Chapter Summaries

The Heavenly Emperor learned that the Three Realms' Great Dao was returning to its source ahead of schedule as Chen Mobai rescued Yuan Qingque and Yuan Zhen and withdrew from the battle over the Life and Death Disk. The Nine Heavens Demon Purging Ancestor forcibly sublimated his Great Dao, while an unseen Celestial Venerable summoned the disk from the Forbidden Land.

• The Heavenly Emperor told Heavenly King Taihuang that life and death were revolving and the Three Realms' Great Dao was returning to its source, then sent him to inform Taixu Heaven.
• Chen Mobai killed Su Wen, claimed the Blissful Red Lotus, and used Sacred Virtue Pure Light to clear the Mortal World Karma Fire from Yuan Qingque and Yuan Zhen.
• The Nether Dragon and Ghost Mother's Nine Sons attacked the Tongtian Dao Refining Tower while the Nine Heavens Demon Purging Ancestor defended it and tried to intercept the Life and Death Disk.
• Chen Mobai and Ye Qing tried to leave with Yuan Qingque and Yuan Zhen, but the Life and Death Disk suppressed the surrounding Great Dao Power and blocked their escape.
• The Nether Dragon and the Life and Death Disk shattered the Tongtian Dao Refining Tower, forcing the Nine Heavens Demon Purging Ancestor to step out and forcibly sublimate his Great Dao.
• The Nether Dragon failed to move the Life and Death Disk and sensed that a Celestial Venerable in the Forbidden Land was summoning it.

At the Mysterious Sea Dragon Palace, Ghost Mother's Eighth Son arrived with a Bone Umbrella and abducted Luo Yixuan, claiming she was his mother. Xuan Ze recognized the Netherworld Umbrella, while Qing Nü learned her incarnation had vanished and hesitated to call Chen Mobai because he was fighting at the Nine Heavens Demon Purging Sect.

• Luo Yixuan stopped her cultivation after feeling uneasy, and Qing Nü checked that the spiritual powers in her body remained stable.
• The Umbrella-Wielding Youth split the Mysterious Sea, shattered Qing Nü's formation and incarnation, and froze Luo Yixuan as she tried to escape into the sea eye.
• The Umbrella-Wielding Youth placed Luo Yixuan on his Bone Umbrella and entered the Netherworld to evade the descending Ascension Spiritual Light.
• Xuan Ze recognized the youth as Ghost Mother's Eighth Son and hurried to notify Chen Mobai and Qing Nü.
• Qing Nü sensed that her incarnation had disappeared, refrained from distracting Chen Mobai during his battle, and answered Xuan Ze's call on the Sky-Connecting Instrument.

The Nine Heavens Demon Purging Ancestor explained that the Heavenly Venerable’s integration with the Dao could restore the innate life-and-death Great Dao and unite the Three Realms, while he prepared to sublimate his own Two Forms Great Dao as a backup. As the Heavenly Venerable struggled against the Nether Dragons, Yi Yuan emerged from the vortex to integrate with the Hun Yuan Great Dao, and the Heavenly Emperor realized Yi Yuan was part of the Heavenly Venerable.

• The Life and Death Disk broke free of the Nether Dragons’ restraint and rose toward the vortex, but the Nether Dragons chained it and began dragging it back.
• The Nine Heavens Demon Purging Ancestor told Chen Mobai that the Heavenly Venerable’s integration with the Dao could restore the incomplete Great Dao and unite the Three Realms.
• The Nine Heavens Demon Purging Ancestor began sublimating his Two Forms Great Dao into the Innate Tai Ji Great Dao and asked Chen Mobai to protect his lineage if he failed.
• The Nine Heavens Demon Purging Ancestor explained that Chen Mobai’s Six Paths Sub-Disks could become a supreme treasure for the Heavenly Venerable if he succeeded.
• Yi Yuan emerged from the vortex as the Hun Yuan Great Dao drew spiritual energy and other forces toward him, and he began integrating with the Dao.
• The Heavenly Emperor deduced that Yi Yuan was part of the Heavenly Venerable and had chosen this moment to protect the Heavenly Venerable’s attempt to integrate with the innate life-and-death Great Dao.

