Chapter Summaries

After Gu Xi answered Hongjun’s declaration of war, the Human Dao Sacred Court mobilized its forces across Hong Huang, shocking the Primordial Gods and the Six Sages. The four teachings gathered their forces and headed for the Heavenly Court, leaving Hong Huang on the brink of war.

• Gu Xi insulted Hongjun and declared his response to Hongjun’s challenge, while Four Seasons Daoist ordered the Human Race to prepare for war.
• The Human Race’s leaders mobilized its armies as the Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, star gods, and gods of mountains and waters deployed across Hong Huang.
• The Primordial Gods, ancient powers, Ancestor Minghe, and Daoist Kunpeng were shocked by the scale of the Human Dao Sacred Court.
• The Six Sages saw the Sacred Court’s forces and began summoning their disciples and allied races, with Laozi, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and Tongtian preparing their respective sects.
• Jieyin and Zhunti led the Western Teachings’ followers toward the Heavenly Court as the four teachings gathered for war.

Chang'e and the Human Dao Sacred Court fought the Heavenly Court and the Mystic Gate across several battlefields as Saint Incarnations joined the war. Above the East Sea, Four Seasons Daoist showed Sect Master Tongtian a glimpse of the Interception Sect’s future during the Investiture Catastrophe.

• Chang'e repelled Haotian’s army with Extreme Yin and Cold Power, but Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s Saint Incarnation descended and fought her.
• Wang Shu and the Human Dao Sacred Court army joined the battle against the Mystic Gate forces as a Saint Incarnation of Supreme Purity Laozi descended to fight Wang Shu.
• Dao Lord Jinyan challenged Haotian, and the two charged into battle while their armies clashed across the star region.
• On the Primordial Continent, Shen Ni, Yin-Yang Ancestor, Ancestor Phoenix, West Queen Mother, and others led their forces against Spirit Teaching and Western Teaching armies, while three Saint Incarnations fought them.
• Above the East Sea, Daoist Duobao and the Jie Sect army faced the Rogue Cultivators of East Sea and the Dragon Clan as Sect Master Tongtian explained to Four Seasons Daoist why the Six Sages had to fight.
• Four Seasons Daoist showed Tongtian a future account of the Interception Sect’s fate during the Investiture Catastrophe.

Sect Master Tongtian watched future fragments showing the Interception Sect’s destruction and verified through Heavenly Secrets that they reflected a possible course of events. He called off the East Sea battle as a serious conflict, leaving both sides to stage a grand show.

• Sect Master Tongtian watched scenes of the Investiture Catastrophe and the Interception Sect’s collapse, growing furious at Laozi and Primordial Heavenly Venerate.
• Sect Master Tongtian confronted Four Seasons Daoist about the fragments’ authenticity, then used his Primordial Interception Fortune Great Dao to examine the Heavenly Secrets.
• Sect Master Tongtian found traces of the Interception Sect’s possible destruction but noticed that an unknown variable had blurred and changed the future.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Daoist Duobao and the other Interception Sect disciples not to take the battle seriously and to put on a show.
• Candle Dragon, Ying Long, and the Human Dao Sacred Court’s Dao Lords agreed to stage a grand show for the Interception Sect’s Ten Thousand Immortals.

The ten-thousand-year war between the Mystic Gate and the Human Dao Sacred Court ended without either side being decisively defeated, while many fighters grew stronger and the Heavenly Court expanded. Dissatisfied that the Human Dao Sacred Court remained powerful, Hongjun proposed weakening Gu Xi’s influence over the Human Race by having the Mystic Gate claim a large share of its fortune.

• The East Sea battle between the Mystic Gate and the Dragon Clan and Rogue Cultivators became a largely bloodless sparring match, where Kong Xuan, Golden-Winged Great Peng, and Jie Sect disciples tempered themselves.
• Chang'e advanced to Quasi-Saint Great Perfection while fighting Primordial Heavenly Venerate's Saint Incarnation, and Haotian and Dao Lord Jinyan became Quasi-Saint Heavenly Venerates.
• After ten thousand years, the war subsided; the Human Dao Sacred Court remained strong, while the Mystic Gate consolidated its forces and Haotian greatly expanded the Heavenly Court.
• In Zixiao Palace, Hongjun confronted the Six Sages over their failure to suppress the Human Dao Sacred Court, while Tongtian and Nuwa remained unwilling to oppose Gu Xi and his allies.
• Unable to risk fighting Gu Xi himself, Hongjun proposed that the Mystic Gate weaken Gu Xi's influence over the Human Race by claiming a large share of its fortune.

