Chapter Summaries

Lianxin confronted Qian Xiuzhu and Qian Mingjing over the Qian Household Chamber of Commerce’s plan to move its headquarters from the Five Lakes Continent. Li Wensong revealed that Lu Qing'an, a Peak Eternal Realm expert, had drawn the Qian Household to the Eternal Night Continent, leaving Lianxin shocked and unable to accept the coming loss.

• Lianxin arrived at the meeting hall and demanded to know why the Qian Household planned to move its headquarters.
• Qian Xiuzhu admitted the move and said the Five Lakes Continent location would remain as a branch.
• Lianxin ordered everyone out, leaving Qian Xiuzhu, Qian Mingjing, and Li Wensong in the hall.
• Li Wensong identified himself as a chess piece of Lu Qing'an, a Peak Eternal Realm expert who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect.
• Li Wensong explained that Lu Qing'an had raised the Eternal Night Continent and that the Qian Household would move its headquarters there.
• Lianxin realized the Qian Household’s departure could seriously damage her continent, but she struggled to accept it.

Li Wensong persuaded Lianxin that supporting the Eternal Night Continent’s rise could benefit the Five Lakes Continent, and she agreed to help the Qian Household relocate. He returned to Lu Qing'an with the move nearly complete, leaving Lu Qing'an astonished that Lianxin had joined their side.

• Li Wensong told Lianxin that the Eternal Night Continent could soon rise to the Ninth Heaven and that the Five Lakes Continent might benefit by supporting it.
• Lianxin privately asked Qian Xiuzhu whether Li Wensong was telling the truth, and Qian Xiuzhu confirmed the powerful figure behind the plan was real.
• Lianxin sent a subordinate to verify the Heavenly Fall Continent’s progress, then accepted Li Wensong as her Brother Song and pledged her support.
• Li Wensong advised Lianxin to publicly ally the Five Lakes Continent with the Eternal Night Continent and help the Qian Household move its headquarters.
• Lianxin expanded the Qian Household’s relocation from half its businesses to all of them, and Li Wensong reported to Lu Qing'an that the move was nearly settled with the Five Lakes Continent’s Heavenly Dao assisting.

Lu Qing'an learned that Li Wensong had persuaded Lianxin, the Heavenly Dao of the Five Lakes Continent, to support the Qian Household Chamber of Commerce’s move to the Eternal Night Continent. With the transfer completed in record time, Lu Qing'an and Xue Tianfei planned to expand the chamber’s reach across the Nine Directions and Ten Domains.

• Li Wensong told Lu Qing'an that Lianxin had agreed to serve the Eternal Night Continent after hearing about Lu Qing'an’s strength and plans.
• Lu Qing'an praised Li Wensong, granted him broad authority, and affirmed that he would rely on him to advance the supposed plan.
• Lu Qing'an told Xue Tianfei to work with Qian Xiuzhu to take control of the chamber’s businesses and expand them to high-level continents.
• Lu Qing'an and Xue Tianfei set a goal of opening a Qian Household Chamber of Commerce branch on every continent at or below the Eighth Heaven.
• Lianxin helped move the chamber’s assets to the Eternal Night Continent, where Dan Yun and the other Heavenly Daos used the Power of the Dao Source to establish its businesses in less than half a day.
• Qian Xiuzhu marveled at the Eternal Night Continent’s resources and became more certain that moving there had been the right choice.

Cang Ru and the others settled the Qian Household’s resources on the Eternal Night Continent as Huang Qi showed Jin Lin how powerful Lu Qing'an’s backing had become. Jin Lin hesitated to join the Eternal Night Continent because she wanted to consult Chen Lingling, so Lu Qing'an prompted the Divine Continent’s major forces to announce their departure, leaving Jin Lin facing a potential collapse of her continent’s realm.

