Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing’s Merit Supreme Treasure transformed the Interception Sect’s standing and strengthened humanity as its people advanced through the new Dao paths. As he continued refining merit, a powerful demon arrived to reclaim a mountain and demanded the humans leave.

• Sages across the Primordial World reacted to Lin Changqing’s creation of the Merit Supreme Treasure, while the Western Sages coveted him as a potential disciple.
• Lin Changqing sent the Green Ping Sword back to Biyou Palace and continued refining his remaining four billion strands of merit.
• Humans rapidly advanced by cultivating the Martial, Literary, and Sword Daos, and the Three Ancestors of Humanity grew stronger.
• A powerful demon appeared and charged toward Lin Changqing and the human race, claiming the spiritual mountain as its cave abode.
• Lin Changqing transformed for battle as the demon demanded that the humans leave and surrender their three cultivation techniques as compensation.

Lin Changqing fought a Bird Demon King who claimed Kongtong Mountain and unleashed the Heaven-Burning Flame. As the flames burned his body, Lin Changqing's cellular worlds spread and accelerated his transformation, but the Demon King continued attacking.

• The Bird Demon King revealed his enormous fire-wielding form and demanded that Lin Changqing submit and surrender Kongtong Mountain.
• Lin Changqing activated the All Characters Secret and detonated his Spear of Divine Demons, wounding the Bird Demon King without seriously injuring him.
• The Bird Demon King retaliated with the Heaven-Burning Flame, scorching Lin Changqing's armor, wings, flesh, bones, and blood essence.
• Lin Changqing's cellular worlds resisted the flames and spread through his legs as his burned flesh regenerated and evolved.
• The Bird Demon King charged through the flames toward Lin Changqing, who activated the Battle Character Secret and prepared to counter with the Heaven-Burning Flame.

Lin Changqing used the Annihilation Divine Light to grievously wound a powerful Demon King, then broke through to the particle stage of the Divine Demon Prison Suppression Art as the Demon King's Bifang bloodline attacked. He gained the Divine Demon Body ability, with the battle still underway.

• Lin Changqing unleashed the Annihilation Divine Light and cleaved the Demon King in two, leaving it badly wounded and near death.
• The Demon King called on its ancestor, and its golden bloodline formed a gigantic, one-legged divine bird identified as Demon God Bifang.
• Lin Changqing healed and grew stronger while the Bifang bloodline charged at him.
• Lin Changqing broke through during the battle, reaching the third layer of the Divine Demon Prison Suppression Art: Particles.
• Lin Changqing felt a new divine ability emerge in his mind: the Divine Demon Body.

Lin Changqing awakened the Divine Demon Body and grew stronger, then fought the Demon King with its own Great Burning Heaven technique and the Seven Stars Sword. The Demon King’s Bifang phantom destroyed the sword attack, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Lin Changqing’s Divine Demon Body awakened, strengthening his defenses, Annihilation Divine Light, and cultivation.
• The Demon King attacked with its Great Burning Heaven, but Lin Changqing used the Battle Character Secret to send back an empowered version of the same divine ability.
• The Demon King summoned its Seven Stars Sword and charged Lin Changqing, boasting that the sword’s power had grown through the Sword Dao Lin Changqing founded.
• Lin Changqing used the Soldier Character Secret to turn the Seven Stars Sword against the Demon King and wounded it with sword beams.
• The Demon King’s Bifang phantom released a wisp of flame that burned away the starlight sword.

Lin Changqing used the Heart-Piercing Lock to draw out and exhaust the Bifang phantom, then fought the Demon King in close combat and began to gain the upper hand. The Demon King launched another Great Burning Heaven attack, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Lin Changqing sent the Heart-Piercing Lock after the Demon King, provoking the Bifang phantom into intercepting it and fading away.
• With the phantom gone, the enraged Demon King abandoned divine abilities and charged Lin Changqing with his claws.
• Lin Changqing activated the All Characters Secret and met the Demon King in a series of close-range clashes.
• Lin Changqing adapted to his strength and gained the advantage, tearing off one of the Demon King's wings while suffering claw wounds.
• The wary Demon King unleashed Great Burning Heaven and vowed to annihilate everything.

Lin Changqing transformed into a Chaos True Dragon to protect humanity from the Demon King's fiery feathers, then killed the weakened Bifang, Hou Yi. As he gathered the demon's remains, the Quasi-Sage Bifang arrived and confronted him over the death of its descendant.

