Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan investigated a widening rift in the Azure Mist Realm and fought a legendary Rotten Realm Spider whose power of decay threatened the land. After defeating it and recovering from his wound, he learned the Alliance Council would investigate the ancient threat, leaving him preparing to protect the realms from what might come.

• Xiao Yan reported the decay-filled rift to the All-Heavens Alliance Council, then tried to seal it with Heaven Burning Purification, but the flames could not destroy it.
• A Rotten Realm Spider emerged from the rift and attacked Xiao Yan with claws and vapor that corroded his flames and laws.
• Xiao Yan used Flame Realm: Prairie Fire to distract the spider, then stabbed its pulsing sac with the Heaven Burning Sword and killed it.
• The rift closed after the spider died, but Xiao Yan’s shoulder was corroded; arriving alliance experts treated him with a Pure Land Pill.
• Xiao Yan told the white-bearded elder about the Rotten Realm Spider, and the elder ordered an immediate report to the Alliance Council and a reopening of the All-Heavens Forbidden Archives.

Xiao Yan learned from the All-Heavens Forbidden Archives that the Rotten Realm Spiders were remnants of the Era of Decay and that the heavens needed the Seeds of Creation to suppress the Gate of Annihilation. After destroying a Decay Origin Tree in the Abandoned Star Domain, he found the local Gate closing, but the Seeds remained undiscovered and the Compass of Order pointed toward a deeper secret.

• The Grand Elder revealed that the Rotten Realm Spiders came from the Era of Decay and that weakened law barriers might have awakened them after the war against the Shadow Clan.
• The council tasked each world with searching for the Seeds of Creation and appointed Xiao Yan Annihilation Investigator, giving him the Compass of Order.
• Xiao Yan found a jade slip in Old Ghost Heaven Burning's chamber stating that those of decay feared the primordial origin fire.
• Xiao Yan followed the Compass of Order to the Abandoned Star Domain, where he discovered a Decay Origin Tree feeding on the Gate of Annihilation and producing young Rotten Realm Spiders.
• Xiao Yan used the Compass of Order's power with his Heaven Burning Sword to destroy the tree and its young spiders, causing the Gate of Annihilation to close as the compass pointed toward a deeper secret.

After discovering ancient creator law imprints in the Abandoned Star Domain, Xiao Yan found a map pointing to three Seeds of Creation and uncovered the Seed of “Balance” beneath an altar. He defeated its Rotten Realm Spider guardian and claimed the seed, then set his sights on the Seeds of “Life” and “Order.”

• Xiao Yan touched a star fragment and saw a vision of creators using a golden seed during the War of Creation and Annihilation.
• Xiao Yan followed the Compass of Order to a bone altar, where its runes revealed the locations of the Seeds of “Life,” “Order,” and “Balance.”
• Xiao Yan found the Seed of “Balance” underground, but a boulder sealed the passage and a powerful Rotten Realm Spider guardian attacked him.
• Xiao Yan used his new “Balance Flame” sword strike to wound the guardian and destroy the smaller spiders it summoned.
• Xiao Yan seized the Seed of “Balance,” which empowered and harmonized his Law of Flame and Power of Order, while its light destroyed the guardian.

Xiao Yan reached the Sea of Life and passed the guardian’s trial by using the Seed of Balance to restore harmony to the cycle of life. He obtained the Seed of Life and set out for the Ruins of Laws to seek the final Seed of Creation, the Seed of Order.

• Xiao Yan followed the Compass of Order into the Sea of Life and used the Seed of Balance to ease the stagnant life force in its waters.
• Xiao Yan reached the Tree of Life, where Stagnant Life Vines imprisoned creatures in bubbles and a root-made guardian challenged him for the Seed of Life.
• Xiao Yan entered the Samsara Formation and learned that life depended on a balanced cycle of birth, growth, aging, and death.
• Xiao Yan used the Seed of Balance to bring the formation’s phantoms into harmony, passed the trial, and received the Seed of Life from the guardian.
• The guardian freed the trapped creatures and restored the Sea of Life, and Xiao Yan departed with two Seeds of Creation for the Ruins of Laws.

