Chapter Summaries

Hongtian gambled everything to attain Fire in the Sky while the World Honored One’s True Body Tathagata pursued him, and Lu Yang secretly gave him a last-moment chance to escape. Just as Hongtian seemed to break free, a sword strike from Jiangnan cut him down and the Heavenly Kingdom Supreme Law trapped him.

• Hongtian tried to deprive the True Body Tathagata of power and punish Him with Heavenly Fire, but the Tathagata evaded the punishment with lotuses.
• Hongtian abandoned his defenses and raced toward Fire in the Sky as Long Flowing Water and Wall Earth attacked the Tathagata and imposed two Heavenly Fire rules.
• The Tathagata knelt to avoid one punishment, broke through the two True Lords’ obstruction, and closed in on Hongtian.
• Lu Yang urged Hongtian to keep going, then used his Golden Talents to draw Last Auspicious and briefly hinder the Tathagata.
• Hongtian reached toward freedom, but a sword strike rising from Jiangnan severed his wings, and the Heavenly Kingdom Supreme Law captured him.

Lu Yang watched Hongtian lose his Sword Intent and Fire in the Sky before choosing death over becoming the True Body Tathagata’s puppet. At the Zou Yu Ruins, the World Honored One revealed that he knew Lu Yang was in the False History and warned that the next rehearsal would become reality.

• Lu Yang saw the Dao Court, Pure Land, and Sword Pavilion seize parts of Hongtian’s power, while True Person Black Tortoise was suppressed after attacking the Jiangnan Sword Sect.
• The True Body Tathagata offered Hongtian his life in exchange for becoming a Tathagata body, but Hongtian refused and destroyed his own soul.
• Lu Yang’s true body awoke at the Zou Yu Ruins and heard the World Honored One address him and Du Huan across the world.
• Lu Yang realized the World Honored One knew he was in the False History but could not pinpoint his location, leaving him unsure whether the events he witnessed could be trusted.
• The True Body Tathagata sensed Lu Yang watching and said that the current events were only a rehearsal and that next time they would become reality.

Lu Yang outwaited True Body Tathagata in the false history, recovered a possibility tied to Black Tortoise True Person, and returned to the real world with Fire in the Sky perfected. He was left confronting the Three Great Calamities and the families waiting to target him.

• True Body Tathagata hid near the Zou Yu Ruins, waited in vain for Lu Yang to emerge, and finally left behind a false image to frighten him.
• Lu Yang opened Hongtian's wooden box on Lonely Heart Island and crushed the Life-Bound Jade Plaque, obtaining Black Tortoise True Person's possibility of lingering after attaining the Sword Dao Fruit Position.
• Lu Yang recognized the image at the Zou Yu Ruins as a trick, awakened his true body, and left the false history through the Floor Mirror.
• Back in Feixue Palace, Lu Yang found that Fire in the Sky had reached perfection and that he could perceive everything beneath Heaven and within the Six Harmonies.
• Lu Yang considered the Three Great Calamities and realized he had little confidence of surviving them as the families watched for his attempt at Golden Seeking.

Lu Yang refused to abandon his attempt to attain Fire in the Sky, then withdrew from public life for ten years while rumors spread that he was near death. The chapter ended with the Fire in the Sky favoring Emperor Huanming shining brighter than ever.

• After exhausting himself calculating a way forward, Lu Yang rejected restarting and chose to keep pursuing Fire in the Sky.
• True Lord Flying Snow encouraged Lu Yang, and Chongguang said he would wait for Lu Yang to seek Golden before ascending the throne.
• Lu Yang returned to Huanming Hall and spent a day in the inner palace with Empress Xiao, who then withdrew from public view.
• For the next ten years, Lu Yang appeared only briefly every year or two, while Empress Xiao rested for months after each visit.
• Rumors that Lu Yang was dying spread throughout the Dao Court, prompting Empress Xiao to expand the Imperial City Bureau and suppress them.
• Despite the rumors, the Fire in the Sky favoring Emperor Huanming continued to shine brighter.

Lu Yang prepared to begin Golden Seeking after receiving confirmation that True Person Demon-Sweeping would cooperate with him. He left Star-Plucking Tower and unleashed his accumulated aura, drawing the attention of the Vault Sky.

