Chapter Summaries

Lu Yang comprehended the four mysteries of his newly formed Eternal Observing World Golden Sword Foundation before True Person Demon-Sweeping sent him to investigate the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s alleged abduction of Jiangnan commoners. Ye Cheng secretly worked to provoke a conflict with the sect, and a spy passed word of Lu Yang’s mission to the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect before he left the Sword Pavilion.

• Lu Yang discovered that his Lifebound Divine Ability was named after his Daoist title and studied its four sword mysteries: Heaven Execution, True Person Slaying, Mind Trapping, and Life Severing.
• True Person Demon-Sweeping ordered Lu Yang to investigate reports that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect was abducting Jiangnan commoners to refine Gu.
• Ye Cheng revealed that he had secretly arranged to sabotage Lu Yang’s Foundation Establishment and hoped to use his death to give the Sword Pavilion cause to attack the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect.
• Ye Cheng sent a message to a Sword Pavilion disciple, who relayed news of Lu Yang’s mission to the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect through a Thousand Mile Heartlink Gu.

Lu Yang learned that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s Moon-Worshipping Sacred Pool could produce Xin Metal and openly entered the Southern Border despite the Dao Court’s warning display. True Persons Cicada and Dragon Centipede decided to intercept him, but his brazen approach caught them off guard.

• Lu Yang discovered that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s sacred pool could produce Xin Metal, making the sect a target for him.
• Suppress-South King Wu Tai’an blocked Lu Yang’s way with a military formation, but Lu Yang introduced himself as Minghe and questioned his motives.
• True Persons Cicada and Dragon Centipede discussed delaying Lu Yang to protect the Moon-Worshipping Sacred Pool and their nearly completed Ten-Thousand Calamity Gu.
• Wu Tai’an departed, and Lu Yang openly flew into the Southern Border instead of sneaking in.
• Cicada and Dragon Centipede were startled by Lu Yang’s audacious entry.

Lu Yang confronted the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect over the disappearance of Jiangnan commoners and revealed that he had reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. He used Mind Trapping and a Great Auspicious fortune slip to kill True Persons Longwu and Huigu, leaving the sect's response unresolved.

• Lu Yang flew deep into the Southern Border while True Persons Longwu and Huigu followed, believing he was walking into their trap.
• A Dragon Centipede Gu appeared, and Lu Yang demanded that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect Leader explain the disappearance of Jiangnan commoners.
• True Person Longwu attacked Lu Yang with the Soul-Stunning Gu, but Lu Yang's sword qi destroyed the insects and forced Longwu to flee.
• Longwu and Huigu realized Lu Yang was at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and Huigu tried to escape by activating his Cicada Gu.
• Lu Yang trapped both True Persons with Mind Trapping, drew a Great Auspicious fortune slip, and killed them with a single sword strike.

Lu Yang defeated two Ten Thousand Poisons Sect True Persons and claimed their Gu insects, then Wu Tai'an watched from the Southern Border and decided to be the first to pursue Gold for the Dao Court. The chapter ended with Wu Tai'an preparing to risk martyring himself to the Dao amid the Great Contention Era.

• Lu Yang examined the Dragon Centipede Gu and discovered that the Cicada Gu could make an illusion become real if its victim believed in it.
• Lu Yang stored the Cicada Gu and chose not to capture the two Ten Thousand Poisons Sect True Persons, avoiding any clues that might link his avatar to his main body.
• Wu Tai'an watched Lu Yang's victory from the Southern Border and lamented that the Dao Court lacked outstanding heroes compared with the Sacred Sect, Sword Pavilion, Pure Land, and Overseas.
• Wu Tai'an argued that the world's True Persons were too afraid to seek Gold, doubting that True Lord Chaozhen Tai Xu could maintain the peace for the promised sixty years.
• Wu Tai'an declared that he would be the first to martyr himself to the Dao and seek Gold for the Dao Court.

