Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing'an deduced the rules in the Fallen God Nails and used the Mirror Rule to neutralize them, then collected the nails. While the top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein mistook his actions for a lesson and a test of patience, Dao Lord Xuexiao and the others noticed the attacks had stopped and prepared to enter the Fallen God Sea.

• Lu Qing'an finished deducing all fifty rules emitted by the Fallen God Nails while Li Wensong and the top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein watched.
• Li Wensong told the top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein that Lu Qing'an might be testing it, so it continued watching patiently.
• Lu Qing'an used the Mirror Rule and counteracting rules to stop and dismantle the Fallen God Nails' attacks.
• Lu Qing'an pulled the Fallen God Nails from the ground, refined them, and stored them in his Divine Ability space.
• The top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein praised Lu Qing'an's technique and mistakenly believed he had tested its patience before giving it pointers; Li Wensong accepted its thanks.
• Dao Lord Xuexiao and the others saw the attacks stop outside the Fallen God Sea and rushed to enter.

Lu Qing'an triggered and endured the Fallen God Sea’s final curse restriction by sacrificing a minor rule, then entered the altar’s inner space with Li Wensong and the Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein. They discovered the enormous corpse of the Peak Eternal Realm expert who had ruled the Fallen God Sea, while intruders began entering through the outer gate.

• Lu Qing'an stepped onto the altar and activated the Eternal Curse, which demanded that he disperse one rule each day or suffer the collapse of his Dao foundation.
• Lu Qing'an chose a minor rule he had deduced from the Fallen God Nail and let the curse consume it, satisfying its demand without showing concern.
• Lu Qing'an told Li Wensong and the Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein to hurry inside after learning that Xue Tianfei and the others had entered the Fallen God Sea.
• Lu Qing'an, Li Wensong, and the Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein entered the altar’s inner space and saw the gigantic corpse of the Fallen God Sea’s master seated on a throne.

Lu Qing'an, Li Wensong, and the supreme Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein entered the fallen Peak Eternal Realm expert’s sanctuary, where the expert’s corpse suddenly awakened and bestowed an inheritance on Li Wensong. Li Wensong emerged transformed and believed the inheritance would let him reach the peak of the Eternal Realm quickly, while Lu Qing'an confirmed he had not been possessed.

• Lu Qing'an inspected the sanctuary and quietly deduced laws from its special wall.
• Lu Qing'an told Li Wensong to put away the corpse and then seek guidance from Qian Lingxu and Xu Man.
• The fallen Peak Eternal Realm expert suddenly opened his eyes, identified Li Wensong as his inheritor, and drew him before the throne.
• A ball of light enveloped Li Wensong and passed the expert’s inheritance to him.
• Lu Qing'an checked that Li Wensong had not been possessed, and Li Wensong thanked him, saying the inheritance would help him quickly reach the peak of the Eternal Realm.

Lu Qing'an found the missing components of the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror and a Heaven-Refining Technique while searching the hidden space, then prepared to face three Peak Eternal Realm experts waiting at the altar. He left with Li Wensong and the top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein, ready to discover what the intruders wanted.

• Lu Qing'an praised Li Wensong and told him to take the initiative, while the top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein watched eagerly.
• Li Wensong absorbed the giant's corpse, and Lu Qing'an searched the space for valuables.
• Lu Qing'an found two components that fit the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror and realized he needed a skilled artifact refiner to restore it.
• Lu Qing'an found the Heaven-Refining Technique and unused rule inheritance fragments, which could help him refine rule inheritance fragments himself.
• Li Wensong reported that intruders had clashed with Chen Lingling and the others, while three Peak Eternal Realm experts waited at the altar.
• Lu Qing'an, Li Wensong, and the top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein flew out of the space and appeared atop the altar.

Lu Qing'an and his companions emerged on the altar with a sentient top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein, drawing the greed of hundreds of Eternal Realm experts. As Dao Lord Xuexiao, Lava Sage, and Lian Jie rallied the crowd against him, Lu Qing'an calmly challenged them to act.

• Lu Qing'an and his companions appeared on the altar with a top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein, and the gathered Eternal Realm experts recognized its value.
• Dao Lord Xuexiao proposed that he, Lava Sage, and Lian Jie join forces to seize and protect the vein, and the other two agreed.
• Dao Lord Xuexiao, Lava Sage, and Lian Jie accused Lu Qing'an of taking all the treasures and urged the crowd to demand a share of the vein.
• Some Eternal Realm experts backed the three Peak Eternal Realm experts and called for a share of the vein.
• Lu Qing'an rejected their demand and asked what they could do to him if he incurred everyone's wrath.

