Chapter Summaries

Chen Sheng refined Gu Quan’s remains, failed to find the Bai Ze Token, and continued traveling toward Central Prefecture. Seven Profound Venerable Lord intercepted him in the Shattered Star Cloud Sea, but Chen Sheng escaped with the Immortal Garment’s life-preserving technique, leaving the token’s whereabouts unresolved.

• Chen Sheng refined Gu Quan’s corpse and the Burning Yang Thunder Pool into Origin Power, strengthening his domain.
• Chen Sheng searched the Three Demons of Taihuang’s relics and memories but found no Bai Ze Token or jade tablet, and concluded that the Liu Clan’s destruction had been a smokescreen.
• Over several years of westward travel, Chen Sheng stabilized his cultivation and improved his secret arts before entering the Shattered Star Cloud Sea.
• Seven Profound Venerable Lord confronted Chen Sheng over Gu Quan’s death, and Chen Sheng said he did not possess the Bai Ze Token before summoning thirty-six incarnations to fight.
• Seven Profound Venerable Lord’s attacks destroyed several incarnations and trapped Chen Sheng in a space-locking formation, but Chen Sheng used the Immortal Garment’s life-preserving technique to escape.
• Seven Profound Venerable Lord wondered whether Chen Sheng had told the truth and where the Bai Ze Token was hidden.

After twenty years of travel, Chen Sheng arrived in Imperial Heaven City and studied Central Prefecture’s powers and cultivation sites at the Stargazing Tower. He learned that Heavenly Desolation Divine Lord Yi Tian would attempt the unprecedented thirteenth Longevity Dao Tribulation in a thousand years, and looked forward to witnessing it.

• Chen Sheng entered Imperial Heaven City and bought a map that explained Central Prefecture’s role as a borderland and trade center between Chongli Heaven and the Taiyi Realm.
• Chen Sheng visited the Stargazing Tower and used an overview Jade slip to learn about Central Prefecture’s major powers, battlefields, and Origin Secret Realms.
• Chen Sheng heard cultivators discuss Heavenly Desolation Divine Lord’s coming thirteenth Dao Tribulation at Jade Vault Mountain Range.
• Chen Sheng consulted Yi Tian’s directory entry and learned of his inheritance, undefeated record, and victory over three twelfth-level Longevity Realm cultivators.
• Chen Sheng reflected on the unprecedented death tribulation and anticipated watching Yi Tian undergo it.

Chen Sheng reunited with Taiyuan, Yun Xing, and Han Jun in Imperial Heaven City, where they explained they had come to witness the Heavenly Desolation Divine Lord’s tribulation. After hearing of Chen Sheng’s conflict with Seven Mysteries Venerable Lord, the brothers resolved to protect him and confront the cultivator.

• Chen Sheng received messages and learned that three Senior Brothers were coming to Imperial Heaven City.
• Taiyuan, Yun Xing, and Han Jun arrived by Teleportation Formation, recognized Chen Sheng’s cultivation progress, and accompanied him to his Cave Mansion.
• The three Senior Brothers told Chen Sheng they had come to observe the Heavenly Desolation Divine Lord’s tribulation and discussed the Divine Lord’s reputation and difficult path to Body Integration.
• Chen Sheng recounted his experiences in Chongli Heaven, including his conflict with Seven Mysteries Venerable Lord.
• Yun Xing and Han Jun offered to confront Seven Mysteries Venerable Lord, but Taiyuan stopped them and declared that he would handle the matter himself.

Taiyuan led Yun Xing, Han Jun, and Chen Sheng to Seven Profound Grotto-Heaven to avenge the wrong done to Chen Sheng, and killed the Seven Mysteries Venerable Lord with three strikes of the Primordial Emperor Bell. Meng Heavenly Lord and Chiyang Emperor witnessed Taiyuan’s overwhelming power as the grotto-heaven lay in ruins.

• Taiyuan shattered the guardian array, and the Seven Mysteries Venerable Lord recognized him and sought mediation from Meng Heavenly Lord and Chiyang Emperor.
• Taiyuan agreed to spare the mediators’ face if Seven Mysteries survived three moves, and Yun Xing and Han Jun blocked Meng Heavenly Lord from intervening.
• Taiyuan’s first move shattered Seven Mysteries’ domain and gravely wounded him, prompting Seven Mysteries to beg for his life.
• Taiyuan’s second move destroyed Seven Mysteries’ defenses and left him with only half his body.
• Taiyuan’s third move annihilated Seven Mysteries and his soul, and Meng Heavenly Lord and Chiyang Emperor praised Taiyuan’s mastery of space-time collapse.