• Lin Changqing transformed into a purple-black dragon and destroyed most of the Demon King's feathers before they could reach human settlements.
• Lin Changqing caught and swallowed a blazing fireball threatening humanity, then urged the humans to keep cultivating.
• Lin Changqing pursued the fleeing Demon King and tore it apart with his dragon claws.
• The Demon King threatened Lin Changqing with vengeance from its ancestor, but Lin Changqing destroyed its soul and true spirit and collected its remains.
• The Quasi-Sage Bifang appeared and demanded to know what punishment Lin Changqing deserved for killing its descendant.

Lin Changqing defied Bifang’s Good Corpse, who came to take him to Heaven for killing a Heavenly Court divine official, and slew it with one strike of the Green Ping Sword. The Demon Emperor flew into a rage, while Lin Changqing declared that he would defend the human race, though the sword had exhausted its power for now.

• Bifang’s Good Corpse attacked Lin Changqing under the Demon Emperor’s decree and ordered him to go to Heaven.
• Lin Changqing refused, summoned the Green Ping Sword, and warned Bifang that it would die.
• Lin Changqing swung the sword once and destroyed Bifang’s Good Corpse as it tried to flee.
• The Demon Emperor raged in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, while observers across the Primordial World reeled at Lin Changqing’s victory.
• The Green Ping Sword began replenishing its power, and Lin Changqing vowed to protect the human race and strike down anyone who invaded.

Lin Changqing used the Green Ping Sword to destroy a Demon God’s Good Corpse and intimidate the Demon Clan, while Di Jun held back from retaliating because Lin Changqing was Tongtian’s disciple. After Lin Changqing saw the Human Race’s rapid progress, its people proclaimed him their Human Emperor and sent him their Incense Wish Power.

• Lin Changqing pointed the Green Ping Sword at the Heavenly Court after defeating the Demon God’s Good Corpse, but Di Jun swallowed his anger rather than provoke Tongtian.
• Lin Changqing returned the Green Ping Sword to Tongtian, who laughed at his disciple’s use of the sword’s connection and Tongtian’s authority to intimidate the world.
• Lin Changqing returned to Human territory and saw that the Three Dao had helped countless people enter the Immortal Dao, while the Four Ancestors had reached the peak of the True Immortal realm.
• Suiren Shi and countless members of the Human Race declared that they were willing to honor Lin Changqing as their Human Emperor.
• Golden Incense Wish Power rose from the foreheads of the Human Race and flew toward Lin Changqing.

Lin Changqing declined the Human Emperor’s title, became the Human Race Sage Master, and appointed Suiren Shi as the first Human Emperor. With the Human Race’s fortune gathering at Kongtong Mountain, the Kongtong Mirror appeared, and Lin Changqing considered using it to create a vast protective formation.

• Lin Changqing refused the Human Race’s request to become its emperor and accepted its reverence as its Sage Master.
• Lin Changqing declared that Heaven had chosen Suiren Shi as Human Emperor and transferred the Human Emperor’s Fortune to him.
• Suiren Shi accepted the Human Race’s recognition, and the fortune raised his cultivation to early-stage Mystic Immortal.
• Lin Changqing named Kongtong Mountain the Human Race’s ancestral land and established Suiren Shi, Youchaoshi, Ziyi Shi, and Cangjie as its ancestors.
• The Kongtong Mirror emerged from Kongtong Mountain and transformed into a Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure under the Human Race’s fortune.
• Lin Changqing considered using the Human Race’s fortune and the Kongtong Mirror to form a protective formation spanning ten million li.

Lin Changqing completed a powerful formation around Kongtong Mountain, then spent three thousand years preaching as the Human Race grew stronger under Suiren Shi. After surveying the developing ancestral city, Lin Changqing decided it was time to leave and face his own trials.

• Lin Changqing used the Kongtong Mirror to establish a formation linked to the Literary Dao, Martial Dao, and Sword Dao, giving the Human Race formidable defenses.
• Lin Changqing ordered Suiren Shi to gather the Human Race at Kongtong and announced he would preach once every hundred years for three thousand years.
• During Lin Changqing's stay, the Human Race built a thriving homeland, established Dao palaces, and advanced in cultivation; Suiren Shi reached the mid-stage of the Mystic Immortal realm.
• After three thousand years, Lin Changqing disguised himself and walked through the ancestral city, observing its progress and unresolved problems.
• Lin Changqing chose not to correct the Human Race's shortcomings for them, then looked over the Primordial World and decided to leave.

