Chapter Summaries

Saint Venerable and nine transcendent True Gods considered Dao Ancestor Xuan’s prophecy as the battle between Dao Attainment beings continued. In the Third Great Profound Realm, Xi Li saved Qi Ling from a Cang Race ambush and explained why the Human Race could not afford to show mercy, while the invasion’s full scale still lay ahead.

• Saint Venerable sensed a terrifying force erupt in the Great Profound Realm, withdrew into hiding, and decided to remain on Sword Ancestor’s side.
• The nine transcendent True Gods wondered whether the end of the transcendent order could free them from the Ritual Transcendence System and Saint Venerable’s control.
• Six months later, Qi Ling hesitated to kill a frightened Cang Race child, but Xi Li froze a hidden Void Return attacker before it could ambush her.
• Xi Li warned Qi Ling that mercy toward the Cang Race was dangerous, and explained that its countless lower-level members could exhaust the Human Race’s strength through sheer numbers.
• Qi Ling accepted Xi Li’s warning, while Xi Li dispersed her Sword Intent Spirit Body and reflected on the grief of watching lives like her own fall.

The Thirteen True Immortals of Great Profound continued weakening Xuan in the Second Great Profound Realm, while the war in the Third Great Profound Realm remained deadlocked. At the besieged Sword Sect, Ting Jun ordered more Cang Race members sacrificed to break its formation, as Chang Yao and Jiu Shi guarded a formation node.

• The Thirteen True Immortals of Great Profound destroyed Dao soldiers, and You, Chen Huan, Hong Sovereign, and Tyrant Sovereign observed signs that Xuan's self was nearing extinction.
• The war in the Third Great Profound Realm remained stalled, while Cang Race forces drove the Human Race Void Return cultivators into their sects.
• Ting Jun ordered Can Wu to bring ten million Condensing One and Embryonic Breath Cang Race cultivators to the Sword Sect so their deaths could help break its formation.
• Ting Jun watched Cang Race members die against the Sword Sect's defenses and accepted responsibility for the sacrifices.
• Chang Yao and Jiu Shi took turns channeling mana into a Sword Sect formation node, and Chang Yao panicked when Jiu Shi mentioned having considered surrendering to the Cang Race.

After a year of war, both sides suffered catastrophic losses as the Cang Race’s defenses and strongholds fell. Xu Xing killed Xuan after the Self-Severing Transcendence method preserved Xuan’s self for only one year, leaving the extraordinary power of the worlds to fade and Xu Xing to mourn the end.

• Chang Yao and Jiu Shi feared the Cang Race’s treatment of surrendered cultivators, while Xi Li planned how to restrain the enemy and preserve survivors.
• The Thirteen True Immortals of Great Profound shattered Gu Ancestor’s Dao Holding Soldier, and the war left the Central Continent and both armies devastated.
• Sword Lord Ji’s phantom dispersed after fighting Ji, and Ji reflected on how Sword Lord Ji had surpassed him in the Truth Insight realm.
• Ancestor Xuan apologized to the Cang Race, and a sword cry spread boundless red through the three Great Profounds.
• Xu Xing withdrew his blade from Xuan, mourned their opposed paths, and bowed to him as the worlds’ extraordinary power began to fade.

Xu Xing learned from Cause how the Initial briefly became Dao Source and chose to erase his self, then redirected Cause into a new life and watched the realms and fallen fighters be restored. After leaving the immortals to manage what came next, Xu Xing departed with Bie Xuening, and Chi Jiuyu awoke in the original world, where Du Ruoheng found her transformed.

• Cause appeared beside Xuan and explained that Gu’s birth briefly gave him a self, letting him see that all things ended; he erased that self so existence could have a future.
• Xu Xing sent Cause into the body of a dying infant in a school dormitory, deciding that Cause needed a difficult upbringing, then left Xuan behind.
• Red light merged the Great Profound Realms, erased the Cang Race, restored the dead and shattered celestial bodies, and revived the fallen Human Race cultivators.
• Remorse refused the healing light and walked away, saying he would no longer wait for his elder brother in the Dao; Xu Xing let him decide his own path and told the True Immortals to handle what followed.
• Xu Xing left with Bie Xuening to enjoy life, while Yuanjun and Ning Ruo also disappeared from the gathered immortals.
• In the original world, Du Ruoheng found Chi Jiuyu calmly working as Sword Sect Sect Master; she recognized that they had returned and asked whether everything was over.

