Chapter Summaries

The Creation Sword Immortal confronted the Rakshasa Ghost King and the other powers over his plan to alter Yin and Yang, while the collapsing barriers between realms unleashed further chaos. You Can and Zhu Yang fled the confrontation, but a new threat loomed as the Candle Dragon King rose amid the surging waters.

• The Rakshasa Ghost King revealed that Madame Yellow Springs presided over the Seven Sacrifices and Five Pillars, then provoked You Can and urged the Creation Sword Immortal to test his Spirit Transformation Method on him.
• The Extreme Ancestor arrived and warned the Creation Sword Immortal that changing Yin and Yang would endanger cultivators throughout the realm.
• Heavenly Venerable Shao emerged from the Heart-Knocking Bell’s support and challenged the Rakshasa Ghost King, who argued that restoring the fallen sun and stars was nearly impossible.
• The Creation Sword Immortal accused the Rakshasa Ghost King of hesitating and ordered everyone to stop interfering; he drove the Extreme Ancestor away and threatened Heavenly Venerable Shao.
• You Can and Zhu Yang tried to flee, but the Creation Sword Immortal called on them to help perfect his Spirit Transformation Method as the barrier between the water world and the True Realm shattered.
• The Candle Dragon King surged through the rising waters, and a layer of shadow fell over You Can and Zhu Yang.

The Creation Sword Immortal tested You Can and Zhu Yang with a transformed system that brought thought and matter into direct contact, while Miaoxiang awakened and left the Heavenly Gate. At Xi Yu Lake, the Rakshasa Ghost King weakened Crimson Yin and escaped, leaving her bargain with Extreme Ancestor unresolved.

• The Creation Sword Immortal sent torrents of altered laws after You Can and Zhu Yang, who destroyed the water dragons and recognized the dangers her system posed to ordinary people.
• Miaoxiang woke beneath the dead bodhi tree, absorbed the witch fetus back into her body, advanced in cultivation, and saw the Heavenly Gate's carvings come alive.
• Baiyi tried to leave Xi Yu Lake with Crimson Yin, but Xiao Wu insisted that Crimson Yin stay.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King revealed herself, reached into Crimson Yin's abdomen, and left her powerless before escaping past Xiao Wu and Xuanhuang.
• Xuanhuang's Sword Qi failed to stop the Rakshasa Ghost King, who reminded Extreme Ancestor of their bargain exchanging Yu Qing Xuan for the Taixiao Divine Court.

Extreme Ancestor entered the Four Directions Eight Heavens to study the Shangqing system, then discovered Canluona’s Parasitic Yuan Worms spreading through void fissures and suspected an attack on Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu’s foundation. Elsewhere, the Rakshasa Ghost King examined Yu Ci’s Primordial Power and began identifying the laws within it.

• Extreme Ancestor watched Heavenly Venerable Shao head to Fuqiu City and recognized the Eight Sceneries Palace’s chance to take control of the Three Origins Secret Array.
• Yu Qing Xuan escaped the Boundless Void Divine Lord’s blockade, and Extreme Ancestor used demonic rites to gain passage through the black tide with the Azure Wave Water Mansion Master.
• Extreme Ancestor explored the Four Directions Eight Heavens, found signs of Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu’s work and Canluona’s void tearing, and remained behind to study the changes.
• Canluona’s Parasitic Yuan Worms began pouring through a shrinking fissure, leading Extreme Ancestor to suspect Canluona intended to corrupt Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu and seize the Shangqing system.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King examined Yu Ci’s manifested Primordial Power with her world model and observed the laws and techniques it contained.

The Rakshasa Ghost King analyzed Yu Ci’s primordial power with Madame Yellow Springs before Yu Qing Xuan, Ye Bin, and Xuanhuang defeated her avatar and claimed the pearl. Canluona then attacked, but Yu Qing Xuan began merging the Primordial Power with her moon-wheel as the others guarded her.

