Recaps

Lu Yang captured Suo Lan on Lonely Heart Island and used him to discover that killing a counterpart from the False History could grant a person insight into a possible future through Karma. After learning that Suo Lan had arranged a gathering with Immortal Court and Sword Sect emissaries, Lu Yang prepared to eliminate the visitors and conceal what happened.

• Lu Yang arrived at Lonely Heart Island with Suo Huan and found the island’s Suo Lan, then controlled him with Puppet on Strings.
• Lu Yang transformed Suo Lan with Celestial Mother Transformation Mystic Light and sent Chen Xin'an and Peak Master of Heaven Mending to work on him for a day.
• Lu Yang had Suo Huan kill Suo Lan, and Suo Huan gained the ability to deduce a future through Karma.
• Lu Yang learned from the Banner Spirits’ memories that Suo Lan had invited Immortal Court and Sword Sect emissaries to meet him and seek gold.
• Lu Yang ordered Suo Huan to awaken all the Banner Spirits and prepare a formation that would conceal heavenly secrets.

Lu Yang tested whether killing another cultivator could let him seize that person’s possibility, then planned to exploit Daoist Hongtian’s attempt to prove Fire in the Sky. Daoist Hongtian arrived at Lonely Heart Island and asked Lu Yang whether he came from the outside world.

• Lu Yang watched Suo Huan welcome two Immortal Envoys, then used Puppet on Strings to restore their memories of serving him in past lives.
• Lu Yang killed a Sword Sect cultivator and saw the man’s life and Karma, confirming that he could seize another person’s possibility by killing them.
• Lu Yang resolved to help Daoist Hongtian seek Fire in the Sky, then kill him just before he succeeded to obtain the greatest possibility.
• Daoist Hongtian appeared outside Lonely Heart Island, stepped through the sea’s reflection, and asked Lu Yang whether he was from the outside world.

Lu Yang met Daoist Hongtian, who revealed his theory that a world existed beyond their own and suspected Lu Yang came from it. Lu Yang escaped Hongtian’s attempt to trap him, then used a puppet to resume their conversation and realized Heavenly Duke’s favor had kept Hongyun from reaching his full potential.

• Lu Yang and Daoist Hongtian demonstrated matching Fire in the Sky supernatural powers, destroying Lonely Heart Island and the surrounding sea.
• Hongtian explained that a mysterious True Lord who killed him had looked like Ling Xiao but cultivated Great Forest Wood, leading him to believe an outside world existed.
• Hongtian inferred from Lu Yang’s reaction and Karma that Lu Yang came from the outside world, so Lu Yang vanished to escape him.
• Hongtian alerted a True Lord, who used Wall Earth to seal off half of the Overseas, but Lu Yang escaped at the last moment.
• Lu Yang spoke to Hongtian through the Immortal Court Pacification Sea Envoy puppet and concluded that Heavenly Duke’s favor had raised Hongyun without tempering him.

Lu Yang met Daoist Hongtian inside the Concealed Mechanism Hall, where neither could be observed or calculated from outside. They discovered that they shared the same cultivation, Sword Intent, and goal of attaining Fire in the Sky, and Lu Yang warned Hongtian that he would certainly die despite believing his chances of success were ninety percent.

• Daoist Hongtian failed to calculate Lu Yang’s puppet and invited him into the Concealed Mechanism Hall to speak privately.
• Hongtian tried to awaken the Immortal Court Pacification Sea Envoy, but Lu Yang’s puppet remained unaffected.
• Hongtian sensed that Lu Yang held no current killing intent and asked why he had come from beyond the world.
• Lu Yang and Hongtian revealed matching Sword Intent and discussed their shared goal of attaining Fire in the Sky.
• Hongtian said his preparations gave him a ninety percent chance of success, but Lu Yang warned that he would certainly die.

Lu Yang warned Hongtian that the Immortal Court’s Heavenly Kingdom Supreme Law could sabotage his Golden Seeking, and the two uncovered different flaws in their Dao attainment by debating the Dao. They corrected those flaws, but Hongtian feared the Immortal Court could still demote him and strip away the foundation of his cultivation, leaving Lu Yang intent on learning how he might counter the same threat from the Dao Court.

• Lu Yang avoided explaining the danger behind False History directly, then warned Hongtian that his Golden Seeking could end in death and identified the Immortal Court as the greatest threat.
• Hongtian suspected the Heavenly Kingdom Supreme Law might be deliberately undermining him, and Lu Yang proposed examining their Dao attainment through a debate.
• Lu Yang and Hongtian discussed the Dao in the Concealed Mechanism Hall and discovered that Lu Yang’s understanding lacked details while Hongtian’s broad direction had gone astray.
• Lu Yang and Hongtian recognized that their flaws could be corrected, but Hongtian warned that the Immortal Court could still demote him and remove his bearing of Governing the World.
• Lu Yang realized that Hongtian’s solution to the Immortal Court’s threat could help him defend himself against the Dao Court.

