Chapter Summaries

Lin Yunji and the Sages decided to leave the Primordial World in the ancestral land under Dan Chenzi’s protection while Lin Yunji and Shi Mang entered the dangerous Ancient Realm. The Investiture of the Gods Calamity ended with the Heavenly Court’s divine posts filled, and the chapter concluded with Holy Mother Jinling welcoming Duobao to her palace.

• Lin Yunji planned to accompany Shi Mang to the Void Heaven Supreme Hall before entering the Ancient Realm, and Shi Mang agreed to take him there.
• The Sages debated whether to bring the Primordial World into the Ancient Realm, then unanimously agreed to leave it in the ancestral land with Dan Chenzi guarding it.
• Lin Yunji explained that the Ancient Realm journey was perilous and that the Primordial World could also be threatened if left unattended in the Source Realm.
• More than two hundred Daluo Golden Immortals or higher fell in the Great Investiture of the Gods Calamity, and the Heavenly Court’s remaining Orthodox God positions were filled.
• The Heavenly Court’s order was completed and the Primordial World expanded, while Holy Mother Jinling received Duobao in the immortal palace of the Primordial Lady of the Dipper.

Duobao realized that his long-awaited opportunity to break through was connected to Western Hezhou and the Western Sect's returning karmic fortune. After seeing its golden fortune amid the region's demonic corruption, he declared that it was destined to be his.

• Duobao told Holy Mother Jinling that he had reached a cultivation bottleneck and that Master had said his breakthrough opportunity had not arrived.
• Holy Mother Jinling ordered the Thunderclap Heavenly General, Thunderbolt Heavenly General, and Arctic War God to lead troops into the lower realm and capture a fiend from Western Hezhou.
• Holy Mother Jinling explained that Western Hezhou's fiends arose from Luo Mo's karmic sins and demonic Qi, and that earlier Heavenly Court gods sent to capture the fiend had not returned.
• Duobao recalled that Lin Yunji had told him he had another fortuitous opportunity, and he used a magical mirror to inspect Western Hezhou.
• Duobao saw the Western Sect's abundant golden karmic fortune and realized that it was the opportunity Lin Yunji had meant, declaring that the fortune was destined to be his.

Duobao established Hinayana Buddhism, became a Sage, and took control of Spirit Mountain as Duobao Tathagata. Meanwhile, Lin Yunji embedded the Primordial World in the Source Realm and expanded the surrounding territory into his Daoist temple.

• Duobao declared that he would establish Hinayana Buddhism, received Primordial Expanse purple qi, and attained Sagehood.
• Duobao bowed to Cult Master Tongtian, who forgave him and encouraged him to pursue the supreme realm.
• Duobao took the name Duobao Tathagata and claimed Spirit Mountain, where its Buddhas submitted to him and Maitreya Buddha mourned losing his leadership position.
• Lin Yunji discussed placing the Primordial World in the Great Sage Realm's ancestral land with Shi Mang and Dan Chenzi, then chose a suitable site.
• Lin Yunji embedded the intact Primordial World in the Source Realm and expanded the surrounding region into a domain larger than a million Primordial Worlds.

After bringing the Primordial World into the Source Realm, Lin Yunji showed Nüwo and the others a Seal of Samsara that could grant its user a Supreme’s Dao Fruit. Cult Master Tongtian, Laozi, and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi yielded the sole seal to Nüwo.

• Lin Yunji embedded the Primordial World within the Source Realm, giving cultivators strong enough to leave it a chance to seek opportunities beyond its barrier.
• Lin Yunji gathered Nüwo, Cult Master Tongtian, Laozi, and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi for tea and revealed the Seal of Samsara.
• Lin Yunji explained that refining the seal would make someone a Venerable, while leaving their memories and Divine Sense intact.
• Lin Yunji said the seal held pure Dao insights separated from a powerful being’s memories, though he could not yet create more.
• Cult Master Tongtian, Laozi, and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi declined the seal because they had already attained the Dao as Hunyuan Great Dao Sages, and chose to leave it to Nüwo.

