Chapter Summaries

Song Changming reached the Buddhist Sect’s Divine Tree to seek its Profound Immortal Dao Fruit, but the Buddha’s Sons turned hostile when they discovered him. After Song Changming repelled one attacker’s first strike, the Buddha’s Son trapped him in Wisdom King Fire that burned at his divine soul.

• Song Changming found over a hundred Buddha’s Sons gathered beneath the Divine Tree, where an old Buddha explained that the tree would release its Dao Fruit when the time was right.
• Song Changming inspected the Divine Tree and its restriction, focusing on obtaining the Dao Fruit rather than trying to seize the tree’s energy.
• A warrior-monk Buddha’s Son noticed Song Changming and attacked after Song claimed the Buddha Ancestor had sent him.
• Song Changming dispersed the Buddha’s Son’s palm strike with Death Sleep Wind, surprising the old Buddha with his Ancient Witch Clan inheritance.
• The Buddha’s Son manifested a Golden Body and used Wisdom King Fire, which pursued Song Changming and burned his divine soul according to his sins.

Song Changming used the Buddha's Son's Wisdom King Fire to purify his soul and complete the seventh rank of his Witch God Soul, unleashing soul power that overwhelmed the gathered Buddha's Sons. As the Divine Tree's restriction began to unlock, Song Changming prepared to claim the Dao Fruit he needed to reach the Profound Immortal realm.

• Song Changming pretended to endure the Wisdom King Fire while it burned impurities from his soul, and the Buddha's Son intensified the flames when Song Changming taunted him.
• Song Changming's seventh Divine Step solidified, and the resulting eruption of soul power stunned the Buddha's Sons and made the Wisdom King Fire backfire on its caster.
• The old Buddha rescued the burned Buddha's Son, ordered him to leave, and later intervened to save other Buddha's Sons overwhelmed by Song Changming's soul power.
• Song Changming's Witch God Soul stabilized at the seventh rank, and he told the old Buddha he had acquired the Ancient Witch Clan inheritance himself.
• The Divine Tree's restriction stirred after Song Changming's soul-power shockwave, and he realized its Dao Fruit could now be plucked.

Song Changming entered the Divine Tree’s weakening restriction ahead of the Buddha’s Sons and tried to seize one of its seven Dao Fruits. Mingxin Buddha’s Son trapped him with a Merit Profound Treasure, but Song Changming’s Ancient God’s Shadow stopped the Alms Bowl from crushing him.

• The Divine Tree’s restriction weakened, and its seven Dao Fruits broke free as the Buddha’s Sons rushed to enter.
• Song Changming used his God Realm to bypass the restriction and enter the Divine Tree first.
• Mingxin Buddha’s Son confronted Song Changming and demanded that he leave, but Song Changming refused.
• Song Changming failed to catch the darting Dao Fruits, and Mingxin Buddha’s Son trapped him beneath a Merit Profound Treasure Alms Bowl.
• Song Changming summoned the Witch Emperor Seal and Ancient God’s Shadow, which braced against the Alms Bowl and stopped its descent.

Song Changming defeated Mingxin Buddha's Son, then used the divine ability Treading the Nine Heavens to disrupt spacetime and capture a Divine Tree Dao Fruit. The other Buddha's Sons realized he had secured one of the seven fruits.

• Song Changming's Ancient God's Shadow shattered Mingxin Buddha's Son's Golden Body, but an old Buddha intervened and rescued him.
• The old Buddha forbade killing beneath the Divine Tree, and the other Buddha's Sons abandoned their attempts to drive Song Changming away.
• Song Changming used his soul power to track the seven elusive Dao Fruits, but failed to catch one as they slipped through space.
• Song Changming unleashed Treading the Nine Heavens, locking the Dao Fruits and Buddha's Sons into a previous moment in spacetime.
• Song Changming caught a Divine Tree Dao Fruit and ended the divine ability, leaving the Buddha's Sons to discover the missing fruit in his hand.

Song Changming returned with the Divine Tree Dao Fruit and began breaking through to the Profound Immortal realm under the Nine Heavens Goddess’s protection. As his Profound Immortal Tribulation gathered over the Nine Heavens Star, Guai Li returned in the Divine Pool.

• Song Changming left the restriction with the Dao Fruit, while the Buddha's Sons competed for the remaining fruits and two of them obtained one.
• The old Buddha sent the Buddha's Sons away and worried that the Immortal-Buddha Conflict would disturb the Divine Tree’s sanctuary.
• Song Changming returned to the Nine Heavens Goddess and explained that he had used her divine art to obtain the Dao Fruit.
• After recovering for three months, Song Changming swallowed the Dao Fruit and drew immense amounts of Immortal Spirit Qi into himself.
• Tribulation clouds gathered over the Nine Heavens Star as Song Changming prepared to face the Profound Immortal Tribulation.
• The Nine Heavens Goddess noticed Glazed Fire take human form in the Divine Pool, and Guai Li returned.

