Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ya left her mortal ties behind and joined the Carefree Sect, where she cultivated for centuries and eventually became its leader. Five hundred years later, she encountered Gongye Jiwu and Li Susu at the foot of Buzhao Mountain as they prepared to descend and slay demons.

• Zhantai Jin confronted Xiao Ya at the Yuelai Inn, then left for the Jing Kingdom's capital; Xiao Ya dissolved the Shadow Pavilion and freed its members and demons.
• Xiao Ya met Pang Yizhi on Buzhao Mountain and joined the Carefree Sect after he vouched for her and gave her his token.
• Pang Yizhi returned carrying Xiao Lin's body, soul, and the items needed for a resurrection, but Heaven's Punishment severed his Immortal Path.
• Xiao Ya formed a Golden Core, became the Carefree Sect's leader, and later handed the position to Zhao You as she continued advancing her cultivation.
• After five hundred years in the sect, Xiao Ya met Gongye Jiwu and Li Susu at the foot of Buzhao Mountain as they planned to go slay demons.

Xiao Ya reunited with Li Susu and Zhantai Jin, then learned from demons and the Dragon God that she was the Heavenly Phoenix who had undergone tribulation in the mortal world. Meanwhile, Li Wan'er reflected on ten thousand years of cultivation within the Heavenly Dao's space and her progress toward the Return to Dao realm.

• Xiao Ya revealed herself to Li Susu as the Seventh Princess of Sheng and reunited with Zhantai Jin at the Carefree Sect, where she was introduced as his grandmaster.
• Xiao Ya entered seclusion, then went to the Desolate Abyss after sensing unrest and encountered Si Ying and the woman who had once assumed the identity Ye Bingshang.
• The woman in black suggested Xiao Ya had a powerful identity from ten thousand years ago, and Si Ying and Mo Nü recognized her as the Phoenix God undergoing tribulation.
• Xiao Ya visited the Shangqing Divine Domain, where Jinglong showed her memories revealing she was the True God Heavenly Phoenix and had chosen to undergo tribulation ten thousand years earlier.
• Jinglong gave Xiao Ya resources and a ball of memory light before she returned toward the Carefree Sect.
• Li Wan'er reflected on ten thousand years within the Heavenly Dao's space and realized she had gained insight into the Return to Dao realm.

Xiao Ya became a True God and returned to find Li Susu trying to save the bound Cang Jiumin from the sect leaders by revealing their past. Xiao Ya confirmed Li Susu’s memories and freed Cang Jiumin, then revealed that he had deliberately sent Li Susu back five hundred years because he wanted a different life.

• Xiao Ya refined the Dragon God’s resources, survived a divine tribulation, and became a True God, though heaven and earth prevented her from advancing further.
• Li Susu faced the sect leaders as they accused Cang Jiumin of being destined to become the Demon God, and she revealed that he had once been Tantai Jin, ruler of Jing.
• Li Susu asked Cen Haoran to use the Illuminating Heart Jade Slip, which showed her memories of the Demon God’s destruction and her journey back five hundred years to remove Tantai Jin’s Evil Bone.
• The memories showed Xiao Ya watching Zhantai Jin slaughter the Sheng Imperial Family, and Li Susu explained that Xiao Ya had been the isolated seventh princess who secretly cultivated powerful magic.
• Xiao Ya arrived on Demon-Subduing Peak, freed and healed Zhantai Jin, confirmed Li Susu’s account, and revealed that Zhantai Jin had deliberately sent Li Susu back because he wanted a different life.

Xiao Ya revealed the history behind Gongye Jiwu’s past life and returned to the Shangqing Divine Domain, while warning that Di Mian’s pursuit of the Demon God would bring disaster. Di Mian later stole Li Susu’s evil bone, leading to Cang Jiumin’s sacrifice and the rise of three Chief Gods; Gongye Jiwu became a powerful True God.

