Chapter Summaries

Shen Qian cleared the Myriad Manifestations Tower’s trials through the twenty-ninth floor, earning repeated perfect evaluations while the observers outside were stunned by his results. He settled his rewards and summoned the Wishing Pool, where the Tower’s will appeared in the form of a woman.

• Shen Qian earned a 100% evaluation on the second floor, learned that perfect scores activated the Wishing Pool reward, and chose to defer summoning it as he continued upward.
• Liu Changqing, Qu Bai, Feng Manlin, and the others saw Shen Qian’s name flash through the rankings with repeated 100% completion scores, while Lin Sanmo explained that scores beyond the limit were hidden.
• Shen Qian cleared trials up to the twenty-ninth floor in test mode, then stopped before the thirtieth floor because the trials were becoming harder and a failed perfect score could reduce his rewards.
• Shen Qian settled his rewards, collected 1,137 Myriad Coins, and chose to summon the Wishing Pool.
• The Wishing Pool transported Shen Qian above an enormous lake, where the Tower’s will appeared as a woman and welcomed him.

Shen Qian explored the Wishing Pool and chose King Yanling’s Dao Fruit, hoping it would help him comprehend the Dao and strengthen his Wang Hou avatar. After consuming it, he witnessed a vision of King Yanling in her youth beginning her path, leaving him to discover whether the Dao Fruit would reveal her journey to becoming a Wang Hou.

• The Goddess of Will explained that Shen Qian’s twenty-eight accumulated rewards had expanded the Wishing Pool and improved the treasures available.
• Shen Qian examined the pool’s treasures, including the Sky Mammoth Bone Chain, a Kui Niu Egg, and a Ginseng Fruit Tree sapling, but found none suited his main goal of improving his cultivation.
• At the end of the pool, Shen Qian found three Dao Fruits and chose King Yanling’s after comparing the Wang Hous they belonged to.
• The Goddess of Will prepared a stone platform, and Shen Qian swallowed the silver Dao Fruit after replenishing his Mental Power.
• Shen Qian witnessed a vision of young King Yanling discussing her untraveled path with a mysterious voice, but part of her words about transcendence was concealed.

Shen Qian watched King Yanling’s memories and learned how aperture opening, a King’s breakthrough, and the Heavenly Seal worked. As King Yanling received her Crown of Kings and began cultivating Star Power, Shen Qian realized his own King avatar had lacked a starfield, suggesting its path was severed.

• Shen Qian learned that opening apertures was required to reach Mountains and Seas and wondered whether the mysterious figure had steered him toward that knowledge.
• King Yanling opened nine apertures, formed her Law Stealing Dao, and broke through to Mountains and Seas while a mysterious teacher watched over her.
• Shen Qian followed King Yanling’s later breakthroughs through the Dao Fruit memories, and his own Dao grew toward Mountain Sea Second Heaven.
• King Yanling broke through to become a King, received a Crown of Kings through the Heavenly Seal, and transformed her origin power into Star Power.
• Shen Qian noticed that King Yanling’s Dao connected to a starfield, unlike his avatar’s empty sky, and suspected that his avatar’s road had been severed.

After emerging from King Yanling’s Dao Fruit, Shen Qian advanced to Mountain Sea Second Heaven and changed the Myriad Manifestations Tower’s trials to Hell Mode. He met Golden Tower Marquis, learned about the Marquis’s history with the tower, and discovered why his avatar had not sensed the Heavenly Seal when it broke through in the Spirit Witch World.

• Shen Qian reached Mountain Sea Second Heaven after absorbing King Yanling’s Dao Fruit and adjusted the tower’s trial difficulty and rewards.
• Golden Tower Marquis confronted Shen Qian outside the tower and showed him scenes from his trials, then explained how he had become the tower’s caretaker after completing Abyss Mode.
• Shen Qian told Golden Tower Marquis that the White-robed Man had given him a trial, and Golden Tower Marquis accepted that Shen Qian might be his successor.
• Golden Tower Marquis explained that a martial artist in a world where all Dao had fallen silent might not sense the Heavenly Seal when breaking through to the Marquis realm.
• Shen Qian realized that the Spirit Witch World had been silent when his avatar advanced and resolved to return to camp to complete the Heavenly Seal step.

