Chapter Summaries

Qin Yu severed all thought and formed the unprecedented Dao-Severing · Annihilation Heavenly Sword · Supreme End, then awakened the cave’s three ancient scriptures. Their powers began reshaping his body and dantian as Xiao Yue watched in shock.

• Qin Yu collapsed the nine sword realms, severed even his own thoughts, and forged the tenth realm of self-severing.
• Qin Yu united the ten realms into Dao-Severing · Annihilation Heavenly Sword · Supreme End and opened his eyes in the transformed cave.
• The Origin Silence Return to Truth Scripture cave awakened, sending the powers of its three scriptures into Qin Yu as Xiao Yue watched from the entrance.
• The three scriptures tore through and remade Qin Yu’s meridians, organs, and bones before converging into a three-colored sphere in his dantian.
• Qin Yu’s body became covered in glowing scripture characters and turned transparent as his transformation continued.

Qin Yu completed his final Dao Fruit transformation and overcame the Eternal Silence Realm’s heart tribulation, reaching the Eternal Silence Realm Initial Stage. He emerged from the cavern as the Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest fell into stillness.

• Qin Yu let the Void Dao Marks, Charred Bone Divine Script, and Eternal Silence Mirror Script merge within him as ice-blue ripples stilled the cavern and spread through the Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest.
• Qin Yu’s scriptures and origins condensed into a Stillness Seed as a sealed Dao pattern awakened between his brows, and Xiao Yue recognized that his final Dao Fruit transformation had begun.
• Qin Yu faced a faceless heart tribulation that showed him visions of loss and loneliness, then used the Silent Origin Stainless Sword and Dao-Slaying Annihilation Heavenly Sword · Supreme Finality to sever it.
• Qin Yu formed the Eternal Silence Stillness Seed and demonstrated how it stopped dust, space, and cause and effect within three feet of him.
• Qin Yu left the cavern with Xiao Yue as an ice-blue divine ring appeared over the Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest, confirming his entry into the Eternal Silence Realm Initial Stage.

After breaking through to the Eternal Silence Realm, Qin Yu and Xiao Yue set out for Stele Forest Imperial City but emerged near the Primal Magnetism Divine Mountain. They sensed a mysterious presence awakening within it, one that Xiao Yue recognized as resembling several Dao Shadow Soldiers.

• Xiao Yue approached Qin Yu but was stopped by the uncontrolled Eternal Silence Domain around him.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yue decided to return to Stele Forest Imperial City before the Four Great Lineage Grand Competition and opened a rift through the void.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yue emerged near the Primal Magnetism Divine Mountain and witnessed its warped space and strange dimensional phenomena.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yue sensed unusual Fate Soul fluctuations coming from deep within the mountain.
• Xiao Yue identified the faint presence as similar to a Dao Shadow Soldier's and said there seemed to be several.
• A tremor split part of the mountainside, and silvery-white magnetic light erupted from within.

Qin Yu and Xiao Yue discovered hundreds of thousands of Dao Shadow Soldiers absorbing the Primal Magnetism Divine Mountain’s origin power as they prepared to break through to the True Annihilation Realm. They began secretly laying the foundations of the Ten Thousand Daos Return to the Ruins Immortal-Exterminating Formation, leaving the legion unaware of the trap closing around it.

• Qin Yu and Xiao Yue found a vast legion of Dao Shadow Soldiers cultivating together at the heart of the Primal Magnetism Divine Mountain.
• Qin Yu recognized that the soldiers were resonating as a formation and warned Xiao Yue that they had to stop them before they broke through.
• Qin Yu searched the surrounding hundred li and found no Source Flow Guardians, then decided to set up the Ten Thousand Daos Return to the Ruins Immortal-Exterminating Formation.
• Xiao Yue and Qin Yu used Supreme Transformation Source Crystals to lay the formation’s Fate Soul, karmic, and Dao-law foundations and set out bait near the legion.
• Xiao Yue reported that the first layer of the formation was complete, and Qin Yu ordered her to continue while the Dao Shadow Soldiers remained unaware.

Qin Yu and Xiao Yue activated the Myriad Dao Return to the Ruins Immortal-Ending Formation and annihilated the hundreds of thousands of Dao Shadow Soldiers on Primal Magnetism Divine Mountain. They escaped through a void rift, while an ancient being sensed the legion’s destruction and demanded to know who was responsible.

