Chapter Summaries

The Old Dragon Lord survived Lu Yang’s attack by reincarnating four times, then discovered that his allies had abandoned the Four Seas Sect and fled toward Jiangnan. Lu Yang returned to the Righteous Banner and, with threats from Sky Soaring and Gangxing still looming, decided to bring his talent back to the Sacred Sect.

• The Old Dragon Lord reincarnated four times to cast off the lingering damage from Lu Yang’s attack, then resolved to keep fighting rather than retreat.
• The Old Dragon Lord sent Divine Thought to the Four Seas Sect, where Great Sage Yuanxu told him that Xuan Yuan and Mingzhu had left and Tian Qiu had joined another power.
• The Old Dragon Lord realized the Four Seas Sect’s allies had scattered and fled toward Jiangnan, abandoning his plan to advance rapidly to Great True Lord.
• Lu Yang returned to the Righteous Banner and found Patriarch Tingyou recovering after laying the foundation to raise his status more quickly in the future.
• Lu Yang warned that Sky Soaring, the Old Dragon Lord, and Gangxing Budao True Lord could join forces, then declared that he would bring his talent back to the Sacred Sect.

Sky Soaring and the Old Dragon Lord joined forces with the Sword Pavilion to investigate Patriarch Tingyou, whose identity and power baffled the True Lords. True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde recognized Tingyou as his old nemesis, and Gangxing Budao True Lord promised to protect him and deal with Tingyou before receiving a message from Pure Land Treasure Lotus.

• Sky Soaring and the Old Dragon Lord arrived at the Sword Pavilion, where Gangxing Budao True Lord welcomed them and the alliance sparked rumors about the Sacred Sect’s powerful True Lords.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord summoned True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde to Extreme Heaven Cliff, where he and the others examined Sky Soaring’s mysterious image of Patriarch Tingyou.
• True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde recognized Tingyou’s aura as that of the Foundation Establishment cultivator who had haunted him for a thousand years, though he struggled to believe Tingyou had become a supreme power.
• True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde begged Gangxing Budao True Lord to save him and eliminate Tingyou, reminding Gangxing that he had helped suppress Tingyou in the past.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord promised that Sky Soaring would accept True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde and said he would handle Tingyou, then received a communication from Pure Land Treasure Lotus.

Lu Yang arrived at Feixue Palace and found True Lord Flying Snow hosting Great Sage Mingzhu, then watched the Heavenly Hall open and reveal a mysterious Dao Attendant. The attendant identified Lu Yang as the returned Radiant World Exchange Light True Lord, though Lu Yang denied remembering that identity.

• Lu Yang met True Lord Flying Snow, True Lord Radiant Floating Truth, True Lord Splendid Silk Brocade, and Great Sage Mingzhu at Feixue Palace.
• Lu Yang told True Lord Flying Snow that his mysterious ally had come but was not present, keeping Patriarch Tingyou hidden.
• True Lord Flying Snow revealed that someone wished to meet Lu Yang, and the Thirty-Three Heavens Chess Dao Formation gathered the clouds around Sacred Fire Cliff.
• The Heavenly Hall opened, and a Dao Attendant emerged after drawing in the gathered clouds.
• The Dao Attendant recognized Lu Yang as Fire in the Sky and said he had returned as Radiant World Exchange Light True Lord, but Lu Yang denied being the person he meant.

Lu Yang recognized that the Dao Attendant’s account of Radiant World Exchange Light True Lord was bait meant to draw him into False History, where he could be made a vessel for the World Honored One. After the Immortal Pivot Survival Guide confirmed the danger, Lu Yang decided to stall and seek benefits before escaping by Restart.

• Lu Yang analyzed Radiant World Exchange Light True Lord’s strange honorific and grew suspicious of his connection to Fire in the Sky.
• The Dao Attendant told Lu Yang that Feixue came from a chaotic spacetime secret realm at Sacred Fire Cliff and suggested he ask her about it.
• Lu Yang realized the secret realm was False History and feared that entering it could let the World Honored One revive through him.
• Lu Yang used the Immortal Pivot Survival Guide, which warned him that the Dao Attendant presented a massive trap.
• Lu Yang concluded that he should avoid investigating Radiant World Exchange Light True Lord for now, stall for benefits, and use Restart to escape when necessary.

