Chapter Summaries

Zhang Tiansheng gave Fang Xiao the Yin-Yang Great Dao Song without demanding anything, then revealed that he hoped to bind Fang Xiao to the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect through kindness. Fang Xiao questioned the gift and resisted joining, leaving Zhang Tiansheng’s intentions and the sect’s future unresolved.

• Zhang Tiansheng visited Fang Xiao’s Yin-Yang Incarnation and noted that Fang Xiao’s true body was absent.
• Zhang Tiansheng handed Fang Xiao the Yin-Yang Great Dao Song, and Fang Xiao accepted it after confirming there were no apparent conditions.
• Zhang Tiansheng noticed that Fang Xiao’s Void Refining Stage incarnation had refined Dao Tracks, but reassured him that he would not pry into his secrets.
• Fang Xiao asked what Zhang Tiansheng wanted in return and said he would not join the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect.
• Zhang Tiansheng admitted he knew Fang Xiao disliked owing favors and hoped his kindness would bind him, while Fang Xiao questioned whether joining could help the sect against the Xuan Family Old Ancestor.

Zhang Tiansheng asked Fang Xiao to preserve the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect's Inheritance, wherever it might need to continue, and offered him a forbidden art that could improve his chances of reaching the Mahayana Stage. Fang Xiao learned that the art transferred the insights of deceased predecessors through their imprints in the Yin-Yang Great Dao, and he seized on the opportunity for his two Yin-Yang Incarnations.

• Zhang Tiansheng told Fang Xiao that he was betting on him and asked him to ensure the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect's Inheritance survived, even if it had to be rebuilt elsewhere.
• Fang Xiao agreed, then asked Zhang Tiansheng about his method for increasing the chance of nurturing a Dao Seed and how it compared with the Path-Seeking Flower.
• Zhang Tiansheng explained that the method was a forbidden art called Inheritance, usable only by cultivators of the Yin-Yang Great Dao Song, and that its benefit depended on the recipient's comprehension.
• Fang Xiao examined the art in the jade disc and learned that it let a new generation draw on the Great Dao insights preserved in predecessors' imprints after their deaths.
• Fang Xiao realized that the inherited insights could strengthen his chances of advancing both Yin-Yang Incarnations to the Mahayana Stage, and decided not to let the opportunity pass.

Fang Xiao asked Zhang Tiansheng how long he had to live because he planned to inherit the imprints of Zhang Tiansheng and his partner. After learning he had about 1,800 years, Fang Xiao decided the opportunity was worth advancing his Yin-Yang Incarnations before his true body and resolved to help preserve the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect.

• Fang Xiao asked Zhang Tiansheng how much lifespan he had left and explained that inheriting his imprints required the Yin-Yang Incarnation to reach Integrated Body Peak Stage.
• Zhang Tiansheng recognized Fang Xiao's confidence and strength, chose to trust him, and promised assistance if Fang Xiao would protect the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect after reaching Mahayana Stage.
• Zhang Tiansheng said he had about 1,800 years left, and Fang Xiao calculated that the Small World would give him 18,000 years to advance his incarnations.
• Fang Xiao weighed delaying his true body's cultivation against the chance to inherit the imprints and gain a faster path for his incarnations to reach Mahayana Stage.
• Fang Xiao decided that delaying his true body's advance was worthwhile and considered strengthening his Primordial Chaos Sword Dao to contend with Mahayana cultivators.

Fang Xiao agreed to help preserve the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect after Zhang Tiansheng passed away and asked him to gather Dao Track Projections and special spirit veins. Zhang Tiansheng agreed and presented a peculiar object for Fang Xiao to inspect.

• Fang Xiao made a Dao Vow to protect the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect if he had the ability, or otherwise seek a way to preserve its legacy.
• Zhang Tiansheng promised to provide Fang Xiao with the cultivation resources he needed after reaching the Body Integration Realm.
• Fang Xiao explained that Dao Track Projections would help strengthen his Small World and Primordial Chaos Sword Dao, and Zhang Tiansheng offered the sect’s collection.
• Fang Xiao requested Seventh Order or higher spirit veins that produced special powers such as Buddhist Essence or Vast Righteous Qi.
• Zhang Tiansheng thought briefly, then showed Fang Xiao a peculiar object to see whether it met his requirements.

Zhang Tiansheng explained how he and his wife obtained a second-tier Divine Seat in the Tianhai Realm and warned Fang Xiao about its connection to the Incense Godhood Path. Fang Xiao welcomed the chance to test it while keeping his deeper intentions hidden.

