Chapter Summaries

The Silent Void Sword’s first divine ability, All Sounds Fall Silent, erased most cultivators across the twelve faces and then struck Qin Yu, Chi Ninghua, Ju Wanning, and the elders on the Face of the Root of Existence. Qin Yu and several others preserved themselves through different ways of existing, while Chi Ninghua and Ju Wanning warned arriving members of their lineages to retreat.

• All Sounds Fall Silent erased more than seventy percent of the cultivators across the twelve faces by stripping away the conditions that allowed them to exist.
• Qin Yu, Chi Ninghua, and Ju Wanning sensed the impending danger, and the Dao Source Demonic Spirit subtly slipped out of alignment with the surrounding space.
• The Silent Void Sword’s ability descended on the Face of the Root of Existence, stopping the powers and defensive methods of Chi Ninghua, Ju Wanning, and the Shangguan Lineage and Hua Lineage elders.
• Qin Yu maintained his existence without relying on fluctuations, while Chi Ninghua sank into stillness, Ju Wanning used an undefined origin state, and several elders anchored or altered their Fate Souls to survive.
• The Dao Source Demonic Spirit seemed to evade the stillness because it lost its target, and Chi Ninghua and Ju Wanning ordered the newly arrived Chi Lineage elders and Ju Lineage members to retreat.

Qin Yu and his allies destroyed the Silent Void Sword’s avatar, then faced its true form in a realm beyond time. The sword declared that the Dao Source Demonic Spirit had infiltrated their ranks and ordered them to destroy it to prevent the suffering of all living beings.

• Qin Yu urged Chi Ninghua and the others to attack the Silent Void Sword’s avatar after its strike erased three elders of the Shangguan Lineage and Hua Lineage.
• Qin Yu, Chi Ninghua, Ju Wanning, and the Dao Source Demonic Spirit combined their powers and destroyed the avatar.
• The collapsing realms vanished, and Qin Yu, Chi Ninghua, Ju Wanning, and the Dao Source Demonic Spirit appeared before the Silent Void Sword’s true form.
• The Silent Void Sword announced that the Dao Source Demonic Spirit was an alien among them and commanded them to destroy it.
• The Silent Void Sword showed them visions of realms collapsing and warned that all living beings would suffer if they failed.

The Dao Source Demonic Spirit revealed its nature and used Eternal Silence · Thought Stoppage to halt Qin Yu, Chi Ninghua, and Ju Wanning’s thoughts. Qin Yu’s prewritten Book of Fate Law logic and Void Source ability restored their consciousness, forcing the spirit to turn back and regard him with new attention.

• Chi Ninghua and Ju Wanning joined Qin Yu as the man revealed that he intended to devour them and refine the Silent Void Sword.
• Ju Wanning explained that the Dao Source Demonic Spirit arose from the earliest conflict between the laws of Hongmeng and skills, and existed to sever connections.
• Qin Yu recognized that the spirit was stripping things away rather than devouring them.
• The Dao Source Demonic Spirit used Eternal Silence · Thought Stoppage, stopping the three companions’ ability to generate thoughts.
• Qin Yu’s Book of Fate Law reclassified Thought Stoppage as temporary freezing, and his Void Source ability rebuilt the group’s consciousness.
• The Dao Source Demonic Spirit turned back toward the recovered trio and focused its attention on Qin Yu.

Qin Yu, Chi Ninghua, and Ju Wanning combined their powers against the Dao Source Demonic Spirit, but it severed the connections underpinning their attacks and trapped them in isolated space. After the three swallowed Supreme Transformation Source Crystals to stabilize their damaged Fate Souls, they remained imprisoned with no way out.

