Chapter Summaries

Lin Heng learned why Saint Ye and his disciples had come to South Immortal Island and joined them in laying the foundations for a kingdom of fortune. When Lin Ziqing warned that his sister was in danger, Lin Heng prepared to leave, and Gao Ping revealed that the disciples had known he was not their real junior brother but had accepted him as family.

• Saint Ye told Lin Heng that he had sacrificed his chance to become an Immortal King to give ordinary people a chance at immortality, and warned that everyone who came to South Immortal Island would die.
• Third Senior Sister explained that she and the others had known their fate from the beginning and were willing to die so future generations could live in peace; Lin Heng decided to join her work.
• Lin Heng helped his senior siblings build formation nodes, teach the Dao, gather Spirit Sources, and compile books that established the foundations of cultivation and immortal opportunity.
• Lin Ziqing warned Lin Heng that his ancestor planned to erase his sister's memories of him, so Lin Heng decided to leave and searched for Saint Ye.
• Gao Ping told Lin Heng that the disciples had known he was not their Little Junior Brother but had accepted him as one, and urged him to call on them if he ever needed help.

Lin Heng survived the Heavenly Tribulation and reforged his body, reaching Dao Integration after Lin Ziqing drove back the Heavenly Dao. He secretly headed for the Central Domain, planning to stop the ancestors from erasing Lin Ziqing’s memories and to prepare for the coming battle with the Northern Domain.

• Lin Heng realized Saint Ye and his fellow disciples had known he was not the original Xiao Dingzi, then fell into an abyss as his body was destroyed.
• Lin Heng’s body reformed around the Chaos Pearl as seventeen Dao wheels merged within it, and Lin Ziqing forced the Heavenly Dao’s attack to retreat.
• Lin Heng awakened at Dao Integration, made himself clothes from leaves and bear fur, and left the Demon Domain as the demons recognized him as Venerable Lin.
• Lin Heng secretly raced toward the Central Domain to protect Lin Ziqing’s memories and use his return as an advantage in the impending war.
• Lin Heng planned to ambush the Martial Emperor, lead the Heavenly Mystery Imperial Office into the Northern Domain, destroy the Heavenly Pillar, and attack the Buddhist Incense Society.

Lin Heng found Ancestor Qingyang, Dao Ancestor, and Ghost Ancestor battling Martial Emperor, then searched for the others trapped in a spatial rift. Inside, Meng Yutong and Mu Li were nearly overwhelmed by Calamity Puppets, but Dugu Zixuan broke through from an adjacent battlefield to help them.

• Lin Heng discovered that Ghost Ancestor was fighting Martial Emperor while Ancestor Qingyang and Dao Ancestor were sealed nearby, and he sensed a spatial rift containing the missing fighters.
• After three days and four nights of fighting, Meng Yutong and Mu Li were exhausted as the Calamity Puppets kept returning to battle through their shattered corpses.
• Han Fei controlled the puppets and ordered them to capture Meng Yutong and Mu Li alive, then grievously wounded Meng Yutong with a synchronized attack.
• Mu Li tried to help Meng Yutong as Han Fei taunted them and claimed Lin Heng was dead.
• Dugu Zixuan shattered the barrier from an adjacent space and rushed to Meng Yutong and Mu Li, while Han Fei resolved to capture her too.

Lin Heng secretly rescued Dugu Zixuan, Mu Li, Meng Yutong, and hundreds of others from Han Fei’s sealed spatial rift, then attacked Jiang Wu during his battle with Ghost Ancestor. Jiang Wu survived Lin Heng’s unexpected strike, while Ghost Ancestor escaped to save the other Dugu ancestors.

• Dugu Zixuan froze and shattered Han Fei’s puppets, but they reassembled under the Calamity Black Mist as Han Fei threatened her and the women with her.
• Lin Heng’s gray-white sword light tore through the spatial barrier, destroyed nearly a thousand puppets, and gave Dugu Zixuan time to lead more than five hundred people out.
• Lin Heng watched from a nearby hill as his mother-in-law and wives escaped, then saw that Jiang Wu had driven Ghost Ancestor into a severe disadvantage.
• Jiang Wu prepared a powerful attack on Ghost Ancestor, but Lin Heng sent an invisible sword strike from the past and forced Jiang Wu to interrupt his technique to defend himself.
• Ghost Ancestor seized the opening to flee and set out to rescue Dugu Qingyang and Dao Ancestor.

