Chapter Summaries

Ji Shu cultivated the many Dharmas and techniques he had acquired, perfecting even the legendary One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones in moments while the Gods watched in awe. After completing his cultivation, his Myriad Laws Dao Sword grew stronger, and he planned to reforge the Sword in Stone before continuing his ascent.

• Ji Shu sent Candlemas Ancient Buddha and the others into the Great Sun Cave-Heaven World to be scorched, intending to break their Dao Hearts and merge their true spirits with the Painted World's Heavenly Dao.
• Ji Shu chose to postpone returning to the Blue Star world and seeing Yue Lingshan, deciding instead to ascend as quickly as possible and grow strong enough to help them later.
• Ji Shu perfected One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, creating three lifelike incarnations as Zhao Ling'er and the Gods watched.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva, Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate, Li Jing, Taibai Jinxing, and others recognized Ji Shu's techniques and marveled as he perfected one legendary art after another within moments.
• Su Erhacan and Tang Bohu heard of Ji Shu's talent and, despite their shock, resolved to find a master and keep trying to improve.
• Ji Shu finished cultivating every technique, strengthening the Myriad Laws Dao Sword and deciding he would eventually reforge the Sword in Stone to wield world-shattering power.

Ji Shu perfected the Ruthless Dao Body, proved the Dao of Grand Unity Immortal ten times, and reshaped the Three Realms while waiting to ascend. He forged a powerful divine sword named Taishang and carried it on his back.

• Ji Shu absorbed Ruthless Dao Qi from Taishang Laojun’s refined body and perfected the Ruthless Dao Body, then mastered the Taishang Ruthless Heavenly Profound Treasure Book and plucked its Grand Unity Dao Fruit.
• Ji Shu cultivated several more techniques and proved the Dao of Grand Unity Immortal six times in one or two months, bringing his total to ten and astonishing the Gods and Buddhas.
• Ji Shu mastered additional body and soul techniques, transformed the Heavenly Court and Three Realms, spread a body-tempering method with a hidden gate, and waited for his mission to finish before ascending.
• Ji Shu used the Painted World as a furnace and refined treasures from the Heavenly Court and other sources for forty-nine days.
• Ji Shu completed the divine sword Taishang, whose nine Lesser Worlds could imprison enemies and suppress weaker treasures, then sheathed it and carried it on his back.

Ji Shu completed his mission to unify the Three Thousand Worlds, claimed permanent ownership of the Journey to the West Great World, and established its portals. By merging his Portal Marks with the power of his Grand Unity Dao Fruit, he opened a stable path of ascension linking four worlds.

• Ji Shu guided his allies and benefactors in cultivation, while the Four Seas Dragon Kings gained tailored methods and brought worthy dragons into the Heavenly Court as Immortal Officials.
• Yuan Shoucheng regretted surrendering late as he served as a Land God, while he and Yuan Tiangang reflected on Ji Shu's daring rise to power.
• Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and White Dragon Ao Lie reunited and expressed their gratitude to Ji Shu; Sun Wukong vowed to attain the Grand Unity Immortal Dao.
• Ji Shu completed the main quest, claimed a World-Crossing Talisman, and received permanent ownership of the Journey to the West Great World.
• Ji Shu placed the new portals before the Ling Xiao Treasure Hall, selected one as the Gate to the Upper Realm, and sealed the world against other Players without his permission.
• Ji Shu merged four Portal Marks with his Grand Unity Dao Fruit and opened a stable ascension passage linking the World of Laughing Proudly, Zhu Xian World, Legend World, and Journey to the West World.

Ji Shu finished strengthening his foundation by studying the Three Thousand Worlds’ scriptures and arts, then ascended through the gate and left Empress Nuwa to govern in his place. The gathered gods and Buddhas pledged to follow her rule, though the many versions of familiar figures still struggled to adjust to one another.

• Ji Shu found that the fragile Ascension Passage could carry beings upward but could not withstand his power if he tried to descend through it.
• Ji Shu spent several years reading and cultivating techniques from the Three Thousand Worlds, including the Turtle Wave Energy Blast, while guiding Empress Nuwa and the others.
• Kung Fu Sun Wukong met Journey to the West Sun Wukong and discovered that several other Sun Wukongs existed across the worlds; Golden Swallow and Lin Mei were also captivated by Ji Shu.
• Ji Shu’s Turtle Wave Energy Blast grew powerful enough to shatter more than a thousand worlds, but the limits of his body and the world convinced him it was time to ascend.
• The gods and Buddhas gathered to see Ji Shu off as he passed through the Ascension Gate, and Empress Nuwa urged them to cooperate under the established heavenly regulations.
• After Ji Shu left, the many Sun Wukongs, Tang Sanzangs, and Tathagatas dispersed, while Zhenyuan the Great Immortal told Journey to the West Tang Sanzang and the others to get used to the crowded Three Thousand Worlds.

