Chapter Summaries

True Person Demon-Sweeping learned from the Great Sword Sect that refining a Primordial Spirit required choosing between the good and evil self to forge a True Self. The Great Sword Sect explained that his own three spirits had prevented him from completing this final step, revealing why the Sword Lord had wanted him dead.

• True Person Demon-Sweeping severed the six Dragon Lords from their Fruit Positions, and a sword strike cut apart the angry face forming above the Immortal Pivot.
• The Great Sword Sect introduced himself as Demon-Queller and asked True Person Demon-Sweeping about his origins and the Primordial Spirit.
• The Great Sword Sect warned that the three sword intents within True Person Demon-Sweeping could clash and gave him a Jade Slip containing the Three-Corpses Sublime Method.
• The Great Sword Sect explained that the Primordial Spirit arose by resolving the conflict between Good Consciousness and Evil Consciousness to establish the True Self.
• The Great Sword Sect revealed that his three spirits had made it impossible to purify his True Self, and Lu Yang realized this explained why the Sword Lord wanted him dead.

Lu Yang learned how the Heavenly Book could turn Good and Evil Consciousness into real beings, then investigated the origins of the Nameless Dao Lord. He concluded that the World Honored One’s Evil Consciousness and Dharma Power Dao Lord’s Good Consciousness had combined into a new Primordial Spirit called Du Xuan, which escaped both Dao Lords’ control.

• Lu Yang asked why the Great Sword Sect was unaffected by the Lock, and learned that the Dao Lords had left him as a Variable in False History.
• The Great Sword Sect explained that the Heavenly Book let cultivators experience lifelike dream lives, making refined Good or Evil Consciousness real and dangerous.
• Lu Yang suspected the Nameless Dao Lord was Dharma Power Dao Lord’s Good Consciousness, but the Great Sword Sect said that a Good Consciousness body could not possess a Primordial Spirit on its own.
• The Great Sword Sect confirmed that Good and Evil Consciousness from different people could combine to form a new true self.
• Lu Yang reasoned that the World Honored One’s Evil Consciousness and Dharma Power Dao Lord’s Good Consciousness had produced a new Primordial Spirit that escaped their control and called itself Du Xuan.

Lu Yang deduced that Nameless Dao Lord was a Primordial Spirit seeking [Yin-Yang] to gain a Dharma Body, and suspected Si Sui was manipulating him to escape. Nameless Dao Lord spotted a Foundation Establishment figure near [White Jade Capital] and believed the prey had taken the bait.

• Cang River Dragon Lord asked Old Dragon Lord what they should do as the six Dragon Lords remained trapped in a half-dead state.
• Great Sword Sect withdrew from True Person Demon-Sweeping, saying he would leave so events could unfold as intended.
• Lu Yang reasoned that Nameless Dao Lord was a Primordial Spirit who needed [Yin-Yang] to create a matching Dharma Body and that Ling Xiao only needed to bring it into the Real World.
• Lu Yang suspected Si Sui had secretly guided Nameless Dao Lord's birth and intended to use his pursuit of [Yin-Yang] as a chance to escape.
• Nameless Dao Lord searched the Grotto-Heaven for the Ancestral Dragon, then noticed a Foundation Establishment figure near [White Jade Capital] and smiled, believing the prey had taken the bait.

Lu Yang, posing as the Ancestral Dragon, confronted True Cultivation Dao Lord and proposed that they cooperate to reach the [Heavenly Dao], retrieve their goals, and use Si Sui as a shield. True Cultivation Dao Lord insisted on going first with a controlled Foundation Establishment soul, and Lu Yang agreed while secretly celebrating that his plan had worked.

• Nameless Dao Lord traced a controlled Foundation Establishment True Person into the Central Palace Complex and called out to the Ancestral Dragon.
• Lu Yang revealed that he knew Nameless Dao Lord was True Cultivation Dao Lord, born from the World Honored One and Dharma Power Dao Lord.
• Lu Yang proposed that they cooperate to reach the [Heavenly Dao], retrieve [Heavenheart Lock] and [Yin-Yang], and use Si Sui to draw the Dao Lords' attention.
• True Cultivation Dao Lord refused to let them both enter the [Heavenly Dao] together and proposed going first with a controlled Foundation Establishment soul.
• Lu Yang reluctantly accepted True Cultivation Dao Lord's plan and warned him not to tamper with anything, while privately celebrating that True Cultivation Dao Lord had taken the bait.