• Chi Ninghua froze the Dao Source Demonic Spirit’s changes while Ju Wanning shattered the space around it, and Qin Yu used Fate Law to lock and break its causal connections.
• The Dao Source Demonic Spirit revealed that it was severance itself, then cut the cooperation between Qin Yu, Chi Ninghua, and Ju Wanning.
• Qin Yu used Cause and Effect Deconstruction and Undefined Destruction Sword as Chi Ninghua and Ju Wanning attacked the foundations supporting the Demonic Spirit’s existence.
• The Dao Source Demonic Spirit froze the trio with Time Condensation and isolated them inside a Space Lock.
• After time resumed, Chi Ninghua, Ju Wanning, and Qin Yu suffered backlash, swallowed Supreme Transformation Source Crystals, and remained trapped.

Qin Yu, Chi Ninghua, and Ju Wanning challenged the Dao Source Demonic Spirit by reaching beyond relationships and touching existence itself, but its attacks began erasing them and their history. As the group faced annihilation, the Sword of Silent Void chose Chi Ninghua, halting the enemy’s power for the first time.

• Qin Yu used Three Forms of Fate Construction-Time Flow Reversal to crack the temporal seal, while Chi Ninghua and Ju Wanning abandoned their connections and touched existence itself with him.
• Qin Yu’s logical negation disrupted the Dao Source Demonic Spirit’s severance mechanism, and Chi Ninghua and Ju Wanning confirmed that it still existed.
• The Dao Source Demonic Spirit unleashed Eternal Silence · Existence Erasure, gravely wounding Ju Wanning and beginning to erase Qin Yu until Xiao Yue anchored his existence.
• The Dao Source Demonic Spirit used Eternal Silence · No Trace for Eternity to delete a segment of history, and Chi Ninghua shielded Qin Yu with a primordial Dao supreme treasure that was destroyed.
• A ray of light entered Chi Ninghua’s brow and manifested the Sword of Silent Void, suppressing the surrounding collapse and stopping the Dao Source Demonic Spirit’s power from expanding.

Chi Ninghua and Qin Yu combined their powers to counter the Dao Source Demonic Spirit after it revealed its true form and began devouring existence itself. Their attacks gravely wounded it, but the battle remained unresolved.

• Chi Ninghua opened the Silent Nothingness Domain and halted the Dao Source Demonic Spirit’s power, giving Qin Yu time to locate its core Fate Soul.
• Qin Yu isolated the demon’s core and severed its causal support, forcing it to reveal its true form and rewrite the rules of existence.
• The Dao Source Demonic Spirit unleashed Devour, dragging nearby existences toward the denial core in its chest.
• Qin Yu used the Hongmeng Origin and Fate Law to reclassify the devoured existences as sourceless, destabilizing the core.
• Chi Ninghua struck with Return to the Ruins One Sword as Qin Yu forbade further definition of the core, gravely wounding the Dao Source Demonic Spirit.

Qin Yu and Chi Ninghua annihilated the Dao Source Demonic Spirit, and Chi Ninghua claimed the Divine Sword of Silent Void before leaving to seek help for Senior Ju. On the Annihilation Continent, Xiao Yue told Qin Yu that Senior Ju might only recover with the Fate-Reversing Epiphyllum, whose use would cost her an important memory.

• The Dao Source Demonic Spirit unfolded its Realm Devouring form, but Qin Yu sealed its core while Chi Ninghua used Uninterrupted Eternal Silence to halt its power.
• Qin Yu and Chi Ninghua destroyed the Dao Source Demonic Spirit, restoring the space around them.
• The Divine Sword of Silent Void merged into Chi Ninghua's Fate Soul and recognized her as its master.
• Chi Ninghua said Senior Ju's Fate Soul was severely damaged and left to take her back to the Ju Lineage; Qin Yu departed through another passage.
• On the Annihilation Continent, Xiao Yue told Qin Yu that Senior Ju needed the Fate-Reversing Epiphyllum to recover, but using it would cost her an important memory.

Chi Ninghua brought the mortally injured Ju Wanning to the Ju Lineage, where Ju Jinyu found that the Life-Extending Pill could not repair her Dao Source-level Fate Soul injury. Chi Ninghua set out to seek the Fate-Reversing Epiphyllum in the Crystal Mountain Range while Ju Jinyu arranged to keep Ju Wanning stable.