Song Changming underwent the Profound Immortal Tribulation and used its lightning to draw closer to the Great Dao, but his unusual insight provoked a series of exceptionally powerful black and violet bolts. As the final bolt arrived, he refused the Nine Heavens Goddess’s offer to take it for him, determined to endure the trial himself.

• Guai Li thanked the Nine Heavens Goddess for restoring her, then watched with her as Song Changming began his tribulation.
• Song Changming endured the first eighteen bolts while his Witch God Soul comprehended the Great Dao’s laws.
• As the tribulation reached its later stages, Song Changming faced unusual black bolts that grew stronger and injured him, then used his God Realm and eight Seeds of Nature to resist them.
• Song Changming summoned the Witch Emperor Seal and Ancient God's Shadow to withstand the thirty-fourth bolt, but the shadow collapsed under the second-to-last bolt.
• The Nine Heavens Goddess offered to endure the final bolt for Song Changming, but he refused and chose to face it himself.

Song Changming survived the final tribulation bolt and ascended to the rank of Profound Immortal, gaining greater control over time and space. He thanked the Nine Heavens Goddess, then left Nine Heavens Star with Guai Li for the Venerable Abyss Palace on Qingguang Star.

• The Nine Heavens Goddess protected the divine mountain and watched as Song Changming endured the devastating final bolt of tribulation lightning.
• After the lightning dissipated, Song Changming stood alive amid the lava, and auspicious energy descended to heal him and transform his Martial Core.
• Song Changming attained Profound Immortal power and demonstrated that he could open spatial passages and control the Divine Pool's water.
• Song Changming thanked the Nine Heavens Goddess, who declined to hold an immortal banquet and sent him on his way.
• Guai Li teased Song Changming about becoming Changming Celestial Venerable as they traveled toward the Venerable Abyss Palace on Qingguang Star.

Song Changming met the Immortal King, declined an offer to join the Heaven-Suppressing Army, and accepted a different set of rewards. After returning to the Northern Military Prefecture, he received congratulations and gifts while reflecting on his breakthrough to the Profound Immortal realm.

• The Immortal King summoned Song Changming and offered him a place in the Heaven-Suppressing Army after learning he had entered the Profound Immortal realm within five hundred years.
• Song Changming declined the offer because he wanted to remain with his soldiers and descend to the lower realm to slay Evil Demons.
• The Immortal King instead bestowed a Profound Artifact, a Demon-Slaying Blade, the title of Celestial Venerable, a cultivation estate, and a Great Immortal Peach upon Song Changming.
• Heavenly King Shenxiao and the other Immortal Gods congratulated Song Changming, and he returned to the Northern Military Prefecture.
• Great Heavenly Generals and other well-wishers brought Song Changming gifts, while Old Chi celebrated his growing reputation and Song Changming focused on the strength gained through his breakthrough.

Song Changming received the Immortal King's rewards, including a great immortal peach and the top-grade Profound Artifact Demon-Slaying Blade. He easily suppressed the blade's fierce saber intent, leaving the Joy Official stunned.

• Song Changming thanked Old Chi for his service and let him choose immortal pills and medicines, then distributed the rest among Su Qingqing, Hya, and his other companions.
• A Joy Official arrived and invited Song Changming to his newly granted cultivation grounds, a barren star near Nine Heavens Star.
• The Joy Official showed Song Changming the five thousand craftsmen assigned to transform the star and presented the Immortal King's great immortal peach.
• The Joy Official revealed the Demon-Slaying Blade and warned Song Changming that it needed a hundred years of nurturing before use.
• Song Changming grabbed the blade, unleashed its saber intent, and quickly suppressed it without injury, stunning the Joy Official.

Song Changming received the top-grade Demon-Slaying Blade, began developing his barren stellar dojo, and spent months consolidating his Profound Immortal cultivation. When his annual evaluation arrived, he was offered five rewards and had to choose three.

• Song Changming tested the Demon-Slaying Blade, gave immortal pills to the injured Joy Officials, and ordered the craftsmen to build his dojo.
• Song Changming surveyed his star and planned to have Su Qingqing and Hya establish Immortal Platforms or Spirit Gathering Formations to draw in Immortal Spirit Qi.
• Song Changming cultivated at the General's Mansion, using the Nine Heavens Divine Codex's time-distorting power and a Great Immortal Peach to strengthen his Profound Immortal cultivation.
• Song Changming received his annual evaluation as an Immortal Venerable, which listed five reward options and asked him to select three.