Lu Qing'an rejected the Eternal Realm cultivators’ demands and prepared to fight them, drawing reinforcements toward the battle. He unleashed his improved Star Vortex and summoned numerous Demon God Phantoms, each carrying a rule, shocking everyone present.

• Dao Lord Xuexiao, Lava Sage, and the other Eternal Realm cultivators agreed to attack Lu Qing'an and seize his treasures after he refused to placate them.
• Lu Qing'an told Li Wensong and the top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein to protect themselves, then entered the Eternal Supreme State as his enemies did the same.
• Cang Ru, Xue Tianfei, and Xiao Qingyi led their allies toward the battle after sensing the upheaval in the Fallen God Sea.
• Lu Qing'an unleashed a Divine Ability that opened vast rifts in the void and brought forth more Demon God Phantoms than there were enemies.
• The gathered cultivators and the top-grade Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein were stunned to see that each phantom carried a rule and possessed strength comparable to an Eternal Realm expert.

Lu Qing'an revealed a host of powerful Demon God Phantoms and attacked the Eternal Realm experts who had gathered to kill him. The battle erupted, and his Star Vortices began redirecting the enemies’ attacks into their own ranks.

• Dao Lord Xuexiao warned the group that Lu Qing'an could not maintain his strange Divine Ability for long, and the experts decided to attack him.
• Lu Qing'an used his ability to continually convert cultivation into Power of the Dao Source and commanded the Demon God Phantoms to attack.
• Lava Sage, Dao Lord Xuexiao, Lian Jie, and the other Eternal Realm experts charged at Lu Qing'an.
• Li Wensong predicted that many of the attackers would die, while both sides launched their strongest attacks.
• Star Vortices absorbed the experts' attacks and redirected them into the crowd, prompting everyone to cry out in alarm.

Lu Qing'an turned the besieging Eternal Realm experts' attacks against one another while his Demon God Phantoms continued fighting. Lian Jie fled, but Dao Lord Xuexiao persuaded the remaining fighters to keep attacking, believing Lu Qing'an was nearly out of strength.

• Lu Qing'an's Star Vortex redirected the attackers' blows into their companions, leaving many Eternal Realm experts injured or unable to fight.
• Dao Lord Xuexiao, the Lava Sage, and Lian Jie were blasted back by their own attacks, while Lian Jie realized Lu Qing'an was still sustaining his Demon God Phantoms.
• Lian Jie suspected Lu Qing'an had deliberately given Li Wensong the inheritance and decided the risk was too great, so she apologized and fled.
• The Lava Sage asked Dao Lord Xuexiao what to do, and Dao Lord Xuexiao urged him to continue fighting for the inheritance.
• Dao Lord Xuexiao told the remaining fighters that Lu Qing'an was nearly out of Power of the Dao Source and promised they would claim the rewards if they persisted.

Lu Qing'an fought Dao Lord Xuexiao, Lava Sage, and their Eternal Realm allies while his Demon God Phantoms attacked the group. Chen Lingling, Han Li, and the others arrived to reinforce him, leaving his enemies terrified as his power and mastery of the rules continued to grow.

• Dao Lord Xuexiao secretly urged the Eternal Realm cultivators to stall Lu Qing'an until his Power of the Dao Source ran out.
• Lu Qing'an sent the Demon God Phantoms to attack and charged at Dao Lord Xuexiao and Lava Sage himself.
• Lu Qing'an’s opponents struggled against his attacks as the Demon God Phantoms wounded more Eternal Realm cultivators.
• Chen Lingling led Han Li and the others into the battle to support Lu Qing'an.
• Dao Lord Xuexiao and Lava Sage realized Lu Qing'an’s power showed no sign of running out and that he was rapidly learning and improving their techniques.

Lu Qing'an continued fighting Dao Lord Xuexiao and the Lava Sage to improve his command of rules while Chen Lingling, Han Li, and the others overwhelmed the remaining Eternal Realm experts. Li Wensong sealed the Fallen God Sea entrance, trapping the attackers, and Lu Qing'an resumed his fight with the two stranded opponents.

• The Lava Sage and Dao Lord Xuexiao worried that Lu Qing'an's Power of the Dao Source would never run out and planned to flee if they could not hold on.
• Lu Qing'an deliberately prolonged the fight to practice combining and using rules against the Lava Sage and Dao Lord Xuexiao.
• Chen Lingling, Han Li, and the others defeated more Eternal Realm experts until some survivors tried to escape.
• Li Wensong used his newfound control over the Fallen God Sea to seal its entrance, trapping the fleeing experts inside.
• Dao Lord Xuexiao and the Lava Sage searched in vain for the vanished entrance, while Lu Qing'an invited them to keep fighting.