Jiang Wu and Han Fei realized an unknown powerhouse had intervened to save the Dugu Clan, while Dugu Gui and his family recovered and debated who had struck. The Dugu Clan suspected Lin Heng’s Master, Hua Qi, or the Immortal Yin, as Jiang Wu headed to the second battlefield to check on his granddaughter.

• Han Fei told Jiang Wu that a sword strike had stopped him from capturing Dugu Zixuan and the others, and Jiang Wu revealed the same unknown attacker had nearly ambushed him while fighting Dugu Gui.
• Jiang Wu and Han Fei decided to inspect the second battlefield and see whether Jiang Jingyi had left a backup plan.
• Dugu Zixuan returned to the training ground, where Shen Yeting and Zhao Wanqing tended to the injured Dugu Gui and persuaded him to take medicine.
• Dugu Zixuan told Dugu Gui that an unidentified sword wielder had broken through space to save the clan and nearly killed Han Fei.
• Meng Yutong suggested Lin Heng’s Master and Hua Qi might have intervened, while Dugu Zixuan also considered the Immortal Yin of the Underworld.
• Dugu Gui ordered Moon Glass’s improper thoughts erased and demanded she be sent back to Heavenly Profound Continent, and Meng Yutong agreed to handle it.

Lin Heng questioned Lin Ziqing about the Heavenly Dao and learned that destiny had become a force the powerful must oppose. Lin Ziqing warned him that Jiang Jingyi was in danger, and Lin Heng set off to save the Female Emperor, joking that she was his woman.

• Lin Heng questioned Lin Ziqing about the Fourth Epoch, the Immortal Realm’s calamities, and why the Heavenly Dao opposed powerful figures.
• Lin Ziqing explained that destiny had developed its own will and warned that the conflict was a fight against Heaven as well as its followers.
• Lin Ziqing calculated that the Dragon Emperor’s destiny was weakening and suspected Jiang Jingyi was taking risks.
• Lin Ziqing offered to save Jiang Jingyi, but Lin Heng insisted that he would save the Female Emperor himself and claimed she was his woman.
• Lin Heng hurried off to find the Female Emperor, planning to make Lin Ziqing watch them kiss.

Lin Heng watched as Jiang Jingyi stayed behind to face Jiang Wu, then saw Jiang Wu use the stone pillar’s calamity power to ambush and overwhelm her. Jiang Jingyi fell into despair, believing she would never see Lin Heng again.

• Lin Heng reached the Second Battlefield and found Jiang Jingyi and the others trapped in a sealed space around a stone pillar that spread calamity.
• Jiang Jingyi sent Jiang Zhenqing, Jiang Qian, and the others out of the battlefield, then remained behind to confront Jiang Wu.
• Jiang Wu blocked the escape and attacked Jiang Jingyi with nine calamity-laced dragon phantoms while Lin Heng watched from beyond the spatial barriers.
• Jiang Jingyi met Jiang Wu’s attack with Imperial Destiny Descends, and the two initially fought evenly.
• Jiang Wu drew on the stone pillar’s endless origin power and ambushed Jiang Jingyi with calamity from behind.
• Jiang Jingyi spat black blood and was engulfed by calamity as Jiang Wu mocked her and she feared she would never see Lin Heng again.

Lin Heng rescued Jiang Jingyi from Jiang Wu and met her in a peach grove, where he explained his return and what he had learned about the Kingdom-Destroying Secret Realm. Their reunion was interrupted when Lin Ziqing appeared and caught them kissing.

