Chapter Summaries

Jiang Wu accused the Buddhist Path of stealing the Eternal Mulberry and gave them three days to return it or face destruction. After the Buddhist leaders debated their response, Yi Du vowed to emerge from seclusion in seven days and confront Jiang Wu.

• Xiao Juming asked Jiang Wu to punish the Buddhist Path for allegedly stealing the Eternal Mulberry.
• Jiang Wu accused the Buddhist Path of past abuses and demanded that they return the tree and hand over the thief within three days.
• The black-robed monk denied responsibility, then left to report Jiang Wu's ultimatum to the Buddha Master.
• Feng Ling and the Buddhist elders debated Jiang Wu's threat, and Feng Ling urged them to invite their Buddha Master out of seclusion.
• Yi Du insisted the Buddhist Path had not stolen the tree and ordered his subordinate to tell Jiang Wu he would emerge in seven days to settle the score.

Lin Heng and Chen Changqin attacked Jiang Zhao with their domains, but he used the Seven Dragon Literary Fortune Array and spatial mastery to resist them. Their coordinated assault injured Jiang Zhao, and Lin Heng prepared to escalate the fight as Jiang Zhao unleashed Heavenly Chapter Descends.

• Lin Heng deployed his King Path and Humanity Domain while Chen Changqin formed a sound domain around Jiang Zhao.
• Jiang Zhao used the Seven Dragon Literary Fortune Array to carve out space within Lin Heng’s domain and redirect its suppressive force.
• Chen Changqin suggested trapping Jiang Zhao by sealing his spatial escape, and Lin Heng devised a plan to feign weakness before ambushing him.
• Lin Heng and Chen Changqin attacked together with Time Slash and Myriad Lives Return to Silence; Jiang Zhao caught the sword light but badly wounded his palm.
• Lin Heng struck Jiang Zhao with a Five Elements True Yuan punch, and Jiang Zhao recognized Lin Heng’s Five Elements Body and power of primal chaos before invoking Heavenly Chapter Descends.

Jiang Zhao overwhelmed Lin Heng and Chen Changqin with his Literary Path Domain, then tried to kill Lin Heng after rejecting his claims that he was Jiang Jingyi’s Dao companion. Lin Heng reversed the fight with a desperate Five Elements attack and pinned Jiang Zhao down, leaving the two trading insults.

• Jiang Zhao summoned his Literary Path Domain and pressed Lin Heng and Chen Changqin into the ground with the character for “Dao.”
• Jiang Zhao accused Lin Heng of lying about being his son-in-law and threatened to kill him, while Lin Heng begged for his life and offered to become Jiang Zhao’s sworn son.
• Chen Changqin distracted Jiang Zhao, giving Lin Heng a chance to reverse the Five Elements True Yuan in his dantian and blast Jiang Zhao with its destructive power.
• Lin Heng recovered rapidly with the Kunpeng Nirvana Art, then pinned Jiang Zhao beneath his Humanity Domain.
• Lin Heng mocked Jiang Zhao by repeating his earlier words and denying their father-in-law relationship, while Chen Changqin struggled not to laugh.

Lin Heng subdued Jiang Zhao and urged him to stop Jiang Wu, revealing that he had rescued and manipulated Jiang Zhao to make him a weapon against his father. Jiang Zhao recognized Lin Heng’s scheme but warned that he might side with Jiang Wu instead.

• Jiang Zhao coughed in anger as Lin Heng mocked him and called him Father-in-law.
• Lin Heng used a hand seal to suppress Jiang Zhao’s True Yuan and prevent him from attacking.
• Lin Heng argued that he had beaten Jiang Zhao through strength alone, and Jiang Zhao reluctantly acknowledged his mistake.
• Lin Heng ended their sparring and told Jiang Zhao to stop Jiang Wu, the madman who was his father.
• Jiang Zhao accused Lin Heng of using him from the start and asked how Lin Heng knew he would not help Jiang Wu instead.