Lin Yunji gave Nüwo the Seal of Samsara to refine while he considered how to distribute Jianmu Spirit Fruits and continued developing the Divine Net. On the Divine Net, the Yellow Wind Demon bought cheap medicinal herbs, but failed to retrieve them from his virtual backpack.

• Lin Yunji sent the Seal of Samsara into Nüwo's forehead, and she began refining it.
• Lin Yunji ripened ten more Jianmu King Fruits and considered how to distribute his stock of ordinary Jianmu Spirit Fruits.
• The Yellow Wind Demon browsed the Divine Net's supermarket district and found a stall selling Hundred-Flower Crimson Pearl Grass for seven Exchange Points per stalk.
• The Yellow Wind Demon endured the seller's rude replies and bought the herbs through the Divine Net.
• The Yellow Wind Demon tried to take the herbs from his virtual backpack, but heard, "Retrieval failed!"

Lin Yunji upgraded the Divine Net and added powerful treasures to its exchange list, including Jianmu Spirit Fruits that let buyers attain Sagehood. After refining the Seal of Samsara, Nüwo reached Supreme Primordial Unity in the Source Realm and tested her power by creating and destroying worlds.

• The Divine Net came back online with new exchange items, and Yellow Wind Demon discovered that he could not afford their high prices.
• Cultivators bought more than a hundred Jianmu Spirit Fruits, and dozens of new Sages emerged in the Primordial World.
• Lin Yunji explained that he had set up twelve copies of the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda to keep the Divine Net running while he was away.
• After nearly three hundred thousand years in seclusion, Nüwo finished refining the Seal of Samsara, and Lin Yunji moved her to the Source Realm before her power could damage the Primordial World.
• Nüwo absorbed Chaos Essence Qi for a thousand years, attained Supreme Primordial Unity, and demonstrated her power to create and destroy worlds.

Lin Yunji gave Nüwo the Que-Destroying Soul-Startling Bell and gathered the Sages and Supremes who would travel with him to the Ancient Realm. Led by Shi Mang, the group departed for Void Heaven, where the chapter leaves them approaching through the realm tides.

• Lin Yunji gave Nüwo the Que-Destroying Soul-Startling Bell, and she refined it into her lifebound Law Treasure.
• Lin Yunji left with the Primordial World Sages who chose to venture into the Ancient Realm, while the others stayed or went to the Source Realm as they wished.
• Lin Yunji met Shi Mang and explained that Nüwo, Jiu Lu, and You Han would accompany him to the forbidden zone while the other Sages would explore on their own.
• Dan Chenzi arrived and offered to accompany the group to Void Heaven, though he would not enter the Ancient Realm.
• Lin Yunji, Shi Mang, Dan Chenzi, and the other Supremes traveled through the void Chaos and followed the realm tides toward Void Heaven.

Lin Yunji rode the realm tide toward Void Heaven aboard the Heaven-Monitoring Hall and learned how the Supreme Hall ranked challengers. After Shi Mang described the powerful and ill-fated Dou Venerate Daruo, Lin Yunji reflected that his own cultivation made him a Supreme twice over.

• Lin Yunji used the Heaven-Monitoring Hall to carry everyone safely through the dangerous realm tide toward Void Heaven.
• Dan Chenzi explained that Supremes were ranked by how many imprints they defeated in the Supreme Hall's test, and revealed that he had passed three stages and ranked 106th.
• Jiu Lu said he had failed to pass a stage, while Dan Chenzi noted that Xuantian Wujie ranked 107th; Jiu Lu explained that the test forbade Primordial Expanse Supreme Treasures.
• Shi Mang revealed that he ranked 27th and described how Dou Venerate Daruo, ranked 20th, was driven from the Source Realm despite his formidable combat strength.
• Lin Yunji realized Shi Mang had learned of his skill in deduction and reflected that he had attained Supreme Primordial Unity through both strength and Great Dao cultivation.