Xiao Yan entered the Ruins of Laws and found the Seed of Order after surviving its chaotic forces. He passed the guardian’s trial, united the three Seeds of Creation, and broke through into the Transcendence Realm, then set out to confront the Gate of Annihilation.

• Xiao Yan traveled through the Ruins of Laws, using the Seed of Balance to survive its dangerous, shifting laws.
• After three days, Xiao Yan followed the Compass of Order into a chaotic mist and found the Seed of Order.
• A guardian of laws attacked Xiao Yan, but he argued that the Gate of Annihilation would destroy both order and chaos.
• The guardian accepted Xiao Yan’s purpose and subjected him to a three-day baptism of laws, which he endured.
• Xiao Yan took the Seed of Order, fused it with the Seeds of Life and Balance, and entered the Transcendence Realm.
• The guardian dissolved into the chaos, and Xiao Yan left the Ruins of Laws determined to stop the Gate of Annihilation.

Xiao Yan used the three Seeds of Creation to merge the Power of Order with the Core of the All-Heavens, creating a defense line against the Gate of Annihilation. He learned that the Gate’s source lay in the Sea of Deathly Silence and prepared to pursue it with the all-heavens behind him.

• Xiao Yan sealed the lingering seepage from the Gate of Annihilation in the Azure Mist Realm with the power of the three Seeds of Creation.
• Xiao Yan told the Grand Elder and the Supremes that the Seeds’ power had to be joined with the Core of the All-Heavens to reshape its law barriers.
• Xiao Yan merged the three Seeds of Creation with the Core of the All-Heavens, spreading a pillar of light that helped repair worlds and restore their barriers.
• Xiao Yan revealed the Defense Line of Order, founded on the Core of the All-Heavens, to protect against the power of decay.
• Xiao Yan identified the Sea of Deathly Silence as the location of the Gate of Annihilation’s source, and the Supremes entrusted the all-heavens’ future to him.

Xiao Yan entered the Sea of Deathly Silence and discovered an ancient outpost left by the Creators, where he found a fragment of the Seed of Order and a route to the Annihilation Origin Core. Armed with the pioneers’ records, he continued toward the Decaying Realm Spider Nest, the first obstacle on his way to the core.

• Xiao Yan spent three months preparing for the expedition, then received supplies and farewells from A Yao and the Blazing Sun Realm Lord.
• Xiao Yan entered the Sea of Deathly Silence alone and used the Power of Order and an Order Lamp to protect and guide himself through the decaying ocean.
• Xiao Yan found remnants of ancient battles and followed a trail of star ruins to a jade altar built by the Creators.
• Xiao Yan read the pioneers’ diary, which revealed that they had hidden a fragment of the Seed of Order and identified the Annihilation Origin Core as the source of the Rotten Realm Spiders’ power.
• Xiao Yan recovered the fragment, absorbed the pioneers’ records and route to the core, and continued toward the Decaying Realm Spider Nest.

Xiao Yan infiltrated the Decaying Realm Spider Nest and found the Annihilation Origin Core at the heart of its largest star. After its will detected him and the spiders began to awaken, he charged toward the core to destroy it.

• Xiao Yan concealed his presence with the Power of Order and made his way through the sleeping Rotten Realm Spiders toward the Annihilation Origin Core.
• He swallowed an Order Spirit Pill and used the Seed of "Life" to slip past a barrier of patrolling Rotten Realm Spiders.
• Xiao Yan reached the largest star and saw the Annihilation Origin Core turning in a vast vortex.
• The core's will tried to draw Xiao Yan into annihilation, but he resisted with the power of all three Seeds of Creation and the Heart of the Flame Realm.
• The vortex roared, the star shook, and the Rotten Realm Spiders began to awaken as Xiao Yan charged toward the core and struck with the Heaven Burning Sword.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Annihilation Origin Core, ending the Sea of Deathly Silence and the threat of the Rotten Realm Spiders. He recovered in the All-Heavens Hub, where the Grand Elder confirmed that the myriad worlds' law barriers had grown stronger, though Xiao Yan remained prepared for future challenges.

