Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue used the Greater Holy Grail and the combined power of humanity, Gilgamesh, and his enemies to open the path to the Root and attain vast pseudo-omniscience. As the world vanished into a sea of stars, he became the sixth and final Magician.

• Ilya warned Rin and Shirou that the Black Grail was absorbing an endless supply of mana and had to be destroyed, while Rin confronted Xu Yue for betraying their alliance.
• Shirou, Black Sakura, Black Flash, and the Jeweled Sword Sage attacked Xu Yue, but he blocked their strikes and sent the latter two flying.
• Gilgamesh recognized Xu Yue's plan and unleashed EA, while the other combatants joined their attacks under the Jeweled Sword Sage's Second Magic.
• The combined assault transported those gathered at Mount Enzou into a sea of stars, where Xu Yue revealed they stood at the Root, the source of all information.
• Xu Yue widened the passage to the Root using the Grail, humanity's connection to The Evil of This World, Shirou's link to Alaya, and the gathered attacks, attaining immense pseudo-omniscience.
• Xu Yue became the sixth and final Magician.

After Xu Yue completed the Punishment mission, Gilgamesh revealed that the world was ascending and warned Xu Yue to leave before the Deva Path carried him to the Upper Realm. Xu Yue returned to reality as a newly advanced Immortal Emperor, considered his chances of surviving in Reverend Insanity’s world, and planned his next moves.

• Xu Yue absorbed the gains from the mission, froze everyone except Gilgamesh, and sensed that the world was ascending toward the Upper Realm.
• Gilgamesh explained that Xu Yue’s actions had saved the world’s inhabitants from being erased and warned that the Deva Path might soon take Xu Yue up with it.
• Xu Yue thanked Gilgamesh, entrusted Shirou Emiya and Tohsaka Rin to him, and returned to reality.
• Xu Yue recognized that he had become an Immortal Emperor and assessed the limits of his Almighty abilities against the Upper Realm’s authorities and Reverend Insanity’s Other Shore beings.
• Xu Yue concluded that he could now protect himself in Reverend Insanity’s world while gathering information, and planned to settle Europe and keep Eisenhower from running too wild.

Junior Master Luo and Eisenhower confirmed that the German mastermind was behind the recent attacks and moved to secure the Tiger of the Far East as an ally. After Junior Master Luo pushed through a joint resolution for the Penguin Merchant Guild, Hoover and MacArthur prepared to challenge him in the Tiger’s next mission, with each side seeking Japan’s support or protection.

• Eisenhower told Junior Master Luo that the Tiger of the Far East had provided information confirming that the German mastermind was responsible, though the Tiger still had reservations.
• Junior Master Luo arranged an unrestricted joint resolution for the Penguin Merchant Guild, which passed both chambers and bypassed Hoover’s approval.
• Hoover and MacArthur launched a public campaign against Junior Master Luo, but it failed to change the balance of power.
• Junior Master Luo concluded that Hoover and MacArthur were preparing a limited conflict in the Tiger’s next mission, while Hoover planned to enlist Japan and force a confrontation.
• After learning that Hoover intended to use Japan to intercept their ally, Junior Master Luo ordered his side to lock onto the Tiger and ensure his safety.

As the Federation's political conflict escalated, Junior Master Luo and Hoover prepared to settle their rivalry through a mission in Xu Yue's world. Xu Yue assessed Luo's formidable strength as the delegations followed him into the locked world, where Luo expected his superior power to secure victory.

• Hoover attacked Junior Master Luo's resolution through public opinion, while Luo openly allied with the Far East and signed agreements with Xu Yue and the Penguin Merchant Guild.
• The Fujiwara Family Head told Xu Yue that Hoover was moving against him and that Junior Master Luo planned to use Xu Yue's world for a decisive battle.
• Xu Yue judged that Junior Master Luo had reached the peak of Human Immortals and could dominate most Reincarnators in the early stages.
• Delegations conducting public relations in the Federation chose sides and followed Xu Yue as the missions began.
• Junior Master Luo activated his locking authority and prepared to enter the world with Xu Yue, confident that his strength and intelligence network would ensure his rise.

Xu Yue sent an Other Self into the Real World to gather information while his true body stayed hidden on Earth. He weighed three routes for learning the world’s cultivation system and observing its Other Shores, leaving his plan centered on following Meng Qi and the Demon Buddha.

• Xu Yue chose Earth as a place to hide his true body while projecting an Other Self into the Real World.
• Xu Yue occupied the dead boy’s existence in a burned village and formed an empty-shell Other Self with immense power but no martial arts foundation.
• Xu Yue considered approaching Laojun, but decided that the risks and his past dealings made it better to avoid him for now.
• Xu Yue assessed negotiating with the Heavenly Emperor at the Xuantian Sect, but feared the Time Blade’s schemes and the attention such a move could draw.
• Xu Yue chose to observe the Demon Buddha’s dealings with Meng Qi, using Meng Qi’s cultivation to study the world’s system and multiple Other Shores’ methods.

