Chapter Summaries

Ya Ya proclaimed herself king as Su Man of Great Zhou, resisted an attack from Li with help from the Qilin Old Ancestor, and began a ceremony that triggered disasters across the land. As the people and armies responded in orderly fashion, Ya Ya challenged Heaven and Earth and faced a gathering heavenly tribulation.

• Li appeared at Ya Ya’s ceremony and showed her an illusion of her family and people dying if she proclaimed herself king, but Ya Ya rejected it and struck at it with her golden hammer.
• The Black Dog revealed himself as the Ink Qilin and shattered Li’s illusion, forcing her phantom to disappear before the king-proclaiming ceremony began.
• Ya Ya rode to the altar, declared herself Su Man and proclaimed the kingdom of Great Zhou, then challenged Heaven to strike her if it refused to accept her rule.
• Heaven and Earth unleashed floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other disasters, while Green Snake’s preparations enabled Great Zhou’s soldiers, sects, and civilians to respond in an orderly way.
• Human Dao Fortune formed a National Seal and Emperor Sword for Ya Ya, while tribulation clouds gathered above her as she declared that Heaven and Earth would undergo a human tribulation.

Ya Ya used Great Zhou’s national fortune to turn her heavenly tribulation into farmland, endured its disasters, and proclaimed herself king as Su He and the others fought the forces behind the attack. The battles continued across the starry sky, where Su He wondered whether Grand Ancestor Tai had already advanced beyond Yuan’s influence.

• Ya Ya plowed the tribulation clouds, cultivated crops through repeated natural disasters, and declared that calamities would retreat wherever Great Zhou’s banners stood.
• Li emerged from the heavenly tribulation and attacked Su He, while the Dao Master, Ji Feixue, and Grand Ancestor Tai faced Sealed Emperor ancestors in separate battles.
• Su He and the Qilin Old Ancestor fought Li as Su Hua Nian restrained her rising power and the allies below watched the battles.
• Grand Ancestor Tai revealed that delaying the enemy until Ya Ya completed her proclamation would make Great Zhou part of the Great Dao, then clashed with Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor.
• The Qilin Old Ancestor told Su He that Grand Ancestor Tai might reach the realm of the Heavenly Emperor or Underworld King, and Su He asked whether his ancestor had already finished evading Yuan’s power.

Ya Ya shattered her World Pearl, awakened Great Zhou’s National Luck Dragon Turtle, and received a mysterious talisman from Bai Ling to pass to her father. As Su He and the others battled Li and the restored Primal One Finger, Grand Ancestor Tai revealed his true power, changed the great sun, and shattered the entrance to the Pure White Space, trapping the finger in the starry sky.

• Grand Ancestor Tai urged Ya Ya to shatter her World Pearl, and the four Turtle Grandfathers formed a ritual altar for her.
• Ya Ya broke her World Pearl and met Bai Ling within its Mountains and Rivers Painting; Bai Ling taught her a new method of reforging her power and left a talisman for her to give her father.
• Ya Ya dispersed the Mountains and Rivers Painting across Great Zhou, awakening the National Luck Dragon Turtle and easing the chill across the kingdom.
• Su He fought Li with power from Qilin Old Ancestor, wounded her, and learned from the severed dragon head that the real Li was within the Primal One Finger.
• Li summoned the Primal One Finger, but Grand Ancestor Tai revealed his true strength, slapped away the Black Sun, and replaced it with the great sun he had taken long ago.
• Grand Ancestor Tai used the sun’s changed power to draw the Primal One Finger from the Pure White Space, then shattered the entrance and cut off its retreat.

Su He and his allies turned the battle against the Sealed Emperor ancestors, killed Sealed Emperor Second Ancestor, and forced Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor to flee. Afterward, Su He watched Ya Ya begin transforming inside an egg and learned that her Imperial Way would develop alongside the Great Zhou Kingdom.

• Grand Ancestor Tai confronted the woman within Primal One Finger while Su He withdrew and joined the battle against Sealed Emperor Third Ancestor; Ji Tianchen’s arrow stopped Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor from entering the fight.
• The Dao Master revealed his strength, and Su He, Ji Tianchen, and the Dao Master’s allies surrounded the Sealed Emperor ancestors as Su He and Ji Feixue joined forces against Sealed Emperor Second Ancestor.
• Su He and Ji Feixue broke through Sealed Emperor Second Ancestor’s defenses with a combined attack, then Su He trapped him in Northern Darkness and heavenly punishment while the Dao Master delivered the blow that killed him.
• Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor threatened Su He’s family but retreated after Grand Ancestor Tai appeared; Qilin Old Ancestor reported that Sealed Emperor Third Ancestor had escaped.
• Ya Ya began transforming inside an eggshell as the Great Zhou Kingdom’s fortune and lightning flowed into it, and the Dao Master explained how an Imperial Way could develop through a dynasty’s rise and decline.
• Grand Ancestor Tai called Su He to come to him.

