Recaps

Lu Qing'an let the group seek another way to break the formation while he quietly studied its rules. Chen Lingling summoned her Late Eternal Realm friend Han Li, who arrived as the story left the formation unopened.

• Lu Qing'an told Xue Tianfei he would wait and watch the formation while the Power of the Dao Source deduced its rules.
• Chen Lingling revealed that her friend Han Li, a Late Eternal Realm continent's Heavenly Dao, might be able to break the formation, though she might demand half of its contents.
• Li Wensong asked Lu Qing'an whether Chen Lingling should summon Han Li, and Lu Qing'an agreed.
• Chen Lingling contacted Han Li, who appeared in the star region in less than half an incense stick's time.
• Xue Tianfei and Lu Qing'an remarked on Han Li's resemblance to her, while Lu Qing'an teased Xue Tianfei.
• Han Li arrived beside Chen Lingling and asked what was wrong.

Han Li joined Chen Lingling’s group to break the Nine Mysteries Sealing Array, negotiating a thirty-percent share of what lay inside. As the group attacked the array, Lu Qing'an studied Han Li’s rules and found that doing so consumed his Power of the Dao Source at an accelerating rate.

• Chen Lingling invited Han Li to help break the Nine Mysteries Sealing Array, and Han Li noticed the Devouring Rule and Backlash Rule in it.
• Li Wensong told Han Li that Lu Qing'an was a Peak Eternal Realm expert whose true strength was concealed, then asked her to help break the array.
• Han Li demanded thirty percent of the discoveries, and Li Wensong agreed after Chen Lingling asked his opinion.
• Han Li and the others entered their Eternal Supreme states and unleashed their strongest attacks on the array, drawing the attention of Eternal Realm experts across the star domain.
• Lu Qing'an identified the rules Han Li used and realized that studying them rapidly consumed the Power of the Dao Source in his sea of consciousness.

Chen Lingling, Han Li, Lianxin, and the others failed to break the Nine Mysteries Sealing Array, which swallowed their combined attack and struck back with devastating force. Han Li asked Lu Qing'an to act, but he told them to find another way while he continued deducing the array’s rules, and Han Li openly questioned what was keeping him from acting.

• Chen Lingling, Han Li, Lianxin, and the others attacked the Nine Mysteries Sealing Array, but it absorbed their power and returned it as a sphere of chaotic energy.
• Han Li used the Rule of Heavenly Scars to open a vast void rift and divert the explosion, though Chen Lingling and Lianxin were injured and Han Li’s sword was damaged.
• Han Li identified the array as the work of a Peak Eternal Realm array master and wondered whether Lu Qing'an was secretly a peak expert.
• Han Li bowed to Lu Qing'an and asked him to break their predicament, but he told her to think of another way because he was still deducing the array’s rules.
• Li Wensong urged Chen Lingling to seek more help, and Han Li asked Lu Qing'an directly what was preventing him from acting.

Lu Qing'an watched as Li Wensong and Chen Lingling gathered ten Eternal Realm cultivators to attack the Nine Mysteries Sealing Array, but the array absorbed their assault and endured. With every other option exhausted, the group turned to Lu Qing'an, who prepared to act.

• Li Wensong and Chen Lingling decided to gather the approaching Eternal Realm cultivators and use their combined strength against the array.
• Li Wensong persuaded ten cultivators to join the attack, promising to divide whatever they found according to strength.
• Han Li, Chen Lingling, and the other cultivators struck the Nine Mysteries Sealing Array together, but its devouring and backlash rules repelled them.
• The cultivators survived the array's backlash, realized it could withstand a peak Eternal Realm expert, and looked to Lu Qing'an for help.
• Lu Qing'an said he would have to act after all.

Lu Qing'an discovered that converting cultivation into the Power of the Dao Source accelerated his deduction of rules, then prepared to test his new abilities against the Nine Mysteries Sealing Array. The chapter ended with him entering his Eternal Supreme state as Li Wensong and the others gathered their strength to attack the array again.

• Lu Qing'an realized that cultivation-converted Power of the Dao Source let him deduce rules more than twice as fast and found over ten rules available in his sea of consciousness.
• Lu Qing'an told Xue Tianfei to watch from a safe distance, then asked Chen Lingling, Han Li, Li Wensong, and the others to attack the array with him.
• Li Wensong rallied the Eternal Realm experts, promising they could share the secret realm's treasures after they broke the array.
• Lu Qing'an entered his Eternal Supreme state, manifesting his Eternal Night Emperor Position and gaining effortless control of the rules he had deduced.
• Li Wensong and the others gathered their strength for another attack on the Nine Mysteries Sealing Array.

