’s method shared the reincarnation essence of Hao Yueshen’s cultivation method and learned its secrets through the Hongmeng System.
• The Primordial Arena gathered data from He Xianshan’s battles, allowing the Primordial Platform to deduce a new version of the Indestructible Nine-Turn Method.
• Lin Yu instructed the system to merge the Indestructible Nine-Turn Method with Hao Yueshen’s Mundane Mortal World Heart Scripture to help her face her remaining life-and-death cycles.
• Jing Chen felt eager to fight but recognized the gap between herself and most Saint Venerables, while Murong Liu watched the battles with focused attention.

Lin Yu watched the final Primordial Arena battle between He Xianshan and Feng Shenlang, whose previous life had been as an Immortal Level saber. He Xianshan summoned the Indestructible Divine Mountain's power, and Feng Shenlang revealed his true form as the saber spirit of an Immortal Level artifact, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Lin Yu discovered through the Hongmeng System that Feng Shenlang had once been a treasured saber and had gained a human body after his saber spirit was damaged.
• Feng Shenlang and He Xianshan began fighting, and Feng Shenlang's first strike forced He Xianshan onto the defensive.
• He Xianshan pushed the Indestructible Nine-Turn Method to its third level and summoned a miniature Indestructible Divine Mountain to suppress Feng Shenlang.
• Feng Shenlang vanished and appeared as a pitch-black saber, revealing himself as the saber spirit of an Immortal Level artifact.
• The watching cultivators debated whether He Xianshan could withstand Feng Shenlang, while Lin Yu and the Indestructible Divine Mountain's cultivators watched without intervening.

Feng Shenlang defeated He Xianshan in the Primordial Arena and took first place in the Southern Heaven Great Domain. He asked Lin Yu to repair his damaged Immortal Level magical treasure, and Lin Yu discovered that its blade had shattered into many pieces.

• Feng Shenlang transformed into a treasure saber and shattered He Xianshan's miniature Indestructible Divine Mountain with his attacks.
• Feng Shenlang stopped his saber intent just short of killing He Xianshan, who admitted defeat and teleported away to recover from the backlash.
• Feng Shenlang stood as the winner, while Lin Yu observed the disappointed members of the Indestructible Divine Mountain.
• Feng Shenlang knelt before Lin Yu and asked him to repair his Immortal Level magical treasure.
• Lin Yu examined Feng Shenlang's saber and saw that the blade inside its scabbard had shattered into hundreds or thousands of pieces.

Lin Yu used azure flames and the power of the Great Dao to restore Feng Shenlang’s shattered saber and elevate its saber intent. Feng Shenlang tested the restored weapon with a slash that shattered nearby stars, leaving the domain lit by explosions.

• Lin Yu enveloped Feng Shenlang’s shattered saber in azure flames, reuniting its fragments and restoring its saber intent.
• Lin Yu infused the saber with the power of the Great Dao, making it the sovereign of sabers across the Southern Heaven Great Domain.
• Lin Yu joined the fragments’ Rivers of Fate, fully restoring the saber, then returned it to Feng Shenlang.
• Feng Shenlang tested the saber with a slash, and its red phantom sent fragments flying into nearby stars, detonating them in a brilliant display.

Feng Shenlang tested the restored saber, discovered its fragments were each Immortal Level magic treasures, and accepted Lin Yu’s new name for it: Thousand Ren. As the Great Emperor-level Primordial Arena competition began, Lin Yu reinforced the arena and cultivators across the Southern Heaven Great Domain watched the battles.

• Feng Shenlang restored the saber’s phantom fragments and realized the saber’s new ability could unleash attacks from every direction.
• The cultivators admired the saber’s power while the major powers focused on Lin Yu’s ability to repair and strengthen it.
• Feng Shenlang asked Lin Yu to rename the saber, and Lin Yu named it Thousand Ren.
• Feng Shenlang made the name appear on the scabbard, then the Starry Sky Combat Power Ranking announced the end of the battle and formed a third chair of light.
• Ten thousand Great Emperor-level experts were teleported onto the Primordial Arena, and Lin Yu reinforced the arena before the competition began.
• The Great Emperor-level battles erupted as cultivators throughout the Southern Heaven Great Domain watched and gained insights.

After Baili Hongyi’s breakthrough put him at the top of the Great Emperor rankings, Lin Yu began the Imperial Lord tournament, where He Buxian won first place. Lin Yu granted He Buxian’s wish and then started the Half-Step Immortal battle.

• Baili Hongyi broke through after Lin Yu forged Thousand Ren and took first place in the Great Emperor rankings.
• Lin Yu began the Imperial Lord tournament, which drew ten thousand powerhouses and lasted forty-five days.
• He Buxian summoned the phantom of the Indestructible Divine Mountain, won the Imperial Lord tournament, and appeared at the top of the rankings.
• He Buxian asked Lin Yu to restore his mother’s cultivation and talent, and Lin Yu granted his wish.
• Lin Yu began the battle for the more than eight hundred Half-Step Immortals gathered in the Primordial Arena.

Lin Yu assessed the strongest contenders in the Half-Step Immortal tournament and explained why Gu Xiyue, Feng Lingling, and Baili Luoxing were seeded to take first place. He withheld the name of the contender he personally favored.

• Lin Yu noted that most tournament participants came from the three great factions and that ordinary cultivators had little chance of winning.
• Lin Yu identified Gu Xiyue of the Indestructible Divine Mountain as a top contender, citing her sixth-layer technique and 180-fold combat strength.
• Lin Yu described Feng Lingling of the Fire Phoenix Clan as a peak Half-Step Immortal whose awakened bloodline let her wield the Fire Phoenix's power.
• Lin Yu explained that Baili Luoxing of the Southern Heaven Chamber of Commerce had nurtured vast numbers of weapons, including a damaged Immortal Level magical treasure.
• Lin Yu said the three contenders might soon break through to the Immortal Realm, then kept secret whom he favored to win.