Chapter Summaries

The Demon Abyss sent the seven incarnations of Great Black Heaven into the war, and Xu Yang confronted the destructive aspect as it merged into the Great Black Heaven Demon King. As battles spread across the Territory World, lords in the Tongtian Tower watched the Prestige Rankings plunge and rise, while Dantai Qin ordered someone to join the queue at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

• The four Heavenly Demon King clans joined the invasion, and Xu Yang drove the Myriad Dao Heavenly Palace toward Great Black Heaven's seven incarnations.
• Ao Chi and her Dao Soldiers defended Black Tortoise City, then counterattacked and destroyed one of the Seven Black Heaven Demon Gods.
• Xu Yang destroyed the remaining Demon Gods, explained that their destruction would let them merge into the Great Black Heaven Demonic Aspect, and sent Ao Chi south to aid Wanjun and the others.
• Great Black Heaven emerged from the vortex and clashed with Xu Yang's heavenly eye, while Ao Chi left to join the southern front.
• Demonic forces struck the southeastern cities as lords watched the high-rank Prestige Rankings shift amid heavy fighting.
• Dantai Qin said the greater situation came first and sent someone to join the line outside the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

Ksitigarbha and Gongshu Ling helped turn the eastern battlefield against the Demonic Abyss before rushing north to reinforce Xu Yang. There, Xu Yang continued his contest with Great Black Heavenly King until the demon invoked its world-ending dance and Xu Yang transformed into Myriad Dao Heavenly Palace, prompting Ksitigarbha to order everyone to retreat.

• Ksitigarbha destroyed the beast-shaped Demon God’s body and suppressed another Earth Demon God in Buddha’s Palm Kingdom after their powers suddenly weakened.
• Ksitigarbha joined Gongshu Ling on the eastern battlefield, where they suppressed the Four Great Asura Kings and routed the Demonic Abyss forces.
• Gongshu Ling took Azure Dragon City north to support Xu Yang, but found him still locked in a contest of divine light with Great Black Heavenly King.
• Ksitigarbha warned Ao Chi, Hua Mulan, and the others not to interfere, explaining that Xu Yang and Great Black Heavenly King were battling through Dao and principle.
• Great Black Heavenly King began the Great Brahma Black Heaven Dance, and Xu Yang transformed into Myriad Dao Heavenly Palace as Ksitigarbha ordered everyone to retreat.

Xu Yang used the Nine Ceremonies Heavenly Venerate Sword and the authority of his territory to strike down the World-Destroying Demonic Eye, destroying the Great Brahma Civilization and ending the battle. The victory earned him several Immortal Spirit rewards, including the Investiture of the Gods and Heavenly Venerate Edict.

• Xu Yang fully unfolded the Myriad Dao Heavenly Palace and raised the newly advanced Nine Ceremonies Heavenly Venerate Sword.
• Xu Yang activated the Nine Ceremonies Three Talents formation, drawing Sword Qi from the territory as his own authority rather than borrowing its power.
• Xu Yang combined the Sacred Sword with the gathered sword currents and struck the World-Destroying Demonic Eye.
• Xu Yang's sword pierced the Demonic Eye, causing the Great Brahma Civilization's troops, heroes, buildings, and lords to collapse and perish.
• The Demonic Eye shattered, and the Sacred Sword's light destroyed the remaining demonic forces and structures.
• Xu Yang received victory rewards, including the Investiture of the Gods, the Heavenly Venerate Edict, the Taiqing Divine Talisman, and ten Hero Soul Contracts.

After the victory over the Demon Abyss sent Myriad Dao Points soaring, Lin Dong celebrated his profitable gamble and waited for the market to rise further before selling. Zhang Yan announced Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s transition into Myriad Dao Academy and new measures to expand its influence and stabilize the market.

• The Prestige Rankings showed that Myriad Treasures Pavilion had won decisively, with Demon Abyss lords and gods suffering heavy losses and the pavilion master’s prestige surging.
• Lin Dong’s clan celebrated their survival and fortune, while Lin Dong resolved to keep holding his Myriad Dao Points until prices climbed higher.
• The crowd argued over the rising value of Myriad Dao Points, and more people joined the queues at Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
• Zhang Yan announced that Myriad Treasures Pavilion would become part of Myriad Dao Academy, open fifty new stores on every floor district, and sell specialty products for Myriad Dao Points.
• Zhang Yan announced that the Myriad Dao Convention would reopen in three years with eligibility requirements, and that qualified lords could join the Myriad Dao Merchant Alliance.
• The crowd discussed Myriad Dao Academy’s self-built civilization and new plans as Myriad Dao Points continued to rise.

