Chapter Summaries

Lu Yang realized that absorbing cultivators into the [Heavenly Palace] could naturally complete the Images of the five great Heavenly Numbers, but a slight rise in rank nearly made him lose his way in Void Darkness. He asked Pan Huang for guidance on cultivating a Primordial Spirit, and Pan Huang began to share Si Sui’s concise teaching.

• Pan Huang ascended into the [Heavenly Palace], and Lu Yang recognized the [Variable] Image appearing on him.
• Lu Yang realized that the Images of the five great Heavenly Numbers could be completed by absorbing cultivators into the [Heavenly Palace] and studied the Overseas Immortal Alliance’s newly established gods.
• Mu Changsheng persuaded several Heretical True Lords to convert to the Deification Method, and their arrival slightly raised Lu Yang’s rank.
• The increase nearly made Lu Yang lose his way in Void Darkness, so he recognized the danger and resolved to seek the path of the Primordial Spirit.
• Lu Yang thanked Pan Huang for his help and asked for guidance on the Primordial Spirit; Pan Huang said Si Sui had described it in a single sentence.

Lu Yang learned from Si Sui’s remembered words that cultivating a Primordial Spirit meant breaking free of obsession through a struggle against the self, but discovered that the method had been suppressed and erased. The chapter ended with True Person Demon-Sweeping and Empress Xiao arriving at the Heavenly Palace, and Lu Yang recognizing that his master had emerged from seclusion and stabilized his cultivation.

• Pan Huang repeated Si Sui’s words, prompting Lu Yang to contemplate the struggle between the True Self and obsession required to manifest a Primordial Spirit.
• Lu Yang concluded that his path through good and evil consciousness was too extreme for him and that the Dao Lords had both locked and killed knowledge about the Primordial Spirit.
• Pan Huang realized that he could not remember the specific method Si Sui had once passed down.
• True Person Demon-Sweeping and Empress Xiao arrived as the Heavenly Palace shook again.
• Lu Yang recognized that True Person Demon-Sweeping had emerged from seclusion, and the feedback from his breakthrough stabilized Lu Yang’s state and removed a hidden danger.

Lu Yang witnessed True Person Demon-Sweeping create the [Black Tortoise Sage-Protector Life Steward Divine Position], a new system built on [Destiny] that could challenge the Light Sea and strengthen Lu Yang’s Deification Method. As Lu Yang planned to obtain remnants of [Fixed Number] from [Sky Soaring], True Lord Clear Serene Flying Snow arrived at the Overseas Immortal Alliance and drew the attention of a gaze from the [Other Shore].

• Lu Yang recognized that True Person Demon-Sweeping had fused the three Sword Deities into a Divine Position rooted in the [Heavenly Palace], distinct from a Fruit Position.
• The Dharma Sword burst apart, revealing seven divine offices that could each support a True Lord and govern lifespan, karmic burdens, Fortune, Merit, good and evil, cultivation, and Destiny.
• Lu Yang concluded that the Divine Position filled a loophole in the Deification Method and considered whether Divine Positions could eventually replace the Five Great Heavenly Numbers.
• Lu Yang decided that [Sky Soaring] was the best target from whom to obtain remnants of [Fixed Number], and planned to ambush him in the [Human World].
• True Lord Clear Serene Flying Snow arrived openly at the Overseas Immortal Alliance, and a detached gaze from the highest point of the [Other Shore] shifted toward her.

True Lord Flying Snow visited the Overseas Immortal Alliance, where Mu Changsheng pledged his group to the Sacred Sect and gave her a way to contact them about Hongyun. After Lu Yang secretly influenced Mu Changsheng, he realized Chu Sheng had not detected the hidden truth and decided he wanted to use [Out-of-Drama Observer] to observe Flying Snow.

• Chu Sheng's gaze fixed on True Lord Flying Snow as her [Ravine Stream Water] Fruit Position swept the Immortal Alliance into a vision of a vast Heavenly River.
• Mu Changsheng greeted Flying Snow, who explained that she had come to meet the Heretical True Lord who resisted Jiayou and noted that his allies had left her Sacred Sect.
• Mu Changsheng pledged himself and his fellow cultivators to Flying Snow, who asked them to watch for Hongyun and alert her if he appeared.
• Mu Changsheng gave Flying Snow the [Responsive Perception Meridian] method as a way to communicate despite possible interference from the Dao Court, and she accepted it.
• Lu Yang revealed that he had used [Out-of-Drama Observer] to make Mu Changsheng offer the method and feared Chu Sheng would discover the hidden cause.
• Lu Yang concluded that the Hundred Lives Book and the Three Dao Lords had helped conceal the truth from Chu Sheng, then considered using [Out-of-Drama Observer] to observe Flying Snow.

