Sovereign of the Ten Realms

Sovereign of the Ten Realms is an Eastern fantasy web novel by Liangyuan Yue (original name Tang Wei), serialized on Chuangshi Chinese Network. It runs to roughly 790 chapters and over 2.6 million characters and was completed in June 2015. In the setting, within the boundless Sea of Chaos, ten Dao Ancestors join forces to split heaven and earth and open the Ten Realms. Martial cultivators must open the Mysterious Gate, unlock the Divine Treasury, build a Cave Heaven, and comprehend Creation, ultimately uniting body with Dao to become imperishable through all tribulations. The protagonist, Xiao Zhang, rises from humble origins—a mortal youth whose Mysterious Gate has not yet opened—and climbs the ladder of cultivation step by step through clan tournaments, secret realms, pursuit, and sect trials. He carries within him the power of a black hole, able to devour all things and turn them to his own use; this is both his greatest reliance and the root of every faction's covetousness. As his cultivation rises, Xiao Zhang moves beyond personal grudges and sect rivalries to found a dynastic court, gather destiny, and establish the Great Xia Heavenly Court, clashing in turn with prodigies, venerables, Dao Lords, and even more ancient beings. In the latter half the scale expands to the Sea of Chaos: in the final epoch, three thousand universes and the Boundless Abyss wage endless war, the Chaos Annihilation Tribulation approaches, and all things face the peril of returning to chaos; only by attaining the status of Chaos Sovereign can one gain immortality and eternal imperishability. With the sweep of "one sword across the nine heavens and ten earths, one cauldron subduing the eight directions and six realms," the book chronicles Xiao Zhang's rise from dust to Human Sovereign and master of the fate of all realms—a quintessential thrill-driven Eastern fantasy serial.