Chapter Summaries

Jade Void Heavenly Lord praised Jiang Lin and warned him that a great age was approaching, while the wounded Azure Cloud Demon Lord escaped and mourned the loss of his plans. At the waterfall, Xu Xing told Yuanjun that he had once imagined himself as the Human Race’s destined savior, leaving Bie Xuening listening nearby.

• Jade Void Heavenly Lord praised Jiang Lin’s cultivation, advised him not to rush toward a divine position, and confirmed that True Lords would soon descend into the lower realm.
• Jade Void Heavenly Lord warned Jiang Lin that the Azure Cloud Demon Lord had survived before departing, and Jiang Lin bowed farewell.
• The wounded Azure Cloud Demon Lord drained a black bear’s life, removed the Divine Path imprint from himself, and discovered that the Mountains and Rivers Pearl was badly damaged.
• Xu Xing watched the snowy scenery with Yuanjun, who asked about his thoughts when he first arrived in the Great Profound Realm.
• Xu Xing admitted that he had once believed he was destined to save the Human Race and gain power and admiration, while Bie Xuening listened from the doorway.

Xu Xing reflected on his past with Yuanjun while the Ascension Platform communication channel advanced and he worked to sever his ties to the Great Profound Realm. As the Great Unity Dynasty’s emperor exploited the Taiping Pill Fruits, Jiang Lin succeeded in refining Taiping Pills.

• Xu Xing admitted that Yuanjun’s early victory with his own sword technique had once made him resentful, and Yuanjun asked whether he had disliked her.
• The communication channel between the two sides became more stable, while Hong Sovereign sent messages through Xu Xing and went into the mortal world in disguise.
• The Great Unity Dynasty’s emperor ordered four gardens built, claimed grand titles for himself, declared Taiping Dao the state religion, and named himself its Dao Master.
• Yueling glimpsed the immense forces and strained connections surrounding Xu Xing as he worked to sever his past and the three ties to the Great Profound Realm.
• Xu Xing planned to study the Divine Path system for the Ascension Guidance Immortal Net, and Bie Xuening joined him for a walk while Yuanjun stayed to oversee the communication channel.
• Jiang Lin successfully refined his first Taiping Pills after two failed attempts.

Jiang Lin successfully refined Taiping Pills, planted one to grow a pill-fruit tree, and sent Jiang Cheng to aid refugees while warning his disciples to avoid reckless confrontation. Meanwhile, Xu Xing and Bie Xuening recorded the Heavenly Palace’s divine offices and left to collect information on the Lunar and Solar Deities.

• Jiang Lin completed a batch of Taiping Pills and learned that his disciples had barely begun studying the Orthodox Purity Origin Spirit Refining Method.
• Jiang Lin planted a Taiping Pill near the summit of Chengming Mountain, where it grew into a tree bearing 108 pill fruits.
• Jiang Lin gave Jiang Cheng eight pills to distribute among refugees and instructed his disciples to carry divine plaques and summon their guardian gods if threatened.
• Jiang Lin saw a vision of a rotten dragon surrounded by malicious figures and resolved to be the first to oppose it.
• Xu Xing and Bie Xuening watched the Heavenly Palace assembly and discussed the Divine Path’s decline as its True Lords prepared to descend to the mortal realm.
• Xu Xing recorded the Heavenly Palace’s divine offices into a gray sphere, then left with Bie Xuening to collect information on the Lunar and Solar Deities.

Xu Xing helped the Lunar Star Lord shed her divine nature while retaining the Lunar authority, and she fled to the mortal realm to evade the Golden Crow. Huiyu arrived on the Lunar Star as Xu Xing and Bie Xuening considered their next move, while a Daoist approached a group of abused conscripted laborers near the Great Unity Dynasty's capital.

• Xu Xing and Bie Xuening entered the Lunar Jade Palace and watched the Lunar Star Lord undergo the Lunar Spirit Cleansing and Divine Shedding True Method.
• Xu Xing severed the Lunar Star Lord's remaining divine authority, and she absorbed the Lunar authority into a jade token using the Wonderful Dao Unity Enlightenment True Scripture.
• The Lunar Star Lord left for the mortal realm to hide from the Golden Crow, while Xu Xing turned his attention to the Solar authority.
• Huiyu descended onto the Lunar Star and announced that he wanted to see the Lunar Star Lord; Bie Xuening asked Xu Xing whether they should kill him.
• Near the Great Unity Dynasty's capital, a labor overseer beat conscripted workers and then savagely attacked a younger overseer who protested, unaware that a tall Daoist was approaching.

