Chapter Summaries

Xu Ziyue and Little Purple promised to protect one another, while Lin Yu watched their bond form and was pleased to have found Little Purple a companion. Back in the small world, the Southern Heaven Holy Maiden blamed the Primordial Hall for Xu Ziyue’s disappearance, then she and Old Daoist Xuantian captured a white-clad young man who appeared from the Primordial Rankings.

• Xu Ziyue told Little Purple she wanted to protect him too, but he insisted that he would protect her and told her to behave.
• Lin Yu watched the pair get along, reflected that Xu Ziyue’s special physique could grow powerful, and left satisfied that Little Purple had found a companion.
• The Southern Heaven Holy Maiden blamed the Primordial Hall’s master for taking Xu Ziyue and vowed to repay the debt, though she could not attack the untouchable Primordial Rankings.
• A white-clad young man appeared among the Southern Heaven Holy Land and Mysterious Heaven Hall cultivators, then fled when he saw their standoff.
• The Southern Heaven Holy Maiden and Old Daoist Xuantian stopped the young man with their spiritual power, and he recognized them as Great Emperor-level powerhouses.

The Southern Heaven Holy Maiden and Old Daoist Xuantian interrogated a white-robed young man who had teleported from the Mortal Star Domain, learning that its Primordial Rankings included multiple lists and enabled listed cultivators to travel between star domains. He began explaining how the Primordial Hall had gained prominence there, leaving the two Great Emperor-level cultivators intrigued by the rankings and the Hall’s influence.

• The Southern Heaven Holy Maiden and Old Daoist Xuantian restrained the white-robed young man and demanded to know his connection to the Primordial Hall and the missing girl.
• The young man said he belonged to the Aurora Race and had used Star Domain Teleportation, a new function announced to cultivators on the Primordial Rankings.
• The Southern Heaven Holy Maiden offered to help him reach the Late Stage of the Saint Realm if he shared what he knew, and he agreed to explain.
• He said that a month earlier, the Mortal Star Domain had received a World Ranking and a Racial Talent Rankings list, with the Aurora Race ranked one hundredth.
• He explained that the Aurora Race had sought the Primordial Hall’s location through the Myriad Laws Sect, whose failed divination injured several elders, and that the Sect was later ranked first among the Mortal Star Domain’s intelligence organizations.
• The white-robed young man said the incident had made the Primordial Hall famous, while the Southern Heaven Holy Maiden and Old Daoist Xuantian noticed his reverence and wondered about the other rankings.

The young man in white explained to the Southern Heaven Holy Maiden and Old Daoist Xuantian how the Primordial Rankings rewarded those who appeared on them, helping individuals and entire factions grow stronger. He began describing how Mortal Star Domain residents eventually saw the master of the Primordial Hall, leaving the two Great Emperors eager to hear what happened.

• The young man in white said the Primordial Rankings sent rays of light to the Myriad Laws Sect, helping its nine elders reach Half-Step Great Emperor and strengthening its dragon of providence.
• He explained that different rankings improved racial talent, world origins, and sect strength, and that appearing on the rankings could benefit both cultivators and factions.
• The young man in white said the Mortal Star Domain’s overall strength had increased severalfold in under two months, partly because of the Primordial Rankings.
• The Southern Heaven Holy Maiden and Old Daoist Xuantian believed his account and wondered what kind of faction the Primordial Hall was and why it had published the rankings.
• The young man in white said most Mortal Star Domain residents had seen the Primordial Hall’s master after the Imperial Dynasty Faction Ranking appeared, and some believed the master was a living deity beyond cultivation.
• The Southern Heaven Holy Maiden urged the young man in white to explain what they had witnessed.

A young man in white told the Southern Heaven Holy Maiden and Old Daoist Xuantian that an Imperial Lord-level inheritance had appeared in the Mortal Star Domain. He revealed that nine Half-Step Great Emperor powerhouses had barred thirty-six Great Emperors from entering, leaving the two listeners incredulous.

