Chapter Summaries

Lu Yang met the Dao Lords of the Light Sea and described himself as Xuande, a Dao Ancestor who had traveled from beyond heaven to find his martial uncle. His explanation of how he formed the Great Dao left the Dao Lords bewildered, while the figure atop [Other Shore] recognized that Lu Yang had undergone an evolution of essence.

• Lu Yang spoke the name [Jun], briefly awakening the Light Sea’s inhabitants before a force from [Other Shore] erased their gains and memories.
• Lu Yang faced the Dao Lords and confidently asked whether they were disciples of his martial uncle.
• Cang Hao introduced himself, and Lu Yang gave his Daoist title as Xuande, prompting Cang Hao to suspect he came from the Ancient Era.
• Sword Lord noticed Lu Yang’s [Order] Great Dao and wondered whether he had come from beyond heaven.
• Lu Yang said he had attained the rank of [Dao Ancestor] and explained that spreading a Dao, cultivating its Great Dao tree, and planting its Dao Fruit formed a complete cycle.
• The figure atop [Other Shore] realized that Lu Yang was a true Dao Lord who had completed an evolution of essence.

Chu Sheng secretly examined Lu Yang’s Dao and suspected that the supposed visitor from Beyond Heaven might be concealing his true identity. When the Dao Lords challenged Lu Yang to explain his cultivation lineage, his response left them facing a new accusation about their own system.

• Chu Sheng identified Lu Yang’s cyclical Dao as a flawed path that nevertheless echoed [Transcendence], and he chose to watch him rather than reveal himself.
• Lu Yang asked whether the Dao Lords were disciples of Martial Uncle Jun, but Cang Hao said they had never heard of him.
• Wan Fa asked Lu Yang to explain the cultivation system below the [Dao Ancestor] realm, and Lu Yang described the Deification Method from his past life.
• Du Xuan noted that Lu Yang’s method still elevated one’s rank, while Wan Fa demonstrated the Light Sea’s cultivation method in response.
• Lu Yang declared that the Light Sea’s method could never reach [Dao Ancestor] and called it a country-bumpkin independent cultivator method.

Lu Yang challenged the Dao Lords’ account of their cultivation and learned that their status came from using [Other Shore] as a substitute for a proper Dharma lineage. He fought the World Honored One to demonstrate his strength, then used [Delete] to shatter the World Honored One’s mysteries and isolate him from heaven and earth.

• Lu Yang accused the Dao Lords of deceiving him by giving him rogue cultivator methods despite their [Dao Ancestor] cultivation.
• Sword Lord explained that the Dao Lords used [Other Shore], built from [Origin Jade], the Light Sea, and the Great Dao, to overcome their cultivation method’s limits.
• The Dao Lords chose the World Honored One to test Lu Yang, and the World Honored One manifested his Dao Lord true body.
• Lu Yang manifested his own Dao Body, and their collision filled the Light Sea with a vast, silent radiance.
• Lu Yang used [Delete] against the World Honored One, shattering the mysteries around him and making everything in heaven and earth draw away.

Lu Yang defeated the World Honored One with [deletion], then warned the Dao Lords that their reliance on [Other Shore] left their cultivation vulnerable. When Cang Hao asked about [Jun], Lu Yang showed them Chu Sheng’s likeness, prompting a Dao cry from the summit of [Other Shore].

• Lu Yang nearly erased the World Honored One with a powerful Great Dao technique, but the World Honored One preserved [Karma] through his position on [Other Shore] and recovered.
• The World Honored One conceded defeat, and Lu Yang reflected that [deletion] cost him heavily because the World Honored One held a higher position.
• Lu Yang told the Dao Lords that their essence had not changed with their positions and warned that [Other Shore]’s collapse could strip them of their cultivation.
• Lu Yang explained that his Great Dao could sustain its own cycle, unlike the Dao Lords’ dependence on [Other Shore] and its proximity.
• Cang Hao asked Lu Yang for details about [Jun], and Lu Yang showed an image of Chu Sheng as Uncle-Master [Jun].
• A Dao cry rang out from the summit of [Other Shore].

