Chapter Summaries

Zheng Fa learned that Venerable Tianhe may have chosen death and that the Myriad Swords Realm could contain his inheritance, while the Four Sects prepared to destroy it. He arranged for Shi Nandang to remain in the Nine Mountains Realm and decided to seek an opportunity to reach the Tianhe Sect, leaving Xie Qingxue to oversee Nine Mountains.

• Dragon Lord Shuyu told Zheng Fa and Xiao Yuying that Jade Pool sought a missing jade pendant tied to the Myriad Swords Realm and said Venerable Tianhe had apparently chosen his own death.
• Nishang Yuanjun, Old Monk Zhitong, Patriarch Xuanding, and Li Sanxian discussed destroying the Myriad Swords Realm if the person carrying the jade pendant did not appear.
• Cloud True Immortal ordered Shi Nandang to return to Vast Sun Mountain, but Shi Nandang contacted Zheng Fa, who told him to return to Nine Mountains instead.
• Zheng Fa met Shi Nandang at the Spirit Herb Market and proposed disguising himself as Shi Nandang to return to Vast Sun Mountain while Shi stayed in Nine Mountains.
• Zheng Fa told Xie Qingxue he planned to try reaching the Tianhe Sect, and she offered to watch over the Nine Mountains Realm while he was gone.

Zheng Fa entered Vast Sun Mountain disguised as Shi Nandang and faced judgment over the Immortal-Trapping Sword disaster. He accused no one outright but implied that a Spirit Transformation cultivator could not have caused the catastrophe, and Cloud True Immortal chose to investigate rather than punish him immediately.

• Zheng Fa and his allies prepared his Shi Nandang disguise by reviewing Shi Nandang’s past and relationships, while Shi Nandang agreed to help the Nine Mountains Sect.
• Zheng Fa asked Nishang Yuanjun about Cloud True Immortal and learned that he ruled Vast Sun Mountain, had a gentle temperament, and seemed unenthusiastic about Loose Immortal Luo’s revival.
• Zheng Fa entered Vast Sun Mountain and encountered fear and hostility from its disciples because of Shi Nandang’s reputation.
• Zheng Fa appeared before Cloud True Immortal and the sect’s clans, admitted he could not evade blame for the Immortal-Trapping Sword incident, and refused to explain further because he feared offending Ancestor Luo.
• Zheng Fa argued that a Spirit Transformation cultivator could not have caused the damage to the Heaven-Earth Divine Baleful Array, and Cloud True Immortal stopped Luo Clan members from attacking him and ordered the disaster investigated.

Senior Sister Zhang concluded that Cloud True Immortal resented Loose Immortal Luo’s growing influence and might be delaying his revival. Disguised as Shi Nandang, Zheng Fa faced the Luo Clan alone and defeated its leading Corpse Liberation cultivator with a single arrow, leaving the clan afraid to retaliate.

• Senior Sister Zhang explained that Lu Mo had consumed Vast Sun Mountain’s resources and that Cloud True Immortal likely resented Loose Immortal Luo’s authority and impending revival.
• Cloud True Immortal examined Zheng Fa, agreed to investigate his claims, then left him exposed as Luo Clan cultivators gathered outside the hall.
• A Luo Clan elder demanded Shi Nandang’s Soul Seal and accused him of slandering Loose Immortal Luo, while Cloud True Immortal privately dismissed the prospect of protecting him.
• Zheng Fa revealed a Nine Luminaries Yang Spirit and Sunset Bow, then pierced the Luo Clan elder’s shoulder with a single golden arrow and knocked him down the steps.
• The watching Three Clans fell silent, and the Luo Clan members dared not attack Zheng Fa after witnessing his strength.

Zheng Fa used Shi Nandang’s identity to challenge the Luo Clan and defeat Luo Gan, deepening the conflict on Vast Sun Mountain. The Lu Clan then offered him its surname, but Lu Mo’s response to the rite left him marked with the rare Sacred Blood Seal.

