Chapter Summaries

Chu Sheng discovered that the Heavenly Emperor was connected to the disruption of his plans and tried to recruit him with the Seven Emotions Reaching Heaven Art. The Heavenly Emperor realized Lu Yang had anticipated the offer, but he could not understand the method and was powerless to act.

• The World Honored One abandoned his Dao Lord position, halting the [Other Shore]’s ascent and shocking Chu Sheng.
• Chu Sheng traced a connection through Feixue’s shell into Void Darkness and revealed the [Heavenly Palace].
• The Heavenly Emperor emerged from the Soaring Firmament Hall, and Chu Sheng recognized that he had cultivated the [Red Dust Traversal Method].
• Chu Sheng offered the Heavenly Emperor the [Seven Emotions Reaching Heaven Art] to separate himself from Lu Yang and pursue the Primordial Spirit.
• The Heavenly Emperor could not understand Chu Sheng’s method and realized Lu Yang had expected Chu Sheng’s offer.

After the Heavenly Emperor rejected Chu Sheng’s offer, Chu Sheng refused to abandon Spirit Transformation Ascension and used Fixed Number to stabilize True History. Sword Lord and Cang Hao restarted False History under the Heavenly Dao’s control, but it repeated its former course because a black-robed young man’s talent made his history unique and immune to outside changes.

• The Heavenly Emperor rejected Chu Sheng’s offer, and Chu Sheng decided to keep trying to save Spirit Transformation Ascension rather than abandon it.
• Chu Sheng stepped onto the Fifth Layer and used Fixed Number to halt False History’s return, buying time to preserve the Heavenly Dao.
• Sword Lord and Cang Hao redirected their power toward False History, where the World Honored One had fallen to the perfection of the Golden Core.
• Sword Lord used the Heavenly Dao to collapse and restart False History from its source, expecting to reshape its course at will.
• False History repeated its former course despite Sword Lord’s control, while a black-robed young man revealed the Guest Unwelcome to Heaven and Earth talent that made his history unique.

The World Honored One summoned the [Variable] Great Dao through [Karma], allowing Lu Yang to condense the entire span of False History into a single moment and reach its far future. As the history of True Lord Imperial Ultimate Life Steward resurfaced in the Real World, Chu Sheng’s [Fixed Number] shattered and False History began returning to reality.

• Lu Yang’s [Guest Unwelcome to Heaven and Earth] preserved his victory against the Sword Lord’s attempt to alter False History.
• The World Honored One gathered the faith of Buddhist followers and summoned the [Variable] Great Dao, causing False History to collapse into a timeless singularity.
• Lu Yang used the momentary convergence of past and future to leap to the end of False History, more than a hundred thousand years after Chongguang obtained the Five Elements.
• Chongguang looked over a prosperous Immortal Pivot and remembered the achievements of True Lord Imperial Ultimate Life Steward.
• Living beings in the Real World recalled False History’s buried record, and its returning Karma shattered Chu Sheng’s [Fixed Number].

Lu Yang used [Supreme Dao Assimilation] and the thoughts of the gods in the [Heavenly Palace] to suppress the Heavenly Emperor and forge his Primordial Spirit. As False History merged with the Real World, Lu Yang returned and broke through the limits of the Heaven-Treading Realm.

• Lu Yang entered the final stage of the [Red Dust Traversal Method] and faced the Heavenly Emperor in a battle between their good and evil Primordial Spirits.
• Lu Yang activated [Supreme Dao Assimilation], gaining an advantage the Heavenly Emperor could not copy, and began refining him.
• Lu Yang used [Divine Offering] to gather the thoughts of the gods in the [Heavenly Palace] and bind the Heavenly Emperor in shadows.
• Lu Yang suppressed the Heavenly Emperor, forged his Primordial Spirit, and returned to the Real World as the Heavenly Emperor's figure shattered.
• The World Honored One guided False History through Chu Sheng's blockade, merging it with the Real World as Lu Yang broke through the Heaven-Treading Realm's limits.