Lu Yang arranged for Pan Huang, disguised as Mu Changsheng, to meet True Lord Flying Snow inside [Nourishing Life Lord], allowing Lu Yang to observe her through a concealed strand of his Divine Thought. Chu Sheng suspected a lower cultivator was behind the move, while Lu Yang deliberately left Pan Huang as a misleading clue.

• True Lord Flying Snow received the coordinates to [Nourishing Life Lord] and entered it after sensing Chu Sheng was not stopping her.
• Chu Sheng noticed that Feixue had entered [Nourishing Life Lord] and speculated that a lower cultivator was acting for a Dao Lord.
• Inside [Nourishing Life Lord], Pan Huang, disguised as [Mu Changsheng], met True Lord Flying Snow and gave her a strand of Divine Thought.
• True Lord Flying Snow examined the Divine Thought and entered meditation, while Lu Yang successfully completed his observation of her.
• Lu Yang explained to Pan Huang that his own disguised Divine Thought enabled the observation and that Pan Huang would serve as a false lead for Chu Sheng.

Lu Yang used the [Out-of-Drama Observer] to uncover how the Ancestral Dragon’s [Seizing the Huai] had doomed True Lord Flying Snow and tried to place a concealed piece on her. When she left [Nourishing Life Lord], a colossal hand lifted her toward a vast being that saw through her and fixed its gaze on Lu Yang.

• Lu Yang observed True Lord Flying Snow’s fate and learned that the Ancestral Dragon’s [Seizing the Huai] would let him seize her Fruit Position, body, and soul.
• Lu Yang considered ways to free Flying Snow from [Seizing the Huai] and decided to use [Fate-Reforming Revolution], which he hoped to conceal from the First Saint.
• Flying Snow discovered information about her origins and a hazy gray mass with a crimson flash in her Sea of Consciousness, realizing someone had placed a piece on her.
• Flying Snow accepted Lu Yang’s attempt to challenge the First Saint, then left [Nourishing Life Lord] and fell into complete unconsciousness.
• Lu Yang watched through Flying Snow’s eyes as a gigantic hand carried her upward until a vast being examined her and looked directly at him.

Lu Yang watched Chu Sheng investigate True Lord Flying Snow’s memories and successfully concealed himself while planting the [Fate-Reforming Revolution] in her Sea of Consciousness. Chu Sheng left the hidden method untouched and became suspicious of the Sword Lord and Cang Hao, advancing Lu Yang’s plan to weaken the Dao Lords and exploit their conflict.

• Lu Yang feared Chu Sheng had discovered him, but realized Chu Sheng was examining Pan Huang through True Lord Flying Snow’s memories.
• Chu Sheng uncovered Pan Huang’s identity and traced a strand of Lu Yang’s Divine Thought to a little Yao, but [Dove Occupies Magpie’s Nest] kept Lu Yang concealed.
• Chu Sheng saw clues about the Ancestral Dragon and suspected the Sword Lord and Cang Hao had discovered problems with the [Five Elements] seal.
• Chu Sheng removed True Lord Flying Snow’s newly gained memories but failed to notice the [Fate-Reforming Revolution] hidden beneath the [Great Dao of Yin].
• Lu Yang celebrated his success and planned to use the planted method to weaken Chu Sheng while encouraging conflict among the Dao Lords.

True Lord Flying Snow discovered a hidden presence in her Sea of Consciousness and took heart from the possibility that it had escaped Chu Sheng’s notice. Meanwhile, [Sky Soaring] fled the Netherworld, was struck down by Chu Sheng, and reemerged as Ling Xiao Dong Huang True Lord before escaping into the [Human World], leaving Lu Yang to wonder what he intended in the False History.

