Chapter Summaries

The Avatar stayed hidden aboard the [Heavenly River] while the Azure Firmament Water little figure helped Taizhen and the others begin their new cultivation path. When the [Wind-Rending Pterosaur] arrived, it learned the Avatar was nearby and plotted to lure him out.

• Lu Fei searched the area and called for the hidden presence to reveal itself, but the Avatar ignored him and remained aboard the concealed [Heavenly River].
• The Azure Firmament Water little figure explained the shallow physical universe and offered Taichang, Taizhen, and the others a choice of cultivation paths; they chose to follow Lord Heavenly River's Transcendent System.
• The Azure Firmament Water little figure gave them the [Heavenly River Profound Truth Qi Refining Formula] and showed them to their quarters.
• After half a month, the [Wind-Rending Pterosaur] arrived, forced two nearby mid-tier beings to surrender their possessions, and kept them from leaving.
• The Sword Force Octopus King told the [Wind-Rending Pterosaur] that the Black Iron Human Race cultivator it sought was nearby, and the Avatar realized the Beast Clan Alliance had targeted him.
• The [Wind-Rending Pterosaur] ordered the two beasts to find and invite the Avatar, then revealed that it had prepared a trap in case he refused.

The Wind-Rending Pterosaur led a renewed assault on Clear Void Heaven as the Earth Spirit Sect activated its last-ditch escape and defense measures. The sect scattered its cultivators, but the Pterosaur launched a vast law storm against its blood-red protective formation.

• The Wind-Rending Pterosaur detected the Avatar’s former presence, threatened the Green Lizard King, and ordered the other mid-level existences to join his invasion.
• Lu Fei stayed back to observe while the Avatar watched the renewed attack through cultivators in the Earth Spirit Blessed Land.
• Dilingzi told Elder Anmai to activate the Spark Protocol, and Anmai used a sealed teleportation array to depart for a prepared deadly land.
• Dilingzi and two others awakened two Earth Spirit Sect Spirit Transformation grand elders, who raised the Twelve Earthly Fiends All-Heaven Formation’s shield to blood red.
• The Heavenly Mystery Grand Formation randomly teleported the sect’s cultivators across the continent, while the Wind-Rending Pterosaur prepared to stop them.
• The Wind-Rending Pterosaur revealed his six draconic true forms and unleashed a Wind-Splitting Law Storm Tornado against the sect’s formation.

Dilingzi surrendered to the evil aura and turned the Earth Spirit Sect’s formation into a sacrifice, consuming the blessed land, its cultivators, and a Chaos Demon God’s remains to create the Earth Devouring law. The new law spread across Clear Void Heaven, leaving Lu Fei, Elder Anmai, and the Earth Spirit Academy’s travelers stunned.

• The Wind-Rending Pterosaur’s attack overwhelmed the defenders until two Spirit Transformation cultivators sacrificed themselves and seven corpse puppets strengthened the formation.
• The Wind-Splitting’s law disintegration cannon tipped the battle in favor of the invaders, and Dilingzi gave in to the black aura within him.
• Dilingzi transformed the formation into a sacrifice, marking the Earth Spirit Blessed Land and the Chaos Demon God’s remains for consumption.
• The formation consumed the blessed land, ten Spirit Transformation cultivators, and the demon god’s body and will, refining them with a blessed-land fragment.
• A new law called Earth Devouring emerged and spread throughout Clear Void Heaven, freezing the beings aboard the Wind-Splitting.
• Lu Fei, Elder Anmai, and the Earth Spirit Academy cultivators aboard the Heavenly River witnessed the law and fell silent.

Qingxuanzi tried to refine the chaos demon god beneath the Clear Mysteries Sect, but the effort triggered a white-light catastrophe and the birth of high-tier abominations. As the Avatar fled the Southern Domain through the fog, the Earth Devouring law emerged from a black-white hole and began drifting beyond Clear Void Heaven.

• Qingxuanzi abandoned the Clear Mysteries Sect’s foundation, unleashed the chaos demon god’s remains, and entered its head to seize control.
• The remains corrupted Qingxuanzi, while a hidden jade storage device drew in spiritual qi and briefly produced high-tier spiritual qi before collapsing.
• A white flash consumed the Clear Mysteries Sect and nearby mid-tier life-forms, prompting battleship intelligences to warn that two high-tier abominations were being born.
• Transcendent Council inspector Ailin Ziluolan and other groups reported the danger and requested intervention from their higher-ups.
• The Avatar saw the disturbances in the Central and Southern Domains, ordered Spirit Radiance to flee above the continent, and used his divine ability and sword qi to escape through the fog.
• The Earth Devouring law appeared in a black-white hole beyond Clear Void Heaven, pulled in mid-tier beings tainted by the Earth Spirit Sect’s death qi and resentment, and wandered into the white fog.