Su He entered the Pure White Space and began replacing Yuan’s influence in the World Source with his own Dao Seals. As his power grew and he surveyed the worlds, he discovered Sword Mountain and sensed it could summon Su Hua Nian.

• Grand Ancestor Tai rescued Su He from the Primal One Finger, then tore open the Pure White Space and sent Su He inside to seize Yuan’s mark.
• Su He entered the Pure White Space using the Tao Te Ching’s source aura and was overwhelmed by the information and sounds of the entire world.
• Su He recovered, saw Yuan’s black runes influencing the World Source, and began adding his own runes beside them.
• Su He absorbed the pure source power, strengthening his Inner World and Fusang Tree as he surveyed the Great Worlds and recognized their relationship to Profound Wilderness and Sealed Emperor.
• Su He found Sword Mountain outside the world, sensed that it had been inserted into the Pure White Space, and realized it could summon Su Hua Nian.

Su He filled the Source Space with Dao Seals, watched Grand Ancestor Tai repeatedly destroy the marks left by the mysterious woman, and learned that she planned to return within ninety thousand years. After she gathered her remaining power and vanished, Su He entered Sword Mountain and found a message waiting inside its Thatched Cottage.

• Ji Feixue greeted Le Ying after Su He entered the Pure White Space, and Le Ying explained that she could not follow him there.
• Su He traversed the Source Space, leaving Dao Seals that formed a network among the Great Dao Rivers and began replacing Primal's black marks as they shattered.
• Su He used the Dao Seals to witness Grand Ancestor Tai destroying the woman's finger in several ways, then met the woman when she appeared in the Source Space.
• The woman warned Su He that she would return within ninety thousand years, gathered all her black runes, and disappeared; Su He believed Grand Ancestor Tai could handle her.
• Su He recognized that Sword Mountain might contain the missing core of the Source Space and entered it, where he found the words “You're here!” written on cowhide in the Thatched Cottage.

Su He found Bai Yin’s letter in Sword Mountain, learned that she had taken Source Space’s core to Tai Gu, and accidentally used the drumhead to send his consciousness back to Su Hua Nian. After reuniting with the others for New Year’s Eve, Su He learned that Tai Gu was the Dao Ancestor and Buddha Ancestor’s shared name, then realized Grand Ancestor Tai was connected to that identity.

• Su He read Bai Yin’s letter, which revealed that she had taken the Source Space core to Tai Gu and urged him to find her within sixty years.
• Su He struck the drumhead and was drawn through Sword Mountain, sending his consciousness to Su Hua Nian and learning that only three days had passed in the real world.
• Grand Ancestor Tai told Su He that Yuan had escaped after recalling her power, and Ji Feixue severed Su He’s consciousness from Su Hua Nian so he could manifest independently.
• The group celebrated New Year’s Eve on East Mountain while Su He, unable to eat as a conscious entity, spoke with Qilin Old Ancestor.
• Qilin Old Ancestor explained that Tai Gu was the shared identity of the Dao Ancestor and Buddha Ancestor, and Su He reacted as Grand Ancestor Tai returned.

Su He prepared to return to the ancient era, gathering cultivation resources and arranging to bring Su Hua Nian into the Source Space. He arrived at Sword Mountain with her and held her in his arms.

• Su He questioned Grand Ancestor Tai about the Dragon Turtle Clan’s origins, then learned that Bai Yin had left Ya Ya a rune for him and prepared to stabilize his Open Heaven Fourth Level cultivation before returning to the ancient era.
• Su He and Grand Ancestor Tai discussed bringing Su Hua Nian into the Source Space, and Su He discovered that Le Ying had left his Inner World and was serving Ji Feixue and Su Hua Nian.
• At the New Year gathering, Ya Ya spoke from her egg and gave Su He the rune Bai Ling had left; Su He told Su Hua Nian he would take her to the Source Space after the celebrations.
• Su He asked the gathered divine beasts for Source Stones to support his coming journey, and they lent him a large supply; the Dao Master and Qilin Water Lord also offered him hexagrams to study.
• After spending New Year’s Day with his family, Su He traveled through the hide drum to Sword Mountain with Su Hua Nian and drew her into his embrace.