After killing Dragon Centipede and Cicada, Lu Yang went to Ten Thousand Poisons Sect headquarters under orders to investigate the abduction of Jiangnan civilians. He pressured sect leader Longyue to surrender, and she invited him inside after witnessing his sudden power.

• Ten Thousand Poisons Sect elders learned that Dragon Centipede and Cicada had died and feared the Sword Pavilion’s involvement.
• Lu Yang’s Sword Qi Thunder Sound battered the sect’s Mountain-Protecting Array as he demanded that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect Leader appear.
• Lu Yang identified himself as Minghe, the Sword Pavilion’s current Sword Seed, and said he had come to investigate the abduction of Jiangnan civilians.
• Longyue emerged and extinguished Lu Yang’s sword qi with her greater power, then asked why he had come.
• Lu Yang said he had killed two Ten Thousand Poisons Sect True Persons and demanded that Longyue open the mountain gate and submit to an investigation.
• Longyue prepared to fight, but Lu Yang’s aura surged after the Calamity Waves blessing, and she changed course and invited him inside.

Lu Yang searched the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect for Xin Metal and inferred that its Moon Worship Pool concealed another treasure, while Longyue tried to protect the sect’s secrets. Just as Lu Yang considered how to handle her, a tremor announced that the Ten-Thousand Calamity Gu had been refined and emerged.

• Lu Yang entered the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect and searched its grounds despite Longyue’s displeasure.
• Longyue concealed the sect’s century-long deal with someone in Sword Pavilion to abduct Jiangnan commoners for Gu testing.
• Lu Yang summoned Longyue to speak privately, and her hesitation led him to suspect the Moon Worship Pool held something valuable.
• Lu Yang used a Fortune Drawing Sign and chose its Last Auspicious guidance to seek Xin Metal before deciding whether to confront Longyue over the hidden treasure.
• A violent tremor shook the sect, and Longyue realized the Ten-Thousand Calamity Gu had emerged.

Lu Yang discovered the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s Indestructible Golden Silkworm, a Gu that could help a cultivator survive the Five Decays and reach Foundation Establishment Perfection, but pretended to dismiss it. He took the pool of Xin Metal for his true body and resolved to claim the Gu for Sword Pavilion.

• Lu Yang used his Dharma Eye to find a hidden formation containing the Indestructible Golden Silkworm and a pool of Xin Metal.
• Lu Yang recognized the Gu’s power to protect its master through the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, but feigned contempt for it.
• Longyue relaxed when Lu Yang appeared uninterested, then put away the Gu and offered him the Xin Metal.
• Lu Yang drew in the pool of Imperial Flowing Sap and sent the Xin Metal to his true body, enabling it to approach Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Perfection.
• Lu Yang returned his consciousness to his avatar and decided the Indestructible Golden Silkworm was fated to belong to Sword Pavilion.

Lu Yang accused Longyue and the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect of colluding with the Demon Sect, then attacked her to seize the Indestructible Golden Silkworm. He vowed to exterminate the sect, while Longyue used her Sun-Devouring Toad to swallow his sword qi.

• Longyue handed Lu Yang several Qi Refining disciples involved in abducting Jiangnan civilians, but he rejected them as insufficient.
• Longyue offered herself and her Kanli Mystic Jade Body to persuade Lu Yang to spare her Foundation Establishment True Persons, but he remained unmoved.
• Lu Yang revealed Chen Taihe's Heaven Mending Decree and accused the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect of colluding with the Demon Sect and abducting civilians.
• Longyue realized Lu Yang wanted the Indestructible Golden Silkworm and challenged his conduct as a righteous leader.
• Lu Yang struck Longyue with Heaven Execution, and she healed her wound by having her Sun-Devouring Toad swallow his sword qi.
• Lu Yang declared that he would exterminate the entire Ten Thousand Poisons Sect so no one could reveal what happened.

Lu Yang attacked the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect to seize its treasures and the Moon-Worshipping Sacred Pool, forcing Longyue to activate the Five Saints Moon Worship Mystic Array. He overcame her gu insects, attained Sword Heart Penetrating Clarity, and killed her, leaving her soul captured by a banner.

