Chapter Summaries

Primordial Chaos told Lin Heng that Mu Chen died while trying to find the sixth-layer world through a scheme involving Fate, and warned Lin Heng that pursuing the same goal could cost him his life. Lin Heng postponed his decision and began studying the Pangu Axe, while Fate visited Dijiang and invoked Mu Chen to challenge his loyalty to Lin Heng.

• Primordial Chaos explained that he and Mu Chen had set a Heaven-stealing chess game to draw Fate in, but Mu Chen died after losing to himself.
• Primordial Chaos warned Lin Heng that Fate would be a threat if he sought the sixth-layer world, and Lin Heng said he would decide when he reached the Eternal Ages Cosmic Origin Realm.
• Lin Heng returned to the Heavenly Star Sea Region, entered his time spirit treasure, and began studying the Pangu Axe.
• Fate appeared in Dijiang's room and said he had no ill will toward Dijiang or Lin Heng and wanted Lin Heng to grow quickly.
• Dijiang rejected Fate's suggestion that Lin Heng might help destroy the Primordial Chaos Universe, and Fate asked whether Dijiang had forgotten Mu Chen.

Fate warned Dijiang that Lin Heng would not be the one to reach the Eternal Ages Cosmic Origin Realm and hinted that the Four Seas faced coming chaos. At the ninth level of the Eternal Ruins, Fate offered Hongjun a chance to take another step forward, and Hongjun refused despite the temptation.

• Fate brought up Mu Chen's death, but Dijiang remained suspicious and rejected Fate's attempt to influence him.
• Fate told Dijiang that Lin Heng would not break through to the Eternal Ages Cosmic Origin Realm and questioned whether anyone would ascend during this descent of the Eternal Ruins.
• Fate warned that chaos would soon rise in the Four Seas and suggested Dijiang could seize the chance to rule a region, but Dijiang declared his loyalty to Mu Chen and Lin Heng.
• Fate went to the ninth level of the Eternal Ruins, where Hongjun encountered him beside the bronze cauldron.
• Fate offered Hongjun the opportunity to take another step forward, toward Primordial Chaos's position, but Hongjun refused.
• Fate suggested Hongjun's role in managing the Four Seas meant Primordial Chaos's absence might make little difference, leaving Hongjun silent.

Fate revealed that he was once Mu Tong and warned the bronze cauldron's spirit that the clan who abandoned it had come to the Four Seas. He proposed destroying the clan, claiming he had found someone capable of defeating them.

• Hongjun dismissed Fate's words, entered the ninth level, and Fate noted that Hongjun's loyalty to Primordial Chaos was divided.
• Fate explained that the Eternal Ruins and its top-grade spirit treasure came from a sixth-level world, then spoke to the bronze cauldron.
• The bronze cauldron's spirit recognized Fate as the boy who had once cared for it, and Fate revealed that he had lost his physical body and retained only his saint spirit.
• Mu Tong warned the bronze cauldron's spirit that the clan had tracked him to the Four Seas and now intended to claim or destroy it.
• Mu Tong proposed destroying the clan and said he had found someone who could help bring about its destruction.

The bronze cauldron spirit overcame its fear and promised to stand with Mu Tong against the supreme race. After ending his secluded cultivation, Lin Heng met Hongjun, whose words about letting go seemed to hint at something, though Lin Heng had not yet understood the meaning.

• The bronze cauldron spirit decided to support Mu Tong after he vowed to destroy the supreme race.
• Lin Heng stopped cultivating when an invisible force blocked his attempt to comprehend Time Reversal and see what had happened to Mu Chen.
• Lin Heng learned that Hermoz had visited repeatedly and decided not to expose him because he might help them approach Fate.
• Lin Heng contacted Hongjun and traveled to the Southern Spirit Sacred Sea to meet him.
• Hongjun caught a Golden Dragon Three-Tail, released it, and told Lin Heng that sometimes having had something was enough.
• Lin Heng praised Liu Yuansheng for looking after Hongjun, and Hongjun agreed that he had relied on him over the years.

Hongjun told Lin Heng that Fate was moving among powerful figures in the Four Seas, and they agreed to provoke the turmoil so Hongjun could uncover Fate’s plan and settle the unrest. Lin Heng left to begin their scheme, while Hongjun warned him to abandon the mercy he still held.