Lin Heng destroyed the Sky-Piercing Stone Pillar, weakening Jiang Wu and turning the battle in the Northern Domain allied army’s favor. After Jiang Wu escaped and the fighting ended, Lin Heng reunited with Dugu Zixuan, while Lazy Master and Eldest Senior Sister appeared nearby.

• Lin Heng killed the pillar’s three guards and used his enlarged Golden Body to smash the Sky-Piercing Stone Pillar apart.
• Jiang Zhao and Jiang Jingyi attacked Jiang Wu as the pillar’s destruction weakened him, while Yi Du’s Dharma avatar failed to stop Lin Heng and fled.
• Jiang Wu broke through their attacks and escaped through a spatial rift, and the allied army defeated the remaining puppet forces.
• Lin Heng returned from the Northern Domain heartland, and Dugu Zixuan grabbed his ear and scolded him for disappearing for nearly half a year.
• Lin Heng spotted Lazy Master and Eldest Senior Sister arriving nearby and greeted his Little Aunt.

Lin Heng and the others destroyed the remaining Sky-Piercing Stone Pillars, while Jiang Zhao reunited with Jiang Jingyi and Jiang Zhenqing and explained the dangers and stages of the Starry Sky Ancient Road. The chapter left Jiang Jingyi flustered as her brother teased her about her relationship with Lin Heng, whom Jiang Zhao still intended to kill.

• Lin Heng reunited with Meng Yutong and the others, and they destroyed the remaining six Sky-Piercing Stone Pillars, though calamity contaminated two people who had to cripple their cultivation and cut away infected flesh.
• Jiang Zhenqing embraced Jiang Zhao and questioned why he had left and why he had not passed him the throne, while Jiang Jingyi scolded her brother for losing his composure.
• Jiang Jingyi accused Jiang Zhenqing of conspiring against her so he could become emperor, and Jiang Zhenqing admitted that he had always wanted the throne and liked wearing dragon robes.
• Jiang Zhao warned Jiang Zhenqing that wearing a dragon robe could provoke a struggle between siblings, then explained that he had gone to the Starry Sky Ancient Road to seek a way to overcome the coming calamity.
• Jiang Zhao described the first four stages of the Starry Sky Ancient Road and said he had failed in the chaotic realm, though he had gone farther than the Ancestral Emperor.
• Jiang Zhao asked Jiang Jingyi about Lin Heng, declared that he would kill him regardless of whether he was truly her Dao companion, and Jiang Zhenqing teased his sister about having willingly chosen Lin Heng.

Lin Heng returned to the Northern Domain, where Meng Yutong considered seeking his help to cultivate while Duan Shuyun went to tell the other women. Dugu Yueli remained determined to reconnect with him despite having lost her memories, and the women prepared to visit him.

• Jiang Zhenqing teased Jiang Zhenqing’s younger sister, who slapped him and tried to explain her fate with Lin Heng before Jiang Zhao stopped her.
• Three days later, the Heavenly Mystery Imperial Office had secured one-fifth of the Northern Domain, while Lin Heng wondered why the hidden force behind Jiang Wu had not appeared.
• Meng Yutong felt Lin Heng’s improved cultivation and considered asking him to help her break through, but held back while thinking of Jiang Jingyi and Xiao Muyu.
• Duan Shuyun hurried to tell the women that Lin Heng had returned, while Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun discussed Dugu Yueli’s erased memories and Dugu Yueli resolved to help Lin Heng rein in his harem.
• Yun Yao questioned why Duan Shuyun had summoned them instead of spending time with Lin Heng, then agreed to visit him first before notifying the others.

Lin Heng explained how the Underworld connected the Immortal Realm to the Fourth Epoch, and Bai Yi agreed to take Chen Changqin there. Meanwhile, the Dugu ancestors plotted to make Lin Heng resolve Jiang Zhao’s demands, then realized Dugu Gui’s memory erasure of Moon Glass could put him at odds with Lin Heng.

