Chapter Summaries

Song Fat Ball found Song Shuhang, destroyed the Crude Puppet’s source, and joined him at a cave dwelling just before New Year. It gave Song Shuhang a New Year’s gift, while Joseph began recalling why the puppet had sought him.

• Song Fat Ball tracked down and destroyed the Crude Puppet’s source, then collected the puppet’s belongings.
• Song Shuhang arrived at the cave dwelling with Su Clan's Sixteen, Li Yinzhu, and Little Lingxiao, and praised Song Fat Ball for its work.
• Song Fat Ball recognized a connection with Little Lingxiao after Song Shuhang introduced her as his daughter, prompting an awkward reaction from Su Clan's Sixteen.
• Song Shuhang freed Joseph from his rope with the Overlord Shatter Saber, and Joseph marveled at the weapon and its flight.
• Joseph said the puppet had asked him for the Key Stone Disk, and Pavilion Master Chu asked whether he had found any unusual item in an ancient ruin.
• Song Fat Ball presented Song Shuhang with a New Year’s gift.

Plot and events

• Song Fat Ball gives Song Shuhang a New Year’s present. Shuhang opens it cautiously, prepared to seal or remove anything dangerous.
• Inside is a miniature sealing pillar containing two things: a tiny iron-like particle surrounded by violent viral mist, and the severed head of a red, horned demon skeleton.
• Shuhang recognizes the mist as the Stellar Destruction Virus and suspects the particle is its immortal progenitor—the source that even Heavenly Dao authority cannot erase. Its presence stirs the Immortality Attribute of his Fat Whale Golden Core, but staring at it does not affect him.
• Song Fat Ball explains that the demon had been planning to release the virus into the Solar System’s sun and spoil Shuhang’s New Year. It caught the demon and brought back its head, though it had to destroy the rest of its body.
• The demon suddenly awakens and addresses Shuhang in an ancient language, claiming he is the virus’s progenitor—or a contingency left by the Heavenly Dao—and carries an aura of the same origin.

Character developments and interactions

• Shuhang appreciates Song Fat Ball not only as a powerful former enemy but as an exceptionally capable assistant, complementing Lady Dragon Network’s internal management with its focus on external affairs.
• Song Fat Ball is delighted by Shuhang’s praise and sees his recognition as confirmation of its strength. It also admires his apparent immunity to the virus progenitor’s influence.
• Shuhang’s careful, suspicious approach to the gift shows he remains wary of Song Fat Ball’s unusual background, even while welcoming its help.
• The demon’s claim leaves Shuhang puzzled; he looks to Little Lingxiao, offering a comic beat at the chapter’s cliffhanger.

Significant themes

• Trust and usefulness: A former adversary becomes a valued ally, though Shuhang still takes precautions.
• Immortality and hidden origins: The virus progenitor’s nature resonates with Shuhang’s own immortal attribute, while the demon hints at a deeper connection between him, the virus, and the Heavenly Dao.
• Threat beneath celebration: A New Year’s gift reveals a catastrophe narrowly prevented, turning a festive moment into a mystery and warning.

Song Shuhang confronted the Red Demon Skull, whose threats and accusations revealed a possible connection to the Stellar Destruction Virus. As Song Shuhang prepared to return to Wenzhou, the Skull detonated, but its explosion neutralized the virus's mist and left Song Shuhang considering how to study more Red Demon Skulls.

• Song Shuhang kept his identity secret while the Red Demon Skull accused him of killing Void Sun Guardians and rejected cooperation.
• Senior White told Song Shuhang that he and Soft Feather had returned with the Jade Lake, and Song Shuhang asked Senior White to help read the Skull's memories.
• Song Shuhang decided to take Boss Fat Ball and the others back to Wenzhou through a Space Gate.
• The Red Demon Skull detonated inside the Sealing Pillar, but Song Fat Ball reinforced the seal and the resulting bloody mist neutralized the viral mist.
• Song Shuhang examined the remaining viral progenitor core and said he wanted to capture more Red Demon Skulls to study their interaction with the virus.

Song Shuhang returned to his old home in Wenzhou City wearing Boss Fat Ball as a liquid-metal trench coat and received a New Year’s gift from Soft Feather. He devised a plan to wager against Senior Three-Eyed Youth for treasures, then pass the Wealth-Spending Throne Mark to Soft Feather for another round.

• Song Shuhang put on the Boss Fat Ball trench coat, while the Phoenix Ritual Zither Master moved from his shoulder to Pavilion Master Chu’s stray hair.
• Song Shuhang stepped through the Space Gate to his old home in Wenzhou City, where Senior White, Soft Feather, and the others were waiting.
• Soft Feather gave Song Shuhang a Fourth-Grade Hair-Binding Immortal Crown as a New Year’s gift, and he posted a picture of it to his social feed and tagged the Nine Provinces Number One Group seniors.
• The Fairy Spirit Ghost reminded Song Shuhang about the Wealth-Spending Throne Mark, prompting him to regret not wagering with Senior Three-Eyed Youth before undergoing his tribulation.
• Song Shuhang planned to wager with Senior Three-Eyed Youth for treasures and then pass the Wealth-Spending Throne Mark to Soft Feather so she could wager too.

