Chapter Summaries

Zheng Fa learned that Venerable Tianhe had opposed the Four Sects because the Celestial River Method made him remain aligned with ordinary people, and that he had considered ending spiritual cultivation in Xuanwei. Zheng Fa showed Venerable Tianhe the Nine Mountains Realm as evidence of another possible future, and the chapter ended with Zheng Fa entering a hall where Tianhe disciples welcomed him.

• Venerable Tianhe explained that the Celestial River Method had set him apart from other Dao Fruits and that he had once wanted to transform Xuanwei into a realm without spiritual energy.
• The Heavenly Emperor Body and Senior Sister Zhang recognized the conflict between Dao Fruits and humanity at the heart of the Tianhe Upheaval.
• Zheng Fa told Venerable Tianhe that he had no definitive answer and used the Creation Jade Disc to show him life across the Nine Mountains Realm.
• Venerable Tianhe watched scenes of farming, study, and Yan Wushuang reciting the Yellow Court Scripture, then asked what Zheng Fa intended to prove.
• Zheng Fa said that people in the Nine Mountains Sect were working toward a better future, and Venerable Tianhe asked his disciples what they thought.
• A Tianhe cultivator led Zheng Fa into a hall, where the gathered disciples greeted him and jokingly demanded a cup of wine as punishment for being late.

Zheng Fa attended Venerable Tianhe’s lecture on immortals and the Dao, learning why Loose Immortals faced the Dao Assimilation Tribulation and how Golden Immortals shaped worlds. When Venerable Tianhe asked what living beings were, Zheng Fa described them as self-replicating order, leaving the Tianhe disciples stunned by his unfamiliar insight.

• Zheng Fa drank and mourned with Tianhe Sect disciples before Venerable Tianhe called them to a lecture on the Dao.
• Venerable Tianhe explained that cultivators needed their own cultivation methods to survive the Loose Immortal Tribulation and become True Immortals.
• Venerable Tianhe described Golden Immortals as wielders of Creation who made worlds, where their arts became Heavenly Dao.
• Venerable Tianhe asked Zheng Fa to explain what living beings were, and Zheng Fa said life was an order that replicated and sustained itself.
• Venerable Tianhe looked dissatisfied with his disciples after Zheng Fa’s explanation, while one disciple stared at Zheng Fa in disbelief.

Venerable Tianhe passed Zheng Fa the Celestial River Method’s inheritance, explaining how its Myriad Immortals Formation and Self-Slaying advanced beyond the limits of other methods. He also revealed that Lu Mo had already attained Golden Immortal three times and that he had once cleaved the Great Sun to stop Lu Mo from attaining the Dao.

• Zheng Fa argued that cultivating the Dao meant intelligent life grew into and reproduced the Heavenly Dao, earning the Tianhe Sect disciples’ salute as Venerable Tianhe’s successor.
• Venerable Tianhe explained that spiritual energy came from living beings comprehending laws in the Chaos, though he did not know why spiritual energy was declining.
• Venerable Tianhe gave Zheng Fa a jade tube containing the Celestial River Method’s next step, including the Myriad Immortals Formation and Self-Slaying, which let cultivators share and freely develop the method.
• Zheng Fa praised Self-Slaying for breaking through Self-Attachment, and Venerable Tianhe explained that he had abandoned the Tianhe Sect because it and the Celestial River Method could not both survive.
• Venerable Tianhe revealed that Lu Mo had attained Golden Immortal three times and had reached Three-Tribulation Unity, while seeking Grand Luo with the Book of Life and Death.
• Venerable Tianhe said Lu Mo had attained the Dao through the Fusang Wood as the Great Sun, so he had cleaved the sun with his sword to stop Lu Mo.

Venerable Tianhe explained that the Dao Venerable might have arranged for Zheng Fa to receive the jade pendant and revealed how the Four Sects and Lu Mo had threatened the Tianhe Sect. He showed Zheng Fa the Reincarnation Disc, a treasure forged with his own body that could make Dao Fruits mortal and give ordinary cultivators a way to change Xuanwei’s balance of power.

