Chapter Summaries

After the Immortal Kingdom repelled the Myriad Swords Sect’s invasion and Gu Jinlai revealed his Dao Master-level strength, both sides planned their next moves. Meanwhile, on Blue Star, Xie Yusheng finished building a giant battle mecha and faced the prospect of taking it into enemy territory.

• Lingyu Celestial Immortal rallied the Immortal Kingdom’s forces after the Myriad Swords Sect retreated and argued that the Everlasting World had time to grow stronger.
• Gu Jinlai told Lingyu Celestial Immortal that Dao Master Xuanling was dead and that Zhao Xi had devoured the Spirit-Transference Heavenly Dao.
• Celestial Immortal Taibai reported Xuanling’s death to Immortal Lord Myriad Forms and suspected that Jiang Yufeng or Gu Jinlai had appeared with Dao Master-level strength.
• Immortal Lord Myriad Forms decided to seek Peak Lord Wanyue’s support and open another spatial passage, while the Myriad Swords Sect abandoned its plan to conquer the Everlasting World alone.
• Xie Yusheng completed a Thunder-type Chengying battle mecha and wondered whether he could pilot it into territory guarded by the Starshine Federation.

At a banquet celebrating the Immortal Kingdom’s victory over the Ten-Thousand-Stars Sword Sect, Zhao Xi announced that he was nearing completion of a Spirit-Transferring Heavenly Dao, while Gu Jinlai received the Immortal Kingdom’s thanks for saving it. The group agreed that Gu Jinlai would reclaim imprisoned regions and rescue their people as the Immortal Kingdom focused on the Blood Marsh Demon Abyss; Gu Jinlai then turned his attention to the Void Projection Technique.

• Zhao Xi told the banquet guests that the two Spirit-Transferring Heavenly Daos were fusing smoothly and would soon make him an Immortal Master.
• The Immortal Kingdom’s Immortal Masters and other guests toasted Gu Jinlai for helping defeat the Ten-Thousand-Stars Sword Sect and save the Immortal Kingdom.
• Gu Jinlai proposed reclaiming lost lands, and Zhao Xi agreed that recovering imprisoned people would help the Everlasting World while guarding against another demon abyss.
• Gu Jinlai assigned Duanmu Chengyun and the Saint Dynasty figures to prepare for reclaiming the Chen Region and receiving its inhabitants.
• After the group departed, Gu Jinlai planned to reclaim twenty-three imprisoned regions and shifted his attention to the Void Projection Technique.

Xie Yusheng confronted his family over their plan to marry him to Qiao Siyu for access to the True Immortal Research Institute, then realized his role as the Qianxing being’s contact gave him unique influence. After demanding control of Shanhai Group and deciding to reveal the mecha’s capabilities, he prepared to make his presence known to the world.

• Xie Yusheng’s family pressured him to marry Qiao Siyu so Qiao Ningyun would use her final recommendation slot to help his grandfather enter the True Immortal Research Institute.
• Xie Yusheng demanded twenty percent of Shanhai Group in exchange for marrying Qiao Siyu, and he realized his contact role with the Qianxing being made him more influential than his family understood.
• Xie Yusheng confronted Qiao Siyu by video call and demanded that her family acquire Shanhai Group as his dowry, giving them one day to decide.
• Gu Jinlai descended into Xie Yusheng’s body and advised him that revealing the mecha could strengthen his position once its construction was proven possible.
• Xie Yusheng resolved to face the coming storm, and Gu Jinlai urged him to activate the mecha and show the world what he could do.

Xie Yusheng piloted the Chengying Mecha on a reconnaissance mission into the Star Glory Federation and located the Star Spirit Platform, which had likely locked onto Blue Star. After Gu Jinlai ordered him to destroy it and withdraw, the Federation launched missiles and shells at the mecha, beginning a battle.