Lu Yang used True Lord Flying Snow’s access to the Sacred Sect’s treasuries to strengthen the Banner Spirits in his Righteous Banner, while True Lord Radiant Floating Truth recognized the brewing conflict as a Dao Struggle that would force the Dao Court and Pure Land to choose sides. After two and a half quiet years, Lu Yang emerged from seclusion with a newly forged sea of Banner Spirits.

• True Lord Flying Snow offered Lu Yang access to the Sacred Sect’s treasuries and asked him to make Gangxing disappear before the calamity, and Lu Yang agreed.
• Lu Yang decided to strengthen the Banner Spirits so they could better wield All-Evil Slay against enemies like Sky Soaring.
• True Lord Radiant Floating Truth learned that a great war was coming and concluded that the Dao Court and Pure Land would have to choose between the Sacred Sect and Sword Pavilion.
• The Immortal Pivot remained peaceful for two and a half years, with no news from True Lord Flying Snow or movement in Jiangnan.
• Lu Yang emerged from seclusion after successfully forging a new sea of Banner Spirits.

Lu Yang refined his billion-strong Qi-Eating Insect swarm into a Banner Spirit named Jade Maiden after severing its hidden connection to its creator. He then saw Gangxing Budao True Lord's Sword Light challenge him to a life-and-death Dao Struggle over the Supreme position of Fire in the Sky.

• Lu Yang counted the Qi-Eating Insects and realized their swarm could devastate a Jietian, while suspecting they were a Spell created by a True Lord of Xuanyuan.
• The Qi-Eating Insects resisted Lu Yang's attempt to refine them, but he severed their hidden connection and turned the swarm into a Banner Spirit.
• The Qi-Eating Mother Insect became a young woman, and Lu Yang named her Jade Maiden.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord sent a Sword Light across the Vault Sky to challenge Lu Yang in a Dao Struggle between the Sword Pavilion and the Sacred Sect.

Lu Yang faced Gangxing Budao True Lord while Sky Soaring and True Lord Flying Snow confronted each other over Jiangbei. The planned attack on Lu Yang was abandoned after Flying Snow’s breakthrough changed the balance, and Gangxing withdrew to seek a broader alliance.

• Lu Yang calmly faced Gangxing Budao True Lord, who had challenged him while preparing to use Sky Soaring as the real attacker.
• Sky Soaring’s clouds and mist collided with True Lord Flying Snow’s Heavenly River, and both revealed that they had reached Late Golden Core and become Great True Lords.
• Sky Soaring suspected that one of the Four Great Figures of the Other Shore had manipulated events to hinder his return to the Netherworld and help Flying Snow break through.
• True Lord Flying Snow neither confirmed nor denied Sky Soaring’s suspicions, while he withdrew his clouds and returned to Jiangnan.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord dispersed his Sword Light and abandoned the attack on Lu Yang after Sky Soaring’s plan failed.
• Gangxing decided to accept the Pure Land’s conditions and involve Dao Court so their forces could attack Jiangbei together.

Gangxing Budao True Lord won Pure Land over by promising Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva the Eternal Sword to help her advance, while Emperor Jiayou weighed Sword Pavilion’s request for aid. The chapter ended with Emperor Jiayou agreeing to meet a representative from Sacred Sect instead.

• Lu Yang suspected Gangxing Budao True Lord would seek support from Pure Land and Dao Court, as news of their standoff spread across Immortal Pivot.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord offered Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva the Eternal Sword to help her break through to Late Golden Core, and she promised Pure Land would side with Sword Pavilion.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord reflected that Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva planned to force a match between Hairpin Metal and Xuan Yuan Great Sage’s Thunderclap Fire so she could advance.
• Emperor Jiayou and the Three Dukes discussed Sword Pavilion’s request for Dao Court’s help, while Emperor Jiayou considered Dao Court’s grievances and the lack of promised benefits.
• Emperor Jiayou received a message from someone in Sacred Sect and agreed to meet, setting aside Sword Pavilion’s appeal.

Lu Yang offered Emperor Jiayou Seven Radiance Heaven and Fire in the Sky to secure the Dao Court’s support, then demanded help against the Pure Land and a vacant Fruit Position. Emperor Jiayou agreed to the first condition and considered Lu Yang’s request for Great Relay Station Earth, while Lu Yang planned to use the Fruit Position and other treasures to advance his cultivation.