• Cang Ru used the Power of the Dao Source to settle the Qian Household’s resources, and Yun Luo and Lianxin offered their support for the Eternal Night Continent’s advancement.
• Huang Qi showed Jin Lin the Qian Household’s relocation and the Eternal Realm experts serving Lu Qing'an, but Jin Lin remained reluctant to decide before meeting Chen Lingling.
• Lu Qing'an summoned Little Blackie, Zheng Miaoyin, and the others, then told them to begin his final move.
• More than a dozen top forces from the Divine Continent gathered their resources and headed for the Eternal Night Continent after securing permission to settle there.
• Jin Lin confronted the departing forces, whose leaders said they would leave despite her objections, threatening to reduce the Divine Continent to the Fifth Heaven.

Jin Lin resisted merging her continent with the Eternal Night Continent until Li Wensong and the others pressured her into accepting. The merger raised the Eternal Night Continent to the Middle Seventh Heaven, and Li Wensong returned to Lu Qing'an with plans to prepare for the Fallen God Sea.

• Jin Lin refused to let Zhu Qingtian and the other powers leave, but Li Wensong arrived with Huang Qi, Lianxin, and others to force the issue.
• Li Wensong and Yun Luo persuaded Jin Lin that joining the Eternal Night Continent was her best choice, and Jin Lin agreed to merge.
• Cang Ru moved the Eternal Night Continent beside the Divine Continent, and the merger finished in an hour, raising the Eternal Night Continent to the Middle Seventh Heaven.
• The Heavenly Daos celebrated their new ability to teleport resources, while Huang Qi welcomed Jin Lin and urged her to call them big sisters.
• Li Wensong, Little Blackie, Zhu Qingtian, and the others returned to Lu Qing'an, who praised Li Wensong and told him to prepare for the Fallen God Sea.

Li Wensong reunited Qian Xiuzhu and Qian Lingxu, helping them reconcile after years of estrangement. As Qian Lingxu asked how his mother had died, Qian Xiuzhu began recounting their encounter with an Early Eternal Realm cultivator.

• Li Wensong brought Qian Lingxu to the Qian Household Chamber of Commerce to reunite him with Qian Xiuzhu.
• Qian Xiuzhu apologized to his son, and Li Wensong urged them to speak honestly before leaving with Qian Mingjing.
• Qian Xiuzhu told Qian Lingxu about his love for his mother and explained that he had clung to the chamber because it was part of what she left behind.
• Qian Lingxu apologized for his past behavior, and Qian Xiuzhu promised not to force him to inherit the chamber.
• Qian Lingxu asked how his mother had died, and Qian Xiuzhu began explaining that they had encountered someone at the Early Eternal Realm.

Qian Xiuzhu and Qian Lingxu reconciled, with Qian Xiuzhu deciding to continue protecting the chamber of commerce rather than pressuring his son to manage it. Later, Qian Xiuzhu, Qian Mingjing, and Lianxin visited Lu Qing'an, who maintained his image as their senior while Li Wensong received credit for arranging the reconciliation.

• Qian Xiuzhu told Qian Lingxu that he had avenged his mother's death and explained her dream of making the chamber of commerce famous across the Nine Directions and Ten Domains.
• Qian Lingxu offered to learn the chamber's business, but Qian Xiuzhu refused to force him and promised to protect it himself.
• Qian Lingxu promised to take over if Qian Xiuzhu ever grew tired, and the two reconciled as Qian Mingjing listened nearby.
• That night, Xiao Qingyi recruited Heavenly Daos to help cook for the many visitors gathered in Lu Qing'an's courtyard.
• Li Wensong brought Qian Xiuzhu, Qian Mingjing, and Lianxin to meet Lu Qing'an, and the three Eternal Realm experts praised their new home on the Eternal Night Continent.
• Qian Xiuzhu thanked Lu Qing'an for arranging his reconciliation with Qian Lingxu, while Lu Qing'an silently marveled at Li Wensong's ability to take credit on his behalf.

Lu Qing'an recruited Qian Xiuzhu and Lianxin into his plans, promising to help the Qian Household Chamber of Commerce grow and arranging for Xue Tianfei to manage it. After a lively gathering, he asked Qian Xiuzhu to bring him more Realm-Stabilizing Steles, prompting Li Wensong to suspect Lu planned to recruit more Eternal Realm cultivators at the Fallen God Sea.

