Chapter Summaries

Daoist Yuchen’s clone killed the Silvermoon Wolf King and clashed with a mysterious female cultivator before withdrawing, while Jiang Sheng began planning his contest with her. The Four-Tusk Elephant King later dreamed that Jiang Sheng killed him and spent the night fearing the warning might come true.

• The Silvermoon Wolf King fled from Daoist Yuchen’s attack, but six sword rays pierced and killed him while the Four-Tusk Elephant King escaped behind a mysterious female cultivator.
• The female cultivator blocked Daoist Yuchen’s attacks, then told the Four-Tusk Elephant King to flee; she and Yuchen departed after warning each other they would meet again.
• Jiang Sheng realized the female cultivator had protected the Four-Tusk Elephant King and decided to continue their contest rather than attack the Treasure Elephant Kingdom immediately.
• At the border of Elephant Province, the female cultivator told the Four-Tusk Elephant King that Yuchen had fought her with only a clone and that she had an idea who he was.
• The Four-Tusk Elephant King dreamed that an azure sword killed him, then woke and told the Fireward Rhino King about the Silvermoon Wolf King’s death and his fears; he stayed awake clutching a mirror.

Jiang Sheng agreed to protect Fairy Fengyue in exchange for her guidance through Merchant Prefecture, and the two entered its mist-shrouded mountains. While Fengyue began explaining what her ancestor had left behind, Jiang Sheng detected a hidden threat and sent a water dragon to fight it.

• Jiang Sheng pieced together a possible connection between Merchant Prefecture, the last Spirit Transformation cultivator, and Napushe’s statue, then decided to investigate Merchant Prefecture.
• Fairy Fengyue asked Jiang Sheng for protection, offering to guide him through Merchant Prefecture in return.
• Jiang Sheng and Fairy Fengyue entered Merchant Prefecture and learned how its wards, mountains, and mist restricted flight and spiritual sense.
• Fairy Fengyue told Jiang Sheng that she had followed a jade booklet from her ancestor Tang He to a cave dwelling fifteen hundred li into Merchant Prefecture.
• Jiang Sheng sensed something nearby and launched a spirit talisman, summoning a water dragon that fought a gigantic four-armed statue with a horse’s face and three eyes.

Jiang Sheng and Fengyue found horse-headed statues powered by Glazed Sariras and uncovered a clue pointing to the Central Sky Pillar. Fengyue offered to share secrets about the Dixuan World in exchange for leaving it with Jiang Sheng, then asked whether he had heard of Severing Heaven from Earth.

• Jiang Sheng destroyed a horse-headed statue with his sword and recovered a cracked Glazed Sarira from its remains.
• Fengyue defeated another horse-headed statue with moonlight and wind blades, then kept its Glazed Sarira.
• Fengyue led Jiang Sheng to her ancestor’s hidden cave, where he aligned marks on the wall and stone bed to reveal the words “Sky Pillar Mountain.”
• Jiang Sheng questioned Fengyue about her knowledge of Nascent Soul formation, and she inferred that he came from another world.
• Fengyue offered to reveal everything she knew if Jiang Sheng took her out of the Dixuan World, then asked whether he had heard of Severing Heaven from Earth.

Jiang Sheng learned that the Dixuan World’s last Spirit Transformation cultivator had severed it from the outside world, and he decided to challenge the Glazed Path’s plans with Penglai’s backing. After securing Fengyue’s support, he planned to go to war with the Demon Race, where their enemy was operating.

• Fengyue told Jiang Sheng how the last Spirit Transformation cultivator sealed the Dixuan World and hoped to lead it to ascension.
• Jiang Sheng questioned Fengyue about her knowledge, then reported the world’s secrets to Tianshu True Person and asked permission to intervene.
• Tianshu True Person approved Jiang Sheng’s plan, and the Dao Sect’s elders agreed to let him act despite the risks.
• Jiang Sheng asked Fengyue whether she was ready to break completely with the Glazed Path cultivator, and she said only one of them could survive.
• Jiang Sheng told Fengyue that he intended to go to war with the Demon Race because their enemy was in its territory.

Jiang Sheng and Wind Moon rallied Creek Province’s Golden Core cultivators by revealing that war against the Demon Race could improve human fortune and create a chance for Nascent Soul breakthroughs. With rewards and promises secured, Jiang Sheng set the Dixuan World in motion toward war and left the next move to his opponents.

