Chapter Summaries

The Heavenly Court’s million soldiers were trapped in an array and battered by Heavenly Thunder and Earth Fire as its Tribulation Immortals charged to break through. Fengming wielded White Jade Capital’s Earth-Leaving Flame Light against Huode Star Lord, while the Lightning Fire Heavenly General was withdrawn, repaired, and sent back into battle.

• The Heavenly Court’s armies discovered they were surrounded by an Immortal Spirit Grand Array, and Five Thunder Lord ordered the Thunder Department to defend against its bombardment.
• The Dipper Division’s five lords and the Fire Virtue Plague God’s seven Tribulation Immortals led cultivators to attack the formation while White Tiger Star Lord was asked to restrain its core.
• Fengming used White Jade Capital’s Earth-Leaving Flame Light to bind Huode Star Lord’s fire banner and put him at a disadvantage.
• Plague God Lord struck at Fengming, but the Lightning Fire Sky-Flipping General and the array formation damaged his Xing Tian Seal and forced him to change targets.
• Plague God Lord attacked the damaged Lightning Fire Heavenly General, but the array withdrew it to Ascension Academy, where the monument repaired it before it returned to battle.

Xu Yang relied on Myriad Dao Academy’s reserves and a teleportation monument to keep its Immortal Spirit Mechas returning to the battlefield, allowing them to wear down the Heavenly Court’s Tribulation Immortals. As the upper-level fight remained deadlocked, the Heavenly Court’s middle ranks attacked the formation nodes and met the Academy’s mecha forces in battle.

• Xu Yang used the Academy’s High-Grade Immortal Spirit Mecha monument to withdraw damaged mechas, replenish them, and send them back to fight the Heavenly Court’s Tribulation Immortals.
• The Lightning Fire Heavenly General returned to battle, while the Five Elements Colored Phoenix seized Fire Virtue Star’s Lihuo Banner and the Academy’s mechas continued to engage the seven Heavenly Court immortals.
• Cultivators watching from afar and Great Compassion Bodhisattva recognized the scale of the battle, while the Buddhist delegation stayed out of the fight because of its prior promise and the karmic consequences of intervening.
• The Heavenly Gang, Earthly Fiends, and Nine Luminaries Star Officials attacked the Patrol Warships that maintained the formation and its Heavenly Thunder Earth Fire.
• Ascension Academy’s Body Integration and Void Returning cultivators assembled Immortal Spirit Mechas into the Three Thousand Mecha Array and charged the Heavenly Court’s middle ranks without retreating.

The Heavenly Court and Myriad Dao Academy fought to a bloody stalemate until the Great Emperor of the North broke the formation with his Nine Tribulation power. Facing him, the Nine Ceremonies Heavenly Venerate agreed to meet his single move with one sword, leaving the decisive clash about to begin.

• A damaged mid-grade mecha destroyed itself to injure a Heavenly Gang Star General, and two mechas then killed him as other fighters fell across the battlefield.
• The Dipper Division Star Generals grew wary of the mechas' willingness to self-destruct, allowing the fight to settle into an attritional deadlock favorable to the Myriad Dao Academy.
• The White Tiger Seven Mansions charged toward the Ascension Academy, but the Nine Ceremonies Heavenly Venerate confronted them and broke their killing formation.
• The Great Emperor of the North struck the formation, unleashing a collision with the Nine Ceremonies Heavenly Venerate that broke the battlefield's stalemate.
• The Great Emperor of the North declared that he would use one move, and the Nine Ceremonies Heavenly Venerate answered that he would raise one sword before ten thousand swords appeared.

Xu Yang used the Nine Ceremonies Three Talents Sword Array and the divine sword Xuanyuan to seize control of heaven, earth, and human hearts, then defeated the North Pole Imperial Lord in a single strike. The Heavenly Court withdrew its forces, while the sword’s power shook the Four Continents and Two Regions.

• Xu Yang’s Sword Qi spread through the Southern Continent, awakening swords and treasures among cultivators, across nature, and throughout the Myriad Dao Academy.
• The North Pole Imperial Lord recognized Xu Yang’s Control Heaven and Earth, Nine Ceremonies Three Talents realm and raised wind and thunder to contest his authority.
• Xu Yang summoned the divine sword Xuanyuan, gathering the power of heaven, earth, humanity, the Southern Continent cultivators, and the Myriad Dao Academy.
• Xuanyuan struck down the North Pole Imperial Lord’s Purple Tenuity Star and wounded him, shaking the Earth Immortal Realm and drawing the attention of its great powers.
• The North Pole Imperial Lord ended the battle and ordered a retreat, and the Heavenly Court’s divisions and troops withdrew while Xu Yang remained standing amid the devastation.

