Chapter Summaries

Qi Mang battled his way through the Domain Competition, secured forty-second place, and earned a slot in the Mahayana Treasure Realm. After Chen Sheng explained the Heaven-Connecting Immortal Path, Qi Mang entered the Taihuang Realm, where Chen Sheng arrived and met an Emperor Venerate.

• Qi Mang defeated Kong Xiu after a fierce clash of their Dao Domains and secret arts.
• Qi Mang fought other seeded contestants, winning more matches than he lost, and finished forty-second to secure a Treasure Realm slot.
• Chen Sheng explained that the Heaven-Connecting Immortal Path offered trials and rewards that could help cultivators advance their Dao and potentially become Law Masters.
• Three days later, Qi Mang and the other eighty-seven contestants entered the Taihuang Realm as its gate opened.
• Chen Sheng followed into the realm and encountered an Emperor Venerate, who praised his cultivation and young age.

Emperor Venerate gave Chen Sheng the Creation and Enlightenment True Scripture and sent him to comprehend the Taihuang Realm’s Origin Star River. Meanwhile, Chen Sheng’s incarnation agreed to pass the Illusory Heart Tenth Scroll to Zhang Che’s clan if one of its descendants earned a place in the Treasure Realm at the third-tier Dao assembly within fifty thousand years.

• Emperor Venerate showed Chen Sheng his disciple Qi Mang cultivating on the Heaven-Connecting Immortal Path and granted Chen Sheng the Creation and Enlightenment True Scripture.
• Chen Sheng entered the Origin Star River, recognized its stars as Origin imprints, and began incorporating their insights into his Dao seed while Heavenly Dao Hong Sheng comprehended alongside him.
• Chen Sheng’s incarnation delivered a sermon on yin and yang at the Scripture Hall, and the Disciples departed after listening.
• Zhang Che visited Chen Sheng’s incarnation to request the Illusory Heart Tenth Scroll for the Zhang Clan.
• Chen Sheng promised the inheritance to the Zhang Clan if one of its descendants secured a place in the Treasure Realm at the third-tier Dao assembly within fifty thousand years, and Zhang Che agreed to nurture the clan’s younger generation.

Chen Sheng completed the first layer of his Two Forms Micro Dust Treasure Body and entered the Chaos Origin Sea to search for resources. After a thousand years of finding little in the Three Extremes River Domain, he set out for the more dangerous depths.

• Chen Sheng arranged for Qin Ping'an to cultivate in the Mysterious Spirit Secret Realm and seek a breakthrough to the Dao Domain.
• After eight hundred years of gestation, Chen Sheng's main battle avatar emerged from the shattered Two Forms Great Formation with its first layer of the Two Forms Micro Dust Treasure Body perfected.
• Chen Sheng entered the Chaos Origin Sea, located himself in the Three Extremes River Domain, and began exploring its chaotic currents.
• Over a thousand years, Chen Sheng searched the domain, lost many thought particles, and refined a small amount of Netherworld Earth Baleful Qi from a mountain range.
• After spending another fifty years refining the mountain range, Chen Sheng left for the deeper reaches of the Origin Sea.

After Jiao Qi killed Chen Sheng’s main battle incarnation in the Origin Sea, Chen Sheng continued comprehending the Great Dao in the Taihuang Realm and finally mastered the Formation Dao laws. His breakthrough transformed the Panwu Realm, and he began preparing to cultivate the second layer of the Two Forms Micro Dust Treasure Body.

• Chen Sheng gathered Nine Yuan Gang Sha Qi in the Origin Sea until Jiao Qi ambushed him with the Flood Dragon Sword and killed his incarnation.
• Chen Sheng’s true body learned that Jiao Qi had slain his incarnation, recognized him as one of the Seven Sha of the Origin Sea, and vowed to repay the grudge before returning to his cultivation.
• Five hundred years later, Chen Sheng comprehended the Formation Dao laws and integrated them into his Panwu Law Seed.
• The Panwu Realm filled with Heaven and Earth Origin and manifested Dao laws as its cultivation environment and innate spiritual qi improved.
• Hong Sheng guided the Panwu Realm’s transformation and prepared to derive Two Forms Micro Dust Formation patterns and cultivate the second layer of the Two Forms Micro Dust Treasure Body.

After twenty thousand years of seclusion, Chen Sheng stabilized his second-step Integrated Body cultivation and advanced his Formation Dao method for tempering the Two Forms Micro Dust Treasure Body. He attended the Three Extremes Dao Convention, where Qin Zhaoyu and Zhang Longhu prepared to compete for places in the Mahayana Treasure Realm.

