Chapter Summaries

At the banquet, Shen Wuji entrusted the Heavenly Fortune Sect’s inheritance and Leopard’s future to Jiang Sheng, then shared his fortune arts with him and Daoist Duobao. Jiang Sheng and Duobao revealed their own cultivation methods in return, ending with Jiang Sheng demonstrating the destructive sword art Heaven-Cutting.

• Shen Wuji asked Jiang Sheng to look after Leopard, but Leopard refused to bow and thereby rejected the chance to become Jiang Sheng’s disciple.
• Jiang Sheng agreed to take Shen Wuji’s sect leader’s token, whisk, Dharma Sword, and three jade slips of the Heavenly Fortune Sect’s inheritance for Leopard.
• Shen Wuji explained the Heavenly Fortune Sect’s Dao of fortune and demonstrated how its energies transformed into auspicious creatures.
• Daoist Duobao described his cultivation of three seals, six arts, and nine treasures, demonstrating the worlds formed by his magical treasures.
• Jiang Sheng explained how wind, thunder, water, and fire became yin and yang in his Yin-Yang Tribulation Annihilation Method, then revealed Heaven-Cutting as his Chaos Lotus split apart into nothingness.

Jiang Sheng, Many-Treasure, and Shen Wuji discussed their Dao methods and grew closer as Shen Wuji used the immortal banquet to ask them to protect Leopard and preserve the Heavenly Fortune Sect. After Shen Wuji left to meet his fate, Jiang Sheng and Many-Treasure agreed that Leopard could grow up on Little Penglai and continue the sect’s inheritance.

• Jiang Sheng demonstrated a sword trace that encompassed both existence and nothingness, and Many-Treasure and Shen Wuji contemplated its mysteries.
• The three cultivators shared their methods and insights, strengthening their relationship before continuing the immortal banquet.
• Shen Wuji shared knowledge of Panfeng World and subtly asked Jiang Sheng and Many-Treasure to look after Leopard so the Heavenly Fortune Sect’s lineage would endure.
• After the banquet, Shen Wuji bowed to Jiang Sheng and Many-Treasure and calmly left to meet his fate.
• Many-Treasure acknowledged Shen Wuji’s devotion as a sect master, and Jiang Sheng promised that Leopard could grow up on Little Penglai and inherit a piece of land to continue the sect’s incense and Dao lineage.

Jiang Sheng hosted the gathered factions’ leaders at Little Penglai, where Yan Xiao revealed that the Heavenly Gate might be completed within a year or half-year. After the banquet, Guang Hui warned Jiang Sheng that the Divine Path’s restraint and the quiet seas seemed suspicious, leaving Jiang Sheng to suspect something had happened in the West Sea.

• Yuan Xiao, Bai Qiu, and the other guests discussed the growing raids disrupting the Heavenly Gate’s construction and complained about how long the work might take.
• Li Sangyuan suggested Jiang Sheng could know the Heavenly Gate’s progress through Yan Xiao, so Jiang Sheng proposed inviting her to the gathering.
• Yan Xiao told the gathered leaders that the Thousand Mechanisms Sect oversaw plans and construction, and estimated the Heavenly Gate would be nearly complete within a year or half-year.
• Jiang Sheng warned the guests that the Panfeng World might intensify its attacks as the Heavenly Gate neared completion.
• After the banquet, Guang Hui told Jiang Sheng that the Divine Path’s limited resistance and the calm South and West Seas seemed strange.
• Jiang Sheng told Many-Treasure that something had probably happened in the West Sea.

Ao Ang fled the West Sea with the White Tortoise Chancellor after learning that Ao Run planned to sacrifice him as a beacon for the Star Dragon Ancestor. The chancellor bought Ao Ang time but was captured and devoured by Guangwen’s jade companion, while Ao Ang escaped into the South Sea.