The Dao Lords planned to hasten Chu Sheng’s Spirit Transformation Ascension by arranging for Nascent Soul Pills to be refined, hoping to draw him into their trap. Chu Sheng recognized their likely scheme and welcomed the chance to meet Si Sui, while Lu Yang and the Cultivation Dao Lord reached the prison holding Si Sui.

• The Sword Lord proposed activating [Heavenly Dao] and entering False History, but Cang Hao warned that provoking Chu Sheng early could bring on a disastrous war.
• The World Honored One revealed that [True Lord Biluofuguang] had taken Danding’s place in the Netherworld and suggested using [Dragon-Tiger Mountain] to resume refining Nascent Soul Pills.
• Cang Hao offered to arrange defeats for Emperor Cang so materials would reach the refiners and Chu Sheng’s Spirit Transformation Ascension would begin sooner.
• Chu Sheng inferred that the Dao Lords were trying to lure him into an early ascension and said he awaited Si Sui’s emergence.
• Lu Yang and the Cultivation Dao Lord passed through [Heavenly Dao] undetected and reached the five-colored treasure lock, sensing Si Sui beyond it.

The Cultivation Dao Lord and Lu Yang navigated the shattered fragments of time in the dark vortex to locate Si Sui. After Si Sui’s attacks on the seal guided them to the correct era, they met the young Si Sui at his pavilion.

• The Cultivation Dao Lord entered the dark vortex with Lu Yang and saw that time and the world’s layers had been shattered into fragments.
• The Cultivation Dao Lord’s steps carried them between different eras, and Lu Yang realized each fragment could alter their lifespan.
• Lu Yang and the Cultivation Dao Lord stopped searching blindly when Si Sui’s attacks on the seal sent ripples through the vortex.
• The Cultivation Dao Lord followed the ripples into the fragment corresponding to One Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Six Hundred Years Ago.
• Temporal power began erasing Lu Yang’s Foundation Establishment soul, but a vast power extended its lifespan and restored it.
• A young man at a pavilion introduced himself as Si Sui and greeted the Cultivation Dao Lord and Lu Yang.

Lu Yang and the True Cultivation Dao Lord met Si Sui, who recognized the Dao Lord’s unstable Primordial Spirit and brought them into his Sea of Consciousness. Si Sui explained that the apparent Immortal realm was an illusion and revealed the iron fists battering the dark vortex from his perspective.

• Lu Yang greeted Si Sui and pretended that the True Cultivation Dao Lord was the Ancestral Dragon, but Si Sui quickly recognized the Dao Lord’s origins from his name.
• Si Sui warned the True Cultivation Dao Lord that his Primordial Spirit lacked a foundation and told Lu Yang that his empowered puppet body also carried risks.
• Si Sui moved Lu Yang and the True Cultivation Dao Lord into a meditation chamber, where his exposition made the Dao Lord sink into a half-hour attempt to repair his hidden dangers.
• Si Sui noticed Lu Yang lacked Wisdom Light and asked how he had reached his current realm, while Lu Yang asked whether Si Sui could leave.
• Si Sui shattered the illusion of an Immortal realm and revealed that they were inside his Sea of Consciousness, where iron fists repeatedly struck a dark vortex.

Lu Yang asked Si Sui about the Red Dust Traversal Method and learned why Si Sui had chosen Evil Consciousness as his main focus. Si Sui also admitted that he had taught Wanbao the method that led to the Cultivation Dao Lord’s birth, leaving Lu Yang with a more complicated view of the revered saint.

• Si Sui explained that the Red Dust Traversal Method refined the true self through good and evil, and that he had hoped a benevolent cultivation environment would guide its practitioners toward goodness.
• Si Sui revealed that his Good Consciousness had sought to exalt the Dharma Body Path alone, while his Evil Consciousness had spread teachings throughout the Light Sea.
• Si Sui said that after years of cultivation, only his true self remained, with good and evil integrated into him.
• Lu Yang asked whether Si Sui had caused the Cultivation Dao Lord’s birth, and Si Sui admitted that he had taught Wanbao the method.
• Si Sui explained that he had prepared the method to protect Du Xuan if Si Sui died, help Wanbao, and potentially gain an advantage against Chu Sheng.