Lu Yang and Chu Sheng each suspected the other was hiding a connection to Jun and began planning to draw out information by impersonating him. Lu Yang secured permission to stay in Jiangnan while searching for clues about his Martial Uncle, and wondered whether the Sword Lord wanted him because of his past-life Heavenly Palace.

• The World Honored One identified Chu Sheng as the strongest person at [Other Shore], and Lu Yang greeted him as a senior before Chu Sheng withdrew.
• Chu Sheng reasoned that Lu Yang might be an Ancient Era cultivator and Jun's nephew, then considered impersonating Jun to meet him.
• Lu Yang anticipated Chu Sheng's plan and decided he could play along to learn more about Jun and Chu Sheng's book.
• Lu Yang announced he would open a realm-space and remain at [Other Shore] to search for clues about his Martial Uncle.
• The Sword Lord invited Lu Yang to stay in Jiangnan, and Cang Hao and the other Dao Lords accepted his presence.
• Lu Yang suspected the Sword Lord wanted his [Heavenly Palace] and wondered whether she wanted him.

True Lord Sky Soaring Sun Obscuring sensed a Dao Lord battle and received a message from the World Honored One about Xuande, a powerful cultivator who followed a path unlike the Other Shore. A young Daoist then arrived in the Light Sea, appeared before Sky Soaring in the Netherworld, and asked him to become his disciple.

• Sky Soaring wondered whether the anomalies in the Real World signaled a fight between Dao Lords and suspected the World Honored One was involved.
• A sealed memory stirred, allowing the World Honored One to tell Sky Soaring that Xuande had arrived in the Light Sea with cultivation no weaker than his own.
• A vast aurora tore through the Light Sea's boundary, and its sun-and-moon radiance swept across the realms before striking the Ghost Gate and Sky Soaring.
• A young Daoist appeared inside the Attaining-Enlightenment Hidden Profound Residence and displayed Sky Soaring's memory of his conversation with the World Honored One.
• The young Daoist asked Sky Soaring whether he wanted to become his disciple.

Lu Yang revealed Sky Soaring’s true identity as Ling Xiao Dong Huang True Lord and pressed him to become his disciple, offering a way to pursue the Great Dao without relying on the Netherworld. As Lu Yang’s actions weakened False History, Chu Sheng grew suspicious and decided he could no longer wait to bring back the Ancestral Dragon.

• Lu Yang dispelled the Netherworld’s power and restored Sky Soaring’s memories, revealing him to be Ling Xiao Dong Huang True Lord.
• Lu Yang offered to teach Sky Soaring his Dao methods and urged him to leave the Netherworld’s influence behind.
• Lu Yang examined the Netherworld and False History, discovering that Dao Tianqi’s survival was tied to the Netherworld and that False History had weakened.
• Chu Sheng blamed Lu Yang for the sudden changes in False History and suspected the visitor knew him personally.
• Chu Sheng decided to bring back the Ancestral Dragon before ten more years passed so he could maintain the Name-Seizing Heaven Method ritual and show him the book.

Lu Yang planned to use Ancestral Dragon to enter Grandmaster and alter the Restart records before Chu Sheng could inspect them. Chu Sheng intervened when Sky Soaring began doubting the Netherworld path, and Lu Yang ended by telling Chu Sheng he had come to retrieve a glittering golden book.

• Lu Yang realized Ancestral Dragon was True Lord Biluofuguang in the Netherworld and considered using his Out-of-Drama Observer talent to follow it into Grandmaster.
• Lu Yang taught Sky Soaring the Deification Method and offered him a chance to leave and cultivate alongside him.
• Sky Soaring suspected that the Netherworld path concealed a trap and began leaning toward Lu Yang’s alternative method.
• Chu Sheng stopped time and projected his Heavenly Person’s Form after seeing Sky Soaring tempted away from the plan for Spirit Transformation Ascension.
• Chu Sheng presented himself to Lu Yang as his martial uncle and claimed he was severing his karmic ties before transcendence.
• Lu Yang said he had come on his master’s orders to retrieve a glittering golden book and asked Chu Sheng whether he had seen it.