Song Shuhang received Senior White’s New Year’s gifts, including a hundred thousand ninth-grade spirit stones deducted from his debt and two immortal realms. One sealed Heavenly Court Fragment might be opened with the Key Stone Disk, which Song Shuhang suspected Joseph could identify.

• Song Shuhang promised Soft Feather the Wealth-Spending Throne Mark after he and Senior White concluded their final wager with Senior Three-Eyed Youth.
• Senior White gave Song Shuhang a red envelope containing a note for a hundred thousand ninth-grade spirit stones, to be deducted from his debt.
• Senior White presented Song Shuhang with the Jade Lake Immortal Realm and a sealed Heavenly Court Fragment that he and Soft Feather had found beside a treasure chest.
• Soft Feather recounted that the puppets guarding the fragment had exploded, and Stele Fellow Daoist explained that Song Shuhang’s Clone Sphere had destroyed the Puppet Clones of a puppeteer across the Myriad Heavens and Realms.
• Senior White warned that the fragment needed a matching key and would explode if forced open, so Song Shuhang called Joseph over to ask about the Key Stone Disk.
• Joseph said he did not play with models, leaving Song Shuhang exasperated.

Song Shuhang and his companions enlarged two Ancient Heavenly Court Fragments inside the Core World while Joseph tried to recall how he had encountered the Stone-Disc Key. Joseph remembered finding a key with the matching emblem at a Zhuji highway rest stop, and Senior White retrieved it, opening the palace to reveal the Heavenly Emperor's Throne.

• Song Shuhang brought Joseph into the Core World, where Senior White restored the Jade Lake Immortal Realm and the palace fragment to their original sizes.
• Joseph failed to recognize the palace gate's hollow, and the group speculated about how the puppet had connected him to the Stone-Disc Key.
• Joseph recalled finding a car key with a matching crown-and-scepter emblem at a highway rest stop in Zhuji and handing it to the staff.
• Senior White went to the Zhuji service area and returned with the key.
• Senior White pressed a button on the key, opening the palace gate and revealing the Heavenly Emperor's Throne.

Song Shuhang moved the Jade Lake Immortal Realm into the Ancient Heavenly Court Fragment area and joined the Nine Provinces Number One Group’s New Year preparations. When Zhu asked for snow in Wenzhou, he tried to persuade the Northern Great Emperor to make it snow by offering to lend him the Heavenly Emperor Throne Two.

• Song Shuhang ordered the Core Assistant to relocate the Jade Lake Immortal Realm and keep the palace containing the Heavenly Emperor’s Seat closed; Senior White gave him the ninth-grade spirit-stone key.
• Senior White and Soft Feather hurried to Fairy Bie Xue to help prepare the New Year’s banquet while the Nine Provinces Number One Group gathered for the celebration.
• Song Shuhang arrived to find the group preparing food, performances, and decorations as their children played nearby.
• Zhu asked Song Shuhang to make it snow for New Year, but Fairy Dongfang Jingxue said she could not and the Northern Great Emperor refused to help.
• Song Shuhang offered to lend the Northern Great Emperor the Heavenly Emperor Throne Two in exchange for Wenzhou’s first snowfall of 2020.

Song Shuhang shared a heavy snowfall in his Core World and bestowed the Daoist title Seeker Dao Fairy upon Chu Chu. As the New Year countdown began, he ended the chapter surrounded by friends and seniors.

• The Northern Great Emperor caused heavy snow to fall in Song Shuhang's Core World, burying several of its residents and freezing the lake around Fairy Six Cultivations, Fairy Lychee, and Fairy Flowing Firefly.
• Li Yinzhu threw a huge snowball at Song Shuhang, and he found Mechanical Girl hiding inside it for a sneak attack.
• Song Shuhang bestowed the Daoist title Seeker Dao Fairy upon Chu Chu, whose cultivation and Dao Heart improved as Merit descended upon her.
• Song Shuhang teased Doudou about changing Chu Chu's name and recruiting more disciples named Chu Chu, prompting Doudou to charge at him before the poetry-loving girl stopped it.
• Pavilion Master Chu struck Song Shuhang with her stray hair for acting childish, and Soft Feather and Senior White went onstage as the group prepared for the New Year countdown.