• Qin Yu burned millions of Supreme Transformation Source Crystals to unleash the formation’s twelve layers and undermine the Dao Shadow Soldiers’ Fate Souls, origins, and existence.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yue revealed and activated the Myriad Dao Return to the Ruins Immortal-Ending Formation, trapping the legion as the Dao Shadow Soldiers attempted to strike back.
• Qin Yu used Dao Severance · Annihilation Heavenly Sword · Supreme End to erase more than one hundred thousand Dao Shadow Soldiers in the eastern sky.
• Xiao Yue used Blue Ring · First Transcendent Form and Consciousness Termination · Annihilation of All Phenomena to destroy the remaining soldiers in the western sky.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yue fled through a void rift before the Source Flow Guardian or the Heaven-Devouring Dao-Extinguishing Army could respond.
• An ancient Fate Soul origin opened its silver-white eyes and questioned who had wiped out the Dao Shadow Legion.

Qin Yu and Xiao Yue returned to Stele Forest Imperial City and enjoyed an extravagant meal while the city prepared for the Four Great Lineages' Grand Competition. After contacting Chi Ninghua, Qin Yu spent the quiet night remembering his past and the people who had mattered to him.

• Qin Yu and Xiao Yue arrived in Stele Forest Imperial City, where cultivators had gathered ahead of the Grand Competition.
• Xiao Yue persuaded Qin Yu to take her to the Heavenly Pavilion Divine Banquet Tower, and they ordered its finest dishes.
• Qin Yu paid the bill with several million Supreme Transformation Source Crystals and told the waiter to keep the rest.
• Qin Yu contacted Chi Ninghua, who told him Ju Wanning had awakened and Chi Tongyue wanted to see him; he agreed to visit the next morning.
• Xiao Yue fell asleep as Qin Yu reflected on his companions from the Annihilation Abyss Epoch and remembered his adoptive mother and his early days in the Great Yan Continent.

Qin Yu’s return from the Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest drew the attention of the Heavenly Secrets Dao Pavilion’s chief steward, Qian Wenwan, who came to meet him. She began by congratulating him and referring to the divine mountain in the forest, leaving the reason for her congratulations unresolved.

• Qin Yu watched Stele Forest Imperial City’s grand dragon dance from the Heavenly Pavilion Divine Banquet Tower.
• Qian Weiyi spotted Qin Yu and hurried back to the Heavenly Secrets Dao Pavilion to tell Qian Wenwan that he had returned from the Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest.
• Qian Wenwan decided to meet Qin Yu in person, and Qin Yu sensed her approach and ordered two pots of First Pistil Immortal Bud tea.
• Qin Yu returned the sleeping Xiao Yue to his sea of consciousness and waited for Qian Wenwan.
• Qian Wenwan entered Qin Yu’s room, shared tea with him, and congratulated him before mentioning the divine mountain in the Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest.

Qian Wenwan invited Qin Yu to help open the sealed Layered Realm Void, offering him a share of any discoveries and a position as the Heavenly Secrets Dao Pavilion’s third shopkeeper. Qin Yu accepted and agreed to leave the day after tomorrow, planning to visit Chi Tongyue first.

• Qian Wenwan showed Qin Yu the Layered Realm Void Map and explained that the Layered Realm Void was the body of the Layered Realm Void Great Emperor.
• Qian Wenwan revealed that she and another fellow Daoist had gathered two hundred million Supreme Transformation Source Crystals and needed another hundred million to open the seal.
• Qin Yu asked what he would gain, and Qian Wenwan offered him a fair share of opportunities and inheritances, along with the position of third shopkeeper of the Heavenly Secrets Dao Pavilion.
• Qin Yu agreed to join Qian Wenwan and arranged to meet her at the Heavenly Secrets Dao Pavilion early the day after tomorrow.
• Xiao Yue confirmed that Qian Wenwan and the map were genuine, then explained the Layered Realm Void’s nature and urged Qin Yu to explore it.
• Qin Yu told Xiao Yue that he would visit Chi Tongyue the next day before entering the Layered Realm Void.

