Chapter Summaries

Yinyang Qingfan recognized Lu Li’s combined Kingly Dao and Karmic Affinity Dragon Qi as the legendary Emperor Aspect and revealed herself to submit to him. When Lu Li questioned whether he could trust her, she offered him the essence of her natal Divine Soul so he could control her life and death.

• Yinyang Qingfan saw the gold and black Dragon Qi around Lu Li and identified it as the Emperor Aspect, which represented power over life and death.
• Yinyang Qingfan emerged before Lu Li and the Dao Court, then isolated herself with Lu Li and bowed, pledging to guard his path.
• Lu Li questioned why Yinyang Qingfan had appeared, and she said she had watched him for over a hundred years and had witnessed the only possibility in her life.
• Lu Li doubted that he could trust her, so Yinyang Qingfan drew out the essence of her natal Divine Soul and offered it to him for control.
• Yinyang Qingfan removed her concealment and declared before the Dao Court that all her remaining life belonged to Lu Li.

Yinyang Qingfan submitted to Lu Li and spent nine days discussing secrets and the coming conflict with him. Lu Li emerged with a new trump card and ordered the Dao Court to prepare for war, beginning its campaign to bring the four continents under control and confront the Central Continent.

• Yinyang Qingfan offered Lu Li her natal Divine Soul essence and followed him into the artifact ship’s hall to discuss matters in private.
• After nine days, Lu Li and Yinyang Qingfan emerged, and Lu Li ordered everyone to continue their journey.
• Lu Li directed Primordial Beginning to head for the Ten Thousand Spirits Division’s main camp and the Army Suppression Division in the frontier waters of Pacify the West.
• Lu Li told everyone that prodigies from across the Eastern Wasteland were advancing on the Western Continent and that the Central Continent’s Hundred Schools posed a serious threat.
• Lu Li decreed that all eleven divisions and the cultivators of the two prefectures and their commanderies prepare for war and gather in the maritime frontier of Pacify the West.

Lu Li learned from Yinyang Qingfan that his Fate Pattern bore the signs of Emperor Fate, which he could attain only by gathering Imperial Dao purple Qi through ruling an entire realm. He asked which great realm she came from, and she named it Desolation.

• Yinyang Qingfan explained that Lu Li’s two kinds of Dragon Qi made his Fate Pattern show signs of Emperor Fate, but that he still needed Imperial Dao purple Qi to attain it.
• Yinyang Qingfan revealed that gathering Imperial Dao purple Qi required sole dominion over a realm, a feat Lu Li could not yet accomplish in the Imprisoned Dragon Realm.
• Lu Li wondered whether unifying the world containing Great Xia might also let him obtain Imperial Dao purple Qi, then set the idea aside as unrealistic.
• Lu Li asked Yinyang Qingfan which great realm she came from, and she answered that it was called Desolation.

Lu Li learned that Yinyang Qingfan’s former world was Primordial Desolation, the legendary realm connected to Blue Star and Great Xia. She revealed that Great Desolation had been emptied when time itself broke, leaving Lu Li with the name “Silent Ruins” as a possible clue.

• Yinyang Qingfan explained that her former world was called Desolation and that its oldest name was Primordial Desolation.
• Lu Li recognized Primordial Desolation from Blue Star’s myths and realized Blue Star and Great Xia were the legendary upper realm.
• Yinyang Qingfan recounted how the Human Dao rose after the eight emperors and how the Heavenly Court ruled for a hundred million years.
• Yinyang Qingfan said Great Desolation collapsed in a cataclysm, destroying the Three Realms and severing reincarnation.
• Yinyang Qingfan described seeing time break and a mighty being freeze and vanish, leaving Great Desolation empty of all living beings and traditions.
• Yinyang Qingfan recalled finding the term “Silent Ruins” in an ancient text fragment.