Chen Sheng joined Taiyuan and other powerful cultivators to witness Heavenly Desolation Divine Lord attempt the thirteenth Longevity Dao Tribulation. After surviving its overwhelming attacks, Heavenly Desolation Divine Lord perished when the final Dao Inquiry Tribulation struck, leaving the witnesses to learn that only a Creation Great Sage could answer the Great Dao’s question.

• Taiyuan and Chen Sheng’s Senior Brothers urged Chen Sheng to rely on their sect when trouble arose, then the group reunited five hundred years later to travel to Heavenly Desolation Divine Lord’s tribulation site.
• Heavenly Desolation Divine Lord arrived with an imposing retinue and summoned the thirteenth Dao Tribulation before the gathered cultivators.
• Heavenly Desolation Divine Lord endured the tribulations with his powerful divine body and killing Dao secret arts while cultivating an invincible momentum before the witnesses.
• A golden Dao Inquiry Tribulation struck Heavenly Desolation Divine Lord as the tribulation eye closed, causing his body and Dao Domain to vanish and his Taihuang Cauldron to flee.
• An ancient cultivator explained that the Dao Inquiry Tribulation tested the Great Dao Origin and could only be passed by a Creation Great Sage, while Taiyuan and the others mourned Heavenly Desolation Divine Lord’s death.

After mourning the Desolate Heaven Divine Lord’s death, Taiyuan resolved to seek a chance at Body Integration, while Chen Sheng continued cultivating in both realms. In the Sky Abyss Realm, Chen Sheng hosted a banquet where Seven Killings Heavenly Venerate performed a new piece, which Chen Sheng named the Peng Emperor’s World-Breaking Melody.

• Taiyuan told Chen Sheng, Han Jun, and Yun Xing that he would serve his master for three thousand years, then seek an opportunity in the Taiyi Realm, accepting that he might fail.
• Three days later, Taiyuan departed, Han Jun and Yun Xing set off to pursue their cultivation goals, and Chen Sheng stayed behind to cultivate.
• In the Sky Abyss Realm, Chen Sheng refined his Terminus Sword Realm secret art to initial completion but failed to grasp the Origin of termination needed for the third volume.
• Chen Sheng held a banquet attended by his subordinates, descendants, wives, and concubines after restoring the Sky Abyss Realm’s Origin and helping his followers advance.
• Seven Killings Heavenly Venerate performed his new composition, and Chen Sheng named it the Peng Emperor’s World-Breaking Melody.

Chen Sheng received a signal that the Myriad Heavens Mirror had located a new world near the Nine Yang Realm and traveled there to investigate. After seeing how the realm had flourished under his rule, he used its origin altar to prepare an incarnation for an early descent into the newly found world.

• After more than three months of cultivation, Chen Sheng received an urgent message from the Myriad Heavens Mirror that it had located a new world near the Nine Yang Realm.
• Chen Sheng opened a passage to the Nine Yang Realm and returned to his Great Sun Divine Temple, where four fire-spirit protectors greeted him.
• Chen Sheng flew across the Nine Yang Realm, where its people worshiped him as the Great Sun Supreme God and the once-dying realm had become prosperous.
• At the origin altar, Chen Sheng placed the jade ruyi in its groove and used the realm's power to project a Star Map of the newly located world.
• Chen Sheng reasoned that he could send an incarnation to investigate before the realms naturally overlapped in a hundred years, and decided to test his conjecture.

Chen Sheng cast an incarnation into a new world and immediately shattered the haze of reincarnation after possessing Zhang Ling. Having awakened in the Pan Sword Sect as an outer disciple, he planned to learn the world's power structure before seeking its origin.

• Chen Sheng explained the two methods for Void Refining cultivators to descend into other realms and sent an incarnation through a star gate into a new world.
• Chen Sheng possessed Zhang Ling and awakened his memories at once, confirming that he could bypass the haze of reincarnation.
• Zhang Ling's memories revealed that a Demonic Cultivator had massacred his village and captured him and other youths for a blood sacrifice.
• Zhou Ming told Chen Sheng that Elder Qingfeng had rescued them and accepted both survivors as outer disciples of the Pan Sword Sect.
• Chen Sheng looked toward the sect's mountain gate and decided to study the world's power structure before planning how to harvest its origin.