After attaining his Primordial Spirit, Lu Yang saw how True History and False History were converging and examined the Great Sword Sect’s history. He discovered that the Sword Lord had deliberately shaped the Great Sword Sect’s loyal, compassionate character, and the chapter ended as she asked him to protect the Light Sea’s living beings.

• Lu Yang used his Primordial Spirit to understand that the two histories were converging, and that Si Sui had to wait for them to diverge before escaping and recovering his missing time.
• Lu Yang recognized the Great Sword Sect as a half-step Dao Lord and examined three histories connected to his past.
• Lu Yang saw that Sword Lord Nian Yao had raised the Great Sword Sect with patient guidance and that his devotion to her ran deep.
• Lu Yang concluded that the Sword Lord had deliberately cultivated the Great Sword Sect’s character to use his loyalty at a crucial moment.
• Lu Yang witnessed the Sword Lord tell the Great Sword Sect that Si Sui had gone to war with Chu Sheng and ask him to protect the Light Sea while the Dao Lords were away.

Lu Yang watched the Great Sword Sect confront the choice of sacrificing himself to keep the Ancestral Dragon imprisoned or surviving to guard the Light Sea. The scene ended with the Great Sword Sect’s three spirits arguing over whether the Dao Lords and Sword Lord could be trusted.

• Lu Yang realized the Great Sword Sect had slaughtered the True Lords to deprive the Ancestral Dragon of anyone from whom to borrow strength.
• The wounded Great Sword Sect recognized that he himself remained the Ancestral Dragon’s most suitable target.
• The Great Sword Sect split into three spirits that argued for survival, self-sacrifice, and releasing the Ancestral Dragon.
• The self-sacrificing spirit said his death would prevent the Ancestral Dragon from escaping through him and explained that the Grotto-Heaven Method could weaken it.
• The sinister spirit accused Nian Yao, Si Sui, Chu Sheng, and the Dao Lords of plotting against one another, calling them all beasts.

Lu Yang witnessed Great Sword Sect’s struggle over sacrificing himself to stop the Ancestral Dragon and preserve the world from the Dao Lords. After Great Sword Sect took his own life, Lu Yang told the Ancestral Dragon that he had seen and remembered the deed, and would restore its meaning through history.

• Great Sword Sect debated whether his slaughter of cultivators and planned suicide were justified, insisting that his actions were all he could do to prevent greater deaths.
• An indifferent Great Sword Sect urged him to stay alive and use the Ancestral Dragon as leverage against the Dao Lords, while the Demon Dragon warned that their victory would erase Great Sword Sect from history.
• Great Sword Sect rejected the Demon Dragon’s warning, declaring that his actions had meaning in the present, then reunited his divided spirits and cut his own throat.
• In the first month of Immortal Calendar 264, Great Sword Sect died in Jiangnan, and the Ancestral Dragon raged for three months over his choice.
• Lu Yang appeared beside Great Sword Sect’s corpse and told the Ancestral Dragon that he had witnessed and remembered the sacrifice, promising to bring its meaning back from history.

Lu Yang learned the Great Sword Sect’s forgotten history and received a supreme Dharma Sword forged through the sect’s sacrifice. As the Dao Lords prepared to descend, Lu Yang named the sword Heaven Execution and readied himself for the coming trial.

• Lu Yang explained that his witnessing the original First History restored its buried karma, while the Great Sword Sect recalled its past and accepted that its Dao Path had ended.
• The Great Sword Sect warned Lu Yang that his battle methods were inadequate to face the Sword Lord and offered to become a weapon for him.
• The Great Sword Sect united its three spirits to manifest a temporary Primordial Spirit and sacrificed itself to forge a supreme Dharma Sword from Sword Pavilion Gate and Extreme Heaven Cliff.
• The Sword Lord sensed Sanhe’s return and regretted not killing the Great Sword Sect more thoroughly.
• Lu Yang emerged with the Dharma Sword, named it Heaven Execution, and prepared for the Dao Lords’ descent.

