Chapter Summaries

Puhua True Person agreed to leave Voidfall Mountain and help Luo Tianze, drawing him into the Great Calamity as the Anti-Heaven Alliance gained powerful reinforcements. After Lingyuan True Person arrived to aid the Zhou Dynasty, he announced that he would test his newly forged swords against the enemy the next day.

• Puhua True Person recalled how he had chosen Luo Tianze as the destined person who could help him reach Void Refinement, then agreed to help him confront Daoist Ling Yuan.
• Puhua True Person emerged from a thousand years of seclusion and joined the Anti-Heaven Alliance, while Zhaoming Crown Prince arrived with a vast force from the South Sea Dragon Palace.
• The Anti-Heaven Alliance gained the support of Daoist Miaoyuan and the Star-Seizing Daoist, bringing its roster to eight Dharma Image True Persons and forcing the Zhou Dynasty onto the defensive.
• Guangwen of the Great Jinchan Temple decided the Anti-Heaven Alliance's growing success meant the Tianhe Dao Sect was preparing a trap, and he feared being caught when Lingyuan arrived.
• Lingyuan True Person rode a green ox into the Zhou Dynasty's camp and told Chenghe True Person and Chengjun True Person that he would test his newly forged swords against the enemy the next day.

Jiang Sheng joined the Zhou Dynasty’s forces at Deer Wilds as the Anti-Heaven Alliance prepared for battle, then confronted its eight Dharma Image cultivators alone. The alliance’s leaders ordered an attack on him, leaving the clash poised to begin.

• Jiang Sheng met with Ning Chuan, Ling Yu, Lu Xuanjun, and Li Sangyuan, heard about Luo Tianze’s growing influence, and learned that Lingwei had gone to the North Region Continent amid a crisis between Qinghua Dao Sect and the Demon Emperor Palace.
• The next morning, the Zhou Dynasty’s army and the Anti-Heaven Alliance assembled at Deer Wilds, where eight Dharma Image True Persons faced the Zhou Dynasty’s five.
• Luo Tianze challenged Ning Chuan, who fought him while Lu Xuanjun, Li Sangyuan, and Ling Yu took on Su Yixian, Gu Hongyun, and Sun Anran.
• Jiang Sheng rode his green ox toward the Anti-Heaven Alliance’s formations, overwhelming its soldiers and cultivators with his presence despite being outnumbered eight to six.
• Jiang Sheng introduced himself as Penglai Lingyuan and asked the alliance’s Dharma Image cultivators for instruction, and the Star-Seizing Daoist urged them to attack together.

Jiang Sheng confronted the Anti-Heaven Alliance’s Dharma Image cultivators and trapped Star-Seizing Daoist and Zhaoming Crown Prince inside his four-sword formation. He revealed the formation’s true purpose as it transformed into a world of final calamity and prepared to kill the two captives.

• Jiang Sheng shattered Star-Seizing Daoist’s starfire with swordlight, then summoned four spirit swords and formed a vast sword formation over the Deerwild Plains.
• Zhaoming Crown Prince persuaded the Anti-Heaven Alliance to send four Dharma Image cultivators into the formation, and Star-Seizing Daoist, Zhaoming Crown Prince, Sun Lie, and Puhua True Person entered.
• Star-Seizing Daoist and Zhaoming Crown Prince seized the Dark-Mystic Sword and Indigo-Purple Sword, while Sun Lie and Puhua True Person struggled against the other two swords.
• Jiang Sheng withdrew the swords and drew all four intruders to the formation’s center; the formation expelled Sun Lie and Puhua True Person but held Star-Seizing Daoist and Zhaoming Crown Prince as calamity qi bound to their auras.
• The four spirit swords reappeared as enormous blades, and Jiang Sheng declared that he would test the formation against Star-Seizing Daoist and Zhaoming Crown Prince.

Jiang Sheng used the Four Swords of Azure, Purple, Vermilion, and Black to kill the Star-Seizing Daoist and expose and destroy the heavenly demon possessing the Zhaoming Crown Prince. The Zhou Dynasty launched its assault on the Anti-Heaven Alliance, while True Lord Cangyuan watched from the starry vault and called out Sun Xing.

