Chapter Summaries

Gangxing Budao True Lord received coordinates to the Heavenly Remnant Consciousness and learned that a Guardian Lineage branch in the Star Palace might provide the Karma needed to enter. Old Dragon Lord, Sky Soaring, and Lu Yang then awoke together in the Nourishing Life Lord, leaving Mu Changsheng unsettled as the secret realm’s tensions deepened.

• A cloud-vapor visitor offered Gangxing Budao True Lord information about the Heavenly Remnant Consciousness and identified himself with the words “Fire in the Sky.”
• Gangxing Budao True Lord suspected the visitor might be Sky Soaring and tested his claim by demanding a way to enter the Heavenly Remnant Consciousness.
• The visitor explained that the Star Palace’s surviving Guardian Lineage branch might possess a token that could grant the necessary Karma.
• The visitor gave Gangxing Budao True Lord valid coordinates and described the Nourishing Life Lord’s valuable records of Fruit Positions, then ended their conversation.
• Old Dragon Lord, Lu Yang, and Sky Soaring awoke in the Nourishing Life Lord and stared at one another while Mu Changsheng sensed something was wrong.

Old Dragon Lord warned Mu Changsheng that Lu Yang and Sky Soaring planned to ambush Gangxing Budao True Lord, and proposed turning to Sword Pavilion instead of trusting the Sacred Sect. Mu Changsheng secretly decided that the Sacred Sect was the better ally because it could help him complete Non-Existent Heaven, and he resolved to present himself to Old Dragon Lord as a sincere partner.

• Old Dragon Lord told Mu Changsheng that Lu Yang and Sky Soaring were likely planning to kill Gangxing Budao True Lord and might try to recruit him.
• Old Dragon Lord argued that killing Gangxing Budao True Lord required trapping him, adding another powerful fighter, and overcoming the danger of the Sacred Sect taking all the spoils.
• Old Dragon Lord concluded that he should abandon cooperation with the Sacred Sect and turn to Sword Pavilion, while Mu Changsheng considered using Old Dragon Lord's hidden injuries as leverage.
• Mu Changsheng decided that the Sacred Sect offered him a better path than Sword Pavilion because he could trade Old Dragon Lord as a bargaining chip without competing for the Sacred Sect's goals.
• Mu Changsheng inferred that Nourishing Life Lord's trials enabled pseudo-Empty Attainment and believed the Sacred Sect could help him complete Non-Existent Heaven.

Lu Yang and Sky Soaring planned to recruit True Lord Radiant Floating Truth to help contain Old Dragon Lord, then Lu Yang used Sky Soaring’s Retribution Dharma Outer Body to approach True Lord Flying Snow. After surviving her attack, he realized her extraordinary strength came from developing the mystery of her Fruit Position to its supreme level.

• Lu Yang and Sky Soaring agreed to approach True Lord Radiant Floating Truth for help, and Sky Soaring lent Lu Yang the Retribution Dharma Outer Body.
• Lu Yang entered Sacred Fire Cliff, where True Lord Flying Snow attacked him with Purifying World Light.
• True Lord Flying Snow recognized the Dharma Body Path, but Lu Yang emerged from her frost storm unharmed.
• Lu Yang used Holding Candle to examine True Lord Flying Snow and discovered the exceptional depth of her Fruit Position mystery.
• Lu Yang concluded that True Lord Flying Snow had elevated her Fruit Position mystery to the supreme realm.

Lu Yang recruited True Lord Flying Snow and True Lord Radiant Floating Truth to help kill Gangxing Budao True Lord in exchange for a chance to pursue the Heavenly Remnant Consciousness. As Gangxing arrived at the forbidden Star Palace, Lu Yang hoped its defenders would weaken him before the planned ambush.

• True Lord Flying Snow agreed to cooperate after Lu Yang revealed Nourishing Life Lord’s information, and she confirmed that she possessed Karma connected to the Heavenly Remnant Consciousness.
• Lu Yang and True Lord Flying Snow visited True Lord Radiant Floating Truth, who agreed to help attack Gangxing Budao True Lord for a Karma slot and promised to hold off Old Dragon Lord for one incense stick’s time.
• Lu Yang planned to give Radiant Floating Truth his Karma slot only when the battle was imminent and revealed that he had directed Gangxing toward Star Palace to wear him down.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord’s Sword Light shattered Star Palace’s realm barrier and entered the forbidden Ten Thousand Land Realm.