The Avatar of Perfected Heavenly River joined the gathered human fleets near Clear Void Heaven and learned that two high-tier abominations had emerged there, including a self-aware sin spirit. As high-tier lords prepared to arrive, the Earth Devouring abomination fled into a spatial breach.

• The Avatar appeared aboard the [Heavenly River] and asked why the fleets had gathered near Clear Void Heaven.
• The [Submerged Water Priest] explained that two high-tier abominations had appeared and that the fleets were waiting beyond the contaminated area.
• The [Greedy Devouring] law spread through the region, and the Avatar gained insight into devouring while the gathered experts protected their ships.
• The [Submerged Water Priest] identified the black dot as a sin spirit and showed footage of mutated warships escaping its reach.
• The Avatar described how Dilingzi of the Earth Spirit Sect had sacrificed his sect while creating an abomination from a chaos fiendgod's remains.
• Ailin Ziluolan announced that high-tier lords were teleporting in, but the Earth Devouring abomination opened a spatial breach and squeezed through before it closed.

Qingshang True King subdued the Greedy Devouring evil spirit with the Seeking Rites law, and Queen of a Hundred Flowers arrived to help investigate Clear Void Heaven. The Avatar then departed for the Bronze Star Sector and began preparing Taichang, Taizhen, and other cultivators to develop the Inner Scene Earth Immortal path during the long journey.

• A bronze black bird carried a trace of the Earth Devouring law aura toward the warships before an old man emerged and recalled it.
• Qingshang True King used the Fumu and the Seeking Rites law to shrink the Greedy Devouring evil spirit and purge the contamination from the land and its spawned demons.
• Queen of a Hundred Flowers arrived, and she and Qingshang True King discussed containing the evil spirit and investigating Clear Void Heaven for other high-tier remains.
• The Avatar answered the Tribunal's questions, exchanged contact information with the experts, and departed for the Bronze Star Sector aboard the Heavenly River.
• During the journey, the Avatar explained his Earth Immortal path plans to Taichang, Taizhen, and other Core Formation cultivators, who would focus on the Inner Scene path alongside the Heavenly Talisman Dao Foundation Cultivator system.

Wang An completed the Sword Edge Metal Dao Foundation and refined the Purple Mansion Divine Ability Illuminating Lamp of Insight, bringing his cultivation closer to the mid-stage of level two. He reviewed the state of his cultivation and the wider system, then observed Blue Star’s flourishing cultivation society and the Netherworld’s role in supporting it.

• Wang An completed the Sword Edge Metal Dao Foundation and gained five lesser Divine Abilities, including Cold Concealment Scabbard, Autumn Emperor's Edge, Illuminate Tianxin, and Suppress Heavenly Fortune.
• Wang An combined the five circulating Dao Foundations to refine Illuminating Lamp of Insight, a Purple Mansion Divine Ability that let him see through its light, dispel fog, and guide him toward a target.
• Wang An reached 29 points of Purple Mansion magic power and confirmed that he had the Dao knowledge to advance to mid-stage level two, though he still needed to subdue his inner demons and strengthen his Yin Spirit.
• Wang An checked his Profession Panel and assessed how his laws and positions were developing, noting that only a few had reached a high-stage essence and that the overall system remained nascent.
• Wang An observed Blue Star’s new cultivation atmosphere and reflected that Dao Foundation cultivators entering the Netherworld could help cleanse Yin souls and strengthen the Netherworld and Earthly Dao.

Wang An studied the laws within his blessed land while the [Heavenly River] traveled to the Bronze Academy. As the ship arrived at the Bronze Star Sector, the Avatar learned more about the aftermath in [Clear Void Heaven] and showed the disciples the Bronze Divine Tree.

• Wang An entered his blessed land and spent four years comprehending its spatial laws as the [Heavenly River] crossed the Dark Universe.
• [Spirit Radiance] reported to Taichang that the ship had entered the Bronze Star Sector and would reach the Bronze Academy in a month.
• [Spirit Radiance] told the Avatar that the Queen of a Hundred Flowers and Qingshang True King had sealed the [Greedy Devouring] evil spirit, while the [Galactic Transcendent Council] recovered its main body.
• The Avatar ordered Taichang to summon the disciples so they could exchange knowledge and seek a place for Taichang to attain his Dao Foundations.
• The [Heavenly River] reached the Bronze Academy's planetary system, where the Avatar explained that the Bronze Divine Tree drew dark energy from the Dark Universe to form a blue star.