• Jiang Sheng activated his sword formation and gravely wounded the Star-Seizing Daoist with its Azure and Purple swords.
• Jiang Sheng used the Vermilion and Black swords to kill the Star-Seizing Daoist, then exposed the Zhaoming Crown Prince as a heavenly demon.
• Jiang Sheng’s four swords destroyed the Zhaoming Crown Prince and the heavenly demon within him before the assembled armies.
• Chenghe True Person rallied the Zhou Dynasty forces to attack as the Anti-Heaven Alliance’s morale faltered and their Dharma Image cultivators engaged the Zhou Dynasty’s leaders.
• True Lord Cangyuan watched the battle from a heavenly star and challenged Sun Xing to stop hiding.

Jiang Sheng pursued Miaoyun True Person while the Zhou Dynasty’s forces turned the battle in the Deerwild Plains against the Anti-Heaven Alliance. After Sun Lie died and the alliance began retreating, Sun Xing watched the Sun Family’s losses and was urged to leave hiding and fight.

• Jiang Sheng struck Miaoyun with the Judicial Heavenly Monarch Seal and Water-Fire Thunder Dragons, but Miaoyun blocked the attack and brought out his spiritual treasures.
• Jiang Sheng and Miaoyun fought for control of the celestial phenomena, while Chenghe True Person and Chengjun True Person pressured Sun He and Sun Lie on the battlefield.
• Chengjun True Person struck Sun Lie down with heavenly thunder, killing him and shifting the battle’s advantage to the Zhou Dynasty.
• Luo Tianze ordered a retreat, and Sun Anran called Gu Hongyun and Su Yixian to withdraw as the Zhou Dynasty’s armies counterattacked on four fronts.
• Sun Xing watched Sun Lie’s death from a hidden realm and grieved the Sun Family’s losses, then heard a voice urge him to stop hiding and fight for his life.

After crushing the Anti-Heaven Alliance’s forces, the Zhou Dynasty and Tianhe Dao Sect surrounded Watercloud Mountain and unleashed overwhelming lightning against the Sun Clan Ancestral Land. As the defenders begged for Sun Xing to intervene, the Heaven-Turning True Lord finally made his presence known.

• Chenghe True Person planned to destroy the Anti-Heaven Alliance’s remaining forces and ultimately attack Watercloud Mountain, where Sun Xing was believed to reside.
• The Zhou Dynasty methodically destroyed the Wang Family, Zhou Family, Han Family, and other opposing forces, driving the Anti-Heaven Alliance’s survivors toward Watercloud Mountain.
• In the spring of year 39,975, a hundred thousand Dharma Boats surrounded Watercloud Mountain, and Chenghe True Person announced the Sun Clan’s destruction.
• A formation of Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Spirit Transformation True Persons unleashed waves of heavenly lightning that battered the Sun Clan Ancestral Land’s protective formation and devastated its defenders.
• As Sun Anran and Luo Tianze struggled to sustain the formation, the besieged forces pleaded for Sun Xing to appear; his sigh made the lightning vanish, and he asked why they had forced his hand.

Sun Xing appeared at Watercloud Mountain as a Void Refinement True Lord, but True Lord Cangyuan drew him into battle in the Nine Pure Heavens while the Zhou forces attacked the Sun Clan Ancestral Land. Elsewhere, Venerable Kasyapa was delayed by True Lord Huayu, and an East Sea Dragon Monarch warned a South Sea Dragon Monarch that the Penglai Dao Sect’s True Lord awaited him ahead.

• Sun Xing erased the tribulation formation’s attack and revealed his true body, stunning the cultivators surrounding Watercloud Mountain.
• True Lord Cangyuan suppressed Sun Xing’s presence, summoned him into the calamity, and engaged him with Nine-Origin Five-Baleful Thunder in the Nine Pure Heavens.
• Chenghe True Person ordered the Sun Clan Ancestral Land destroyed, and Sun He led the remaining Sun Clan cultivators and nature spirits into battle against the Zhou forces.
• Venerable Kasyapa headed east to join the conflict but encountered True Lord Huayu, who invited him to finish a board game and delayed his passage.
• A South Sea Dragon Monarch set out for the Southern Domain, but Ao Hui of the East Sea blocked him and warned that True Lord Azure Firmament Yu Ming awaited him farther ahead.