• The young man in white said an Imperial Lord-level inheritance had appeared in the Mortal Star Domain about half a month earlier, startling the Southern Heaven Holy Maiden and Old Daoist Xuantian.
• He explained that thirty-six Great Emperor-level powerhouses had gone to the inheritance site.
• The young man said a cultivator had entered before the inheritance opened, and the thirty-six Great Emperors were stopped by nine Half-Step Great Emperor powerhouses.
• He said the nine belonged to a faction that seemed to be called Short Sky Island and that the inheritance should have been taken by that Hall Master.
• Old Daoist Xuantian challenged the claim that nine Half-Step Great Emperors had stopped thirty-six Great Emperors, and the Southern Heaven Holy Maiden also doubted the story.

The young man in white recounted how Short Sky Island’s elders fought the Great Emperor experts and how its village chief unleashed a devastating sword strike before a mysterious compass suppressed everyone. The Southern Heaven Holy Maiden and Old Daoist Xuantian verified his claims and, by the end, had grown accustomed to the revelations and suspected they understood the compass’s appearance.

• The young man in white explained that eight Half-Step Great Emperor elders from Short Sky Island held off twenty-eight Great Emperor-level experts for two days, and the Herb Elder killed one of them.
• The Southern Heaven Holy Maiden and Old Daoist Xuantian accused the young man of lying and pressured him until he swore his account was true.
• The young man pointed them to the Special Physique Rankings, and the two Great Emperor experts confirmed that nine Short Sky Island elders ranked among the top twenty.
• The young man said the village chief killed nine Early-stage Great Emperor experts with one sword strike, nearly destroying the inheritance land and spending over half his spiritual power.
• The young man described a gigantic compass turning once and suppressing every living being, including the Great Emperor experts, the Short Sky Island elders, and the watching cultivators.

A young man in white told Old Daoist Xuantian and the Southern Heaven Holy Maiden how the Primordial Compass had suppressed cultivators, taken the inheritance land, and sent everyone away. After he died from a restriction in his sea of consciousness, they concluded that Xu Ziyue might still be in the Southern Heaven Star Domain and ordered their people to search for her.

• The young man in white recounted how the Primordial Compass had suppressed cultivators, enveloped the inheritance land in an azure lotus, and teleported everyone back to the Mortal Star Domain.
• The Southern Heaven Holy Maiden triggered a Great Emperor-level restriction in the young man's sea of consciousness, killing him and scattering his soul.
• Old Daoist Xuantian and the Southern Heaven Holy Maiden judged that the young man had been truthful and speculated that the master of the Primordial Hall had reached at least the Peak of the Late-stage Imperial Lord.
• Old Daoist Xuantian and the Southern Heaven Holy Maiden realized that Xu Ziyue might still be in the Southern Heaven Star Domain because Star Domain Teleportation was an automatic function of the Primordial Rankings.
• Old Daoist Xuantian ordered the Mysterious Heaven Hall disciples to search for Xu Ziyue first.

The Mortal Star Domain’s temporary advantage sparked trade, raiding, and alliance-building across the four connected star domains. Lin Yu expanded four Primordial Rankings to cover all four domains, and the World Rankings placed Stone Step City first and Seven Star Street second.

• Cultivators from the Mortal Star Domain used the Primordial Rankings to travel, sell information and resources, and, in some cases, raid people in the other star domains.
• Major sects recognized that the Mortal Star Domain’s advantage would fade and began seeking allies across the four star domains.
• Lin Yu considered how to balance the rankings and decided to expand their scope instead of creating separate rankings for every new star domain.
• Lin Yu ordered the system to calculate the World Ability, Racial Heaven's Chosen, Imperial Dynasty Faction, and Intelligence Organization Rankings across all four star domains.
• The system completed the calculations, and Lin Yu saw Stone Step City ranked first and Seven Star Street ranked second in the World Rankings.

Lin Yu reviewed the Four Great Star Domains’ world rankings and became intrigued by Stone Step City, a city formed from an immortal-level powerhouse. He then examined the racial talent rankings and learned about the Seven Star Clan and the Heavenly Devil Race.