Shen Qian concealed how far he had progressed in the Myriad Manifestations Tower, warned his companions that its trials had become much harder, and went to the treasury with Liu Changqing. Liu Changqing revealed that the treasury offered Star-Class Weapons, leaving Shen Qian curious whether his trove of Myriad Coins could buy one.

• Shen Qian rejoined Qu Bai and the others, claimed he had only cleared ten levels, and warned them that the tower's difficulty had risen sharply.
• The Myriad Manifestations Tower reopened, and Shen Qian's companions decided to wait before entering its harder trials.
• Shen Qian headed to the Myriad Treasures pavilion, where Liu Changqing confronted him and demanded hush money after guessing he had earned many Myriad Coins.
• Shen Qian admitted he had more than a hundred Myriad Coins, and Liu Changqing said he needed ten more to exchange for a divine ability.
• Liu Changqing explained that Star-Class Weapons stood above SSS-Class Psionic Weapons and were used by Wang Hou, making Shen Qian wonder whether his coins could buy one.

Liu Changqing and Shen Qian explored the Myriad Manifestations Tower treasury, where Liu Changqing exchanged for the Thousand Forms divine ability and Shen Qian revealed he had 1,137 Myriad Coins. Shen Qian used 999 coins to claim the Star-Class weapon Heavenly Nether, and Liu Changqing advised him to have Eldest Senior Brother collect it.

• Liu Changqing guided Shen Qian through the treasury and exchanged thirty Myriad Coins for the Thousand Forms divine ability.
• Shen Qian revealed that he had 1,137 Myriad Coins, prompting Liu Changqing to lead him into the treasury's core area.
• Shen Qian surveyed rare treasures and chose the Star-Class Psionic Weapon Heavenly Nether for 999 Myriad Coins.
• Liu Changqing warned Shen Qian that he could not use Heavenly Nether yet and advised him to have Eldest Senior Brother collect it.

Shen Qian learned that Jing City and cities across the country were under severe restrictions as the threat of the Doors grew, while he waited at Luxu Battalion for orders. The chapter ended with Wu Wei announcing that the Doors might soon open on a large scale and revealing their existence to the public.

• Shen Qian's parents told him Jing City had been sealed, and Shen Qian urged them to stay at the City Lord's Manor while mentioning that Huo Ling'er had been visiting them.
• Shen Qian returned to Ninth Company and waited at the military camp, where public rumors spread as cities across the country entered the highest level of martial law.
• Shen Qian and Zhu Yinhong watched Ninth Company outperform First Battalion before an emergency military order summoned the Luxu Battalion commanders.
• Yu Shouyi canceled all leave and placed Luxu Battalion on the highest state of combat readiness.
• Shen Qian and the commanders watched Wu Wei's national announcement, which revealed that anomalies in the restricted zones could precede the large-scale opening of the Doors.

Yu Shouyi told Shen Qian and Zhu Yinhong that thirteen Gates had opened, including the A-rank Gate at Jiangzhong Military University, and ordered Shen Qian's unit to defend it. After discovering Jiang Xuan had tried to enter the old campus, Shen Qian took her with him and set out for the Gate.

• Yu Shouyi revealed that humanity had over a million Mountain Sea experts and that thirteen Gates in China had already opened.
• Yu Shouyi showed Shen Qian and Zhu Yinhong that the A-rank Gate at Jiangzhong Military University had reopened, apparently after the Six-City Subsidence Incident broke Earl Pingyang's seal.
• Yu Shouyi ordered Shen Qian's Ninth Company and First Battalion to leave that night and take over defenses at Jiangzhong Military University, with Zhu Yinhong accompanying him.
• Yu Shouyi brought Shen Qian to a guarded warehouse, where Shen Qian found Jiang Xuan unconscious after she had tried to enter the old campus.
• Shen Qian took Jiang Xuan with him and departed for Jiangzhong Military University despite Yu Shouyi not having given permission.

Shen Qian arrived at Jiangzhong Military University's old campus, where the Martial Arts Department had built a fortress around the fully opened Gate. Wu Jingcai revealed that it was likely the South Heaven Gate and asked Shen Qian to enter it again to investigate.

