Chapter Summaries

After securing a concept node, Li Xingkong joined the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation at Flying Cloud Pass and linked his concepts to the grand formation. He settled into his role as a formation node, gaining access to the Immortals’ shared technique pool while awaiting an evaluation of his Dao Evolution.

• Li Xingkong marked the concept node he had won, then asked Huang Feihu for a place in the army formation and received approval.
• Li Xingkong reported to configuration 1,700’s Dui gate and entered the golden lotus formation.
• Li Xingkong connected to the Fusion String and constructed a Resonance Dao Seal, linking himself to the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Li Xingkong submitted his Dao Evolution for evaluation and was told the central formation core would respond within three years.
• Li Xingkong opened the battlefield technique pool and discovered that Immortals used it to study, cultivate, and discuss the Dao while off duty.

Li Xingkong studied the Era of Chaos's warlike knowledge while the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation assessed his Dao Evolution concept and used it to bolster its defenses. After absorbing the key part of Rebuttal's concept to advance Dao Evolution, he found that two Spirit Clan cultivators controlled the next intersection in his path, making a battle seem inevitable.

• Li Xingkong read the repository's destructive rituals and warfare treatises as the system analyzed documents.
• The formation rated Li Xingkong's Dao Evolution concept Backbone Grade and incorporated its defenses into the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Over nearly fifty years, Li Xingkong studied concepts through the formation while Jade Void's army waited for the Spirit Clan and captured nearby cultivators who had not evacuated.
• Li Xingkong handed control of his body to the system, swallowed Rebuttal's concept, and refined only the part that connected to Dao Evolution.
• Li Xingkong advanced Dao Evolution until he reached another conceptual intersection controlled by two Spirit Clan cultivators.

Li Xingkong paused his cultivation after discovering that the concepts he had taken from Concept Pearls could be stripped away, then witnessed the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation clash with the Spirit Clan’s army. After centuries of battle, his side began capturing key Immortals from the enemy formation, and Li Xingkong suspected Huang Feihu had led the tactical shift.

• Li Xingkong discovered that his external concepts were unstable and could be taken from him, so he stopped advancing them while he reconsidered his cultivation system.
• The Spirit Clan’s sword-shaped formation collided with the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, destroying thousands of Immortals and breaking parts of both formations before concepts resurrected many of the fallen.
• Li Xingkong watched the battle through the Fusion String as sword light erased the Mist Continent and killed Mist, while the clashes strengthened his Dao Evolution concept.
• After several hundred years of fighting, the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation changed tactics and captured several dozen Spirit Clan Immortals with wide-area concepts.
• Li Xingkong recognized that the captured Immortals were key nodes in the Spirit Clan’s formation and suspected Huang Feihu had directed the maneuver.

After the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation destroyed the Spirit Clan’s formation, Huang Feihu explained that Jade Void would relocate Flying Cloud Pass to the newly secured border. Li Xingkong watched the pass descend from the sky and begin operating as the new frontier stronghold.

• Huang Feihu led the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation to destroy the Spirit Clan’s formation, opening a path of cultivation for Li Xingkong.
• Huang Feihu told Li Xingkong that the battle was over and that the army would clear the field before summoning Flying Cloud Pass to the border.
• Li Xingkong returned to the formation and waited while the soldiers prepared the Relocation Summoning ritual and the Spirit Clan withdrew with its resources.
• The completed ritual summoned Flying Cloud Pass from the sky, and the Heavenly Venerable’s gaze disappeared once the pass began operating.
• Flying Cloud Pass opened its gates, sent out logistical teams and small worlds, and became Jade Void’s new border stronghold.

After completing the battle at Flying Cloud Pass, Li Xingkong and Liu Shinian returned to the Jade Void Base, where they settled their obligations and prepared for what came next. Li Xingkong entered seclusion to review his gains and continue developing his cultivation.

• Li Xingkong and Liu Shinian decided to leave Flying Cloud Pass after the battle ended, and Li Xingkong opened a portal straight back to the Jade Void Base.
• Liu Shinian invited Li Xingkong to stay in her cave abode, and he accepted after deciding to enter seclusion there.
• Li Xingkong and Liu Shinian visited the commercial street and paid the shopkeepers for the blessings they had received.
• Li Xingkong visited Fufu and the others, placed a large order for spirit herbs, and left after seeing they were living comfortably.
• Li Xingkong returned to Liu Shinian's cave abode, entered seclusion, and began reviewing his progress from Heavenly Immortal to Golden Immortal and the cultivation insights he had gained.

