Chapter Summaries

The Immortal Mountain Divine Palace fell after the Heavenly Realm Stone lost its power, drawing the competing armies into a battle for the Celestial God Artifact and the Celestial God's inheritances. Bai revealed his identity as an Ancient God and killed Chong Bai, then faced the Xun Capital Academy as the chapter ended with their clash engulfing the world in white light.

• The Heavenly Realm Stone's power faded, and the Immortal Mountain Divine Palace plunged toward the earth as gods, ghosts, demons, and humans rushed to claim it.
• The Si Qiong Mountain Mountain God battled Chong Bai and overwhelmed him with the power of death as the palace continued to fall.
• The Immortal Mountain crashed into the ground, and Bai revealed he was an Ancient God before killing Chong Bai and destroying the Black Gold Divine Decree.
• Bai's power swept away Dragon Hill Emperor Lord's ghosts and gods, while the other combatants paused in fear of his strength.
• Pan Xi turned his army against Bai, and the Xun Capital Academy sealed the Nether Gods before its four Sages attacked him.
• Bai charged the Dao Transmission Jade Slip, and the Gods and Devils Body and the academy's divine artifact collided in a blaze of gray and white light.

Si Qiong Mountain Mountain God Bai fought Xun Capital Academy and the assembled forces with his Undying Body of Gods and Devils, but True Lord Jia Yi sealed him inside the East Dragon Cauldron. Bai escaped by destroying his body and raced for the Heavenly Court Divine Edict, only to be swallowed by a demon ghost as his final memory revealed that a silver-haired Daoist had sealed him in a bronze coffin.

• Si Qiong Mountain Mountain God Bai repeatedly rebuilt his Undying Body of Gods and Devils as it battled Xun Capital Academy and the Dao Transmission Jade Slip, until the Academy collapsed and Sage Zhuang took the Jade Slip.
• Celestial Master Zhang Heming brought out the East Dragon Cauldron, and cultivators led by Sage Zhuang, Imperial Prince Pan Xi, and Zhong Wen attacked Bai together.
• Bai unleashed a devastating storm that turned living beings to ash, but Zhang Heming unsealed the East Dragon Cauldron and True Lord Jia Yi used the Five Elements Mountain and River Seal to suppress him.
• Bai blew apart his own Undying Body, escaped as a divine soul, and entered the Immortal Mountain Divine Palace seeking the Heavenly Court Divine Edict and Grand Duke Decree.
• A red-robed child appeared behind Bai, and an ugly demon ghost swallowed him; before his divine soul perished, Bai remembered a silver-haired Daoist sealing him inside a Bronze Coffin.

Yin Jiang seized the Grand Duke Star Lord’s robe and decree, was summoned to the Ancient Heavenly Court, and received a provisional appointment as Grand Duke Star Lord. Back in the grotto-heaven, he used the decree and Giant Spirit Gods to defeat the intruders, seal the domain, and make his name known across the realms.

• The Blood God Child swallowed Si Qiong Mountain God Hua, took the Star Lord robe and divine edict, and was transported to the Ancient Heavenly Court.
• A Heavenly Court immortal official named Yin Jiang and ordered him to provisionally assume the Grand Duke Star Lord position and put the Star Palace in order.
• Yin Jiang returned to the Blessing and Disaster Palace as Grand Duke Star Lord, and the damaged grotto-heaven began to repair itself.
• When the surrounding cultivators and demons demanded the inheritance, Yin Jiang summoned Giant Spirit Gods to capture them.
• The Giant Spirit Gods routed the intruders, though some escaped with treasures, and the grotto-heaven sealed shut around those who remained.
• Grand Duke Star Lord Yin Jiang’s name spread through the Yang World and the underworld after the battle.

Jia Yi and John Fogel recovered a Heavenly Realm Stone as the Three Realms Abyss returned, while Fang Xiu watched the Giant Plane collapse and the eight True Gods connect their Star God Nations to the World Tree. The connection succeeded, and Mountain Sea World began transforming into a Great World with ten fundamental laws.