• Hongjun told Lin Heng that he had met Fate in the ninth level of the Eternal Ruins, where Fate had tried to tempt him with Primordial Chaos’s position.
• Hongjun said powerful figures across the Four Seas had been making strange moves that might be connected to Fate.
• Hongjun proposed letting the Four Seas descend into chaos to reveal Fate’s purpose and create a chance to resolve the unrest all at once.
• Lin Heng agreed to help Hongjun and asked where they would begin; Hongjun looked eastward, and Lin Heng promised to act while leaving the outcome uncertain.
• As Lin Heng prepared to leave, Hongjun warned him that his remaining mercy was better cast aside.

Hongjun warned Lin Heng that sparing enemies could become a fatal weakness, then learned Hermoz was heading toward the Heavenly Star Sea Region. Hermoz arrived and reported that Dasiwoba was mobilizing the Western Celebratory Demon Sea, possibly in preparation for the Eternal Ruins’ next summons, leaving Lin Heng and Dijiang uneasy.

• Hongjun cautioned Lin Heng that his mercy toward Hermoz could bring serious consequences, and Lin Heng said he would remember the warning.
• Liu Yuansheng told Hongjun that Hermoz had left the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea for the Heavenly Star Sea Region.
• Lin Heng returned to his palace, where Gonggong reported Hermoz’s arrival and brought him in.
• Hermoz hinted that he expected Lin Heng to be disappointed about his inability to break through, but Lin Heng acted unconcerned.
• Hermoz said the Western Celebratory Demon Sea was making a major move and suggested Dasiwoba might be preparing for the Eternal Ruins’ next summons.
• Lin Heng and Dijiang exchanged a worried glance as they considered Hermoz’s warning.

Lin Heng doubted Hermoz’s warning about Dasiwoba and suspected Fate was manipulating events, but decided to focus on improving his strength. Kunpeng then gave him a jade slip Mu Chen had left behind, and Mu Chen appeared within it to offer his thoughts on Fate.

• Lin Heng, Dijiang, and the Good Avatar questioned why Dasiwoba would attack when the Eternal Ruins summoned the Four Seas’ experts and Lin Heng might break through.
• Hermoz promised that the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea would support Lin Heng, then left to make arrangements.
• Lin Heng suspected Hermoz’s warning was only partly true and considered whether Fate had recruited Dasiwoba and Hermoz to pressure him into cooperating.
• Lin Heng told Dijiang and the Good Avatar to focus on strengthening themselves, then returned to his room.
• Kunpeng gave Lin Heng a jade slip entrusted to him by Mu Chen, who had left it for the Eternal Ages’ new master if Fate puzzled him.
• Lin Heng entered the jade slip and met Mu Chen, who began sharing his thoughts about Fate.

Mu Chen warned Lin Heng that Fate might reveal an opening only when it drove him into a desperate situation, and Lin Heng resolved to face Fate’s trap directly. When the Eternal Ruins summoned the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands, everyone but Lin Heng was drawn there, and the gathered experts began speculating about his imminent breakthrough.

• Mu Chen told Lin Heng that Fate had been born from resentment and advised him to let Fate push him into a desperate situation, though the strategy could cost him his life.
• After Mu Chen’s consciousness vanished, Lin Heng decided to use Hongjun’s imperial sword of authority to stir up the Four Seas and walk into Fate’s trap.
• Dijiang and the others confirmed that the Western Celebratory Demon Sea’s experts were unusually active, while Hermoz remained secluded in his palace and the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea stayed quiet.
• A resonant sound from the Eternal Ruins summoned cultivators across the Four Seas, and Lin Heng followed his unconscious Good and Evil Doppelgangers and the Twelve Ancestral Witches there.
• After the experts of the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands awakened, they discussed Lin Heng’s chances of obtaining the Eternal Ruins’ opportunity and breaking through, while Dasiwo and Hermoz smiled disdainfully.

Liu Yuansheng received the opportunity in the ninth-floor hall of the Eternal Ruins, despite Lin Heng having claimed all three spirit treasures of the Pangu Axe. Dasiwoba used the outcome to turn suspicion toward Hongjun, leaving him isolated as Liu Yuansheng continued receiving the Great Dao laws.

