Chapter Summaries

Gu Jinlai realized that the True Interpretation of the Celestial Immortal could ensnare those who lacked the spiritual transformation needed to withstand its influence, and he pulled his companions out of their dangerous trance. After Di Luo refused to share the text and announced the formation of the powerful True Immortal Hall, Gu Jinlai began to leave, drawing the attention of the assembled experts.

• Gu Jinlai warned Lu Zhanxian, True Lord Youquan, Fang Daoqian, and the others that the True Interpretation of the Celestial Immortal could corrupt them, then shook them free of its influence.
• Wu Tiandi noticed Gu Jinlai’s resistance to the text and said he wanted to speak with him after the gathering.
• Di Luo put away the True Interpretation of the Celestial Immortal, stopping the gathered experts’ comprehension and turning the conference toward the proposed merger of the sects into the Earth Immortal Hall.
• Mu Yun, Gaia, and Jinhong offered to join Di Luo’s alliance in exchange for access to the text, but Di Luo refused to lend it and invited them to join his hall instead.
• Di Luo announced that the Earth Immortal Hall and Human Immortal Hall would unite as the True Immortal Hall, with one Saint, five Celestials, and sixty-seven Primordial Spirit True Lords.
• Gu Jinlai thanked Di Luo and announced his departure, prompting Di Luo, Wu Tiandi, three Celestials, and the assembled True Lords to turn their attention toward him.

Gu Jinlai rejected Dilu’s attempt to bind the sect representatives to the True Immortal Hall and left the Human Immortal Hall with his companions. Dilu and Wu Tiandi then planned to use the God-Controlling Gu to force the other sects into submission, while Gaia and Jinhong sought to travel with Gu Jinlai and offered information about Imperishable Fine Gold.

• Gu Jinlai told Dilu that his group had finished comprehending the True Scripture of Heavenly Immortality and insisted on leaving, and Dilu ordered the guards to let them pass.
• Gaia and Jinhong also left the main hall, while Muyun offered to merge the Zixiao Sword Sect into the True Immortal Hall if Dilu let it keep the scripture for three years.
• Dilu revealed to Wu Tiandi that he had planned to use the scripture’s temptation to secure the sects’ agreement, and Wu Tiandi proposed controlling their representatives with a mature God-Controlling Gu.
• Dilu approved Wu Tiandi’s plan, telling him to wait until the representatives had left Orange Prefecture so the attack would not violate Dilu’s oath.
• After leaving the Human Immortal Hall, Gu Jinlai agreed to speak with Gaia, and he accepted Jinhong’s offer to share intelligence about Imperishable Fine Gold in exchange for traveling with his group.

Gu Jinlai learned that the Great Qian royal family controlled the supply of indestructible refined gold and might trade it for advanced war Spirit Artifacts. After the sects left Cheng Province, Gaia proposed an alliance against the True Immortal Palace, but their discussion was interrupted when Wutian Enemy attacked with poisonous creatures.

• Jin Hong told Gu Jinlai that the Great Qian royal family had monopolized refined gold and suggested trading it for war Spirit Artifacts or the Creator inheritance.
• Gu Jinlai realized the Great Qian royal family was cautiously probing him about buying Blackbird warplanes, but he declined to commit to a sale.
• The sects reached the border of Cheng Province, where Gaia proposed an alliance headquartered in Green Province and offered Gu Jinlai its leadership.
• Gu Jinlai invited Gaia to discuss the alliance in Lingxiao City, but Jin Hong detected specially trained poisonous creatures nearby.
• Gaia recognized the poisonous creatures as connected to spirit beasts once held by the Human Immortal Palace and announced that Wutian Enemy had arrived.

Gu Jinlai revealed his defensive Chengying mecha and proposed luring three Celestial Beings together so he could use his one-shot trump card against them. When Gaia demanded that Lu Zhanxian carry the weapon instead, Gu Jinlai realized the enemy’s confidence in pursuing them might stem from a hidden plan.

• Gu Jinlai assessed the encirclement by Wu Tiandi, Kunwu, Xiao Quan, and thirty Primordial Spirit True Lords, then confirmed his trump card could be used only once and at close range.
• Gu Jinlai proposed drawing the three Celestial Beings together and using his trump card to strike them while Gaia and Lu Zhanxian lured them in.
• Gu Jinlai revealed his Chengying mecha, explaining that it was made from six hundred portions of Immortal Adamantine and could defend against Kunwu for a time.
• Gaia objected that the trump card could kill allies nearby and asked Gu Jinlai to entrust it to Lu Zhanxian instead, implying she might flee if he refused.
• Gu Jinlai recognized that Wu Tiandi and the others' willingness to pursue him despite his trump card suggested they had a hidden advantage.