• Xiao Ya restrained Di Mian and explained that Gongye Jiwu had been the sixth prince of Sheng Kingdom, who died to prevent further war, while Pang Yizhi had sacrificed his immortal foundation trying to revive him.
• Xiao Ya sent Gongye Jiwu her memories of Xiao Lin, warned Di Mian against seeking the Demon God’s power, and sealed away the God-Slaying Crossbow and Heaven-Slaying Sword.
• Xiao Ya showed Zhao You the Carefree Realm, opened a passage to the Phoenix God Palace, and gave him talismans to protect himself and Qu Xuanzi.
• Xiao Ya returned to the Phoenix God Palace and learned that her true self planned to leave the world within a hundred years, so three Dao Fruits were prepared for its future protectors.
• Di Mian extracted Li Susu’s evil bone and was devoured by the ancient Demon God; Cang Jiumin became a Demon God to stop it and sacrificed himself to save the world.
• Li Susu became the God Lord, Zhao You became the Immortal Lord, and Cang Jiumin gained the Demon Lord Dao Fruit, while Gongye Jiwu became a powerful True God of time and space.

After leaving Shangqing Divine Domain in the form of an unfamiliar young woman, Li Wan'er traveled to Mount Tai in a modern world and recognized Ye Fan’s group. When the Nine-Dragon Coffin carried them into the starry gateway, she entered the coffin too and revealed herself to the frightened passengers as a traveler.

• The Dragon God, Phoenix God, and Qilin God entrusted the Four Continents and Three Realms to Zhao You, Li Susu, and Xiao Lin before departing to seek the Creator God’s path.
• Li Wan'er arrived at Mount Tai and confirmed the world’s identity after overhearing Ye Fan’s name.
• Nine dragon corpses brought a gigantic bronze coffin down onto Jade Emperor Peak, startling Ye Fan and the others.
• A classmate’s accident activated the five-colored altar, which formed a Taiji Eight Trigrams Diagram and opened a gateway into the starry sky.
• The coffin drew Ye Fan’s group and Li Wan'er inside and traveled through the gateway; the passengers discovered Pang Bo and Li Wan'er had joined them.
• Ye Fan illuminated Li Wan'er with his phone, and she told the wary passengers she was a traveler.

Li Wan'er and the others emerged from the Bronze Giant Coffin on Mars, where she gathered treasures from the Great Thunderclap Temple and fought off the Divine Crocodiles. As the Nine-Dragon Coffin carried the others toward the Big Dipper, Li Wan'er stayed behind, survived the Crocodile Ancestor's attacks, and began learning about the world's cultivation system.

• The Bronze Giant Coffin landed on Mars, and the group explored the ruins of the Great Thunderclap Temple.
• Li Wan'er plucked six Bodhi Immortal Medicine leaves and found a Purple Gold Alms Bowl, a damaged Vajra Pestle, and a Bronze Ancient Lamp.
• Li Wan'er killed the Divine Crocodiles attacking the Five-Colored Altar while the altar formed a star gate using their blood.
• The Crocodile Ancestor broke free, and Li Wan'er sent the others into the Bronze Ancient Coffin before knocking the creature down as the Nine-Dragon Coffin rose.
• Li Wan'er withstood the Crocodile Ancestor's attacks, obtained a mysterious scripture, and compared her cultivation with the Big Dipper's realms.
• Li Wan'er concluded that her cultivation matched the peak of Immortal Platform Seven, while her realm surpassed it.

Li Wan'er developed her cultivation in the Big Dipper, reached the Return-to-Dao realm without a heavenly tribulation, and traveled to Purple Mountain. She met Ye Fan at a stone settlement and explained that her many names represented the many lives she had lived.

• Li Wan'er comprehended the body's gates and Wheel of Life, then cultivated through the realms until she reached Return-to-Dao in seven years.
• Li Wan'er broke through to Return-to-Dao without any lightning tribulation and headed for Purple Mountain.
• A group of bandits tried to abduct Li Wan'er, but she defeated them and took their source.
• Li Wan'er arrived at a stone settlement near Purple Mountain, where Fifth Master Zhang welcomed her after learning she knew Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan asked Li Wan'er her name, and she listed several names before saying that one name meant one life.

Li Wan'er arrived at the Taixuan Sect seeking a quiet place to settle and chose its neglected Clumsy Peak, where she reunited with Ye Fan and met Ji Ziyue. The three were accepted by Li Ruoyu, despite other disciples mocking their choice of the peak whose inheritance had been missing for centuries.