• Lin Heng entered the ninth floor of the Eternal Ruins with Dijiang and the others after noticing new stone paintings in the passage.
• Golden characters announced that the opportunity belonged to Yuansheng, and the light struck Liu Yuansheng, who began receiving the Great Dao laws.
• The Four Seas experts questioned why Liu Yuansheng received the opportunity instead of Lin Heng and suspected Hongjun of favoring his disciple.
• Dasiwoba accused Hongjun of giving Liu Yuansheng the opportunity and suggested Lin Heng might also be made to hand over the Pangu Axe.
• Hongjun denied controlling the Eternal Ruins, but the experts and even members of the Southern Spirit Sacred Sea distanced themselves from him, leaving him alone.

Liu Yuansheng gained the Eternal Ruins’ opportunity and broke through to the eternal ages cosmic origin realm, while Dasiwoba and Hermoz stirred conflict over whether Lin Heng should surrender the Pangu Axe. When Liu Yuansheng looked to claim it, Dijiang appeared beside Lin Heng and released his oppressive presence.

• Hermoz and Dasiwoba cast suspicion on Hongjun and suggested that Lin Heng might lose the Pangu Axe to Liu Yuansheng.
• Lin Heng said he accepted the Eternal Ruins’ choice of Liu Yuansheng but did not say whether he would hand over the Pangu Axe.
• Hermoz told Hongjun to let Lin Heng keep the Pangu Axe, deepening Hongjun’s dilemma over Liu Yuansheng’s impending breakthrough.
• Liu Yuansheng emerged from the golden barrier after breaking through to the eternal ages cosmic origin realm and looked toward Lin Heng, expecting the Pangu Axe to recognize him as its master.
• Dijiang flashed to Lin Heng’s side and unleashed the presence of the eternal ages cosmic origin realm throughout the ninth-level hall.

After Liu Yuansheng broke through to the Eternal Ages Cosmic Origin Realm, he demanded the Pangu Axe from Lin Heng, then fought Dijiang in a temporary space. As Dijiang and Liu Yuansheng continued their battle, Hongjun warned Dasiwoba that Dijiang’s absence gave him a chance to act against Lin Heng.

• Liu Yuansheng demanded that Lin Heng hand over the Pangu Axe, but Lin Heng refused and challenged him to take it by force.
• Dijiang attacked Liu Yuansheng, and the two exchanged hundreds of blows before being driven apart.
• Dijiang invited Liu Yuansheng to fight in a temporary space, and Liu Yuansheng followed him inside.
• Dasiwoba urged Hongjun to check on Liu Yuansheng and used the disciple’s advancement to sow discord between Hongjun and the Southern Spirit Sacred Sea.
• Hongjun accused Dasiwoba of plotting against Lin Heng and pointed out that Dijiang’s absence offered him an opportunity.

Hongjun hinted that Dasiwoba could attack Lin Heng while Dijiang was absent, but Lin Yue Yao warned that she would kill anyone who harmed him. Eight unfamiliar cultivators then challenged Lin Heng’s group to fight outside the Eternal Ruins, leaving Lin Heng suspicious of their strange power and motives.

• Hongjun suggested Dasiwoba seize the chance to target Lin Heng, but Lin Yue Yao threatened anyone who tried to hurt him.
• Eight unfamiliar men appeared and asked to fight Lin Heng, despite seeming to be at the Eternal Realm.
• Evil Avatar and Zhu Rong offered to face the challengers, but their leader insisted that all sides fight outside the Eternal Ruins.
• Evil Avatar accepted and led the eight men through the passage, with Lin Heng, Good Avatar, and the Ancestral Witches following.
• Hermoz questioned Dasiwoba about the eight strangers, and Dasiwoba said he did not know where they came from.

After Lin Heng and the others left the ninth level of the Eternal Ruins, Lin Yue Yao suggested that Dasiwoba’s eight hidden Eternal Realm experts came from his own universe, prompting Hongjun to lead the others to investigate. Meanwhile, Dijiang and Liu Yuansheng waited in a temporary space, revealing that their apparent fight was staged to lure their enemies and discussing Liu Yuansheng’s decision not to seek the Pangu Axe.