• Hong Sheng chose to inscribe miniature Two Forms Formations into the Treasure Body’s particles, using Formation Dao laws and Heaven and Earth Origin to develop the second layer.
• Chen Sheng completed twenty thousand years of seclusion, stabilized his cultivation, and found that only thirty-three of Qi Mang’s cohort’s eighty-eight Heaven-Connecting Immortal Paths remained.
• Chen Sheng inspected the twelve-armed Treasure Body incarnation and estimated it would need another ten thousand years to complete its second layer.
• At the Three Extremes Dao Convention, Qin Ping'an introduced his descendant Qin Zhaoyu, who had placed second in the State Competition, and Chen Sheng encouraged her to compete.
• Chen Sheng examined Qin Ping'an’s Illusory Heaven of Mind Aspect and approved of his emotional Dao path.
• Zhang Che brought Zhang Longhu, who had placed first in the State Competition, to seek the opportunity promised to the Zhang Clan, and Chen Sheng urged both young contestants to win places in the Mahayana Treasure Realm.

At the Three Extremes Dao Convention, Qin Zhaoyu defeated Zhang Longhu and placed third, while he finished twenty-seventh. Chen Sheng accepted both as his direct disciples, leaving Qin Ping'an relieved that the Qin family's future was secure and Zhang Che eager to upgrade the Zhang Clan’s inheritance.

• The Domain Competition began, and Zhang Longhu defeated Ancient Prince while Qin Zhaoyu defeated Tianyanzi with her domineering fist technique.
• Qin Zhaoyu and Zhang Longhu fought in a clash of the Heart Sword and her halberd art, and Qin Zhaoyu won with her final strike.
• Qin Zhaoyu advanced to third place in the competition, while Zhang Longhu finished twenty-seventh; she had lost the final battle for the top three to two Dharma Lords’ direct disciples.
• Qin Zhaoyu and Zhang Longhu asked Chen Sheng to accept them as disciples, and he made both his direct disciples.
• Qin Ping'an felt relieved that the Qin family's inheritance was secure, while Zhang Che celebrated the prospect of the Zhang Clan gaining a true body integration grand method inheritance.

Chen Sheng and Master Hong Jue explored the Origin Sea and discovered an Innate Water Abode containing valuable Seventh Tier material. When a powerful Time-Eroding Beast attacked, Chen Sheng and Master Hong Jue joined forces to drive it off, and Master Hong Jue offered Chen Sheng the larger share of their harvest.

• Chen Sheng and Master Hong Jue visited Master Ling Xu and Master Mo Yuan at the Heavenly Star Ancient Vein mine before continuing into the Origin Sea.
• A hundred years later, Chen Sheng and Master Hong Jue found an Innate Water Abode and began gathering its origin while guarding against danger.
• A Time-Eroding Beast attacked, and Chen Sheng revealed his second-step cultivation had reached perfection as he confronted it head-on.
• Chen Sheng and Master Hong Jue coordinated their attacks and badly wounded the beast, which escaped using a bloodline divine ability.
• Master Hong Jue thanked Chen Sheng and offered him seventy percent of the Water Abode origin; Chen Sheng accepted.

After emerging from thirty thousand years of cultivation, Qi Mang learned that he had reached the tenth tribulation of Void Refining and received Chen Sheng’s guidance to seek a Dharma Seed. Yuanba then brought him to the Panwu Realm to see the troubled Wu Kingdom, where they reunited with Li Changkong and five young White Tigers.

• Chen Sheng and Master Hong Jue entered a dangerous Origin Sea region to search for Lunar Origin, prepared to risk losing their avatars.
• Qi Mang broke his Heaven-Connecting Immortal Path after reaching the sixth step, and Chen Sheng summoned him to the Taihuang Realm.
• Chen Sheng praised Qi Mang’s cultivation, told him about his new disciples and the fate of Ping An and Bai Feng, then advised him to travel to Chongli Heaven or the Taiyi Realm to seek a Dharma Seed.
• Yuanba told Qi Mang that the Wu Kingdom he had established was in disarray and took him through a gate to the Panwu Realm.
• Yuanba and Qi Mang arrived while Li Changkong was teaching five young White Tigers, and Qi Mang greeted Li Changkong.

After returning to the Panwu Realm, Qi Mang explored its thriving lands, accepted Cang Lan as his nominal disciple, and punished the seven kings who had divided the Wu Kingdom. Meanwhile, Chen Sheng and Master Hong Jue heard that Tianmang Immortal Mountain had opened, but neither recognized the name Tianmang True Immortal.

