Chapter Summaries

Medicine Ancestor fell asleep while preparing to return to zero, and Dao Qiongchang deduced that Xu Xiaoshou had captured Bei Huai and was planning to ally with Sui Yin. Dao Qiongchang offered Xu another choice, promising to protect Shouye and help him face the remaining Ancestors if Xu joined him.

• Medicine Ancestor dismissed Dao Qiongchang as incapable of turning the Way of Memory into extreme combat power, then sank into sleep inside its cocoon.
• Xu Xiaoshou questioned Bei Huai and learned that Medicine Ancestor would be vulnerable while returning to zero, and that invading the Sorrowful Emperor Realm could wake it.
• Dao Qiongchang inferred that Medicine Ancestor had fallen asleep and that Xu Xiaoshou held Bei Huai, then asked Xu to choose among Devil, Medicine, Sui, and himself.
• Xu Xiaoshou admitted he planned to work with Sui Yin, while Dao Qiongchang deduced that Xu hoped to exchange Shouye’s consciousness and use Sui Yin against Devil and Medicine.
• Dao Qiongchang offered to protect Shouye and handle Medicine, Sui, Cao, and Shen if Xu chose him, then invited Xu to let Dao benefit from his ability to bring people into the Heavenly Realm.

Xu Xiaoshou heard Sui Yin’s offer to help defeat the Medicine Ancestor in exchange for three pools of medicinal energy, but he hesitated because Dao Qiongchang had already promised a better plan. Dao Qiongchang entered the Bloodworld Pearl, interrupted their negotiation, and struck Sui Yin, declaring that He had been eliminated.

• Sui Yin contacted Xu Xiaoshou through the Bloodworld Pearl and offered to refine the Medicine Ancestor into a Life Seed in exchange for the energy of three Life Medicine Pools.
• Xu Xiaoshou questioned Sui Yin’s plan and raised the possibility that Cao Yihan, Shen Yi, Gou Wuyue, or Dao Qiongchang might become threats.
• Dao Qiongchang warned Xu Xiaoshou not to accept Sui Yin’s offer, then used his techniques to enter the Heavenly Secrets Grand Formation and reach the Bloodworld Pearl.
• Dao Qiongchang covered and repeatedly smashed the Bloodworld Pearl, disrupting Xu Xiaoshou’s conversation with Sui Yin.
• Dao Qiongchang entered the Bloodworld Pearl, slapped Sui Yin, took His place on the divine throne, and declared that Sui Yin had been eliminated.

Xu Xiaoshou realized Dao Qiongchang may have spent decades secretly preparing to seize the Medicine Ancestor’s Dao, with Tiansang Spirit Palace and Elder Qiao tied to the scheme. Dao Qiongchang revealed that his memories did not originate from him and claimed he, Xu Xiaoshou, and Ba Zunan shared an enemy, then showed Xu a Saint Slave token marked with “Dao.”

• Xu Xiaoshou deduced that Dao Qiongchang’s hidden target was the Medicine Ancestor and connected A-Jie, Elder Qiao, and the Way of Spiritual Arrays to the plan.
• Dao Qiongchang confirmed that Xu Xiaoshou’s theory was close, said his ultimate Way of Memory had formed after the first person of the era became a god and claimed ancestorhood, and admitted some of his memories were not his own.
• Xu Xiaoshou used his Perception to inspect Tiansang Spirit Palace and saw Ye Xiaotian bring Zhong Yuanzi inside, prompting him to connect the Great Dao Diagram and Firmament Scroll to Dao Qiongchang’s scheme.
• Dao Qiongchang said Ba Zunan, Xu Xiaoshou, and he had been on the same side against Devil, Medicine, and Sui, then presented a Saint Slave token bearing the character “Dao.”

At Muzi Li headquarters, Li Fugui tasked Xiaoxiao with finding cases of confused memories, and she uncovered signs that people’s recollections of history and Saint Slave had been altered. The chapter ended with Li Fugui realizing that Saint Slave’s Sixth Seat might be called “Six Dao.”