Xu Yang assessed the extraordinary spoils from his victory over Demon Abyss, including treasures that could empower heroes and territories. With no urgent threat remaining at his rank, he decided to return temporarily to attend to affairs in other worlds, including getting married.

• Xu Yang tallied the spoils from his crushing defeat of Demon Abyss and examined the Investiture of the Gods, which could transform heroes into Lords or Divine Spirit Heroes and resurrect the latter.
• Xu Yang inspected the Heavenly Venerate Edict, which could turn a territory into a fortified blessed grotto, and the Taiqing Divine Talisman, which could grant enlightenment and improve attributes or skills.
• Xu Yang decided to save the Taiqing Divine Talisman until the Heavenly Craftsmanship Creation Method had advanced further.
• Xu Yang concluded that advancing through the remaining ranks and uncovering Tongtian Tower's secrets would take thousands of years, while other worlds also needed his attention.
• Xu Yang decided to return temporarily and focus on more important matters in the other worlds, including getting married.

The Myriad Dao Venerable Lord underwent his ninth immortal tribulation at Ten-Thousand-Blade Solitary Peak, shocking observers across the Five Regions with its immense power. After surviving the eighty-one strikes of Yin Yang Five Elements divine lightning, he declared his Dao accomplished, and the Great Profound Dao Mountain decided to prepare gifts.

• At Great Profound Dao Mountain, an old man and a child discussed the Myriad Dao Venerable Lord’s growing power and his plan to unify the Five Regions before ascending.
• The child argued that opposing the Myriad Dao Venerable Lord meant certain death, and the two sensed a heavenly tribulation beginning.
• At Ten-Thousand-Blade Solitary Peak, the Myriad Dao Venerable Lord stepped out to face his ninth immortal tribulation as observers gathered outside the mountain gate.
• The tribulation unleashed eighty-one strikes of Yin Yang Five Elements divine lightning, while the gathered onlookers debated the Venerable Lord’s cultivation and origins.
• The Myriad Dao Venerable Lord survived the final strike, declared his Dao accomplished, and left the crowd in stunned silence.
• The child at Great Profound Dao Mountain accepted Heaven’s Will and told the old man to prepare gifts.

After a hundred years in seclusion, Han Li learned that the Myriad Dao Venerable Lord had become a True Immortal and worried about whether the Myriad Dao Academy could preserve order without him. His friends discussed the academy’s plans to develop the Northern Region’s borders, while Han Li remained undecided about joining them.

• Han Li reunited with Ning Que and other cultivators in Canglang Ruins, reflecting on the fifteen hundred years since they first met.
• Han Li’s friends told him that the Myriad Dao Venerable Lord had completed the Nine Calamities, achieved True Immortal status, and hosted the Myriad Dao Convention.
• Han Li worried that the Myriad Dao Academy might lose its hold over the Northern Region if the Venerable Lord ascended, but his friends reassured him that the academy had made preparations.
• Han Li’s friends described plans to develop the Endless Sea and subdue the demon and devil regions, then asked whether Han Li would join the expansion.
• Han Li said he intended to keep developing in Canglang Ruins, while cultivators across the region weighed opportunities in the coming conflicts.
• In the Eastern Abyss Demon Kingdom, the Demon Race declared to Li Xuanyuan that it would rather die than surrender.

The Heaven-Piercing Great Sage challenged Li Xuanyuan on behalf of the Eastern Abyss Demon Race, but Li Xuanyuan’s attendants answered with a sword diagram instead. Its Five Elements Sword Qi overwhelmed the Great Sage and left him trapped beneath connected mountains, shocking the gathered demons and cultivators.

• The Heaven-Piercing Great Sage declared that the Demon Race would fight rather than submit to Li Xuanyuan.
• Gui Sanqian and Shui Lingling arrived on a Five-Colored Auspicious Cloud carrying a sword diagram drawn by Li Xuanyuan.
• Gui Sanqian challenged the Great Sage to withstand the diagram’s five strands of Sword Qi, and the Great Sage enlarged himself and attacked with the Fighting Saint Method.
• The sword diagram released five streams of Sword Qi that formed connected mountains and suppressed the Great Sage, extinguishing his Laws and breaking his armor.
• The demons and cultivators watched in terror as the Great Sage remained pinned beneath the mountains and wondered at the power of Li Xuanyuan’s sword diagram.

