Chapter Summaries

As Zhao Buhuo fought Jin Yu, his Stellar Fate Allotment began to waver, drawing attention to a sudden Variable Fate that disrupted plans across the Nine Heavens. In the Void Ground, ancient cultivators called the Longevity Ones decided to emerge, using the Lunar Plain Cloud Banner to conceal themselves from Heaven’s Way for nine breaths.

• Jin Yu taunted Zhao Buhuo over his wavering Stellar Fate Allotment, and the two continued their battle.
• An Immortal Mountain cultivator recognized that the joined Fate Allotments had created an unforeseen Variable Fate.
• The Longevity Ones in the Void Ground sensed the change in Fate Allotment and learned that Star-Sea Sealing Beasts had blocked their entrance.
• The Longevity Ones dismissed the beasts as a coincidence and discussed revealing themselves to influence events outside.
• A Divine Sense offered the Lunar Plain Cloud Banner, which could deceive Heaven for nine breaths, and the Longevity Ones agreed to act together.

After another half year in the Daoist Dojo, Lu Qing developed the Wind Hearing divine ability and cultivated his Sword Dao. Watching sword light merge with the clouds, he recognized the difference between his Dao Heart and Sword Heart, broke through the Obstruction of Knowledge and Perception, and entered Spirit Condensation.

• Lu Qing discovered that Wind Hearing randomly captured information carried by natural winds, though powerful cultivators could erase their imprints.
• Lu Qing tended a Spirit Field and cultivated the Formation Dao and Sword Dao, which developed along different paths.
• In the sixth year after entering the sect, Lu Qing watched dawn’s purple radiance and his sword light vanish into the clouds.
• Lu Qing realized he had confused his firm Dao Heart with his Sword Heart and had cultivated sword techniques rather than his own Sword Dao.
• Lu Qing saw through the Obstruction of Knowledge and Perception, entered the Sword Heart realm of Spirit Condensation, and briefly released a new Sword Dao Intent that shocked the Sword Lineage disciples.

Lu Qing explored the might of his Golden Core Inner World and continued cultivating as years passed, while the Eight Wastelands became a stage for rising Golden Core geniuses and clashes over Fate Allotment. Ten years after entering the sect, Lu Qing remained in seclusion, still facing the difficult final stage of a Primordial Spirit gate.

• Lu Qing examined his Golden Core Inner World, sensed its power over heaven and earth, and briefly wondered about the ancient foundation of the Nine Heavens.
• Lu Qing continued cultivating through the seasons as nine years passed since he entered the sect.
• Cultivators in the Eight Wastelands spread news through Talisman Light as prodigies battled, pursued treasures, and contested Fate Allotment.
• Lu Qing remained in seclusion, spending three years at the final stage of a difficult Primordial Spirit gate.
• Ten years passed since Lu Qing entered the sect, while he remained secluded in his quiet mountain building.

After ten years of seclusion, Lu Qing emerged as a perfected Primordial Spirit Three Gates cultivator and received a faint message from Senior Brother Wang. He used their Karmic Affinity to reach the Eight Wastelands, where cultivators continued to gather amid extraordinary opportunities and returning Fate Allotment.

• Lu Qing left seclusion after ten years and discovered that his cultivation had reached perfection at the Primordial Spirit Three Gates.
• Lu Qing read messages about the years he had missed, including that White Crane Boy had left Li Mountain to undergo a tribulation with its elder brother.
• Lu Qing heard a faint message through his Wind Hearing divine ability and recognized it as coming from Senior Brother Wang.
• Lu Qing stabilized his Karmic Affinity with Dharma Power and used a wisp of Divine Sense to travel to the other shore.
• Lu Qing arrived in the Eight Wastelands and found that its cultivators had gained abundant opportunities and Fate Allotment over the past several years.

Wang Chunfeng and dozens of cultivators fought a Primordial Spirit demon bird that had trapped them in a valley with a powerful true-fire seal, while demonic cultivators blundered into the same trap. As their cultivation began to be drained, Lu Qing watched the karmic threads connecting the crisis to events far away.

• Wang Chunfeng and the other cultivators attacked the demon bird together but failed to break through its true-fire seal around the valley.
• Poison Wood divined that a supreme magic treasure lay within the valley and led several demonic cultivators into the trap.
• The demonic cultivators arrived battered and weakened, astonishing the cultivators already trapped there.
• Lu Qing observed the karmic threads as the true fire closed in from every direction and the cultivators’ power dwindled.
• Wang Chunfeng realized that the seal was stripping away their cultivation, as though it were devouring them.

Lu Qing rescued Wang Chunfeng and other cultivators from a true fire that was consuming the Eight Wastelands, then used a thread of Karmic Affinity to return and report what he had seen. He left the world with a grave warning after glimpsing an enormous head beneath the Eight Wastelands.

