Chapter Summaries

As the Pure Land and its rivals began manifesting Fruit Positions to form the Earthly Buddha Land, Lu Yang seized Spirit Immortal Shangzhang and reclaimed his body and powers. Lu Yang broke through to a True Lord-level state and confronted Sky Soaring, whose Perception Barrier no longer worked.

• The Pure Land, Wu Tai'an, True Person Quexie, Lu Yang's former Spirit Immortal body, and Xiang Ye manifested Fruit Position auras as factions prepared to compete for control of the Earthly Buddha Land.
• Spirit Immortal Shangzhang entered the contest, convinced his strength gave him the advantage, and headed toward the Pure Land.
• A giant hand intercepted Shangzhang and swept aside his divine abilities before Lu Yang revealed himself and seized him.
• Lu Yang threw Shangzhang into Yama Hall and used Dove Occupies Magpie's Nest to reclaim his body, soul, and Pomegranate Wood-related divine abilities.
• Lu Yang's aura broke through an invisible barrier, and his golden eyes let him see through Sky Soaring's Perception Barrier as he asked where Sky Soaring intended to go.

Lu Yang used Hongyun Gold Nature to establish a temporary False Holding Gold Position, forcing Sky Soaring to help him seize Long Flowing Water’s power. He gathered the four Heavenly Gates into Suo Huan’s Blessed Land and began nurturing Seven Radiance Heaven, hoping to create a Fruit Position of his own.

• Lu Yang’s False Holding Gold Position made Heaven and earth answer to him, and Sky Soaring realized it threatened his Chen Earth Dao Foundation.
• Lu Yang demanded that Sky Soaring help him intercept Long Flowing Water’s power when Suo Huan began Golden Seeking, and Sky Soaring agreed after Lu Yang started reversing Chen Earth.
• Lu Yang crossed into Jiangdong, where he ignored the Dao Court’s suppressive Dao Law, then gathered the four Heavenly Gates and cast them into Suo Huan’s Blessed Land.
• Sky Soaring redirected Suo Huan’s Blessed Land toward Long Flowing Water, and Lu Yang began using it to nurture Seven Radiance Heaven.

Lu Yang took Long Flowing Water’s Fruit Position power from Sky Soaring, then entered the Pure Land Buddha Land as a True Lord and confronted its defenders. The Victorious Life Name Dhara Heaven Manifestation recognized him as Daoist Hongyun and feared he would seize the Earthly Buddha Land.

• Sky Soaring extracted Long Flowing Water’s Fruit Position power and handed it to Lu Yang, warning that he would kill him if he reversed Chen Earth and ruined his Dao Path.
• Lu Yang kept his plans against Sky Soaring to himself, then entered Jiangxi and stood above the Pure Land Buddha Land.
• Lu Yang reflected on True Person Demon-Sweeping’s careful arrangements for his Sword Dao avatar and the No-Kill Sword.
• Lu Yang killed True Person Quexie and Wu Tai'an with a glance, terrifying the Buddhist Cultivators gathered at the Great Hero Hall.
• The Victorious Life Name Dhara Heaven Manifestation identified Lu Yang as Daoist Hongyun and feared he would take the Earthly Buddha Land and become the next Sky Soaring.

Lu Yang defeated Victorious Life Name Dhara Heaven Manifestation, collected Gold Nature, and let Xiang Ye continue seeking the Spring Water Fruit Position. He waited as True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde and Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva descended, then challenged them to battle.

• Lu Yang froze the Earthly Buddha Land, destroyed Victorious Life Name Dhara Heaven Manifestation, and collected Gold Nature from him, True Person Quexie, and Suppress-South King Wu Tai'an.
• Xiang Ye surrendered one thread of his Gold Nature to Lu Yang, then continued seeking the Spring Water Fruit Position.
• Lu Yang decided not to seek Pomegranate Wood or claim the Earthly Buddha Land, and focused instead on True Person Demon-Sweeping’s ownerless Sword Dao Fruit Position.
• True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde descended into the Real World and fixed his gaze on Lu Yang.
• Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva also descended, and Lu Yang asked which of the two True Lords wished to battle him.

