Chapter Summaries

Jiang Feng learned that the Soul Hall’s elders had given up hope of attaining immortality because the Immortal Heavenly Stele was shattered. He realized he possessed the missing third fragment and offered its whereabouts in exchange for joining the Soul Hall.

• Blade Emperor explained that Immortal Divine Realm cultivation focused on the soul and that the universe had only one person who attained immortality, before the Immortal Heavenly Stele shattered.
• Blade Emperor told Jiang Feng that origin lifeforms were stirring as the changing of cosmic eras approached, and that the Soul Hall could only maintain order and prevent them from destroying the universe prematurely.
• Jiang Feng asked how to restore the Immortal Heavenly Stele, and Blade Emperor said its three fragments had to be gathered; the Soul Hall held one, while Blade Emperor had placed another in the Immortal Land.
• Jiang Feng realized the third fragment was in his possession and offered to reveal its whereabouts if Blade Emperor let him join the Soul Hall.
• Blade Emperor’s expression changed drastically at Jiang Feng’s offer.

Jiang Feng told the Blade Emperor that he knew the whereabouts of another Immortal Heavenly Stele fragment, and the Blade Emperor brought him to Soul Hall in the Central Sacred Realm. There, the Soul Hall rose from the brow of an enormous dragon, whose head emerged from the chaos lightning.

• Jiang Feng revealed that he knew where another fragment of the Immortal Heavenly Stele was, and the Blade Emperor eagerly confirmed the news.
• The Blade Emperor explained Soul Hall's origins and led Jiang Feng through the turbulent Central Sacred Realm to its center.
• Jiang Feng saw the largest Immortal Heavenly Stele fragment above Soul Hall, which had been built beneath it.
• Soul Hall and the stele began rising as a gale swept away the chaos lightning.
• Jiang Feng discovered that Soul Hall and the stele stood on the brow of a gigantic dragon, whose head rose into view.

Jiang Feng met Dragon Origin and entered the Soul Hall, where its seven Immortal Divine Realm experts explained that mastering the Heaven-Piercing Law was the first step toward entering their realm. He learned that mastering it would trigger a heavenly tribulation, and surviving it would bring him into the Heaven-Piercing Realm.

• Dragon Origin appeared before Jiang Feng and the Blade Emperor, warned that Nine Heads could not be killed lightly, and recognized Jiang Feng’s contributions to the universe.
• The Blade Emperor brought Jiang Feng into the Soul Hall, where the Sword God, White Emperor, Bogu, Zither Maiden, Qionghua, and Yao questioned him about the final Immortal Fragment.
• Jiang Feng confirmed that he could bring the fragment and asked the Soul Hall seniors to explain the Immortal Divine Realm.
• The seniors told Jiang Feng that entering the Immortal Divine Realm required fully grasping the Heaven-Piercing Law, which stood above the Creation Law.
• Jiang Feng learned that mastering the Heaven-Piercing Law would provoke the Heavenly Dao’s suppression and a tribulation that could either grant him the Heaven-Piercing Realm or leave him dead or crippled.

Jiang Feng and the Soul Hall experts prepared to reunite the three fragments of the Immortal Heavenly Stele so he could study the Heaven-Piercing Law. Beneath the largest fragment, Blade Emperor began bringing the pieces together as nearly three hundred chosen cultivators watched.

• Sword God told Jiang Feng that Immortal Divine Realm cultivators had to find their own paths toward cultivating an Immortal Soul.
• Blade Emperor proposed combining the three Immortal Heavenly Stele fragments so Jiang Feng could comprehend the Heaven-Piercing Law from the complete stele.
• Jiang Feng took his fragment from the Crimson Flame Mysterious Tower, and the seven old men recognized it as the long-lost piece found in a great world.
• Blade Emperor brought the fragment kept in the Immortal Land to Soul Hall, and the seven experts led Jiang Feng beneath the largest fragment.
• Jiang Feng saw nearly three hundred people selected from across the universe trying to comprehend the stele, while Blade Emperor stepped forward holding a fragment in each hand.

The Immortal Heavenly Stele was restored, blessing souls throughout the universe and triggering a wave of breakthroughs. One hundred and thirty-two Soul Hall disciples faced heavenly tribulation, and eighteen survived to enter the Immortal Divine Realm as the universe regained hope.

• Blade Emperor joined the three fragments, restoring the Immortal Heavenly Stele and awakening the Soul Dao lineage’s blessing.
• One hundred and thirty-two Soul Hall disciples who grasped the Heaven-Piercing Law underwent heavenly tribulation, and one hundred of them perished.
• Eighteen disciples survived the tribulation and entered the Immortal Divine Realm, while the seven old fellows also benefited from the stele’s restoration.
• The seven old fellows thanked Jiang Feng, and living beings across the universe gained clarity and, in some cases, comprehended the Creation Law.
• Jiang Feng informed the nine great sects and Rogue Cultivator experts that the Immortal Heavenly Stele had been restored, rekindling hope across the universe.