Yinyang Qingfan explained that the Great Desolation had perished, leaving cultivators of the Imprisoned Dragon Realm to smuggle themselves into other greater realms to ascend. Lu Li connected the Great Desolation’s fate to Blue Star and the jade pendant, then discovered why Great Xia could transmit only the souls of people at the ends of their lives.

• Yinyang Qingfan told Lu Li that the Great Desolation had become the Silent Ruins and that ascension now required smuggling into another greater immortal domain.
• Yinyang Qingfan explained that territories across the Imprisoned Dragon Realm concealed their fortune and Spiritual Qi so cultivators could ascend without being detected.
• Lu Li reasoned that Blue Star belonged to the Great Desolation, which had perished and might face the Silent Ruins again, and resolved to prepare and tell Great Xia about its past.
• Lu Li inspected the fish-shaped jade pendant and found that its inner space had grown into a nascent world after absorbing resources and Imprisoned Dragon Mountain.
• Lu Li prepared to contact Great Xia, then realized why it could transmit only the souls of people nearing the ends of their lives.

Lu Li told Great Xia that Blue Star was the Immortal Realm’s remnant, and that the Silent Ruins might return to destroy it. As the command hall struggled to face the danger, Lu Dahai urged everyone to fight and raised his flying sword.

• Lu Li realized Blue Star’s nature might explain why the jade pendant could transmit only the souls of the dead or the dying.
• Lu Li told Li Qingshan that Blue Star was the Immortal Realm and revealed Yinyang Qingfan’s account of the Great Desolation and the Silent Ruins to Bureau 749.
• Li Qingshan and the others realized the Silent Ruins could descend again, while Lu Li admitted he had no plan to stop them.
• Lu Dahai pushed through the crowd, declared that Great Xia would fight the threat, and summoned his flying sword.

Lu Dahai’s words and Li Qingshan’s account of a village militia helped Bureau 749 overcome its despair and begin preparing for the Silent Ruins. Lu Li pledged to stand with them, and their discussion ended with his question about whether the Great Desolation’s Heavenly Dao was alive.

• Lu Dahai used his Spiritual Power to make a dramatic speech, and Li Qingshan said it restored his conviction.
• Li Qingshan recalled how Li Family Village’s militia had sacrificed themselves to cover the villagers’ retreat, inspiring the researchers to face the Silent Ruins.
• Li Qingshan ordered Bureau 749’s teams to model the Great Desolation using astronomical data and historical records.
• Lu Li promised Great Xia he would not retreat and sent them a Jade Slip containing his conjectures and Yinyang Qingfan’s secrets.
• Lu Li and Great Xia agreed to accelerate their expansion across the four continents and seize the resource-rich Endless Sea before advancing toward the Central Continent.
• Lu Li asked Li Qingshan whether the Great Desolation’s Heavenly Dao was alive if Blue Star’s universe was the Great Desolation.

Lu Li prepared the Dao Court for the threats posed by the four continents and the Endless Sea while considering how to use Ao Qing’s dragon pearl. Meanwhile, Yinyang Qingfan and Lu Changming confronted the delicate situation of sharing Dongfang Jiangxue’s body, and Jiangxue agreed to Qingfan’s proposed arrangement.

• Li Qingshan asked whether the Primordial Desolation Heavenly Dao knew what had happened in the Great Desolation, but Lu Li could only speculate about its role.
• Lu Li assessed the military and political threats from the four continents and the Endless Sea, and planned to contact the ruler of the Endless Western Sea after inspecting the western frontier.
• Lu Li chose to store Ao Qing’s dragon pearl for future use and began refining it.
• Yinyang Qingfan apologized to Lu Changming and offered to seal away her senses and Divine Soul at set times so he could be with Dongfang Jiangxue.
• Lu Changming demanded that Yinyang Qingfan leave Jiangxue’s body, but she said she could not; Jiangxue then agreed to the daily arrangement.

Lu Li inspected the Ten Thousand Spirits Division and the Army Suppression Division at Jingxi’s coastal frontier, uncovering corruption and signs of a rivalry between their leaders. As he prepared to reveal himself and take charge, he noticed a stooped figure whose presence seemed to carry dragon might.

