Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing'an revealed that he had perfected more than three thousand rules, and the Nether Emperor warned him that cultivating so many Great Daos could be fatal. Reassured by his system, Lu Qing'an remained determined to cultivate them all, and the Nether Emperor offered to take him to meet the Heavenly Dao of the Five Elements to begin his breakthrough.

• Lu Qing'an revealed his perfected rules, astonishing the Nether Emperor and confirming that the sect's rising fortune was mainly due to him.
• The Nether Emperor warned Lu Qing'an that conflicting Great Daos had killed past cultivators who tried to cultivate too many.
• Lu Qing'an learned from his system that it could keep even thousands of Great Daos in perfect balance, so he insisted on pursuing them all.
• Luo Qiushan told the Nether Emperor that Lu Qing'an had forced her, despite her twenty Great Daos, to fear for her life before he even struck.
• The Nether Emperor decided to take Lu Qing'an to meet the Heavenly Dao of the Five Elements, and Luo Qiushan insisted on joining them.
• The Nether Emperor explained that the five Heavenly Daos of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth lived together, while Lu Qing'an realized he could meet them all at once.

Lu Qing'an prepared to seek the Great Dao of the Five Elements, while the Nether Emperor explained the Heavenly Daos’ trials and the risks of winning their favor. Three days later, Lu Qing'an, Li Wensong, Xu Qingying, and Luo Qiushan entered the Five Elements Heavenly Domain to meet its five Heavenly Daos.

• The Nether Emperor explained that Lu Qing'an would need to pass five separate trials to obtain the Great Dao Sacred Origins of the Five Elements, and advised him to start with them before attempting other Great Daos.
• Li Wensong said he planned to restore his Great Dao of Cause and Effect, but changed his mind and agreed to accompany Lu Qing'an to witness his breakthrough.
• Luo Qiushan said Xu Qingying would join them after mastering one of her Rules of the Five Elements and choosing the Great Dao of Darkness as her new path.
• Lu Qing'an learned that Heavenly Daos could withhold a Sacred Origin even after a successful trial, and privately resolved to negotiate with them or use force if necessary.
• After three days, the Nether Emperor, Luo Qiushan, and Xu Qingying arrived at Lu Qing'an's cave abode, and the Nether Emperor opened a passage into the Five Elements Heavenly Domain.

Lu Qing'an, Xu Qingying, and their companions traveled to the Five Elements Heavenly Domain so Lu Qing'an and Xu Qingying could face the Heavenly Daos’ tests. The five Heavenly Daos examined Lu Qing'an and confirmed that all his rules had reached perfection, leaving them speechless.

• Lu Qing'an entered the Five Elements Heavenly Domain with the Nether Emperor and marveled at its immense landscapes and dense elemental power.
• Xu Qingying asked Lu Qing'an to help if anything went wrong during her test, and he agreed because she was the mother of his children.
• The group reached a lake and wooden hut where the Heavenly Dao of Metal lived, and the Nether Emperor introduced Lu Qing'an and Xu Qingying as cultivators seeking breakthroughs.
• The Heavenly Dao of Metal discovered that Lu Qing'an’s five-element rules were perfected, and the Nether Emperor revealed that all of Lu Qing'an’s rules had reached perfection.
• The other four Heavenly Daos emerged and examined Lu Qing'an in turn, then all five fell silent.

Lu Qing'an insisted on entering all five Great Dao trials at once, and the five Heavenly Daos opened them together. As the Five Elements of the domain began boiling on their own, Lu Qing'an entered the first Metal trial and faced hundreds of millions of blades.

• Lu Qing'an rejected the suggestion to attempt the five Great Dao tests separately and asked to begin them all at once.
• After warning Lu Qing'an that the combined trials could be far more dangerous, the five Heavenly Daos opened them together.
• Lu Qing'an entered the five-colored vortex, and the Five Elements throughout the domain began boiling without the Heavenly Daos' intervention.
• Inside the trial, Lu Qing'an found himself alone in a golden world and heard that the first stage was Ten Thousand Blades Pierce the Body.
• Lu Qing'an asked whether that was all, and hundreds of millions of golden blades fell toward him.

Lu Qing'an passed the trials of metal, wood, and water in quick succession, forming three nascent Great Dao Sacred Origins. He entered the trial of fire, where the Heavenly Dao of Fire had secretly tripled the difficulty, but Lu Qing'an remained unharmed.

