Chapter Summaries

A multicolored Heavenly Ladder appeared, offering three places in a mysterious race to cultivators who reached specific levels first. Lin Heng proposed that each faction choose a representative to compete for the first attempt, and the chapter ended as Zhu Rong and the Evil Avatar made an unexpected choice.

• A voice announced that the first cultivators to reach the ninetieth, ninety-fifth, and ninety-ninth levels would earn places with increasingly valuable rewards.
• Two Eternal Realm cultivators rushed toward the Heavenly Ladder and were killed by attacks from the crowd.
• Lin Heng proposed that each faction choose a representative to compete, with Eternal Ages Cosmic Origin Realm cultivators barred from the first round.
• Hongjun and the other Lords of the Four Seas agreed, and their factions chose Du Feng, Zhong Fan, Milexius, and Yue Ling as representatives.
• Lin Heng's side chose Zhu Rong and the Evil Avatar, who then made an unexpected choice.

Lin Heng set the contest for the Heavenly Ladder as an arena defense, with one fighter required to defeat all four challengers. The Evil Avatar volunteered, suppressed his cultivation to match the Four Seas' representatives, and used the Fuxi Bow to stop Zhong Fan before their fight could begin.

• The Evil Avatar won a rock-paper-scissors contest against Zhu Rong to decide who would fight.
• Lin Heng ruled that one fighter must defend the arena and defeat all four other representatives to qualify for the Heavenly Ladder.
• The Evil Avatar offered to defend the arena and agreed to suppress his cultivation to the Late Stage of the Indestructible Realm after Dasiwoba protested the disparity.
• Zhong Fan challenged the Evil Avatar, but when the Evil Avatar aimed the Fuxi Bow at him, Zhong Fan backed down and complained that using a top-grade spirit treasure was unfair.
• The Evil Avatar rejected Zhong Fan's complaint and asked why others should be barred from using a treasure simply because Zhong Fan had none.

Lin Heng defended the Evil Avatar’s use of the Fuxi Bow, arguing that equipping his avatar with a top-tier spirit treasure was fair. The debate ended when an explosion over the sea revealed Zhong Fan fleeing in panic.

• Zhong Fan realized the Evil Avatar’s Fuxi Bow made him nearly impossible to defeat alone and hesitated to advance or retreat.
• Dasiwoba prepared to ask Hongjun to withdraw the artifact, but Hermoz accused Lin Heng of unfairly giving his avatar a top-tier spirit treasure.
• Lin Heng countered that no rule forbade top-tier spirit treasures and produced the Pangu Axe, prompting resentment from the other representatives.
• Lin Heng argued that Dasiwoba had also rewarded Zhong Fan with a spirit treasure, and Dasiwoba fell silent rather than challenge him further.
• An explosion erupted over the sea, and everyone saw a figure fleeing in panic from the battle space where the Evil Avatar and Zhong Fan fought.

Lin Heng’s Evil Avatar killed Zhong Fan with the Fuxi Arrow, prompting Dasiwoba to threaten Lin Heng before Dijiang and Liu Yuansheng intervened. Hongjun revealed that Liu Yuansheng had joined the Heavenly Star Sea Region, then declared Lin Heng’s avatar the winner and called for the next challenger.

• Lin Heng defended the Evil Avatar’s apparent taunting of Zhong Fan, and Dasiwoba prepared to ask Hongjun to withdraw the treasure.
• The Evil Avatar shot Zhong Fan through the chest with the Fuxi Arrow, killing him as Dasiwoba tried to make him surrender.
• Dasiwoba accused Lin Heng of killing Zhong Fan deliberately, but Dijiang and Liu Yuansheng threatened to fight him.
• Hongjun announced that Liu Yuansheng had joined the Heavenly Star Sea Region, leaving Dasiwoba silent.
• Hongjun declared Lin Heng’s avatar the victor and asked for the next challenger, while the remaining representatives hesitated to face the Fuxi Arrow.