Qin Yu visited Chi Tongyue and agreed to compete as outside assistance for the Chi Lineage in the upcoming Four Great Lineage Grand Competition. Chi Tongyue explained the eligibility rules and format, leaving Qin Yu prepared for a contest with random match order.

• Qin Yu entered the Chi Lineage grounds after the guards confirmed Chi Tongyue was expecting him.
• Chi Tongyue teased Qin Yu about becoming her disciple and praised his cultivation, which had reached the Eternal Silence Realm Initial Stage.
• Qin Yu agreed to fight for the Chi Lineage but planned to disguise his appearance and identity to avoid trouble with Hua Jingmeng and Hua Yanyang.
• Chi Tongyue confirmed disguises were allowed, warned Qin Yu that Hua Yanyang was the main threat, and said Chi Xiyue was stronger than him.
• Chi Tongyue explained that each lineage would field five contestants between the True Annihilation Realm · Initial Stage and the Eternal Silence Realm Initial Stage, with two outside helpers allowed.
• Chi Tongyue said all twenty contestants would draw lots to determine their match order, with no divisions by lineage or prior arrangements.

Chi Tongyue explained the brutal single-elimination rules of the Four Great Lineage Grand Competition and revealed its rewards, including a powerful sword and special privileges for the winner. Qin Yu became genuinely interested when he realized first place could let him enter the Chi Lineage’s core repositories without changing his surname or accepting its restrictions.

• Chi Tongyue explained that the twenty contestants would fight in draw order, with each defeat causing immediate elimination and the last three remaining taking the top places.
• Chi Tongyue revealed that third place would receive a Primordial Origin supreme treasure, while second place would receive ten thousand Dreamplay Beads and a forbidden divine ability cultivation technique.
• Chi Tongyue announced that first place would receive the Severing Cycle and Slaying Beginning Sword, which could sever reincarnation and cause-and-effect cycles.
• Chi Tongyue explained that an outside aid who won first place would become a Chi Lineage executive, keep their surname, and gain access to core areas three times without being bound by the lineage’s rules.
• Qin Yu judged the sword less valuable than the access and privileges, then showed genuine interest in the competition.

Qin Yu agreed to represent the Chi Lineage in the Four Great Lineage Grand Competition and received Chi Tongyue’s access token before setting out to prepare for a dangerous trip to the Layered Realm Void. Chi Xiyue vowed to protect him until the competition, while Qin Yu arrived at the Myriad Medicine Immortal Court to buy divine pills.

• Qin Yu accepted Chi Tongyue’s invitation to represent the Chi Lineage in the Four Great Lineage Grand Competition.
• Chi Tongyue gave Qin Yu a Purple-Gold Access Token and a Soul Sound Token, and he left to pursue opportunities and stabilize his Fate Soul source before returning for the competition.
• Chi Xiyue confirmed Qin Yu’s agreement and declared that no one could harm him until the competition ended, warning that she would personally deal with Hua Jingmeng and Hua Yanyang if they acted against him.
• Chi Tongyue said she was more concerned about the active Shangguan Lineage and ordered an investigation.
• Qin Yu arrived at the Myriad Medicine Immortal Court to prepare divine pills for his planned journey to the Layered Realm Void with Qian Wenwan, while Xiao Yue urged him to buy the Great Dream Fleeting Life Pill and End and Beginning as One Pill.

Qin Yu explored the Myriad Medicine Immortal Court’s second floor and found an ancient box emitting a faint blue Fate Soul fluctuation. After brushing off two cultivators who mocked and threatened him, he headed downstairs with the box while they secretly planned to rob him.

• Qin Yu passed over the pills on the first floor and examined rare divine pills on the second floor, sensing that something deeper inside was more extraordinary.
• Qin Yu found a dusty, dark blue-green box in the far corner and picked it up despite a cultivator mocking him for looking at its price.
• Qin Yu told the two Eternal Silence Realm · Middle Stage cultivators to scram, then forced one of them back with a single glance when he blocked the stairs.
• The sharp-mouthed cultivator and his fat companion decided to wait and see whether Qin Yu could pay for the box before attempting to rob him outside Stele Forest Imperial City.
• Xiao Yue overheard the pair’s plan, while Qin Yu reached the first floor focused on the blue Fate Soul fluctuation inside the box.