• Xiao Shan reported that the Imperial City Bureau had completed its preparations, but Lu Yang sent him into the Ten Thousand Spirit Banner to preserve his true spirit.
• Lu Yang reflected on the allies who had placed their hopes in him and continued waiting for the final person he needed before starting Golden Seeking.
• A Jade Slip informed Lu Yang that his request had been fulfilled, and he thanked the senior who sent it.
• Lu Yang and True Person Demon-Sweeping discussed their chances, agreed to cooperate, and exchanged Sealed Sword Intents.
• Lu Yang stepped out from Star-Plucking Tower and released his aura, causing a thunderclap above the Vault Sky.

Lu Yang began his Golden Seeking, swiftly reaching Fire in the Sky with Mystic Capital Blessed Land and a Golden Bridge. The Immortal Kingdom Dao Law blocked his attempt to seize the Fruit Position, so he resolved to destroy the barrier and settle the conflict by force.

• Patriarch Tingyou drew the True Lords into a battle in the Sea of Suffering, hoping to hinder the Dao Court and buy Lu Yang time.
• Lu Yang sensed Patriarch Tingyou’s struggle and recognized that his Golden Seeking was being protected at great cost.
• Lu Yang manifested Mystic Capital Blessed Land and forged a Golden Bridge into Fire in the Sky, completing his ascent in a single stroke.
• Lu Yang reached Fire in the Sky and found the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law blocking his control of the Fruit Position.
• Lu Yang gripped Calamity Waves, charged the barrier with his Golden Bridge, and unleashed a sword strike to destroy it.

Lu Yang exploited the conflict between the World Honored One and the Dao Court Lord to strike the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law, then survived the World Honored One’s ambush and counterattacked with Fire in the Sky. The chapter ended with the True Body Tathagata engulfed by Lu Yang’s Heavenly Fire Burning Punishments.

• Lu Yang’s Sword Light exposed the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law’s judgment that he was an illegitimate Pseudo Dynasty Usurper Emperor, and he severed several channels of the Dao Law with another strike.
• The Incense Fire Divine Path filled the void left by the Dao Law, while Lu Yang’s attack disrupted official positions across the world and enraged the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law into confiscating his cultivation.
• The World Honored One descended as the True Body Tathagata and ambushed Lu Yang, piercing his chest and crushing his heart while Lu Yang’s abilities fell into chaos.
• Lu Yang used Covered Lamp Fire and the Kanli True Art of Position Shift to deprive the True Body Tathagata of its arm, then fused the arm into his Dharma body and restored his power.
• Lu Yang revealed that he had already False Held Fire in the Sky and unleashed three Heavenly Fire Burning Punishments, swallowing the True Body Tathagata in flames.

The True Body Tathagata resurrected through the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law and imposed a future in which Lu Yang would die if he sought Golden Seeking. As Lu Yang’s Hongyun Gold Nature and Yama Hall began to fail and the Dao Court attacked Incense Fire Divine Path cultivators, voices across the Five Realms joined him in refusing to accept that future.

• The True Body Tathagata survived Lu Yang’s daylight assault by resurrecting through the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law, then forced the possibility of Lu Yang’s death into his future.
• Lu Yang discovered that his Hongyun Gold Nature was cracking and Yama Hall was collapsing, leaving him only minutes before he would fall.
• The Immortal Kingdom Dao Law ordered Dao Court cultivators to eradicate the Incense Fire Divine Path, and a newly empowered Junior Guardian led the attack on Xiao Shan in Huanming City.
• The True Body Tathagata offered Lu Yang a place in his Jambudvipa Saha Grotto-Heaven, but Lu Yang calmly refused to accept defeat.
• Golden Seeking light rose across Jiangbei, Jiangxi, and Overseas as people throughout the Five Realms echoed Lu Yang’s refusal.

Five cultivators sought Golden Seeking at once, shocking the True Lords and destabilizing True Body Tathagata’s control of the world. Empress Xiao and Chongguang attained their Dao Fruits and launched counterattacks, while True Person Demon-Sweeping began acting in Jiangnan.