After Zhong Fan’s death, the remaining sea representatives withdrew rather than face the Evil Avatar’s Fuxi Bow. Lin Heng realized Fate had secretly planted a heart demon that could push him toward destroying the Primordial Chaos Universe, while the Evil Avatar prepared to climb the Heavenly Ladder.

• The representatives of the Eastern Victorious Divine Sea and the other two seas forfeited the battle after seeing the Fuxi Bow kill Zhong Fan.
• Cultivators complained that Lin Heng let his Heavenly Star Sea Region use top-grade spirit treasures to kill others, and their words stirred an unusual reaction in him.
• Lin Heng recognized that Fate had planted a heart demon connected to the Primordial Chaos Universe, and he told Dijiang he would resist it and seek a way to remove it after advancing.
• Dijiang recalled a Buddhist Sect heart sutra among the old master's treasures, but Lin Heng doubted it could dispel Fate's handiwork.
• After Hongjun withdrew his magical treasure, the Evil Avatar returned, learned that all his opponents had withdrawn, and turned toward the Heavenly Ladder.
• Hermoz urged the Evil Avatar to begin climbing so he could judge whether he himself could reach the ninety-ninth step.

With the representatives of the three seas withdrawing, Lin Heng’s Evil Avatar climbed the Heavenly Ladder while the gathered experts watched to judge their own chances. After reaching the seventy-second step, he appeared to be gaining insight into the soul, and the Good Avatar suggested the climb might let him break through to the Eternal Ages Cosmic Origin Realm.

• The Evil Avatar mocked the watching experts as he approached the Heavenly Ladder and stepped onto its first steps.
• The Evil Avatar climbed to the fiftieth step, where the growing force made each step increasingly heavy.
• The Evil Avatar reached the seventy-first step, paused, then continued to the seventy-second step and stopped again.
• Dijiang asked Lin Heng whether the Evil Avatar had reached his limit, but Lin Heng sensed that he had not.
• The Good Avatar explained that the ladder tested a cultivator’s soul beyond the seventieth step and said the Evil Avatar was gaining insight.
• Dijiang asked Lin Heng whether Fate had created the Heavenly Ladder for a deeper purpose, concerned for the other Ancestral Witches who wanted to climb it.

The Evil Avatar slowly climbed the Heavenly Ladder, keeping the Four Seas cultivators anxious about whether he would claim a recruitment spot. Lin Heng revealed that the Evil Avatar was pretending to struggle, and he told the Twelve Ancestral Witches they could try the ladder afterward as long as they did not take one of its three spots.

• The Evil Avatar reached the eightieth level and continued climbing with increasingly long pauses, prompting the Four Seas cultivators to worry about his limit and the recruitment spots.
• Dijiang threatened the cultivators who shouted at the Evil Avatar, and Dasiwoba and Hermoz ordered their subordinates to stay quiet.
• The Evil Avatar appeared unable to step onto the eighty-sixth level, then finally placed his foot there after several dozen breaths.
• Lin Heng told Dijiang that the Evil Avatar had deliberately pretended to struggle, leaving the Twelve Ancestral Witches surprised that he had fooled them too.
• Lin Heng told the Twelve Ancestral Witches they could try the Heavenly Ladder afterward but must not take any of its three spots.

Lin Heng’s Evil Avatar withdrew from the Heavenly Ladder just before reaching the ninetieth level, ending the first round. As the Eternal Ages Cosmic Origin Realm experts prepared for the next round, Hongjun also withdrew, leaving Dijiang to represent the Heavenly Star Sea Region.

