Chapter Summaries

Lin Heng reunited with Chen Changqin, who revealed his long life and three-lifetime tribulation before asking Lin Heng to help him search the Rebirth Realm for Su Lian'er. Chen Changqin said the journey concerned the Underworld and the Fourth Epoch, and that Lin Heng was needed to guide them safely there.

• Lin Heng met Chen Changqin at Green Pavilion Sect, and they sent Duan Shuyun, Zhao Wanqing, and Mu Liuxi away to talk privately.
• Chen Changqin revealed that he was the Zither Emperor, had lived since before the Martial Emperor rose, and believed Su Lian'er was the core of his love tribulation.
• Chen Changqin asked Lin Heng to help him cross the Rebirth Bridge and search for Su Lian'er, despite not knowing whether she could be revived or remember him.
• Chen Changqin named the Underworld, Netherworld Ultimate Bliss, Earth Tribulation Change, the world-ending great tribulation, and the Fourth Epoch as matters tied to his journey.
• Chen Changqin said a person in the sack had told him that Lin Heng could guide them safely into the Rebirth Realm, which was the Underworld, and Lin Heng suspected that person was inside the sack.

Lin Heng confronted Bai Yi after Chen Changqin brought him to the Green Pavilion Sect, where Dugu Zixuan captured him as he tried to flee. Bai Yi agreed to answer Lin Heng’s questions, leaving Lin Heng asking why the Netherworld Underworld had appeared on the Heavenly Profound Continent.

• Lin Heng recognized Bai Yi’s mention of the Netherworld Underworld as a clue that he came from the Fourth Epoch.
• Chen Changqin freed Bai Yi from a magic sack and revealed that he had schemed against Lin Heng and wanted to surpass him.
• Bai Yi denied conspiring against Lin Heng, then fled when Lin Heng challenged him, but Dugu Zixuan caught him.
• Bai Yi warned that the Earth Tribulation Change would bring a great tribulation and that Lin Heng would eventually become dry bones.
• Lin Heng stopped his mother from killing Bai Yi because he knew secrets and could help revive Lian'er, but Chen Changqin said to kill him if he refused to cooperate.
• Bai Yi agreed to explain the Fourth Epoch and the Netherworld Underworld, and Lin Heng asked why it had appeared on the Heavenly Profound Continent.

Bai Yi explained that a flaw in the Underworld’s soil was severing Dao inheritances and might connect the Fifth Epoch to the Fourth. He revealed that he had been sent to kill Lin Heng and take his Fortune, leaving Lin Heng facing a deadly contest for survival.

• Bai Yi told Lin Heng that the Underworld was difficult to leave because something had gone wrong with its soil, which could no longer nourish Dao inheritances into Humanity Fruits.
• Bai Yi explained that the loss of inheritances would gradually weaken the Immortal Path world, while Lin Heng and the others considered whether Lin Ziqing had known about the problem.
• Bai Yi said Fortune was tied to the Mandate of Heaven and proposed that several Epochs were playing a game within the chessboard, with another contest between Mandates of Heaven beyond it.
• Bai Yi admitted that his purpose was to kill Lin Heng and seize his Fortune, because he believed only those with immense Fortune could survive the coming great calamity.

Lin Heng agreed to help Chen Changqin reach the Underworld after driving away the Western Wasteland cultivators and seeking justice for his Master. Meanwhile, Leng Qingqiu tried to steal Leng Qingyun’s evening with Lin Heng, but Yun Yao joined her, and Lin Heng exposed the impersonation.

• Lin Heng sent Bai Yi flying, then agreed to keep Chen Changqin alive and have him guide them to the Underworld after their other priorities were handled.
• Over the next two days, Lin Heng spent time with Saint Ye and his Senior Sisters while Leng Qingqiu knocked Leng Qingyun unconscious and hung her from a tree to impersonate her.
• Xiao Lan rescued Leng Qingyun, who enlisted Mu Liuxi and Duan Shuyun to confront Leng Qingqiu, while Yun Yao secretly headed to Lin Heng’s courtyard.
• Zhao Wanqing and the others discussed a deadly plague in nearby towns that was blamed on Extraterrestrial Cultivators, and Zhao Wanqing focused on preparing medicine.
• Yun Yao arrived with Leng Qingqiu, and Lin Heng recognized that Leng Qingqiu was impersonating Leng Qingyun.
• Leng Qingqiu revealed herself as the Bull Devil King and declared that Leng Qingyun would not be coming, then prepared to inspect Lin Heng.