Lin Yunji and the others encountered a group of Chaos Crickets in the Realm Tide, and he drove them off without killing them. They reached Void Heaven, where Dan Chenzi and Shi Mang said the Supreme Hall awaited them.

• Nüwo spotted a group of Chaos Crickets in the Realm Tide, and Dan Chenzi explained that the rare creatures were hunted for their valuable bodies.
• A Chaos Cricket struck the Heaven-Monitoring Hall, and Lin Yunji wounded another when it charged again.
• The Chaos Crickets attacked en masse after Lin Yunji released his Supreme presence, so he created a vortex that swept them away instead of killing them.
• Shi Mang and You Han explained that the Chaos Crickets hated Supremes and had once rescued cultivators swept into the Realm Tide.
• Lin Yunji piloted the Heaven-Monitoring Hall through the Realm Tide into Void Heaven, and Dan Chenzi and Shi Mang said the Supreme Hall lay ahead.

Lin Yunji and his companions reached the immense Supreme Hall, where they learned that its trial made Supremes fight ancient imprints. After Xiu Ranzi emerged from a failed attempt, Lin Yunji entered the Hall and found himself in a boundless white world.

• Lin Yunji and his companions saw the vast Supreme Hall, and Shi Mang explained that no one had managed to refine or move it.
• Lin Yunji and the others met Saint Venerable Qi Gu, who was waiting for his friend Xiu Ranzi to finish the trial.
• After about three thousand years, Xiu Ranzi emerged and said he had failed the first stage against Supreme Dayu.
• Lin Yunji entered the Supreme Hall and found himself surrounded by endless white light.

Lin Yunji entered the Supreme Hall’s trials and quickly defeated Supreme Dayu and Supreme Yiyuan, prompting the Hall Spirit to let him skip ahead. He was offered a direct challenge for twentieth place against Dou Venerate Daruo, another Supreme who had proved his Dao through strength.

• The Supreme Hall Spirit explained the trial rules and summoned Supreme Dayu, whom Lin Yunji defeated with one punch.
• After Lin Yunji chose to continue, the Hall Spirit skipped him to the fiftieth stage, where he fought Supreme Yiyuan.
• Lin Yunji beat Supreme Yiyuan in a clash of fingers and sword arts, and Yiyuan invited him to visit the Mountain and Sea Heaven realm.
• The Hall Spirit revealed that the Supremes’ true bodies could sense what happened through their imprints and admitted it could read Lin Yunji’s thoughts.
• The Hall Spirit offered Lin Yunji a direct challenge against Dou Venerate Daruo for twentieth place and explained that a loss could leave Lin Yunji ranked twenty-first.

Lin Yunji learned that anyone who passed the Supreme Hall’s trial could borrow its power, though no Supreme had been strong enough to use it. The Supreme Hall Spirit revealed the existence of the Ten Artifacts before refusing to explain, then summoned Supreme Daruo for the twentieth trial, who asked Lin Yunji whether he had also proved the Dao through Strength.

• Lin Yunji asked whether he could borrow the Supreme Hall itself, and the Supreme Hall Spirit explained that trial passers could use its power as a Law Treasure to suppress enemies.
• The Supreme Hall Spirit said no one in the Source Realm had been capable of activating the hall, prompting Lin Yunji to wonder about its origins and the limits of cultivation.
• The Supreme Hall Spirit mentioned the Ten Artifacts, then threatened to expel Lin Yunji when he pressed for details.
• The Supreme Hall Spirit called forth Supreme Daruo as the twentieth trial opponent.
• Supreme Daruo appeared with overwhelming murderous force, examined Lin Yunji, and asked whether he had also proved the Dao through Strength.