• Gu Jinlai sent Xie Yusheng to scout the Star Glory Federation in the Chengying Mecha, and Xie Yusheng took off from the machinery plant.
• Xie Yusheng tested the mecha’s speed and maneuvers, leaving traces that brought Central Earth Kingdom fighter jets to investigate after he had already flown away.
• Xie Yusheng detected the Star Glory Federation’s Black Eagle carrier fleet and extensive air patrols as he approached the reconnaissance target.
• Xie Yusheng spotted the Star Spirit Platform, and Gu Jinlai ordered him to destroy it and retreat at maximum speed.
• Missiles locked onto Xie Yusheng’s mecha, and a nearby defensive platform fired six shells as he accelerated, starting the reconnaissance battle.

Xie Yusheng piloted the Chengying Mecha through the Star Radiance Federation’s defenses and destroyed the Star Spirit Platform. The Federation’s leaders authorized a nuclear strike to stop him as he began his retreat.

• True Spirit Tuo Li harvested people in a city and anticipated the Demonic Spirits turning the world into a hunting ground once the Star Gate was complete.
• Mashill ordered the Chengying Mecha intercepted, but Xie Yusheng evaded fighters and missiles, using Thunderstorm to disable weapons and aircraft.
• Xie Yusheng fired the Chengying Mecha’s ion cannon into the Star Spirit Platform, then fired two more shots to ensure it was destroyed.
• Gu Jinlai confirmed the mission was complete and told Xie Yusheng to prepare to flee.
• Edward and the Star Radiance Federation’s leaders decided to launch the Torch missile from the Freedom space-based platform, and Edward pressed the launch button.

The Star Brilliance Federation launched sixteen nuclear warheads at Xie Yusheng’s Chengying Mecha after it destroyed the Astral Spirit Platform. As the blasts engulfed him, Xie Yusheng swung his blade and cleaved open the wall of fire and light, leaving the mecha’s fate unresolved.

• Leaders of Blue Star’s major powers learned of the attack on the Astral Spirit Platform and debated who was responsible, while the Verdant Wilderness Kingdom’s representative falsely claimed responsibility.
• President Edward vowed retaliation against the attackers and launched the Star Brilliance Federation’s Torch missiles from the Freedom space-based platform.
• Liu Yunqi questioned Li Zhenyuan about the mecha’s connection to the Middle-earth Kingdom’s Nantian Gate project, and Li denied that his country had built it.
• Xie Yusheng detected the incoming missile and fired ten plasma shells, destroying five of its sixteen nuclear warheads as the rest spread out toward him.
• As the nuclear warheads detonated around the Chengying Mecha, Xie Yusheng charged through the blasts and cleaved the flames and hurricanes apart with his blade.

Xie Yusheng destroyed the Star Spirit Platform and survived a nuclear bombardment, shocking Blue Star’s nations and alerting the Venerable Spirit of Tāvatiṃsa to Gu Jinlai’s possible return. After secretly returning to Nankai City, he learned that Gu Jinlai could help conceal the mecha, while his own next goal was to cultivate a True Spirit.

• Xie Yusheng fought through the nuclear blast, escaped satellite and radar detection, and vanished into the clouds after destroying the Star Spirit Platform.
• Leaders across Blue Star reacted to the mecha’s survival, while President Edward ordered Jalis to find its owner and repair the Star Spirit Platform.
• The Venerable Spirit of Tāvatiṃsa recognized the weapon as resembling Gu Jinlai’s Chengying Mecha and planned to warn other spirit leaders and open another spatial rift.
• Qiao Ningyun told the Qiao Household that Xie Yusheng was likely to be promoted and advised Qiao Siyu to stay by his side as the family pursued the Shan Hai Group acquisition.
• Xie Yusheng returned to Nankai City, and Gu Jinlai explained that he would become far more powerful after condensing his True Spirit.
• After Xie Yusheng received an urgent notice from the Nantian Gate Project Group, Gu Jinlai offered a formation to conceal the mecha, and Xie Yusheng resolved to cultivate his True Spirit quickly.