Chen Mobai confronted the Nether Dragon over Luo Yixuan’s abduction and demonstrated that he could contend with the Netherworld powers at the Sky River Realm’s anchor point. As he prepared to fight, the Hunyuan Bell began ringing under the influence of an unknown force, and chaotic-colored brilliance appeared on its knob.

• The Nether Dragon attacked Chen Mobai with its Yellow-Purple Breath and a Yellow Springs dragon head, but Chen Mobai used the Void Great Dao to repel the first attack and survive the second.
• Chen Mobai demanded that the Nether Dragon explain why the Netherworld Umbrella had taken his disciple, Luo Yixuan, and the Nether Dragon said her talent belonged in the Netherworld.
• Chen Mobai insisted Luo Yixuan should choose for herself and threatened to enter the Netherworld if the Nether Dragon refused to return her.
• The Nether Dragon and other beings behind the Netherworld Gates unleashed Netherworld power, but Chen Mobai countered it with the Sky River Realm’s Void Great Dao.
• Chen Mobai summoned the Primordial Yang Sword and prepared to strike, but the Hunyuan Bell rang under another force’s influence as chaotic-colored brilliance appeared on its knob.

True Monarch Yi Yuan began integrating with the Hun Yuan Great Dao, and Chen Mobai and the Nine Heavens Demon Purging Ancestor realized that Hun Yuan and Life and Death together formed the path to Pure Yang. As Yi Yuan prepared to merge completely and trap the Life and Death Disk within Hun Yuan, the Hunyuan Bell called out and caught his attention.

• True Monarch Yi Yuan took control of more than half of the Hun Yuan Great Dao and began Dao-transformation before the Three Realms.
• The Nine Heavens Demon Purging Ancestor explained that Hun Yuan was the beginning and end of a world, and that life and death made it complete.
• Chen Mobai and the Nine Heavens Demon Purging Ancestor suspected that True Monarch Yi Yuan was Heavenly Venerable, whose path to Pure Yang required joining Hun Yuan with Innate Life and Death.
• True Monarch Yi Yuan gathered the Sky River Realm's energy into a mass of tangible Hun Yuan that trapped the Life and Death Disk, resisting the Nether Dragon's chains.
• As True Monarch Yi Yuan prepared to merge fully into Hun Yuan, the Hunyuan Bell called out, and he turned his remaining eyes toward it in surprise.

True Monarch Yi Yuan recognized the Hunyuan Bell, entrusted it with a strand of his great dao, and then vanished as he attempted dao integration. Chen Mobai learned that Luo Yixuan had been taken by the Netherworld Umbrella and set out to confront the Nether Dragon.

• The Hunyuan Bell revealed its identity to True Monarch Yi Yuan and introduced Chen Mobai as his successor across generations.
• True Monarch Yi Yuan recognized Chen Mobai as a little martial uncle, sent a strand of brilliant great dao spiritual light into the Hunyuan Bell, and dissipated into the Hun Yuan Great Dao.
• The Nine Heavens Demon Purging Ancestor warned Chen Mobai that Yi Yuan's dao integration was unlikely to succeed, while Chen Mobai reassured the Hunyuan Bell about its loyalty to him.
• Chen Mobai learned from the Hunyuan Bell that True Monarch Yi Yuan had been the Celestial Venerable living under another identity.
• Qing Nü told Chen Mobai that the Netherworld Umbrella had taken Luo Yixuan to immerse her in the Yellow Springs, calling her mother.
• Chen Mobai told Qing Nü to send a Primordial Spirit Incarnation to the Mysterious Sea, then flew toward the Netherworld Gates to demand an explanation from the Nether Dragon.

Chen Mobai confronted the Nether Dragon over the Netherworld Umbrella’s capture of his disciple, Luo Yixuan, and proved he could withstand the Netherworld divinities by wielding the Sky River Realm’s Void Great Dao. As he prepared to fight when the Nether Dragon refused to release her, the Hunyuan Bell rang under the control of an unknown power, and a chaos-colored brilliance appeared on it.