Gangxing Budao True Lord forced his way into Star Palace and demanded a Guardian Seal to enter the Karma of the Heavenly Remnant Consciousness. Star Palace surrendered the Zhuxuan Clan’s seal, and Gangxing departed with it.

• Gangxing Budao True Lord’s Sword Light killed several Star Lords who tried to inspect it and damaged the Four Symbols Constellations and the Ten Thousand Land Realm.
• The Zhuxuan Clan Leader recognized the attacker as a Great True Lord from the Immortal Pivot’s Sword Pavilion and feared Star Palace would not protect them.
• Star Palace’s awakened Divine Thoughts decided not to fight Gangxing and asked what he wanted.
• Gangxing demanded a Guardian Seal, claiming the Guardians owed him repayment for the World Honored One’s life-saving grace.
• The nameless Divine Thought ordered the Zhuxuan Clan to hand over its seal, and Gangxing took it before departing.

Gangxing Budao True Lord met Sky Soaring in the Void Darkness Light Sea and agreed to go to Nourishing Life Lord after recovering, while suspecting a trap. Sky Soaring then told Lu Yang that Old Dragon Lord had met Gangxing and proposed impersonating Gangxing to steer Old Dragon Lord into targeting Feixue during the ambush.

• Gangxing Budao True Lord told Sky Soaring that he had obtained the Guardian Seal and would go to Nourishing Life Lord after resting.
• Sky Soaring left Gangxing Budao True Lord and told Lu Yang that Old Dragon Lord had met Gangxing, possibly exposing the ambush plan.
• Lu Yang realized Sky Soaring had mistaken him for the person who met Gangxing, but agreed the ambush could proceed despite the exposure.
• Sky Soaring proposed impersonating Gangxing to make Old Dragon Lord target Feixue while he and Lu Yang attacked Gangxing.
• Lu Yang agreed to try Sky Soaring's plan.

Old Dragon Lord met with Gangxing Budao True Lord, who asked him to ambush Feixue as part of the plan to seize Nourishing Life Lord’s opportunity. Lu Yang and Sky Soaring prepared their trap, while Gangxing recovered and entered Nourishing Life Lord, determined to face the ambush.

• Old Dragon Lord received a message on the Karmic Net and met Gangxing Budao True Lord at the Dragon Palace.
• Old Dragon Lord warned Gangxing that Sky Soaring planned to ambush him in Nourishing Life Lord and revealed that a mysterious Sacred Sect True Lord was involved.
• Gangxing asked Old Dragon Lord to sneak-attack Feixue at a signal, and Old Dragon Lord agreed to act according to circumstances.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord’s apparent visit was revealed to be Lu Yang using a disguised Retribution Dharma Outer Body, while Sky Soaring’s Perception Barrier had misled Old Dragon Lord.
• Lu Yang told Sky Soaring that Feixue and Light Concealer had agreed to join the ambush, and Sky Soaring said they were ready for Gangxing to enter Nourishing Life Lord.
• After recovering in a Small Realm Heaven, Gangxing located Nourishing Life Lord and entered, accepting the danger of the trap.

Gangxing Budao True Lord broke through the treasure tower’s barrier and seized all five Five Elements Supreme Fruit Position tomes, then found himself surrounded by rival True Lords. As the battle began, he targeted Lu Yang, and the Old Dragon Lord and Sky Soaring also attacked him.

• Gangxing Budao True Lord broke through the barrier above the sixth floor and forced his way to the Immortal Pivot shelf despite his weakening status.
• He took the five Supreme Fruit Position tomes: Fire in the Sky, Sword Edge Metal, City-Wall Earth, Great Sea Water, and Great Forest Wood.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord returned to the lower floors, where Lu Yang, Sky Soaring, True Lord Flying Snow, True Lord Radiant Floating Truth, Old Dragon Lord, and Mu Changsheng surrounded him.
• Sky Soaring warned the others that Gangxing Budao True Lord might recover his full strength with Fire in the Sky and Sword Edge Metal, leaving Gangxing no choice but to fight.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord unleashed his Seize-the-Crown Sword Intent at Lu Yang, while the Old Dragon Lord attacked Lu Yang instead of following the plan.
• Sky Soaring struck Lu Yang from behind with a destructive attack.