After Xu Yang’s Nine Ceremonies Three Talents Sword Array drove back the Heavenly Court, both sides assessed the heavy cost of battle. The Empress persuaded the Jade Emperor to seek peace with Myriad Dao Academy, and he decided to send an incarnation to negotiate personally.

• Xu Yang returned to Ascension Academy exhausted, prepared to flee with Myriad Dao Academy if the Heavenly Court resumed the attack.
• The Jade Emperor reprimanded the Tribulation Immortals for losing thirty percent of the Heavenly Court’s million soldiers, while Huode Star Lord lamented the loss of his natal treasure.
• The Empress told the Jade Emperor that Taiyue had survived but was seriously wounded and would need ten thousand years to recover.
• The Empress urged the Jade Emperor to make peace with Myriad Dao Academy, compensate it, and grant it a foothold in Southern Jambudvipa.
• The Jade Emperor agreed to end the battle and recruit Myriad Dao Academy, and the Empress advised him to send an incarnation to negotiate in person.

Three months after the battle, Xu Yang negotiated peace with the Jade Emperor and secured Southern Jambudvipa and authority over the Ascension Platform for Myriad Dao Academy. The truce remained temporary, with the Heavenly Court expecting to renew hostilities after the Tongtian Secret Realm reopened, and Xu Yang ended by asking the Jade Emperor what he thought of the Academy’s Mecha Technique.

• Academy cultivators repaired the land with the Earth Deity Method while Xu Yang watched the Heavenly Court’s response to the conflict.
• The Jade Emperor arrived at Five Villages Pass and apologized for the Heavenly Court’s role in the war, offering terms for peace.
• Xu Yang demanded that the Western Court’s grievance remain personal, that Myriad Dao Academy rule Southern Jambudvipa independently, and that captured soldiers and seized items be returned, with some captives assigned labor.
• Xu Yang asked for authority over the Ascension Platform and promised not to interfere with existing Heavenly Court holdings or its access to lower realms; the Jade Emperor agreed.
• Xu Yang and the Jade Emperor accepted a temporary reconciliation while anticipating that the Heavenly Court might resume the war after the Tongtian Secret Realm reopened.
• Xu Yang asked the Jade Emperor what he thought of Myriad Dao Academy’s Mecha Technique.

Xu Yang offered the Jade Emperor fifth-rank Heavenly Craftsmanship methods and finished Immortal Spirit Mechas up to the sixth rank in exchange for the Heavenly Court’s method inheritances or spiritual materials. The Jade Emperor accepted the prospect of a trade, leaving the two sides poised to cooperate in preparing for the coming war.

• Xu Yang told the Jade Emperor that the seventh-rank Heavenly Craftsmanship Creation Method could not be sold, but lower-rank methods and mechas could be.
• Xu Yang explained that finished mechas could operate with the method sealed in an Array Disk, though this reduced their performance by thirty to forty percent.
• The Jade Emperor weighed the mechas’ military value against their cost, the risk of strengthening the Myriad Dao Academy, and the possibility of hidden contingencies.
• Xu Yang asked the Jade Emperor to trade the Heavenly Court’s method inheritances for access to the Heavenly Craftsmanship methods and mechas.
• The Jade Emperor agreed to proceed, and Xu Yang said the Myriad Dao Academy could supply the Heavenly Court’s needs in exchange for spiritual materials.

After making peace with the Jade Emperor, Xu Yang revived the spirits of the Academy cultivators who had died establishing its Dao and sent them into reincarnation. Three months later, as Xu Yang reopened Pill Origin and reconciled with gathered cultivators, the Heavenly Court decreed that he would become a Six Imperial Emperor Lord and guard Southern Continent.

• Xu Yang ordered Qingfeng Mingyue to invite cultivators to the reopened Myriad Dao Pill Origin, then used the Shattering the Void Stele to reincarnate the fallen Academy cultivators.
• The Jade Emperor told the North Pole Emperor Lord and Empress Yu about his agreement with Myriad Dao Academy, and they decided to grant Xu Yang an Emperor Lord title to strengthen cooperation and bind him to the Heavenly Court.
• At the reopened Pill Origin Gathering, Xu Yang apologized to the cultivators for keeping the Academy’s struggle with the Heavenly Court secret and promised never to fail his friends.
• The Heavenly Court issued an Imperial Decree elevating Xu Yang to Nine Ceremonies Heavenly Venerate and one of the Six Imperial Emperor Lords, with his court established in Southern Continent.