The Heavenly River arrived at the Bronze Academy system, where Huayin Jiaoyue welcomed Perfected Heavenly River and explained the academy’s exchange conference and the wider interest in his Transcendent System. Their conversation touched on the powerful Eternal Golden Dragon King, the star beast’s devastation of Blue Star, and the academy’s nine colleges.

• The Heavenly Harmony detected twelve planets in the system, and Spirit Radiance obtained clearance to enter before a bronze warship came to escort it.
• Huayin Jiaoyue introduced herself as the Bronze Academy instructor assigned to welcome Perfected Heavenly River and invited him to an exchange conference.
• Perfected Heavenly River asked whether Senior Chenshui had returned from Clear Void Heaven, and Huayin Jiaoyue said the academy had received no news.
• Huayin Jiaoyue confirmed that the Eternal Golden Dragon King was a powerful high-level lord who had come to investigate the star beast’s appearance.
• Perfected Heavenly River described how the star beast’s attack had killed nearly half of Blue Star’s people, and Huayin Jiaoyue changed the subject to the Bronze Academy’s nine colleges.

Huayin Jiaoyue explained how the Bronze Academy’s enormous divine tree allowed mid-tier beings to gather and strengthen their laws through self-complementarity. The Avatar arrived at Azure Sacrifice Star, where four mid-tier powerhouses welcomed him and his disciples.

• Huayin Jiaoyue explained that gathering mid-tier beings increased the chance for laws to evolve and be inherited, and that the bronze divine tree made this concentration possible.
• Huayin Jiaoyue introduced the Avatar to the Bronze Academy’s technologies and academies during their journey to Azure Sacrifice Star.
• Huayin Jiaoyue brought the Avatar, Taizhen, and Taichang to Azure Sacrifice Star aboard an entry spacecraft while the other cultivators stayed behind.
• The Avatar observed the bronze trees and Ruin Copper Spiritual Essence on Azure Sacrifice Star, then arrived at a palace landing plaza on its highest mountain peak.
• Huayin Jiaoyue introduced the Avatar and his two disciples to four welcoming mid-tier powerhouses, and the Avatar greeted them and offered to exchange knowledge.

Huayin Jiaoyue introduced Wang An’s Avatar to the Bronze Academy’s leaders, who explained the Bronze Human Race’s five priestly paths and the origins of their civilization. Gaoyang Zhenkong revealed that the Beast Clan Alliance had deliberately forced the Bronze Human Race into a devastating trial, and that the race later destroyed its enemy and helped complete the modern profession trial system.

• Huayin Jiaoyue introduced Gaoyang Zhenkong and the Academy’s instructors, representing the five paths of the Bronze Sacrifice system.
• Gaoyang Zhenkong invited Wang An’s Avatar into the bronze hall for a tour and a coming Dao discussion gathering, where new students might study the Transcendent System.
• Gaoyang Zhenkong explained that the Bronze Human Race’s mastery of bronze craft and the phenomenon of [Resonance] gave rise to its priestly path.
• The group viewed records of the Galactic Transcendent Council’s arrival and the brutal profession trial, which left only one million survivors from a population of over a hundred million and killed the ancestor [Qing].
• Gaoyang Zhenkong revealed that the inspector had deliberately initiated the trial on behalf of the Beast Clan Alliance, which sought to replace the original intelligent species with a beast civilization.
• Gaoyang Zhenkong said the Bronze Human Race later destroyed the enemy and helped bring about the completion of the modern profession trial system.

The Avatar explained how modern trial rules had delayed Blue Star humanity’s class trial and discussed why ancient cultivation systems had failed to develop. The group learned how the Bronze Human Race had become a high-stage civilization by forging a Civilization Ritual Artifact, leaving the Avatar to urge Blue Star humanity to prepare for the Beast Clan Alliance.

• The Avatar recalled that modern trial regulations required civilizations to prove they could withstand trial disasters and beast attacks before entering a class trial.
• The Avatar told Gaoyang Zhenkong that ancient cultivation systems had struggled because they demanded rare talent and research, while war and limited resources hindered their development.
• The gathered experts studied carvings showing the Bronze Human Race’s long progression from its first transcendent beings to a civilization with five systematic branches and many mid-stage powerhouses.
• Five mid-stage level-three powerhouses and other members of the Bronze Human Race set a course for their future, then spent a million years refining the [Supreme Beginning Yu Heaven Azure Spirit Ding].
• The Beast Clan Alliance attacked with seven mid-stage level-three powerhouses, but the Bronze Human Race completed its Civilization Ritual Artifact, which protected the race and helped establish its status as a high-stage civilization.
• After the Bronze Human Race migrated to the bronze star region, the Avatar thanked its members and warned that the Beast Clan Alliance might oppose Blue Star humanity’s rise, while Gaoyang Zhenkong reassured him.