• Lin Heng told Bai Yi and Chen Changqin that the Underworld was an anchor point linking the Immortal Realm and the Fourth Epoch, and explained how the epochal struggle had affected Chen Changqin, Sun Hao, and Ye Tian’s fortunes.
• Bai Yi and Chen Changqin decided to travel to the Underworld, while Lin Heng asked them to send the destroyed Northern Domain stone pillars to Xiao Muyu for study.
• Jiang Zhao’s meeting with Dugu Gui, Dugu Xiu, and Dugu Qingyang ended with the Dugu Clan facing his demand that they leave the Heavenly Action battlefield and give up its leading position.
• Dugu Qingyang proposed making Lin Heng handle Jiang Zhao’s demands, with the ancestors also planning to beat Lin Heng as a way to train him.
• The Taoist Nun reminded Dugu Gui that he had erased Moon Glass’s memories of Lin Heng, and Dugu Gui protested while Dugu Xiu and Dugu Qingyang disclaimed responsibility.

After Lin Heng’s resurrection became known across the continent, Leng Qingyun searched for him and unexpectedly reunited with him while buying candied hawthorns. She eagerly embraced him, and the two reunited in the immortal city.

• Dugu Gui claimed Meng Yutong had acted on his orders, then left while the other two elders criticized his earlier decision to erase a girl’s memories.
• News of Lin Heng’s resurrection spread across the continent, prompting forces that had expected the Heavenly Mystery Imperial Office to fall to hold back.
• Yun Yao sent Leng Qingyun to search for Bai Yi, while she continued looking for Lin Heng herself.
• Leng Qingyun bought candied hawthorns for herself and Lin Bao, remembering how he used to enjoy mortal-world treats.
• Leng Qingyun bumped into Lin Heng, recognized him, and tearfully embraced him as he teased her about being excited.

Lin Heng took Leng Qingyun to a Flower Pavilion to spend time alone with her, where they shared candied hawthorn and teased each other. Their playful argument over whether their future children would be little dummies or little show-offs ended with Lin Heng carrying her toward the bed.

• Lin Heng carried Leng Qingyun to a Flower Pavilion so they could slip away from the others and spend time alone.
• Leng Qingyun offered Lin Heng her candied hawthorn, and he kissed her while pretending the berries tasted sour.
• Lin Heng and Leng Qingyun fed each other the remaining hawthorn, then Leng Qingyun asked whether their future children might inherit her lack of intelligence.
• Lin Heng reassured Leng Qingyun and promised to correct Ancestor Yao for calling her stupid.
• Lin Heng and Leng Qingyun bickered over whether their children should be little dummies or little show-offs, and Lin Heng carried her toward the bed.

Lin Heng spent two and a half days with Leng Qingyun at the Spring-Filled Tower while the other women searched for him. After Leng Qingqiu traced Leng Qingyun’s bloodline, the group found them and burst into their room.

• Lin Heng darkened the room and spent time with Leng Qingyun, who hoped their intimacy would help her cultivation break through.
• Yun Yao, Su Wanyue, Mu Liuxi, Su Qiubai, and Leng Qingqiu realized Leng Qingyun was missing after they failed to find Lin Heng for two and a half days.
• Leng Qingqiu used a bloodline-tracing spell to locate Leng Qingyun at the Spring-Filled Tower, and the women learned that a man and woman had been staying there.
• The women went upstairs and kicked open Lin Heng and Leng Qingyun’s door, startling Leng Qingyun as she hid behind Lin Heng.

Lin Heng reunited with the women, explained his disappearance, and learned that Dugu Yueli’s memories of him had been erased by his master and the ancestors. Furious, he left to demand an explanation, leaving the others behind.

• Lin Heng pushed the women into a nearby room and explained that he had returned in secret because he wanted to spend time alone with Leng Qingyun.
• Mu Liuxi told Lin Heng that Yun Yao had overcome her desire addiction while searching for him in the Underworld, and Lin Heng privately wondered whether he could make her fall again.
• Lin Heng recounted how Lin Ziqing had arranged his disappearance and taken him to live in the Fourth Epoch.
• Lin Heng asked where Dugu Yueli was, and Leng Qingqiu revealed that Lin Heng’s master and the ancestors had erased Yueli’s memories of him.
• Lin Heng instructed the women to wait and left to confront his master and the ancestors about Dugu Yueli.