Li Xingkong reviewed his Golden Immortal cultivation, concepts, and unused treasures before deciding to study Golden Immortals during his next seclusion. He planned to leave the Era of Chaos afterward, while Liu Shinian wondered how she could find him if he departed.

• Li Xingkong assessed his Golden Immortal progress and the strengths and limits of his concepts, spells, and treasures.
• Li Xingkong decided to study Golden Immortal methods before leaving the Era of Chaos to seek guidance on a path beyond killing.
• Li Xingkong told Liu Shinian he was entering seclusion, and she wondered where she would find him if he left the era.
• Li Xingkong and the system searched Jade Void's knowledge base for Golden Immortal cultivation materials and found dozens of relevant documents.

Li Xingkong studied competing theories about advancing beyond the Golden Immortal realm but found no practical solution, so he turned to claim the Chaos node. He rapidly outpaced the other cultivators analyzing it, leaving the outcome of the contest unresolved.

• Li Xingkong read the Era of Chaos insights and learned that he was already around the middle of the pack among Golden Immortals.
• Li Xingkong decided to ask Yuanjun for guidance later and began studying the unclaimed Chaos node.
• Li Xingkong encountered many cultivators competing for the node and used the system to help analyze it.
• Li Xingkong pushed his and the system's computing power to the limit, rapidly surpassing the other cultivators.
• Several cultivators were forced out of their analysis or quit after realizing they could not keep up with Li Xingkong.

Li Xingkong advanced rapidly through the node, prompting Jidu to bargain with other cultivators to obstruct him. As Li Xingkong broke through their interference, he began to suspect that multiple people were disrupting his comprehension.

• Li Xingkong accelerated his progress and caught up with the leading cultivators deciphering the node.
• Jidu offered access to the Nine Luminaries' knowledge base in exchange for help slowing Li Xingkong, and the cultivators negotiated for proof and better access.
• After several cultivators confirmed Jidu's offer was genuine, they entered the node and converged on the area Li Xingkong was about to explore.
• The cultivators interfered with Li Xingkong's observations, slowing him, but he repeatedly broke through their obstacles.
• Jidu criticized the cultivators for failing to stop Li Xingkong, and they argued with him.
• Li Xingkong noticed that the interference varied in strength and method, and suspected that different people were causing it.

Li Xingkong pushed through deliberate interference at the comprehension node by abandoning careful observation and relying on his accumulated cultivation experience. He advanced toward the deeper levels while Jidu adjusted his route and considered using Li Xingkong against a silent cultivator farther ahead.

• Li Xingkong confronted the cultivators blocking his path, memorized their names, and resolved to settle the score after he took the node.
• After discovering that the interference was deliberate, Li Xingkong ignored the node’s data and relied on his cultivation experience to advance.
• The cultivators intensified their obstruction, but Li Xingkong broke through their layers and entered deeper levels they could not reach.
• Jidu refused to pay the cultivators who had helped him obstruct Li Xingkong, then tried to speak with Li Xingkong and received no response.
• Jidu adjusted his route to follow Li Xingkong and considered joining forces with him against the silent cultivator ahead.

Li Xingkong rejected Jidu’s offer to join forces and endured nearly two hundred years of harassment while comprehending the node. He reached its third level and found the leading figure stopped just short of the end, apparently waiting for something.

• Jidu tried to persuade Li Xingkong to help him stop the figure leading the node’s comprehension, but Li Xingkong refused.
• Jidu threatened Li Xingkong with his status as one of the Demon Clan’s Nine Luminaries, and Li Xingkong ignored him and returned to comprehending the node.
• The figures outside the node mocked Jidu, who returned to harass Li Xingkong instead of focusing on his own comprehension.
• After nearly two hundred years, Li Xingkong found a breakthrough and entered the node’s third level, leaving Jidu behind.
• Li Xingkong saw that the leading figure had stopped just one step from the end of the third level and seemed to be waiting for something.

Li Xingkong met the Evil-Subduing Great Emperor inside the node and gained his permission to continue comprehending it. The Great Emperor then drove off the other cultivators and took Jidu's Immortal Power, while Li Xingkong continued deeper into the node.