Wang An attended a gathering of Bronze Human Race cultivators and exchanged knowledge about their paths. He agreed to spar with Jiuli Bingjian when the Dao discussion assembly began and learned about the Bronze Human Race’s spirit-sacrifice techniques.

• A senior reassured Wang An that the Bronze Human Race would shelter him after his 500-year protection period, while Wang An resolved to reach the high tier before it ended.
• Wang An and more than ten others arrived at the academy’s reception hall, where twenty mid-tier experts gathered over the following seven days.
• Jiuli Bingjian invited Wang An to spar, and Wang An accepted, saying his cultivation system also valued honing its combat abilities.
• Wang An drank Verdigris Essence and learned from the Yinwood Priestess that Jiuli Bingjian brewed wine to supplement his income.
• The Yinwood Priestess explained how Bronze Divine Trees served as living bonded artifacts, while Wang An described the stages of the Heavenly Talisman Dao Foundation Cultivator system and borrowed research on the priestly path.

Wang An introduced his Law Rune-based immortal-cultivation system at a Dao discussion hosted by Gaoyang Zhenkong, demonstrating how it refined natural qi into principles and explaining its cultivation stages. His account of gaining multiple Dao Foundations and Divine Abilities astonished the Bronze Human Race, and the discussion continued with questions about the system’s advantages.

• Gaoyang Zhenkong invited Wang An and the other mid-stage powerhouses to a Dao discussion, and they gathered with thousands of Bronze Human Race cultivators in a bronze valley.
• At Gaoyang Zhenkong’s invitation, Wang An described his system’s stages, from Heavenly Register Qi Refining Cultivators to the envisioned Golden Core True Lords.
• Wang An drew Heaven and Earth Qi together and refined it into two streams of Innate Mystic Qi, demonstrating how his system extracted principles from nature.
• Wang An transformed Ruin Copper Spiritual Essence into Life Primordial Qi and explained how practitioners formed Heavenly Talismans and Dao Foundations to reach the transcendent level.
• Wang An explained that Dao Foundation cultivators gained one Dao Foundation per level and could develop up to five minor Divine Abilities from each, astonishing a Nether Principle Officiant.

Wang An demonstrated the Five Elements Dao Foundation System and explained how cultivating three Dao Foundations could elevate a cultivator into a Purple Mansion Perfected Person. He left the gathered experts with a clearer path toward advancement, though the deeper teachings overwhelmed many initial-stage cultivators.

• Wang An explained that the Five Elements Dao Foundation System contained thirty foundations, with six images for each element, and that a complete set required five compatible foundations cultivated across realms.
• Wang An demonstrated the [Heavenly River Water] Dao Foundation, cleansing the gathering and nourishing Shennong Yinmu’s [Bronze Yin Wood] while clearing Jiuli Bingjian’s drunkenness.
• Wang An displayed the [Great Forest Wood] and [Heavenly Fire] Dao Foundations, showing how their powers of growth and warmth circulated and sublimated vital force through the body.
• Wang An explained that completing three Dao Foundations allowed cultivators to refine their Yin Spirit, elevate their Purple Mansion, and become Perfected Persons.
• Wang An described the higher realm’s teachings, overwhelming many initial-stage listeners while giving intermediate-stage Bronze Human Race experts valuable guidance.

Wang An explained his plan to combine five Dao Foundations, Divine Abilities, and Golden Natures into one attainment, then reconsidered how long reaching the high tier might take after hearing Shennong Yinmu’s example. He concluded that his advantages could let him become a Golden Core True Lord in under 500 years, while Gaoyang Zhenkong said resources would be easy to obtain.

• Wang An proposed merging five Dao Foundations, Divine Abilities, and Golden Natures to attain a complete law and asked the seniors for guidance.
• Shennong Yinmu warned that cultivating five Golden Natures and harmonizing them into a complete law could take thousands of years, citing Qingshang True King’s long cultivation.
• Wang An calculated that his Avatar, Qi Destiny, existing cultivation plans, and knowledge from cultivators following his path could increase his cultivation speed more than tenfold.
• Wang An decided to keep his estimate private, believing others would not believe him.
• Gaoyang Zhenkong said Wang An’s talent and the fortune of founding a path would help him reach the high tier, and that resources would be easy to solve.