The Beast God Alliance destroyed the Dragon-Herding Kingdom after a World-Sustaining Immortal and an army of Demonic Beasts overwhelmed its defenses. Devil Master Hongying and the others then planned to conceal their true strength so the Starshining Federation would still build a Star Gate between the worlds.

• Aidelun, Zhang Yun, and Olsen examined the battered Zhuxian Squad and discussed the threat posed by Earthly Immortals and World-Sustaining Immortals.
• Zhang Yun revealed that the Starspirit Platform had been badly damaged, and Olsen began recalibrating the coordinates to connect through a backup platform.
• A forty-six-meter-tall World-Sustaining Immortal attacked the military base as Demonic Beasts swept toward the Dragon-Herding Kingdom's heartland.
• Zhang Yun ordered a retreat and told the soldiers to resist long enough to collect and transmit information about the World-Sustaining Immortal.
• The Beast God Alliance's Demonic Beasts destroyed the Dragon-Herding Kingdom, and Devil Master Hongying arrived with the other powerful beings three days later.
• Demon Emperor Qianyan and Sovereign Hongying planned to make the survivors believe the Beast God Alliance was this world's upper limit so the Federation would continue building a Star Gate.

Bai Qi, Baizhi, and Hetmu discovered that Qiantian had become far more powerful than Tianyuan Dao expected, so Bai Qi chose to seek an alliance against the Demonic Beasts. Meanwhile, East Heaven Immeasurable Immortal Lord warned that the Blood Marsh Demon Abyss might be a diversion, and Gu Jinlai arrived at a hidden cache left by White Sheep Star Lord.

• Bai Qi, Baizhi, and Hetmu entered Jiang Province to assess Qiantian, where they saw powerful Demon God martial artists and a Heavenly Monarch mecha.
• Bai Qi and his companions gathered news of Gu Jinlai's strength, then received the supreme elder's order to seek an alliance with Lingxiao Palace.
• Bai Qi decided to meet Lingxiao Palace's master on behalf of Tianyuan Dao and the Thirty-Three Islands of Tianyuan.
• East Heaven Immeasurable Immortal Lord noted that only nineteen active demon gods remained and suspected the Blood Marsh Demon Abyss was distracting humanity from another threat.
• East Heaven Immeasurable Immortal Lord ordered Lan Ze to prepare to reduce their forces at the Blood Marsh Demon Abyss and search for other Demonic Beast gathering places.
• Gu Jinlai reached an array-hidden mountain valley in the Chen Region that concealed White Sheep Star Lord's most important hidden possessions.

Gu Jinlai uncovered the Aries Star Lord’s hidden palace and collected vast cultivation resources, weapons, and a colossal body made from priceless materials that he considered turning into a Star Destroyer mech. He then arrived at a human settlement in the Chen Region, where his gathered allies prepared to begin restoring the Immortal Realm by striking the largest Demonic Beast settlement.

• Gu Jinlai navigated the Creator’s maze formation and reached the Aries Star Lord’s inner palace.
• Gu Jinlai collected Heavenly Spirit Pearls, Spirit Marrow Crystals, and True Spirit Holy Water that could help cultivate ten third-step Heavenly Lords.
• Gu Jinlai found the Boundless Pearl containing the Aries Star Lord’s enormous material-body and considered dismantling it or using Xie Yusheng’s ideas to build a Star Destroyer mech.
• Gu Jinlai collected the palace’s divine weapons, Dao artifacts, and Colossal Divine Weapons before leaving the hidden mountain palace.
• Gu Jinlai arrived at a human settlement in the Chen Region, where Zhang Tianye, Duanmu Chengyun, Suxin, Liu Feiyun, and many others greeted him.
• Gu Jinlai announced that the restoration of the Immortal Realm would begin at the largest Demonic Beast settlement in the Chen Region.

Gu Jinlai discovered that Demon Gods were secretly preparing a Nether God's body for Devil Master Cangming, destroyed it before Cangming's incarnation could fully awaken, and routed the Demon Gods who came to stop him. After one escaped through the Tower of Eternal Life, Gu Jinlai headed toward the place the Demon Gods had left, suspecting something there mattered more than guarding the body.