True Lord Cangyuan overwhelmed Sun Xing in the Nine Clear Heavens, and Sun Xing burned his Primordial Spirit before his fate star shattered and he died. With Sun Xing defeated, the Anti-Heaven Alliance collapsed as Penglai and the Zhou Dynasty turned against their remaining enemies.

• Ao Zhen defied Ao Hui's warning and attacked, but the two dragon monarchs fought their way toward the depths of the South Sea while True Lord Yuming watched.
• True Lord Huayu kept Venerable Kasyapa occupied with a chess game as the South Sea Dragon Palace's allies faced pressure from the Penglai Dao Sect.
• True Lord Cangyuan used the Tianhe to crush Sun Xing's hundred-thousand-zhang form and ordered him to face his tribulation.
• Sun Xing burned his Primordial Spirit and shouted about karmic cause and effect, but the Tianhe engulfed him and his fate star shattered.
• True Lord Cangyuan departed, True Lord Huayu ended his game with Venerable Kasyapa, and Ao Hui bowed to True Lord Yuming after driving Ao Zhen back into the South Sea.
• After Sun Xing fell, the Anti-Heaven Alliance collapsed and the Zhou Dynasty leveled Watercloud Mountain, destroying countless evil cultivators, demonic cultivators, Nature Spirits, and aquatic creatures.

While cultivating in True Lord Cangyuan’s grotto-heaven, Jiang Sheng learned that the sect was maneuvering to draw Panfeng World into the ongoing conflict. Cangyuan then invited him to Divine Mechanism True Lord’s birthday banquet in the South Sea, and Jiang Sheng agreed to go.

• Jiang Sheng cultivated in Azure Ripple Grotto-Heaven while the Green Ox ate its spirit grass, and he reviewed the treasures and insights he had gained at Watercloud Mountain.
• True Lord Cangyuan and True Lord Yuming praised Jiang Sheng’s prospects, while Yuming warned Cangyuan to take care during the tribulation before departing.
• True Lord Cangyuan visited Daoist Lord Yueheng, who explained that Tianhe Dao Sect would seek help from Penglai and Qinghua and planned to exploit the coming conflict with Panfeng World.
• True Lord Cangyuan played a battle game with Jiang Sheng and revealed that he had ordered Miaoyun’s escape as part of the sect’s plans.
• True Lord Cangyuan invited Jiang Sheng to Divine Mechanism True Lord’s eight-thousandth birthday banquet in the South Sea, and Jiang Sheng accepted the trip.

After reading Cangyuan True Lord’s Go board as a warning about Divine Mechanism True Lord’s birthday banquet, Jiang Sheng claimed the metal powders hidden in three Golden Core pieces. As guests gathered for the banquet and Yan Xiao cultivated in seclusion, Panfeng World approached the Shanhe World, where Emperor Yangyi Sichen prepared to exploit the mounting calamity and punish the South Sea Dragon Palace.

• Jiang Sheng interpreted Cangyuan True Lord’s Go game as a possible plan against Divine Mechanism True Lord and crushed three Golden Core pieces, revealing refined metal powders left for him.
• Jiang Sheng concluded that Divine Mechanism True Lord’s birthday banquet would be dangerous but resolved to attend on behalf of the Penglai Dao Sect.
• The Thousand Mechanisms Sect relocated to the South Sea as Divine Mechanism True Lord sought safety from the region’s conflicts, and cultivators flocked to his eight-thousandth birthday celebration.
• Yan Xiao reached the Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul after more than fifty years of secluded cultivation and continued stabilizing her realm before the celebration.
• Panfeng World drew closer to the Shanhe World as Emperor Yangyi Sichen learned that his allies were ready to act and welcomed the chance to intensify the calamity and make the South Sea Dragon Palace pay.

