Chapter Summaries

After seventy-seven years in seclusion, Gu Xinghe awoke to find Star Luo Domain transformed into a thriving technological cultivation civilization. He learned that most of Star River Gate’s disciples had left because the sect had failed to adapt to the new age.

• Star Luo Domain’s population and technology surged as Martial Artists’ abilities, long lifespans, and scientific research transformed society.
• Gu Xinghe awoke from seventy-seven years of seclusion and met the new acolyte Ye Xuanwu.
• Ye Xuanwu told Gu Xinghe that Star River Gate had dwindled from more than four hundred disciples to fewer than forty.
• Gu Xinghe learned that elders and disciples had left after Senluo Company invited the sect to establish Star River University, an offer they could not accept without his approval.
• Ye Xuanwu explained that cultivation now required income and that sects were restructuring as universities, businesses, or tourist attractions.

After emerging from seventy-seven years of seclusion, Gu Xinghe discovered that Star River Gate stood beside a modern tourist attraction and that technology and mass production had transformed the world. He sold his old treasures to fund his first steps into the new era, ending bewildered by how much had changed.

• Gu Xinghe followed Ye Xuanwu out of the cave and saw tourists, modern roads, and powerful cultivators around Star River Mountain.
• Ye Xuanwu explained that the area was a five-star scenic attraction, and Gu Xinghe watched a supersonic passenger plane speed past.
• Gu Xinghe asked Ye Xuanwu to help him understand the world and went to sell his treasures to buy a phone.
• At Senluo Pharmacy and Senluo Metals, Gu Xinghe learned that mass cultivation and industrial production had made many once-rare herbs and metals inexpensive.
• Gu Xinghe sold his belongings for four million Senluo Coins and reflected on how dramatically the world had changed in seventy-seven years.

Gu Xinghe learned that the Star River Sect could not survive as a sect or easily become a company, so he considered turning it into an educational institution under Senluo Company's strict review system. While he was willing to invest in preserving the sect through reform, other sect masters rejected the changes and complained to the Star Luo Palace.

• Gu Xinghe and Ye Xuanwu visited Senluo Company's Riverside Road Branch, where Gu Xinghe learned the Star River Sect had Level Two authority and could register as a sect, company, or educational institution.
• Gu Xinghe discovered that sects could recruit only limited groups of students and could not compete with Senluo Company's schools, vocational programs, and career opportunities.
• Gu Xinghe decided to explore the educational route and learned that the sect would need to pass reviews of its subjects, teaching materials, campus, staff, and teaching quality.
• Gu Xinghe resolved to invest in reforming the Star River Sect into an educational institution so it would endure in a new form.
• Some sect masters refused to accept Senluo Company's authority and complained to the Star Luo Palace.

Guan Shanyue investigated the Sect Masters’ complaints about Sun Keiyun and discovered how thoroughly Senluo Company had transformed the Star Luo Domain. He began watching a confidential documentary about the company’s history, while the Sect Masters headed into the city to eat.

• The Sect Masters urged Guan Shanyue to curb Sun Keiyun, but Guan Shanyue suspected they wanted control over his reforms and decided to investigate in person.
• Guan Shanyue saw that Senluo Company had built vast, populous settlements and found that even the residents of Little East Village had cultivated true qi.
• Guan Shanyue watched a school ceremony before Zhao Qiang explained that a camera and Hetu, an educational Artificial Intelligence, had identified him.
• Zhao Qiang arranged for Guan Shanyue to watch Senluo Company’s confidential founding documentary, which began with Sun Keiyun drawing a circle in Sun Family Village.
• The Sect Masters waited for Guan Shanyue, then walked toward the city and Tianxia Tower while attracting attention from onlookers.

Guan Shanyue studied Senluo Company's development and learned that Sun Keiyun aimed to transform the Primordial world into an industrial civilization to overcome its enemies. After seeing a weapon that could cut through Thousand Rock Profound Iron, Guan Shanyue decided to enroll as a student to understand the era.