• After lingering on the eighty-sixth level for a day and night, the Evil Avatar climbed to the eighty-ninth level, then turned back and flew down beside Lin Heng.
• Lin Heng declined to explain the Evil Avatar’s choice and announced that the Heavenly Star Sea Region’s representative had left the Heavenly Ladder.
• As the second-round contestants were chosen, Liu Yuansheng yielded his place to Dijiang, who agreed to take part.
• Hermoz and Dasiwoba turned their attention toward Hongjun, but Hongjun withdrew from the trial.
• Lin Heng suspected Hongjun had withdrawn to avoid arousing Primordial Chaos’s suspicion.

Hongjun withdrew from the Heavenly Ladder contest, leaving Dijiang, Hermoz, Dasiwoba, and Lin Yue Yao to compete for the remaining places. Dijiang and Hermoz began their long-awaited battle, which ended the chapter with Hermoz struggling under Dijiang’s opening blow.

• Hongjun voluntarily withdrew from the contest, and Lin Heng recognized the sacrifice behind his choice.
• Dijiang challenged Hermoz to finish their interrupted battle, and the remaining matchups were set: Hermoz against Dijiang and Dasiwoba against Lin Yue Yao.
• Hongjun enclosed Dijiang and Hermoz in his magical treasure as they faced off over the sea before the gathered cultivators.
• Hermoz tried to unsettle Dijiang by urging him to kill Lin Heng and claim Mu Chen’s inheritance, but Dijiang dismissed Hermoz’s ambitions and mocked his limitations.
• Hermoz’s pressure faltered, giving Dijiang an opening to attack; Dijiang struck Hermoz’s raised weapon with a heavy blow that made Hermoz’s legs bend.

Dijiang and Hermoz fought without holding back, and Hermoz trapped Dijiang inside the Heaven Lock Glazed Staff’s Infinite Space. After discovering that the realm restored its destruction and seemed to have no edge, Dijiang launched his strongest attack to try to break it.

• Dijiang struck Hermoz with his top-grade spirit treasure, forcing Hermoz to kneel in midair before Hermoz counterattacked and retreated.
• Hermoz activated the Heaven Lock Glazed Staff’s divine ability, Infinite Space, surrounding Dijiang with an emerald-green realm.
• Dijiang found himself in a vast forest, destroyed its trees and ground, and watched them return to their original state.
• Dijiang searched the realm with his soul but could not find an edge in any direction.
• Dijiang unleashed his strongest attack on the ground, destroying everything within ten thousand li as dust and smoke filled the sky.

Dijiang tried to break free of Hermoz’s Infinite Space, but Hermoz trapped him in vines and flooded him with life energy. Dijiang survived, revealed that he had mastered the mysteries of the top-tier spirit treasure Eternal Ages, and declared that Hermoz’s death sentence had arrived.

• Dijiang’s powerful attack failed to disturb the Infinite Space, and Hermoz told him the space was real and offered to spare him if he betrayed Lin Heng.
• Dijiang refused, and Hermoz used the restored landscape’s vines to bind him and pour in the life energy of the entire Infinite Space.
• The vines shattered in a destructive gale, and Hermoz appeared nearby, shocked to find Dijiang alive.
• Hermoz saw the black light and recognized the divine weapon Eternal Ages in Dijiang’s hands, then wondered how Lin Heng had passed his top-tier spirit treasures to his subordinates.
• Dijiang told Hermoz that if this was all he could do, it was time to pronounce his death sentence.

Dijiang revealed that Mu Chen had mastered the mysteries of top-grade spirit treasures long ago, then used Eternal Ages to unleash Death Space against Hermoz. Hermoz’s Infinite Space was overwhelmed, and its life energy and ability to revive were suppressed.

• Hermoz recognized the black barrier forming around him and questioned when Dijiang had comprehended a top-grade spirit treasure’s mysteries.
• Dijiang said Mu Chen had mastered those mysteries long ago and had taught his followers, though Dijiang understood them only after reaching the Eternal Ages Cosmic Origin Realm.
• Dijiang raised Eternal Ages and activated Death Space, enclosing Hermoz’s Infinite Space within its black barrier.
• Death Space withered the plants and trees, stopped living beings from reviving, and began devouring Hermoz’s life energy.