Hongjun and the Mystic Gate saints devised a plan to divert Human Race Fortune by isolating part of the people in the Nine Provinces Barrier and making them worship the Mystic Gate. They immediately created the barrier, leaving Gu Xi unaware that his influence and fortune were under attack.

• Hongjun proposed weakening Gu Xi’s influence among the Human Race so the Mystic Gate could claim more of its fortune, and Laozi, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Daoist Jieyin, and Daoist Zhunti agreed.
• Hongjun revealed that the saints would relocate some humans to the Nine Provinces Barrier, erase their memories, and direct their worship toward the Mystic Gate and Heavenly Court.
• Nuwa considered warning Gu Xi, while Sect Master Tongtian remained concerned, but Hongjun and the other saints acted before either could intervene.
• Hongjun and the Six Sages expelled the cultivators and gods from a remote Human Race territory, erased its records, and caused its mortals to collapse unconscious.
• Hongjun and the Six Sages formed the Nine Provinces Barrier, diverted Human Race Fortune into it, and raised a stele reading, “Nine Provinces Barrier, Gods and Devils Forbidden.”

Gu Xi discovered that Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Six Sages had trapped ordinary humans inside the Nine Provinces Barrier to gain control of Human Race fortune, but chose not to reveal his ways of bypassing it. After returning to Longevity Cave Heaven, he learned that his bank had upgraded to the Myriad Worlds Bank, unlocking access to beings across the Myriad Worlds.

• Fuxi and the Human Race Gods failed to break the Nine Provinces Barrier, which held unconscious humans and a portion of Human Race fortune.
• Gu Xi struck the barrier, but it withstood his attack through the power of Hongjun, the Six Sages, and their Magic Treasures.
• Gu Xi considered three ways to reach or influence the humans inside, then decided to keep his methods secret and wait for a better opportunity.
• Gu Xi told Fuxi and the others to leave, and Suiren Shi reassured them that Gu Xi had a plan.
• Gu Xi returned to Longevity Cave Heaven and learned that his bank had upgraded to the Myriad Worlds Bank, allowing it to target beings across the Myriad Worlds.

Gu Xi used Myriad Worlds Bank and the World Ascension Method to devise the Mythical Primordial Era Creation Plan, aiming to expand Hong Huang’s origin by making other worlds its affiliates. He entered the Smiling, Proud World and appeared above Mount Hua, where Yue Buqun was left stunned by a tremendous disturbance in the sky.

• Gu Xi realized Myriad Worlds Bank could reach beings across the Myriad Worlds and saw how it could work with the World Ascension Method.
• Gu Xi planned to make Hong Huang the center of the Myriad Worlds, expanding its origin and gaining fortune and knowledge from affiliated worlds.
• Gu Xi spent one hundred trillion Merit to acquire the World Ascension Method, then mastered its secret arts over several days.
• Gu Xi chose the Smiling, Proud World and sent his Divine Sense through its coordinates to Mount Hua.
• Yue Buqun considered pursuing the Evil Warding Sword Manual to strengthen Mount Hua against Zuo Lengchan and the Qingcheng Sect.
• Yue Buqun sensed a tremendous disturbance above Mount Hua, rushed outside, and stared at the sky in shock.

Gu Xi appeared above Mount Hua and chose Yue Buqun as his binding target, granting him an opportunity to change his fate. Yue Buqun advanced to the Innate Realm, while Feng Qingyang regretted not being the first to kneel.

• Yue Buqun and the Mount Hua Sect were stunned by the immortal phantom above Mount Hua.
• Yue Buqun knelt before Gu Xi, who chose him and promised a chance to defy fate.
• Gu Xi sent a golden page into Yue Buqun, raising him to the Early Innate Realm in an instant.
• Yue Buqun thanked the Netherworld Sovereign and celebrated his newfound strength as Ning Zhongze and the disciples congratulated him.
• Lao Denuo feared Yue Buqun's new power, while Feng Qingyang regretted missing the immortal opportunity.