• Jiang Sheng asked Wind Moon to recruit Creek Province’s Golden Core cultivators and sent a hidden protector to guard her journey.
• Wind Moon persuaded Lingxi to join a campaign against the Demon Race, while rumors across Creek Province stirred anger and drew cultivators toward the Elephant Province border.
• Jiang Sheng and Wind Moon met with more than a hundred Golden Core True Persons and explained how the formation in Merchant Prefecture had damaged human fortune and restricted Nascent Soul formation.
• Jiang Sheng promised pills and protection for participants and their descendants, while Lingxi, Chang Yan, Lingyue True Person, and others pledged resources and began preparing for war.
• After the meeting, Jiang Sheng placed a white piece on Creek Province on a map of the nine provinces and declared that he would use the Dixuan World as his chessboard.

As Creek Province’s cultivators fought the demon race for merit points, Jiang Sheng chose not to send ordinary reinforcements to Golden Phoenix Terrace. When four demon kings cornered True Person Jin Yu, Daoist Yuchen arrived and killed the Cloud Eagle King and Iron Boar King, leaving the other demon kings facing his flying swords.

• Cultivators from Creek Province earned merit points by killing demons and exchanged them for cultivation resources and treasures.
• Fengyue told Jiang Sheng that Golden Phoenix Terrace had been besieged for thirteen days, and Jiang Sheng said he had his own arrangements instead of sending other reinforcements.
• True Person Jin Yu and his disciple Bai Lian faced another demon assault, as the Golden Monkey King, Iron Boar King, Cloud Eagle King, and Web-Covering Spider King surrounded Golden Phoenix Terrace.
• Daoist Yuchen arrived and killed the Cloud Eagle King with a single flying sword.
• Daoist Yuchen unleashed millions of flying swords and reduced the Iron Boar King to bloody rain.

Daoist Yuchen killed the Golden Monkey King and drove off the Web-Covering Spider King, while Bai He learned of his strength and sent her avatars to challenge him and threaten Illusory Sky City. The chapter ended with demon assaults on three cities as Daoist Yuchen and Layman Bai began fighting at Golden Phoenix Terrace.

• Daoist Yuchen killed the Golden Monkey King and struck down the Web-Covering Spider King, who survived by splitting into tiny spiders and escaping.
• The Web-Covering Spider King reported Daoist Yuchen's arrival to Bai He and the demon kings in Treasure Elephant Kingdom.
• Bai He explained her mission from Mingguang Temple to convert the Dixuan World and revealed that her plans had been disrupted by Daoist Yuchen.
• Bai He sent Layman Bai to Golden Phoenix Terrace and White Maiden to Illusory Sky City, while demon kings headed for Creek Province.
• Demon armies attacked Golden Phoenix Terrace, Illusory Sky City, and Heavenly Cloud Town, and Layman Bai fought Daoist Yuchen at Golden Phoenix Terrace.

Jiang Sheng confronted Bai He above the Treasure Elephant Kingdom while battles raged across the human-demon front. He trapped Bai He beneath her own Purple-Gold Alms Bowl and revealed that he had another avatar fighting Lay Practitioner Bai, leaving Lay Practitioner Bai missing after their final clash.

• Lay Practitioner Bai and the Daoist exchanged Ren Water True Thunder and Glazed Buddha Palm as Golden Core cultivators fought across Heavenly Cloud Town and Illusory Sky City.
• White Maiden realized Jiang Sheng might be targeting her, while Jiang Sheng appeared above the Treasure Elephant Kingdom and challenged Bai He.
• Bai He and Jiang Sheng traded attacks until Bai He trapped what she thought was Jiang Sheng in the Purple-Gold Alms Bowl.
• Jiang Sheng used the Star-Moon Illusion Mirror to reveal the captured figure was an illusion and kept Bai He sheltered beneath the alms bowl as twelve azure rainbows circled her.
• At Golden Phoenix Terrace, two Jiang Sheng avatars attacked Lay Practitioner Bai with swordlight, thunder, and fire, and Lay Practitioner Bai disappeared after the clash.

Jiang Sheng used his duplicates and sword techniques to break Bai He’s defenses, but she escaped to Mound Province after invoking Venerable Napushe’s power. Bai He contacted the Venerable, learned that the clash was a destined opportunity, and prepared to make her next move against Daoist Yuchen.

