Chapter Summaries

Mu Yong received the Water-Ordering Source-Governing Imperial Seal, killed Xuan Xing, and questioned the surviving Void Return cultivators about the otherworldly Spirit Transformations. After the Immortal Sect Grand Competition ended, Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu visited Bie Xuening, who planned missions to train them after they rested.

• Mu Yong learned that the Water-Ordering Source-Governing Imperial Seal made him the Water-Ordering Emperor and could guide the wicked toward goodness or kill them for merit.
• Mu Yong killed Xuan Xing with threads of condensed water, then demanded that the surviving Void Return cultivators explain the Spirit Transformations.
• Sheng Qingqing said the otherworldly Spirit Transformations came from different factions and had turned Xuanxiang World into a trial ground for their own training.
• After the Immortal Sect Grand Competition concluded, Chi Jiuyu and Zhao Ruohan discussed Xiao Ye, her younger sister, and Brother Dog.
• Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu visited Bie Xuening, who acknowledged their results and assigned them training missions to begin after they rested.

Chi Jiuyu received a mission to investigate and mediate a conflict among three alien races, while Xu Xianning entered seclusion to pursue immortality. In the Big Boss Group, the sect leaders chose the grand competition’s victors as the first Ascension Envoys and discussed expanding the plan.

• Bie Xuening assigned Chi Jiuyu to investigate and mediate the conflict among alien races in the Gui Ling 37th Planetary System, and explained that her Martial Uncle had recommended the mission.
• Chi Jiuyu returned to ask Bie Xuening which cultivation arts she mastered, and Bie Xuening told her that her Martial Uncle was proficient in all of them.
• Xu Xianning announced that she would enter seclusion, wished to teach Xu Xing’s future children swordsmanship, and departed as clear qi.
• The sect leaders joked about the grand competition rankings in the Big Boss Group before Ning Ruo stated that the victors would become the first Ascension Envoys.
• Yuanjun proposed adding Void Return juniors to the Ascension Plan, and Tyrant Sovereign said Confusion wanted his Golden Core disciple to join the second batch.

Xu Xing watched Mu Yong reshape Xuanxiang World through a new Divine Path system, then placed the world in the Chaos Sea beside the Three Heavens Realm. Du Ruoheng accessed the Taixuan Immortal Network and began exploring its world-altering powers, while Zhang Yunlu prepared to take the drunken Chi Jiuyu home.

• Tyrant Sovereign discussed Zhang Yunlu’s cultivation and asked Sword Ancestor whether Xianning had entered seclusion after the competition.
• Xu Xing observed Mu Yong take control of the Heavenly Spirit Sect, rename it the Chishui Divine Court, and replace its old system with merit-based cultivation and divine offices.
• Xu Xing settled Xuanxiang World into the Chaos Sea, where the Three Heavens Realm soon approached it.
• Du Ruoheng used the Taixuan Immortal Network to inspect his extensive authority over Xuanxiang World and connected his consciousness to explore it.
• Zhang Yunlu and Lin Xuanxuan caught the drunken Chi Jiuyu, and Zhang Yunlu decided to take her home on a passenger-carrying flying sword.

Lin Xuanxuan rode Zhang Yunlu’s flying sword back to the Sword Sect with a drunken Chi Jiuyu, while Du Ruoheng and the other sect leaders discussed the Xuanxiang World’s divine system and learned that Shen Qingjun was preparing to enter Profound Penetration. The chapter ended with Chi Jiuyu waking to find her cave residence’s living room and belongings missing, leaving her confused about what had happened.

• Zhang Yunlu carried Chi Jiuyu and Lin Xuanxuan to the Sword Sect on her flying sword, and Lin Xuanxuan learned that the powerful wine had come from a martial uncle.
• Du Ruoheng joined Cheng Junming, Qin Wei, Li Wanwan, Chang Yue, and others to inspect the Xuanxiang World and discuss how divine offices could expand their authority through enfeoffment.
• Cheng Junming reasoned that the divine system should eventually have two Imperial Lords, three True Lords, and four Heavenly Lords to preserve room for the Immortal Path.
• Shen Qingjun arrived and confirmed that she was preparing to enter Profound Penetration, prompting the group to congratulate her.
• Chi Jiuyu woke at noon in her cave residence and found its living room and belongings gone, then searched for her phone and shark plush pillow.