• Zheng Fa learned that Venerable Tianhe had obtained the jade pendant by chance and suspected the Yin-Yang Fish had planted it, though he did not know who would eventually receive it.
• Venerable Tianhe explained that Grand Unity Golden Immortals embodied fundamental laws, while Grand Luo Golden Immortals directed the Heavenly Dao, and said the Four Sects’ conflict centered on this struggle for authority.
• Venerable Tianhe revealed that the Four Sects had secretly joined forces against the Tianhe Sect while Lu Mo sought the Book of Life and Death, leaving him unable to resist them alone.
• Venerable Tianhe showed Zheng Fa the Reincarnation Disc, which he and his disciples had forged from his Life-bound Spirit Treasure and the Tianhe Sect’s accumulated resources.
• Venerable Tianhe explained that the completed All-Heavens Reincarnation would send all beings, including Dao Fruits, into reincarnation after death, allowing cultivators to truly kill Dao Fruits and overturn Xuanwei’s established rules.

Venerable Tianhe entrusted Zheng Fa with the Reincarnation Disc and the Stargazing Platform before leading the Tianhe disciples into the disc to complete its refinement. Zheng Fa returned to the Underworld, where Lu Mo saw through the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor’s attempt to distract him and grew confident he could withstand the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation.

• Venerable Tianhe explained that reincarnation would merge worlds into Xuanwei and weaken the Heaven-and-Earth Fetal Membrane’s restriction on Golden Immortals.
• Venerable Tianhe gave Zheng Fa the Reincarnation Disc and the Stargazing Platform, then joined the Tianhe disciples as they entered the disc.
• Zheng Fa left the Stargazing Platform and flew back toward Xuanwei after receiving a stream of urgent Spirit Messages from the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor.
• The Nine Nether Devil Ancestor sent Sect Master Yan and three others to attack Lu Mo with a combined sword strike, but Lu Mo shattered it with his palm.
• Lu Mo concluded that the mysterious swordsman was absent or not especially powerful and challenged the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor’s ability to keep fighting.

The Nine Nether Devil Ancestor refused to use the Reincarnation Disc because attaining its Great Dao would force him to abandon his vengeance against the Four Sects. Zheng Fa persuaded him that establishing Reincarnation would make the Four Sects’ Dao Fruits vulnerable, and the Devil Ancestor entrusted Zheng Fa with the Immortal-Slayer Formation Diagram to fight Lu Mo.

• The Nine Nether Devil Ancestor told Sect Master Yan to send Zheng Fa away, then changed his mind when Zheng Fa returned from the Myriad Swords Realm with Venerable Tianhe’s inheritance.
• Zheng Fa gave the Nine Nether Devil Ancestor the Reincarnation Disc and explained that merging it with the Book of Life and Death could let him establish Reincarnation and attain Grand Unity.
• The Nine Nether Devil Ancestor realized the Reincarnation Great Dao would prevent him from acting against Lu Mo unless Lu Mo violated its laws, so he refused the treasure rather than abandon his blood feud with Tianhe.
• Zheng Fa argued that Reincarnation would make the Four Sects’ Dao Fruits truly vulnerable and promised that Nine Mountains Sect would carry on Tianhe’s Dao Lineage and settle its karmic debts.
• The Nine Nether Devil Ancestor gave Zheng Fa the Immortal-Slayer Formation Diagram and its complete control incantation, urging him to use it against Lu Mo.

Nine Nether Devil Ancestor established the Underworld and Reincarnation, attained Grand Unity, and changed the fate of souls and Dao Fruits across Xuanwei. As Lu Mo retreated, Zheng Fa used the Immortal-Slayer Formation Diagram to split his Dharma Aspect, and Tianhe appeared.

• Zheng Fa and the others rested and studied the formation diagram while Nine Nether Devil Ancestor faced Lu Mo.
• Nine Nether Devil Ancestor appeared to destroy himself with the Book of Life and Death, then reemerged and vowed to establish the Underworld and Reincarnation.
• Nine Nether Devil Ancestor attained Grand Unity, causing Golden Immortal Dao Fruits to dissipate and creating a realm where the dead could be reborn.
• The Underworld expanded, souls across the heavens and myriad realms answered its summons, and Lu Mo accused Nine Nether Devil Ancestor of ruining his Tribulation-Transference Method before withdrawing.
• As Lu Mo retreated, Zheng Fa struck him with the Immortal-Slayer Formation Diagram and cleaved his Dharma Aspect in two.
• Tianhe appeared beside Nine Nether Devil Ancestor.