• Xiao Yan fought through the decay-filled vortex and used his newly created Cycle of Life and Annihilation to destroy the Rotten Realm Spiders in his path.
• Xiao Yan reached the Annihilation Origin Core and struck it with Order Heaven Burning, but the core shattered his barrier and hurled him into a rocky wall.
• Xiao Yan burned his origin essence blood, strengthened the runes of order, and drove his Heaven Burning Sword into the cracked core.
• Xiao Yan shattered the Annihilation Origin Core, causing the Sea of Deathly Silence to dissipate and the Rotten Realm Spiders to crumble into ash.
• The Seeds of Creation healed Xiao Yan, and he later woke in the Stargazing Hall of the All-Heavens Hub.
• The Grand Elder told Xiao Yan that the Sea of Deathly Silence was gone and the law barriers had strengthened, while Xiao Yan resolved to keep protecting the all-heavens.

Xiao Yan recovered from his injuries after destroying the Annihilation Origin Core and received the Guardian of Order token. The Grand Elder warned that the Origin of Decay could return, and Xiao Yan resolved to help the next generation carry on the work of protection.

• The Grand Elder told Xiao Yan to rest for three months after he burned his essence blood, and Xiao Yan drank medicine and Spirit Rhinoceros Fruits to restore his strength.
• A Yao brought Xiao Yan Spirit Rhinoceros Fruits from the Tree of Life and asked about his destruction of the Annihilation Origin Core.
• Young cultivators gave Xiao Yan the Guardian of Order token and declared him their leader, while Xiao Yan said the honor belonged to everyone who had held the line.
• The Grand Elder explained that the Origin of Decay had dispersed into the rifts between the heavens and could take root again if it found suitable soil.
• Xiao Yan watched A Yao and the young cultivators train, fastened the Order Token to his waist, and resolved to help them carry the spark of order forward.

During his recovery, Xiao Yan studied the Power of Order and helped A Yao learn formation techniques before serving as an examiner at the Trial of Order. After encouraging the next generation, he departed the All-Heavens Hub aboard the alliance’s new starship, the New Journey, to face threats still lingering across the heavens.

• Xiao Yan helped A Yao correct her Heaven Burning Formation and gave her a jade token carved with a flame rune.
• Blazing Sun told Xiao Yan that the alliance would hold a Trial of Order and asked him to serve as an examiner; Xiao Yan agreed.
• Young cultivators from many worlds competed in the trial’s stages of breaking formations, repelling enemies, and protecting others.
• Xiao Yan praised the contestants and used the Heaven Burning Sword to show them the Seeds of Creation, urging them to pass on the spark of order.
• Xiao Yan left the Martial Training Star Domain and boarded the alliance’s starship, the New Journey, bound for an unknown Star Domain.

Xiao Yan studied the Law of Chaos with Qing He and learned to sense its shifting rhythms rather than decipher it by force. After guiding the New Journey through the Lost Trace Nebula to a Chaos Source Star, he gained a new understanding of how order and annihilation arose from chaos, while Qing He began to grasp the Wuwang Sword’s flow; the ship continued toward an unknown Star Domain.

• Qing He brought Xiao Yan lotus seed soup and showed him an evolving rune, helping him realize that the Law of Chaos had to be sensed.
• Xiao Yan and Qing He discussed the laws over several days, and her view of adaptable order reminded him of decay in the Sea of Deathly Silence.
• When the New Journey detected law turbulence in the Lost Trace Nebula, Xiao Yan chose to enter it despite the Mechanical Clan cultivator’s warning.
• Xiao Yan used the Seed of Creation to shield and steer the starship through the turbulence by following the Law of Chaos’s rhythm.
• Xiao Yan discovered a Chaos Source Star beneath the nebula’s ice and understood that chaos was the source of both order and annihilation.
• As the New Journey left the nebula, Qing He cut through law turbulence with a flowing sword stroke and said she had begun to understand.

