Chapter Summaries

Dao Tianqi weakened Chu Sheng by sending him into the Netherworld, prompting the Dao Lords to attack while the World Honored One seized the [Heavenly Dao]. The World Honored One drove Spell Dao Lord and the Dao Lord of magic power out of the First History, then took the Nascent Soul Pill from Lu Yang and vanished.

• Dao Tianqi sent Chu Sheng into the Netherworld, where Lu Yang saw part of Chu Sheng’s true form and realized the fall had weakened him.
• The four other Dao Lords joined forces to attack Chu Sheng, but he remained standing as the [Fixed Number] began targeting the [Nascent Soul Pill].
• The World Honored One borrowed the [Heavenly Dao] and used it to drive Spell Dao Lord and the Dao Lord of magic power out of the First History.
• The World Honored One revealed his past, present, and future identities and approached Lu Yang.
• Lu Yang handed the Nascent Soul Pill to the World Honored One, who took it and vanished.

The World Honored One used karma to send the [Nascent Soul Pill] from the Netherworld to [Other Shore], where he merged it into the realm despite the Dao Lords’ attempts to stop him. Chu Sheng unexpectedly blocked their attack, then revealed that he had captured the [Variable], while Lu Yang identified the supposed [Ancestral Dragon] as Cang River Dragon Lord.

• The World Honored One crossed the Karmic Net, left lotuses to conceal his trail, and used Butian's lingering remnant to continue through the Karmic Scene.
• Sixty thousand years earlier, the World Honored One gave Butian Que the [Nascent Soul Pill] and a protective Jade Pendant, and Butian Que left with them.
• The World Honored One drew the [Nascent Soul Pill] onto [Other Shore] and shielded it as the Dao Lords attacked, allowing it to merge with the realm.
• Chu Sheng blocked the combined strike of Sword Lord, Cang Hao, Dharma Power, and Spell, then announced that the [Variable] was in his grasp.
• Dao Tianqi saw the supposed [Ancestral Dragon] break apart, and Lu Yang recognized it as Cang River Dragon Lord.

Lu Yang realized that Ancestral Dragon had escaped long ago by disguising himself as True Lord Biluofuguang, while the Cang River Dragon Lord took on his Karma. As Ancestral Dragon swallowed True Lord Flying Snow and the great tribulation began, Chu Sheng revealed that he had arranged the game from the start.

• Lu Yang deduced that Ancestral Dragon had secretly escaped in the First History and had been acting through True Lord Biluofuguang ever since.
• The Old Dragon Lord learned that his supposed role as a controllable variable had been a cover to keep him alive, then traveled to Jiangbei and entered the Cloud Sea of Heaven-Reaching.
• True Lord Flying Snow recovered her memories as the Huai River Dragon Lord, but Ancestral Dragon used [Seizing the Huai] to swallow her.
• Ancestral Dragon sensed that the Old Dragon Lord and True Lord Flying Snow retained some resistance, then awaited the calamity triggered by the [Nascent Soul Pill].
• The Dao Lords sensed the approaching disaster at [Other Shore] and confronted Chu Sheng, who asked why he had created the path of Huanyao and declared the game a dead end from his beginning.

Chu Sheng blocked [Sky Soaring] from ascending to [Other Shore] after [Sky Soaring] claimed [Tribulation], while Miao Le gave up and faded away. [Sky Soaring] gained [Tribulation] but was left with no way to escape his inevitable loss of self.

• Chu Sheng revealed that the Nascent Soul Pill restricted movement upward through [Other Shore] but still allowed him to descend, and he anticipated the Sword Lord's attempt to reach the Fifth Layer.
• [Sky Soaring] asked Chu Sheng to let him enter [Other Shore] with [Tribulation], arguing that he could aid Chu Sheng's Spirit Transformation Ascension as the Ancestral Dragon could.
• Miao Le realized that [Sky Soaring]'s advantages left him no chance to compete, and his aura faded as he wondered where his Dao lay.
• [Sky Soaring] focused on [Tribulation] and began ascending, but [Fixed Number] declared that he could not reach [Other Shore] because [Tribulation] needed to recover.
• A third of the Images of [Tribulation] returned to the Ancestral Dragon, stopping [Sky Soaring] short of [Other Shore] and leaving him facing inevitable loss of self.

Lu Yang and the World Honored One uncovered how Chu Sheng used the Other Shore to enslave the Ancestral Dragon, but Chu Sheng revealed that the five heavenly numbers were complete and Spirit Transformation ascension was beginning. As the Ancestral Dragon prepared to ascend, Lu Yang considered using the Hundred Lives Book to make him the subject of a grand drama.

