Chapter Summaries

Wu Shi watched All-Knowing Scholar sacrifice himself to complete the Forgetfulness Sword, then learned that the mysterious black shadow called himself Cycle and had forged the sword. Later, she protected the Tu Wu Great World, while a new scene in the Yang World showed the Heavenly Emperor asking San Sheng how to stop Xi Li World from vanishing.

• Wu Shi inserted the golden sword into the Sword Sheath Stone, and Sword Disciple's Sword Intent reforged it before cracks began to spread across the blade.
• All-Knowing Scholar sacrificed his true spirit, consciousness, and divine power to repair the sword, which transformed into a blood-colored blade in Wu Shi's hands.
• A black shadow told Wu Shi that he was Cycle, or reincarnation, and that he had orchestrated events to forge the Forgetfulness Sword; Wu Shi refused to give it to him and vowed to kill him.
• Wu Shi later used the sword to erase the Heaven Money Valley node, defeat three Dao Gods, and sever the Fall Curse before vanishing into the Abandoned Land.
• In the Yang World, the Heavenly Emperor asked San Sheng how to stop Xi Li World from returning to nothingness, and San Sheng suggested that the Heavenly Emperor become Xi Li World.
• The Heavenly Emperor realized he could make every living being in the myriad worlds himself, while San Sheng wondered whether Return to Nothingness could be undone by changing the laws of conservation.

The Heavenly Emperor granted San Sheng a place at Origin Mountain, prompting his lineage to gather and escort him while San Sheng pondered how to stop Return to Nothingness. After a brutal forty-nine-day journey, San Sheng entered Origin Mountain and studied the traces left by beings Above Yang Five, eventually identifying two of them as Wu Fa and Jing.

• The Heavenly Emperor gave San Sheng a place at Origin Mountain after San Sheng's words enlightened him.
• The young man celebrated San Sheng's chance to reach Yang Six, and their lineage's elders awoke and agreed to escort him.
• San Sheng reflected on how powerful beings' battles erased matter and true spirits, seeing their destruction as Return to Nothingness.
• San Sheng and his escort traveled for forty-nine days through constant battles, and only twenty-seven of the forty-nine qualified Yang Five powerhouses reached Origin Mountain.
• San Sheng entered Origin Mountain, learned that Primordial Bodies were physiques named after reaching Above Yang Five, and began contemplating the traces there.
• After an unknown passage of time, San Sheng recognized the names Wu Fa and Jing in the traces of two beings Above Yang Five.

At Origin Mountain, San Sheng refused every Yang Sixth Layer powerhouse’s invitation, including Stillness, and committed himself to the path of reincarnation. After returning to his lineage, he completed a plan to forge reincarnation and began preparing to confront Return to Nothingness, with circulation as his contingency.

• Wufa and several other Yang Sixth Layer powerhouses invited San Sheng to walk their paths, but he rejected them all as unsuited to him.
• Stillness revealed that he had drawn San Sheng into this realm as a hope for completing Stillness and gave him a Game Jade Slip, but San Sheng refused that path too and declared that he sought reincarnation.
• After the Origin Mountain enlightenment ended, San Sheng’s lineage learned that he had refused every invitation and waited for him to reach the Yang Sixth Layer.
• Years later, Return to Nothingness destroyed another universe, and San Sheng’s lineage worried that they could not resist it without his advancement.
• San Sheng completed a three-step plan to make the World of Rebirth the basis of reincarnation, study living beings across the three worlds, and master the arts needed to restore those whose true spirits had been extinguished.
• When the Game Jade Slip questioned whether San Sheng could succeed, he silenced it and resolved to pursue circulation if reincarnation failed.

San Sheng pursued reincarnation by studying the myriad Daos and entering Yang Fourth Layer, while Return to Nothingness consumed more worlds and his junior martial brother, the Divine Man, died resisting it. Unable to reach reincarnation, San Sheng chose to enter the cycle instead, stepping into Yang Fifth Layer as a Dao Lord and beginning the mortal world's cycle.