• True Lord Flying Snow realized her memories had been altered, found a hazy gray presence with crimson light in her Sea of Consciousness, and hid her delight that it might have escaped Chu Sheng’s notice.
• A deathly surge from the Netherworld alerted cultivators across the Real World, and Lu Yang recognized that [Sky Soaring] had escaped.
• [Sky Soaring] emerged with five Fruit Position Stars, drew a Great Dao from the Netherworld, and was struck down by Chu Sheng after declaring, “Di Mouni!”
• The World Honored One received [Sky Soaring] through the Karmic Net, restoring him as Ling Xiao Dong Huang True Lord, who then fled into the [Human World].
• Lu Yang realized that [Sky Soaring] had deliberately abandoned the Netherworld and suspected that Ling Xiao Dong Huang True Lord, a person of the First History, had designs on the False History.

Lu Yang reasoned that [Sky Soaring]’s reclaimed identity as Ling Xiao Dong Huang True Lord could make him stronger, and that Chu Sheng had likely intended him to destroy the Netherworld and elevate [Other Shore]. He sent Pan Huang to meet [Sky Soaring] with Lu Yang’s foundational cultivation method, then resolved to recruit [Sky Soaring] for himself.

• Lu Yang concluded that Ling Xiao Dong Huang True Lord had existed in the First History and used the reversed histories to remain in the Second History as [Sky Soaring].
• Lu Yang went to [Miluo Palace] and gave Pan Huang a Jade Slip containing [Way of Transforming Methods and Reforming the Dao] and the outline of [Purify Defilement, Wash the Heart Chapter], along with coordinates for [Human World].
• Pan Huang questioned why Lu Yang would risk exposing his foundational method, and Lu Yang explained that [Sky Soaring] needed to accept his Dao to become a reliable ally.
• Lu Yang deduced that Chu Sheng’s preferred plan was for [Sky Soaring] to kill Dao Tianqi, destroy the Netherworld, and help [Other Shore] rise to the Ninth Layer.
• Lu Yang believed his interference had forced Chu Sheng into a more complicated backup plan and resolved to recruit [Sky Soaring].

Ling Xiao recalled a mysterious figure urging him to use [Quzhi] to restore False History and pursue the side path of [Yin-Yang], but suspected the plan was a trap. When Pan Huang arrived in the [Human World] with a gift sent under orders, Ling Xiao saw a chance to exploit rival Dao Lords’ schemes.

• Ling Xiao reviewed his meeting at the [Ghost Gate], where a mysterious figure advised him to seek the side path of [Yin-Yang] through [Quzhi] and False History.
• Ling Xiao concluded that the proposed path concealed a deadly flaw and that the figure was forcing him toward it because he had few alternatives.
• Pan Huang appeared in the [Human World] and announced that he had come under orders to deliver a gift to [Sky Soaring].
• Ling Xiao recognized the crimson Jade Slip as carrying peak Great True Lord profundity and decided that competing Dao Lords’ schemes could give him opportunities to play both sides.

Ling Xiao studied two methods delivered by Pan Huang and realized they offered a chance to abandon the Grotto-Heaven Method in exchange for the missing continuation of the Dao Heart teachings. Suspecting the offer concealed a transaction, he tested Pan Huang by attacking him.

• Ling Xiao examined the crimson Jade Slip and discovered the [Way of Transforming Methods and Reforming the Dao] and the incomplete [Purify Defilement, Wash the Heart Chapter].
• Ling Xiao realized the transformation method could convert a cultivator to another Dao lineage, while the second method revealed that the Dao Heart could advance toward Mind Fasting and the Primordial Spirit.
• Pan Huang said his master would trade the continuation of the teachings for a strand of Ling Xiao's Gold Nature, leaving the choice to Ling Xiao.
• Ling Xiao inferred that the Gold Nature would serve as proof of allegiance and considered whether the buyer was reliable and the offer valuable enough.
• Ling Xiao vanished from Pan Huang's sight, pierced his chest with a palm, and erased half his body.

Ling Xiao tested Pan Huang in battle while seeking proof that Lu Yang could offer him a viable Nascent Soul Dao Path. Lu Yang appeared in person and threatened to take Ling Xiao’s Gold Nature if he still hesitated, revealing himself to be an Ultimate Great True Lord rather than a Dao Lord.

• Pan Huang raised his Response Body into a Reward Body, but Ling Xiao overwhelmed him with the Attaining-Enlightenment Hidden Profound Residence and erased his avatar.
• Pan Huang escaped when his hand axe briefly broke Ling Xiao’s suppression, and Ling Xiao deduced that Pan Huang’s true body was elsewhere.
• Pan Huang asked why Ling Xiao had held back, and Ling Xiao considered whether the great figure behind him would recognize the message he had sent.
• Lu Yang realized Ling Xiao was testing his sincerity and decided to offer a practical Dao Path despite the risks.
• Lu Yang appeared beside Pan Huang and declared that he had answered Ling Xiao’s question, threatening to take his Gold Nature if Ling Xiao hesitated.
• Ling Xiao recognized Lu Yang as an Ultimate Great True Lord and regarded him as the perfect buyer.