• Shen Qian led Luxu Battalion to the old campus with Zhu Yinhong, Dao Jiu, and Great Sage, bringing the unconscious Jiang Xuan with him.
• Ren Qing checked the convoy's credentials and directed the vehicles to wait outside the fortress while Shen Qian met Wu Jingcai.
• Wu Jingcai explained that the Special Affairs Department monitored Gates through a nationwide mental network and that records showed Shen Qian had entered this Gate before.
• Wu Jingcai told Shen Qian that Marquis of Qingcheng was guarding the Gate while Earl Pingyang had temporarily left after the seal was broken.
• Shen Qian saw the hundred-meter gate pillar and its black vortex, which Wu Jingcai identified as the likely South Heaven Gate and demonstrated could no longer be sealed.
• Wu Jingcai asked Shen Qian to enter the Gate personally to help uncover its secrets.

Wu Jingcai explained that the unusual gate at Jiangzhong Military University seemed to summon people connected to it, and showed Shen Qian footage of Wang Shuo and Tantai Qin entering. Meanwhile, Ji Ruoshui opened another white jade gate above the Kunlun Mountains, leaving its purpose and what awaited her unknown.

• Wu Jingcai told Shen Qian that the gate's openings followed a pattern and that the Jiangzhong gate might reveal what was behind the coming calamities.
• Wu Jingcai showed Shen Qian footage of Wang Shuo and Tantai Qin entering the gate, and said it appeared to summon people with a connection to it.
• Shen Qian wondered whether Jiang Xuan could enter the gate too and questioned why Wu Wei had recommended him.
• Cheng Qingqing accompanied Ji Ruoshui to Jade Pearl Peak and warned her that reopening the gate could be dangerous.
• Ji Ruoshui closed her eyes, froze the mountain and storm, and caused a white jade gate resembling an immortal realm to appear above Kunlun.

Shen Qian entered South Heaven Gate with Jiang Xuan after the gateway awakened and began drawing people toward it. He awoke in the Heaven Realm with his memories temporarily erased, then recovered them and realized where he was.

• Shen Qian told Zhu Yinhong to defend the fortress while he prepared to enter South Heaven Gate, as Marquis of Qingcheng fought hidden Wang Hou overhead.
• Mountain Sea Martial Artists attacked the old campus, and Shen Qian left to find Jiang Xuan, who had awakened after being drawn toward the gate.
• Shen Qian found Jiang Xuan and took her toward the gate, where Hu Feiwei plunged into its vortex and Jiang Xuan broke free and ran toward it.
• The system compelled Shen Qian to enter the gate with Jiang Xuan, followed by his clone and a snow-white great ape; another familiar figure pursued them.
• Shen Qian awoke in a lake with his memories gone, recovered them when the system called to him, and recognized that he was in the Heaven Realm.

Shen Qian entered a vibrant, apparently restored Heaven Realm, where living Heavenly Soldiers hunted him as an escaped ascender. He found the Imperial Horse Stable and Uncle Hu, but Great Sage exposed him, forcing Shen Qian to attack its powerful keeper.

• Shen Qian explored the lake and realized the Heaven Realm had changed dramatically since his last visit, while his clone remained unreachable and Jiang Xuan and Emperor Monkey were missing.
• Shen Qian hid from a patrol of living Heavenly Soldiers, overheard them mention the Queen Mother, the Heavenly Emperor, and a fugitive ascender, then headed toward the palaces.
• After evading several more patrols, Shen Qian entered a vast palace complex and recognized it as the Imperial Horse Stable, where thousands of horses grazed.
• Shen Qian spotted Uncle Hu entering a rear hall, then discovered the powerful Imperial Horse Keeper inside and Great Sage at his feet.
• Great Sage's arrival exposed Shen Qian, and the keeper summoned the stable's power to suppress him as Uncle Hu charged; Shen Qian transformed into the Dark Buddha and struck at the keeper with Extreme Fist.

Shen Qian defeated the Imperial Horse Keeper and refined his Ascension Token, gaining control of the Imperial Horse Stable and using its authority to fool a patrol of Heavenly Soldiers. He freed Hu Feiwei from the Heavenly Realm’s memory-blocking illusion, but their questions were interrupted by the arrival of the Heavenly Emperor’s procession.

