Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen prepared to take his companions along the Heaven-Stealing Path after the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit warned him of its dangers and Little Crane’s mysterious origins. The Artifact Spirit privately revealed that the Heavenly Dao Origin might be tainted, while Little Crane began seeing strange inherited memories as Fang Chen set out with her to gather the others.

• Fang Chen asked the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit about Void Divine Stones and discussed which companions he would bring to the Heaven-Stealing Path.
• The Artifact Spirit warned Fang Chen to flee from any presence that made his soul tremble, take Heavenly Dao Origin sparingly, and watch for strange changes in Little Crane.
• The Artifact Spirit told Fang Chen that something ancient might sleep within Little Crane, and Fang Chen promised to support her no matter what she became.
• After Fang Chen left, the Artifact Spirit revealed that Heaven-Stealers had met bad ends because the Heavenly Dao Origin was tainted by something evil.
• Little Crane saw broken images of worlds and an immense Silver Vortex, then told Fang Chen they might be inherited memories.
• Fang Chen reassured Little Crane, and they flew toward the depths of the Heavenly River Diagram to find Sister Qingci and the others.

Fang Chen gathered his companions and two disguised Immortal King clones to travel toward the Secret Realm in the Land of Ending, keeping their true destination secret. After reaching the dangerous region, Little Crane found a stretch of ruins for them to investigate cautiously.

• Fang Chen summoned his friends and brought them, along with the Nether Prison Immortal King and Black Phoenix Immortal King clones, into the Spirit Crane Space.
• Fang Chen told everyone they were heading to a Secret Realm in the Land of Ending and said they could cultivate during the journey.
• The Nether Prison Immortal King and Black Phoenix Immortal King privately agreed that Fang Chen was right to conceal their plan to steal the heavens.
• Little Crane carried the group along the Path to Heaven and reached the Land of Ending three days later.
• The Nether Prison Immortal King and Black Phoenix Immortal King warned that the region's Law Tides could kill anyone without Immortal King strength.
• Little Crane spotted a stretch of ruins, and Fang Chen told her to approach carefully in case powerful restrictions remained.

Fang Chen and his companions explored a ruined city in the Land of Ending and discovered a stele recording the city's destruction during the ancient war against the Heavenly Slaves. When Yue Canglan activated the stele, a hazy figure appeared from within.

• Little Crane landed before a sturdy black-stone tower, and Fang Chen led everyone out to explore the Land of Ending.
• Fang Chen discovered that his Spiritual Sense could reach across a Star Domain above the Land of Ending, while the Nether Prison Immortal King explained the limits of its reach and the search for the Heaven-Stealing Path.
• Myna bird spotted a buried stone stele, and the Black Phoenix Immortal King read its account of Heavenly Martial City’s fall after a hundred years of battle against the Heavenly Slave Army.
• Fang Chen and the others learned that the Heavenly Martial Immortal King detonated his Immortal King Origin to destroy the besieging Heavenly Slaves, and the group reflected on the ancient wars.
• Yue Canglan examined the stele’s Formation fluctuation and activated it, causing a hazy, armored middle-aged man to emerge.

After the Heavenly Martial Immortal King’s message confirmed the Heaven-Stealing Path was their forebears’ last hope, Fang Chen revealed that he planned to steal the Heavenly Dao Origin and explained why he had brought everyone. Little Crane refined the Yin-Yang Jade, found a hidden passage far to the east, and led the group toward it.

• The Heavenly Martial Immortal King’s remnant told Fang Chen and the others that the Heaven-Stealing Path lay deep within the Land of Ending and could help reopen the Ascension Passage.
• Fang Chen revealed that he intended to steal the Heavenly Dao Origin and had brought everyone so they could cultivate in the Heaven and Earth Origin Space.
• The group agreed to continue, and the Black Phoenix Immortal King’s Clone gave Fang Chen the Yin-Yang Jade for Little Crane to examine.
• Little Crane refined the Yin-Yang Jade, using its power to sharpen her perception of space.
• Little Crane sensed a hidden passage east of their position, several months of flight away, and Fang Chen sent everyone into the Spirit Crane Space before she set off.

Fang Chen and Little Crane found a Spatial Interlayer filled with Void Divine Stones, but discovered that the area was protected by an ancient Spatial Formation. As the stones overwhelmed Little Crane with longing, she insisted on entering to retrieve them herself.

• Three Shadow Figures appeared in the ruins of Heavenly Martial City, identified Fang Chen and his companions as outsiders, and pursued them east toward the Heaven-Stealing Path.
• After half a year of flight, Little Crane sensed many Void Divine Stones inside a stable Spatial Interlayer and told Fang Chen about them.
• Fang Chen left the Spirit Crane Space and saw dozens of Void Divine Stones floating beyond a rift in space, while the others warned that powerful creatures might be nearby.
• Fang Chen used the Reincarnation Eye Secret Technique and found Formation Runes protecting the space, and Little Crane believed someone had gathered and guarded the stones.
• Fang Chen offered to enter the formation to retrieve a few stones, but Little Crane insisted that her stronger Space Divine Art made her the safer choice.