Lu Yang explained to Ling Xiao why the supposed path to [Yin-Yang] was a trap, then revealed his plan to create a new [Other Shore] and overthrow the Dao Lords. Ling Xiao agreed to judge the plan by testing Lu Yang's strength, leaving their cooperation to be decided by a duel.

• Lu Yang told Ling Xiao that [Other Shore] had room for only six Dao Lords and that attaining [Yin-Yang] could not let him ascend unless a position became vacant.
• Lu Yang identified Cang Hao as the likely Dao Lord who had sent Ling Xiao toward the false path and revealed that the World Honored One, Sword Lord, and Cang Hao had sent him into False History.
• Lu Yang described his plan to spread a new method, appoint gods to control the Light Sea, and establish a new [Other Shore].
• Lu Yang explained that Chu Sheng's Spirit Transformation Ascension plan would collapse [Other Shore] and bring the Dao Lords down to the mortal world, where Lu Yang would confront them.
• Ling Xiao rejected the idea of betraying Lu Yang and asked how Lu Yang could be certain his plan would work; Lu Yang admitted he could not be certain, so Ling Xiao decided to test whose Dao was stronger.

Ling Xiao and Lu Yang fought with their Great Daos, and Lu Yang used [Heaven-Dripping Marrow] to anticipate Ling Xiao’s techniques. After Ling Xiao seemingly killed Lu Yang’s avatar, Ling Xiao realized he had been trapped inside [Heaven in the Palm], where Lu Yang declared himself the stronger one.

• Ling Xiao attacked Lu Yang with [Attaining-Enlightenment Hidden Profound Residence], but Lu Yang used [Dust Tribulation Sea] to escape the strike.
• Ling Xiao studied Lu Yang’s resistance to Perception Barrier and revealed his Great Dao technique, [Edict of Obedience].
• Lu Yang used [Heaven-Dripping Marrow] to see the future and analyze Ling Xiao’s techniques and foundations.
• Ling Xiao reversed life and death and the flow of profound arts, causing Lu Yang’s avatar to age to death and crumble into ashes.
• Ling Xiao realized the [Human World] had not expanded; he had shrunk inside Lu Yang’s [Heaven in the Palm], and Lu Yang declared, “The stronger one is me.”

Lu Yang and Ling Xiao ended their initial clash in a stalemate as Ling Xiao escaped Lu Yang’s [Heaven in the Palm] and struck back with karma and time. Ling Xiao then challenged Lu Yang to a Dao Struggle, and Lu Yang revealed [Heavenly Calendar Number] to test whether his path could surpass [Quzhi].

• Ling Xiao reversed the dead end of Lu Yang’s [Heaven in the Palm] into a way out and returned to [Human World].
• Ling Xiao attacked Lu Yang by reversing karma and time, while Lu Yang cast his injuries and tribulations into [Dust Tribulation Sea].
• Ling Xiao asked Lu Yang where his supreme treasure was, and Lu Yang explained that it was the foundation of his enlightenment, not a weapon.
• Ling Xiao ended the stalemate, revealed his Gold Nature within [Quzhi], and challenged Lu Yang to prove that his Dao stood higher.
• Lu Yang descended with [Heavenly Calendar Number], presenting his Empty Attainment Fruit Position against Ling Xiao’s [Quzhi].

Lu Yang used the gods of the [Heavenly Palace] to raise [Heavenly Calendar Number] above Ling Xiao’s [Quzhi], then transformed the [Human World] and won their Dao Struggle. Ling Xiao willingly surrendered his Gold Nature, which Lu Yang refined through the [Hundred Lives Book] into a choice of talents.

• Lu Yang summoned the converted cultivators to invoke [Divine Offering] and raise [Heavenly Calendar Number] beyond Ling Xiao’s [Quzhi].
• Lu Yang unleashed [Fate-Reforming Revolution], transforming the [Human World] and stripping Ling Xiao of his profundity.
• Ling Xiao accepted defeat, relaxed his resistance, and let the crimson radiance seize his Gold Nature.
• Lu Yang extracted Ling Xiao’s Gold Nature and fed it to the [Hundred Lives Book].
• The [Hundred Lives Book] offered Lu Yang five talents to choose from, including [Guest Unwelcome to Heaven and Earth] and [Lesser Dao Assimilation].