• Lu Yang decided to destroy the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect and summoned his sword foundation, drawing Longyue into its Mind Trapping ability.
• Longyue activated the Five Saints Moon Worship Mystic Array and used Heavenly Spider Prison, White Snake Lord, and Falling Horse Venom to attack Lu Yang.
• Lu Yang’s Qian Tian Total Control Myriad Forms Dharma Body endured Longyue’s attacks and grew stronger, while the array concealed the battle from Suppress-South King Wu Tai'an.
• Lu Yang combined his Innate Divine Abilities with Calamity Waves and attained Sword Heart Penetrating Clarity.
• Lu Yang struck Longyue down with Proclaiming Might, and a banner captured her escaping soul.

Wu Tai'an met Guangming through the Prayer Wheel and accepted the World Honored One’s invitation to become his disciple, while Lu Yang entered the Moon Worship Pool to accelerate his Spirit Immortal’s growth. As Lu Yang grew drowsy, a sudden disturbance jolted him awake and he called for Calamity Waves to save him.

• Wu Tai'an used the Prayer Wheel to summon Guangming and asked whether the World Honored One was before him.
• Guangming said four disciples from different regions were destined to accompany him westward in search of Gold, and Wu Tai'an was one of them.
• Wu Tai'an accepted Guangming as his master, then learned that another person with the same karmic affinity was nearby.
• Lu Yang sensed an ominous chill, opened the mountain gate with the Mountain Moving True Method, and entered the Moon Worship Pool in his true body.
• Lu Yang realized the pool could help his Spirit Immortal reach completion within thirty years, but a sudden rumble woke him from an unprecedented drowsiness and he cried out to Calamity Waves for help.

Lu Yang resisted the Moon Worship Pool’s assault on his consciousness and realized Heaven and Earth had been influencing him and may have trapped him for his Spirit Immortal body. He discovered the trap was moving quickly because Guangming, the Buddha’s Son, had arrived.

• Lu Yang used Cave Illumination, Sword Heart Penetrating Clarity, and A Bit Capable to resist the pool’s attack, then activated Mind Trapping to return to the moment he entered the pool.
• Lu Yang sealed his senses and used Sword Heart Penetrating Clarity to examine how his recent good fortune had made him careless.
• Lu Yang recalled his suspicions about Heaven and Earth from the Ten Thousand Man Pit and realized a Perception Barrier had kept him from examining Hongyun’s memories.
• Lu Yang concluded that Heaven and Earth might be influencing him and seeking his Spirit Immortal body, though he had not yet obtained You Metal.
• Lu Yang used Calamity Waves, Sword Heart Penetrating Clarity, and Mind Trapping to resist another assault and reset his state of wakefulness.
• Lu Yang saw a vision resolve into Guangming and realized Heaven and Earth had acted in haste because Buddha’s Son had arrived.

Lu Yang realized heaven and earth were trying to control him as a Spirit Immortal while Guangming approached the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect to convert him. Trapped in the Moon-Worshipping Sacred Pool, Lu Yang gained his fourth Innate Divine Ability and sent a figure out to confront Guangming, who declared they were destined to become master and disciple.

• Lu Yang concluded that heaven and earth had been supporting Spirit Immortals while the Dao Lords suppressed or recruited them, and he suspected their tribulations were the Dao Lords’ work.
• As Guangming neared the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, Lu Yang tried to self-destruct but found the Moon-Worshipping Sacred Pool had imprisoned his Spirit Immortal body.
• Lu Yang resisted heaven and earth’s attempts to frighten and influence him, and sensed their power over him weaken as they turned their attention elsewhere.
• Guangming arrived at the sect’s mountain gate, and Lu Yang’s Weapon Master, Stubborn Gold Lord, and Solemn Mystic Frost abilities flew out while Calamity Waves remained unaffected.
• Heaven and earth formed You Metal before Lu Yang, which fused with his true body and gave him the fourth Innate Divine Ability, Heaven-Resounding Bell.
• The four Innate Divine Abilities formed a figure that shot through the mountain gate, and Guangming watched it with satisfaction and called Lu Yang his destined disciple.

