Chapter Summaries

Song Shuhang tried to bring Gao Moumou into a cultivation-themed chat group, but Gao’s friend list was full. Reflecting on how he had joined the Nine Provinces Number One Group, Song Shuhang thanked Venerable Yellow Mountain and asked what divination had convinced him to keep Song Shuhang in the group.

• Song Shuhang chose the White-Bladed Swordsman account and created the Rivers-and-Lakes Scroll group to introduce Gao Moumou to cultivation through a martial arts theme.
• Song Shuhang tried to add Gao Moumou as a friend, but Gao’s verification questions revealed that his friend list was full and he would not accept more friends.
• Song Shuhang imagined that he might have remained an ordinary student if Venerable Yellow Mountain had discovered his mistaken friend request, and he recorded the possibility as the start of a Heart Demon.
• Song Shuhang recalled how grateful he was to have joined the Nine Provinces Number One Group and messaged Venerable Yellow Mountain to thank him.
• Song Shuhang asked Venerable Yellow Mountain what divination had led him to keep Song Shuhang in the group.

Song Shuhang pressed Venerable Yellow Mountain to explain the three divinations he had made before allowing him to join the Nine Provinces Number One Group. Yellow Mountain revealed the first two interpretations but left the third unexplained, and Shuhang suspected the divinations meant more than he had been told.

• Venerable Yellow Mountain considered deleting Song Shuhang as a friend after Shuhang asked about the divination, and Doudou messaged Shuhang about what he had done.
• Song Shuhang reassured Yellow Mountain that he no longer needed to know the divination’s answer, and Yellow Mountain told him he had calculated three divinations before letting him join the group.
• Yellow Mountain explained that the first divination, a divine bird and a tree, predicted Shuhang’s Rebirth Through Fire and connection to the group.
• Yellow Mountain said the second divination, about day and night, had seemed to point to Senior White, while he still could not interpret the third, involving a turning head, lamplight, and people.
• After their conversation, Song Shuhang wrote down all three divinations and suspected Yellow Mountain’s explanations were incomplete.

Song Shuhang sent Susu a tiny piece of Onion Lady to test against the Severed Dragon Fiend, and it parted the fiendish river to open a passage. After hearing about the success, Song Shuhang wondered whether Senior White Two’s remark about “turning heads” held the key to his third reading.

• Venerable Yellow Mountain reflected that his three ambiguous readings would keep Song Shuhang curious and unable to confirm the truth.
• Song Shuhang told Susu to look for an onion tip stuck to the flying knife and offer it to the Severed Dragon Fiend.
• Susu concealed the onion tip in a spell and sent it into the fiend, where its green glow forced the fiendish river to part.
• Susu protected the onion tip with a magical seal and stone pillars, then reported the result to Song Shuhang.
• Song Shuhang concluded that Onion Lady possessed great fortune and considered training her to compete for the Heavenly Dao.
• Senior White Two said he was interested in “turning heads,” prompting Song Shuhang to connect him to the third reading.

Song Shuhang spoke with Senior White Two, who warned him about Boss Fat Ball and the changing Heavenly Dao, then wondered how he could strengthen the Blade-Nourishing Art to free Senior White from his seal. The chapter ended with a notification that Dragon Fist Jialan of the Ancient Heavenly Court had died.

• Senior White Two twisted Song Shuhang’s neck with a curse while the Hamster Unit illuminated him with rainbow light.
• Song Shuhang asked Senior White Two to help capture the Severed Dragon Fiend, but Senior White Two warned that contact with it caused misfortune and declined.
• Senior White Two warned Song Shuhang that Boss Fat Ball’s recent behavior might be connected to changes in the Present World’s Heavenly Dao, and said his seal could only be worn down over time.
• Song Shuhang discussed strengthening the Blade-Nourishing Art with the Hamster Unit and learned he could become a Netherworld Demon if he died without being revived elsewhere.
• Song Shuhang received a notification that Dragon Fist Jialan, a member of the Ancient Heavenly Court friend list, had died.