• Jia Yi watched the empty tower emerge from the Three Realms Abyss and recovered a house-sized Heavenly Realm Stone from the Divine Cauldron.
• Fang Xiu, Chen Jin, Black Fiend, and Wind Crow Roster Joel watched the Giant Plane collapse as its sun crashed into the world and destroyed it.
• A brass-scaled dragon escaped the Giant Plane with its Witchcraft Garden while survivors and the seven remaining True Gods fled into the astral realm.
• The seven Star God Nations joined the azure-patterned nation above the World Tree, forming a ring of eight True Gods.
• The silver-haired figure on the Heavenly Emperor Throne connected the World Tree to all eight Star God Nations, and Fang Xiu confirmed that Mountain Sea World was beginning its transformation into a Great World.

Fang Xiu absorbed the souls bound to Earth's Gaia Consciousness and sent them toward new lives in the Mountain Sea World. Gaia finally collapsed, leaving many people on Earth with a sudden sense of grief and loss.

• As the World Tree extracted Earth's source matter, Gaia's collective consciousness cursed Fang Xiu and tried to crush him, but the World Tree and Silver Clock destroyed the attack.
• Fang Xiu traced the disturbance to Gaia, whose Sea of Light had been drained of nine-tenths of its souls by the Mountain God Vines and the Mountain Sea World.
• Fang Xiu entered the white world of souls and urged them to leave the Sea of Light for new lives, while some souls resisted and others welcomed the chance to live again.
• The souls departed through the Mountain God Vine toward the Mountain Sea World, and the Mountain God Vine and World Tree swept away those that remained.
• Gaia and the sea of souls collapsed, causing many people on Earth to feel grief and unease, while superhumans sensed nothing.

Fang Xiu considered how to guide the present world's dead into reincarnation after Gaia dispersed, then devised a plan to refine Earth into a grotto-heaven immortal artifact. He planned to establish a system of Divine Officials and eventually let them compete to become the master of Earth's grotto-heaven star palace.

• Fang Xiu recorded the peculiar soul collective in the Immortal Picture while Black Fiend teased him and asked him to write a prose piece praising her.
• Fang Xiu left the grand library and reflected on how Mountain God Vines had helped him drain Gaia's power and could guide souls after Gaia dispersed.
• Fang Xiu realized the Mountain God Vine network could serve as the foundation for refining Earth into a grotto-heaven immortal artifact.
• Fang Xiu imagined Earth as a fallen star palace world from the Mountain Sea World, with the Mountain God Vines and Gate of Gods and Demons left behind by its former Golden Immortal master.
• Fang Xiu planned a present-world conferment of gods, with Divine Officials helping complete Earth's reincarnation system and refine the planet before competing to become its master.

White Harbor’s Extraordinary Incident Investigation Team killed a gigantic sea monster and discovered a Half Stone Pillar carved with a divine statue inside it. The statue’s gaze incapacitated and injured everyone who looked at it, so White Harbor sealed the pillar and transported it under heavy guard.

• A gigantic worm attacked a fishing vessel, and White Harbor’s Extraordinary Incident Investigation Team arrived and killed it.
• The team found an old wound on the monster and sensed an extraordinary item inside its abdomen.
• The team leader opened the monster and revealed the Half Stone Pillar, whose carved statue caused the three investigators to bleed from their eyes and collapse.
• Rescuers and extraordinary beings who saw the statue also collapsed or went blind, and even third-tier beings sensed danger before looking at it.
• White Harbor personnel wrapped the Half Stone Pillar in black cloth, sealed it in a rune-engraved metal box, and carried it away with the monster’s corpse.

Lu Wu, John Fogel, and Astrologer Darryl discovered that a sealed stone pillar could transform anyone who saw its goddess statue, and its inscription linked it to the Mountain God Vine and the Forbidden Tree. Their findings suggested Earth had a lost age of gods and demons, and the pillar was moved beneath the Central Tower for the Supreme Councilors to guard.