The return of True History reshaped the Light Sea, restored the dead, and brought the collapse of [Other Shore] and the Dao Lords’ fury. Dao Tianqi resolved to bear the burden of holding the Light Sea together, while the World Honored One hoped Lu Yang could help keep him from being crippled.

• The upheaval from the Immortal Pivot restored lifespan to petrified True Lords in the Star Palace, and Haoyuan Upper True identified Lord Si Sui’s power as its source.
• Immortal Venerable Greater Yin watched the Celestial Court disappear, recovered memories of a history that should not have existed, and witnessed True History divide the Light Sea into ninety-nine provinces.
• The Deification Method spread through the Light Sea, severing it from Void Darkness and [Other Shore] as the Dao Lords’ power threatened to destroy the world.
• False History returned the dead to the Immortal Pivot, while Dao Tianqi and the World Honored One discussed the approaching destruction and the danger of Dao Tianqi bearing its burden alone.
• The World Honored One looked toward Lu Yang and his Dharma Sword, hoping he could help Dao Tianqi withstand the collapse of [Other Shore].

As [Other Shore] collided with the Netherworld and Heaven's collapse threatened the Light Sea, Lu Yang arrived with the strength of the people behind him. He rallied the Light Sea to withstand the destruction, ending with a proclamation of his vow to save the common folk.

• The World Honored One used the Foundation Establishment Realm to divert some of Heaven's destructive fire but warned Dao Tianqi that they might need to withdraw.
• Dao Tianqi told the World Honored One that the Light Sea's living beings were not helpless and that one powerful person could not save them alone.
• Lu Yang rose through the realms as countless people behind him lifted his rank, then greeted Dao Tianqi and asked him to leave the next step to the Light Sea.
• The Netherworld withdrew, and Lu Yang led the Light Sea's gathered powers to form a Great Wall and withstand the remaining fire of Heaven's collapse.
• Lu Yang proclaimed his vow to save the common folk, transform the cosmos, and usher in a new spring.

As the Dao Lords prepared to dismantle the first and second layers, Lu Yang gathered the power and aid of his allies to transform the Light Sea. The Light Sea rose, surprising even Chu Sheng and the other Dao Lords.

• The Sword Lord proposed dismantling the first and second layers to punish Lu Yang and force Dao Tianqi to intervene, and the other Dao Lords agreed.
• Chu Sheng ignored their plan and watched Si Sui re-emerge, wondering whether he could cultivate back to the innate and become a Dao Lord.
• Lu Yang confronted the falling Heaven-Tipping Fire with crimson radiance and invoked [Divine Offering].
• True Lord Flying Snow, True Person Demon-Sweeping, Ling Xiao, and Patriarch Tingyou joined Lu Yang's growing phantom of light with their powers.
• Lu Yang invoked [Fate-Reforming Revolution], bringing the [Heavenly Palace] into the Light Sea and merging it with the phantom.
• The Light Sea rose, leaving the Dao Lords astonished.

Lu Yang transformed the Light Sea into a giant that blocked the Dao Lords’ attack and severed their access to its foundation, leaving Dharma Power Dao Lord Du Xuan especially vulnerable. After the Dao Lords agreed that Du Xuan would descend first, a blazing figure tore through the giant’s defenses and struck its brow.

• The Light Sea formed a giant whose light-made hands blocked the Heaven-Tipping Fire and shattered the [Other Shore] fragments within it.
• Immortal Venerable Greater Yin lost access to her Fruit Position and powers, then regained them by circulating the Deification Method.
• Dharma Power Dao Lord Du Xuan discovered his lineage had been severed and his connection to the Dharma Power Dao was weakening.
• Cang Hao urged Du Xuan to descend first, and Du Xuan agreed after Spell Dao Lord approved and promised support.
• A blazing figure tore through the giant’s palm and struck its brow with the force of status descending from [Other Shore].