Leng Qingyun and the senior sisters exposed Leng Qingqiu’s attempt to monopolize Lin Heng and arranged to punish her under Master’s rules. After Leng Qingqiu was escorted away, Duan Shuyun captured Yun Yao as well.

• Leng Qingqiu admitted she had knocked Leng Qingyun unconscious and tried to take Lin Heng for herself, while Yun Yao initially threatened to intervene before backing down under Leng Qingqiu’s warning.
• Lin Heng restrained Leng Qingqiu, and Leng Qingyun, Duan Shuyun, Mu Liuxi, and Xiao Lan entered the courtyard unharmed.
• Leng Qingyun revealed that she had anticipated Leng Qingqiu’s attack, and Mu Liuxi and Duan Shuyun invoked Master’s rules to confiscate Leng Qingqiu’s opportunities for three months and send her to the Little Black Room.
• Mu Liuxi escorted the cursing Leng Qingqiu away, and Yun Yao laughed at her defeat.
• Duan Shuyun seized Yun Yao, leaving her asking what the First Senior Sister was doing.

Lin Heng learned that the Meng Clan wanted Meng Yutong to restore the Cauldron of All Beings to its former human-sacrificing state, giving him grounds to target the clan and claim its cauldron. He asked Meng Yutong to return to the Meng Clan so he could bring his family and demand her dowry.

• Duan Shuyun caught Yun Yao watching Lin Heng and ordered her to keep Third Senior Sister company.
• Xiao Lan spent the night in the courtyard after Little Black chased her away, then Lin Heng followed the dog to Saint Ye.
• Saint Ye scolded Lin Heng for delaying his search for a cauldron as Meng Yutong suddenly returned.
• Meng Yutong told Lin Heng and Saint Ye that the Meng Clan had demanded she restore the cauldron to its original human-sacrificing state.
• Lin Heng declared he would deal with the Meng Clan, admitted he wanted the Cauldron of All Beings, and asked Meng Yutong to return so he could demand her dowry.

Lin Heng planned to use Meng Yutong’s Imperial Token and a fake marriage proposal to provoke the Meng Clan into fighting over its divine artifact. As the group prepared to travel to the Meng Clan’s territory, Meng Yutong caught Lin Heng trying to leave and ordered him back.

• Meng Yutong agreed to return to the Meng Clan under the guise of a Dynasty official, and Lin Heng explained his plan to Dugu Zixuan and Dugu Feng.
• Lin Heng proposed bringing betrothal gifts and demanding the Meng Clan’s divine artifact as a dowry, hoping the clan would attack Meng Yutong despite her Imperial Token.
• Dugu Zixuan agreed to prepare the betrothal gifts, and Shi Yuanzhou joined the expedition after Lin Heng suggested the Meng Clan’s resources could strengthen their sect.
• Ling Fei and Nan Yangming stayed behind to guard the sect while everyone else entered Lin Heng’s portable space.
• Meng Yutong spoke with Shadow One in her bath, then spotted Lin Heng passing by and ordered him to come back.

Meng Yutong returned to the Meng Clan after centuries away and confronted the clan leader and Meng Wudao over their plan to sacrifice her. She revealed her Imperial Token and claimed an appointment from the Female Emperor, leaving the clan elders stunned while Jiang Jingyi watched from hiding.

• Lin Heng and his companions departed by Cloud Boat for the Meng Clan’s ancient land, while Meng Yutong traveled there ahead of them.
• Qiu told Meng Boxi that Meng Yutong was the Rain Pavilion Pavilion Master and suggested the Cauldron of All Beings was failing because she had never been sacrificed.
• Meng Yutong arrived at the Meng Clan’s ancient land, removed her disguise, and announced herself to Meng Boxi and Meng Wudao.
• Meng Yutong visited her former home and rejected the clan leader’s accusation that she was responsible for her parents’ deaths, condemning her family for urging her to sacrifice herself.
• Meng Boxi and Meng Wudao threatened to complete the sacrifice, but Meng Yutong raised the Female Emperor’s Imperial Token and declared her imperial appointments.
• Jiang Jingyi watched from the shadows and recognized that Meng Yutong was using the Female Emperor’s authority, likely at Lin Heng’s suggestion.