Gu Jinlai suspected Gaia had tried to manipulate him, then separated from the Earth Mother Divine Cult and stayed behind to face the pursuing forces. After destroying a vast swarm of venomous creatures and surviving a barrage of flying swords in his Chengying Mecha, he found himself confronting Kunwu, who prepared his Void-Cleaving Strike.

• Gu Jinlai accused Gaia of possibly conspiring with Di Luo and Wu Tiandi, and Gaia led the Earth Mother Divine Cult away while Gu Jinlai's group split off in the opposite direction.
• Jin Hong warned Gu Jinlai that Wu Tiandi could use the Formless Great Law to hide his aura, and Gu Jinlai sent his companions ahead while he covered their retreat.
• Gu Jinlai used the Great Sun Eternal Radiance Art to erase the souls of venomous creatures swarming around him, then detected and pursued the person controlling them.
• Gu Jinlai found three black-robed figures with spirit beasts, but ten Primordial Spirit True Lords attacked him with flying swords; his Chengying Mecha withstood their assault.
• Kunwu appeared and prepared his Void-Cleaving Strike, declaring that Gu Jinlai's armor alone could not withstand his ultimate divine ability.

Gu Jinlai survived the combined attacks of Kunwu and nine Primordial Spirit True Lords, then faced Witch Tiandi and a powerful Zombie WarGreymon. He stopped retreating and prepared to test his strength against the three attackers.

• Kunwu and the Primordial Spirit True Lords attacked Gu Jinlai, but his Chengying Mecha withstood their strikes while he wounded Zhang Mu with the Chengying Sword and Eternal Heavenly Curse.
• Gu Jinlai fled toward the Tianhe River as Kunwu and the surviving True Lords pursued him, concluding that they could not defeat him without sacrificing a major asset.
• Kunwu and Witch Rendi agreed to proceed with their second plan and summon the Human Immortal Hall’s Zombie WarGreymon.
• A bone-armored Zombie WarGreymon arrived with Witch Tiandi riding atop it, and Witch Tiandi demanded that Gu Jinlai surrender his trump card and submit.
• Gu Jinlai stopped fleeing, powered up the Chengying Mecha, and challenged Witch Tiandi, Kunwu, and the Zombie WarGreymon to attack him together.

Gu Jinlai used the Chengying Armor and Chengying Sword to break through Wutian Enemy’s attacks with overwhelming speed and destructive force. After Wutian Enemy escaped the blast, he and Kunwu joined the Zombie Greymon in attacking Gu Jinlai, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Wutian Enemy ordered the Zombie Greymon to attack Gu Jinlai and formed a fireball with Bi Fang True Flame.
• Gu Jinlai flew at extreme speed in the Chengying Armor and shattered Wutian Enemy’s fireball with the Chengying Sword, unleashing a devastating blast.
• Kunwu mistook Gu Jinlai’s attack for a one-use trump card and pursued him, while Wutian Enemy retreated and blocked Gu Jinlai’s next strike with his movement technique and Heavenly Demon Wheel.
• Gu Jinlai’s missed sword strike released another blast that destroyed Wutian Enemy’s life-saving demon god phantom and burned his exposed limbs, but Wutian Enemy escaped several kilometers away.
• Wutian Enemy urged the Zombie Greymon to attack as Kunwu struck with Sky-Cleaving, and their combined power engulfed Gu Jinlai.

Gu Jinlai used the Chengying Mecha to defeat Kunwu and the Zombie Tyrannosaurus, revealing power that terrified the arriving Primordial Spirit True Lords. The nine survivors fled as Gu Jinlai charged toward them.