Xu Yue entered Shaolin Temple as a novice named Zhen Se and was assigned to the Servants' Courtyard because of his supposed vendetta. There, he met the newly transmigrated Meng Qi and made him deeply uncomfortable with an awkward attempt to determine whether he was a girl.

• Xuan Ku brought Xu Yue to Shaolin Temple and named him Zhen Se, assigning him to the Servants' Courtyard to temper his character.
• Xuan Ku asked Xuan Xin to guide Zhen Se carefully, and Xuan Xin agreed.
• Zhen Se recognized the young novice Meng Qi as the future hero and laughed at his Dharma Name.
• Zhen Se touched Meng Qi's chest and explained that Meng Qi resembled a girl he had once been betrothed to, prompting Meng Qi to slap his hand away.

While cleaning Shaolin’s Scripture Depository, Meng Qi and Xu Yue discovered that they came from the same world through a familiar code phrase and references to modern figures. Their reunion was interrupted by Senior Brother Zhen Yong, who overheard part of their conversation.

• Meng Qi complained about Xu Yue’s teasing as they went with Zhen Hui to clean the Scripture Depository.
• Xu Yue joked that Zhen Hui might find the Nine Yang Divine Skill in the Lankavatara Sutra, prompting Meng Qi to ask about the martial art.
• Meng Qi and Xu Yue exchanged a familiar code phrase, then confirmed their shared origins by asking about Young Master Wang Sicong.
• Zhen Yong overheard the name Wang Sicong and mistook it for a relative of Wang Siyuan, so Meng Qi covered for himself by blaming Martial Uncle Xuan Xin.
• Meng Qi changed the subject and asked why Zhen Yong had come to the Scripture Depository.

Meng Qi and Xu Yue learned Arhat Fist from Zhen Yong, then privately shared what they knew about their circumstances and the powers controlling the world. Xu Yue concluded that his presence beside Meng Qi had established a tacit understanding with Laojun, though the balance depended on the cost of replacing him.

• Zhen Yong helped Meng Qi, Xu Yue, and their companions clean the Scripture Depository and taught them Arhat Fist after confirming they could practice it.
• Meng Qi brought Xu Yue to his private room so they could exchange information without being overheard.
• Meng Qi told Xu Yue that he had transmigrated with little knowledge of his original identity and showed him the Jade Buddha that strengthened meditation.
• Xu Yue explained that the powerful Lords of the Six Paths Reincarnation were constrained, while many Other Shore beings had withdrawn into chaos to preserve their strength.
• Xu Yue reasoned that Laojun had likely noticed his role beside Meng Qi, and that their shared interests created a tacit understanding backed by the cost of replacing him.

Xu Yue used Meng Qi’s connection to the Demon Buddha to gather information and taught him National Martial Arts techniques to improve his body control. After several months, both completed foundation building, while rumors about the two and Zhen Hui began spreading among the servant monks.

• Xu Yue recognized that Meng Qi’s Jade Buddha gave him a faint connection to the Demon Buddha and hoped to enter the Six Paths Reincarnation Space with Meng Qi.
• Meng Qi offered to share his Jade Buddha, and Xu Yue offered to teach him National Martial Arts techniques.
• Xu Yue corrected Meng Qi’s Arhat Fist and taught him Stance Training to improve his control of his Vitality and Blood.
• Meng Qi found that Stance Training complemented Hundred Day Foundation and helped him use his strength more effectively.
• Xu Yue completed foundation building only two or three days after Meng Qi, despite starting a month later.
• Rumors began circulating among the servant monks about Xu Yue, Meng Qi, and Zhen Hui spending so much time together.

Xuan Xin assigned Xu Yue and Meng Qi to clean Zenheart Courtyard for visiting disciples from the major sects. Meng Qi met Jiang Zhiwei and Zhang Yuanshan, but the encounters left him stung and worried about his future in Shaolin.

• Xuan Xin warned Xu Yue and Meng Qi to behave, mocked their prospects, and assigned them to clean Zenheart Courtyard during the martial arts gathering.
• Xu Yue cautioned Meng Qi to watch his words near Zenheart Courtyard because experts could hear him.
• Qing Ying summoned Meng Qi to clean his room and tried to use him to probe Jiang Zhiwei.
• Jiang Zhiwei and Zhang Yuanshan defended Meng Qi and forced Qing Ying to apologize, but Jiang Zhiwei's words that Meng Qi was only a servant monk hurt him.
• Meng Qi returned to his room to practice Arhat Fist and Stance Training, worried that he had no Qi Accumulation method and concluding he needed to leave the order.