Chi Jiuyu woke after sleeping for thirteen days and learned that her drunken rampage had wrecked her home, while Yueling had recorded and shared a humiliating video with Bie Xuening. After meeting Zhao Chengmeng, Chi Jiuyu was ordered to prepare for a mission and asked whether Martial Uncle was still in the sect.

• Chi Jiuyu discovered her home had been cleared out and learned from Yueling and Zhang Yunlu that she had slept for thirteen days.
• Zhang Yunlu recounted how Chi Jiuyu had destroyed furniture and bitten into a spirit-jade coffee table while drunk, before Yueling knocked her out.
• Chi Jiuyu deleted Yueling’s copy of the video, then discovered Yueling had sent it to Bie Xuening.
• Zhao Chengmeng visited Bie Xuening and apologized for Zhao Ruohan’s drunken spectacle before Chi Jiuyu arrived and greeted her as Auntie Zhao.
• Bie Xuening told Chi Jiuyu to prepare for a mission, and Chi Jiuyu asked whether Martial Uncle was still in the sect.

Chi Jiuyu prepared for a mission and learned that her Hundred Arts aptitude would be assessed with a cultivation guide after she returned. Xu Xing discussed Dao Delusion and his uncertain path toward Dao Source with Bie Xuening, while Zhao Ruohan warned Chi Jiuyu that her mission’s investigation might expose a problem someone powerful wanted concealed.

• Xu Xing advised Chi Jiuyu to use the basic Hundred Arts Cultivation Guide to test her aptitude during her mission, and she left to prepare her supplies and starship.
• Xu Xing told Bie Xuening that Dao Delusion was affecting him less and that he planned to visit the Charm Ancestor to confirm what was happening.
• Chi Jiuyu learned from Zhao Ruohan that she and Zhao Ruohan had both been recorded talking drunkenly, and they agreed to confront Xiao Ye after Chi Jiuyu returned.
• Zhao Ruohan warned Chi Jiuyu that the First Investigation Envoy had found no problems in the alien conflict, and that his powerful family connection might make the mission dangerous.

Chi Jiuyu learned that her Ascension Envoy notification had not yet arrived, while Xu Xing prepared to search farther regions of the Chaos Sea for suitable worlds. In Mo Province, Xu Xing interrupted a black-robed Dao Integration cultivator and recognized him as Huan Xiao, a former sect master of the Myriad Forms Demon Sect.

• Zhao Ruohan warned Chi Jiuyu to be careful but ended their call before explaining why, and Li Ke later told Chi Jiuyu that it was not yet time for her to learn about the Ascension Envoys.
• Li Ke questioned Chi Jiuyu about getting drunk, and Chi Jiuyu denied going on a drunken rampage after Martial Uncle's wine.
• Xu Xing watched two Nascent Soul cultivators get arrested after a sword-flying collision, then sent Sword Intent Spirit Bodies to search farther regions of the Chaos Sea for suitable worlds.
• A black-robed figure arrived in an alley in Mo Province, read the memories of a bully who had threatened a bound youth, and killed him.
• Xu Xing appeared behind the black-robed figure and stopped him from harming the youth, and the figure identified himself as Huan Xiao, a Dao Integration Devil Master and former seventh sect master of the Myriad Forms Demon Sect.

Xu Xing spared Devil Lord Huanxiao after warning him to stop harming people, then helped a bullied youth and left him a Sword Seal whose power depended on his choices. Xu Xing met Charm Ancestor on the way to the Joyous Union Sect, where they watched the sunrise and she asked whether he remembered their first meeting.

• Devil Lord Huanxiao explained that his victim had been a cruel criminal, and Xu Xing spared him after warning him not to harm the innocent again.
• Xu Xing freed a bullied youth, told him that his tormentor was dead, and advised him to tell the truth if questioned; after Xu Xing left, a Sword Seal appeared on the youth’s hand.
• Xu Xing read Charm Ancestor’s messages while flying toward the Joyous Union Sect, and Charm Ancestor came out to meet him.
• Charm Ancestor told Xu Xing that Yinxue’s return had been delayed by another large-scale offensive from Far Side of the Starry Sky.
• Xu Xing and Charm Ancestor reached the Joyous Union Sect at dawn, took photos, and watched the sunrise together.
• Charm Ancestor reflected on her past and asked Xu Xing whether he remembered when they first met.