Zheng Fa received the Immortal-Slayer Formation Diagram and four swords from the Nine Nether Emperor, who warned that a Golden Immortal would soon appear and the Nine Mountains Sect needed greater strength. Zheng Fa proposed combining the Myriad Immortals Formation, the Celestial River Method, and the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation into a military formation powered by the sect’s disciples, while the Emperor stayed in the Underworld and affirmed his faith in Zheng Fa.

• Zheng Fa revealed that he was not Venerable Tianhe, but declared that anyone could become Tianhe before Lu Mo vanished into the Underworld.
• The Nine Nether Emperor scattered Nishang Yuanjun and the other Four Sects Dao Fruits across the Underworld, while Sect Master Yan chose to remain and help rebuild it.
• The Nine Nether Emperor gave Zheng Fa the Immortal-Slayer Formation Diagram and four swords, explaining that he could not yet leave the Underworld because reincarnation remained unfinished.
• The Nine Nether Emperor confirmed that Lu Mo was alive and warned Zheng Fa that a Golden Immortal might appear within a few years.
• Zheng Fa proposed combining the Myriad Immortals Formation, the Celestial River Method, and the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation to strengthen the Nine Mountains Sect’s forces.
• After Zheng Fa departed, the Nine Nether Emperor told Sect Master Yan that he believed everyone could become Tianhe and that Zheng Fa should wield the formation diagram.

After returning to the Nine Mountains Realm with the Celestial River Method and the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation, Zheng Fa reassured the sect leaders and proposed building two legions around the Myriad Immortals Formation. He left them preparing to study standardized Life-bound Dharma Treasures using the Scripture Tower Shi Nandang brought back.

• Zheng Fa returned to the Nine Mountains Realm, where the sect’s Nascent Soul cultivators gathered to ask how they should respond to the Nine Nether Emperor’s Reincarnation.
• Zheng Fa gave Xie Qingxue the Celestial River Method, then showed the elders the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation and warned that it could not defeat the Golden Immortals expected to emerge.
• Zheng Fa explained that the Myriad Immortals Formation could let the Nine Mountains Sect unite its cultivators’ power and proposed forming a hidden Celestial River Legion and an outward-facing Divine Firmament Legion.
• Zheng Fa proposed developing standardized Life-bound Dharma Treasures for different cultivation paths so disciples could improve their arts and coordinate through the Myriad Immortals Formation.
• Zheng Fa thanked Shi Nandang for bringing back the Scripture Tower from Vast Sun Mountain, and Shi Nandang asked whether Zheng Fa had killed Lu Mo.

After the Nine Mountains Sect settled its plans for dealing with Vast Sun Mountain, Zheng Fa entered seclusion to advance, leaving his Heavenly Emperor Body to oversee the sect. Dragon Lord Shuyu visited to inspect the Dragon Clan cultivation experiment and warned that the expanding Sea Region now held cultivators.

• Zheng Fa ordered Old Han to investigate whether Loose Immortal Luo could be resurrected, whether Lu Mo was at Vast Sun Mountain, and whether the Three Clans still ruled there.
• The Nine Mountains elders planned to investigate Vast Sun Mountain and capture its artifact-refining market, while preparing for the possibility that a Devil Ancestor would emerge.
• Zheng Fa returned to his courtyard to prepare for seclusion, and the Heavenly Emperor Body arranged for Old Yuan, Uncle-Master Pang, and Xiao Yuying to welcome Dragon Lord Shuyu.
• Dragon Lord Shuyu toured the bustling Nine Mountains Realm and remarked on the sect's calm despite the Nine Nether Emperor attaining the Dao.
• Dragon Lord Shuyu told the Heavenly Emperor Body that the meteor shower had expanded the Sea Region and that cultivators had appeared in its newly formed waters.