Xu Yue secretly studied the martial arts and cultivation arts of the tournament’s young disciples while Jiang Zhiwei won first place. Back at the servant monks’ quarters, he teased Meng Qi about his frustration with the gap between them, leaving Meng Qi in better spirits as he went to sleep.

• Xu Yue used his traits to gather information about the young disciples and analyze their cultivation arts.
• Xu Yue examined Jiang Zhiwei’s swordsmanship and learned that Zhen Chang had already received the first volume of the Yi Jin Jing.
• Jiang Zhiwei won the Martial Arts Tournament, while Xu Yue finished sweeping and returned to the servant monks’ quarters.
• Xu Yue found Meng Qi practicing after his encounter with a genius disciple, and Meng Qi admitted he felt frustrated by their difference in resources and cultivation.
• Xu Yue teased Meng Qi about training to outlive his rival, easing Meng Qi’s mood before he stopped practicing and went to sleep.

Xu Yue and Meng Qi were pulled into the Reincarnation Space, where they met other young disciples and learned that people from far beyond Shaolin had been gathered. A cold voice welcomed them to the world of reincarnation, leaving Meng Qi and Xu Yue stunned by the sudden change.

• Xu Yue was summoned to the Reincarnation Space and realized its concealment could shield the Six Paths Lords’ actions from the gaze of the Other Shore.
• Jiang Zhiwei, Qing Ying, Zhang Yuanshan, and Meng Qi woke in the plaza, where Xu Yue’s attempt to reassure Jiang Zhiwei sparked suspicion and teasing.
• Qi Xia emerged with Yan Wujiang and Qi Zhengyan, and Yan Wujiang revealed that people from Jiangdong had also been brought there.
• A bell rang, and a cold voice welcomed everyone to the world of reincarnation, startling Meng Qi and Xu Yue.

Qing Ying challenged the Six Paths Lords as they revealed a vast exchange list of Supreme Skills and divine weapons, including techniques from his own sect. Xu Yue became the first to request an exchange, and the Six Paths Lord granted it.

• Qing Ying threatened the Six Paths Lords with Xuantian Sect's power and demanded to be released.
• The Six Paths Lord displayed exchangeable techniques, including Buddha's Palm, Heaven Severing Seven Swords, and the incomplete Heavenly Emperor Jade Book.
• Qing Ying praised the list's valuation of his sect's Heavenly Emperor Jade Book and the Time Blade.
• The Six Paths Lords explained that techniques and weapons could be exchanged for Virtuous Deeds, with lower returns for listed items and for techniques already taught to others.
• Xu Yue raised his hand to exchange something, and the Six Paths Lord granted his request.

Xu Yue entered the exchange screen and confronted the hidden Six Paths Lords, forcing the presence behind it to acknowledge him. He secured an exchange for Buddha's Palm and the known Heaven Severing Seven Swords, leaving Demon Buddha wary of the unfamiliar Creation-level powerhouse.

• Qing Ying guessed that the two servant monks were plants meant to exploit the group's righteous identities, while Meng Qi tried to stop Xu Yue from exchanging for Arhat Fist.
• Xu Yue entered the light screen with manuals from his collection and resisted the force attempting to eject him.
• Demon Buddha spoke through the Reincarnation Seal and questioned Xu Yue's unfamiliar presence and motives.
• Xu Yue bluntly asked what his manuals were worth and requested Buddha's Palm and the known Heaven Severing Seven Swords instead of divine weapons.
• Demon Buddha hesitated over the costly exchange, but Xu Yue insisted that even altered versions of the martial arts would be useful to him.

Xu Yue returned from trading with the Six Paths Lords and concealed his true dealings while explaining what he had obtained. The group then received a mission at the Hidden Emperor Fortress, setting Meng Qi on the next stage of his journey.

• Xu Yue told Qing Ying that he had traded for five forms of the Heaven Severing Seven Swords and could not pass them on.
• Xu Yue and the Demon Buddha reached an understanding: Xu Yue would not disrupt Meng Qi’s inheritance of Ananda’s legacy, while the Demon Buddha would hide Xu Yue’s traces and might later pay him with forms of Buddha’s Palm.
• Xu Yue told Meng Qi that he had also exchanged for the Yi Jin Duan Gu Pian and Catching Wind and Shadow, prompting the others to search for the inexpensive aptitude-improving manual.
• The Six Paths Lords received the Hidden Emperor Fortress mission, which matched the original story’s beginner mission for Meng Qi.

After completing the Hidden Emperor Fortress mission, the group recovered at Reincarnation Plaza and exchanged Virtuous Karma points for skills and equipment to prepare for their next mission. Xu Yue warned them not to reveal the Six Paths’ secrets, and the chapter ended with Meng Qi protesting his new role as the team’s meat shield while Xu Yue exchanged for Shaoze Sword.

