Chapter Summaries

The Beast God used Xu Xing’s sword light to sever its connection with the Heavenly Will, then fled when Confusion appeared. In the Cangyue Empire, the Human Race began rebuilding, while Xi Li demonstrated a divine ability for dismantling and transporting buildings.

• The Beast God burned its essence and unleashed Xu Xing’s sword beams to separate itself from the Heavenly Will.
• Confusion appeared, and the Beast God and Heavenly Will vanished before it could pursue them.
• Several days later, the Human Race began rebuilding the ruined imperial city in the Cangyue Empire.
• Yuanjun told Bie Xuening and Charm Ancestor that the realm’s Heavenly Will would be locked down in half a day.
• Xi Li used World-Splitting Micro-Manifestation to dismantle a building and carry its pieces away.

Xi Li watched the Human Race build a new home in the Cangyue Empire and reflected on the sacrifices that had brought them there. As she and Fumu sensed a clash tear open the night sky, the Beast God fell from the heavens.

• Xi Li watched cultivators and summoned workers construct a city, giving the Human Race a hopeful new home.
• Yuanjun, Charm Ancestor, and Bie Xuening recalled rebuilding after the Cang Race’s defeat and discussed leaving this world and whether Dao Brother would leave the Great Profound Realm.
• Xi Li sat alone atop an iron tower, troubled by a feeling that she had forgotten something important.
• Fumu joined Xi Li, offered her candy, and explained that Xi Li’s situation had been more dangerous than her own during the Beast God Race’s purge.
• Xi Li and Fumu felt their magic power suppressed as a furious voice roared from the sky.
• The night sky shattered amid crimson light and golden flames, and the Beast God crashed to earth.

The Beast God emerged from the Heavenly Will and faced five True Immortals of Taixuan, who turned their attack toward the realm’s Heavenly Will instead. As the immortals dragged it out with threads of cause and effect and struck it with a sword, a red-clad woman appeared to join the effort.

• The Beast God descended into the Beast God Realm and challenged the five powerful beings who had gathered there.
• Remorse told the Beast God that he would not survive the night, and the Beast God accepted his fate.
• The four other immortals bypassed the Beast God and attacked the Heavenly Will in the rift, while the Beast God joined Remorse’s strike.
• The Heavenly Will tried to flee, but the immortals bound it with threads of cause and effect and began drawing it out.
• The Heavenly Will offered to favor the Human Race, but the immortals rejected the offer, and Bie Xuening called on a red-clad woman to take her turn.

Charm Ancestor and the other immortals drew the Beast God Realm’s Heaven’s Will out of the world and destroyed its will. As Remorse battered the Beast God until he could barely recover, rain fell across the realm, and the Beast God realized that the Heaven’s Will had fallen.

• Charm Ancestor drew the Heaven’s Will toward her while Yuanjun and Confusion helped pull it out of the Beast God Realm.
• Charm Ancestor pinned down the Heaven’s Will, Yuanjun bound it with karma, Confusion cut away its will, and Bie Xuening unleashed her killing sword lights.
• The Beast God charged Remorse again, but Remorse repeatedly blasted him apart until his aura weakened and his recovery slowed.
• The Beast God Realm began to rain despite the cloudless sky, and its people believed the world was mourning the Beast God’s tribulation.
• The Beast God laughed as he realized the Heaven’s Will had fallen.

Remorse and the other immortals defeated the Beast God after erasing Heaven’s Will, and the Beast God asked to see the Sword Ancestor once more. In Qingxu, Xu Xing sensed a thread of causality from the Beast God Realm and prepared to respond.

• Remorse confirmed that the outsiders had targeted Heaven’s Will from the beginning, and the Beast God accepted his defeat.
• Confusion, Charm Ancestor, Yuanjun, and Bie Xuening returned after destroying Heaven’s Will, and Bie Xuening’s swordlight cleared the storm and sorrow from the sky.
• The Beast God asked the immortals to spare some of his people and let him test his sword against the Sword Ancestor once more; Yuanjun said the Human Race would decide the survivors’ fate.
• In Qingxu, Xu Xing and Ning Ruo discussed preparations for a third Void Return cultivator’s ascension and the construction of another Ascension Platform hub.
• Xu Xing sensed the causality thread Yuanjun had left from the Beast God Realm and stood up, saying the Beast God had a certain mettle.