• The young man returned wounded from the front lines, refused to disturb San Sheng's seclusion, and then agreed to let him pursue his Dao in the World of Rebirth.
• San Sheng rebuilt his cultivation in the World of Rebirth, concluded that he needed to understand every Dao to achieve reincarnation, and split himself between the World of Rebirth and the Netherworld.
• San Sheng entered Yang Fourth Layer in the Netherworld, silencing and extinguishing his true spirit; after awakening from a long sleep, he learned Return to Nothingness had consumed more realms and continued gathering knowledge.
• San Sheng ignored criticism that he had not returned to defend his clans, but grieved when a girl told him that the Divine Man had died resisting Return to Nothingness and left only a thought that refused to see him.
• San Sheng gave up clinging to reincarnation and chose to enter the cycle first, stepping into Yang Fifth Layer as a Dao Lord and bringing the mortal world into the cycle.

Yang Fifth Layer cultivators discovered a path to Dao Lord through mastering a Dao, but Return to Nothingness answered with the Three Calamities and Three Tribulations. San Sheng resisted Return to Nothingness with his cycle, then wandered the World of Rebirth under the Fall Curse, seeking reincarnation by forging the Forgetfulness Sword; Wu Shi eventually fused a strange treasure into the sword and prepared to confront him.

• Yang Fifth Layer cultivators across the worlds discovered the Dao Lord path, and their new cycles slowed Return to Nothingness until it sent down the Three Calamities and Three Tribulations.
• San Sheng used his cycle to resist Return to Nothingness, but his body, true spirit, and Dao lineage were eroded by the Fall Curse.
• San Sheng wandered the mortal world in a dimmed state, realized he needed reincarnation, and became obsessed with forging a Forgetfulness Sword.
• San Sheng shaped the sword by taking a boy's emotions and later replacing a dead Devouring Dao Lord with Wu Shi, but he judged the sword incomplete.
• Wu Shi wielded the sword to defeat enemies and entered the Abandoned Land, where she searched for Sword Disciple while secretly investigating San Sheng.
• Wu Shi fused a strange Netherworld treasure into the Forgetfulness Sword and, during heavy snowfall, drew it to seek revenge on San Sheng.

San Sheng battled Wu Shi while seeking the final truth of reincarnation, and Qi Yuan later awakened from a three-thousand-year seclusion with the memories of San Sheng and a new understanding of the underworld. He concluded that the Universe Mother River could serve as his missing Forgetful River and learned that the Black Heaven Divine Lord had come to settle their debt of gratitude.

• San Sheng rejected Stillness’s suggestion that he pursue its Dao and wondered what he lacked to achieve reincarnation.
• Wu Shi fought the weakened San Sheng with the Forgetfulness Sword, pierced his hand, and recognized him as her master when his hood fell back.
• Qi Yuan awakened on Mount of Gods and recalled his lives as Sword Disciple, Youqian, and San Sheng, along with his connection to Wu Shi and the Game Jade Slip.
• Qi Yuan realized San Sheng had failed to reach reincarnation because he lacked an underworld, and identified the Universe Mother River as a possible Forgetful River.
• Qi Yuan learned from Feng Ye that he had been in seclusion for three thousand years and that the Black Heaven Divine Lord had come to wipe clean their debt of gratitude.

Qi Yuan invited Black Heaven Divine Lord and the Dao God he called Black Coal to a banquet, intending to mediate their conflict. After reciting a poem, he forced Black Coal to agree not to make things difficult for Black Heaven, though Qi Yuan ended by recoiling from Black Coal’s apology.

• Qi Yuan learned that finding Wu Shi in the Abandoned Land would be difficult and asked Feng Ye to invite Black Heaven Divine Lord to a gathering.
• Black Heaven Divine Lord arrived, uneasy about involving Qi Yuan with the powerful figure he had helped avoid the Three Calamities and Three Tribulations.
• Qi Yuan revealed that he had brought the Dao God Black Coal to the banquet and said he wanted to mediate between him and Black Heaven Divine Lord.
• Qi Yuan recited a poem and asked Black Coal to spare Black Heaven Divine Lord if the poem moved him to tears.
• Black Coal apologized and pretended to be moved, while Qi Yuan said he hated apologies.