Gaoyang Zhenkong offered Wang An access to the Bronze Human Race treasury and academy secrets, and Jiuli Bingjian arranged for young students to demonstrate their abilities in hopes of becoming Wang An’s disciples. Wang An and Jiuli Bingjian began a spar in the training ground, where Wang An’s sword qi pierced Jiuli Bingjian’s protective light and forced him to rely on his bronze armor.

• Gaoyang Zhenkong told Wang An that the Bronze Human Race would let him choose a law treasure or a secret art, and that the Silver and Gold races would offer the same.
• Jiuli Bingjian challenged Wang An to spar, and the young experts gathered to watch.
• Gaoyang Zhenkong sheltered seven or eight initial level 3 students and suggested they show Wang An their abilities for a chance to become his disciples.
• A Bronze Human Race girl said she hoped Wang An would accept her as a disciple so she could become a sword immortal.
• Jiuli Bingjian activated the training ground’s Formation Domain, then attacked Wang An with his flaming bronze battle sword.
• Wang An blocked Jiuli Bingjian’s slash with the [Heavenly River of Return to Oneness] and counterattacked with sword qi that pierced Jiuli Bingjian’s protective light and struck his bronze armor.

Wang An and Jiuli Bingjian continued their exhibition battle, with Jiuli revealing the [Unstoppable Hegemon] Sacrificial Method to overcome Wang An’s Heavenly River Divine Ability. Wang An evaded Jiuli’s halberd with Void-Transformation Shadow-Evasion and struck back with thunder-cold sword intent that slowed Jiuli’s body and thoughts.

• Wang An’s silver Heavenly River suppressed Jiuli Bingjian and drew praise from the spectators for its sealing and defensive powers.
• Jiuli activated his lifebound sacrificial implement’s [Unstoppable Hegemon] Sacrificial Method, which blocked negative effects and enhanced his strength.
• Jiuli charged Wang An with a bronze war halberd and tore through the Heavenly River’s protective barrier.
• Wang An used [Clear Dark Sea Void-Transformation Shadow-Evasion] to make Jiuli’s attack strike an illusory image and appear beside him.
• Wang An attacked with thunder-cold sword intent, and its paralysis, sealing, and chilling effects stiffened Jiuli and slowed his thoughts.

Wang An and Jiuli Bingjian tested their abilities against each other, revealing the power of Wang An’s sword intent and Jiuli’s Rust Dragon Eroding Halberd. After the match, Gaoyang Zhenkong introduced seven young humans interested in Wang An’s cultivation system and invited him to choose disciples.

• Jiuli Bingjian asked about Wang An’s Thunder Execution Clear Cold Severing Seal Sword Intent and considered using it to develop a True Intent for the Bronze Human Race.
• Jiuli Bingjian demonstrated Rust Dragon Eroding Halberd, whose corrosion Resonance eroded Wang An’s Divine Abilities and weapons, but could not strike his true body.
• Jiuli Bingjian conceded the match, and Wang An praised the corrosive power of his halberd technique before they returned to the pavilion.
• The intermediate-tier experts discussed the differences between Purple Mansion Divine Abilities and the Bronze Human Race’s Sacrificial Methods.
• Gaoyang Zhenkong introduced seven beginner-tier human youths who wanted to study Wang An’s system and invited him to choose disciples.

Wang An invited seven young Transcendents to learn his Transcendent System, leaving his sword intent for them to study and potentially become his disciples. He also learned how the Bronze Academy traded rare law resources and secret arts, and the chapter ended as Gaoyang Zhenkong began to respond to his concerns about a bounty.

• Wang An offered the seven youths a chance to become true disciples by comprehending his sword intent, or nominal disciples after he observed their conduct and temperament.
• The youths gathered around Wang An's magic sword and repeatedly tested its freezing and paralyzing sword intent as Wang An and the experts observed them.
• Wang An asked Gaoyang Zhenkong to let him leave behind sword intent for future disciples, and Gaoyang welcomed the proposal and described cooperation among the human academies.
• Wang An asked where to find law resources and secret arts, so Gaoyang showed him the Bronze Academy's internal Bronze Exchange Pavilion.
• Wang An read posts seeking rare law-related resources and secret arts, then found Gaoyang's bounty for a method of condensing law True Intent.
• Wang An told Gaoyang that his sword-intent method might not reach the level of laws until he reached mid-stage level three, and Gaoyang began a solemn reply.