• Five rays of Golden Seeking light appeared across the world, and True Lord Flying Snow attacked True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde and the others who were besieging Patriarch Tingyou.
• Empress Xiao revealed herself and attained Seven Radiance Heaven in Jiangxi, empowering Incense Fire Divine Path cultivators to attack the Dao Court forces.
• Chongguang attained Covered Lamp Fire in Jiangbei and ordered Sacred Sect disciples and local cultivators to kill Dao Court cultivators.
• The Immortal Kingdom Dao Law lost control of Jiangxi and Jiangbei, weakening True Body Tathagata’s ability to revive.
• True Body Tathagata recognized that True Person Demon-Sweeping had begun acting in Jiangnan and wondered how his Karma had changed.

Demon-Queller True Person attained the Sword Dao Fruit Position and struck True Body Tathagata, who used his Grasp the Present Image to kill Lu Yang. Lu Yang emerged unharmed from the still-bright Fire in the Sky, revealing the Heaven-Inscription Chapter.

• True Body Tathagata realized that Chu Sheng’s passage to False History had given Lu Yang a chance to change the outcome.
• Demon-Queller True Person used the fragment Lu Yang had given him to attain the Sword Dao Fruit Position and slash at True Body Tathagata.
• True Body Tathagata abandoned his defense against Demon-Queller True Person and used Grasp the Present to freeze time and strike Lu Yang with a fatal, karmically empowered punch.
• Lu Yang’s body crumbled beneath the blow, while Demon-Queller True Person’s sword nearly cut True Body Tathagata in half.
• True Body Tathagata realized that Fire in the Sky had not dimmed and watched Lu Yang emerge from its flames as the Heaven-Inscription Chapter’s burning talismans appeared behind him.

Lu Yang used the Heaven-Inscription Chapter to rewrite the rules that protected True Body Tathagata and escaped the future of certain death. True Body Tathagata tried to turn the fight around by awakening Buddhist Fate in a Golden Seeking cultivator overseas, but the target was not Tian Qiu, and Lu Yang confronted him.

• Lu Yang concluded that only the fundamental profundity of Fire in the Sky could let him escape the World Honored One’s calculations, and he gambled that his people’s Golden Core True Lords would win him its favor.
• Lu Yang emerged from Fire in the Sky after True Body Tathagata had destroyed his body, soul, Blessed Land, and Gold Nature, then revealed that he had acquired the Heaven-Inscription Chapter.
• Lu Yang rewrote the Heavenly Dao so True Body Tathagata would need sixteen thousand years to revive and so the future of certain death no longer applied to him.
• True Body Tathagata fled as Buddha Light and decided to awaken the Buddhist Fate he had planted in Tian Qiu to weaken the Demon Dragon’s bearing.
• True Body Tathagata activated Buddhist Fate in a distant sea region rather than in the Golden Seeking light before him, and Lu Yang appeared behind him as he realized his target was not Tian Qiu.

Lu Yang’s plans helped Suo Huan attain the Spring Water Fruit Position, allowing Lu Yang to defeat True Body Tathagata and claim Fire in the Sky. He attained the Heaven Pillar Governing Mystery Grotto-Heaven and drew the attention of the four Dao Lords.

• Lu Yang revealed that the figure seeking gold overseas was Suo Huan, who had disguised his Spring Water Fruit Position as Heavenly River Water with help from True Lord Flying Snow.
• Suo Huan completed his Golden Seeking and saluted Lu Yang, joining the other three successful seekers as a True Lord.
• Lu Yang inscribed the iron law that those without a Fruit Position had no True Lord position, stripping True Body Tathagata of his status.
• True Body Tathagata’s Golden Body collapsed into a mountain that became an island, while Fire in the Sky descended to Lu Yang.
• Lu Yang fused Mystic Capital Blessed Land with Fire in the Sky and formed the Heaven Pillar Governing Mystery Grotto-Heaven.
• The four Dao Lords turned their attention toward Lu Yang, who declared that he would inscribe the Great Dao.

After attaining the Supreme Fruit Position Fire in the Sky, Lu Yang rejected the Dao Court’s offer and severed his ties to the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law. He planned to establish the Witch Ghost Sect and his own Dao lineage in Jiangxi, then turned his attention to the Hundred Lives Book.