• The Nine Heavens Demon Purging Ancestor warned Chen Mobai against demanding an explanation from the Nether Dragon, but Chen stepped onto its chain and repelled its attacks with the Void Great Dao.
• Chen Mobai asked the Nether Dragon to explain why the Netherworld Umbrella had taken his disciple, Luo Yixuan, and the Nether Dragon said she could gain immense power and perhaps rule the Netherworld or Three Realms.
• Chen Mobai demanded Luo Yixuan’s return, and the Ghost Bird and other Netherworld divinities attacked him, but his control of the Sky River Realm’s Void Great Dao stopped their power.
• The Nether Dragon refused to hand Luo Yixuan over and mocked Chen Mobai’s threat to enter the Netherworld, so Chen drew the Primordial Yang Sword and charged it with Zixiao Palace power.
• The Hunyuan Bell rang, its Artifact Spirit said an unknown force was controlling it, and chaos-colored brilliance appeared on the bell’s knob.

True Monarch Yi Yuan failed to integrate with the Dao and entrusted his final power to the Hunyuan Bell, which advanced into the Seventh Order Hunyuan Golden Dipper. As the Nether Dragon tried to pull the Life and Death Disk into the Netherworld, the Golden Dipper cut its chains and sealed the Netherworld Gates, though another will still controlled the artifact.

• The Primordial Egg cracked, and True Monarch Yi Yuan admitted that his Dao Integration had failed before his will dissolved into the Hun Yuan Great Dao.
• Yuan Qingque returned, learned of Yi Yuan’s fate, and bowed farewell as Chen Mobai and the others paid their respects.
• Yi Yuan’s final will guided the Hunyuan Bell to absorb the Four Great Daos and advance into the Seventh Order Hunyuan Golden Dipper.
• The Hunyuan Bell resisted Chen Mobai’s grasp, and its Artifact Spirit told him that another will was controlling it.
• The Nether Dragon dragged the Life and Death Disk toward the Netherworld Gate, but the Golden Dipper cut the chains and let the disk fly toward the Heavenly Venerable Vortex.
• The Golden Dipper sealed the Netherworld Gates, eroding the new chains and forcing them back into the Netherworld.

The Celestial Venerable overcame the Nether Dragon’s attack and integrated with the Innate Life and Death Great Dao, triggering the Three Realms Return to Origin. The Nine Heavens Demon Purging Ancestor also sublimated into the Innate Great Dao, while Chen Mobai saved the Longevity Sect’s Sacred Embryos and wondered whether the Calamity of Annihilation would threaten him.

• The Nether Dragon tore open the void with the power of the Great Dao of Time, but the Hunyuan Golden Dipper and the Celestial Venerable’s Great Dao of Intercepting Fortune shattered its attacks.
• The Celestial Venerable’s Longevity Dao Tree became real and revealed the Sacred Embryos hanging from its branches, and Chen Mobai recognized them as former vessels of the Celestial Venerable’s reincarnations.
• As the Longevity Dao Tree withered, Chen Mobai gathered its Human-shaped Fruits into his Law Realm, and the Celestial Venerable cast off other powers and integrated with the Innate Life and Death Great Dao.
• The Life and Death Origin Point expanded into a Giant Wheel, repairing the Innate Life and Death Great Dao and beginning the Three Realms Return to Origin.
• The Nine Heavens Demon Purging Ancestor bid farewell to Chen Mobai, became Two Forms Immortal Light, and merged with the Innate Great Dao, while Yuan Qingque paid his respects and advanced along the Two Forms Great Dao.
• Chen Mobai realized that the Nine Heavens Demon Purging Ancestor’s success might expose him to the Calamity of Annihilation pursuing the Innate Tai Ji Great Dao.

Chen Mobai reclaimed the Hunyuan Golden Dipper after it destroyed the Nether Dragon’s and Ghost Mother’s Sons’ incarnations. He then confronted the Nether Dragon over Luo Yixuan and the Netherworld Umbrella, erased the Netherworld Gates, and opened a passage into the Netherworld.

• The Nether Dragon and the other Sons of Ghost Mother sent powerful incarnations through Netherworld Gates to attack Chen Mobai, but golden light destroyed them.
• The Hunyuan Golden Dipper returned to Chen Mobai and helped him erase the remaining Netherworld Gates.
• Chen Mobai sent Yuan Qingque away and demanded that the Nether Dragon return Luo Yixuan and hand over the Netherworld Umbrella.
• The Nether Dragon threatened Chen Mobai, who erased its gate and vowed it would not live to see the Three Realms return to origin.
• Chen Mobai opened a passage into the Netherworld, while the Hunyuan Golden Dipper hesitated and the Purple Lightning Sword’s Sword Spirit mocked it.