Du Xuan descended into the Light Sea with an [Other Shore] fragment and tried to strip its cultivators of dharma power, but Lu Yang revealed that he had become the Light Sea itself and drove Du Xuan out with a devastating fist. The Dao Lords on [Other Shore] recognized Lu Yang as a true enemy in the Dao Struggle.

• Du Xuan descended into the Light Sea and found that its cultivators retained their dharma power despite his attempt to strip it away.
• Du Xuan attacked Lu Yang by turning Lu Yang's own dharma power against him, but Lu Yang vanished into the Light Sea.
• Lu Yang revealed himself as the Light Sea and gathered its Great Daos and marvels into the Light Sea Origin of Myriad Daos fist.
• Lu Yang's fist shattered Du Xuan's power and blasted his true body out of the Light Sea.
• Lu Yang declared that the Light Sea did not welcome Du Xuan, and the Dao Lords on [Other Shore] recognized Lu Yang as an enemy worthy of the Dao Struggle.

After Lu Yang wounded Du Xuan, the Sword Lord decided to kill him as [Other Shore] collapsed. Lu Yang met her attack with the Heaven-Execution Sword and charged toward [Other Shore], calling on the Light Sea to resist the will of Heaven.

• Du Xuan analyzed Lu Yang’s fist technique and realized it drew on the methods of several ancient titans.
• Cang Hao proposed recruiting Lu Yang, but the Sword Lord rejected the idea and chose to execute him during [Other Shore]’s fall.
• The Sword Lord used the River of Destiny to converge Lu Yang’s possible futures on death and attacked with her sword.
• Lu Yang summoned Sanhe’s phantom and wielded the Heaven-Execution Sword, accepting the Great Sword Sect’s help against the Sword Lord.
• As [Other Shore] fell, Lu Yang advanced before the gathered cultivators and struck at it, urging them to follow and resist Heaven’s will.

Lu Yang wielded the Light Sea and the power of its countless inhabitants to clash with the Sword Lord, who used Destiny to attack his connection to the Light Sea across time. As their battle continued beyond the seal, Si Sui and the Cultivation Dao Lord watched, uncertain whether Lu Yang could prevail.

• Lu Yang gathered the Light Sea’s power into his body and struck the Sword Lord’s river of destiny with the Heaven-Execution Sword.
• The Sword Lord’s attack rewrote events across past and future, repeatedly steering Lu Yang toward death, but Lu Yang altered those destinies and saved himself and others.
• The Sword Lord recognized that Lu Yang’s strength came from the Light Sea and its people, and attacked his bond with them through countless clashes across time.
• The Cultivation Dao Lord asked Si Sui whether Lu Yang could defeat the Sword Lord, and Si Sui said Lu Yang’s strength came from the Light Sea and the Power of All Beings.

Si Sui considered Chu Sheng’s growing strength and the heavenly book as a possible escape, while Lu Yang and the Sword Lord’s clash ended with both injured and the Sword Lord’s plans thwarted. As Dao Tianqi, the World Honored One, and Lu Yang held off the Dao Lords, Lu Yang realized Chu Sheng was missing.

• Si Sui sensed Chu Sheng beyond the seal and suspected Chu Sheng had surpassed him, then considered using the heavenly book as a way out.
• Lu Yang and the Sword Lord fought across the Light Sea and Void Darkness until the Sword Lord struck down Lu Yang’s sword light.
• Lu Yang emerged badly injured as the Light Sea and its Jietian suffered massive damage, while the Sword Lord concealed her bleeding finger.
• The Sword Lord recognized that she had failed to kill Lu Yang, return to the Light Sea, or destroy the Netherworld and cripple Dao Tianqi.
• Dao Tianqi challenged the Sword Lord, the World Honored One faced the Spell Dao Lord and Dharma Power Dao Lord, and Lu Yang blocked Cang Hao.
• Lu Yang resolved to hold the Dao Lords back until the Void Darkness overcame them, then noticed that Chu Sheng was nowhere to be seen.