• Lu Yang met Emperor Jiayou at Seven Radiance Heaven and presented the Jietian as a meeting gift.
• Lu Yang offered Fire in the Sky to the Dao Court, and Emperor Jiayou agreed after the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law indicated the Dao Lord’s approval.
• Lu Yang swore on the Sea of Suffering that he would honor the agreement to hand over Fire in the Sky.
• Lu Yang asked Emperor Jiayou to stop the Pure Land if it acted, and Emperor Jiayou agreed.
• Lu Yang requested the vacant Great Relay Station Earth Fruit Position, and Emperor Jiayou questioned whether Lu Yang was truly at the Golden Core Middle Stage.
• Lu Yang privately planned to obtain another Fruit Position, defeat Gangxing Budao True Lord, seize his Eternal Sword, and attempt to reach the late stage.

Lu Yang secured Emperor Jiayou’s promise to provide Great Relay Station Earth, then revealed his risky plan to use the Eternal Sword to pursue a breakthrough and acquire more Fruit Positions. After convincing Patriarch Tingyou that he was not under a Dao Lord’s curse, Lu Yang kept Empress Xiao behind to discuss developing her Incense Fire Divine Path Fruit Position.

• Emperor Jiayou agreed to let Lu Yang join the Dao Court with Imperial Preceptor honors and promised to arrange Great Relay Station Earth before the war.
• Patriarch Tingyou and the others restrained Lu Yang so Patriarch Tingyou could check whether a Dao Lord’s curse had driven him to plan to steal the Eternal Sword.
• Lu Yang explained that his plan involved attempting to break through to Late Golden Core with the Eternal Sword or, if that failed, devouring attached Fruit Positions to strengthen himself and advance toward Empty Attainment.
• Patriarch Tingyou and True Person Demon-Sweeping heard Lu Yang out, and Patriarch Tingyou reluctantly accepted his decision to take the risk.
• Lu Yang dismissed the others but kept Empress Xiao behind to discuss further developing her Incense Fire Divine Path Fruit Position.

Lu Yang developed Empress Xiao’s Incense Fire Divine Path by binding it to his own status, allowing Banner Spirits to draw on his power and fight as an Incense Fire God. Emperor Jiayou and the Grand Tutor arrived with Great Relay Station Earth to meet Lu Yang, but he told them to wait outside while he was still busy cultivating.

• Lu Yang decided to develop the Incense Fire Divine Path into a lasting method for using All-Evil Slay’s talent without relying on Thunderclap Fire.
• Lu Yang told Empress Xiao to redirect her believers’ faith toward him and added a binding Image to her Divine Path.
• Lu Yang gathered the Banner Spirits’ faith, amplified it through his status, and returned it to empower them.
• Lu Yang combined the incense fire power with the Righteous Banner to create an Incense Fire God that could fight in his place using immortal Banner Spirits.
• Emperor Jiayou and the Grand Tutor arrived at the former site of Seven Radiance Heaven with Great Relay Station Earth, and Lu Yang told them not to enter the swaying secret realm.

As the Dao Struggle began, the Pure Land and Dao Court joined the Sword Pavilion against the Sacred Sect, leaving the Sacred Sect seemingly outnumbered. Gangxing Budao True Lord challenged the Nameless True Lord, while Sky Soaring expected an easy victory.

• On the tenth day, Sky Soaring and Feixue clashed above the Great Dragon River as the Dao Struggle began.
• Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva appeared as a Great True Lord, and the Pure Land took the Sword Pavilion’s side with Xuan Yuan’s help.
• Emperor Jiayou arrived for the Dao Court, joining the Sword Pavilion and Pure Land against the Sacred Sect.
• True Lord Radiant Floating Truth considered retreating and handing over the Nameless True Lord if the Sacred Sect could not win.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord challenged the Nameless True Lord to come out and fight, while Sky Soaring anticipated his defeat.

Lu Yang confronted Gangxing Budao True Lord at the Great Dragon River, using the Righteous Banner and a swarm of Qi-Eating Insects to block his attack. Gangxing Budao True Lord recognized the insect sea might conceal a trap and held back, leaving the battle poised to continue while Old Dragon Lord watched from Jiangnan.