Chen Mobai entered the Netherworld and confirmed that Turtle Treasure let him control its Void Great Dao. He found the unconscious Luo Yixuan in a Bone Palace and attacked it with Primordial Yang Sword.

• Purple Lightning Sword scolded Hunyuan Golden Dipper for hesitating to follow Chen Mobai, and Chen Mobai defended Hunyuan's concern before setting out.
• Chen Mobai opened a Yellow Springs Road and entered the Netherworld with Hunyuan Golden Dipper.
• Chen Mobai used Turtle Treasure to control the Netherworld's Void Great Dao and strengthened his Void Body.
• A childlike voice tried to assail Chen Mobai's mind, but his Sacred Virtue cultivation resisted it.
• Chen Mobai found Luo Yixuan unconscious in a Yellow Springs Pool in the Bone Palace, where eerie airflow was changing her, and struck the palace with Primordial Yang Sword.

Chen Mobai rescued Luo Yixuan from the Bone Palace and discovered that the Netherworld Origin was transforming her into Ghost Mother. When Nether Dragon and the other Sons of Ghost Mother arrived, Chen Mobai unleashed the Sacred Virtue power against them, leaving their Innate Great Daos overwhelmed.

• Chen Mobai crossed the Netherworld Realm with the Primordial Yang Sword Light and burned Netherworld Umbrella with Sacred Virtue Pure Light, forcing the Bone Umbrella to reveal its Tai Su Great Dao.
• Chen Mobai took control of the Netherworld Realm's void, cleaved open the Bone Palace, and rescued the unconscious Luo Yixuan from the Yellow Springs Pool.
• Netherworld Umbrella warned Chen Mobai that the Netherworld Origin had begun transforming Luo Yixuan, and Chen Mobai sealed her body to stop its influx.
• Netherworld Umbrella told Chen Mobai that Luo Yixuan was Mother because she could endure the Netherworld Origin, while Nether Dragon and the other Sons of Ghost Mother arrived.
• Nether Dragon tried to use the Great Dao of Time against Chen Mobai, but Chen Mobai unleashed the Sacred Virtue Little Sun, overwhelming the Sons' Innate Great Daos.

Chen Mobai realized that his Zixiao Universe Sacred Virtue could be used in the Netherworld Realm, opening a way to advance his Magic Artifacts through its unclaimed Great Daos. After he destroyed the Sons of Ghost Mother's bodies, Nether Dragon revived them and asked Chen Mobai to stop, leaving their conflict temporarily suspended.

• Chen Mobai used the Sacred Virtue Pillar to purify yin spirits and realized the Sacred Virtue Great Dao of the Netherworld Realm was unclaimed.
• Turtle Treasure helped Chen Mobai understand that his Zixiao Universe Sacred Virtue worked across the Three Realms, and he considered using Netherworld Great Daos to advance his Magic Artifacts.
• Nether Dragon's Time Sundial Disk revived him and restored the other Sons of Ghost Mother after Chen Mobai's Sacred Virtue power destroyed them.
• Netherworld Umbrella and the other Sons of Ghost Mother hid behind Nether Dragon when Chen Mobai raised the Silver Little Moon.
• Nether Dragon decided to endure the humiliation and asked Chen Mobai to stop, and Chen Mobai was surprised by his sudden retreat.

Chen Mobai learned the origin of the Seventh Tier Mandala and entrusted Luo Yixuan to Qing Nü before returning to the Spirit Void Immortal Realm. There, Heavenly Lord Kongming explained Myriad Spirits’ role in the Eastern Earth Imperial Court’s destruction and described the Seven Sages of Creation’s territories, leaving Chen Mobai puzzled by the Gate of Tai Shi’s presence in Primordial Heaven.