• Chi Ninghua arrived at the Ju Lineage domain and asked to see its patriarch, Ju Jinyu.
• Chi Ninghua brought out Ju Wanning and explained that the Dao Source Demonic Spirit had pierced her Fate Soul.
• Ju Jinyu gave Ju Wanning the Life-Extending Pill, but her Fate Soul collapsed again, and he used Wuji origin power to stabilize it.
• Ju Jinyu said the Fate-Reversing Epiphyllum might save Ju Wanning and could be found in the Crystal Mountain Range of the Void Dharma Realm.
• Chi Ninghua volunteered to seek the epiphyllum, and Ju Jinyu assigned three elders to accompany her while he stabilized Ju Wanning with the Fate Soul Pool.

Hua Jingmeng endured the Star-Tempering Hall’s brutal trial and broke through to Mystic Void Realm-Supreme. He left the hall as the Hua Lineage disciples looked on with awe, envy, and newfound deference.

• Hua Lineage disciples debated whether Hua Jingmeng could reach Supreme after spending nearly three months in the Star-Tempering Hall.
• Hua Jingmeng’s Fate Soul fractured under the Star-Tempering array’s pressure, but he roared and forged its pieces into a new, stable structure.
• Hua Jingmeng aligned his Fate Soul with a vast star domain and successfully broke through to Mystic Void Realm-Supreme.
• Hua Jingmeng left the Star-Tempering Hall, and the watching disciples fell silent before congratulating and flattering him.

After Hua Jingmeng entered the Supreme realm, Hua Jingyun urged him to avenge his sister and pursue the Fate-Reversing Epiphyllum in the dangerous Crystal Mountain Range. Elsewhere, Qin Yu decided to travel there as well, seeking the flower and a path toward stable allies.

• Hua Jingyun congratulated Hua Jingmeng on entering Supreme and took him to his sister Ting'er's grave.
• Hua Jingyun reminded Hua Jingmeng that Ting'er had yet to be avenged and told him that a Fate-Reversing Epiphyllum had appeared in the Crystal Mountain Range.
• Hua Jingmeng accepted Hua Jingyun's miniature tower and vowed to obtain the Epiphyllum before setting off through a spatial rift.
• Qin Yu explained to Xiao Yue that he needed support from the Ju and Chi Lineages and intended to visit the Crystal Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yue agreed to go with Qin Yu, then returned to sleep.

Chi Ninghua and three Ju Lineage elders entered the Crystal Mountain Range to search for the Fate-Reversing Epiphyllum, while an ancient shadow stirred beneath a nearby lake. Qin Yu arrived later, sensed a gathering of restless Fate Soul presences, and headed toward them.

• A vast shadow awakened beneath a lake, watched Chi Ninghua and the three Ju Lineage elders pass overhead, and silently committed them to memory.
• Chi Ninghua and the elders entered the Crystal Mountain Range, where shifting crystal reflections showed countless possible paths and selves.
• The elders suggested splitting up to search, and Chi Ninghua gave them a soul-voice talisman before all four went in separate directions.
• Qin Yu reached the mountain range and sensed chaotic Fate Soul fluctuations without venturing into its depths.
• Qin Yu concluded that the Primordial Beast Dao Divine Venerables were gathering around something unusual and moved toward the restless activity.

Qin Yu annihilated three Primordial Beast Dao Divine Venerables in the Crystal Mountain Range, then sensed a far more powerful presence awakening deeper within. He rushed toward it as the pressure grew, leaving the identity of the ancient being unknown.

• Qin Yu used the Book of Fate Law and his swords to destroy the crystal dragon, the dark blue qilin, and the white spirit beast within three breaths.
• A distant roar shook the Crystal Mountain Range and made Qin Yu sense that a higher existence was awakening.
• Xiao Yue told Qin Yu that the presence was unusual, and Qin Yu flew deeper into the range.
• Qin Yu encountered dark golden particles and warped mountains as he sensed that the presence surpassed a Primordial Beast Dao Divine Venerable.