• Lin Yu scanned the world rankings and noticed that Stone Step City had been transformed from the body of an immortal-level powerhouse.
• Lin Yu suspected Stone Step City contained the fallen immortal’s inheritance, but the Hongmeng System’s deduction indicated that the city would not appear soon.
• Lin Yu observed that worlds from the Mortal Star Domain made up more than a quarter of the rankings and attributed their showing to the earlier Primordial Rankings’ benefits.
• Lin Yu read the racial talent rankings, which placed the Seven Star Clan first and the Heavenly Devil Race second.
• Lin Yu laughed at the Heavenly Devil Race’s volatile temperament and wondered whether it came from the race’s origins as a Devil Realm dharma treasure.

Lin Yu reviewed the expanded rankings for the four star domains and republished them across the Primordial Rankings. The new rankings opened inter-domain travel to three star domains and ended the Mortal Star Domain’s exclusive advantage, leaving bandits like Mystic Serpent Mountain Manor facing trouble ahead.

• Lin Yu examined the four-star-domain race ranking, noting the Voidbright Clan, Heavenly Punishment Race, Bell Sound Race, and Ancient Divine Turtle Clan among its entries.
• Lin Yu used the Hongmeng System to deduce more information about notable races and checked the other rankings before republishing all four.
• Lin Yu ordered the system to update the Primordial Rankings throughout the four star domains, and the system completed the update.
• Cultivators in the Wind and Cloud, Big Dipper, and Southern Heaven Star Domains celebrated their new chance to travel between star domains, while Mortal Star Domain cultivators realized their advantage was gone.
• Mystic Serpent Mountain Manor continued plundering a small world in the Wind and Cloud Star Domain after its recent raids had greatly increased its strength and wealth.

Guan Yangde and the Mystic Serpent Mountain Manor plundered the Great Void Sect’s territory, confident that the Primordial Rankings would let them escape. After the rankings changed to cover the Four Great Star Domains, Guanyang World vanished from the World Rankings, leaving the raiders stranded without Star Domain Teleportation.

• Guan Yangde ordered the Mystic Serpent Mountain Manor cultivators to loot the Great Void Sect’s territory and killed an elderly Saint who challenged him.
• The Primordial Rankings updated, displaying the World Rankings, Racial Talent Ranking, Imperial Dynasty Faction Rankings, and Intelligence Organization Ranking under the heading “Four Great Star Domains.”
• Guan Yangde saw that Guanyang World had disappeared from the World Rankings, and the Mystic Serpent Mountain Manor cultivators realized they had lost access to Star Domain Teleportation.
• The Mystic Serpent Mountain Manor cultivators pleaded with the Primordial Rankings to send them back to the Mortal Star Domain, but the rankings remained silent.

The Great Void Sect's master arrived in time to stop Mystic Serpent Mountain Manor from escaping and annihilated its cultivators, including Guan Yangde. The Great Void Sect's disciples called for revenge against the Mortal Star Domain, but the sect master warned that they were too weak to challenge it alone, until a voice across the Wind and Cloud Star Domain declared war.

• Guan Yangde ordered Mystic Serpent Mountain Manor's cultivators to flee, but the Great Void Sect's master sealed the area and forced him out of the void.
• The Great Void Sect's master crushed more than ten thousand Mystic Serpent Mountain Manor cultivators with his spiritual pressure, then killed Guan Yangde.
• The Great Void Sect's disciples and elders celebrated their rescue and demanded revenge against the Mortal Star Domain.
• The Great Void Sect's master warned that his sect was too weak to challenge the Mortal Star Domain alone, and the crowd fell silent.
• A majestic voice rang throughout the Wind and Cloud Star Domain and declared war on the Mortal Star Domain.

The Wind and Cloud, Big Dipper, and Southern Heaven Star Domains declared war on the Mortal Star Domain after the Primordial Rankings enabled them to retaliate. At the Primordial Hall, Lin Yu watched the conflict escalate and learned that Xu Ziyue had reached the Radiant Body Realm in only a few days.

