Chapter Summaries

Fengdu Immortal Lord endured the Sixth Layer Lightning Tribulation in the Thousand Li Wine Pool, bringing his imminent ascension into view. Deities and officials sent urgent messages to the Divine Capital and other destinations as the villagers worshiped the storm.

• A lightning tribulation erupted over the Thousand Li Wine Pool during an opera performance in Cheng Family Village, and villagers believed the immortal within the pool had manifested.
• The old Cheng family patriarch led the villagers to the lakeshore, where they knelt and worshiped as lightning struck the pool.
• The region’s City Gods, mountain gods, River Earls, and Directorate of Astronomy officials recognized the storm as the final Sixth Layer Lightning Tribulation.
• Directorate of Astronomy officials concluded Fengdu Immortal Lord would ascend within days, taking Xundu and its past sages to Heaven.
• Officials dispatched letters by Flying Sword and messenger bird to Yangjing, Spirit Pivot Mountain, and the Celestial Master Sect.

Fang Xiu endured three days of tribulation lightning and comprehended the Great Dao of Time as the Mortal Realm Grotto-Heaven ascended. He left the human realm with the Jun Heaven Realm, which became an eternal star beyond the Nine Heavens.

• Fang Xiu’s tribulation lightning spread across the Thousand Li Wine Pool as he deepened his understanding of the Great Dao of Time and learned to accelerate or slow time within the grotto-heaven.
• After three days, the lightning stopped and revealed Fang Xiu, the divine mountains, and the palaces within a radiant bubble as people across the Wine Pool watched and worshipped.
• A radiance from the moon enveloped the Wine Pool and lifted the Mortal Realm Grotto-Heaven toward the upper realm while cultivators gathered to see Fengdu Immortal Lord ascend.
• Fengdu Immortal Lord recited a poem about the deadly hardships of the immortal path, moving Chang De and Zhang Heming, who had just returned from the outer seas, to reflect on their own long journey.
• The Jun Heaven Realm passed beyond the Nine Heavens, merged into the sea of sun, moon, and stars, and became an eternal, imperishable star.

Sage Feng ascended with Xun Capital Academy, establishing the Jun Heaven Realm and transforming the Spring Autumn Tree into a divine link between the academy and the human realm. A Divine Maiden summoned Fang Xiu back to Heaven, and he agreed to go after calling the academy’s lineages to the Former Sage Palace.

• Sage Feng led Xun Capital Academy into the upper realm, where the academy became the Jun Heaven Realm and its Spring Autumn Tree gained the power to preserve prayers and visions.
• The academy’s ascent lit Confucian temples across the human realm, drew a wave of students, and prompted Emperor Kong Zhang to wonder whether the Great Zhou could become a true Divine Dynasty.
• Jia Yi, newly a Land True Immortal, learned that Fengdu had ascended and found the Jun Heaven Realm among the stars, lamenting that Fengdu had surpassed him again.
• Two Divine Phoenixes carried a carriage through the Outer Heavens to the Jun Heaven Realm, where a Divine Maiden’s edict reached the Spring and Autumn Divine Tree.
• Fang Xiu heard the Divine Maiden order him to return to Heaven, replied that he would come shortly, and summoned every academy lineage to the Former Sage Palace.

Fang Xiu completed the heavenly realm’s transformation into an immortal domain, binding its living beings to the Heavenly Emperor so they could not die without his permission. He planted Pan Tao Trees that could connect lower-realm mortals and cultivators to the realm, and considered using different grades of peaches to grant varying lifespans.

• Sage Feng announced that he would register in the Immortal Record and appointed Zhuang Li to govern Jun Heaven Realm, assisted by Yin Shang, Yi Yan, and Tang Li.
• Fang Xiu left Jun Heaven Realm in the Phoenix Carriage, where Black Fiend told him she had come ahead of his tribulation and ascension.
• Fang Xiu said he would transform the heavenly realm into an immortal domain and have Black Fiend undergo her tribulation there.
• Fang Xiu accessed the Heavenly Dao Main Soul’s knowledge and activated the immortal domain, linking the realm’s mountains, islands, and living beings to the Heavenly Emperor.
• Fang Xiu planted Pan Tao Trees and explained that eating their peaches would let lower-realm beings merge with the heavenly realm and gain longevity or immortality.