• Dao Tianqi denied involvement in Chu Sheng's scheme, while Lu Yang concluded that every Dao Lord on the Other Shore had helped enslave the Ancestral Dragon.
• Lu Yang saw that the Other Shore rested on the Five Elements and pressed upon the Ancestral Dragon's Sea of Consciousness, strengthening Chu Sheng's control.
• The World Honored One explained that someone matching or surpassing Chu Sheng on the Other Shore could expose a flaw in the enslavement, which was why Chu Sheng had killed Si Sui.
• Chu Sheng said Si Sui's return would be too late because Fortune, Destiny, Fixed Number, and Tribulation had gathered, and the five heavenly numbers were complete.
• The Ancestral Dragon invoked Tribulation's phenomenon to propel his Spirit Transformation ascension, while Lu Yang considered using Out-of-Drama Observer on him.

Lu Yang understood that Chu Sheng’s [Other Shore] used the Dao Lords’ cooperation to attempt [Spirit Transformation Ascension], with the Ancestral Dragon bearing the risk. As [Sky Soaring] advanced to Golden Core completion and challenged [Tribulation], Lu Yang used [Out-of-Drama Observer] to erase the Old Dragon Lord, leaving the Ancestral Dragon’s Primordial Spirit stranded.

• Lu Yang realized that [Other Shore] raised Dao Lords’ status, suppressed the Ancestral Dragon, and drew their Great Daos into its ascension.
• Chu Sheng persuaded the silent Dao Lords that the ascension was feasible and that the Ancestral Dragon would bear the consequences if it failed.
• Lu Yang suspected Sword Lord and Cang Hao had hidden plans and wondered whether [Sky Soaring] would intervene.
• [Sky Soaring] combined five Fruit Positions into Complete Five Elements and reached Golden Core completion, drawing [Tribulation]’s attention.
• The Ancestral Dragon tried to seize [Great Sea Water] and draw power from his true body, but Lu Yang ended his observation of the Old Dragon Lord.
• The Old Dragon Lord, Xuan, dharma power, and [Great Sea Water] vanished, leaving the Ancestral Dragon’s Primordial Spirit floating alone.

Chu Sheng shattered [Other Shore], triggering the collapse of the Light Sea and devastating the Real World, Netherworld, and the Dao Lords. [Heavenly Dao] contained the destruction, but when the dust settled, Chu Sheng remained beyond reach, leaving Sword Lord stunned.

• Sword Lord revealed his form and used [Destiny] to search for Chu Sheng's hidden move, while Chu Sheng struck [Other Shore] with a finger.
• [Other Shore] shattered, collapsing the Light Sea and causing destruction across the [Sea of Suffering], Foundation Establishment Realm, and Real World.
• Dao Tianqi raised the Netherworld to shield the Real World, and [Heavenly Dao] intervened to stabilize the Light Sea while leaving the Netherworld exposed.
• [Other Shore] fell, the Ancestral Dragon and its Sea of Consciousness were destroyed, and the backlash badly damaged the Dao Lords, [Heavenly Dao], and Netherworld.
• Sword Lord realized Chu Sheng had survived, and everyone saw that his tiny figure remained seemingly beyond reach.

Lu Yang realized Chu Sheng could restore the Ancestral Dragon’s Sea of Consciousness using Golden Core True Lords, while Sword Lord fought him with the awakened divine sword and [Heavenly Dao]. Dao Tianqi warned everyone to flee as the Dao Lords withdrew and the danger spread across the Light Sea.

• Sword Lord and Lu Yang realized that fragments of [Other Shore] still raised Chu Sheng’s status and that the Ancestral Dragon could eventually reassemble its Sea of Consciousness.
• Lu Yang deduced that Si Sui’s absence kept the Dharma Body Path and [Yin-Yang] from recovering, while Chu Sheng explained that innate Dao Lords could return after destruction.
• Sword Lord summoned her divine sword from Sword Pavilion, awakened it with True Person Demon-Sweeping’s true spirit, and attacked Chu Sheng with [Heavenly Dao] empowering her.
• Sword Lord and Chu Sheng reached a temporary stalemate, but Lu Yang warned that the Ancestral Dragon’s recovery could soon give Chu Sheng the advantage.
• Dao Tianqi shouted for everyone to run, and Butian Que escaped as the Dao Lords withdrew their Auras and the Golden Core True Lords sensed danger.
• Lu Yang realized Chu Sheng intended to repair the Ancestral Dragon’s Sea of Consciousness with the Sea of Consciousnesses of Golden Core True Lords.