• The true fire drained the cultivators’ power and Fate Allotment, destroying several people as Wang Chunfeng worried that the calamity might threaten the Land of Spirit Severance.
• Lu Qing appeared beside Wang Chunfeng, revealed his Primordial Spirit cultivation, and promised to help him escape before they could discuss the crisis.
• Lu Qing slew the crimson demonic bird and halted and collected the true fire with his sword light and Sleeve Cosmos.
• The rescued cultivators offered Lu Qing treasures, but he refused them because they were entangled with the Eight Wastelands’ Fate Allotment.
• Lu Qing warned Wang Chunfeng that too much favorable Fate Allotment could be dangerous, then let their Karmic Affinity fade and withdrew his Divine Sense.
• After seeing the Eight Wastelands firsthand, Lu Qing looked beneath them and discovered a head that filled him with dread.

Lu Qing saw a Gourd Seed emerge from the true fire in the Eight Wastelands and handed it to the Sword Lineage Mission Hall for investigation. After watching the heavens for half a year, he witnessed Fate Allotment transform and saw two mighty figures fighting near the Nether Sea.

• Lu Qing recognized the true fire as a Gourd Seed and suspected it was connected to the Earth Vein, so he delivered it to the Sword Lineage Mission Hall.
• Lu Qing spent half a year atop the mountain observing the heavens, the Eight Wastelands' Fate Allotment, and the rising Tribulation Qi.
• Lu Qing saw Fate Allotment and Tribulation Qi rise from the earth and transform into an immense Dharma form as clear and turbid energies alternated.
• Lu Qing used Primordial Spirit Divine Wandering and saw two figures with immense Dharma forms fighting near the Nether Sea in the southeast of Southern Heaven Continent.
• Cultivators across the world sensed the battle and turned their attention toward Southern Heaven Continent.

Lu Qing witnessed the Divinations come to pass as supreme forces clashed over the unified Fate Allotment, which was ultimately dispersed back into the Nine Heavens. After the Tribulation ended, he reflected on the mysterious Void Ground and found that heaven and earth had been restored, with spiritual vitality greatly increased.

• Lu Qing used heart-light to perceive a battle between divine and immortal manifestations and the darkness of Void Ground as the Fate Allotment reached its peak.
• After the ninth breath, a powerful hand seized a stray Mars Star Fate Allotment, while divine radiance later shattered the unified Fate Allotment and returned it to the Nine Heavens.
• Lightning Tribulation swept across the world, and two Dharma Bodies in the southeast offered themselves as sacrifices to heaven and earth before returning to the Nine Heavens.
• Lu Qing confirmed that all three Divinations had come to pass, recorded the name Void Ground, and considered why the powerful beings had returned the Fate Allotment.
• The Tribulation Clouds dispersed, the damaged landscape returned to normal, and Lu Qing sensed that his comprehension and the world's spiritual vitality had increased.

After the great tribulation ended, Lu Qing saw the devastation across the southeast and decided to return to Sun-Moon Mountain, while cultivators in the Eight Wastelands discovered that their borrowed Fate Allotment was being reclaimed. The chapter left Ye Lin wary that even the opportunities he had gained might carry a price.

• Lu Qing saw a vast sea where the southeastern lands had been and sensed that the Eight Wastelands’ struggle was ending as his Karmic Affinity faded.
• Lu Qing packed up his rented Cultivation Cave and headed to the main hall to end the lease before returning to Sun-Moon Mountain.
• Cultivators across the Eight Wastelands watched their Fate Allotment turn into mist and depart, carrying their True Spirit aura to cleanse the land’s lingering impurity.
• Grotto-Heaven elders explained that the Eight Wastelands was reclaiming the Fate Allotment it had lent, and that Celestial Star Destinies would become nourishment rather than make their bearers Star Lords.
• Many prodigies lost most of their Fate Allotment, while powerful figures rushed to rescue cultivators from Immortal Mountain.
• Ye Lin, protected in part by his Heavenly Secrets Jade, realized his own opportunities were also tied to the Eight Wastelands and feared their cost.

Zhou Shenlong and the Black Cat escaped a dangerous relic without claiming its opportunity, while a transformation in the Eight Wastelands bound every cultivator who had entered it to a heavy karmic debt. Back on Sun-Moon Mountain, Lu Qing learned of the change and concluded that cultivators might repay their Cause and Effect through future cultivation breakthroughs.

• Zhou Shenlong and the Black Cat decided to leave the Eight Wastelands without taking the opportunity that could advance his cultivation.
• A snow-white relic appeared behind a formation as Zhang Meng'an and other cultivators watched warily.
• Fate Allotment rose from cultivators across the Eight Wastelands, burdening them with Cause and Effect, destiny, and karmic debt that could follow them beyond the realm.
• Lu Qing inspected the thriving Spirit Plant Garden on Sun-Moon Mountain and later received news of the Eight Wastelands' transformation.
• Lu Qing reasoned that cultivators could repay their ties to the Eight Wastelands through future breakthroughs, though the realm's connection to the Nine Heavens was deepening.