Bai Mei reached Tang Valley and witnessed the Fusang Divine Tree survive its Wind Disaster and emerge as a divine being. After gaining a remnant of the tree to aid her own path to immortality, she saw the Heavenly Court issue Fusang a divine title.

• Bai Mei crossed the realm beyond the boundaries and saw the Fusang Divine Tree endure the Wind Disaster before its body crumbled to ash.
• A divine being emerged in Tang Valley and invited Bai Mei inside, where she met the witches of the Rain Master Concubine Country.
• Bai Mei recounted the events of the outside world to the divine being and the valley's people.
• The divine being gave Bai Mei a fragment of the Fusang Divine Tree's remains, and she prepared to leave with a chance to strengthen her foundation for tribulation.
• A hundred-mile divine edict descended from the heavens, conferring on Fusang the title of Divine Lord Huayang, and Bai Mei recognized it as a Heavenly Court Divine Edict.

Bai Mei returned from the Nether Sea with a newly refined immortal artifact embryo and reached the Reliance Realm, where she witnessed Monarch Nanhua ascend to the upper realm. She learned Fengdu Immortal Lord had ascended ten years earlier, while Gai Cang discovered that becoming an immortal was only the beginning of a far greater path.

• Bai Mei refined the Candle Flame Palace into the Great Sun Divine Flame Palace, used it to survive the Nether Sea, and advanced to the Reliance Realm.
• Bai Mei arrived in the South Sea and witnessed Monarch Nanhua Gai Cang complete his tribulation and ascend with Nanhua Grotto-heaven.
• White Bone Monarch Lin Xu greeted Bai Mei and told her that Fengdu Immortal Lord had ascended ten years earlier with the sages of Fengdu Academy.
• Gai Cang entered the upper realm, saw the vast Grotto-heaven Star Palace, and realized that his immortal journey had only just begun.

Monarch Nanhua Gai Cang received his Immortal Record, robe, and command token, and learned how upper-realm immortals could gain offices in the Heavenly Court. On his way back to Nanhua Grotto-heaven, he encountered Kun Peng and reunited with Fengdu Immortal Lord, who invited him to visit Jun Heaven Realm.

• Venus Star Lord explained that Gai Cang belonged to the Heavenly Court, gave him an Immortal Robe and Command Token, and showed him the path to the Heavenly Realm.
• Gai Cang asked about Fengdu Immortal Lord and learned that Fengdu had become Jun Heaven Immortal Lord of Jun Heaven Realm and remained in the Heavenly Court.
• Venus Star Lord described the different ranks and paths by which upper-realm immortals could enter the Heavenly Court and take office.
• Gai Cang left Venus Star Palace and followed his command token down the Ascension Road toward Nanhua Grotto-heaven.
• Gai Cang encountered Kun Peng carrying Fengdu and paid his respects to Jun Heaven Immortal Lord.
• Fengdu invited Gai Cang to visit Jun Heaven Realm, then departed across the Outer Heavens as Gai Cang continued home.

Dragon Hill Emperor Lord Huan Hua survived the Ninefold Divine Tribulation and received his immortal status from Netherworld Son of Heaven, while other old powers raced to ascend. In the Western Sea, two cultivators searching for West God Palace discovered its mist-shrouded immortal island.

• Dragon Hill Emperor Lord Huan Hua survived the Ninefold Divine Tribulation, transformed his city into an independent domain, and went to pay his respects to Netherworld Son of Heaven.
• Netherworld Son of Heaven approved Huan Hua’s request and granted him the true status of a Netherworld Imperial Lord and divine immortal.
• Yama Devil Emperor secretly endured a thunder tribulation in the Northern Underworld as other Netherworld powers also sought immortality.
• Two immortal-sect disciples searched the Western Sea for West God Palace and detected an immense surge of spiritual energy near a bank of fog.
• The two disciples entered the thousand-li-wide mist and saw West God Palace floating above the fog-covered sea.