After four members of the Ancient Heavenly Court Remnants died, Song Shuhang learned that heavenly punishment had trapped the Tooth Fairy and others inside their Secret Realm. He suspected the weakening Heavenly Dao was forcibly reclaiming the Heavenly Court Path to complete itself.

• Song Shuhang received alerts that four powerful members of the Ancient Heavenly Court Remnants had died and contacted Senior White about the deaths.
• Senior White said he was researching how to become a god like the Shadow Lord and agreed to watch for trouble while working in the Beast Cultivator World.
• Song Shuhang asked the Tooth Fairy what had happened, and the Tooth Fairy warned him that heavenly punishment had locked onto their Secret Realm.
• The Tooth Fairy said heavenly punishment had appeared without cause and that the workings of heaven were in chaos, leaving her unable to divine what was happening.
• Song Shuhang connected the deaths and heavenly punishment to the weakening Heavenly Dao and suspected it was reclaiming the Heavenly Court Path.

Song Shuhang warned Tooth Fairy and the Heavenly Emperor that the current Heaven was reclaiming the Heavenly Court Path, then went to the Core World to seek help. In the Beast Cultivator World, Gold-Lacquered Fatty offered the Heavenly Court remnants Revival Formations in exchange for their Ancient Heavenly Court Fragments, leaving the Phoenix Ritual Zither Master to accept his proposal.

• Song Shuhang told Tooth Fairy that dying before heavenly punishment struck could let those with Revival Formations outside the Secret Realm escape.
• Song Shuhang warned the Heavenly Emperor that Heaven was reclaiming the Heavenly Court Path, and she cautioned him that his Heavenly Court connections could put him on its list too.
• Song Shuhang asked Stele Fellow Daoist to watch over his roommates and entered the Core World with Hamster Unit to find Pavilion Master Chu and Senior White Two.
• Tooth Fairy told the Phoenix Ritual Zither Master that dying could evade heavenly punishment, and she agreed that the remnants had to take that chance.
• Gold-Lacquered Fatty offered Revival Formations to those without them in exchange for the Heavenly Court Fragments, proposing that everyone die and resurrect together.

Gold-Lacquered Fatty took control of the Heavenly Court Fragment Secret Realm and used Phoenix Ritual Zither Master’s power to kill its remaining members and escape the Heavenly Punishment. Senior White arrived afterward and prepared to move the emptied Secret Realm into Song Shuhang’s Core World.

• Phoenix Ritual Zither Master agreed to trust Gold-Lacquered Fatty and handed him the jade seal controlling the Heavenly Court Fragment Secret Realm.
• Gold-Lacquered Fatty told Phoenix Ritual Zither Master that the dead Jialan, Golden Lake, Rainbow Witch King, and Cold Star might someday meet them again, then asked her to cooperate with him.
• Gold-Lacquered Fatty used Phoenix Ritual Zither Master’s power to unleash blade-light that killed the Heavenly Court members, then produced another jade seal and escaped as the Heavenly Punishment subsided.
• Senior White arrived with Black-Skinned Soft Feather, Creation Fairy, Merit Snake Beauty, and Heart-Demon Scarlet Heaven Sword, and Merit Snake Beauty caught the jade seal sent to Tyrant Song by Cheng Lin.
• Senior White entered the Secret Realm, collected the blood left behind, and found it emptied of its inhabitants and belongings.
• Senior White proposed checking whether the resurrection formation remained and transferring the Secret Realm into Song Shuhang’s Core World.

Senior White sought a way to shrink the enormous Heavenly Court Fragment Secret Realm so it could be stored in Song Shuhang’s Core World. He bought the Sacred Ape World Refinement inheritance from the big shot who could sell anything and prepared to learn the spell.

• Senior White inspected the sealed Sage Resurrection Formation and repaired Immortal Locking Prison, then said they needed to shrink the Heavenly Court Fragment Secret Realm.
• Pavilion Master Chu explained she could not use her shrinking spell until her body regrew, so Black-Skinned Soft Feather suggested contacting the big shot who could sell anything.
• Senior White used Song Shuhang’s Cultivation Chat to reach the big shot, who recommended the Sacred Ape World Refinement inheritance for three tons of Ninth-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Senior White paid with a meteorite containing the required Spirit Stones, and the big shot arrived with a golden array disc carrying the inheritance.