After the Tribulation Cycle ended, Lu Qing reflected on the Eight Wastelands’ dangerous Fate Allotment and resolved to avoid it until its eerie head was dealt with. The Dao Sect’s returning cultivators arrived at the mountain gate, while Lu Qing sensed his Void Realm breakthrough drawing near.

• Lu Qing concluded that the Eight Wastelands carried dangerous Cause and Effect and decided not to venture there again until its eerie head was dealt with.
• Lu Qing sensed spiritual tides and opportunities rising across the world and expected dangers and unrest to follow the end of the divination.
• The Dao Sect treasure ship returned to the mountain gate carrying cultivators from the Four Lands, though some disciples and elders had remained behind in the Demon Land.
• Wang Chunfeng returned with an advanced Sword Dao and entanglements in his Fate Allotment, and he considered thanking Lu Qing for his warning.
• Lu Qing sensed a familiar, harmless thought directed toward him and pondered the threshold of the Void Realm.

After the cultivators returned from the Eight Wastelands, the Dao Sect discussed the consequences of their journey and turned its attention to the Fierce Beasts threatening the southern coast. The assembly also considered the Profound Heaven Dao Academy and other sect business before an Outer Sect Lineage peak master raised an unidentified matter for the Dean and Chiefs.

• Spirit Plant disciples discussed the dangers of the Eight Wastelands, and Hu Laozhang said its opportunities came at a steep price.
• News about the Eight Wastelands spread among Dao Sect disciples as important matters returned to the agenda.
• Bai Changshou and Liao Bufan discussed the southern Fierce Beasts and expected the sect to send new disciples to train against them.
• The Dean and the seven Chiefs assigned Fierce Beast training to the lineages and agreed to arrange the Profound Heaven Dao Academy by inner and outer sects.
• An Outer Sect Lineage peak master brought an unidentified matter before the Dean and Chiefs for discussion.

The Dao Sect identified Lu Qing’s Gourd True Seed as a remnant of the Strange Gourd tied to the Demon Sect and the Earth Vein, then decided to reward him for finding it. After learning of the reward, Lu Qing traveled to the Dao Sect Mission Hall to collect it.

• A peak master presented the Gourd True Seed, and Zhang Qingyun identified it as a true seed from the Primordial Era Strange Gourd.
• A seated figure drew out and erased the seed’s hidden black qi of evil desire, prompting the Dao Sect elders to discuss the Demon Sect’s interest in Earth Vein qi.
• The elders learned that Lu Qing had discovered the seed, confirmed he was Li’s disciple, and ordered the Mission Hall’s Chen Palace to issue his reward according to regulations.
• Lu Qing received a spirit talisman announcing his reward and decided to claim it that day.
• Lu Qing rode his flying sword to the Dao Sect’s Chen Palace and entered the Mission Hall.

Lu Qing entered Chen Palace to collect a mission reward and studied the subtle spatial techniques woven into its path. In the reward area, he met its Artifact Spirit, a Violet-Light Thunder Dragon formed from a True Soul.

• Lu Qing studied the spatial path leading into Chen Palace and gained insight that nourished his Golden Core Inner World.
• Lu Qing entered Chen Palace and observed its vast inner cosmos and the changing mission system.
• Lu Qing reached the Mission Reward Area and entered a separate, star-filled space.
• A Violet-Light Thunder Dragon appeared and identified itself as the Artifact Spirit, asking Lu Qing to present his token.
• Lu Qing introduced himself, bowed to the Artifact Spirit, and handed over his token to claim his reward.

The Thunder Dragon Artifact Spirit rewarded Lu Qing with a Glazed Pearl that would guide his spirit through the Outer Void, while warning him not to lose himself there. Back at the Sun-Moon Mountain Spirit Plant Garden, Lu Qing inspected the crops and summoned Zhang Hu.

• The Thunder Dragon Artifact Spirit gave Lu Qing the Glazed Pearl as coordinates for Divine Wandering Beyond the Heavens and warned him about the dangers of the Outer Void.
• Lu Qing thanked the Artifact Spirit and left Chen Palace, reflecting on the vast emptiness beyond heaven and earth and the need to guard his state of mind.
• Zhang Hu considered the freedom and favorable conditions he had found in the Sun-Moon Mountain Spirit Plant Garden, despite his modest cultivation and difficult path toward becoming a high-grade Spirit Planter Master.
• Hu Laozhang summoned Zhang Hu because Lu Qing wanted to see him.
• Lu Qing inspected the Spirit Plant districts and noticed that a patch of sixth-grade Spirit Plants had successfully taken root.