• Li Xingkong approached a black-robed Daoist, who recognized him as a disciple of Jade Void and asked who his master was.
• Li Xingkong identified himself as the disciple of the Primordial Lady Seeking the Dao, and the Daoist yielded the node to him.
• The Daoist revealed that he was the Evil-Subduing Great Emperor and explained that he gathered evil nodes to prevent others from using them for evil.
• Li Xingkong thanked the Great Emperor and passed deeper into the node to continue his comprehension.
• The Evil-Subduing Great Emperor released his killing intent, causing the gathered cultivators to flee, then demanded Jidu's Immortal Power as punishment.
• Jidu left his Immortal Power behind and escaped as a lone soul.

Li Xingkong mastered the chaos node’s Dao Evolution ability, ended his seclusion, and prepared to leave Liu Shinian’s abode after dealing with “the trash.” He appeared in the Sky-Scraping Domain as a giant, wrecked half the city, and confronted the White Bone Daoist.

• Li Xingkong claimed the chaos node and learned that his Dao Evolution ability could erase attacks and create worlds without relying on existing laws.
• Li Xingkong traced chaos worshippers’ devotion to its sources and neutralized them, then left the node after the Evil-Subduing Great Emperor had departed.
• Li Xingkong emerged from seclusion to find vines had grown around his formation, and he realized Liu Shinian had been using his emitted energy as fertilizer.
• Li Xingkong told Liu Shinian he planned to return soon and promised to let her know before he left, but said he first had to take out the trash.
• A giant Li Xingkong tore open the sky above the Sky-Scraping Domain, landed hard enough to send half the city flying, and challenged the White Bone Daoist about serving him tea.

Li Xingkong sealed White Bone Daoist for a hundred million years and killed Foolish Blindness when he found her in the Sky-Scraping Domain. After Mist erased his memories of her and her companions, Li Xingkong let him go and headed back to the Jade Void Base.

• Li Xingkong froze the Sky-Scraping Domain and demanded White Bone Daoist, who had once threatened to invite him for tea.
• Li Xingkong sealed White Bone Daoist inside a shell for a hundred million years and released the other cultivators.
• Li Xingkong recognized Mist and Foolish Blindness, then killed Foolish Blindness with a single palm strike.
• Mist extracted his memories of Foolish Blindness and her companions, and Li Xingkong ordered him to leave.
• Li Xingkong decided to postpone settling accounts in other clans' heartlands and returned his attention to the Jade Void Base.

Li Xingkong held a farewell banquet with Liu Shinian and his friends before returning to his own era. Liu Shinian followed him through the rift, where she met Wan Chongshan and immediately fell for her.

• Liu Shinian and Li Xingkong joked together at his three-year farewell banquet before the guests departed.
• Li Xingkong left Liu Shinian a way to contact him, then opened a rift and returned to his era.
• Liu Shinian revealed she had secretly marked Li Xingkong's system, gathered her belongings, and followed him through the rift.
• Liu Shinian arrived in a moonlit space and met Wan Chongshan, whom she praised and declared she was falling in love with.
• Wan Chongshan realized Liu Shinian had set her sights on her instead of reacting as expected.

After returning to his era, Li Xingkong reunited with Guapi, Wu Ting, and Tang Cheng, who had ascended to his little world and described the Divine Land’s expansion. He then questioned Huan about the Holy Church of Truth’s destruction and learned she had erased it by accident.

• Li Xingkong returned to his little world and found Guapi, Wu Ting, and Tang Cheng gathered at a market.
• Guapi, Wu Ting, and Tang Cheng greeted Li Xingkong and told him they had ascended from the Primordial Universe.
• Tang Cheng and Wu Ting explained that the Divine Land had expanded across the Primordial Universe and that the world's will had destroyed the Holy Church of Truth after its blood sacrifices threatened their territory.
• Li Xingkong summoned Huan, who arrived holding a controller and complained that he had assigned her too many classes.
• Li Xingkong asked Huan about the Holy Church of Truth, and she admitted she had accidentally erased it while trying to teach its people a lesson.

Li Xingkong discussed the Divine Land’s plans for establishing a foothold in the Primordial World with Tang Cheng and Wu Ting, then visited Yuanjun at the Hall of Seeking the Dao. Yuanjun rewarded him by granting him permission to establish a Dao lineage as a new branch of the Jade Void Sect.