Charm Ancestor recalled how Xu Xing had rescued her from the Willow Wraith Clan when she was a child, and learned that he had recognized her all along. Meanwhile, Lin Changsheng visited the Joyous Union Sect’s Anti-Fraud Training Center to address his family’s concerns about his feelings for Sheng Qingqing before preparing for his role as an Ascension Envoy.

• Xu Xing told Charm Ancestor he had recognized her from their first meeting at the Willow Wraith Clan, revealing that their differing assumptions had grown from a misunderstanding.
• Charm Ancestor remembered being offered as a sacrifice as a frail child and Xu Xing saving her and the other children by destroying the Willow Wraith Tree.
• Charm Ancestor spotted Lin Changsheng among the crowd, and Lin went to meet Yue Zhongfeng at the Joyous Union Sect.
• Yue Zhongfeng escorted Lin to the Anti-Fraud Training Center and bluntly called him a victim of a romance scam, while Lin insisted inwardly that he was not a simp.
• Lin recalled learning that Sheng Qingqing was a Void Return cultivator who had arranged their encounters, and that his family had sent him for training after he was chosen as a second-batch Ascension Envoy.

Charm Ancestor found that Xu Xing’s Dao Delusion looked unchanged even though its influence on him had weakened, and she recalled why he had once shared his cultivation methods with her tribe. Meanwhile, Lin Changsheng arrived at the Joyous Union Sect for anti-emotional-fraud training, endured gossip after entering undisguised, and met his instructor.

• Charm Ancestor examined Xu Xing’s Dao Delusion and concluded that he might be adapting to its presence in his heart.
• Charm Ancestor remembered how Xu Xing had purged the elders who attacked him, shared his cultivation methods with her tribe, and advised her to find her own meaning before choosing a name.
• Lin Changsheng arrived at the Joyous Union Sect for premium anti-emotional-fraud training, and receptionist Qing Qing led him through a waiting area full of disguised clients.
• Other clients recognized Lin Changsheng and speculated about why he was there, while Qing Qing offered him an upgrade or public-relations services.
• Lin Changsheng complained to Old Chang by phone about entering undisguised, then met a ponytailed girl who said she would teach his lessons in her current appearance.

Meng Ling used the Heart-Reflecting Mirror Technique to counsel Lin Changsheng about his feelings for Sheng Qingqing, concluding that he was deeply “poisoned” by his own rationalizations. Meanwhile, Chi Jiuyu departed on a mission, and Zhang Yunlu discovered that she had been selected as a Type II Ascension Envoy as Chi Jiuyu prepared to test her aptitude in cultivation professions.

• Meng Ling explained that the Heart-Reflecting Mirror Technique reflected Lin Changsheng’s feelings in her appearance and voice, then asked him to recount how he had met Sheng Qingqing.
• Lin Changsheng instead described how his cousin and cousin-in-law had met online, admitting that he had once suspected a scam but now believed he had overthought it.
• Meng Ling challenged Lin Changsheng about the carefully arranged encounter, but he insisted Sheng Qingqing had gained nothing from him, and Meng Ling decided he was deeply “poisoned.”
• Chi Jiuyu ate with Zhang Yunlu before departing on a mission, explaining that she was waiting for the Sword Sect’s newer medium-sized starship rather than replacing her current one.
• After Chi Jiuyu left, Zhang Yunlu viewed her Taixuan Immortal Network interface and saw that she had Type II Ascension Envoy authority, not yet activated.
• Aboard her starship, Chi Jiuyu obtained passage authorization for her destination and prepared to test her aptitude using the Guide to the Hundred Arts of Cultivation and spiritual testing items.

Chi Jiuyu received a Southern Star Domain combat-readiness notice while traveling, then the story shifted to the Starry Sky Frontline Battlefield, where the Guardians confronted the captured traitor Yifeng. Jieye arrived and punished his former disciple, leaving Yifeng screaming as Jieye declared that his memories could be used against future traitors.

• Chi Jiuyu read about artifact refining before receiving an order that raised the Southern Star Domain’s defenses and reported a suspected Human Race traitor entering the domain.
• Chi Jiuyu realized her planetary-system-level mission still required True Monarch Fu Ling’s approval and worried that he might block it because of his grandson.
• Ji Yinxue, Cheng Ding, and other Guardians confronted the sealed Yifeng, who defended his defection and accused Sword Ancestor Xu Xing of atrocities.
• Ji Yinxue challenged Jieye’s judgment as Yifeng’s master, and Jieye emerged from the void and admitted she was right.
• Jieye asked Yifeng whether he still remembered their bond, then struck him with tribulation-fire sword light and said his memories could help expose future Human Race traitors.