Lu Qing'an let Han Li and the others trigger the Nine Mysteries Sealing Array's backlash, then combined Divine Abilities with Rules to redirect and amplify their attacks. He shattered the array and calmly told the stunned group that it was done.

• Han Li and the others struck the Nine Mysteries Sealing Array again, and it swallowed their attacks before sending a devastating backlash toward them.
• Lu Qing'an told the group to leave the attack to him and stepped in front of the approaching backlash.
• Lu Qing'an summoned countless Demon God Phantoms, which used the Devouring Rule to absorb the counterattack and the Backlash Rule to turn it toward the golden tower.
• Lu Qing'an empowered the phantoms with more than ten Rules and unleashed a combined strike that cracked and broke the Nine Mysteries Sealing Array.
• Lu Qing'an dismissed the phantoms and told Han Li, Li Wensong, and the others that the array was broken, leaving them speechless.

Lu Qing'an revealed strength far beyond his apparent Early Eternal Realm cultivation, opened the star region secret realm, and led the group inside to search for treasures. The explorers found an intermediate-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein, leaving them excited by the realm’s riches.

• Han Li and the others realized Lu Qing'an possessed numerous Rules and the strength of a Peak Eternal Realm expert.
• Lu Qing'an collected the damaged Nine Mysteries Sealing Array and confirmed the group would divide the secret realm’s discoveries according to strength.
• Li Wensong, Qian Xiuzhu, and several others entered the secret realm first, and the group followed into a small, lifeless star region.
• Han Li ordered everyone to search thoroughly and share their finds, and the group split up to explore.
• Lu Qing'an followed the map in his sea of consciousness and found a Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein that proved to be intermediate-grade.

Lu Qing'an arranged to nurture the intermediate Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein on the Eternal Night Continent and share its yearly yield with the other Eternal Realm experts. After dividing the Nine Mysteries Arrays, the group discovered seven Peak Eternal Realm Dao Source Rule Fragments, including a Backlash Rule Inheritance Fragment that captivated Chen Lingling.

• Lu Qing'an proposed nurturing the Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein on the Eternal Night Continent and sharing the stones it produced each year.
• Han Li agreed to Lu Qing'an's proposal, and the other Eternal Realm experts followed her lead.
• Lu Qing'an took the Nine Mysteries Array containing the spatial Principle, while the group agreed to sell the remaining four on the Nine Heavens Continent.
• The group examined seven Dao Source Rule Fragments inherited from a Peak Eternal Realm expert, including fragments for spatial, time-cold, destruction, devouring, and backlash rules.
• Chen Lingling stared at the Backlash Rule Inheritance Fragment and realized it could give her the chance to comprehend the rule.

The group debated how to divide the Rule inheritance fragments, and Han Li and Chen Lingling agreed to share the Backlash Rule fragment. After Lu Qing'an left Li Wensong to handle the matter, Li Wensong told the bewildered Eternal Realm cultivators that a Peak Eternal Realm expert who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect had taken an interest in them.

• Chen Lingling and the others eyed the Rule inheritance fragments, and Han Li claimed the Backlash Rule fragment.
• Chen Lingling proposed sharing the fragment with Han Li, and they agreed to seek another fragment or compensation as well.
• Lu Qing'an left with Xue Tianfei, entrusting Li Wensong with dividing the remaining spoils.
• Li Wensong reminded Qian Xiuzhu that Lu Qing'an had told him to obtain the Realm-Stabilizing Stele, and the group realized his hidden intent.
• Li Wensong told the Eternal Realm cultivators that a Peak Eternal Realm expert who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect had taken an interest in them.

Li Wensong convinced Han Li and the others that Lu Qing'an was a peak Eternal Realm expert who had already guided them into becoming his pawns. He left them stunned by linking their plans to explore the Fallen God Sea to Lu Qing'an's control over their fate.

• Han Li asked whether the senior who had intervened was a peak Eternal Realm expert who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect, and Chen Lingling confirmed it.
• Li Wensong explained Lu Qing'an's plans and revealed that he, Chen Lingling, and the others were Lu Qing'an's pawns.
• Chen Lingling described her gains and her expectation that comprehending the Backlash Rule would let her reach the late Eternal Realm.
• Qian Xiuzhu recounted how Lu Qing'an had directed them to obtain Realm-Stabilizing Steles, persuading the newcomers that he had guided their arrival.
• Li Wensong connected the star region secret realm to the fallen expert behind the Fallen God Sea and asked who planned to explore it; everyone present raised a hand.