• Guan Shanyue read reports on Senluo Company's growth and compared Star Luo Domain's prosperity with the feudal dynasty he had once ruled.
• Sun Keiyun explained to Guan Shanyue that industrial civilization could defeat agricultural civilizations through shared knowledge, research, and technological development.
• Guan Shanyue agreed that Senluo Company's fighter jets, tanks, and other weapons were powerful, then realized they had been developed decades earlier.
• Sun Keiyun showed Guan Shanyue a Bio-Field Decomposition Device inspired by the Three Lives Sword Qi Art, and demonstrated it cutting through Thousand Rock Profound Iron.
• Sun Keiyun offered Guan Shanyue a consultant position, but Guan Shanyue asked to enroll as a student and start with elementary school instead.

Wang Xiaozhuang assassinated Lin Buxun in public to avenge his twin brother, then claimed he possessed Senluo Company secrets to keep the sect masters from taking him away. The police secured the scene, leaving the sect masters shaken by how easily Lin Buxun had been killed and how little their status mattered on company territory.

• Outer sect masters enjoyed a meal and planned to watch a movie, unaware of their hidden intentions.
• Wang Xiaozhuang recognized Lin Buxun as the man who had tortured his twin brother Wang Xiaoqiang to death and decided to seize his chance for revenge.
• Wang Xiaozhuang revealed his identity and shot Lin Buxun repeatedly with a weapon that unleashed electric arcs, killing him.
• The sect masters pinned Wang Xiaozhuang down, but he claimed he carried company secrets, prompting bystanders to protect him and point firearms at the sect masters.
• Police arrived, helped Wang Xiaozhuang, called for reinforcements, and cordoned off Lin Buxun's body.
• The sect masters realized their status offered little protection on Senluo Company territory and wondered how a single shot had killed a Primordial Grade expert.

After Lin Buxun was shot by a pistol empowered by a Mechanical Spirit, Guan Shanyue learned how machines could develop and use spirituality. Sun Keiyun recognized the technology’s potential and began pursuing the Law of Machines as a path to godhood.

• Guan Shanyue saw the news that former Taishan Sect Master Lin Buxun had been shot twice and learned that researcher Wang Xiaozhuang had used a Mechanical Spirit-enhanced pistol.
• Sun Keiyun explained that Mechanical Spirits could awaken machines’ latent spirituality and described how he had studied and applied the technique across the Star Luo Domain.
• Guan Shanyue asked whether Mechanical Spirit cultivation would enter textbooks, and Sun Keiyun said researchers first needed to develop a universal method.
• Sun Keiyun realized that widespread use of Mechanical Spirits could let him control the Law of Machines and become the Lord of Machines.
• Sun Keiyun devoted one percent of his computational power to pursuing the path to the Lord of Machines.

Sun Keiyun asked Guan Shanyue to help Senluo Company establish relations with the seven major sects surrounding the Star Luo Domain. He decided to approach the powerful Taicang Sword Sect first, offering to spread its sword arts through schools as Senluo Company expanded.

• Guan Shanyue offered Star Palace’s help, and Sun Keiyun explained that Senluo Company needed diplomatic ties with neighboring sects as it grew beyond the Star Luo Domain.
• Guan Shanyue revealed that Great Emperor Star Luo was his mother and agreed to assist Senluo Company in dealing with the surrounding sects.
• Guan Shanyue described the seven major sects and their territories, strengths, and attitudes, including the Taicang Sword Sect, Beast Spirit Sect, Gun God Way, Lihan Palace, Eternal Evergreen Sect, Heavenly Dragon Cult, and Heavenly Mechanism Sect.
• After learning that the Taicang Sword Sect was powerful and devoted to protecting humanity, Sun Keiyun chose to approach it first rather than start with a weaker sect.
• Sun Keiyun asked Guan Shanyue to meet Sect Master He Taicang and offer to establish Taicang University and school programs that would teach and spread the sect’s sword arts.