After a scouting-team survivor brought Xiao Yan a warning about the Gate of Nothingness and its search for the Seed of Creation, Xiao Yan contained expanding rifts with chaos-infused laws. He turned the starship back to report to the Alliance Council, leaving the Gate of Nothingness dormant behind them.

• Xiao Yan and Qing He detected spatial rifts and found a dying All-Heavens Guard scout who delivered a jade slip before disintegrating.
• Xiao Yan read the scout’s warning that Nothingness Shadows had emerged from a gate in the Abyss of Nothingness and were searching for the Seed of Creation.
• Xiao Yan used the seeds of balance and order to slow the rifts, then infused the law net with chaos so it could absorb the nothingness without corroding.
• Xiao Yan ordered the starship to return and report the Gate of Nothingness to the Alliance Council.

Xiao Yan led a thousand cultivators toward the Abyss of Nothingness to investigate the Nothingness Shadows and their interest in the Seed of Creation. After surviving a fierce attack that revealed the shadows could regenerate but be temporarily trapped by woven laws, the battered fleet continued toward the abyss.

• The council agreed to Xiao Yan's plan to investigate the Abyss of Nothingness and supplied him with an elite squad and a realm-anchoring talisman.
• Three days after setting out, Xiao Yan's fleet encountered a Nothingness Shadow that vanished after attacking the energy chamber, and Xiao Yan used the Seed of Creation to stabilize the ship.
• More than a hundred Nothingness Shadows attacked the fleet, and Xiao Yan discovered that his sword strikes scattered them but did not stop them from reforming.
• Xiao Yan ordered Qing He to use the Wuwang Sword's intent to trap the shadows, and the cultivators copied her technique to slow their regeneration.
• The shadows withdrew after an all-night battle, leaving three escort ships powerless and many cultivators injured, but Xiao Yan led the fleet onward toward the Abyss of Nothingness.

Xiao Yan confronted the envoys of the Lord of Nothingness at the Gate of Nothingness and learned that something and nothing formed a cycle rather than opposing forces. He used the Seeds of Creation and a Circulation Array to repel the envoys and close the gate, then led the fleet back toward the All-Heavens Hub.

• The Gate of Nothingness opened, and three envoys of the Lord of Nothingness demanded the Seed of Creation to restore the universe to nothingness.
• The envoys attacked the fleet with a torrent of nothingness, and Xiao Yan shielded the cultivators with the three Seeds of Creation.
• The Creator's voice revealed that something and nothing were part of a cycle, and Xiao Yan realized he should guide nothingness instead of opposing it.
• Xiao Yan used his Circulation Array to redirect the torrent and struck the gate with gray-gold sword light, causing the envoys to vanish.
• The Gate of Nothingness closed, space and stars returned, and Xiao Yan led the fleet toward the All-Heavens Hub.

Xiao Yan comprehended a Dao of Cycles that let existence and nothingness coexist, and the heavens built a Balance Tower to sustain their flow. He entrusted its guard to Qing He, Blazing Sun, and the younger cultivators while he remained at the core of the heavens to support it.

• On the journey home, Xiao Yan discovered a new law formed by the cycle between order and nothingness, and the crew saw a nebula and simple life emerge in a region once eroded by the Nothingness Shadows.
• At the All-Heavens Hub, Xiao Yan reported his discovery, and the council decided to build a Balance Tower at the boundary between the Abyss of Nothingness and the myriad heavens and worlds.
• Xiao Yan declined to guard the tower himself and appointed Qing He, Blazing Sun, and the young cultivators, while he stayed at the core of the heavens to connect it to the Seed of Creation.
• Several months later, Xiao Yan infused the completed Balance Tower with the Seed of Creation's origin, activating a cosmic cycle that consumed excess nothingness and nurtured new stars.
• At the Stargazing Hall, A Yao showed Xiao Yan a Samsara Flower that regrew after its blossoms withered, and he accepted his role in silently guarding the cycle.

Xiao Yan discovered that the Balance Tower’s Power of Cycles was nourishing the heavens and welcomed the Star Patrollers, an extraterrestrial civilization seeking contact. After exchanging knowledge and technology, he agreed to help their fleet save the collapsing Shattered Galaxy, leaving with Samsara Flower seeds for the journey.

