Chapter Summaries

Shen Ye suppressed Yama Son of Heaven and seized Yama Palace, then turned his attention to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s Palace Seal. When Saint Mitian’s puppets interrupted, Shen Ye struck him across the realms and suppressed him in the Yang World.

• Yama Son of Heaven tried to escape with Yama Palace using his master’s spatial ability, but Shen Ye caught him and the palace in his palm.
• Shen Ye’s overwhelming power left Reincarnation Saint and Xiyang Tian stunned, while Yama Son of Heaven was suppressed.
• Saint Mitian arrived through two Ancestral Immortal puppets and confronted Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva after discovering Yama Palace was gone.
• Shen Ye demanded the Palace Seal from Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and Mitian angrily interrupted their conversation.
• Shen Ye’s finger struck through space-time and suppressed Mitian in the Yang World after Mitian’s first attack made him retreat to safety.

Shen Ye left the Underworld for the mortal realm after securing the Yama Palace Seal and asking Zhong Shan to relay a message to King You of Zhou. As Shen Ye arrived at the Heavenly Court, Nezha warned the Jade Emperor of his overwhelming power, and the court panicked.

• Shen Ye asked Zhong Shan to tell King You of Zhou to trade the Mountains and Rivers State Chart for Bao Si.
• Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva gave Shen Ye the Yama Palace Seal, and Shen Ye departed for the mortal realm with Xiyang Tian returning separately.
• Nezha saw Shen Ye's Dragon Carriage heading toward the Heavenly Court and raced ahead to warn the Jade Emperor.
• Nezha told the Jade Emperor that Shen Ye commanded a Saint and had severely wounded Mitian's puppet with one strike.
• Growth Heavenly King reported that Shen Ye had arrived at the South Heaven Gate, and a Star Lord urged the Jade Emperor to invite Tathagata Buddha from Spirit Mountain.

Shen Ye entered the Heavenly Court and challenged Hongjun, seeking the accumulated virtue stored in Purple Cloud Palace. After their clash of wills, Hongjun agreed not to contend with Shen Ye for it, and Shen Ye departed.

• The Heavenly Court revealed the Lin Heavenly Vein and Hongjun's phantom after Shen Ye arrived in his Dragon Carriage.
• Shen Ye broke through Hongjun's time-reversing technique and demanded Purple Cloud Palace, claiming it held Hongjun's accumulated virtue.
• Hongjun drew Shen Ye into a spiritual world for a clash of wills while the Grand Supreme Saint returned and explained their absence to the Heavenly Court.
• The aftershocks of the battle knocked most of the immortals unconscious, while the Jade Emperor and Grand Supreme Saint endured them.
• Hongjun said Purple Cloud Palace was not in his possession and agreed not to contend with Shen Ye for it, after which Shen Ye departed.

Shen Ye traveled to Great Qin for Ying’s birthday banquet while preparing to gather the four veins of fate and forge a Great Emperor Karma Position. After arriving as Great Qin’s honored guest, he offered Ying a powerful flame and urged Patriarch Bodhi to join Great Han, warning that Bodhi’s Destiny was nearly exhausted.

• Shen Ye reflected on how he would unite the four veins of fortune, feng shui, accumulated virtue, and merit and fame to create a Great Emperor Karma Position.
• Shen Ye arrived at Xianyang in his Dragon Carriage, and Li Si and Lü Buwei welcomed him despite Great Qin’s ban on flying over the capital.
• Shen Ye gave Li Si a flame as a gift for Ying, who was in seclusion breaking through to a new realm.
• The North Sea Dragon King recognized the Ancestor Immortal dragons pulling Shen Ye’s carriage, but Dipankara and the Antarctic Immortal Elder warned him not to challenge Shen Ye.
• Li Si led Shen Ye to Soaring Heaven Hall, where he met Patriarch Bodhi, Tathagata Buddha, and Shen Qitian.
• Shen Ye told Patriarch Bodhi that his Destiny was nearly exhausted and offered him protection if he entered Great Han.