• Hong Ruyi, Bai Longyu, and leaders of other Wind and Cloud factions declared war on the Mortal Star Domain in the name of justice for the Wind and Cloud Star Domain.
• The Great Void Sect master ordered every cultivator at or above the Saint Realm to assemble, then used the Primordial Rankings to teleport the sect to the Mortal Star Domain.
• Cultivators across the Big Dipper and Southern Heaven Star Domains also declared war and set out for the Mortal Star Domain, prompting Mortal Star Domain cultivators to hide.
• Old Daoist Xuantian, still searching for Xu Ziyue and clues about the Primordial Hall, decided to make the trip himself.
• Lin Yu watched the three star domains declare war, then saw Xu Ziyue arrive on Little Purple’s back in new clothes.
• Xu Ziyue told Lin Yu that she had reached the Radiant Body Realm after the cultivation technique he gave her caused Spiritual Qi to flow into her body.

Lin Yu sent Little Purple to show Xu Ziyue around Hongmeng Mountain and teach her cultivation basics after realizing she had advanced rapidly with an emperor-grade technique. Little Purple carried Xu Ziyue beyond the mountain into the starry sky, where she began to marvel at the view.

• Xu Ziyue vowed to cultivate harder after Little Purple said she was too weak to withstand his breath, while Lin Yu recognized that Little Purple was exaggerating and that Xu Ziyue's progress was extraordinary.
• Lin Yu told Little Purple to take Xu Ziyue around Hongmeng Mountain, stay nearby, and teach her about cultivation instead of misleading her.
• Little Purple defended his claim by arguing that a Radiant Body Realm cultivator was weak compared with the beings on Hongmeng Mountain, leaving Lin Yu speechless.
• Little Purple wrapped his tail around Xu Ziyue, placed her on his back, and flew beyond the nine heavens.
• Little Purple carried Xu Ziyue through the starry sky, and she gradually adjusted to the flight and gazed in wonder at the stars.

Little Purple took Xu Ziyue beyond Hongmeng Mountain despite her objections, while Lin Yu let them go and planned to settle things with Little Purple later. Meanwhile, the Wind and Cloud Star Domain, the Big Dipper Star Domain, and the Southern Heaven Star Domain invaded the Mortal Star Domain, and Great Emperor Youming confronted their forces at the Mausoleum Dynasty.

• Little Purple persuaded himself that Xu Ziyue had agreed to go farther into the starry sky and flew off with her despite her protests.
• Lin Yu heard their exchange, allowed them to explore, and decided to deal with Little Purple when he returned.
• Cultivators from the Wind and Cloud Star Domain, the Big Dipper Star Domain, and the Southern Heaven Star Domain teleported into the Mortal Star Domain and launched attacks across its worlds.
• The invading forces plundered resources and overwhelmed most of the Mortal Star Domain, while several forces from the Wind and Cloud Star Domain advanced on the Mausoleum Dynasty.
• Great Emperor Youming and his two companions emerged to face seven Great Emperors and warned them not to trouble the Mausoleum Dynasty.

Great Emperor Youming and his two companions fought seven invaders from the Wind and Cloud Star Domain, but retreated after being overpowered. They then borrowed the power of the Youming Ghost God and became Imperial Lord experts, shocking the Mortal Star Domain as powerful figures turned their attention toward the Mausoleum Dynasty.

• Seven Great Emperors from the Wind and Cloud Star Domain demanded half the Mausoleum Dynasty's resources, and Great Emperor Youming and his two companions refused.
• The three Mausoleum Dynasty Great Emperors fought the seven invaders for half an hour before retreating into their dynasty, weakened and outnumbered.
• Great Emperor Youming and his companions decided to reveal a hidden power rather than surrender or continue enduring humiliation.
• Great Emperor Youming invoked the Youming Ghost God, and three pillars of black light raised the strength of all three men to the Imperial Lord Realm.
• The sudden Imperial Lord presences stunned the Mortal Star Domain, while Great Emperors from other worlds looked toward the Mausoleum Dynasty in disbelief.

Great Emperor Youming and two others broke through to the Imperial Lord realm, drawing Great Emperors from all four Star Domains to the Mausoleum Dynasty. When the invading Great Emperors begged for mercy and offered treasures, Youming killed them and their followers, leaving the starry sky silent.