• Gu Jinlai unleashed the Chengying Sword's devastating radiance again, wiping out Kunwu's Sky Severing attack and blasting the Zombie Tyrannosaurus away.
• Kunwu fled at tremendous speed, but Gu Jinlai caught him with the Chengying Mecha and killed him after breaking through his Forbidden Art—Darken Heaven and Earth.
• The arriving Primordial Spirit True Lords realized Gu Jinlai could repeatedly unleash attacks capable of killing a Heavenly Being and froze in fear.
• Gu Jinlai tore open the Zombie Tyrannosaurus from head to tail with the Chengying Sword, and the beast collapsed amid an explosion of radiance.
• Gu Jinlai charged toward the nine Primordial Spirit True Lords, who scattered and fled in panic.

Lu Zhanxian, True Lord Nether Spring, Fang Daoqian, Jinhong, and their allies were cornered by Xiao Quan and Gaia, who demanded their surrender while claiming Gu Jinlai was doomed. Repeated flashes from Gu Jinlai’s battlefield shattered their confidence, and the chapter ended as Xiao Quan and Gaia realized Gu Jinlai was heading toward them.

• Xiao Quan and eight other Primordial Spirit True Lords intercepted Lu Zhanxian, True Lord Nether Spring, True Lord Wuyou, Fang Daoqian, Jinhong, and their followers.
• Gaia arrived and joined Xiao Quan in demanding that the group submit to the Immortal Palace, while they claimed Gu Jinlai was facing Wu Tiandi, Bifang, and a Demon King-level spirit beast.
• A flash on the distant horizon led Xiao Quan and Gaia to believe Gu Jinlai had used his trump card and was about to be killed.
• Two more bursts of light followed, making Xiao Quan and Gaia realize Gu Jinlai could unleash the Celestial-killing attack repeatedly.
• Further flashes filled the horizon, and Xiao Quan and Gaia grew terrified when they learned Gu Jinlai was heading toward them.

Gu Jinlai pursued Wu Renyi and the forces gathered under Xiao Quan and Gaia, whose fighters scattered in terror at his overwhelming power. After killing Xiao Quan with one strike, Gu Jinlai turned to pursue Gaia as battle raged across the sky above Orange Province.

• Wu Renyi fled toward Xiao Quan and Gaia, sacrificing two Primordial Spirit True Lords to slow Gu Jinlai, but Gu Jinlai caught up and killed them.
• Wu Renyi reached Xiao Quan, Gaia, and more than twenty Primordial Spirit True Lords, but Xiao Quan ordered everyone to retreat as Gu Jinlai approached.
• Gu Jinlai unleashed a devastating sword strike that terrified the gathered forces, prompting Xiao Quan, Gaia, and their Primordial Spirit True Lords to flee.
• Lu Zhanxian, True Lord Netherfountain, Fang Daoqian, Jinhong, and their allies pursued the scattering enemies, turning the battle into a hunt.
• Gu Jinlai caught Xiao Quan and killed him with one sword, then turned toward Gaia.

Gu Jinlai defeated the True Immortal Hall’s forces, forced Gaia to submit with a Primordial Spirit Crystal, and directed her to lead the Earth Mother Divine Church. After the battle, Lu Zhanxian and the other sect leaders asked Gu Jinlai to unite the sects south of the Tianhe under his leadership.

• Gu Jinlai caught Gaia and accepted her surrender after she offered a Primordial Spirit Crystal and the Earth Mother Divine Church’s treasures.
• Gu Jinlai ordered Gaia to attack the True Immortal Hall’s Primordial Spirit True Lords, and she struck them down while Lu Zhanxian and the others pursued the remaining enemies.
• Gu Jinlai offered Gaia the choice of moving the Earth Mother Divine Church to Huang Province or remaining in Green Province; Gaia chose to stay and monitor the Earth Immortal Hall and Human Immortal Hall.
• Lu Zhanxian proposed uniting the major sects into a new force, and True Lord Nether Spring and Fang Daoqian supported him.
• The sect leaders asked Gu Jinlai to consolidate their sects and preside over all affairs south of the Tianhe.

After Gu Jinlai defeated the forces opposing him, the southern sect leaders pledged to unite under him, and he announced plans to establish Lingxiao Palace. Meanwhile, Emperor Luo learned that Wu Tiandi had been badly wounded and Kunwu and Xiao Quan had died, overturning his confidence in the True Immortal Hall’s plans.