• After Ye Fan entered the ominous Purple Mountain, Li Wan'er left and returned half a year later for the Taixuan Sect's disciple selection.
• Li Wan'er passed through the sect's testing gate and entered the mountains.
• At the foot of a desolate peak, Li Wan'er reunited with Ye Fan and met Ji Ziyue, who had come with him to hide from pursuers and seek an immortal art.
• Li Wan'er explained that she wanted somewhere quiet to stay and chose Clumsy Peak because it was secluded.
• Li Ruoyu warned them that Clumsy Peak's inheritance had been missing for centuries, but Li Wan'er and Ji Ziyue remained determined to stay.
• Li Ruoyu accepted Li Wan'er, Ye Fan, and Ji Ziyue without a test, while visiting disciples mocked them for choosing the neglected peak.

Ye Fan, Li Wan'er, and Ji Ziyue took Clumsy Peak’s Nine-Layer Heavenly Stairway test, revealing Ji Ziyue and Li Wan'er’s exceptional aptitudes while Ye Fan concealed his Sacred Body. Ji Ziyue left with Star Peak, but Ye Fan and Li Wan'er stayed on Clumsy Peak, where Li Ruoyu arranged their lodging and described Star Peak’s inheritance.

• Li Ruoyu agreed to let Ye Fan, Li Wan'er, and Ji Ziyue take the Nine-Layer Heavenly Stairway test after they insisted.
• Ji Ziyue climbed all nine steps, triggering a radiant phenomenon that revealed her peerless aptitude and drew elders who invited her to Star Peak.
• Li Wan'er reached the seventh step but declined the elders’ offers and chose to remain on Clumsy Peak.
• Ye Fan sealed his Sea of Bitterness and fell after one step, then refused an invitation to join Star Peak.
• The elders departed with Ji Ziyue, leaving Li Ruoyu, Ye Fan, and Li Wan'er on Clumsy Peak; Li Ruoyu arranged their accommodations and explained Star Peak’s star-powered inheritance.

Li Wan'er sent three clones to restore Clumsy Peak's inheritance and encouraged Ye Fan to seek opportunities as he struggled to advance his Ancient Desolate Sacred Body. The Old Lunatic later broke into Taixuan Sect, overpowered its elders, and used its Domain Gate to travel to an unknown destination.

• Li Wan'er sent three clones into Clumsy Peak and reflected on her ambition to pursue the Dao and become a True Immortal.
• Ye Fan asked Li Wan'er how to break through from the peak of the Dao Palace realm to the Four Extremities, and she advised him to travel, compete, and seek resources.
• Ye Fan left Taixuan Sect to gain experience after defeating several of its young prodigies, including Hua Yunfei.
• The Old Lunatic split a mountain to enter Taixuan Sect, shattered the elders' treasures, and knocked the elders unconscious.
• The Old Lunatic engraved his own Dao patterns on Taixuan Sect's Domain Gate and entered the void as Li Wan'er watched.

The Taixuan Sect discovered the Old Lunatic after the Domain Gate collapsed, then kept his arrival secret. Later, Hua Yunfei hosted Li Wan'er and the others to mend relations between Star Peak and Clumsy Peak, and Li Wan'er revealed that Earth had hidden cultivators despite its age of Dharma decline.

• The Domain Gate collapsed, and the Taixuan Sect's leaders found the cocooned Old Lunatic unharmed and recognized him as a legendary figure.
• The Taixuan Sect guarded the Old Lunatic and suppressed news of his arrival.
• Hua Yunfei invited Li Wan'er to a gathering and apologized for Star Peak's conflict with Clumsy Peak.
• Hua Yunfei played the zither and proposed that Star Peak and Clumsy Peak live in harmony.
• Li Wan'er told Hua Yunfei and Li Xiaoman that Earth had hidden cultivators, but its spiritual energy and Dao laws had declined since ancient times.

Li Wan'er met the Eastern Wasteland’s young talents at Taixuan Sect and described her mortal physique and the Ruthless Great Emperor’s path. After she vanished before Li Ruoyu, he wondered about her identity, while a miniature dragon in the Central Plains resolved to grow stronger using stolen Dragon Blood.