Senior White absorbed the Sacred Ape World Refinement legacy and used it to move the Ancient Heavenly Court Fragment Secret Realm into Song Shuhang’s Core World, strengthening and reorganizing it. Meanwhile, Song Shuhang learned that the Core World’s growth had made him stronger again, then prepared to try removing Senior White Two’s seal.

• Everything Can Be Sold warned Senior White that the meteorites might awaken a minor spatial talent, then left after hearing Senior White arrange for Pavilion Master Chu to refine the formation disc for Shuhang.
• Senior White learned Sacred Ape World Refinement and shrank the Ancient Heavenly Court Fragment Secret Realm so it could be moved into Song Shuhang’s Core World.
• The Core Assistant integrated the fragment, the Central Jade Seal, and several locations into the Core World’s defenses, strengthening and reorganizing the world.
• Senior White decided to test his plan for becoming a god, while Pavilion Master Chu agreed to help and Creation Fairy teased him.
• Senior White Two’s examination found Song Shuhang healthy and unaffected by the Heavenly Emperor’s path or the Heavenly Court Fragments; Song Shuhang realized his energy had increased again.
• Song Shuhang asked to try removing Senior White Two’s seal, and Senior White Two let him proceed.

Song Shuhang spent the night using twenty-four hands to grind away at Boss Fat Ball’s seal around Senior White Two while studying ancient-language pronunciation with him. By morning, the seal glowed with seven-colored light, and Song Shuhang began one final attempt to break it.

• Song Shuhang grew his hair to his knees, formed twenty hair-palms, and joined hands with the Spirit Ghost to cast the Blade-Nourishing Art on the sealing pillar twenty-four times at once.
• The Hamster Unit was caught in the backlash and electrocuted along with Song Shuhang, who later used Thought Power to move it off his face.
• After hundreds of castings, Song Shuhang adapted to the backlash and continued grinding the seal while studying Basic Ancient Language with Senior White Two.
• Song Shuhang’s phone alarm rang at seven in the morning, ending their night of work, and the sealing pillar began emitting seven-colored treasure light.
• Song Shuhang put away his books and launched one final wave of the Blade-Nourishing Art against the pillar.

Song Shuhang’s all-night Blade-Nourishing Art strengthened the Sealing Pillar instead of weakening it, but it unexpectedly opened a small backdoor for him. He entered in smoke form to wake Senior White Two, only to be struck apart by the sleeping Senior White Two’s casual wave.

• Song Shuhang exhausted his hair palms while using the Blade-Nourishing Art on the Sealing Pillar, causing the pillar to evolve and become far stronger.
• Senior White Two explained that the Blade-Nourishing Art stimulated magical treasures, then fell asleep inside the now more comfortable seal.
• Song Shuhang asked the Sealing Pillar to open a backdoor, and a fist-sized opening appeared, but the Hamster Unit was shocked by the seal’s electric defense when it tried to enter.
• Song Shuhang turned into a small mass of smoke and slipped through the opening, which shut behind him and would not reopen.
• Song Shuhang approached the sleeping Senior White Two, who casually waved and shattered his smoke form across the inside of the Sealing Pillar.

Song Shuhang survived Senior White Two’s strike and used the cultivation chat system to redirect the heavenly way Husk Sphere’s remote lock-on to the sleeping Lord of Imperishability. The danger passed, and Song Shuhang ended by taunting Demon Emperor Hezhi, who had rejected his attempted connection.

• Song Shuhang re-formed as a Smoke Body after the strike and told Gorilla General that his body felt as if it were about to shatter.
• The Virus Warning Function detected the heavenly way Husk Sphere’s remote interference, and Song Shuhang tried to contact Demon Emperor Hezhi, but Hezhi rejected the special channel.
• Song Shuhang connected to the sleeping Lord of Imperishability, and Lady Dragon Network confirmed that the remote lock-on had transferred to him.
• The communication with Lord of Imperishability cut off after a strange gurgling sound, and Song Shuhang declared that he had safely survived.
• Demon Emperor Hezhi sent Song Shuhang a drop of energy and warned him not to scheme against him, so Song Shuhang replied that Hezhi had missed his chance to receive a high-level gift.