Dijiang used Death Space to suppress Hermoz and drain his life energy, but Hermoz detonated the Heaven Lock Glazed Staff to unleash the Light of Life. The blast shattered the death storms and forced Dijiang to raise defenses as the chapter ended with the attack breaking through ten of his walls.

• Dijiang told Hermoz that Death Space had been left by Mu Chen and that its full power would have stripped Hermoz down to his bones.
• Hermoz shielded himself with the Light of Life as Death Space’s black storms collided with it and tore open a kilometer-long spatial rift.
• Hermoz decided to detonate the Heaven Lock Glazed Staff, pouring all his energy into it as Dijiang retreated to the edge of Death Space.
• The Heaven Lock Glazed Staff erupted, and its Light of Life broke through the death storms and scattered the surrounding death energy.
• Dijiang drew the death energy into eighteen defensive walls, but the Light of Life swept through ten before slowing at the eleventh.

Hermoz escaped Dijiang’s death space by detonating the Heaven Lock Glazed Staff, conceding the first battle for the Heavenly Ladder. Lin Yue Yao and Dasiwoba entered the battle space for the next match, both resolved to fight to the death.

• Dijiang’s death-energy walls weakened Hermoz’s attack, but Dijiang realized Hermoz had held back the staff’s full power.
• Hermoz sent the Heaven Lock Glazed Staff into the death space’s boundary and detonated it, breaking open the space and escaping.
• Hermoz conceded, and Hongjun ended the fight; Dijiang returned to Lin Heng and said he had not failed him.
• Hongjun sent Lin Yue Yao and Dasiwoba to fight for the right to challenge Dijiang for the Heavenly Ladder.
• Lin Heng predicted the evenly matched rivals might fight until one of the Four Seas’ lord positions became vacant.
• Lin Yue Yao and Dasiwoba drew their top-grade spirit treasures, declared their intent to kill each other, and acknowledged neither could be certain of victory.

Lin Yue Yao and Dasiwoba fought over the sea, with her gaining the upper hand after exploiting his reaction to Mu Chen. Hongjun warned that Dasiwoba might be laying a trap, causing Lin Yue Yao to reconsider diving after him.

• Dasiwoba tried to unsettle Lin Yue Yao by reminding her that Mu Chen had fallen, but she declared her devotion and his words instead stirred Dasiwoba's anger.
• Lin Yue Yao attacked Dasiwoba with a sword storm, then struck him into the sea when he emerged.
• Dasiwoba sent a giant water dragon at Lin Yue Yao, but she trapped it in a spatially charged water wall and shattered it.
• Lin Heng and Dijiang praised Lin Yue Yao's tactics, while Hongjun cautioned them that Dasiwoba was calculating and might be acting deliberately.
• After hearing Hongjun's warning, Lin Yue Yao lowered her weapon instead of pursuing Dasiwoba underwater, and Hermoz accused Hongjun of showing favoritism.

Hongjun faced Hermoz’s accusation that he had favored Lin Yue Yao, then privately asked Lin Heng and Dijiang about the Heavenly Ladder. They suspected Fate was behind it, leaving Hongjun unable to stop the cultivators from pursuing an opportunity that might threaten Primordial Chaos.

• Lin Yue Yao halted her dive after Hongjun warned that Dasiwoba had a dangerous character, and Hermoz accused Hongjun of favoring her.
• Hongjun challenged Hermoz to prove Dasiwoba had a hidden move, then warned him not to accuse the administrator of the Four Seas without evidence.
• Hongjun privately asked Lin Heng and Dijiang what they believed was behind the Heavenly Ladder.
• Lin Heng and Dijiang said Fate might be driving the Heavenly Ladder as part of a plot against Primordial Chaos.
• Hongjun recognized he could neither let the cultivators pursue the ladder without consequences nor stop them without risking their hostility.