• Cloud True Immortal urged Zheng Fa to pressure the Luo Clan, and Zheng Fa sent Luo Gan a challenge letter giving him three days to prepare.
• Zheng Fa defeated Luo Gan with a single arrow, disabling both the Five-Dragon Ring and the Black Tortoise Shield, then challenged another Luo Clan cultivator.
• Zheng Fa’s repeated challenges drove the Luo Clan cultivators above Spirit Transformation into hiding, earning Shi Nandang the name Vast Sun Unstoppable.
• Shi Nandang’s master warned Zheng Fa that Cloud True Immortal was using him and proposed that he take the surname Lu.
• At the Lu Clan’s Nine Luminaries Heaven, Lu Mo’s scarlet radiance scanned Zheng Fa, reacted to his Fusang Wood, and placed a rune on his hand.
• Cloud True Immortal recognized the rune as the Sacred Blood Seal, which had previously been granted only to him and Luo Gan’s ancestor, Martial Nephew Luo.

After receiving the Sacred Blood Seal, Zheng Fa gained free access to Vast Sun Mountain’s Scripture Tower and copied its scriptures and artifact-refining knowledge into the Creation Jade Disc. His study of the storage-bag method gave him new insight into Xuanwei’s space and Little Lingwu’s Three-Subsymbol Theory.

• The Lu Clan explained that the Sacred Blood Seal marked Zheng Fa as a candidate to establish a Lineage, and Zheng Fa learned that entering Nine Luminaries Heaven still depended on Ancestor Yun.
• Zheng Fa asked Cloud True Immortal for access to the Scripture Tower, then studied the three Dao Fruit lineages’ cultivation methods and their annotations.
• Zheng Fa copied Vast Sun Mountain’s artifact-refining texts and concluded that Spirit Artifacts and Spirit Treasures contained varying degrees of embedded intelligence.
• Shi Nandang and the others in Nine Mountains Realm watched Zheng Fa gather Vast Sun Mountain’s secrets, while Xie Qingxue teased Shi Nandang about a Yun Clan woman choosing the Sect Leader.
• Zheng Fa copied nearly all of Vast Sun Mountain’s scriptures, including its method for refining storage bags, and gained new insight into Xuanwei’s space and Little Lingwu’s Three-Subsymbol Theory.

Zheng Fa developed a new theory of Talisman Diagrams by connecting storage bags to functions in computer theory, then visited Vast Sun Mountain’s artifact refiners to exchange knowledge. His respectful teaching won the disciples’ goodwill, and Cloud True Immortal sent him to the Tianhe Sect, unaware that Zheng Fa had simply been eager to leave.

• Zheng Fa and Senior Sister Zhang reasoned that storage-bag Talisman Diagrams encoded storage-space size and location, and proposed that the undeciphered subsymbols represented functions while the Five-Element Sub-Talisman represented output type.
• Zheng Fa visited a Nascent Soul Cultivator skilled at refining Mystic Fire Mirrors, asked detailed questions, and shared the answers with the Nine Mountains Realm researchers; the exchange improved the cultivator’s own work.
• Vast Sun Mountain disciples discussed how Zheng Fa’s visits had helped their artifact-refining skills, and several began reconsidering the accusations against him.
• Cloud True Immortal’s advisers concluded that Zheng Fa was winning over Vast Sun Mountain’s disciples and proposed sending him to the Tianhe Sect.
• Cloud True Immortal ordered Zheng Fa to accompany him to the Tianhe Sect, and Zheng Fa accepted with genuine enthusiasm.

Shi Nandang accompanied Cloud True Immortal and Vast Sun Mountain’s forces to the Tianhe Sect, where the Four Sects planned to suppress the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation and divide the Tianhe legacy. As Nishang Yuanjun reported camp developments to Zheng Fa, she realized he knew secret movements across the camp and feared the Alliance Leader was watching everything.