• The Rakshasa Ghost King and Madame Yellow Springs analyzed the threads within Yu Ci’s primordial power, revealing its connection to the Primordial Demon Lord and Madame Yellow Springs’ method of surpassing.
• Yu Qing Xuan pursued the Rakshasa Ghost King’s avatar and fought through its spiritual-sense attacks with moonlight, Shangqing reinforcement, and the Tai Xuan Zhen Xing Yin.
• Xuanhuang’s sword strike broke the seal but missed the Rakshasa Ghost King, allowing Ye Bin to cut down the avatar while Yu Qing Xuan seized the pearl of primordial power.
• Canluona attacked Yu Qing Xuan for the pearl, but Yu Qing Xuan, Ye Bin, and Xuanhuang repelled its strikes.
• Yu Qing Xuan placed the Primordial Power into the void and merged it with her moon-wheel while Ye Bin and Xuanhuang guarded her.

Li Chen Sect disciples fought Canluona’s Blade Ants while Canluona sowed fear and the Blood Essence Source Wood unleashed a vast wave of Outer Path beasts. The disciples’ formation steadied after Meng Wei led a desperate stand and Xie Liang and Xie Yan arrived, but a catastrophic storm trapped Heavenly Venerable Qiao and Fang Hui as a bright moon appeared overhead.

• Baoguang and Li You discussed the threats beyond the Sky-Rifting Valley before Blade Ants broke into the Li Chen disciples’ formation and inflicted severe casualties.
• Canluona projected its demonic image into the disciples’ minds and threatened them, prompting some to look toward Baoguang and question their blessings.
• Meng Wei led the Disciplinary Branch into the foremost array, killed a Blade Ant with one strike, and inspired disciples to hold formation despite their injuries.
• Baoguang preserved a severed disciple’s Yang God, and Xie Yan and Xie Liang returned to disrupt the Blade Ants and stabilize the battle line.
• Heavenly Venerable Qiao and Fang Hui saw the Blood Essence Source Wood send out vast numbers of Blade Ants and other Outer Path beasts, then fled toward the Li Chen disciples as Canluona’s storm overtook them.
• Fang Hui pushed his Marrow Burning Blood River to its limit, but sword qi split the storm and revealed a bright moon overhead.

Yu Ci formed a realm-spanning mind-image through the Shangqing empowerment system and began undergoing heavenly tribulation as Canluona attacked the Li Chen Sect disciples. The Channelling Yin Demon entered the moon and sat on the Cloud Tower Tree, throwing the tribulation’s power into chaos while the demonic storm continued to press in.

• Heavenly Venerable Qiao and Fang Hui saw a bright moon appear, while Canluona recognized that Yu Ci was using it to unite the Shangqing system across the true realm.
• Canluona’s divine will assaulted the Li Chen Sect disciples, but Xie Liang’s Self-Created World and the surrounding laws shielded them as Yu Ci’s mind-image took shape.
• Yu Ci’s realm ascension drew the Heaven and Earth Law Will’s attention, and it manifested the Channelling Yin Demon as his heavenly tribulation.
• Canluona sent its demonic flame storm toward the disciples, and Heavenly Venerable Qiao accepted Yu Ci’s request to join the Outer Path Deity system.
• Heavenly Venerable Qiao and Fang Hui destroyed the Blade Ant formation and evacuated the Li Chen Sect disciples as the storm crashed through the system’s boundary.
• The Channelling Yin Demon entered the bright moon and sat on a branch of the Cloud Tower Tree, causing the tribulation’s power and laws to lose their aim.

As Yu Ci underwent tribulation, his system absorbed the heavenly laws and deployed a vast force against Canluona’s Outer Path demons, while the Eight Sceneries Palace remained cautious about committing its full strength. The battle culminated in Bao Yun leading deities, Dao Soldiers, and cultivators across the realm in a chant praising the Gouchen Palace Emperor.