Chen Sheng studied cultivation manuals and biographies in the Pan Sword Sect’s Scripture Pavilion, discovering that this world’s legendary cultivators advanced at implausible speeds and ascended through unfamiliar means. He left the pavilion convinced that something about the world was wrong, though he did not yet know why.

• Chen Sheng read a cultivation manual and found that its descriptions of the realms beyond Foundation Establishment were sparse.
• Chen Sheng read the biography of the Red-Brow Immortal and was startled by his rapid cultivation, unusual tribulations, and ascent through immortal light.
• Chen Sheng checked other biographies and records, finding the same extraordinary cultivation histories in each.
• The pavilion’s old guardian warned Chen Sheng not to obsess over True Immortal biographies and urged him to build his cultivation steadily.
• Chen Sheng returned the books and left the pavilion, still doubting the nature of the world.

Three years after entering Pan Sword Sect, Chen Sheng had become one of its most exceptional outer disciples, drawing the attention of Huang Yu and several peak masters. As Zhou Ming was sent to invite him to a feast, Huang Yu’s family discussed the danger of Huang Yun pursuing a match with Chen Sheng.

• Huang Yu lectured the outer disciples on cultivation and then summoned Chen Sheng to speak with him privately.
• Bai Yu and the other core disciples discussed Chen Sheng’s rapid advancement, and Qin Hao revealed that several peak masters had noticed him.
• Qin Hao arranged a lavish feast at Myriad Flower Pavilion and ordered Zhou Ming to invite Chen Sheng, while Zhou Ming concealed his jealousy and headed for Chen Sheng’s residence.
• Huang Yu gave Chen Sheng a mid-grade Foundation-Stabilizing Pill and praised his steady cultivation and Dao Heart.
• After Chen Sheng left, Huang Yu told Huang Yun and her mother that he could not arrange a match because powerful families might target his daughter if she became involved with Chen Sheng.

Chen Sheng recognized the realm as a precious middle world shaped by a Calamity Crossing Dao Lord, and considered how it might help him advance to Body Integration. After rejecting Zhou Ming’s coercive invitation, he watched Qin Hao punish and later dispose of Zhou Ming; meanwhile, an old man in the Taihao Divine Mansion saw a sign that the age’s first True Immortal seed had appeared.

• Chen Sheng concluded that the realm was a self-contained middle world whose harsh lifespan limits and mind-focused cultivation system had been established by a Calamity Crossing Dao Lord.
• Zhou Ming invited Chen Sheng to Qin Hao’s banquet with flattery, but Chen Sheng refused and swept him away from his courtyard gate.
• Chen Sheng sent Qin Hao a paper crane explaining that Zhou Ming had made the invitation sound coercive, prompting Qin Hao to investigate and order punishment for Zhou Ming.
• Bai Yu publicly broke Zhou Ming’s hands and feet and sent him to menial labor, then men carried him from the sect months later and threw him into a valley, where he died.
• An old man in the Taihao Divine Mansion read a surge of golden fate and declared that the first True Immortal seed of the age had been born.

Zhang Ling passed the Myriad Manifestations Heart-Questioning Tribulation and formed a High-grade Golden Core, astonishing the Pan Sword Sect and those who knew him. Meanwhile, a Celestial Immortal descended in the mortal world revealed that he intended to cultivate Zhang Ling as a tribulation seed for his own plans.

• Zhang Ling endured the lightning and fire of the tribulation, formed a High-grade Golden Core, and received congratulations from Yuan Zhao and the seven peak masters.
• Outer sect disciples learned of Zhang Ling’s breakthrough, and Liu Yanyun regretted having missed the chance to serve at his side.
• Huang Yu told Madam Huang that Zhang Ling had formed a High-grade Golden Core, and their daughter Yun'er felt her cultivation bottleneck begin to break.
• Heavenly Venerate Guan reported Zhang Ling’s breakthrough to the youthful Daoist, who ordered him to strengthen Zhang Ling’s foundation and spread his fame.
• The youthful Daoist revealed that he was a Celestial Immortal undergoing tribulation and planned to use Zhang Ling’s growth to stage conflicts, gather fortune, and seek promotion in the Immortal Realm.

Chen Sheng learned that Hanging Mountain had sent him a token after recognizing his potential, and he wondered whether the powerful lineage had hidden motives. The Longevity Ranking then placed him seventh as Zhang Ling, prompting three rival geniuses to head for Pan Sword Sect to challenge him.