Qi Yuan left the Black Heaven Divine Lord in peace and considered how close he was to mastering reincarnation before returning to the Abandoned Land. There, he learned the purge was nearing Duke Nall’s world and revealed he wanted to confront the Dao Gods for excitement.

• Black Coal Dao God apologized to Qi Yuan and explained that he belonged to the Heavenly Light Lineage, whose master was Fu Guang.
• Qi Yuan recalled that San Sheng had met Fu Guang at Origin Mountain and reflected on how creating the underworld had brought him close to reincarnation.
• Zhao Jian warned Duke Nall that Mount of Heavenly Kings’ purge was nearing their world and urged him to flee, but Duke Nall refused to leave his home.
• Qi Yuan arrived and regretted reaching the world too soon to witness the Dao Gods’ attack before making a dramatic entrance.
• Zhao Jian realized Qi Yuan genuinely intended to confront the Dao Gods.

Duke Nall reported the scant results of her Yang Spirit research to Qi Yuan, while Mount of Heavenly Kings’ Dao Gods continued clearing the Abandoned Land. Their hunt ended in disaster when a powerful reincarnated Dao Master attacked them, leaving their true spirits fleeing into the Dark Void.

• Duke Nall told Qi Yuan that thousands of Yang Spirit Assemblies had yielded several theories but little progress toward the Yang Spirit Path.
• Qi Yuan praised the collected ideas, and Zhao Jian privately thought Qi Yuan was already a True God.
• Tu Feng Dao God killed An Chi, a wanted God Lord, while sweeping the Abandoned Land with the Mount of Heavenly Kings Mountain Master.
• Tu Feng and the Mountain Master discussed White Sugar Dao God and the reincarnated Dao Master hostile to the Nine Heavens Divine Towers.
• The Mount of Heavenly Kings Mountain Master sensed danger, and he and Tu Feng fled into the Dark Void as an unseen attack shattered their bodies.
• A graceful woman wielding an invisible sword remained after the Dao Gods escaped, then vanished.

Tu Feng Dao God and the Mount of Heavenly Kings Mountain Master continued the Heavenly God's sweep of the Abandoned Land, but Qi Yuan intercepted them in the Dark Void and revealed overwhelming control over it. The two learned that Qi Yuan was the wanted criminal they had been hunting, and the chapter left them facing him in despair after he casually called the Heavenly God a little fellow.

• Tu Feng Dao God and the Mount of Heavenly Kings Mountain Master fled through the Dark Void after a powerful Dao Master attacked them, then agreed to resume sweeping the Abandoned Land.
• Tu Feng Dao God detected an unusual world and attacked it, but Qi Yuan appeared and mocked the two before they escaped into the Dark Void.
• Qi Yuan caught up with Tu Feng Dao God and the Mount of Heavenly Kings Mountain Master by altering the Dark Void and blocking their path.
• The Mount of Heavenly Kings Mountain Master invoked the Heavenly God's order and offered to help Qi Yuan resolve his Fall Curse, but Qi Yuan said the Heavenly God was a little fellow.
• Tu Feng Dao God and the Mount of Heavenly Kings Mountain Master realized they were doomed as Qi Yuan identified himself as the wanted criminal they had been hunting.

Qi Yuan effortlessly erased Tu Feng Dao God and recruited the Mount of Heavenly Kings Mountain Master as his coachman before setting out to find Heavenly God at the Nine Heavens Divine Towers. On the journey, he considered how his ambition to revive those erased by Return to Nothingness might itself rely on the same force he sought to oppose.