• Qi Mang met Empress Golden Saint and Yuanji, learned that the Wu Kingdom had fractured and that the Panwu Realm had flourished, then explored the East Sea.
• Qi Mang fished without a hook, drew up the Jade Whale Clan cultivator Cang Lan, and accepted him as a nominal disciple.
• Qi Mang subdued the seven Void Refining kings, revealed himself as the Qi Clan's Grand Progenitor, and sentenced them to mine at Sin Mine Star for five thousand years.
• Chen Sheng and Master Hong Jue heard a Dao voice announce that Tianmang Immortal Mountain had opened and that they could enter by silently reciting Tianmang True Immortal's name.
• Chen Sheng and Master Hong Jue admitted they had never heard of Tianmang Immortal Mountain or Tianmang True Immortal.

The Southern Pole Immortal Mansion summoned its Dharma Lords and Dao Lords after Tianmang Immortal Mountain opened and revealed a True Immortal inheritance. The chapter ended with the Dao Lords offering resources and services to help gather contribution points, while Kong Fang considered recruiting talented disciples to pursue rewards in the mountain.

• The Southern Pole Immortal Mansion’s highest-grade summons bell rang, and an elder explained that all Dharma Lords and Dao Lords were being recalled.
• Chen Sheng connected the summons to Tianmang Immortal Mountain and traveled to the Southern Pole Immortal Hall, where the Dharma Lords discussed the mountain’s opening.
• Angry Sea Dharma Lord described the True Immortal inheritance, its treasures, and the contribution points earned by challenging its eighty-eight mountains or offering valuable items.
• Kong Fang, Cang Yuan, and Wan Huan arrived and announced that the Immortal Mansion would open its treasury and offer pill-refining and weapon-refining services to help cultivators obtain contribution points.
• Kong Fang considered cultivating more talented disciples, who could pursue opportunities in Tianmang Immortal Mountain and trade for resources below the Seventh Tier.

Chen Sheng and Master Hong Jue entered Tianmang Immortal Mountain, where Chen Sheng learned he could become a registered disciple of Tianmang True Immortal by qualifying for the Immortal Domain. After challenging the mountain and stopping at the Thirteenth Peak, Chen Sheng entered the Immortal Domain, where the chapter left him amid profound Dao sounds.

• Chen Sheng and Master Hong Jue arrived at Tianmang Immortal Mountain and learned its strict rules and the secret gateway to the Immortal Domain for qualified cultivators.
• Chen Sheng and Master Hong Jue began challenging the mountain, and Chen Sheng found the ranking showed Dao Lords had passed the thirty-fifth peak while Master Hong Jue had reached the tenth.
• Chen Sheng cleared the first twelve peaks, defeated increasingly powerful mirror images, and earned contribution points for overcoming Integrated Body-level opponents.
• Chen Sheng stopped at the Thirteenth Peak and saw that Master Hong Jue had left after being defeated at the Tenth Peak.
• Chen Sheng opened the gateway in his consciousness and entered the Immortal Domain.

Chen Sheng witnessed a True Immortal create a Great Thousand World and transform it into Tianmang Immortal Mountain, gaining profound Sword Dao insights. He then took control of the Eight Treasures Palace and learned about his Loose Immortal Inheritance and Heaven and Earth Sword Token, which granted access to Heaven and Earth Sword Mountain.

• Chen Sheng entered the Immortal Domain and watched a Daoist use an Immortal Sword to create a Great Thousand World and forge Tianmang Immortal Mountain.
• Two swords inside Chen Sheng's blood cocoon awakened and shook the Panwu Realm until Hong Sheng calmed the upheaval; Qi Mang and the others recognized the cocoon as their Master's incarnation.
• Chen Sheng awakened from his enlightenment with greatly advanced Sword Dao deductions and took control of the Eight Treasures Palace, discovering its pool of Clear Spring Water.
• Chen Sheng investigated his Loose Immortal Inheritance and learned that Great Vehicle cultivators could sense the location of the Eternal Immortal Realm.
• Chen Sheng received the Heaven and Earth Sword Token, which allowed registered disciples to enter Heaven and Earth Sword Mountain.

Chen Sheng explored the Immortal Domain, suspected it was formed from an immortal sword, and entered Heaven and Earth Sword Mountain with his token. There he met eight Dao Lords and began studying the Sword Forest’s many Innate Great Daos.