Ji Shu entered the Primordial Great World, awakened the Supreme Insight Talent, and clashed with Vishnu, its ruler. By studying Vishnu’s Dao during their fight, Ji Shu rapidly mastered the Great Slaughter Technique and Great Dharma Protector Technique and began to counterattack.

• Zhenyuan the Great Immortal decided to travel through the Three Thousand Worlds with Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang, White Dragon Ao Lie, and the others before considering ascension.
• Ji Shu accepted the quest to become the Primordial Great World’s strongest expert and unite the Chaos Infinite Realm, then awakened the Supreme Insight Talent.
• Ji Shu encountered Vishnu in a blood-lotus sea and fought back when Vishnu demanded that he serve as the world’s guardian.
• Ji Shu’s Insight Talent revealed the Great Slaughter Technique and Great Dharma Protector Technique in Vishnu’s Dao Rhythms, and he used the world essence around them to advance both techniques to the Grand Unity Immortal stage.
• Ji Shu turned the fight around, and Vishnu was shocked that Ji Shu had mastered his techniques; Ji Shu pressed the attack when Vishnu tried to withdraw.

Ji Shu used Insight Talent and Vishnu’s anger to master the Great Dharma Protector Technique and Great Slaughter Technique while turning the battle in his favor. He tricked Vishnu into surrendering and trapped him in the Supreme Divine Sword, where Ji Shu studied his laws until his comprehension reached a standstill.

• Ji Shu fought Vishnu with the Supreme Divine Sword and rapidly improved his understanding of the Great Dharma Protector Technique and Great Slaughter Technique by observing Vishnu’s Dao aura.
• Ji Shu provoked Vishnu into unleashing his full power, then used his protective technique and sword to wound and overwhelm him.
• Ji Shu used Mind Bewitching and the Charm Technique to make the frightened Vishnu agree to surrender, then trapped him in the Supreme Divine Sword’s corrosion space.
• Vishnu awoke inside the sword realm and fought against its restraints while Ji Shu strengthened the sword and continued observing his laws.
• Ji Shu comprehended Vishnu’s two techniques to the perfected stage of the Grand Unity Immortal realm, then stopped advancing after exhausting the principles Vishnu had cultivated.

Ji Shu killed Vishnu, learned that he served Nether River Ancestor, and discovered that Hongjun had attained the Dao and was merging with it in a world where the Witch Clan ruled the earth and the Demon Race governed the heavens. After questioning Vishnu about the era and its cultivation paths, Ji Shu resolved to grow stronger while he still had time.

• Ji Shu used the Sword Realm and Solar True Fire to destroy Vishnu's body, bewitch his spirit, and interrogate him.
• Vishnu revealed that he was one of Nether River Ancestor's Four Great Demon Generals and had cultivated Blood Lotus seeds to strengthen his bloodline.
• Ji Shu learned that Hongjun had attained the Dao, separated the Witch Clan and Demon Race after their great war, and was now merging with the Dao.
• Vishnu told Ji Shu that the human race had not yet appeared and that the Method of Slaying Three Corpses was the most renowned path to sainthood.
• Ji Shu learned that the Great Dharma Protector Technique and Great Slaughter Technique might also lead to sainthood, then refined Vishnu's weapons in the Heaven and Earth Furnace.

Ji Shu completely refined Vishnu’s Wonderful Sight Divine Wheel and imprisoned him in the Painted World, where Li Kui persuaded him to pledge his True Spirit to its Heavenly Dao. Vishnu began to accept Ji Shu as his master, and the Painted World grew stronger before Ji Shu headed into the Myriad Sands Sea Worlds.

• Ji Shu used his Treasure Refining Talent and Solar True Fire to refine all nine restrictions of the Wonderful Sight Divine Wheel and bind it to himself.
• Ji Shu placed Vishnu’s Primordial Spirit in the Mystic Fire Mirror, where Solar True Fire tortured him, and Guan Yu and Li Kui questioned him.
• After several days of torment, Vishnu agreed to merge his True Spirit into the Painted World’s Heavenly Dao, and Li Kui told him about Ji Shu’s rise from the lower realms.
• Vishnu recognized Ji Shu’s extraordinary potential and began to hope that serving him would change his future.
• Vishnu’s allegiance strengthened the Painted World and its concealment, and Ji Shu traveled to the Myriad Sands Sea Worlds, following a blood-red lotus beneath the sand sea.