Li Wensong persuaded Han Li and the other Eternal Realm cultivators to join Lu Qing'an's scheme and share the inheritance fragments. Lu Qing'an left with Xue Tianfei and realized that creating rule inheritance fragments could help him gain wealth and attract more subordinates.

• Han Li and the others concluded that Li Wensong's evidence and Lu Qing'an's strength made his claims credible, and agreed to go along with the scheme.
• Li Wensong persuaded the cultivators to call him Brother Song and take turns studying the formation and rule inheritance fragments instead of selling them.
• Lu Qing'an and Xue Tianfei left the star region's secret realm, and Lu Qing'an explained that Li Wensong might secure the treasures by himself.
• Lu Qing'an realized he could cultivate rules and refine them into inheritance fragments, potentially creating a way to make a fortune and attract subordinates.

Lu Qing'an considered how he could turn his ability to deduce rules into rule inheritance fragments and use them to win over powerful subordinates. After Li Wensong persuaded Han Li and the other Eternal Realm experts to follow Lu Qing'an, Lu Qing'an set out with them to search for more Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins.

• Lu Qing'an realized he could deduce rules and refine them into inheritance fragments to help allies and recruit Eternal Realm experts.
• Xue Tianfei told Lu Qing'an about an upcoming Nine Heavens Continent auction featuring a supreme-grade Nine Mysteries time-cultivation treasure, and he said they would reconsider it after visiting the Fallen God Sea.
• Li Wensong brought Han Li and more than a dozen Eternal Realm experts to Lu Qing'an, and they saluted him as their senior.
• Lu Qing'an praised Li Wensong and told Han Li and the others to follow and trust him.
• Lu Qing'an invited the new followers to search for Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins, and they eagerly resolved to follow him, believing he could find more veins.

Lu Qing'an offered to help a Peak Seventh Heaven continent break through to the Eighth Heaven in exchange for one of its three Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins. After he transferred enough cultivation to trigger the breakthrough, his cultivation immediately returned to the Early Eternal Realm, leaving Han Li and the others stunned.

• Han Li agreed to join Lu Qing'an and used her teleportation ability to take the group to the next Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein.
• Lu Qing'an arrived before a Peak Seventh Heaven continent and told its Heavenly Dao that he knew it had three Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins.
• Lu Qing'an offered to transfer cultivation and help the continent reach the Eighth Heaven in exchange for one vein, and the frightened Heavenly Dao accepted.
• Lu Qing'an transferred cultivation until his realm fell from Early Eternal Realm to Peak Sovereign Realm, causing the continent to break through.
• Lu Qing'an's cultivation abruptly returned to Early Eternal Realm, shocking Han Li and the other experts.

Lu Qing'an transferred his cultivation to the continent's Heavenly Dao, earning a low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein and setting her on the path to the Eighth Heaven. After Lu Qing'an and the others left, Li Wensong persuaded the Heavenly Dao that she was now part of Lu Qing'an's grand scheme and was about to soar.

• Han Li realized Lu Qing'an had deliberately displayed Early Eternal Realm cultivation to draw their group into his scheme and was awed by his control of cause and effect.
• Lu Qing'an gave his cultivation to the continent's Heavenly Dao, enabling her to break through to the Eighth Heaven, and she gave him a low-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein.
• Lu Qing'an invited the Heavenly Dao to visit the Eternal Night Continent and left with Han Li and the others, while Li Wensong stayed behind.
• Li Wensong told the Heavenly Dao that Lu Qing'an was a Peak Eternal Realm expert who controlled the Rule of Cause and Effect and that she had become one of his chess pieces.
• The Heavenly Dao concluded that she was about to soar, and Li Wensong confirmed it.

Li Wensong urged the continent's Heavenly Dao to seek an alliance with the Eternal Night Continent while Lu Qing'an found more Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins and brought them back to Han Li and the others. After returning home, Lu Qing'an expected the Eternal Night Continent to reach the Eighth Heaven within days, bringing the Ninth Heaven closer.

• Li Wensong told the continent's Heavenly Dao to meet the Eternal Night Continent's Heavenly Dao and investigate whether they shared the same origin.
• The continent's Heavenly Dao decided to break through to the Eighth Heaven first and considered giving a Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein to the Eternal Night Continent if Li Wensong's claims proved true.
• Lu Qing'an and his companions found three more Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins, exchanging cultivation for one and leaving two unclaimed.
• Lu Qing'an ended the search and told Han Li and the others to prepare for the Fallen God Sea, which would open the next day.
• Lu Qing'an returned to the Eternal Night Continent with Xue Tianfei and estimated that its six Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins would raise it to the Eighth Heaven within days.