Chi Ninghua and Hua Jingmeng sensed a powerful Chaos Source Beast Dihuang awakening in the Crystal Mountain Range, but Hua Jingmeng chose to seek a safer place to find Fate-Reversing Epiphyllum. Deep within the range, the Stillness Book Imperial Dragon erased a mountain and a Source Beast Huang, while a Supreme-level being emerged from a lake and headed toward the range.

• Chi Ninghua sensed the roar approaching Dihuang-level strength and flew toward its source to investigate.
• Hua Jingmeng recognized the threat, decided not to confront it, and hurried toward secluded areas near the True Annihilation rift layers to search for Fate-Reversing Epiphyllum.
• The Stillness Book Imperial Dragon appeared deep within the Crystal Mountain Range and erased a ten-thousand-zhang crystal mountain from existence.
• The Stillness Book Imperial Dragon erased a frightened Primordial Chaos Origin Beast Huang, leaving the surrounding divine beast supremes prostrate in fear.
• A vast creature rose from a lake a hundred miles away, changed into a human form, revealed Supreme-level pressure, and sped toward the Crystal Mountain Range.

A group of six Mystic Void Realm · Supreme cultivators searched the Crystal Mountain Range for the Fate-Reversing Epiphyllum, but the mirrors trapped them in deadly illusions. A crystal sprite watched as they attacked themselves, leaving their fate uncertain.

• The leader dismissed his companions’ concerns about Dihuang and ordered them to keep searching for the Fate-Reversing Epiphyllum.
• A young cultivator found the epiphyllum, then discovered that his companions had vanished and hundreds of mirrored versions of himself surrounded him.
• The mirrored figures assaulted the young cultivator with powers that severed thoughts, broke cause and effect, destroyed dimensions, and erased existence.
• The other five cultivators fell into separate illusions and injured themselves while fighting imagined enemies.
• A crystal sprite descended with a small mirror and laughed as it watched the six cultivators’ desperate and bloody reflections.

A sprite in the Crystal Mountain Range used a mirror illusion to kill six Mystic Void Realm · Supreme cultivators, then sensed something interesting and vanished. A Ju Lineage elder searching the crystal forest was caught in a Spacetime Layered Illusion Realm, where versions of himself appeared as the realm began to collapse around him.

• The sprite made the six cultivators face mirror images that destroyed, imprisoned, or transformed them, leaving their figures inside her crystal mirror.
• The sprite sensed something in the mountains, called it fun, and disappeared along with the shattered mirror.
• A True Annihilation Realm · Supreme elder of the Ju Lineage searched a crystal forest for the Fate-Reversing Epiphyllum but found no sign of it.
• The forest collapsed into a Spacetime Layered Illusion Realm where time, seasons, life and death, and the five elements became chaotic.
• The elder sank into the ground as versions of himself from different ages and fates appeared, while pale hands reached for him from a river of fate.

A little sprite trapped a Ju Lineage elder in a mirror illusion woven from the river of fate, where futures overwrote reality and erased his identity. The elder nearly escaped by severing his fate, but the sprite killed him with a crystal die and left the river calm.

• The Ju Lineage elder was dragged into the river of fate, where visions of his possible deaths began overwriting his body and Fate Soul.
• The elder used his fate wheel and Mountain and River Soul-Stabilizing Bell to resist the futures, but the little sprite strengthened the illusion by tapping its mirror.
• The river's enormous eyes opened, causing the elder's divine abilities, identity, and karmic ties to be erased by the illusion's warped logic.
• The elder sacrificed part of his Fate Soul to summon his ancestral souls and tear open a rift in the illusion realm.
• As the elder approached escape, the little sprite tossed a crystal die, which froze the realm and cut him and his Fate Soul in two.
• The elder vanished into crystal flecks, and the little sprite smiled at his reflection in the mirror.

