Chapter Summaries

Lin Heng used the Illusory World Mirror to reach across time, joining forces with his future self to attack Fate. After the Chaos Pearl saved him from being erased, he met a mysterious man from Hidden Immortal Star and regained his strength, leaving him ready to fight alongside the people who had appeared beside him.

• Lin Heng reversed his aging by stepping onto the river of time through the Illusory World Mirror.
• Lin Heng and his future self declared themselves Emperor, and the future Lin Heavenly Emperor struck and injured Fate.
• Fate tried to erase Lin Heng from history, but the Chaos Pearl engulfed him and brought him to a bluestone road.
• A man in a Daoist robe called Lin Heng “Comrade” and asked if he could still fight; Lin Heng agreed and recovered his youth and strength.
• The man urged Lin Heng to visit Hidden Immortal Star before vanishing, and Lin Heng awoke to find more people gathered beside him as Fate's assault continued.

Lin Heng joined the forces of past epochs in a battle against Calamity Heavenly Fate, which ended with the world shattering and everyone vanishing. Alone in the void, he confronted Lin Ziqing and demanded to know where everyone was.

• Lin Heng’s stroke broke the barrier at Black Wasteland, allowing Dao Ancestor Taiqing, Wenchang, the Human King, the Imperial Venerable, and other legendary figures to emerge.
• The immortal powerhouses attacked Calamity Heavenly Fate, and Heavenly Emperor Lin revealed that Black Wasteland was a Back Door laid by the Fourth Epoch.
• The Divine King of the Third Epoch arrived with an army of gods, joining humans, immortals, gods, and demons in the fight.
• Lin Heng and the assembled forces fought Calamity Heavenly Fate through a battle that seemed to last for years, until the sky shattered and everyone but Lin Heng vanished.
• Lin Ziqing appeared beside Lin Heng, who slapped him and demanded to know where everyone had gone.

Xiao Muyu explained that the future Lin Heavenly Emperor had sacrificed the future to alter the past, leaving her and everyone else to vanish. Lin Heng vowed to find her again and received the Mountains and Rivers Map and Beauty Record, which held the key to restoring the vanished world.

• Lin Heng released Lin Ziqing when Xiao Muyu appeared as a fading spirit and stopped him from killing Lin Ziqing.
• Xiao Muyu told Lin Heng that the future Lin Heavenly Emperor had broken the timeline and sacrificed the future to drive back the Calamity Heavenly Mandate.
• Lin Heng embraced Xiao Muyu and promised to find her again, and she disappeared after asking him to remain young when they met.
• Lin Ziqing gave Lin Heng the Mountains and Rivers Map and Beauty Record, saying they held the path to bringing everyone back, then vanished.
• Lin Heng saw that the Map held the world's lifeless geography and the Record held familiar faces, and he resolved to restore them.

Lin Heng used the Mountains and Rivers Map to revive Heavenly Action Continent and began restoring the wider Immortal Realm, though the effort left him missing and his aura undetectable. The chapter ended with Jiang Zhao reunited with Jiang Jingyi and Jiang Zhenqing, confirming Lin Heng was still alive and had brought him back.

• Lin Heng restored Anqiu Immortal City and traveled across Heavenly Action Continent, reviving its people and the seven petrified ancestors in the Northern Domain Rift.
• The continent and places including the Heavenly River and Demon Valley reappeared, while Meng Yutong, Duan Shuyun, Yun Yao, Leng Qingqiu, and Leng Qingyun discovered changes to their bodies and searched for Lin Heng.
• Lin Heng's aura vanished, but people across the Immortal Realm kept returning to life, leading others to believe he was still alive.
• Jiang Jingyi awoke to find her father, Jiang Zhao, restored and embraced him, while Jiang Zhenqing rushed in and reunited with them.
• Jiang Zhao said Lin Heng had brought him back and joked that his son-in-law owed him a whole cabbage, confirming to Jiang Jingyi and Jiang Zhenqing that Lin Heng was alive.

Lin Heng revived Yu Han'er, Jiang Caiyan’s mother, using the Beauty Record and explained the Immortal Realm’s calamity and her family’s survival. Yu Han'er agreed to reunite with Jiang Caiyan and Black Robe, while Lin Heng continued searching for others to revive.

• Lin Heng used memories from Black Robe Jiang Hao and the Beauty Record to revive Yu Han'er.
• Yu Han'er doubted Lin Heng’s identity until he explained that he was Jiang Caiyan’s Dao companion and they had a child together.
• Lin Heng told Yu Han'er that he had revived the people lost in the Immortal Realm’s calamity and reassured her that seeing her family would not bring them harm.
• Yu Han'er agreed to reunite with Jiang Caiyan and Black Robe, and Lin Heng sent her through a spatial passage to Dao Province.
• Lin Heng put away the Mountains and Rivers Map, opened the Beauty Record, and continued his work reviving people.