• Heavenly Venerable Qiao explained that the Eight Sceneries Palace would defend the True Realm but could not readily counterattack Canluona at Sky Rift Valley, and Yu Nan left disappointed by the sect’s cautious stance.
• Canluona intensified its assault on Yu Ci’s moon manifestation, but the Faceless Dharma Form summoned a heavenly gateway that poured refined primordial qi into its deities and Dao Soldiers.
• The Dao Soldiers charged into battle against Canluona’s demons, and Canluona realized Yu Ci’s entire Shangqing system was integrating and refining itself.
• At Xi Yu Lake, Daoist Qianbao celebrated the display of his Qianbao Pool and Three-Essence Divine Light, while Venerable Yu Xu watched the moon in contemplation.
• Bao Yun began chanting the Treasure Proclamation, prompting the deities, Dao Soldiers, Yu, and the Siding Institute disciples to join in praising the Gouchen Palace Emperor.

Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu used the Treasure Proclamation and Gouchen Emperor's Command to rally Faith Power across the True Realm, strengthening the Shangqing system as he crossed successive layers of tribulation. Canluona recognized the Taixiao Divine Court's role and clashed with Yuanxu, then resolved to exploit the heavenly tribulation while it continued.

• The Treasure Proclamation drew Faith Power from countless mysterious-sect disciples and believers, spreading the Shangqing system wherever the moon shone.
• At Heavenly Pole Peak, Saint Xiao said Yuanxu might be integrating several layers of his foundation while crossing tribulation, and left decisions concerning the gods to Xin Yi.
• Canluona realized the Taixiao Divine Court had already crossed a tribulation and that Yuanxu had concealed how fully he controlled it.
• Gouchen Emperor's Command struck the Outer Dao devils, killing most of the Fire Plague and scattering the demonic storm over Sky Rift Valley.
• Canluona's Tu Ling Demon Eye countered Gouchen Emperor's Command, and the two forces collided across the True Realm, worsening its rupture and devastation.
• As Yuanxu underwent the Heavenly Domain Starfire Tribulation, Canluona assessed his strength and decided to create an opportunity to interfere with the tribulation.

Extreme Ancestor infiltrated Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu’s fused Self-Created World and was defeated by Shadow Ghost, while the Starfire Tribulation ended and Shangqing Divine Light suppressed Canluona’s forces. As a Chaotic Void Tribulation began, moonlight revealed a starry river of golden flames across heaven and earth.

• Extreme Ancestor entered Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu’s Self-Created World with the Azure Wave Water Mansion Master and encountered Shadow Ghost.
• Shadow Ghost destroyed Extreme Ancestor’s avatar with sword techniques, then trapped the Azure Wave Water Mansion Master on the Platform of Investiture of the Gods.
• Shadow Ghost sensed a stirring beneath the moon and flew deeper into the Taixiao Divine Court.
• The Starfire Tribulation ended, and Shangqing Divine Light spread from the moon, forcing Canluona’s weaker forces to retreat.
• A Chaotic Void Tribulation began, the moon shook, and golden flames appeared atop stars throughout the heavens.

Yu Ci used the Equality Bead and his expanded moonlight mind-image to gather the Pratyekabuddha Dharma Realm shards, complete the Ten Directions Ci Guang Buddha’s vow, and weather Equality Heaven’s tribulation. As he prepared to face the Myriad Demon Pool’s tribulation, he realized Madame Yellow Springs had already infiltrated his inner void through the spiritual-pivot transfer.

• Sheng Hui gathered Pratyekabuddha Dharma Realm shards near Lan Hai Mountain, but Yu Ci’s vow-driven power burned the shards across the realms and inflicted a backlash on him.
• Yu Ci struck the Buddha Bone Furnace with the Equality Bead, using his moonlight mind-image to locate the shards and absorb them into Equality Heaven.
• Yu Ci fulfilled the Ten Directions Ci Guang Buddha’s grand vow, and the Buddha Bone Furnace shattered as its Heart Refining Dharma Fire became an eternal lamp in Equality Heaven.
• Yu Ci used the gains from Equality Heaven’s tribulation to prepare the Myriad Demon Pool for its own tribulation, focusing on the primordial powers of Canluona and Madame Yellow Springs.
• Yu Ci realized Madame Yellow Springs had influenced him when he transferred her spiritual pivot, leaving her law system embedded in his inner void and possibly in the Rakshasa Ghost King as well.