• A condemned prisoner saw the goddess statue on the pillar, began transforming into a woman with black hair and golden eyes, then exploded into mangled flesh.
• Lu Wu and John Fogel connected the transformation to the Gods and Demons Body, while Lu Wu concluded the pillar’s creator and the goddess were beyond the ordinary rank of gods and demons.
• Astrologer Darryl reported that the pillar likely had not come from the Gate of Gods and Demons, leading the three to consider that it had existed on Earth for millions of years.
• Lu Wu, John Fogel, and Astrologer Darryl examined the pillar’s inscription and recognized its depiction of the Forbidden Tree, also called the Mountain God Vine.
• Lu Wu left White Harbor for the coast, while Astrologer Darryl and John Fogel transferred the pillar beneath the Central Tower, where only the fifteen Supreme Councilors could approach it.

After Angus awakened with the power to command the Mountain God Vine, the White Harbor Kings discovered that it could gather Faith Power. The revelation left them considering how to reproduce his transformation as the news spread across the world.

• The Mountain God Vine erupted from its nursery on White Harbor City's fourth level, while Angus awakened and spread moss through the room where he was confined.
• White Harbor's response team subdued Angus, and the Vine fell still when he went back to sleep.
• After Angus awoke, researchers confirmed his mind and memories were intact, and he was summoned before the Supreme Council.
• At Jia Yi's order, the Mountain God Vine was brought before the council, where it fused with Angus and grew through the summit dome.
• John Fogel recognized that the Vine was drawing in White Harbor's Faith Power, prompting the councilors to consider creating more people like Angus.
• Fang Xiu watched the spectacle as word of the Vine's power spread across the world.

The Tree Herding God’s emergence gave the present world a new way to gather Faith Power and build Energy Towers, intensifying competition over White Harbor and its God Statue Stone Pillar. As White Harbor advanced its Sky City Project, the Sage Church debated how to respond and joined the global search for the pillar’s source.

• White Harbor classified the new beings as Tree Herding Gods, explaining their plant-growing abilities, access to the Forbidden Tree’s power, and capacity to gather Faith Power.
• Countries and independent Transcendents searched the Pacific for the source of the half God Statue Stone Pillar, hoping to uncover an ancient god or devil’s ruins and inheritance.
• Representatives at the Sage Church argued over the danger of the Tree Herding Gods and whether the United States should compete for a share of them.
• The Sage Church’s leader warned that White Harbor and other Extraordinary Cities were pulling ahead, and urged the organization to pursue Tree Herding Gods and Energy Towers.
• The Sage Church agreed that finding the pillar’s source remained vital as emergency meetings convened elsewhere over the Tree Herding Gods and White Harbor’s Sky City Project.

Fang Xiu, Jia Yi, and John Vogel watched the Alchemy Tower rise with the Heavenly Realm Stone as White Harbor began its transformation into a Sky City. White Harbor completed the first stage of construction and settled the fate of the God Statue Stone Pillar before Fang Xiu returned to the Mountain Sea World.

• John Vogel explained how the Heavenly Realm Stone would help his Alchemy Tower rise and stabilize its gravity, then said his focus was building White Harbor into a Sky City.
• Fang Xiu, Jia Yi, and John Vogel watched the Alchemy Tower float into the sky and return, and White Harbor announced the Sky City Project.
• White Harbor began rebuilding its foundations, circulation systems, and energy networks to support its ascent.
• The White Harbor Fifteen Kings helped transform the city’s foundation into a strong, platinum-like material, completing the project’s first step.
• White Harbor placed the God Statue Stone Pillar under the Supreme Councilors’ protection and arranged annual Tree Shepherd God selections for member states.
• Fang Xiu passed through the Gate of Gods and Demons and returned to the Mountain Sea World.

Fang Xiu sent Heavenly Court Divine Edicts to the Venus and Grand Duke Star Palaces, announcing that the Ascension Road would soon open. Venus Star Lord celebrated his role in guiding immortals, while Yin Jiang received the news with solemn concern.