Hongjun rejected Lin Heng’s proposal to stop the Four Seas cultivators by force, fearing it would cause a devastating war. Meanwhile, Dasiwoba resumed his duel with Lin Yue Yao and tried to unsettle her, but her resolve to pursue the Heavenly Ladder and find a way to bring back the man she loved left him shaken.

• Lin Heng suggested joining Hongjun and Dijiang to suppress the cultivators by force, but Hongjun refused because the resulting battle could kill most of the Four Seas.
• Dasiwoba emerged from beneath the sea after failing to lure Lin Yue Yao into his hidden killing move, then faced her in midair.
• Dasiwoba declared that he would fight to the death, hoping his words would make Lin Yue Yao hesitate during their duel.
• Lin Yue Yao explained that she wanted to seize the Heavenly Ladder’s opportunity to find answers about bringing back the man she loved, and said she would have no regrets even if she lost.
• Dasiwoba realized that Lin Yue Yao’s willingness to risk her life had turned his psychological tactic against him.

A silver-armored man arrived at the Eternal Ruins with three companions and accused Lin Heng of killing Su Jin. When he attacked Lin Heng, Dijiang intercepted the slash and was gravely injured.

• Dasiwoba weighed whether to challenge Lin Yue Yao but considered retreating to protect his life.
• Three Ancestral Dragons pulled a dragon carriage through a spatial rift, bringing four young people who appeared hostile toward Lin Heng.
• Dijiang warned Lin Heng that the newcomers seemed to be watching him, though he did not know where they came from.
• The silver-armored man asked Lin Heng if he had killed Su Jin, and Lin Heng admitted meeting her twice but denied fighting her.
• The silver-armored man dismissed Dijiang and the others, then attacked Lin Heng with a spear slash.
• Dijiang intercepted the slash, but it sent his weapon flying and hurled him backward while he spat blood.

The silver-armored Mo Chen destroyed the bronze cauldron spirit and the Eternal Ruins, ending the Heavenly Ladder’s opportunity and revealing it had likely been a scheme. He challenged Lin Heng, but became wary when he recognized the pendant Lin Heng held and asked whether he had met its owner.

• Mo Chen struck down the bronze cauldron spirit and razed the Eternal Ruins, causing the Heavenly Ladder to disappear.
• Lin Heng and Dijiang realized the Heavenly Ladder’s promise to let climbers join the mysterious clan had likely been a scam.
• Mo Chen demanded that Lin Heng return to the clan for punishment or be killed, while his three companions mocked Lin Heng and suggested torturing him.
• Lin Heng gave Dijiang pills to heal, then challenged Mo Chen to accept punishment for injuring one of his people.
• Mo Chen noticed the pendant in Lin Heng’s hand, grew apprehensive, and asked where Lin Heng had obtained it and whether he had met its owner.

Lin Heng used Jian Yin’s arrow pendant to deter Mo Chen, who suspected Lin Heng had ties to the Pangu Guardian. After Mo Chen tried to lure Lin Heng back to his clan and Lin Heng demanded that he kowtow, the pendant protected Lin Heng and launched a golden beam at Mo Chen.

• Mo Chen recognized Jian Yin’s arrow pendant and grew wary, while Lin Heng said he had only met Jian Yin once.
• Mo Chen and his three companions discussed Lin Heng’s connection to the Pangu Guardian and the danger posed by the pendant.
• Lu Dingxiang suggested outwitting Lin Heng, so Mo Chen removed his soundproofing restriction and invited Lin Heng to his clan under the pretense of making amends.
• Lin Heng rejected Mo Chen’s invitation and told him to kowtow, provoking Mo Chen into releasing a powerful presence and threatening him.
• The arrow pendant shielded Lin Heng from Mo Chen’s pressure and fired a golden beam at him, forcing Mo Chen to raise a shield.