Chapter Summaries

Chen Taihe and Lady Ruoxiang argued over her cave dwelling, while Chen Xin'an proposed joining Sakyamuni Land to erase their painful memories. Elsewhere, Shi Tianyi managed his unruly martial brothers and welcomed his returning Master.

• Chen Taihe clashed with Lady Ruoxiang over her ancestral cave dwelling, but fled after she suggested he help guide the Dao Venerable to her when he returned.
• Chen Taihe visited Chen Xin'an, who planned to convert to Sakyamuni Land so the World Honored One could erase their memories; Chen Taihe decided to join him.
• A hidden white-robed woman dismissed Chen Taihe and Chen Xin'an's hopes, saying the World Honored One was close to Mending Heaven Peak and had seen worse.
• Shi Tianyi scolded the Jumei Youth for testing his dual cultivation method on a rabbit, then watched him and Liantian Dou bond over modifying their techniques.
• Shi Tianyi subdued the three-year-old child who challenged him to fight, then heard his Master call from the hut and welcomed him back.

Beyond the Light Sea, Dao Tianqi and Patriarch Tingyou discussed how to create False Holding Spirit Transformations to help Lu Yang face the Final Calamity. Elsewhere, Chu Sheng advanced his Fate-Snatching Art by manipulating his disciples and severing his own sorrow, while Shi Tianyi sensed the change in his master but suppressed his doubts.

• Dao Tianqi told Patriarch Tingyou that his False Holding Spirit Transformation Art lacked a practical method, and agreed to help deduce one with other Dao Lords.
• Dao Tianqi recalled how Chu Sheng had once tested his potential through Big Senior and the other disciples while preparing the Fate-Snatching Art.
• Chu Sheng protected Shi Tianyi as he established his foundation, then severed the emotion of sorrow from his Dao Heart after confronting the guilt of killing everyone who knew his name.
• Shi Tianyi noticed his master's cold, murderous gaze after the breakthrough, but accepted Chu Sheng's explanation and concealed his suspicions.
• Chu Sheng gave Shi Tianyi Cultivation Methods to pass to his Little Junior for deduction, then considered proving Time after completing the Fate-Snatching Art.

Si Sui reflected on his friendship with Du Xuan and the limited number of Dao Lords, while Lu Yang showed him a vision of their past and challenged his guilt over the Si Tian Clan. Lu Yang then decided to visit Chu Sheng as he prepared to Empty Attainment the Dao of [Time], intending to let him perceive Lu Yang’s presence.

• Si Sui told Du Xuan that the Light Sea contained only ten Great Daos and that he could find no path beyond his mastery of the Dharma Body Path.
• Du Xuan hid his fear that someone else might claim the dharma power Dao Lord position, while Si Sui praised Chu Sheng and planned to invite him to a sermon.
• Lu Yang revealed to Si Sui that Spirit Transformation let him view and control all time and existence, including a future conversation between Si Sui and Du Xuan.
• Si Sui recalled Du Xuan’s earlier loyalty, blamed Chu Sheng for leading him astray, and explained how the Si Tian Clan had declined after he rejected its bloodline restrictions.
• Lu Yang rejected Si Sui’s guilt over the Si Tian Clan, arguing that their means were alike but their ends differed, and Si Sui accepted his reassurance.
• Lu Yang proposed visiting Chu Sheng as he prepared to Empty Attainment the Dao of [Time], and dismissed Si Sui’s warning that Chu Sheng might detect him.

Liantian Dou’s experimental alchemy caused another furnace explosion, while Shi Tianyi worked with Tianqi to deduce Master’s cultivation methods. Lu Yang then showed Chu Sheng a glimpse of Transcendence and reversed time, leaving Chu Sheng unaware of the encounter as Lu Yang prepared to torment him further.

• Liantian Dou’s new alchemy method exploded, and Shi Tianyi suppressed the blast before pulling Liantian Dou and his fellow disciples from danger.
• Shi Tianyi gave Tianqi Master’s Jade Slips and helped him deduce their cultivation methods for forty-nine days, after which Tianqi stopped causing him trouble.
• Lu Yang and Si Sui watched Shi Tianyi’s past, and Lu Yang’s gaze crossed ten thousand years to reach Chu Sheng.
• Chu Sheng briefly saw Lu Yang’s overwhelming form and Circular Lights, but could not comprehend or retain what he witnessed.
• Lu Yang restarted the world and withdrew his gaze, leaving Chu Sheng unaware of the encounter while Lu Yang planned to torment him further.

Lu Yang sent Si Sui into an extracted stretch of ancient history, intending to steal Chu Sheng’s Other Shore and provoke his true self. Si Sui hijacked Chu Sheng’s Fate-Snatching Art and gained control over his fortune, while Chu Sheng mistakenly believed his ritual had succeeded and planned to prove Time.

• Lu Yang showed Si Sui the ancient history he had restored and sent him into it to accelerate his cultivation using Chu Sheng’s Other Shore.
• Si Sui entered the past and considered how to restrain Chu Sheng without preventing the construction of Other Shore.
• Si Sui discovered Chu Sheng’s Fate-Snatching Art targeting the First Generation Four Peak Masters and replaced their auras with his own.
• Si Sui reclaimed his true name, Si Tian Chong, and used the ritual to seize control of Chu Sheng’s fortune and gain an advantage over him.
• Chu Sheng believed the Fate-Snatching Art had succeeded, received Wisdom Light, and decided to prove Time next.

Three hundred years after Xu Changhe began cultivating at the First Saint Sect, Shi Tianyi and his junior brothers discussed Huanyao’s departure from the Beast Taming Dao. Huanyao attained a new Dao that created the Ghost Gate and offered the dead a chance at reincarnation, but he worried that Chu Sheng would disapprove.

• Xu Changhe entered sudden enlightenment at the First Saint Sect’s Dao Lecture Platform, where other cultivators left him undisturbed.
• Liantian Dou challenged Shi Tianyi, while Butian Que teased Liantian Dou and the brothers discussed Huanyao’s long seclusion and desire to find his own Dao.
• Shi Tianyi worried that Huanyao’s chosen path might displease Chu Sheng, though Liantian Dou argued that Chu Sheng would support his ambition.
• A strange, weakening Dharma Light rose from the Cloud Sea of Heaven-Reaching, and Shi Tianyi, Liantian Dou, and Butian Que recognized it as Huanyao’s breakthrough.
• Huanyao manifested the Ghost Gate, attained a Dao that gave the dead a chance at reincarnation, and worried that Chu Sheng would be unhappy that he had abandoned the Beast Taming Dao.