Lu Qing explored Beyond the Heavens using a Treasure Bead and found that the void’s conflicting sensations could confuse a cultivator’s Dao Heart. He remained clear-minded as he observed a lifeless stretch of land fall into the darkness, while his insight into time began to stir again.

• Lu Qing appointed a talented new disciple responsible for the sixth-grade Spirit Plants and made him Sun-Moon Mountain’s fourth steward.
• Lu Qing took the Treasure Bead and sent his Divine Sense Beyond the Heavens, where he saw the vast Nine Heavens surrounded by endless void.
• Lu Qing experienced opposing sensations of heaviness and lightness with a single step, but kept his Dao Heart clear and realized how the void could make cultivators lose their way.
• Lu Qing saw a lifeless stretch of land fall through the starlight and vanish into the darkness Beyond the Heavens.
• Lu Qing’s old insight into time sprouted anew within his Inner World.

Lu Qing returned from wandering Beyond the Heavens after comprehending time and completing his Inner World, then began crossing the Mingxu Tribulation to break through the Void Realm. His immense tribulation spread thunderclouds across Southern Heaven Continent, leaving cultivators from other sects astonished and wondering which Profound Heaven disciple was crossing it.

• Lu Qing comprehended the Great Dao of Time Beyond the Heavens, and its aura transformed the final illusion in his Inner World into reality.
• Lu Qing used the Glazed Pearl to find his way back to Sun-Moon Mountain, where more than a month had passed.
• Lu Qing manifested his all-encompassing cultivation path and waited for the Lightning Tribulation to descend.
• Vast thunderclouds spread from Sun-Moon Mountain across Southern Heaven Continent as Lu Qing began crossing the Mingxu Tribulation.
• Cultivators of Seeking Dao Immortal Sect recognized the tribulation as a test for entering the Void Realm and wondered who in Profound Heaven Dao Sect was crossing it.

Lu Qing crossed the tribulation to enter the Void Realm while his preparations contained the Lightning and Yin Fire Tribulations. As the Dao Sect disciples speculated about his identity, Nan Xun abandoned his return to the sect and headed for the Eight Wastelands in search of opportunity.

• Lu Qing endured the Lightning Tribulation and Yin Fire Tribulation, using a formation and flying swords to contain the danger.
• The Dao-Seeking Immortal Sect Elders recognized that the tribulation suggested someone had reached the Void Realm and debated who could have advanced so quickly.
• Wang Chunfeng and the Sword Lineage disciples saw the tribulation over Sun-Moon Mountain and wondered which cultivator was crossing it.
• Nan Xun saw the tribulation and brooded over his stalled cultivation, failed schemes, and dwindling chances to become a personal disciple.
• Nan Xun turned away from the mountain gate and flew north toward the Eight Wastelands to seek opportunities.

Lu Qing overcame the Yin Fire tribulation and broke through into the Void Realm, awakening to the cultivation of his own Great Dao. As he left a Dao Rhyme imprint in the spacetime where Great Dao traces gathered, nearby Dao Seals rippled in response.

• Bai Changshou and Liao Bufan watched Lu Qing’s tribulation from the Dao Sect hall and marveled at his profound Dao comprehension.
• Dao Sect elders and peak masters recognized that the little-known Lu Qing was already a Chief disciple and learned more about his unusual rise.
• Lu Qing overcame the Yin Fire trial as his Inner World transformed and his cultivation entered a new stage.
• Lu Qing realized that he would cultivate his own Great Dao, with divine abilities arising naturally from his comprehension.
• Lu Qing entered the Void Realm’s vision of Great Dao traces imprinted in the Long River of Time and placed his Dao Rhyme imprint among them.
• Lu Qing’s new imprint disturbed several nearby Dao Seals.

Lu Qing’s Dao Seal stirred the long river of time, drawing the attention of ancient powers until Li Luoyang’s sword light drove off a prying gaze. After Lu Qing passed his Tribulation, Yu Youshu compared his remarkable Formation Dao with the Formation Lineage disciples’ struggle to understand their own sect’s formations.

• A donkey-riding youth and other Dao Seal owners sensed Lu Qing’s Dao Seal disturb the long river, but could not see through the mists of time.
• An ancient expert tried to glimpse the future, and Li Luoyang severed his gaze with sword light.
• Sun Qidao praised Lu Qing’s talent, while Li Luoyang said he would let his disciple pursue challenges but would protect his Dao Path from unfair interference.
• After passing his Tribulation, Lu Qing looked toward the place where Li Luoyang had struck the ancient gaze.
• Yu Youshu admired the Formation Dao revealed in Lu Qing’s Great Dao, then saw that his own disciples could not comprehend their sect’s formations.