Lu Qing'an gave Xue Tianfei control of their growing wealth and entrusted Cang Ru and the other Heavenly Daos with nurturing eight Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins. As the group prepared for the Fallen God Sea, Lu Miaomiao asked Lu Qing'an and Xue Tianfei to give her a little brother.

• Lu Qing'an agreed to let Xue Tianfei manage their wealth and expand their business with Li Wensong, Qian Xiuzhu, Han Li, and the others.
• Lu Qing'an handed the Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins to Cang Ru, who rallied the other Heavenly Daos to nurture all eight with the Power of the Dao Source.
• Li Wensong told Han Li and the others to strengthen themselves and recruit useful allies ahead of the Fallen God Sea's opening.
• Li Muchen sneezed while farming in a distant star region and sensed a faint foreboding.
• Lu Miaomiao returned from the academy, teased Lu Qing'an about smelling like Xue Tianfei, and asked them to make her a little brother.

Lu Qing'an prepared his companions for the Fallen God Sea and revealed plans to build a wealthy, powerful force. Li Wensong handed over their expedition spoils and asked Lu Qing'an about a remnant soul inside him, which Lu Qing'an mistakenly connected to the upcoming trip.

• Lu Qing'an gave Xu Yunyi, Huang Hao, and Luo Danhong a damaged Nine Mysteries Sealing Array to study and told Li Cangxuan to train in safer areas of the Fallen God Sea.
• Xue Tianfei explained the time treasure, and Lu Qing'an said he had acquired six Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins and expected to amass enough wealth to buy top-tier cultivation treasures.
• Lu Qing'an said he intended to establish a force, prompting his children to joke about who would become the richest second-generation heir.
• Li Wensong gave Lu Qing'an the expedition's arrays and Rule Inheritance Fragments, which Lu Qing'an entrusted to Xue Tianfei for the Qian Household Chamber of Commerce.
• Li Wensong asked Lu Qing'an how to use the remnant soul inside him, and Lu Qing'an told him to investigate it further at the Fallen God Sea.

Lu Qing'an led his family and a powerful group of Eternal Realm cultivators to the remote location of the Fallen God Sea. As the sea’s opening drew near, their arrival startled the experts waiting there, while Chen Lingling and Jin Lin moved to begin the next step.

• Li Wensong left the Eternal Night Continent and headed for the Five Lakes Continent, wondering what the remnant soul inside him would do when he reached the Fallen God Sea.
• Lu Qing'an gathered his family and companions outside the Eternal Night Continent, where Li Wensong and several Eternal Realm experts were waiting.
• Han Li used her continent’s Power of the Dao Source to teleport the group to the Fallen God Sea’s location.
• The waiting cultivators were startled by Lu Qing'an’s large force of Eternal Realm experts, including several at the Late Eternal Realm.
• Lu Qing'an asked Chen Lingling and Jin Lin to act, and the two flew to the Fallen God Sea’s entrance to begin.

Jin Lin’s Heavenly Dao presence awakened the Fallen God Sea, transforming its entrance into a vast starry gate and drawing powerful experts from across nearby domains. As Lu Qing'an’s group prepared to enter, three Peak Eternal Realm experts arrived.

• Jin Lin released her Heavenly Dao presence, and a seven-colored pillar erupted from the Fallen God Sea’s entrance after Li Wensong approached.
• A black-robed elder in the Gloomy Star Domain, a white-robed woman in Nine Mysteries Heaven, and a giant in Star Domain Lava Hell sensed the upheaval and set out for the Fallen God Sea.
• The entrance became a massive starry gate, alarming those gathered and attracting the attention of experts across nearby star domains.
• A remnant soul flew from Jin Lin into Li Wensong, who said it urged him to enter the Fallen God Sea; Lu Qing'an agreed to lead the group inside.
• The star domain shuddered as many Eternal Realm experts appeared, including three Peak Eternal Realm experts.

Lu Qing'an faced three newly arrived Peak Eternal Realm experts at the Fallen God Sea, then revealed that he had extracted his cultivation to the Peak Eternal Realm. The newcomers and his companions were stunned as he introduced himself and asked their names.

• Three Peak Eternal Realm experts—the Lava Sage, Lian Jie, and Dao Lord Xuexiao—arrived at the Fallen God Sea and surveyed the gathered cultivators.
• The Lava Sage demanded that Li Wensong identify their faction, and Li Wensong said they followed Lu Qing'an's orders.
• The three experts turned their attention to Lu Qing'an and suspected his strength exceeded his apparent Early Eternal Realm cultivation.
• Lu Qing'an extracted his Peak Eternal Realm cultivation to better protect his companions and compete for the Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein.
• Lu Qing'an introduced himself and asked the three experts how they should be addressed.