Plot points and events

• The Nine Provinces Number One Group prepares to celebrate New Year in Song Shuhang’s Core World. Venerable Yellow Mountain arranges decorations and entertainment, including calligraphy couplets and a professional lion-and-dragon troupe.
• Doudou is bound and assigned to serve as the lion-dance “lion,” despite the troupe already being present. Yellow Mountain frames the performance as a ceremonial send-off before Doudou moves into his own cave dwelling.
• Soft Feather and Senior White lead a dramatic countdown, changing into festive outfits. The group—and especially Song Shuhang’s parents—joins in, enjoying a warm, childhood-like New Year atmosphere.
• Just as Dharma King Creation is about to imitate the crowd’s cheers, a tremendous explosion erupts: Song Shuhang has exploded again. His blood-colored energy is purified by the Core World into radiant red rain, which nourishes the guests, plants, and even Heavenly Court relics.
• The group records the incident as “Tyrant Song’s First New Year Explosion, the First Death of Lunar Year 2020.” Northern River’s Loose Cultivator reassures Shuhang’s confused parents by describing the explosion as a New Year surprise.

Character developments and interactions

• Yellow Mountain takes charge of the festivities, playfully conscripting Doudou while also marking Doudou’s upcoming move to his own home.
• Doudou protests being used as a prop, while Flood Dragon Overlord nervously suspects he might be recruited as the “dragon.”
• Soft Feather and Senior White show their close coordination by leading the countdown together. Soft Feather’s transformation impresses the group and moves her father, Sage Lord Butterfly, who realizes how much she has grown.
• Song Shuhang’s parents experience the simple, joyful New Year feeling they had missed in recent years, but remain unaware that their son has exploded.
• Northern River tactfully shields them from the alarming truth, while Yellow Mountain reacts to the supposedly festive explosion with such distress that he takes a pill.

Significant themes

• Joy and renewal: The group’s celebration recreates the uncomplicated excitement of childhood New Years.
• Found family and shared rituals: Friends contribute to the festivities and celebrate together, turning the Core World into a communal home.
• Comedy through the extraordinary: Shuhang’s recurring explosions interrupt an ordinary holiday tradition, yet become both a spectacle and a generous gift.
• Turning misfortune into fortune: The lion-and-dragon troupe prospered after being forced to perform, while Shuhang’s destructive “fireworks” unexpectedly strengthen everyone.

Song Shuhang exploded during the New Year gathering, but his companions confirmed he was safe and entering resurrection. He reappeared on Heavenly Emperor Throne Two as his Immortal Fat Whale Golden Core used a resurrection rune, while the planned ritual was ready to begin.

• Miss Disaster Giant Turtle sensed Song Shuhang's explosion and realized he had left no remains behind.
• The Nine Provinces Number One Group used the steady Core World and Cultivation Chat System to confirm Song Shuhang was safe, and Senior White heard his voice from his arm.
• Senior White took over the gathering as real fireworks filled the sky, and Fairy Bie Xue began sacrificing a rare Year Beast, Xi.
• Su Clan's Sixteen gathered Song Shuhang's companions and attachments in her Fairy Spirit Ghost form and watched Heavenly Emperor's Palace as Song Shuhang took shape above Heavenly Emperor Throne Two.
• Song Shuhang's Immortal Fat Whale Golden Core used a resurrection rune, and he looked at his palm and said, "Heh heh heh, got you."
• The island-owning senior announced that his Heavenly Court Fragment was about to arrive, and the Northern Great Emperor said the ritual could begin.

Key plot points and events

• Song Shuhang, temporarily caught between life and death after exploding, tells Island Master Gold Trigram to move his household—and the Heavenly Court Fragments on Mysterious Island—into the Core World. He has already granted permission.
• He informs Northern Great Emperor that the fragments are gathered and isolated, so the ceremony can proceed. The transfer of Heavenly Emperor Throne Two must wait until Song recovers; the delay should give his body time to revive.
• Northern asks how Song exploded. Song jokes that he did it voluntarily for New Year, and Northern finds the explanation surprisingly plausible.
• Song reveals the explosion was partly deliberate: he had left the Stellar Destruction Virus and the Red Demon Skull, Stellar Doomsdayer, to trigger it, hoping to trace the force behind Stellar Doomsdayer and Void Sun Guardian.
• During the explosion, that powerful hidden figure attempted to seize the Cultivation Chat System. The attempt failed because the system is rooted in Song’s existence and protected by Lady Dragon Network. The intruder erased his traces and deleted his account using a method similar to the Heavenly Dao Little Black Room.
• Song’s resurrection restored the deleted data. A gray, offline account linked to the hidden figure reappeared. Song notices it but decides not to contact or monitor it closely, so he does not alert the enemy.

Character developments

• Song Shuhang shows greater strategic patience and control: he knowingly used his explosion as bait, successfully uncovered a lead, and now resists acting too soon. He also makes clear that, despite his many deaths, he does not welcome dying—resurrection comes at a cost.
• Northern Great Emperor treats Song as a formidable figure but remains amused by his unusual habits, readily believing that he might have blown himself up for fun.
• The hidden antagonist is established as exceptionally powerful and technically capable: he can attack the Cultivation Chat System and erase his account, but cannot overcome the system’s protections or its connection to Song.