Song Shuhang repeatedly redirected the Heavenly Dao Husk Sphere’s remote interference attacks to the Lord of Imperishability, who finally declined after ten rounds. As the Heavenly Emperor became Song Shuhang’s next possible target, Senior White Two woke and crushed a cloud of black smoke that looked like part of Song Shuhang’s smoke incarnation.

• Song Shuhang connected to the Lord of Imperishability and redirected the Heavenly Dao Husk Sphere’s second remote attack to him.
• The Heavenly Dao Husk Sphere kept targeting Song Shuhang, and Song Shuhang repeatedly summoned the Lord of Imperishability to take the attacks.
• After ten rounds, the Lord of Imperishability declined Song Shuhang’s connection, leaving him to consider redirecting the attack to the Heavenly Emperor.
• Senior White Two woke, sensed the lock-on, and crushed a cloud of black smoke that resembled Song Shuhang’s pseudo-immortality smoke incarnation.

Song Shuhang restored his body inside Fat Ball’s seal and discovered that he had fused with the Sealing Pillar, which was draining his blood. Senior White Two suspected several causes and sensed that the true source was power from a genuine Immortal Bone.

• Song Shuhang asked Senior White Two what he had pinched, and Senior White Two explained that he had crushed the part of Song Shuhang targeted by the Heavenly Dao Husk Sphere to disrupt its tracking.
• Song Shuhang ended Smoke Mode and used his body-tempering and healing techniques as he restored his physical form.
• Song Shuhang noticed blood vessels extending from his body and taking root in Fat Ball’s Sealing Pillar, which began drawing his blood into itself.
• Senior White Two suggested that Song Shuhang’s Pseudo-Immortality Mode and Blade-Nourishing Art might have contributed to the fusion.
• Senior White Two sensed that power from a genuine Immortal Bone was also reaching Song Shuhang from a bizarre space.

Song Shuhang escaped the Sealing Pillar after fusing with it, while Senior White Two also broke free and placed a research clone inside to keep Boss Fat Ball from getting suspicious. Song Shuhang remained connected to the pillar, and when Senior White Two offered to remove his heart as a solution, Song Shuhang chose that option.

• Senior White Two explained that Song Shuhang had fused with the Sealing Pillar and could open its door, while Song Shuhang struggled with the pillar draining his blood.
• Song Shuhang opened the Sealing Pillar and stepped out, and Senior White Two broke through its barrier to escape as well.
• Senior White Two put a powerless research clone inside the Sealing Pillar to maintain the appearance that he was still trapped.
• Song Shuhang imprinted a Golden Core QR Code inside the pillar, hoping Boss Fat Ball would see it during remote checks.
• Senior White Two proposed cutting Song Shuhang apart or replacing his body with his heart to separate him from the pillar, and Song Shuhang chose the heart option.
• Senior White Two tore open Song Shuhang's clothes and thrust his fingers into his chest.

Senior White Two removed Song Shuhang’s Glazed Heart, enhanced it, and fused it with the Sealing Pillar so Song Shuhang could recover and control the pillar. The chapter ended with Song Shuhang treating the Sealing Pillar like a good child and replenishing its power with repeated Blade-Nourishing Arts.

• Senior White Two cut open Song Shuhang’s chest and removed his Glazed Heart without causing him pain.
• Song Shuhang sat on the Throne of Endurance and used the Sacred Ape Dragon Force Divine Art and Cheng Lin’s Self-Healing Method to regenerate his heart.
• Senior White Two inscribed runes on the Glazed Heart and fused it with the Sealing Pillar, transferring Song Shuhang’s tentacles to the heart.
• Song Shuhang recovered as the Sealing Pillar became connected to him by blood, and his Sacred Apes formed the characters for “heart” and “endure.”
• Song Shuhang controlled the Sealing Pillar to make it stop near Hamster Unit, then sent it twenty-two Blade-Nourishing Arts to restore its power.