• The Six Paths healed the group, and Qing Ying praised Jiang Zhiwei’s Sword Comes Without Self after Xu Yue’s timely warning had helped save his life.
• Qing Ying thanked Xu Yue for explaining his exchange and saving him, while Zhang Yuanshan urged everyone to choose upgrades for their next mission.
• Qi Zhengyan revealed that he had sold his sect’s recorded cultivation methods, and Xu Yue claimed the body-tempering method he taught Meng Qi was his own creation.
• Xu Yue warned the group against revealing information about the Six Paths, and Qing Ying and Qi Xia agreed not to risk their lives by talking.
• Jiang Zhiwei exchanged for Tiancong Pill, Qi Xia chose Tang Flower, and Meng Qi exchanged for Iron Cloth Shirt and Eight Steps of Divine Movement before Qi Xia gave him Five Tiger Broken Door Saber.
• Meng Qi complained about being made the team’s meat shield, while Xu Yue explained that Catching Wind and Shadow suited his assassin role and exchanged for Shaoze Sword.

Xu Yue and Meng Qi returned to Shaolin, where Xu Yue studied the Heaven Severing Seven Swords until urgent temple bells announced that Qi Xia had died after trying to expose the Six Paths Lords. The chapter leaves the disciples grieving and makes clear that even their preparations could not protect Qi Xia from the Six Paths Lords’ reach.

• Xu Yue reviewed the five forms of the Heaven Severing Seven Swords and used his new understanding to wield Jiang Zhiwei’s Sword Comes Without Self without suffering her injuries.
• Urgent bells rang through Shaolin, and Xu Yue warned Meng Qi that the temple’s eminent monks might be listening with the Heavenly Ear and Heavenly Eye.
• Zhang Yuanshan and the others found Qi Xia dead in the Mahavira Hall, with no visible wounds.
• Kong Wen explained that Qi Xia had asked her father, Qi Yuantong, to gather sect representatives before she exposed the Six Paths Lords.
• Qi Xia had asked Kong Wen to protect her, but the Six Paths Lords killed her anyway, despite her precautions.

After Qi Xia’s death, Han Guang revealed information about Immortal Traces while the Righteous Path experts investigated the strange killing. Meng Qi and Xu Yue were promoted to Shaolin’s Martial Monk Academy, but gossip about their connection and Xu Yue’s favor-seeking spread through the monastery.

• Han Guang, posing as Kong Wen, apologized for failing to protect Qi Xia and claimed his strength had declined after fighting Demon Master Han Guang.
• The Righteous Path experts suspected a soul-targeting curse, poison, or Magic Treasure, and Han Guang linked Qi Xia’s death to the Immortal Traces organization.
• Zhang Yuanshan and Jiang Zhiwei told Meng Qi about Qi Xia’s death, while Qing Ying told Xu Yue and urged the others to help secure his promotion.
• Xu Yue trained Meng Qi in the Servants’ Courtyard, where Xuan Ku noticed their martial arts and ordered them and Zhen Hui to report to the Martial Monk Academy.
• Monks spread rumors that Xu Yue had used flattery to win his promotion and that he and Meng Qi were romantically involved.

Meng Qi entered the Martial Monk Academy and struggled to suppress his anger over rumors, while Xu Yue encouraged him to focus on becoming strong enough to silence the rumor-mongers. During Arhat Fist practice, Zhen Miao criticized Meng Qi, Zhen Hui, and Xu Yue’s forms, but Meng Qi doubted that standard foundational training suited his circumstances as well as Xu Yue’s tailored methods.

• Meng Qi raged about the rumors spreading through the Martial Monk Academy, but Xu Yue urged him to face them calmly and improve his martial arts.
• Meng Qi reflected on his shortcomings, calmed himself, and resolved to focus on training.
• Zhen Miao quieted the martial monks and asked Meng Qi, Zhen Hui, and Xu Yue to demonstrate their Arhat Fist.
• Zhen Miao criticized their movements, demonstrated the proper foundational forms, and asked them to imitate him.
• Meng Qi hesitated, comparing Zhen Miao’s standard instruction with Xu Yue’s practical training tailored to his needs.

Meng Qi defeated Zhen De and Zhen Miao in the training hall, then used intensive sparring to refine the Six Paths Body Infusion. After more than a month, Uncle-Master Xuan Chi assigned Meng Qi and Xu Yue their first rotating night-watch duty on Shaolin's back mountain.

• Meng Qi defeated Zhen De with one blow, surprising the training hall disciples.
• Zhen Miao suppressed his realm to spar with Meng Qi but was also defeated in one move, then told the disciples to practice as they wished.
• Meng Qi challenged disciples throughout the Martial Monk Academy, beating rivals and gaining combat experience under Xu Yue's guidance.
• After more than a month of intensive training, Uncle-Master Xuan Chi assigned Meng Qi and Xu Yue their first night-watch duty guarding the mountain path behind Shaolin.