Fang Chen and Little Crane followed the Void Divine Stones through the Spatial Interlayer, but three powerful Shadow Figures attacked them for disturbing the stones. Fang Chen captured one of the creatures, whose song disrupted his domain, and Little Crane urged him not to attack yet.

• Little Crane swallowed seven Void Divine Stones, growing more powerful and gaining silver eyes that revealed the stones marked a path toward the Heaven-Stealing Path.
• The Nether Prison Immortal King explained that the stones marked the route and replenished energy for travelers through the void.
• Three Shadow Figures appeared outside the Spatial Interlayer and attacked Fang Chen and Little Crane to stop them from taking the stones.
• Fang Chen destroyed the attackers' black hands, then used his Darkness Devouring God Domain and Hand of the Heavens to capture the Shadow Figures after they fused into one.
• The captured Shadow Figure sang, throwing the Space Law in Fang Chen's domain into chaos, and Little Crane told Fang Chen not to attack yet.

Fang Chen and Little Crane discovered that the three Shadow Figures were Guardians of the Path to Heaven, protecting its Void Divine Stones. Little Crane revealed she could remember the path without the stones and carried part of the Void Emperor Song in her inherited memories, leaving the Guardians wondering whether she was the Void Emperor’s successor.

• Little Crane sang a fragment from her inherited memories, causing the Shadow Figures to stop fighting and recognize it as the Void Emperor Song.
• The Shadow Figures called themselves Guardians of the Path to Heaven and explained that the Void Divine Stones formed the path’s roadbed.
• Little Crane said she could remember Spatial Coordinates and guide travelers even if the stones were removed, and she insisted on taking some to strengthen herself.
• The Guardians asked about Little Crane’s inheritance, but she said she did not know its origin and had yet to recover most of her memories.
• The leading Shadow Figure explained that the Void Emperor had taught them the song’s eighty-one lines, though they had learned only thirty-six, and recalled how Little Crane had sung along when they tried to summon a Spatial Storm.

Little Crane accepted three Shadow Figures as followers after they recognized her as Void Emperor’s inheritor. Void Heaven explained that the path they guarded was opened by Void Emperor to reach Heaven and Earth Origin Space, though it was uncertain whether the path still led there.

• The Shadow Figures named Void Emperor as their former master and declared Little Crane his inheritor after hearing her perform the Void Emperor Song.
• Little Crane agreed to let Void Heaven, Void Earth, and Void Man follow her, and brought them into Spirit Crane Space.
• The three Shadow Figures sensed a familiar aura in Myna bird, who said the Seal within him had not been completely lifted and he did not know his past.
• Void Heaven explained that the Heaven-Stealing Path was a route to Heaven and Earth Origin Space, distinct from the Paths to Ending that led to the Land of Ending.
• Void Heaven said Void Emperor had opened the path and entrusted the three Shadow Figures with guarding it, but they did not know whether it could still reach its destination.

Little Crane woke after ten years of digesting the Void Divine Stones and carried Fang Chen and the others rapidly along the Path to Heaven, revealing extraordinary Spatial Control. The group spotted a strange stone tablet made from a Void Divine Stone, though the Void Heaven Three Brothers had never seen one before.

• Little Crane swallowed dozens of Void Divine Stones, then fell asleep in Fang Chen's hand.
• Myna bird reassured the Spirit Crane Space's occupants that Little Crane was only sleeping off the stones, and Fang Chen tucked her against his chest.
• Ten years later, Little Crane woke stronger, and the Spirit Crane Space's occupants noticed it had changed.
• Little Crane ate a few more stones and flew onward, crossing vast distances as Fang Chen and the others marveled at her Spatial Control and sensing range.
• Three days later, Little Crane found a large stone tablet carved from a Void Divine Stone, and the Void Heaven Three Brothers wondered why they had never encountered one before.

Little Crane activated the Stone Tablet and used the Yin-Yang Jade to discover the route along the Path to Heaven. She guided Fang Chen and the others through a vast Void Storm belt and stopped at the first node recorded in the atlas.

• Little Crane activated the Stone Tablet and learned that it was a node along the Path to Heaven, then found their route in the Yin-Yang Jade.
• Little Crane told Fang Chen that a Void Storm belt blocked their way, and Fang Chen chose to cross it rather than risk a detour.
• Little Crane steered through the storms and found a hidden safe passage that let her cross the belt with everyone aboard.
• Two Hours later, Little Crane stopped in an ordinary-looking stretch of the Void and announced that they had reached the first node in the Yin-Yang Jade Atlas.