Lin Heng confronted Meng Yutong over Dugu Yueli being brainwashed and losing her memories of him. Meng Yutong admitted she participated, arguing that the Dugu Clan ancestors approved it while Lin Heng was presumed dead, and left him to face the reasons behind their decision.

• Meng Yutong asked Dugu Zixuan to return and check on Lin Heng, but Dugu Zixuan urged her to focus on the vacant chief seat of the Inner Court.
• Lin Heng tore through the void and confronted Meng Yutong and Dugu Zixuan, demanding to know what had happened to Dugu Yueli.
• Lin Heng accused Meng Yutong of brainwashing Dugu Yueli and destroying the bond they had built, saying he felt betrayed by his master.
• Meng Yutong admitted she had taken part, then challenged Lin Heng to consider that the ancestors had approved the memory wipe while he was believed dead.
• Meng Yutong explained that the Dugu Clan had acted to prevent Dugu Yueli from remaining devoted to Lin Heng if he never returned, since she was not yet his woman.

Lin Heng realized that his absence had troubled everyone, but Meng Yutong refused to explain her feelings and sent him away. He later found Dugu Yueli, who pretended not to recognize him and repeated the ancestors’ warnings about him.

• Lin Heng listened to Meng Yutong, turned away, and left without confronting her.
• Meng Yutong slapped Yun Yao for telling Lin Heng the truth and warned Mu Liuxi and the other disciples to behave.
• Leng Qingqiu persuaded Su Wanyue and Su Qiubai that they could pursue Lin Heng because Leng Qingyun had been the first to sneak a bite.
• Mu Liuxi teased Yun Yao about being last to get close to Lin Heng, and Yun Yao vowed to stay pure.
• Lin Heng searched for the ancestors, found Dugu Yueli on a lake, and discovered she was pretending not to know him.
• Dugu Yueli called Lin Heng a lecher and said the ancestors had told her to stay away, prompting him to demand to know which ancestor had said it.

Lin Heng tried to convince Dugu Yueli that she had lost her memories of being his Dao companion, while she secretly played along and rejected his claims. He showed her recordings of their affectionate moments, leaving her embarrassed and demanding that he delete them.

• Dugu Yueli secretly enjoyed Lin Heng's anger and considered stirring him up against Ancestor.
• Lin Heng told Dugu Yueli that she was his Dao companion and claimed they had practiced Dual Cultivation and planned to have children.
• Dugu Yueli rejected Lin Heng's story and tried to leave to find Ancestor, but Lin Heng stopped her with his Dao Integration Realm pressure.
• Lin Heng showed Dugu Yueli a Recording Stone containing clips of them kissing and sharing private affection.
• Dugu Yueli blushed and demanded that Lin Heng delete the recordings.

Lin Heng kidnapped Dugu Yueli after she refused to admit she had faked losing her memories, then carried her back to the fortress. Dugu Gui, Dugu Qingyang, and the Taoist Nun agreed to teach Lin Heng a lesson, while Dugu Zixuan questioned his plans for Yueli and told him his master had disappeared.

• Dugu Yueli rejected Lin Heng’s claims about their relationship and struck him after he explained that her physique could preserve her virginity despite intimacy.
• Lin Heng stuffed Dugu Yueli into a sack and carried her away, while she secretly celebrated that he believed her deception.
• Dugu Gui, Dugu Qingyang, and the Taoist Nun watched Lin Heng leave and agreed to confront him and teach him some rules.
• Lin Heng arrived at the fortress with Dugu Yueli and told Dugu Zixuan that he had brought her back but had not seen the ancestors.
• Dugu Zixuan asked what Lin Heng planned to do with Yueli, and Lin Heng said he wanted to force their feelings to grow; he then asked where his master had gone.