Ji Shu discovered the ruined worlds in Vishnu’s sea of sand and descended into the Myth World, where a Blood Lotus had devastated the land and left its people without water. He summoned rain, and the survivors—including Ying Zheng, Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Yi Xiaochuan, and Gao Yao—begged to serve him as a god.

• Ji Shu realized that each grain of sand was a world, many of which Vishnu’s seeds had drained into apocalyptic wastelands.
• Ji Shu entered the Myth World and saw Yi Xiaochuan, Gao Yao, and the people of Xianyang pleading for help after a Blood Lotus drained their water and vegetation.
• Yi Xiaochuan recalled how the Blood Lotus had been destroyed by a streak of light, while Xiang Yu abandoned his ambitions against Great Qin and asked Ji Shu to accept him as a disciple.
• Liu Bang and others also vowed to serve Ji Shu, and Ji Shu recognized Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao as transmigrators from a world he knew.
• Ji Shu summoned torrential rain, prompting Liu Bang, Ying Zheng, Li Si, Xiang Yu, and the others to kneel and thank him.
• Yi Xiaochuan watched Ji Shu command the storm and became convinced that gods existed and might have arranged his journey to the Qin Dynasty.

Ji Shu restored the ruined world and immersed himself in comprehending its Calamity Law while Qin Shi Huang and the others worshiped him and sought his favor. As Ji Shu’s holy light healed the people and rejuvenated Qin Shi Huang, Yi Xiaochuan, Gao Yao, Liu Bang, and Xiang Yu grew eager to become his disciples.

• Yi Xiaochuan begged Ji Shu to send him home, while Ji Shu studied the world’s Calamity Law and displayed overwhelming power before Qin Shi Huang, Xiang Yu, and the others.
• Qin Shi Huang led efforts to rebuild Xianyang, and over the following month, rain and new vegetation revived the devastated world.
• Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Yi Xiaochuan, and others resolved to pursue immortality and seek Ji Shu as their master, while Qin Shi Huang ordered statues of Ji Shu to be made and worshiped.
• Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao carved a crude statue and prayed to Ji Shu, while Liu Bang repeatedly joined other people’s worship to demonstrate his own devotion.
• Liu Bang brought Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao to bathe in Ji Shu’s holy light, which healed the sick and restored the injured.
• Qin Shi Huang bathed in the holy light and visibly grew younger and stronger, leading Yi Xiaochuan to expect that he would live decades longer than history recorded.

After two years of cultivating the laws of the Myth World, Ji Shu reached their limits and chose seven people, including the First Emperor, to become Heavenly Soldiers in his Painted World. The First Emperor abdicated in favor of Fusu, while Yi Xiaochuan feared that the world had changed beyond his understanding.

• Gao Yao regained his missing limbs in Ji Shu’s holy light and became his devoted believer, while Yi Xiaochuan and Liu Bang also bathed in the light.
• After two years of comprehending the world’s laws, Ji Shu decided to leave and selected the First Emperor, Xiang Yu, Zhang Liang, Han Xin, Fan Kuai, Meng Tian, and Gao Yao to join his Painted World as Heavenly Soldiers.
• Ji Shu gave the seven three days to settle their affairs before leaving the world with him.
• The First Emperor abdicated, and Fusu ascended the throne as the First Emperor II.
• Yi Xiaochuan watched Fusu’s accession and worried that the world’s future had become impossible for him to understand.

Gao Yao refused Yi Xiaochuan and Liu Bang’s request to give up his Heavenly Soldier position, ending his friendship with Yi Xiaochuan. Yi Xiaochuan then persuaded Meng Tian to transfer his own position to him and agreed with Liu Bang to pass it on, while Fan Kuai praised Yi Xiaochuan’s generosity.

• Gao Yao rejected Yi Xiaochuan’s plea to let Liu Bang take his Heavenly Soldier position and accused Yi Xiaochuan of choosing Liu Bang over him.
• Gao Yao broke ties with Yi Xiaochuan and left, despite Yi Xiaochuan’s threats and Liu Bang’s urging to make amends.
• Yi Xiaochuan went to Meng Tian and asked him to give up his Heavenly Soldier position for Liu Bang’s sake.
• Meng Tian refused to give his position to Liu Bang but promised to transfer it to Yi Xiaochuan, whom he regarded as his younger brother.
• Yi Xiaochuan agreed with Liu Bang to pass Meng Tian’s position on to him, and Fan Kuai praised Yi Xiaochuan for his sacrifice.

