Chapter Summaries

Meng Yutong tried to reassert her authority over Lin Heng, but discovered she could no longer hear his inner thoughts. Lin Heng teased her with a sudden confession of love before abandoning his sweet talk and pouncing on her.

• Meng Yutong dragged the sleeping Show-off to her cave abode, and Lin Heng later woke on the floor before her.
• Meng Yutong warned Lin Heng that she controlled the Inner Court, then realized she could no longer hear his thoughts.
• Meng Yutong tested Lin Heng by guessing his improper thoughts, and he reacted as though she had read his mind.
• Lin Heng approached Meng Yutong and asked to explore the great Dao together, prompting her to tell him to stop.
• Lin Heng confessed that he had fallen in love with Meng Yutong at first sight, but she accused him of having impure intentions from the start.
• Lin Heng sprang at Meng Yutong in embarrassment, declaring that he would use his little Heng whether she wanted him to or not.

Lin Heng tricked Meng Yutong into taking the initiative by pretending he was exhausted, then revealed he had been using her to rest. He reversed their positions and asked whether she could endure another ten days.

• Lin Heng persuaded Meng Yutong to take the initiative by claiming he was worn out from a month of caring for others.
• Meng Yutong decided to push Lin Heng until he begged for mercy, believing he was near his limit.
• Lin Heng repeatedly feigned exhaustion, and Meng Yutong kept extending their struggle for days.
• Meng Yutong noticed Lin Heng was not weakening and realized he had plotted against her.
• Lin Heng dropped his pretense, restrained Meng Yutong, and reversed the offense and defense.

Lin Heng helped protect Dugu Feng and Shen Yeting’s newborn from a Thunder Tribulation, which ended as soon as the baby was born with an innate lightning spiritual root. Seeing the family celebrate, Lin Heng worried that his own child with Little Demoness might soon arrive and decided to return to check on her.

• After making amends with Meng Yutong, Lin Heng spent time caring for Zhao Wanqing and helping her look after pregnant Jiang Caiyan.
• Lin Heng and Zhao Wanqing went to a newly built Dugu Clan city, where Dugu Zixuan said her sister was about to give birth amid a Thunder Tribulation.
• Lin Heng and the Dugu ancestors guarded the delivery room against the lightning, while Lin Heng used his body to withstand the bolts and temper himself.
• After Shen Yeting gave birth, the Thunder Tribulation dispersed, and Dugu Gui discovered that the baby boy had an innate lightning spiritual root.
• Lin Heng thought about his own child with Little Demoness and hurried back to check on her.

Lin Heng watched over Jiang Caiyan as her pregnancy reached its end and she went into labor. While Zhao Wanqing and Yu Han'er attended the delivery, Lin Heng sensed an ominous presence in the sky and warned Black Robe that trouble had arrived.

• Lin Heng reflected on the Immortal Realm's recovery and planned to visit the Fourth Epoch to find Lin Zhique for his disappointed mother.
• Lin Heng visited Jiang Caiyan, whose fetus began fluctuating violently and signaled that she was about to give birth.
• Lin Heng summoned Zhao Wanqing and the others, and Zhao Wanqing entered the delivery room to assist Jiang Caiyan.
• Yu Han'er joined Zhao Wanqing inside while Lin Heng and Black Robe waited outside and discussed the baby.
• Lin Heng sensed trouble above the Immortal Sect grounds, and Black Robe looked up and cried out in alarm.

A golden dragon manifestation appeared over the Yu Immortal Gate and bestowed a blessing on Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan’s newborn daughter. Lin Heng gave her the blessing, declaring that she could inherit his place in the Immortal Realm, while the family celebrated her birth.

• Golden clouds formed a dragon-shaped phenomenon that experts across the Immortal Realm sensed as a manifestation of Humanity’s fortune.
• Dugu Gui and Dugu Qingyang discussed how Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan’s lineage could have triggered the phenomenon.
• Lin Heng used his Humanity Domain to absorb the golden lightning and refined it into source energy as the dragon bestowed its blessing.
• Jiang Caiyan gave birth to a daughter, and Lin Heng infused the infant with the blessing, granting her a Human Path body and Human King bloodline.
• Lin Heng said his daughter could inherit his position in the Immortal Realm and surpass him, while the family laughed and celebrated.

After Lin Heng’s daughter was born, factions across the continents sent lavish gifts, and several powerful families immediately tried to arrange a child betrothal for her. The Lin Clan forbade marriage discussions for twenty years, ending the proposals while Lin Heng guarded his newborn daughter’s future.