• Fang Xiao examined the strange object Zhang Tiansheng presented and asked about its power and origins.
• Zhang Tiansheng recounted how the Great Gan Divine Dynasty detected and pursued him and his wife after they entered the Tianhai Realm.
• Zhang Tiansheng and his wife killed a second-tier deity after the deity’s borrowed Great Dao power faltered far from the realm, then escaped before a first-tier expert could intervene.
• Zhang Tiansheng revealed that the object was the slain deity’s second-tier Divine Seat, forged from an eighth-order spirit vein and containing a portion of the Great Dao.
• Zhang Tiansheng warned that the Divine Seat’s former duty related to the Lord of the Underworld, and Fang Xiao resolved to test it without revealing his deeper purpose.

Fang Xiao accepted Zhang Tiansheng’s second-rank Divine Seat, hoping its connection to the Underworld could help him establish reincarnation in his Small World. At the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect, the Dao Sect prepared to help his Yin-Yang Incarnation refine its Dao Meridian Diagram while Fang Xiao studied the path of Yin-Yang.

• Fang Xiao welcomed Zhang Tiansheng’s gift of the second-rank Divine Seat and considered how its Great Dao might help create reincarnation in his Small World.
• Fang Xiao sent the Divine Seat to his Small World through the Void Cutter Sword and concealed the gateway there as a precaution before accompanying Zhang Tiansheng to the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect.
• Myriad Origin Qi swallowed the Divine Seat, and Fang Xiao waited for it to gradually strengthen the Small World and its Great Dao.
• Zhang Tiansheng and the Dao Sect’s remaining Body Integration Realm cultivators welcomed Fang Xiao’s Yin-Yang Incarnation, gave it a ninth-rank spirit vein residence, and provided treasures and medicines for constructing Dao Meridians.
• Zhang Tiansheng agreed to deduce a new Dao Meridian Diagram, while Fang Xiao planned to study the Dao Sect’s texts on Yin-Yang before receiving the inheritance imprint.

Fang Xiao’s Yin-Yang Incarnations studied the upper-realm inheritances in the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect’s Scripture Repository while Zhang Tiansheng worked with him to develop a suitable Dao Meridian. After the incarnations merged and separated again, Zhang Tiansheng confirmed that their path was uniquely suited to them.

• The Dao Sect’s lower-ranking disciples remained unaware that Fang Xiao had agreed to join, while the purge and defections left the sect uneasy.
• Fang Xiao sent his Yin-Yang Incarnations to study the Scripture Repository’s upper-realm inheritances as Zhang Tiansheng considered a suitable Dao Meridian for them.
• The incarnations set down their scriptures, approached each other, and merged into a misty black-and-white figure surrounded by dense Dao charm.
• Zhang Tiansheng appeared and said that the incarnations’ path was the direction only they could walk.
• Fang Xiao’s voice greeted Zhang Tiansheng, and the Yin-Yang Incarnations separated and returned to their original forms.

Fang Xiao explained to Zhang Tiansheng how the Yin-Yang Incarnations’ Dao Tracks were pulled toward forming Dao meridians, but their Yin and Yang attributes kept fluctuating and risking imbalance. Zhang Tiansheng asked Fang Xiao to merge the incarnations again so he could closely study the changes.

• Fang Xiao described how his Yin-Yang Incarnations’ shared origin made their Dao meridians easier to form, while the greater world’s Yin-Yang Great Dao guided their Dao Tracks.
• Zhang Tiansheng proposed abandoning the Dao Meridian Diagram and letting the Yin-Yang Great Dao shape the meridians, since Fang Xiao could interrupt the process before dissolving into Dao.
• Fang Xiao explained that the Yin-Yang Great Dao’s surges caused Dao Tracks to reverse attributes, making it difficult to separate them evenly between the incarnations.
• Zhang Tiansheng asked Fang Xiao to merge the incarnations again and observed as Fang Xiao followed the Great Dao’s pull toward forming Dao meridians.

Zhang Tiansheng convinced Fang Xiao to stop trying to preserve the Yin-Yang Incarnations and instead pursue their complete union, then guided him as he tried again. Meanwhile, Fang Xiao’s true body broke through to perfection in the Earth Immortal Realm as the final Dao track of the Primordial Chaos Sword Dao merged into his Dharma Aspect.

• Zhang Tiansheng told Fang Xiao that separating the Yin-Yang Incarnations was unnecessary and that merging yin and yang back into one was the true pursuit.
• Fang Xiao accepted Zhang Tiansheng’s advice, and both Yin-Yang Incarnations bowed to him in gratitude.
• With Zhang Tiansheng ready to intervene, the Yin-Yang Incarnations merged again, and Fang Xiao resolved to proceed without reservations.
• Fang Xiao’s true body absorbed enhanced Myriad Origin Qi until his magical power reached fullness.
• The final Dao track of the Primordial Chaos Sword Dao merged into Fang Xiao’s Dharma Aspect, bringing his cultivation and state of mind to fulfillment.