Dragon Lord Shuyu revealed the mysterious Newborn Sea Region and discovered that the Nine Mountains Sect had cultivated a living dragon egg from her bloodline. Zheng Fa then explained that he intended to unite all cultivation methods into a comprehensive New Method, the final step before reaching the Dao Fruit.

• Dragon Lord Shuyu showed the Nine Mountains leaders the Sea Region and explained that the Newborn Sea Region lay beyond chaotic space in the far north and south, so Zheng Fa ordered information-gathering while the Nine Mountains Realm focused on its own development.
• At Azure Dragon Lodge, Jiao Wuji explained that research using Dragon Lord Shuyu’s eggs and cells had produced fifteen eggs, one of which showed signs of life.
• Dragon Lord Shuyu sensed the living egg, recognized it as her child, entrusted it to Jiao Wuji, and promised him valuable treasures and future credit for cultivating the Ancient Dragon Clan.
• After leaving the Nine Mountains Realm, Dragon Lord Shuyu sensed an aura resembling the Ancient Dragon Clan beyond the northern Sea Region’s mist.
• Zheng Fa told Old Man Bai that he planned to use the Yellow Court Scripture as the core and the Celestial River Method as the foundation for a system uniting every cultivation method into a supreme New Method.

Zheng Fa proposed making the Yellow Court Scripture the root of an open-source cultivation system that incorporated Venerable Tianhe’s Celestial River Method and other Daoist arts. As he explained his safeguards and why he was willing to take the risk, the group debated what to call the Yellow Court Scripture’s highest realm, settling on Tang Mudao’s suggestion of the Great Vehicle Realm.

• Zheng Fa explained that the Yellow Court Scripture could serve as the foundation for a cultivation-technique tree, letting disciples change paths before Spirit Transformation without losing cultivation.
• Zheng Fa proposed integrating Venerable Tianhe’s Celestial River Method and making the Yellow Court Scripture open-source, initially for his disciples and Modern World cultivators.
• Zheng Fa described a tiered review system involving the Artifact Spirit, expert reviewers, and a Modern World team, with the Great Sun True Fire as a final safeguard.
• Old Man Bai asked whether Zheng Fa had become bold because of a terrifying enemy, and Zheng Fa said he wanted to perfect the scripture and carry forward the torch left by his predecessors.
• Tang Mudao suggested calling the Yellow Court Scripture’s highest realm the Great Vehicle Realm, and Zheng Fa wondered whether the name connected to Lu Mo.

During Zheng Fa’s seclusion, the Nine Mountains Sect considered upgrading Divine Firmament Warships as transport and command hubs while growing wary of Dragon Lord Shuyu’s secret trips to the Sea Region’s north. There, Shuyu heard a dragon’s roar from beyond the thinning mist, seemingly confirming that her long-lost kin were near.

• Senior Sister Zhang deduced improvements to the Artifact Spirit’s algorithms while Senior Sister Yuan kept her company during Zheng Fa’s seclusion.
• Han Qi proposed developing Divine Firmament Warships into faster, better-defended transport, command, and supply hubs, and the Heavenly Emperor Body agreed to discuss the plan with the elders.
• Uncle-Master Pang told the Heavenly Emperor Body and Madam Xuanhua that Dragon Lord Shuyu had repeatedly visited the Sea Region’s far north without reporting what she found.
• Dragon Lord Shuyu gave Jiao Wuji a thousand-year-old Dragon-Transformation Grass, but Jiao Wuji told Blood River Ancestor he remained loyal to the Nine Mountains Sect and had informed its Sect Leader about her gifts.
• Dragon Lord Shuyu returned to the Sea Region’s far north, where a dragon’s roar stirred the sea and cleared the mist, leaving her in tears as she heard a call from her kin for the first time.

Dragon Lord Shuyu met the Azure Abyss Dragon King, whose family learned that Xuanwei might let them surpass their former limits and planned to expand their power in the Sea Region. Meanwhile, Nine Mountains Sect leaders celebrated the First Fifty-Year Plan’s success and the sect’s rapid growth, unaware of the Dragon King’s ambitions.