• A sword strike from Lin Heng injured Jiang Wu, giving Jiang Jingyi a chance to escape through the spatial barrier.
• Jiang Jingyi followed Lin Heng's faint connection to a peach grove, where he revealed himself and she kicked him for calling her a girl.
• Lin Heng apologized for worrying Jiang Jingyi and explained that he had returned from another time and space, where he discovered the Kingdom-Destroying Secret Realm's connection to South Immortal Island and the origins of the Immortal Realm's cultivation system.
• Jiang Jingyi asked whether Lin Ziqing had appeared in that era, and Lin Heng teased her into kissing his cheek before answering.
• Lin Ziqing appeared behind Lin Heng and questioned Jiang Jingyi, who realized he was there only after kissing Lin Heng twice more.

Jiang Jingyi reunited with Lin Ziqing, her former teacher, and caught up with him while Lin Heng grew jealous and tried to find out what they were discussing. Lin Ziqing revealed that he was a will incarnation and that his main body had left this world; Jiang Jingyi departed after hinting that she had someone she liked.

• Jiang Jingyi recognized Lin Ziqing and warmly reunited with him, while Lin Heng argued with him over her attention.
• Jiang Jingyi took Lin Ziqing aside, leaving Lin Heng jealous and determined to secretly listen in.
• Lin Ziqing warned Jiang Jingyi that Lin Heng was lecherous and joked that he should be sent to her palace as a eunuch; Jiang Jingyi played along.
• Lin Ziqing explained that he was an incarnation of will, that his main body had returned to its own world, and that he had posed as Lin Heng’s system.
• After catching up, Jiang Jingyi prepared to leave and told Lin Ziqing that she had someone she liked.

Lin Heng confronted Jiang Jingyi after secretly following her and became jealous over her conversation with Lin Ziqing. After Jiang Jingyi teased him about his jealousy, Lin Heng subdued her with his domains and carried her off after she agreed to his demands.

• Jiang Jingyi discovered Lin Heng following her and confronted him on a barren stretch of land.
• Lin Heng asked what she and Lin Ziqing had discussed, and Jiang Jingyi said Lin Ziqing wanted him sent to her palace as a chief steward.
• Lin Heng insisted Lin Ziqing was jealous and worried he would steal Jiang Jingyi, while she defended her teacher and teased Lin Heng for being jealous.
• Lin Heng spread his dual Human King Dao domains to pin Jiang Jingyi in place, but she soothed him and agreed they were Dao companions.
• Lin Heng made further demands, and after Jiang Jingyi agreed, he hoisted her onto his shoulder and declared himself the returning Heavenly Emperor.

Lin Heng brought Jiang Jingyi into his Small World, where she turned their contest of strength into days of taking the initiative and made him beg for mercy. After they emerged, Jiang Jingyi told Lin Ziqing that she and Lin Heng were proper Dao companions.

• Lin Heng brought Jiang Jingyi into his Small World and explained that it had grown more powerful after being tempered by chaos.
• Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi entered the main hall, where she eventually took control of their intimate contest and repeatedly exhausted him over several days.
• Lin Heng finally begged Jiang Jingyi to stop, and she declared that he would no longer get to decide who took the lead.
• Lin Ziqing searched outside the temple for the pair, who had disappeared into Lin Heng's Small World.
• Jiang Jingyi and Lin Heng emerged from the temple, and Jiang Jingyi told Lin Ziqing that she and Lin Heng were in a proper Daoist partner relationship.

Lin Heng and Jiang Jingyi prepared for war against the Martial Emperor as Lin Heng headed into the Northern Domain to eliminate him. After Lin Heng departed, Jiang Jingyi rescued Dugu Yueli and told her that Lin Heng was still alive, giving Yueli hope and a new resolve.

• Lin Ziqing was shocked to learn that Jiang Jingyi and Lin Heng were dao companions, but Jiang Jingyi still chose to leave with Lin Heng.
• Lin Heng asked Jiang Jingyi to prepare everyone, including the immortal clans, for the third great war while he personally targeted the Martial Emperor.
• Lin Heng asked Jiang Jingyi to rescue Little Cabbage from the ancestors and keep her close until he returned.
• Lin Heng entered the Northern Domain, troubled by suspicions that the Immortal Realm's mandate of heaven had gone wrong and that the Martial Emperor's revival concealed a larger scheme.
• Jiang Jingyi rescued Dugu Yueli from the ancestors' efforts to make her forget Lin Heng, and Yueli declared that she would claim a place in Lin Heng's Inner Court.
• Jiang Jingyi revealed that Lin Heng was not dead, and Dugu Yueli rallied herself as the Great Emperor.