Yu Ci isolated Madame Yellow Springs’s Primordial Power within the Equality Heaven, briefly neared Dao Integration, and prepared to undergo another tribulation. Canluona then regained its true body and attacked the Li Chen Sect’s mountain gates, demanding a trade from Yu Ci over its Primordial Power.

• Yu Ci drew on the Pratyekabuddha Dharma Realm to contain Madame Yellow Springs, the Rakshasa Ghost King, the Boundless Void Divine Lord, and other powers within the Equality Heaven.
• Yu Ci briefly approached Dao Integration, recovered, and left the Taixiao Divine Court to prepare for the Myriad Demon Pool’s tribulation in the Eternal Azure Sky Dao realm.
• Xiao Wu told Yu Ci that Haodian was absorbing the Taixiao Divine Court’s origin qi, and the shadow ghost attempted to pause her recovery before discovering that she had awakened and grown.
• Yu Ci began his preparations for the tribulation and sent Canluona’s Primordial Power toward the Equality Heaven, awakening a resonance with Canluona’s true body.
• Canluona emerged from the Sky Rift Valley and struck at the Sky Domain Shuttle and the Li Chen Sect’s mountain gates with its Seven Tribulations of No Light.
• Canluona addressed Yu Ci as the Darkness Demon Lord and proposed a trade, while its next strike again targeted the Sky-Piercing Nine Bends.

Saint Xiao intervened against Canluona and saved Li Chen Sect’s sinking mountain gate, but the Rakshasa Ghost King struck him and used the clash to destabilize the Seven Sacrifices and Five Pillars system. The chapter ended with Haodian confronting Madame Yellow Springs, Bai Lian gaining spiritual insight, and the Creation Sword Immortal’s plans continuing amid the system’s upheaval.

• Canluona’s attacks shattered Li Chen Sect’s mountain-guarding array and left its mountain gate sinking, while Fang Hui learned of the damage.
• Saint Xiao rang the Heart-Knocking Bell, lifted Li Chen Sect’s mountain gate toward the Azure Sky Domain, and attacked Canluona with a sword from Heaven Beyond Clouds.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King ambushed Saint Xiao, then exploited the ensuing conflict to send a Seven Sacrifices and Five Pillars artifact mold into the Eight Sceneries system, causing a violent clash that threatened the Candle Dragon King.
• The Creation Sword Immortal relieved pressure on the Candle Dragon King, killed You Can and Zhu Yang with a broken bone, and helped Li Bocai’s sword formation establish a new legal system around Linggang Mountain.
• Haodian met Madame Yellow Springs and Bai Lian, destroyed one of Madame Yellow Springs’s cores, and failed to collapse her system; Bai Lian then entered the Void Azure Lotus Magical Cannon and gained spiritual insight within the Seven Sacrifices and Five Pillars system.

Bai Lian sensed the Seven Sacrifices and Five Pillars system’s movements as Yu Qing Xuan fought a Buddha-empowered Hell Being at the Jade Firmament Celestial Palace, where Tai Xuan Demon Mother remained sealed. Meanwhile, Old Crow investigated a surge of power from the Demonic Sect’s Sacred Canon and found Di Tianluo waiting on the Earth Core Abyss’s ninth platform.

• Bai Lian sensed Taixiao Divine Court take Miaoxiang away, the Creation Sword Immortal’s Spirit Transformation Method spread around Linggang Mountain, and Buddhism seal Tai Xuan Demon Mother inside the Jade Firmament Celestial Palace.
• Yu Qing Xuan arrived at the Jade Firmament Celestial Palace and froze Fah Hui, but a Buddha’s power revived him and forced her into battle.
• Old Crow worried that the Demonic Sect’s shifting alliances had left him sidelined, then sensed disturbances from the north and the Earth Core Abyss.
• Old Crow entered the abyss as the Sacred Canon’s power spread through the True Realm and descended to the ninth platform.
• Old Crow found Di Tianluo standing before the Sacred Canon and watched its power.