Fang Xiao prepared to test the difficulty of constructing the Great Heavenly Dao Vein while conserving his rare resources for a later attempt. After using Leaping Heaven Gate and the Twelve-Story Building to boost his divine soul power, he found that the Dao Track Projections had formed a flawless sphere that looked far harder to unravel than an ordinary tangle.

• Fang Xiao decided to attempt constructing the Great Heavenly Dao Vein using only Leaping Heaven Gate and the Twelve-Story Building, saving his one-use treasures for later.
• Fang Xiao planned to improve his Dark God Spirit Wine so it could maximize its benefits, accepting its drawbacks so long as he could recover without lasting harm.
• Fang Xiao formed the Heavenly Gate and jade steps, using his two divine abilities to increase his divine soul power.
• Fang Xiao examined the Dao Track Projections gathered at the Primordial Chaos Sword Venerate's core and found they had formed a flawless sphere rather than a tangle with an easy-to-find loose end.

Fang Xiao confronted the obstacle created by completing his Dao tracks and resolved to forge a path forward rather than regret his choice. With the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart boosting his comprehension, he began transforming the Primordial Chaos Sword Dao tracks into Heart Dao tracks, but the solution remained elusive.

• Fang Xiao realized that completing his Dao tracks might have blocked his progress, but he rejected regret and vowed to carve out a path ahead.
• Fang Xiao manifested a projection of the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart and learned that his growing small world could draw on the power of the Innate Treasures it controlled.
• Fang Xiao felt tempted to summon the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart back permanently after experiencing its powerful boost to his comprehension, but restrained himself.
• Fang Xiao focused his heightened comprehension on solving the problem, while the Primordial Chaos Sword Venerate manifested behind him and the Primordial Chaos Sword Dao tracks began taking the form of Heart Dao tracks.
• Fang Xiao activated Cause and Effect, and his thoughts began leaping rapidly as he continued seeking a solution.

Fang Xiao devised a dangerous plan to borrow the Primordial Chaos Sword Dao’s force to gather Dao tracks for his Great Heavenly Dao Vein, then waited for the tracks to recover. Meanwhile, Zhang Tiansheng and the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect’s leaders discussed troubling news from the Xuan Clan.

• Fang Xiao used the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart to work out that approaching the Primordial Chaos Sword Dao inside his small world could let him draw the Dao tracks together.
• Fang Xiao accepted the risk of approaching the Great Dao and decided to stake everything on a single attempt.
• Fang Xiao let the phantom of the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart fade and meditated while the dormant Dao tracks recovered.
• Zhang Chengdao asked whether the Xuan Clan had released false news to provoke Zhang Tiansheng.
• Zhang Tiansheng said the news was probably true, based on the situation and his understanding of the Xuan Clan elder.

The Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect considered how Xuan Jiu’s reported breakthrough could reshape the Spirit Realm and threaten the sect’s survival. Zhang Chengdao outlined three explanations for the announcement, ending with the possibility that Xuan Jiu had already become a Mahayana cultivator.

• The chapter explained that Xuan Jiu’s success could make the Xuan Family the Spirit Realm’s dominant power and put the Yin-Yang Great Dao Sect at risk of annihilation.
• Lu Fengzhou questioned why the Xuan Family had publicized Xuan Jiu’s breakthrough before it was complete, since rivals might sabotage it.
• Zhang Chengdao proposed that the breakthrough might be fabricated to lure out an enemy, including the Dao Sect.
• Zhang Chengdao suggested the news could be true and that the Xuan Family trusted Xuan Jiu to succeed while using the announcement to bait rivals.
• Zhang Chengdao warned that Xuan Jiu might already be a Mahayana cultivator, prompting everyone in the hall to turn toward him.

Zhang Tiansheng left the Dao Sect after warning Zhang Chengdao to protect it and keep Fang Xiao undisturbed. Meanwhile, Fang Xiao’s Yin-Yang incarnation continued its trial in a mysterious realm, where it recognized sensations from an earlier encounter.

• Zhang Tiansheng told Zhang Chengdao to guard the Dao Sect, deliver resources to Fang Xiao, and keep the Xuan Clan’s news and his departure secret.
• Zhang Tiansheng vanished from the sect after the others saluted him.
• Fang Xiao’s Yin-Yang incarnation remained in the Repository Pavilion as its merged Dao lineage neared completion, though its face remained obscured.
• The incarnation’s consciousness drifted into a strange place between existence and nonexistence while its fusion continued to change without settling.
• The incarnation recalled Fang Xiao’s earlier encounter with a similar realm and sensed the surroundings begin to spin, recognizing the familiar sensation.