Significant themes

• Death and resurrection: Song’s repeated deaths are part of his life, but they remain costly and are not something he seeks.
• Identity and dependence: The Cultivation Chat System cannot be separated from Song; its existence is bound to his life and Dao.
• Patience and strategic concealment: Song gains a lead but chooses not to pursue it immediately, prioritizing secrecy over a premature confrontation.
• Comic reputation: Song’s history makes even an absurd explanation for his explosion seem believable to those around him.

Character interactions

• Song coordinates with Island Master Gold Trigram and Northern Great Emperor to prepare the Heavenly Court ceremony while his body revives.
• Song and Northern exchange teasing remarks about the explosion; Northern ends the conversation before Song can clarify the truth.
• Song’s interaction with the hidden figure is indirect: their failed clash over the Cultivation Chat System leaves Song with a restored gray account as a potential means of tracking him.

Key events

• Song Shuhang avoids focusing on a restored gray ID because deliberately engaging with its powerful owner could alert them and invite trouble. He plans to wait until his Cause-and-Effect Saber can gather more powerful “backers.”
• Seated on the enormous Heavenly Emperor’s Throne, Song Shuhang tries to provoke Heavenly Emperor’s Son into appearing. The Son does not respond, leaving Song Shuhang unsure whether he has revived or is acting behind the scenes.
• Song Shuhang checks the Cultivation Chat System and finds that both Heavenly Emperor’s Son and he himself are listed as “dead beyond dead.” The discovery embarrasses him, since he had just criticized others for being unclear about their deaths.
• Island Master Gold Trigram’s Heavenly Court Fragment is placed in the Core World. Its arrival causes the collected fragments to resonate, announcing that enough have gathered to restore the Ancient Heavenly Court’s basic framework.
• The proclamation spreads across a vast area of the Myriad Heavens and Realms. Cultivators witness the palace’s phantom appear in the sky: the Heavenly Court has risen again.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Shuhang remains cautious and strategic around formidable powers, while privately indulging in ambitious plans for his Cause-and-Effect Saber.
• Though wary of Heavenly Emperor’s Son, Song Shuhang acknowledges the Son’s exceptional charm and his past help, admitting that their relationship has softened his former dislike.
• Song Shuhang speaks aloud to the absent Heavenly Emperor’s Son, but receives no reply. His attempt to tease the Son about a spinal-disc problem also fails to draw him out.
• Island Master Gold Trigram contributes his fragment on loan; the Core Assistant refrains from absorbing it permanently.

Significant themes

• Power and perception: Powerful beings can sense threats and schemes, making secrecy essential.
• Death and uncertainty: The system’s “dead beyond dead” label complicates assumptions about resurrection and the status of the dead.
• Trust and caution: Song Shuhang’s growing goodwill toward Heavenly Emperor’s Son coexists with persistent suspicion.
• Rebirth and legacy: The fragments’ reunion revives the Ancient Heavenly Court’s framework and publicly marks the return of a once-dominant institution.

Key plot points and events

• The Ancient Heavenly Court suddenly reappears across the Myriad Heavens and Realms, stirring nostalgia among its former members and alarming powerful cultivators.
• Members of Tyrant Song’s research chat group suspect he rebuilt it, but Black-and-White Dragon Maiden says someone else is leading the effort. A divination reveals Tyrant Song has recently died and is still reviving, prompting the group to wonder who could challenge him.
• In the Core World, the Heavenly Court Fragments are assembled for a ritual. Island Master Gold Trigram enters a sealed space, causing his existence to be forgotten temporarily—an essential step in making Daozi the sole eligible Heavenly Emperor.
• Daozi uses the Confucian Canon to surrender part of his existence and his Dao of Longevity, enduring excruciating pain. His mature Spirit Ghost receives Fairy Golden Cheng Lin’s Heavenly Emperor’s Seat, setting up Daozi to inherit the Heavenly Emperor’s Path.
• Cheng Lin reveals that a Northern Great Emperor imprint will serve as a substitute in the “8.5 Heavenly Dao Plan.” The alliance prepares to bring in a young cultivator, selected by Daoist Scarlet Firmament, to undergo a Heavenly Tribulation as the ritual’s final step.
• Before they can bring the youth over, thunder sounds nearby. Cheng Lin wonders who has unexpectedly triggered a tribulation.