Lu Yang discussed Chu Sheng’s rule over the Light Sea and the [Heavenly Dao] with Si Sui, who reflected on the choices and failures that shaped the current era. Their conversation turned to Nian Yao’s romantic history, revealing Si Sui’s interest in gossip, and Lu Yang left with a more human impression of him.

• Lu Yang told Si Sui how Chu Sheng’s rule had corrupted life in the Light Sea, and Si Sui said Chu Sheng had surpassed him after winning the [Heavenly Book].
• Si Sui admitted that he was angry about Chu Sheng’s changes but understood them, and said he had foreseen trouble and started the war early but still lost.
• Lu Yang asked about the [Heavenly Dao], and Si Sui explained that he had underestimated Nian Yao and Cang Hao and failed to guide Cang properly.
• Lu Yang asked whether Cang Hao had been Nian Yao’s childhood sweetheart, and Si Sui revealed that she had left an early sweetheart behind before later getting together with Cang Hao.
• Lu Yang tested Si Sui with gossip about the First Saint Sect’s Four Peak Masters, and Si Sui eagerly named Danding and Butian, prompting Lu Yang to see him as more like a person than a Dao Lord.

Lu Yang discussed his plans to remake the Light Sea with Si Sui, who warned that the Heavenly Remnant Consciousnesses would prevent him from controlling the whole realm. Si Sui explained how he could be rescued and revealed that the Heavenly Book was already in his possession.

• Lu Yang told Si Sui he planned to incorporate False History into the Light Sea and use its power to elevate his status, but Si Sui pointed out that Lu Yang could not control the Heavenly Remnant Consciousnesses.
• Si Sui estimated that Lu Yang could reach Golden Core perfection and approach Si Sui's former power, though he would remain weaker than Chu Sheng.
• Si Sui said Lu Yang needed to cultivate a Primordial Spirit before attempting a rescue and described two ways to free him.
• Si Sui explained that Lu Yang could join him in breaking the Heavenheart Lock and stopping Wanbao from Attaining Enlightenment, allowing False History to return and help Si Sui escape.
• Lu Yang asked where the Heavenly Book was, and Si Sui revealed that he had it with him.

Lu Yang learned that the [Heavenly Book] could create False History and even turn it into a real world, but Chu Sheng’s restrictions made the book unusable to anyone who understood it. He left the discussion wary of how much Si Sui knew about its connection to the [Hundred Lives Book].

• Lu Yang found that the [Heavenly Book] did not respond to his Divine Thought, and Si Sui explained that Chu Sheng had added restrictions after reforging the treasure.
• Si Sui told Lu Yang that the book became ordinary whenever its holder recognized it or intended to use it, and that Chu Sheng had discarded it because he feared Si Sui might find a solution.
• Si Sui explained that the [Heavenly Book] could shape False History, transform illusion into reality, and create an entirely new world.
• Lu Yang realized that the [Heavenly Book] might share an underlying principle with the [Hundred Lives Book] and claimed he wanted control of it to remove a flaw in his new path.
• Lu Yang privately concealed how badly he wanted the book and wondered whether Si Sui knew about its connection to the [Hundred Lives Book].

Lu Yang learned that cultivating a Primordial Spirit required severing his connection to his consciousness in False History, and Si Sui gave him the Red Dust Traversal Method. Before leaving, Lu Yang also persuaded Si Sui to let Pan Huang and the other disciples switch from the Dharma Body Path to the Deification Method.

• Lu Yang decided that weakening Chu Sheng’s status could loosen the profundities in the Heavenly Book and asked Si Sui to teach him how to cultivate a Primordial Spirit.
• Si Sui explained that Lu Yang’s experiences in False History had already cultivated his Primordial Spirit, but Lu Yang still needed to sever his connection to his true body.
• Lu Yang considered the risks, trusted that [Hundred Lives Book] could protect him, and asked Si Sui for the cultivation method.
• Si Sui gave Lu Yang the detailed Red Dust Traversal Method, which Lu Yang studied and thanked him for.
• Lu Yang asked how strong Chu Sheng had been, and Si Sui said he could neither defeat nor be killed by Chu Sheng in a fight if their statuses were equal.
• Lu Yang asked to revive Pan Huang and the others and have them change to the Deification Method, and Si Sui agreed; Lu Yang then asked to record his agreement for the disciples.