Lin Changqing left Kongtong Mountain to train in the eastern Primordial World, unaware that powerful factions had begun pursuing him. As Demon Clan forces and hidden Quasi-Sages converged on his trail, Hong Yun agreed to aid him, and other mysterious figures ordered their own forces to capture or protect him.

• Lin Changqing left the human race and headed east, avoiding the western, northern, southern, and central regions for their dangers or rival factions.
• Suiren Shi mourned Lin Changqing’s departure and prepared for the human race to rely on itself.
• Di Jun sent Grand Unity Golden Immortals to hunt Lin Changqing, while Tongtian allowed the conflict to proceed but resolved not to let him die.
• At Wuzhuang Temple, Hong Yun agreed to help Lin Changqing after the Old Daoist said his fate might offer a way to break a deadlock.
• Ancestor Minghe and a mysterious Palace Master also sent forces after Lin Changqing, while Quasi-Sages from Kunlun Mountain set out toward him.

Lin Changqing was ambushed by hundreds of demon cultivators wielding an upper-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure and claiming to act on the Heavenly Court’s orders. As the demons prepared to suppress him, Lin Changqing used the Soldier Character Secret to seize control of their bronze bell.

• Lin Changqing considered how to advance his cultivation before his instincts warned him of an ambush.
• A late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal tried to capture Lin Changqing with a bronze bell, claiming the Heavenly Court had charged him with violating Heaven’s laws.
• Lin Changqing resisted with his Divine Demon Body, armor, spear, and Nine Secrets as hundreds of demons surrounded him.
• The demons poured their power into the bell and sent it crashing down on Lin Changqing again.
• Lin Changqing used the Soldier Character Secret to take control of the bronze bell, leaving the demons’ attack poised to turn against them.

Lin Changqing turned a Demon King's bronze bell against its owner and killed him with Annihilation Divine Light, but the Demon King's self-detonated Starfall Burns the World devastated the battlefield and badly wounded Lin Changqing. He escaped the demons' encirclement and headed south toward Witch Clan territory, then threw the failing bell at his pursuers as they attacked again.

• Lin Changqing seized control of the late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal Demon King's bronze bell and used it to immobilize the surrounding demons.
• Lin Changqing struck the Demon King with Annihilation Divine Light, annihilating his body and soul.
• The dying Demon King unleashed Starfall Burns the World, detonating his divine ability and devastating the surrounding region.
• Lin Changqing endured severe wounds, used the bronze bell for protection, and fled south toward Witch Clan territory.
• After breaking out of the demons' encirclement, Lin Changqing hurled the bronze bell at the pursuers as they attacked him again.

Lin Changqing fled the Demon Kings after killing more than a dozen of them with the bronze bell and his Annihilation Divine Light. As two late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortals pursued him, a red cloud seized him and carried him away.

• The Demon Kings rushed for the bronze bell, but Lin Changqing used its final strike and his Annihilation Divine Light to kill two early-stage and more than a dozen other Grand Unity Golden Immortals.
• Lin Changqing activated the Zhe Character Secret to heal his wounds and the Movement Secret to flee, while two late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortals chased him on a bamboo-leaf treasure.
• One pursuer struck Lin Changqing and nearly tore off his wing, so he used the Formation Character Secret to create an illusory formation and escape while the Demon Kings attacked it.
• Lin Changqing continued toward the south, hoping to find a powerful Wu Clan tribe before his pursuers caught him.
• A red cloud formed a giant hand, bound Lin Changqing, and carried him away as a voice told him, “Kid, this way.”

Lin Changqing was brought to a hidden mountain residence, where he discovered Wuzhuang Temple and realized he had been summoned by Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi. He entered the temple and found that it contained a world of its own.

• Lin Changqing discovered that the surrounding mountains held abundant Innate Spiritual Qi, which a voice warned him had been gathered to nourish spiritual roots.
• Lin Changqing realized that a Quasi-Sage had carried him through the void and cautiously followed the voice through the concealed mountains.
• Lin Changqing saw the plaque for Wuzhuang Temple and deduced that the voice belonged to Hong Yun, who was with Zhen Yuanzi.
• Lin Changqing greeted Senior Zhen Yuanzi and Senior Hong Yun, then was welcomed by the attendants Qingfeng and Mingyue.
• Lin Changqing entered Wuzhuang Temple and found that its interior contained mountains, rivers, and courtyards in a world of its own.

Lin Changqing discovered that Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi’s courtyard concealed powerful beings and treasures, then entered the battlefields manifested by Zhen Yuanzi’s Go board and comprehended the Dao. Hong Yun invited him to stay and cultivate, where the Ginseng Fruit Tree could help strengthen his soul.