Chi Jiuyu returned the Sect Master Deputy Token after serving as Sect Master for a year, but remained determined to claim the position someday. As she reunited with her family and learned that Sword Ancestor was resting, she wondered what had changed him and looked toward the Sword Ancestor Hall.

• Chi Jiuyu told Du Ruoheng that her year as acting Sect Master had gone well, returned the deputy token, and left him surprised by how much she had changed.
• Du Ruoheng found Chi Jiuyu listed in his friends as the Sword Sect Sect Master, while Chi Jiuyu vowed to Yuyi that she would never give up her ambition.
• Zhou Kongming asked Heng whether he could succeed in a future Sect Master election and cited his Dao Integration cultivation as an advantage.
• Chi Jiuyu invited Chen Huan and Hong Qingchen to a meal, then learned that Sword Ancestor was resting and had been spending his time sleeping and gaming.
• After Chen Huan and Hong Qingchen departed, Chi Jiuyu examined the Mystic Candle Fruit tree and wondered whether the Cang Race affair had affected Sword Ancestor.

Xu Xing explained to the Big Boss Group and Yuanjun that becoming the true Dao Source would not erase his sense of self, and that anyone could reach the same state. He and Yuanjun talked about Xuan and her veiled eyes before Charm Ancestor arrived and Xu Xing welcomed her into their private moment.

• Pill Ancestor and Tyrant Sovereign complained that the Big Boss Group had grown quiet, and Sword Ancestor explained that the true Dao Source could remain omniscient and omnipotent without losing its sense of self.
• Xu Xing told Yuanjun that he had become the Dao Source while remaining himself, and that she and anyone else could also reach that state.
• Yuanjun asked Xu Xing when he had met Xuan, and he said it was after Yuanjun had begun living with him and Senior Sister.
• Yuanjun asked why Xu Xing still had her veil over her eyes, and he said it looked good.
• Charm Ancestor appeared and teased Xu Xing and Yuanjun, and Xu Xing said she had arrived at just the right time.

After the Cang Race matter ended, Xu Xing discussed his plans with Charm Ancestor while Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu visited Bie Xuening and Yuanjun. The chapter ended with Charm Ancestor asking Chi Jiuyu to help with something involving her Master, Spirit Ancestor, and Yuanjun.

• Charm Ancestor asked whether Xu Xing and Yuanjun had become intimate, then tested Xu Xing's Dao Source power and spent time with him.
• Xu Xing said he planned to straighten out the chaotic past, invite Saint Venerable to the Great Profound Realm, and eventually return to his hometown with everyone.
• Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu visited Bie Xuening and Yuanjun, and Chi Jiuyu dropped her mature act to receive gifts from both elders.
• Yuanjun told Chi Jiuyu to ask Xu Xing directly about his free time, prompting Chi Jiuyu to message him.
• Charm Ancestor told Chi Jiuyu she had been keeping Xu Xing company and asked for her help with a matter involving Bie Xuening, Spirit Ancestor, and Yuanjun.

Charm Ancestor recruited Chi Jiuyu to help influence the chaotic past so she could witness events from her master and seniors’ childhoods, and Chi Jiuyu accepted for a generous payment. The next morning, Lin Xuanxuan, Ye Zhiwei, and Zhao Ruohan visited, and the group discussed whether Lin Xuanxuan could become Sect Master and how the Immortal Net might help them cultivate.

• Charm Ancestor explained that the chaotic past would soon be set straight and promised Chi Jiuyu a chance to witness her master, Yuanjun, and Spirit Ancestor as children.
• Charm Ancestor secretly sent spiritual light into Chi Jiuyu, then paid her and told her to accept similar requests from Yuanjun, Spirit Ancestor, and possibly her master.
• Chi Jiuyu accepted the deal, resolved to earn a fortune from it, and heard that she should wait until the following afternoon or later to see her Martial Uncle.
• The next morning, Lin Xuanxuan, Ye Zhiwei, and Zhao Ruohan visited Chi Jiuyu, and Lin Xuanxuan discussed her year as acting Sect Master.
• Zhao Ruohan suggested the Sect Master's cultivation requirement might ease now that the Cang Race was gone, while Ye Zhiwei argued that Spirit Transformation cultivators still had little chance.
• Chi Jiuyu said the Immortal Net's mission-world time differences could speed up cultivation and hinted that an opportunity was coming soon.

Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu visited Xu Xing’s treasure trove and were allowed to choose a treasure for their work in the Time Branch. Bie Xuening discovered that the Charm Ancestor had impersonated her in Xu Xing’s messages, but Yuanjun recognized Bie Xuening when she tried to return the prank.

• Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu entered a hidden room in the Sword Ancestor Hall and were startled to see Bie Xuening feeding Xu Xing grapes.
• Xu Xing praised their work in the Time Branch and sent them to a vast treasure trove to choose one item each.
• Bie Xuening learned that the Charm Ancestor had used Xu Xing’s phone and deleted chat records, then restored the messages.
• Bie Xuening discovered that the Charm Ancestor had also fooled Spirit Ancestor and Yuanjun, though Spirit Ancestor had seen through the trick.
• Bie Xuening tried to tease Yuanjun by impersonating the Charm Ancestor, but Yuanjun recognized her, and Bie Xuening crushed the phone in frustration.

Xu Xing invited Saint Venerable to the Great Profound Realm and explained the treasures Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu chose from his vault. He then sent Chi Jiuyu to face Senior Sister’s punishment and Zhang Yunlu to witness events from the battle more than seventy thousand years ago.

• Xu Xing contacted Saint Venerable, offered to treat his Dao injury, and invited him to the Great Profound Realm to learn about Dao Source; Saint Venerable accepted.
• Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu chose treasures from Xu Xing’s vault and returned to the Sword Ancestor Hall.
• Xu Xing identified Zhang Yunlu’s treasure as a segment of True History and Chi Jiuyu’s as a Lunar Fragment, then promised to refine Zhang Yunlu’s treasure and explained the fragment’s uses.
• Chi Jiuyu suddenly found herself bound and hanging from a bamboo rack after Xu Xing revealed she had spoken ill of Senior Sister, who was in a foul mood.
• Xu Xing told Zhang Yunlu that the moon’s phases were connected to a battle from more than seventy thousand years ago, then sent her to a mountain to witness the past firsthand.

Zhang Yunlu learned how to use the sword tassel that could manifest a fraction of Chi Jiuyu’s strength, while Chi Jiuyu escaped her master’s punishment and secretly weighed whether to confide in Ning Ruo. Ning Ruo reported that the Taixuan Immortal Network was restored, but spiritual essence was fading across the worlds and the stabilized Heavenly Demon Realm threatened cultivators.

• Zhang Yunlu examined the seven-colored sword tassel and learned it could manifest one ten-thousandth of Chi Jiuyu’s strength for one second.
• Bie Xuening released Chi Jiuyu from the bamboo rack, and Chi Jiuyu hurried away before she could be caught in the others’ conflict.
• Chi Jiuyu met Ning Ruo, concealed why she was flustered, and considered whether to tell her about the Mystic Candle Fruit tree.
• Ning Ruo reported that the Taixuan Immortal Network and its connection nodes across the Three Great Realms had been restored.
• Ning Ruo warned Xu Xing and the others that spiritual essence would vanish from every world within five years and that the Heavenly Demon Realm would continue threatening cultivators.

Xu Xing proposed having the Ascension Envoys build blessed lands to shelter beings from the fading of spiritual vitality, then discussed meeting Saint Venerable with Ning Ruo. Later, Spirit Ancestor contacted Chi Jiuyu about a matter involving her master and Charm Ancestor.

• Ning Ruo explained that heavenly demons would eventually fall dormant as spiritual vitality faded, and Xu Xing proposed building blessed lands to protect people.
• Charm Ancestor urged Ning Ruo to help Xu Xing relax, and Ning Ruo surprised her by accepting her suggestion.
• Xu Xing told Ning Ruo he wanted to meet Saint Venerable, and Ning Ruo said she could accept Charm Ancestor's proposal if Charm Ancestor was willing.
• Chi Jiuyu returned to her cave dwelling after drinking with Zhao Ruohan, Ye Zhiwei, Lin Xuanxuan, and Zhang Yunlu, then received a message from Spirit Ancestor.
• Spirit Ancestor asked Chi Jiuyu whether she remembered their earlier discussion and said it involved her master, then asked if she had already agreed to Charm Ancestor.