Guan Shanyue visited He Taicang during the Taicang Sword Sect’s martial competition and praised his reforms before revealing how vastly Star Luo Palace had expanded. He left He Taicang stunned and introduced Sun Keiyun as his new boss and the future Hall Master.

• Guan Shanyue traveled to the Taicang Sword Sect, planting over four hundred beacons along the way, and He Taicang welcomed his former junior brother.
• He Taicang showed Guan Shanyue the sect’s branches and martial competition, boasting about the disciples and his system for spreading sword techniques.
• Guan Shanyue told He Taicang that he had always believed his reforms were right, easing He Taicang’s long-held resentment and advancing his understanding of the Emperor realm.
• Guan Shanyue claimed Star Luo Palace now had tens of thousands of branches and five hundred million disciples, leaving He Taicang doubtful.
• Guan Shanyue showed He Taicang a tablet and introduced Sun Keiyun as his new boss and the future Hall Master of Star Luo Palace.

Guan Shanyue showed He Taicang how Senluo Company had transformed the Star Luo Domain, leaving He Taicang stunned by Sun Keiyun’s achievements. He Taicang agreed to consider joining Senluo Company only if it defeated the Taicang Sword Sect in a battle without Star Luo Palace’s involvement.

• Guan Shanyue explained that Senluo Company had expanded food production, education, industry, and cultivation to support 1.7 billion people in the Star Luo Domain.
• He Taicang compared his own achievements with Sun Keiyun’s and realized the gulf between them seemed enormous.
• Guan Shanyue told He Taicang he had willingly withdrawn from Star Luo Palace’s leadership because he believed Sun Keiyun could bring victory to the Human Race.
• He Taicang refused to join based on Guan Shanyue’s assurances and demanded a battle between Senluo Company and the Taicang Sword Sect, with Star Luo Palace barred from intervening.
• He Taicang declared that the Taicang Sword Sect would submit if Senluo Company won and ordered Guan Shanyue to be shown out.

Sun Keiyun proposed resolving the conflict between He Taicang and Senluo Company through a battle in the Senluo Illusion Realm, where no one would die in reality. He Taicang explored the realm, saw its immersive lessons and vast library, and began to suspect Senluo Company was trying to draw him in.

• He Taicang argued with Guan Shanyue about Senluo Company and refused to accept that he should answer to a young leader.
• Sun Keiyun agreed that He Taicang needed a fight to be convinced, but proposed that both sides battle in the Senluo Illusion Realm to avoid real casualties.
• Guan Shanyue helped He Taicang use a phone to enter the Senluo Illusion Realm, where he customized his AI assistant as Taicangzi.
• He Taicang watched the realm recreate the Taicang Domain and attended an immersive lesson on modern pill refinement.
• Guan Shanyue showed He Taicang the Tower of Omniscience and its extensive collection of knowledge, prompting He Taicang to suspect Senluo Company was scheming to recruit him.

He Taicang agreed to a simulated war between the Taicang Sword Sect and Senluo Company after exploring the Senluo Illusion Realm and becoming captivated by its swordsmanship library. As the sect prepared for battle, Zhuge Lang proposed attacking all three passes and capturing all three cities at once, underestimating Senluo Company’s strength.

• He Taicang accepted Guan Shanyue’s proposal for a simulated war after touring the Senluo Illusion Realm and its Tower of Omniscience.
• Guan Shanyue mapped the Taicang Sword Sect with rune beacons and Senluo Company distributed phones so the disciples could enter the illusion realm.
• He Taicang told the elders and Meridian Masters that the battle’s objective was to break through three passes and seize three cities in the Star Luo Domain.
• He Taicang explained that victory would lead to cooperation, while defeat would put the Taicang Sword Sect under another power’s control.
• Zhuge Lang proposed attacking all three passes and capturing all three cities simultaneously, believing Senluo Company lacked powerful experts.