• Fang Xiu merged with the Heavenly Emperor and issued three divine edicts from the Central Heavenly Court.
• A divine edict reached Venus Star Lord, who announced that the Ascension Road would open and that immortals and gods would leave the mortal world.
• The Feather People and Kua E giants celebrated the coming opening of the Venus Star Palace and the chance to become immortals.
• A divine edict descended into the Residence of the Grand Duke Star Lord, and Yin Jiang accepted it with fear before learning the Ascension Road was about to open.

A Heavenly Court Divine Edict appeared over the Netherworld, drawing the attention of its ghosts and gods and prompting the Netherworld Son of Heaven to reveal his immense presence. A Judge announced that the age’s Ascension Road was about to open, while the Immortal Emperor split in two and one of his forms hurried toward the mortal world.

• A golden divine edict illuminated the Netherworld, alarming its ghosts and gods and prompting Dragon Hill Emperor Lord and other rulers to investigate.
• The Netherworld Son of Heaven emerged above the world, seized the edict, and awed ghosts and gods including Changyue Emperor Lord and Yama Devil Emperor Che Shao.
• After the Netherworld Son of Heaven withdrew, Emperor Lords, Ksitigarbha, and Jellyfish Yuanjun gathered at Netherworld Son of Heaven City.
• A Judge announced that the Ascension Road would soon open and that Emperor Lord Status ghost gods could undergo tribulation to become immortal gods.
• The Immortal Emperor split into two figures, leaving one on the Celestial Emperor’s throne while the other rushed toward the mortal world.

As Great Zhou Emperor Kong Huai prepared for his death, he ordered the God Martial Army to destroy unruly sects, prompting many cultivators to flee overseas. A departing sect encountered the legendary Fengdu Daoist riding the white crane Bai He, and the chapter ended with his gaze falling upon them.

• Kong Huai ordered the God Martial Army to exterminate the evil and Ghost Dao sects on the Directorate of Astronomy’s list.
• Great Zhou troops surrounded and destroyed sects across the dynasty, while others submitted or fled overseas.
• A sect led by an old Daoist in blue left the Eastern Continent aboard a Treasure Ship as its disciples mourned their abandoned mountain gate.
• The Treasure Ship’s passengers spotted the immense white crane Bai He and recognized it as the mount of the wandering immortal White Crane Daoist.
• The old Daoist in blue identified the white-robed rider as Fengdu Daoist, and the passengers watched as his gaze fell upon them.

Bai He returned to the ruined Monarch Temple with Fang Xiu and entered reincarnation after one final flight, ending his first life as a rogue immortal. Fang Xiu sealed the temple and its hidden inheritance from the mortal world, leaving it for Bai He and his three disciples to find if they became immortals after nine lifetimes.

• Bai He recalled how Fang Xiu had taken him from the Sea Ruins, taught him the Ghost Immortal path, and inspired his life as a rogue immortal.
• After his three disciples reincarnated, Bai He searched across the spirit mountains and immortal islands until he found Fang Xiu at Nether Capital Immortal Island.
• Bai He asked to carry Fang Xiu once more, and Fang Xiu agreed as they flew toward East Mountain.
• At the ruined Monarch Temple, Bai He bowed to Fang Xiu and burned away in immortal fire, entering reincarnation.
• Fang Xiu cleaned the temple plaque, restored the Monarch statue, and sealed the temple and a hidden inheritance away from the mortal world.
• Fang Xiu left the mountain on foot, hoping Bai He and his disciples would find what he had left after completing nine lifetimes and becoming immortals.

Fang Xiu returned to Gaoyang during its lantern festival and reflected on the peace and opportunity Great Zhou had brought to ordinary people. After a tavern girl mistook his resemblance to the Literary Saint statue for a joke, he answered a pleasure boat’s invitation by walking across the river, leaving her to wonder if he was truly an immortal.