• Great Emperors from the Mortal Star Domain and the other three Star Domains headed to the Mausoleum Dynasty after sensing three Imperial Lord presences.
• Lin Yu sensed Great Emperor Youming's breakthrough on Hongmeng Mountain and anticipated a spectacle, while noting that the twelve on the Primordial Platform would soon emerge.
• Seven Great Emperors from the other three Star Domains felt Youming and the others' Imperial Lord pressure and awkwardly begged them to forgive the earlier attack.
• The seven Great Emperors offered half their sects' resources and treasures to appease Youming and the other two.
• Great Emperor Youming released his Imperial Lord power and killed the seven Great Emperors and the cultivators with them.

Great Emperor Youming and two companions waited as eighty-eight Great Emperor-level powerhouses gathered above the Mausoleum Dynasty and bowed to them. A rift opened across the Mortal Star Domain, and disciplined ranks of figures began emerging as voices called out Qianshan.

• Great Emperor Youming and his companions wiped out seven factions and their Great Emperor-level powerhouses.
• Great Emperors from across the four star domains arrived, recognized the signs of the slain Great Emperors, and bowed to the three figures as Imperial Lords.
• Eighty-eight Great Emperor-level powerhouses gathered above the Mausoleum Dynasty while cultivators across the four star domains watched through projections.
• Pillars of light burst from the Mausoleum Dynasty and tore a vast rift across the starry sky.
• Voices repeatedly called Qianshan as synchronized footsteps approached, and figures emerged from the rift in orderly formations.

Thirty thousand formations of the Thousand Mountain Dynasty, backed by thirty Great Emperor-level powerhouses, emerged from the rift and shook the four great star domains. Zhuge Bafang and Yue Xingchen appeared before Ouyang Xia, the dynasty’s emperor and an Imperial Lord, emerged to face the assembled cultivators.

• Thousands of Thousand Mountain formations marched out of the rift, each soldier at least a Saint and their ranks including Saint Kings, Saint Venerables, and Great Emperors.
• Thirty thousand formations and thirty Great Emperor-level powerhouses assembled, then knelt in unison and welcomed their ruler.
• Zhuge Bafang and Yue Xingchen emerged from the rift as Imperial Lord-level powerhouses, and older cultivators recognized the Thousand Mountain Dynasty’s chancellor and marshal.
• Ouyang Xia stepped out in purple-and-gold dragon robes, and older cultivators knelt in delight as they recognized the emperor of the Thousand Mountain Dynasty.

Ouyang Xia revealed that the Thousand Mountain Dynasty had watched the Mausoleum Dynasty for a thousand years, enraging Great Emperor Youming and his brothers. The three Great Emperors combined their power to challenge Ouyang Xia, revealing that all three shared the name Youming.

• Ouyang Xia recognized that Great Emperor Youming and the other two Great Emperors had used a secret technique to reach Imperial Lord-level strength.
• Great Emperor Youming realized the Thousand Mountain Dynasty had been above the Mausoleum Dynasty all along and demanded to know why Ouyang Xia had watched them.
• Ouyang Xia said he had done so because they were weak, and Great Emperor Youming vowed to kill him.
• The three Great Emperors resolved to attack together, and the other two merged into Great Emperor Youming.
• The three revealed that all of them were named Youming as their combined spiritual power filled the starry sky.

Great Emperor Youming merged with two others and reached Half-Step Emperor Lord cultivation, then fought Yue Xingchen while Ouyang Xia confronted powerful figures hiding nearby. Ouyang Xia tried to seize the Primordial Rankings by compressing the space around them, but his power passed through without effect.

• Great Emperor Youming used Lin Yu's Power-Borrowing Method to gain immense strength and challenged Ouyang Xia.
• Yue Xingchen intercepted Great Emperor Youming, and the two Imperial Lord-level fighters battled in space.
• Ouyang Xia forced hidden cultivators from the four star domains out of the void, including Old Daoist Xuantian, the Southern Heaven Holy Maiden, and Hong Mingxuan, and they paid their respects to him.
• Ouyang Xia turned his attention to the Primordial Rankings, while Ouyang Bafang considered how the Thousand Mountain Dynasty could benefit from controlling them.
• Ouyang Xia compressed the space around the Primordial Rankings, but both space and his spiritual power passed through them without changing them.