Character developments and interactions

• Tyrant Song is revealed to have died once, though the group assumes he can resurrect. His temporary absence gives others hope that he may not dominate the coming struggle.
• Daozi accepts a painful sacrifice of his power and existence to advance the plan. His experience makes him understand firsthand why the Heavenly Dao Fat Ball despised the Confucian School.
• Fairy Golden Cheng Lin directs the ritual, transfers her Heavenly Emperor’s Seat to Daozi’s Spirit Ghost, and frames the plan as a final chance for the alliance to redeem itself.
• Island Master Gold Trigram willingly honors his bargain by entering the sealed space.
• Silver Trigram, secretly observing the ritual, forgets whom he came to find after Gold Trigram’s existence is erased, then heads toward the Mysterious Island. The Northern Great Emperor and Vajra Temple’s grandmaster discuss his identity and destination.
• The research-group members debate whether to oppose Tyrant Song, while Black-and-White Dragon Maiden tries to keep them calm and protect the ritual from interference.

Significant themes

• Resurrection, sacrifice, and redemption: Daozi’s loss and the alliance’s plan are presented as necessary costs for a final chance at freedom and atonement.
• Power and uncertainty: Tyrant Song’s apparent death briefly unsettles the balance of power, while the sudden tribulation introduces an unpredictable threat to the carefully prepared ritual.
• Memory and existence: Gold Trigram’s temporary erasure shows how reality and memory can be manipulated to satisfy the plan’s requirements.
• Legacy and attachment: The Heavenly Court’s return evokes both its former authority and the lingering affection of those who once called it home.

Chapter Summary: “It’d Be Perfect!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Two locations in Song Shuhang’s Core World are connected to the Present World, allowing Heavenly Tribulation energy to pass through.
• When a tribulation begins in the Core World, several powerful cultivators initially suspect that Tyrant Song is involved. Daozi points out that Song Shuhang has already reached the Three Severings Tribulation Immortal Realm and should theoretically no longer need to undergo ordinary tribulations.
• The group discusses how Song Shuhang survived the unprecedented Ninth-Grade Thousand-Day Heavenly Tribulation, attributing it to methods such as the Heavenly Lightning Graduation Law and the Realm Lord Seal.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen unexpectedly begins condensing her Fifth-to-Sixth Advancement Heavenly Tribulation inside the Core World. The group worries that allowing another person to undergo tribulation there could cause multiple tribulations to combine uncontrollably.
• Song Shuhang, still unable to revive after his latest death, observes the gathering through the Core World. His revival has been transferred to a second Heavenly Emperor’s Throne and is taking unusually long, leaving him trapped in a “Deader Than Dead” state.
• Sixteen requests that Song Shuhang transfer her to a proper location so she can undergo tribulation safely. She explains that she has thoroughly prepared, possesses absolute confidence, and has already set up a portable Tribulation-Transcending Formation.
• The group confirms that Sixteen’s rapid advancement is not due to an unstable foundation: she spent considerable time training within the Heavenly River Su Clan Trial Space and an additional Secret Realm.
• Sixteen also reveals that she has completed the final preparation for her Golden Core Formation Diagram and can perform the Dragon-Pointing Finishing Touch at any time.
• The members jokingly discuss her rapid progress and the pressure it places on Su Clan’s Seven, whose cultivation ranking is being threatened by Sixteen.
• Mad Saber Three Waves provokes Su Clan’s Seven by highlighting this pressure. Dharma King Creation restrains Three Waves, bargaining for the Book Immortal Post; Su Clan’s Seven then kills Three Waves with Saber Qi.
• Just as Song Shuhang is preparing to transfer Sixteen out, Cheng Lin suggests that Sixteen undergo her tribulation in the Heavenly Court Fragment Region, saying that the location would be ideal.

Character Developments

• Song Shuhang: His advancement to the Three Severings Tribulation Immortal Realm has changed even his revival process, which is now abnormally prolonged. Despite being unable to revive, he remains attentive to Sixteen’s safety and takes responsibility for relocating her.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen: She demonstrates major growth, progressing from Fourth-Grade to the Fifth-to-Sixth Advancement stage in a relatively short time. Her confidence, extensive preparation, and successful cultivation in trial spaces show that her rapid advancement is backed by a solid foundation.
• Su Clan’s Seven: His protective concern for Sixteen remains strong, but he is also humorously portrayed as feeling pressure because she is rapidly approaching his cultivation level.
• Nine Provinces Number One Group: The older members recognize that Song Shuhang’s influence and the younger generation’s accelerated progress have pushed everyone to cultivate faster than before.
• Mad Saber Three Waves and Dharma King Creation: Their comic rivalry continues, with Three Waves provoking others and Creation using the opportunity to claim a reward before Three Waves is killed again.
• Cheng Lin: She intervenes at a crucial moment with a practical suggestion, proposing the Heavenly Court Fragment Region as a suitable tribulation site.