• Cloud True Immortal brought more than a thousand Vast Sun Mountain cultivators to the Tianhe Sect and warned Zheng Fa about the Immortal-Slayer Swords’ lethal power.
• Cloud True Immortal introduced Shi Nandang to the other sects’ Dao Fruit cultivators and appointed him to command Vast Sun Mountain’s disciples while he returned to the sect.
• The Dao Fruit cultivators discussed completing the Inverted Five Elements Formation, dividing the Tianhe Legacy Treasure, and claiming the Immortal-Slayer Formation Diagram.
• Cloud True Immortal told Old Monk Zhitong that Zheng Fa possessed the Sacred Blood Seal and asked him to watch over him, while Zhitong hinted that Vast Sun Mountain could seek outside help against the Hundred Immortals Alliance.
• Nishang Yuanjun reported camp affairs to Zheng Fa, who knew that Li Sanxian had returned to the Supreme Dao and that Jade Pool disciples had arrived the previous night.
• Nishang Yuanjun realized Zheng Fa knew information available only to core sect figures and feared that the Alliance Leader was secretly watching the entire camp.

The Nine Nether Devil Ancestor lured the Four Sects’ True Immortals into the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation and scattered them with their disciples across a sealed space. Zheng Fa became trapped with Old Monk Zhitong’s group, while Nishang Yuanjun and Li Sanxian were trapped elsewhere; the chapter ended with Sect Master Yan reporting that everyone had been gathered before the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor.

• Nishang Yuanjun’s suspicious attention toward Li Sanxian came to light as the leaders discussed accelerating Vast Sun Mountain’s work on the formation flags.
• Sect Master Yan, whose real name was Yan Changge, stopped Cloud True Immortal and revealed that the Four Immortal-Slayer Swords had been bait to lure the Four Sects’ True Immortals into a trap.
• Sect Master Yan activated the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation, separating Zheng Fa from the other leaders and leaving him unable to use a Communication Talisman to reach Nishang Yuanjun.
• Zheng Fa found Old Monk Zhitong and a group of Four Sects disciples, but Zhitong’s attempt to escape the formation’s rune cage led them back to where they had started.
• Zheng Fa stayed calm and continued cultivating and advising the Vast Sun disciples, while Zhitong failed to find a way out and Nishang Yuanjun reported being trapped with Li Sanxian.
• Sect Master Yan returned to the Tianhe Sect’s main hall and told the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor that everyone was there.

The Nine Nether Devil Ancestor forced four True Immortals into the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation and demanded that they reveal the Four Sects’ role in the Tianhe Upheaval. As the prisoners faced a choice between death and exposing what the other sects had done, the chapter left them divided and under pressure to betray one another.

• The Nine Nether Devil Ancestor told Sect Master Yan that he had failed to protect Tianhe Sect and asked Zheng Fa to livestream everything inside the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation.
• Zheng Fa agreed to broadcast through Nine Mountains News despite fearing the consequences for the Nine Mountains Realm.
• The Nine Nether Devil Ancestor defeated Xuanding, Nishang Yuanjun, Zhitong, and Cloud True Immortal with one finger, then forced them to follow separate paths.
• At identical Three Lives Stones, the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor demanded that the True Immortals answer questions about the Tianhe Upheaval, but they refused and chose death rather than speak.
• The Heavenly Emperor Body and Xie Qingxue discussed seeking Venerable Tianhe’s legacy treasure for clues, while the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor asked Zhitong whether he knew what the other three sects had done.

The Nine Nether Devil Ancestor and the Four Sects recounted how suspicions about Venerable Tianhe led to the Tianhe Upheaval. Their accounts revealed that false testimony from Creation Heavenly Devil and Lingxi, along with the Four Sects’ fear of Tianhe and his Immortal-Slayer Formation Diagram, had turned them against him; the chapter ended with Xuanding True Immortal admitting they had been wrong.

• The Nine Nether Devil Ancestor explained that Venerable Tianhe rose from a small sect, joined forces with the Four Sects against the Demonic Sect, and eventually attained a Dao Fruit.
• Nishang Yuanjun and Xuanding True Immortal described how Tianhe’s actions and the revelation of his New Method made the Four Sects uneasy.
• Old Monk Zhitong and Cloud True Immortal explained that Creation Heavenly Devil’s dying accusation and Tianhe’s decision to pass leadership to the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor deepened their suspicions.
• Xuanding True Immortal revealed that Creation Heavenly Devil had claimed to obey the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor and accused him of betraying Tianhe.
• Nishang Yuanjun recounted that Lingxi had told Jade Pool that Tianhe had fallen to devilhood and planned to eradicate the Four Sects.
• Old Monk Zhitong described how the Four Sects broke into the Tianhe Grand Formation and suppressed the Immortal-Slayer Swords, and Xuanding True Immortal admitted they had been wrong.

