Chapter Summaries

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.”

Li Wensong tried to convince the captured top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein that Lu Qing'an was a Peak Eternal Realm master of the Rule of Cause and Effect and that Li himself was Lu's indispensable chess piece. The vein remained skeptical but began listening as Li explained how Lu had supposedly orchestrated events in the Fallen God Sea.

• The top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein insulted Li Wensong after realizing he was only at the peak of the Sovereign Realm.
• Li sealed the vein's mouth and boasted that he was the number one chess piece of a Peak Eternal Realm expert who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect.
• Li described Lu Qing'an's power and his own importance, then released the seal when he thought the vein had started to believe him.
• The vein questioned how Li could prove Lu Qing'an had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect, despite acknowledging Lu's strength and Mirror Rule.
• Li claimed Lu controlled the opening of the Fallen God Sea and had arranged events involving Jin Lin, Chen Lingling, Han Li, and the remnant soul in the Star Region Secret Realm.

Li Wensong convinced the top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein that he knew the Fallen God Sea and served Lu Qing'an, winning its trust and turning it into an eager ally. The vein agreed to wait for Lu Qing'an’s help breaking through to the Peak Eternal Realm and finding it a partner.

• Li Wensong showed the top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein memories of the Fallen God Sea to prove his knowledge.
• The vein believed Li Wensong and apologized for cursing him, then agreed to call him big brother and follow his lead.
• Li Wensong promised the vein that Lu Qing'an could help it break through to the Peak Eternal Realm when it played its part as a chess piece.
• The vein asked Li Wensong whether Lu Qing'an could find it another Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein with spiritual intelligence to love.
• Li Wensong confidently assured the vein that Lu Qing'an would find it a partner, and the vein eagerly agreed to wait.

Lu Qing'an reached the altar at the center of the Fallen God Sea, seeking the Peak Eternal Realm corpse to help Li Wensong grow stronger. He studied the altar’s three restrictions and broke through the first, the Dislocated Star Vortex, leaving the other two ahead of him.

• Lu Qing'an arrived at the star abyss and resolved to retrieve the Peak Eternal Realm corpse for Li Wensong.
• He examined the altar’s three layers of restrictions: the space-twisting Dislocated Star Vortex, the Fallen God Nails, and the Eternal Curse.
• Lu Qing'an discerned the rules woven into the Dislocated Star Vortex and deduced how its seven folded-space layers worked.
• He used the Mirror Rule to reverse and cancel the vortex’s forces, then shattered the first restriction and walked through its fading remains.

Lu Qing'an used Star Vortex to absorb an attack from the Fallen God Sea’s second layer of restrictions and teleport it outside the entrance. Dao Lord Xuexiao, Lian Jie, and Lava Sage were driven back by repeated peak Eternal Realm attacks and began considering how to seize the inheritance if Lu Qing'an’s group obtained it.

• Lu Qing'an created a controllable Star Vortex and tested it against the second layer of restrictions.
• The Star Vortex swallowed a powerful attack and teleported it to the Fallen God Sea’s entrance.
• Dao Lord Xuexiao, Lian Jie, and Lava Sage were startled by the attack that emerged from the gate.
• More attacks erupted in succession, forcing the three peak Eternal Realm experts and the nearby cultivators to retreat.
• Lava Sage proposed taking the inheritance from Lu Qing'an’s group if they claimed it, and Dao Lord Xuexiao suggested joining forces.

Lu Qing'an used multiple star vortices to absorb and teleport attacks from the Fallen God Nails while studying their rules. Li Wensong arrived with the top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein, which mistook Lu Qing'an's demonstration for proof of his overwhelming power and agreed to follow him.

• Lu Qing'an created ten star vortices to handle the attacks and decided to study the Fallen God Nails so he could erase their rules.
• Li Wensong arrived with the top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein and told Lu Qing'an he had persuaded it to join them.
• The vein saw Lu Qing'an controlling the star vortices and became convinced he was a Peak Eternal Realm expert who had mastered karma.
• Lu Qing'an told Li Wensong and the vein to watch the attacks carefully while he continued deducing the rules.
• Li Wensong convinced the vein that watching Lu Qing'an would help it break through, and the vein eagerly resolved to serve him.