Xu Yang returned from his dream journey and reached Void Refinement in the Real World, deciding to keep developing Myriad Dao Academy while avoiding a premature clash with the Northern Region’s great sects. Lu Mingyu then warned him that the South Sea was approaching a major upheaval as the South Sea Old Ancestor neared death and the South Sea Sect’s conflict with Profound Yin Island reached its final stage.

• Xu Yang completed his tribulation in Mirage Dragon Abyss and reached Void Refinement after a century of cultivation in the Real World.
• Xu Yang assessed the advantages he had gained through his dream journeys and Heavenly Court’s cooperation, but chose to lie low until he became powerful enough to face the Northern Region’s sects.
• Xu Yang planned to develop Myriad Sword Pavilion and White Jade Capital, gather resources, and eventually construct High-Grade Immortal Spirit Mecha.
• Xu Yang welcomed Lu Mingyu to Myriad Sword Pavilion after she arrived with news about the South Sea.
• Lu Mingyu told Xu Yang that the South Sea Old Ancestor was nearing the end of his lifespan and the struggle between the South Sea Sect and Profound Yin Island was reaching its final moment.

Xu Yang considered the South Sea Sect’s worsening position against Xuan Yin Island and wagered that the conflict still held suspense. Months later, as Yun Tianhe fought the Profound Yin Old Ghost and Li Cangwu pressed into the array, the Old Ghost used the King of Hell’s Edict to curse Yun Tianhe.

• Lu Mingyu warned Xu Yang that Yun Tianhe’s lifespan was nearly exhausted and explained that Xuan Yin Island’s Profound Yin Grand Array made its Old Ancestor difficult to defeat.
• Xu Yang judged that Xuan Yin Island’s rise would threaten his interests and wagered with Lu Mingyu on the South Sea Sect’s success and Xuan Yin Island’s survival.
• Months later, the South Sea Sect led nearly ten thousand cultivators in an assault on Xuan Yin Island while Yun Tianhe and the Profound Yin Old Ghost fought within the grand array.
• Li Cangwu used the Heavenly Thunder Twin Swords to kill Xuan Yin Island’s Third Elder and advanced toward the array’s core.
• The Profound Yin Old Ghost opened the King of Hell’s Edict, wrote Yun Tianhe’s name in blood, and launched the curse at him.

The Profound Yin Old Ancestor used the King of Hell's Edict to curse Yun Tianhe, apparently killing him and leaving the South Sea Sect besieged. Li Cangwu then revealed Yun Tianhe's hidden Primordial Spirit Sword, slew the Profound Yin Old Ancestor, and turned the battle around, while Xu Yang warned Lu Mingyu that the matter might not be settled.

• The Profound Yin Old Ancestor cursed Yun Tianhe with the King of Hell's Edict, and Yun Tianhe collapsed as Li Cangwu carried him from the formation.
• Lu Mingyu told Xu Yang that the South Sea Sect had been defeated and Xuan Yin Island had besieged Cloud Dragon Island; Xu Yang said it was too early to draw conclusions.
• After three months of siege, Li Cangwu fought the Profound Yin Old Ancestor while South Sea Sect disciples fled, and the surrounding demons attacked them.
• Li Cangwu used Yun Tianhe's Primordial Spirit Sword to immobilize the Profound Yin Old Ancestor, then killed him with Heavenly Strike Lightning Flame.
• The demons scattered as Li Cangwu and the South Sea Sect counterattacked; Xu Yang praised Yun Tianhe's plan and told Lu Mingyu that more twists might follow.

At Bright Moon Pavilion’s East Lai Assembly, Lu Mingyu auctioned Li Xuanyuan’s Five Elements Xuanyuan Swords, a set of five Low-Grade Immortal Artifacts that formed a powerful sixth-rank sword array. As the major South Sea powers competed with high-grade spiritual materials, a bidder offered a segment of Five Elements Divine Dragon Wood, silencing the venue.

• South Sea cultivators gathered at Bright Moon Pavilion’s East Lai Assembly after the South Sea Sect defeated Xuan Yin Island and the war’s events became known.
• Lu Mingyu opened the assembly by presenting five Five Elements Xuanyuan Swords made by Li Xuanyuan.
• Lu Mingyu explained that the swords formed a sixth-rank Five Elements Sword Array and would be auctioned together for sixth-rank spiritual materials, with Five Elements materials preferred.
• Sword cultivators and major powers, including Empty Spirit Island, competed with bids of rare spiritual materials and Integration Stage Great Demon cores.
• An unnamed bidder offered a segment of Five Elements Divine Dragon Wood, silencing the entire venue.