Lu Yang provoked True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde into a duel over the Sword Dao Fruit Position while Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva departed to restrain Sky Soaring. True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde finally attacked, reclaiming the Ascending Mystery Realm Fixed-View Sword as Lu Yang prepared to fight.

• Lu Yang taunted True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde and Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva, but neither initially attacked him.
• True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde decided he needed Lu Yang's help against the Pure Land, while Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva descended without interference to confront Sky Soaring.
• Lu Yang revealed that he wanted to claim the Sword Dao Fruit Position and challenged True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde to test their Sword Intents.
• True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde warned that Lu Yang's False Holding Gold Position could not match an orthodox True Lord, but attacked when Lu Yang refused to back down.
• True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde summoned the Ascending Mystery Realm Fixed-View Sword, and Lu Yang welcomed the fight.

Lu Yang and True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde clashed through the powers of Wall Earth and Covered Lamp Fire, and Cheng Tian Zhengde gained the upper hand with his Rising Palace. Lu Yang endured repeated injuries until he called Sky Soaring for help while reversing Chen Earth, leaving Cheng Tian Zhengde frozen and confused.

• Lu Yang and True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde's Fruit Position images clashed, spreading fires and frenzy among cultivators across the four realms under heaven.
• True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde suppressed Lu Yang with his bladeless sword and Heaven Cloud Sun Bearing Wondrous Art, but Yama Hall broke the restraint and Lu Yang struck back with Supreme Bright Golden Cup Jade Radiance.
• The two True Lords shared some harm through their lineages' cultivators as their battle shook the Thirty-Six Layers of Gale Clouds and shattered stars and meteoric rocks.
• True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde revealed Rising Palace, absorbing Lu Yang's attacks and repeatedly cutting apart his Dharma body while shielding himself from harm.
• Lu Yang shouted for Sky Soaring to help while reversing Chen Earth, and True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde froze, unable to remember what he had been about to do.

Lu Yang wore down True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde by trading injuries and exploiting Sky Soaring’s forced interference, until Cheng Tian Zhengde’s Grotto-Heaven began to collapse. Facing defeat, Cheng Tian Zhengde burned his Grotto-Heaven to launch a final strike at Lu Yang.

• Lu Yang rammed Yama Hall into True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde’s Palace Chambers, damaging his Grotto-Heaven despite suffering severe injuries himself.
• Lu Yang attacked again with Gang Lian Cheng Dao Yu Nie Sword Art, while Sky Soaring’s Mist Barrier interrupted True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde’s attempt to counterattack.
• Sky Soaring burned part of his Grotto-Heaven to reactivate his Retribution Dharma Outer Body, and Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva continued restraining him as he helped Lu Yang.
• Lu Yang’s repeated attacks and Sky Soaring’s interruptions exhausted True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde, whose Grotto-Heaven began to disintegrate.
• Lu Yang broke through True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde’s Palace Chambers with Yama Hall, leaving him gravely wounded.
• True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde burned his Grotto-Heaven and unleashed a final strike to kill Lu Yang.

Lu Yang survived True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde’s desperate strike by sacrificing Banner Spirits, then watched Zhengde die as his Grotto-Heaven collapsed. When Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva attacked him, Lu Yang concealed that he had survived and detonated his damaged Dharma body to pursue Zhengde’s Gold Nature.

• True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde unleashed his strongest attack, but Lu Yang survived by using Banner Spirits as substitutes through his A Bit Capable talent.
• True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde’s Grotto-Heaven shattered, and his Dharma body exploded as the Sword Dao Fruit Position began to emerge.
• Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva seized the moment to strike Lu Yang with Willow Wood, while Sky Soaring tried too late to rescue him.
• Lu Yang secretly recovered from Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva’s blow, realized his talent’s uses were exhausted, and decided to obtain Zhengde’s intact Gold Nature.
• Lu Yang detonated his injured Dharma body, filling the sky with scarlet Blood Light.

