Chapter Summaries

Chen Sheng stabilized his third-step Integrated Body cultivation and began comprehending Void Tribulation, while Qin Zhaoyu left seclusion, received Emperor Venerate’s insights, and traveled to Tianmang Immortal Mountain. She arrived there and discovered that Qi Mang ranked second on the Ninth Peak.

• Chen Sheng stabilized his third step of Integrated Body and identified Void Tribulation as his next cultivation goal, though he knew he needed to deepen his laws and temper his Dao Heart before advancing.
• Emperor Venerate summoned Qin Zhaoyu, praised her progress on the Heaven-Connecting Immortal Path, and granted her insights to help temper her Dao domain.
• Qin Zhaoyu returned to Chen Sheng, asked about the great age of the Immortal Path, and learned of the True Immortal inheritance and Tianmang Immortal Mountain’s opportunities.
• Qin Zhaoyu traveled to Tianmang Immortal Mountain, bought a Jade slip describing its peaks and rankings, and found Qi Mang ranked twenty-third overall and second on the Ninth Peak.

Qin Zhaoyu challenged a mirror image on the Ninth Peak with her Three Thousand Illusory Annihilation divine ability, but her opponent’s Heavenly Origin Divine Fist defeated her by one move. A thousand years later, Chen Sheng mourned Yuanji’s death after he failed the Longevity Dao Tribulation, while Yuanba chose to return to his clan and spend his remaining years nurturing a Dharma Lord.

• Qin Tianjun arrived at the Ninth Peak, where cultivators praised his cultivation and his master, Great Saint Panwu.
• Qin Zhaoyu fought a black-robed mirror image, using three thousand Dao domains and an Annihilation Millstone against its Dao of Strength.
• The mirror image unleashed the Heavenly Origin Divine Fist and defeated Qin Zhaoyu, who was sent from the peak and admitted she had fallen one move short.
• At Small Panwu Hall, Zhang Longhu and Qi Mang congratulated Qin Zhaoyu on reaching Void Refining fourteen tribulations, while Qin Ping'an shared in her success.
• A thousand years later, Chen Sheng mourned Yuanji, who had died beneath the Longevity Dao Tribulation after failing to reach Void Refining eleven tribulations.
• Yuanba told Chen Sheng he would return to his clan and use his remaining years to nurture a Dharma Lord, and Chen Sheng agreed.

After Sutian Realm powerhouses arrived at the Immortal Mountain and met cultivators from other worlds, Qi Mang attempted the final leap to become a Dharma Lord. His Dharma Seed shattered, and he died, leaving Chen Sheng to reflect on how difficult the breakthrough was.

• In the Small Panwu Hall, Qi Mang announced that he planned to attempt the final leap in five thousand years, while Qin Zhaoyu and the others offered their encouragement.
• The Immortal Mountain rankings changed, revealing powerful names from the Sutian Realm, including Wuji Cave Master, Creation God King, and Buddha Master Shilin.
• At Heaven and Earth Sword Mountain, Tianyu Cult Master introduced the Sutian Realm visitors to Chen Sheng and the other Dao Lords, and they gathered to discuss the Great Dao.
• Several thousand years later, Qi Mang attempted to form his Tribulation Fate Dharma Seed, but his will failed during the trial and the seed shattered, killing him.
• Chen Sheng sensed Qi Mang's death and remarked that forming a Dharma Seed was difficult, while Buddha Master Shilin sent him a message.

Jiao Qi hid in the Sutian Realm while seeking a chance to improve his cultivation and escape Jiao Li’s pursuit, but the Five Great Dharma Kings of Esoteric Buddhism surrounded him with a formation and tried to convert him. He refused to submit and fought until his body was destroyed, while the same power tracked down and erased his clones and incarnations across three Great Thousand Worlds.

• Jiao Qi brooded over his inability to cultivate safely in the Immortal Mountain and chose the Sutian Realm as a place to study its cultivation methods.
• The Five Great Dharma Kings appeared above Jiao Qi’s water abode and used a Buddhist formation to convert the beings across the small thousand world and block his escape.
• Jiao Qi recognized the Esoteric Buddhism Dharma Kings, revealed his true form, and rejected their offer to spare him if he became a Buddhist protector.
• Jiao Qi attacked the formation, but the Five Great Dharma Kings expanded it across more than a hundred Minor Thousand Worlds and suppressed his attempts to break free.
• The Buddhist formation crushed Jiao Qi’s body into a Blood Sea, then traced his law-seed aura and erased his clones and incarnations across three Great Thousand Worlds.