• Xiaoxiao arrived at Muzi Li headquarters after being promoted and transferred to serve under Li Fugui.
• Li Fugui asked Xiaoxiao to gather memory anomalies, and she found that records of the Heavenly Mechanism Divine Sect and Feng Zhongluo conflicted with her memories.
• Xiaoxiao discovered that the Dao Ancestor had been added to the Ten Ancestors while the Time Ancestor had been displaced, and Li Fugui and Leopard’s memories began to reflect the altered history.
• Xiaoxiao reported inconsistencies about Xiao Kongtong’s Saint Slave token and an untraceable name, Luo Jing, associated with the Sixth Seat.
• Li Fugui realized he could not remember the Sixth Seat’s name and began to suspect it was “Six Dao.”

Dao Qiongchang claimed to be Saint Slave’s mysterious Sixth Seat, Six Paths, but Xu Xiaoshou investigated the Farewell Banquet and discovered that the real Sixth Seat was Luo Jing. As Xu confronted the memory, Luo Jing looked straight at him and declared that he really was Dao Qiongchang.

• Dao Qiongchang used a token and a long account of his past actions to persuade Xu Xiaoshou that he was Saint Slave’s Sixth Seat, Six Paths.
• Xu Xiaoshou questioned Xiao Kongtong and Aunt Xiang, who confirmed the codename Six Paths and revealed that Saint Slave’s final banquet had included a secret identity-verification phrase.
• Xu Xiaoshou tested Dao Qiongchang with the banquet’s farewell phrase, but Dao Qiongchang recited it correctly and left without dispelling Xu’s suspicions.
• Xu Xiaoshou searched Storyteller’s memories and saw the Farewell Banquet, where the Sixth Seat’s face belonged to a man distinct from Dao Qiongchang.
• Xu Xiaoshou identified the real Sixth Seat as Luo Jing and concluded that Dao Qiongchang had replaced him and altered the memories of Saint Slave’s members.
• Luo Jing stepped beyond Storyteller’s memory, looked at Xu Xiaoshou, and insisted that he was Dao Qiongchang.

Xu Xiaoshou rejected Dao Qiongchang’s claim that they were kindred spirits and attacked him after Dao Qiongchang asked for the Sui Yin Puppet. Dao Qiongchang escaped Crossroads Corner, but Xu Xiaoshou used Detour Guidance to bring the City of the Dead Futu down on him, leaving him crushed and triggering a hidden contingency.

• Xu Xiaoshou decided that learning whether Dao Qiongchang was truly Luo Jing would not change his distrust, and asked what Dao Qiongchang intended.
• Dao Qiongchang called their bond a romance between kindred spirits, then asked Xu Xiaoshou to hand over the Sui Yin Puppet.
• Xu Xiaoshou suggested Dao Qiongchang cripple himself instead, then planned to kill him when he sensed Dao Qiongchang’s threat.
• Dao Qiongchang fled Crossroads Corner as Xu Xiaoshou used Grotesque Trickery, Blade of the Fallen Kingdom, and World-Apart Independence to hinder him.
• Dao Qiongchang escaped the Holy Palace Formation, but Xu Xiaoshou’s Detour Guidance shifted the City of the Dead Futu around him.
• The Limit Giant struck Dao Qiongchang with the Shatter-Jun Shield, and Xu Xiaoshou crushed him until a voice in his mind offered to act for the Third Generation.

Xu Xiaoshou gambled that Dao Qiongchang would not reveal his hidden trump card, and Dao Qiongchang chose to endure Yousi Sword rather than expose himself. The two agreed to cooperate as Dao Qiongchang began rescuing Shouye through the River of Memory, while Xu Xiaoshou uncovered signs that memories across the Five Domains had been rewritten.