Chu Sheng’s plan forced the Dao Lords into a race to harvest True Lords’ Seas of Consciousness and rebuild [Other Shore], while his overwhelming strength remained the foundation of his fallback. As the Dao Lords began slaughtering for position, Lu Yang recognized the unfolding crisis as the true Millennial Calamity.

• Lu Yang realized that Chu Sheng’s scheme forced the Dao Lords to kill True Lords and harvest their Seas of Consciousness or risk falling behind.
• Chu Sheng explained that even if his Spirit Transformation ascension failed, the collapse of [Other Shore] would let him use [Fixed Number] to seize control of [Variable].
• Dharma Power Dao Lord attacked Star Palace and drained the Sea of Consciousness from a True Lord statue before Dao Tianqi intervened to protect the others.
• Dharma Power Dao Lord hunted Star Palace’s fleeing Star Lords, while Spell Dao Lord descended on Xuanyuan and began killing its inhabitants to raise his position.
• Sword Lord and Cang Hao also set out to hunt, as Chu Sheng urged the Dao Lords to find and harvest spirits from past True Lords and suggested ways to bring them back.
• Lu Yang watched the Light Sea erupt into slaughter and identified the conflict as the true Millennial Calamity.

Sword Lord, Cang Hao, and Butian Que revealed their plan to use [Heavenly Dao] to undermine Chu Sheng's control of [Other Shore], and the Dao Lord War erupted again. But Chu Sheng remained composed as the battle to collapse [Other Shore] continued.

• Sword Lord attacked Chu Sheng, who stopped his blade with a finger and tried to tempt him with the prospect beyond Dao Lords.
• Dharma Power Dao Lord and Spell Dao Lord joined Chu Sheng against Sword Lord, while Cang Hao and the World Honored One blocked them, restarting the Dao Lord War.
• Butian Que escaped the [Five Elements] seal into the Real World as a Heaven-Treading Realm Great True Lord and explained how he had used the seal's power to nourish [Heavenly Dao].
• Butian Que revealed that Sword Lord and Cang Hao had discovered Ancestral Dragon's escape through [Yellow Springs Road] and joined forces with him to exploit Chu Sheng's plan involving [Other Shore].
• Lu Yang wondered why Chu Sheng remained calm despite the failed ascension and the threat to [Other Shore], while Chu Sheng praised his opponents' methods and said he would grant their wish.

Chu Sheng shattered [Other Shore], causing the Light Sea and its realms to collapse until Dao Tianqi and [Heavenly Dao] intervened, though the Netherworld suffered severe damage. As [Other Shore] fell and the Dao Lords were injured, everyone stared in shock at the tiny figure where Chu Sheng had landed.

• Sword Lord revealed her form, questioned Chu Sheng, and used [Destiny] to search for his hidden move.
• Chu Sheng touched [Other Shore], shattering its levels, the Ancestral Dragon’s Sea of Consciousness, and the Light Sea.
• The [Sea of Suffering], Foundation Establishment Realm, and Real World began collapsing, so Dao Tianqi raised the Netherworld to bear the destruction.
• [Heavenly Dao] stabilized the [Sea of Suffering], Foundation Establishment Realm, and Real World while leaving the Netherworld exposed to grave damage.
• [Other Shore] fell, shattering the Ancestral Dragon and injuring the Dao Lords as the [Heavenly Dao] and Netherworld were badly damaged.
• Sword Lord, Dao Tianqi, Butian Que, the World Honored One, the other Dao Lords, and Lu Yang were stunned when they saw only a tiny figure where Chu Sheng had landed.

As the World Honored One and Chu Sheng clashed, the Dao Lords moved against Dao Tianqi, while [Sky Soaring] attacked the Dharma Power Dao Lord to seize his [Other Shore] fragment. The chapter ended with [Sky Soaring] sacrificing his body in a burst of tribulation light that engulfed his target.

• True Lord Zhifa Chiyuan offered himself to the World Honored One, and Dao Tianqi also opened his Primordial Spirit to conversion, but Chu Sheng interrupted him.
• The World Honored One rejected Chu Sheng’s accusation of weakness, manifested his Buddha Kingdom, and rose to Si Sui’s former level before attacking Chu Sheng.
• The Sword Lord and Cang Hao joined forces to attack Dao Tianqi, hoping to bring the Netherworld under the [Heavenly Dao]’s control.
• Dao Tianqi offered to send Lu Yang to Void Darkness, but Lu Yang refused and stayed to watch the battle.
• [Sky Soaring] emerged from the Sea of Mist and pierced the Dharma Power Dao Lord, declaring that he would take the [Other Shore] fragment.
• [Sky Soaring]’s body cracked apart and released tribulation light that engulfed the Dharma Power Dao Lord.