At Ying’s birthday banquet, the Confucian Gate attacked Great Qin, and Confucius and Marquis Cheng appeared to confront Ying. Confucius revealed that he had obtained the Lin Heavenly Vein from Haotian, leaving Ying uncertain whether his allies would dare fight against a Saint empowered to invoke Heaven’s Will Punishment.

• A mysterious voice cursed Ying, and the Confucian Gate’s recitations filled Xianyang with righteous energy as Zilu demanded that Great Qin’s guests choose sides.
• Ying unleashed his personal Great Dao, scattering the Confucian Gate’s righteous energy, before Confucius appeared and defended his disciples’ threat against Great Qin’s guests.
• Confucius named Mitian and Marquis Cheng, and Shen Ye’s subtle guidance helped the Saints uncover previously obscured karmic threads.
• Marquis Cheng emerged and declared that Ying deserved death, while Mitian reminded Confucius of their agreement.
• Confucius revealed the Lin Heavenly Vein and said he had obtained it from Haotian, making Ying fear that Heaven’s Will Punishment could deter Bodhi and Rulai from joining the fight.

Shen Ye agreed to help Ying in exchange for the Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram, then revealed overwhelming power by routing Mitian and killing Marquis Cheng. When Marquis Cheng emerged as a Heavenly Demon King and unleashed the Heavenly Demon Realm, Shen Ye converted its demons, struck him down again, and entered the realm alone.

• Shen Ye agreed to hold back Marquis Cheng and Mitian in exchange for the Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram, and Mitian recognized him and fled.
• Bull Demon King identified Shen Ye as the Great Han Saint King, and Shen Ye killed Marquis Cheng with one sword strike.
• The Heavenly Demon Realm opened, and Marquis Cheng appeared as its foremost Heavenly Demon King, leading an invasion of the Great Thousand World.
• Shen Ye converted the invading heavenly demons through Buddhist chants, then bisected Marquis Cheng with another sword strike that destroyed countless demons.
• The Great Freedom Heavenly Demons fled back through the rift, but Shen Ye pursued them into the Heavenly Demon Realm.

Mitian feared the mysterious death of Marquis Cheng, while Ying and Confucius began a battle that drew Great Qin and the Confucian school into a wider clash. Saint Lu Ya arrived seeking the Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram, but Li Si unleashed Little Flame and engulfed him in fire.

• Mitian suspected a Great Demon from Beyond had killed Marquis Cheng and decided to hide in a Small Thousand World.
• Ying transformed using Jiangchen's Body and followed Confucius through a black hole into the chaos to fight.
• Li Si and Lü Buwei deployed Great Qin's forces, Tathagata, Bodhi, and Lan against the Confucian school and the Four Elders of the Kong Family.
• Saint Lu Ya and the Ten Great Demon Gods entered the battle, and Lu Ya demanded that Ying surrender the Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram for Taiyi.
• Li Si warned Lu Ya with a wisp of flame, then unleashed Little Flame, which expanded and trapped Lu Ya in a sea of fire.

Lu Ya summoned Heavenly Fate to extinguish the unorthodox flame, drawing its attention to Zhunti and Shen Ye. Shen Ye confronted Heavenly Fate and fought its manifestation of Pangu’s True Form; afterward, Heavenly Fate vanished, leaving Lu Ya afraid of the consequences.

• Guiche tried to save Lu Ya from the flames but was reduced to ashes, and the other Demon Gods backed away.
• Lu Ya offered his saintly position to summon Heavenly Fate, which punished him and searched the area.
• Heavenly Fate discovered Marquis Cheng’s death and Zhunti’s return, then targeted Zhunti with a beam of divine light.
• Shen Ye appeared, deflected the beam, and asked Heavenly Fate to let the matter pass; when it refused, he challenged its Pangu’s True Form.
• Shen Ye and Heavenly Fate clashed, and after the Eastern Continent’s people lost consciousness, Heavenly Fate vanished while Shen Ye remained unharmed.
• Lu Ya wondered whether Heavenly Fate would punish him for summoning it.

After Ying slew Confucius, he learned that Shen Ye had confronted Heaven’s Will and left with the Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram. In the underworld, Gu Yongheng decided to undermine Shen Ye by manipulating the Great Thousand World’s powers into attacking him.