Yu Han'er returned from the dead and reunited with Black Robe and Jiang Caiyan, while Lin Heng revived people across the Immortal Realm by using the Mountains and Rivers Map and Beauty Record. As the masses’ gratitude and hope gathered into Human Path fortune, Lin Heng’s aging body was restored.

• Yu Han'er arrived at the Heavenly Mystery Imperial Office and reunited with Black Robe, who recognized her as Han'er.
• Jiang Caiyan realized Yu Han'er was her mother and embraced her, and Yu Han'er promised to stay and care for her and her unborn child.
• Yu Han'er told Black Robe and Jiang Caiyan that Lin Heng had sent her back and was safe, though he still had other things to do.
• Lin Heng traveled across the Immortal Realm, using the Mountains and Rivers Map and Beauty Record to revive people remembered by the living, while his lifespan and body were consumed.
• The revived people’s loved ones spread stories of their reunions, and the fortune of the Human Path gathered throughout the Immortal Realm.
• Lin Heng’s body regained its strength as the gathered fortune flowed into him, and he declared that the Human Path would prosper forever.

After reaching the early Mahayana stage, Lin Heng returned to Heavenly Action Continent and learned that Dugu Yueli was about to become the Imperial Court’s first sovereign. He abducted her as a prank, and the chapter ended with him carrying her away while she protested.

• Lin Heng passed his Heavenly Tribulation and advanced to the early Mahayana stage.
• Lin Heng returned to Heavenly Action Continent and learned that Dao Province was controlled by Jiang Caiyan, Yun Yao, and Leng Qingyun, while Dugu Yueli was about to ascend the throne.
• Lin Heng disguised himself, captured Dugu Yueli in Azure Province City, and carried her away in a sack.
• Dugu Yueli recognized Lin Heng by his scent and revealed that her communication token could summon an ancestor if she was in danger.
• Lin Heng dropped his disguise and teased Dugu Yueli before scooping her into his arms, leaving her startled by his threat.

Lin Heng reunited with Dugu Yueli and explained how the Mountains and Rivers Map and Beauty Record had restored everyone, while warning that the miracle could not be repeated. The two grew intimate in a secluded bamboo valley.

• Lin Heng brought Dugu Yueli to a prepared pavilion in a bamboo-ringed valley, where she worried an ancestor might discover them.
• Lin Heng reassured Dugu Yueli that his Great Ascension realm let him conceal his aura, and she eventually stopped resisting his advances.
• Dugu Yueli asked how Lin Heng had returned and why the dead were alive again, so he recounted Lin Ziqing's survival and Xiaoxiao's sacrifice of the future timeline.
• Lin Heng explained that the Mountains and Rivers Map and Beauty Record joined to restart the Literary Path and awaken the Mandate of Heaven, restoring everyone through their remembered traces.
• Lin Heng warned Dugu Yueli that he could not repeat the resurrection, and she said she was glad to be alive before they became intimate.

After spending two days and three nights with Lin Heng, Dugu Yueli returned to Azure Province City to take the throne as Female Emperor. She completed the enthronement ceremony before the assembled factions and envoys, establishing the Heavenly Action Imperial Court under its chosen name.

• Dugu Yueli told Lin Heng she was about to ascend the throne, while he concealed his identity behind a mask and asked her to appoint him Regent Prince afterward.
• Dugu Wuwu found Dugu Yueli in Azure Province City and told her that the enthronement ceremony was about to begin, with Prince Qi Jiang Yan and a delegation from Tianxuan in attendance.
• Dugu Yueli put on her phoenix robe, and the masked Lin Heng teased her before she warned him to behave during her ceremony.
• Jiang Yan represented Tianxuan at Heaven's Mandate Hall and affirmed the alliance between Tianxuan and the Heavenly Action Imperial Court.
• Dugu Yueli ascended the jade platform as the crowd hailed her as Female Emperor, beneath the inscription naming the dynasty Heavenly Action and Seeing the Dao.

Dugu Yueli was crowned Female Emperor of Heavenly Action and established a joint-governance system for the realm. That night, Lin Heng secretly returned to Yu Caiyan, who mistook him for a dream until his touch made her realize he was truly there.