Jiang Jingyi and the Central Domain leaders devised a plan to lure the Northern Domain into a trap by announcing that they could revive Lin Heng. After they built an altar and spread the news, Jiang Wu and his followers reacted furiously, setting up the next confrontation.

• Lin Tianhe told a tale to explain how the Central Domain could bait its enemies into returning, then proposed using Lin Heng's supposed revival as bait.
• Jiang Jingyi and the others agreed to build a conspicuous altar, gather puppet remains, and make the revival announcement through the Literary Path.
• Lin Tianhe supervised the construction of a thirty-zhang black stone tower, while Duan Shuyun spread the news across the continent.
• Jiang Wu grew enraged when he learned the Central Domain was openly trying to bring Lin Heng back, and Han Fei wondered where the Underworld was.

Jiang Wu ordered scouts to investigate reports that Lin Heng might be resurrected, while Lin Heng continued weakening the Buddhist Incense Society’s Northern Domain network. Lin Heng reunited with Chen Changqin, who warned that the Literary Emperor’s memories had been recovered and that the Literary and Martial Emperors could soon oppose him together.

• Yi Du and Feng Ling urged Jiang Wu to treat the Central Domain’s resurrection news as potentially genuine, and Jiang Wu sent Han Fei’s elite squad to investigate the altar.
• Lin Heng searched three Buddhist Incense Society monks, turned their corpses into spies, and continued mapping and attacking the Society’s outposts.
• Lin Heng encountered Chen Changqin, who confirmed she had obtained the Sun-Continuing Grass for Lian'er.
• Lin Heng told Chen Changqin his plan, but she warned that the Buddhist and Daoist factions had recovered the Literary Emperor’s memories and could field two emperors.
• Lin Heng reacted with alarm when Chen Changqin suggested that his father-in-law might also be revived.

Lin Heng and Chen Changqin discussed the sacrifices demanded of those who answer calamity, and Chen Changqin revealed that Fate had chosen her to undergo the tribulation. They entered the hidden Small World in Nether Abyss Valley and discovered the colossal Eternal Mulberry, where a humanoid figure was growing inside a sac of Imperial Dragon Qi.

• Chen Changqin told Lin Heng that the Literary Emperor had once cleaned up after the Martial Emperor and that Jiang Wu’s sacrifices should not be judged by others.
• Chen Changqin revealed that Fate had spoken to her and chosen her as the one to undergo the tribulation.
• Lin Heng and Chen Changqin traveled to Nether Abyss Valley to investigate the Silent Parasol and the Medical Path cultivators’ hidden territory.
• Lin Heng sensed a folded-space entrance and used the Supreme Ancient Sword to break through into an independent Small World.
• Lin Heng and Chen Changqin found a colossal Eternal Mulberry with a humanoid figure growing inside its trunk, wrapped in a sac and enveloped in Imperial Dragon Qi.

Lin Heng discovered that the Literary Emperor was being gestated inside the Eternal Mulberry and enlisted the Essence-Gathering Vine to help uproot and refine the tree. When the embryo awakened, it overwhelmed Lin Heng and captured Chen Changqin, leaving Lin Heng to appeal to Jiang Zhao by claiming to be his son-in-law.

• Lin Heng realized the Eternal Mulberry was consuming Dao fruition to create a new life carrying the Literary Emperor’s memories and bloodline.
• Lin Heng brought out Little Yuan, who suggested entangling the tree’s roots so he could cut them and weaken it.
• Little Yuan tangled the Eternal Mulberry’s roots while Lin Heng severed several root veins with his swords.
• The embryo opened its eyes and blasted Lin Heng into the earth vein, while vines captured Chen Changqin.
• Lin Heng was bound underground and called out to Jiang Zhao, claiming to be his son-in-law and invoking Jiang Jingyi’s aura.