• Xu Xiaoshou aimed Yousi Sword at Dao Qiongchang, but Dao Qiongchang chose not to use his hidden power and the sword stopped just short of killing him.
• Dao Qiongchang recovered and followed Xu Xiaoshou, who offered to cooperate and returned the Sui Yin Puppet to him.
• Dao Qiongchang explained that he could use the River of Memory to preserve Shouye's former abilities while retrieving his consciousness, and he placed a gleam from Shouye into the river.
• Dao Qiongchang described combat-oriented and enlightenment-oriented Great Daos, prompting Xu Xiaoshou to recognize the significance of Dao Qiongchang's River of Memory.
• Muzi Li reported that memories across the Five Domains had been altered and that people now believed in a Dao Ancestor instead of remembering the Time Ancestor.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked Hua Weiyang about Hua Lai's message, and Hua Weiyang recited a verse ending with the claim that memory was eternal.

Xu Xiaoshou consulted Dao Qiongchang about how to use Kui Leihan against the Devil Ancestor, then ordered Kui Leihan to keep hiding until the Medicine Ancestor returned to zero. On the Ghost Buddha Realm battlefield, Shen Yi effortlessly defeated three young sword cultivators and Abbot Youxi, leaving Han Ancestor Yue Gongqi as his next opponent.

• Kui Leihan told Xu Xiaoshou that the Devil Ancestor was possessing him through the lightning attribute of the Way of Spirit Refining and that he could hold out until the Devil Ancestor completed the three-in-one fusion.
• Xu Xiaoshou asked Dao Qiongchang for advice, and Dao Qiongchang argued that Kui Leihan should hide and join the attack on the Medicine Ancestor when he returned to zero.
• Xu Xiaoshou instructed Kui Leihan to keep hiding until the Medicine Ancestor returned to zero, while a figure rose from a pit amid the Sui Yin power surrounding Bei Huai.
• Shen Yi sent Gu Qingyi, Xiao Wanfeng, and Lei Shuangxing flying from the battlefield, then shattered their weapons and badly injured all three with swift strikes.
• Shen Yi overwhelmed Abbot Youxi, seized the Slaughter Sword, and kicked him out of the Ghost Buddha Realm before turning his attention to Han Ancestor Yue Gongqi.

Shen Yi defeated Han Ancestor in a brutal battle, destroying his body and annihilating his soul with the Extinguishing Dao Profound Ruler. Standing over the ruined Ghost Buddha Realm, Shen Yi challenged the Devil Ancestor as the Five Domains watched.

• Han Ancestor unleashed the Chill Breath Barrier, Heaven-Piercing Chill, Heaven-Locking Torrent, and Deadweight Gates, but Shen Yi broke through each defense and charged into close range.
• Han Ancestor pierced Shen Yi with the Saint Ancestor's Hand, but Shen Yi continued his assault and struck him in half with the Overlord despite the Extinguishing Dao Profound Ruler's protective power.
• Shen Yi evaded the ruler's attacks, destroyed Han Ancestor's body, and collected his three godhoods before punching the enormous ruler away.
• Han Ancestor fled as a thousand streams of soul and intent, but Shen Yi used the Hungry Ghost Path and Thousand Spider Rend to ensnare and batter him.
• Shen Yi hurled Han Ancestor's soul into the descending Extinguishing Dao Profound Ruler, which obliterated it, and then returned to human form above the Ghost Buddha Realm.
• Shen Yi pointed toward the Northern Region and challenged anyone to fight him.

Sui Yin took control of Bei Huai’s body and searched his memories for the Medicine Ancestor’s hidden Life Medicine Pools, but Dao Qiongchang’s Way of Memory ensnared him in a maze of illusions and intrusive thoughts. Dao Qiongchang explained that Sui Yin’s greed and desperation had trapped him in a choice where every path led to defeat.

• Sui Yin seized Bei Huai’s body and began searching his memories for the locations of the Life Medicine Pools.
• Sui Yin mistook Dao Qiongchang’s faces and images for intruders in Bei Huai’s memories, destroying memory scenes as he searched.
• Sui Yin entered Bei Huai’s River of Memory and repeatedly encountered illusions that distracted him from his goal.
• Sui Yin sealed his senses to resist Dao Qiongchang, but Dao Qiongchang’s memory attack overwhelmed him with faces, voices, and thoughts that blurred into his own memories.
• Dao Qiongchang told Xu Xiaoshou that Sui Yin had trapped himself through greed and unwillingness, and that every choice available to him led to defeat.