True Immortal Xuanding and the others revealed that the Four Sects had knowingly continued the Tianhe Upheaval and issued a decree to suppress the Celestial River Method, fearing Venerable Tianhe’s resurrection. After the Original Devil Ancestor’s identity was exposed, Nine Nether Devil Ancestor let the cultivators cross a bridge out of the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation, but they found themselves in Yin Mountain’s Wrongful Death City.

• True Immortal Xuanding admitted that the Four Sects realized they had been deceived but chose to continue, and Zhitong revealed their decree banning the Celestial River Method.
• Zheng Fa and the others concluded that the Four Sects had purged those who practiced the method because they feared Venerable Tianhe would return.
• Li Sanxian identified Lu Mo as the Original Devil Ancestor, and True Immortal Xuanding confirmed that the Four Sects had investigated Lu Mo’s role in the Tianhe Upheaval.
• Nine Nether Devil Ancestor promised to let the cultivators leave the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation, and several Supreme Dao disciples died trying to cross the River of Forgetfulness by flying.
• Zhitong led the cultivators across the bridge, which vanished behind them, and they arrived at a desolate Tianhe Sect in Yin Mountain’s Wrongful Death City.

The Nine Nether Devil Ancestor trapped Zheng Fa, Zhitong, and the Four Sects’ disciples in Wrongful Death City, where hidden Nine Nether Sect agents provoked them into slaughtering one another. He revealed his plan to turn Xuanwei into an Underworld governed by the Book of Life and Death, while Zheng Fa suspected the livestream was also gathering Incense Power.

• The Nine Nether Devil Ancestor used the Bridge of Helplessness and the apparitions of the Tianhe Upheaval to trap the cultivators and force them to witness the old massacre.
• The Nine Nether Devil Ancestor’s hidden agents attacked the Four Sects’ disciples, disguising themselves among them and making the trapped cultivators mistake allies for enemies.
• Zhitong and the others fought back, and the disciples killed one another in the fog as the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor’s song recalled the betrayal of the Tianhe Sect.
• The Nine Nether Devil Ancestor revealed the Book of Life and Death and declared that he would transform Xuanwei into an Underworld where the Four Sects’ evildoers would suffer without escape.
• Zheng Fa noticed traces of Incense Power in the Book of Life and Death’s radiance and suspected the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor was using the livestream to gather it.

Zheng Fa and the Nine Mountains Realm discovered that Lu Mo was using Zhitong’s sacrifice and Western Continent incense power to refine the Book of Life and Death, transforming the Underworld into a Buddhist land and restraining the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor. As Lu Mo’s power threatened to surpass the Golden Immortal realm, Zheng Fa’s allies decided to search for the Tianhe Legacy Treasure and the next stage of the Celestial River Method.

• Nishang Yuanjun and the Heavenly Emperor Body realized that the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor had used the Comprehensive Mirror’s live broadcast to gather incense power and refine the Book of Life and Death.
• Sun Daoyu saw Buddhist radiance spread across the Western Continent and alerted Senior Sister Zhang, who learned from Dragon Lord Shuyu that the disturbance was likely connected to the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor’s side.
• Lu Mo appeared in the Underworld, revealed that he wanted the Book of Life and Death to perfect the Tribulation-Transference Method, and explained that he had sought it since the Tianhe Upheaval.
• Zhitong sacrificed himself, turning Avici Hell into a Glazed Buddha Land as Lu Mo’s Buddhist radiance seeped into the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor and affected the Book of Life and Death.
• Senior Sister Zhang and the others judged that Lu Mo could become an even greater threat than the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor, but found danger in attacking Thunderclap Temple and chose to seek the Tianhe Legacy Treasure instead.
• The Heavenly Emperor Body showed the others a phantom of the Immortal-Trapping Sword and said that studying its Talisman Diagrams had revealed clues about the sword formation.