• Lin Changqing realized the courtyard’s ordinary-looking features were powerful creatures and spiritual treasures hidden in a tiny space.
• Hong Yun called Lin Changqing over to examine his Go game against Zhen Yuanzi.
• Lin Changqing entered the worlds manifested on the Go board and experienced himself as a mortal general fighting in battle.
• Hong Yun explained that Lin Changqing’s strong spiritual sense let him enter the treasure, and that he had comprehended the Dao.
• Hong Yun invited Lin Changqing to stay and cultivate, and Lin Changqing recognized Zhen Yuanzi’s Ginseng Fruit Tree as a treasure that could strengthen his soul.

Lin Changqing ate a Ginseng Fruit at Zhen Yuanzi’s temple, greatly strengthening and purifying his soul. Zhen Yuanzi then allowed him to cultivate for ten thousand years using a chessboard, which Hong Yun revealed was the Earth Book, born from the womb of Heaven and Earth.

• Zhen Yuanzi let Lin Changqing eat one Ginseng Fruit, while Qingfeng and Mingyue picked it from the tree.
• Lin Changqing absorbed the fruit’s essence, strengthening and purifying his soul and realizing it could restore the usefulness of his dragon transformation.
• Lin Changqing thanked Zhen Yuanzi, who invited him to cultivate at the temple for ten thousand years and seek enlightenment through the chess game.
• Hong Yun revealed that the chessboard was the Earth Book, formed from the womb of Heaven and Earth and containing worlds filled with laws and principles.

Lin Changqing accepted Zhen Yuanzi’s invitation to sit with him and Hong Yun, then entered a small world within the Earth Book’s chessboard to experience a million years of life. He awoke with fading memories and a lingering insight, unsure whether the world had been real or illusory.

• Hong Yun praised Lin Changqing’s roots and aptitude, while Zhen Yuanzi invited him to sit beside the Quasi-Sages.
• Lin Changqing considered the karmic risks of accepting their favor but sat down, confident he could face future dangers.
• Hong Yun offered to protect Lin Changqing as he and Zhen Yuanzi began playing with the Earth Book’s chess pieces.
• Lin Changqing’s soul entered a world where he lived as a little demon, climbed a mountain for a million years, and lost the seven-colored bird he loved.
• Hong Yun’s next move awakened Lin Changqing, whose memories faded while a tail feather and insights into the Great Dao remained.

Lin Changqing strengthened his soul by experiencing countless lives inside the worlds represented on Hong Yun’s chessboard, while several powerful pursuers searched for him. After ten thousand years of cultivation, his soul neared perfection in the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, leaving him one step from the Great Unity realm.

• Hong Yun told Lin Changqing that seeing through and changing the rules mattered more than deciding whether a world was real, and Lin Changqing gained insight into his inner cultivation worlds.
• Lin Changqing entered a small world as a soldier defending a city, became its lord, and sent a ladle of water from the dark tide into his acupoints before awakening.
• The Nether Snake and a hidden blood-colored figure searched the wilderness for Lin Changqing, while Tongtian watched over him from Biyou Palace.
• Lin Changqing spent ten thousand years experiencing countless lives in chess worlds as his soul grew stronger, and Qingfeng brought him Ginseng Fruits along the way.
• After living through a vast star-filled world that lasted billions of years, Lin Changqing declined Qingfeng’s Ginseng Fruit because his soul had nearly reached perfection in the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

After ten thousand years at Wuzhuang Temple, Lin Changqing made a move in the World Chess game that broke through the shackles of his body and strengthened his cultivation. He spent another thousand years playing Hong Yun before Zhen Yuanzi sent him away, leaving with a solidified realm and confidence in his ability to face a late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi praised Lin Changqing's soul transformation and asked him to make a move on their World Chess board.
• Lin Changqing placed a piece among the mountains, absorbing surging energy and breaking through as his body, acupoints, and inner worlds transformed.
• Lin Changqing thanked Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi, then watched them argue over their chess game and realized Hong Yun had used him as an excuse for losing.
• Hong Yun made Lin Changqing play more than a hundred million games of World Chess over a thousand years, and Lin Changqing improved without ever winning.
• Zhen Yuanzi told Lin Changqing his time at Wuzhuang Temple was over, and Lin Changqing took his leave with his realm solidified.
• After Lin Changqing left, Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi discussed his unpredictable future and Hong Yun's near loss to him.