Cultivation Dao Lord gained a stable Primordial Spirit and a temporary physical body from Si Sui, then learned Lu Yang’s Deification Method might let him preserve his cultivation beyond the seal. The chapter ended with Cultivation Dao Lord considering Lu Yang’s offer while Si Sui judged Lu Yang’s intentions.

• Cultivation Dao Lord stabilized his Primordial Spirit after hearing Si Sui’s discourse on the Dao.
• Si Sui reshaped Cultivation Dao Lord’s body and raised his cultivation to Dao Monarch, but warned that he would revert if he left the seal.
• Cultivation Dao Lord asked whether he could keep his new body and cultivation outside the seal.
• Lu Yang offered Cultivation Dao Lord a Jade Slip containing the Deification Method, which could let him establish a divine statue beyond the Light Sea.
• Si Sui suspected Lu Yang’s offer was self-interested and thought that Lu Yang was not a good man.

Lu Yang forced True Cultivation Dao Lord to adopt the Deification Method and kept him confined while he prepared to secure the False History. Si Sui then suggested that Lu Yang could use his Dharma Body and Yin-Yang to advance beyond Golden Core perfection if rescuing him proved impossible.

• Lu Yang offered True Cultivation Dao Lord the Deification Method and threatened to destroy Si Sui's remnant thought if he refused.
• True Cultivation Dao Lord accepted the method, but Lu Yang told him he still could not leave until Lu Yang had made arrangements in the False History.
• Lu Yang questioned True Cultivation Dao Lord about his connection to Miao Le, then sent him away to speak privately with Si Sui.
• Si Sui warned that rescuing him would be difficult and offered Lu Yang his Dharma Body and Yin-Yang as another path forward.

Si Sui saved True Cultivation Dao Lord from Ancestral Dragon’s scheme and urged him to read more books, while Lu Yang considered Si Sui’s proposal and its implications. At [Attaining-Enlightenment Hidden Profound Residence], Butian Que tried to experiment on Old Dragon Lord before Lu Yang interrupted and invited him to join the Deification Method lineage.

• True Cultivation Dao Lord realized Ancestral Dragon could have killed him and thanked Si Sui for saving him.
• Si Sui took True Cultivation Dao Lord into the pavilion and said the old debate of the Dao with Chu Sheng had to end.
• Lu Yang questioned whether Si Sui’s strength could rival Ancestral Dragon, then left after securing the Primordial Spirit Method and removing a potential troublemaker.
• Butian Que inspected Old Dragon Lord’s corpse and concluded he needed a vital head for his Heaven Mending Scripture experiment.
• Butian Que pinned down Old Dragon Lord and began pulling at his waistband, but Lu Yang’s arrival stopped him.
• Lu Yang told Butian Que the Heavenly Duke had little time left and invited him to join the Deification Method lineage to remake heaven and earth.

Lu Yang fought Butian Que in the Attaining-Enlightenment Hidden Profound Residence, but Butian Que escaped after being trapped. Lu Yang then split his consciousness from his true body, creating the Heavenly Emperor, and returned to False History to continue his plan.

• Butian Que swallowed Lu Yang's Dust Tribulation Sea and attacked with the Butian Dao, but Lu Yang countered with Divine Offering and trapped him in a closing palm.
• Butian Que disrupted Lu Yang's movements with the returned Dust Tribulation Sea, opened a passage through the Grotto-Heaven, and escaped.
• Lu Yang sealed the Attaining-Enlightenment Hidden Profound Residence again and asked Patriarch Tingyou and True Person Demon-Sweeping to guard him.
• Lu Yang used the Red Dust Traversal Method to sever his consciousness from his true body, then exchanged their souls so they could pursue the Great Dao separately.
• Lu Yang's separated consciousness named itself the Heavenly Emperor, while Lu Yang recognized his true body's risky path through False History as evil and returned there.