Significant Themes

• Accelerated cultivation and generational pressure: Song Shuhang’s extraordinary influence has driven the group’s younger members to advance at unprecedented speed, creating both admiration and anxiety among their seniors.
• Preparation versus sudden advancement: Although Sixteen’s breakthrough appears abrupt, the chapter emphasizes that genuine long-term preparation and accumulated experience make her advancement safe.
• The absurdity of cultivation life: Serious matters such as Heavenly Tribulation, death, and realm advancement are mixed with jokes, teasing, repeated deaths, and casual negotiations.
• Changing power dynamics: Song Shuhang’s evolution has made the Core World increasingly capable of resisting Heavenly Tribulation, while Sixteen’s progress begins to challenge established rankings within the group.
• Reliability and companionship: Despite the chaotic circumstances, the group actively worries about Sixteen and works together to ensure that her tribulation can proceed safely.

Important Character Interactions

• Song Shuhang and Su Clan’s Sixteen: He offers to seal or relocate the tribulation, while Sixteen calmly assures him that she is ready and asks for his assistance in finding a suitable location.
• Su Clan’s Seven and Sixteen: Seven worries about Sixteen’s rapid advancement, but she reassures him that her foundation and preparations are sound.
• The group and Sixteen: Northern River’s Loose Cultivator and Manor Lord Seven Lives question her cultivation progress, while Sixteen confirms that she has completed the necessary preparations.
• Mad Saber Three Waves and Su Clan’s Seven: Three Waves mocks Seven about being overtaken by Sixteen, provoking Seven into killing him.
• Dharma King Creation and Three Waves: Creation restrains Three Waves and demands the Book Immortal Post as compensation, turning the incident into another comedic exchange.
• Cheng Lin and Song Shuhang/Sixteen: Cheng Lin proposes the Heavenly Court Fragment Region as the ideal place for Sixteen’s tribulation just as Song Shuhang is about to move her.

Fairy Cheng Lin persuaded Su Clan's Sixteen to let her Fifth-to-Sixth Advancement Tribulation fuel a plan involving the Ancient Heavenly Court Fragment. As the tribulation began resonating with Daozi and the fragment, the 8.5 Heavenly Dao Plan started, while Song Shuhang finished resurrecting and prepared the Heavenly Emperor's Seat.

• Song Shuhang objected to Fairy Cheng Lin involving Su Clan's Sixteen in a dangerous ritual, but Sixteen agreed after Cheng Lin offered her Dao of Longevity and promised to protect her life.
• Fairy Cheng Lin transferred Su Clan's Sixteen and her tribulation to the Heavenly Court Fragment Region, where the Nine Provinces Number One Group watched from the New Year's banquet.
• The Northern Great Emperor and the other big shots merged with statues to manipulate the tribulation, diverting most of its strengthened power toward Daozi.
• The Heavenly Tribulation made Daozi, the Heavenly Emperor's Path, and the Heavenly Court Fragment resonate, beginning the 8.5 Heavenly Dao Plan.
• Song Shuhang's resurrection bar completed, and he told the Northern Great Emperor that he would prepare the Heavenly Emperor's Seat.

Plot and key events

• Song Shuhang’s long revival finally begins to finish. His body reforms from mist and skeleton, and his left arm—helped by Senior White’s luck—returns first. He checks the Cultivation Chat System, where his “deader than dead” status is fading, but the Heavenly Emperor’s Son still shows no sign of revival.
• Northern Great Emperor urges Shuhang to hurry back, since everyone is waiting for the Heavenly Emperor’s Throne. Shuhang uses his Core World authority to send the throne to Daozi.
• Daozi is synchronizing himself with the Heavenly Emperor’s Path and the Heavenly Court fragments to carry out the plan to create a complete 8.5th Heavenly Dao. Su Clan’s Sixteen guards the ritual while undergoing her Fifth-to-Sixth Grade tribulation. Her Golden Core Formation Diagram is complete, and the strengthened tribulation presents little danger to her.
• Daozi sits on the throne, accelerating the ritual. The Heavenly Dao Fat Ball’s contingency activates, and Golden Cheng Lin calls the others to pour their power into the formation.
• Ancient Heavenly Court Longevity Immortals join the effort, while Cheng Lin releases substitute bodies to undergo tribulations on their behalf. The combined forces trigger a tremor across the Myriad Heavens and Realms, leading cultivators everywhere to wonder whether someone has attained immortality—and whether it might be Tyrant Song.

Character developments and interactions

• Song Shuhang moves out of his deathlike state and resumes taking action, though his revival is not yet fully complete. His cheerful bond with Senior White is reflected in his joking about his “lucky left hand.”
• Su Clan’s Sixteen displays confidence and exceptional strength. Her cultivation and True Dragon Bloodline make her far stronger than her current grade suggests, and she is poised to benefit greatly from Daozi’s success.
• Daozi takes charge of the ritual and trusts Sixteen to withstand its effects, giving her guidance on advancing to Sixth Grade.
• Northern Great Emperor is eager for Shuhang to return the throne, which he regards as a matter of pride.
• Golden Cheng Lin coordinates the assembled allies, while Daoist Scarlet Firmament, the Northern Great Emperor, and others contribute their strength.