Xu Yang turned away the Nine Heavens Sword Son, while Lu Mingyu explained that the Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion feared Li Cangwu’s rise and sought influence over the South Sea. At Cloud Dragon Island, Li Cangwu rejected his former junior sister’s plea to compromise and accepted a sword duel.

• At the auction, a guest in Private Room Nine offered Five Elements Divine Dragon Wood and won the Five Elements Xuanyuan Sword.
• The Nine Heavens Sword Son visited Myriad Sword Pavilion, but Gui Sanqian said Xu Yang was in seclusion, and the youth left after being turned away.
• The Nine Heavens Sword Son’s attendants complained about Xu Yang’s refusal, while the youth hinted that Xu Yang’s backing would eventually fall.
• Xu Yang told Lu Mingyu he would not join the Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion, and she explained that it opposed Li Cangwu’s potential rise and the South Sea’s unification.
• At his master’s mourning hall, Li Cangwu’s former junior sister urged him to compromise with the Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion, but he rejected her appeal and accepted the sword duel.

Lu Mingyu explained how Yue Qing'er’s departure from the South Sea Sect sparked its ancient feud with Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion and why Xiao Zhang had come to challenge Li Cangwu. As Lu Mingyu worried that Li Cangwu’s defeat could threaten Myriad Sword Pavilion, Gui Sanqian announced that Li Cangwu had arrived.

• Lu Mingyu recounted how Yue Qing'er joined Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion, denied knowing her former master, and became Dao Companion to Xiao Teng, provoking the South Sea Sect’s lasting enmity.
• Lu Mingyu explained that Li Cangwu’s failed attempt to reclaim Yue Qing'er left him wounded and unable to advance, while the South Sea Sect and Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion continued fighting through their allies.
• Lu Mingyu said Xiao Zhang had come to settle old conflicts and prove himself worthy to succeed Xiao Teng, and she and Xu Yang considered whether Li Cangwu could accept and survive the duel.
• Xu Yang judged that Li Cangwu’s imperfect Heaven Sword method left his chances against Xiao Zhang uncertain, though Xu Yang himself believed no one short of a Great Vehicle cultivator could threaten him.
• Lu Mingyu warned that Li Cangwu’s defeat could expose Myriad Sword Pavilion to Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion’s influence, and Gui Sanqian announced Li Cangwu’s arrival.

Li Cangwu accepted a duel to the death with Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion’s Sword Son, despite his nearing lifespan limit and the danger to South Sea Sect. Xu Yang gave him the complete Xuanyuan Divine Sword Art and Nine Ceremonies Heavenly Venerate Method, then watched him leave for Canglang Ruins, where cultivators had gathered for the duel.

• Li Cangwu told Xu Yang he had accepted Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion’s challenge and would fight its Sword Son to the death at Canglang Ruins in three months.
• Li Cangwu explained that his lifespan would end in ten years because he had sacrificed a thousand years to defeat Profound Yin Old Ghost, and he refused Xu Yang’s offer to extend his life.
• Li Cangwu asked Xu Yang not to interfere in the duel, and Xu Yang agreed before giving him a jade slip containing the Xuanyuan Divine Sword Art and Nine Ceremonies Heavenly Venerate Method.
• Li Cangwu spent three months on the island studying the sword with Xu Yang, then departed to prepare for the duel.
• Xu Yang told Gui Sanqian that Li Cangwu had even odds against the Sword Son but could face a Great Vehicle protector behind him.
• Several days later, cultivators gathered at Canglang Ruins as the duel was about to begin.

Li Cangwu rejected Yue Qing'er’s plea to abandon his challenge against the Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion and went to the Canglang Ruins to face Xiao Zhangxiao. The two sword cultivators met as the crowd watched, with Li Cangwu demanding that Xiao Zhangxiao draw his sword.

• At the Canglang Ruins, South Sea cultivators worried that Li Cangwu’s defeat would leave their cultivation world under the Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion’s control.
• In the Patriarch Hall, Yue Qing'er tried to dissuade Li Cangwu and claimed she had lost her memory when she joined the Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion, but he accused her of betraying his master and sect.
• Li Cangwu declared that he would fight for his master and for the South Sea Sect’s remaining backbone, then left the hall.
• Li Cangwu arrived above the Canglang Ruins, and the cultivators noticed that his sword intent had advanced during his three months away.
• Xiao Zhangxiao arrived aboard the Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion’s wind-and-thunder warship, praised Li Cangwu’s progress, and faced him.
• Li Cangwu told Xiao Zhangxiao to draw his sword.