Xu Xing wielded Moon Shadow to strike the Beast God across the Chaos Sea, and their clash ended with the Beast God’s death and the birth of ten thousand worlds. The Five Immortals reflected on how Immortals depended on one another, then prepared to return.

• Moon Shadow became a scarlet-red sword in Xu Xing’s hand, and he swung it from the World-Deriving Instrument toward the Beast God.
• Xu Xing’s sword-light crossed the Chaos Sea, awakened sword paths across countless worlds, and earned him the name Sword Ancestor.
• The Beast God burned his essence and existence to meet Xu Xing’s strike head-on, but the collision killed him and gave rise to ten thousand worlds.
• A fading shadow asked what kind of existence he had been, accepted the answer that he was an Immortal, and vanished with regret over Darkness’s failure.
• Remorse, Confusion, Charm Ancestor, Bie Xuening, and Yuanjun witnessed the Beast God’s end, while Bie Xuening reflected on how the Immortals had depended on those who came before and on one another.
• Bie Xuening left to wrap things up and return, while Yuanjun wondered what she had been thinking.

The Five Immortals left the Beast God Realm after deciding the Human Race could handle the remaining Beast God Race, and Confusion created a baby named Xiyun. Back in the Great Profound Realm, Xu Xing prepared for the first ascension ceremony, scheduled for five days later.

• The Five Immortals discussed the Beast God Realm's recovery and decided to leave its remaining conflict to the Human Race.
• Bie Xuening, Red Radiance, Yuanjun, and Remorse departed, and Confusion sent Xi-light into the imperial city to create a baby named Xiyun.
• Xu Xing added two world embryos to the World-Deriving Instrument, bringing the total to thirty-six.
• Xu Xing told Moon Shadow to inform the Sect Master about the first ascension ceremony at the Spirit Sound Workshop in five days.
• Xu Xing decided to wait until the first ascension proved successful before inviting the Righteous Alliance to participate.

After sorting world coordinates and meeting the returning group, Xu Xing learned that several companions had gained insight from the Beast God Realm battle. Two days later, Xu Xing and Bie Xuening returned to the Sword Sect and gave Chi Jiuyu World Seeds, explaining that they could grow into portable Cave Heavens.

• Xu Xing used the Thirty-Six World Seeds to enhance the World-Deriving Instrument and sort its stored world coordinates.
• Charm Ancestor, Yuanjun, Remorse, Confusion, and Bie Xuening returned from the Beast God Realm, where they had defeated the Beast God and Heaven's Will; several of them had gained new insight.
• Confusion told Xu Xing that he had restored Xi's Dao-rhyme and combined it with Xi Yun's [Yang] and [Sword] Dao to create an infant who could give the Human Race hope in the Beast God Realm.
• Xu Xing told Charm Ancestor that Ning Ruo had invited the sects to the first ascender's ceremony in five days, then shared his sorted world-coordinate results with Bie Xuening and Yuanjun.
• At the Sword Sect, Chi Jiuyu fed Zhang Yunlu's Spirit Fish, discovered her Life-Bound Sword was correcting her writing, and struggled to choose a name for it.
• Xu Xing and Bie Xuening arrived and gave Chi Jiuyu two World Seeds for her junior sister, explaining that each could grow into a portable Cave Heaven, though the Great Profound Realm would suppress its size.

Chi Jiuyu received a personal Cave Heaven and a Little Yellow Duck ornament from Bie Xuening, while Xu Xing hinted at an upcoming opportunity. Xu Xing and Bie Xuening visited the Sword Venerable Hall, where Yueling was allowed to return to her game.