Su He and Su Hua Nian practiced the Luan Phoenix Harmony Technique, bringing her safely to Heaven-Treading Sixth Level and awakening sword resonance tied to her past life. As Su Hua Nian prepared to draw down the sword resonance, Su He discovered that their union had transformed his Inner World with rain, Dao resonance, and an illusory moon.

• Su He drew Su Hua Nian from the drumskin and reunited with her in the grass hut, where they began practicing the Luan Phoenix Harmony Technique.
• Their dual cultivation stabilized Su Hua Nian’s cultivation and advanced her to Heaven-Treading Sixth Level, while sword resonance appeared in the Sword Dao River.
• Su Hua Nian asked Su He to wait Three Days so she could focus on drawing down the sword resonance, and Su He agreed before leaving the hut.
• Su He examined his Inner World and found that rain carrying Dao resonance had spread throughout it, an illusory moon had appeared on the Fusang Tree, and the Floating Islands had begun circling Mount Tai'e.

Su He watched Su Hua Nian begin absorbing the Dao Rhythm Immortal Sword, then explored the inheritances available to his Dragon Turtle, Peacock, and White Tiger bodies. He discovered the incomplete White Tiger City and its severed inheritance path, but left it untouched for now and continued examining divine powers in Source Space.

• Su Hua Nian absorbed the shattered Dao Rhythm Immortal Sword while Su He monitored her progress and noted his Inner World had reached only 17% of Open Heaven Fourth Level.
• Su He compared divine powers across his bodies and decided to prioritize combinations that would make his human form strongest.
• Su He entered the White Tiger bloodline inside the tiger bones and discovered an unfinished White Tiger City that had imprisoned the inheritances of tiger-type divine beasts.
• Su He realized the White Tiger Clan's extinction had severed the path to inheritance for later tiger-type divine beasts and resolved to seek the related remnant within the Dragon Gate.
• Su He failed to draw White Tiger City into himself, then inherited the Phoenix abilities Flowing Cream and Full stars and considered combining Full stars with Chaotic Blades.
• Su He inspected the Dao Seal condensation in Source Space and wondered whether he could question the younger Grand Ancestor Tai about the realm's secrets.

Su He inherited new phoenix divine powers and realized that his abilities lacked his own Dao resonance because he had relied on bloodline inheritance instead of personal comprehension. After Su Hua Nian helped him recognize this, he decided to cultivate his own Dao with her, then discovered a Dao Seal that might let him place Dao Seals within White Tiger City’s tiger bones and spine.

• Su He inherited Flowing Cream in Source Space and tested how quickly it healed a shallow wound.
• Su He stole the Spirit Abode, Two Stands, and Light Feather seeds from Feng Chao Fei’s Phoenix Mountain, and Two Stands rolled a critical six.
• Su He considered how to combine divine powers from different sacred beasts but felt they lacked a soul.
• Su Hua Nian told Su He that his clan uncles’ divine powers belonged to themselves, while his were merely the Dragon Turtle Clan’s divine powers, prompting him to realize he needed to imbue his abilities with his own Dao.
• Su He and Su Hua Nian dual cultivated while refining the sword essence on Sword Mountain.
• Su He spotted a Dao Seal capable of encroaching on Source Space and wondered if he could place Dao Seals within White Tiger City’s tiger bones and spine.

Su He used the Source Space Dao Seal to claim the White Tiger Battle Domain, gained the White Tiger’s thanks and began inheriting its divine powers. After discovering he could leave Source Space at will, he and Su Hua Nian returned to the Real World separately, where Su He encountered Ji Feixue and Old Man.

• Su He consulted Bai Ling’s divination rune and saw Bai Yin use a Flesh-Removing Knife to cut out and claim a Source Space Dao Seal.
• Su He found the hidden Flesh-Removing Knife, used it to claim a Dao Seal, and applied the seal to the White Tiger Battle Domain within his vertebra.
• The White Tiger phantom confronted Su He, then thanked him and revealed how he could sense the other half of its vertebra.
• Su He entered the White Tiger Battle Domain, inherited Thunder Fang, and continued training the Gluttony Eating Method and other divine powers.
• After gaining enough Dao Seals to open a passage out of Source Space, Su He and Su Hua Nian departed but returned to different locations in the Real World.
• Su He found Ji Feixue waiting at the site of the earlier battle, with Old Man and a galloping nag horse nearby.