Chi Jiuyu accepted Spirit Ancestor’s offer to investigate the past, while Zhang Yunlu became interested in the history of the Cang Race. Bie Xuening then assigned them to find out how her Martial Uncle, Spirit Ancestor, and Charm Ancestor first met when they traveled to the past.

• Chi Jiuyu told Spirit Ancestor that Charm Ancestor had asked her to investigate the seniors’ childhoods, and Spirit Ancestor offered to increase her payment by thirty percent.
• A week later, the Taixuan Immortal Network resumed operations, Blessed Land Construction missions became available, and interest in the Cang Race spread across the Spirit Net.
• Zhang Yunlu watched a Charm Cultivator’s history livestream and questioned Chi Jiuyu about her Lunar Fragment, but refused to reveal what she had learned.
• Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu visited Bie Xuening, who instructed them to learn how her Martial Uncle, Spirit Ancestor, and Charm Ancestor came to know one another.

Bie Xuening sent Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu to investigate Xu Xing’s past with Spirit Ancestor and Charm Ancestor, while Hong Qingchen prepared to travel to the past and asked Hong Sovereign about her aunts. At the Joyous Union Sect, Charm Ancestor met Xu Xing, discussed the coming journey, and drew close to him.

• Bie Xuening gave Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu sword traces and instructed them to investigate Xu Xing’s history with Spirit Ancestor and Charm Ancestor, then answered their cultivation questions.
• Chi Jiuyu hurried Zhang Yunlu out after their meeting, while Bie Xuening told Yuanjun she would let the investigation proceed and deal with Chi Jiuyu’s secret agreement later.
• Chen Huan prepared Hong Qingchen for the journey to the past, and Hong Qingchen accepted a red packet from Hong Sovereign before asking why he had not mentioned her aunts.
• Charm Ancestor told Xu Xing that the younger generation would leave for the past in five days and asked whether he knew about her agreement with Chi Jiuyu.
• Xu Xing said he had discovered Charm Ancestor’s method when Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu visited him, and Charm Ancestor sat on his lap and leaned toward him.

Xu Xing cared for Charm Ancestor at the Joyous Union Sect while she questioned him about the others’ pasts and clashed with Ning Ruo. On the eve of the journey to the “past,” Chi Jiuyu prepared to seek battles there, then accepted Yuanjun’s request to investigate the pasts of her master, Martial Uncle, Charm Ancestor, and Spirit Ancestor for an increased reward.

• Xu Xing fed Charm Ancestor porridge, and she asked about his cooking and what Yuanjun and Spirit Ancestor had been like as children.
• Ning Ruo appeared, traded accusations with Charm Ancestor, and squeezed her before Xu Xing continued feeding her.
• Xu Xing stayed at the Joyous Union Sect for several days, then returned to the Sword Sect with Charm Ancestor the night before the younger generation’s departure.
• Chi Jiuyu studied the Extreme Sword and looked forward to fighting the Cang Race and Sword Lord Ji in the past.
• Yuanjun visited Chi Jiuyu and offered thirty percent more than Spirit Ancestor’s reward for investigating what happened in the past to her master, Martial Uncle, Charm Ancestor, and Spirit Ancestor.
• Chi Jiuyu accepted Yuanjun’s request, and Yuanjun left her with a warning to watch herself.

After the Cang Race’s defeat, Yuan asked Xu Xing about returning to their homeland, but Xu Xing said it was not ready and told him to wait. Chi Jiuyu traveled into the chaotic past, witnessed Xu Xing’s ascension, and arrived in a past era where Bie Xuening said her junior brother would soon emerge from seclusion.

