Chapter Summaries

Li Yu studied the Heaven and Earth rules copied from the Ambrosial Arbor and the Imitation Three Pure Ones inheritances, gaining insight but realizing that tracing Chaos posed a profound problem. He set his sights on observing the coming End of the Epoch and the Three Pure Ones achieving the Dao while continuing to cultivate through Bai Ze.

• Li Yu used the Ambrosial Arbor branch to comprehend the world’s Heaven and Earth rules and found that his path resembled the Three Pure Ones’ in some ways.
• Li Yu tried to simulate the Three Pure Ones’ path back to Chaos, but his attempt failed and the nature of Chaos left him briefly confused before he steadied his Dao heart.
• Li Yu reviewed the Primordial Nine Seals and the other inherited techniques, deciding they offered little to his pursuit of the Dao beyond their underlying meanings.
• Li Yu concluded that the End of the Epoch and the Three Pure Ones achieving the Dao could provide valuable insights, and planned to observe both events.
• Li Yu decided to keep cultivating Bai Ze toward the Other Shore realm and began raising his cultivation.

Chonghe Zhenren revealed that Biyou Palace had joined the Patriarch’s Reincarnation Space, freeing Immortal Traces from the Six Paths’ control, and introduced Su Meng and Gu Changqing as the Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Lingbao Heavenly Venerable. After two months of cultivating their new inheritances, they received a mission to uncover the mystery of Great Emperor True Martial’s life and death.

• Chonghe Zhenren summoned the Immortal Traces members, named Su Meng and Gu Changqing as new members, and announced that the Patriarch had moved Biyou Palace into a Reincarnation Space beyond the Six Paths’ control.
• Chonghe Zhenren ordered everyone to keep the escape secret, and Su Meng and Gu Changqing returned to the Divine Capital to study their inheritances.
• Over two months, Su Meng reached Nine Apertures Perfected, while Gu Changqing mastered the Zhu Xian Four Swords and neared the Exterior Realm.
• The Lord of Reincarnation assigned Su Meng and Gu Changqing the mission to investigate the mystery of Great Emperor True Martial’s life and death in the Nine Village World.

Li Yu arranged for Little Meng and his companions to investigate the Tomb of True Martial and its Tree of Great Dao. The group crossed the Bridge of Life and Death, discovering that it made them appear dead, before a hostile presence stirred in the mist ahead.

• Li Yu planned to study the Tree of Great Dao and used the Six Paths Reincarnation Space to assign the group their mission.
• Little Meng and his companions gathered in Reincarnation Plaza, where Jiang Zhiwei and Zhang Yuanshan were astonished that he had reached Nine Apertures.
• The Lord of Reincarnation sent the group into the Tomb of True Martial to investigate the Mystery of True Martial's Life and Death.
• At the Bridge of Life and Death, Gu Changqing tested the crossing with a rabbit and found that crossing made it appear dead, while returning revived it.
• Little Meng crossed the bridge to confirm the effect, and the group followed; after they reached the far side, a fierce presence and strange cries emerged from the mist.

Gu Changqing and Little Meng discovered that their newly gained abilities let them perceive the final outcome and initial root of their enemies’ techniques, and they cut through the tomb’s monsters with ease. The group reached the sealed hall believed to be Great Emperor Zhenwu’s mausoleum and prepared to enter cautiously.

• Gu Changqing used his ability to anticipate the Bronze Armor Zombie’s moves and killed it as more monsters approached.
• Little Meng struck the corpse-fire monster at the root of its attack, causing it to explode, while Gu Changqing recognized the strange power behind his strike.
• The group learned that Gu Changqing and Little Meng’s abilities came from Other Shore traits fused into their true spirits through the blood-colored peach.
• Gu Changqing and Little Meng cleared the way through the tomb, leaving the others astonished at their strength.
• Zhang Yuanshan identified murals of Great Emperor Zhenwu on a vast hall, and Gu Changqing led the group to its tightly shut doors.

Little Meng and the others entered Great Emperor Zhenwu’s hall, where Buddha’s Lamp Before the Buddha destroyed the weaker corpse ghosts and drove away four powerful ones. In the rear hall, they found nine enormous bronze dragons blocking their way.

• The group entered the hall and fought off a swarm of Half-step Outer Scenery corpse ghosts.
• A lightning-wielding Outer Scenery corpse ghost attacked Little Meng, and three more powerful corpse ghosts appeared.
• Little Meng used Buddha’s Lamp Before the Buddha and the Rebirth Mantra to purge the weaker ghosts and force the four Outer Scenery ghosts to flee.
• The group carried the lamp into the rear hall and discovered nine sleeping bronze dragons blocking their path.