Lu Yang saw through Sky Soaring’s long-laid scheme and realized that Sky Soaring, Old Dragon Lord, and Gangxing Budao True Lord had joined forces to kill him. By the time he understood the truth, their attacks had already trapped him in a seemingly hopeless situation.

• Lu Yang realized Covered Lamp Fire’s Fruit Position remained intact and that Sky Soaring could revive it by killing him or placing him inside it.
• Lu Yang concluded that Sky Soaring had used Perception Barriers to hide his true intentions and make their past cooperation seem genuine.
• Lu Yang recognized that Sky Soaring had manipulated Old Dragon Lord and Gangxing Budao True Lord into targeting him.
• Lu Yang realized Old Dragon Lord had likely discovered Sky Soaring’s deception and contacted the real Gangxing Budao True Lord to plan the ambush.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord’s Sword Light reached Lu Yang’s brow, Old Dragon Lord’s spell struck his arm, and Sky Soaring’s palm pierced his back, leaving him near death.

Lu Yang survived the three True Lords’ ambush by using Suo Huan’s Spring Water to transfer his injuries, then turned the Calamity Baleful Light against Gangxing Budao True Lord. With Suo Huan incapacitated and his Rebirth Aspect unrecovered, Lu Yang faced the Old Dragon Lord’s bite and Sky Soaring’s full-strength attack.

• Lu Yang survived the destructive assault because Suo Huan’s Spring Water drew away some of his injuries, while Sky Soaring realized that Dispelling Night had hidden Suo Huan from his Dharma Eye.
• Lu Yang used the accumulated Calamity Baleful Light against Gangxing Budao True Lord, forcing him to raise his status and suffer severe injuries as Sky Soaring and the Old Dragon Lord continued attacking Lu Yang.
• The Old Dragon Lord sent Heaven-Earth Intercourse Forging Dragon Teeth at Lu Yang while Sky Soaring’s Perception Barrier slowed his consciousness.
• Lu Yang used the Enlightened Self-View Immortal Method and Holding Candle to resist much of Sky Soaring’s barrier, but the dragon teeth struck as his Rebirth Aspect remained unrecovered and Suo Huan could no longer help.

Lu Yang survived the Old Dragon Lord’s attack by using Mighty Spirit Kui Gang Righteous Qi, then relied on True Lord Flying Snow and True Lord Radiant Floating Truth to keep his enemies occupied while he moved to take the Fruit Position Tome from Gangxing Budao True Lord. Gangxing tried to flee, but found that Lu Yang and Sky Soaring had both prepared to stop him.

• Lu Yang invoked Mighty Spirit Kui Gang Righteous Qi, burning and breaking the Old Dragon Lord’s dragon teeth, though the clash left Lu Yang badly wounded too.
• True Lord Flying Snow blocked Sky Soaring after questioning why he was helping Gangxing Budao True Lord return to the position of Great True Lord.
• Lu Yang asked True Lord Flying Snow and True Lord Radiant Floating Truth to hold back Sky Soaring and the Old Dragon Lord while he went after Gangxing.
• True Lord Flying Snow engaged Sky Soaring, while True Lord Radiant Floating Truth fought the Old Dragon Lord, allowing Lu Yang to reach Gangxing.
• Gangxing tried to flee with the Supreme Fruit Position Tome, but his movement abruptly froze because Lu Yang and Sky Soaring had each prepared measures to stop him.

Lu Yang defeated Gangxing Budao True Lord in the Nourishing Life Lord and claimed the five Supreme Fruit Position Tomes, but Sky Soaring’s trap struck him as he fled. Sky Soaring believed Lu Yang had died, then realized the array had failed and that Lu Yang had escaped with the tomes.