• Shen Qian killed the Imperial Horse Keeper and discovered that his body held an Ascension Token, which granted him a fixed beast-taming Dao and control over the Imperial Horse Stable’s formations.
• Shen Qian impersonated the Imperial Horse Keeper and convinced a gold-armored Heavenly General that the escaped ascender had been killed.
• Shen Qian awakened Hu Feiwei by provoking his memories of Jiang Chengye, and Hu Feiwei recalled being assigned to the Imperial Horse Stable after entering the Reception Hall.
• Hu Feiwei explained that the Heavenly Realm might be a revived world rather than a simple replay of stored memories, then thunder announced the Heavenly Emperor’s procession.
• Shen Qian, Hu Feiwei, and Emperor Monkey watched a vast procession led by a dragon and a curtained carriage pass overhead.

Shen Qian and Hu Feiwei witnessed the Heavenly Emperor’s procession and empowered the Great Sage with an Ascension Token before following a fallen streak of light to Guanghan Palace. Inside, they found slain women and Shen Qian discovered a beautiful woman waiting in the osmanthus grove, whose identity was left unrevealed.

• Shen Qian saw a Divine Dragon soar with the Heavenly Emperor’s procession and wondered whether the Heavenly Emperor and other ancient beings had awakened.
• Hu Feiwei recalled that a demoness had entered Heaven Realm seeking something connected to “hope.”
• Shen Qian gave the Great Sage an Ascension Token, which transformed it into an armored fighter strong enough to send Hu Feiwei flying with one punch.
• Shen Qian, Hu Feiwei, and the Great Sage rode heavenly horses toward the place where a streak of light had fallen and found Guanghan Palace.
• Shen Qian rushed into Guanghan Palace after hearing a crash and found the bodies of young women dressed in white.
• Shen Qian reached an osmanthus grove and saw a beautiful woman who stirred powerful, familiar emotions in him.

Shen Qian found Tantai Qin surrounded by Nie Han, Ning Quan, and several Heavenly Court gods who demanded the Heavenly Book. As the attackers moved against her, Shen Qian realized her Dao and strength had diminished, and prepared to intervene.

• Shen Qian entered the garden and recognized Nie Han, who stood with Ning Quan and a group of Mountain Sea cultivators.
• Ning Quan revealed that Shen Qian had killed his sister and that he had served as a guard in an overseas Ancient Prison before joining its rebellion.
• Shen Qian identified Wugu Star Lord and Greedy Wolf Star Lord among the Heavenly Court gods, while their companion called Tantai Qin Moon Aunt and demanded the Heavenly Book.
• Tantai Qin refused to surrender the Heavenly Book, and the woman called Holy Mother ordered the group to attack her.
• Shen Qian saw that Holy Mother wielded a Star-Class Weapon and that Tantai Qin's Dao had only three layers of Dao Patterns as the attackers charged.
• Tantai Qin unleashed moonlight sword beams against the surrounding attackers, and Shen Qian grew furious as he prepared to act.

Shen Qian intervened as Tantai Qin was overwhelmed by Ning Quan and the Stern Woman, revealing a Dao Projection that instantly killed three high-level Mountains and Seas experts. He protected Tantai Qin from the Stern Woman, who revealed herself as the Lightning Mother, and survived her powerful lightning strike.

• Tantai Qin fought Ning Quan and the Stern Woman but was wounded and nearly captured by their attacks.
• Shen Qian charged into battle and instantly killed the three Mountain Sea Martial Artists Ning Quan sent to stop him by suppressing their Daos.
• The Stern Woman warned that Shen Qian had entered the Heaven Realm without refining an Immortal Seat, then attacked Tantai Qin again.
• Shen Qian transformed into the Calamity Buddha, blocked the lightning aimed at Tantai Qin, and forced Ning Quan and the others to retreat.
• The Stern Woman revealed herself as the Lightning Mother and struck Shen Qian with powerful lightning from her Star-Class Weapon.
• Shen Qian recovered from the lightning strike and compared it unfavorably to the Ancestral Dragon's Body-Refining Divine Thunder.

Shen Qian overcame Lightning Mother, killed the Greedy Wolf Star Lord, and was preparing to finish off the Wugu Star Lord when Jiang Chengye arrived with a vast Heavenly army. Realizing the army would not stop for an Immortal Seat, Shen Qian fled with Tantai Qin, Emperor Monkey, and Old Hu as the Heavenly Soldiers attacked everyone at Guanghan Palace.