• Chen Sheng examined the Immortal Domain’s hidden Sword Pattern but could not grasp its mysteries, while White Deer sensed his probing and transformed into a youth.
• Chen Sheng used the Heaven and Earth Sword Token to travel to Heaven and Earth Sword Mountain and open a passage through its clouds.
• Eight Dao Lords in the Sword Forest noticed Chen Sheng’s unfamiliar, comparatively weak aura and learned that Panwu had become a registered disciple through his potential.
• Chen Sheng greeted the eight Dao Lords, explained how he had gained nominal disciple status, and entered the Sword Forest to choose a weapon for study.
• Chen Sheng explored swords containing Innate Great Daos, including Void, Freezing, Five Fortunes, Five Virtues, and Five Supremes, and considered how the Sword Mountain’s insights complemented Loose Immortal Inheritances.

Chen Sheng chose the Mysterious Female Heaven-Connecting Sword Scroll as his Great Vehicle inheritance and began cultivating it in Heaven and Earth Sword Mountain. He left the Taihuang Realm for Tianmang Immortal Mountain, where he sent Qi Mang, Yuanji, Yuanba, and Golden Saint to attempt the Mountain Crashing Assessment.

• Chen Sheng used the Southern Pole Immortal Mansion’s authority to learn about the Dao Lords in the Sword Forest and the five stages of the Creation Realm.
• Chen Sheng studied the Loose Immortal Inheritances and selected the Mysterious Female Heaven-Connecting Sword Scroll to complement his Panwu Law Seed and four prodigy-level talents.
• Chen Sheng received the complete inheritance and began cultivating it in the Sword Forest while comprehending the Innate Great Daos.
• Chen Sheng’s true body left the Taihuang Realm and arrived in Heaven and Earth Sword Mountain’s Public Immortal Domain.
• Chen Sheng brought out Qi Mang, Yuanji, Yuanba, and Golden Saint, explained the Mountain Crashing Assessment, and sent them to begin the trials.

Chen Sheng examined the surge of cultivators challenging Tianmang Immortal Mountain and confirmed that its rules prevented stronger cultivators from exploiting Void Refining challengers’ contribution points. Master Hong Jue’s true body cleared the Thirteenth Peak but failed at the Fourteenth, then joined Chen Sheng, who had left the Taihuang Realm to pursue the Immortal Mountain’s opportunities.

• Chen Sheng noticed the huge increase in Immortal Ranking marks and suspected that some cultivators planned to exploit the mountain’s rewards, but he concluded its restrictions would prevent an easy loophole.
• Master Hong Jue’s true body defeated the Eleventh Peak’s poison-wielding opponent with his Termination divine lightning.
• Qi Mang, Golden Saint, Yuanji, and Yuanba reported their trial rewards to Chen Sheng, who confirmed that contribution points could not be transferred and only unlocked resources suited to Void Refining cultivators.
• Chen Sheng urged his disciples to use their points for cultivation methods and secret arts, explaining that the Immortal Mountain’s inheritances could help them prepare for the transition to Body Integration.
• Master Hong Jue used his Circulate Heavens Annihilation Origin Lamp to defeat the Thirteenth Peak’s opponent, then failed to pass the Fourteenth Peak and received Chen Sheng’s invitation.
• Master Hong Jue met Chen Sheng and learned that Chen Sheng’s true body had left the Taihuang Realm to seek the broader opportunities of Tianmang Immortal Mountain.

Chen Sheng arranged for Qi Mang, Golden Saint, Yuanji, and Yuanba to cultivate in the Eight Treasures Palace, while Qin Ping'an advanced his Illusory Heaven of Mind Aspect with Bai Ze’s inheritance. Chen Sheng then entered the Sword Realm to comprehend the Sword Dao, where he forged his first streak of golden sharpness.

• Master Hong Jue told Chen Sheng that Tianmang Immortal Mountain could draw cultivators from both the Spirit Realm and the Taiyi Realm, then planned to bring his disciples for the Mountain Crashing Assessment.
• Golden Saint, Qi Mang, Yuanji, and Yuanba presented the inheritances they had chosen, and Chen Sheng confirmed that each suited their Dao paths.
• Chen Sheng brought the four disciples to the Eight Treasures Palace, gave them authority marks, and warned them not to leave because they lacked passage authority for the immortal domain.
• Qin Ping'an used Bai Ze’s inheritance to refine his Illusory Heaven of Mind Aspect and strengthen his ability to distinguish illusion from reality.
• Chen Sheng entered the Sword Realm through an ancient longsword and battled Sword Shadows to comprehend the Sword Dao, forging his first streak of golden radiance.

After thirty thousand years of seclusion, Qin Ping'an emerged at the eleventh tribulation of Void Refining with Bai Ze's damaged Sacred Seal, only to be ambushed by Daoist Canggu and Qiongm­ing Daoist. Qi Mang arrived to save him, and Chen Sheng ordered the attackers spared so Qin Ping'an could settle the karma himself; Qin Ping'an then asked when the Void Refining realm had gained a fourteenth tribulation.