• Gu Jinlai gave Liu Feiyun the agreed-upon divine weapons and cultivation resources to distribute, then ordered the assault on the demonic beast settlement to continue.
• Qiu He warned Suxin and Gu Jinlai that more than a dozen powerful figures, possibly Demon Gods, had entered the sealed land, so Gu Jinlai flew ahead to investigate.
• Gu Jinlai annihilated dozens of Demon Emperors and uncovered a Nether God's body that was awakening as an incarnation of Devil Master Cangming.
• Gu Jinlai destroyed the Nether God's body with a concentrated blast of Great Sun energy, causing Raging Fire Sovereign and Profound Sun Demon God to abandon their plan and flee.
• Gu Jinlai pursued the two Demon Gods, killed Profound Sun Demon God's body, and watched the Demon Spirit escape through the Tower of Eternal Life.
• Gu Jinlai noticed that the Demon Gods had come from a place they seemed to consider more important than Cangming's incarnation, and headed there to investigate.

Gu Jinlai entered a human settlement in a Demonic Beast captive-breeding ground and discovered that its cultivation system had been weakened. After crushing the Void Immortal Fang Shou, he revealed to Zhang Yun and Olson that their world was only a weak corner of the Longevity Realm, then turned his gaze on them.

• Gu Jinlai flew into the human-inhabited region and saw that cultivators beyond the Spirit Refining realm had been deliberately weakened.
• Gu Jinlai spotted humans with machine guns and infantry fighting vehicles fighting over a battlefield, and landed before them.
• Fang Shou, a Void Immortal pursuing the routed soldiers with Demonic Beasts, tried to flee but Gu Jinlai bound and dragged him over with gravity.
• Gu Jinlai crushed Fang Shou's body, used Void Projection Technique to inspect him, and then reduced him to ashes.
• Zhang Yun and Olson realized their Dragon-Herding Kingdom had occupied only a weak corner of the Longevity Realm, and Gu Jinlai's gaze made them collapse in fear.

Gu Jinlai captured the Blue Star agents, seized the Mulong Kingdom, and ordered its unfinished Star Gate completed so he could teach Blue Star’s civilizations the danger of contacting other worlds. As he planned further campaigns and aid for the surviving Tianyuan Dao, the Demon Realm prepared to unleash a major offensive at the Overseas Demon Abyss.

• Gu Jinlai captured Zhang Yun, Olsen, and the other Blue Star agents, then destroyed the Demonic Beasts occupying the Mulong Kingdom with his Thunderlight Domain.
• Gu Jinlai ordered Liu Feiyun to guard the unfinished Star Gate and summoned Chao Jiuyin, Jin Sixian, Zhou Yi, and others to complete it.
• Gu Jinlai told Chao Jiuyin that he intended to make the Starlight Federation pay for recklessly contacting other worlds, and he ordered the Star Gate built to connect the worlds.
• Gu Jinlai ordered Liu Feiyun to speed up the clearing of the breeding ground and sent Xiang Fengyun to aid the surviving Tianyuan Dao, with the Heavenly Dragon Wood available if needed.
• Dominator Wutu reported that Zhao Xi’s Spirit-Transferring Heavenly Dao had grown stronger after Gu Jinlai disrupted the Profound Immortal Realm’s plan, while Dominator Cangming announced the Demon Realm’s victory at the Overseas Demon Abyss.

The Master of Wanyue Peak agreed to discuss joining the Myriad Stars Sword Sect’s campaign to seize the spiritual-rich Longevity World, where the Creation Sect and Immortal Kingdom had thwarted the sect’s earlier plan. Meanwhile, Gu Jinlai gathered enough clear radiance in the Chen Domain to raise the Great Sun Eternal Law another level.