Lu Yang survived the destruction of his dharma body and used Sky Soaring’s interference in the River of Souls to locate True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde’s reincarnation. He found Zhengde as an infant in Jiangnan and struck before the reincarnated True Lord could hide.

• Lu Yang re-formed after his dharma body self-destructed, then fled while gravely wounded and nearing the end of his False Holding Golden Core position.
• Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva turned her attention to Sky Soaring, who secretly used the Perception Barrier to keep her from noticing Lu Yang’s departure.
• Sky Soaring stirred the River of Souls and forced True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde’s soul to reveal itself before it entered Reincarnation.
• Lu Yang used the revealed soul’s location, along with Xiu Xin True Person’s monitored reincarnation, to identify where Zhengde would be reborn.
• True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde reincarnated as an infant in Jiangnan, but Lu Yang arrived and struck him with a gigantic hand.

Lu Yang captured True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde, then returned to Jiangxi and joined Sky Soaring in defeating Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva. With her suppression broken, Lu Yang claimed the Sword Dao Fruit Position and destroyed the Pure Land’s Unity of Ten Thousand Hearts, prompting the World Honored One to look over.

• Lu Yang imprisoned True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde’s soul in Yama Hall, avenging Patriarch Tingyou and gaining Zhengde Gold Nature.
• Lu Yang attached Yama Hall to Wall Earth, healed some of his injuries, and returned to Jiangxi under concealment.
• Sky Soaring confused Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva with a Mist Barrier while Lu Yang stabbed and attacked her with the Ascending Mystery Realm Fixed-View Sword.
• Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva’s Dharma body exploded under Lu Yang’s assault, breaking her suppression of the Sword Dao Fruit Position.
• Lu Yang claimed the Sword Dao Fruit Position with the No-Kill Sword, and the Earthly Buddha Land collapsed as Unity of Ten Thousand Hearts was severed.
• Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva’s demeanor changed, and the World Honored One looked over.

Lu Yang watched the World Honored One restore Unity of Ten Thousand Hearts, reclaim City-Wall Earth, and preserve the Sword Dao Fruit Position. He realized the four Dao Lords had set boundaries for the Broken Place and would intervene whenever those lines were crossed.

• Sky Soaring vanished before the World Honored One descended, and Lu Yang prepared to restart with the Hundred Lives Book before realizing the World Honored One was focused on the world, not him.
• The World Honored One spoke the word "Return" and dragged City-Wall Earth back into the Pure Land.
• The World Honored One separated the Sword Dao Fruit Position's Pure Land from the rest, restored Unity of Ten Thousand Hearts, and sent City-Wall Earth back into the Pure Land.
• The World Honored One withdrew, and Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva's consciousness returned before she vanished to avoid Non-Existent Heaven's restraint.
• Lu Yang concluded that the World Honored One represented a compromise among the four Dao Lords and that their red lines had already determined the world's future.

After the World Honored One left, Lu Yang faced competing summons from the Sword Pavilion and the Sacred Sect but evaded both to examine his gains overseas. He began preparing to fuse the Sword Dao and Seven Radiance Heaven Fruit Positions while anticipating five Golden Talents from his spoils.

• An old monk warned Lu Yang that the Pure Land would seal itself off, and True Person Demon-Subduer arrived with a summons from the Sword Pavilion.
• Jun Tong arrived with a Sacred Sect summons, but Lu Yang refused to choose a side and vanished overseas.
• Lu Yang confirmed that the World Honored One had separated the Sword Dao Fruit Position from Unity of Ten Thousand Hearts, making it safe to take with the Hundred Lives Book.
• Lu Yang used the Long Flowing Water pearl to complete the Seven Radiance Heaven Fruit Position and considered fusing it with the Sword Dao Fruit Position.
• Lu Yang summoned Patriarch Tingyou to deduce a cultivation method and counted five Foundation Establishment Gold Natures among his gains.