After Jiao Qi’s death, Qin Zhaoyu completed her Illusion-Extinction Dharma Seed and received guidance and a World-Binding Pearl from Chen Sheng. Immortal Mountain then expanded to include the Immortal Spirit Realm, whose ancient inheritance warned that the spread of True Immortal inheritance threatened the dimension.

• Chen Sheng recalled how he had secretly helped Jiao Li and Buddha Master Shilin arrange Jiao Qi’s death, then set aside his lingering grief.
• Qin Zhaoyu overcame her illusion and annihilation trials and completed her Illusion-Extinction Dharma Seed after sixty thousand years of cultivation.
• Chen Sheng taught Qin Zhaoyu how to advance toward the Dharma Lord stage and gave her a World-Binding Pearl.
• The Tianmang Immortal Ranking revealed that Immortal Mountain had incorporated the Immortal Spirit Realm, and twelve members of its Immortal Spirit Clan appeared on Heaven and Earth Sword Mountain.
• Chen Sheng learned from Gu Suchen and the others that the Immortal Spirit Clan originated in immortal springs and was the sole clan in its Great Thousand World.
• An elder in the Immortal Spirit Realm read an ancestral warning about Dimensional True Immortals and concluded that his clan had to spread their inheritance to preserve its descendants.

After hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation, Gu Suchen became the first Great Vehicle cultivator, while Chen Sheng’s incarnations continued advancing. As the Panwu Realm reached the end of its Epoch, Ming Sheng completed the fourth step of Body Integration amid its destruction.

• Gu Suchen severed his karmic ties with the Sutian Realm and Immortal Spirit Realm, reached the Great Vehicle Realm, and discovered he could not sense the Eternal Immortal Realm’s summons.
• Li Xuan watched Pure Dust Dao Lord’s mark advance beyond the Fifty-Fifth Peak, and the Immortal Mountain’s Spirit welcomed him as a Loose Immortal and explained the Inner Sect token.
• Desolation Adept and Huang Jue Emperor Lord later attained the Great Vehicle Realm while Chen Sheng remained in seclusion.
• Ming Sheng summoned the four hundred eighty million Blood God Sons and unleashed the Yuantu and Abi swords as the Panwu Realm’s Epoch collapsed.
• Hong Sheng formed and completed a Dharma seed before vanishing as the realm was destroyed, leaving Ming Sheng to complete the fourth step of Body Integration.

Chen Sheng broke through to the fourth step of Body Integration, defeated the Golden Crow at the Twenty-Fourth Peak, and advanced through the next peaks. At the Twenty-Seventh Peak, the Slaughter Gourd wounded his will, leaving him shaken as he emerged from the challenge.

• Chen Sheng used the Heaven-Piercing Sword Talisman to defeat the Golden Crow mirror image and clear the Twenty-Fourth Peak.
• Chen Sheng continued to the Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth Peaks, while Qin Zhaoyu and Master Hong Jue learned of his breakthrough and celebrated his progress.
• News of Chen Sheng's advancement spread, though several Dao Lords doubted he could reach beyond the Tribulation Crossing Realm.
• At the Twenty-Seventh Peak, the Red Gourd attacked Chen Sheng with two beams of slaughtering light, one of which pierced his defense and struck his mud pellet palace.
• Chen Sheng emerged from the Twenty-Seventh Peak shaken by the gourd's killing intent and recognized its connection to Venerable Chengkong of Slaughter.

Chen Sheng examined the Immortal Mountain Treasury for treasures that could improve his comprehension and help him break through to Tribulation Transcendence. He chose temporary enlightenment items suited to his Dao paths but decided to save his contribution points until he was ready to attempt the breakthrough.

• Chen Sheng counted his 48,400 contribution points and reflected on his Void Calamity cultivation and limited potential.
• Chen Sheng explored the treasury’s supreme immortal treasures, found their billion-point prices out of reach, and recalled how Gu Xunzhen and Gu Qiwu had surpassed him.
• Chen Sheng compared temporary enlightenment items with permanent enhancement treasures and decided that short-term boosts best served his urgent goal of reaching Tribulation Transcendence.
• Chen Sheng identified Blood Marrow Truth-Enlightening Paste, Sword Heart Wisdom Sand, and the Myriad Formations Profound Enlightenment Orb as suitable aids for his Blood Path, Sword Dao, and Formation Dao.
• Chen Sheng chose not to exchange for the unaffordable items yet and returned to cultivation, planning to use them when he reached perfection of the fourth step of Body Integration and attempted Tribulation Transcendence.