Qin Yu bought a sealed ancient box for ten million Supreme Transformation Source Crystals, drawing the attention of greedy cultivators who followed him out of Stele Forest Imperial City. He lured them to abandoned ruins, where more than ten pursuers emerged to surround him.

• Qin Yu paid ten million Supreme Transformation Source Crystals for the unopened box at the Myriad Medicine Immortal Court despite the old shopkeeper's warning that its contents and value were unknown.
• The sharp-mouthed cultivator and his fat companion watched the purchase and decided to let other pursuers make the first move before they acted.
• Qin Yu concealed the box inside the Annihilation Devil Pupil · Final Spirit Core and left the Myriad Medicine Immortal Court as several groups followed him.
• Xiao Yue told Qin Yu that more than twenty cultivators were pursuing him, and Qin Yu deliberately changed course toward abandoned ruins.
• Qin Yu waited in the ruins and called on his pursuers to appear, and more than ten cultivators emerged to surround him.

Qin Yu confronted a group of cultivators who planned to rob him, then exposed that some belonged to the Ancient God Clan and declared his grudge against both their clan and the Holy Clan. As more than a dozen Eternal Silence Realm cultivators launched a coordinated attack, Qin Yu remained calm, while Xiao Yue knew they were the ones who had become prey.

• Qin Yu noticed the fat and sharp-mouthed Holy Clan cultivators hiding behind a broken stele and called them out.
• The sharp-mouthed cultivator proposed that everyone join forces to kill Qin Yu and divide his storage crystal core, but the other cultivators distrusted the brothers.
• The gray-robed old man ordered the cultivators to search the ruins with their divine senses, then demanded Qin Yu surrender his storage crystal core.
• Qin Yu identified the attackers as members of the Ancient God Clan, named Luo Qingchuan, and declared his grudges against both the Ancient God Clan and the Holy Clan.
• The gray-robed old man ordered everyone to kill Qin Yu, and more than a dozen Eternal Silence Realm cultivators attacked him with divine weapons and abilities.
• The Holy Clan brothers expected Qin Yu to die, but Qin Yu remained unafraid as Xiao Yue realized the attackers were the real prey.

Qin Yu used the Annihilation Heavenly Sword to erase more than ten Eternal Silence Realm cultivators and pursued the surviving Holy Clan members. Xiao Yue intercepted two fleeing cultivators, who mistook her for an easy target.

• Qin Yu unleashed the Annihilation Heavenly Sword, destroying the divine abilities and erasing more than ten Eternal Silence Realm cultivators.
• Two Holy Clan cultivators fled with a fat companion, while Qin Yu used Existence Zero Point to erase the gray-robed elder pursuing another route.
• Qin Yu told Xiao Yue that two enemies had escaped, and she set off after them.
• Xiao Yue blocked the sharp-mouthed cultivator and the fat cultivator hundreds of thousands of miles from the ruins.
• The sharp-mouthed cultivator mocked Xiao Yue's small size, and Xiao Yue asked whether the two men were finished.

Xiao Yue effortlessly survived the fat cultivator’s strongest attack and annihilated him with her Blue Ring’s Rule Origin Collapse. The sharp-mouthed cultivator activated the Holy Clan’s ancestral treasure to summon reinforcements, while Xiao Yue waited curiously for them to arrive.

• The fat cultivator struck Xiao Yue with his Soul-Burying World-Destroying Hammer, but her blue light erased the attack without harming her.
• Xiao Yue used Blue Ring · Fifth Form-Rule Origin Collapse to destroy the fat cultivator’s cultivation framework and annihilate him completely.
• The sharp-mouthed cultivator panicked and activated the Holy Ancestor Return-to-Source Crystal, opening a gate and sending a distress signal to the Holy Clan.
• The sharp-mouthed cultivator declared that Holy Clan experts would soon arrive, but Xiao Yue sat down and waited to see who they would send.