• The Great Jinchan Temple learned that Ao Ang and the White Tortoise Chancellor had vanished and sent Guangwen, Guangfa, and Guanghui to search the West, North, and South Seas.
• The White Tortoise Chancellor told Ao Ang that Ao Run had endured Buddhist rule to prepare for the Star Dragon Ancestor’s return, which required Ao Ang as a beacon.
• The wounded chancellor urged Ao Ang to flee into the South Sea, and Ao Ang left him behind.
• Guangwen found the White Tortoise Chancellor and stopped him from destroying his True Spirit while questioning him about the West Sea Dragon Palace’s plans.
• Guangwen headed back toward the West Sea, and his jade companion killed and devoured the White Tortoise Chancellor, leaving only his cracked shell.
• The jade companion asked whether they should pursue Ao Ang, but Guangwen warned her that Lingyuan was in the South Sea and could defeat them.

Ao Ang fled toward the Liuyue Sea Area after the White Tortoise Chancellor died, hoping to find a way to free the West Sea Dragon Palace from Buddhist control. Guanghui learned that Six Desires had used the Unrestrained Desire Technique to lure Ao Ang there and worried that Guangwen might have been affected by the technique.

• Ao Ang discovered that the tortoise shell guiding him had crumbled and, after hearing a mysterious voice, headed for the Liuyue Sea Area in search of a way forward and revenge.
• Guanghui questioned Guangwen about bringing Six Desires along, and Guangwen said she had eaten the White Tortoise Chancellor but was now well behaved.
• Guangwen told Guanghui that Six Desires had used Ao Ang's dragon scale to cast the Unrestrained Desire Technique and draw him toward the Liuyue Sea Area.
• Guanghui agreed to capture Ao Ang and warned Six Desires not to harm Guangwen through her reckless actions.
• After Guangwen's projection disappeared, Guanghui considered how the Unrestrained Desire Technique manipulated its victims and feared Guangwen might have been tainted by its demonic seed.

Ao Ang fled toward the South Sea after Dragon Monarch Ao Yu warned him that Six Desires had planted a demon seed in his mind, but Guanghui intercepted him. An unknown Taiyi Primordial Spirit Realm cultivator struck Guanghui’s attack apart and helped Ao Ang escape, then disappeared.

• Six Desires told Guangwen that Guanghui disliked her, and Guangwen took her with him toward the West Sea Dragon Palace.
• Dragon Monarch Ao Yu revealed himself in Ao Ang’s sea of consciousness, warned him about the Six Desires demon seed, and directed him toward the far south.
• Guanghui sensed Ao Ang change course and intercepted him in the South Sea, sealing the region with a canopy of Buddha-light.
• Ao Ang fought Guanghui with his remaining strength, but Guanghui’s Buddha-light overwhelmed his attack.
• An unknown Taiyi Primordial Spirit Realm cultivator shattered Guanghui’s technique with a sword strike and made Ao Ang disappear.
• Guanghui called for the hidden cultivator, secretly sought help from Little Golden Zen Temple, and left after the danger vanished; the shadowy figure then faded away.

Jiang Sheng learned that an unfamiliar Taiyi Primordial Spirit had helped Ao Ang escape and investigated the South Sea, but found that the traces had been erased. The mysterious rescuer was Li Shubai, a powerful officer from the Panfeng World, who prepared to bring slaughter to the Shanhe World.

• A Great Golden Zen Temple monk told Jiang Sheng that Guang Hui was in danger, so Jiang Sheng rushed south to help him.
• Guang Hui explained that Ao Ang had escaped and that an unfamiliar Taiyi Primordial Spirit had intercepted him; Jiang Sheng and Guang Hui suspected the expert came from the Panfeng World.
• Jiang Sheng investigated the South Sea encounter but found that the expert had erased all traces of his actions.
• Li Shubai released Ao Ang on an abandoned island and concealed his identity, while Dragon Lord Ao Yu warned Ao Ang to stay away from him.
• Li Shubai, a disciple of the Golden Palace Heavenly Emperor and Central Pole Tianshu Divine Officer, headed toward the West Sea and resolved to cause a slaughter in the Shanhe World.

Li Shubai prepared to meet the West Sea Dragon King as Jiang Sheng explained the Shanhe World’s strategy for handling Panfeng World spies and the coming realm war. In the West Sea, Guanghe intercepted Li Shubai and invited him to stay for a game of chess.