Su He reunited with Ji Feixue, promised her father Ji Tianchen that he would protect her, and learned Aunt Yu had left after the Ice Heart Crystal shattered. Back with the others, he discovered his cut through Source Space had damaged Sealed Emperor and prepared to visit Return Gazing Mountain before pursuing the Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor.

• Su He met Ji Feixue and Ji Tianchen, promised to cherish and protect Ji Feixue for eternity, and watched Ji Tianchen depart happily.
• Ji Feixue showed Su He Aunt Yu’s message, which revealed that Aunt Yu had left and asked Ji Feixue to care for Ji Tianchen.
• Su He and Ji Feixue returned to find Su Hua Nian and the Dragon Turtles holding the Deposed Crown Prince as a sparring partner; Su He recognized Sealed Emperor’s damaged source as the place he had cut in Source Space.
• Ya Ya gave Su He the Return Gazing Mountain Sect Leader’s token and declined to accompany him, while Su Hua Nian and Ji Feixue stayed behind.
• Su He opened a passage to Return Gazing Mountain and told Ji Feixue he would later pursue and kill the Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor.

Su He returned to Return Gazing Mountain, where visions on Profound Court Mountain and Suppressing Nether Mountain revealed that the Dao Ancestor had arranged for him to become a disciple and had prepared mountains and protection for him. He entered the Nether King’s inheritance cavern and found Bai Yin’s teasing message among its vast collection of teachings, which he realized could serve as his private library.

• Su He reached Return Gazing Mountain with the Toad, and Xuan Xu told him that Grand Ancestor Tai had once controlled the Ascension Drum.
• Su He climbed Profound Court Mountain, saw a vision of the Dao Ancestor arranging for Ji Tianchen and the other disciples to bear portions of Su He’s mountain, and received a portrait of his First Senior Brother.
• Su He climbed Suppressing Nether Mountain and saw the Dao Ancestor ask the Nether King to protect his path and bear three portions of his mountain.
• Su He bowed to the Nether King, entered her hall, and followed a passage to the inheritance cavern beneath Suppressing Nether Mountain.
• Su He found Bai Yin’s inscription in the cavern and surveyed the Nether King’s immense collection of teachings and cultivation records.

Su He claimed the Nether King’s inheritances for his Inner World, then raised Mount Tai'e as the fourth mountain and learned that the mountains served as Dao Beacons carrying the source of all living beings. As he struggled beneath the mountain’s human aura, Calamity Heavenly Lord attacked him, and his senior siblings’ legacies dealt with three of its manifestations, leaving Su He to face the last one alone.

• Su He copied and transferred the Nether King’s inheritances into his Inner World, establishing the Nether King’s Library and granting methods to its loyal inhabitants.
• Su He climbed Return Gazing Mountain, where the Taiji Diagram showed him the Dao Ancestor and Third Senior Brother speaking about the disciple who would sound the Ascension Drum nine times.
• The Xuan Huang Qi from Profound Court Mountain, Suppressing Nether Mountain, and Return Gazing Mountain converged, and Su He realized the four mountains carried the source of all living beings and served as Dao Beacons.
• Su He used the Open Heaven Divine Brush to raise Mount Tai'e, but Primal One Finger struck at him and Grand Ancestor Tai intervened, causing Calamity Heavenly Lord to emerge from the negative aura within the Xuan Huang Qi.
• The Nether King’s sword, the Heavenly Emperor Phantom, and Third Senior Brother’s voice each diverted and helped destroy one Calamity Heavenly Lord, while Su He remained trapped beneath Mount Tai'e’s pressure.
• The three other Calamity Heavenly Lords were suppressed by their respective mountains, leaving Su He alone with the final Calamity Heavenly Lord.

Su He fought Calamity Heavenly Lord on Mount Tai'e, discovered that only human qi could erase him, and established the mountain by comprehending the Four Directions Star Mansions. With the Dao Beacon complete, Su He sensed that the Nether King was in grave condition and that Third Senior Brother had reincarnated seven times.