A South Sea flood dragon attacked a South Sea Merchant Alliance Dharma Boat and demanded ten golden cores, while the South Sea Dragon Palace’s harassment disrupted travel to Divine Mechanism True Lord’s birthday banquet. Baili True Person reported the crisis to Divine Mechanism True Lord, who calmly urged patience as they waited to see how long the dragon could keep swaggering.

• A South Sea Merchant Alliance Dharma Boat carrying birthday guests to Thousand Mechanisms Immortal Island held an auction, where a Nascent Soul True Person bought a dragon-blooded mermaid for four million Spirit Stones.
• A spirit transformation realm flood dragon ambushed the Dharma Boat, claimed it had disturbed his cultivation, and demanded ten golden cores from its passengers.
• Baili True Person and the Thousand Mechanism Sect elders discussed how flood dragons were stopping guests from reaching Divine Mechanism True Lord’s birthday banquet and devouring cultivators.
• Baili True Person visited Divine Mechanism True Lord in the Heavenly Craft True Realm and reported the South Sea Dragon Palace’s actions.
• Divine Mechanism True Lord told Baili True Person not to be impatient and said they should see how long the flood dragon could keep swaggering.

Jiang Sheng traveled to Thousand Mechanisms Immortal Island, where he warned Baili True Person that the sect could not remain neutral as the South Sea Dragon Palace’s pressure grew. After Divine Mechanism True Lord summoned him, Jiang Sheng learned that powerful factions—including the Dragon Palace—would attend the True Lord’s birthday banquet, where he expected a confrontation.

• Jiang Sheng and Green Ox crossed the South Sea, and Jiang Sheng slew a rampaging Spirit Transformation Realm flood dragon with one sword strike.
• Baili True Person and the Thousand Mechanism Sect welcomed Jiang Sheng to Thousand Mechanisms Immortal Island, where he reunited with Yan Xiao.
• Jiang Sheng warned Baili True Person that the South Sea Dragon Palace might force the Thousand Mechanism Sect to choose a side, and he asked Baili to pass along that he had come on behalf of True Lord Cangyuan.
• Yan Xiao asked whether the Thousand Mechanism Sect could place itself under Penglai, but Jiang Sheng declined to commit and warned her that wavering during the coming tribulation was dangerous.
• Divine Mechanism True Lord privately told Jiang Sheng that Ao Zhen and other powerful figures planned to attend his birthday banquet, and Jiang Sheng said they would see who had the strength.

Divine Mechanism True Lord’s birthday banquet brought together the South Sea powers and envoys from Great Jinchan Temple and Star Sovereign Sacred Sect, whose gifts appeared to pressure him into choosing an allegiance. After Yan Xiao defeated several young challengers, Dragon Monarch Ao Zhen arrived late and confronted Jiang Sheng about killing someone from Zhaoming Sea Area.

• Baili True Person welcomed Guangwen of Great Jinchan Temple, who presented Divine Mechanism True Lord with a Glazed Golden Lotus Seed and greeted Jiang Sheng.
• Daoist Miao Xin arrived on Emperor Yangyi Sichen’s behalf and offered a Tribulation-Breaking Origin Pill, while Divine Mechanism True Lord accepted both gifts without revealing his intentions.
• The banquet began, and South Sea powers presented gifts as Jiang Sheng grew suspicious of Divine Mechanism True Lord’s conduct.
• Yue Lingfeng and Yang Ao combined water and fire techniques in a display, and Yan Xiao defeated several challengers with her control over their abilities.
• Dragon Monarch Ao Zhen arrived after being delayed by Long Yi of Tianhe Dao Sect and asked Jiang Sheng whether he was the Penglai Lingyuan who had killed a young man from Zhaoming Sea Area.

Long Yi revealed that the Tianhe Dao Sect had executed Ao Xi for colluding with a Heavenly Demon, then fought Ao Zhen while Divine Mechanism True Lord sided with the sect. Jiang Sheng stopped Guangwen and Miaoyun from escaping and battled Miaoyun, but Ao Zhen’s apparent defeat was interrupted by Kasyapa’s arrival.

