Chapter Summaries

After Li Yang broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage, his aura astonished the Joyful Union Sect’s elders and disciples, and two rapid transformations made him seem stronger than the sect’s greatest cultivators. The sect’s leaders prepared elite female disciples and elders to attend to his needs, and Li Yang ended by asking whether he could have the three elders first.

• Li Yang’s breakthrough and powerful aura stunned Sect Master Pei Youqing, Grand Elder Mo Guangyin, and the assembled Joyful Union Sect cultivators.
• Pei Youqing praised Chen Ding for taking the risk of bringing Li Yang into the sect, while the sect’s leaders arranged a welcome for the Holy Son.
• Li Yang’s aura rose twice more, leading Mo Guangyin to identify him as having reached Nascent Soul Second Transformation and leaving the sect’s disciples in awe.
• Li Yang emerged from seclusion, received the sect’s greetings, and met privately with three female elders and sixteen elite True Disciples.
• After the elders offered to provide resources and assistance, Li Yang approached Third Elder Cai Yuqing, embraced her, and asked whether he could have the three elders first.

Li Yang advanced to Nascent Soul Second Transformation Perfection after spending years cultivating with the Joyful Union Sect's Elders and True Disciples. He decided to visit the other two worlds to spread his new Cultivation Methods before seeking more divine abilities.

• Sixteen female True Disciples waited in the courtyard while Li Yang cultivated with the Third, Seventh, and Eighth Elders for three years.
• After the Elders collapsed from exhaustion, the sixteen disciples entered Li Yang's room, and he continued cultivating with them for ten years.
• Li Yang emerged with his magic power at Nascent Soul Second Transformation Perfection and reflected that he needed more cultivation methods or divine abilities to advance further.
• Li Yang considered seeking divine abilities through the Jiuli Dynasty but decided to visit the other two worlds and pass down his new Cultivation Methods first.

Li Yang spread cultivation methods through the Elf Kingdom and Apocalyptic World, strengthening their inhabitants while binding some of them to his control. He returned to the Joyful Union Sect and arranged to establish a Holy Son, leaving the ceremony announced to the world.

• Li Yang sensed the Spirit Transformation-level power of the Life Divine Tree and sent cultivation methods to the elves.
• The Magic World's World Spirit responded to Li Yang's transmissions, and he sent higher-level immortal arts to familiar people.
• Li Yang gave the Apocalyptic World's cultivators new methods and taught the strongest Gene Evolvers the Yang Seed and the Divine Light of Ten Thousand Desires, ensuring their loyalty.
• Li Yang returned to the Joyful Union Sect's Quiet Valley and informed the Sect Master that everything was settled.
• The Joyful Union Sect announced the establishment of a Holy Son.

Li Yang prepared for the Joyful Union Sect’s Holy Son Ceremony while seeking more divine abilities to advance his Nascent Soul transformations. At the ceremony, his arrival stunned the gathered cultivators, and a Pure Yang Sect cultivator tried to recruit him.

• Pei Youqing announced Li Yang’s appointment as Holy Son and scheduled a ceremony three days later.
• Li Yang considered how to obtain enough divine abilities for his next Nascent Soul transformation and asked the Third Elder, Seventh Elder, and Eighth Elder to find methods for Distant Hearing and Mind Communication.
• Joyful Union Sect disciples and invited sects and officials returned to attend the ceremony, and Feng Deng learned that his recommendation of Li Yang had earned him major merit.
• Li Yang received the cultivation methods for Distant Hearing and Mind Communication and quickly mastered both divine abilities, though he could not yet cultivate them to completion.
• Li Yang descended onto the ceremony platform, displaying his powerful aura and prompting shocked reactions from the guests.
• A Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator from the Pure Yang Sect secretly urged Li Yang to join his sect and give up women for the sake of cultivation.