Two Houtu Star Palace cultivators discovered the West God Palace and met its master, seeking answers about the Undying Divine Tree and the palace’s origins. The master revealed that the tree was where they came from and confirmed they were from Houtu Star Palace, leaving them stunned by the truth about their origins.

• Two Foundation Establishment cultivators found the West God Palace and sent messages before entering its blessed land.
• The cultivators crossed the dangerous island, where their magic power was suppressed, and were escorted up the mountain by two green birds.
• Nine Phoenix brought the cultivators to the West God Palace’s master in the Immortal Garden.
• One cultivator asked about the Undying Divine Tree and the origins of the West God Palace.
• The master identified the two as people from Houtu Star Palace and said the Undying Divine Tree was where they were from.

Two visitors left the West God Palace with Longevity Fruits, and their report revealed a possible link between the present world and the Primordial Mountain Sea World. The Nether Capital Immortal Lord returned to Nether Capital with Fengdu riding a vast Kun Peng, while the Pill Cauldron Pavilion Elders wondered what limits applied to beings descending into the outer realm.

• The two visitors left the West God Palace with Longevity Fruits and watched its entrance vanish into the sea fog.
• The visitors' escorts marked the area and learned that the West God Palace might open again many years later.
• A returning cultivator told the three Pill Cauldron Pavilion Elders that the present world might be Houtu Star Palace and that the Undying Divine Tree could hold a divine position and Dao Fruit.
• The Pill Cauldron Pavilion Elders debated whether the West God Palace Master remained alive and decided to send their findings to their superiors.
• The Nether Capital Immortal Lord arrived in an immortal carriage drawn by two Divine Phoenixes, followed by Fengdu riding a Kun Peng.
• A Pill Cauldron Pavilion Elder noted that Nether Capital lay outside the Mountain Sea World and Yang World Human Realm, and questioned whether Fengdu had paid a price to descend.

Fengdu returned to the Nether Palace and reunited with his disciple Fu Jia, who had reached the Longevity Realm. As he began searching for a cultivation path for her, the Wind Crow announced that the Dominator of Time and Space Conference was about to convene.

• Fu Jia blocked Fengdu's entourage, bound two Nether Palace Divine Generals with the Immortal Binding Cord, and revealed herself as Fengdu's disciple.
• Fengdu told Fu Jia to apologize, follow Nether Palace rules, and stay by his side while he prepared to teach her the path to immortality.
• Fengdu and the entourage entered the expanded Nether Palace, where he began looking for a suitable cultivation path for Fu Jia.
• The Wind Crow appeared above the palace and told Fang Xiu that this year's Dominator of Time and Space Conference was about to convene.

Fang Xiu prepared to return to the mortal world before the Dominator of Time and Space Conference and summoned his disciple, Dragon Girl Fu Jia, to review her cultivation. Before leaving for the Outer Heavens, he gave her the Taiyin Immortal Scripture and advice on pursuing a high immortal position.

• Fang Xiu told Wind Crow Roster Joel to prepare for their eventual journey to Clockwork City and began organizing his palace.
• Fang Xiu summoned Dragon Girl Fu Jia and placed the immortal palace under her command before testing her Yin Yang True Form Art.
• Fang Xiu praised Fu Jia's progress and explained how her Undying Body of Gods and Devils supported her cultivation of the Primordial Spirit.
• Fang Xiu gave Fu Jia the Taiyin Immortal Scripture and warned her not to pass it on before her disciples reached the stage of Becoming Immortal.
• Fang Xiu advised Fu Jia to pursue a high immortal path, then left the immortal palace as starlight and crossed the Three Realms Abyss.