• Fang Xiu entered Gaoyang and admired the city’s prosperity, recalling how Great Zhou had improved life for ordinary people.
• Fang Xiu drank his own wine at a riverside tavern and asked the tavern girl whether the Literary Saint statue resembled him.
• The tavern girl teased Fang Xiu and dismissed his claim that he might be the saint depicted by the statue.
• A woman aboard a pleasure boat greeted Fang Xiu as the Monarch and invited him to come aboard.
• Fang Xiu walked across the river and vanished beneath the moonlight, leaving a jade pendant to pay for the wine.
• The tavern girl stared after Fang Xiu and wondered whether he had really been an immortal.

Fang Xiu met Bai Mei and the surviving Heavenly Fox Bai Clan aboard their pleasure boat, then went with them to their Shuwang Mountain cave abode. As he watched the moon, the stars beyond the Mountain Sea World collapsed toward the divine tree, and the moon suddenly flooded the world with silver light.

• Bai Mei explained that Fang Xiu had saved the Bai Clan and that she had brought its survivors to the East Continent to spread the Lord of Nether Capital's fame.
• Bai Mei revealed that her clan had used the Tongtian Art to sense Fang Xiu's arrival, and he warned her against using the art to divine Heaven's secrets.
• Fang Xiu observed that the moon was growing brighter in response to the collapsing stars beyond the Mountain Sea World.
• Bai Mei invited Fang Xiu to the Bai Clan's cave abode on Shuwang Mountain, and he accepted.
• As the pleasure boat entered the mountain's spiritual barrier, Fang Xiu saw the stars collapse toward the divine tree and the moon blaze with silver light across the world.

Fang Xiu began transcending the immortal tribulation by drawing the Silver Moon’s power into himself and transforming into a second moon above Gaoyang County. He announced that he would prove the Dao and become immortal in three days, inviting all who were fated to witness it.

• The bright moon shone over Gaoyang County, and the governor and City God feared that the celestial omen signaled great changes.
• Fang Xiu’s power froze the waterfall and Shuwang Mountain as he declared that the Ascension Road had opened and that he would prove the Dao and become immortal.
• Fang Xiu drew in moonlight and stellar power, opening the connections between his dharma power, divine soul, and physical body as he entered Tier-6 Tribulation Transcendence.
• Fang Xiu transformed into a second bright moon above Gaoyang County and announced that he would prove the Dao in three days.
• Cultivators across the region recognized the figure as the legendary Fengdu Daoist and were shaken by his proclamation.

Fang Xiu fused with the Silver Moon and prepared to transform his mortal body into an immortal one by mastering the Great Dao of time. News of Fengdu Daoist’s impending immortal tribulation drew powerful figures from across the world to Shuwang Mountain, where the tribulation finally began.

• Fang Xiu connected with the Silver Moon and declared that he would control time and the world as its master.
• Cultivators identified Bai Yi’s moon transformation and learned that Fengdu Daoist would attempt to become an immortal at Shuwang Mountain in three days.
• The Sect Leader of Heaven Sword Mountain and Jia Yi set out to witness Fengdu Daoist’s tribulation, followed by powerful figures from many sects and regions.
• Great Zhou Emperor Kong Huai arrived in Gaoyang County with his court and one hundred thousand soldiers to witness the event.
• As twin full moons illuminated Gaoyang County, the words “The immortal tribulation rises!” announced the descent of the world’s first immortal tribulation.

Fang Xiu endured the Longevity Fire calamity, which consumed his lifespan but fused his body and divine soul and brought him closer to immortality. As the Wind Disaster began, the moon and the Daoist seated upon it decayed under the black wind.

• The Longevity Fire spread from Fang Xiu, formed a blood moon, and killed cultivators by devouring their life force and souls.
• Jia Yi used the East Dragon Cauldron to absorb the flaming clouds, but the calamity fire began pulling him into Fengdu Daoist's tribulation.
• Fengdu Daoist seized the East Dragon Cauldron and a fire ghost, then swept away the calamity-fire ghosts and cleared the red clouds.
• Fang Xiu completed the first of the Three Calamities, losing nearly all his lifespan as his body and divine soul fused.
• The Wind Disaster descended on Fengdu Daoist, turning creatures to ash and blackening the bright moon.
• The calamity wind rotted and shattered the moon, and the Daoist seated upon it decayed into dust.