Meng Yutong used an Imperial Token and her Rain Pavilion identity to bluff the Meng Clan, but Meng Wudao and Meng Boxi attacked her and demanded she repair the Cauldron of All Beings. Following Lin Heng’s plan, she deliberately appeared to lose so the clan would capture her alive, while Jiang Jingyi watched in disbelief.

• Meng Wudao suspected Meng Yutong’s Imperial Token was fake, and Meng Boxi challenged her claim to be an imperial envoy.
• Meng Yutong admitted she was the Pavilion Master of Rain Pavilion, prompting Meng Wudao to attack her.
• Meng Wudao and Meng Boxi accused Meng Yutong of tampering with the Cauldron of All Beings and demanded she repair it or be sacrificed.
• Meng Yutong fought the two clan leaders while following Lin Heng’s plan to lose deliberately and be captured alive.
• Meng Boxi’s Heavenly Law Divine Palace struck Meng Yutong, who spat blood and fell, leaving Jiang Jingyi wondering how she had become an Elder of the Green Pavilion Sect.

Meng Boxi and Meng Wudao captured Meng Yutong and prepared to sacrifice her, but Lin Heng arrived with Dugu Zixuan and the Ten Directions Hall to propose marriage to a girl of the Meng Clan. The clan leaders welcomed them without realizing Lin Heng had come for Meng Yutong, leaving her in danger as the visitors entered the clan hall.

• Meng Boxi and Meng Wudao captured Meng Yutong, shackled her in a cauldron, and announced her planned sacrifice to the Meng Clan.
• Meng Boxi ignited the fire beneath the cauldron while Meng Yutong denounced the clan for its cruelty.
• A boy warned Meng Boxi that visitors had arrived to propose marriage, so Meng Boxi and Meng Wudao went to meet them.
• Dugu Zixuan introduced herself as the Hall Master of Ten Directions Hall and said she had come to ask for a Meng Clan girl on behalf of her son.
• Meng Wudao recognized Lin Heng as the Immortal Alliance leader and privately realized he was Meng Yutong's disciple, while the clan leaders welcomed the visitors to their hall.

Lin Heng and Dugu Zixuan brought a marriage proposal to the Meng Clan, while the clan elders questioned which Meng woman Lin Heng intended to marry. Dugu Zixuan named Meng Yutong, leaving the ancestral hall stunned as Meng Yutong remained trapped in a boiling cauldron.

• Dugu Zixuan told Meng Boxi that Lin Heng wished to marry a Meng Clan young lady, but said she would reveal the woman's identity at the clan meeting.
• Duan Shuyun and the others waited outside the ancestral hall, where Chen Changqin sensed Meng Yutong nearby in a boiling cauldron and heard her curses.
• Meng Wudao gathered the clan elders, and Meng Boxi praised Lin Heng's status and the lavish betrothal gifts while the elders questioned why he wanted to marry into their clan.
• Dugu Zixuan entered the ancestral hall with Lin Heng and revealed that the intended bride was Meng Yutong.
• A clan elder exclaimed, "Meng Yutong? Which Meng Yutong?"

Lin Heng and Dugu Zixuan confronted the Meng Clan over Meng Yutong and demanded the Cauldron of All Beings as her dowry. Lin Heng’s allies appeared and attacked the clan, while Jiang Jingyi reached Meng Yutong at the cauldron.

• Lin Heng and Dugu Zixuan claimed Meng Yutong was Lin Heng’s Dao companion and said they had come to arrange their marriage.
• Dugu Zixuan requested the Cauldron of All Beings as Meng Yutong’s dowry, and Meng Boxi and Meng Wudao refused.
• Lin Heng and the Meng Clan traded threats, and Meng Boxi revealed that Meng Yutong had been sacrificed to the cauldron.
• Lin Heng summoned Uncle Prison, Shi Yuanzhou, Martial Man, and others, then ordered them to kill the Meng Clan members.
• Jiang Jingyi appeared beside the cauldron and greeted Meng Yutong while the others were drawn away by the fighting.