• Lu Qing'an promised to make the Qian Household Chamber of Commerce a leading enterprise and introduced Xue Tianfei as the woman he wanted to help manage it.
• Qian Xiuzhu agreed to let Xue Tianfei oversee the chamber's affairs, while Xue Tianfei proposed that they work together as friends.
• Lu Qing'an praised Lianxin for her choice and promised that she might someday reach the Ninth Heaven level.
• Lu Qing'an, the Qian brothers, Lianxin, and the others shared a meal, during which the group questioned the three Eternal Realm cultivators about cultivation and their specialties.
• Lu Qing'an asked Qian Xiuzhu to bring him several more Realm-Stabilizing Steles, and Li Wensong told the Qian brothers he believed Lu intended to recruit more Eternal Realm chess pieces at the Fallen God Sea.

Lu Qing'an spent nearly a year cultivating his soul and guiding his children’s growth while preparing for the journey to the Fallen God Sea. When Xue Tianfei arrived, she reported that the Qian brothers had expanded the chamber of commerce into another market on the Eight Heavens Continent.

• Lu Qing'an told Li Wensong to coordinate with Qian Xiuzhu and the other Eternal Realm experts, then planned to cultivate his soul toward the Sovereign Realm using Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone.
• Nearly a year passed as Lu Qing'an balanced soul cultivation with family life and time with his children.
• Lu Qing'an tested Lu Miaomiao, Lu Zixuan, Lu Zhengran, and Sun Minzi, praised their progress, and considered what resources and training each needed.
• Xue Tianfei visited the stone pavilion, and Lu Qing'an asked about the chamber of commerce.
• Xue Tianfei said the Qian brothers had expanded into markets across the Eight Heavens Continent.

Lu Qing'an learned that Chen Lingling had appeared near the Five Lakes Continent and sent Li Wensong to meet her. Li Wensong recruited the Qian brothers to help bring Chen Lingling into Lu Qing'an's circle, believing she was meant to become another chess piece.

• Xue Tianfei described her ambitions, and Lu Qing'an praised her business skills and urged her to share the workload with the Qian brothers.
• Li Wensong told Lu Qing'an that Chen Lingling had appeared near the Five Lakes Continent, where Lianxin had already contacted her.
• Lu Qing'an ordered Li Wensong to meet Chen Lingling and bring her to him, hoping to gain another Mid Eternal Realm subordinate.
• Li Wensong went to the Qian Household Chamber of Commerce and told Qian Xiuzhu and Qian Mingjing about his task.
• Li Wensong convinced the Qian brothers that Lu Qing'an intended Chen Lingling to become his chess piece, and they agreed to help persuade her.

Li Wensong brought Jin Lin and the Qian brothers to the Five Lakes Continent to meet Chen Lingling and persuade her to join Lu Qing'an’s chess pieces. Chen Lingling ignored Li Wensong’s greeting, but Lianxin’s respectful treatment of him left her wondering who he was.

• Li Wensong explained to Jin Lin that she should help him build a rapport with Chen Lingling and persuade her to accept her role as a chess piece.
• Cang Ru and the other Heavenly Daos teleported Li Wensong, Jin Lin, and the Qian brothers to the Five Lakes Continent, where Lianxin brought them to her courtyard.
• Chen Lingling greeted Jin Lin but dismissed Li Wensong and gave the Qian brothers only passing attention.
• Lianxin addressed Li Wensong as Brother Song, prompting Chen Lingling to question his status.
• Chen Lingling sent Jin Lin a voice transmission asking who Li Wensong was.

Li Wensong told Chen Lingling that Lu Qing'an was a peak Eternal Realm expert who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect, and Jin Lin confirmed that she had contracted with him. Chen Lingling became more cautious but remained unconvinced, and proposed contacting a senior to verify Li Wensong's claim.

• Li Wensong introduced himself, Qian Xiuzhu, Qian Mingjing, and Lianxin as Lu Qing'an's chess pieces, surprising Chen Lingling.
• Jin Lin told Chen Lingling that Lu Qing'an was her master and that merging with his continent had raised hers to the middle stage of the Seventh Heaven.
• Li Wensong showed Chen Lingling a portrait of Lu Qing'an and said he had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect.
• Chen Lingling became more courteous after everyone confirmed Li Wensong was serious, but resisted his claim that she was also Lu Qing'an's chess piece.
• Chen Lingling said she knew a peak Eternal Realm senior who knew one of the experts who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect, and offered to ask him about Lu Qing'an.