Jieye punished Yifeng for defecting to the Cang Race, then prepared to return to the Sword Sect and face Sword Ancestor. Beyond the battlefield, Xuan and Gu discussed their failed Heaven Pass Construction plan and the Cang Race’s lack of suitable worlds for advancement.

• Jieye struck Yifeng with Thunder-Fire Penalty, explaining that he hated the Cang Race because it had killed his family, master, friends, wife, and child.
• Jieye bound Yifeng in a sphere of sword-threads and sent him to the deepest part of the Law Enforcement Hall’s Baleful Calamity Prison, then thanked the Guardian Envoys for helping settle his regret.
• Jieye learned from Ji Yinxue that Sword Ancestor was with her master and decided to wait until Sword Ancestor returned to the sect before visiting him.
• Xuan and Gu discussed how their assault had failed to help Cang Race members infiltrate the Central Continent, while Xuan revealed that another Truth Insight cultivator had become a Dao Slave during Heaven Pass Construction.
• Gu asked whether Xuan had found a suitable world in the Chaos Sea, and Xuan said he had not.

Gu and Xuan debated how the Cang Race could close the gap with the Human Race, and Gu urged Xuan to try bringing “Heaven” back. The chapter then followed Chi Jiuyu as she arrived in the Southern Star Domain for a mission and considered new professions after finding her aptitude for traditional cultivation arts poor.

• Gu and Xuan discussed the risks of advancing a Cang Race member beyond the world and returning them to the Great Profound Realm, concluding that the Human Race would not let them build strength unnoticed.
• Gu proposed welcoming “Heaven” back from silence as a faster alternative to the difficult method of Heaven Pass Construction, but Xuan forbade him from raising the matter again and engulfed him in Purple Qi.
• Chi Jiuyu’s Starship completed a warp to the Fuyao Star System, and Ship Spirit Little Snow reported its status and received passage authorization.
• Chi Jiuyu lamented her poor aptitude in artifact refining and formations, then decided she might be better suited to newer pursuits such as spirit-chef work or star refining.
• Chi Jiuyu browsed the regional news while preparing hotpot and saw a report that Star Refiner Li had been arrested for allegedly refining stars illegally.

Xu Xing meditated in Charm Ancestor’s cave heaven while Charm Ancestor spoke with Ji Yinxue about a captured defector and the Sword Ancestor’s return. Meanwhile, Chi Jiuyu tested her aptitude for traditional cultivation arts, declared them unsuitable for a prodigy of the new era, and secretly turned to her crystal card after sending her sword away.

• Xu Xing settled into meditation to reflect on Dao Delusion and the worlds within the Chaos Sea.
• Ji Yinxue told Charm Ancestor that she would return to the sect in three days and reported that the Guardian Envoys had captured Yifeng, a former Sword Sect cultivator who defected to the Cang Race.
• Ji Yinxue told Charm Ancestor that Shengji would bring Yifeng to the Sword Sect for imprisonment and that Jieye planned to meet the returning Sword Ancestor.
• Charm Ancestor ended the call, decided to enlist Ji Yinxue in making Little Yellow Duck reaction images, and went to check on Xu Xing.
• Chi Jiuyu finished testing traditional cultivation professions and insisted that her limited aptitude proved the old-era arts could not suit the foremost prodigy of the new era.
• Chi Jiuyu sent her blue-gold longsword to the Moon Shadow Secret Realm, then pulled a crystal card from the control-room interface.

Chi Jiuyu warped toward the Fu Ling Star System as Bio-Weapons attacked multiple Gui Ling planetary systems. True Monarch Fu Ling destroyed the invaders but uncovered evidence of Human Race traitors, while a disguised infiltrator hid on Gui Ling 35th Planetary System.

• Chi Jiuyu ordered the Starship to warp to the Fu Ling Star System after its Warp Engine finished cooling down.
• Bio-Weapons attacked numerous planetary systems in the Gui Ling series, forcing Guardian Envoys to defend the planets.
• True Monarch Fu Ling captured a Dao Soldier Strange Beast's severed claw and used the Myriad Phenomena Edict Talisman to destroy the Bio-Weapons across the Fu Ling Star System.
• A disguised woman on Gui Ling 35th Planetary System concealed her power and reflected bitterly on the Human Race's treatment of nature and other alien races.