Jiang Jingyi found Meng Yutong trapped in a cauldron and taunted her while secretly adding firewood, pretending she planned to cook her. She left Meng Yutong wondering whether begging for mercy would save her.

• Jiang Jingyi appeared beside Meng Yutong and mocked her for misusing the Female Emperor’s Imperial Token.
• Jiang Jingyi stoked the fire beneath the cauldron while Meng Yutong insisted her capture had been part of an act.
• Jiang Jingyi revealed that Lin Heng and the others were busy fighting the Meng clan, then threatened to cook Meng Yutong and take care of her disciples.
• Meng Yutong panicked and called for her disciple to rescue her, while Jiang Jingyi questioned her pride and suggested she beg for mercy.
• Meng Yutong asked whether Jiang Jingyi would release her if she begged.

Meng Yuanxuan emerged from seclusion to defend the Meng Clan, but Dugu Zixuan revealed their old grudge and forced him to seek peace. At Lin Heng’s request, Yuanxuan killed Meng Boxi and Meng Wudao to spare the rest of his clan.

• Meng Yutong apologized to Jiang Jingyi, who stopped adding firewood but left her trapped behind a barrier in the cauldron until Lin Heng arrived.
• Meng Yuanxuan emerged from seclusion after Meng Boxi summoned him, and the Meng Clan members celebrated his mastery of a third Great Dao.
• Yuanxuan threatened Lin Heng and his companions, but Dugu Zixuan blocked his pressure and identified herself as Dugu Dingyan’s daughter.
• Dugu Zixuan recounted how Yuanxuan had once knelt to Dugu Dingyan and lost an arm, prompting Yuanxuan to ask her to spare his clan.
• Lin Heng demanded that Meng Boxi and Meng Wudao die for plotting against his Master, and Yuanxuan crushed both of them with a single palm strike.

Lin Heng pressed Meng Yuanxuan to surrender the Cauldron of All Beings, arguing that the Meng Clan could not keep a divine artifact that had become a Demonic Beast. Meng Yuanxuan tried to avoid blame and then implicated other ancient clans, giving Lin Heng an opening to demand a list of them.

• Dugu Zixuan said the Meng Clan’s fate depended on what Lin Heng wanted, and Lin Heng asked whether Meng Yuanxuan knew the cauldron sacrificed living people.
• Meng Yuanxuan claimed he had not known what happened during his eight centuries of seclusion and blamed Meng Boxi and Meng Wudao, whom he had killed.
• Lin Heng announced that the group would take the Cauldron of All Beings because its sacrifices had turned it into a Demonic Beast.
• When Meng Clan members objected, Lin Heng killed an old man with a water dragon and argued that the clan’s resistance suggested demonic cultivation.
• Meng Yuanxuan pointed out that at least five other ancient clans used similar sacrificial practices, and Lin Heng asked him to provide a detailed list of them.

Lin Heng and the Green Pavilion Sect’s disciples learned that Murong Yi had rescued Meng Yutong from the boiling cauldron, and Lin Heng cooled his unconscious Master in a spring. When Meng Yutong woke, Jiang Jingyi manipulated Lin Heng into doubting her, leaving Meng Yutong furious and fainting again.

• Dugu Zixuan persuaded Meng Yuanxuan to reveal details about the other ancient clans, hoping the Immortal Alliance would move against them.
• Lin Heng and his Senior Sisters found that Murong Yi had rescued Meng Yutong from the cauldron while they confronted the Meng Clan.
• Lin Heng carried the overheated Meng Yutong to a spring and cooled her until she regained consciousness.
• Jiang Jingyi arrived to discuss the Meng Clan, and Meng Yutong accused her of trying to boil her alive and take her place with Lin Heng’s disciples.
• Jiang Jingyi dismissed Meng Yutong’s accusations as jealousy, and Lin Heng defended her; Meng Yutong realized Jiang Jingyi had repeated her own words and fainted in anger.

After Meng Yutong recovered from her clash with Jiang Jingyi, Lin Heng and Dugu Zixuan discussed how to use the Meng Clan’s surrender of its divine cauldron to pressure other ancient clans. Jiang Jingyi proposed a cover story backed by the Dynasty, and the chapter ended with her admitting she had only been frightening Meng Yutong for fun.