• Dragon Lord Shuyu accepted the Azure Abyss Dragon King’s invitation and learned that his family had fled the shattered Dragon Abyss Realm, where the Dragon Ancestor had once ruled.
• The Azure Abyss Dragon King learned that Xuanwei was the Dragon Ancestor’s birthplace and decided to seize control of the Sea Region, win Dragon Lord Shuyu’s support through marriage, and pursue Golden Immortality.
• Old Yuan, Uncle-Master Pang, and Aunt-Master Huang watched the Heavenly Emperor Body report that Nine Mountains Sect had exceeded most goals in its First Fifty-Year Plan.
• Old Yuan explained that the Celestial River Method had helped raise the sect’s Nascent Soul cultivators to 664, while its Spirit Transformation ranks had also grown.
• Uncle-Master Pang and Aunt-Master Huang realized that Nine Mountains Sect’s battle formations made its Nascent Soul cultivators far stronger than their numbers suggested, and the elders toasted their progress.

The Heavenly Emperor Body and Senior Sister Zhang outlined the Nine Mountains Sect’s Second Fifty-Year Plan, shifting its focus to military strength and development of the Sea Region. The elders backed the plan, while Xiao Yuying left the meeting troubled by what it could mean for the Dragon Lord and the sect’s ally.

• The Nine-Chapter Calculation Spirit reported that the sect earned about thirty-two million Spirit Stones but spent thirty million, with expenses expected to rise above thirty-three million the following year.
• The Heavenly Emperor Body declared that the next fifty years would prioritize military power, including strengthening the Immortal-Slayer Sword Formation and expanding the Divine Firmament Legion.
• The Heavenly Emperor Body proposed consolidating the sect’s artifact-refinement and Talisman Dao markets while increasing investment in pharmacology and pill refinement.
• Senior Sister Zhang presented Sea Region cultivation sites and undersea Spirit Ore deposits, arguing that marine development and trade routes could greatly increase the sect’s income.
• Uncle-Master Pang suggested cutting expenditures, then later explained to Old Yuan that he had deliberately taken on the infamy so Zheng Fa and Wuyi would not have to.
• Xiao Yuying left the meeting alone, concerned as the elders considered developing the Sea Region despite the Dragon Lord’s special status and uncertain intentions.

Dragon Lord Shuyu rejected the Azure Abyss Dragon King’s marriage proposal because he would neither raise her three dragon children nor share the Dragon Ancestor Secret Art. As a strange surge of spiritual energy swept through the sea, she and the others saw Zheng Fa emerge from the rosy clouds.

• Xiao Yuying refused to leave with Dragon Lord Shuyu, who explained that she had been testing the Nine Mountains Sect and chose it because Zheng Fa had treated Xiao Yuying fairly and the sect had cared for her dragon eggs.
• Dragon Lord Shuyu told Xiao Yuying that the Azure Abyss Dragon King was seeking to unite the Four Seas and possessed the Dragon Ancestor Secret Art.
• At the Azure Abyss Dragon Palace banquet, the Azure Abyss Dragon King and queen proposed that Dragon Lord Shuyu marry the Second Prince and join their family.
• Dragon Lord Shuyu agreed only if the Second Prince accepted her three dragon children and the Dragon King shared the secret method for attaining the Golden Immortal realm; the Dragon King refused, and she identified the Nine Mountains Sect as the one that would agree.
• A surge of spiritual energy shook the sea, and Dragon Lord Shuyu and the others followed it to shore, where they saw Zheng Fa emerge from the rosy clouds.

Zheng Fa advanced to the Mahayana Stage by surviving the Three Calamities, then faced seventy-two fallen Golden Immortals summoned by reincarnation and karma. He killed one with a single palm strike and prepared to confront the rest, revealing the might of the Yellow Court Scripture to the watching powers.