• Long Yi arrived at Divine Mechanism True Lord’s birthday banquet, presented Ao Xi’s dragon pearl, and revealed that Daoist Lord Yueheng had executed Ao Xi for colluding with a Heavenly Demon.
• Divine Mechanism True Lord accepted Long Yi’s gift and chose to side with the Tianhe Dao Sect, after which Long Yi confronted Ao Zhen and took him outside to fight.
• Divine Mechanism True Lord transformed his Cloud Palace into a mechanical dragon and flew to join the battle against Ao Zhen.
• Jiang Sheng blocked Guangwen and Miaoyun from fleeing, manifested the Yuchen Heavenly Lord Dharma Image, and fought Miaoyun with thunder and spiritual treasures.
• Jiang Sheng struck Miaoyun’s Six-Tiered Golden Pagoda with the Judicial Heavenly Monarch Seal and prepared to finish the fight as Ao Zhen’s blood and scales fell from the sky.
• Kasyapa appeared amid a World-Purifying Radiance, and an enraged voice accused him of courting death.

True Lord Cangyuan fought Venerable Kasyapa after Kasyapa intervened to protect Ao Zhen, while Long Yi and Divine Mechanism True Lord joined forces to capture the South Sea Dragon Monarch. Ao Zhen was trapped beneath Divine Mechanism True Lord's devastating attack and offered to become Bodhisattva Baoguang's Heavenly Dragon Guardian to survive.

• Venerable Kasyapa surprised Long Yi and Divine Mechanism True Lord with Obscurity-Cleansing Buddhist Light, then declared that he had come to help Ao Zhen.
• True Lord Cangyuan recognized the alliance between the Great Jinchan Temple and the South Sea Dragon Palace and fought Kasyapa with Heavenly Law, Earthly Form.
• Long Yi and Divine Mechanism True Lord trapped Ao Zhen inside the mechanical Heavenly Star and bound him with the Dragon-Binding Rope.
• Divine Mechanism True Lord charged the mechanical Heavenly Star with celestial power and fired Divine Mechanism Star-Shatter at Ao Zhen.
• Ao Zhen cried out to Kasyapa for help and offered to become Bodhisattva Baoguang's Heavenly Dragon Guardian.

Jiang Sheng killed Miaoyun and returned to Thousand Mechanisms Immortal Island as the Void Refinement battle continued above. True Lord Cangyuan unleashed the Tianhe Jade Seal against Venerable Kasyapa, but Bodhisattva Baoguang appeared to intervene.

• Xuanmo Crown Prince refused Ao Hui's plea to save Ao Zhen, while Venerable Kasyapa used a golden lotus to block a deadly attack and protect Ao Zhen.
• Jiang Sheng struck Miaoyun with his azure and dark swords, killed him with heavenly lightning, and collected his treasures.
• The cultivators on Thousand Mechanisms Immortal Island argued with Baili True Person over whether to flee, but Jiang Sheng advised them to stay beneath the island's protective formation.
• Jiang Sheng told Baili True Person that Miaoyun had fallen and reassured him as the battle continued above.
• Venerable Kasyapa attacked Long Yi and Divine Mechanism True Lord with world-purifying lotus light, forcing True Lord Cangyuan to intervene and counter with the Tianhe Jade Seal.
• As the jade seal descended on Venerable Kasyapa, Bodhisattva Baoguang manifested in radiant light.

After Bodhisattva Baoguang and Daoist Lord Yueheng clashed through their projections, Jiang Sheng learned that Yueheng had deterred the Great Jinchan Temple and remained on Thousand Mechanisms Immortal Island to cultivate. Meanwhile, Li Zhen’s fight for Great Tang’s throne was complicated by Ao Bing’s scheme to steal Li Tai’s fortune, and Lin Fan was captured after a battle with Ao Bing; Penglai told his allies to wait.

• Bodhisattva Baoguang projected himself over the South Sea, and Daoist Lord Yueheng appeared to meet him in a clash between two Pure Yang beings.
• Jiang Sheng stayed on Thousand Mechanisms Immortal Island, studied Divine Mechanism True Lord’s Heavenly Craft: Manifesting Things, and later heard True Lord Cangyuan explain the confrontation.
• Daoist Lord Yueheng told True Lord Cangyuan that he had defeated Bodhisattva Baoguang, who had come to test the Tianhe Dao Sect before the Great Calamity.
• Li Zhen fought Li Qian and Li Tai for Great Tang’s throne, gained support from Penglai disciples and powerful clans, and began to prevail over Li Tai.
• Ao Bing backed Li Tai to cultivate his fortune for the Plum-for-Peach Substitution Method, then captured Lin Fan after severely wounding him in battle.
• Ye Gan and the others reported Lin Fan’s capture to Penglai, which ordered them to wait.