• Huan left after Li Xingkong let her return to the rift, and he revealed to Wu Ting and Tang Cheng that she was their universe’s world will.
• Tang Cheng explained that years of war had left him with a smoking habit, while he and Wu Ting insisted they still had work to do for the Divine Land.
• Li Xingkong discussed the challenges of founding a nation in the Primordial World and agreed to take Tang Cheng and Wu Ting to Jade Void.
• Li Xingkong went to the Hall of Seeking the Dao and reported back to Yuanjun, who praised his accomplishments in the Era of Chaos.
• Yuanjun gave Li Xingkong permission to establish his own Dao lineage as a new branch of the Jade Void Sect.

Li Xingkong returned to Yuanjun and told her about his experiences in the Era of Chaos, then asked how she and the other Daluo had attained the Dao. Yuanjun explained that ancient cultivators could reach Daluo without slaughter, but warned that Li Xingkong could not travel back to ancient times to gain an advantage.

• Yuanjun accepted Wu Ting and the others into her tutelage and discussed Li Xingkong’s hopes for the Divine Land.
• Li Xingkong recounted his experiences in the Era of Chaos, and Yuanjun revealed that Nether River had once been her companion.
• Li Xingkong asked whether slaughter was the only path to Daluo, and Yuanjun said it was the most efficient path under current conditions.
• Yuanjun explained that ancient cultivators attained Daluo more easily because few cultivators competed for the great paths.
• Yuanjun described the three thousand demon gods who each presided over a path and explained that outsiders who entered ancient times would be refined by its guardians.

Li Xingkong questioned Yuanjun about the path to Daluo and learned that none had emerged since ancient times, while major powers monitored those who tried to seize concepts by force. Unable to use Yuanjun’s method, he began examining what a complete Dao, its nodes, and cultivation beyond an Immortal Seat truly meant.

• Li Xingkong asked Yuanjun whether anyone had become Daluo since ancient times, and Yuanjun said none had because cultivators could not agree to surrender their concepts.
• Li Xingkong asked whether cultivators could fight outside the Era of Chaos, and Yuanjun showed him a list of people watched by major powers and guarded by several Daluo.
• Li Xingkong considered his own nonviolent path to cultivation while Yuanjun placed a barrier around him and let him think.
• Li Xingkong questioned what made a Dao complete and how its nodes connected cultivators across space.
• Li Xingkong wondered whether mastering more concepts could lead beyond the Immortal Seat and the calamity of the Primordial World’s reopening.

Liu Shinian explored Jade Void Palace with Wan Chongshan, who tried to distract her by showing her the Thousand Mountains Bodies—parallel-world versions of Li Xingkong. After studying them, Liu Shinian entered one of the portals to learn more about Li Xingkong’s past.

• Liu Shinian marveled at Jade Void Palace and clung to Wan Chongshan as they explored.
• Wan Chongshan brought Liu Shinian to a platform surrounded by portals and summoned a flamboyant version of Li Xingkong.
• Wan Chongshan revealed that the figures were Thousand Mountains Bodies and slipped away, leaving Liu Shinian surrounded by them.
• Liu Shinian froze the Thousand Mountains Bodies, examined their memories, and learned they were Li Xingkongs from parallel worlds.
• Liu Shinian sent the Thousand Mountains Bodies back and jumped into one of the portals to investigate Li Xingkong’s past.

After realizing that power and longevity were separate pursuits, Li Xingkong decided to seek ways to strengthen his Immortal Seat while continuing to watch for chances to advance toward Daluo. He searched the Jade Void Palace’s knowledge base for clues and began investigating how Daluo cultivation might relate to surviving the Primordial World's reopening.

• Li Xingkong returned to his small world and concluded that the path to Daluo was blocked, prompting him to reconsider his cultivation.
• Li Xingkong recognized that his original goal was longevity rather than power and decided that failing to become a Daluo did not necessarily end that pursuit.
• Li Xingkong identified the Immortal Seat as a possible key to longevity and considered finding ways to stabilize it while still pursuing any opportunity to become a Daluo.
• Li Xingkong asked the system to search the knowledge base for information about the Immortal Seat, but found only a few records.
• Li Xingkong reasoned that Daluo might survive the Primordial World's reopening through a deeper connection with the Immortal Seat, giving him a new direction to investigate.