Song Shuhang returned to Jiangnan University Town with Senior White Two and considered how to bring Gao Moumou and his friends into the Nine Provinces Number One Group. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Dao Husk Sphere discovered that something in the Heavenly Dao Little Black Room was connected to the owner of a shoe by countless threads.

• Song Shuhang and Senior White Two left the Core World, and Song Shuhang checked on Tree Demon Qingwu and Headless Onion Lady around campus.
• Song Shuhang decided to use illusions to get Gao Moumou and the others to add the accounts [White-Bladed Swordsman], [True Lord Red Plum], and [Dongfang Yueye].
• Song Shuhang read Gao Moumou's interpretations of Senior Yellow Mountain's divinations and wondered whether they hinted at his experiences and a future Dao companion in the Nine Provinces Number One Group.
• The Heavenly Dao Husk Sphere failed to locate Song Shuhang again after another powerful force interfered, but it found a clue linking a being in the Heavenly Dao Little Black Room to the shoe's owner.

The Heavenly Dao Husk Sphere entered the Heavenly Dao's little black room and attacked the trapped group, targeting the mist-like evil demon. It froze them, extracted black matter from the demon, and used it to open a Space Gate to Earth.

• The trapped cultivators discussed how the Heavenly Dao Prison blocked escape and wondered whether Profound Sage Tyrannical Song would return.
• The mist-like evil demon sensed that something outside had locked onto its position, and the Heavenly Dao Prison split open to reveal an interlayer.
• The Heavenly Dao Husk Sphere emerged from the interlayer carrying a running shoe that bore Tyrannical Song's scent.
• The bald Tribulation Immortal blasted apart the Sphere's liquid-metal wave, but the falling metal formed a cage and froze everyone in place.
• Phoenix Ritual Zither Master saw the Sphere extract black matter from the mist-like evil demon and open a Space Gate showing Earth.

The Heavenly Dao Husk Sphere entered the Present World with the mist-shaped fiend’s core, while the others recovered from its time freeze. At Jiangnan University, Gao Moumou was influenced into accepting Song Shuhang’s friend request and joining a group, despite confusing a strange memory with fiction.

• The Heavenly Dao Husk Sphere left Phoenix Ritual Zither Master and the others alive and leaped through the Space Gate to the Present World with the fiend’s core and a sneaker.
• Phoenix Ritual Zither Master, the bald Tribulation Immortal, and the others recovered, while the mist-shaped fiend discovered its core was gone and feared it could not survive long in the Present World.
• Song Shuhang returned to the dormitory with his roommates and used Mirage Dragon Illusion to prepare them to enter the game.
• Gao Moumou disabled friend verification after hearing a voice like Mei Yi’s, then remembered a confusing scene of Song Shuhang attacking a giant eagle.
• Gao Moumou accepted the friend request from White-Bladed Swordsman and joined the Rivers-and-Lakes Scroll group.

Song Shuhang used illusions to draw Gao Moumou, Tubo, and Yangde toward cultivation and received a call from Ji Shuangxue, who asked whether martial arts were real. When the classroom windows shattered, he called Senior White Two for help restoring the glass.

• Song Shuhang used illusion techniques to add Tubo and Yangde to cultivation-themed chat groups, after Gao Moumou had already joined one.
• Tubo, Yangde, and Gao Moumou questioned Song Shuhang about martial arts and Ji Shuangxue's father practicing The Times Are Calling.
• Ji Shuangxue called Song Shuhang and asked whether martial arts existed after remembering her father wielding a sword with warm light.
• Song Shuhang prepared chat logs for his roommates during class, while Onion Lady returned to his pocket.
• The classroom windows shattered, and Zhang Xiaofan stood up as Song Shuhang swept the broken glass aside with Thought Power.
• Song Shuhang contacted Senior White Two and asked for a spell to restore the glass.