• Lu Yang emerged from the secret realm at Sacred Fire Cliff and met Gangxing Budao True Lord at the Great Dragon River.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord offered to spare Lu Yang if he surrendered the Fire in the Sky, but Lu Yang saw through the offer and refused.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord attacked with Sword Light, and Lu Yang unleashed the Qi-Eating Insects from the Righteous Banner, empowering them with Thunderclap Fire.
• The Qi-Eating Insects devoured the Sword Light and its Seize-the-Crown Sword Intent, while Gangxing Budao True Lord suspected their numbers could recover and chose not to raise his status to strike.
• Lu Yang kept the swarm between himself and Gangxing Budao True Lord, while watching Jiangnan for Old Dragon Lord and waiting for an opening.

Gangxing Budao True Lord used Furnace Fire to forge swords from Qi-Eating Insect corpses and then struck Lu Yang with a Great True Lord sword, but Suo Huan took the blow for him. With Gangxing Budao True Lord injured and exposed, Lu Yang prepared a counterattack.

• Gangxing Budao True Lord entered the sea of insects and used Furnace Fire to turn their ashes into swarming gray swords.
• Lu Yang broke through Gangxing Budao True Lord’s protective fire with Mighty Spirit Kui Gang Righteous Qi, letting the Qi-Eating Insects inflict All-Evil Slay and minor harm.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord unleashed Seize-the-Crown Sword Intent, but Suo Huan repeatedly reincarnated to take the sword for Lu Yang.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord staggered and spat blood after his attack failed, while Lu Yang arrived before him and condensed the Heaven-Inscription Chapter’s firelight into a tiny point.

Lu Yang gained the upper hand against Gangxing Budao True Lord by changing Sand Gold’s authentication, but Gangxing used the Eternal Sword to reset the battle and summoned twelve True Lords to attack. The assembled True Lords believed Gangxing had won after their strike left a vast hollow leading into the Void Darkness Light Sea.

• Lu Yang altered Sand Gold’s authentication with the Heaven-Inscription Chapter, causing it to reject Gangxing Budao True Lord and weakening him enough for Lu Yang to wound him.
• The Old Dragon Lord rushed out to steal the kill, then fled when he saw Gangxing falling; Sky Soaring and True Lord Flying Snow watched in astonishment as Gangxing’s condition was revealed.
• Gangxing used the Eternal Sword to erase the battle’s events and return himself and Lu Yang to the moment before their fight, though his dharma power remained weakened.
• Lu Yang realized the reset had strengthened his advantage, while Gangxing sensed danger and chose not to fight him alone.
• Gangxing ordered an attack, and twelve True Lords—including two Great True Lords—struck Lu Yang together.
• The combined attack tore open a hollow reaching into the Void Darkness Light Sea, and the watching True Lords declared Gangxing Budao True Lord the winner.

Lu Yang revealed that the True Lords had destroyed only his fragile incense-fire avatar, while his true body remained unharmed inside Sacred Fire Cliff. Emperor Jiayou confirmed that the Dao Court had sided with the Sacred Sect, leaving both factions reassessing the balance of power.

• Sky Soaring realized Lu Yang had not truly died and identified the destroyed figure as an impostor.
• Precious Pestle Victorious Bodhisattva's Golden Body and Grotto-Heaven collapsed, and Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva blamed Jiayou and the Sword Pavilion.
• Sky Soaring calmed the gathered fighters by revealing that the apparent Lu Yang was an avatar, as Lu Yang's true body emerged from Sacred Fire Cliff.
• Emperor Jiayou declared that the Dao Court had turned against the Sword Pavilion, while Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva recognized the Dao Court's defection.
• True Lord Radiant Floating Truth realized the Sacred Sect had gained a numerical and combat advantage and abandoned his thoughts of retreat.

Lu Yang and Patriarch Tingyou faced Gangxing Budao True Lord in a battle that would decide the righteous-and-demonic Dao Struggle. After Patriarch Tingyou sacrificed himself to stop the first sword and Lu Yang survived the second, Emperor Jiayou blocked Gangxing Budao True Lord's final strike, while True Person Demon-Sweeping began severing the Pure Land to attain the Sword Dao.