Li Yang was formally named the Joyful Union Sect’s Holy Son, attracted an offer from the Pure Yang Sect, and agreed to receive six divine abilities in exchange for future help. He decided to seek merit at the Devil Race border to gain resources for his cultivation, while the sect began arranging a safe assignment.

• A Pure Yang Sect elder urged Li Yang to join his sect, but Li Yang demonstrated his ties to the Joyful Union Sect’s elders and then completed the Holy Son Ceremony.
• Wen Tianli and Pang Xingsheng watched Li Yang’s rise, and Feng Deng invited them to consider serving alongside him when he went to war.
• The Pure Yang Sect elder offered Li Yang six divine abilities and signed an oath of mutual assistance with him and the Joyful Union Sect.
• Li Yang accepted the divine abilities and confirmed that he intended to fight at the human race’s border against the Devil Race to earn merit and resources.
• Pei Youqing and the elders began arranging Li Yang’s border assignment, aiming to keep him out of danger and ensure he could return when needed.

Li Yang planned to join the Jiuli Dynasty’s frontier war to earn merit and obtain more divine abilities, while first perfecting two of his remaining abilities. After two years in seclusion, he reached the Nascent Soul Three Transformations, and the Joyful Union Sect’s leaders reacted with astonishment.

• Li Yang concluded that his profound foundation and the Heavenly Dao’s aid let him master divine abilities unusually quickly, and he chose the frontier war as his best path to more techniques and merit.
• Li Yang decided to refine Blazing Sun Rising from the Sea and Pure Yang Cultivation Method into his Super Hearing and Super Perception, then combine them with the methods for Distant Hearing and Mind Communication.
• The Joyful Union Sect’s Grand Elder, Mo Guangyin, met with the Minister of War to arrange Li Yang’s frontier service, merit, and eventual return.
• Two years after Li Yang entered seclusion, a powerful aura surged through the Joyful Union Sect’s main hall, and the Sect Master and Mo Guangyin recognized that he had reached the Nascent Soul Three Transformations.

Li Yang broke through to the Nascent Soul Third Transformation by refining twenty-seven divine abilities into his Nascent Soul, then told Pei Youqing and Mo Guangyin about his strength. The Sect Master and Grand Elder secured him a First Rank General position at the border, leaving him free to choose when to report.

• Li Yang fused nine divine-ability seeds into a third spinal section within his Nascent Soul, completing the Nascent Soul Third Transformation and gaining twenty-seven divine abilities.
• Li Yang planned to refine the Nine-Story Profound Sun Pagoda and his three other spiritual treasures, but paused when Pei Youqing and Mo Guangyin arrived.
• Li Yang used Mind Communication to tell Pei Youqing and Mo Guangyin that he had begun with nine initial divine abilities and now possessed twenty-seven after reaching the Nascent Soul Third Transformation.
• Mo Guangyin told Li Yang that they had secured him a First Rank General position at the border, with his merits recorded directly by the Ministry of War and a future path to the Ministry of Finance.
• Mo Guangyin gave Li Yang a token and explained that he could report for duty whenever he wished.

Li Yang refined his spirit treasures after settling the sect’s affairs, transforming the Nine-Story Profound Sun Pagoda into the Nine-Layer Profound Mystery Pagoda and strengthening his other treasures. With the Artifact Spirit refining his millions of corpses, he prepared to go to Earth and take care of his people.

• Li Yang considered the Joyful Union Sect’s influence and accepted tokens from Pei Youqing and Mo Guangyin before discussing follow-up matters.
• Li Yang expanded and refined the first four levels of his pagoda with thunder, Five Elements, formation, and Yin Yang divine abilities.
• Li Yang turned the pagoda’s fifth level into a Profound Yin Space, placed more than ten million refined corpses there, and renamed the treasure the Nine-Layer Profound Mystery Pagoda.
• Li Yang ordered the pagoda’s Artifact Spirit to refine Profound Yin divine abilities into the corpses and strengthened the Two Energies Heart Protecting Mirror, Mysterious Yang Heavy Water Shield, and Yin Yang Two Energies Pot.
• Li Yang finished refining his spirit treasures and decided to go to Earth to take care of his people.