• Dugu Yueli rewarded officials for their service and declared that clans that rebelled would be punished as traitors to the Dao.
• Dugu Yueli issued her first decree, and the gathered crowd proclaimed Heavenly Conduct Dao as the Imperial Court began a new era.
• Lin Heng watched the ceremony in disguise and planned to surprise the pregnant Yu Caiyan that night.
• Yu Caiyan returned to her new sect, Yu Immortal Gate, and went to bed feeling tired and anxious about giving birth.
• Lin Heng appeared beside Yu Caiyan and gently touched her belly; while half-asleep, she welcomed him as her husband and mistook his return for a dream.
• Yu Caiyan opened her eyes when she realized Lin Heng's touch felt real.

Lin Heng returned and reunited with his pregnant wife, Jiang Caiyan, after she mistook him for an intruder and slapped him. Once she fell asleep in his arms, he reflected on the uncertain future and decided to visit Eldest Senior Sister first.

• Jiang Caiyan recoiled and struck Lin Heng when he climbed into her bed, then calmed down after recognizing him.
• Jiang Caiyan scolded Lin Heng for frightening her and feared he had sacrificed himself, while he comforted her and explained why he had brought everyone back.
• Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan felt their unborn child kick and spoke about how happy they were to have their family together again.
• Jiang Caiyan thanked Lin Heng for bringing back her mother, then fell asleep in his arms.
• Lin Heng considered how the future had become uncertain after his former protections disappeared and decided to keep Eldest Senior Sister company first.

Lin Heng reunited with Jiang Caiyan and Yu Han'er, reassured them, and gave them treasures to restore their health. He then traveled to a Literary Path valley, where he was surprised to find thousands of cultivators gathered.

• Jiang Caiyan woke to find Lin Heng gone, then learned from Yu Han'er that Lin Heng's father had also disappeared after damaging a peachwood grove.
• Lin Heng returned and greeted Yu Han'er, who welcomed him and spoke with him and Jiang Caiyan about their family and the pregnancy.
• Yu Han'er urged Lin Heng to make time for Jiang Caiyan, and Lin Heng promised to put her first.
• Lin Heng gave Yu Han'er and Jiang Caiyan Storage Pouches containing heavenly treasures and spirit herbs.
• Lin Heng traveled to a valley north of Azure Province and noticed that thousands of Literary Path cultivators had gathered there.

Lin Heng secretly helped Duan Shuyun restore the White Mystic Brush, allowing her to reach the Literary Path grand master level, then reunited with her in the valley. Their private conversation ended with Duan Shuyun revealing that she, Master, and the others had regained their virgin bodies after revival.

• Lin Heng found Duan Shuyun struggling to stabilize the White Mystic Brush fragment in the valley library.
• Lin Heng secretly infused the brush with power, and Duan Shuyun spent two days repairing its laws.
• Duan Shuyun reached late Spirit Transformation and gained recognition as a Literary Path grand master, drawing congratulations from cultivators across the valley.
• After the crowd dispersed, Duan Shuyun found Lin Heng, embraced him, and reproached him for hiding while everyone searched for him.
• Lin Heng told Duan Shuyun he had visited Little Demoness before her and planned to reveal himself after meeting everyone.
• Duan Shuyun told Lin Heng that she, Master, and the others had regained their virgin bodies after revival.

After the world’s upheaval was reversed, Lin Heng discovered that the women he knew had been restored, and he visited Duan Shuyun to confirm it. He left with a keepsake and planned to visit his other senior sisters and companions next.

• Lin Heng learned from Duan Shuyun that the upheaval had restored the women and boasted that he had not expected the revival to be so thorough.
• Lin Heng pounced on Duan Shuyun, who stopped resisting and wondered why she could no longer hear his inner thoughts.
• Lin Heng spread a handkerchief beneath Duan Shuyun and explained that he wanted to collect keepsakes from their intimate memories.
• Lin Heng and Duan Shuyun spent a long time together, after which he stored the marked handkerchief in his Storage Ring.
• Lin Heng left Duan Shuyun to rest and decided to visit Mu Liuxi, Senior Niu, his Little Senior Sister, or the Su Family sisters next.

Lin Heng reunited with several women in the Inner Court while Meng Yutong grew frustrated that he had not visited her. The chapter ended with Lin Heng deciding whether to see his Master or Ancestor Yao next.

• Lin Heng spent the night with Leng Qingqiu and Leng Qingyun, then visited Su Qiubai and Su Wanyue over the following three days.
• Meng Yutong struggled to focus on cultivation after hearing that Lin Heng had returned but had not come to see her.
• Mu Li visited Meng Yutong and provoked her by describing Lin Heng's reunions with his disciples and Dugu Yueli.
• Mu Li left after suggesting she would visit Lin Heng herself, and Meng Yutong vowed to wait and see who would give in first.
• Lin Heng lounged with Leng Qingqiu and Leng Qingyun and wondered whether to visit his Master or Ancestor Yao next.