Fang Chen discovered that Heart-Questioning Hall guarded a different Heaven-Stealing Path from the one opened by Void Emperor. After learning the hall’s trial rules from Luo Emperor, he brought everyone out of Spirit Crane Space to face the next step.

• Little Crane revealed Heart-Questioning Hall in the Void, and the group realized it had not appeared on Void Emperor’s Path to Heaven.
• Fang Chen approached the hall and met an apparition of an Elf Race woman who introduced herself as Luo Emperor.
• Luo Emperor explained that she had opened this Path to Heaven and that Heart-Questioning Hall tested each traveler’s heart and will.
• Luo Emperor said those who passed would reach the next node, while those who failed would lose their memories of the path and return to the Land of Ending.
• Fang Chen had Little Crane release everyone, and Great Emperor Glazed Glass asked him what had happened.

Fang Chen and his companions faced the Heart-Questioning Hall’s individual trials, and all passed before Fang Chen entered last. He rejected an illusion of a peaceful wedding and affirmed his resolve to free the Savage World and reopen the Ascension Passage, passing the trial.

• The Luo Emperor explained that only one person could enter the Heart-Questioning Hall at a time and that time flowed differently inside.
• The Black Phoenix Immortal King, Nether Prison Immortal King, Great Emperor Huo Li, Ye Qingci, and the others passed their trials; the Luo Emperor said the Chaos Demonic Star Vine needed no trial.
• Little Crane emerged after an unusually long hour, then told Fang Chen it was his turn.
• Inside the hall, Fang Chen rejected an illusion of marrying the young lady of the Ye Family and watched the wedding scene collapse.
• Fang Chen told the aged voice that he would accept any sacrifice to free the Savage World and reopen the Ascension Passage, and the voice declared that he had passed.

After passing the Heart-Questioning Hall, Fang Chen and his companions entered the Path to Heaven, where a damaged passage swept Little Crane into Spatial Turbulence. A summons led her to a guarded tunnel, and she began sneaking the group past its sleeping Immortal King-level Guardians.

• Everyone passed the Heart-Questioning Hall trial, and the hall opened a Spatial Gate to the Path to Heaven.
• Little Crane carried Fang Chen and the others through the gate inside Spirit Crane Space and found a vast artificial passage stretching across Star Domains.
• The passage appeared to end, but its spatial barrier shattered and pulled Little Crane into Spatial Turbulence.
• After a month, Little Crane sensed a summons and flew into another passage lined with more than a hundred powerful sleeping Guardians.
• Little Crane shrank Spirit Crane Space and moved quietly between the Guardians, while Fang Chen and the others felt the aura of a Fourth-Turn Immortal King giant turtle.

Little Crane risked passing a powerful Guardian in the tunnel, only for the Nine-Tailed White Fox to recognize her as a descendant of the Void Crane Clan. The White Fox revealed the clan’s origins and its destruction by the World Will, leaving Little Crane shaken by the truth of her heritage.

• Little Crane used the Void Dimension to slip past the sleeping Nine-Tailed White Fox, but the Guardian opened its eyes and addressed her.
• The Nine-Tailed White Fox said it had awaited the return of the Void Crane Bloodline and believed Little Crane and her companions were foretold successors.
• Little Crane asked about her clan, and the White Fox explained that the Void Cranes were ancient space-commanding Divine Beasts who guided travelers between worlds.
• The White Fox recounted how the Void Crane Clan opened routes for the Allied Army during the resistance against the World Will.
• The White Fox said the World Will allied with the Devil Race and Heavenly Slaves to destroy the Void Crane Clan, leaving Little Crane deeply shaken.

The White Fox revealed that the guardians were illusions and that the current Path to Heaven was built by Little Crane’s Void Crane clan during the first Great Calamity. It agreed to guide the group through the Heaven-Reaching Ancient Road and began transferring its route to Little Crane.

• The White Fox awakened its one hundred and eight guardian Clones, then absorbed them and explained that they were illusions created with the Illusory World Law.
• At Fang Chen’s urging, Little Crane released her companions from Spirit Crane Space, and the group thanked the White Fox.
• The White Fox promised to remove its traps and Restrictions and secretly draw away Heavenly Slaves, while warning the group to hurry past any Seven-Turn Immortal King or stronger enemy.
• Little Crane described their journey, and the White Fox explained that they had traveled three Path to Heaven sections, with the current Heaven-Reaching Ancient Road opened by the Void Crane clan.
• The White Fox formed a needle from its tails and pierced Little Crane’s head to pass her the route, causing multicolored light to burst from her body.