As Lu Yang entered the Heavenly Dao seal and contacted Si Sui, Chu Sheng sensed a disturbance in False History and the Dao Lords sent Chongguang into it with forbidden knowledge. After taking command of False History, Lu Yang declared that he intended to seal the Heavenly Duke.

• Chu Sheng sensed someone had contacted the Heavenly Book and deliberately loosened his grip, giving Sword Lord, Cang Hao, and the World Honored One a chance to act.
• The three Dao Lords chose Chongguang and poured a hundred thousand years of forbidden history into his consciousness before sending him into False History.
• Lu Yang awoke in Attaining-Enlightenment Hidden Profound Residence, where Ting You and Demon-Queller scolded him for taking a dangerous risk to pursue his Dao.
• Old Dragon Lord thanked Lu Yang for saving its life, but grew wary when Lu Yang promised not to kill the gathered cultivators.
• Lu Yang looked toward the Heavenly Duke and declared, "I desire to seal Heaven!"

Lu Yang declared his intention to seize Jiangxi and extend his seal over Heaven across the Immortal Pivot, winning Pan Huang's support after confirming a recording that offered the Three Foundations hope. He invited Ao Guang and the Dragon Lords to follow his Dao lineage and worship him instead of serving the Heavenly Duke.

• Lu Yang explained that he had sealed Heaven within the realm and planned to extend his power into Overseas and the wider Immortal Pivot.
• Ao Guang doubted that control of Overseas could help Lu Yang challenge the Heavenly Duke, and Lu Yang declared that Jiangxi would belong to him after that day.
• Lu Yang asked Pan Huang for his view, and Pan Huang confirmed that he would offer Jiangxi after Lu Yang verified the recording was genuine.
• Ao Guang revealed that the Dragon Lords' lives and true spirits were controlled by the Heavenly Duke, leaving them unable to choose their own fate.
• Lu Yang told the Dragon Lords to cultivate his Dao lineage and urged them to worship him rather than serve Heaven.

Lu Yang emerged from the Attaining-Enlightenment Hidden Profound Residence and faced the Heavenly Duke’s devastating punishment, standing firm beneath the lightning. As observers debated whether he could survive, Lu Yang unleashed the divine power gathered from the White Jade Capital and declared that he would become invincible beneath Heaven.

• Old Dragon Lord recognized Lu Yang’s title as corresponding to Fire in the Sky and pledged to serve him.
• Lu Yang reflected that Ling Xiao’s manipulation of False History had accelerated his growth, then left the Attaining-Enlightenment Hidden Profound Residence.
• The Heavenly Duke descended in thunder and lightning, prompting Old Dragon Lord to beg Lu Yang for protection.
• Lu Yang stood unharmed amid the Heavenly Duke’s lightning while Butian Que and Liantian Dou discussed the danger from afar.
• Lu Yang opened his Grotto-Heaven, released boundless divine light, and declared that he would be invincible beneath Heaven.

Lu Yang and his allies wrested the Water and Fire Elements from the Heavenly Duke, overwhelming its lightning and destroying its manifestation of the Great Sword Sect. As Jiangxi and the overseas lands broke free of the Heavenly Duke’s power, Ling Xiao urged the Great Sword Sect to watch their undertaking to the end.

• Lu Yang endured the Heavenly Duke’s disasters and struck back, while his deities spread across the lands and overseas to seize the Heavenly Duke’s power.
• The Heavenly Duke manifested a white-robed image of the Great Sword Sect, whose unexpected assistance shocked the watching cultivators.
• Pan Huang shared Si Sui’s recording and a cultivation method in Jiangxi, igniting divine fires across the region and helping Lu Yang seize the Fire Element.
• The six Dragon Lords’ betrayal let Lu Yang claim the Water Element, and the twelve Water and Fire Fruit Positions drowned out the thunderclouds and erased the Great Sword Sect’s projection.
• Lu Yang declared that Jiangxi and the overseas lands would sever Earth and Heaven, while the Great Sword Sect’s permission to lend his image left him wounded.
• Ling Xiao emerged from beneath Extreme Heaven Cliff and told the Great Sword Sect that he and Lu Yang walked the same path; the Great Sword Sect agreed to watch their undertaking.