At Great Jinchan Temple, Bodhisattva Baoguang suffered a mysterious wound that also appeared briefly on his statue in Wuchan Kingdom. Meanwhile, Divine Mechanism True Lord let Jiang Sheng use the Sun-Moon Refining Furnaces to temper his Qingping Sword, leaving Baili True Person surprised by the decision.

• The abbot of Wuchan Treasure Light Temple and his novice monks saw a crack appear and vanish on Bodhisattva Baoguang's statue.
• Bodhisattva Baoguang discovered a wound repeatedly returning to his right index finger and identified Yue Heng as the one responsible.
• Yan Xiao brought Jiang Sheng to Divine Mechanism True Lord, who explained that the sun and moon in his Heavenly Craft True Realm were refining furnaces recovered from another world's ruined sect.
• Divine Mechanism True Lord invited Jiang Sheng to use the Sun-Moon Refining Furnaces, and Jiang Sheng chose to temper his bonded Qingping Sword.
• Jiang Sheng drew the furnaces' Solar Essence and Lunar Florescence into visible rivers of fire and water as Baili True Person watched in astonishment.
• Divine Mechanism True Lord told Baili True Person that letting Jiang Sheng use the furnaces would strengthen the sect's foundations and earn Jiang Sheng's favor.

Jiang Sheng refined the Qingping Sword into a spiritual treasure while Divine Mechanism True Lord worried over the Thousand Mechanism Sect’s survival. Elsewhere, Lin Fan escaped Ao Bing but became trapped in a hidden realm, and Jiang Sheng learned that Lingwei would soon take over as sect leader.

• Divine Mechanism True Lord told Baili True Person that his friends had abandoned him and explained that he hoped Yan Xiao’s bond with Jiang Sheng would help protect the Thousand Mechanism Sect.
• Jiang Sheng studied yin and yang as the Sun-Moon Refining Furnaces tempered the Qingping Sword with spiritual treasures and mysterious iron.
• Lin Fan escaped Ao Bing’s dungeon with help from two merfolk siblings, but a hidden realm’s Divine Lord remnant soul trapped him to inherit its arts.
• Ao Bing searched unsuccessfully for Lin Fan, while Mu Chan and her companions also failed to find him and Great Tang’s royal forces and rebels resumed their war.
• Jiang Sheng completed the Qingping Sword’s advancement, making it a spiritual treasure.
• Jiang Sheng received word that Lingwei would return to succeed Dao Ming True Person as Tianshu True Person, placing their generation in charge during the ten-thousand-year tribulation.

After returning to Penglai, Jiang Sheng learned that he would temporarily take charge of Tianxuan Peak while Ling Wei prepared to inherit Tianshu True Person’s position. With Ling Wei’s return, Penglai announced a ceremony marking the handover to the Ling generation, drawing the attention of the Shanhe World.

• Jiang Sheng thanked Divine Mechanism True Lord for the Sun-Moon Refining Furnaces and Azure Duckweed Sword, then left Thousand Mechanisms Immortal Island with Green Ox.
• Jiang Sheng and Ling Yu explained their mission to Tianhe Dao Sect and returned to Penglai, where Tianshu True Person told Jiang Sheng to temporarily oversee Tianxuan Peak.
• Jiang Sheng returned to Cloud Bamboo Peak, reviewed its accounts with Le Fang, and sent for his companions while deciding to confront Ao Bing after the sect ceremony.
• Ling Wei returned from the Central Region Land Continent and reported to Tianshu True Person about his work, including the dispute between Qinghua Dao Sect and the Demon Emperor Palace.
• Penglai Dao Sect announced a ceremony for its Ling generation true disciples and invited other major factions to witness the transition of authority.