Sui Yin abandoned his attempt to possess Bei Huai and decided to build strength for a future attempt to seize Medicine Ancestor’s Dao. Meanwhile, Shen Yi pursued Devil Ancestor’s fleeing intent after killing Han Ancestor, but Ancestor Jinzhao appeared in his path under mysterious control.

• Sui Yin concluded that Dao Qiongchang had cornered him into targeting Medicine Ancestor, then used Blood Sacrifice · Seed-Spell Myriad Transformations to prepare for a future seizure of Medicine Ancestor’s Dao.
• Shen Yi stood victorious after killing Han Ancestor, whose Dao formed an ancient character while a wisp of black smoke fled north and appeared to be Devil Ancestor’s intent.
• Shen Yi pursued the fleeing intent, but Ancestor Jinzhao emerged near the former Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain and blocked his way.
• Ancestor Jinzhao revealed nine heavenly fires and combined them into a blazing fire lotus, while he struggled against the force controlling him.
• Shen Yi ignored the fire-lotus sun and struck into its heart with Overlord, asking Ancestor Jinzhao whether he wanted to shine too.

Ancestor Jinzhao unleashed the Nine-Colored Fire Lotus, but Shen Yi killed him and seized the lotus while charging toward the Northern Region. Xu Xiaoshou rescued Demon Emperor Black Dragon from the Devil Ancestor’s control, and Shen Yi forced open the Sword Tower’s doors just enough to send the unstable fire lotus inside.

• Ancestor Jinzhao fused nine heavenly flames into the Nine-Colored Fire Lotus, but Shen Yi charged through its blast, struck him down, and captured the lotus.
• Shen Yi’s charge wounded Demon Emperor Black Dragon, and Xu Xiaoshou freed it from the Devil Ancestor’s control before storing it away.
• The Devil Ancestor fled toward the Sword Tower, controlling Gu Qingyi, the bleak one, and Lei to summon the Demon Sword Ancestor and delay Shen Yi.
• Shen Yi destroyed the Demon Sword Ancestor with Overlord and pursued the Devil Ancestor into the Sword Tower.
• Shen Yi used Fourfold Renunciation and Overlord Style: Star Shatter to force a narrow gap in the Sword Tower’s doors, then sent the Nine-Colored Fire Lotus inside.

Purple Pet reclaimed the Extinguishing Dao Profound Ruler and prepared to wait for Shennong Hundred Herbs, while Sui Yin transformed itself into a new Divine Court and plotted to seize the Dao of Life and Reincarnation early. After Shen Yi defeated the Sword Tower, Grudge passed away and left him a golden relic, but a mysterious Buddhist figure then appeared behind the Overlord.

• Purple Pet drained the Origin Crystal at Siling Mountain, restored everyone’s memories to their earlier state, and told the White Dragon to wait for Shennong Hundred Herbs to achieve Dao.
• Sui Yin sacrificed the Art Ancestor Divine Court, built a new Divine Court from the Way of Arts, and decided to act against the Life Medicine Pool before Shennong Hundred Herbs returned to zero.
• Shen Yi smashed the Sword Tower out of the Holy Spirit Continent, and the Nine-Colored Fire Lotus exploded inside it, devastating part of the Northern Region.
• Grudge told Shen Yi about the Devil Ancestor’s plans, the Extinguishing Dao Profound Ruler, and his golden relic before passing away in meditation.
• Shen Yi received Grudge’s relic and saw a golden, Buddha-like figure take shape behind the Overlord.

Sui Yin broke free of the Life Seed and launched an attack to seize the Medicine Ancestor’s Dao, draining power and treasures across the Five Domains as Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang responded. After absorbing the Seven Trees Emperor and completing his transformation, Sui Yin confronted Shennong Hundred Herbs and unleashed a forbidden technique, leaving their battle about to begin.