• Li Si persuaded Lu Ya to stop coveting the Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram, and Guiguzi handed the treasure to Shen Ye, who left to congratulate Ying later.
• Ying returned with Confucius’s corpse, devoured him, and advanced toward becoming Heavenly Emperor, but Heaven’s Will did not respond.
• Li Si told Ying that Shen Ye had fought Heaven’s Will after protecting Zhunti, and Ying concluded that Shen Ye was nearly as powerful as Heaven’s Will.
• At the Ancient Desolation Family’s headquarters, Gu Yongheng learned that Shen Ye had opposed Heaven’s Will and recognized him as a threat to his plan.
• Gu Yongheng agreed to secretly encourage major powers to attack Shen Ye by exploiting their greed for Minghe’s Ten Halls and Hongjun’s Purple Cloud Palace.

Shen Ye met Ji Gongnie after taking Qin Guang Palace from the Human Dao Sect, then visited Lihuo Sacred Capital to discuss his search for the ten halls and Purple Cloud Palace. Ji Gongnie finally raised the proposed trade for the Mountains and Rivers State Chart, and Shen Ye showed him the damaged Bao Si puppet, provoking his fury at Miti.

• Ji Gongnie arrived at the Human Dao Sect, where its sect master submitted to Great Zhou and revealed that Shen Ye was inside the palace.
• Shen Ye emerged with Qin Guang Palace secured, and he and Ji Gongnie discussed their past rivalry and their defiance of fate before leaving for Lihuo Sacred Capital.
• Mozi arrived after their departure and learned that Shen Ye had taken Qin Guang Palace, one of the ten halls left by his master.
• At a banquet, Shen Ye told Ji Gongnie that he had sent Zhunti to wait for Purple Cloud Palace and that the ten halls could help complete an experiment.
• Ji Gongnie asked about trading for the Mountains and Rivers State Chart, and Shen Ye showed him Bao Si's battered Nine-tailed Celestial Fox Puppet.
• Ji Gongnie recognized Bao Si's condition and vowed to kill Miti.

Shen Ye severed Bao Si’s karma to save her and traded Ji Gongnie’s warning of an impending assault on the Great Han Holy Court for the chance to act. He then struck the Ancient Desolation Family from afar, killing hundreds of Ancestor Immortals and frightening other factions away from opposing him.

• Phoenix Old Mother said Bao Si’s destiny had run out, and Shen Ye agreed he could save her by severing her karma with heaven and earth.
• Ji Gongnie warned Shen Ye that the Ancient Desolation Family was rallying powers from both realms to attack the Great Han Holy Court, and revealed that its patriarch Gu Yongheng might match Shen Ye’s strength.
• Shen Ye severed Bao Si’s karma, then sent a sword strike across yin and yang toward the Ancient Desolation Family’s headquarters.
• Gu Yongheng hesitated to reveal his full strength, and Shen Ye’s sword killed hundreds of the family’s Ancestor Immortals.
• Taiyi and the demon experts witnessed Shen Ye’s strike, while Tiandaozi abandoned the idea of joining the Ancient Desolation Family’s campaign and ordered its envoy removed.

Shen Ye confronted Gu Yongheng after destroying the Ancient Desolation Family’s headquarters, then killed him with one sword strike when he revealed himself as a demon from the Great Evil World. Gu Yongheng secretly survived and plotted to find a Transcendent, unaware that the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon was forming inside his Sea of Consciousness.

• Shen Ye challenged Gu Yongheng, who summoned the Eye of Heavenly Fate to fight Shen Ye’s Eye of Heavenly Punishment.
• Gu Yongheng revealed his demonic form and absorbed the flesh and blood of more than a thousand Ancestor Immortals.
• At Beyond the Heavens, Dayu stopped defenders from abandoning the front line, and they mistook Shen Ye’s sword strike for a blow from Heavenly Fate or Hongjun.
• Shen Ye killed Gu Yongheng with one sword, leaving Heavenly Fate wary of his strength.
• Gu Yongheng reformed in a blood pool, vowed revenge, and planned to seek the sleeping Transcendent while the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon gathered in his Sea of Consciousness.