• Sky Soaring’s false Void Darkness Land disrupted Gangxing Budao True Lord’s escape, allowing Lu Yang to strike him with a barrage of punches.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord transformed into a treasured sword and slashed Lu Yang, whose Rebirth Aspect absorbed some of the damage.
• Lu Yang threatened Gangxing Budao True Lord with Calamity Baleful Light, and Gangxing Budao True Lord surrendered the five Supreme Fruit Position Tomes.
• Sky Soaring’s array struck Lu Yang as he fled into the Immortal Pivot, and Lu Yang’s battered Dharma Body was apparently destroyed by its Radiance.
• Sky Soaring expected the array to revive Covered Lamp Fire, but it did not respond, leaving him furious when he realized Lu Yang was not dead and had the tomes.

Lu Yang survived Sky Soaring’s betrayal by hiding in a secret hut and using a contingency built from Hongyun’s legacy and the Hundred Lives Book. He took stock of his gains and turned to saving the grievously injured Suo Huan.

• Lu Yang remained concealed in the hut, whose Dispelling Night ritual hid him from Sky Soaring’s search.
• Lu Yang revealed that his Hundred Lives Book Dao Body had preserved his consciousness after his Dharma Body was destroyed.
• Lu Yang realized the five Supreme Fruit Position Tomes were imprinted in his consciousness and vowed to settle accounts with the Old Dragon Lord.
• Lu Yang summoned Suo Huan from the Righteous Banner and promised to find a way to save him.

Lu Yang sought a way to save the wounded Suo Huan, and Patriarch Tingyou proposed using a Realm Heaven Seed to help him achieve False Holding Golden Core Middle Stage. The plan left Suo Huan with a possible path to recover by self-destructing and being reborn.

• Lu Yang reassured Suo Huan that they should help each other and asked Patriarch Tingyou how to treat or delay his injuries.
• Patriarch Tingyou offered a Realm Heaven Seed he had prepared for Lu Yang and explained how it could receive the Image of a Fruit Position.
• Patriarch Tingyou proposed having Suo Huan entrust himself and his Grotto-Heaven to the Realm Heaven Seed, using Spring Water's mysteries to achieve False Holding Golden Core Middle Stage.
• Lu Yang translated the plan for Suo Huan as changing homes and explained that Suo Huan could claim much of Spring Water's power and recover by self-destructing and being reborn.

Suo Huan agreed to Patriarch Tingyou’s risky secret art to restore his Fruit Position, while Lu Yang reflected on his past life and confronted True Person Demon-Sweeping’s grief over the Qing Kingdom’s sacrifice. Lu Yang ended by insisting that the world’s cruelty could still be changed.

• Patriarch Tingyou explained the secret art’s risks, and Suo Huan accepted them so he could regain his Fruit Position and better support Lu Yang.
• Patriarch Tingyou began the secret art while Lu Yang and True Person Demon-Sweeping stood guard in the thatched hut.
• Lu Yang told True Person Demon-Sweeping about the past life in which he had been his master, and the two recalled their shared bond.
• Lu Yang acknowledged that he had chosen not to prevent the blood sacrifice of the Qing Kingdom’s mortals while plotting against Sky Soaring.
• True Person Demon-Sweeping admitted that the massacre troubled him, and Lu Yang declared that Heaven never sealed off every road.

After two and a half years of searching for the nameless enemy who ruined his plans, Sky Soaring considered pursuing the Empty Attainment Dao and remained trapped in the Netherworld. Lu Yang publicly challenged him to come to the Human World, but after Sky Soaring prepared to fight him, Lu Yang never appeared.

• Sky Soaring reflected on his sealed memories, his failed efforts to revive Covered Lamp Fire, and the chance that Gangxing Budao True Lord could recover.
• Sky Soaring summoned the Great Dao of Empty Attainment, which could restore his Great True Lord position only if he gave up on the Netherworld.
• Lu Yang broadcast a challenge across the Void Darkness Light Sea, insulting Sky Soaring and telling him to meet him in the Human World within three days.
• Sky Soaring decided he could suppress and seal Lu Yang, then prepared formations and secret treasures before entering the Human World.
• Lu Yang never came, and Sky Soaring was driven mad with rage.

After expanding his territory in the Dharma Body Path, Lu Yang found that his Past Dust Aspect could devour another Fruit Position and began studying the Supreme Fruit Position books for a way to seize Heavenly River Water. While investigating Fire in the Sky, he devised a compatible combination involving Spring Water and Pomegranate Wood, but his study was interrupted by Mu Changsheng's arrival.