Guangming tried to recruit a divine ability projection outside the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect while Lu Yang struggled against Heaven and earth’s attempt to refine him. Lu Yang realized his consciousness might escape through his avatar, but with his power nearly exhausted, he called on Patriarch Tingyou for help.

• Guangming offered the divine ability projection a Mind-Binding Circlet and invited it to become his foremost disciple, but the projection fought back with Solemn Mystic Frost and Heaven-Resounding Bell.
• Lu Yang reasoned that Heaven and earth wanted to refine him to uncover his secrets, not because it had discovered the Hundred Lives Book.
• After using Mind Trapping for the third time, Lu Yang realized he might survive by separating his consciousness from his soul and transferring it to his avatar.
• Lu Yang activated the Ten Thousand Spirit Banner and contacted Patriarch Tingyou, begging him to save him.

Lu Yang used Patriarch Tingyou and the Fortune Drawing Sign to transfer his consciousness into his avatar, escaping the Spirit Immortal’s influence. After Shangzhang fled Guangming’s attack on Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, Lu Yang tried to escape unnoticed, but Guangming confronted him and asked whether he knew the Spirit Immortal.

• Lu Yang summoned Patriarch Tingyou and spent all the fortune he had gathered to secure a favorable outcome for separating his consciousness.
• Patriarch Tingyou transferred Lu Yang’s consciousness into his avatar, where Lu Yang subdued its split soul and resisted the Spirit Immortal’s influence.
• Guangming discovered that the Master-Disciple Karmic Bond had broken and realized Heavenly Duke had reached the Spirit Immortal first.
• The Spirit Immortal declared itself Shangzhang, and Guangming’s manifestation destroyed Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s mountain gate and Moon-Worshipping Sacred Pool, but Shangzhang escaped.
• Lu Yang fled, relieved that Heaven and Earth had concealed his connection to the affair, until Guangming approached and asked if he knew the Spirit Immortal.

Lu Yang confronted Guangming, who tried to bind him and then decided to kill him despite recognizing him as a Sword Cultivator. As Lu Yang prepared to use his suicidal Life Severing sword, True Person Demon-Sweeping arrived and stopped him.

• Lu Yang claimed the Spirit Immortal was destined to join Sword Pavilion, and Guangming asked him to become a disciple instead.
• Guangming attempted to bind Lu Yang, but halted when Lu Yang revealed his Sword Cultivator identity.
• Guangming reconsidered, then decided to kill Lu Yang rather than risk letting him go.
• Lu Yang formed his Life Severing sword, intending to sacrifice himself and strike Guangming.
• A sword cry and urgent warning interrupted Lu Yang, and True Person Demon-Sweeping arrived to shield him.

True Person Demon-Sweeping drove Guangming away and brought the injured Lu Yang back to the Sword Pavilion. Lu Yang kept his Life Severing Sword active and, after vowing revenge on Guangming and heaven and earth, learned that a Family Head had arrived to request an audience.

• True Person Demon-Sweeping appeared, forcing Guangming to withdraw his threats and leave after being warned to see himself out.
• True Person Demon-Sweeping asked Lu Yang whether he could withdraw the Life Severing Sword, but Lu Yang said he could only keep it from striking.
• True Person Demon-Sweeping praised Lu Yang’s Sword Heart Penetrating Clarity and escorted him back to the Sword Pavilion.
• At Extreme Heaven Cliff, True Person Demon-Sweeping gave Lu Yang a pill for his injuries, and Lu Yang selectively recounted what happened at the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect.
• Lu Yang vowed to remember his grudge against Guangming and heaven and earth before a Qi Refining disciple announced that the Family Head had come with Elder Ye Cheng to request an audience.

Ye Shaoying and Ye Cheng went to Extreme Heaven Cliff believing Lu Yang had died, but discovered he had become a Great True Person. After True Person Demon-Queller sent them away and lent Lu Yang the No-Kill Sword, Lu Yang focused on investigating Hongyun's memories and their connection to Heaven and Earth.