Qin Cangwu entered Immortal Mountain and received three Extended-Stay Talismans from Qin Zhaoyu, while she focused on overcoming the Calamity of Destruction. After tens of thousands of years of cultivation, Chen Sheng perfected the Void Tribulation by creating a new cycle of life and death in the Panwu World, and set his sights on comprehending the Great Dao Origin to form a Dao Seed.

• Qin Cangwu traveled to Immortal Mountain with other Void Refining cultivators and visited Qin Zhaoyu at the Small Panwu Hall.
• Qin Zhaoyu gave Qin Cangwu three Extended-Stay Talismans, and he set out for the Eighty-Eight Peaks to earn contribution points and pursue cultivation opportunities.
• Qin Zhaoyu reflected on her past disappointments with Qin Clan juniors and continued seeking a way to advance beyond the second step of Integrated Body.
• Chen Sheng realized that perfecting the Void Tribulation required breaking the old cycle and creating a new one within the Panwu World.
• Chen Sheng transformed the Panwu World from nothingness into a new heaven and earth, completing its cycle of Formation, Stasis, Destruction, and Void.
• Chen Sheng reached perfection of the Void Tribulation and resolved to comprehend the Great Dao Origin and condense a Dao Seed.

Du Han escaped Qin Changkong’s pursuit with the help of Elder Mirror’s restored power, while Qin Changkong’s life-saving talisman carried his surviving Yang Spirit back toward the Qin Clan. Qin Cangwu sensed that the talisman had shattered, leaving the clan’s response unresolved.

• Qin Changkong watched Du Han emerge from the Secret Abode with its treasure and tracked him using the Qin Clan’s Tracking Jade.
• Du Han asked Elder Mirror for help, then turned to fight Qin Changkong while holding out for the quarter-hour Elder Mirror needed to restore power.
• Qin Changkong’s Illusory Annihilation Wheel Seal shattered most of Du Han’s Netherfrost Dao Domain and left him unable to resist a killing blow.
• Elder Mirror released golden power that erased Qin Changkong’s Dao Domain and destroyed his body, but a life preservation talisman protected his Yang Spirit as it fled.
• Qin Cangwu reflected on his inability to comprehend Rules, then sensed that Chang Kong’s life-saving talisman had shattered.

After Qin Cangwu concealed his plans from Wushang Hou, he traveled to the Taiyi Realm to uncover Dao Lord Dongyin’s hidden inheritance vault. Using Mingyi’s memories, he began revealing the vault’s entrance and planned to claim the Moon Soul Condensing Embryo Jade before seeking its most powerful treasure, the Yin-Yang Primordial Treasure Mirror.

• Qin Cangwu stopped Wushang Hou from taking revenge on Du Han, claiming Qin Changkong’s death involved a Qin Clan secret and that he needed to handle the body first.
• Qin Cangwu hurried to a concealed stretch of void in the Taiyi Realm, where he identified seven-colored clouds as the entrance to Dao Lord Dongyin’s inheritance vault.
• Qin Cangwu recalled how he had suppressed Mingyi and learned that the remnant spirit had guided Du Han, Dongyin’s chosen inheritor, toward the vault.
• Qin Cangwu resolved to obtain the Moon Soul Condensing Embryo Jade from the vault’s outer region and exchange it for a Rosa Dao Fruit to help break through his cultivation bottleneck.
• Qin Cangwu activated the restrictions using Mingyi’s memories, causing the Dao Lord’s Cave Mansion to emerge from the clouds.

Qin Cangwu’s avatars were erased by Elder Mirror using the power of Dao Lord Dongyin’s inheritance palace, while Elder Mirror and Du Han looted its outer treasure vault and prepared to flee. Qin Zhaoyu’s investigation linked Qin Cangwu’s fall to Qin Changkong’s death and Du Han’s fight with him, leaving her to decide to seek her Teacher’s help.

• Qin Cangwu’s avatars across Chongli Heaven were erased, and Qin Zhaoyu failed to trace the law power that destroyed them.
• Elder Mirror awakened Du Han in Dao Lord Dongyin’s inheritance palace, claimed he had trapped Qin Cangwu, and led Du Han to empty the treasure vault, taking the Moon Soul Condensing Embryo Jade.
• Elder Mirror told Du Han to leave for Chongli Heaven at once so he could use the stolen resources to strengthen his Yin Yang restrictions.
• Elder Qin Lie reported that Qin Changkong had fallen at Meteor Cliff, where investigators detected Asura Clan Dao charm and reconstructed his clash with Du Han and Wushang Hou’s intervention.
• Qin Zhaoyu connected the clues to Qin Cangwu’s concealed opportunity, reprimanded him for his greed, and decided to seek her Teacher’s help.