• Hermoz questioned Dasiwoba about the eight strangers, and the experts realized Dasiwoba had likely brought them from outside the Primordial Chaos Universe.
• Lin Yue Yao suggested the eight came from Dasiwoba’s universe, and Hongjun grew angry at the apparent challenge to Primordial Chaos’s authority.
• Hermoz urged Hongjun to investigate, and Lin Yue Yao agreed that they should confirm the eight strangers’ identities.
• Hongjun led the others toward the passage entrance on the ninth level of the Eternal Ruins.
• Dijiang and Liu Yuansheng revealed that their deadly-looking battle had been staged on Hongjun and Lin Heng’s instructions to lure hidden opponents.
• Dijiang asked whether Liu Yuansheng wanted the Pangu Axe, and Liu Yuansheng said he would not risk his life to take it from Lin Heng.

Dijiang and Liu Yuansheng discussed the risks of pursuing Lin Heng’s treasures, while Lin Heng and his companions confronted Luobumen and seven Eternal Realm experts outside the Eternal Ruins. After secretly investigating their opponents and discovering their scheme, Lin Heng accepted their demand for a fight against everyone.

• Dijiang praised Liu Yuansheng’s cautious view that seizing Lin Heng’s treasures could bring fatal consequences, and Liu Yuansheng said he preferred a comfortable life after attaining eternal life.
• Outside the Eternal Ruins, the Evil Avatar challenged Luobumen and his seven companions, who insisted that everyone on Lin Heng’s side fight them together.
• Zhu Rong, Tian Wu, and the other Ancestral Witches stepped forward, but Luobumen continued to demand that all of Lin Heng’s side join the battle.
• Hermoz urged Lin Heng to accept the challenge, and Lin Yue Yao privately sent Lin Heng a message.
• Lin Heng used the energy of his five-layer universe to examine the area and detected what Luobumen’s group was plotting.
• The Good Avatar accepted the challenge on behalf of Lin Heng’s side and told the Four Seas observers that Luobumen’s group had requested the fight.

Luobumen and seven Eternal Realm companions trapped Lin Heng, the Good and Evil Avatars, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches in a powerful formation. Lin Heng recognized the formation from Mu Chen’s inheritance and let the Good Avatar face it, while onlookers recalled how Dasiwoba had once used an incomplete version to trap Mu Chen.

• The Good Avatar accepted Luobumen and his companions’ challenge as the Four Seas experts retreated to watch from a safe distance.
• Luobumen and the other seven raised their hands to activate a formation, and Lin Heng recognized their method from Mu Chen’s inheritance.
• The Evil Avatar tried to punch Luobumen but was repelled by a blue barrier, which confirmed that the formation protected its users.
• Tian Wu recognized the formation, and Lin Heng said the Good Avatar should handle the Eternal Realm opponents alone.
• Luobumen completed the formation, enclosing Lin Heng and the others in a blue space spanning thirty thousand li, and claimed even Dijiang might not escape it.
• Lin Yue Yao recalled that Dasiwoba had once trapped Mu Chen with an incomplete version of the formation, which Mu Chen eventually broke.

Lin Heng explained the Nine-Nine Heavenly Unity Great Formation and its ability to suppress enemies and drain their energy as Luobumen and his seven companions trapped him, his avatars, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches inside it. Lin Heng’s Good Avatar promised to break the formation and declared that Luobumen and the others were already doomed.

• Hongjun warned Dasiwoba that he would capture Luobumen and the other seven after the battle and search their souls, while Dasiwoba denied involvement in bringing them to the Primordial Chaos Universe.
• Lin Heng identified the Nine-Nine Heavenly Unity Great Formation and explained how it weakened those inside and fed their energy to its master.
• Luobumen activated Heavenly Unity Reversal, causing the formation to drain Zhu Rong and the others’ energy.
• Tian Wu stopped Zhu Rong from rushing to attack, pointing out that Lin Heng remained calm.
• Lin Heng’s Good Avatar said the formation’s changes were inferior to what Mu Chen had deduced and vowed to break it.