• Sui Yin shattered the Life Seed, emerged in a three-headed, six-armed form, and used Forbidden Seed-Spell Returning to Origin to drain cultivators across the Five Domains.
• Sui Yin’s purple threads seized the Bloodworld Pearl and targeted treasures at Crossroads Corner and the Apricot Realm; Dao Qiongchang let the Bloodworld Pearl go, while Xu Xiaoshou used the Three Swords of the Sword Ghost to protect the Apricot Realm.
• Sui Yin recognized Xu Xiaoshou’s ability to learn Hua Changdeng’s Sword Ghost and continued gathering power and treasures despite suspecting that Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang were manipulating him.
• Sui Yin dragged the Seven Trees Emperor from the Gui Zhe Ruins, crushed him, and absorbed his body, soul, intent, and seven Blood Trees, completing his transformation into Sui Yin.
• Sui Yin confronted Shennong Hundred Herbs at the Holy Palace on Siling Mountain, dismissed his reminder of their past, and invoked Forbidden: Reversed Prohibition Wheel Rebirth.

Shen Yi considered why Sui Yin’s borrowed peak strength might still fail against the Medicine Ancestor, while Sui Yin launched a desperate assault in the Ghost Buddha Realm. The Medicine Ancestor revealed the Twin Rivers of the Great Dao and struck Sui Yin down, but Sui Yin used his final forbidden art to possess him as his body disintegrated.

• Shen Yi reasoned that Sui Yin would need an unusual tactic to defeat the fully prepared Medicine Ancestor.
• The Medicine Ancestor used Life Seed Sacrifice to the Dao to disrupt Sui Yin’s recovery, while Dao Qiongchang released the Sui Yin Puppet with memory imprints embedded in its power.
• Sui Yin absorbed the puppet’s power, formed a Dao Infant through Seed-Spell Nurturing the Divine, then sacrificed it to reach his peak strength.
• The Medicine Ancestor revealed the River of Reincarnation alongside the Long River of Life and used Cycle of Life and Death to reverse Sui Yin’s vitality and damage him across time.
• Sui Yin endured the Medicine Ancestor’s strike and unleashed Consciousness Extraction and Possession, sending streams of violet light into the Medicine Ancestor as he disintegrated.

Sui Yin’s possession technique invaded Medicine Ancestor’s Life Pattern, but Medicine Ancestor redirected and slowed the attack while Xu Xiaoshou secretly entered the battlefield to observe. As Sui Yin neared defeat, Dao Qiongchang prepared to intervene, and Medicine Ancestor suddenly sensed an unknown presence.

• Medicine Ancestor fled to the Western Domain Desert, marked by Sui Yin’s possession technique, then fortified himself and drew the attack into his mind to seize Sui Yin’s Way of Arts.
• Xu Xiaoshou waited until Dao Qiongchang entered the possession battle, then used his hidden imprint in the Sui Yin Puppet to send his consciousness into Medicine Ancestor’s Life Pattern World.
• Xu Xiaoshou studied Medicine Ancestor’s Life Pattern and watched Sui Yin’s power overwhelm the defenses before Medicine Ancestor diverted part of the attack into the River of Reincarnation and slowed the rest with the Long River of Life.
• Xu Xiaoshou spotted Dao Qiongchang on the black reverse side of the River of Memory and realized Medicine Ancestor could not detect him there.
• As Sui Yin’s possession neared defeat, Dao Qiongchang prepared to intervene, but Medicine Ancestor suddenly froze and demanded to know who was present.

Medicine Ancestor discovered Dao Qiongchang manipulating Sui Yin’s possession and trapped part of his consciousness, while Dao Qiongchang used the Great Severing Technique to alter the memories of those who witnessed his defeat. As the technique faltered, Dao Qiongchang called on Xu Xiaoshou for help and revealed how he might manifest a Long River of the Way of Will, then urged him to lend power to stop Shennong Baicao.