• Celestial Immortal Taibai told the Master of Wanyue Peak about the Longevity World’s abundant spiritual energy and the Myriad Stars Sword Sect’s failed effort to control Zhao Xi’s grotto-heaven.
• Taibai explained that Jiang Yufeng of the Creation Sect had become an Innate Divine Saint with combat power rivaling a top-tier Dao Lord, making the Longevity World too strong for the Myriad Stars Sword Sect to conquer alone.
• Taibai asked the Master of Wanyue Peak to use her Divine Might Sword Prison Immortal Art to breach the grotto-heaven, and she agreed to discuss the campaign with the Yue Household.
• After three months of restoring order in the Chen Domain, Gu Jinlai gathered enough clear radiance to advance the Great Sun Eternal Law and poured it into the technique.

Gu Jinlai advanced his Great Sun Eternal Method, demonstrated a gigantic burst form, and reflected on how cultivation might progress through matter, energy, spirit, and space. After returning to the Chen Domain, he ordered his forces to continue rescuing humans from Demonic Beast breeding grounds and vowed to punish those who had aided the beasts.

• Gu Jinlai perfected the second layer of the Great Sun Eternal Method and absorbed energy beyond the atmosphere, expanding his body to a 1,300-meter burst form and nearly 2,000-meter ultimate form.
• Liu Feiyun, Duanmu Chengyun, Suxin, Zhang Tianye, Zhao Xi, and other powerful figures sensed Gu Jinlai's display and were shocked by his strength.
• Gu Jinlai considered the mind and spirit, the Void, and the hidden existence in the spirit realm, concluding that cultivation involved matter, energy, spirit, and space.
• Gu Jinlai abandoned the idea of hastily perfecting the Three Realms technique and returned to the Chen Domain, where Zhang Tianye, Liu Feiyun, Duanmu Chengyun, and Suxin congratulated him.
• Gu Jinlai ordered his followers to continue sweeping the breeding grounds and rescuing oppressed humans, and he vowed to personally punish those who had colluded with the Demonic Beasts.

Great Jin, Huanglong, and the Central Plains Kingdom agreed to bring the Nantian Gate Project Group under their joint organization, while Zhao Tianfeng secured Xie Yusheng a baronetcy and ordered research into the Chengying Mecha. Meanwhile, Gu Jinlai helped Xie Yusheng condense his True Spirit and hinted that he should use the Qianxing man identity when he eventually steps into public view.

• Dong Xuanyuan and Han Guanglie argued that the Nantian Gate Project Group should come under the three-nation organization, but Zhao Tianfeng persuaded them to leave its headquarters at the observatory.
• Zhao Tianfeng ordered Xie Yusheng appointed to the Noble Council as a baronet and told Zhao Shanhe to try building the Chengying Mecha.
• Zhao Tianfeng wondered whether the Qianxing man was secretly on Blue Star and whether the mecha design was meant to serve an undisclosed purpose.
• Gu Jinlai guided Xie Yusheng through a breakthrough to the third layer of the Chaotic Fiendgod Path to Eternity, helping him condense his True Spirit.
• Gu Jinlai told Xie Yusheng to learn True Spirit Possession and suggested he use the Qianxing man identity as a public-facing gimmick, leaving Xie Yusheng stunned by the implication.

Gu Jinlai planned a war against the Skyfire Sect while discussing how to rebuild and govern the Long-Life Realm with Zhao Xi. After agreeing on a network of grotto-heavens and competing cultivation institutions, he left for the Profound Immortal World with spirit crystals and mech materials to settle matters there.

• Gu Jinlai told Xie Yusheng to protect Blue Star from outside forces and collect ancient myths and cultivation methods.
• After purging criminals in the Shen Domain, Gu Jinlai learned that the Skyfire Sect would soon complete its grotto-heaven and ordered Jiang Yujian to prepare for war.
• Gu Jinlai met Zhao Xi, who described the Long-Life Realm's dwindling population and plans to build 108 grotto-heavens to distribute spiritual energy and educate cultivators.
• Gu Jinlai and Zhao Xi agreed that students could choose between the High Firmament Palace and the Immortal Kingdom, with Qian Heaven and the Sacred Dynasty helping rebuild the realm.
• Three days later, Gu Jinlai departed for the passage between worlds carrying more than a hundred spirit crystals and materials for battle mechs.