Lu Yang deceived Chu Sheng with claims about the missing [Divine Fortune Book of Fate] and the Ancient Era, while Chu Sheng weighed how to handle Sky Soaring and the Ancestral Dragon. As Chu Sheng’s incarnation vanished and time resumed, the Sword Lord arrived through the Ghost Gate.

• Chu Sheng denied knowing the [Divine Fortune Book of Fate], and Lu Yang said the [Name Cult] and [Form Cult] had taken it before his group fled.
• Chu Sheng claimed he had destroyed both cults after Lu Yang’s departure, acquired their inheritances, and failed to find the book.
• Lu Yang asked about Bu Xian and Wisdom Light, but Chu Sheng rejected the topic and said he knew little about Wisdom Light.
• Chu Sheng told Lu Yang to leave and considered whether to alter Sky Soaring’s memories, then agreed to let Lu Yang handle him.
• Chu Sheng decided the Ancestral Dragon would be safer in his hands, but he sensed the opportunity had passed and his incarnation shattered as time resumed.
• The Sword Lord arrived through the Ghost Gate and froze time again.

The Sword Lord used [Emotion Thread] against Sky Soaring, but Lu Yang helped him turn its influence into a way to temper his Dao Heart. Lu Yang then isolated the Sword Lord in a world of his own making and planned to use Dao Tianqi’s awakening to observe the Ancestral Dragon without Chu Sheng noticing, while the Sword Lord tried to ensnare Lu Yang’s manifested thought.

• The Sword Lord’s [Emotion Thread] clouded Sky Soaring’s mind, but Lu Yang’s words restored his calm and helped him burn away the threads to temper his Dao Heart.
• Sky Soaring fled as Lu Yang cut off the Sword Lord’s view and created a lifelike world around them in a single thought.
• Lu Yang sensed that Chu Sheng’s gaze still tracked him and considered using Dao Tianqi’s awakening in the Netherworld to conceal his actions and observe the Ancestral Dragon.
• The Sword Lord offered to show Lu Yang her method, intending to plant [Emotion Thread] in his manifested thought and influence his true body.

Lu Yang's true body discovered that the Sword Lord had blocked his view of the Light Sea and was using [Emotion Thread] to ensnare his thought-incarnation. He found that his Great Dao foundation prevented the threads from weakening him, then held the Sword Lord's assault at bay as she pressed closer.

• Lu Yang realized the Sword Lord had obscured his gaze into the Light Sea and was targeting him with [Emotion Thread].
• Lu Yang's thought-incarnation used Primordial Spirit fire to consume the threads, turning their influence into nourishment for himself.
• Lu Yang discovered that his Great Dao foundation and [Death Loop] prevented the Emotion Threads from weakening him, and recognized a chance to exploit the situation.
• The Sword Lord increased her power, forcing Lu Yang's defenses from ten inches away to three inches and then to one.
• The Sword Lord's true body added its strength, but Lu Yang continued resisting, leaving her suspicious when the final gap would not close.

Sword Lord tried to plant [Emotion Thread] in Lu Yang, but he devoured it and fled with the treasure. Sword Lord sealed the Light Sea and blocked his escape through the Netherworld, while a black-robed young Daoist entered [Responding King].

• Sword Lord strengthened [Emotion Thread] and asked Cang Hao to empower her so she could strike Lu Yang’s thought avatar.
• Cang Hao helped Sword Lord, but Lu Yang’s avatar resisted the sword until Sword Lord realized the World Honored One had distracted her with an imitation treasure parasol.
• Lu Yang suddenly devoured the [Emotion Thread], and his Primordial Spirit avatar fled as Sword Lord lost control of her power.
• [Heavenly Dao] sealed the Light Sea, so Lu Yang headed through the Netherworld, where Sword Lord used [Homeward-Looking Terrace] to block his escape.
• A young Daoist in black robes entered [Responding King] as Lu Yang was trapped between his pursuers.

Lu Yang uncovered a mystery behind the shattered [Heavenly Remnant Consciousness] and enlisted Dao Tianqi to help conceal his awakening while he set his plan in motion. As the Dao Lords clashed and the Karmic Net went blind, Lu Yang slipped into the Netherworld and prepared to observe the Ancestral Dragon.