• Yuan asked Xu Xing whether he could return to his homeland, and Xu Xing said its condition made returning pointless for now.
• Ye Zhiwei asked Chi Jiuyu whether she had received special tasks to investigate Xu Xing’s past, and Chi Jiuyu admitted that several others had hired her too.
• Li Ke bound Chi Jiuyu with a red light and sent her through the Taixuan Immortal Network’s time traversal program.
• During the journey, Chi Jiuyu witnessed Xu Xing’s sword shadow rise alongside four towering figures as he attained the Dao and ascended to immortality.
• Chi Jiuyu arrived in the Sword Venerable Hall and found Bie Xuening meditating; Bie Xuening said her junior brother would soon emerge from seclusion.
• Chi Jiuyu followed Bie Xuening to a bamboo clearing with a fish pond and nine-tailed Spirit Fish, but no bamboo frame.

Chi Jiuyu witnessed the moment Bie Xuening first found her as an infant and saw visions of her childhood and rise as a prodigy. Bie Xuening recognized Chi Jiuyu as a visitor from the future and asked what the future was like.

• Chi Jiuyu followed Bie Xuening around the Sword Sect and realized she was retracing events from before Chi Jiuyu became her disciple.
• A teleportation talisman sent an infant crashing outside the Sword Sect, but Bie Xuening brought the baby safely before her.
• Li Ke arrived, and Bie Xuening ordered her to look after the infant, who was Chi Jiuyu.
• Chi Jiuyu watched the years pass and saw Bie Xuening name her, raise her, and eventually take her as a disciple.
• Bie Xuening noticed Chi Jiuyu and confirmed that she had come from the future.
• Chi Jiuyu admitted she was from the future, and Bie Xuening asked what the future was like.

Chi Jiuyu was swept through the chaotic past by the Immortal Net, but an inexplicable force diverted her from her intended destination. She arrived in a bamboo house where she recognized a young Bie Xuening and an unconscious boy who looked like her Martial Uncle, just as an old man entered and was greeted as Master.

• Bie Xuening recalled Chi Jiuyu’s early cultivation, her principle of Defiance, and how she and Xiao Yunlu had earned her respect as disciples.
• The Immortal Net carried Chi Jiuyu through the ruined past toward the Cang Race’s strongest Nurturing Self cultivator, but an unseen connection pulled it off course.
• Chi Jiuyu landed painfully in a bamboo house beside an unconscious boy and a young girl leaning on an iron rod.
• Chi Jiuyu recognized the girl as a young Bie Xuening and the boy as her Martial Uncle, then saw an old man enter carrying a glowing bowl.
• Bie Xuening greeted the old man as Master, and Chi Jiuyu realized he was her Grandmaster.

Chi Jiuyu watched Wu Shi rescue Xu Xing and take him as a disciple, then observed Xu Xing’s first days of cultivation and sword practice with Bie Xuening. The chapter ended when Wu Shi returned to the bamboo grove with a gigantic golden beast he had killed.

• Wu Shi revived the unconscious Xu Xing with spiritual medicine and offered to teach him cultivation, and Xu Xing accepted.
• Chi Jiuyu watched time rush forward within the bamboo grove as Xu Xing recovered, entered Wu Shi’s tutelage, and began crude qi refinement.
• Xu Xing struggled through painful cultivation and sword practice while Bie Xuening encouraged him and explained that the Human Race had to grow stronger to survive.
• Wu Shi descended into the bamboo grove with the dead body of a gigantic golden beast, while Xu Xing stopped practicing and Bie Xuening greeted her master.

Chi Jiuyu observed Xu Xing, Bie Xuening, and Wu Shi in the past and discovered that Xu Xing could hear fragments of her speech. After her fake system announcement made him kneel, she revealed that she was his future martial niece, and Xu Xing asked her to help him cultivate.

• Xu Xing completed Wu Shi's sword-training assignment and joined the others for roasted meat while Chi Jiuyu reflected on how ordinary they seemed in the past.
• Xu Xing briefly sensed Chi Jiuyu speaking, and she tested whether he could hear her before following him to his room.
• Chi Jiuyu pretended to bind a system, startling Xu Xing into standing too quickly and dropping to his knees; she knelt too and apologized.
• Xu Xing asked about the system, and Chi Jiuyu identified herself as a visitor from the future, though he heard only fragments of her explanation.
• Xu Xing asked Chi Jiuyu to help him cultivate, leaving her wondering how she could teach him when he could barely hear her.