Lu Yang settled the Golden Talents of Quexie, Wu Tai'an, Buddha Son Dharma Appearance, Xiang Ye, and Spirit Immortal Shangzhang, adding several powerful abilities to his already extensive panel. With this life nearing its end, he decided to attempt Golden Seeking and prove Pomegranate Wood before restarting.

• The Hundred Lives Book granted Lu Yang the Golden Talent Petty Person after settling Quexie's life.
• Lu Yang received Not Content to Be Under Others from Wu Tai'an's life and considered its power to enhance him when backstabbing a superior.
• The Book granted him Reincarnated Prodigy from Buddha Son Dharma Appearance, followed by I Lead the Charge and Fortune Overflows the Eye from Xiang Ye and Spirit Immortal Shangzhang.
• Lu Yang reviewed his talents and abilities, realized he was prepared to attempt Golden Seeking, and chose to proceed before restarting.
• Lu Yang began Golden Seeking to prove Pomegranate Wood.

Lu Yang attempted to attain Pomegranate Wood by using Spirit Immortal Shangzhang’s Blessed Land, but his Golden Seeking failed when his cultivation proved insufficient. As his consciousness dispersed, he relied on the Hundred Lives Book to save himself.

• Lu Yang sealed off the Earthfire Seaheart Furnace with Hongyun’s array before his False Holding Gold Position ended.
• Lu Yang used Spirit Immortal Shangzhang’s Blessed Land to begin Blessed Land Ascension and found that Heaven and Earth seemed to be helping him advance.
• Lu Yang suspected a Dao Lord, possibly the Sacred Sect Ancestor, was secretly pushing him forward.
• Lu Yang recognized that the visions before Pomegranate Wood showed possible futures and chose a path he believed would let him merge with its aura.
• Lu Yang’s attempt collapsed, and he realized his cultivation was insufficient and that someone had tampered with Golden Seeking to make Spirit Immortals fail.
• As his consciousness dispersed, Lu Yang called on the Hundred Lives Book.

After restarting at the First Anchor Point, Lu Yang regained his previous life's gains and planned to use Yama Hall to False Hold an External Dao Fruit Position. He set his sights on attaining the Supreme Fruit Position Fire in the Sky.

• Lu Yang restarted at the First Anchor Point after failing to seek Pomegranate Wood and reflected on how divine abilities had undermined his Dao practice.
• Lu Yang returned to the familiar Joyous Union Hall selection and realized he did not want repeated restarts to make him cold and merciless.
• Lu Yang went to Yu Suzhen's cave abode, eased his mood, and chose the treasure option from the Hundred Lives Book.
• Lu Yang brought over the Qian Tian Total Control Myriad Forms Dharma Body, which contained his previous life's gains.
• Lu Yang planned to modify Yama Hall with World-Shaking Wisdom so he could False Hold an External Dao Fruit Position, then seek the Supreme Fruit Position Fire in the Sky.

Lu Yang decided to pursue Fire in the Sky, whose ritual required governing the world, and planned to begin by using the Dao Court as the foundation of his power. He concealed his intentions by transforming into a Primordial Spirit and parasitizing Yu Suzhen.

• Lu Yang confirmed that the Heavenly Radiance Dragon Scripture had no hidden traps, but Fire in the Sky required four Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and the ritual of governing the world.
• He concluded that building a ruling power through the Dao Court offered the best chance of governing the four regions and earning Fire in the Sky's recognition.
• Lu Yang set his cultivation path: attain Fire in the Sky first, then pursue the Sword Dao while disguising it as the Unbending Fruit Position.
• Lu Yang used his Reincarnated Prodigy talent to become a Primordial Spirit and enter the unconscious Yu Suzhen's body.

Lu Yang entered Jiangdong by controlling Zhao Xuhe, a Sacred Sect disciple who defected to the Dao Court, and discovered how its official positions bound and drained cultivators. He saw that the Dao Court's cultivation system came from the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law, a vast net covering Jiangdong.