• Lu Yang saw that the World Honored One's Footprint had shattered the [Heavenly Remnant Consciousness], which seemed to have once formed a path toward a hidden place in the Light Sea.
• Lu Yang proved his identity to Dao Tianqi with the [Red Dust Traversal Method] and the [Precious Life Complete Form Scripture], then asked him to conceal his awakening and shake the Netherworld on signal.
• The Sword Lord used [Destiny] to block Lu Yang, while a giant hand of Order entered the Light Sea and the Sword Lord and Cang Hao moved to intercept it.
• The World Honored One halted the Karmic Net, creating a blind spot as Dao Tianqi shook the Netherworld and its deathly qi swallowed the Sword Lord and Lu Yang.
• Lu Yang vanished from Chu Sheng's sight, reached the ghost domain before True Lord Biluofuguang, and activated [Out-of-Drama Observer] to observe the Ancestral Dragon.

Lu Yang escaped the Netherworld with the Ancestral Dragon turned into a [Character in the Play], then confronted the Sword Lord in the Void Darkness and forced her to withdraw. After refining the Emotion Threads, he strengthened his Primordial Spirit and wondered how Chu Sheng would respond.

• Deathly aura broke the blockade around the Four Ghost Domains, letting Lu Yang reach True Lord Biluofuguang and turn the Ancestral Dragon into a [Character in the Play] before escaping.
• The Sword Lord pursued Lu Yang's thought avatar, but the Dao Ancestor's true body challenged her with the Great Dao of [Order].
• Lu Yang used [Modify] to seize future scenes from the river of destiny, and the Sword Lord shattered his figure but could not overcome his [Death Loop].
• The Sword Lord withdrew, and Lu Yang reclaimed and refined the Emotion Threads she had left behind.
• Refining the Emotion Threads narrowed the gap between Lu Yang's good and evil consciousnesses and greatly strengthened his Primordial Spirit.
• Lu Yang considered advancing his Great Dao of [Order] and wondered how Chu Sheng would react.

Lu Yang anticipated how Chu Sheng might interpret the Netherworld’s upheaval, while Chu Sheng traced it to a possible plot involving Lu Yang, Dao Tianqi, and the Ancestral Dragon. Convinced Lu Yang was a dangerous variable, Chu Sheng resolved to trap and suppress him.

• Lu Yang considered the risks of deceiving Heaven and observing the Ancestral Dragon, then tried to predict Chu Sheng’s reaction.
• Chu Sheng suspected that Huanyao had left a contingency in the [Heavenly Remnant Consciousness] and reconsidered why he had eliminated Dao Tianqi.
• Chu Sheng named Xuande as the person most likely to benefit from the Netherworld’s upheaval and examined True Lord Biluofuguang for signs of tampering.
• Chu Sheng inferred that Xuande might have used Wanbao’s cooperation to awaken Dao Tianqi and target the Ancestral Dragon through [Grandmaster].
• Chu Sheng decided Lu Yang could not be allowed to remain and began planning to trap and suppress him.

Chu Sheng planned to trap Xuande at the source of the River of Time, but Lu Yang suspected an ambush and decided to let Chu Sheng believe his suspicions were confirmed. Lu Yang met Sky Soaring, who declared himself Lin Xiao and named Lu Yang his master, before a changed past brought Di Mituo before him.

• Chu Sheng chose the source of the River of Time as a place to lure and permanently seal Xuande.
• Lu Yang noticed that Chu Sheng had withdrawn his investigation too quickly and concluded that Chu Sheng was preparing an ambush.
• Lu Yang decided to use the Ancestral Dragon as bait, let it enter the [Grandmaster], and encourage Chu Sheng's suspicions.
• Lu Yang appeared before the injured Sky Soaring, who bowed and introduced himself as Lin Xiao before declaring Lu Yang his master.
• Lu Yang followed a change in the past into a new scene, where Di Mituo greeted him as Daoist Xuande.

Lu Yang asked World Honored One why he had helped him and what had happened to the Heavenly Remnant Consciousness. World Honored One revealed that Chu Sheng had severed its seven stages and blocked Dao Tianqi from reaching a secret realm, leaving Lu Yang considering an investigation into the scattered gatekeeper bloodlines.