Significant themes

• Cooperation and sacrifice: The plan depends on Daozi, Sixteen, Cheng Lin, the Heavenly Court’s allies, and the Longevity Immortals working together.
• Transformation and renewal: Shuhang’s regeneration and the attempt to establish a new Heavenly Dao both center on moving beyond death and restoring what was lost.
• Merit, talent, and cultivation: Sixteen’s formidable abilities and the promised Merit from Daozi’s success highlight how power and opportunity can accelerate a cultivator’s growth.
• Uncertainty at a turning point: The realms sense a momentous change, but no one knows who—or what—has reached immortality.

Key plot points and events

• Across the Myriad Heavens and Realms, cultivators assume Tyrant Song must be behind any major event. His recent feats—defeating challengers, killing the previous generation’s “Invincible Heavenly Emperor,” becoming a World Lord and Netherworld Ruler, and disrupting the Previous Heavenly Dao—have made him seem like the likely next Heavenly Dao.
• The powerful Longevity Immortals privately acknowledge that proving the Heavenly Dao may depend on a hidden qualification, rather than simply defeating everyone in the world.
• In the Core World, Golden Cheng Lin and the other major figures withdraw from the Ancient Heavenly Court area. Cheng Lin brings Su Clan’s Sixteen near a Heavenly Court Fragment, where Sixteen’s ongoing tribulation may lead to an opportunity and reward.
• Daozi commits to a risky plan to save his junior brothers, calling it his final chance. The Previous Heavenly Dao’s rules activate, and a pillar of Immortality energy envelops him, beginning his transformation into an incomplete, transitional “8.5th Heavenly Dao.”
• Because Daozi has no control over the process, his ascension is broadcast throughout the realms. The revelation shocks everyone: the figure on the Heavenly Emperor’s Throne is Daozi, not Tyrant Song.
• Song Shuhang, watching from Heavenly Emperor Hall, is impressed by the elders’ achievement. But a second figure appears behind Daozi’s projection: someone who looks like Song Shuhang—though slightly older.

Character developments and interactions

• Daozi takes decisive action, accepting the Heavenly Dao transformation as his last opportunity to save his junior brothers.
• Golden Cheng Lin is weakened after creating many doppelgangers but still helps protect Sixteen and expresses her hopes to Daozi.
• Song Shuhang is startled by the scale of the plan and initially assumes the second figure is himself. On closer inspection, he realizes the apparition is an older version of him.
• Su Clan’s Sixteen remains in the midst of her tribulation and is positioned near the Heavenly Court Fragment for what may be her reward.
• Cultivators across the realms react to Daozi’s unexpected ascension, then immediately return to their familiar assumption that any extraordinary event must somehow involve Tyrant Song.

Significant themes

• Fame and expectation: Tyrant Song’s reputation is so overwhelming that the public expects him to be behind every major development.
• Hidden qualifications and uncertain rules: The chapter questions whether becoming Heavenly Dao requires overwhelming strength or some less obvious condition.
• Sacrifice and salvation: Daozi’s transformation is framed as a final, selfless attempt to save his junior brothers.
• A mysterious future self: The older-looking Song Shuhang apparition introduces uncertainty about identity, time, and his role in Daozi’s ascension.

Key plot points and events

• “Ghost Song Shuhang,” a figure resembling an older, more weathered Song Shuhang, appears behind Daozi as he sits on the Heavenly Emperor’s Throne during the plan to make Daozi the 8.5th Heavenly Dao.
• Song Shuhang is still reviving and cannot explain the apparition. He checks his avatars and incarnations, but none seem to account for it.
• He speculates that Ghost Song may be connected to several unresolved events: his missing avatar and Onion Lady, the Heavenly Emperor’s Son, the Confucian School’s Tribulation Immortals, the Heavenly Dao Sphere, or the absorption of Heavenly Court paths into his Core World.
• Northern Great Emperor, worried the anomaly might derail the plan—and mindful that the throne was obtained through an arrangement with Song—asks for an explanation. Song’s many guesses only convince him that Song is a magnet for trouble.
• Daozi assures the others that Ghost Song will not interfere with the plan. Ghost Song then stands behind him and whispers something in his ear.
• Daozi’s demeanor changes. He identifies a threat in the void and attacks it with the Confucian Canon, unleashing a Sub-Heavenly Dao-level blow that devastates the targeted area.

Character developments

• Song Shuhang is baffled by Ghost Song’s appearance and tries to reason through its possible origins, showing both his curiosity and his tendency to become entangled in major events.
• Northern Great Emperor becomes increasingly wary of Song Shuhang’s unpredictable connections and jokes that they should sever ties.
• Daozi shifts from calm reassurance to cold, ruthless determination after hearing Ghost Song’s whisper. His commitment to his final chance—and to fulfilling his teacher’s entrustment—overrides any hesitation.