Ji Shu took the First Emperor and the others away to become Heavenly Soldiers after Meng Tian offered his position to his younger brother, Meng Yi, who was Yi Xiaochuan. Yi Xiaochuan instead asked Ji Shu to give the position to Liu Bang, so Ji Shu left without taking either brother, and Yi Xiaochuan was left alone after Liu Bang abandoned him.

• At noon, Ji Shu appeared above Xianyang City and summoned the First Emperor and the others to join him as Heavenly Soldiers.
• Meng Tian asked to exchange places with his younger brother Meng Yi, and Ji Shu brought Yi Xiaochuan before him.
• Yi Xiaochuan asked Ji Shu to give his Heavenly Soldier position to Liu Bang, shocking Meng Tian and the onlookers.
• Ji Shu sent Meng Tian and Yi Xiaochuan back to the ground, then teleported away with the First Emperor and the others.
• Fusu and Li Si blamed Meng Tian for losing the chance to become immortal, while Fusu kept him as Great Qin's general.
• Liu Bang refused to let Yi Xiaochuan follow him, leaving Yi Xiaochuan alone and resentful toward Ji Shu.

The First Emperor, Xiang Yu, and the others entered Ji Shu’s Painted World, where they received heavenly gear and began studying cultivation. Xiang Yu quickly reached Foundation Establishment, while Ji Shu traveled to a sand world and surveyed its laws with his third eye.

• Yi Xiaochuan fled the city after becoming overwhelmed by his suspicions about Ji Shu, and Meng Tian secretly helped him survive and pay for wine.
• The First Emperor, Gao Yao, Fan Kuai, and the others arrived in the Painted World, where its immortal scenery and qi transformed their bodies.
• Apricot Fairy registered the newcomers, gave them heavenly armor, divine weapons, and manuals, and assigned them a residence and duties.
• Zhang Liang and Xiang Yu tested their magical equipment, while Han Xin discovered that the manuals demonstrated techniques and explained the Dao.
• Xiang Yu advanced from qi refinement to Foundation Establishment after several days of studying the Martial God Heart Sutra.
• Ji Shu entered a sand world and used his enhanced third eye to survey its lands and examine the laws beneath the earth.

Ji Shu descended into the Condor Heroes World and used his powers to bring rain and restore vegetation, winning the world’s worship and the Heavenly Dao’s cooperation. As he began comprehending its laws, he calculated how much the world’s incomplete laws could strengthen his own.

• Ji Shu appeared above Xiangyang City, where Guo Jing, Huang Rong, Yang Guo, Golden Wheel Dharma King, and others mistook him for a god.
• The people recalled how the Blood Lotus had devastated the world before a streak of light destroyed it, leaving widespread drought and a two-year war between Great Song and the Mongol Empire.
• Guo Jing knelt with the others to welcome Ji Shu, and Golden Wheel Dharma King and his followers also knelt as Ji Shu summoned rain across the lands.
• Ji Shu caused seeds to sprout and vegetation to spread rapidly, while Xiangyang’s people celebrated the return of water and the prospect of growing crops.
• The Heavenly Dao opened itself to Ji Shu, who began observing its laws and calculated that absorbing them could raise his own laws’ progress from five percent to six percent.

Ji Shu cultivated numerous laws while the people of Xiangyang worshiped him and competed for his notice. After exploring the world’s shifting timelines, he traveled to Zhongnan Mountain and found a beautiful woman lying on the grass.

• Ji Shu mastered the essences of many laws, astounding Guo Jing, Huang Rong, Guo Fu, and the others with the phenomena his cultivation caused.
• The rain stopped, the land flourished with abundant fruit and water, and Xiangyang entered a period of peace as people bowed to Ji Shu.
• Huang Yaoshi recruited more than ten thousand Beggar’s Gang members to worship Ji Shu, hoping to become his disciple and save Feng Heng.
• Kublai Khan, Golden Wheel Dharma King, and their million-strong army began a larger worship ceremony, while Gongsun Zhi and Qiu Chuji organized ceremonies of their own.
• Ji Shu explored time and space, witnessed the Blood Lotus’s devastation and a changed future, then arrived at Zhongnan Mountain and saw a beautiful woman lying on the grass.