Lu Yang realized the False History could simulate future possibilities and suspected the Sacred Sect Ancestor had placed him in a rehearsal of Hongtian’s fate. Hongtian inferred that his own death was inevitable, but refused to retreat into a quiet life and vowed to risk everything.

• Lu Yang recognized that False History could simulate future events and apply possible futures, then concluded the Sacred Sect Ancestor had brought him in to witness a rehearsal.
• Hongtian thanked Lu Yang for clearing up his doubts and said he had a way to buy time for his Golden Seeking, but kept the method secret.
• After returning to the mainland, Lu Yang suspected Hongtian faced a greater, unknown pitfall and that this False History offered no possibility of Hongtian successfully seeking Golden Seeking.
• Hongtian questioned Yan Mo about the simulated outside world and reasoned that Lu Yang’s lack of interest in taking his future meant Hongtian was destined to die regardless.
• Yan Mo urged Hongtian to give up and return to Covered Lamp Fire, but Hongtian rejected a life confined to the Immortal Court and declared he would rather die.

Lu Yang witnessed Hongtian perform the Fire in the Sky ritual and climb toward the Supreme Fruit Position, only for the Immortal Court to seize the moment and try to capture him and Fire in the Sky. Lu Yang uncovered that the Heavenly Kingdom Supreme Law was built from captured Dao Court Grotto-Heavens and realized the Dao Court had turned Jiangdong into a cultivation pasture resembling the Sacred Sect.

• Hongtian began the Fire in the Sky ritual, spreading the Heavenly Kingdom Supreme Law across the Five Realms Under Heaven and using the world as steps toward the Fruit Position.
• Hongtian climbed through the Foundation Establishment Realm, invoking Imperial Life Steward, Returning Palace, Heaven-Earth Union, and Coiled Dragon Root to extend his path toward Fire in the Sky.
• As Hongtian prepared to enter Fire in the Sky, the Immortal Court withdrew its support and cast the Heavenly Kingdom Supreme Law over Fire in the Sky and Hongguang Blessed Land.
• Lu Yang saw that the Heavenly Kingdom Supreme Law contained countless complete Grotto-Heavens taken from Dao Court Sons of Heaven and understood that the Dao Court had used Jiangdong’s people as cultivation fuel.
• Lu Yang concluded that the Dao Court Lord’s design resembled the Sacred Sect’s cultivation system and wondered whether the entire world was a giant First Saint Sect.

Lu Yang watched Hongtian resist the Immortal Court’s attempt to capture Fire in the Sky and learned that the court could demote officials and confiscate their cultivation. Just as Hongtian seemed stripped of his power, he raised his head and revealed a sudden sign of resistance.

• Hongtian used False Holding Gold Position and Covered Lamp Fire to engulf the Immortal Court’s net in darkness, giving Fire in the Sky a chance to escape.
• The Immortal Court demoted Hongtian, but Hongtian and the False History versions of Mu Changsheng and Patriarch Tingyou rejected the decree as chaotic.
• The Immortal Court ordered Hongtian’s cultivation confiscated, causing his powers and connection to Fire in the Sky to fade.
• Hongtian suddenly raised his head as rosy cloud light appeared in his eyes and an impassioned cry of swords rang out.

Hongtian resisted the Immortal Court’s attempt to obscure his memories and faced four Fruit Positions with help from Mu Changsheng and Patriarch Tingyou. Their defense reached a stalemate, but Lu Yang suspected another trump card remained when the World Honored One’s voice rang out.

• Hongtian used his Candlelight Sword Intent to resist the Heavenly Kingdom Supreme Law and explained that it had obscured part of his memories rather than seized his cultivation.
• The Immortal Court sent Roadside Earth, Flatland Wood, Gold-Foil Metal, and Great Relay Station Earth to attack Hongtian.
• Mu Changsheng and Patriarch Tingyou supported Hongtian with Wall Earth and Long Flowing Water, holding off the four Fruit Positions in a stalemate.
• Lu Yang wondered whether the Immortal Court had exhausted its methods and suspected the World Honored One might intervene.
• The World Honored One’s voice rang out with “Amitabha!”

The World Honored One descended into False History as a True Body Tathagata, alarming Lu Yang and Hongtian. Lu Yang realized the Dao Court Lord had likely enabled the descent, and Hongtian charged at the Tathagata despite the overwhelming danger.

• Vast Karma descended as the World Honored One’s Eight Aspects unfolded, culminating in the appearance of the Tathagata.
• The Tathagata revealed himself as a genuine True Lord, and Lu Yang recognized that he had come from the Real World.
• Lu Yang inferred that the Dao Court Lord had joined forces with the World Honored One, who wanted Lu Yang while the Dao Court wanted Fire in the Sky.
• Hongtian challenged the Tathagata, transforming False Holding Covered Lamp Fire into False Holding Fire in the Sky and charging forward.

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.