Significant themes

• Unintended consequences and interconnected fates: Song Shuhang’s past actions may have caused an anomaly whose origins are difficult to untangle.
• Duty and obsession: Daozi’s devotion to his junior brothers and his teacher’s final wish drives him toward extreme action.
• Identity and appearance: Ghost Song looks like Song, but his older aura suggests a separate history or nature.
• Trust amid uncertainty: Daozi reassures the group even as an unexplained presence influences events.

Character interactions

• Song Shuhang explains his confusion to Northern Great Emperor, who challenges the idea that Ghost Song could have nothing to do with him.
• Northern Great Emperor and the other observers relax after Daozi assures them the apparition will not disrupt the plan.
• Ghost Song whispers privately to Daozi, prompting Daozi to target an unseen opponent and strike without hesitation.

Key plot points and events

• Daozi’s attack is broadcast across the Myriad Heavens and Realms, overwhelming weaker viewers with its pressure while giving stronger cultivators a chance to test their Dao Hearts.
• Daozi obliterates a hidden corner of the void, revealing the Void Sun Guardian and Stellar Doomsdayer. Their protective cloaks and book-like tools are destroyed; those tools had been their means of interfering with Daozi’s ascension.
• Daozi traps them in a “sea of questions” created from an exam-paper-like treasure, then unleashes hundreds of millions of carefully restrained punches. Both enemies are ultimately reduced to ash.
• Ghost Song whispers to Daozi again. His anger eases, and the pair ascend and disappear.
• The Cultivation Chat System announces a New Year event jointly sponsored by itself and the Heavenly Dao. Participants can earn rewards by collecting the two enemies’ heads or reporting their whereabouts.

Character developments and interactions

• Daozi demonstrates overwhelming power enhanced by Heavenly Dao Information. Though furious, he controls his blows so they harm only his targets, showing both restraint and terrifying force.
• Song Shuhang recognizes the two enemies and reflects on his past struggles against them, underscoring how far beyond his former opponents Daozi now stands.
• Ghost Song repeatedly whispers to Daozi, seemingly helping calm or guide him; their exchange remains unexplained.
• The Void Sun Guardian and Stellar Doomsdayer are exposed as enemies seeking to obstruct Daozi’s ascension, but lose their key tools and are defeated.

Significant themes

• Knowledge as power: Daozi’s questions immobilize his enemies, turning scholarship into a weapon.
• Restraint amid overwhelming strength: Daozi limits the collateral damage of his immense attack.
• Public spectacle and cultivation: The broadcast both intimidates viewers and strengthens those able to withstand it.
• Humor and commercialization: The enemies’ defeat is quickly turned into a system-wide New Year bounty event, boosting the system’s prestige.

Key plot points and events

• After the new Heavenly Dao attains the Dao, its public endorsement of the Cultivation Chat System raises the system’s prestige and draws the attention of powerful cultivators across the Myriad Heavens and Realms.
• Longevity Immortals emerge from seclusion, astonished by how much the world has changed—even those absent for only a year feel left behind. Many download or revisit the app, hoping it might offer clues to the Heavenly Dao and Immortality.
• The system launches a New Year event with missions tailored to different levels of cultivators:
  • Top-tier experts can exchange the heads of Void Sun Guardians and Stellar Doomsdayers for Heavenly Dao rewards, potentially including access to Immortality-related information.
  • High-end fighters are tasked with finding traces of those enemies.
  • Ordinary cultivators can hunt members of the Sun-Worship Sect and Star Annihilation Sect for gift packs, with better rewards for stronger or more numerous targets.
• These coordinated missions mobilize cultivators throughout the realms against the two enemy factions.
• Song Shuhang notices that the event’s design—and especially its gift-pack mechanics—resembles ideas from his own past experience. He suspects “Ghost Song,” who appears to be involved with Daozi, may actually be himself.

Character developments and interactions

• Daozi, the “8.5th Heavenly Dao,” expands the event beyond elite fighters, using his partially mastered authority to include ordinary cultivators. His actions show an effort to involve the whole population in the campaign.
• Song Shuhang recognizes his possible influence on Daozi’s plans and wonders whether his future self entered a dream during Daozi’s rise to the Heavenly Dao.
• The reclusive Immortals shift from dismissing or ignoring the Cultivation Chat System to actively using it, prompted by the new Heavenly Dao’s endorsement.
• Daozi and the system effectively connect the Heavenly Dao with cultivators at every level, offering rewards that may help powerful figures advance and giving ordinary people a role in the wider conflict.

Significant themes

• Change and the passage of time: Even brief seclusion can leave powerful figures out of step with a rapidly changing world.
• Collective action: The event turns the combined strength of all cultivators into a weapon against shared enemies.
• Progress through connection: The Cultivation Chat System becomes a bridge between cultivators and the Heavenly Dao, and potentially a path toward Immortality.
• Fate and identity: Song Shuhang’s suspicion that “Ghost Song” is himself raises the possibility that his future actions are shaping the present.