Chapter Summaries

The Immortal Destiny Assembly began inside the Bright Moon Mountain Water Map, where participants competed for Trust Talismans and a place in the next round. Zhou Tong arrived to watch his disciple Ji Ning, then Heavenly Deities and Pure Yang True Immortals came to observe the assembly as Great Xia’s destiny gathered.

• Xia Mangxun sent 109,362 participants into the Bright Moon Mountain Water Map to compete for Trust Talismans over the coming year.
• Zhou Tong arrived at Heavenly Radiance Hall and told Xia Mangxun that his disciple was competing, while promising not to intervene in fair contests.
• Zhou Tong pointed out Ji Ning, whose early performance had already drawn the Celestial Immortals’ attention.
• Lu Dongbin and seven other powerful figures arrived to observe the assembly and discuss the turmoil in the Three Realms.
• Xia Mangxun introduced Zhou Tong as a newly ascended Heavenly Deity who had survived the rare Pure Yang Golden Light Lightning.

Zhou Tong’s Pure Yang Golden Light Lightning tribulation astonished the True Immortals, while Ji Ning’s rapid swordsmanship growth drew their attention during the first stage of the Immortal Destiny Assembly. After ninety-six contestants survived, Xia Mangxun announced increasingly valuable rewards for the next rounds, including the chance to become Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor’s nominal disciple.

• Lu Dongbin and the other True Immortals learned that Zhou Tong had faced Pure Yang Golden Light Lightning and praised his achievement.
• The True Immortals watched Ji Ning’s swordsmanship improve rapidly, and Zhou Tong explained that he had infused 178 sets of immortal-level sword arts and his insights into Ji Ning’s divine soul.
• When the one-year stage ended, Xia Mangxun moved the ninety-six survivors out of the Bright Moon Mountain Water Map, and Zhou Tong reflected that the assembly gathered Great Xia’s fortune.
• Xia Mangxun announced that the ninety-six contestants would duel for Immortal-tier Dharma Treasures, Yuan Liquid, and the chance to choose a Divine Ability or Secret Technique.
• Xia Mangxun revealed that Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor would choose one of the final three as a nominal disciple, exciting the contestants and stirring envy among the Celestial Immortals.

Ji Ning won the Immortal Destiny Assembly after Zhou Tong explained why Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor was unlikely to choose him as a disciple. Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor selected True Immortal Mu Chuan instead, and Zhou Tong departed with Ji Ning.

• Zhou Tong told Ji Ning that Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor valued patient temperament and advised him to focus on winning the assembly.
• Ji Ning advanced through the tournament without using the Star-Plucking Hand and defeated the other finalists to become champion.
• Ji Ning and the other top contestants visited the Great Xia Dynasty's treasure vault to claim their rewards, while Xia Mangxun sent the final battle records to Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor.
• Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor chose True Immortal Mu Chuan as his disciple, and Ji Ning accepted the decision without disappointment.
• Zhou Tong bid farewell to Xia Mangxun and left with Ji Ning, whom no one challenged for as a disciple.

After Ji Ning broke through to the Primordial Spirit Realm, Zhou Tong took him away from Great Xia and explained how Daos shaped the paths of Heavenly Deities, True Gods, and Ancestor Gods. They headed for the Twenty-Seven Realms of Fu Ju, where Ji Ning hoped to improve his swordsmanship.

• Ji Ning broke through to the Primordial Spirit Realm after the Immortal Destiny Assembly ended.
• Ji Ning spent a month bidding farewell to his cousin, parents, and other family and friends before joining Zhou Tong.
• Zhou Tong took Ji Ning through the void and explained the distinctions between Heavenly Deities, True Gods, and Ancestor Gods, urging him to consider which Dao to follow.
• Zhou Tong told Ji Ning about the Twenty-Seven Realms of Fu Ju and the sword scars and Five Treasures Swordsmanship left by Dao Ancestor Fu Ju.
• Zhou Tong explained that cultivators could integrate other Daos into their primary path, and Ji Ning wondered whether the sword Dao might shape his own future path.

Zhou Tong brought Ji Ning to Baiyang Realm to study the sword marks left by Bei Xiu World God and use their orthodox insights to correct his cultivation. As he comprehended them, Zhou Tong realized the sword arts transcended the Three Realms’ Heavenly Dao and began considering whether his Path of Fire Element could lead to a unique Fire World.

• Zhou Tong brought Ji Ning to the cliff in Baiyang Realm where cultivators gathered to comprehend the sword marks.
• Zhou Tong switched Ji Ning onto a front meditation cushion, then took another vacated cushion for himself.
• Zhou Tong recognized the sword marks as Bei Xiu World God's work and compared their power with sword arts from another world.
• Zhou Tong used the marks to examine how the Three Realms’ cultivation paths had strayed from more orthodox paths.
• Zhou Tong realized the sword arts transcended the Three Realms’ Heavenly Dao and wondered whether his Path of Fire Element could develop its own Fire World.