Lin Heng’s Good Avatar used Mu Chen’s understanding of the Nine-Nine Heavenly Unity Great Formation to seize control of it from Luobumen. The chapter left Luobumen and the other formation users shocked, while Dasiwoba wondered how the Good Avatar’s Heavenly Origin Cosmic Crystals had reversed control.

• The Good Avatar dismissed Luobumen’s Nine-Nine Heavenly Unity Great Formation, which Lin Heng understood through Mu Chen’s inheritance.
• Luobumen absorbed the formation’s power and the strength of his seven partners, then prepared to strike the Good Avatar.
• The Good Avatar threw nine eight-colored crystals into position and reversed the formation, draining Luobumen and channeling the power into himself.
• The Good Avatar’s presence neared the Eternal Ages Cosmic Origin Realm, and he formed a hundred-meter sword as Luobumen and his allies reeled.
• The Lords of the Four Seas witnessed the reversal, Hermoz taunted Dasiwoba, and Dasiwoba identified the crystals as Heavenly Origin Cosmic Crystals but did not know how they controlled the formation.

Lin Heng's Good Avatar seized the Nine-Nine Heavenly Unity Great Formation, leaving Dasiwoba crushed by the realization that Mu Chen had long surpassed his understanding of it. As the Good Avatar's sword fell toward Luobumen and the others, all eight suddenly reached Imperishable Realm Great Perfection, and Hongjun recognized that Dasiwoba had used power that violated Primordial Chaos's rules.

• Lin Heng's Good Avatar used nine Heavenly Origin Cosmic Crystals to seize control of the Nine-Nine Heavenly Unity Great Formation, shocking Dasiwoba, Hongjun, Hermoz, and Lin Yue Yao.
• Lin Yue Yao and Hongjun concluded that Mu Chen had understood the formation more deeply than Dasiwoba, leaving Dasiwoba furious and devastated.
• The Good Avatar brought down a hundred-meter-long sword toward Luobumen and the other seven, intending to kill them all.
• Lin Yue Yao watched the eight as their presences erupted and their cultivation rose from the Eternal Realm to Imperishable Realm Great Perfection.
• Hongjun recognized that Dasiwoba had caused the eight's sudden power surge and had disregarded the rules set by Primordial Chaos.

Lin Heng discovered that Luobumen and the other seven were puppets infused with the eight Universe Origins, and his anger at Hermoz and Dasiwoba’s methods led him to intervene personally. Hongjun resolved to change how he governed the Four Seas, while the others feared Lin Heng’s fury could engulf the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands.

• Hongjun worried that Dasiwoba’s defeat might make him more dangerous and decided to change his non-interference policy after Lin Heng dealt with the Four Seas’ troubles.
• Luobumen and the other seven formed an eight-colored barrier and blocked Good Avatar’s giant sword, though the barrier’s light dimmed.
• Lin Heng recognized that the eight were puppets infused with the eight Universe Origins and became furious at Hermoz and Dasiwoba.
• Lin Heng ordered Good Avatar to stand down, then rose into the air to deal with the eight himself.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches speculated that Lin Heng meant to warn the Lords of the Four Seas, while Hongjun and the others feared his anger might consume the whole region.

Lin Heng killed Luobumen and the other seven with the Pangu Axe, then threatened to wash the Four Seas in blood if anyone targeted him or his people again. He returned to the Eternal Ruins, while Hongjun and Lin Yue Yao warned Hermoz and Dasiwoba that provoking Lin Heng could bring Primordial Chaos’s intervention.

• Lin Heng broke the eight-colored barrier with a strike from the Pangu Axe and extinguished Luobumen and the other seven.
• Lin Heng raised the Pangu Axe toward the Lords of the Four Seas, but put it away after Hongjun urged him to stop.
• Lin Heng warned that he would wash the Four Seas in blood if anyone targeted him or his people again, and threatened to use Hermoz’s Eastern Victorious Divine Sea as a demonstration.
• Lin Heng returned to the Eternal Ruins with the Good and Evil Doppelgangers and the Twelve Ancestral Witches, while the other Four Seas experts followed.
• Hongjun warned Hermoz and Dasiwoba that Lin Heng was serious and that Master might intervene, and Lin Yue Yao cautioned them that Primordial Chaos could erase them.