Jiang Feng and the Soul Hall elders secluded themselves beneath the restored Immortal Heavenly Stele to pursue breakthroughs, while Jiang Feng gathered promising soul cultivators and continued seeking the Heaven-Piercing Realm. Ten thousand years later, despair and slaughter had overtaken the universe, leaving Soul Hall as its last pure land as Jiang Feng focused his dwindling strength on cultivation and protecting the helpless.

• The seven old fellows of Soul Hall and Jiang Feng entered seclusion beneath the restored Immortal Heavenly Stele to comprehend its true mysteries.
• Jiang Feng sent other bodies to find promising soul cultivators, bringing the five little ones and Yin Fenhua to Soul Hall to seek enlightenment.
• The complete stele’s revelations shattered Jiang Feng’s mistaken insights and dissolved the restraints they had created.
• Over ten thousand years, more Soul Hall disciples comprehended the Heaven-Piercing Law, but fewer than one in ten passed the heavenly tribulation.
• Despair over the coming era change revived slaughter and demonic organizations across the universe, and people increasingly resented Jiang Feng for maintaining order.
• Exhausted from sustaining his avatars, Jiang Feng left most of them dormant to protect Great Worlds only when threatened and devoted more energy to cultivation.

Jiang Feng comprehended the Heaven-Piercing Law beneath the Immortal Heavenly Stele, and his surging aura signaled that his heavenly tribulation had begun. Inside the tribulation, he witnessed the universe collapsing and his loved ones dying, then faced a voice asking whether he truly wished to live on alone.

• Jiang Feng fully comprehended the Heaven-Piercing Law and shared his insights with Yin Fenhua and his followers.
• Jiang Feng's aura grew so powerful that those nearby were forced to retreat, while his children and the seven old fellows of Soul Hall watched with concern.
• Jiang Feng's aura reached its peak, and his heavenly tribulation began.
• Jiang Feng saw a universe expand and then contract, killing his friends, family, believers, and the five little ones.
• A voice asked Jiang Feng whether he truly wanted to live on in loneliness.

Jiang Feng resisted the heavenly tribulation’s attempt to break his will and successfully entered the Heaven-Piercing Realm. After reuniting with Treasure Lord Yulong, he realized how vastly the realm surpassed his former cultivation and wondered what level his unusual Immortal Divine Realm placed him at.

• The tribulation showed Jiang Feng a vision of surviving alone after the universe and everyone he loved had perished, causing his aura to plunge as those watching feared he would fail.
• Jiang Feng rejected the tribulation’s despair, declaring that he had cultivated so his loved ones could live and that he intended to overturn its rules.
• Jiang Feng’s aura surged back, and the witnesses and Treasure Lord Yulong realized he had passed the tribulation.
• Jiang Feng opened his eyes, confirmed his success, and embraced Treasure Lord Yulong.
• Jiang Feng recognized that Heaven-Piercing Realm cultivators wielded soul power beyond the reach of his former Creation Realm abilities, and he considered traveling to other universes to understand his own level.

At Soul Hall, Jiang Feng described sensing the Immortal Void and sparred with Shi Zhemao to test his strength. He effortlessly overcame Shi Zhemao, leaving the others eager to learn from him.

• The seven old fellows congratulated Jiang Feng, who described feeling like a fish in a vast tank and seeing the Immortal Void beyond it.
• Shi Zhemao challenged Jiang Feng to a spar, and Jiang Feng accepted.
• Shi Zhemao attacked Jiang Feng with his Nightmare soul art, but Jiang Feng was unaffected and asked to test their physical strength instead.
• Shi Zhemao's next attack was shattered by Jiang Feng's spear radiance, which destroyed Shi Zhemao's physical body.
• Shi Zhemao reconstituted himself, acknowledged Jiang Feng's superior strength, and the others asked Jiang Feng to guide them.

After Dragon Origin urged Jiang Feng to explore other universes, Jiang Feng found the Immortal Void closed and chose to send a surviving remnant of his soul through it rather than wait. His soul reached a spatial fluctuation leading to another universe, where the force of reincarnation began to carry it onward.

• The seven, including the Blade Emperor, recognized Jiang Feng's immense strength and discussed sending him to other universes.
• Dragon Origin told Jiang Feng that exploring other universes was his mission, and Jiang Feng decided to go.
• Jiang Feng and the seven, including the Blade Emperor, found that the Immortal Void had closed and could not be entered through the Immortal Land.
• Jiang Feng secretly awakened his remnant soul drifting in the Immortal Void and discovered he could resist its pull and perceive his surroundings.
• Jiang Feng sensed a spatial fluctuation connecting to another universe, swam toward it, and passed through as the universe's power began his reincarnation.