• Lu Qing'an endured the metal blades, shattered them with the perfected Rule of Metal, and formed the first nascent Great Dao Sacred Origin.
• Lu Qing'an understood the cycle of life and death in the wood trial and formed the second nascent Great Dao Sacred Origin.
• Xu Qingying watched Lu Qing'an complete the wood trial and felt her perfected Rule of Wood begin to advance.
• Lu Qing'an merged with the shifting currents in the water trial and formed the third nascent Great Dao Sacred Origin.
• The Heavenly Dao of Fire secretly tripled the fire trial's difficulty, but Lu Qing'an emerged from the flames without damage and asked if that was all the heat there was.

Lu Qing'an passed the five elemental trials in under two hours, then absorbed the five Great Dao Sacred Origins and broke through to the Great Dao Realm. His five Great Daos formed a natural cycle that stirred his thousands of other perfected rules, while the system confirmed its strength extraction now scaled from his Great Dao Realm strength.

• Lu Qing'an understood that fire itself was neither good nor evil, passed the fire trial, and formed his fourth Great Dao sacred origin prototype.
• Lu Qing'an endured the weight of countless mountains, understood that earth’s essence was bearing and steadiness, and formed his fifth prototype.
• The five Heavenly Daos discovered that the Five Elements Origins were stirring, then condensed five Sacred Origins that broke free and flew into Lu Qing'an.
• Lu Qing'an absorbed all five Sacred Origins, transformed his perfected rules into the five Great Daos, and formed a stable cycle that astonished the Heavenly Daos and the Nether Emperor.
• More than three thousand of Lu Qing'an’s other perfected rules resonated around his Five Elements Great Dao, and the system confirmed that its strength extraction now used his Great Dao Realm strength.
• Lu Qing'an considered testing his newly elevated power, and the Nether Emperor sensed that Lu Qing'an was looking at him like a convenient target.

After forming the Great Dao of the Five Elements, Lu Qing'an asked the Nether Emperor to test his new strength in the Nether Domain. His ten-thousandfold Secret Method boost made the Nether Emperor take half a step back, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Lu Qing'an completed his breakthrough as the five Great Dao Sacred Origins formed a cycle, and the Nether Emperor recognized the unusual stability of his cultivation foundation.
• Lu Qing'an asked the Nether Emperor to exchange moves, and the Nether Emperor brought him to the Nether Domain while the others watched through Luo Qiushan's mirror.
• Lu Qing'an struck with his five Great Daos, but the Nether Emperor stopped and swallowed his combined attack with a single finger.
• Lu Qing'an activated a ten-thousandfold Secret Method boost, and the Nether Emperor prepared to defend himself as the Darkness Domain rippled under Lu Qing'an's presence.
• Lu Qing'an attacked at overwhelming speed, and the Nether Emperor blocked his punch but was forced to take half a step back.

Lu Qing'an tested his strength against the Nether Emperor, escalating his boost until one million times made the Nether Emperor fear his domain would be destroyed by a single strike. After the Nether Emperor called off the spar, Lu Qing'an began considering the Heavenly Daos as his next opponents for testing his strength.

• Lu Qing'an’s hundred-thousandfold strike forced the Nether Emperor to manifest twenty Great Dao halos before stopping it, and the Nether Emperor revealed he had cultivated 103 Great Daos.
• Lu Qing'an raised his power to one million times, weakening the Nether Emperor’s control over the Darkness Domain and prompting him to manifest more than a hundred Great Dao halos.
• The Nether Emperor told Lu Qing'an to withdraw his power because a concentrated attack might shatter the domain, and Lu Qing'an complied without striking.
• Back in the Five Elements Heavenly Domain, Lu Qing'an considered testing his strength on the Heavenly Daos, making the Heavenly Dao of Fire instinctively step back.

After forming the Great Dao of the Five Elements, Lu Qing'an planned to pursue all 1,276 Great Daos in the Hongmeng Holy Realm and asked how Heavenly Daos could be injured. Xu Qingying passed the Trial of Wood and gained her first Great Dao, then Lu Qing'an left with the Nether Emperor to seek the Heavenly Dao of Lightning.