Zhou Tong and Ji Ning spent thirty-five years studying Dao Ancestor Fu Ju’s sword traces across the Twenty-Seven Realms, and Zhou Tong completed his Sword Dao and advanced his Blade Dao. They reached the Sword Immortal Realm, where Ji Ning prepared to break through and Zhou Tong encountered Lu Dongbin and three disciples of Fu Ju.

• Zhou Tong left the Baiyang Realm with Ji Ning and guided him through the remaining worlds, studying Fu Ju’s sword traces in each.
• Over thirty-five years, Zhou Tong fully comprehended his Sword Dao, advanced his Sword Power to the third realm, and brought his Blade Dao and Blade Power to the same level.
• Zhou Tong and Ji Ning arrived at the Sword Immortal Realm and saw Five Treasures Peak, whose intense sword intent overwhelmed Ji Ning.
• Zhou Tong told Ji Ning to complete his breakthrough to the Wanxiang Realm while he went ahead to inspect Five Treasures Peak.
• Lu Dongbin met Zhou Tong near Five Treasures Peak and introduced Fu Ju’s disciples Wu Dao, Fu Liu Heavenly God, and Ji Min, who praised Zhou Tong for surviving Pure Yang Golden Light Lightning.

Zhou Tong learned that Five Treasures Swordsmanship could erase his insights into other Daos, but he found a way to protect them with the Reincarnation Mirror's imprint. Reassured, he began cultivating the sword technique beneath Dao Ancestor Fu Ju's sword intent.

• Lu Dongbin, True Immortal Wu Dao, and True Immortal Ji Min explained Five Treasures Swordsmanship's requirements and the risk of forgetting other Daos.
• Fu Liu Heavenly God told Zhou Tong that mastering the swordsmanship would allow him to enter Dao Ancestor Fu Ju's immortal cave at the fifth peak.
• After the group departed, Zhou Tong decided to inspect the first peak before choosing whether to cultivate the sword technique.
• Zhou Tong studied the sword arts carved into the first peak and built a thatched hut nearby to contemplate them.
• Zhou Tong discovered that the Reincarnation Mirror's imprint could shield his memories of other Daos, so he backed them up within it.
• Zhou Tong began cultivating Five Treasures Swordsmanship beneath Dao Ancestor Fu Ju's sword intent, confident that his protected insights remained unchanged.

Zhou Tong mastered the first two volumes of Five Treasures Swordsmanship while adapting its principles into his blade dao. When the two exclusionary paths clashed inside him, he brought out his Path of Fire Element to balance them and heal his injuries.

• Zhou Tong mastered the first volume of Five Treasures Swordsmanship and quickly comprehended the second volume on the next mountain peak.
• As he studied the swordsmanship, Zhou Tong incorporated its principles into his blade techniques and began forming a distinct blade art.
• Zhou Tong sensed that his backup Great Dao insights were fading and drew his blade dao out of the Reincarnation Mirror's imprint.
• His blade dao and sword dao clashed, cracking his body and injuring his divine soul.
• Zhou Tong released his Path of Fire Element, which balanced blade and sword as his Phoenix body healed his injuries.

Zhou Tong stabilized the conflict between his sword and blade paths with the Path of Fire Element, then gave Ji Ning a Phoenix divine ability that greatly increased his vitality. After leaving Ji Ning in Great Xia to join the Yinglong Guard, Zhou Tong headed to the Sun Star to cultivate Power of Fire.

• Zhou Tong used his understanding of the Path of Fire Element to stabilize the conflict between his blade and sword powers, then decided to cultivate Power of Fire before advancing either art.
• Zhou Tong found Ji Ning training in the Sword Immortal Realm and told him to temper his improved swordsmanship through Yinglong Guard missions in Great Xia.
• Zhou Tong gave Ji Ning a divine feather that transformed his body and increased his vitality tenfold.
• Zhou Tong took Ji Ning back to Great Xia, arranged for him to join the Yinglong Guard through Xia Mangxun, and then departed alone.
• Zhou Tong used Star Shift to reach the Sun Star, where he planned to cultivate Power of Fire.

Zhou Tong cultivated on the Sun Star, reorganized his fire-related insights, and learned to control the Golden Sun Rainbow. He then returned to contemplating the Path of Fire Element, seeking to assemble a complete Great Dao from his scattered understandings.