Fang Xiao’s avatar weighed the remaining paths of Two Forms, Taiji, and Wuji, rejecting the first and comparing the latter two. Drawn to Wuji as the path toward transcending heaven and earth, he decided he knew which path to choose.

• Fang Xiao’s avatar examined the Two Forms path and rejected it because it strayed from the Dao of Yin-Yang.
• The avatar compared Wuji and Taiji as opposing paths of nonexistence and being.
• The avatar concluded that Taiji suited the goal of reaching the summit of heaven and earth, while Wuji better suited Fang Xiao’s desire to transcend all things.
• The avatar decided he knew how to choose and began to act.

Wuji examined the changes in his new Wuji Dao Body and discovered it could transcend the world and erase objects completely. When he applied its power to space, heavenly might gathered, leaving him to suspect the ability touched something beyond ordinary space.

• Wuji found that his Yin-Yang origins, true spirit bloodline, spiritual power, Dharma Form, and Dao Veins had vanished, while his new body still felt complete.
• Wuji recognized that his body’s ability to transcend the world resembled the Chengxu Pendant’s power and speculated that the Chengxu Sect had once touched the Dao of Wuji.
• Wuji gathered a strange power at his fingertip and found that applying it to space made the space blur and summoned heavenly might.
• Wuji withdrew the power and watched the space return to normal as the heavenly might dissipated, then concluded that external use of the power triggered the response.
• Wuji enveloped several Spirit Stones with the power, and they vanished completely without leaving even a trace of residue.

Wuji completed his Wuji Dao Vein and clarified that his path depended on deepening his Yin-Yang understanding. He left the Scripture Repository to prepare for an Integrated Body Stage breakthrough and encountered Zhang Chengdao, who had come to investigate the celestial signs.

• Wuji realized that Yin-Yang was the foundation of his Wuji path and that deepening his understanding of Yin-Yang Taiji would advance it.
• Wuji withdrew his spiritual power and decided his cultivation was ready for a breakthrough.
• Wuji wondered why Zhang Tiansheng had not checked on him after sensing the heavenly tribulation, but took comfort from the continued delivery of cultivation resources.
• Wuji left the Scripture Repository to find a grotto-heaven where he could undergo tribulation and advance to the Integrated Body Stage.
• Zhang Chengdao greeted Wuji outside the Repository and asked whether he had succeeded after sensing an unusual change in the celestial signs.

Wuji decided to undergo the heavenly tribulation to advance to the Body Integration Realm without waiting for Zhang Tiansheng to return. After Zhang Chengdao brought him to the Dao Sect’s finest tribulation grotto-heaven, Wuji inspected its formations and considered how his Wuji Dao Body might handle the tribulation.

• Wuji wondered why Zhang Tiansheng had left the Dao Sect, then concluded he should break through before concerning himself with matters beyond his reach.
• Wuji told Zhang Chengdao he was confident and would accept responsibility for whatever followed, and Zhang Chengdao agreed not to stop him.
• Zhang Chengdao led Wuji to the Dao Sect’s finest tribulation grotto-heaven and explained its defenses before Wuji entered alone.
• Inside the grotto-heaven, Wuji pondered whether his Wuji Dao Body could help him pass the tribulation or erase it, then inspected the formations and restrictions.

Wuji used the power of the Wuji Dharma Form to erase the bottleneck before the Body Integration Realm. After glimpsing a familiar but indistinct figure, he completed the breakthrough with ease and realized his Dao might eventually affect even greater concepts.

• Wuji prepared to break through by using the Wuji Dharma Form against the invisible Body Integration Realm bottleneck.
• Wuji wrapped the Dharma Form’s power around his thoughts and sent them toward the barrier.
• Wuji glimpsed a blurry, familiar figure that vanished before he could identify it.
• Wuji found the bottleneck gone and entered the Body Integration Realm.
• Wuji realized that, with enough power, his Dao might erase memories, emotions, space, time, fate, and even the Great Dao.

Wuji borrowed Fang Xiao’s Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart to investigate the problem with his Dao Body while Fang Xiao observed him in the cultivation chamber. After nearly fifty years passed inside, Zhang Tiansheng returned to the Dao Sect severely injured after falling into another scheme by the Xuan family.

• Wuji entered the small world and asked Fang Xiao to lend him the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart.
• Fang Xiao gave Wuji the heart, and Wuji began examining his Dao Body in the cultivation chamber while Fang Xiao watched.
• Nearly fifty years passed inside the cultivation chamber, though only five years passed outside.
• Zhang Tiansheng returned to the Dao Sect with serious injuries after investigating the Xuan family.
• The Dao Sect members questioned Zhang Tiansheng about his injuries and worried about the sect’s safety.
• Zhang Tiansheng admitted that he had fallen into the Xuan Family Old Ancestor’s scheme again.