• Bie Xuening warned Chi Jiuyu to reach Spirit Transformation within two years and not to sell the Little Yellow Duck ornament she had commissioned for her.
• Xu Xing told Chi Jiuyu to prepare for a coming opportunity, and Chi Jiuyu examined the Cave Heavens before realizing she had forgotten to ask for a name suggestion.
• Xu Xing and Bie Xuening went to the Sword Venerable Hall to see the ascended cultivators, but Bie Xuening stayed behind to absorb her insights from the Beast God Realm.
• Bie Xuening placed the Little Yellow Duck ornament beside Yueling’s bed, and Xu Xing gave Yueling permission to play her game.
• After Xu Xing and Bie Xuening left, Yueling relaxed and resumed her game.

Xu Xing prepared to return the Homecoming Laboratory key and deliver Sword Qi to the Spirit Sound Workshop, then got inspiration from a game to create safer trials for his disciples. Three days later, the sect masters gathered at Ascension Hall for an event connected to the first ascender, while Xu Xing, Yuanjun, and Ning Ruo watched from the inner sect.

• The Immortal Sect Ancestors discussed the upcoming gathering, and Sword Ancestor said the ascender could choose whether to join a sect or remain a Rogue Cultivator.
• Xu Xing planned to return Ning Wanzhu’s key, deliver Sword Qi for Ning Ruo’s Immortal Cleansing Pool, and prepare a gift for the first ascender.
• Xu Xing found Yan Ming’s elaborate gaming room, beat Yue Buling at a game, and considered using World Seeds to create safer training trials for his disciples.
• Three days later, Du Ruoheng, Cheng Junming, Qin Wei, and Chang Yue arrived at the Spirit Sound Workshop’s Ascension Hall as the other sect masters remained delayed.
• Xu Xing, Yuanjun, and Ning Ruo watched the gathered sect masters and remarked on how well the current generation knew one another.

The Seven Great Immortal Sects’ masters gathered at the Spirit Sound Workshop to receive an ascendee and debated which sect should recruit her. Yuanjun revealed that the disaster clinging to her still prevented her from taking a disciple, since anyone who became one would suffer terrible misfortune.

• Chang Yue asked the gathered sect masters which disciples they planned to send on trials beyond their world, and Qin Wei named the contestants from the last Immortal Sect Grand Competition.
• Shen Qingjun, Guo Hong, and Li Wanwan arrived, bringing all seven sect masters together in Ascension Hall.
• Li Wanwan distributed the Sword Ancestor’s detailed records of the ascendee and said the Founder Ancestors, including Yuanjun, were watching from the Spirit Sound Workshop.
• After reading the records, Qin Wei claimed the ascendee should join the Dragon-Elephant Heaven-Supporting Sect, while Cheng Junming argued she should join the Supreme Dao Sect.
• In the Spirit Sound Workshop’s Inner Sect, Ning Ruo asked Yuanjun when she would take a disciple, and Yuanjun explained that disaster still clung to her and would bring any disciple to a miserable end.

Xu Xing backed the Human Race High Priest’s ascension plan and promised to deal with five rival Void Return cultivators. At the grand ceremony, the newly ascended Human Race cultivator killed the Feather God Race ancestor with one sword, and the Golden Book Jade Slip proclaimed Li Ming’s ascension.

• Xu Xing told Yuanjun that he might be nearing his next breakthrough and confirmed that the ascenders’ preparations were proceeding as planned.
• The High Priest discovered that five foreign Void Return cultivators had gathered against the Human Race, but Xu Xing told him not to delay the ceremony and promised to kill them.
• The High Priest renamed the Immortal Ceremony the Grand Ceremony of Taking the Void Return Throne and made further preparations for the Human Race’s ascension.
• At the ceremony three days later, the High Priest confronted the five hidden enemies, and the newly ascended Human Race cultivator destroyed the Feather God Race ancestor with a single sword strike.
• The Golden Book Jade Slip announced that Li Ming had attained the Dao and ascended, leaving the High Priest bewildered as the ceremony began.

Li Ming ascended through the immortal gate after Xu Xing secretly killed the five foreign-race Void Return cultivators threatening the Human Race Ancestral Court. The Floating Glaze Realm rewarded the ascension by strengthening itself, granting Xu Xing its Heavenly Emperor Seal, and recording the event as the beginning of a new era.