Chu Sheng’s fallback plan forced the Dao Lords into an arms race to harvest True Lords and rebuild [Other Shore], while his strength kept them from uniting against him. As the slaughter began across the Light Sea, Lu Yang realized this was the true Millennial Calamity.

• Lu Yang recognized that Chu Sheng’s plan would drive the Dao Lords to harvest True Lords’ Seas of Consciousness rather than risk falling behind one another.
• Chu Sheng revealed that whether his Spirit Transformation ascension succeeded or failed, he could use the resulting [Variable] to strengthen his control over the Light Sea.
• The Dharma Power Dao Lord attacked Star Palace and extracted the Seas of Consciousness from some of the Dharma Power Dao True Lords’ stone statues before Dao Tianqi intervened.
• The Spell Dao Lord descended on Xuanyuan and began slaughtering its True Lords, while Miao Le questioned why he had not targeted the Grotto-Heaven Method first.
• The Sword Lord and Cang Hao departed to hunt True Lords, and Chu Sheng suggested finding past True Lords reborn among living beings or restoring the dead through Alter Cause, Change Effect.
• Watching the Light Sea burn, Lu Yang recognized the unfolding events as the true Millennial Calamity.

The Dao Lords began harvesting cultivators and their reincarnations across the Light Sea to strengthen their [Other Shore] fragments, while Dao Tianqi and the World Honored One tried to protect souls through the Netherworld. The Dao Lords agreed to dismantle the Netherworld and target Huanyao, then turned to the World Honored One for his response.

• The [Other Shore] fragments gathered into six pieces, confirming that only six Dao Lord positions existed, while Chu Sheng used the arrangement to suppress Variables.
• The dharma power Dao Lord slaughtered Star Palace's Star Lords and cultivators with True Lord potential, but Dao Tianqi opened the Netherworld and rescued targeted souls.
• The World Honored One, the Sword Lord, Cang Hao, and Chu Sheng took control of the Pure Land, Sword Pavilion, Dao Court, and Sacred Sect, respectively, and harvested their followers' Seas of Consciousness.
• The Sword Lord killed True Lords in Sword Pavilion, including True Lord Cheng Tian Zhengde, and absorbed their Seas of Consciousness into her [Other Shore] fragment.
• Chu Sheng killed True Lord Splendid Silk Brocade and True Lord Radiant Floating Truth, then slaughtered reincarnated former cultivators across Jiangbei to extract their spirituality.
• The Dao Lords agreed to dismantle the Netherworld and kill Huanyao, then asked the World Honored One what he thought, leaving his response unresolved.

The four Dao Lords devoured the Light Sea’s major powers and turned toward the Netherworld, while Chu Sheng urged World Honored One to abandon his ties to others and prioritize his Dao Path. As World Honored One hardened his heart, Dao Tianqi, Lu Yang, and True Lord Zhifa Chiyuan emerged from the Netherworld, and Chiyuan offered him a bargain to stop Chu Sheng.

• Immortal Venerable Greater Yin realized the Celestial Court had been cultivated as a source of True Lords, then Chu Sheng, Sword Lord, Cang Hao, and World Honored One destroyed it and devoured its cultivators.
• The Dao Lords discussed attacking the Netherworld or using World Honored One’s Karma to resurrect the dead, while World Honored One suspected they planned to exploit and eliminate him.
• Chu Sheng urged World Honored One to sever his attachments and put his Dao Path first, and World Honored One’s expression grew increasingly cold.
• The Dao Lords blasted open the Netherworld’s Ghost Gate and exposed a ruined palace within.
• Dao Tianqi, Lu Yang, and True Lord Zhifa Chiyuan emerged, and Chiyuan offered to let World Honored One devour the Netherworld’s ancient-method True Lords if he helped stop Chu Sheng.

The World Honored One and Chu Sheng clashed as the other Dao Lords attacked Dao Tianqi to seize the Netherworld. Amid the battle, [Sky Soaring] appeared and sacrificed himself to take the [Other Shore] fragment from the Dharma Power Dao Lord.

• True Lord Zhifa Chiyuan offered himself to the World Honored One, and Dao Tianqi did the same before Chu Sheng interrupted his conversion.
• The World Honored One shielded Dao Tianqi, summoned a Buddha kingdom, and surged to Si Sui's former level of status before attacking Chu Sheng.
• Sword Lord and Cang Hao joined forces to attack Dao Tianqi and seize control of the Netherworld while Chu Sheng fought the World Honored One.
• Dao Tianqi offered to send Lu Yang into Void Darkness, but Lu Yang refused and stayed to witness the battle.
• [Sky Soaring] emerged from the Sea of Mist, pierced the Dharma Power Dao Lord, and unleashed tribulation light to take the [Other Shore] fragment.