In Phoenix Dance City, Zhen Yingzhi feared losing her position as Zhuge Fengwu’s principal wife if Su Qing gave birth to a son, so she arranged to have Su Qing’s unborn child killed. She instead visited Su Qing with a supposedly precious pill, leaving Su Qing suspicious and sending her maid to have Zhuge Fengwu examine it.

• After learning Zhuge Fengwu might make Su Qing his principal wife if she bore him a son, Zhen Yingzhi agreed to her old matron’s plan to kill the unborn child without exposing herself.
• Su Qing warned her maid that Zhen Yingzhi might try to harm her and urged her to be careful.
• Zhen Yingzhi visited Su Qing, feigned sisterly concern, and gave her an Earth-grade Spirit-Nurturing Pill for the fetus.
• Su Qing and her maid suspected the pill might have been tampered with, so Su Qing sent the maid to ask Zhuge Fengwu to inspect it.

Su Qing accepted a Spirit-Nourishing Pill from Zhen Yingzhi, while the unborn Jiang Feng absorbed its power and assessed the new universe. Zhen Yingzhi revealed that the gift was part of a plan, and an ominous Two Poles Realm visitor arrived at Su Qing’s residence.

• Su Qing’s maid reported that Zhuge Fengwu had praised Zhen Yingzhi for sending the pills, and Su Qing decided not to investigate further before swallowing one.
• Jiang Feng sensed the Spirit-Nourishing Pill’s medicinal power and reflected on his cultivation, the universe, and the damage to his soul.
• Zhen Yingzhi told her old maid that Su Qing’s distrust had removed her guilt and ordered her to proceed with the next step of the plan.
• Su Qing and her maid welcomed an unfamiliar, gloomy visitor whose cultivation had reached the Two Poles Realm.

An old woman attacked Su Qing and tried to kill the child in her womb with a Soul-Seizing Pill, forcing Jiang Feng to be born prematurely. Jiang Feng survived the cosmic source power, sealed the old woman with his laws, and was gathered into Su Qing’s arms.

• The old woman restrained Su Qing and her maid, then revealed that the Soul-Seizing Pill would turn Su Qing’s child into a stillborn fetus.
• Jiang Feng recognized the pill and realized its power would force his soul from the unborn body, so he severed his bloodline connection with Su Qing as the pill’s effects reached the womb.
• Jiang Feng was born prematurely, and the old woman expected the cosmic source power to erode his mortal body into crystal.
• Jiang Feng used the Ultimate Creation Law to keep the cosmic source power away and the Heaven-Piercing Law to seal the old woman.
• Su Qing and her maid were freed, and Su Qing rushed to pick up Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng restrained the assassin who had attacked Su Qing and set out to uncover who had ordered the attempt on their lives. Zhen Yingzhi believed the unborn child had died and that she was safe, but Zhuge Fengwu gathered the Zhuge residence to investigate the attack.

• Jiang Feng reassured Su Qing, restrained the old woman, and decided to question her about who had ordered the attack.
• Su Qing realized she needed the old woman to testify against Zhen Yingzhi, while Jiang Feng warned the captive not to resist questioning.
• Jiang Feng sent the maid to summon Zhuge Fengwu, and manor guards arrived at Zhen Yingzhi's residence to gather the rear household for an interrogation.
• Zhen Yingzhi learned that Mama Wu had been captured but was told Su Qing's child had not survived, so she concealed her relief and went to the estate courtyard.
• Zhuge Fengwu assembled more than a thousand people at the estate courtyard and vowed to investigate the attempt on Su Qing's unborn child.

Zhuge Fengwu confronted the suspected conspirator behind Su Qing’s premature delivery, while Su Qing revealed that her son, Jiang Feng, had survived. Jiang Feng displayed astonishing power and demanded that Mama Wu name the person who had ordered the attack, but she refused.

• Zhuge Fengwu summoned the manor’s residents and accused Mama Wu of plotting to harm his child.
• Mama Wu refused Zhuge Fengwu’s offer to spare her if she exposed the mastermind, while Zhen Yingzhi secretly hoped Mama Wu would keep her secret.
• Su Qing appeared with Jiang Feng, surprising everyone who believed her child had died.
• Jiang Feng used the Creation Law to teleport away from Zhuge Fengwu and restrain Mama Wu, revealing his extraordinary strength.
• Jiang Feng threatened to kill Mama Wu unless she named the person who ordered the attack, but she defied him.