• Lu Yang used his new True Lord perception to understand why the Four Dao Lords avoided interfering in the Real World, and the World Honored One and the other Dao Lords withdrew their gazes.
• Lu Yang bowed to Sacred Sect Ancestor in gratitude, and Sacred Sect Ancestor’s gaze faded.
• The Immortal Kingdom Dao Law offered Lu Yang its authority if he returned to the Dao Court, but he rejected the offer and used Heaven-Inscription Chapter to sever his connection as Emperor Huanming.
• Lu Yang decided to establish his own Dao lineage and make Jiangxi its base, while planning to build up the Witch Ghost Sect and prepare for a possible fight with the Pure Land Bodhisattvas.
• Lu Yang looked toward the Hundred Lives Book as it began to open.

After becoming a True Lord, Lu Yang used one of his two Anchor Points to preserve the moment he attained Fire in the Sky, then unlocked the Hundred Lives Book’s Talent Integration Page. He exchanged seven golden talents and received the Color Talent Teacher Exemplar, which rewarded him for his disciples’ cultivation and achievements.

• Lu Yang’s upgraded Hundred Lives Book showed two Anchor Points, and he set one at the moment he attained Fire in the Sky.
• Lu Yang unlocked the Talent Integration Page and learned that it could reroll up to nine talents for a chance to gain one of a higher tier.
• Lu Yang chose seven golden talents to reroll while keeping Fortune Drawing Sign, Dove Occupies Magpie's Nest, Puppet on Strings, and True Dragon Bloodline.
• The Hundred Lives Book produced the Color Talent Teacher Exemplar, which let Lu Yang benefit from his disciples’ aptitude, cultivation, and achievements.

Lu Yang prepared to establish the Witch Ghost Sect in Jiangxi after moving Skull Mountain and its Earth Vein there, while Patriarch Tingyou returned from the Sea of Suffering. When the Dao Court and Pure Land True Lords descended and joined forces against Lu Yang, he revealed his Grotto-Heaven and the title True Lord Imperial Ultimate Life Steward.

• True Lord Flying Snow faced off against Cheng Tian Zhengde, Emperor Jiayou, and the Three Dukes as the Sea of Suffering began to reopen.
• Patriarch Tingyou arrived in Jiangxi and discovered that Lu Yang had moved Skull Mountain, its Earth Vein, and the Witch Ghost Secret Realm to reestablish the Witch Ghost Sect.
• Emperor Jiayou and the Dao Court True Lords descended into the Real World, learned what had happened during their absence, and flew into a rage.
• The Pure Land's three Bodhisattvas appeared and joined Emperor Jiayou and the Three Dukes in attacking Lu Yang and Empress Xiao.
• Lu Yang announced that he would establish his Dao lineage in Jiangxi, revealed his Grotto-Heaven, and was recognized as True Lord Imperial Ultimate Life Steward.

Lu Yang faced a coalition of Dao Court and Pure Land True Lords in Jiangxi, while Empress Xiao protected the people below. Old Dragon Lord joined the battle and drew Emperor Jiayou away, leaving Lu Yang to confront Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva and the Three Dukes as the chapter ended with Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva dismissing Lu Yang’s Supreme Fruit Position.

• Lu Yang revealed his aura as Patriarch Tingyou, Suo Huan, and Empress Xiao released their Fruit Positions, threatening Jiangxi with a devastating battle.
• Empress Xiao formed a Dharma Seal to shield the people, while Tian Qiu urged Old Dragon Lord to help Lu Yang and argued that the Dao Lord had tacitly accepted Lu Yang’s Supreme Fruit Position.
• Old Dragon Lord entered the Jiangxi battlefield and used Great Sea Water to draw Emperor Jiayou into the sky’s ocean, removing him from the fight.
• Patriarch Tingyou and Suo Huan each stopped a Bodhisattva, but Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva and the Three Dukes confronted Lu Yang together.
• Lu Yang advanced toward the four opponents, intending to defeat a Golden Core Middle Stage True Lord and establish his authority in Jiangxi.
• Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva privately mocked Lu Yang’s confidence and questioned whether his Supreme Fruit Position mattered.