• Zhou Tong entered the Sun Star in his Phoenix True Body and began reorganizing the fire Daos he had comprehended.
• Zhou Tong drew on insights from other worlds and developed a method to control Golden Sun Flame.
• Zhou Tong transformed his divine body, tamed the sentient Golden Sun Rainbow, and tested its extraordinary speed.
• Zhou Tong distinguished the Great Dao from the Heavenly Dao and began separating their principles within his fire-related insights.

Zhou Tong perfected the Path of Fire Element on the Sun Star and gained third-level Power of Fire, which separated his Blade Power and Sword Power and revealed their potential to advance. He visited Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor, who sensed his growing understanding of the Heavenly Dao, and prepared to hear Zhou Tong’s urgent request.

• Zhou Tong perfected the Path of Fire Element and gained third-level Power of Fire after three years of cultivation on the Sun Star.
• Zhou Tong’s Blade Power and Sword Power fully separated, and he decided that battle would help him advance further.
• Zhou Tong left the Sun Star and asked to see Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor at his Dao field.
• Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor sensed that Zhou Tong was nearing comprehension of the Fire Element Heavenly Dao and asked why he had come.

Zhou Tong offered Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor his method for taming the Golden Sun Rainbow in exchange for Five Elements Essence and an avatar secret art. After receiving the Thousand Body Sacred Canon, Zhou Tong left Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor to study his divine ability.

• Zhou Tong demonstrated that he could tame the Golden Sun Rainbow and told Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor he had created a method others could learn.
• Zhou Tong asked for a large amount of Five Elements Essence, and Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor recognized that he was cultivating the Star-Plucking Hand and agreed to provide what he needed for its fifth level.
• Zhou Tong asked for a method to become an Ancestral God, but Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor said he could not give him one, so Zhou Tong requested an avatar secret art instead.
• Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor gave Zhou Tong the Thousand Body Sacred Canon, a method requiring the unavailable Heart of the World, and handed over the Five Elements Essence.
• Zhou Tong sent Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor his Golden Sun Rainbow-taming method, which Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor praised before Zhou Tong took his leave.

Zhou Tong completed the fifth turn of the Star-Plucking Hand and used it to open Daoist Sanshou’s sealed chamber in Star Picking Manor. There he received Sanshou’s final message and discovered three powerful Innate Spiritual Treasures, including an unruly offensive treasure he had yet to control.

• Zhou Tong used the Five Elements Essence to complete the fifth turn of the Star-Plucking Hand, bringing his hands’ power close to that of a Chaos Rare Treasure.
• Zhou Tong and the Yellow-haired Great Bear discussed how the sixth turn required rare materials or further improvement, then went to the sealed chamber.
• Zhou Tong broke the chamber’s restriction with the Star-Plucking Hand and opened the door, revealing Daoist Sanshou’s final image and message.
• Zhou Tong opened three boxes and met the Spirits of the Void Boat, the Nine Lives Pagoda, and a powerful treasure of the Way of Slaughter.
• The three Spirits explained their treasures’ abilities, and the child Spirit told Zhou Tong to return it to Three Pure Ones if he could not control it.

Zhou Tong refined the Star Gold Beads and began mastering the Nine-Layered Chaos Restriction, a treasure inscription left by a Supreme. After mastering its first layer in half an hour, he continued refining as the Spirit of the Treasure accepted him as its master.

• Zhou Tong refined all three thousand six hundred Star Gold Beads and discovered the profound restriction within them.
• The Spirit of the Treasure explained the beads’ origins, the Three Pure Ones’ discovery of the Nine-Layered Chaos Restriction, and how it inspired the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Zhou Tong began refining the restriction and quickly understood the pattern behind its endless transformations.
• Zhou Tong refined the first layer in half an hour and condensed the three thousand six hundred beads into thirty-six.
• The Spirit of the Treasure was shocked by Zhou Tong’s speed and addressed him as Master as he continued refining.

Zhou Tong refined the second and third restrictions of the Nine-Layered Chaos Restriction, strengthening the Star Gold Beads and advancing his Power of Fire. His breakthrough brought him to the Heart of Fire and the brink of the True God realm, but he suppressed his cultivation and set off into the depths of chaos.

• Zhou Tong refined the second restriction, transformed the Thirty-Six Heavens into furnaces, and advanced his Power of Fire to the peak of the third realm.
• Zhou Tong spent three months comprehending and refining the third restriction, strengthening each Star Gold Bead beyond an ordinary top-grade innate magic treasure.
• Zhou Tong gained the Heart of Fire, and his Power of Fire changed from crimson-gold to brilliant gold.
• Zhou Tong sensed that he was about to advance to the True God realm, suppressed the breakthrough, and decided to visit a place first.
• Zhou Tong left Star Picking Manor and headed into the depths of chaos.

Zhou Tong entered Moonlit Pool World to seek Bei Xiu World God's legacy and faced the realm's first trial. He defeated its yaksha guardian, who warned him that the guardians ahead were stronger.