Gu Changqing and his companions discovered that the apparent dragons were Essence of Primordial Copper whose lost spirituality made them less dangerous, and collected the valuable material. At the Casket of True Martial, they avoided opening the coffin by sending it to the Lord of Reincarnation, completing their mission and hearing True Martial’s demonic intent scream.

• Gu Changqing used the Lord of Reincarnation’s appraisal to reveal that the nine dragons were Essence of Primordial Copper, not real dragons, and that their spirituality had faded.
• The group collected the copper, dividing one piece per person and placing the rest in their shared team space.
• The group found the Casket of True Martial and suspected it contained Great Emperor Zhenwu’s imprisoned evil intent.
• Jiang Zhiwei spotted a crack in the coffin, and Little Meng saw that the Thunder God had opened it before closing it again.
• Gu Changqing stored the coffin in his Sovereign Item’s space, prompting a terrible scream from True Martial’s demonic intent.
• The Lord of Reincarnation announced that the mission was complete, and the group prepared to return.

Li Yu studied the three sword forms inherited by Great Emperor Zhenwu from Dao Venerable Hongjun and planned to let Gu Changqing and the others seek the Tree of Great Dao. Back in the Reincarnation Space, the group forged Top-grade Treasured Weapons, and Gu Changqing announced their next mission would take them to the Western Regions.

• Li Yu broke apart True Martial’s malicious thought and recorded its memories, including three forms of the Heaven-Severing Seven Swords, in the Resource Library.
• Li Yu compared the three sword inheritances with versions from the True Martial Sect and Washing Sword Pavilion, finding Hongjun’s true intent closer to the Dao.
• Little Meng, Zhang Yuanshan, and Luo Shengyi brought out the Essence of Primordial Copper and began forging Top-grade Treasured Weapons.
• Gu Changqing and Little Meng resolved to shoulder the karma they had accepted, and Little Meng forged a saber embodying his beginning of Heaven and Earth.
• Little Meng showed off his new saber, Ruan Yushu teased him about his old nickname, and the group laughed before the others finished their weapons.
• Gu Changqing showed Little Meng his Jade Dynasty sword and told the group that the Lord of Reincarnation had assigned them a mission in the Western Regions.

The group planned their Main World mission to Bomi in the Western Region, weighing the dangers of the Nether God and powerful outlaws hidden in the desert. They used Biyou Palace to travel instantly to Liusha Market, where their arrival drew attention from the locals.

• Gu Changqing explained that Bomi was a lifeless region of Hanhai associated with the Nether God and with outlaws at the Outer Scenery level.
• The group agreed to prepare treasures that could restrain sinister forces before traveling to Bomi for the mission.
• Gu Changqing remembered Biyou Palace could connect them to Liusha Market and informed the rest of the team.
• Little Meng led the team through Biyou Palace to its Liusha Market exit, and they arrived at the edge of Hanhai.
• The team reached Hanhai First Establishment, where locals recognized Gu Changqing, Jiang Zhiwei, and Little Meng as famous figures.

Little Meng and his companions traveled across Bomi to find the Nether God Land and its temple. At night, they encountered a patrol of Underworld Soldiers and followed it toward the temple, wary of greater dangers ahead.

• Qu Jiuniang revealed herself as Bi Xia Yuan Jun, welcomed Little Meng and Gu Changqing at her shop, and charged them for their meal.
• Gu Changqing and the others used Mohist mechanical birds to fly from Liusha Market to Bomi.
• Gu Changqing led the group north through the desert toward the temple said to stand where starlight and moonlight converged.
• Night brought freezing winds and blood-colored fog, and Little Meng used Buddha's Lamp Before the Buddha to light their path.
• The group encountered a patrol of corpse-like Underworld Soldiers, and Gu Changqing told everyone not to disturb them.
• Gu Changqing led the group in following the Underworld Soldiers, expecting them to take the way to the temple.

Gu Changqing’s group crossed the gorge and found Bomi Kingdom’s dead, which Qi Zhenyan identified as victims of residual Yellow Springs power. They reached the Nether God’s temple, where a powerful Law Body appeared and threatened to take their bodies.

• Gu Changqing led the group through the blood-red gorge to a plain covered in corpses from Bomi Kingdom.
• Qi Zhenyan awakened the corpses with a trace of frigid aura, and they cried out before collapsing again.
• Qi Zhenyan suggested Yellow Springs Water had eroded the corpses, while Zhang Yuanshan explained that Great Emperor Zhenwu had once suppressed Yellow Springs.
• Gu Changqing led the group to the temple, where they entered a hall filled with sacred light.
• The temple doors slammed shut, and a black Law Body appeared, declaring that it would take their bodies.

The group learned that the Guo Shi of Bomi had fused with the Yellow Springs imprint after absorbing Bomi’s people, and Little Meng used the Mirror of This Life to expose the souls within him. After Little Meng freed the souls, the weakened Guo Shi of Bomi attacked and was killed by the group’s treasured weapons.