• Lu Yang let Yu Suzhen complete her routine in the Sacred Sect, then transferred the Reincarnated Prodigy to Zhao Xuhe and made him head for Jiangdong.
• Zhao Xuhe traveled through Qing Kingdom, joined other cultivators defecting from Jiangbei, and took a teleportation array into Jiangdong.
• Liu Qianhu granted the arrivals the rank of Capital Heaven Office Guard, and Lu Yang sensed that the position was stripping away Zhao Xuhe's cultivation.
• Lu Yang recognized that the Capital Heaven Office Guards were expendable recruits with little chance of advancement in the Dao Court.
• Using the Mystic Capital Blessed Land, Lu Yang saw a vast net covering Jiangdong and realized that the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law powered the Dao Court's cultivation system.

Lu Yang possessed All-Heaven Department Small Banner Officer Xu An and learned how the Dao Court’s official duties and punishments kept its cultivators working constantly. As Xu An looked forward to his assignment at Dongting Lake, Lu Yang saw a chance to gain a legitimate identity and infiltrate the Dao Court.

• Lu Yang left Zhao Xuhe and chose Xu An as his next possession target after using a spell to deduce their karma.
• Xu An received a warning to attend drill, arrived late, and was struck by lightning as punishment under the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law.
• Lu Yang learned that Dao Court officials had mandatory daily duties and that their records of negligence affected their promotions or demotions during Official Assessments.
• Xu An led Strength Warriors on patrol, passing from the commoner districts into the prosperous cultivator district where his cave residence was located.
• Xu An hoped his assignment at Dongting Lake would earn enough merit for a bride price, while Lu Yang realized the Dao Court’s system made Jiangdong difficult to challenge from outside.
• Lu Yang identified the True Dragon branch at Dongting Lake as an opportunity to obtain a legitimate identity, join the Dao Court, and pursue his plans.

Lu Yang studied the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law and reasoned that the World Honored One’s rise may have reshaped the balance among the great powers. One month later, he accompanied Xu An and Liu Qianhu to Dongting Lake, where the Dragon King’s clan’s brutality convinced him he would have to intervene.

• Lu Yang examined how the Dao Court’s official positions connected people to the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law and could turn bestowed knowledge into cultivation.
• Lu Yang speculated that the World Honored One had weakened the Dao Court with the Sacred Sect Ancestor’s support, creating a four-way standoff that explained Sky Soaring’s search for the Netherworld.
• Lu Yang resolved to pursue a high position in the Dao Court to gain knowledge and advance toward Fire in the Sky.
• One month later, Liu Qianhu led Xu An and the others across Dongting Lake to deliver His Majesty’s decree to the Dragon King.
• Lu Yang saw the True Dragon Clan’s island littered with bones and concluded that its branch had failed to adapt to Jiangdong, so he decided to come out of seclusion.

Lu Yang used an imperial decree to take over Dragon King Du Huan’s identity and then seized Du Huan’s cultivation and powers. He discovered the formidable abilities of the Blazing Radiance Dao Foundation and prepared to live as the new Dragon King Du Huan.

• Liu Qianhu used the Son of Heaven’s decree to appoint Du Huan as the Sixth-Rank Dragon King of Dongting Lake, suppressing his aura with the Dao Court’s authority.
• After Liu Qianhu and his party left, Du Huan angrily complained about his appointment but dared not curse either the Dragon Lord or the Dao Court’s Son of Heaven.
• Lu Yang and Patriarch Tingyou ambushed Du Huan, froze his powers, and Lu Yang deprived him of his essence, bloodline, Karma, Destiny, and other powers.
• Lu Yang took Du Huan’s identity, relying on their shared cultivation of the Heavenly Radiance Dragon Scripture to claim the Dragon Lord would recognize him as his grandson.
• Lu Yang examined the Blazing Radiance Dao Foundation’s Double-Departure Commanding Mountains and Seas Chart and its four mysteries: People Without Evil, Talent Self-Trains, Rise and Fall Affairs, and Wise Ruler’s Governance.