Jiang Feng exposed Nanny Wu’s hidden bodies and forced her to reveal her connection to Zhen Yingzhi. After killing one of Wu Ma’s bodies, he left the others facing an uncertain fate as Zhuge Fengwu turned against Zhen Yingzhi.

• Jiang Feng revealed that Nanny Wu had four bodies, including two connected to the Zhen Clan and one hidden in a lower realm.
• Zhen Yingzhi denied involvement, but Jiang Feng used his laws to restrain and teleport Nanny Wu’s other three bodies to them.
• With all four bodies trapped, Wu Ma’s resolve broke and she agreed to confess, implicating Zhen Yingzhi.
• Zhuge Fengwu rebuked Zhen Yingzhi, while Jiang Feng killed one of Wu Ma’s bodies with a touch to its forehead.

Jiang Feng forced Mama Wu and Zhen Yingzhi to reveal their plot against Su Qing’s unborn child, and Zhuge Fengwu killed them after the truth came out. Zhen Yingzhi survived through her Rootless Realm incarnation, and her father, Zhen Yonglang, vowed revenge against Zhuge Fengwu.

• Jiang Feng destroyed the souls in Mama Wu’s three physical bodies, and Mama Wu confessed that Zhen Yingzhi had ordered her to use the Soul-Seizing Pill against Su Qing’s child.
• Jiang Feng used a soul technique to make Zhen Yingzhi confess the plot and condemn Zhuge Fengwu for creating the Zhuge Rear Residence’s poisonous rivalries.
• Zhuge Fengwu killed Mama Wu and Zhen Yingzhi, though Zhen Yingzhi’s Rootless Realm incarnation preserved her life outside the Zhuge Clan.
• Zhen Yingzhi told her father, Zhen Yonglang, that Zhuge Fengwu had destroyed her true body, and Zhen Yonglang vowed to retaliate.

Jiang Feng adopted the name Zhuge Feng and began arranging to cultivate in Su Qing’s inner world while she gathered the materials he needed. During Zhuge Fengwu’s lavish celebration for his son, Zhen Lie arrived in Phoenix Dance City as a One-Origin Realm expert and demanded that Zhuge Fengwu come out.

• Jiang Feng chose the name Zhuge Feng and planned to cultivate his physical body toward the Creation Realm.
• Jiang Feng asked Su Qing to gather cultivation materials from a greater world and let him cultivate inside her inner world.
• Su Qing returned with the materials, accelerated time in her inner world, and Jiang Feng began cultivating there.
• Zhuge Fengwu continued his enormous feast to celebrate his son’s birth, inviting guests from across the region.
• Zhen Lie appeared over Zhuge Manor, and the guests recognized him as a newly revealed One-Origin Realm expert.
• Zhen Lie demanded that Zhuge Fengwu come out.

Zhen Lie confronted Zhuge Fengwu over the destruction of Zhen Yingzhi’s true body, but the Zhen family agreed to let Zhuge Fengwu bring her back under conditions. Zhen Yingzhi demanded to remain the principal wife and ordered Zhuge Fengwu to kill Su Qing.

• Zhuge Fengwu learned that Zhen Lie had reached the One-Origin Realm and greeted him as a brother-in-law.
• Zhen Lie demanded justice for Zhen Yingzhi, while Zhuge Fengwu defended his actions as punishment under the Zhuge Clan’s rules.
• Zhen Lie released Zhen Yingzhi and Zhen Yonglang from his inner world, and Zhuge Fengwu humbly greeted his father-in-law.
• The Zhen family agreed to let Zhuge Fengwu bring Zhen Yingzhi back, provided he accepted her conditions.
• Zhen Yingzhi demanded to remain the principal wife and ordered Zhuge Fengwu to kill Su Qing.

Zhuge Fengwu agreed to Zhen Yingzhi’s demand to kill Su Qing in exchange for the Zhen Clan’s support, choosing his ambition to return to the Zhuge Main Residence over Su Qing’s life. Before his giant hand reached her, Su Qing secretly hid Zhuge Feng in a maid’s internal world.

• Zhen Yingzhi demanded that Zhuge Fengwu kill Su Qing as her second condition for returning with him.
• Su Qing feared for her son and asked a maid to protect Zhuge Feng if Zhuge Fengwu accepted the demand.
• Zhuge Fengwu decided that the Zhen Clan’s support mattered more than Su Qing’s life and told her to consider her death a sacrifice for him and their son.
• Su Qing rebuked Zhuge Fengwu and secretly sent the cultivating Zhuge Feng into a maid’s internal world.
• Zhuge Fengwu accepted Zhen Yingzhi’s conditions and formed a giant hand that reached for Su Qing.