• The Guo Shi of Bomi claimed he had become the God of the Underworld by fusing with the Yellow Springs imprint, and Qi Zhenyan realized he had absorbed the souls of Bomi’s people.
• Little Meng used the Mirror of This Life to make the Guo Shi of Bomi experience the present lives of the hundreds of millions of souls inside him.
• Little Meng used Buddha’s Lamp Before the Buddha to deliver the absorbed souls and restore the Guo Shi of Bomi’s sanity.
• The Guo Shi of Bomi attacked the group as an Outer Scenery Grandmaster, but Little Meng and the others overwhelmed him with their Top-grade Treasured Weapons.

Gu Changqing and Little Meng found Yellow Springs’ weakened split soul and learned that Great Emperor Zhenwu had entered the Origin of Life and Death. After the Lord of Reincarnation rewarded them for containing Yellow Springs, he sent them to collect their mission prizes from a dangerous forbidden ground.

• Gu Changqing and Little Meng recovered their energy and led the group deeper into the divine temple, where they found Yellow Springs’ split soul beside the damaged Zhenwu Demon-Slaying Banner.
• Little Meng and Gu Changqing questioned Yellow Springs, who revealed that Zhenwu was alive and had entered the Origin of Life and Death to pursue the Other Shore.
• Little Meng stored Yellow Springs and the banner in the Sovereign Item, and the Lord of Reincarnation fused Yellow Springs’ true spirit into the banner, increasing its uses to five.
• Little Meng complained that the banner had not been fully repaired, so the Lord of Reincarnation warned him to focus on cultivation.
• The Lord of Reincarnation announced the mission’s completion and directed the group to collect their rewards at Earth Immortal Lake, a forbidden ground of the Cao Clan.

Little Meng and the others considered asking Chonghe Zhenren to help them obtain the Tree of Great Dao from the Cao family forbidden area. Li Yu then secretly helped Bai Ze break through to Outer Scenery, where Bai Ze triggered nine tribulations and stunned the world.

• Little Meng, Ruan Yushu, and Gu Changqing concluded that Chonghe Zhenren could help them enter the Cao family forbidden area and claim the Tree of Great Dao.
• Fu Zhenzhen questioned whether using Chonghe Zhenren would violate the Lord of Reincarnation’s trial, while Li Yu decided not to interfere with their plan.
• Li Yu planned to spend the next ten years preparing Bai Ze and used his power to help Bai Ze advance to Outer Scenery.
• Bai Ze’s breakthrough brought bitter cold and snowfall to the Divine Capital, drawing attention from the city’s martial artists.
• Bai Ze passed the Fire, Wind, Metal, Water, Lightning, Earth, Wood, Yin-Yang, and Chaos Tribulations, astonishing people across the world.

After news spread that Bai Ze had reached Outer Scenery with Nine Tribulations Tongtian, Cui Qingyu tried to recruit him through marriage, but Bai Ze refused and defeated him with the Sword of Nirvana. Bai Ze declared that no force could coerce him, establishing his fame throughout the martial world.

• News that Bai Ze had advanced to Outer Scenery with Nine Tribulations Tongtian spread across the world, drawing powerful figures toward the divine capital.
• Cui Qingyu arrived at Bai Ze’s courtyard and offered his daughter’s hand in marriage in exchange for the Cui Family’s support, but Bai Ze refused.
• Cui Qingyu threatened Bai Ze and unleashed his grandmaster’s power, prompting other forces to hurry toward the courtyard.
• Bai Ze used the Sword of Nirvana to break Cui Qingyu’s defenses and send him crashing to the ground.
• Bai Ze declared that he would not be coerced by any force and challenged anyone below the Law Body realm to fight him.

After ten years of cultivation, Bai Ze reached the Law Body realm while Little Meng and several companions advanced to Half-step Law Body. Little Meng reunited with Gu Xiaosang before a perilous journey that would determine whether they lived or died.

• Chonghe Zhenren told Little Meng and the others that Bai Ze had defeated Cui Qingyu with the Sword of Termination, and Gu Changqing realized Bai Ze's path differed from his own.
• Inspired by Bai Ze, Little Meng, Gu Changqing, Jiang Zhiwei, and their companions cultivated for years, advancing to the Outer Scenery realm while Little Meng failed to recreate Nine Tribulations Tongtian.
• Ten years later, Bai Ze condensed his Dharma Body Golden Form, entered the Law Body realm, and joined the Heavenly Rankings; Little Meng, Jiang Zhiwei, and Qi Zhenyan reached Half-step Law Body.
• Little Meng and Gu Xiaosang met outside Six Gates, where she warned that they had become targets for those who were fishing for them.
• Little Meng declared that he would cut down heaven if it stood in his way, and Gu Xiaosang wished him a triumphant return before leaving.