• Lu Zhanxian, True Lord Nether Spring, Fang Daoqian, and the other leaders asked Gu Jinlai to unite the southern sects, and their elders and disciples supported them.
• Gu Jinlai accepted their offer and proposed founding Lingxiao Palace as a force comparable to the world’s holy lands and paradises, with himself serving as Palace Master.
• Gu Jinlai told Gaia to return to Green Province and assigned Fang Daoqian to represent Lingxiao Palace at the Earth Mother Divine Church.
• Gu Jinlai and his forces headed back south of the Heavenly River as Emperor Luo reflected on the dangers of studying the True Explanation of the Celestial Immortal.
• Emperor Chen reported to Emperor Luo that Gu Jinlai had defeated their forces, Wu Tiandi had fled badly injured, and Kunwu and Hall Master Xiao Quan had died.

Di Luo and Wu Tianji confirmed that Gu Jinlai could kill Heavenly Beings with the power of a Saint, forcing the True Immortal Hall to reckon with a new rival. News of Gu Jinlai’s victory spread across the Qian Heavenly realm, where he became known as the Sixth Saint of Qian Heaven and the Lord of War.

• Di Chen told Di Luo that Gu Jinlai could repeatedly unleash a Heavenly Being-killing attack and fly at speeds comparable to a peak True Lord.
• Di Chen reported that Gu Jinlai had killed Kunwu, Xiao Quan, the Zombie Tyrannosaurus, and more than ten Primordial Spirit True Lords.
• Wu Tianji told Di Luo that Heavenly Beings facing Gu Jinlai would die unless they had numerous life-saving trump cards.
• Di Luo concluded that a new hegemon had emerged after Wu Tianji affirmed Gu Jinlai was no weaker than a Saint at killing Heavenly Beings.
• News of the battle spread throughout the Qian Heavenly realm and beyond, earning Gu Jinlai the names Sixth Saint of Qian Heaven and Lord of War.

Simon awakened after the Apocalypse Project and described a world where cultivators could live for centuries or even over a thousand years. At a meeting of the Star-Resplendent Federation’s leaders, officials argued that the world could be conquered and its cultivation resources exploited, while Harriman revealed that Simon had also obtained a world-changing technology.

• Simon awoke, and experts guided him as he described memories from a human in another world where cultivators could greatly extend their lifespans.
• Laukolun presented the Realm of Immortality to the Star-Resplendent Federation’s leaders, emphasizing the possibility of two-hundred-year lifespans and longer.
• Dennis described the realm’s sects and cultivators, then claimed the Federation’s modern military could defeat them and enable industrialized cultivation.
• After the leaders focused on President Edward, Harriman said Simon had obtained a special technology capable of changing the world and the future.

Harriman urged the Star Glory Federation’s leaders to exploit synchronized thoughts and the Spiritlight Platform to enter the Immortality Realm, warning that the two worlds would converge in decades. The Federation approved preparations to send soldiers there, determined to catch up with a rival nation and preserve its dominance.

• Harriman explained that building a Spiritlight Platform could help locate the Immortality Realm and enable reliable passage through synchronized thoughts.
• Harriman argued that the Federation had to act before the worlds converged, while the defense minister questioned whether the altar technology was a trap.
• Harriman proposed gathering intelligence, constructing the Spiritlight Platform, and training elite soldiers to establish a forward base and bring back cultivation techniques.
• Harriman warned that a rival country might have explored the Immortality Realm for decades and already established a forward base.
• The Star Glory Federation’s leaders approved using the particle collider and Spiritlight Platform and selecting thirty thousand soldiers for meditation training.

Gu Jinlai accepted the Great Qian emperor’s appointment as King of Southern Heaven and prepared Lingxiao Palace to reclaim Mu Prefecture from the Demonic Beasts. After reflecting on the limits of his spiritual awareness, he considered seeking another Heavenly Spirit Pearl before the Aries Star Palace descended.

• Liu Jingtao, Xin Tianqi, and Zhang Lihuo discussed Emperor Qian’s appointment of Gu Jinlai as King of Southern Heaven and why Jiang Tianji wanted to win him over.
• Zhang Lihuo argued that Jiang Tianji was uniting humanity against the Demonic Beasts, and Gu Jinlai praised the emperor’s efforts to protect the realm.
• Gu Xiangyang reported that Purgatory Sect disciples had arrived to accept judgment, and Liu Jingtao pledged the Purgatory Hall’s obedience to Gu Jinlai.
• Gu Jinlai ordered Lingxiao Palace to assemble five thousand cultivators and prepare to join the Demon God Guards in an expedition to reclaim Mu Prefecture in one month.
• Gu Jinlai concluded that his spiritual awareness could not adequately control his growing power and considered seeking another Heavenly Spirit Pearl himself.