• Lu Li finished refining the flood dragon pearl as his law ship returned from the void to Jingxi Prefecture.
• Yinyang Qingfan reflected on her decision to submit to Lu Li and anticipated a future struggle for emperor fate across the Imprisoned Dragon starry expanse.
• Ye Xiaoyun showed Lu Li the two divisions’ camps and explained that the Ten Thousand Spirits Division had moved its demon tribes close to the Army Suppression Division.
• Ye Chenfeng told Lu Li that Jiang Wuxie and Dong Qing had spent years competing, and Lu Li considered letting Jiang earn merit and possibly become his disciple.
• Lu Li used his divine sense to uncover cultivators embezzling supplies and colluding with coastal commandery officials, then ordered Primordial Beginning to record them for removal.
• Lu Li noticed a stooped figure in the Army Suppression Division and wondered whether the familiar presence around him was dragon might.

Lu Li arrived at the Pacify the West Sea Frontier aboard a sixth-tier Void Breaking arcane ship and uncovered a demon spy in the Army Suppression Division. After receiving the divisions’ greetings, he ordered all troops to redeploy and confront the Western Sea Dragon Lord.

• Lu Li sensed dragon might from a disguised soldier and suspected the figure came from the Western Sea Dragon Manor.
• Lu Li revealed his arcane ship above the camps, and Gui Shiqi recognized its overwhelming presence and tried to flee.
• Lu Li summoned Gui Shiqi, whose disguise faltered as he approached, and the turtle demon confessed that he had infiltrated the Army Suppression Division to avoid the Ten Thousand Spirits Division’s strict rules.
• Jiang Wuxie and the gathered cultivators and demon troops welcomed Lu Li as the Dao Lord, while Nether Toad, Golden Ape, and Heavenly Wolf recognized him.
• Lu Li surveyed the assembled forces, looked toward the Endless Sea, and ordered all troops to redeploy and meet the Western Sea Dragon Lord.

Lu Li led the Dao Court’s two divisions in a vast fleet toward the Endless Western Sea to meet its Dragon Lord and learn the sea’s intentions. As the fleet advanced, Primordial Beginning purged corrupt personnel, and Gui Shiqi revealed that he served the Western Sea Dragon Manor.

• Lu Li ordered the two divisions to mobilize, purge concealed offenders, and accompany him to meet the Lord of the Endless Western Sea.
• The two divisions assembled a formidable fleet and sailed beneath the sea toward the Western Sea Dragon Manor.
• Primordial Beginning exposed and punished corrupt cultivators and Demon Beasts throughout the fleet.
• Lu Li questioned the trembling Gui Shiqi about whom he served and offered to spare him if he cooperated.
• Gui Shiqi identified himself as a servant of the Western Sea Dragon Manor and said his ancestor was its Turtle Chancellor.

Lu Li learned about the Western Sea Dragon Manor’s strength and its role in controlling the Sea Races, then decided to delay capturing the Dragon Lord. He planned to subdue the Sea Races first to prevent them from causing trouble.

• Gui Shiqi told Lu Li that his ancestor Gui Wance was the Dragon Manor’s powerful left chancellor and described the manor’s forces.
• Lu Li considered the threat of the Western Sea Dragon Manor and the limits of Yinyang Qingfan’s power against the Central Continent.
• Gui Shiqi explained that the Dragon Lord’s palace lay in a secret realm and that reaching it required crossing Sea Race territories.
• Lu Li ordered Ying Fengquan to take Gui Shiqi to the Ten Thousand Spirits Division and teach it the Dao Court’s ways.
• After Yinyang Qingfan warned that capturing the Dragon Lord could unsettle the Sea Races, Lu Li decided to subdue the races first.