Lu Yang chose [Guest Unwelcome to Heaven and Earth], discovering that it could free him from [lock] and help him pursue the Primordial Spirit path. He gave Ling Xiao [Fate-Reforming Revolution] to use later, then sensed the World Honored One trying to interfere with his history and deactivated the talent.

• Lu Yang weighed the five talents and chose [Guest Unwelcome to Heaven and Earth] over [Netherworld Gatekeeper].
• Lu Yang activated the talent and remembered the secret of the Primordial Spirit, realizing that [lock] no longer worked on him.
• Lu Yang gave Ling Xiao [Fate-Reforming Revolution] and told him to delay refining it until the critical moment.
• Lu Yang advised Ling Xiao to ask the World Honored One about the Nameless Dao Lord, arguing that the World Honored One would not oppose their plans to overthrow the False History.
• Lu Yang sensed the World Honored One attempting to affect his history through Alter Cause, Change Effect, and deactivated [Guest Unwelcome to Heaven and Earth].

Lu Yang secured a place in False History and gave the World Honored One the cultivation foundation of [Divine Offering]. The World Honored One chose Ling Xiao to accompany him, claiming the mission could help restore his severed Dao Path, but Ling Xiao doubted him.

• The World Honored One told Lu Yang he would be sent to False History one hundred twenty-eight thousand six hundred years in the past, where the Sword Lord, Cang Hao, and the Spell Dao Lord would carry out a shared plan.
• The World Honored One explained that the Spell Dao Lord would send disciples into False History as apparent enemies, and that Lu Yang would receive help from someone powerful who did not understand his methods.
• Lu Yang realized the World Honored One wanted the foundation of [Divine Offering], so he handed over a Jade Slip and agreed to prepare for the mission within a year.
• The World Honored One sent [Divine Offering] to Ling Xiao through his Dragon-Serpent Shadow Bodhisattva avatar and offered him a dangerous route in False History to renew his Dao Path.
• Ling Xiao understood that the World Honored One wanted him to seek [Other Shore] and privately cursed him, refusing to believe his explanation.

Ling Xiao told Lu Yang that the World Honored One had urged him to spread [Divine Offering] through False History to provoke [Tribulation], while the Nameless Dao Lord had proposed an unorthodox path of [Yin-Yang]. Lu Yang and Ling Xiao prepared to meet the hidden Dao Lord, who asked Ling Xiao what the World Honored One had told him.

• The World Honored One gave Ling Xiao an open-source version of [Divine Offering] and proposed spreading it through False History to trigger [Tribulation].
• Ling Xiao told the World Honored One that the Nameless Dao Lord had offered him a path to attain [Yin-Yang], and the World Honored One said he could pursue both paths.
• After returning to the [Human World], Ling Xiao recounted the conversation to Lu Yang, who told him to use only the [Divine Offering] he had provided.
• Ling Xiao sensed that someone had uncovered his hidden incarnation in the Real World, and Lu Yang concluded that the Nameless Dao Lord was responsible.
• Ling Xiao entered his [Retribution Dharma Outer Body] and met the Nameless Dao Lord, who asked whether he had spoken with the World Honored One and what path he had been offered.

Ling Xiao recounted how the Nameless Dao Lord urged him to choose the Yin-Yang side path and revealed that he called himself Du Xuan. Lu Yang identified Du Xuan as Dharma Power Dao Lord and deduced that he was seeking the missing page of the Hundred Lives Book in False History to mislead Chu Sheng.

• The Nameless Dao Lord warned Ling Xiao that pursuing both Tribulation and the Yin-Yang side path was impossible, since each had to be attained at a different time.
• The Nameless Dao Lord gave Ling Xiao a Jade Slip and said he needed someone to attain the Yin-Yang side path and retrieve something from False History.
• The Nameless Dao Lord named himself Du Xuan before vanishing, and Ling Xiao returned to the Human World and asked Lu Yang about him.
• Lu Yang identified Du Xuan as Dharma Power Dao Lord and reasoned that he wanted the missing page of the Hundred Lives Book, which Chu Sheng had used to create False History.
• Lu Yang concluded that Du Xuan was misleading Chu Sheng rather than trying to mislead him.