• Su He battled Calamity Heavenly Lord, whose plague and chaos powers threatened the surrounding mountains, and used Phoenix True Fire and Stars Return to Position to destroy him repeatedly.
• Su He realized Calamity Heavenly Lord could not be permanently erased without human qi, then considered what Dao could support Mount Tai'e and recognized his connection to the stars and constellations.
• Su He summoned the Four Directions Star Mansions through the sacred beasts, causing Calamity Heavenly Lord to dissolve into Mount Tai'e as the mountain rose and the Dao Beacon was completed.
• Su He sensed that Suppressing Nether Mountain's connections were badly weakened and concluded that the Nether King's condition was dire.
• Su He sensed seven connections from Return Gazing Mountain across different eras and realized Third Senior Brother had reincarnated seven times.

Su He opened Mount Tai'e and shared his trigram insights with Return Gazing Mountain while advancing his cultivation and catching up with Old Daoist Ge. He then traveled to the Illusory Snow Sect, where the Resentful Old Man was tormenting its disciples to learn how Su He traveled through time.

• Su He connected Mount Tai'e to the other divine mountains, projected his trigrams above it, and let Return Gazing Mountain's disciples study them.
• Su He inherited the Kyoto Tower divine power and later completed the Chaotic Blade inheritance, while his Inner World advanced to 38%.
• Su He and Old Daoist Ge discussed Azure Origin Sect, Su He's past journeys, and Old Daoist Ge's regret over a woman he had once let go.
• Su He departed for the Illusory Snow Sect after telling Old Daoist Ge he planned to visit the sect and confront Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor.
• The Resentful Old Man imprisoned and tortured Ran Hou and the Illusory Snow Sect's disciples, demanding information about Su He's time travel.
• Su He emerged through a space rift and struck the Resentful Old Man, shattering his arm and sending him flying.

Su He defeated Resentful Old Man with a starry-sky divine ability that could permanently grind away his existence, but Ji Feixue intervened and took him to Profound Court Mountain for her father. Su He freed and reassured the Illusory Snow Sect, whose disciples welcomed him and Ji Feixue as their ancestors.

• Resentful Old Man attacked Su He and used his anger to strengthen himself, but Su He revealed that his starry-sky divine ability could suppress and erase him.
• Su He repeatedly killed and suppressed Resentful Old Man until Ji Feixue arrived and asked him to spare the old man for her father’s purposes.
• Ji Feixue sent Resentful Old Man beneath the floating island to Profound Court Mountain, where he found himself surrounded by powerful artifacts capable of suppressing him.
• Su He freed the Illusory Snow Sect’s imprisoned disciples, and Sect Leader Ran Hou reported that all one thousand and thirteen disciples had survived.
• Su He introduced Ji Feixue as his wife, and the disciples welcomed them as ancestors before Ji Feixue transformed a water droplet into a thousand immortal swords and sent them through the disciples.

Su He and Ji Feixue aided the Dao Master in battling Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor, whose stolen national luck greatly increased his strength. Su He pulled a tiger skeleton from Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor, but the enemy trapped Ji Feixue in the Mountains and Rivers Cauldron and declared he would use her unborn child.

• Ji Feixue healed the Illusory Snow Sect, and Su He gave the sect an inheritance and promised further cultivation arts for its disciples.
• Ji Feixue raised and reshaped a mountain for the Illusory Snow Sect before taking Su He through the Space-Time Passage to confront Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor.
• Su He, Ji Feixue, and the Dao Master attacked Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor, who wielded power from the Sealed Emperor's national luck.
• Ji Feixue turned Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor's flames against him, while the Dao Master reversed their nature and Su He's White Tiger power shattered the enemy's arm.
• Su He seized Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor's tiger claw and pulled out half a tiger skeleton, then fled with it as Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor attacked Ji Feixue.
• Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor trapped Ji Feixue inside the Mountains and Rivers Cauldron and announced that he would use her unborn child.

Su He entered the Mountains and Rivers Cauldron in Ji Feixue’s place and escaped Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor by traveling upstream through the River of Time. His journey carried him to the Primordial Era, where he spotted a young Grand Ancestor Tai running a paid-reading stall on New Year’s Day.

• Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor trapped Ji Feixue inside the Mountains and Rivers Cauldron and unleashed Su’s Power to attack the child in her womb.
• Luan Emperor offered to swap Su He into the cauldron in exchange for retrieving his missing third leg, and Su He agreed.
• Su He replaced Ji Feixue inside the cauldron, but Sealed Emperor Grand Ancestor attacked him and tried to follow him through the star ring.
• Su He entered the River of Time and was forced upstream, scattering the black mist before the star ring’s power ran out.
• Su He peered through the barrier into the Primordial Era and saw a young Grand Ancestor Tai hosting a paid-reading stall during New Year celebrations.