Chu Sheng killed the World Honored One, reclaimed Dao Lord power, and shifted the balance among the Dao Lords. As Lu Yang activated the [Hundred Lives Book], it reacted to something hidden at the end of False History, and Chu Sheng recognized him just before a power beyond the Light Sea erased everything and began the restart.

• Si Sui’s invisible punch broke Sword Lord’s will and disrupted her control of the River of Fate.
• Chu Sheng killed the World Honored One with [Fixed Number], then absorbed his [Other Shore] fragment and the Sea of Consciousness of the Pure Land Buddhist Cultivators, Bodhisattvas, and the World Honored One, restoring his Dao Lord status.
• Chu Sheng gave the World Honored One’s [Other Shore] fragment to [Sky Soaring], while the other Dao Lords charged into the Netherworld to regain their positions.
• Lu Yang watched the Dao Lords overwhelm Dao Tianqi and activated the [Hundred Lives Book], which reacted to something at the end of False History.
• Chu Sheng recognized Lu Yang, but the [Hundred Lives Book] had already activated; a power beyond the Light Sea erased everything before Lu Yang’s eyes.

True Lord Zhifa Chiyuan sacrificed himself to reach Golden Core perfection and charge toward Dao Tianqi, while Lu Yang intervened in the stalemate between the Dao Lord of magical power and [Sky Soaring]. Lu Yang exposed the Dao Lord’s hidden connection to [Wood of the Five Elements], freeing [Sky Soaring] to act.

• True Lord Zhifa Chiyuan used the true spirits in the [Vermilion Chariot Treasure Banner] to retain a moment of clarity at Golden Core perfection and charged toward Dao Tianqi’s battlefield.
• The Spell Dao Lord redirected his Rosy Cloud Light to block True Lord Zhifa Chiyuan, whose crimson battle flag and the spirits supporting it were gradually carved apart by the spells.
• Lu Yang decided to intervene without sacrificing the [Northern Exorcism Institute] and chose instead to use his Dharma Body, [Divine Firmament Thunder], and [Golden Talent · Ancestral Dragon Remnant].
• Lu Yang invoked Forbidden Knowledge and [Wood of the Five Elements], causing the suppressed Dharma Power of the Dao Lord of magical power to collapse.
• [Sky Soaring] gained an opening to intervene after Lu Yang exposed the hidden danger connecting the Dao Lord of magical power to [Wood of the Five Elements].

Lu Yang manipulated karma and time to assemble a counterattack against the Sword Lord, retrieving the Dao-Seeking Heavenly Gate Diagram’s array diagrams and sending allies to reunite the Dharma Body Path Great True Lords. The array struck the Sword Lord and halted her attack on True Lord Zhifa Chiyuan, leaving the battle at a turning point.

• Sky Soaring opened a path for True Lord Zhifa Chiyuan, but the Sword Lord cut him in half as he tried to reach Dao Tianqi.
• Sky Soaring elevated Lu Yang’s [Divine Firmament Thunder], allowing Lu Yang to use [City-Wall Earth] and alter cause and effect.
• Lu Yang traveled through karma to obtain array diagrams from Heaven’s Gatekeeper, then gave them to Butian Que and sent King Xi to find him.
• Butian Que reunited Pan Huang and the twelve Dharma Body Path Great True Lords, who formed their array and attacked the Sword Lord.
• Butian Que detonated [Great Dao of Yin], freezing the Sword Lord’s blow and making her body shake.

True Lord Zhifa Chiyuan sacrificed himself to help Dao Tianqi break through the Sword Lord’s [Heavenly Dao]-empowered siege, but his attack seemed to fail. At the last instant, a crack appeared in the prison of time, and [Variable] emerged.

• The Sword Lord used Cang Hao’s power to fully activate [Heavenly Dao], raising her status and stabilizing the collapsing battle.
• True Lord Zhifa Chiyuan told Dao Tianqi to continue without him, and Dao Tianqi accepted his sacrifice.
• True Lord Zhifa Chiyuan charged the Sword Lord with his blazing [True Dharma Body] and crimson battle flag, but her Sword Light extinguished him.
• As the Sword Lord’s power forced False History to manifest, the imprisoned figure’s struggle opened a tiny crack in time.
• The assembled Dao Lords heard the ancient roar, “Kill!!!,” as [Variable] appeared.