Li Yang planned to use the Yin Yang True Seed to extend the lives of his loved ones and strengthen himself before joining the battles at the Cultivation World's borderlands. He returned to a transformed Earth in 2115 and arrived at his old home in Bai Town.

• Li Yang decided that planting Yin Yang True Seeds in his women and family would let them live and ascend with him while easing his concerns before battle.
• Li Yang assessed how the Nine-Layer Profound Mystery Pagoda could refine his corpses and increase the power of his more than ten million corpse soldiers.
• Li Yang identified the Elf Queen as a future source of cultivation energy and resolved to return to Earth first to plant seeds in his loved ones.
• Li Yang drew his spiritual treasures into his dantian and vanished from his Cave Estate.
• Li Yang saw how technology had transformed Earth, with space bases, extensive farming, and a prosperous Heyang.
• Li Yang returned to his old home in Bai Town, reassured that his family remained alive thanks to the Genetic Potions he had given them.

After a century away, Li Yang returned to Bai Town and reunited with his family, telling them about his struggles and promising to teach them cultivation before leaving again. He prepared to strengthen his allies in the Apocalyptic World, then returned with genetic potions for his family.

• Li Jianshu, Chen Cui, Li Ling, and Li Na lived quietly in Bai Town, protected by Li Yang's safeguards and practicing cultivation while wondering when he would return.
• Li Yang suddenly appeared at the family home, and his delighted relatives questioned him until the following afternoon as he explained his experiences and powerful enemy.
• Li Yang said he could stay for at most a month and had returned to pass cultivation methods to his family before preparing to face his enemy.
• Li Yang traveled to the Apocalyptic World, spread more advanced Immortal Path methods, collected zombies and Yin Evil Qi, and took improved genetic potions from a laboratory.
• Li Yang returned to the Real World and handed comprehensive genetic potions to Li Jianshu, Chen Cui, and Li Ling and Li Na.

After returning to Earth, Li Yang decided to share extraordinary powers with his family, strengthening them with Genetic Potions and cultivation techniques before spending time with his loved ones. He then left home for Bai Town and summoned the domestic administrators to hear his orders.

• Li Yang decided that Earth’s people should gain power to prepare for the Devil Ancestor, though he planned to control how the techniques were distributed.
• Li Yang guided Li Ling, Li Na, Li Jianshu, and Chen Cui through Level One to Level Seven Genetic Potions, then taught them magic and immortal cultivation techniques and provided a private cultivation space and supplies.
• Li Yang gave his two brothers-in-law Life Extension Potions, Level 3 Genetic Potions, and cultivation techniques after testing their character and aptitude.
• Li Yang spent two days with his family, then visited Chen Qian and his other wives and lovers, sharing Genetic Potions and cultivation resources with them.
• Li Yang flew above Bai Town and used his divine sense to summon all high-ranking domestic administrators to hear his orders.

Li Yang returned after a century and summoned the world’s leaders to announce the global spread of cultivation, with different paths and restrictions for different peoples. After sending them back, he began distributing techniques through his statues and planning academies, training courses, and student selection.

• Leaders from across Earth and space were transported to Li Yang, recognized him as God of the Mortal World, and knelt when he ordered them to do so.
• Li Yang announced that he would spread Cultivation Methods and ordered the establishment of twenty-three Cultivation Academies, the promotion of mass-level methods, and continued expansion into space.
• Li Yang restricted immortal arts to those with the Huaxia Soul while allowing other countries to develop magic and Genetic Power through their own academies.
• Li Yang issued further instructions for Huaxia cultivation, including special admission provisions for disciples from Bai Town and students from Mi County, then returned the leaders to their locations.
• Li Yang infused his statues across Yanhuang with civilian Cultivation Techniques and empowered statues at military and police centers with methods suited to them.
• Li Yang finalized academy courses and examinations, considered using formations to assess students’ talent and character, and flew down as the world erupted in uproar.