Gu Jinlai crossed the Two Realms Passage and faced an ambush by Sovereign Myriad Forms, Sword-Suspended Daoist, and Daoist Red Star. He broke their attack, seized and refined Sword-Suspended Daoist’s Gengjin Heavenly Dao, then escaped the Houtu Heavenly Dao’s suppression while promising to claim Sovereign Myriad Forms’s power later.

• Gu Jinlai entered the stargate despite warnings that the Myriad Star Sword Sect had fortified the passage with three grotto-heavens.
• Sovereign Myriad Forms, Sword-Suspended Daoist, and Daoist Red Star prepared to ambush Gu Jinlai, with Sovereign Myriad Forms using the Houtu Heavenly Dao to prevent his escape.
• Gu Jinlai resisted the Houtu Heavenly Dao’s pressure and blocked Sword-Suspended Daoist’s Dragon Emperor’s Demon-Slaying Sword with the Departing Fire Divine Light.
• The clash exhausted the Myriad Star Sword Sect’s spiritual chi, allowing Gu Jinlai to seize the giant sword and suppress Sword-Suspended Daoist’s Gengjin Heavenly Dao.
• Gu Jinlai refined the Gengjin Heavenly Dao and broke free of Sovereign Myriad Forms’s suppression, vowing to claim the Houtu Heavenly Dao another day.

Gu Jinlai escaped the Myriad Star Sword Sect’s ambush, refined the stolen Gengjin Heavenly Dao, and coordinated with Jiang Yujian to attack the Fire-Worshiping Sect. As he turned toward Skyfire Sect, Lord Ziyan learned that Gu Jinlai had far greater strength than expected, just as a powerful aura approached the sect.

• Gu Jinlai broke through the Myriad Star Sword Sect’s defenses and fled with Daoist Master Xuanjian’s Gengjin Heavenly Dao, leaving the sect’s leaders to debate involving the Mo household against the Changsheng Realm.
• While flying toward the Creation Sect, Gu Jinlai refined the Gengjin Heavenly Dao and told Jiang Yujian to launch an attack on the Fire-Worshiping Sect before its blessed land was repaired.
• Gu Jinlai promised to pin down Daoist Master Ziyan while the Creation Sect’s mechas attacked, and said the Creation Sect would replace the Fire-Worshiping Sect as Flame River’s overlord.
• Yu Hanshan warned Lord Ziyan that Gu Jinlai had escaped the Myriad Star Sword Sect’s strongest forces, prompting them to judge that he possessed at least Dao Lord-level strength.
• Before Yu Hanshan could contact the Myriad Star Sword Sect, a vast, blazing aura swept toward Skyfire Sect.

Gu Weiwei and the Gu Family caravan reached the Skyfire Sect, where Gu Qingqing demonstrated her power by killing Fang Jianxuan’s winged dragon. A blazing meteor then descended on the sect, and the Purpleflame Dao Lord met it with a flaming phoenix as the chapter ended at their collision.

• Gu Weiwei and her relative traveled with the Gu Family caravan toward the Skyfire Sect, hoping to join through Gu Qingqing’s recommendation.
• Fang Jianxuan attacked the caravan’s horses with Sword Qi, and Gu Qingqing countered his Heavenly Dipper Six-Yang Hand with Sword Qi Thunderclap, killing his winged dragon.
• Gu Qingqing warned the newcomers that they would have to compete to establish themselves in the Skyfire Sect despite receiving inner disciple treatment.
• A gigantic fireball descended from the sky, prompting the Skyfire Sect to sound an enemy alarm and activate its grotto-heavens.
• The Purpleflame Dao Lord summoned a vast flaming phoenix to confront Jiang Yufeng’s approaching meteor, and the two forces collided.