Lu Li brought the Dao Court fleet into the Endless Western Sea to subdue its tribes and claim the region as the court’s domain. Ao Li refused to involve the Dragon Palace, leaving Gui Wance and Xuan Jing to decide whether to oppose the fleet themselves.

• Lu Li ordered the Dao Court’s forces to bring the Sea Race tribes into their fold, treating cooperative tribes favorably and capturing those who plotted treachery.
• The Dao Court fleet passed the Black Abyss Trench and entered the Western Sea.
• Ao Li ordered the tribes loyal to him to withdraw and avoid fighting the Dao Court, then announced that the Western Sea would decide its own affairs while he entered seclusion.
• Gui Wance and Xuan Jing agreed to act independently and prepare to confront the Dao Court’s forces.
• Gui Wance proposed that Xuan Jing lead the attack while Gui Wance brought his tribesmen in support.

Xuan Jing and Gui Wance agreed to muster their forces against the Dao Court, while Lu Li led the fleet toward the Ghost Crab Clan’s territory. As the Dao Court prepared to confront the clan, Jiang Wuxie mobilized his demon soldiers, determined to earn the expedition’s foremost merit and become Lu Li’s True Disciple.

• Xuan Jing accepted Gui Wance’s plan to gather troops against the Dao Court, and Gui Wance privately resolved to use the conflict to secure his clan’s interests.
• Lu Li advanced his cultivation and techniques with Yinyang Qingfan’s guidance while the Dao Court fleet traveled through the deep sea.
• Scouts reported that the fleet was approaching the Ghost Star Sea Abyss, home to the Ghost Crab Clan and its Nascent Soul chief.
• Lu Li ordered the Dao Court fleet to make contact, and its divisions formed up and prepared their spellships for battle.
• Jiang Wuxie mobilized a hundred thousand demon soldiers toward the Ghost Crab Clan’s encampment, determined to claim the expedition’s foremost merit.

The Dao Court’s fleet incorporated the Ghost Crab Clan into Western Sea Prefecture and conscripted Gui Laoliu as a commander in the Ten Thousand Spirits Division. As its forces spread through the sea, Lu Li ordered the flagship to sail for the Dragon Palace.

• Gui Laoliu reviewed the Ghost Crab Clan’s business returns and planned to take a Golden Core concubine before a tremendous crash shook the clan’s territory.
• The Dao Court announced that the Ghost Crab Clan had been incorporated into its jurisdiction and ordered Gui Laoliu to report for duty.
• A camp commander assigned the Ghost Crab Clan to provide guides, while Ten Thousand Spirits Division demons set out to explore the icy sea.
• A Golden Core cultivator registered Gui Laoliu as both patriarch of the Ghost Crab Clan and a commander of the Ten Thousand Spirits Division.
• Gui Laoliu saw the Dao Court’s immense fleets and great demons scattering across the sea, realizing the Ghost Crab Clan could not resist them.
• Yinyang Qingfan warned Lu Li that the dispersed forces might struggle to respond to danger, but Lu Li ordered Primordial Beginning to set sail for the Dragon Palace.

Lu Li agreed to begin preparing large-scale cross-world spirit descent, hoping to unite Great Xia and the Dao Court and protect Blue Star from the looming threat of the Silent Ruins. As Lu Yao laid out her remote-control system for souls and puppets, Lu Li questioned whether his spiritual power could sustain it continuously.

• Lu Li explained that he planned to subdue the Western Sea's tribes and demons before reaching the Dragon Palace, making the entire sea region submit to the Dao Court.
• Lu Yao asked to deploy the Spirit Puppet Division in the war and proposed using spirit descent as a fallback for Blue Star.
• Lu Li authorized preparations aboard the sixth-tier spellship and agreed to seek Great Xia's support.
• Lu Yao presented a plan to link Great Xia's and the Dao Court's Primordial Beginning systems so people could control puppets remotely through soul imprints.
• Lu Li considered how spirit descent could strengthen the Dao Court and help Great Xia survive the Silent Ruins, then wondered whether his spiritual power could sustain continuous large-scale transmission.