After the Heaven-Piercing Great Sage was suppressed, Nangong Yudie publicly pledged the Devil Race’s allegiance to the Myriad Dao Academy after securing assurances of equal treatment under its laws. She returned to the Myriad Demon Hall and warned its leaders that resistance was futile, leaving them to decide whether to submit, flee, or wait for circumstances to change.

• Gui Sanqian and Shui Lingling declared that the Heaven-Piercing Great Sage would be imprisoned beneath Five Elements Mountain for five hundred years, then challenged the Eastern Abyss demons to oppose them.
• Nangong Yudie arrived and pledged to bring the Devil Race under the Myriad Dao Academy’s jurisdiction after Gui Sanqian and Shui Lingling promised equal treatment under the law.
• Nangong Yudie described the Devil Race’s history of persecution and left after the Immortal Children announced that the Academy would enforce its laws without racial discrimination.
• Nangong Yudie returned to the Myriad Demon Hall and rebuked the Heavenly Demons who challenged her surrender, warning them to clean up their past misdeeds or flee.
• The Myriad Demon Hall’s leaders acknowledged that they feared the Academy might later turn against them, but accepted that the Heaven-Piercing Great Sage’s defeat left them with few options.

Several years after unifying the Northern Region, Xu Yang traveled with Meng Fanyin to the Divine Continent, where he reflected on the threats posed by imperial weapons and the mysterious Dark Turmoil. They reached Eastern Emperor Ancient City as guests gathered for the Eastern Emperor Daoist Son’s wedding to the You Su Celestial Maiden.

• Xu Yang reviewed the progress and dangers facing his various worlds and explained that he had unified the Northern Region to consolidate resources and prepare for threats beyond it.
• Xu Yang considered the power of imperial weapons, the resilience of Earth Immortals, and the unknown origins of the Dark Turmoil.
• Meng Fanyin asked Xu Yang what occupied his thoughts, and he drew her close as they traveled across the sea together.
• Months later, Xu Yang and Meng Fanyin arrived in Eastern Emperor Ancient City, where the Eastern Emperor Clan’s palace and grand wedding preparations drew crowds of guests.
• Visitors discussed the Eastern Emperor Daoist Son’s marriage to the You Su Celestial Maiden, the Eastern King’s betrothal gifts, and the clans’ hopes of restoring their former dominion.

Eastern Emperor City celebrated Donghuang Haoyue and You Su You’s wedding, while Jiang Lingyun’s arrival and departure fueled rumors about his feelings for the groom. In the bridal chamber, Xu Yang revealed that the wedding had been a disguise and reunited with Ming Fanyin, You Su You, and Xin Shisiniang for their shared wedding.

• Eastern Emperor Palace hosted guests from across the Divine Continent, who discussed the Dark Turmoil and the Eastern Emperor Clan’s rising Daoist Son.
• Jiang Lingyun arrived with a wedding gift, watched Donghuang Haoyue’s marriage rites with You Su You, then left the banquet without speaking.
• The guests speculated that Jiang Lingyun was devoted to Donghuang Haoyue and spread rumors about his departure.
• Inside the sealed bridal chamber, Donghuang Haoyue and You Su You revealed their changed appearances and met Xu Yang, Ming Fanyin, and Xin Shisiniang.
• Xu Yang transformed the bridal chamber into a wedding hall, and he and the three women exchanged vows and drank together.

Xu Qingyang attacked Hehe Mountain and accused its leaders of imprisoning and harming his disciples, then challenged them to settle their grievances in three months. As the assembled powers gathered for the confrontation, Ye Xiaofan and his companions arrived in disguise and heard a storyteller recount accusations that Xu Qingyang was an Outer Realm Demonic God who used the Myriad Dao Academy to infiltrate Divine Continent.