• Jiang Sheng explained how he had learned about Buddhist incarnations and waited for his duplicates to arrive while Bai He remained protected by the Purple-Gold Alms Bowl.
• Jiang Sheng and his duplicate attacked Bai He with a sixteen-sword array, cracking the bowl and forcing her to unleash several magical treasures.
• Bai He invoked Venerable Napushe’s radiance to dispel Jiang Sheng’s sword technique and escaped, while Jiang Sheng flew toward Creek Province.
• Bai He reached the Golden-Winged Azure Peng King in Mound Province, and he sent the Ink Owl King to investigate what had happened in Elephant Province.
• Bai He contacted Venerable Napushe, who called the encounter her tribulation and destined opportunity; Bai He then vowed to make the next move against Daoist Yuchen.

After Creek Province seized half of Elephant Province, Jiang Sheng warned that the victory was temporary as Bai He prepared a decisive battle. During the ensuing five-duel challenge, Jiang Sheng entered a formation with a clone while Bai He's clone searched Merchant Prefecture for statues that could let her control the Restrictive Wards and bring Nascent Soul cultivators into the Dixuan World.

• Jiang Sheng told Fengyue that Creek Province's victory was only a slight lead and questioned whether the Dixuan World’s hidden senior had left a way to resist Buddhist Sect reinforcements.
• Bai He rallied the demon kings in Mound Province and ordered them to prepare to fight Daoist Yuchen again, while a letter challenged Creek Province to battle in ten days.
• At Treasure Elephant Kingdom, Bai He proposed five duels, with the loser withdrawing from the Dixuan World, and Jiang Sheng refused to wager.
• Changyan True Person, Tianyun True Person, and Lingyue True Person fought the Treasure Elephant King, Azure Roc King, and Golden Lion King as eighteen demon kings formed a great formation.
• Jiang Sheng entered the formation with a clone, while Bai He's clone White Maiden searched Merchant Prefecture for two more statues of Venerable Napushe so she could control the Restrictive Wards and summon the Venerable's Guardian Vajra.

White Maiden recovered the Elephant Province statue while Jiang Sheng learned Fengyue’s account of the formations protecting the Dixuan World. As Jiang Sheng and Bai He began a decisive battle, Fengyue realized he had powerful backing beyond the battlefield.

• White Maiden followed the statue’s light into a mountain in Merchant Prefecture and exchanged the Elephant Province incarnation statue for a jade likeness of Star Moon True Person.
• Jiang Sheng questioned Fengyue about Star Moon True Person, Venerable Napushe’s statue, and Heavenly Demon hide, and Fengyue explained how several traditions’ formations combined to protect the Dixuan World.
• Fengyue admitted she had cooperated with Bai He to buy time, then chose to work with Jiang Sheng because his terms better served her interests and the Dixuan World.
• Jiang Sheng told Fengyue that Venerable Napushe would not leave the Shaoguang World, then flew off to confront Bai He as she disappeared from the opposing army.
• Jiang Sheng and Bai He fought high above the battlefield, where Bai He used Buddhist treasures and a forbidden domain to suppress his Daoist arts before unleashing the Light of World-Purifying Deliverance.

Jiang Sheng defeated Bai He in their duel, helping humanity drive the Demon Race back across several provinces while the demon kings fell into discord. As Jiang Sheng and Fengyue headed for Sky Pillar Mountain to seize control of the world's formation core, Bai He gathered the third statue and set out to summon the Dharma-Protecting Vajras.

• Jiang Sheng shattered Bai He's magical treasures and overcame her Buddhist defenses with Light Piercing Clouds, but let her escape after sensing she carried something important.
• Jiang Sheng returned to the formation, and the human forces advanced to Mound Province as Golden Core cultivators from other provinces joined the campaign.
• The demon kings argued over their defeats and blamed one another, while the Azure Roc King, Treasure Elephant King, and Golden Lion King wondered where Bai He had gone.
• Bai He explored Merchant Prefecture and found the third statue, planning to use the statues at Sky Pillar Mountain to summon Venerable Napushe's Dharma-Protecting Vajras.
• Fengyue explained that Sky Pillar Mountain controlled the world's restrictive wards and formation core, and she led Jiang Sheng there after discussing reincarnation with him.