• Li Shubai considered the Panfeng World’s infiltrators and headed toward the West Sea to seek the Dragon King of the West Sea.
• Jiang Sheng told Guanghui to consult Guanghe about the escaped enemy, then explained to Duobao why Shanhe World was tracking rather than capturing the Panfeng World spies.
• Jiang Sheng revealed that the Heavenly Gate was real and would serve as one of several routes for Shanhe World’s forces to attack the Panfeng World.
• Li Shubai traveled across the West Sea until Guanghe attacked him with a beam of heavenly light and revealed himself as a Taiyi Primordial Spirit Realm expert.
• Guanghe identified himself, acknowledged Li Shubai’s remarkable abilities, and invited him to stay and play chess.

Li Shubai and Guanghe fought across the West Sea, testing their sword arts and Buddhist techniques as representatives of Panfeng World and Shanhe World. Their battle ended with Guanghe healing his wound and telling Li Shubai that, despite his formidable skills, he still fell short of someone Guanghe knew.

• Li Shubai opened the fight with One Sword Opens Heaven, but Guanghe evaded the strike with his Divine Foot and other wisdom powers.
• Li Shubai sealed a vast area with a sword domain and unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Pierce the Profound, but Guanghe shattered the Frost Swords with Tide-Sound Returns to Heaven.
• Li Shubai sent twelve swords against Guanghe, who released his Buddha Beads to entangle them as their attacks shook the West Sea.
• Guanghe struck Li Shubai with the Glazed Buddha Palm while Li Shubai answered with his sword, and the two retreated after their clash.
• Guanghe healed the cut on his palm and told Li Shubai that his swordsmanship and Divine Abilities still fell short of someone he knew.

Li Shubai and Guanghe fought to a draw in the West Sea while Xingyue Venerable explained that Shanhe World's sacred lands were using the war with Panfeng World to cultivate their prodigies by exploiting their enemies' fortune. The Great Jinchan Temple's hidden ambition remained unclear, though Xingyue Venerable said it sought to nurture a Bodhisattva seed among its Six Wisdom Buddhist Scions.

• Li Shubai and Guanghe unleashed Frost Chill and Sixfold Dharma Light, and their attacks shattered against each other.
• Dragon Monarch Ao Yu and Xingyue Venerable watched the battle and discussed the fighters' strength and the temple's plans.
• Xingyue Venerable explained that the sacred lands intended to use Panfeng World's cultivators and the war to temper their own prodigies and seize fortune.
• Li Shubai departed without a victor, though Dragon Monarch Ao Yu saw that Guanghe still had strength to spare.
• Dragon Monarch Ao Yu questioned the Great Jinchan Temple's actions, and Xingyue Venerable said it wanted to nurture a Bodhisattva seed among the Six Wisdom Buddhist Scions.

Jiang Sheng lectured cultivators at Little Penglai on the Dao of water and fire, revealing how far he had advanced toward the cave profound realm. After discussing a deliberate contest between Guanghe and a Daoist from the Panfeng World, Jiang Sheng told Duobao that he did not need to seize another cultivator’s fortune and only had to stay ahead of everyone else.

• Jiang Sheng welcomed talented cultivators from various factions and expounded his understanding of wind, thunder, water, fire, chaos, and yin and yang.
• Jiang Sheng demonstrated the Dao of water, describing its transformations and showing how water and fire could temper the spirit and bring forth life.
• Duobao listened outside the hall and recognized that Jiang Sheng had already established his own path and was approaching the taiyi cave profound realm.
• After the lecture, Duobao praised Jiang Sheng’s strength and asked whether the True Disciples of the Three Sects and two temples were all as strong as him.
• Duobao told Jiang Sheng that Guanghe and a Daoist from the Panfeng World had fought to a draw, and Jiang Sheng suspected they had deliberately sought to seize the Daoist’s fortune.
• When Duobao asked whether he also needed to seize such fortune, Jiang Sheng said he did not and only needed to stay a head above the others.

The Shanhe World’s six sacred grounds continued assembling the Heavenly Gate, a vast war fortress beneath the Heavenly Leak. At Little Penglai, Jiang Sheng completed his End-Calamity Formation Diagram and named the formation and its four swords.