Xiao Zhang overwhelmed Li Cangwu with the Nine Heavens Heavenly Sword until Li Cangwu broke through his Sword Realm by drawing on heaven, earth, and human hearts. Their renewed clash drew intervention from figures outside the battlefield, and Li Cangwu’s decisive strike veered aside just as victory was at hand.

• Xiao Zhang used his orthodox Nine Heavens Imperial Lightning God Sword True Art to seize control of heaven and earth and drive Li Cangwu back.
• As Li Cangwu heard doubts and memories from his past, he understood his master’s teachings and broke through his Sword Realm.
• Li Cangwu summoned ten thousand swords through the intent of heaven and earth and human hearts, overcoming the gap between their cultivation methods.
• Xiao Zhang’s sword pressed Li Cangwu, but Li Cangwu’s Heavenly Thunder Sword surged back and shattered the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning and Heaven Sword Orthodox Art.
• Mahayana power stirred and other figures entered the conflict, while Li Cangwu’s Heavenly Thunder Sword veered aside at the moment of victory.

Xu Yang saved Li Cangwu after the sword duel with Xiao Zhang ended in a clash involving Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion’s elder, then challenged Xiao Zhang to a duel three months later. Back at Myriad Sword Pavilion, Li Cangwu revealed that his injuries and damaged foundation left him with little time and entrusted the South Sea Sect’s vulnerable members to Xu Yang.

• Xiao Zhang struck at Li Cangwu after Li Cangwu spared him, but Xu Yang arrived, stabilized Li Cangwu, and confronted the black-clad elder of Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion.
• Xu Yang condemned Xiao Zhang for wearing the Universe Heart-Protecting Armor and challenged him to a sword duel, which Xiao Zhang accepted for three months later.
• Xu Yang carried Li Cangwu and the South Sea Sect members back to Myriad Sword Pavilion, where Li Cangwu refused another pill and explained that he had held back to prevent a massacre.
• Li Cangwu told Xu Yang that his foundation was damaged and asked him to protect the South Sea Sect members after his death.
• Li Cangwu asked to be buried on Heaven Sword Peak and said he would watch Xu Yang defeat injustice in the South Sea three months later.

Xu Yang confirmed his resolve to honor the life-and-death duel with Xiao Zhang and arranged for Lu Mingyu to leave for Great Profound Dao Mountain. Days later, the Myriad Sword Pavilion opened a vast clearance market, leaving Xiao Zhang and his allies uncertain about Xu Yang’s plans as Elder Zhou warned that he could be in danger.

• Xu Yang told Lu Mingyu he would keep the duel pact and revealed that he intended to kill the Nine Heavens Sword Son.
• Lu Mingyu said she would soon travel to Great Profound Dao Mountain, and Xu Yang asked her to request several rare treasures from Grand Elder Lu.
• The Myriad Sword Pavilion opened a crowded market on Spirit Treasure Island, selling a huge range of pills, talismans, swords, arrays, and cultivation inheritances while buying rare materials.
• Xiao Zhang’s group learned of the market and debated whether Xu Yang was preparing for the duel or planning to flee.
• Yue Qing'er urged Xiao Zhang to be careful, and Elder Zhou warned him that Xu Yang had likely taught Li Cangwu the Heaven Sword method.

Three months after the previous duel, Li Xuanyuan confronted Xiao Zhang at Canglang Ruins while Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion feared the outcome. Xu Yang dismantled Xiao Zhang’s defenses and wounded his Universe Heart-Protecting Armor, leaving the battle poised to turn deadly.

• Cultivators gathered at Canglang Ruins and speculated about Myriad Sword Pavilion’s absence after its three-month market, while Zhou Yuan worried that Li Xuanyuan was far stronger than reported.
• Zhou Yuan warned Xiao Zhang that he could still withdraw, but Xiao Zhang insisted on fighting and relying on the Universe Heart-Protecting Armor if necessary.
• Li Xuanyuan arrived and provoked Xiao Zhang, who attacked with the Five Elements Xuanyuan Sword; Xu Yang swept the five swords into his sleeve and shattered the array.
• Xu Yang sent the Heavenly Thunder Twin Swords toward the Nine Heavens warship while forming the Nine Ceremonies Sword Array from weapons across the battlefield.
• Xiao Zhang braced behind the Universe Heart-Protecting Armor as Xu Yang’s Xuanyuan Divine Sword Art broke his Bagua defense and left a sword mark on the armor.