Fengyue activated the Eight-Directions Womb-Treasury Formation, revealing that she had deceived Bai He and Venerable Napushe about its purpose. Venerable Napushe considered intervening in the Dixuan World but withdrew, while a mysterious phantom watched the Shaoguang World and warned that there would not be a third time.

• Jiang Sheng and Fengyue climbed the Heaven Pillar and reached the heart of the Eight-Directions Womb-Treasury Formation.
• Fengyue connected with her former remains and activated the formation, sending spiritual resonance surging around Sky Pillar Mountain.
• Bai He attempted to summon Venerable Napushe's Vajra guardians, then realized Fengyue had laid the Eight-Directions Womb-Treasury Formation instead of the World-Cleansing Demon-Exorcising Wheel Formation.
• Venerable Napushe vowed to enter the Dixuan World himself, but reappeared on his Lotus Throne and resumed his composed demeanor.
• A mysterious phantom observed the Shaoguang World and declared that there would not be a third time.

Wind Moon restored control of the formation, allowing Dixuan World’s spiritual essence to recover, while Jiang Sheng prepared the world’s ascension into Shanhe World under the Dao Sect. After gathering the human cultivators and Demon Kings and securing their agreement, Jiang Sheng revealed that the world would ascend in roughly thirty years, leaving its final preparations underway.

• Wind Moon linked herself to the remains and took control of the formation, sending its accumulated energy into Dixuan World’s eight provinces.
• Jiang Sheng contacted Tianshu True Person, arranged for sect cultivators, resources, and a beacon, and took control of Penglai Estate.
• Five Golden Core cultivators arrived with the requested supplies and beacon, and Jiang Sheng invited the province’s human cultivators and Demon Kings to a gathering.
• Daoist Yuchen explained Dixuan World’s ascension into Shanhe World and the Dao Sect’s protections and terms, and the gathered leaders accepted the arrangement without open opposition.
• Jiang Sheng sent his avatars to coordinate preparations while his true body cultivated at Sky Pillar Mountain and told Wind Moon to use a marker to set the ascension direction for an arrival in about thirty years.
• The author announced that the next chapter would conclude the Dixuan World storyline and added notes about upcoming and make-up updates.

Jiang Sheng and Fengyue guided the Dixuan World’s ascent toward the vast Shanhe World while life in Dixuan grew more peaceful and prosperous. After years of cultivation and the world’s slow journey, Jiang Sheng and Fengyue finally saw the Shanhe World ahead.

• Fengyue asked Jiang Sheng whether helping the Dixuan World merge with the Shanhe World would earn her fortune, and he confirmed that it would.
• Three demon kings asked Jiang Sheng to enter his service, but he warned them that doing so would draw them into the Shanhe World’s Ten-Thousand-Year Tribulation.
• The Dixuan World’s ascent brought plentiful spiritual energy, and its cultivators exchanged military merits for pills and other rewards; Gu Yinglan used her merits to join the Penglai Estate.
• Jiang Sheng cultivated while overseeing the ascent, eventually advancing from the early to the middle Golden Core Realm.
• After several years, Jiang Sheng sensed the vast Shanhe World nearby and showed it to Fengyue.

Jiang Sheng met with Lin Fan, learned that prodigies were appearing across the sects as the Ten-Thousand-Year Tribulation approached, and then traveled to Qingping Town to see his old friend Tian Guofu. After sharing their memories, Jiang Sheng watched Tian Guofu die peacefully at the age of 113.

• Jiang Sheng received Lin Fan in an avatar and discussed Fairy Fengyue, the upcoming Dao Sect recruitment, and his disciple’s progress to the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Lin Fan told Jiang Sheng that two more sect members had formed superior golden cores and described newly promoted True Disciples appearing among the major Daoist and Buddhist sects.
• Jiang Sheng decided to visit Tian Guofu in Qingping Town after realizing fifty years had passed since he left Qingping Mountain.
• Jiang Sheng entered the Tian Family residence unseen and used his magical power to briefly restore Tian Guofu’s strength.
• Tian Guofu spoke with Jiang Sheng about his family and their friendship, then died peacefully.