Lin Heng found the revived Literary Emperor, Jiang Zhao, beneath the Eternal Mulberry and persuaded him to oppose Jiang Wu and protect Jiang Jingyi. Jiang Zhao agreed to go with Lin Heng, who planned to uproot the entire tree and move it rather than cut its roots.

• Lin Heng descended to the ley lines’ core and found Jiang Zhao’s consciousness cocooned in the Eternal Mulberry.
• Lin Heng told Jiang Zhao that Jiang Wu planned to destroy the Immortal Realm, and Jiang Zhao recognized that his revival was tied to the coming cataclysm.
• Lin Heng urged Jiang Zhao to stand with his daughter, Jiang Jingyi, and asked whether he would ever harm her.
• Jiang Zhao agreed to go home with Lin Heng, but warned that cutting the Eternal Mulberry’s roots would destroy the surrounding region.
• Lin Heng revealed that he intended to uproot the entire Eternal Mulberry and move it to another place.

Lin Heng pulled the Eternal Mulberry out of the Nether Abyss Valley and escaped with Chen Changqin and Xiao Yuan as the independent space collapsed. Xiao Juming found the tree gone, blamed the Buddhist Path, and ordered the Medical Path to demand an explanation from the Imperial Venerable.

• Lin Heng asked Chen Changqin to stabilize the space while he opened his Small World and drew the entire Eternal Mulberry inside.
• The space collapsed after the tree vanished, and Lin Heng fled into his Small World with Chen Changqin and Xiao Yuan.
• Medical Path cultivators discovered the empty pit and reported the theft, bringing Xiao Juming to the scene.
• Xiao Juming flew into a rage and killed a cultivator who tried to calm him.
• Xiao Juming detected the Jade Origin Vine's aura and accused the Buddhist Path of stealing the tree.
• Xiao Juming ordered the Medical Path to report the theft to the Imperial Venerable and demand an explanation from the Buddhist Path.

Lin Heng planted the Eternal Mulberry in his Small World and discussed its risks with Chen Changqin while Jiang Zhao entered dormancy inside it. Meanwhile, Xiao Juming accused the Buddhist Incense Society of stealing his tree, and Jiang Wu dismissed the dispute as he continued his campaign toward the Central Domain altar.

• The Eternal Mulberry took root in Lin Heng’s Small World, and Jiang Zhao marveled at its abundant spiritual energy before entering dormancy.
• Lin Heng told Little Yuan to watch over the tree and reassured Chen Changqin that he could remove any parts contaminated by the calamity.
• Xiao Juming sent a punitive proclamation to the Buddhist Incense Society, whose Elder denied stealing the tree and argued with Xiao Juming’s disciples.
• Han Fei reported the dispute to Jiang Wu, who ordered his forces to keep marching and focused on stopping Lin Heng from reviving.

Jiang Jingyi and nine other Supremes trapped Jiang Wu’s Northern Domain army in the Myriad Manifestations Return-to-Origin Grand Formation and won a devastating victory, though Jiang Wu escaped after destroying the altar. When he returned to the Northern Domain, he found the Medical Path and Buddhist Path locked in open conflict.

• Jiang Wu led his army toward the altar, but Jiang Jingyi activated a vast Formation domain that trapped the Northern Domain troops.
• Jiang Jingyi, Dugu Gui, the Taoist Nun, and seven other Supremes formed the Myriad Manifestations Return-to-Origin Grand Formation and slowly weakened the trapped army.
• Han Fei’s puppets were disabled, Han Fei was killed, and Bai Yi captured his divine soul in the Human Emperor Banner.
• Over twenty days, the Northern Domain army collapsed; Lin Tiancheng killed Feng Xiao, and the allied forces captured Song Yuanlou, while Jiang Wu destroyed the altar and fled with a few survivors.
• Jiang Wu returned to find the Medical Path and Buddhist Path fighting after Xiao Juming destroyed Buddhist branch altars and the Buddhist Incense Society ruined the Medical Path’s medicinal fields.