Lu Li judged that his immense Spiritual Power could support large-scale cross-world spirit descent and agreed with Great Xia to begin preparations. The chapter ended with Great Xia mobilizing for war readiness to send 180,000 Qi Refinement cultivators and 1.65 million preserved mortal souls to the Western Continent.

• Lu Li estimated that his Spiritual Power could sustain the spirit descent of 100,000 to 500,000 souls over a long period.
• Lu Li informed Li Qingshan that he wanted to attempt large-scale cross-world spirit descent, and Li Qingshan asked whether it would weaken him or even be possible.
• Li Qingshan reported that Great Xia had preserved 180,000 Qi Refinement souls and 1.65 million exceptional mortal souls from among roughly seven billion deaths.
• Lu Li agreed to begin preparations and welcomed Great Xia's people to cross worlds.
• Li Qingshan ordered regional leaders to report to Jing City, recalled Soul Information Research Institute staff, and raised Great Xia's resource mobilization level to war readiness.

Li Qingshan mobilized Great Xia for a massive cross-world Spirit Descent, summoning the governors of all twelve regions to Jing City. He asked them to produce Spirit Machinery structures for a million souls across their regions and assemble them in the Saint Region.

• Li Qingshan ordered preparations for a million-soul cross-world Spirit Descent, prompting Great Xia to approve the effort and activate its reserve resources and logistics network.
• Joseph Lin received an urgent summons concerning Senior Lu Li and left the Beautiful Region for the Saint Region.
• Chen Yongchang received the same summons during his clan's ancestral ceremony and hurried from the Kangaroo Region to Jing City.
• Abdul Salih read the urgent message while training at Victoria Falls and flew toward the African Continent Region's departure point.
• The eleven regional governors traveled to Jing City, where Li Qingshan told them to forge Spirit Machinery structures in their regions and assemble them in the Saint Region.

Li Qingshan organized the twelve regions to prepare equipment for a massive Cross-Realm Spirit Descent, while people across Great Xia volunteered to enter the cultivation world. Li Qingshan told Lu Li that the first group of 1.5 million participants was ready, and the nation planned to launch the descent in two months.

• Li Qingshan assigned the twelve regions quotas for producing and delivering Spirit Descent components within three months.
• The regional governors celebrated when Li Qingshan said Lu Li would contact them, then heard his call to battle in the command hall.
• Qi Hao learned about Cross-Realm Spirit Descent and told his wife, Li Wei, that she was qualified to participate and might gain a chance to obtain a real body.
• Great Xia finalized a participant list as Lu Li sent marine supplies, including farmable treasure fish, to Li Qingshan.
• Li Qingshan told Lu Li that 1.5 million volunteers, including 150,000 Qi Refinement cultivators, were preparing for the first large-scale Spirit Descent in two months.

As Lu Li's warship advanced into the deep sea, Yinyang Qingfan killed a hidden Spirit-Piercing Jellyfish that had destroyed resource puppets. Primordial Beginning identified the nearby Eight-Armed Marsh as the territory of the Black Baleful Intent Ink Octopus Clan, and Lu Li ordered the ship forward so he could test his strength against Void Return enemies.

• Lu Li's group gathered resources while the Dao Court prepared its first large-scale cross-world Spirit Descent and Lu Yao built a cross-world interaction branch center aboard the warship.
• The warship's pressure stunned a shoal of second-tier treasure fish, and resource puppets went to collect them.
• A concealed Spirit-Piercing Jellyfish shattered the puppets' runes, but Yinyang Qingfan sensed and killed the Perfected Spirit Transformation demon.
• Primordial Beginning detected the Black Baleful Intent Ink Octopus Clan's territory in Eight-Armed Marsh and warned that its combat strength was unknown.
• Lu Li ordered Primordial Beginning to enter Eight-Armed Marsh and told Yinyang Qingfan to hold back if they encountered Void Return Demon Beasts.