The Taicang Sword Sect advanced through the Senluo Illusion Realm, unaware that Senluo Company was monitoring their army and preparing an attack. As twelve Sky Rainbow One rockets streaked over the troops and exploded, the chapter left the army facing the blast.

• Hu Zhou and An Zhong marveled at the illusion realm and surveyed the Taicang Sword Sect's massive army.
• An Zhong used Sword Eye to search the sky, but he and Hu Zhou found no sign of whoever might be watching them.
• Senluo Company's command center tracked the Taicang army with the Morning Star satellite and neutrino detectors, while Zhang Beihai ordered his forces to bring out the big guns.
• Hu Zhou persuaded An Zhong that the Taicang army should charge rather than hold the Three Passes.
• Twelve Sky Rainbow One rockets flew over the army and exploded, silencing heaven and earth.

An Zhong and the Taicang Sword Sect learned that Senluo Company had wiped out their forces in the exercise with hydrogen bombs, leaving the sect defeated. The Sword Masters struggled to accept that the weapons could overpower even Emperor Grade cultivators, and He Taicang was left questioning the value of cultivation.

• An Zhong and nearly all the Taicang cultivators were killed in the Senluo Illusion Realm by a sudden bombardment, and he returned to the plaza with the survivors.
• An Zhong joined the other Meridian Masters in the main hall, where He Taicang revealed that all twenty-four Sword Masters had died and the Taicang Sword Sect had lost the exercise.
• He Taicang showed footage of Zhang Beihai ordering the launch of thirty-six hydrogen bombs that devastated the Taicang forces.
• Tiantian explained the Heavenly Rainbow Series hydrogen bomb specifications, and the Sword Masters watched a test that reduced a mountain to scorched earth.
• The Sword Masters questioned the purpose of cultivation after learning that hydrogen bombs could overwhelm Emperor Grade domains, while He Taicang admitted Senluo Company had even stronger weapons.

After a hydrogen bomb destabilized the Taicang Sword Sect’s elders and disciples, Sun Keiyun went to suppress the resulting heavenly demon attack with the Classic of Purity and Tranquility. He calmed the sect and followed the fleeing demons through a crack in the sky into the Demon Realm.

• Guan Shanyue told Sun Keiyun that the hydrogen bomb had destabilized the Taicang Sword Sect’s Dao Hearts and drawn inner demons, while He Taicang asked Senluo Company for help.
• He Taicang pledged that the Taicang Sword Sect would follow Senluo Company’s lead, and Sun Keiyun agreed to go save its disciples.
• Sun Keiyun found nearly three hundred thousand disciples under attack and chanted the Classic of Purity and Tranquility, weakening the demons and calming them.
• Sun Keiyun’s spirit followed several heavenly demons through the astral winds and found a crack connecting the Primordial World to the Demon Realm.
• Sun Keiyun charged through the crack into the Demon Realm.

Sun Keiyun entered the Demon Realm and realized reincarnation could address the endless conflict between Heavenly Demons and Primordial cultivators. When a powerful Heavenly Demon attacked him, he fought back and established a research domain to study the Demon Realm.

• Sun Keiyun observed how Heavenly Demons endlessly entered the Primordial World to prey on cultivators and considered ways to resolve the conflict between the two realms.
• Sun Keiyun concluded that reincarnation was missing from the Demon Realm and drew on his knowledge of the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss to plan research into it.
• A powerful Heavenly Demon recognized Sun Keiyun as a Primordial cultivator and rejected his offer to resolve the conflict, then summoned an army to attack him.
• Sun Keiyun used the Great Spirit Soul Technique to raise an army of souls and fight the Heavenly Demons.
• Sun Keiyun seized part of the Demon Realm with his Emperor Grade laws and began studying its spiritual power and Heavenly Demons through his research domain.

Sun Keiyun reshaped the Demon Realm’s soul spirits and recruited the intelligent celestial demon Naulqi, learning that demons could connect the Primordial World to its lower realms. After learning Naulqi’s true name, Sun Keiyun transformed him into the Wheel King and ordered him to build the Wheel Underworld and oversee the cycle of human souls.