• Hua Yunfei welcomed Ji Haoyue, Yaoguang’s holy maiden, and other young talents to Star Peak, where they discussed powerful figures and dangerous places.
• Li Wan'er told the gathered cultivators that she had an ordinary mortal body and cited the Ruthless Great Emperor as proof that physique did not determine one’s limits.
• Li Ruoyu questioned Li Wan'er about the young talents, then grew suspicious of her aura, bearing, and hidden strength.
• Li Wan'er assured Li Ruoyu that she wanted only a quiet place to live and would defend Taixuan Sect if it faced destruction, then vanished before his eyes.
• A miniature dragon transformed into human form in the Central Plains and vowed to grow stronger, revealing nine drops of Dragon Blood stolen from the Nine-Dragon Coffin’s dragons.

Di Tianfeng repeatedly challenged the Undying Emperor, reviving after each death until she and Wu Shi joined forces against him. On Clumsy Peak, Li Wan'er comprehended the Great Dao and advanced her bodily cultivation, leaving her at the peak of the Quasi-Emperor realm with five secret realms yet to unite.

• Di Qilin arrived in the far west of the Western Wilderness and raised a palace with a wave of his hand.
• Di Tianfeng attacked the Undying Emperor to temper herself and transform with his essence blood, while Wu Shi watched.
• Di Tianfeng revived after each death and grew stronger over ten years until she could withstand about a hundred moves from the Undying Emperor.
• Twenty years later, Wu Shi joined Di Tianfeng against the Undying Emperor after she had endured a thousand moves.
• Li Wan'er spent thirty years on Clumsy Peak, comprehended the Great Dao, and reached the peak of Return to Dao and the Quasi-Emperor realm.

Li Wan'er reshaped her small world to explore the origins of the Dao, then went to the Cosmic Border Wasteland to undergo a tribulation and pursue the rank of Great Emperor. The tribulation summoned an immense star formation and lightning-formed Emperor Weapons, leaving Ji Huanyu facing a terrifying assault.

• Li Wan'er transformed her small world into a primordial void and used it to recreate the emergence of qi, yin and yang, form, and all things.
• She reflected on cultivation as the reverse path of creation and decided to undergo a tribulation, believing she could advance beyond attaining immortality in one lifetime.
• Li Wan'er vanished from the Big Dipper Star Region and triggered a great heavenly tribulation in the Cosmic Border Wasteland.
• The tribulation drew starlight from across the universe, turning its lightning into countless miniature stars that nearly formed a star region.
• The stars linked into a vast formation as chaotic qi and creation power surged around Ji Huanyu.
• Lightning-formed Emperor Weapons appeared, including a Five-Colored Heavenly Saber, a chaos-colored bell, a phantom claw, and an earthenware jar that became a black hole.

Li Wan'er fought through the tribulation of becoming an Emperor, defeating the phantoms of past emperors and surviving the final trials. After resisting the furnace of heaven and earth, she emerged as an Emperor as the lightning sea vanished.

• Li Wan'er battled the phantoms of past emperors, including Taihuang, and defeated them on her way through the formation.
• Wu Shi and the Ruthless Emperor attacked Li Wan'er together, forcing her to evade their peak strikes before she killed them both.
• The Ten Fiends appeared, but a palace descended and forced them to retreat; Li Wan'er entered it and found two powerful figures inside.
• Li Wan'er left the palace without fighting its occupants, then resisted a furnace of heaven and earth by transforming her true body into a tiny universe.
• Li Wan'er completed her tribulation as a figure stood proudly over the starry sky, and the sea of lightning faded away.

Li Wan'er became the Red Dust Great Emperor and withdrew into seclusion, where Ye Fan and the Black Emperor later found her and gained techniques she had created. She revealed that the Emperor's path remained open, then sent them away with new abilities after ten years of study.

• Li Wan'er broke through to the Great Emperor Realm, established a palace in the cosmos, and became known as the Red Dust Forbidden Zone's ruler.
• Ye Fan and the Black Emperor entered the maze formation by mistake, endured its trials, and met Li Wan'er at her thatched hut.
• Li Wan'er gave them Enlightenment Tea and explained that the Heavenly Heart Imprint had been severed from her, leaving the Emperor's path open for others.
• Ye Fan and the Black Emperor studied Li Wan'er's techniques for ten years, gaining the Five Elements Escape Technique, Hurricane Divine Leg, and Qilin Transformation.
• Ye Fan and the Black Emperor emerged outside the Forbidden Zone and argued over whether to trade their new techniques.