Gu Jinlai advanced the Void Projection Technique until it let him project through spiritual connections, then realized he might use his established contact with Blue Star to return there. He began searching the True Spirit World for a path to Blue Star, ending with his perception reaching a faint spiritual fluctuation far away.

• Gu Jinlai asked Zhang Lihuo to investigate the whereabouts of Aries Star Palace so he could seek its Creator legacy.
• Gu Jinlai spent sixty-four strands of clear light to advance the Void Projection Technique and discovered it could follow spiritual connections across great distances.
• Gu Jinlai projected himself to Autumn Mountain through Gu Junxiu, who showed him records of repeated signals from the Star Glory Federation.
• Gu Jinlai considered using his connection with Blue Star to project himself there and return to his former world.
• Gu Jinlai entered the True Spirit World and searched for a compatible target, finally sensing a faint spiritual fluctuation in the farthest reaches.

Gu Jinlai used the Void Projection Art to descend into Xie Yusheng on Blue Star, where he confirmed he had returned to his former world and studied its technology and history. After his projection weakened and he returned to his body, he learned that he had been in seclusion for a month.

• Gu Jinlai spent ten rays of clear light to project his True Spirit into Xie Yusheng on Blue Star.
• Gu Jinlai experienced Blue Star through Xie Yusheng and discovered that Xie Yusheng’s emotions and actions continued while he was present.
• Gu Jinlai found that Blue Star lacked spiritual energy and considered how its civilization had turned toward technology instead of cultivation.
• Gu Jinlai saw a vast world projection around Blue Star, then cut off his projection as his spiritual perception weakened.
• Gu Jinlai returned to his body and found Zhang Lihuo and the others waiting outside his cultivation chamber.
• Zhang Lihuo told Gu Jinlai that he had been in seclusion for a full month.

Gu Jinlai realized that Void Projection had crossed a temporal gap between worlds, then ordered Lingxiao Palace to begin its campaign to reclaim Mu Province. At the Three Pure Ones Hall, three Celestial Beings discovered that Xuan Yue, the young man destined to resonate with the World Sword, had been gravely injured.

• Gu Jinlai concluded that the month-long delay after using Void Projection came from the time difference between the two worlds and reassured Gu Chaoyang that he was unharmed.
• Gu Jinlai rejected a proposal to delay the Mu Province campaign and ordered Zhang Yukun and the other Grand Celestial Masters to join him in sweeping out the Demonic Beasts.
• Zhang Lihuo told Gu Jinlai that the Qian Emperor had issued an edict supporting Lingxiao Palace's campaign and warning other forces not to interfere.
• Xuan Qing, Xuan Chi, and Xuan Wu brought the gravely injured Xuan Yue to Wuchen Residence after he encountered a Demonic Spirit while sealing a Demon Realm rift.
• Xuan Qing demanded that those who had accompanied Xuan Yue be killed, while Xuan Wu explained that Xuan Yue had sneaked away to adventure with Zong Xuan.
• The three Celestial Beings recognized that Xuan Yue's injuries threatened the only person capable of resonating with the World Sword and becoming its next master.

Xuan Qing, Xuan Wu, and Xuan Chi brought the wounded Xuanyue to Perfected Person Wushi, hoping he could remove the Demonic Spirit’s corruption. When the Heaven’s Zenith Sword erupted from Xuanyue, Heavenly Venerate Xuan appeared and struck down Wushi, leaving the World Sword’s new master revealed.

• Xuan Qing said she had captured the three people responsible for Xuanyue’s injuries and brought the unconscious youth to Wuchen Residence.
• Wuzhen led Xuan Qing, Xuan Wu, and Xuan Chi to Perfected Person Wushi, who had remained conscious for a month and was studying three layered paintings.
• Perfected Person Wushi examined Xuanyue and sent his spiritual consciousness into the youth to draw out the Demonic Spirit’s lingering demonic nature.
• The Heaven’s Zenith Sword burst from Xuanyue, and Xuan Qing recognized its true master as Heavenly Venerate Xuan rather than Zongxuan.
• Perfected Person Wushi failed to awaken fully as the sword’s master attacked, and the Heaven’s Zenith Sword pierced his skull and shattered his spiritual nature.