• Dragon Lord Shuyu and Azure Abyss Dragon King watched as Zheng Fa left Nine Mountains Realm to undergo his tribulation, which threatened to endanger the sect if faced inside it.
• Zheng Fa endured the Lightning, baleful wind, and Heavenly Fire calamities together, while his Fusang Wood and Creation Jade Disc with Creation Boy withstood and absorbed their power.
• After the Three Calamities passed, fallen Golden Immortals appeared in the sky, and Nine Nether Emperor told Zheng Fa that reincarnation, karma, and the Yellow Court Scripture had drawn them to challenge his Dao method.
• Zheng Fa lowered his cultivation below the Dao Fruit realm and united his Essence, energy, spirit, Dharma Body, Yang Spirit, and Life-bound Spirit Treasure through the Mahayana Yellow Court Scripture.
• As seventy-two fallen powers attacked, Zheng Fa struck an Ancient Immortal down with one palm, frightening the rest and resolving to demonstrate that his Yellow Court Great Dao was unrivaled.

Zheng Fa defeated more than twenty projections of ancient Golden Immortals by using the Creation Jade Disc to predict their movements, then endured a Heart Demon Tribulation while outsiders watched. He failed to lure the cautious Azure Abyss Dragon King into the Nine Mountains Realm and waited for his Innate Divine Ability to appear.

• Zheng Fa revealed his strength to deter outsiders coveting the Nine Mountains Sect, while the Heavenly Emperor Body explained that the Celestial River Method and Myriad Immortals Formation had made the sect stronger than its rivals realized.
• Seventy-two projections of ancient Golden Immortals joined forces against Zheng Fa, but the Creation Jade Disc helped him anticipate their moves as he struck them down one by one.
• After more than twenty projections fell, the survivors withdrew and saluted Zheng Fa, while the Azure Abyss Dragon King and Dragon Lord Shuyu witnessed his victory.
• Zheng Fa faced the Heart Demon Tribulation in the open, and Dragon Lord Shuyu guarded him while the Azure Abyss Dragon King and other watchers remained still.
• Zheng Fa tried to bait the Azure Abyss Dragon King into entering the Nine Mountains Realm, but the Dragon King recognized the trap and stayed away.
• Zheng Fa wondered where his Innate Divine Ability was as he considered the failed lure and the tribulation's cost.

After attaining Mahayana, Zheng Fa received the Innate Divine Ability Universe in the Sleeve and used it to ambush the Azure Abyss Dragon King, who escaped by abandoning the Sea-Calming Imperial Seal. Back in the Nine Mountains Realm, Zheng Fa celebrated his advancement with the sect and began exploring how his new ability could strengthen the Spirit Mountain Method.

• Zheng Fa received Universe in the Sleeve from a treasure mirror in the Chaos and headed toward the Sea Region.
• Zheng Fa tried to capture the Azure Abyss Dragon King with Universe in the Sleeve, but the Dragon King escaped after giving up the Sea-Calming Imperial Seal.
• Dragon Lord Shuyu explained that the Seal had been forged to control newly occupied waters, while three other True Immortals appeared, congratulated Zheng Fa, and fled.
• Zheng Fa returned to the Nine Mountains Realm, where the disciples congratulated him on attaining Mahayana and he announced a lecture on the Huangting Great Dao.
• Zheng Fa explained that Universe in the Sleeve combined spatial methods with Earth-Vein Magnetism, and Uncle-Master Pang asked whether that power could improve the Spirit Mountain Method.

Zheng Fa demonstrated how he could repair Spirit Veins by adjusting Primordial Magnetism, then proposed a Primordial Magnetic Network to transform transportation, industry, governance, and defense across the Hundred Immortals Alliance. He planned to extend the network into Vast Sun Mountain’s territory and build it right up to Vast Sun Mountain’s gates.

• Zheng Fa repaired a crack severing the Nine-Dragon Vein, restoring the mountain range’s spiritual energy.
• Zheng Fa explained that he could repair incomplete Spirit Veins by adjusting Primordial Magnetism, and identified nineteen potential sites in the former Hundred Immortals Alliance territory.
• Zheng Fa outlined a Primordial Magnetic Network that could power flying vessels and factories, support industry in the Hundred Immortals Alliance, and strengthen the Nine Mountains Sect’s defenses.
• Zheng Fa proposed using network nodes to empower Thunder Methods, support farming, protect civilians, and detect foreign enemies.
• Zheng Fa declared that he would build the network into Vast Sun Mountain’s territory and right up to its gates.