Little Crane used White Fox’s knowledge to guide the group toward the next node, where Fang Chen and Ye Qingci began the Stone Gate trial. Ye Qingci’s Nirvana Immortal Eyes repelled the gate’s mental assault, and the Stone Gate opened faster as its beast patterns fell silent.

• White Fox gave Little Crane a map of the path and warnings about trials, dangers, and time limits before disappearing.
• Little Crane led the group along a safe route through a Law Mire toward the next node, carrying everyone inside the Spirit Crane Space.
• Little Crane explained that a man and a woman had to push the Stone Gate with their physical strength, and Fang Chen chose Ye Qingci to help him.
• Fang Chen and Ye Qingci pushed the Stone Gate thirty zhang before its Beast-Head Patterns attacked their Seas of Consciousness.
• Fang Chen’s Immortal-Veiling Umbrella blocked the assault, while Ye Qingci’s Nirvana Immortal Eyes countered it and sent power back into the gate, making it open faster.

Fang Chen and Ye Qingci opened the Stone Gate and discovered a Power Source Stone that could refine their bodies. After learning they could cultivate near it for a year but could not take it, Fang Chen brought everyone to the square, where the Chaos Demonic Star Vine began absorbing the stone’s energy on a massive scale.

• Fang Chen and Ye Qingci pushed the Stone Gate to a hundred yards, with the Floating Immortal Sword restoring and strengthening Fang Chen as they advanced.
• The opened gate revealed a square with a golden crystal, which Void Heaven identified as a Power Source Stone.
• A voice said those who passed could cultivate beside the stone for one year, but Fang Chen was forbidden to take it.
• Fang Chen accepted Ye Qingci’s warning not to damage the checkpoint and asked Little Crane to bring everyone out to cultivate.
• Fang Chen and the others absorbed the Power Source Stone’s energy, while the Chaos Demonic Star Vine expanded across the square and devoured it.

Fang Chen and his companions cultivated for a year beside the Power Source Stone before Little Crane carried them onward along the Heaven-Reaching Ancient Road. They discovered a battle between Devils and trapped Cultivators, and Little Crane sensed that one captive wielded Five Elements Power from the same source as Fang Chen’s.

• Fang Chen and his companions absorbed the Power Source Stone’s energy, strengthening themselves as they moved closer to the center of the Square.
• After a year, Little Crane brought everyone into the Spirit Crane Space and carried them through the Heaven-Reaching Ancient Road’s Spatial Passage.
• A month later, Little Crane detected a battle between five Devils led by a Six-Turn Immortal King and a group of trapped Cultivators about ten Star Domains away.
• Fang Chen weighed whether to avoid the fight or investigate, while his companions considered who the trapped Cultivators might be.
• Little Crane revealed that one trapped Cultivator’s Five Elements Power came from the same source as Fang Chen’s Five Elements Origin.

Fang Chen discovered a group of cultivators under attack by five powerful devils and decided to intervene alone. He wounded the Six-Turn True Devil King with his first strike, but the devil retaliated with a deadly attack.

• Little Crane brought Fang Chen and the others near seven wounded cultivators besieged by five devils, including a Six-Turn True Devil King.
• Fang Chen decided to fight alone while the others remained inside Spirit Crane Space.
• Fang Chen emerged as the Six-Turn True Devil King attacked the injured middle-aged cultivator, and the Floating Immortal Sword shielded him from most of the Land of Ending's suppression.
• Fang Chen slashed the Six-Turn True Devil King's left arm, drawing cheers from those inside Spirit Crane Space.
• The enraged Six-Turn True Devil King unleashed five Death Law chains and sent them toward Fang Chen.

Fang Chen broke the Six-Revolution True Demon King's Death Chains and overwhelmed him with the Floating Immortal Sword, which devoured the demon's energy and strengthened Fang Chen. The demon detonated his Natal Demon Bead to escape, but Fang Chen survived the blast and remained at its center with his sword absorbing the energy.

• Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword to consume the Death Chains' energy, forcing the Six-Revolution True Demon King to release them and watch them shatter.
• Fang Chen struck the Six-Revolution True Demon King, shattered his shield, and wounded him while absorbing a surge of energy that strengthened Fang Chen's body and Soul Power.
• Fang Chen relentlessly attacked until the Floating Immortal Sword lodged in the demon and trapped him with its Devouring Power.
• The Six-Revolution True Demon King used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Method, but Fang Chen ensnared his remains in the Darkness Devouring God Domain and sent the Chaos Devouring God Bee to devour them.
• The Six-Revolution True Demon King detonated his Natal Demon Bead, shattering the domain and engulfing Fang Chen and the surrounding fighters in the blast.
• Fang Chen survived at the heart of the explosion as the Floating Immortal Sword absorbed the surrounding energy.