Lin Heng returned to the camp with Dugu Yueli in a sack and reunited with his Dao companions. He left the ancestors’ dispute unresolved, then turned his attention to showering affection on the women around him.

• Lin Heng blamed Dugu Zixuan and the others for failing to oppose the ancestors, then carried Dugu Yueli back to the camp in a sack.
• Duan Shuyun urged Lin Heng not to confront the ancestors and to spend time with everyone instead.
• Lin Heng kissed Duan Shuyun and Zhao Wanqing, then deeply kissed Dugu Yueli, who ran off in embarrassment.
• Lin Heng questioned Jiang Caiyan about not becoming pregnant and kissed her; Duan Shuyun agreed to spend the night with him.

Lin Heng went to investigate a tremor from the Literary Path and found Dugu Gui, Dugu Qingyang, the Taoist Nun, Jiang Zhao, and Jiang Jingyi waiting to challenge him. As the three Dugu ancestors attacked together, Lin Heng revealed more than ten Great Dao Laws, stunning the spectators.

• Lin Heng and his companions followed the Great Dao tremor to a wasteland, where Dugu Gui, Dugu Qingyang, the Taoist Nun, Jiang Zhao, and Jiang Jingyi confronted him.
• Jiang Zhao demanded that Lin Heng defeat the three Dugu ancestors or stay away from Jiang Jingyi, and Lin Heng accepted the challenge.
• Jiang Zhao formed a battlefield barrier, drawing a crowd that included Lin Wenyue, Lin Tianhe, Lin Yi, and Lin Xiaobai.
• Dugu Gui, the Taoist Nun, and Dugu Qingyang launched a coordinated attack on Lin Heng.
• Lin Heng summoned more than ten Great Dao inscriptions, astonishing the spectators, while Lin Wenyue kicked Lin Yi for saying Lin Heng should not be allowed to live.

Lin Heng overwhelmed the three Dugu Clan ancestors, while Lin Wenyue and Lin Tianhe punished Lin Yi for trying to provoke them against him. After Dugu Zixuan confronted Dugu Qingyang over his treatment of Lin Heng and Moon Glass, Qingyang resolved to have Moon Glass soothe Lin Heng’s anger.

• Lin Yi urged Lin Wenyue and Lin Tianhe to team up against Lin Heng, so they instead kicked and beat Lin Yi for stirring up trouble.
• Lin Heng shattered the Dugu ancestors’ domains and injured Dugu Qingyang, while Taoist Nun and Dugu Gui realized how powerful he had become.
• Dugu Qingyang withdrew from the battlefield, and Dugu Zixuan accused him of mistreating Lin Heng and erasing Moon Glass’s memories.
• Dugu Zixuan warned Dugu Qingyang that Lin Heng could cut ties with the Dugu Clan if they kept trying to control him.
• Dugu Qingyang decided to have Moon Glass soothe Lin Heng’s anger so he would stop fighting the ancestors.

Dugu Yueli tried to turn Dugu Qingyang against Lin Heng, but the Ancestor instead confirmed that she and Lin Heng were Dao companions and urged her to reconcile with him. Her dramatic protests and offer to become Lin Heng’s concubine left Dugu Qingyang so overwhelmed that he fainted twice.

• Dugu Feng went to find Meng Yutong after learning she had fallen out with Lin Heng, hoping to hear gossip.
• Dugu Yueli went alone to meet Dugu Qingyang after the other women refused to accompany her.
• Dugu Yueli claimed Lin Heng had bullied her and credited her cultivation to their supposed Dual Cultivation, hoping to anger Dugu Qingyang.
• Dugu Qingyang admitted the Patriarchs had interfered with the pair’s relationship and told Dugu Yueli that she and Lin Heng truly were Dao companions.
• Dugu Yueli protested that Lin Heng was her cousin and accused the Patriarchs of pushing her toward him, causing Dugu Qingyang to faint.
• Dugu Qingyang urged Dugu Yueli to return to Lin Heng and explained they were not closely related; Dugu Yueli offered to become Lin Heng’s concubine, and Dugu Qingyang fainted again.