• The newly ascended Human Race ancestor killed a Feather God Race Void Return cultivator, and Li Ming stepped onto the Ascension Immortal Ladder as the ceremony began.
• Xu Xing secretly slew four more foreign-race Void Return cultivators while Li Ming climbed the ladder, leaving only one alive.
• Xu Xing strengthened the Floating Glaze Realm with seven-colored rain and received the Floating Glaze Heavenly Emperor Seal from the grateful world will.
• Li Ming glimpsed powerful beings beyond Void Return through the immortal gate, wished for the Human Race to flourish, and entered the gate.
• Li Ming's final sword strike killed the last foreign-race Void Return cultivator, and the Floating Glaze World Chronicle declared the First Year of Ascension.

Fu Yan completed his enthronement ceremony after the Human Race’s Grand Elder destroyed the Azure Dragon Race’s ancestral grounds and headed for the Feather God Race. Meanwhile, Li Ming ascended to the Great Profound Realm, where seven powerful immortals awaited him.

• The Human Race’s Grand Elder crushed the Azure Dragon Race’s ancestral grounds with the Heavenly Sovereign Giant Hammer and set off to attack the Feather God Race.
• Fu Yan welcomed the foreign races to his enthronement ceremony, killed the hostile envoys, and arranged the heads of five fallen Void Return experts as offerings.
• Fu Yan learned that the Floating Glaze Heavenly Emperor Seal would allow the Human Race to wield its authority for a hundred years once three more people ascended.
• Xu Xing watched Fu Yan’s ceremony, confirmed Li Ming’s ascent had proceeded safely, and said the Beast God Realm would be next.
• Li Ming traveled through the Chaos Sea and the Great Profound Immortal Realm’s eternal light before arriving in a hall and recognizing the Sword Ancestor’s image.
• A young woman welcomed Li Ming to the Great Profound Realm, and he bowed to the seven powerful beings gathered there.

Li Ming underwent the Immortal Cleansing Pool’s tempering and learned about the Great Profound Realm’s cultivation levels, including the Three Near-Immortal Realms. After emerging, he received invitations from two Immortal Sects but chose to explore the world before deciding, then encountered a familiar figure waiting outside the Ascension Hall.

• Li Wanwan explained that Li Ming needed the Immortal Cleansing Pool to gain the Great Profound Realm’s recognition, and he entered it without hesitation.
• The pool tempered Li Ming’s Root Bone and conveyed knowledge of the Great Profound Realm, its Immortal Sects, and the cultivation realms beyond Void Return.
• Ning Ruo and Yuanjun confirmed that the pool had made Li Ming a Human Race member acknowledged by the Great Profound Realm, while Xu Xing left to meet him and offer gifts.
• Qin Wei invited Li Ming to join the Dragon-Elephant Heaven-Supporting Sect, and Cheng Junming urged him to choose the Supreme Dao Sect instead.
• Du Ruoheng advised Li Ming to explore the world before choosing; Li Ming thanked the Sect Masters, left the Ascension Hall, and saw a familiar figure waiting at the valley entrance.

Xu Xing sent Li Ming to explore the Immortal Realm, gave him resources and a World Seed, and told him to cultivate to Dao Integration before learning more about the Human Race’s great enemy. After reaching Mystic Sword City, Li Ming began investigating its everyday life, but a mysterious seven-colored divine figure appeared to him.

• Xu Xing explained that Li Ming was the Immortal Realm’s only ascender so far, gave him a Rogue Cultivator identity, Spirit Stones, booklets, and a World Seed, and urged him to cultivate toward Dao Integration.
• Li Ming thanked Xu Xing, bowed as Xu Xing vanished, and flew away to explore the Immortal Realm.
• The Immortal Sect Masters agreed to share a meal and discuss cooperation between the Sword Sect and Spirit Sound Workshop, while Xu Xing noticed a persistent enemy and then went to meet with others.
• Li Ming traveled to Mystic Sword City and observed the city’s cultivators, schools, phones, and Spirit Net while eating Duck Blood Vermicelli Soup.
• A seven-colored divine figure appeared in Li Ming’s vision and sighed, “Heaven gives birth to all things to nourish man...”