• Lu Qing'an found that his five Great Daos had stabilized and told the Nether Emperor he was considering cultivating every Great Dao.
• Xu Qingying entered the Trial of Wood after the Heavenly Dao of Wood confirmed she was ready, while the Nether Emperor explained that 1,276 Heavenly Daos existed in the Hongmeng Holy Realm.
• Lu Qing'an asked whether Heavenly Daos could be injured or killed, and the Nether Emperor explained that they could recover as long as their Great Dao remained intact.
• Lu Qing'an chose the Heavenly Dao of Lightning as his next target, and the Nether Emperor agreed to take him there after Xu Qingying's trial.
• Xu Qingying passed the Trial of Wood, refined its Great Dao Sacred Origin, and formed her first Great Dao.
• After Xu Qingying stabilized, the Nether Emperor opened a spatial passage, and he and Lu Qing'an headed toward the Heavenly Dao of Lightning.

Lu Qing'an traveled with the Nether Emperor and the five elemental Heavenly Daos to the Lightning Domain, seeking the Sacred Origin of the Great Dao of Lightning. After the Heavenly Dao of Lightning refused him, Lu Qing'an proposed taking one strike to earn a chance at the trial and caught the Heavenly Dao's attack in his bare hand.

• Lu Qing'an entered the Lightning Domain and absorbed its lightning, while the Heavenly Dao of Fire teased the stingy Heavenly Dao of Lightning.
• The Heavenly Dao of Lightning refused to give Lu Qing'an the Sacred Origin, warning that the Great Dao of Lightning could upset the balance of his newly formed Great Dao of the Five Elements.
• Lu Qing'an insisted on taking the trial, then offered to withstand one strike in exchange for the chance to attempt it.
• The Heavenly Dao of Lightning gathered the domain's lightning into a devastating bolt and struck Lu Qing'an, whose presence had surged after he increased his power.
• Lu Qing'an caught the bolt in his palm, shattered it, and asked the Heavenly Dao of Lightning to acknowledge that he had taken the strike.

Lu Qing'an passed the Lightning Stairway trial, gained the Great Dao of Lightning as his sixth Great Dao, and chose to pursue Cause and Effect to help Li Wensong recover his lost Great Dao. As the group left the Lightning Domain, rumors about Lu Qing'an's rapid trials spread across the Hongmeng Holy Realm and grew into wild claims about the Nether Emperor and his supposed son.

• Lu Qing'an caught and crushed the Heavenly Dao of Lightning's attack, then accepted the challenge of climbing the Lightning Stairway using only the Law of Lightning.
• Lu Qing'an climbed the stairway, endured the black lightning without defending himself near the top, and comprehended lightning as both destruction and renewal.
• The Heavenly Dao of Lightning gave Lu Qing'an the Great Dao Sacred Origin, and Lu Qing'an cultivated the Great Dao of Lightning as his sixth Great Dao.
• Lu Qing'an chose to seek the Great Dao of Cause and Effect, and Li Wensong revealed that a Buddhist enemy had severed a strand of cause and effect, preventing him from restoring his Great Dao.
• The Nether Emperor opened a spatial rift and led the group away, while reports of Lu Qing'an's feats spread and turned into rumors that he was the Nether Emperor's secretly raised son.

Lu Qing'an visited the Heavenly Dao of Cause and Effect to seek her Great Dao Sacred Origin, but she could not perceive his cause and effect and became alarmed by what she saw when she looked into him. She abruptly gave him the sacred origin and told him to refine it and leave.

• The Nether Emperor brought Lu Qing'an and the others to a city that was part of the Heavenly Dao of Cause and Effect, where Lu Qing'an saw the threads linking people’s choices.
• The Heavenly Dao of Cause and Effect told Li Wensong that a forcibly severed part of his cause and effect could only be restored by finding the person responsible or the missing part itself.
• The Heavenly Dao of Cause and Effect tried repeatedly to connect threads to Lu Qing'an, but every thread broke, and she said his cause and effect was beyond what she could observe.
• Lu Qing'an agreed to let the Heavenly Dao of Cause and Effect examine him, and she glimpsed an immense tangle of cause and effect with something inside it that nearly severed her connection to the Great Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao of Cause and Effect handed Lu Qing'an the Great Dao Sacred Origin without a test and urged him to refine it and leave.

Lu Qing'an received the Great Dao Sacred Origin of Cause and Effect and learned how Li Wensong had been crippled by Buddha Venerable Du'e. The Heavenly Dao of Cause and Effect proposed using Lu Qing'an's newly acquired power to reconnect Li Wensong's severed cause and effect, leaving the two of them ready to attempt the restoration.