Lin Yunji confronted Supreme Daruo, mocked his arrogance and exile, and fought him in the vast white world. After their prolonged clash, Lin Yunji unleashed the Universe Furnace and swallowed Daruo in a surge of fist force.

• Supreme Daruo demanded Lin Yunji's name, and Lin Yunji instead taunted him about being hunted from the Source Realm and driven beyond Chaos.
• Enraged, Supreme Daruo attacked Lin Yunji with the Great Momentum of Slaughter and Primordial Expanse Ferocious Blazing Dao, while Lin Yunji countered with Dog-Killing Fist.
• Lin Yunji provoked Daruo further with the move Profound Meaning: Beat the Drowning Dog, and the two Supremes fought fiercely without tiring.
• Supreme Daruo unleashed a series of killing techniques and mocked Lin Yunji's strength, but Lin Yunji kept pace and called Daruo a soft, limp caterpillar.
• When Daruo gathered his power for Great Martial Force Momentum, Lin Yunji invoked Universe Furnace, greatly amplifying his fighting power and swallowing Daruo in a flood of fist force.

Lin Yunji defeated Supreme Daruo with the Universe Furnace, then challenged Kunsheng, ranked thirteenth in the Supreme Hall. Kunsheng overwhelmed him with his first two moves, and Lin Yunji unleashed the Universe Furnace as Kunsheng began his third.

• Lin Yunji used the Universe Furnace to defeat Supreme Daruo, whose imprint vowed to return and fight him again.
• The Supreme Hall Spirit let Lin Yunji challenge anyone in the top twenty, and Lin Yunji chose Kunsheng, ranked thirteenth.
• Kunsheng suspected Lin Yunji had skipped stronger opponents and warned him to admit defeat, explaining that his Universe Great Evolution Dao let him see the past and future.
• Kunsheng struck Lin Yunji with his first move, and Lin Yunji split the universe-like attack with a punch.
• Kunsheng used his second move to twist space and Lin Yunji's existence, prompting Lin Yunji to unleash the Universe Furnace.

Lin Yunji lost his challenge to Kunsheng but learned that a realm beyond Supreme existed and advanced to twentieth place after defeating Supreme Daruo. He left the Supreme Hall with Shi Mang’s group to travel to the Ancient Realm.

• Lin Yunji used the Universe Furnace to recover after Kunsheng cracked his body, but Kunsheng defeated him after three moves and said that reaching beyond Supreme required finding his own Dao.
• Lin Yunji admitted defeat, and the Supreme Hall Spirit confirmed that his rank remained twentieth after his failed challenge against Kunsheng, ranked thirteenth.
• The Supreme Hall Spirit admitted it had arranged for Lin Yunji to face Kunsheng to broaden his horizons, then sent him out of the hall.
• Lin Yunji told Nüwo, Shi Mang, You Han, Jiu Lu, Xiu Ranzi, and the others that he had defeated Supreme Daruo and lost to Kunsheng.
• Lin Yunji and Shi Mang’s group entered the Supreme Hall, where Shi Mang asked the Hall Spirit to open a passage to the Ancient Realm.

Lin Yunji and the other Supremes traveled from the Supreme Hall into the desolate Ancient Realm, where they crossed the Great Fault and entered the Source Realm Ruins. They found a lifeless, disordered landscape, and Shi Mang explained that the shattered space-time restricted how far their divine thoughts could reach.

• Shi Mang explained that the Ancient Realm was where the Source Realm had once stood and pointed the group toward the Source Realm Ruins.
• Lin Yunji and the other Supremes traveled across the quiet Ancient Realm, passing drifting fragments of the ruins.
• The group reached the Great Fault, where Jiu Lu warned Lin Yunji about the lingering effects of the five Origin Venerables’ extraction of the Source Realm.
• When killing karma seeped into the Great Fault, Lin Yunji used the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda to suppress and absorb it.
• After crossing the Great Fault, the Supremes entered a desolate world with no detectable life, and Shi Mang explained that the shattered space-time limited their divine senses.