Zheng Fa and his allies worked to break the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation so they could reach the Tianhe legacy, while Xiao Yuying encouraged Zheng Shan to preserve the Nine Mountains Realm’s history. In the Modern World, Zheng Fa reflected on its hopeful progress and the danger threatening it before Tang Lingwu and Old Man Bai confronted him.

• The Heavenly Emperor Body explained that Zheng Fa needed to use the Immortal-Trapping Sword and Function-Talisman Diagram Theory to break the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation and reach the Myriad Swords Realm.
• Senior Sister Zhang spent half a month calculating the formation’s Talisman Diagrams, then told Xie Qingxue that there was no need to calculate what Junior Brother had decided to do.
• Xiao Yuying told Zheng Shan that she was recording life in the Nine Mountains Realm so its people and achievements would be remembered, and Zheng Shan felt less afraid.
• Zheng Fa watched the new Spirit Fields in the Modern World as Elder Hou shared news of improved wheat and soybean crops, while Zheng Fa considered severing the realms’ connection if Venerable Tianhe had no way to turn the tide.
• Tang Lingwu and Old Man Bai came to Zheng Fa’s room at night, sat down, and demanded that he explain himself.

After Zheng Fa told Old Man Bai and Tang Lingwu about the danger in Xuanwei, Tang Lingwu proposed exploiting vulnerabilities in the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation to gain control of it. Zheng Fa organized a hacker competition to find workable methods, leaving him with a possible way to regain the initiative against Lu Mo and the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor.

• Zheng Fa took Old Man Bai and Tang Lingwu to a deserted beach and explained the threats posed by Lu Mo and the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor.
• Tang Lingwu asked whether Zheng Fa would die or be hurt, and Zheng Fa could not promise that he would be safe.
• Tang Lingwu suggested that they analyze the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation's Talisman Diagrams and exploit vulnerabilities, using Zheng Fa's Immortal-Trapping Sword for authority.
• Zheng Fa realized that gaining control of the sword formation could give him enough strength to affect the battle, and he praised Tang Lingwu's idea.
• Zheng Fa brought Tang Lingwu to a conference room, where Team Leader Yang and scholars described their analysis of seventy-eight possible vulnerabilities in the incomplete diagrams.
• Zheng Fa and Tang Lingwu discussed using the Immortal-Trapping Sword's authority, while the Federation Hacker Competition sought more possible ways to exploit the formation.

Tang Lingwu formed her Nascent Soul and devoted herself to taking over Zheng Fa’s Federation work so he would not have to carry that burden. Meanwhile, Zheng Fa worked with Senior Sister Zhang and the Nine Mountains Realm’s experts to break the Immortal-Slayer Formation Diagram, and finally succeeded in awakening it.

• Tang Lingwu endured the Lightning Tribulation and Heart Demon Tribulation, then formed her Nascent Soul.
• Tang Lingwu managed the Hacker Competition and Federation affairs in Zheng Fa’s style, hoping to put his mind at ease.
• Zheng Fa reflected on his allies while Lu Mo gained ground against the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor in their struggle over the Book of Life and Death.
• Senior Sister Zhang coordinated the Nine Mountains Realm’s experts as Zheng Fa tried their plans to communicate with the Immortal-Slayer Formation Diagram.
• After two hours of attempts, Zheng Fa connected the Immortal-Trapping Sword to the formation diagram and gained the ability to use part of its functions.

Zheng Fa took control of the Immortal-Slayer Formation Diagram and used its sword formation to interrupt Lu Mo’s attempt to prove the Golden Immortal realm. Though Lu Mo survived the strike, Zheng Fa’s exhausted Divine Soul left him unable to attack again, while the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor regained ground against Lu Mo.