Jiang Cheng revealed the Taiping Pill Fruit’s origins and led refugees away from a forced labor convoy as rival groups claimed the Taiping Dao name. Meanwhile, new Immortal Path catalysts awakened to the coming descent of the True Lords, and Xu Xing’s group headed into the Divine Court of Mysterious Womb Azure Bright Heaven.

• Jiang Cheng killed the chief escort, demonstrated how Taiping Pills could grow into pill-fruit plants, and preached the Taiping Dao to the convoy’s laborers.
• Jiang Cheng took the refugees and the unconscious young guard away, while other groups—including Jiang Lin’s disciples and aristocratic clans—acted elsewhere, with several claiming to be the true masters of Taiping Dao.
• Hong Sovereign warned He Yunqi not to investigate the cultivator behind the Taiping Pill Fruit, and He Yunqi followed him down the mountain while asking about the Azure Cloud Demon Lord.
• A reborn woman resolved to seize her opportunity, a fleeing man resented the discovery of his Dharma Body method, and a man with an ancient ring heard that the Divine Path’s first great upheaval was near.
• A black-robed preacher completed the Preach to a Thousand People achievement and received a Foundation Establishment reward as the Hunt Deities event was announced.
• Xu Xing and Yuanjun discussed the awakened Immortal Path catalysts, then followed Yueling toward the Divine Court of Mysterious Womb Azure Bright Heaven.

Xu Xing’s group reached Azure Bright Hall, where Zi Xuan appeared and prompted Xu Xing to investigate whether he was connected to Xuan. After repeatedly dissecting and examining him, Xu Xing found no connection, and Zi Xuan remained baffled by Yueling’s accusation.

• Yuanjun told Bie Xuening that Spirit Ancestor reported her eldest disciple had grown more diligent and her younger disciple had reached Foundation Establishment Perfection.
• The group arrived at Azure Bright Hall, where Bountiful Harvest Imperial Lord immediately knelt and insisted he had not interfered in mortal affairs.
• Zi Xuan appeared in Azure Bright Hall, and Yueling and the others wondered whether he was connected to Xuan.
• Xu Xing seized and dissected Zi Xuan and his Dao, then examined him repeatedly to confirm he had no connection to Xuan.
• Yueling glared at Zi Xuan and asked what he was pretending for, leaving him bewildered.

Yueling subdued Zixuan and the hook-nosed cultivator while Xu Xing collected the Mysterious Embryo Azure Bright Divine Court’s Divine Path information. He Yunqi warned Hong Sovereign that the Divine Path’s True Lords would soon descend, only for Hong Sovereign to reveal that the moment had arrived and relinquish his divine position.

• Yueling dragged the hook-nosed cultivator into view and cowed him and Zixuan, while Bountiful Harvest Imperial Lord ingratiated himself with her.
• Xu Xing absorbed the Divine Path information from Bountiful Harvest Imperial Lord and the Mysterious Embryo Azure Bright Divine Court, then stopped Yueling from further punishing the men.
• Yueling lashed Zixuan and the hook-nosed cultivator, made them kneel, and ordered Zixuan to change his name before leaving with Xu Xing and the others.
• Xu Xing reflected with Bie Xuening and Yuanjun on the year since he emerged from seclusion as the group departed the Ninefold Heavenly Palace.
• He Yunqi told Hong Sovereign that the Divine Path’s True Lords would soon descend, but Hong Sovereign said he already knew and that it was happening now.
• Hong Sovereign declared himself the Star Lord of Mysterious Spirit, Deliverance from Calamity, and Prolonged Life, and relinquished his divine position and authority to the Great Dao.

As True Lords relinquished their divine offices and returned their authority, the Divine Path weakened and spiritual energy spread through the world, beginning an era of conflict between immortals and gods. Jiang Lin prepared for the upheaval, while reborn Immortal Dao initiators hunted weakened gods; Xu Xing and his companions expected the Divine Path to strike back.