Qin Yu and Xiao Yue faced a Holy Clan elder and five disciples who descended through the gateway and trapped them in the Sacred Rune World-Locking Formation. Xiao Yue unleashed her Consciousness Termination ability against the formation while Qin Yu prepared a gray sword light, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Qin Yu joined Xiao Yue and agreed to let the Holy Clan summon reinforcements, while they considered calling on the Chi Lineage if a Wuji Realm expert appeared.
• A white-haired Holy Clan elder and five Eternal Silence Realm · High Stage disciples descended, and Qin Yu admitted killing Holy Clan members without offering a reason.
• After hearing that Qin Yu had killed Ancient God Clan experts and spent ten million Supreme Transformation Source Crystals, the elder grew wary and ordered the Sacred Rune World-Locking Formation activated.
• The six Holy Clan cultivators completed the formation and tried to seal Qin Yu and Xiao Yue, but Qin Yu let it happen to test his strength.
• Xiao Yue unleashed Consciousness Termination · Annihilation of All Phenomena, cracking the formation as the Holy Clan cultivators poured their strength into it.
• Qin Yu formed a gray sword light as Xiao Yue's blue divine power clashed with the formation's silver runes.

Xiao Yue destroyed the Sacred Rune World-Locking Formation and Qin Yu annihilated the Holy Clan disciples with one sword strike, leaving the Holy Clan elder alive and terrified. Qin Yu blamed Zhang Liang and Wang Cheng for the conflict, and the elder recognized their names.

• The Holy Clan cultivators sacrificed their Fate Soul essence to summon their progenitor's projection and attack Qin Yu and Xiao Yue.
• Xiao Yue unleashed Blue Ring · First Transcendent Form, shattering the progenitor's projection and destroying the formation.
• Qin Yu used Dao-Slaying Annihilation Heavenly Sword · Supreme Finality to annihilate the five Holy Clan disciples and severely wound the elder.
• Qin Yu spared the Holy Clan elder, tossed him the tokens bearing Zhang Liang and Wang Cheng's names, and said they were to blame.
• The Holy Clan elder recognized Zhang Liang and Wang Cheng's names and realized they had likely provoked Qin Yu.

Qin Yu forced a wounded Holy Clan elder to explain the Ancient God Clan’s origins, territory, and hierarchy, then asked about the powerful beasts that guarded major lineages and ancient clans. The elder revealed that the Ancient God Clan had no Chaos Beast Ancestor, while even the Holy Clan lacked the resources to support one.

• The Holy Clan elder knelt before Qin Yu and begged for his life, while Xiao Yue mocked his earlier arrogance.
• Qin Yu asked about the Ancient God Clan, and the elder described its origins before the Primordial Epoch, its nine ancestral domains in the God-Defying Heavenly Abyss, and the rule of the Nine Great Divine Bloodlines Council beneath the God-Defying Emperor.
• Qin Yu asked what foundations guarded the ancient clans, and the elder named Boundless Abyss, Wanyan, Mystic Deconstruction, and Nameless as the Source Dao Ultimate Beast Huang protecting the four great Lineages.
• The elder explained that ancient clans could at most support a Chaos Beast Ancestor, while ordinary clans relied on a Myriad Beasts Dao Lord, and he said the Ancient God Clan had no Chaos Beast Ancestor.
• The Holy Clan elder admitted that his clan’s resources could not cover even the cost of supporting a Chaos Beast Ancestor.

Qin Yu recruited Ye Ting as his soul puppet by offering him a million Supreme Transformation Source Crystals and a path to lead the Holy Clan under the Chi Lineage. After forging a deep connection between their origins, Qin Yu gained Ye Ting’s allegiance and ordered him to monitor the Hua and Shangguan Lineages, especially Hua Jingmeng.

• Xiao Yue pointed out that the Holy Clan’s tens of trillions of Supreme Transformation Source Crystals could raise several Myriad Beasts Dao Lords.
• Qin Yu agreed to let Ye Ting leave, then clarified that Ye Ting had to become his soul puppet.
• Qin Yu offered Ye Ting a million Supreme Transformation Source Crystals, the Holy Clan patriarch position, and the chance to make the clan a direct subordinate of the Chi Lineage.
• Ye Ting recognized Qin Yu’s Purple-Gold Access Token and agreed to serve him, revealing that he was the Holy Clan’s third-ranked elder.
• Qin Yu forged a five-layer soul cause linking Ye Ting’s karma, soul, spirit source, order, and will to his own.
• Ye Ting bowed to Qin Yu as his Master.