Lu Qing'an defeated Dao Lord Xuexiao and the Lava Sage so thoroughly that they begged him to spare their lives. He offered them a chance to survive if they gave him a reason, and Dao Lord Xuexiao proposed surrendering everything he carried.

• Dao Lord Xuexiao and the Lava Sage realized Lu Qing'an had been holding back and debated whether to beg for mercy or fight on.
• Dao Lord Xuexiao pleaded with Lu Qing'an to spare him, and the Lava Sage soon followed suit.
• Lu Qing'an said letting them leave would bring him no benefit, prompting the two to threaten to fight back.
• Lu Qing'an dismissed their threats and offered them a chance to live if they gave him a reason not to kill them.
• Dao Lord Xuexiao offered to hand over everything he had with him.

Lu Qing'an spared Dao Lord Xuexiao, the Lava Sage, and the other Eternal Realm cultivators in exchange for their treasures and a demonstration of their abilities, allowing him to discover more than fifty rules. He let them leave after ordering them to spread word about what happened, hoping to build his reputation.

• Dao Lord Xuexiao and the Lava Sage agreed to surrender their fortunes in exchange for a chance to live.
• Lu Qing'an ordered the wounded cultivators to demonstrate their strongest moves and use every rule they possessed.
• Dao Lord Xuexiao, the Lava Sage, and the other cultivators performed, revealing more than fifty rules Lu Qing'an could deduce.
• Lu Qing'an had Li Wensong collect the cultivators’ possessions, then allowed them to leave.
• Lu Qing'an stopped them to order them to spread word about what had happened.

Lu Qing'an spared Dao Lord Xuexiao and the other Eternal Realm cultivators, then worked with Li Wensong to move the Fallen God Sea toward the Eternal Night Star Domain. As the group departed, Dao Lord Xuexiao and the Lava Sage set off to find Lian Jie, hoping she could explain Lu Qing'an's strength.

• Lu Qing'an made Dao Lord Xuexiao and the others agree to spread word of their defeat before he let them leave the Fallen God Sea.
• Xiao Qingyi and Li Cangxuan questioned Lu Qing'an about sparing the cultivators, and he explained that they might be useful later or provide another chance to demonstrate his strength.
• Li Wensong revealed that his inheritance contained a way to move the Fallen God Sea, and Lu Qing'an agreed to provide the Power of the Dao Source needed to do it.
• Lu Qing'an and Li Wensong used the special Divine Ability to move the Fallen God Sea toward the Eternal Night Star Domain.
• Dao Lord Xuexiao and the Lava Sage discussed Lu Qing'an's overwhelming strength and went to look for Lian Jie.

News of Lu Qing'an’s rise and the Eternal Night Sect spread across the Nine Directions and Ten Domains. After Li Muchen realized Lu Qing'an was likely a Peak Eternal Realm cultivator who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect, he agreed to meet him with Zhang Shundao, while Lu Qing'an began planning to make his new sect famous.

• Zhang Shundao told Li Muchen that the powerful figure at the Fallen God Sea had ties to Chen Lingling, and Li Muchen unsealed his memories and recognized a possible connection to a cultivator who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect.
• Li Muchen and Zhang Shundao decided to travel to meet the mysterious cultivator.
• Lu Qing'an moved his courtyard into the Fallen God Sea and established the Eternal Night Sect, whose entrance sign was decorated with Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins at Lu Miaomiao’s suggestion.
• Lu Qing'an assigned Black Dragon, Li Cangxuan, and the others to continue building the sect, then asked Li Wensong to take Chen Lingling, Han Li, and the others and spread the sect’s name throughout the Nine Directions and Ten Domains.

After returning from the Fallen God Sea, Lu Qing'an assessed the gains, learned that Li Wensong’s inheritance could soon make him a Peak Eternal Realm cultivator, and sought help repairing the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror. Li Wensong then rallied the others to publicize the Eternal Night Sect and recruit powerful Peak Eternal Realm figures.

• Lu Qing'an praised Li Wensong and learned that his inheritance had advanced him to the Early Eternal Realm, with a possible breakthrough to the Peak Eternal Realm in less than a hundred million years.
• Lu Qing'an reviewed the Fallen God Sea’s treasures and asked Wang Duanshan and He Hong to restore the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror, but they said they needed a Peak Eternal Realm artifact refiner.
• Lu Qing'an considered finding an expert at the upcoming auction and planned to use the repaired mirror to locate Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins.
• Li Wensong told Chen Lingling, Han Li, and the others that Lu Qing'an had tasked him with making the Eternal Night Sect known throughout the Nine Directions and Ten Domains.
• Li Wensong proposed using the Fallen God Sea’s commotion to attract powerful people, specifically Peak Eternal Realm cultivators who could serve as their fellow chess pieces.