• Sun Keiyun used the Demon Realm’s laws to create soul spirits that gained celestial-demon qualities, and he planned for human souls to enter the Demon Realm while its spirits reincarnated as humans.
• Sun Keiyun captured an intelligent lesser celestial demon, who agreed to cooperate and explained the celestial-demon ranks and the connection between the Demon Realm and the lower realms.
• The lesser celestial demon revealed his name as Naulqi and recited his true name, giving Sun Keiyun control over him.
• Sun Keiyun studied the true-name law, named Naulqi the Wheel King, and poured spiritual power into him until he became a Celestial Demon King with a physical body.
• Sun Keiyun ordered the Wheel King to build the Wheel Underworld and take charge of the cycle of human souls.

Sun Keiyun created a method to turn a dead hunter’s spiritual energy into an intelligent primordial spirit, then returned to the Taicang Sword Sect and freed its disciples from Heavenly Demons. He agreed to counsel the disciples about their shattered Dao Hearts, while Wheel King began preparing to build a Wheel-Turning Hall.

• Sun Keiyun used a rhythmic passage inspired by the Heavenly Demons’ True Name Law to transform a dead hunter’s spiritual energy into an intelligent primordial spirit.
• Sun Keiyun sent the hunter into the Demon Realm, where Wheel King met him and was tasked with building the Wheel-Turning Hall.
• Sun Keiyun enveloped three hundred thousand Taicang Sword Sect disciples in his domain, absorbed the Heavenly Demons infecting them, and awakened the disciples.
• He Taicang asked Sun Keiyun to address the disciples’ shattered Dao Hearts, and Sun Keiyun agreed to talk with them.

Sun Keiyun addressed the Taicang Sword Sect disciples, explaining how the hydrogen bomb worked and arguing that cultivation remained essential because powerful weapons required powerful users. He left them energized to pursue cultivation and invited them to apply for positions in Senluo Company’s Space Force.

• Sun Keiyun introduced himself as the developer of the hydrogen bomb and explained its principles to the Taicang Sword Sect disciples.
• Sun Keiyun argued that the hydrogen bomb had required the combined effort of vast numbers of people, and that stronger cultivators could accomplish research work more efficiently.
• Hu Zhou questioned whether weapons made cultivation unnecessary, so Sun Keiyun showed him a Reaper Sniper Rifle and an electromagnetic fighter jet that required powerful cultivators to operate.
• Sun Keiyun urged the disciples to cultivate so they could use more powerful weapons and invited them to apply for Senluo Company’s Space Force.
• The Taicang Sword Sect plaza erupted with excitement after Sun Keiyun’s speech.

He Taicang discovered that Shi Gu had secretly served Beinu, a follower of the Lord of Conspiracy, for tens of thousands of years. Sun Keiyun exposed Beinu’s attempt to lure He Taicang into accepting Xiluo’s divine power, leaving the confrontation poised to turn violent.

• He Taicang became fascinated by Sun Keiyun’s Fighter Jet and asked to become a pilot before agreeing to accompany him east of the Taicang Sword Sect.
• Sun Keiyun detected a concealment formation across a nearby mountain range, collected some of its aura for research, and sensed someone approaching.
• Shi Gu entered the hidden mountains and began reporting a change in the sect to Beinu, but Sun Keiyun stopped him and revealed himself alongside He Taicang.
• He Taicang accused Beinu of turning Shi Gu into a Dark Pawn, while Beinu dismissed Shi Gu and revealed his allegiance to the Lord of Conspiracy, Xiluo.
• Beinu offered to help He Taicang break through to Emperor Grade if he killed Sun Keiyun, displaying a wisp of Xiluo’s divine power.
• Sun Keiyun warned that accepting the power would bind He Taicang to Conspiracy Laws and could make him a God Defier if he ascended.