• He Yunqi witnessed Star Lords and Heavenly Lords relinquish their divine offices, and Hong Sovereign warned him to help the Deity of Virtue if they fell into distress.
• Jiang Lin watched the new era begin, questioned Divine Lord Tongli about the weakened power of his divine position, and wondered what the change meant for gods born from divine authority.
• A reborn woman killed the Bright Marsh River Water God and took his Divine Path origin to avenge her parents.
• The Azure Cloud Demon Lord killed a weak Mountain God for a tiny Divine Path origin and blamed He Yunqi for his lost opportunity.
• Xu Xing, Bie Xuening, and Yuanjun observed the growing number of gods killed by reborn Immortal Dao initiators, and Bie Xuening predicted that the Divine Path would retaliate.

Xu Xing oversaw the Divine Path’s collapse as Grainfoot relinquished the authority of primordial qi, while drought and rebellion spread across the Great Unity Dynasty. Jiang Lin strengthened his Taiping Dao by mastering the God Controlling Method, then met the former Jade Void Heavenly Lord and declared himself the master of the Taiping Dao.

• Grainfoot relinquished his primordial qi authority, prompting reclusive Profound Penetrations to seize other divine authorities.
• Xu Xing asked Yueling to watch for trouble, and Yueling eagerly agreed to confront any suspicious Profound Penetrations.
• Drought and rebellion spread through the Great Unity Dynasty as five rival Taiping Daos rose and the Divine Path struck back against Immortal Dao Seeds and Spirit Stealing Dao cultivators.
• Jiang Lin mastered the God Controlling Method and manifested Divine Lord Tongli’s armor and golden mace without being bound by a divine office.
• Jade Void Heavenly Lord visited Jiang Lin, confirmed he was not a practitioner of the Spirit Praying Dao, and heard him declare himself the master of the Taiping Dao.

Jiang Lin invited Jade Void Heavenly Lord to join the Taiping Dao, pledging his life to its goal of protecting mortals and bringing peace. Hong Sovereign restrained the Golden Crow and sent the Heavenly River into the mortal world, while Ning Ruo contacted Bie Xuening and Yuanjun to discuss testing their communication channel as Brother Xu remained in seclusion.

• Jiang Lin showed Jade Void Heavenly Lord his pill-refining art and invited her to join the Taiping Dao.
• Jiang Lin declared that he wanted no one to freeze to death, no immortal or divine conflicts to involve mortals, and peace under heaven; he asked Jade Void Heavenly Lord to kill him if he betrayed that purpose.
• Hong Sovereign suppressed the Golden Crow's light and heat, then sent the Heavenly River flowing into the mortal world.
• Ning Ruo projected her image through the Ascension Platform and asked Bie Xuening and Yuanjun where Brother Xu was.
• Yuanjun said Brother Xu had entered seclusion, and Ning Ruo discussed testing whether their communication channel could withstand True Immortal-level power.

Ning Ruo established a communication channel with Yuanjun and asked her to help improve its materials, while the group of ancestors discussed the successful connection. The channel entered its final adjustment and testing stage, and Ning Ruo rested after completing the initial setup.

• Ning Ruo tested a projected conversation with Yuanjun and Bie Xuening, then sent Yuanjun materials to improve the communication channel and several experimental designs.
• Yuanjun received the materials and agreed to help, while Bie Xuening left and Yuanjun wondered how she had worked with Ning Ruo before.
• Ning Ruo completed the communication channel's initial construction and announced in the Big Boss Group that real-time projected conversation worked, though its capacity for True Immortal power still needed testing.
• The other ancestors moved to the Exchange Group, where Charm Ancestor relayed Ning Ruo's announcement and Confusion wondered why she was the one passing it along.
• Ning Ruo returned to her quarters and rested after days of calculations.

Min reminisced with Chi Jiuyu about Martial Uncle’s past, revealing that he once vowed to face heaven and earth with his sword alone. Later, Chi Jiuyu brought Zhang Yunlu to the Golden Core Comprehensive Service Center and discovered that the rooster Min had given her was actually a Phoenix.

• Min welcomed Chi Jiuyu to his courtyard, where she asked about Martial Uncle and heard Min quote his vow: “Should heaven and earth overturn, I alone shall meet it with one sword.”
• Min gave Chi Jiuyu his rooster when she left, and she later stewed it for Zhang Yunlu as she prepared to form her core.
• Chi Jiuyu accompanied Zhang Yunlu to Core Formation Chamber Number Seventy-Five and reviewed the precautions for core formation while Li Ke waited nearby.
• After Zhang Yunlu went inside, Li Ke identified the lingering fragrance on Chi Jiuyu as the smell of Phoenix meat.
• Chi Jiuyu realized Min’s rooster had been a Phoenix and said she had found it delicious, though less impressive than food she had eaten at the Spirit Sound Workshop.