• The six sacred grounds assembled another pavilion in the starry firmament, bringing the Heavenly Gate closer to completion as Upper Three Realms cultivators guarded it.
• Rumors spread that unfamiliar Taiyi Primordial Spirit Realm cultivators had appeared across several continents, but Jiang Sheng ignored them and continued his secluded cultivation.
• Jiang Sheng infused the End-Calamity Formation Diagram with his magical power and the four swords’ calamity intent until the Azure Lotus bloomed and the diagram took shape.
• Jiang Sheng unfurled the formation diagram and summoned Azure Rainbow, Violet Lightning, Scarlet Flames, and Black Water to establish a realm of chaos.
• Jiang Sheng named the formation the God-Slaying Immortal-Extinguishing Formation and named its four swords Zhu-Lu-Xian-Jue.

Jiang Sheng stayed on Little Penglai while prodigies from the Panfeng World fought their way across the Shanhe World. After comparing their encounters with local powers, Ye Wenshu revealed that she had captured Ao Yi and planned to seek out Lingyuan in the South Sea.

• Jiang Sheng told Duobao that he would remain on Little Penglai as ordered and would meet any prodigies who came to him.
• Li Shubai described his draw with Guanghe and warned the others about Guanghe's Six Wisdom Powers.
• Bai Wuxiang recounted how he and Hei Youzhen fought Kong Zhen and Jin Qiong, assessing both demons' abilities.
• Ye Wenshu revealed that she had captured Ao Yi, who identified Lingyuan as the Shanhe World's strongest young cultivator and said he was in the South Sea.
• Ye Wenshu said she intended to meet Lingyuan.

After defeating Ao Yi, Ye Wenshu went to the South Sea to find Jiang Sheng, known as Lingyuan, and challenged the cultivator who came to meet her instead. She overwhelmed Duobao and demanded that he call Lingyuan to face her.

• Ye Wenshu subdued Ao Yi, took his dragon pearl, and learned from Li Shubai and Hei Youzhen that Lingyuan was a formidable swordsman.
• Ye Wenshu traveled across the South Sea toward Little Penglai, where Yan Xiao sensed her Taiyi Primordial Spirit Realm presence and sent for help.
• Duobao answered Yan Xiao's plea without notifying Lingyuan, hoping to test himself against a cultivator from another world.
• Ye Wenshu mistook Duobao for Lingyuan and struck at him, but Duobao blocked her first attack and introduced himself.
• Duobao unleashed his treasures and combined three seals against Ye Wenshu, but her Lingxiao Sword broke through all his techniques.
• Ye Wenshu told Duobao he was no match for her and ordered him to call Lingyuan.

Ye Wenshu defeated Duobao in their contest, then fought Jiang Sheng to an even standstill in close combat. She drew her Mysterious Feather Longsword and began gathering heaven and earth’s power for her Lingxiao sword strike, leaving their duel poised to escalate.

• Ye Wenshu broke Duobao’s attacks with one slash and challenged him to compete in any discipline.
• Duobao fought Ye Wenshu with his Liuying Fire-Tip Spear but lost it, while his arms trembled from the strain.
• Jiang Sheng stopped Duobao from continuing and introduced himself to Ye Wenshu as Lingyuan.
• Jiang Sheng and Ye Wenshu exchanged blows across the sky and discovered that his Three-Calamity Tribulation Annihilation Method and her Mysterious Lady Feather Garment could both wear down the other.
• Ye Wenshu drew her Mysterious Feather Longsword and gathered heaven and earth’s power around it as she announced her Lingxiao sword strike.

Jiang Sheng faced Ye Wenshu’s overwhelming Lingxiao Sword, which embodied the grand momentum of heaven and earth. He answered with his Heaven-Cutting Sword, shattering her attack and leaving a sword scar in the chaos.

• Ye Wenshu unleashed the Lingxiao Sword, drawing the praise of the watching Upper Three Realms cultivators.
• Jiang Sheng remained unmoved by Ye Wenshu’s sword and gathered wind, thunder, water, fire, yin and yang, and chaos into his own attack.
• Jiang Sheng explained that he had formed the Heaven-Cutting Sword after witnessing a world’s destruction and comprehending the Dao of the Three Calamities.
• Jiang Sheng slashed with the Azure Duckweed Sword, causing Ye Wenshu’s Lingxiao Sword to dissipate as heaven and earth’s spiritual vitality vanished into chaos.