Li Wensong tried to convince Chen Lingling that Lu Qing'an controlled a grand scheme and that she was one of its pieces, but she demanded proof. He guessed that her plans were tied to the Fallen God Sea, and her reaction left him confident he had hit the mark.

• Chen Lingling suspected Li Wensong, Lianxin, and the others were deceiving her, but Li Wensong urged her to contact an old senior who knew a Peak Eternal Realm expert versed in the Rule of Cause and Effect.
• Chen Lingling tried to message the old senior with her communication treasure but received no reply, so she asked Li Wensong how he had concluded he was a pawn.
• Li Wensong said he had deduced Lu Qing'an's control from his actions and claimed Chen Lingling's help to the Divine Continent had been part of Lu Qing'an's arrangements.
• Chen Lingling admitted she had wanted something in return for helping the Divine Continent, but refused to explain what it was.
• Li Wensong guessed that Chen Lingling's purpose was connected to the Fallen God Sea, and her dazed reaction convinced him he was right.

Li Wensong deduced why Chen Lingling had helped the Divine Continent and connected Jin Lin to the Fallen God Sea. He predicted that Chen Lingling’s Peak Eternal Realm senior would contact her within ten breaths, and her communication treasure began vibrating after only one.

• Chen Lingling denied that the Divine Continent was connected to the Fallen God Sea, but Li Wensong pressed her to admit the truth.
• Chen Lingling revealed that the Fallen God Sea would change when it opened and that bringing Jin Lin there could give her a chance to break through to the Late Eternal Realm.
• Li Wensong deduced that Chen Lingling’s knowledge came from a Peak Eternal Realm senior and that the senior had led her to investigate the Fallen God Sea and the Divine Continent.
• Chen Lingling confirmed that Li Wensong had guessed correctly but insisted his deduction proved nothing.
• Li Wensong predicted that the senior would contact Chen Lingling within ten breaths, and her communication treasure began vibrating after one.

Chen Lingling contacted Li Muchen to confirm whether Lu Qing'an was a Peak Eternal Realm expert who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect, while Li Wensong and the others assumed his predictions proved their scheme was controlled. Li Muchen admitted he had only bragged about knowing such an expert, leaving the group uncertain about Lu Qing'an's identity.

• Li Wensong urged Chen Lingling to answer Li Muchen's message, and she began to accept the possibility that she was a chess piece.
• Li Muchen appeared through the communication treasure and greeted Chen Lingling and the others, who introduced themselves.
• Chen Lingling showed Li Muchen a portrait of Lu Qing'an and asked whether he was a Peak Eternal Realm expert who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect.
• After Chen Lingling explained why she was asking, Li Muchen admitted he did not know any such expert and had bragged after drinking.
• Li Muchen suggested that one of the old experts he knew might be concealing their identity, leaving everyone silent.

Li Wensong tried to convince Chen Lingling that Lu Qing'an was a powerful master of cause and effect, but she demanded direct proof. He arranged to take her to meet Lu Qing'an, leaving her wary but hopeful.

• Chen Lingling asked Li Muchen whether Lu Qing'an could be one of the Peak Eternal Realm experts who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect, but Li Muchen ended the transmission without giving her an answer.
• Li Muchen worried that Chen Lingling might have encountered a powerful expert, then sealed away the memory and forgot what had happened.
• Chen Lingling challenged Li Wensong's indirect evidence, and he claimed that even Li Muchen was one of Lu Qing'an's chess pieces.
• Li Wensong offered to take Chen Lingling to meet Lu Qing'an so she could verify his claims herself.
• Li Wensong said he wanted to see whether Li Muchen would have to call him Brother Song, and Chen Lingling silently thought he was being dangerously bold.

Li Wensong brought Chen Lingling to meet Lu Qing'an, who had reached the Early Eternal Realm and used a Realm-Stabilizing Stele to keep his power from harming the Eternal Night Continent. Chen Lingling suspected Lu Qing'an might be concealing his true cultivation but greeted him as a senior, while Lu Qing'an believed Li Wensong had bluffed her into joining them.