• Lu Yang recovered his strength in the Sea of Suffering, and his Dharma Body Path territory expanded to two-tenths of the whole path.
• Lu Yang discovered that the Past Dust Aspect could devour another Fruit Position and decided to target Heavenly River Water.
• Lu Yang returned to the Nourishing Life Lord and began studying the Supreme Fruit Position books on his own.
• Lu Yang studied Fire in the Sky and identified Fire in the Sky, Spring Water, and Pomegranate Wood as a compatible combination.
• Lu Yang considered taking Spring Water while Suo Huan transferred its power to the Realm Heaven Seed, then wondered whether devouring three Five Elements Fruit Positions could help him become a Great True Lord.
• Mu Changsheng appeared in the Nourishing Life Lord and startled Lu Yang.

Lu Yang met Mu Changsheng, who offered a way to fatally wound Old Dragon Lord in exchange for seeing Lu Yang’s Empty Attainment Fruit Position. After Mu Changsheng revealed his method and lent Lu Yang his Non-Existent Heaven booklet, Lu Yang planned to take it to Patriarch Tingyou for study.

• Mu Changsheng feared Lu Yang would kill him, then revealed that Old Dragon Lord was persuading other Four Seas Sect Great Sages to attach their Grotto-Heavens.
• Lu Yang learned that Mu Changsheng could worsen Old Dragon Lord’s injuries until withdrawing his mystery turned them fatal, and agreed to contact him later about dealing with Old Dragon Lord.
• Mu Changsheng asked to see Lu Yang’s Empty Attainment Fruit Position, and Lu Yang showed him the Sword Dao within his Sea of Suffering.
• Mu Changsheng pledged his help, explained his True-False Transformation, and gave Lu Yang a strand of Divine Thought for future contact.
• Lu Yang persuaded Mu Changsheng to lend him the Non-Existent Heaven booklet, intending to bring it to Patriarch Tingyou for insight into Carefree Heaven.

Lu Yang returned to the hut and worked with Patriarch Tingyou and True Person Demon-Sweeping to prepare Suo Huan as a Fate-Form Body for devouring the Spring Water. They began the dangerous procedure, which could revive Suo Huan if the Realm Heaven Seed sealed his collapsing Grotto-Heaven in time.

• Lu Yang returned to the thatched hut and found Patriarch Tingyou working on the Realm Heaven Seed while Suo Huan lay severely ruined.
• Lu Yang told Patriarch Tingyou about the Non-Existent Heaven Fruit Position Books and his plan to devour the Spring Water.
• Patriarch Tingyou proposed using Suo Huan as a Fate-Form Body, then sealing his collapsing Grotto-Heaven with the Realm Heaven Seed to restore him.
• Lu Yang transformed Suo Huan into a Fate-Form Body, and Patriarch Tingyou warned that Lu Yang would need to devour the Spring Water quickly if the sealing failed.
• True Person Demon-Sweeping agreed to handle the timing as Patriarch Tingyou powered up Suo Huan to begin the procedure.

Lu Yang devoured Spring Water while Suo Huan and Patriarch Tingyou used its stolen power to restore Suo Huan’s former Realm Heaven as a Fruit Position. The plan succeeded, and Lu Yang gained another profundity, though he remained unsure why devouring Fruit Positions had not raised his status.

• Lu Yang seized Suo Huan’s half-skull and began devouring Spring Water, but Spring Water resisted until Suo Huan extracted half its power and weakened it.
• True Person Demon-Sweeping signaled Patriarch Tingyou, who caught Suo Huan’s Universal Ruins Heaven in the Realm Heaven Seed before it disintegrated.
• Patriarch Tingyou poured Spring Water’s stolen power into the seed and transformed it into a Standard Fruit Position, then sealed it with Carefree Heaven’s power.
• Suo Huan reappeared unharmed, and he and Lu Yang used their injury-bearing profundities to restore Patriarch Tingyou.
• Lu Yang confirmed that he had gained a new profundity, then wondered why his status had not risen and concluded that five Fruit Positions might let him claim the Dharma Body Path.