Zhang Yunlu entered the Core Formation Chamber and used the Slaying Sword Canon to refine her true essence into Slaying mana before attempting to form a Golden Core. After enduring the ninth turn’s overwhelming pain and fainting, she left behind an Indestructible Golden Core.

• Chi Jiuyu asked Li Ke how to remove the smell of Phoenix meat, and Li Ke made it vanish with a wave of her hand.
• Chi Jiuyu hurried back to her cave abode to retrieve the Phoenix feathers she had thrown away, then obeyed a disciple’s warning not to run inside the Core Formation Chamber.
• Zhang Yunlu entered the Core Formation Chamber with the spirit liquids and other supplies Bie Xuening had prepared for her.
• Zhang Yunlu used the Slaying Sword Canon to endure the sword’s killing intent and transform her true essence into Slaying mana.
• Zhang Yunlu’s Golden Core completed nine turns, but the immense pain made her faint as pill fire filled her body.
• A radiant Indestructible Golden Core formed on Zhang Yunlu’s Dao Platform.

Chi Jiuyu learned that Zhang Yunlu had formed a nine-revolution Golden Core and brought her Phoenix stew. Meanwhile, the clash between the Immortal Path and Divine Path intensified, while Yuanjun asked Bie Xuening to test her improved willpower-powered armor.

• Chi Jiuyu waited outside the Pill Formation Chamber and prepared to sell the Phoenix feathers she had collected.
• Zhang Yunlu emerged from the chamber, and Chi Jiuyu learned she had formed a nine-revolution Golden Core.
• Chi Jiuyu took Zhang Yunlu away to eat Phoenix stew, while Zhang Yunlu wondered when her Master would return.
• Daoist Xuanling and the Eastern Azurewood Thunder Lord each killed numerous enemies as the Immortal Path and Divine Path conflict escalated.
• Yuanjun offered to test her improved willpower-powered armored exosuit on Bie Xuening, who dismissed the offer as boring.

Yuanjun and Bie Xuening received Ning Ruo’s updates, including news that Bie Xuening’s younger disciple had reached Golden Core and several letters for Hong Sovereign. After reading the letters, Hong Sovereign worried about the conflicts among his female confidantes in the Great Profound Realm, then returned to the ongoing gathering in the Divine Court.

• Ning Ruo reported that Bie Xuening’s younger disciple had reached Golden Core and delivered a message from Charm Ancestor along with four letters for Hong Sovereign.
• Yuanjun held back from telling Ning Ruo about her improved Mindforce Powered Armor, and Bie Xuening teased her for wanting to show it off.
• At the Imperial Zenith High Heaven Hall, Emperor Lord Zaiming and other Emperor Lord-level gods discussed their shares in the coming Immortal Dao age while the Celestial Venerable remained silent.
• Hong Sovereign intercepted the four letters, left the hall, and read them in a secluded pavilion by the Heavenly River.
• Hua Xi’s letter told Hong Sovereign that Lingrui and Zhixing had fought and injured Qianshuang, leaving him anxious about returning to the Great Profound Realm.
• Hong Sovereign reassured himself by comparing his troubles with his fellow cultivator’s future problems, then returned to the Imperial Zenith High Heaven Hall.

Jiang Lin finished taking control of Qingping Province and ordered the Bian Clan’s remaining resources put to use for the people. When a Bian clan True Lord attacked him, Jiang Lin effortlessly defeated him, only for another powerful figure to arrive and endorse Jiang Lin’s insult.

• Jiang Cheng reported that the Bian Clan’s main line had been executed, and Jiang Lin ordered three deities to search for survivors and instructed the opening of granaries for the people.
• Jiang Lin ordered the Bian Clan’s ancestral hall converted into a shelter, then sent Jiang Cheng to protect the evacuating soldiers and civilians.
• The Bian clan’s True Lord attacked Jiang Lin with a spear, but Jiang Lin stopped the strike with one finger and hurled him through a wall.
• Jiang Lin seized the True Lord by the throat and declared that he would kill him for claiming to represent the lower-realm True Lords.
• A voice from the distant horizon praised Jiang Lin’s words as intense killing intent swept toward them.