• Qi Yuan killed Tu Feng Dao God with the Forgetfulness Sword, erasing his body, true spirit, memories, and existence.
• The Mount of Heavenly Kings Mountain Master offered to serve Qi Yuan, and Qi Yuan accepted him as a coachman.
• Qi Yuan learned that Heavenly God might be found at the Nine Heavens Divine Towers and decided to go there despite the blocked route through the Dark Void.
• During the journey, Qi Yuan reflected on his plan to create reincarnation that could restore beings erased by Return to Nothingness and on the danger that using the Forgetfulness Sword might erase him.
• The Mount of Heavenly Kings Mountain Master explained that forgetfulness was itself a form of Return to Nothingness, leaving Qi Yuan questioning how he could oppose it.

Qi Yuan traveled to the northern front to visit an old friend, but Tong Xun withheld his Clearance Order to obstruct him. Pillar Tian Kai appeared, addressed Qi Yuan as a senior, and handed over Tong Xun for him to deal with.

• Tong Xun held Qi Yuan’s Clearance Order, claiming there was a problem with it and keeping it from him.
• Ha Jin and Xi Shui told each other that Tong Xun had obstructed Qi Yuan’s passage and worried about explaining it when he arrived.
• Qi Yuan met Ha Jin and Xi Shui, said he was going to visit Heavenly God, and learned that they considered the name arrogant.
• Pillar Tian Kai appeared, greeted Qi Yuan as a senior, and said the Emperor God wished to meet him.
• Pillar Tian Kai imprisoned Tong Xun in a bubble and presented him to Qi Yuan, leaving Tong Xun terrified.

Qi Yuan killed Tong Xun, then left to meet the Heavenly God in the Northernmost Land, setting off alarm across the World of Rebirth. The Universe Alliance discovered Qi Yuan’s origins and resolved to help him challenge the Heavenly God, while Qi Yuan continued toward his destination with the Mount of Heavenly Kings Mountain Master driving his carriage.

• Qi Yuan killed Tong Xun after Tong Xun begged for mercy, then said he had always been Return to Nothingness.
• Qi Yuan departed to meet the Heavenly God in the Northernmost Land, and Tian Kai predicted that the coming battle would throw the World of Rebirth into chaos.
• The Universe Alliance used fate and its knowledge of the Netherworld to discover that Qi Yuan was from the Bright Universe Sea and could battle Dao Lords despite being Yang Third Layer.
• Black Crow Dao Lord and the other Dao Lords agreed to step out of their cycles and aid Qi Yuan, hoping to gain a chance to enter the Yang Realm.
• The Mount of Heavenly Kings Mountain Master drove Qi Yuan toward the Northernmost Land, and Qi Yuan joked about charging admission to spectators who had gathered for his meeting with the Heavenly God.

Qi Yuan reached the Northernmost Land as powerful beings watched and the Heavenly God arrived, overwhelming Yang Fifth Layer observers with its presence. The Heavenly God called him Senior Brother San Sheng, but Qi Yuan denied the relationship, and the Heavenly God replied that San Sheng was part of Qi Yuan while it was only part of his junior brother.

• A mysterious expert warned Qi Yuan that anyone below Yang Sixth Layer could not fight the Heavenly God, and Qi Yuan answered the hidden voice.
• Experts across a spiritual realm debated Qi Yuan’s chances, while concealed Dao Lords prepared a surprise attack on the Heavenly God.
• Qi Yuan arrived at the Northernmost Land, where the Heavenly God descended and remained beyond the perception of the watching experts.
• The Heavenly God addressed Qi Yuan as Senior Brother San Sheng, shocking the gathered experts and a Dao Lord who had once served San Sheng.
• Qi Yuan said he was not the Heavenly God’s Senior Brother San Sheng and that the Heavenly God was not his junior brother.
• The Heavenly God answered that Senior Brother San Sheng was part of Qi Yuan, while it was merely a part of Qi Yuan’s junior brother.

Qi Yuan faced the Heavenly God, an unconventional Yang Sixth Layer whose obsession had driven him to fight Return to Nothingness. The Heavenly God chose to trust Qi Yuan as San Sheng and vanished, leaving him power and hard-won knowledge to carry on the struggle.