After receiving the golden Natural Saint Body trait, Song Changming developed a seven-colored natural source that encompassed all elements. Myriad Flowers Immortal shielded his breakthrough from other Golden Immortals, and Song Changming left the chapter resolved to pursue the supreme saint realm through both the Great Dao of nature and the saber path.

• Song Changming chose the Natural Saint Body, an orange Physique Trait, and a skill experience book as his annual rewards.
• Myriad Flowers Immortal sensed natural source energy gathering on Immortal Mountain and traced it to Song Changming in the General's Mansion.
• Myriad Flowers Immortal surrounded the General's Mansion with a floral barrier to conceal Song Changming's breakthrough from other Golden Immortals.
• Song Changming emerged from a cocoon of natural energies, crossed Myriad Flowers Immortal's barrier, and thanked her for protecting him.
• Song Changming told Myriad Flowers Immortal that he had comprehended the Great Dao of nature through an opportunity, and she departed for her appointment with Xue Heng.
• Song Changming discovered that his eight elemental seeds had merged into a seven-colored natural source and realized his golden traits qualified him to pursue the supreme saint realm.

Song Changming returned to the Northern Immortal Army after reaching the Profound Immortal realm and learned that the Four-Way Battle was approaching. Thunderous Great Heavenly General told him that after the battle, he would become Great Heavenly General of the Second Division.

• Song Changming used his new Spatial Body trait to strengthen his spatial abilities and raised Treading the Nine Heavens to Minor Mastery.
• Old Chi told Song Changming that Thunderous Great Heavenly General wanted to see him about the Four-Way Battle.
• Song Changming met Battalion Commander Jing Shan, who asked how he had obtained a Profound Immortal Dao Fruit and hoped to earn one through the battle.
• Thunderous Great Heavenly General explained that the Four-Way Battle was coming and promised that Song Changming would take command of the Second Division afterward.

Song Changming learned that the Second Division’s Great Heavenly General had defected to the Buddhist Sect before the Immortal King and eight Heavenly Kings launched the Four-Way Battle. He entered the battle’s vast, cloud-filled small world with five thousand soldiers under his command.

• Lei Xiao told Song Changming that General Wisteria had converted to Buddhism, leaving the Second Division’s Great Heavenly General position vacant.
• Song Changming returned to his mansion and studied his newly acquired golden Natural Saint Body Trait while postponing his search for Space-Time Black Sand.
• Five hundred years after the last Four-Way Battle, the Immortal King opened a small world and sent the eight Heavenly Kings into it.
• Song Changming assembled with the Northern Immortal Army and led five thousand heavenly soldiers and generals into the spatial passage.
• Song Changming arrived in a boundless small world of dense, solid Immortal Spirit Qi clouds and could not sense its far limits.

Song Changming attended the Four-Way Battle’s opening and watched the Immortal King announce a trial requiring challengers to defeat ten Cloud Immortals in a row. After his subordinates struggled to qualify, Song Changming entered the trial himself and destroyed his first opponent with a single strike.

• The Immortal King opened the Four-Way Battle and created a hundred thousand Cloud Immortals for the qualifying trial.
• Song Changming allowed his generals to attempt the trial, while Old Chi declined because he only wanted to follow Song Changming.
• Qin Xianmin defeated six Cloud Immortals but failed to reach the required ten consecutive victories, and Song Changming encouraged him.
• When no one else volunteered, Song Changming entered the trial and collapsed the first Cloud Immortal with one palm strike.

Song Changming easily passed the pre-battle trial, then faced Ao Ye, a proud dragon Battalion Commander from the Southern Immortal Army. Their opening clash left Ao Ye surprised that Song Changming could withstand his greater Profound Immortal cultivation, and Ao Ye attacked again in dragon form.

• Song Changming defeated each Cloud Immortal with a single strike of Rainbow Saint Light and passed the trial.
• The Immortal King ended the trial, and only a few thousand heavenly generals and a small number of heavenly soldiers qualified to fight.
• An immortal official paired Song Changming with Ao Ye of the Southern Immortal Army's Sixth Division.
• Ao Ye challenged Song Changming for not drawing his saber, then unleashed his Profound Immortal energy.
• Song Changming met Ao Ye's attack with Immortal Martial power, and their clash devastated the surrounding space without giving Ao Ye the advantage.
• Ao Ye sent a white dragon head through the shockwaves to bite Song Changming.

Song Changming fought Ao Ye in an immortal army contest and defeated him despite the power of the dragon clan’s Night Dragon Blades. The battle ended with Ao Ye injured and conceding, while Song Changming was relieved that the Immortal King did not object to his forceful victory.