• Factions across the Immortal Realm sent congratulatory gifts for Lin Heng’s newborn daughter, and Lin Heng gathered them into a shared treasury for raising the Inner Court’s children.
• Long Cheng asked Lin Heng to consider a future marriage between Lin Heng’s daughter and his grandson, and Lin Heng angrily sent him away.
• The Peng Clan, the Song Clan, and He Qingcang also sent people to test Lin Heng’s willingness to arrange a child betrothal.
• Yun Yao, Duan Shuyun, and Mu Liuxi laughed at Lin Heng’s sudden role as a protective father.
• The Old Lin Family declared that no one could discuss marriage for Lin Heng’s daughter for twenty years, and the factions stopped making proposals.

Lin Heng visited Jiang Caiyan and their newborn daughter, then spent three months helping oversee the realms’ recovery while the Changlin Clan prepared to relocate. On the girl’s hundredth day, she opened her eyes as Dugu Zixuan and Yu Han'er competed to hold her, while Lin Heng was away in the Star Sea chasing the Female Emperor sister.

• Lin Heng tried to touch his daughter while she fed, and her tiny fists swatted him away as Jiang Caiyan teased him.
• Lin Heng said he would raise his daughter for life and oppose betrothals, but Jiang Caiyan insisted their child should choose her own path.
• Over the next three months, Lin Heng coordinated government and restoration work as peace returned and the Changlin Clan began relocating.
• On the girl’s hundredth day, she opened her eyes, and Dugu Zixuan and Yu Han'er each claimed time to care for her.
• Jiang Caiyan tried to contact Lin Heng for help, but he was in the Star Sea chasing the Female Emperor sister.

Lin Heng caught up with Jiang Jingyi after she was injured exploring the Starry Sky Ancient Road, but she persuaded him not to take her virginity before their future battle for immortality. She proposed leaving Murong Ziyan with him as collateral, and Lin Heng asked what she meant.

• Jiang Jingyi tried to escape Lin Heng after entering the Starry Sky Ancient Road and suffering injuries.
• Lin Heng sealed off the surrounding area, caught Jiang Jingyi, and carried her off despite her protests.
• Jiang Jingyi told Lin Heng that she wanted to preserve her combat strength for the Starry Sky Ancient Road and had delayed visiting him on her father's advice.
• Lin Heng stopped and agreed to hold back for now, but demanded another price from Jiang Jingyi.
• Jiang Jingyi suggested leaving Murong Ziyan by Lin Heng's side as collateral, leaving him confused.

Jiang Jingyi decided to arrange a meeting between Lin Heng and Murong Ziyan, whom Lin Heng had long admired. After returning to Dingyang City, Jiang Jingyi visited Murong Ziyan and sent her to meet Lin Heng at a teahouse, leaving both of them anticipating the encounter.

• Jiang Jingyi offered to send Murong Ziyan to Lin Heng, and Lin Heng accepted her proposal while wondering whether Murong Ziyan might have feelings for him too.
• Lin Heng followed Jiang Jingyi to Dingyang City and stayed at Prince Qi's Mansion to avoid visits from unfamiliar factions.
• Jiang Jingyi caught Jiang Yan complaining about the throne, yanked his ear, and ordered him to move things outside.
• Jiang Jingyi visited Murong Ziyan, asked about her years of service and romantic prospects, and told her she had found a suitable match.
• Jiang Jingyi sent Murong Ziyan to meet Lin Heng at a teahouse in South City of Dingyang City.

Murong Ziyan prepared for a mysterious match arranged by the Female Emperor, only to discover that Lin Heng was waiting for her. He revealed that the Female Emperor had offered her as compensation while she accompanied him on the Starry Sky Ancient Road, leaving Murong Ziyan shocked and refusing to believe it.

• Murong Ziyan dressed carefully and rode to a teahouse in South City to meet the man the Female Emperor had arranged for her.
• Murong Ziyan recognized Lin Heng when he turned around and tried to flee.
• Lin Heng sealed the courtyard and suppressed Murong Ziyan’s spiritual power, then teased her by pretending he meant to force himself on her.
• Lin Heng explained that he and the Female Emperor would travel along the Starry Sky Ancient Road and could not engage in dual cultivation before reaching All Heavens.
• Lin Heng told Murong Ziyan that she was his compensation, and Murong Ziyan insisted the Female Emperor would never treat her that way.

Lin Heng confronted Murong Ziyan over her past treatment of him and threatened to make her choose between becoming the Female Emperor’s sworn sister and serving as his bed-warming maid. He left her three days to decide before taking her to the Heavenly Action Continent, and Murong Ziyan rushed to confront the Female Emperor.