Jiang Lin rejected Bright Yang Greedy Wolf Star Lord’s demand for the Taiping Pill refining method and revealed the Taiping Thirty-Three Heavens Divine Manifestation to defeat him. The Lunar Star Lord and the heavenly rulers witnessed Jiang Lin’s power, while Hong Sovereign quietly suppressed a dangerous idea inspired by the manifestation.

• Bright Yang Greedy Wolf Star Lord demanded Jiang Lin hand over the Taiping Pill refining method and provide spiritual materials, promising him a place in Void Return.
• Jiang Lin refused, and Bright Yang Greedy Wolf Star Lord attacked the Bian Clan ancestral shrine before turning to leave.
• Jiang Lin stopped Bright Yang Greedy Wolf Star Lord, insulted him, and summoned the Taiping Thirty-Three Heavens Divine Manifestation.
• Jiang Lin’s manifestation overpowered Bright Yang Greedy Wolf Star Lord and trapped him in a pill furnace of Divine Path flames.
• The Lunar Star Lord observed the battle and wondered what connection Jiang Lin had to Lord Sword Ancestor.
• Emperor Lord Zaiming and the other Emperor Lords praised the manifestation, while Hong Sovereign erased the Heavenly Venerable’s plan to create a Myriad Gods Manifestation.

Xu Xing emerged from seclusion after weakening the connection binding him to the Great Profound Realm and coordinated plans for a stable communication channel and the Divine Path Information Container. He learned that Hong Sovereign had written letters for everyone, including Qianshuang, but the chapter ended with Hong Sovereign realizing nobody had delivered them.

• Xu Xing finished wearing away the clasp of his connection to the Great Profound Realm and left his meditation chamber with Moon Shadow.
• Yuanjun told Xu Xing that the communication channel had passed its final stability tests, and Ning Ruo appeared to confirm her plans to connect it to Starry Sky.
• Xu Xing gave Ning Ruo the Divine Path Information Container to have Senior You carry later, while Yuanjun prepared her improved items for transfer.
• Ning Ruo asked Xu Xing whether Hong Sovereign had replied to Qianshuang, and Xu Xing said he had not.
• Xu Xing and Yuanjun met Hong Sovereign, who revealed that he had already written letters but had not arranged for them to be delivered.

Jiang Lin rejected the Great Unity emperor’s offer to make him Imperial Preceptor and went to confront him in the capital, where he seized the dynasty’s true dragon of fortune. A strange presence briefly crowded into the world during the confrontation, but Jiang Lin dismissed the sensation and continued facing the emperor.

• Jade Void Heavenly Lord watched Jiang Lin and Daoist Xuanling compete, then learned that Xuanling had refused to join the Taiping Dao despite wanting Jiang Lin’s methods.
• Jade Void Heavenly Lord delivered the Great Unity emperor’s edict appointing Jiang Lin Imperial Preceptor and recognizing Taiping Dao as the state religion, but Jiang Lin destroyed it.
• Jiang Lin told Jade Void Heavenly Lord to pass the alchemy method to Xuanling if anything happened to him, then departed to kill the emperor.
• Jiang Lin entered the capital and confronted the emperor, whose weakened dynastic fortune could not prevent him from being forced to his knees.
• Jiang Lin seized the Great Unity dynasty’s true dragon with his Taiping Eighty-One Heavenly Deities Dharma Manifestation, but a sinister chuckle and an immense presence briefly shook the world.

Jiang Lin rejected Heavenly Mansion Star Lord’s proposal to legitimize the Taiping Dao and instead offered him a chance to join, while Xu Xing prepared to break the Great Profound Realm’s connection to him. The chapter left Xu Xing poised to continue his secluded cultivation as You watched over him.

• Jiang Lin said he would kill the emperor despite the emperor admitting his guilt, but Heavenly Mansion Star Lord intervened and stopped his attack.
• Jiang Lin invited Heavenly Mansion Star Lord to join the Taiping Dao, then summoned Yangming Greedy Wolf Star Lord and asked for his guidance.
• Savage Thunder Venerable and other powerful cultivators gathered in the Ninefold Heavenly Palace to investigate a sudden disturbance that seemed to exceed the Profound Penetration Golden Immortal realm.
• You returned the Ascension Platform to Xu Xing and learned that Xu Xing intended to break the Great Profound Realm’s connection to him rather than return to his homeland.
• Xu Xing manifested three chains linking him to the Great Profound Realm, and You sensed that they were drawing his true body toward them.