• Chen Lingling agreed to follow Li Wensong's advice and test whether Lu Qing'an was truly a Peak Eternal Realm expert who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect.
• Lu Qing'an and Xue Tianfei discussed the fifteen Realm-Stabilizing Steles the Qian brothers had obtained for him, and he suggested she sell some secretly to fund her own businesses.
• Lu Qing'an sensed Chen Lingling and her companions arriving, and Xue Tianfei left him alone to handle their visit.
• Li Wensong led Chen Lingling and the others into Lu Qing'an's courtyard, where Chen Lingling sensed his Early Eternal Realm cultivation and wondered whether he was disguising his power.
• Chen Lingling saluted Lu Qing'an and called him Senior, while Lu Qing'an praised Li Wensong inwardly for apparently bluffing another Mid Eternal Realm expert.

Lu Qing'an kept pretending to be an all-knowing Peak Eternal Realm expert while Chen Lingling tested the claims Li Wensong had made about him. His answers convinced Chen Lingling and the others that he even knew Peak Eternal Realm expert Li Muchen, though Lu Qing'an suspected Li Wensong had invented or embellished the story.

• Lu Qing'an greeted Chen Lingling as if he knew her well, and she asked whether he had reached the Peak Eternal Realm.
• Lu Qing'an claimed Early and Peak Eternal Realm experts were no different to people like him, then praised Li Wensong for understanding him and seeing the situation clearly.
• Chen Lingling asked whether becoming Lu Qing'an's chess piece could help her break through to the Late Eternal Realm in the Fallen God Sea, and Lu Qing'an gave an ambiguous assurance about its opportunities.
• Chen Lingling asked whether Lu Qing'an knew Senior Li, and Lu Qing'an claimed to know him better than he knew himself.
• After Chen Lingling clarified that Senior Li was also a Peak Eternal Realm expert, Lu Qing'an dismissed the difference between realms and privately wondered whether Li Wensong had made the person up.

Lu Qing'an struggled to maintain his false claim that he knew Senior Li, but Chen Lingling doubted him and left. Li Wensong remained convinced that she and Senior Li were Lu Qing'an's chess pieces, while Lu Qing'an realized his ally had misunderstood everything.

• Chen Lingling asked Lu Qing'an about Senior Li, and Lu Qing'an improvised answers about the man's flaws and their supposed meeting.
• When Chen Lingling pointed out that Senior Li had never heard of Lu Qing'an, Lu Qing'an claimed he had sealed Senior Li's memories.
• Chen Lingling questioned the claim, and Lu Qing'an told her to leave if she did not believe him.
• Li Wensong urged Chen Lingling to go, believing she had to pass a test before joining Lu Qing'an's plans, and Chen Lingling left to contact Senior Li about Jin Lin.
• Lu Qing'an sent Qian Xiuzhu, his brother, and Lianxin away, then asked Li Wensong what he knew about Chen Lingling.
• Li Wensong declared that Chen Lingling and Senior Li were Lu Qing'an's chess pieces, leaving Lu Qing'an inwardly stunned by the misunderstanding.

Lu Qing'an realized Li Wensong’s mistaken belief about his power had helped convince Chen Lingling to bring Jin Lin to the Fallen God Sea. Meanwhile, Chen Lingling learned that Li Muchen had sealed his own memory of meeting her, making her believe Lu Qing'an’s supposed mastery of cause and effect was real.

• Lu Qing'an encouraged Li Wensong’s belief that he understood Lu Qing'an’s plans, then sent him away and decided to take Jin Lin to the Fallen God Sea.
• Chen Lingling left the Eternal Night Continent with Lianxin’s help and contacted Li Muchen again in a familiar intermediate star domain.
• Li Muchen denied remembering their earlier conversation, then admitted he had sealed his memory to avoid trouble from the powerful expert Chen Lingling described.
• Chen Lingling realized Lu Qing'an had accurately predicted Li Muchen would seal his own memory and concluded that the supposed Peak Eternal Realm expert’s powers were genuine.