• Qi Yuan recognized that the Heavenly God's ruthless methods had made them destined opponents, while the Universe Alliance debated whether to intervene.
• Before their battle began, the Heavenly God started dissolving and declared that he was unwilling to die.
• As he vanished, the Heavenly God revealed that he had been formed from San Sheng's junior brother's obsession and had fought Return to Nothingness while believing San Sheng would find the way to resolve it.
• The Heavenly God explained that seeing Qi Yuan had renewed his faith in San Sheng, so he had designed his own disappearance to entrust the struggle to him.
• The Heavenly God's power, experience, and insights flowed into Qi Yuan, along with a vision of his junior brother protecting their people and believing in San Sheng's reincarnation path.
• The Heavenly God warned that both he and Qi Yuan would return to nothingness, then vanished completely.

After surviving the Heavenly God, Qi Yuan spoke with the Heavenly Emperor and began merging into Return to Nothingness to understand all living beings and create his Dao of Reincarnation. He traveled across past and future timelines, revived old companions, searched for his master Ruan Yixi, and finally met Little Bride as his power approached Return to Nothingness.

• The Heavenly Emperor told Qi Yuan that Yang Sixth Layers used Return to Nothingness as an opponent, while Qi Yuan explained that he resisted it because he did not want living beings to suffer.
• Qi Yuan merged into Return to Nothingness and arrived in a past timeline on Moon Gazing Continent, where he reunited with Dragon Arbiter and began learning the lives of the dead Five Ancestors and their companions.
• Qi Yuan visited No Return City, the Songzi Camp battlefield, and other worlds, remembering fallen people and seeking their consent to enter his reincarnation.
• Qi Yuan met No Food Saint Mother and reflected on her past, then traveled through the Divine Wood Universe in search of his master Ruan Yixi but could not reach her.
• Qi Yuan used the Forgetfulness Sword to cut away distracting memories, understood the Dao of Dun, and grew stronger than Dun, the Heavenly Emperor, and Jing as he continued toward Return to Nothingness.
• When Qi Yuan grew lonely and tired, Little Bride appeared in a red wedding gown, called herself Little Bride, and reunited with him.

After protecting the Abandoned Land and reaching the Yang Spirit realm, Qi Yuan decided his real game had only begun: traveling through every world and time to guide beings into reincarnation. He entered the Yang World in an ordinary guise, and three years later his family worried that the young Xiao Yuan was developmentally delayed.

• Qi Yuan told Jiang Lingsu that Azure Wave World and the Immortal Realm were part of a game, and that his true journey of reincarnation was just beginning.
• Qi Yuan explained that he would travel everywhere to understand all beings and help them enter reincarnation, while Little Bride would gain her senses through his experiences.
• Jiang Lingsu chose to go fishing with Qi Jianjun instead of joining Qi Yuan, who promised to appoint the winner of their fishing contest Universe Unrivaled Fishing Grand General.
• Qi Yuan went to the Yang World, where the Ancient Clan's ancestral land lay, and planned to create an inconspicuous small account to observe its people and places.
• Three years later, Xiao Yuan's family worried that he was intellectually delayed because he spent his days watching ants, staring at stones, and playing with mud.

At three years old, Qi Yuan watched ants while the reborn Qi Fang wondered why his cousin had survived. Later, Qi Yuan helped Little Bride regain her sense of smell and went with a young Ming to heal the Ming clan chief, leaving the Ming people astonished.

• Qi Yuan watched ants in the courtyard as the conscious embryo Qi Fang questioned why his cousin was still alive in this timeline.
• Qi Yuan showed Little Bride a Golden Jade Orchid, and she managed to smell its fragrance.
• A young Ming asked Qi Yuan to trade the orchid to treat the Ming clan chief and offered his five senses for Little Bride.
• Qi Yuan refused to give up the orchid but offered to heal the clan chief, then followed the young Ming to the Ming homeland.
• Qi Yuan healed the Ming elder by touching his spiritual platform, then departed with Little Bride.