Ghost Bell Seed’s sacrifice of the Shaman God earned him the title of Taiyuan Manifestation Heavenly Demon King, while the Boundless Void Divine Lord’s takeover of the True Realm’s laws triggered a realm-wide catastrophe. As the Xuanmen system merged with the True Realm system and Saint Xiao faced a demonic assault, Yu Ci realized the Myriad Demon Pool was testing him through his own heart calamity.

• Old Crow saw Ghost Bell Seed’s schemes recognized by the Sacred Canon, which granted him Fundamental Empowerment and the title of Taiyuan Manifestation Heavenly Demon King.
• The Heavenly Demon Heart Drum announced Ghost Bell Seed’s rise, while Old Crow suffered backlash and Liu Guan used the resonance to advance into the shadows.
• The Boundless Void Divine Lord’s demonic intent corrupted the True Realm’s laws, causing the Shaman Sect’s foundations to erode and Fuqiu City to suffer a devastating upheaval.
• Murong Qingyan warned Madam Xia and You Rui that the True Realm could not withstand the laws beyond it, and they realized its people would need protection from another system.
• Saint Xiao’s Xuanmen system rejoined the True Realm system, drawing demonic attacks from the Rakshasa Ghost King and Canluona as he defended it.
• Yu Ci understood that the Myriad Demon Pool was his heart calamity and resolved to distinguish his true self from the shadows he had cast aside.

Yu Ci continued integrating his mind with the moonlit image as the Taixiao Divine Court was drawn into a bright light, while Extreme Ancestor tried and failed to seize it. Extreme Ancestor then joined the Boundless Void Divine Lord’s swelling black tide and attacked Yu Ci’s moon, where Yu Ci countered with the Seal of Supreme Goodness.

• Yu Ci used the connection between his mental and physical images to distinguish what belonged to him from what did not as the Boundless Void Divine Lord’s black tide swept across the central heavens.
• The Four Directions Eight Heavens contracted, and a bright light began absorbing the Taixiao Divine Court beneath Xi Yu Lake.
• Extreme Ancestor broke through the Three Origins Secret Array and tried to seize the Taixiao Divine Court, but a mysterious female cultivator halted him with her sword intent.
• Extreme Ancestor withdrew and joined the Boundless Void Divine Lord’s black tide as Demonic Sect cultivators and Outer Realm Heavenly Demons poured into it.
• Extreme Ancestor attacked the bright moon and shattered its divine manifestations, but Yu Ci answered from within the moon with a strike declaring, “Supreme Goodness is Like Water!”

Extreme Ancestor recognized the Supreme Goodness Seal and tried to divert its power, but the Four Imperials’ true intents helped the seal leave a lasting mark on his Dao foundation. His furious reaction shook Heaven and Earth, leaving the Central Heaven battlefield paused as every side wondered who had struck him.

• Extreme Ancestor recognized the Supreme Goodness Seal and severed his connection to the Giant Spirit Palm, whose collision with the other palm unleashed a Great Thousand Inverting Wind across Central Heaven.
• The jade-green blood pierced Extreme Ancestor’s defenses, and he diverted its slaughtering power through the black tide, killing at least a thousand devil sect cultivators.
• A second water droplet formed inside Extreme Ancestor’s Frozen Silence Demon Kingdom, and tracing its connection revealed the true intents of the Four Imperials, including Yu Ci and Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu.
• The Four Imperials’ true intents joined with the Taixiao Divine Court’s power and struck Extreme Ancestor, allowing the Supreme Goodness Seal’s lingering Dao intent to leave an indelible trace on his Dao foundation.
• Extreme Ancestor roared in fury, destroying the million heavenly demons and reducing Three Immortal Cities to ruins; the Central Heaven battle paused as everyone wondered who had wounded him.

Yu Ci confronted the Extreme Ancestor in the Frozen Silence Demon Kingdom, using their battle to undergo his heart-demon tribulation while the Extreme Ancestor tried to exploit his injuries and seize the Taixiao Divine Court. Their clash remained unresolved when an unknown ally offered to help.