Li Ming encountered a powerful being from the Great Profound Realm that altered his perception, then explored Mystic Sword City's night market and watched a fortune-teller suffer the disaster he had predicted. In the Ancient Great Profound Heaven, Gu recovered from the Sword Ancestor's strike and wondered what Xuan intended.

• A seven-colored figure showed Li Ming visions of the Human Race's slaughter of other races, realized he was not from the Great Profound Realm, and left him with only a memory of crimson light.
• Li Ming returned to the restaurant, recognized that his perception had been tampered with, finished his soup, and left to buy a phone and find lodging.
• At Mystic Sword City's night market, Li Ming browsed Spirit Net posts about body cultivators and watched a fortune-teller predict a student's bloody disaster.
• A drunk man fell from the sky and pinned the fortune-teller to the ground with a flying sword, and Li Ming mistook the event for the master's divine ability.
• In the Ancient Great Profound Heaven, the Sword Ancestor's strike shook the realm, and Gu told the Cang Race Heaven's Generals that he was unharmed.
• Gu entered the Hall of Time and wondered what Xuan was thinking, knowing he could not stop the Human Race True Immortals in reality.

After Gu was badly wounded by the human immortals, a crack briefly appeared in the sky and he sent an illusory version of himself to ask Xuan for help. Xuan revealed that he had anticipated the humans’ plans and began mobilizing forces for a decisive attempt against them.

• Gu sat in the Hall of Time to heal, but a seven-colored pearl cracked as a vast fissure opened across Ancient Great Profound Heaven and then vanished.
• Gu sent a translucent, weakened version of himself across the Past Domain, and purple qi carried it to Xuan’s true form.
• Gu told Xuan that the human race had brought in outsiders whom the Great Profound Realm recognized as human; Xuan said Heaven’s Will had enabled it and ordered Gu to sow discord among the humans.
• Xuan explained that Sword Ancestor was not from this world, sent Gu away, and reflected that Sword Ancestor had reached the step of turning himself into the Dao Source.
• Xuan formed ranks of Void Return Realm Bio-Weapons and summoned human True Immortals by name, declaring that success depended on one attempt.

Chi Jiuyu received Xu Xing’s method for nurturing her World Seeds and learned that she would join an expedition to another world. After Zhang Yunlu returned from the Dragon-Elephant Heaven-Supporting Sect, she and Chi Jiuyu discussed the upcoming selection and Xu Xing’s message for her.

• Chi Jiuyu saw Lin Qiuxian ranked third on the Foundation Establishment Ranking and went to the Dharma Transmission Tower to seek advice about nurturing her World Seeds.
• Xu Xing gave Chi Jiuyu the Great Void World-Deriving Observation Method and told her to prepare for a trial in another world.
• Zhang Yunlu returned, and the Seven Great Immortal Sects finalized the participant limits and selection plans for their expedition to a Void Return-level world.
• Chi Jiuyu welcomed Zhang Yunlu with a meal and told her that Xu Xing wanted to see her after the expedition.

Xu Xing finalized preparations for the sects’ first expedition beyond their world and resolved several pressing Sword Sect matters. As he left the completed Ascension Hall, a sudden foreboding made him wonder whether Gu or Xuan was involved.

• Chi Jiuyu reassured Zhang Yunlu about the expedition, and Zhang Yunlu said her brother probably would not join.
• Du Ruoheng presented Xu Xing with the expedition roster and reported that the Ascendant remained in Mystic Sword City; Xu Xing confirmed the disciples would travel together the next day.
• Xu Xing approved a partnership with the Supreme Dao Sect, ordered Yan Ming to join the response to Bio-Weapons in the Southern Star Domain, and settled several disputes involving powerful Sword Sect cultivators.
• Xu Xing borrowed the Dragon-Elephant Heaven-Supporting Sect’s Cease-War Arena to settle junior disciples’ disputes.
• After leaving the Ascension Hall, Xu Xing felt an ominous premonition and wondered whether Gu or Xuan was responsible.