Lu Yang faced Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva and the Three Dukes of the Dao Court inside his Heaven Pillar Governing Mystery Grotto-Heaven. His Supreme Fruit Position let him overwhelm their defenses, but Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva’s True Treasure neutralized his power, and her hairpin struck toward his brow.

• Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva and the Three Dukes of the Dao Court entered Lu Yang’s Grotto-Heaven to attack him from within.
• Lu Yang invoked the Heaven-Inscription Chapter and set the Grotto-Heaven ablaze, forming an array that pressed down on all four opponents.
• Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva used Hidden Gold Boudoir to counter the array, but Lu Yang’s Supreme Fruit Position let him deprive her of its power and summon a Sky-Supporting Giant Hand.
• Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva brought out the Han-Yuan Treasure Lotus Cup, which swallowed Lu Yang’s giant hand and silenced part of his Deprive mystery.
• Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva removed her hairpin and sent it flashing toward the center of Lu Yang’s brow.

Lu Yang used the Heaven-Inscription Chapter to expose Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva’s weakness and distract her, then joined Patriarch Tingyou and Suo Huan in attacking the Dao Court’s Grand Preceptor. Their assault collapsed the Grotto-Heaven and killed the Grand Preceptor, leaving the watching True Lords shocked.

• Lu Yang’s Heaven-Inscription rule kept Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva’s Qi-Settling Spirit Hairpin from touching him.
• Lu Yang established that those who were neither dead nor alive could not uphold a Fruit Position, destabilizing Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva and the other Pure Land Bodhisattvas.
• Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva used her Four Noble Truths Dharma Wheel to suppress Lu Yang’s rule, while Lu Yang deduced how Golden Core Middle Stage cultivation worked.
• Lu Yang vanished, revealing that Heavenly Fire had trapped the Dao Court’s Three Dukes and that the Grand Preceptor had suffered all three punishments.
• Patriarch Tingyou and Suo Huan joined Lu Yang in attacking the Grand Preceptor while the Grand Guardian and Grand Tutor remained entangled in Heavenly Fire.
• The three attackers killed the Grand Preceptor and caused the Grotto-Heaven to collapse, stunning the True Lords who witnessed it.

The Grand Preceptor of Dao Court died, and the Old Dragon Lord gained the upper hand against Emperor Jiayou as Lu Yang suppressed Dao Court’s remaining True Lords. Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva revealed a Dao-Seeking Immortal Method, making the battle’s outcome uncertain again.

• The Grand Preceptor of Dao Court died as his Grotto-Heaven collapsed, and the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law reclaimed it.
• Emperor Jiayou attacked the Old Dragon Lord in fury after losing the Flatland Wood Fruit Position, but the Old Dragon Lord saw through his attempt to flee and held him back.
• Lu Yang used his Images to suppress the Grand Tutor and Grand Guardian while keeping the Pure Land Bodhisattvas in seclusion.
• Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva revealed the three True Treasures he had refined and formed an intricate emblem.
• Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva’s radiance drew the attention of the combatants and distant observers, who recognized that he had cultivated a Dao-Seeking Immortal Method.

Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva repeatedly shattered Lu Yang’s Dharma Body with a powerful method that drew on Karma, while Patriarch Tingyou and Suo Huan tried to protect and restore him. After surviving her attacks, Lu Yang identified the method as the Dao-Seeking Immortal Method and realized that breaking free of dependence on a Fruit Position could keep a Grotto-Heaven from falling.

• Lu Yang pondered the Dao-Seeking Immortal Method before Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva shattered his Dharma Body with a single finger.
• Patriarch Tingyou hid Lu Yang and Suo Huan with the Illusory-Reality Fruit Position, and Suo Huan restored Lu Yang with spiritual water.
• Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva struck Lu Yang again, then used her three True Treasures to suppress Patriarch Tingyou and declared that none of them would escape.
• Lu Yang dodged Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva’s next attack and pulled Patriarch Tingyou and Suo Huan away from her.
• Lu Yang recognized that Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva’s attacks followed Karma, linked her method to City-Wall Earth, and identified it as the Dao-Seeking Immortal Method.
• Lu Yang concluded that a Grotto-Heaven could avoid falling by breaking free of its Fruit Position and establishing a system of its own.