Li Yu settled the karma tied to Bai Ze and waited in Ice Valley as Su Meng accepted the quest to open Jade Void Palace and become its master. Inside the palace, Su Meng discovered that his Earth body had been kept there and that Zhen Hui was Yang Jian.

• Li Yu returned to the Cangyue Bai Clan, passed down the Ice Sword Art and Ice River Sword, then went to Ice Valley to await the final confrontation.
• Su Meng accepted the Main Quest to open Jade Void Palace and become the new Primordial Heavenly Venerate.
• Su Meng opened Jade Void Palace with the Limitless Seal and entered, where he found a Chaos Azure Lotus and realized the palace held his Earth body.
• Zhen Hui revealed that he was Yang Jian and said he had taken Su Meng’s Earth body to help him break free of his shackles.
• Yang Jian returned Su Meng’s Earth body, which possessed the same cultivation realm as Su Meng’s current body.

Little Meng accepted the Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s inheritance, completed his preparations to face Ananda, and took a Six Dao mission to investigate the Demon Saints’ fate at Spirit Mountain. Li Yu planned to use the mission to set a trap for Ananda and borrow several treasures there.

• Little Meng learned that his Earth body had cultivated through the Origin Heart Seal and could serve as a backup against Ananda, then watched Zhen Hui’s incarnation disappear.
• Little Meng entered the rear hall of Jade Purity Hall and received the true meanings of the Primordial Nine Seals, including the Limitless Seal, which he understood through the image of a cosmic singularity.
• Little Meng returned to the Main World and spent half a month refining his preparations before accepting the Six Dao mission to uncover what happened to the Demon Saints at Spirit Mountain.
• Li Yu encouraged Little Meng to proceed, intending to use the mission to trap Ananda and borrow the treasures at Five Finger Mountain.

Little Meng confronted Ananda at Da Lei Yin Temple, where Ananda seized control of his body but discovered his divine soul was missing. Little Meng used the Overlord's Absolute Blade to sever the ties binding his past and future lives, broke through to the Law Body, and became transcendent.

• Little Meng returned to Spirit Mountain and restored the plaque to Da Lei Yin Temple before facing Ananda.
• Ananda immobilized Little Meng and took over his body, intending to merge with him and escape his seal.
• Ananda discovered that Little Meng's divine soul was gone, and the original-body Little Meng appeared before him.
• Little Meng summoned the Overlord's Absolute Blade and learned that the mark Ananda had left on it had been erased.
• Little Meng proclaimed that he sought only the grandeur of this life and cut apart the karmic ties of his past and future lives.
• Little Meng fused mind, Dharma form, and body, broke through his restraints, and attained the Law Body.

Little Meng defeated Ananda’s occupied body with help from his Sovereign Item, but learned Ananda’s true body still held him bound as a fish. Li Yu secretly removed Five Finger Mountain and its treasures, erased Ananda’s imprints, and returned the power to Little Meng, who reached the Other Shore.

• Little Meng discovered that Ananda could no longer control his True Spirit through the Reincarnation Seal and immobilized him with the Sovereign Item.
• Little Meng used the Five-Colored Divine Light to erase Ananda’s soul and Su Ziyuan’s body, but the Lord of Reincarnation warned that Ananda’s true body remained beneath Five Finger Mountain.
• Little Meng sensed the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi atop Five Finger Mountain and summoned its power with the Primordial Nine Seals.
• Li Yu secretly retrieved Five Finger Mountain, the Bodhi Tree, the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, the Reincarnation Seal, and Ananda’s true body.
• Li Yu erased Ananda’s imprints and returned the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi and Ananda’s power to Little Meng, who absorbed it and reached the Other Shore.

The Three Pure Ones launched their hidden plan to pursue the Dao Fruit by placing their power and karma into Little Meng, Chonghe Zhenren, and Gu Changqing. Four ancient Other Shore beings attacked the three targets, and after Amitabha removed Rulai Buddha from the conflict, the targets appeared doomed.

• Amitabha, Zhunti, Nuwa, and Queen Mother of the West recognized the Three Pure Ones' Do Less Seek Void plan and attacked their three targets.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate, the white-haired old Daoist, and the green-robed Taoist sent the Pangu Banner, Taiji Diagram, and Zhu Xian Sword Formation toward Little Meng, Chonghe Zhenren, and Gu Changqing.
• Rulai Buddha appeared and blocked the four Other Shore beings' attacks while the Three Pure Ones' treasures descended on their targets.
• Golden Cicada Child emerged from Spirit Mountain and attacked Rulai Buddha, exposing his weakness.
• Amitabha erased Golden Cicada Child, causing Heaven and Earth to expel Rulai Buddha and leaving the Three Pure Ones' targets facing the four attackers alone.