Hu Ziyang returned to Wei Port City after surviving dangerous missions in the Mountain Sea World and saw the city preparing to become an enclosed, three-dimensional Incense Divine Realm. The arrival of powerful figures from beyond the Gate of Gods and Demons hinted at a new crisis, while Zhou Yang examined documents about Houtu Star Palace and the Ancient Golden Immortal West God Palace.

• After the Cultivation Era transformed the mortal world, Hu Ziyang returned to Wei Port City as a Tier-1 cultivator after two members of his class died on a mission in the Mountain Sea World.
• Hu Ziyang saw Wei Port City's Rune Vault, Energy Sub-Towers, and plans for a three-dimensional city, and reflected on his attachment to the Mountain Sea World and his family back home.
• At the city checkpoint, an inspector welcomed Hu Ziyang home after recognizing that he studied at White Harbor Royal University.
• A black helicopter landed at the checkpoint, and a cultivator unit escorted several distinguished figures from the Mountain Sea World into Wei Port City.
• Hu Ziyang recognized an elderly visitor from Great Zhou and wondered what urgent event had brought the powerful figures out of the Mountain Sea World.
• Zhou Yang examined a document mentioning Houtu Star Palace and the Ancient Golden Immortal West God Palace.

Zhou Yang and the other leaders learned that Earth had once been the Houtu Star Palace and discussed how to claim it as its Star Lord. Li Tianxing proposed sending a cultivator through tribulation to ascend to Earth, while a final question raised the possibility of Mountain Sea World cultivators doing the same.

• Zhou Yang, Xu ZhongSheng, Tai Liang, Li Tianxing, and the Pill Cauldron Pavilion elders discussed Earth’s connection to the Houtu Star Palace and the possibility that its Star Lord could control the world’s future.
• Li Tianxing explained that a Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator could comprehend the Houtu Star Palace’s Great Dao, undergo tribulation, and ascend to Earth to uncover its secrets.
• Tai Liang sensed stellar power and the Great Dao reviving within Earth, strengthening the group’s belief that it was an upper-realm star palace.
• The group supported Li Tianxing’s plan, and an elder proposed Lu Wu as a candidate among their cultivators qualified to undergo tribulation.
• A Pill Cauldron Pavilion elder asked whether native cultivators from the Mountain Sea World could also ascend to Earth by undergoing tribulation.

Sky City hosted the Washington leg of the World Flying Competition, where Chen Jin won after racing ahead of thousands of cultivators. Fang Xiu then asked her to prepare for her final tribulation and temporarily manage Earth while he attended a conference in Clockwork City.

• Sky City hovered over Washington as officials conducted diplomatic visits and crowds gathered for the World Flying Competition.
• Fang Xiu and the five other White Harbor Kings watched as thousands of cultivators prepared to race, despite some contestants exploiting loopholes in the rules.
• Chen Jin, suppressing her cultivation to the third tier and wielding her No Life Sword, surged into the lead at the start of the race.
• After the contestants completed three circuits of the city, Chen Jin won the competition and received the champion's honors.
• Fang Xiu told Chen Jin to prepare for her final tribulation and become a Mythical Lifeform, then said he would leave for Clockwork City and entrust her with Earth's management.

Fang Xiu prepared to leave for Clockwork City, assigning Chen Jin control of Earth and a future identity as the reincarnated West God. At the Antarctic Gate of Gods and Demons, Ling Ji ascended as an immortal and shattered the structures sealing the gate, leaving everyone immobilized beneath her power.

• Fang Xiu told Black Fiend and Chen Jin that he and Roster Joel would travel to Clockwork City while they stayed behind to guard the household.
• Fang Xiu explained that Chen Jin would use the Main Star's authority to refine Earth and eventually appear publicly as the reincarnated West God.
• Fang Xiu urged Chen Jin to enter the Heavenly Realm and complete her final tribulation before he set off.
• At the Antarctic Gate of Gods and Demons, Lu Hongfeng and other inspectors heard mysterious music from the abyss as golden light filled it.
• A voice announced that Ling Ji of the Undying Heavenly Palace had become an immortal and received permission to ascend to Houtu Star Palace.
• Ling Ji emerged from the abyss, blasted apart the metal framework and barrier around the gate, and suppressed everyone nearby with her power.