A woman from the Cang Race left the forest while her damaged Dao Soldier Strange Beast restored itself, intent on finding an identity and reaching the Central Continent. Meanwhile, Chi Jiuyu's Starship was forced out of warp by a disturbance at its destination, and she learned the Fu Ling Star System had been attacked by Bio-Weapons and its rules overturned by True Monarch Fu Ling.

• The woman concealed the Dao Soldier Strange Beast within her body and set out to find an identity that would let her infiltrate the Central Continent.
• Ship Spirit Little Snow forcibly interrupted Chi Jiuyu's jump after detecting dangerous anomalous rules at the destination, leaving the Starship in the Ji Ling Star System.
• Chi Jiuyu checked the Starship's damage, ordered maximum-power spiritual energy detection, and inspected the ship while investigating the jump anomaly.
• Chi Jiuyu found an emergency bulletin reporting that Bio-Weapons had attacked the Fu Ling Star System and that True Monarch Fu Ling had destroyed them with a Myriad Phenomena Edict Talisman.
• Chi Jiuyu learned that rule turbulence would prevent entry into the Fu Ling Star System for two and a half days and reacted with surprise at the talisman's power.

Chi Jiuyu postponed testing her talisman talent to prepare the Starship for possible Bio-Weapon attacks. At the Joyous Union Sect, Lin Changsheng faced the painful truth about his feelings for a woman whose apparent affection had been carefully arranged, and Meng Ling advised him to seek her out again if he truly cared.

• Chi Jiuyu resisted testing her talisman talent and instead went to prepare concealment formations around the Starship against wandering Bio-Weapons.
• Yue Zhongfeng told Lin Changsheng that he had shared news of Lin Changsheng’s training progress in their group chat, provoking Lin Changsheng to curse him in private.
• Lin Changsheng glimpsed a woman in a purple dress at the park entrance, briefly recalling his lingering feelings for her.
• At the Anti-Fraud Training Center, Meng Ling explained that information from Lin Changsheng’s family and an illusion realm had helped him recognize the deception behind the woman’s apparent affection.
• Lin Changsheng admitted that he still held onto some hope and asked how to forget her, but Meng Ling told him he could see her again if he truly cared.

Lin Changsheng accepted that he would eventually need to confront his feelings about Sheng Qingqing, but first had to focus on his cultivation. Meanwhile, Xu Xing made progress understanding his Dao Delusion and declared that either his next breakthrough or the Ascension Plan would set the stage for a decisive battle with the Cang Race.

• Lin Changsheng told Meng Ling he would visit Sheng Qingqing if the opportunity arose, then declined to decide whether to pay for the Joyous Union Sect's rumor-management services.
• Spirit Ancestor reported that the Immortal Net was ready and the first two batches of Ascension Envoys had been connected to it.
• Charm Ancestor explained to the Big Boss Group that Xu Xing's Dao Delusion had weakened and shared how her own insights had grown.
• Xu Xing awoke and told Charm Ancestor that he had gained some understanding, though sorting it out and taking the next step would require more time.
• Xu Xing said he would settle matters with the Cang Race after reaching the next step, but the Ascension Plan might be completed first.
• Xu Xing declared that either his breakthrough to Dao Source True Immortal or the Ascension Plan's success would trigger the final decisive battle with the Cang Race.

Xu Xing told Charm Ancestor that the trial world for the first Ascension Envoys was ready, while Chi Jiuyu continued testing her professional talents aboard her Starship. As the Starship reached the Fu Ling Star System, a swarm of Bio-Weapons attacked, and a Void Return-level creature crushed Chi Jiuyu’s Dharma Form.

• Xu Xing told Charm Ancestor that he had settled the trial world for the first batch of Ascension Envoys, and she lay down to rest while inviting him to dual cultivate.
• Chi Jiuyu ordered Ship Spirit Little Snow to withdraw the Starship’s defensive formations after learning that warp conditions at the Fu Ling Star System would soon stabilize.
• Chi Jiuyu reflected on her poor aptitude for most professions, her strong Qi Gatherer, climate renewal technician, and talisman master aptitudes, and her resolve to pursue the talisman path.
• Chi Jiuyu and her Life-Bound Sword dismantled the Starship’s exterior formations, then spotted a swarm of Bio-Weapons approaching.
• Chi Jiuyu activated autopilot and charged the Bio-Weapons in her Slaying Dharma Form, but a Void Return-level Bio-Weapon crushed the form and sent it flying.