Li Yang set aside the outside world’s upheaval to spend time with Xu Yuan, Zhou Li, and Dai Yueming, reflecting on his mortal past and deciding to stay home until his Mental State settled. Meanwhile, construction of the Central Plains Immortal Path Academy advanced, and worker He Yong revealed that he had obtained a Cultivation Technique after viewing Li Yang’s statue.

• Li Yang returned to Xu Yuan and spent the day and night with her, remembering their high school days and explaining how his Yin Yang True Seed would help her endure cultivation.
• At Xu Yuan’s request, Li Yang called Zhou Li over, and he planted a True Seed in her as they shared their reunion.
• The next morning, Li Yang asked Zhou Li to invite Dai Yueming over, and the group played mahjong while he chose to remain at home and calm his Mental State.
• Construction of the Central Plains Immortal Path Academy continued at a hurried pace as workers built the campus.
• He Yong told a fellow worker that he had obtained a Cultivation Technique after viewing True God Li Yang’s statue, though practicing it too hastily had injured his face.

After spending a month at home, Li Yang took Xu Yuan out to explore Earth, where cultivation had begun to change villages and even influence animals. He toured Magic City before receiving a message from his brother inviting him to two society gatherings.

• Li Yang left the women at home to cultivate and took Xu Yuan through Li Family Village, where he discussed Earth's growing spiritual energy and the village animals' longevity and cultivation.
• Li Yang flew around Earth with Xu Yuan, then landed at a busy Magic City shopping mall, where excited crowds recognized him as God of the Mortal World.
• Li Yang and Xu Yuan browsed the mall, ate at a hotpot restaurant, and walked beside a lake before returning to the Flying Vehicle.
• Li Yang received a message from his brother, who said he had seen news of Li Yang's return and invited him to Red Flower Society and Blue Flower Society gatherings.

Li Yang reunited with Chen Guang and Wang Qiang, whose lives had been extended by Li Yang’s potions. Wang Qiang brought Li Yang to the Red Flower Society, where Li Yang was introduced to a gathering of married women seeking his favor.

• Li Yang accepted Chen Guang’s invitation to dinner, and Chen Guang thanked him for the Life Extension Potion and described his life and Flying Vehicle business.
• Li Yang returned Xu Yuan to his Magic City villa, then left to meet Wang Qiang at a detached villa.
• Wang Qiang welcomed Li Yang to the Red Flower Society and explained that its married members came from varied backgrounds and hoped to gain his favor.
• Wang Qiang introduced Bi Ting, whose husband wanted help with an internal selection at his government workplace.
• Li Yang entered the villa’s courtyard and pavilion, where women from the Red Flower Society greeted him and served him tea.

Li Yang moved from the villa courtyard to the Blue Flower Society, then returned to Xu Yuan and continued cultivating with her as time passed. Across the country, Immortal Path academies opened and their first students began training, ushering in a new era of cultivation.

• Li Yang spent the day entertaining married women in the villa courtyard before leaving with Wang Qiang for the Blue Flower Society.
• After enjoying the company of the Blue Flower Society's women, Li Yang gave Wang Qiang the Yang Seed and taught him a cultivation method.
• Li Yang returned to Xu Yuan, and the two cultivated together before he later took Xu Yuan and Zhou Li sightseeing.
• Immortal Path academies were completed across the provinces, and cultivation knowledge spread throughout the country.
• The academies enrolled students of all ages who passed the tests, while government personnel and Humanoid AI helped teach them cultivation.
• After a year, the first students made progress, talented cultivators gained fame, and ordinary people began practicing basic methods as they awaited further selections.

Zhao Feng reached the first level of Qi Refining and tested his Light Body Technique as cultivators across the world pursued cultivation and explored ways to combine it with traditional martial arts and religious practices. Li Yang sensed the World Spirit’s influence in the air and realized that the Real World was about to gain a World Spirit.