Lu Qing'an introduced himself to Lian Jie, Dao Lord Xuexiao, and Lava Sage as Dao Ancestor Eternal Night before leading his group toward the Fallen God Sea. His group entered through the gate while the other three were blasted back, and they learned that Lu Qing'an's arrival had caused the sea's changes.

• Lian Jie and Dao Lord Xuexiao greeted Lu Qing'an, who gave his title as Dao Ancestor Eternal Night.
• Lava Sage questioned Lu Qing'an's unknown name, and Lu Qing'an said he had lived in seclusion but had recently entered the world.
• Lu Qing'an led Li Wensong, Jin Lin, and the others toward the Fallen God Sea, where they passed through the entrance with ease.
• Lian Jie and Dao Lord Xuexiao rushed to follow, but the array struck them and knocked them back while Lava Sage watched from behind.
• Lian Jie questioned two Early Eternal Realm experts and learned that the changes in the Fallen God Sea were caused by Lu Qing'an's group.

Dao Lord Xuexiao, Lava Sage, and Lian Jie led the Eternal Realm powerhouses in repeatedly breaking formations at the Fallen God Sea entrance, only to find more barriers. Inside, Lu Qing'an's group discovered that Li Wensong had received a detailed map of the star abyss and its treasures, while the outsiders remained locked out.

• Dao Lord Xuexiao persuaded more than fifty Eternal Realm powerhouses to join forces and attack the entrance formation.
• The group broke several Nine Mysteries Absolute Grade formations, but each one revealed another formation behind it.
• Lu Qing'an and his companions entered the transformed Fallen God Sea, a vast star abyss filled with ancient structures, strange forces, and signs of past deaths.
• Lu Qing'an wondered why the others had not followed them inside and cautioned his companions against wandering in the seemingly quiet region.
• Li Wensong revealed that a detailed map of the star abyss, its treasures, and its dangers had appeared in his mind, and said the outsiders likely could not enter soon.
• Li Wensong told Han Li, Chen Lingling, and the others that the Fallen God Sea contained over ten thousand times more treasures than the Star Region Secret Realm.

Lu Qing'an divided the group so they could rapidly collect the Fallen God Sea's treasures before outsiders broke through the array. He and Li Wensong set out to locate a top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein, which the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror had detected in a floating ruin.

• Li Wensong used a Divine Ability to reveal the treasures' locations and explain how to reach them.
• Huang Hao, Xu Yunyi, and the other array masters headed for the array chamber, while the rest of the group split up to seek inheritances, Divine Crystals, and artifact-refining treasures.
• Lu Qing'an sent Lu Zixuan and the other children to a safer training area, and Xue Tianfei followed with Hu Xinxin and the others.
• After everyone else left, Li Wensong told Lu Qing'an about the top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein and the Fallen God Sea master's corpse.
• Lu Qing'an chose to find the vein first and led Li Wensong to ruins where the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror had located it.

Lu Qing'an sealed the ruins and forced a top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein to reveal itself as a golden dragon. After the vein used its Mirror Rule to cancel his attack, Lu Qing'an paused to deduce the rule, leaving the trapped dragon convinced that neither of them could overpower the other.

• Lu Qing'an enclosed the ruins in a barrier, then shattered them with a powerful attack and exposed the hidden vein.
• The vein revealed itself as a golden dragon in the Late Eternal Realm and refused Lu Qing'an's demand to submit.
• The dragon's attack failed to break the barrier, and it used the Mirror Rule to cancel Lu Qing'an's dark golden chains.
• Lu Qing'an stopped attacking to comprehend the Mirror Rule, while Li Wensong watched in confusion.
• The golden dragon boasted that its Mirror Rule could neutralize Lu Qing'an's attacks while using Heavenly Mandate Soul Stones to conserve its Power of the Dao Source.

Lu Qing'an mastered the Mirror Rule and used it to overpower the golden dragon, a top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein, then left Li Wensong to secure its submission while he went to investigate a corpse. The chapter ended with Li Wensong introducing himself to the bound dragon as its new “Brother Song.”

• Lu Qing'an revealed that he had mastered the Mirror Rule even better than the golden dragon, whose technique he had replicated and improved.
• Lu Qing'an defeated the golden dragon with nine chains and threatened to cripple its cultivation and refine it if it refused to submit.
• The golden dragon agreed to submit while secretly planning to escape once Lu Qing'an let its guard down.
• Lu Qing'an kept the dragon imprisoned, asked Li Wensong to handle it, and used Li Wensong's memories to locate a corpse.
• Lu Qing'an left to investigate the corpse, and Li Wensong introduced himself to the bound dragon as “Brother Song.”