Lu Yang fought Cang Hao, who revealed that his mastery of writing let him erase names and their bearers’ Fortune. Cang Hao used Lu Yang’s name to make him vanish into the Void Darkness, but Lu Yang showed no fear as the attack took hold.

• Lu Yang blocked Cang Hao from joining Sword Lord and used the Heaven-Execution Sword against him.
• Cang Hao wrote the Heaven-Execution Sword’s name and sealed it, then silenced Lu Yang’s Five Elements Fruit Positions by writing their names.
• Lu Yang realized that Cang Hao had named Immortal Pivot’s Fruit Positions, Three Foundations, Five Heavenly Numbers, and Great Daos through his [writing] and attained [Fortune].
• Cang Hao erased the name [True Lord Imperial Ultimate Life Steward] to drain Lu Yang’s Fortune and push him toward becoming lost in the Void Darkness.
• Lu Yang resisted with his Primordial Spirit, but Cang Hao wrote [Lu Yang], intensifying the erasure as Lu Yang dismissed the threat without fear.

Lu Yang returned after Cang Hao failed to erase his Fortune, and Cang Hao explained how Ancient Era inheritances shaped the Other Shore and Heavenly Dao. Cang Hao identified Chu Sheng's altered name as a method of the Name Cult, but thunder interrupted him before he could reveal what finding Chu Sheng's original name might achieve.

• Cang Hao tried to shatter [True Lord Imperial Ultimate Life Steward] and [Lu Yang], but the Light Sea's heartbeat restored both names and brought Lu Yang back.
• Lu Yang asked whether Cang Hao's move could affect Chu Sheng, and Cang Hao said it might now that they were all at Golden Core Perfection.
• Cang Hao explained that the Ancestral Dragon had spread cultivation but had not created it, and described how Si Sui and later Chu Sheng established the Other Shore and Heavenly Dao.
• Lu Yang connected Chu Sheng's [Grandmaster] inheritance to the Ancient Era, and Cang Hao confirmed that both Chu Sheng and he had drawn on that lineage.
• Cang Hao said his and Chu Sheng's inheritances came from the [Name Cult] and reasoned that Chu Sheng's original name might be used against him, but thunder interrupted his explanation.

Cang Hao revealed that Chu Sheng’s power might depend on a ritual hidden within [Grandmaster], while Lu Yang disclosed Chu Sheng’s likely refuge and urged the Dao Lords to stop fighting each other. The Dao Lords considered joining forces to test or injure Chu Sheng before Si Sui confronted him.

• Cang Hao shattered Chu Sheng’s oppressive gaze and explained that destroying a ritual within [Grandmaster] might make Chu Sheng’s power backlash against him.
• Lu Yang told Cang Hao that Chu Sheng likely hid in a secret realm in Void Darkness and had obtained the [Heavenly Book] there.
• Cang Hao said the secret realm had eluded every faction, and Lu Yang questioned why Chu Sheng was conserving his strength while the Dao Lords fought.
• The Sword Lord said Chu Sheng was waiting for Si Sui, prompting Lu Yang to ask whether Si Sui could still defeat him.
• Lu Yang urged the Dao Lords to join forces against Chu Sheng, and they fell silent as they considered his proposal.

Lu Yang urged the Dao Lords to lure Chu Sheng into a group attack so they could discover the extent of his strength. The World Honored One offered to sacrifice himself to undo the Karmic Net, leaving the Dao Lords astonished by the cost of his plan.

• Lu Yang argued that the Dao Lords should bait Chu Sheng into fighting and attack him together, even if the plan risked casualties.
• Cang Hao and Sword Lord agreed that Lu Yang's plan could work, but questioned how they could force Chu Sheng to appear.
• The World Honored One revealed that the Karmic Net could revert to the River of Time only if he died, and offered to kill himself.
• Dao Tianqi and the other Dao Lords realized that the World Honored One could use his Three-Life Body to make the sacrifice meaningful only if Chu Sheng killed him.
• Lu Yang understood that the World Honored One planned to destroy his past body's [Karma], which would cripple him and undo Chu Sheng's calculations.