After Shen Ye defeated the Ancient Desolation Family, he gathered the Ten Halls of the Underworld and entered Minghe’s Feng Shui Realm to face him. Shen Ye won their battle, and Minghe surrendered the fortune he had accumulated over tens of millions of years before vanishing.

• Taiyi gave Zhunti the Purple Cloud Palace as compensation for Lu Ya’s past offense against Shen Ye, while Yinghuo sealed his mountain and went into seclusion after Mozi left.
• Zhunti delivered the Purple Cloud Palace to Shen Ye, who appointed him King Pingdeng as he activated the Ten Halls of the Underworld.
• Shen Ye entered Minghe’s Feng Shui Realm and accepted Minghe’s challenge, with the winner claiming the Great Thousand World’s fortune.
• Shen Ye used the Human Sovereign Sword to overcome Minghe’s spatial techniques and shatter the misfortune imposed by Minghe’s fused swords.
• Minghe realized he should use the momentum of living beings to transcend fate, then accepted defeat and surrendered his accumulated fortune before dissolving into nothingness.

While Shen Ye remained in seclusion, Tiandaozi used the Strongest Sword to capture Destiny and planned to refine it to reach Ancestor Immortal Thirteenth Heaven. Sui warned Zhong Shan that this would awaken the First World's transcendent one, leaving the Great Thousand World facing imminent danger.

• Tiandaozi questioned Gu Yongheng about breaking through to Ancestor Immortal Thirteenth Heaven, and Gu Yongheng urged him to use the Strongest Sword to refine Destiny and awaken the transcendent one.
• The fortune cloud sea of Great Zheng shook, and Sui told Zhong Shan that the transcendent one from the First World was about to awaken.
• Sui revealed that his true body was the Soul Lock in his brow and that he had been controlling the sleeping transcendent one's body since their battle long ago.
• Sui explained that someone in Heaven Continent had used the Strongest Sword to devour Destiny, whose fall had triggered the awakening.
• Zhong Shan agreed to contact Ancestor Immortal Twelfth Heaven experts to stop Tiandaozi and said they could invite Shen Ye but should not force an outsider to shoulder the crisis.

Zhong Shan and nine Ancestor Immortal Twelfth Heaven experts attacked Tiandaozi, but he used the Strongest Sword to absorb Gu Yongheng and possess Taiyi. After Tiandaozi killed Tiger Ancestor and wounded Phoenix Old Mother, a surge of heaven-and-earth power revealed that Human Ancestor Sui might be alive.

• Zhong Shan gathered nine other Ancestor Immortal Twelfth Heaven experts and led them into the valley where Tiandaozi and Gu Yongheng were refining a blood pool.
• The group’s attack destroyed the territory around Tiandaozi, but the Strongest Sword emerged unharmed, and Taiyi grabbed it despite Zhong Shan’s warning.
• The sword’s black mist let Tiandaozi absorb Gu Yongheng and take over Taiyi’s body, after which Tiandaozi revealed he had planned the betrayal and vowed to rule the Great Thousand World.
• Tiandaozi killed Tiger Ancestor and severely wounded Phoenix Old Mother, then prepared to strike her again.
• A dragon’s roar shattered Tiandaozi’s sword qi, and Phoenix Old Mother recognized the power as Human Ancestor Sui’s.

Tiandaozi fought Zhong Shan and the others, but they defeated him with power drawn from the Great Thousand World's origin. The Transcendent awakened by possessing Tiandaozi and reclaiming the Strongest Sword, while Sui and Phoenix Old Mother paid a terrible price to rouse him.

• Sui empowered Zhong Shan, Ying, the Ancestral Dragon, and the others with the Great Thousand World's strength as they attacked Tiandaozi.
• The eight experts blocked Tiandaozi's assault and eventually drove him into the abyss, where he demanded they hand over the Strongest Sword.
• The Transcendent awakened inside Sui's body and stabbed the Ancestral Dragon, revealing that Sui had already been displaced.
• Phoenix Old Mother attacked with Nirvana Fire that burned life itself, awakening Sui's consciousness; Sui then sacrificed himself in an explosion against the Transcendent.
• A small golden dragon survived and possessed Tiandaozi, claiming him as its vessel and reclaiming the Strongest Sword.