• Lu Yang summoned Patriarch Tingyou with the Righteous Banner, and the two confronted the weakened Gangxing Budao True Lord.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord announced that he would strike three swords and then take his own life if they failed to kill Lu Yang.
• Patriarch Tingyou sacrificed his Dharma Body to block Gangxing Budao True Lord's Heaven-Opening sword and protect Lu Yang.
• Lu Yang unleashed his accumulated arts against the Dao-Opening sword, but Gangxing Budao True Lord's attack destroyed his body before his Rebirth Aspect restored him.
• Emperor Jiayou blocked Gangxing Budao True Lord's Life-and-Death Opening sword, while Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva departed and True Person Demon-Sweeping severed the Unity of Ten Thousand Hearts from the Pure Land.

Lu Yang used Gangxing Budao True Lord’s death and the collapse of the Sword Pavilion’s Grotto-Heavens to pressure the Sword Pavilion Dao Lord into helping him save the Sword Dao. The Dao Lord agreed, and Sword Edge Metal entered the world to assist Lu Yang’s cultivation.

• Lu Yang took the Eternal Sword as Gangxing Budao True Lord exhausted his power, died, and reincarnated.
• Gangxing Budao True Lord’s conflicting Grotto-Heavens collapsed, leaving the Sword Pavilion without True Lords to protect the Sword Dao.
• Lu Yang offered the Sword Pavilion Dao Lord a deal: help him become a Great True Lord, and he would reclaim the Sword Dao.
• Lu Yang demanded that Sword Edge Metal enter the world and assist his cultivation, despite the risk that a True Lord’s attachment could make his Grotto-Heaven fall.
• The Dao Lord’s gaze searched Lu Yang, then receded, and Golden Seeking Light appeared over Jiangnan as Sword Edge Metal entered the world.

Lu Yang attempted to use True Person Demon-Subduer and the Grand Tutor’s Fruit Positions to advance, but repeated failures forced him to consider devouring them instead. Just as he prepared to proceed, the Immortal Pivot Survival Guide warned that True Person Demon-Subduer was a massive trap.

• Sky Soaring and the Old Dragon Lord fled as Heaven and Earth resumed operating, while True Lord Flying Snow remained behind.
• Lu Yang began a breakthrough attempt with True Person Demon-Subduer and the Grand Tutor, attaching Sword Edge Metal and Great Relay Station Earth to his Yellow Court.
• True Person Demon-Subduer used Sword Edge Metal to cut away futures in which Lu Yang’s Yellow Court fell, helping him endure the Fruit Positions’ pressure.
• Lu Yang repeatedly failed while adjusting the Fruit Positions, but used the Eternal Sword to return to the moment before each attempt and finally completed a preliminary adjustment on the seventh try.
• Lu Yang decided to devour Great Relay Station Earth and Sword Edge Metal, relying on his prior agreement with the Dao Court and his control over True Person Demon-Subduer.
• The Immortal Pivot Survival Guide continued warning Lu Yang to keep away from True Person Demon-Subduer.

Lu Yang rejected devouring Sword Edge Metal after the Immortal Pivot Survival Guide warned that it was an enormous pitfall, then turned to claim Great Relay Station Earth under his deal with the Dao Court Grand Tutor. As three Dao Lords disrupted one another’s control over the Real World, Lu Yang spotted a chance to reverse the situation and activated Puppet on Strings.

• Lu Yang reasoned that Sword Pavilion Dao Lord intended to control him and decided to trust the Immortal Pivot Survival Guide by abandoning Sword Edge Metal.
• Lu Yang summoned Fire in the Sky, approached the Dao Court Grand Tutor, and demanded that he fulfill their deal.
• Sword Pavilion Dao Lord’s influence turned True Person Demon-Subduer against Lu Yang, while the Dao Court Grand Tutor’s Immortal Kingdom Dao Law released Great Relay Station Earth and bound Fire in the Sky.
• Lu Yang gave up Fire in the Sky and began devouring Great Relay Station Earth as the World Honored One joined the clash between Dao Lords.
• The Dao Lords’ conflicting gazes restored movement to the Real World, and Lu Yang activated Puppet on Strings, causing two puppets he controlled in Jiangnan to explode.