• A Yao showed Xiao Yan a gray-glowing leaf from the Balance Tower, and he realized its fused power of order and nothingness was nourishing the Samsara Flowers and the heavens.
• Xiao Yan and Qing He detected an unfamiliar law near the Balance Tower, where a Star Patrollers spacecraft arrived seeking contact and an exchange of knowledge.
• Xiao Yan established limited contact with the Star Patrollers, and the two civilizations exchanged cosmic navigation technology and principles of the Law of Cycles.
• Xiao Yan explained to the Star Patrollers that emotion gave laws vitality, and both sides adjusted their conflicting law models to find a balance.
• The Star Patrollers asked the heavens to help the Shattered Galaxy, whose laws were collapsing, and the Grand Elder approved Xiao Yan’s mission.
• A Yao gave Xiao Yan Samsara Flower seeds, and he departed with the Star Patrollers to bring the Dao of Cycles to the Shattered Galaxy.

Xiao Yan, Qing He, and Blazing Sun helped the survivors of the Shattered Galaxy contain the Power of Destruction and begin restoring their broken laws through the Law of Cycles. As they headed back toward the myriad heavens, Xiao Yan carried a Samsara Flower seed grown in the galaxy.

• The metal being explained that the Shattered Galaxy had collapsed after its people extracted stellar energy to create the Power of Destruction.
• Xiao Yan used the Seed of Creation to form a gray-gold Law of Cycles barrier that absorbed and converted the destructive energy.
• Xiao Yan scattered Samsara Flower seeds on a surviving planet, where they grew by absorbing the Power of Destruction and softened its effects.
• Xiao Yan gave the survivors a Cycle Formation and urged them to stop extracting stellar energy; the elderly leader agreed to try and ordered his people to lower their weapons.
• Xiao Yan, Qing He, and Blazing Sun helped build Cycle Formations while the Star Patrollers' spaceship placed an energy net around the galaxy.
• The Power of Destruction's spread slowed, and Xiao Yan departed with a seed harvested in the Shattered Galaxy as the ship headed toward the myriad heavens.

On the return voyage, Xiao Yan’s crew encountered a force that erased records, memories, and even a cultivator’s traces of existence. After reporting the threat and preserving evidence of what had vanished, Xiao Yan set out with the Star Patrollers to investigate a disappeared galaxy.

• As the New Journey entered the Rift of Oblivion, its star charts and the crew’s memories of the region began fading, and Xiao Yan briefly restored them with the Power of Order.
• A Yao showed Xiao Yan a Samsara Flower petal turning into absolute nothingness, and the crew discovered that the observer Xiao Yu had been erased from their memories and records.
• After the ship escaped the Rift of Oblivion, Xiao Yan reported the incident to the council, which ordered an investigation with the Star Patrollers and strengthened defenses around the Balance Tower.
• Xiao Yan sealed the transparent petal in a jade box, then departed with the Star Patrollers for the vanished galaxy’s original coordinates.

Xiao Yan and the fleet reached a region where a galaxy had been erased into an absolute blank and encountered the Emissary of Returning to Silence, a cosmic force that erased the foundations of existence. After Qing He and the others suffered lasting damage, Xiao Yan ordered a retreat and realized the threat had noticed the All Heavens and Myriad Realms.

• The Star Patroller leader explained that the missing galaxy had been actively guided back into nothingness as the fleet approached its coordinates.
• Xiao Yan tested the absolute blank with the Seed of Creation’s Power of Order, but the force vanished without leaving a trace.
• A gray figure appeared, disrupted the crew’s memories, and erased part of the starship wall from both existence and memory.
• The Star Patroller identified the figure as the Emissary of Returning to Silence, and Xiao Yan realized it erased the roots of laws and existence.
• The Emissary damaged Qing He’s sword runes and memories, then caused the starship and crew to grow transparent after Xiao Yan struck it.
• Xiao Yan ordered the fleet to retreat, and the group returned toward the heavens with Qing He’s damage permanent and the blank patch on Xiao Yan’s petal enlarged.