• Qing Nü identified the Seventh Tier Mandala as a Seventh Tier Yellow Springs Spirit Vein, and Chen Mobai asked her to care for Luo Yixuan before returning to the Spirit Void Immortal Realm.
• Chen Mobai told Heavenly Lord Kongming that he had obtained the Beast Disk from Heavenly Spirit True Monarch and asked why Myriad Spirits had secretly helped destroy the Eastern Earth Imperial Court.
• Heavenly Lord Kongming explained that the Heavenly Empress had ordered the destruction to protect her son’s claim to the throne, while Myriad Spirits helped her because she had enabled his rise.
• Chen Mobai asked about Yixing Dao Ancestor and learned that the Seven Sages of Creation had divided the Sky River Realm’s territories, with Reincarnation receiving the abandoned Netherworld.
• Heavenly Lord Kongming told Chen Mobai that Primordial Heaven enshrined the Three Realms Foundation Treasure, the Gate of Tai Shi, and Chen Mobai wondered whether it came from the Three Realms’ Innate Tai Shi Great Dao.

Chen Mobai learned why the Ascension Platform had been left in the Netherworld and proposed ways to reopen it, but the Heavenly Emperor deferred that favor to a future ruler. After helping expose Myriad Spirits Dao Lord and receiving Eastern Yellow Courtyard as a reward, Chen Mobai hosted a gathering where his guests discussed Demon Purging’s attempt to advance to the Innate Tai Ji Great Dao.

• Chen Mobai learned from Heavenly Lord Kongming that the Heavenly Emperor had deliberately allowed the Ascension Platform to remain in the Netherworld to limit ascendant appointments and ease conflicts over Immortal Realm posts.
• Chen Mobai proposed stricter screening or equal competition for ascendants, and Heavenly Lord Kongming relayed his suggestions to the Heavenly Emperor, who chose to leave reopening the Ascension Platform to his successor.
• Heavenly Lord Kongming told Chen Mobai that the Heavenly Emperor had used the Beast Disk to identify Myriad Spirits as the leader who overthrew the Eastern Earth Imperial Court and had sent Bei Xuan Heavenly Monarch to capture him.
• The Heavenly Emperor rewarded Chen Mobai with Eastern Yellow Courtyard, a Seventh Tier Cave Mansion in Miro Heaven, and Chen Mobai moved in with Heavenly Lord Kongming’s help.
• At a small housewarming gathering, Immortal Lord Wuwei, Heavenly Lord Kongming, and Xuansu discussed whether Demon Purging could advance to the Innate Tai Ji Great Dao and what rank he might receive if successful.
• Wuwei changed the subject by asking what the others thought about the Heavenly Venerable.

Celestial Venerable’s failed Dao Integration with life and death allowed Reincarnation to return through his body, causing a heavenly upheaval across the Three Realms. After Celestial Venerable emerged as an innate Dao Lord, Kongming and the others prepared to congratulate him, but Chen Mobai stayed behind because of his tangled ties to him.

• Kongming and Wuwei discussed the Heavenly River Dao Fruit and whether Xuan Su could use it to advance, while Chen Mobai wondered if Turtle Treasure was related to it.
• A tremendous disturbance shook the void, and Celestial Venerable’s body withered as his attempt to integrate with the Great Dao of Life and Death failed.
• Reincarnation revealed that Ghost Mother had been its pet, then borrowed Celestial Venerable’s body to return and took hold of the Life and Death Disk.
• Ji Yuhan recognized the disturbance as connected to Celestial Venerable’s Azure Flower Realm, and Kongming and the others realized an innate Dao Lord had emerged.
• The Three Thousand Great Dao responded to Celestial Venerable’s return, and Kongming proposed that they go pay their respects.
• Chen Mobai declined to go, fearing Celestial Venerable could claim the Hunyuan Golden Dipper through their tangled Karma.

Reincarnation’s revived Dao marker occupied the Celestial Venerable and planned to investigate the Celestial Sea while raising his cultivation. After Bei Xuan Heavenly Monarch arrested Myriad Spirits on the Heavenly Emperor’s order, Celestial Venerable Xuan Su offered to take Reincarnation to Xuanyuan Heaven.