• Shen Qian resisted Lightning Mother's Five Sacred Mountain Divine Thunder and used Word of Law to slow her and the Star Lords, then killed the Greedy Wolf Star Lord.
• Shen Qian turned on the Wugu Star Lord, but a sudden oppressive force swept across the sky and Lightning Mother said the Heavenly Emperor's will had sensed Shen Qian's Dao.
• Jiang Chengye appeared with tens of thousands of Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals, and Hu Feiwei recognized him as Marshal Tianpeng.
• Jiang Chengye ordered the Heavenly Soldiers to attack Guanghan Palace, and Shen Qian rejected Tantai Qin's plan to refine the Greedy Wolf Star Lord's Immortal Seat.
• Shen Qian led Tantai Qin, Emperor Monkey, and Old Hu in a breakout while Heavenly Soldiers surrounded Nie Han's group and Lightning Mother and the Wugu Star Lord fled.

Shen Qian and his companions escaped the Heavenly Soldiers at Guanghan Palace with help from Zhao Keyi, Bai Fei, and Sha Bi, while Jiang Chengye killed Lightning Mother and withdrew his forces. At the edge of the Heaven Realm, Tantai Qin revealed the blank Heavenly Book and began explaining an ancient legend that made Shen Qian question how the Heavenly Emperor had ruled over other powerful Wang Hou.

• Shen Qian fought through the Heavenly Soldiers and led Tantai Qin, Old Hu, and the others toward a gap in their encirclement.
• Zhao Keyi revealed himself as an ally, and Sha Bi and Bai Fei struck the Heavenly Generals, helping Shen Qian's group break out.
• Jiang Chengye threw his Fangtian Halberd at Lightning Mother, fatally wounded her, seized the Heaven-Colliding Mirror, and then ordered the Heavenly Soldiers to withdraw.
• Shen Qian's group fled to the edge of the Heaven Realm, where Zhao Keyi, Bai Fei, and Sha Bi explained that their teachers had sent them to seek the Heavenly Book.
• Tantai Qin showed Shen Qian the blank golden Heavenly Book and asked how the Heavenly Emperor had commanded other top-tier Wang Hou, prompting Shen Qian to suspect a hidden source of authority.

Tantai Qin explained that the Heavenly Emperor had transcended Wang Hou, revealed the mysteries of the Heavenly Book and the Heaven Realm’s ancient calamity, and told Shen Qian about her past and feelings for him. After she kissed him, a summons announced a feast celebrating the Queen Mother of the West’s return.

• Tantai Qin told Shen Qian that the Heavenly Emperor had reached the Emperor realm, divided the Dao Sea, and may have left his ascension secret in the nine-page Heavenly Book.
• Tantai Qin explained that she had sealed away her Immortal Seat after the Heaven Realm’s calamity, then awakened 113 years ago and reclaimed it to recover her memories.
• Tantai Qin revealed that Yue Sun’s memories had deepened her feelings for Shen Qian, and that the calamity had halted everyone’s Dao and turned the Heaven Realm’s inhabitants against one another.
• Tantai Qin asked Shen Qian whether he would stay if she asked him not to go, then kissed him as fragments of memories surfaced.
• A voice announced that the Heavenly Emperor had prepared a Jade Pool feast to celebrate the Queen Mother of the West’s return.

Shen Qian and the others learned that the Jade Pool Banquet might reveal the Heavenly Realm’s secrets, then split up to pursue their own goals. Following the link to his imprisoned avatar, Shen Qian entered a strange realm resembling outer space and came face-to-face with Taishang Laojun.

• Tantai Qin explained that Taishang Laojun had once declared the Heavenly Emperor’s fate inseparable from the Heavenly Realm and that the Calamity of Reincarnation could not be broken.
• Bai Fei, Zhao Keyi, Sha Bi, and Old Hu decided to head to Jade Pond Palace for the Jade Pool Banquet, while Tantai Qin chose to explore the Heavenly Realm alone.
• Shen Qian said he would retrieve something before catching up, then discovered Tantai Qin had disappeared and set off with Emperor Monkey to find his avatar.
• Shen Qian followed the weakening connection to his avatar and entered a black opening in the far north of the Heavenly Realm, finding a floating patch of land in a star-filled void.
• Shen Qian found his unresponsive avatar seated with a strange old man whose presence defeated the Eye of Truth, and realized the man might be Taishang Laojun.