Qin Zhaoyu discovered a delayed jade slip containing details about True Lord Dongyin’s Dao Lord legacy and brought it to Chen Sheng instead of investigating alone. Chen Sheng agreed to share any rewards equally with her, and they prepared to plan their investigation together.

• Chen Sheng divined that Qin Zhaoyu’s troubles were connected to the legacy of True Lord Dongyin, but could not uncover its location or full details.
• Chen Sheng sent Qin Zhaoyu to gather information, especially about the black-robed cultivator, and said he could ask Buddha Master Shilin for help if needed.
• More than half a month later, a jade slip bearing Qin Cangwu’s aura reached Qin Zhaoyu at the Qin Clan’s ancestral grounds, revealing details about a Dao Lord Cave Mansion and its treasures.
• Qin Zhaoyu suspected the jade slip’s enticing information concealed a trap and decided to show it to Chen Sheng rather than investigate alone.
• Chen Sheng examined the jade slip, praised Qin Zhaoyu, and promised to split any treasures or rewards equally with her.
• Chen Sheng and Qin Zhaoyu agreed to rest before planning a careful investigation of the Dao Lord Cave Mansion.

Chen Sheng and Qin Zhaoyu’s incarnations broke through the Dao Lord’s Cave Mansion restrictions and claimed the Yin-Yang Primordial Treasure Mirror from its core treasury. After exchanging it for contribution points, Chen Sheng prepared to pursue a breakthrough into the Tribulation Crossing Realm, while Du Han’s Elder Mirror urged him to forge a Dao artifact of his own.

• Chen Sheng and Qin Zhaoyu reached the stripped outer treasury, then began cautiously probing the far deadlier restrictions on the way to the core.
• Over two thousand years, Chen Sheng lost more than a hundred incarnations while learning the restrictions’ patterns and methods of breaking them.
• Ming Sheng arrived and smashed through the passage’s restrictions, defeating its final Yin-Yang immortal-light attack with Yuantu and Abi.
• Ming Sheng opened the core treasury and found the Yin-Yang Primordial Treasure Mirror, which Chen Sheng and Qin Zhaoyu later exchanged for 190,000 contribution points each.
• Du Han learned from Elder Mirror that the Yin-Yang Primordial Treasure Mirror was gone, and Elder Mirror encouraged him to forge a Dao artifact of his own.
• Chen Sheng urged Qin Zhaoyu to use her contribution points to cultivate, while his own new points increased his chances of reaching the Tribulation Crossing Realm.

Chen Sheng used the Blood Drop Diagram to comprehend the deepest mysteries of the Blood Path, while Du Han entered Immortal Mountain to challenge its trials and Qin Zhaoyu celebrated her breakthrough to the third step of Integrated Body. The chapter ends with Qin Zhaoyu praying for Chen Sheng to succeed in his secluded cultivation.

• Chen Sheng activated the Blood Drop Diagram and immersed himself in the Blood Path’s mysteries, witnessing a drop of blood transform into a Primordial River of Life.
• Twenty thousand years later, Du Han and other cultivators entered Immortal Mountain, where they learned its rules and discovered that nearly fifty Mahayana Supremes had gathered there.
• Du Han spotted Qin Zhaoyu’s name on the Immortal Ranking, learned she had reached the third step of Integrated Body, and then set off to challenge Eighty-Eighth Mountain.
• Cultivators gathered at Panwu Hall to congratulate Qin Zhaoyu on her breakthrough, and she reflected on the fellow disciples who had died while their descendants carried on the Panwu Lineage.
• After the guests departed, Qin Zhaoyu prayed that Chen Sheng would break through during his seclusion and succeed in transcending tribulation.

Chen Sheng fused the Blood Path Origin into an Innate Dao Seed, rebuilt Panwu World as a Middle Thousand World, and broke through to become the Blood Dao Lord. His breakthrough empowered the Asura Clan, and the Southern Pole Immortal Mansion welcomed him as its fourth Dao Lord.

• Chen Sheng refined the Blood Drop Diagram for five Yuan Eras until his Dharma seed became the Innate Blood Path Origin, then began his breakthrough.
• Chen Sheng compressed Panwu World into an Innate Dao Seed and remade it as a Middle Thousand World, attaining the seat of Dao Lord.
• The Asura Kings sensed Chen Sheng’s breakthrough, and the Asura Clan’s bloodlines strengthened as many members advanced in cultivation.
• Ming Sheng appeared above the Blood Sea and completed his Dao as the Asura Clan knelt to honor Chen Sheng as their Father God.
• The Southern Pole Immortal Mansion learned of Chen Sheng’s breakthrough, and Kong Fang, Cang Yuan, and Wan Huan recognized him as their fourth Dao Lord.