• Reincarnation realized his Dao marker had revived because his true body had been obliterated, and resolved to investigate the Celestial Sea and reach the Pure Yang Realm.
• Reincarnation greeted the True Immortal Dao Lords who came to congratulate the Celestial Venerable and used their arrival to learn about the Three Realms.
• Bei Xuan Heavenly Monarch arrived with three Dou Department True Immortals and arrested Myriad Spirits on the Heavenly Emperor’s decree.
• Kongming and the other three True Immortals arrived as Bei Xuan prepared to take Myriad Spirits to Miro Heaven.
• Reincarnation asked Bei Xuan to take him to Xuanyuan Heaven, and Xuan Su offered to lead him there instead.

Xuansu and Reincarnation headed to Xuanyuan Heaven as tensions rose over changing its ancient rules, while Bei Xuan Heavenly Monarch escorted Myriad Spirits toward Miro Heaven under the Heavenly Emperor’s decree. Star God Palace’s Seven Stars chose not to intercept them and prepared to defend against the coming reckoning, leaving the succession struggle unresolved.

• Xuansu and Reincarnation left the Water Department after entrusting its affairs to Wuwei and set off for Xuanyuan Heaven.
• Bei Xuan Heavenly Monarch and Kongming escorted Myriad Spirits toward Miro Heaven, while Bei Xuan warned that the Heavenly Emperor’s investigation could threaten Star God Palace and the Heavenly Empress.
• Tianshu and the other Star God Palace Dao Lords considered intercepting the escort but withdrew after Tianji advised them to wait for their returning Master.
• Tianxuan agreed not to fight the escort, and Tianshu ordered the Star God Palace group to activate the Zhou Tian He Luo Star Dou Formation after they returned.
• Kongming sensed that someone had observed the escort through the stars, and Bei Xuan said the Heavenly Emperor’s choice about succession would shape the coming struggle.

Chen Mobai learned that Yuwen Ji had died and Kangjin and Kangyu had been captured by a mysterious Demon Path expert, while Kongming went to report the news to the Heavenly Emperor. In Xuanyuan Heaven, the Celestial Venerable and the Merfolk Ancestor clashed over the Five Tai Dao Books and the Heavenly River Dao Fruit, and Reincarnation intervened as the fight escalated.

• Kongming told Chen Mobai that Wan Ling had been captured, and they discussed whether Wan Ling might expose the Heavenly Empress's faction and who the Heavenly Emperor would choose as successor.
• Kongming received an urgent message saying Yuwen Ji had died in Fen Jin Heaven, while Kangjin and Kangyu had been suppressed and the Sin Immortal Army annihilated by a mysterious Demon Path expert.
• Kongming left to report the deaths to the Heavenly Emperor, and Chen Mobai concluded that several of his enemies had been removed.
• The Merfolk Ancestor confronted the Celestial Venerable in Xuanyuan Heaven after the Celestial Venerable demanded access to the original Five Tai Dao Books and ownership of the Heavenly River Dao Fruit.
• The Merfolk Ancestor attacked the Celestial Venerable and Xuan Su with a Chaos Python, and Xuan Su openly insulted him.
• Reincarnation appeared with the Life and Death Disk and split the Chaos Python in two.

Xuanyuan Heaven vanished from the Spirit Void Immortal Realm, cutting off the Great Daos of the Water Mother Palace’s True Immortal Dao Lords, while Chen Mobai foresaw a ruined Immortal Realm. At Fen Jin Heaven, Thousand Autumn Saint’s army attacked the Demon Path forces, but the Devil Monarch used the controlled Kangjin Dragons to destroy the Saint’s Purple Jade Ruler.

• Kongming told Chen Mobai that Xuanyuan Heaven had vanished and the Great Daos of the True Immortal Dao Lords there had lost their power, so Chen Mobai went with him to Taixu Heaven.
• Chen Mobai glimpsed a future of a shattered sky and blood-red flames, and wondered whether the Immortal Realm would face a calamity.
• Thousand Autumn Saint received the Heavenly Emperor’s order to kill and sent the Heavenly Court army to purge Demon Path cultivators from Fen Jin Heaven.
• The Kangjin Dragons attacked the Heavenly Court army with their Golden Scissors, and Thousand Autumn Saint recognized that the Devil Monarch was controlling them.
• The Devil Monarch struck Heavenly Lord Kangjin and clashed with Thousand Autumn Saint, then used the Golden Scissors to cut the Purple Jade Ruler in two.