Shen Ye used the Heavenly Demon Aggregate to contaminate and enslave the Transcendent, refining him into the Great Emperor Altar and ending the Great Thousand World’s immediate crisis. After reviving Phoenix Old Mother and Sui, Shen Ye faced Lotus God, who had just transcended in the Great Evil World and came seeking the altar.

• The Heavenly Demon Aggregate emerged from the Transcendent and, under Shen Ye’s control, contaminated his soul.
• Shen Ye bound the Transcendent in a cocoon and refined him into a Heaven and Earth Altar, then absorbed the Great Emperor Altar.
• Shen Ye reversed time to revive Phoenix Old Mother and Sui, who recognized him as the Great Thousand World’s World Lord.
• Lotus God transcended in the Great Evil World and sensed the Great Emperor Altar’s appearance.
• Lotus God arrived before Shen Ye and confirmed that Shen Ye had absorbed the Great Emperor Altar.

Shen Ye fought Lotus God, who tried to exploit a battle of destinies to separate him from the Great Emperor Altar. Shen Ye took the Lotus of Grand Qi and shattered Lotus God's destiny, leaving Lotus God to self-destruct while promising to return.

• Lotus God questioned Shen Ye about the Second Epoch and was stunned to learn Shen Ye had forged a circular Great Emperor Altar.
• Shen Ye and Lotus God unleashed devastating attacks that shook the Four-Existence Worlds as they battled in the limitless void.
• Lotus God challenged Shen Ye to battle with their destinies, then sent the Lotus of Grand Qi at him while their destinies collided.
• Shen Ye teleported the Lotus of Grand Qi to the Main World, severing Lotus God's connection to the treasure, while the destiny clash shattered Lotus God's destiny.
• Fearing the fate that had befallen Tiangang, Lotus God self-destructed and vowed that he would return.

Shen Ye emerged from seclusion and summoned the universe’s powerful cultivators to a Heaven Mending Assembly, intending to repair the damaged universe before his breakthrough. As the gathering began on the Purple Star Imperial Planet, emperors, prodigies, and Restricted Zone Supremes arrived, leaving the assembled guests in tense silence.

• Shen Ye decided to repair the universe before advancing and sent three thousand invitations to the Great Sages and Restricted Zone Supremes.
• The Golden Ancient Emperor and Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor suspected the gathering concerned restoring the Heavenly Heart Imprint and agreed to attend.
• The Golden Crow Great Emperor received Shen Ye’s invitation and chose to go to the assembly.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo prepared for the gathering as cultivators across the universe celebrated Shen Ye’s return from seclusion.
• Heavenly prodigies gathered on the Purple Star Imperial Planet, where Fire Lin'er spoke with Ye Fan about the Holy Court’s powerful members.
• The Golden Crow Great Emperor arrived, followed by the White Tiger Daoist, Beast God, and Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor, causing the palace to fall silent.

Shen Ye convened the Restricted Zone Supremes and Sacred Court powers, explained that their universe had remained in the Era of Dharma Decline since the Immortal Ancient Era, and revealed his plan to transform it into an Immortal Domain. The assembly was left to consider how they could mend the heavens and make that transformation possible.

• The Beast God challenged Ye Fan and demanded that the Human Sovereign appear, while Pang Bo, Yin Tiande, Gu Huang, Yaoguang Saint Son, and others stood against him.
• More than a dozen Restricted Zone Supremes arrived, and their combined auras threatened to destroy the universe until Shen Ye appeared and separated them with his power.
• Shen Ye declared that he had not become immortal yet but would soon, then promised to explain immortality at the assembly.
• Shen Ye explained that the eras since the Immortal Ancient Era had all been an Era of Dharma Decline, with incomplete laws, limited resources, and shortened lifespans hindering cultivation.
• Shen Ye rejected the Supremes' plan to break into the Immortal Domain and proposed creating another Immortal Domain by upgrading their universe.
• Shen Ye said he had invited the Supremes to the assembly to mend the heavens, prompting them to question how their damaged universe could be transformed.