Chen Sheng explored the Panwu World after attaining the Dao Lord realm, tested his authority over its laws, and began deriving a cultivation system based on the Innate Blood Path. At the Southern Pole Immortal Mansion, he celebrated with other Dao Lords, guided Qin Zhaoyu, and left her to handle Du Han’s attempt at reconciliation.

• Chen Sheng examined the Panwu World and its Innate Dao Seed, then briefly imposed an endless-lifespan law before the Longevity Dao Tribulation stopped it and he reversed the change.
• Chen Sheng drew creation qi from the world’s core and decided to preserve it to strengthen the Panwu World while cultivating his Innate Blood Path and creating a cultivation system.
• Chen Sheng used the Blood Drop Diagram to begin deriving a system centered on blood and the roots of the Great Dao.
• Ming Sheng attended the banquet celebrating the Panwu Daoist’s breakthrough, where Dao Lord Kong Fang and other guests congratulated him.
• Ming Sheng encouraged the Panwu Lineage’s disciples and advised them that adopting Asura bodies could help them advance through the Blood Path.
• Ming Sheng explained the Calamity of Destruction and the Void Calamity to Qin Zhaoyu, then told her to handle Du Han’s reconciliation offer herself.

After failing the Mecha Martial Academy assessment, Jiang Ming renewed his resolve to cultivate as a martial artist and met his new coach, Chen Sheng, at Tianlong Martial Hall. Chen Sheng recognized Jiang Ming as a Son of Destiny and gave him guidance that immediately improved his Qi and Blood circulation, leaving Jiang Ming eager to train under him.

• Jiang Ming watched news of Lin Zhan's victory, mourned his failed academy assessment, and resolved to become the strongest martial artist he could.
• Jiang Ming arrived at Tianlong Martial Hall, where Wang Li told him Coach Wang had left for an Elite Martial Hall in the provincial capital.
• Chen Sheng entered the cultivation zone, introduced himself as the new instructor, and ordered the students to demonstrate the Zhongzheng Eighty-Eight Forms.
• Chen Sheng assessed Jiang Ming as the Son of Destiny of a minor thousand world and explained to himself that he had come to study its Mecha Martial Path.
• Chen Sheng corrected the students' techniques one by one, and Jiang Ming felt his Qi and Blood flow smoothly after following Chen Sheng's instructions.

Jiang Ming welcomed his former teacher, Chen Sheng, while Zhou Yang endured the Blood Lotus procedure and gained power rivaling a top-tier Martial God. The next morning, Jiang Ming saw a mysterious Star God Affinity reading appear before him.

• Jiang Ming trained his disciples and brought two promising candidates to meet Chen Sheng, who had arrived with Zhou Yang.
• At the banquet, Jiang Ming recalled how he had failed to qualify as a mecha master despite becoming a martial grandmaster.
• Chen Sheng implanted a Blood Lotus into Zhou Yang, whose body transformed and whose strength rose to the level of a top-tier Martial God.
• Chen Sheng sensed that Jiang Ming's destined fortune had arrived as a shooting star crossed the heavens, though Jiang Ming later dismissed it as a drunken dream.
• Jiang Ming woke beside his wife, Lin Wan, and saw the words "Star God Affinity: 1%" appear in his vision.

After discovering a 1% Star God affinity, Jiang Ming learned more about the Crimson Moon Cataclysm and gained hope of entering the mecha field if he reached the Grandmaster realm. As he sensed a connection to his planet, Chen Sheng considered Jiang Ming a possible Star God and searched the Primordial River of Life for new variables.

• Jiang Ming recalled how the Crimson Moon Star God had caused the Great Cataclysm, how humanity had survived through Qi and Blood martial arts, and how Qi-Blood Mechas helped drive Godspawn from the planet.
• Jiang Ming asked Chen Sheng about Star Gods and learned that the Crimson Moon Star God still existed, that the Federation hid its contamination, and that countless other planets might also have Star Gods.
• Chen Sheng told Jiang Ming that a breakthrough in Qi and Blood transmission technology could lower the mecha-affinity threshold, and promised to secure him a place if he reached the Grandmaster realm and condensed divine intent.
• Chen Sheng departed with Zhou Yang after breakfast, while Jiang Ming watched their vehicle leave and felt a powerful connection to the planet beneath his feet.
• Chen Sheng reflected that Jiang Ming had obtained the planet's origin core and might become a perfect Star God, then sought new inspiration by turning his will toward the Primordial River of Life.