Li Wensong identified Li Muchen as another of Lu Qing'an’s chess pieces and arranged for him to meet the group. When Li Muchen arrived with Zhang Shundao, Li Wensong explained his status as the number-one chess piece and made clear that they should follow his lead.

• Li Wensong said Dao Lord Xuexiao, Lava Sage, Lian Jie, and Li Muchen were likely Lu Qing'an’s chess pieces, and Chen Lingling received a call from Li Muchen moments later.
• Li Muchen asked Chen Lingling to bring him to meet Lu Qing'an, but Li Wensong told him to come meet the group first, and Li Muchen agreed.
• Li Muchen arrived with Zhang Shundao, whose presence led the group to suspect that he was also one of Lu Qing'an’s chess pieces.
• Li Wensong explained that he was the number-one chess piece and that the others respected him and followed his guidance in advancing the grand plan.

Li Wensong brought Li Muchen and Zhang Shundao to meet Lian Jie as part of Lu Qing'an's plan to spread the Eternal Night Sect's name. The group told Lian Jie she would become a chess piece in a major plan, leaving her to hear the proposal.

• Li Wensong explained that Li Muchen and Zhang Shundao would help spread the Eternal Night Sect's name and join the plan.
• Li Muchen and Zhang Shundao questioned whether Lu Qing'an had controlled them into coming, then agreed to follow Li Wensong and see what happened.
• The group used Han Li's teleportation ability to travel to Lian Jie's star domain and went to her Daoist temple.
• Lian Jie feared the visitors had come to punish her, but Li Wensong assured her they wanted to discuss something.
• Li Wensong told Lian Jie she would become a chess piece for a Peak Eternal Realm expert who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect.

Li Wensong recruited Lian Jie into Lu Qing'an's plan to spread the Eternal Night Sect's name, explaining that several Peak Eternal Realm experts were Lu Qing'an's chess pieces. The group found Dao Lord Xuexiao, who fled in fear before Li Muchen and Zhang Shundao stopped him, and Li Wensong asked whether he had fulfilled his promise to Lu Qing'an.

• Li Wensong told Lian Jie that Lu Qing'an was a Peak Eternal Realm expert who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect, and that Li Muchen and Zhang Shundao were also his chess pieces.
• Li Wensong recruited Lian Jie to help make the Eternal Night Sect known throughout the Nine Directions and Ten Domains, and she agreed while asking to meet Lu Qing'an afterward.
• Zhang Shundao told Lian Jie how Lu Qing'an had controlled Li Muchen's actions and erased his memories.
• Lian Jie led the group to Dao Lord Xuexiao's sanctuary, where Xuexiao sensed danger and tried to flee.
• Li Muchen and Zhang Shundao stopped Dao Lord Xuexiao, and Li Wensong asked whether he had kept his promise to Lu Qing'an.

Li Wensong and the others cornered Dao Lord Xuexiao and made him help gather the people involved in their plan. After Dao Lord Xuexiao summoned Lava Sage, Li Wensong demanded that he also call him Brother Song.

• Li Wensong confronted Dao Lord Xuexiao, who admitted he had not spread the word and agreed to go with the group.
• Dao Lord Xuexiao contacted Lava Sage and asked him to come to his cultivation ground for an important discussion.
• Lava Sage arrived, sensed the group waiting inside, and tried to flee, but Li Muchen, Zhang Shundao, Lian Jie, Dao Lord Xuexiao, and Li Wensong blocked him.
• Li Wensong introduced himself as Brother Song and told Lava Sage to call him that if he wanted to avoid trouble.

Li Wensong persuaded five Peak Eternal Realm experts to help spread the Eternal Night Sect’s name, while several of them came to believe they were becoming Lu Qing'an’s chess pieces. After the group set out, Li Wensong reported back to Lu Qing'an, who was baffled that Li Muchen and Zhang Shundao were following his arrangements.

• The Lava Sage called Li Wensong “Brother Song,” and Li Wensong promised to keep him in mind for future benefits.
• Li Muchen and Zhang Shundao privately considered whether Lu Qing'an could fulfill their deepest desires and began accepting the idea of becoming his chess pieces.
• At Dao Lord Xuexiao’s cultivation grounds, Li Wensong told the five Peak Eternal Realm experts to spread the Eternal Night Sect’s name throughout the Nine Directions and Ten Domains within three days.
• Dao Lord Xuexiao and the others agreed eagerly, then split up with the other Eternal Realm experts to carry out the task.
• Li Wensong returned to the Eternal Night Star Domain and told Lu Qing'an that all five Peak Eternal Realm experts were following his arrangements.
• Lu Qing'an wondered why Li Muchen and Zhang Shundao had started listening to Li Wensong.