Lin Yunji and his companions traveled deep into the Ancient Realm Ruins to reach a dangerous forbidden zone. They entered three immense, grinding masses of Qi, where the surrounding force immediately threatened them.

• Lin Yunji uncovered the remains of a Great Dao Sage, took the spirit treasure from its hand, buried the body, and let the Primordial World Sages explore the ruins with Shi Mang's guiding flags.
• Shi Mang led Lin Yunji, Jiu Lu, You Han, and Nüwo on a thousand-year journey to the forbidden zone.
• Shi Mang explained that three great cyclones and a ruined region of murderous intent stood between them and the forbidden zone, then led the group forward under the protection of their Supreme Treasures.
• Gray mist filled with the hatred of dead Supremes attacked the group, and Lin Yunji captured the resentful figures in the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda.
• The five entered the masses of Qi and struggled against the tremendous force grinding at them.

Lin Yunji and his companions followed Shi Mang into the ruins of the destroyed Ancient Realm, where waves of calamity and hostile remnants of ancient Supreme treasures threatened them. Deeper inside, they met a grotesque corpse monster that claimed it had once learned from Exalted Hongluo, making them fellow disciples.

• Shi Mang led Lin Yunji, Nüwo, You Han, and Jiu Lu into the ruins, while Lin Yunji used the Jade Butterfly of Creation and the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda to protect the group from Chaos and waves of calamity.
• A broken hammer-shaped Primordial Expanse Supreme Treasure, driven by its dead wielder’s killing intent, attacked Shi Mang, who destroyed it with a long ruler.
• Shi Mang continued ahead as the group ventured deeper, where they heard a distant song and he warned that something was approaching.
• A many-headed, many-armed corpse monster appeared and exchanged Daoist greetings with the group.
• Shi Mang said they came from the Hongluo Immortal Realm, and the corpse monster revealed that it had once listened to Exalted Hongluo expound the Dao, so they could be considered fellow disciples.

Shi Mang led Lin Yunji and the others through the ruined ancient realm with a corpse monster, but the monster suddenly attacked them. They escaped, and Shi Mang revealed that the monster was Chang Yanzi, the senior brother who had taught Patriarch Cansha and White Dragon Battle Venerable.

• Shi Mang explained that corpse monsters were formed from the bodies of dead Supremes and told Lin Yunji that the ancient realm’s destruction remained a mystery.
• The corpse monster asked Shi Mang why he was still alive when they were all dead, then attacked him with several Supreme Treasures.
• Lin Yunji struck back with the Universe Furnace, then fled with Shi Mang and the others using the Jade Butterfly of Creation to conceal their presence.
• Shi Mang identified the corpse monster as Chang Yanzi and explained that he had taught Patriarch Cansha and White Dragon Battle Venerable.
• Lin Yunji asked about Shi Mang’s injuries, and Shi Mang said they were minor.

Lin Yunji and the others reached a vast yin-yang grand formation that sealed off the forbidden zone, then entered it to destroy its formation foundations. Shi Mang went toward the reverse position alone while Lin Yunji and the three Supremes fought through the crushing pressure to reach the life-gate foundation.

• Shi Mang warned that the corpse monster might return, and Lin Yunji and the others continued onward through congealing spacetime.
• The group reached the grand formation, and Shi Mang shared memories explaining that they had to destroy its yin and yang foundations to bring it down.
• Lin Yunji, Nüwo, You Han, Jiu Lu, and Shi Mang forced their way into the formation, which activated and began crushing them with opposing forces.
• Shi Mang took the reverse position and parted from Lin Yunji, who led Nüwo, You Han, and Jiu Lu toward the forward position.
• Lin Yunji drew on his treasures and stored primordial Qi as the group fought through the formation, eventually reaching the life-gate foundation.