Yue Buqun learned that his world was only a tiny part of the Myriad Worlds and that Gu Xi was a Primordial Chaos Saint who had favored him. After studying the Merit Golden Page and its tasks, Yue Buqun set his sights on becoming immortal and began preparing to carry out Gu Xi’s instructions.

• Yue Buqun read about the vast hierarchy of worlds and realms, and learned that Gu Xi was the Netherworld Sovereign, Human Race Holy Father, and a Primordial Chaos Saint.
• Yue Buqun abandoned his former ambitions of restoring Mount Hua Sect and dominating the martial world, deciding instead to pursue immortality and reach the Primordial World.
• Yue Buqun examined the Merit Golden Page and its marketplace, discovering that he had 100 Merit and could borrow up to 1000.
• Yue Buqun read Gu Xi’s tasks to spread the prestige of the Ancestral God and the Human Dao Sacred Court, arrange a sacrifice by the Son of Heaven and officials, and hold monthly offerings.
• Yue Buqun rejoiced at the rewards promised for completing the tasks, then opened his eyes as Ning Zhongze, Linghu Chong, Yue Lingshan, and the other Mount Hua disciples gathered around him.

After receiving an immortal opportunity from Gu Xi, Yue Buqun revealed his Innate Realm breakthrough and the existence of countless worlds to the Mount Hua disciples. He exposed and killed Lao Denuo, ordered the sect to worship Gu Xi, and was joined by Feng Qingyang, who offered to help.

• Yue Buqun confirmed that he had advanced to the Innate Realm and described Gu Xi as the supreme Ancestral God of the Primordial World.
• Yue Buqun told Ning Zhongze, Linghu Chong, Yue Lingshan, and the others about the myriad worlds and said they could earn a chance at immortality by completing Gu Xi's tasks.
• Yue Buqun seized Lao Denuo and exposed him as Zuo Lengchan's infiltrator in the Mount Hua Sect.
• Yue Buqun killed Lao Denuo with his Purple Haze True Qi, leaving the disciples shocked and saddened.
• Yue Buqun ordered the disciples to commission a divine statue of Gu Xi and worship him at least four times a month.
• Feng Qingyang emerged from the trees and offered to help Yue Buqun and the Mount Hua Sect.

Feng Qingyang emerged from seclusion and reunited with Ning Zhongze and Yue Buqun, admitting that he wanted to return to Mount Hua and receive an immortal opportunity. Yue Buqun welcomed him, and Feng Qingyang felt that he had truly come home and could begin cultivating immortality.

• Feng Qingyang appeared before the Mount Hua Sect disciples, and Ning Zhongze recognized him as her long-lost Uncle Feng.
• Ning Zhongze reproached Feng Qingyang for leaving her and Yue Buqun to struggle alone, and he admitted that he had been wrong to stay away.
• Feng Qingyang greeted Yue Buqun and openly said he wished to return to Mount Hua and receive an immortal opportunity.
• Yue Buqun welcomed Feng Qingyang back, deciding that the sect needed more talented people to pursue its ambitions.
• Feng Qingyang felt accepted by Mount Hua and looked forward to cultivating immortality.

After Mount Hua Sect members worshipped Ancestral God Gu Xi, he answered their prayers by manifesting above Mount Hua. The leaders of Mount Song, Wudang, and Shaolin had investigated the strange phenomenon and watched Yue Buqun’s preparations, but the chapter left the whole Great Ming Dynasty stunned by Gu Xi’s appearance.

• Yue Buqun arranged for a statue of Ancestral God Gu Xi to be carved while Ning Zhongze and the others prepared offerings, drawing the attention of Mount Song Sect, Wudang, and Shaolin.
• Zuo Lengchan, Daoist Master Chongxu, and Master Fangzheng each received reports of Mount Hua Sect’s preparations and ordered or planned further surveillance.
• Yue Buqun and the Mount Hua Sect members gathered before Gu Xi’s statue, offered sacrifices, and kowtowed nine times.
• Gu Xi sensed their worship, descended with his Divine Sense, and decided to grant Mount Hua Sect a benefit.
• A vast storm and immense pressure formed above Mount Hua as Gu Xi manifested in the clouds, leaving Yue Buqun and the people across the Great Ming Dynasty stunned.