After severing her past and beginning life anew, Li Wan'er was reborn as a girl at the foot of Wudang and became Zhang Sanfeng's disciple, Dao Hongchen. As rumors about the Dragon Slaying Saber threw the martial world into turmoil, she asked to study Wudang's scriptures.

• Li Wan'er used her life force to form a Nirvana Rebirth Pill, sealed her memories, and began cultivating anew.
• Zhang Sanfeng found the amnesiac girl at the foot of Wudang and named her Dao Hongchen, accepting her as his eighth disciple.
• Dao Hongchen met her six senior brothers, learned the Lunar Art, and quickly mastered the acupoints needed to begin cultivation.
• After Zhang Sanfeng's birthday, news arrived that Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu had vanished with Xie Xun, and Zhang Sanfeng lamented the chaos surrounding the Dragon Slaying Saber.
• Dao Hongchen argued that the saber's reputation was likely a conspiracy serving the Yuan Dynasty and asked to visit Wudang's Scripture Depository.

Shaolin monks visited Wudang to investigate the Dragon Gate Escort Agency massacre and Yu Daiyan’s injuries, while Wudang demanded answers about the Great Strength Vajra Finger. Five years later, Dao Hongchen had become a first-rate martial artist, and rumors spread in Xi'an about a young hero challenging martial artists across the region.

• Yuan Ye brought Du Dajin to Wudang and accused the sect of involvement in the Dragon Gate Escort Agency massacre.
• Yu Daiyan and Mo Shenggu confronted Du Dajin, and Yin Liting and Zhang Songxi pressed Yuan Ye over Yu Daiyan’s injuries from Great Strength Vajra Finger.
• Yu Daiyan said the Dragon Slaying Saber and possibly the Heavenly Eagle Cult were involved in his ordeal, prompting Du Dajin to leave.
• Song Yuanqiao gave Yuan Ye a letter for the Shaolin abbot concerning the dispute between the sects.
• Over five years, Dao Hongchen advanced to the ninth level of the Lunar Art and entered the first-rate realm.
• In a Xi'an tavern, patrons discussed a young hero who challenged Green Forest fighters openly and met renowned masters privately.

Dao Hongchen returned to Wudang after years of travel and martial arts training, then reunited with Zhang Cuishan and his family. When she recognized that their peaceful journey concealed a threat, she helped Yu Lianzhou and Zhang Cuishan fight off a large group demanding the Dragon Slaying Saber’s whereabouts.

• Dao Hongchen spent years traveling and refining the Lunar Art into the Yin-Yang Manual before returning to Wudang and surpassing all but Zhang Sanfeng in martial arts.
• Dao Hongchen met Zhang Cuishan, Yu Lianzhou, Yin Susu, and Wuji by the Han River after receiving a message from Yu Lianzhou.
• Dao Hongchen warned that the lack of trouble on Zhang Cuishan’s journey suggested hidden danger, and the group traveled cautiously toward Xiangyang.
• Nearly a hundred fighters surrounded the Daoist temple and demanded that Zhang Cuishan reveal Xie Xun’s whereabouts and the Dragon Slaying Saber’s location.
• Dao Hongchen, Yu Lianzhou, and Zhang Cuishan fought their attackers, knocking them down as they tried to break through the surrounding force.

Dao Hongchen drove off the Xuanming Elders and reunited with Zhang Cuishan’s party on their way to Wudang Mountain. On Zhang Sanfeng’s hundredth birthday, the assembled martial artists demanded that Zhang Cuishan reveal where Xie Xun was.

• Dao Hongchen wounded one of the Xuanming Elders with a hidden sword move and forced both of them to retreat.
• Zhang Cuishan and the others reached Wudang Mountain, where Lingxu welcomed them and Zhang Cuishan hurried to see Zhang Sanfeng.
• The Wudang disciples gathered with Zhang Sanfeng and celebrated Zhang Cuishan’s return before the birthday guests arrived.
• Experts from the major sects and other martial artists crowded Wudang Mountain, making the Eight Wudang Heroes fear that the visitors had united against them.
• Song Yuanqiao explained the situation to Zhang Sanfeng, who told him to proceed as he must.
• Tang Wenliang demanded that Zhang Cuishan reveal Xie Xun’s whereabouts, and the gathered martial artists joined in the demand.