• Zhao Feng broke through to the first level of Qi Refining, mastered the Light Body Technique, and raced across the park’s treetops.
• A young cultivator continued refining his soul and practicing his Breathing Method as people gathered to cultivate in parks across the world.
• Two Tai Chi practitioners in Chen Family Village exchanged techniques and discussed developing a Martial Path that combined Tai Chi with immortal cultivation.
• Martial artists, Taoists, and Buddhist cultivators pursued their own ways of incorporating traditional practices into the immortal path.
• Li Yang sensed a strange fluctuation carrying the flavor of the World Spirit and concluded that the Real World was about to have one too.

After absorbing Earth’s cultural and religious knowledge, Li Yang investigated cultivation paths hidden in ancient texts and devised several methods of his own. He completed the Yellow Court Cultivation Method, gained many supernatural abilities, and began practicing the Bodhi Autumn Cicada Scripture.

• Li Yang suspected that ancient Earth’s philosophies and scriptures concealed cultivation methods, so he decided to investigate them while preparing for his future confrontation with the Devil Ancestor.
• Li Yang read the world’s Daoist texts through his Primordial Spirit while spending time with Peng Feifei, Chen Qian, and the others at home.
• After three days of study, Li Yang deciphered the Yellow Court Classic and devised the Yellow Court Cultivation Method, while recognizing that the ancient text’s original meaning could not be confirmed with certainty.
• Li Yang created additional cultivation methods based on Buddhist, martial, Confucian, military, and Mohist teachings.
• Li Yang perfected the Yellow Court Cultivation Method by establishing spirits throughout his body and gained abilities including Mind True Fire, Profound Yin Heavy Water, and Five Elements techniques.
• Li Yang began cultivating the Bodhi Autumn Cicada Scripture while continuing to nurture his bodily spirits.

Li Yang cultivated the Bodhi Autumn Cicada Scripture, strengthening and purifying his Mind Power while deepening his understanding of the Yellow Court Cultivation Method. He then adapted Tai Chi Fist into a martial cultivation method, advancing its stages until its true intent empowered his whole body.

• Li Yang used his existing mastery of Mind Power to cultivate the Bodhi Autumn Cicada Scripture in one day, increasing his wisdom, clearing away evil thoughts, and making his Mind Power firm and clear.
• The scripture harmonized the myriad gods cultivated through the Yellow Court Cultivation Method and deepened Li Yang's mastery of his divine abilities.
• Li Yang chose Tai Chi Fist as the foundation for his martial arts cultivation and reshaped it through practice into a form suited to his physique.
• Li Yang refined his qi and blood with Tai Chi Fist, then circulated it to produce Martial Path True Qi and temper that energy to the extreme.
• Li Yang used Tai Chi's true intent to refine his soul, formed a Tai Chi Diagram in his Sea of Consciousness, and merged it into his body.
• After testing Tai Chi Fist's power to dissolve attacks and return force, Li Yang began trying to cultivate Xing Yi Fist.

Li Yang mastered the world’s martial arts over two months, tempering his Essence, Qi, and Spirit until he considered his martial cultivation complete. He turned toward Confucian cultivation but paused to return to Dai Yueming, leaving them together in the villa as he asked about her life in Magic City.

• Li Yang learned Xing Yi Fist, perfected its Three Body Stance, Five Elements Fist, and Twelve Animals, and manifested their true intents.
• Li Yang mastered Bagua Palm and Baji Fist, then cultivated countless other martial arts and sect techniques over two months.
• Li Yang surveyed the martial intents in his Sea of Consciousness and declared his martial cultivation complete.
• Li Yang comprehended Confucian knowledge and considered cultivating its techniques, but decided not to begin immediately.
• Li Yang returned to the villa, kissed Dai Yueming on the sofa, and asked what her life had been like when she worked with him in Magic City.