• The Heavenly Dao of Cause and Effect gave Lu Qing'an the Sacred Origin, and he gained the ability to perceive and sever threads of cause and effect.
• Lu Qing'an saw the missing section in Li Wensong's cause and effect, and Li Wensong recounted how Buddha Venerable Du'e had severed it after he attacked a Buddhist sect temple.
• The Heavenly Dao of Cause and Effect explained that Du'e likely sealed Li Wensong's missing cause and effect in a Sarira of Cause and Effect, and Lu Qing'an promised to help him retrieve it.
• Lu Qing'an told Li Wensong he would help him take revenge, while the Nether Emperor denied being reluctant to face Lu Qing'an's millionfold strike.
• The Heavenly Dao of Cause and Effect proposed using Lu Qing'an's Great Dao of Cause and Effect to bridge Li Wensong's missing section and help him recondense his Great Dao Sacred Origin, and Lu Qing'an agreed to help.

Lu Qing'an helped Li Wensong restore the Great Dao of Cause and Effect, then received the Sacred Origin of Space from the Heavenly Dao of Space. As word spread that he planned to cultivate every Great Dao, more Heavenly Daos gathered to offer theirs, leaving Lu Qing'an facing a crowd competing over what he should cultivate next.

• Lu Qing'an reconnected Li Wensong's cause-and-effect threads, and the Heavenly Dao of Cause and Effect returned a Great Dao Sacred Origin to him.
• Li Wensong regained the Great Dao of Cause and Effect, thanked Lu Qing'an, and vowed to reclaim its missing foundation from Duer someday.
• The Heavenly Dao of Cause and Effect advised Lu Qing'an to cultivate space or time next, while the others joked about rumors that the Nether Emperor had raised him as a son.
• The Heavenly Dao of Space arrived and gave Lu Qing'an the Sacred Origin of the Great Dao of Space, saying his perfected Space Rule made a test unnecessary.
• The Heavenly Daos of Wind, Ice, Sword, Darkness, Light, and others crowded into the teahouse and argued over which Great Dao Lu Qing'an should cultivate first.

Lu Qing'an rapidly cultivated Great Daos as their Heavenly Daos brought him Sacred Origins, eventually completing 1,269. With only seven exceptionally difficult Great Daos remaining, none of their Heavenly Daos had appeared yet.

• Lu Qing'an accepted the Great Dao of Space Sacred Origin and integrated it smoothly into his existing system.
• Lu Qing'an passed the Heavenly Dao of the Sword's test by understanding that a sword's essence was attack, then received its Sacred Origin.
• Over the following days, Lu Qing'an passed the tests of Ice, Wind, Light, and Darkness and cultivated their Great Daos.
• As Lu Qing'an cultivated hundreds of Great Daos, most Heavenly Daos stopped testing him and simply gave him their Sacred Origins.
• The Heavenly Dao of Destruction demanded that Lu Qing'an defeat him, but surrendered his Sacred Origin after Lu Qing'an collapsed half his domain with one palm strike.
• Half a year later, Lu Qing'an completed his 1,269th Great Dao and listed Time, fate, reincarnation, chaos, creation, life and death, and Wuji as the seven remaining; none of their Heavenly Daos had appeared.

Lu Qing'an collected the Sacred Origins of the remaining Great Daos, culminating in Reincarnation and completing all 1,276 Great Daos in the Hongmeng Holy Realm. The chapter ended as every Great Dao and Heavenly Dao responded to his achievement.

• The Nether Emperor told Lu Qing'an that seven Great Daos remained and that the Heavenly Dao of Time had emerged from seclusion.
• The Heavenly Dao of Time gave Lu Qing'an the Sacred Origin after asking why he wanted to cultivate time and whether he wished to revisit the past or see the future.
• The Heavenly Dao of Fate, the Heavenly Dao of Life and Death, and the Heavenly Dao of Creation each gave Lu Qing'an their Sacred Origins after brief encounters or a test.
• Lu Qing'an completed the Great Daos of Time, Fate, Life and Death, Creation, Chaos, and Limitlessness, leaving only Reincarnation.
• The Heavenly Dao of Reincarnation told Lu Qing'an that he had sought him across countless past lives, but Lu Qing'an chose not to learn what had happened before.
• Lu Qing'an accepted the Sacred Origin of Reincarnation, completed all 1,276 Great Daos, and caused every Great Dao and Heavenly Dao to respond.