The Ancestral God descended before the people of the Great Ming Dynasty, answered Yue Buqun’s prayers, and granted the Mount Hua Sect members new cultivation and a transformed Mount Hua. After the god vanished, news of the immortal mountain spread, drawing people and rival factions toward Mount Hua.

• The Ancestral God appeared above Mount Hua, and people across the Great Ming Dynasty witnessed the divine figure.
• The Ancestral God told Yue Buqun that he had heard their prayers and offered the Mount Hua Sect a chance to enter the Immortal Path if they completed his task.
• The Ancestral God empowered the Mount Hua Sect members with Human Immortal Martial Arts, while Feng Qingyang regained his strength and broke through into the Innate Realm.
• The Ancestral God raised Mount Hua by a hundred zhang and transformed it into a fertile, mist-covered land with vastly denser Heaven and Earth Essence Qi.
• Witnesses from Mount Song, Wudang, Shaolin, and the Sun Moon Divine Cult sent reports about the miracle to their factions.
• Word that Mount Hua held the Secret of Immortality spread throughout the realm, and countless people set out for the mountain.

After news spread that Mount Hua held the Secret of Immortality, major martial factions mobilized to claim a share, putting the Mount Hua Sect under threat. Yue Buqun welcomed their arrival as a chance to reveal the Ancestral God’s power and ordered a fighting arena built at the mountain’s foot.

• Zuo Lengchan read reports of Mount Hua’s transformation and ordered the Mount Song Sect to head there.
• Daoist Master Chongxu and Master Fangzheng each mobilized their followers to visit Mount Hua, while Dongfang Bubai decided to go as well.
• Major martial factions, imperial guards, and aristocratic clans sent large forces toward Mount Hua, alarming onlookers who feared the Mount Hua Sect would be attacked.
• Yue Buqun, Ning Zhongze, and the Mount Hua Sect’s leaders remained confident in their strength and the Ancestral God’s protection.
• Yue Buqun ordered Ning Zhongze to set up a fighting arena at the foot of Mount Hua so he could await the arriving factions and display the Ancestral God’s power.
• The gathered factions discovered that the Mount Hua Sect had erected a massive fighting arena and wondered what it intended to do.

Yue Buqun staged an arena at Mount Hua and declared that he would sit and await the world's homage, provoking Zuo Lengchan and the Mount Song Sect. Ning Zhongze defeated the Thirteen Protectors in an instant, revealing that she had reached the Super-Class Realm.

• Yue Buqun appeared at the arena beneath a banner declaring, "Sit and await the world's homage."
• Zuo Lengchan arrived with the Thirteen Protectors and challenged Yue Buqun's arrogance as Five Peaks Alliance Leader.
• Fei Bin, Ding Mian, Lu Bai, Le Hou, Zhai Laifeng, and the other Protectors surrounded Yue Buqun and threatened to teach him a lesson.
• Ning Zhongze leaped onto the arena and defeated the Thirteen Protectors with a rapid series of sword strikes.
• Zuo Lengchan recognized Ning Zhongze as a Super-Class Master and stared at her in shock.

Ning Zhongze defeated the Thirteen Protectors of Mount Song after advancing to the Super-Class Realm, prompting the martial world to suspect Mount Hua had the Secret of Immortality. Yue Buqun revealed that he possessed it, then demonstrated overwhelming Innate power and demanded to know who dared oppose him.

• Ning Zhongze defeated the Thirteen Protectors of Mount Song, shocking Zuo Lengchan and the assembled martial artists with her sudden rise to the Super-Class Realm.
• Daoist Master Chongxu, Master Fangzheng, and Zuo Lengchan arrived and suggested taking Yue Buqun away under the pretext of cleansing his supposed inner demons, while seeking the Secret of Immortality.
• Yue Buqun openly admitted that the Secret of Immortality was in his possession and challenged anyone who wanted it to attack him.
• Zuo Lengchan, Daoist Master Chongxu, and Master Fangzheng led their forces in an assault on Yue Buqun, but he unleashed his aura and blasted them away.
• Yue Buqun forced the three leaders to their knees and revealed himself as an Innate Expert, then declared that his strength justified his arrogance.

Yue Buqun revealed that he had become an Innate Expert through the Ancestral God’s favor and defeated Dongfang Bubai, then explained the god’s power and the promise of Human Immortal Martial Arts. He offered the gathered martial artists a chance to learn the divine manual and pursue the Immortal Path, leaving them stunned and eager.