After Jiang Sheng defeated Ye Wenshu in the South Sea, he let her leave and predicted that the nearly completed Heavenly Gate would draw the strongest cultivators from both worlds there. News of the duel spread, and rival disciples and factions began preparing to converge on the South Sea.

• Jiang Sheng ended his duel with Ye Wenshu and let her depart, while privately sensing she carried a dangerous hidden power.
• Jiang Sheng told Yan Xiao and Duobao that the Panfeng challengers were probing Shanhe World and that the Heavenly Gate's completion would bring both sides to the South Sea.
• Jin Qiong and Kong Zhen discussed their earlier defeats and prepared to travel south to face their Panfeng World rivals again.
• Guanghe and Juezhen announced plans to go to the South Sea with fellow disciples to oversee their temples and confront Panfeng cultivators.
• Xuanyi and the Qinghua Dao Sect's Xuan generation True Disciples agreed to head south as Shanhe and Panfeng factions gathered around the nearly completed Heavenly Gate.

As the Heavenly Gate neared completion, cultivators and foreign-world prodigies gathered in the South Sea, where Li Shubai found the fugitive Ao Ang and recruited him for a mission in the West Sea. Meanwhile, Panfeng World forces prepared to confront the Shanhe World at the Liuyue Sea Area as another offensive against the Heavenly Leak was planned.

• Ao Ang hid in a seabed settlement as the Great Jinchan Temple procession passed overhead, but Guangwen briefly sensed his aura before Li Shubai concealed it.
• Li Shubai revealed that he served the Central Extreme Golden Watchtower Heavenly Palace and asked Ao Ang to take a golden jewel to the West Sea and crush it.
• Ao Ang accepted the jewel, vowing to avenge Prime Minister Turtle and the West Sea Dragon Clan against the Great Jinchan Temple.
• Bai Wuxiang and Hei Youzhen headed to the Liuyue Sea Area, where Bai Wuxiang prepared to challenge Kong Zhen again.
• Lin Renxian and Ye Wenshu planned to exploit the Heavenly Gate's ascension to strike at the Heavenly Leak and settle their contest with Shanhe World cultivators.

As Shanhe World completed Heavenly Gate, Panfeng World launched a coordinated assault, triggering a massive battle across the Liuyue Sea Area and the heavens. The chapter ended with the combatants still locked in fierce clashes across millions of li.

• The final hub of Heavenly Gate rose toward the Star Sea as cultivators gathered to witness its completion.
• Li Shubai attacked the hub while Panfeng World assaulted Heavenly Leak, and Shanhe World’s forces moved to defend the array.
• Li Shubai and more than a hundred Panfeng cultivators confronted Guanghe, Xuanyi, and the other defenders, who rallied to keep the invaders away from the islands.
• Guanghe fought Li Shubai, while Kong Zhen and Jin Qiong engaged Bai Wuxiang and Hei Youzhen, and Yellow Heaven Lord and Venom Lord battled Panfeng cultivators.
• Xuanyi fought Lin Renxian, and Ye Wenshu clashed with Juezhen as fighting spread throughout the Liuyue Sea Area.

Jiang Sheng finally entered the battle as the invading forces gained the upper hand, confronting Bai Wuxiang and Hei Youzhen as they raced toward the Heavenly Gate nexus. His clash with their combined power began above the heavens, leaving the battle poised for a decisive confrontation.

• Jiang Sheng waited on Little Penglai while Many-Treasure fought the surviving true dragons and aquatic clans who charged the island seeking revenge.
• Ye Wenshu defeated Juezhen with the Lingxiao sword and pursued him into the South Sea, while Li Shubai blocked Guanghe and Lin Renxian fought Xuanyi.
• Bai Wuxiang and Hei Youzhen joined forces to drive back Kong Zhen and Jinqiong, then raced toward the Heavenly Gate nexus to destroy it.
• Jiang Sheng watched Kong Zhen fail to stop them, then unleashed the Azure Duckweed Sword and sent a vast azure sword rainbow toward the pair.
• Bai Wuxiang and Hei Youzhen countered Jiang Sheng's strike with their black-and-white mysterious radiance as he appeared above the heavens and challenged them.