• Crowds in Four Symbols City discussed Hehe Mountain's recruitment and the bounties on Ling Duxing, Ye Xiaofan, and Xu Qingyang.
• Xu Qingyang shattered Hehe Mountain's formation with a sword strike and confronted the Hehe Sect Master and his Dao Companion.
• Xu Qingyang accused Hehe Mountain of imprisoning his disciples, harming his followers, and searching their souls, then set a three-month deadline to settle the score.
• Three months later, cultivators from across the Five Continents and Ten Lands gathered at Hehe Mountain, while Ye Xiaofan and his companions joined the crowds to avoid the Ji Clan.
• A storyteller told tavern patrons that Xu Qingyang was an Outer Realm Demonic God who used the Heavenly Demon Great Law and the Myriad Dao Academy to infiltrate Divine Continent.

Ye Xiaofan and his companions debated the Myriad Dao Venerable Lord’s motives and the major factions’ interest in his abilities. Ye Xiaofan’s teacher then took the Void Mirror, accepted him into the academy’s Dao gate, and left to aid the Dao Master, warning them to flee the Divine Continent if the battle was lost.

• Ye Xiaofan told his companions that the major factions likely coveted the Myriad Dao Venerable Lord’s ability to travel between worlds and guide people through reincarnation.
• Ye Xiaofan speculated that the Myriad Dao Venerable Lord might use the battle with Hehe Mountain to establish a sect and protect his disciples, though his companions doubted he could face multiple Holy Lords and imperial weapons.
• Ye Xiaofan sensed his teacher calling him and led his companions from the market into the mountain wilderness.
• Ye Xiaofan’s teacher appeared and took the Void Mirror from him.
• Ye Xiaofan’s teacher explained that he could now accept Ye Xiaofan into his Dao gate and pass on the academy’s Dao Law World, then pressed a finger to Ye Xiaofan’s brow.
• Ye Xiaofan’s teacher left to aid the Dao Master in battle, telling Ye Xiaofan and his companions to flee the Divine Continent and never return if they lost.

As the three-month deadline expired, Xu Yang arrived at Hehe Mountain and entered its Yin Yang Integration and Harmony Array to confront the Hehe Sect Master and his Dao Companion. As the battle began, the Four Symbols array activated in Four Symbols City, surrounding the mountain’s formation.

• Experts and spectators gathered beyond the evacuated battlefield as the Divine Continent’s factions prepared for Xu Yang’s arrival.
• Xu Yang descended before Hehe Mountain, where the Hehe Sect Master and his Dao Companion challenged him to enter their array.
• Xu Yang dismissed their warning and stepped into the Yin Yang Integration and Harmony Array.
• The Four Symbols divine beasts appeared in Four Symbols City, forming an array outside the array and integrating with Yin and Yang.

Hehe Mountain and Myriad Dao Academy factions trapped Xu Yang in linked tenth-rank formations while their forces fought outside. Xu Yang withstood the Yin Yang array and sent Three Pure Ones to rescue his disciples, leaving the outcome of the battle unresolved.

• Hehe Mountain revealed a Four Symbols True Spirit Array linked to its Yin Yang Integration and Harmony Array, supported by four True Immortals and other allied forces.
• A Golden Armored Divine General, Ling Duxing, and other Myriad Dao Academy cultivators attacked the outer formation, but Hehe Mountain's Void Immortals intercepted them.
• The damaged Void Mirror pierced and destroyed the Vermilion Bird True Spirit, and its wielder fought the True Immortal who had commanded that formation.
• The Kunlun Mirror revealed Xu Yang resisting the Yin Yang array through his mastery of laws, stunning the watching immortals.
• Xu Yang ignored the Sect Masters' threat against his disciples and sent the Three Pure Ones beyond the formation to rescue them.

Xu Yang used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to turn the battle beyond the Hehe Array into a stalemate while he deciphered and broke through the Hehe Mountain formation. He killed the Hehe Mountain Sacred Mother and the Hehe Sect Master, then confronted Zhang Dongting, who accused him of being ruthless.

• Xu Yang sent three Pure Qi avatars to fight the True Immortals controlling the outer arrays, while he analyzed the Yin Yang Integration and Harmony Array.
• Xu Yang broke through the Hehe Array and drove the Hehe Sect Master and the Hehe Mountain Sacred Mother out of its protection.
• Xu Yang struck the Sacred Mother with his sword art, severing her Three Flowers and Five Qi and causing her to die and turn to ash.
• Xu Yang's Five-Colored Divine Light struck the Sect Master despite Zhang Dongting's intervention, killing him and reducing him to ash.
• Zhang Dongting appeared and questioned Xu Yang's ruthlessness, and Xu Yang answered that Hehe Mountain had killed his disciples, harmed his followers, and tortured and searched them.