Lin Heng and the Inner Court discussed whether to deal with Yun Yao or Master first, while Yun Yao struggled with her memories and decided to seek Lin Heng out. Lin Heng secretly followed her, captured her, and carried her toward the Yao Mountain Sect.

• Senior Niu argued that Yun Yao should be dealt with before Master, partly to test whether Master could resist competing for authority over the Inner Court.
• Leng Qingqiu explained why she considered Eldest Senior Sister and Senior Mu Li the only serious candidates to manage the Inner Court.
• Yun Yao meditated at the Yao Mountain Sect but could not stop thinking about Lin Heng and resented being left out while the others ate with him.
• Yun Yao decided to visit Lin Heng and left the sect after telling her disciples to tend to its grounds.
• Lin Heng followed Yun Yao, sealed her spiritual energy, disguised his voice, and carried her back toward the Yao Mountain Sect.

Lin Heng abducted Yun Yao in a sack and pretended to threaten her, but she recognized him after he mentioned 300 Spirit Stones. She attacked him, and he released her spiritual power before lifting her into his arms as their quarrel continued.

• Lin Heng carried Yun Yao to his cave dwelling in a sack without alerting Yao Mountain Sect's disciples or formations.
• Yun Yao sensed she was back in her own cave and suspected her abductor was Lin Heng, though she could not hear his inner voice.
• Lin Heng pinched Yun Yao's cheek, and she recognized his familiar touch but pretended to fear him and named Lin Heng as her husband.
• When Lin Heng mentioned having only 300 Spirit Stones, Yun Yao cursed him and revealed that she had recognized him.
• Lin Heng untied the sack, and Yun Yao crawled out and attacked him for abducting her.
• Lin Heng removed Yun Yao's spiritual restriction, caught her punch, and lifted her into his arms while she demanded he put her down.

Lin Heng spent three days with Yun Yao in the Yao Mountain Sect before setting out to find Mu Li. Mu Li intercepted him and demanded his turn, leaving Lin Heng to carry him away while admitting he had deliberately provoked his Master to make her wait.

• Lin Heng teased Yun Yao, then kept her with him in the secret chamber cave for three days while collecting another bloodstained handkerchief.
• Lin Heng boasted about his future power and claimed he could suppress Jiang Jingyi and had his Master under his control, while Yun Yao secretly recorded him.
• Lin Heng left Yao Mountain Sect and planned to seek out Mu Li, but Mu Li appeared in his path after waiting nearly a month.
• Mu Li said only he, Mengmeng, and the Female Emperor were still waiting and asked Lin Heng to make it up to him.
• Lin Heng carried Mu Li away, and Mu Li revealed he had deliberately urged Lin Heng's Master to be more proactive so she would hold back and he could go first.

Lin Heng cultivated with Mu Li, who revealed that she had restored the Great Dao of Joyful Union, and learned that the Underworld and other remnants of the Fourth Epoch had disappeared. Meng Yutong interrupted them in fury over being left until last, and Lin Heng chased after her.

• Lin Heng reflected on raising his cultivation before clearing the Starry Sky Ancient Road and reaching the Upper Realm.
• Mu Li told Lin Heng that the Great Revival had changed her body and that she had restored the Great Dao of Joyful Union.
• Lin Heng succumbed to Mu Li during their intimate cultivation and later explained that the Underworld, Bai Yi, and everything from the Fourth Epoch had vanished.
• Meng Yutong broke through the cave abode's restriction and found Lin Heng and Mu Li together.
• Meng Yutong scolded Lin Heng for putting her last among the women, then stormed out as Lin Heng hurried after her.

Lin Heng pursued Meng Yutong, who attacked him before knocking him unconscious and taking him back to her territory. Watching from afar, Dugu Gui and Dugu Qingyang discussed Lin Heng’s relationship with Dugu Yueli and decided they needed to warn him.

• Lin Heng caught up with Meng Yutong and tried to placate her, but she attacked him with her Stellar Dao powers.
• Lin Heng dodged and blocked Meng Yutong’s attacks, then pretended to be badly beaten and apologized when she pinned him down.
• Lin Heng admitted he had kept Meng Yutong waiting on purpose, and she knocked him unconscious with two punches.
• Meng Yutong put Lin Heng in a sack and dragged him back to her territory.
• Dugu Gui and Dugu Qingyang watched from a distant mountain and discussed Lin Heng’s secret relationship with Dugu Yueli and its possible effect on her imperial fortune.
• Dugu Gui and Dugu Qingyang decided to warn Lin Heng not to involve Dugu Yueli with the people in his Inner Court.