• Qin Ping'an emerged from Bai Ze's Cave Mansion with the Tonghui Powa Origin Root Sacred Seal and discovered that two hidden spies were watching him.
• Daoist Canggu and Qiongm­ing Daoist attacked Qin Ping'an to seize the seal, trapping him with Yin-Yang powers and the Decaying Divine Wind.
• Qin Ping'an summoned the Supreme Chen Saint Heavenly King, whose White Tiger projection repelled the attackers, then fled aboard the Creation Divine Boat as they pursued him toward the Spirit Realm.
• Chen Sheng sent a decree summoning Qi Mang, who arrived and used his Calamity Fortune Dao Domain and All-Heaven Fortune-Annihilating Tribulation Lightning to defeat the two attackers.
• Chen Sheng told Qi Mang to let Qin Ping'an settle the matter himself, and Qi Mang spared the fleeing Daoist Canggu and Qiongm­ing Daoist.
• Qin Ping'an reunited with Qi Mang and asked when the Void Refining realm had gained fourteen tribulations.

Qi Mang explained to Qin Ping'an how the Tianmang Immortal Mountain had transformed cultivation and revised the classification of Void Refining combat power. He led Qin Ping'an through the Chaos Origin Sea to the Immortal Mountain, where Qin Ping'an saw a thriving sacred land of trials, debates, resources, and inheritances.

• Qin Ping'an recounted his years in Bai Ze's Cave Mansion and his flight from Daoist Canggu and another pursuer, and Qi Mang explained the changes caused by the Immortal Mountain's descent.
• Qi Mang clarified that Void Refining thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen tribulations were new combat-power ranks tied to the Immortal Mountain's levels, not Longevity Dao Tribulations.
• Qi Mang invited Qin Ping'an to seek an inheritance at the Immortal Mountain and led him through the Chaos Origin Sea with the protection of the Heavenly Origin Treasure Banner.
• Qi Mang guided Qin Ping'an through the power of Tianmang, and they arrived before the vast, sacred Immortal Mountain.
• Qi Mang explained how the Immortal Mountain had developed residences, mountain-challenge and Dharma Debate rankings, battle records, contribution-point exchanges, and training opportunities that had helped him reach Void Refining fourteen tribulations.

Qin Ping'an reunited with Chen Sheng, who recommended a cultivation inheritance suited to his Dao, and began earning contribution points at Tianmang Immortal Mountain. At Small Panwu Hall, he met Chen Sheng’s disciples and other acquaintances, and learned that Yu Zhen had advanced far along the Heaven-Connecting Immortal Path.

• Qi Mang revealed that Chen Sheng lived in the Eight Treasures Palace as a True Immortal’s disciple, then teleported Qin Ping'an there to meet him.
• Qin Ping'an recounted his experiences, including obtaining Demon Saint Bai Ze’s inheritance and comprehending a path of entering illusion through emotion and refining falsehood into truth.
• Chen Sheng recommended the Supreme Unfeeling Dream-Illusion True Formula, explained its principles, and told Qin Ping'an to earn contribution points to exchange for it.
• Qin Ping'an passed the sixth-layer Immortal Mountain trial, earned enough contribution points for the formula’s first three scrolls, and followed Qi Mang to Small Panwu Hall.
• Qin Ping'an greeted Golden Saint, Yuanji, Yuanba, Cang Lan, and Zhang Longhu, and heard that Yu Zhen had reached the eighth step of the Heaven-Connecting Immortal Path.

Chen Sheng completed the Law of Blood and brought Ancestor Ming Sheng forth from the Blood Sea, while Heavenly Dao Hong Sheng began the Panwu World’s apocalyptic transition. Ming Sheng unleashed the Blood Sea to destroy the world and transform its people into Asura, as Chen Sheng advanced his cultivation in Sword Forest.

• Chen Sheng completed the Law of Blood, then used his consciousness to awaken Ancestor Ming Sheng within the Panwu World’s Blood Sea.
• Ancestor Ming Sheng emerged with Yuantu and Abi, summoned 480 million Blood God Sons, and declared that he would not die while the Blood Sea remained.
• Heavenly Dao Hong Sheng shattered the Heavenly Heart and unleashed the Panwu Law Seed to devour the world’s origin, causing calamities and widespread destruction.
• Ming Sheng sent the Blood Sea surging across the heavens and released Yuantu and Abi, whose blood dragons slaughtered cultivators and turned them into Asura.
• Chen Sheng continued driving the world’s evolution in Sword Forest, advancing toward completion of the third step of Integrated Body as the Dao Lords watched.