Xu Yang defeated the Hehe Mountain forces and forced the Profound Sect to withdraw after rejecting its attempt to settle the dispute. The Tianyu Emperor then confronted him over Ling Hui, and the two prepared to fight.

• Xu Yang’s Three Pure Ones avatars defeated the four True Immortals, killing some and driving the rest to flee.
• Zhang Dongting and Song Wuji argued that Xu Yang’s reincarnation methods were improper, but Xu Yang denounced Hehe Mountain’s crimes and the Profound Sect’s protection of it.
• Zhang Dongting apologized for the Profound Sect’s negligence, urged Xu Yang to spare the innocent, and withdrew with Song Wuji and the Profound Sect.
• The Tianyu Emperor arrived and demanded that Xu Yang hand over Ling Hui, but Xu Yang rejected him and evacuated the cultivators from the battlefield.
• The Tianyu Emperor unleashed his imperial might and advanced on Xu Yang, beginning their final battle.

Xu Yang and Tianyu Emperor fought a battle of Monarchs, with Xu Yang’s Three Pure Ones formation and Xuanyuan Divine Sword grievously wounding the emperor. Tianyu Emperor summoned the Extreme Dao power of the Tianyu Bell, and its awakening began to transform the battle.

• Tianyu Emperor and Xu Yang exchanged devastating attacks that destroyed Hehe Mountain and Four Symbols City.
• Xu Yang split into three avatars and joined them with his true body to trap Tianyu Emperor in a coordinated assault.
• Tianyu Emperor used the Tianyu Battle Method and fought back, but the Three Pure Ones wounded his shoulders and pressured his foundation.
• Xu Yang unleashed the Xuanyuan Divine Sword with the Nine Ceremonies Sacred Method, cleaving through Tianyu Emperor’s Heaven and Earth Integration and nearly splitting him in two.
• Tianyu Emperor activated the Tianyu Bell’s Extreme Dao power, healed his wounds, and awakened its overwhelming presence.

Xu Yang recovered from the Tianyu Emperor’s Extreme Dao strike and unleashed the Myriad Dao Heavenly Palace to fight again. Their second clash ended with both men wounded; the Tianyu Emperor declared the battle over and departed, while Xu Yang remained as his injuries began to heal.

• The Tianyu Emperor burned Emperor blood and activated the Tianyu Bell, striking Xu Yang with Extreme Dao might.
• Xu Yang’s defenses, mecha, treasures, and Three Pure Ones avatars were shattered, leaving him gravely injured as the onlookers believed the Tianyu Emperor had won.
• Xu Yang used his Five Elements and Yin Yang methods to heal his Dao Injury and restore his mecha, revealing that he could recover without an Emperor Weapon.
• Xu Yang summoned the Myriad Dao Heavenly Palace and challenged the Tianyu Emperor to fight again, seeking to establish the Myriad Dao Academy’s status in the Divine Continent.
• The Tianyu Emperor and Xu Yang unleashed Extreme Dao might against each other, and both survived the clash with severe wounds.
• The Tianyu Emperor declared the battle concluded and departed, while Xu Yang remained in the battlefield as his injuries slowly healed.

After the Tianyu Emperor withdrew, Xu Yang restored Hehe Mountain and declared that the Myriad Dao Academy would establish its Dao in Divine Continent. As Academy cultivators gathered, Xu Yang learned of their losses and vowed to settle accounts with the factions that had harmed them, while preparing for the looming Dark Turmoil.

• The Tianyu Emperor ended his battle with Xu Yang by withdrawing, and the watching immortals judged that few forces could defeat Xu Yang without several imperial weapons.
• Xu Yang restored the battlefield and Hehe Mountain, then raised a White Jade Immortal City above the mountain and declared that the Myriad Dao Academy would establish its Dao in Divine Continent.
• Ye Xiaofan learned that Xu Yang was a powerful backer as Academy cultivators rushed to the Myriad Dao Heavenly Palace.
• Lu Chenyuan arrived injured, and Xu Yang gave him medicine before reflecting on the cultivators he had reincarnated and recovered.
• Ling Duxing told Xu Yang that Ice God Palace had imprisoned and harmed Academy cultivators, and Xu Yang promised to settle accounts with the hostile factions.
• Xu Yang considered the threat of the Dark Turmoil and concluded that the Myriad Dao Academy needed to grow stronger to face it.