After completing all 1,276 Great Daos, Lu Qing'an accompanied Li Wensong to the Westernmost Buddhist Domain to settle Li Wensong's old score with the Great Brahma Buddha Sect. They confronted Buddha Venerable Du'e, who claimed he had spared Li Wensong before, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Lu Qing'an completed 1,276 Great Daos, then agreed to accompany Li Wensong to confront the Great Brahma Buddha Sect.
• The Nether Emperor warned them about the sect's Buddha Lords and the power of its believers, and said Lu Qing'an could use the Great Dao of Cause and Effect to sever their faith connection.
• Lu Qing'an opened a spatial passage using coordinates in Li Wensong's black jade token, and they traveled to the Westernmost Buddhist Domain.
• Li Wensong called out to Duer, prompting the giant Buddha to open its eyes and Buddha Venerable Du'e to appear.
• Lu Qing'an demanded that Duer return what belonged to Li Wensong, and Duer replied that he had spared Li Wensong by severing his Great Dao foundation.

Lu Qing'an stopped the Great Brahma Buddha Sect’s three Buddha Lords from interfering as Li Wensong fought Duer for the missing piece of his Great Dao of Cause and Effect. Li Wensong reclaimed it and restored his Dao, leaving him ready to face Duer again.

• Li Wensong confronted Duer over the Buddhist sect refining his stolen Sarira of Cause and Effect, but Duer refused to return it.
• Li Wensong began fighting Duer while Lu Qing'an faced the three other Buddha Lords and warned them not to interfere.
• The Buddha Lords drew on believers’ power of faith, so Lu Qing'an severed the sect’s control over it and split the giant Buddha statue.
• Li Wensong found the missing piece of his cause and effect inside Duer’s sarira and reclaimed it despite Duer’s Buddha palm attack.
• Li Wensong’s Great Dao of Cause and Effect became complete, and he challenged Duer to fight again.

Li Wensong reclaimed his cause and effect and defeated Duer, while Lu Qing'an prevented Duer from destroying himself and the surrounding area. After Li Wensong killed his longtime enemy, he told Lu Qing'an he wanted a drink, and Lu Qing'an offered to find some from the Nether Emperor.

• Li Wensong restored his Great Dao of Cause and Effect and began severing Duer’s connections to his Buddhist power and treasures.
• Duer transformed into his Brahma Dharma Body and attacked with six Buddhist treasures, but Li Wensong severed their cause-and-effect threads and turned Duer’s past deeds against him.
• As his Dharma body crumbled, Duer tried to detonate his Great Dao and faith power, but Lu Qing'an halted the eruption and returned him to Li Wensong.
• Li Wensong told Duer that killing him would not settle all their cause and effect, then killed him with a strike between his brows.
• After standing in silence, Li Wensong told Lu Qing'an he wanted a drink, and Lu Qing'an offered the Nether Emperor’s three-hundred-million-year-old liquor.

Lu Qing'an and Li Wensong brought the Great Brahma Buddha Sect’s thirty-seven Sariras of Cause and Effect to account, then returned to the Nether Emperor Holy Sect. Xu Qingying and Lu Qing'an talked through their divorce and their changed feelings, leaving their past behind as friends; Lu Qing'an prepared to return home.

• Lu Qing'an demanded the three Buddha Lords reveal their Sariras of Cause and Effect, and they produced thirty-seven.
• Lu Qing'an used the Great Daos of creation, life and death, cause and effect, and reincarnation to free or restore the souls, cause and effect, and fortune sealed in the sariras.
• Lu Qing'an warned the Buddha Lords not to repeat such deeds, then left the Westernmost Buddhist Domain with Li Wensong, who said he probably would not return.
• At the Nether Emperor Holy Sect, Lu Qing'an told Xu Qingying he planned to go home, and she asked whether she had been wrong to divorce him.
• Lu Qing'an said Xu Qingying had made her own choice and that his love for her had gradually faded, while he loved Xue Tianfei; they agreed to remain friends and spoke warmly about their children.
• Xu Qingying left after asking Lu Qing'an to tell the children she would visit, and Lu Qing'an decided it was time to go home.