• Ye Cheng told Ye Shaoying that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect had been destroyed and that Lu Yang was presumed dead.
• Ye Shaoying brought Ye Cheng to Extreme Heaven Cliff, intending to console True Person Demon-Queller and recommend Ye Cheng as his disciple.
• Ye Shaoying and Ye Cheng found Lu Yang alive, and Lu Yang's sword qi overwhelmed Ye Cheng and revealed his Foundation Establishment Late Stage strength.
• Ye Shaoying blamed Ye Cheng for colluding with the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, but True Person Demon-Queller ordered him to take Ye Cheng away and reflect in seclusion for a hundred years.
• True Person Demon-Queller lent Lu Yang the No-Kill Sword to help him comprehend Sword Intent.
• Lu Yang resolved to investigate Hongyun's memories, which he suspected concealed a secret involving Heaven and Earth.

Lu Yang reviewed Hongyun's memories and discovered valuable cultivation knowledge, Heaven and Earth's scheme, and a hidden escape plan leading to a Jietian. He decided to leave this world, become a True Lord Beyond Heaven, and return to settle scores with his enemies.

• Lu Yang examined Hongyun Gold Nature's memories and found extensive cultivation knowledge, including complete secret arts and a method for refining a Small Blessed Land.
• Lu Yang learned that Heaven and Earth had supported Hongyun to influence Covered Lamp Fire, then abandoned him when he could no longer serve its goals.
• Lu Yang discovered Hongyun's Opening Altar Cultivation Ritual and the secret Jietian he had prepared as a final escape route.
• Lu Yang recognized that his predicament resembled Hongyun's and decided to use Hongyun's plan to escape beyond Heaven.
• Lu Yang resolved to become a True Lord Beyond Heaven and return to settle the score with Buddha's Son and Spirit Immortal.

Lu Yang had Patriarch Tingyou begin comprehending the Small Blessed Land method so he could escape beyond Heaven and pursue an Outer Heaven Cultivation Path. Meanwhile, as Lu Yang studied the No-Kill Sword, True Person Demon-Sweeping argued with a Pure Land woman's severed head about whether his no-kill ideal made him like the Pure Land.

• Lu Yang summoned Patriarch Tingyou and gave him the Small Blessed Land method and the Indestructible Golden Silkworm to help refine it.
• Lu Yang explained that Heaven and Earth were targeting him, his Sword Dao was poisoned, and he needed the Small Blessed Land to reach the Jietian beyond Heaven.
• Patriarch Tingyou agreed to help comprehend the method, and Lu Yang began studying the No-Kill Sword with his Sword Dao avatar.
• True Person Demon-Sweeping entered his Storage Pouch and found ten thousand talking heads, including a serene woman's head.
• The woman urged True Person Demon-Sweeping to join the Pure Land, claiming its people were protected by the World Honored One.
• True Person Demon-Sweeping denied killing her, but the woman insisted that his no-kill ideal would eventually bring him to the Pure Land.

Lu Yang completed the Small Blessed Land and shaped it into a body so he could travel Beyond Heaven without being tracked. He prepared to leave that body behind as his main self while his Sword Dao avatar stayed in the Sword Pavilion, vowing to return.

• Lu Yang advanced his Sword Intent by upholding the Abstain from Weapons precept and made the No-Kill Sword slide partway from its sheath.
• Patriarch Tingyou gave Lu Yang detailed instructions for refining the Small Blessed Land, and Lu Yang followed them to create a miniature world.
• Lu Yang used the Small Blessed Land to form a physical body and recognized that Hongyun had designed it as a way to evade Heaven and Earth's tracking.
• Lu Yang named the new body Parting Sorrow Heaven and decided it would be his main body, while his Sword Dao avatar remained in the Sword Pavilion to gather intelligence.
• Lu Yang set out to travel Beyond Heaven, vowing to return and face Guangming Buddha's Son and the immortal spirits of Heaven and Earth.