• Meng Yutong woke up angry at Lin Heng for doubting her account of Jiang Jingyi’s threats, and the two bickered until they made up.
• Dugu Zixuan explained that Meng Yuanxuan had offered compensation, including the Cauldron of All Beings, and Leng Qingyun received a Blazing Sun Eastern Pearl for her umbrella.
• Lin Heng agreed that attacking other ancient clans directly was too risky while the Extraterrestrial Cultivators remained, and suggested spreading word that the Meng Clan had offered its cauldron willingly.
• Jiang Jingyi proposed that the Meng Clan claim its sacrificial practices had driven the cauldron toward demonization, prompting the clan to seek the Immortal Alliance’s help.
• Dugu Zixuan agreed to persuade Meng Yuanxuan to cooperate with the story and left to speak with him.
• Jiang Jingyi admitted to Lin Heng that she had only been scaring Meng Yutong for fun, then reacted with surprise when he thought of her joining Harem Peak.

Dugu Zixuan persuaded Meng Yuanxuan to accept a settlement that would strip the ancient clans of their divine artifacts, warning that the Dynasty might be behind the move. After leaving the Meng Clan, Lin Heng planned his next steps in the Underworld and agreed to approach Bai Yi for help opening the Rebirth Bridge.

• Dugu Zixuan told Meng Yuanxuan that reconciliation required the ancient clans to give up their clan-guarding divine artifacts.
• Dugu Zixuan suggested the Dynasty might be targeting the ancient clans, and Meng Yuanxuan agreed that no clan having a divine artifact would make things fair.
• Lin Heng and his companions left the Meng Clan on the Cloud Boat, while Meng Yuanxuan accepted the settlement as a chance to secure the clan's future.
• Chen Changqin asked Lin Heng when he would act on the Underworld, and he said he would first construct his own space and have her persuade Bai Yi to reveal how to open the Rebirth Bridge.
• Lin Heng agreed to speak with Bai Yi and said he had many ways to deal with a fellow townsman.

After returning to Green Pavilion Sect, Lin Heng freed Yun Yao and Leng Qingqiu, then persuaded Bai Yi to help open the Rebirth Bridge and lead them into the Underworld. Bai Yi agreed after Lin Heng challenged his view of providence, but warned that entering the Rebirth Realm was dangerous and the group should stay small.

• Lin Heng unlocked Yun Yao and Leng Qingqiu's cell, and they admitted they had beaten Bai Yi after he laughed at them.
• Lin Heng told Bai Yi that Chen Changqin had gathered the souls and needed him to open the Rebirth Bridge.
• Lin Heng urged Bai Yi to stop resenting his lesser providence and argued that he would face the coming disaster without abandoning the Immortal Realm.
• Bai Yi agreed to help and asked Lin Heng to remove his shackles so he could prepare.
• Bai Yi explained that they needed an altar to gather the dead souls and warned that only a few people should enter the Rebirth Realm.

Lin Heng prepared to open the Underworld and learned that the reincarnation cycle in his Fortune Reincarnation Small World needed more divine artifacts. After receiving news of Zhong Yue’s defection, he asked Jiang Jingyi to help with his campaigns against Lu Yuanliang and the Ancient Clans, offering her an Imperial Token in return.

• Lin Heng arranged for an altar to be built at the Green Pavilion Sect while Saint Ye warned him that the absence of reincarnators suggested the road of reincarnation had been severed.
• Saint Ye explained that the great cauldron’s reincarnation range covered only ten li, so Lin Heng concluded that he needed more divine artifacts.
• Jiang Jingyi told Lin Heng that Alliance Leader He had succeeded and Zhong Yue had returned to help defeat Lu Yuanliang; Lin Heng ordered Murong Ziyan to chop firewood by hand.
• Jiang Jingyi explained that Zhong Yue could not get information to the Northern Continent while Lu Yuanliang controlled the route, and Lin Heng asked her to use her Dark Guard to help.
• Lin Heng asked Jiang Jingyi to invoke her status as a Murong and imperial envoy to investigate the Ancient Clans, then offered her an Imperial Token as payment.
• Jiang Jingyi accepted the idea of taking the Imperial Token, secretly viewing it as a weakness she could use against Lin Heng later.