• Lu Yang asked World Honored One why he had coordinated with him, and World Honored One said he had acted after seeing the effect [Variable] through [Karma].
• World Honored One asked whether Huanyao, Dao Tianqi, and the Lord of Netherworld had awakened, and Lu Yang confirmed that they had.
• Lu Yang asked why World Honored One had crushed the [Heavenly Remnant Consciousness], and World Honored One explained that Chu Sheng had already removed [Grandmaster] and severed the links between its seven stages.
• World Honored One said Huanyao alone could sense the moving coordinates of [Carefree Wandering], and that Dao Tianqi had nearly gained access to a secret realm beyond the seven stages before Chu Sheng interfered.
• World Honored One explained that the [Heavenly Remnant Consciousness] later shattered, Huanyao fell asleep, and the gatekeeper killed himself after calling out Chu Sheng's name.
• Lu Yang recalled that surviving gatekeeper bloodlines remained in Star Palace and Sword Pavilion and considered investigating them.

Lu Yang explained to the World Honored One why Sky Soaring’s attainment of the Netherworld would not be enough to draw Chu Sheng down, and described Chu Sheng’s Spirit Transformation Ascension plan. After Lu Yang withdrew, altered karma led Sky Soaring to interpret the World Honored One’s order to attain the Netherworld as part of a scheme to ensnare Chu Sheng.

• Lu Yang warned the World Honored One that Chu Sheng would welcome Sky Soaring attaining the Netherworld unless events threatened to collapse reality and force his descent.
• Lu Yang explained Chu Sheng’s Spirit Transformation Ascension plan and the connection between the Karmic Net and the River of Time, but the World Honored One questioned how Lu Yang knew.
• Lu Yang refused to take part in the World Honored One’s plan and withdrew from the Karmic Scene.
• Sky Soaring discovered that his memories and historical karma had changed, with the World Honored One now urging him to attain the Netherworld immediately.
• Sky Soaring inferred that the World Honored One wanted him to help trap Chu Sheng and decided the Deification Method might give him a chance to attain the Dao.

[Sky Soaring] entered the Netherworld to attain the Dao, while Chu Sheng weighed whether to help him despite the danger. Chu Sheng ultimately supported his ascent, provoking the other Dao Lords to move against him.

• Chu Sheng sensed the Netherworld’s summons and watched [Sky Soaring] begin his attempt to attain the Netherworld.
• [Sky Soaring] used the Five Elements and [Perception Barrier] to conceal his advance, then walked through the Netherworld to the Netherworld Lord Hall.
• [Sky Soaring] challenged the observers to act, and Chu Sheng considered whether helping him was necessary to preserve his own path to ascension.
• The [Other Shore] declared that [Sky Soaring] may attain the Netherworld, strengthening his foundation and revealing Chu Sheng’s support.
• The Dao Lords turned on Chu Sheng, recognizing his action as an opportunity to strike him.

Chu Sheng pressed ahead with his plan for [Sky Soaring], despite the Dao Lords’ efforts to stop him. [Sky Soaring] died at Netherworld Lord Hall, Ling Xiao escaped to cultivate the Deification Method, and Chu Sheng fell from the Seventh Layer to the Sixth Layer.

• Sword Lord, Cang Hao, and Wan Fa joined forces to block Chu Sheng from interfering with the Real World, while the World Honored One fought Dharma Power Dao Lord Du Xuan.
• Chu Sheng considered abandoning [Sky Soaring] but continued, stepping down and shattering the three Dao Lords’ defenses.
• With Chu Sheng’s [Fixed Number] backing him, [Sky Soaring] advanced toward Netherworld Lord Hall to prove the Dao of [Quzhi].
• A youth emerged from Netherworld Lord Hall, and [Sky Soaring] called out “Di Mouni” before dying; Ling Xiao then abandoned the Netherworld path and cultivated the Deification Method.
• Ling Xiao dissolved into divine light and shot Beyond Heaven as the Dao Lords halted; Chu Sheng remained on the Sixth Layer and wondered whether his killing intent had been discovered.