• The Extreme Ancestor sensed Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu rising from Xi Yu Lake and recognized his intent to settle the Shangqing karmic debt.
• The Extreme Ancestor spread the Frozen Silence Demon Kingdom around Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu and struck, but Yu Ci used the bright moonlight of the Taixiao Divine Court to resist.
• Yu Ci revealed that he had sought the Extreme Ancestor to experience his heart-demon great tribulation through real combat.
• Yu Ci and the Xuan Huang Killing Sword attacked together, while the Extreme Ancestor countered them with his mastery of close combat and the rules.
• The Extreme Ancestor realized Yu Ci was trying to aggravate the flaw left by the Supreme Goodness Seal, and a voice in the void asked whether he wanted help.

Extreme Ancestor and Canluona agreed to divide the spoils while continuing their attacks on Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu and the Eight Sceneries Palace. Yu Ci used the battle to examine himself through Extreme Ancestor, then emerged from the moonlight as Canluona’s killing tribulation struck; the author’s note afterward apologized for delaying the novel’s ending.

• Canluona approached Extreme Ancestor about intervening against Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu, and they agreed that Canluona would claim Yuanxu as a vassal while Extreme Ancestor received the Taixiao Divine Court and other spoils.
• Extreme Ancestor shifted his attention to the Central Battlefield, where Wuliang Divine Lord’s black tide pressed against Saint Xiao and the Eight Sceneries Palace.
• Extreme Ancestor probed Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu’s emotional and volitional plane, but Yuanxu recognized him as Tang Xin and used him as a mirror to examine his own nature.
• Canluona unleashed the Tu Ling Demon Eye, staining Yuanxu’s moonlight with blood as Saint Xiao watched the lunar domain begin to shrink.
• Heavenly Monarch Yuanxu emerged through the divided moonlight as a Daoist figure, and Canluona recognized the unfamiliar state as strangely familiar.
• The author apologized for missing the promised ending date and said the novel would continue until it received a complete conclusion.

Yang Hezi returned to the True Realm and helped Saint Xiao wound Canluona, while Yu Ci used his new Shadow Observation ability and Shangqing’s history to break the Extreme Ancestor’s Dao foundation. The chapter ended with the Extreme Ancestor beheaded and righteous energy rising across the battlefield.

• Yang Hezi used the Nail Head Seven Arrows Book to destroy Canluona’s Tu Ling Demon Eye, and Saint Xiao followed with nine-heavens thunder.
• Canluona recognized Yang Hezi as an old adversary, while the True Realm’s factions realized the Shangqing patriarch had returned.
• Yu Ci developed Shadow Observation as he studied the Extreme Ancestor through Yang Hezi’s perspective and repeatedly struck the watermark on his Dao foundation.
• Yu Ci called on the Shangqing system and its heroic spirits, and Yang Hezi emerged from the Starfire Long River to strike the Extreme Ancestor and deepen the Dao-taint.
• The Extreme Ancestor’s foundation collapsed, and Yu Ci and Yang Hezi’s attacks left him bound on the Dragon Slaying Platform.
• Twin dragons beheaded the Extreme Ancestor, Yu Ci howled in triumph, and frost melted as righteous energy pierced the sky.

Yu Ci stabilized the first form of his bright moon divine ability after killing Extreme Ancestor, but the moonlight inadvertently gave the Rakshasa Ghost King a way into the Purple Extreme Yellow Diagram. The chapter ended as she reached the Purple Extreme while Lian Shan attacked her.

• Shadow Ghost checked on Yu Ci, and Hao Dian offered to help him before leaving.
• Yu Ci weathered the demonic taint left by Extreme Ancestor and integrated several abilities into his emerging bright moon divine ability.
• Yu Ci left the Taixiao Divine Court and appeared above Xi Yu Lake as the court vanished.
• Yu Ci approached Heavenly Venerable Shao, but his moonlight exposed a passage that let the Rakshasa Ghost King enter Heavenly Pole Peak.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King struck down Yu Ci's dharma body beneath the Purple Extreme Yellow Diagram and reached toward the Purple Extreme as Lian Shan attacked her.