Chi Ninghua and the Ju Lineage elders discovered that Elder Linruo’s Fate Soul had been completely erased and realized something was hunting them in the Crystal Mountain Range. A little sprite trapped one elder in a shifting gray-white realm, where layered attacks and distortions began to unravel his body, memories, and sense of reality.

• Chi Ninghua and two Ju Lineage elders sensed that Elder Linruo’s soul talisman or soul jade had shattered, confirming that her Fate Soul had been erased.
• Chi Ninghua suspected the Dao Source Demonic Spirit and sent messages to the other elders, deciding they had to regroup because something was hunting them.
• A little sprite watched Chi Ninghua in her mirror and announced that she was ready to begin the next stage.
• A Ju Lineage elder encountered the silver-haired sprite, who caused every crystal reflection around them to smile with her.
• The elder attacked with his lifebound spear, but the sprite transported him into a gray-white realm of shifting ruins and illusions.
• The realm’s first three layers assaulted the elder with ambiguous attacks, disordered time, and distorted memories as the sprite prepared to begin the fourth layer.

The little sprite used her mirror to destroy a Ju Lineage elder after he sacrificed his Fate Soul to break free of the Domain of Cognitive Return to the Ruins. The last surviving elder traced his brother Tingyi’s death to her and confronted her as the crystal plain began to darken.

• The Ju Lineage elder activated Ancestral Annihilation, Burning Life · Myriad Souls Reverse the World, stabilized his Fate Soul, and tore open the array domain.
• The little sprite stopped the elder through his reflection and cracked her mirror, shattering his body, Fate Soul, ancestral soul wheel, and bonded divine weapon.
• Chi Ninghua sensed the elder’s soul imprint talisman break apart, while the last Ju Lineage elder learned that Brother Tingyi had died.
• The last elder followed the death trace to the crystal plain and confronted the little sprite, who admitted she had destroyed Tingyi.
• The little sprite smiled as gray-white mirror patterns spread around her and the world began to darken.

The little sprite fought the Ju Lineage elder on the Crystal Plain, countering his attacks by manipulating mirrored possibilities and a future in which he had been defeated. The elder was left shattered and cast into the Mirror Abyss as the little sprite asked him to keep playing.

• The Ju Lineage elder unleashed Reality-Breaking Thrust, but the little sprite reflected and reversed its many possible versions until the attack was destroyed.
• The elder burned his True Annihilation Realm · Supreme Fate Soul and used True and Illusory Return Together to make reality and illusion collapse into one another.
• The little sprite turned the surrounding world into mirrors and invoked Future Refraction, summoning a vision of the elder’s defeat.
• The elder’s body and Fate Soul began synchronizing with that future, and his right arm exploded as the backlash of his own ability tore through him.
• The elder crashed into the Mirror Abyss, his spear’s markings vanished, and the little sprite asked whether he could keep playing with her.

Chi Ninghua rescued the Ju Lineage elder from the little sprite’s collapsing Mirror Abyss and healed his Fate Soul. The sprite fled into the Crystal Mountain Range, where she attacked Hua Jingmeng with hundreds of mirror copies.

• The Ju Lineage elder unleashed Myriad Domains Return to the Ruins, and the little sprite answered with Myriad Ages Empty Reflection, creating millions of mirror copies that used the same divine power.
• Chi Ninghua cleaved apart the mirror palace, drove the little sprite off, and rescued the badly wounded Ju Lineage elder.
• Chi Ninghua gave the elder a Supreme Transformation Source Crystal to stabilize his Fate Soul, then set out to find the little sprite as he warned that it had killed his two senior brothers.
• The little sprite flew through the Crystal Mountain Range and encountered Hua Jingmeng beneath a crystal peak.
• The sprite unfolded the mirror realm, summoned hundreds of Hua Jingmeng copies, and launched a barrage of divine powers at him.