• As Lu Mo’s Buddhist radiance overwhelmed the Underworld, the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor hesitated to hand Zheng Fa control of the Immortal-Slayer Formation Diagram.
• Lu Mo’s attempt to prove the Golden Immortal realm alarmed Nishang Yuanjun and True Immortal Xuanding, but they chose not to intervene because they feared the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor more.
• The Nine Nether Devil Ancestor finally sent the Immortal-Slayer Formation Diagram to Zheng Fa, who activated the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation against Lu Mo.
• Lu Mo blocked the formation’s attack with his thousand arms, but the clash damaged his relic bead and disrupted his effort to prove the Dao.
• Zheng Fa collapsed from Divine Soul exhaustion and said he needed ten days to half a month to recover, while the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor used the opening to push back Lu Mo’s influence on the Book of Life and Death.

Zheng Fa persuaded the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor to let him leave the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation by suggesting the Myriad Swords Realm might hold the Celestial River Method’s continuation. After crossing the Heaven-and-Earth Fetal Membrane, he discovered Xuanwei’s Absolute Peak, where the Tianhe Sect had placed the swords of disciples who died in its campaign to unite Xuanwei.

• Zheng Fa hid from Lu Mo while the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor fought him with the wronged souls of Tianhe Sect disciples.
• Zheng Fa told the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor that the Myriad Swords Realm might contain the next step of the Celestial River Method, persuading him to let Zheng Fa go.
• The Heavenly Emperor Body explained to Senior Sister Zhang and Xie Qingxue that he wanted to use the possibility of the method’s continuation to keep the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor from turning against them.
• Zheng Fa reached the Cloud-Severing Mountains and used the Immortal-Trapping Sword Canon to pass through the Heaven-and-Earth Fetal Membrane.
• Zheng Fa entered the Myriad Swords Realm and saw a colossal peak bearing the swords of Tianhe Sect disciples who had died in the campaign to unite Xuanwei.
• Xie Qingxue identified the peak as Xuanwei’s Absolute Peak, also called Heaven-Piercing Sword Peak, and described it as a gravestone raised by Founder.

Zheng Fa challenged the flying swords of Heaven-Piercing Sword Peak, recording the Tianhe disciples’ sword techniques as he climbed toward the Myriad Swords Realm. After reaching the summit, he found no buildings and wondered where the realm was.

• Xie Qingxue explained that Zheng Fa had to defeat the swords’ original owners in Sword Dao trials to advance up Heaven-Piercing Sword Peak.
• Zheng Fa defeated a Golden Core disciple surnamed Wu, then repeatedly challenged the other swords and recorded their techniques in the Tianhe Sword Canon.
• Uncle-Master Pang called the preserved techniques a foundation for the Tianhe Orthodoxy in the Nine Mountains Realm, while Xie Qingxue reflected on the Tianhe Sect’s legacy.
• Zheng Fa told the anxious Nine Nether Devil Ancestor that he still had more than six thousand swords to challenge, then continued climbing over the next four days.
• Zheng Fa reached the summit on five Spirit Treasure flying swords, but found no buildings, and Xie Qingxue told Uncle-Master Pang to look up.

Zheng Fa opened the Myriad Swords Realm and found the Tianhe Sect as it had been in the Previous Epoch, where a remnant of Venerable Tianhe showed him the sect’s past sacrifices. The dead disciples turned to Zheng Fa for an answer about whether their struggle had been worth it, leaving him to face their question.

• Zheng Fa used the Yin-Yang Fish Jade Pendant and Positive-Negative Five-Colored Divine Light to open a passage into the Myriad Swords Realm, revealing the ancient Tianhe Sect.
• Zheng Fa sent the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor an image of the past, spurring him to resist Lu Mo’s attempt to refine the Book of Life and Death.
• Zheng Fa met Tianhe Remnant Soul, who confirmed that the Celestial River Method had a stage beyond the Union Realm but said the Tianhe disciples would decide whether to impart it.
• Tianhe Remnant Soul showed Zheng Fa how the sect’s disciples fought the Sacred Dynasty without aid, with fewer than four thousand returning from more than ten thousand who had departed.
• The dead Tianhe disciples asked Zheng Fa whether their fallen comrades would regret their sacrifice if they could see the future, and Zheng Fa realized they had waited hundreds of thousands of years for his answer.