• Daoist Yuan Zhao told Chen Sheng that Hanging Mountain was an ancient, prestigious lineage and that its token was reserved for exceptional geniuses with the potential to become True Immortals.
• Chen Sheng questioned why Hanging Mountain had chosen him and suspected its interest might involve a greater plan, so he resolved to learn more about the Dao of fortune.
• The Longevity Ranking changed, placing Zhang Ling of Pan Sword Sect seventh for forming a High-grade Golden Core in six years and receiving a Hanging Mountain Token.
• Cultivators in Cloud Creek City argued over Zhang Ling’s rank, with many doubting he had the achievements to deserve it.
• Li Yan, Su Qingyao, and Shen Qinghan left for Pan Sword Sect, with Shen Qinghan expressing his desire to test Zhang Ling’s swordsmanship.

True Monarch Baoxiang decided to attack Pan Sword Sect and kill Zhang Ling, while Heavenly Venerate Guan revealed that he had manipulated Baoxiang and was orchestrating a larger plot against the sect. The chapter left Guan preparing to use outside forces to destroy Pan Sword Sect and push Zhang Ling toward demonic cultivation.

• Wan Feng told True Monarch Baoxiang that Zhang Ling had survived an earlier assassination attempt and risen to become a High-grade Golden Core with a Hanging Mountain Token.
• True Monarch Baoxiang announced that he would personally storm Pan Sword Sect and kill Zhang Ling, then ordered Wan Feng to gather intelligence about Zhang Ling and the sect's defenses.
• Heavenly Venerate Guan revealed that he had used fortune and illusions to stir Baoxiang's killing intent and planned to manipulate three young cultivators against Zhang Ling.
• Heavenly Venerate Guan outlined his plan to have outside forces destroy Pan Sword Sect, drive Zhang Ling into demonic cultivation, and ultimately have the Patriarch kill him.

Chen Sheng comprehended the Big Dipper Fortune-Moving True Canon, saw the realm’s fortune network and a golden Treasure Mirror binding its Heaven and Earth Origin, then detected a killing tribulation aimed at him. He confronted True Monarch Baoxiang at Broken Soul Ridge and began tracing a golden thread linking Baoxiang to the Treasure Mirror.

• Chen Sheng used his true selves’ parallel comprehension to grasp the fortune Dao and discovered that a golden Treasure Mirror suppressed the realm’s Heaven and Earth Origin.
• Chen Sheng spotted a malicious fortune thread approaching Pan Sword Sect and sent out his Green Rays.
• At Broken Soul Ridge, True Monarch Baoxiang prepared a formation to break Pan Sword Sect’s Guardian Array and vowed to kill Chen Sheng.
• Chen Sheng appeared behind Baoxiang and defeated his fire Flood Dragons with Sword Intent Manifestation, revealing power beyond Baoxiang’s expectations.
• Baoxiang’s fortune-bound sense of duty stopped him from fleeing, and he attacked alongside his Nascent Soul while Chen Sheng traced the golden thread at his brow.
• Chen Sheng tore apart Baoxiang’s fire net and forced his true body and Nascent Soul to retreat as he continued investigating the thread’s source.

Chen Sheng killed True Monarch Baoxiang at Broken Soul Ridge and received the world’s heavenly blessing, revealing himself as the Child of Destiny. Myriad Beasts Celestial Immortal ordered Heavenly Venerate Guan to arrange opportunities for Zhang Ling, intending to use him to seize control of the world’s Origin.

• Shen Qinghan, Li Yan, and Su Qingyao witnessed Chen Sheng suppress True Monarch Baoxiang with extraordinary swordsmanship and recognized him as Zhang Ling.
• Chen Sheng killed True Monarch Baoxiang’s true body and Nascent Soul with a single sword strike.
• Heaven and Earth Origin blessed Chen Sheng, strengthening his Dao foundation and deepening his connection to the world.
• Heavenly Venerate Guan suffered a backlash while trying to manipulate fortune and realized Zhang Ling was the Child of Destiny.
• Myriad Beasts Celestial Immortal ordered Heavenly Venerate Guan to arrange fortuitous opportunities for Zhang Ling and gave him the Myriad Beasts Immortal Tome to pass along.
• Myriad Beasts Celestial Immortal planned to use Zhang Ling to stir the world’s destiny and help him seize its Origin.

After killing Nascent Soul True Lord Baoxiang at Broken Soul Ridge, Chen Sheng returned to the Pan Sword Sect and urged its leaders to destroy the Heavenly Sun Sect. The sect prepared for war with his Lifeless Sword Talismans while Chen Sheng departed to cultivate in seclusion.