Ji Shu rescued Xiao Longnv from Yin Zhiping and discovered that her bloodline carried Ice Dragon and Ice Phoenix inheritances, including the Great Freezing Art. After Yang Guo took Yin Zhiping to the Quanzhen Sect, Ji Shu vanished, leaving Xiao Longnv curious about him and the sect leaders to find Yin Zhiping injured.

• Ji Shu freed Xiao Longnv from Yin Zhiping, and she struck Yin Zhiping before dressing and thanking her rescuer.
• Xiao Longnv told Ji Shu that she did not know who her parents were and had been found as a baby near Zhongnan Mountain.
• Xiao Longnv promised to repay Ji Shu, who examined her bloodline and saw its Ice Dragon and Ice Phoenix Laws and Great Freezing Art.
• Yang Guo arrived, and Ji Shu vanished after agreeing to let Xiao Longnv settle matters with him first.
• Xiao Longnv told Yang Guo what Yin Zhiping had done, and Yang Guo took the injured Yin Zhiping to the entrance of the Quanzhen Sect.
• Qiu Chuji and the others found Yin Zhiping severely injured and demanded to know who had attacked him.

Ji Shu taught Xiao Longnv the Martial God Heart Sutra, brought her into the Painted World, and raised his Ice Law progress to 90%. After witnessing the dragon-and-phoenix origins of Xiao Longnv’s past life, he reached present-day Xiangyang and prepared to leave the world.

• Yin Zhiping remained silent under questioning, while Yang Guo returned to the hut furious with the Quanzhen Sect.
• Ji Shu appeared before Xiao Longnv, taught her the Martial God Heart Sutra, and guided her rapid cultivation as he observed the laws in her bloodline.
• Ji Shu’s Ice Law progress rose to 90%, and Xiao Longnv agreed to follow him to another world after telling Yang Guo she would leave to study.
• Ji Shu brought Xiao Longnv into the Painted World, where Apricot Fairy introduced her to its residents and helped her settle on a secluded immortal island.
• Ji Shu watched an ice dragon and ice phoenix leave an egg on Zhongnan Mountain, saw it hatch into a baby girl who was later taken to the Ancient Tomb, and recognized her as Xiao Longnv’s past life.
• Ji Shu arrived in present-day Xiangyang, where Guo Jing, Huang Rong, and others prayed to become his disciples as he prepared to leave the world.

Ji Shu summoned Huang Yaoshi and Yang Guo as Heavenly Soldiers, and the Golden Wheel Dharma King later ascended as well, leaving Kublai Khan consumed by regret for missing his chance at immortality. Decades later, Xiao Longnv returned as an immortal and offered Li Mochou an immortal art before preparing to leave the mortal world again.

• Ji Shu chose Huang Yaoshi and Yang Guo to become Heavenly Soldiers and gave them two days to settle their affairs; Yang Guo recognized him as Xiao Longnv's benefactor.
• Two days later, clouds carried Huang Yaoshi and Yang Guo skyward, and the Golden Wheel Dharma King ascended after fervently praying to Ji Shu, while Kublai Khan and the others were left behind.
• Kublai Khan spent the rest of his life watching for Ji Shu to return and died believing he saw the High God, after which Mongol and Song rulers both claimed divine favor for their dynasties.
• Li Mochou learned from Yang Guo that Xiao Longnv had vanished, obtained the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra, and later cultivated it alongside Hong Lingbo and Lu Wushuang in the Ancient Tomb.
• Xiao Longnv returned decades later, told Li Mochou she had become an immortal, and offered to teach her an immortal art before leaving the mortal world.

Xiao Longnv taught Li Mochou the Taiyi Sword Control Heart Sutra and told her about Ji Shu before returning to the Immortal Realm. Huang Yaoshi reunited with Guo Jing and Huang Rong, restored their health and youth, and taught Guo Xiang and Guo Polu immortal cultivation arts, leaving them eager to meet Ji Shu.

• Xiao Longnv told Li Mochou how Ji Shu had guided her into immortal cultivation, and Li Mochou urged her to pursue him when she returned to the Immortal Realm.
• Li Mochou apologized to Xiao Longnv, then studied the Taiyi Sword Control Heart Sutra as Xiao Longnv answered her questions over several dozen days.
• Xiao Longnv bid farewell to her family and disciples, then rode auspicious clouds back toward the Immortal Realm.
• Huang Yaoshi found Guo Jing and Huang Rong near death in Xiangyang, healed them with an immortal pill, and revealed that he had regained his youth and attained immortality.
• Huang Yaoshi introduced Guo Xiang and Guo Polu to the Taiyi Sword Control Heart Sutra, and they learned about Ji Shu and his deeds across the worlds.