• The martial artists at Mount Hua realized Yue Buqun was an Innate Expert, and Dongfang Bubai challenged him to test his strength.
• Yue Buqun blocked Dongfang Bubai’s attacks with his Innate Qi Shield, restrained him with Blood Qi, and defeated him without killing him.
• Yue Buqun told the gathered martial artists that Mount Hua’s transformations and his breakthrough came from the Ancestral God, not a Secret of Immortality.
• Yue Buqun described the Primordial World, the Ancestral God’s immense power, and the potential of Human Immortal Martial Arts.
• Yue Buqun promised to teach the manual to those who sincerely believed in the Ancestral God and to seek their chance to enter the Immortal Path, leaving the crowd in an uproar.

Yue Buqun led martial artists across the Great Ming Dynasty to worship Gu Xi, the Ancestral God, and taught them the first three levels of Human Immortal Martial Arts. With Emperor Zhengde’s support, temples spread throughout the realm, and the story left Gu Xi expecting Yue Buqun to complete his mission and the Smiling, Proud World to join the Primordial World.

• Yue Buqun invited martial artists to worship the Ancestral God on Mount Hua in exchange for the first three levels of Human Immortal Martial Arts, and Zuo Lengchan, Daoist Master Chongxu, Dongfang Bubai, Master Fangzheng, and tens of thousands followed him.
• Zuo Lengchan, Daoist Master Chongxu, Master Fangzheng, Dongfang Bubai, and the gathered martial artists performed the rite of three kneelings and nine kowtows before the Ancestral God’s statue, then received the cultivation method from Yue Buqun.
• News of the Ancestral God and Human Immortal Martial Arts spread across the realm, and Emperor Zhengde appointed Yue Buqun True Lord Zixia of West Peak and Imperial Advisor of Great Ming.
• Yue Buqun demonstrated his power to Emperor Zhengde and the officials, persuaded them to worship Gu Xi, and gained their agreement to build temples throughout Great Ming.
• Master Fangzheng and the Shaolin monks installed a golden statue of the Ancestral God in the Mahavira Hall, while worship of Gu Xi spread across Great Ming and the people prepared to celebrate Ancestor God Day.
• Gu Xi watched from the Primordial World and anticipated Yue Buqun completing his task, the Smiling, Proud World joining the Primordial World, and the providence he might gain.

Gu Xi sent divine power to the Smiling, Proud World after the Great Ming Dynasty’s nationwide worship, strengthening the connection between the two worlds. The divine light transformed the people and martial artists, and Gu Xi prepared to have the Heavenly Dao of Hong Huang descend upon the world.

• Gu Xi sensed the worshippers’ threads of faith and karma and explained that strengthening their connection would help the Smiling, Proud World ascend into the Primordial World.
• Gu Xi sent a strand of divine power through the threads into the Smiling, Proud World.
• Divine light covered the Great Ming Dynasty, healing the sick and restoring the elderly and disabled.
• Thousands of martial artists became First-Class Masters, hundreds advanced to Super-Class Master, Dongfang Bubai reached Innate, Yue Buqun reached Late Innate, and Feng Qingyang reached Mid Innate.
• The people of the Great Ming Dynasty thanked Ancestral God Gu Xi, whose connection to them grew stronger.
• Gu Xi decided the connection was sufficient and prepared to send the Heavenly Dao of Hong Huang into the Smiling, Proud World.

Gu Xi used the Primordial Heavenly Dao and the World Ascension Method to merge the Smiling, Proud World with the Primordial World and draw it across boundless spacetime. The world reached the Primordial Universe, while powerful beings in other worlds sensed its passage without identifying it.

• Gu Xi guided the Primordial Heavenly Dao into the Smiling, Proud World, where it absorbed the world's laws and transformed its spiritual energy.
• Gu Xi announced that the devout believers would receive ascension, then activated the World Ascension Method.
• The Smiling, Proud World shrank to pearl size and sped toward the Primordial World, startling powerful beings across several other worlds.
• Jiang Chen sensed the passing presence and decided to return to Hong Kong to investigate an interesting person there.
• The Smiling, Proud World crossed countless worlds and dimensions and arrived in the Primordial Universe.