After Tian Guofu died, Penglai opened its final recruitment before the Ten-Thousand-Year Tribulation. Ye Qian, a reincarnated cultivator bent on avenging his former clan and sect, reached Yuanqiao and joined the candidates awaiting Penglai's trials, while the examiners and Jiang Sheng watched the newcomers.

• Jiang Sheng left Tian Guofu, who soon died peacefully, and returned to Penglai, where two years passed in seclusion.
• As Yuanqiao appeared in the East Sea for Penglai's recruitment, Ye Qian sailed through the storm and passed the first test by reaching the island.
• Ye Qian recalled his past life in the Nine Provinces Great World, where Xiao Xian had destroyed the Ye Clan and Sunset Temple, and resolved to enter Penglai to gain power for revenge.
• Penglai gave Ye Qian a token and assigned him to an Azure Bamboo Courtyard with Huang Wensheng, Tian Ming'an, and a veiled female cultivator while the candidates awaited three entrance trials.
• Lin Feiyu, Wang Fang, and Ning Yan watched the candidates and discussed Ye Qian's courtyard, while Lin Fan and Jiang Sheng observed that it contained several unusual cultivators.

The Penglai Dao Sect began its final recruitment assembly for the next thousand years, putting candidates through the Immortal Ascension Bridge and Heart-Questioning Road. Ye Qian crossed the first trial, while Huang Wensheng completed the second and revealed a hidden bond with Old Ding; the candidates still faced the Heaven Gate Pass.

• Jiang Sheng and Lin Fan watched the unusual candidates, including Ye Qian and Huang Wensheng, as Tian Ming'an spent thirty days in the Azure Bamboo Courtyard.
• Three months later, Lin Feiyu announced the recruitment assembly and warned that Penglai would hold no more assemblies for a thousand years.
• Ye Qian and the other candidates activated their identity plaques and entered the Immortal Ascension Bridge, where illusions and treacherous ropes eliminated many cultivators.
• Ye Qian crossed the bridge and joined Huang Wensheng, the masked female cultivator, and Tian Ming'an on the platform; more than seventy thousand candidates passed.
• Wang Fang sent the candidates onto the Heart-Questioning Road, where Huang Wensheng lost all five senses but persevered until they returned.
• Old Ding urged Huang Wensheng to abandon revenge and seek safety in Penglai, but Huang Wensheng reaffirmed his promise; Lin Fan and Jiang Sheng discussed dividing any successful candidates between them for training.

After passing the Heaven-Ascending Stairway, Qiu Buyu drew the interest of Jiang Sheng and Lin Fan, who discovered that he and Huang Wensheng were connected to them by fate. The surviving candidates passed Heaven Gate Pass and arrived at Penglai, where they were assigned as outer sect disciples on Fangzhang Immortal Island.

• Ning Yan revealed Heaven Gate Pass and summoned the Heaven-Ascending Stairway, where the cultivators lost their cultivation and had to climb under mounting pressure.
• Qiu Buyu endured the climb, recalling his family's persecution in Great Tang and his determination to clear their name and avenge them.
• Jiang Sheng agreed to take Qiu Buyu as a disciple after divining a connection between them, and Lin Fan discovered a connection of his own to Huang Wensheng.
• More than twelve thousand candidates passed through Heaven Gate Pass's halo and arrived at Penglai's three immortal islands.
• Purple Mansion Realm disciples escorted the new outer sect disciples to Fangzhang Immortal Island and announced their assignment to its eight outer sect courtyards.

Penglai's more than twelve thousand new disciples completed their initiation ceremony, learned the sect's rules, and began their outer-court training. After months of lessons and assigned work, the newcomers heard that a True Disciple would give a lecture in seven days.

• Daolingzi led the newcomers through the sect's rules and ceremonies honoring Penglai's founding and successive patriarchs, whose projections revealed the sect's immense power.
• Tianshu True Person welcomed the new disciples and urged them to hold fast to their Dao hearts as they pursued cultivation.
• Purple Mansion Realm stewards explained the newcomers' duties, lessons, supplies, and the role of the Thirty-Six Immortal Isles in serving Penglai.
• The new disciples began foundational cultivation and outer-court work, while Ye Qian earned praise, Huang Wensheng gained trust, and Qiu Buyu advanced rapidly in isolation.
• News spread through the eight outer courts that a True Disciple would demonstrate techniques and give a lecture in seven days.