• Li Yan, Shen Qinghan, and Su Qingyao praised Chen Sheng’s swordsmanship and asked to accompany him, but he declined and left for the Pan Sword Sect.
• The three prodigies reflected on Chen Sheng’s strength and returned to their sects resolved to focus on cultivation instead of the Longevity Ranking.
• Daoist Yuan Zhao warned the Pan Sword Sect’s peak masters that Baoxiang had appeared near their territory and ordered the sect to prepare its defenses.
• Chen Sheng arrived at the Council Hall and revealed Baoxiang’s severed head, explaining that he had killed him after discovering his Formation Flags at Broken Soul Ridge.
• Chen Sheng declared that the Heavenly Sun Sect should be destroyed and gave Daoist Yuan Zhao and the seven peak masters Lifeless Sword Talismans to help defeat its disciples.
• Daoist Yuan Zhao and the peak masters agreed to send the Heavenly Sun Sect’s resources to Chen Sheng, who left to cultivate in seclusion.

After Zhang Ling killed True Monarch Baoxiang and destroyed the Heavenly Sun Sect, the Pan Sword Sect prospered and Zhang Ling became the top name on the Longevity Ranking. At the sect’s new disciple ceremony, Elder Huang Yu recounted Zhang Ling’s rise and received the new disciples’ admiration.

• Yuan Zhao ordered the seven peak lords to gather their elite disciples and destroy the Heavenly Sun Sect.
• The Pan Sword Sect conquered the Heavenly Sun Sect’s remaining forces, reclaimed stolen resources, and looted its Scripture Repository and Alchemy Room.
• The Longevity Ranking placed Zhang Ling first, praising him for slaying a Nascent Soul and destroying the Heavenly Sun Sect.
• Elder Huang Yu told the new disciples that he had recognized Zhang Ling’s talent and urged them to cultivate diligently.
• Qin Hao, Bai Yu, and Liu Yanyun discussed Huang Yu’s rise and Zhang Ling’s gratitude, including the Pills and position Zhang Ling had given him.

Chen Sheng used Heaven's Will's blessing to uncover Hanging Mountain's vast fortune network and suspected the Heavenly Emperor was using him as a Child of Destiny to harvest the world's origin. He severed his incarnation's connection to his true bodies and set out to seek opportunities on his own.

• Chen Sheng's fortune rose to deep purple, letting him perceive the golden network binding the world's fate to Hanging Mountain and the origin core.
• Chen Sheng concluded that Hanging Mountain's Heavenly Emperor followed the Way of the Imperial Dynasty and might seek to control the medium world through fortune.
• Chen Sheng traced two fortune threads to Heavenly Venerate Guan's Treasure Mirror and a hidden immortal figure concealed within pale-purple fortune at Hanging Mountain.
• Chen Sheng suspected that the Heavenly Emperor had arranged for him to become a Child of Destiny and planned to use his fortune to harvest the origin.
• Chen Sheng severed the connection between his incarnation and his Demon Race true body, implanted false memories in his yin and yang souls, and prepared for the worst.
• Chen Sheng chose to seek opportunities actively rather than remain in the Pan Sword Sect, then left Sword Heart Cliff.

After reaching Spirit Annihilation and uncovering the Myriad Beasts Immortal Tome’s hidden connection to a powerful cultivator, Chen Sheng traveled to Central Prefecture. He slew six Yin God Venerables to claim the innate Fortune-Destroying Sword and recognized a constrained origin above the Ninth Heavens, promising to help it if he could.

• Chen Sheng reached Spirit Annihilation, examined the Purple-Green Twin Swords, and discovered that the Myriad Beasts Immortal Tome carried a fortune thread leading to Hanging Mountain.
• Chen Sheng studied the tome’s account of the world’s higher realms and its method for creating an Illusory Heaven of Mind Aspect.
• Ten years later, Chen Sheng arrived at a grotto-heaven where six Yin God Venerables were competing for an innate immortal sword, and they recognized him as Many-Treasure Sword Lord—Zhang Ling.
• When the six Venerables refused to yield the sword, Chen Sheng trapped them in his Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and killed all six.
• The innate sword chose Chen Sheng and passed him the Fortune-Destroying Sword inheritance, including the arts to sever fortune and break causality.
• Chen Sheng sensed a constrained origin above the Ninth Heavens and said he would help it if the opportunity arose.