Ling Ji, the master of the Undying Heavenly Palace, crossed through the Gate of Gods and Demons into Earth, destroying its seal and barrier. The world went on alert and searched for her, while Sky City remained a day and a half away from Antarctica.

• Ling Ji emerged from the Gate of Gods and Demons, leaving the base’s steel seal and barrier badly damaged.
• The head of the Hua Station ordered an alarm, reports to the authorities, and heightened vigilance at Antarctic stations.
• The mayor of White Harbor placed the ground city under lockdown while Sky City was still traveling back from Washington D.C.
• Yan Kong learned that the seventh-tier Gods and Devils-rank immortal had crossed into Earth, confirming his earlier warning about such an arrival.
• Extraordinary organizations worldwide searched for Ling Ji and sought to contact Feng Du, but she vanished without a trace.

Ling Ji searched the Houtu Star Palace for West God’s inheritance and abducted Mountain Masters and Tree Herding Gods to trace the Undying Divine Tree’s origin. After half a month of cultivation and investigation, she located the likely site of the mother tree beneath the Pacific Ocean.

• Ling Ji found a Forbidden Tree sapling in the Egyptian desert and concluded that West God’s Star Palace inheritance might be connected to the Undying Tree.
• Ling Ji explored the modern world and identified the Mountain Master in the capital of Hua as an inheritor of West God, whom she believed had perished.
• Ling Ji abducted the Tree Herding God in Hua and then captured Mountain Masters and Tree Herding Gods in other countries, causing worldwide alarm.
• Ling Ji sealed the captives in the Undying Heavenly Palace and advanced their cultivation to use their connections to the Undying Divine Tree to trace its origin.
• After half a month, Ling Ji located the likely site of the Undying Divine Tree’s mother tree beneath the Undying Heavenly Palace, over the Pacific Ocean.

The Female Immortal manifested the full power of the Undying Heavenly Palace, drawing the attention of people and governments around the world. After her gaze injured and transformed observers, she split the sea and raised Houtu Temple from the seabed.

• The Female Immortal activated the Undying Reincarnation Seal, expanding the Undying Heavenly Palace into a vast city populated by hundreds of thousands of citizens.
• The crew of an ocean liner spotted the apparition, panicked, and fled as the captain ordered the ship to turn away.
• The Hall of the Gods and agencies worldwide detected the supernatural disturbance and directed their attention toward the Pacific Ocean.
• The Female Immortal looked toward the observers, causing people watching through screens to suffer injuries and begin transforming into citizens of the Undying Kingdom.
• Officials at the Lord Finger Mountain base ordered the images turned off and sent the injured to be treated and sealed.
• The Female Immortal struck the sea, opened a chasm to the seabed, and raised a divine mountain bearing Houtu Temple.

Fengdu arrived as the divine mountain and the Undying Kingdom emerged from the Pacific, rescuing the Ocean Liner from the catastrophic waves. He confronted the Female Immortal, and their domains collided above the sea, beginning a battle witnessed by the world.

• A god's strike sent towering waves toward the Ocean Liner, capsizing it and plunging it beneath the sea.
• A radiant phantom hand lifted the sunken Ocean Liner into the sky and held it above the surging waves.
• Fengdu emerged from a shuttle-shaped light, and supernatural organizations around the world recognized his arrival.
• The divine mountain rose from the sea as the waves calmed, and the Ocean Liner descended and sped away from the area.
• Fengdu walked toward the Female Immortal and the Undying Kingdom, whose Citizens formed a domain against him.
• Fengdu's sphere of law collided with the Undying Kingdom's domain, shattering the clouds and plunging the sea below.