• Zhou Tong suppressed his strength, entered Moonlit Pool World, and followed a wooden bridge across the sea.
• A jade-green yaksha ambushed Zhou Tong, but he caught and shattered its steel fork before killing it with a sword strike.
• More than five hundred yakshas surrounded Zhou Tong, and he fought through them as they reformed into weaker water-like bodies.
• The yakshas fused into a golden yaksha with strength close to a True God, which attacked Zhou Tong with a steel fork.
• Zhou Tong struck the golden yaksha with Star-Plucking Hand, heavily injuring it and passing the trial; the guardian warned him that stronger guardians awaited ahead.

Zhou Tong crossed the first island in the Moonlit Pool World, defeated its gatekeeper, and brought the stranded Heavenly Deity along in his Star Picking Manor. On the next island, he discovered a white ape’s Tai Chi Power and began battling a golden ape whose fourth-realm Tai Chi Power overwhelmed his third-realm Sword Power.

• Zhou Tong struck down the first island’s Heavenly Deity and continued toward the island’s bridge.
• The Heavenly Deity asked Zhou Tong to take him along, and Zhou Tong housed him in Star Picking Manor.
• A white ape attacked Zhou Tong with Tai Chi Power, but Zhou Tong pierced its avatar and the ape invited him to fight ahead.
• Zhou Tong met a golden ape on the bridge and attacked with a divine sword and third-realm Sword Power.
• The golden ape used fourth-realm Tai Chi Power to shatter Zhou Tong’s sword energy and send him flying more than a hundred li, then charged again.

Zhou Tong defeated the Golden Ape by fusing his blade and sword powers into his Power of Fire, then continued to Volcano Island. There, he discovered an Ape Roaring Diagram containing the Golden Ape’s staff techniques and Tai Chi methods.

• Zhou Tong battled the Golden Ape with his blade and sword but struggled against its fourth-level Tai Chi Power.
• Zhou Tong’s Power of Fire erupted, and he transformed into a flaming Phoenix to destroy the Golden Ape’s attack and defeat it.
• The Golden Ape acknowledged Zhou Tong’s victory, identified his fourth-stage Power of Fire, and told him that stronger gatekeepers awaited on other islands.
• Zhou Tong sensed that he had begun to fuse Blade Power and Sword Power into his Power of Fire, but decided to strengthen his blade and sword skills before pursuing the fusion further.
• Zhou Tong flew to Volcano Island, where he studied the Ape Roaring Diagram and found that it depicted the Golden Ape’s staff techniques and methods for cultivating Tai Chi Power.

Zhou Tong brought the Seven Dragon Gods onward from Volcano Island and fought the Purgatory God to improve his saber and sword techniques. He completed both techniques before revealing his fourth-level Power of Fire, defeating the guardian, who promised to wait for him on Ten Thousand Peaks Island.

• The Seven Dragon Gods entered Zhou Tong's Star Picking Manor, and Zhou Tong set out from Volcano Island toward the next stage.
• Zhou Tong met the Purgatory God and began fighting him with his saber and sword, holding back his Power of Fire.
• Zhou Tong used his Three Heads Six Arms divine ability to withstand the Purgatory God's Limitless Power and improve his techniques through seven days of battle.
• Zhou Tong completed the third volume of his Five Treasures Swordsmanship and brought his saber technique to completion.
• The Purgatory God also used Three Heads Six Arms, forcing Zhou Tong to transform into a fire phoenix and unleash his fourth-level Power of Fire.
• Zhou Tong severely injured the Purgatory God, who conceded the stage and vanished, saying he would wait on Ten Thousand Peaks Island.

Zhou Tong chose treasures on Treasure Island and gained a new insight into combining his blade, sword, and fire powers after studying the Purgatory God's halberd art. After three months of contemplation, he realized he needed more battles to advance his Blade Power and Sword Power, and continued deeper into Ten Thousand Peaks Island.

• The Purgatory God explained that Zhou Tong could choose three treasures from Treasure Island, and Zhou Tong selected Ice Heart Marrow, Nine Flame Paste, and an Azure Spirit Immortal Fruit.
• The Purgatory God objected to Zhou Tong taking large quantities of the Ice Heart Marrow and Nine Flame Paste, but ultimately gave him nine zhang of each in every direction and the Azure Spirit Immortal Fruit.
• Zhou Tong reached Ten Thousand Peaks Island and studied the Purgatory God's halberd art engraved on a stone stele.
• Zhou Tong realized Tai Chi Power and Limitless Power could help him merge his Blade Power, Sword Power, and Power of Fire.
• After meditating for three months, Zhou Tong concluded he needed more battle experience to comprehend fourth-realm Blade Power and Sword Power, then walked deeper into the island.