• Medicine Ancestor recognized Dao Qiongchang’s memory-based guidance of Sui Yin’s possession, traced it through Sui Yin’s memories, and sealed the Life Pattern’s entrance and exit around Dao Qiongchang.
• Dao Qiongchang’s consciousness was severed, and his returning body fled from Xu Xiaoshou because of Xu Xiaoshou’s Great Oblivion Technique.
• Dao Qiongchang unleashed the Great Severing Technique to replace memories of his infiltration with a version in which Bei Huai had entered Medicine Ancestor.
• Xu Xiaoshou sensed the memory tampering and arrived beside Dao Qiongchang, who begged him for help as the technique began to fail.
• Dao Qiongchang explained how Xu Xiaoshou could broaden his Way of Will and manifest its Long River, then asked him to lend Kui Leihan’s power and the river to crush Shennong Baicao before he could succeed.

Xu Xiaoshou perfected his Way of Will and met Nuozu’s lingering consciousness, then risked reaching across spacetime to contact the real Nuozu. Nuozu answered with overwhelming force, and Xu Xiaoshou tried to redirect him toward Ba Zunan in the Time Realm while disguising his own identity.

• Xu Xiaoshou saw his past and recognized that his Will Dao Disk had reached 100%, allowing him to perceive powers associated with Nuozu, the Name Ancestor, and the Time Ancestor.
• Xu Xiaoshou entered the world behind the three doors, where Nuozu’s recorded will told him to turn his Way of Will into combat power, seek Nuozu’s relics, and ascend to the Heavenly Realm.
• Xu Xiaoshou struck Nuozu’s fading consciousness and imprinted a plea for help, hoping to reach the real Nuozu across spacetime.
• Nuozu’s voice tore through spacetime and nearly destroyed Xu Xiaoshou’s body, then demanded to know who he was and where he was.
• Xu Xiaoshou returned to the River of Will with powerful defenses active and shouted that he was Ba Zunan, urging Nuozu to find him and promising help.

The Medicine Ancestor and Purple Pet investigated signs of a mysterious Zero-Return Ancestral God, while Purple Pet suspected the newcomer was targeting the Medicine Ancestor’s Dao. Outside the City of the Living Futu, Lei Xier discovered that Wu Siniang possessed the Lei Clan’s Red Sorrow Spirit Bead, and Wu Siniang revealed her true form.

• The Medicine Ancestor sensed an apparent new Ancestor God, searched the Five Domains, and found two Ancestor God auras and traces of three Long Rivers of Great Dao.
• Purple Pet identified signs that a hidden Ancestor God was stealing spirit refiners’ faith and warned the Medicine Ancestor to beware of memories.
• Purple Pet assessed Shen Yi and his golden relic as a major threat, then turned her attention to Lei Xier and her Supreme Life Demon Body.
• Lei Xier awoke outside the City of the Living Futu and found Liu Guifen and Jiang Nayi unconscious while Wu Siniang’s power fluctuated wildly.
• Wu Siniang revealed that she had the Red Sorrow Spirit Bead, and Lei Xier recognized the stolen Lei Clan Eye.
• Wu Siniang stopped convulsing, split open her skull, and emerged in the form of a Daoist nun, confronting Lei Xier with the Red Sorrow Spirit Bead.

The Medicine Ancestor discovered that Dao Qiongchang had altered His memories and escaped, then chose to digest the Life Medicine Pool’s power while suppressing Sui Yin. Dao Qiongchang launched a four-pronged assault and revealed that he had reached return to zero, appearing before the Five Domains as the Dao Ancestor.

• The Medicine Ancestor realized Dao Qiongchang had disguised his invasion as Bei Huai’s and escaped after the Medicine Ancestor released the force imprisoning him.
• The Medicine Ancestor decided to digest the Life Medicine Pool’s power while resisting Sui Yin, and commanded Locust Heart to return.
• Dao Qiongchang told Xu Xiaoshou that his plan had succeeded, then ordered him to move Kui Leihan after ten breaths and attack Shennong Hundred Herbs in the Western Region.
• Dao Qiongchang used the Great Proliferation Knowledge Technique to flood Bei Huai and Locust Heart with chaotic memories, then released successive layers of power and reached return to zero.
• Xu Xiaoshou witnessed Dao Qiongchang’s rise and saw people across the Five Domains acclaim him as the Dao Ancestor and Ancestor of all Daos.