• Song Changming pressed Ao Ye’s white dragon form down with the Immortal Gate Great Hand Seal.
• Ao Ye summoned the three Night Dragon Blades, and Song Changming restrained them by distorting time and space with the Nine Heavens Divine Canon.
• Ao Ye fully activated the Night Dragon Blades and broke free of Song Changming’s restraint, but Song Changming’s lightning form evaded their strike.
• Song Changming unleashed a punch combining the power of nature and fifty thousand strands of Dragon Power, shattering Ao Ye’s protection and sending him flying.
• Heavenly King Jiuchen retrieved the injured Ao Ye, who accepted defeat, while Song Changming worried that he had struck too hard.

Song Changming defeated Ao Ye and a succession of formidable Immortal Army commanders in the Four-Way Battle, while discovering that he could learn immortal arts and divine abilities simply by observing them. The Great Heavenly Generals recognized that no one in the contest could match him, and that the coming Immortal-Buddha Conflict was a more fitting stage for his strength.

• Song Changming defeated Ao Ye, who admitted his inferiority and flew away after praising Song Changming’s strength.
• While watching the battles, Song Changming learned Geng Metal Sword Qi, Grand Evolution Divine Thunder, Thunder Emperor Finger, Colorless Divine Light, External Incarnation, and other arts by observing them.
• Song Changming realized his ability to learn arts instantly came from facing the Great Dao during his Profound Immortal Tribulation.
• Song Changming defeated the Southern Immortal Army Battalion Commander in his second match and returned the commander’s spear.
• Song Changming continued defeating increasingly renowned opponents without drawing his blade, relying on his Dragon Power and the power of nature.
• The Great Heavenly Generals declared Song Changming unmatched among Battalion Commanders and said the Immortal-Buddha Conflict was a more fitting stage for him.

Song Changming faced Gui Li, Emperor Nanhua’s disciple, in the final battle of the Four-Way Battle. Their clash ended with neither gaining the advantage, and they continued fighting.

• Song Changming won ten battles against powerful Profound Immortals and reached the final Immortal Platform.
• Gui Li stepped forward to challenge Song Changming, drawing attention as Emperor Nanhua’s disciple and the Eastern Immortal Army’s prodigy.
• Gui Li’s opening spear strike overwhelmed Song Changming’s natural source power, forcing him to draw the Demon-Slaying Blade for the first time in the tournament.
• Gui Li teleported behind Song Changming with an immortal formation, but Song Changming turned and met his attack with a powerful slash.
• Song Changming and Gui Li traded saber and spear attacks, sending each other hundreds of li backward without either gaining the advantage.
• Gui Li and Song Changming both unleashed Three Heads Six Arms and exchanged immortal arts, divine abilities, and treasures.

Song Changming defeated Gui Li in a three-day battle at the Four-Way Battle, becoming the Great Heavenly General Champion. Afterward, the Heavenly Kings discussed the fighters’ extraordinary power and allegiance, while Lei Xiao celebrated Song Changming’s victory in the Northern Immortal Mansion.

• Gui Li used Law of Heaven and Earth, and Song Changming answered with the Ancient God's Shadow as their giant forms clashed on the Immortal Platform.
• The battle’s shockwaves forced the heavenly soldiers outside the platform to form Boundless Immortal Formations, while several Heavenly Kings discussed Song Changming’s Witch Clan inheritance and Divine Codex of the Nine Heavens Goddess.
• After fighting for three days, Gui Li dispelled Law of Heaven and Earth and conceded defeat; Song Changming said he had not used the Divine Codex because it consumed too much power.
• An immortal official declared Song Changming the victor and new Great Heavenly General Champion, and the Heavenly Kings discussed whether either fighter truly belonged to the immortal armies.
• At the Northern Immortal Mansion, Lei Xiao praised Song Changming for exceeding his expectations by defeating Gui Li while still at the initial stage of the Profound Immortal realm.

Song Changming was promoted to Great Heavenly General after defeating Gui Li in the Four-Way Battle and received congratulations from powerful Immortals. He took command of the Second Army Division, only to learn that his predecessor Wisteria had defected with most of its commanders and elite troops.

• Heavenly King Shenxiao appointed Song Changming Great Heavenly General of the Second Army Division, and a lavish three-day banquet drew congratulations from four Golden Immortals and many others.
• Song Changming left the Five Divisions with his five thousand troops and arrived at the Second Army Division’s military grounds.
• Li Zicheng greeted Song Changming and explained that only four Battalion Commanders remained after Wisteria defected with six commanders and more than ten thousand elite troops.