• Lin Heng reminded Murong Ziyan that she had once threatened him with castration, and she tried to excuse her actions as obedience to orders.
• Lin Heng grabbed Murong Ziyan and carried her to a prepared inner courtyard, but then sat opposite her and declared himself a gentleman who would not use force.
• Lin Heng told Murong Ziyan that Sister Jiang had assigned her to accompany the bride as a maid and gave her a choice between becoming sisters with the Female Emperor or his bed-warming maid.
• Lin Heng said he would take Murong Ziyan to the Heavenly Action Continent in three days, then left her alone in the courtyard.
• Murong Ziyan hurried toward Dingyang Imperial City to ask the Female Emperor why she had been given those choices.

Murong Ziyan confronted Jiang Jingyi after Lin Heng told her she had been offered to him, and Jiang Jingyi confirmed it while explaining her reasons. She ordered Ziyan to either serve as Lin Heng’s bedchamber maid or win him over herself, leaving Ziyan stunned and protesting.

• Murong Ziyan hurried into Jiang Jingyi’s imperial study and asked whether Jiang Jingyi had offered her to Lin Heng as a bedwarming concubine.
• Jiang Jingyi confirmed that she had made the offer and said she did not mind Lin Heng taking another woman because his inner court was already full.
• Jiang Jingyi explained that she planned to travel the Starry Sky Ancient Road and could not engage in Dual Cultivation with Lin Heng, so she wanted Ziyan to help suppress his desire.
• Jiang Jingyi suggested that Ziyan had feelings for Lin Heng because she often mentioned him and had rejected other suitors, but Ziyan denied it.
• Jiang Jingyi gave Ziyan a choice between becoming Lin Heng’s bedchamber maid and taking the initiative to win him, then blamed her earlier threat with scissors for provoking his interest.

Murong Ziyan accompanied Lin Heng to Heavenly Action Continent, where he kept her close while planning how to open the Starry Sky Ancient Road alongside Jiang Jingyi. As Lin Heng’s teasing gradually wore down Murong Ziyan’s resistance, he carried her into his bath pool, leaving their relationship on the verge of crossing a line.

• Murong Ziyan told her family she was accompanying Lin Heng to Heavenly Action Continent on official business, then traveled there while staying wary of him.
• Lin Heng considered where he and Jiang Jingyi could open the Starry Sky Ancient Road so others might later use their passage to ascend.
• Lin Heng kept Murong Ziyan beside him at the temporary camp, where she served as his aide during cultivation and meetings with other factions.
• Murong Ziyan confronted Lin Heng for treating her like a maid, but his persistent teasing gradually made her more accustomed to him.
• Lin Heng warned Murong Ziyan that the arriving Female Emperor might make her a maidservant, then picked her up and leaped with her into his bath pool.

After ten days together, Murong Ziyan admitted her mistake and agreed to make amends while Lin Heng entered secluded cultivation. Fourteen months later, a tremendous upheaval signaled his breakthrough, while Jiang Jingyi and Dugu Gui waited outside the restrictions.

• Lin Heng spent ten days with Murong Ziyan, who eventually apologized for threatening him and agreed to serve him until he accepted her apology.
• Lin Heng told Murong Ziyan to inform the Female Emperor that he was in seclusion, then sealed himself inside a remote cultivation site with thirty-six layers of restrictions.
• Using the Law of Time to accelerate his inner space, Lin Heng advanced from the mid-stage to the late-stage of the Mahayana Realm and continued cultivating.
• Fourteen months after Lin Heng entered seclusion, a wave of Dao power shook the Heavenly Action Continent and alarmed cultivators.
• Jiang Jingyi divined that Lin Heng might have broken through and stopped the Dugu Clan ancestor from acting, while Dugu Gui doubted Lin Heng could have advanced so far in a year.
• Dugu Gui insisted that Jiang Jingyi call him Ancestor in private, and Jiang Jingyi blamed Lin Heng and vowed to suppress him when he emerged.

Lin Heng emerged from fourteen months of seclusion at the peak of the Mahayana Realm, stunning his companions with his power. Jiang Jingyi urged him to prepare for the Starry Sky Ancient Road, and Lin Heng agreed to make plans after taking her to the Black Wasteland.

• Lin Heng broke through all thirty-six restrictions and reached the peak of the Mahayana Realm after nearly fifteen years of cultivation in his internal space.
• Lin Heng appeared before Jiang Jingyi and the others, whose wariness turned to surprise as he reunited with his mother, Dugu Zixuan.
• Jiang Jingyi tried to leave, but Lin Heng stopped her with chains and asked why she was so intent on opening the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
• Jiang Jingyi warned Lin Heng that Upper Realm cultivators could descend into the Immortal Realm and urged him to prepare for them.
• Lin Heng agreed to make plans and told Jiang Jingyi to come with him to the Black Wasteland.

Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi traveled to Black Wasteland, hoping to find a route to the Fourth Epoch and clues about Lin Ziqing. At the altar deep inside, Lin Heng found a message written in Chinese that appeared to have been left by Lin Ziqing.

• Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi agreed to explore Black Wasteland before pursuing the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
• Lin Heng visited Jiang Caiyan and their daughter, but the baby cried when he held her and calmed down in her grandmother's arms.
• Lin Heng told Dugu Zixuan and the others about his plans to visit Black Wasteland, the Starry Sky Ancient Road, and Burial Heaven Star.
• Ten days later, Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi entered Black Wasteland and found a circular altar deep within it.
• Lin Heng recognized the Chinese inscriptions on the altar, including a boastful message signed by Lin Ziqing.

Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi activated an ancient starfield teleportation formation and arrived at a modern, technology-filled settlement on the Moon. A Moon Palace official welcomed them and prepared to take them to meet the Palace Master, while Lin Heng wondered where his father was.

• Lin Heng identified the altar inscriptions as coordinates for a starfield teleportation route and activated the formation with Jiang Jingyi.
• Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi emerged beneath a dome near an enormous celestial body and found themselves surrounded by silver-white buildings, flying craft, and Spirit Stone-powered vehicles.
• People photographed Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi, but Lin Heng stopped Jiang Jingyi from attacking and urged her to follow local rules.
• A uniformed official recognized them as guests from the Immortal Realm and said the Moon Palace had been expecting them for three months.
• The official explained that Moon Palace was the region beneath them, once the moon, and said he would take them to meet its Palace Master.

Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi toured the Moon Palace and learned how the Buried Immortal Domain was organized before meeting Lin Ziqing at the Human Emperor Hall. Lin Ziqing offered Jiang Jingyi a path to immortality there, but Lin Heng insisted she would stay with him.

• A guide explained that the Moon Palace was Huaxia’s forward station to Hidden Immortal Star and warned that its laws would suppress Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi’s strength.
• The guide described the Buried Immortal Domain’s layered worlds and its rule that even powerful families’ descendants had to begin in the mortal realm.
• Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi arrived at the Human Emperor Hall and found Lin Ziqing waiting for them.
• Lin Heng accused Lin Ziqing of scheming and threatened to kill him, while Jiang Jingyi said Lin Ziqing had not done enough to deserve death.
• Lin Ziqing offered Jiang Jingyi a chance to become immortal in the Buried Immortal Domain, but Lin Heng pulled her close and declared she would stay by his side.

Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi questioned Lin Ziqing about Lin Zhique, the Starry Sky Ancient Road, and the aftermath of the battle. They learned the Heavenly Emperor had fallen and the Fourth Epoch faced decline, then Lin Heng received directions to find his father in the Moon Palace.

• Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi pressed Lin Ziqing for information, and he revealed that Lin Zhique was living in the Moon Palace.
• Lin Ziqing advised them to open a passage to All Heavens at a place with dense spiritual veins rather than in the unstable Star Sea.
• Lin Ziqing said the Heavenly Emperor had fallen from karmic backlash, the Human King was badly wounded, and the Fourth Epoch was nearing an age of dwindling Dharma.
• Lin Ziqing gave Lin Heng a pass to Immortal Burial Star for his children to use when they grew up.
• Lin Ziqing directed Lin Heng to the Zixuan Sect in the Moon Palace’s seventh district, and Lin Heng set out to find Lin Zhique.

Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi reached Zixuan Sect and confronted Lin Zhique, who explained that an Epoch barrier had kept him from returning to his family. The reunion moved inside as Lin Zhique began recounting how he had been brought to the Fourth Epoch for treatment after being tainted by a calamity.

• Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi crossed into District Seven and arrived at Zixuan Sect.
• Lin Zhique cleared the sect grounds and welcomed Lin Heng, but Lin Heng rebuked him for leaving Dugu Zixuan and their family behind.
• Lin Zhique explained that the Epoch barrier prevented him from returning and that he had once crossed back to help Lin Heng during a crisis.
• Lin Heng punched Lin Zhique several times, but his attacks had no effect, and Lin Zhique warned he could defeat him.
• Lin Zhique greeted Jiang Jingyi, then began explaining that Lin Ziqing had brought him and Lin Heng to the Fourth Epoch for treatment after a calamity nearly killed him.