Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing learned that the golden light over the West Sea contained a Buddhist inheritance tied to the Primordial Era, with both opportunities and calamities inside. After the sect left exploration to its disciples, Fu Huazi assigned Lu Qing to assess a site for a subordinate sect in the Lesser Thousand Heavens called White Tiger.

• Lu Qing and his Eldest Senior Brother discussed how the Primordial Era’s fate allotment might be a mirage, though ancient powers could have left contingencies behind.
• The Sect Master announced that the golden light held a Buddhist inheritance and allowed disciples to explore it at their own discretion.
• The sect meeting ended, and Fu Huazi summoned Lu Qing to give him a sect task.
• Fu Huazi explained that the sect planned to establish a subordinate sect in the Lesser Thousand Heavens where the Dao Child had appeared.
• Fu Huazi named the Lesser Thousand Heavens White Tiger.

Lu Qing searched the White Tiger World for a suitable site for a subordinate sect and sensed that the realm held unusual qualities. Back at the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, Fu Huazi revealed that Lu Qing’s assignment was connected to his plans for the Dao-Seeking Hall.

• Lu Qing traveled to the White Tiger World and began inspecting its mountains and earth veins for a subordinate sect site.
• Lu Qing found several striking mountain ranges but continued searching because their spiritual qualities seemed unsuitable.
• Lu Qing used Heavenly Secrets to locate promising mountain terrain in the Southern Heaven Continent.
• White Crane Ancestor asked Fu Huazi why he had sent Lu Qing to choose a site in the White Tiger World.
• Fu Huazi said the Primordial Era fate allotment had emerged unusually, and White Crane Ancestor realized he might be preparing to open the Dao-Seeking Hall.

White Crane Ancestor and Fu Huazi discussed opening the Dao-Seeking Hall for Lu Qing as the Great Era approached. Lu Qing explored a new world, found a suitable site for a subordinate sect, and retrieved the strange Jade Token the sect master had sought.

• White Crane Ancestor explained that opening the Dao-Seeking Hall required the sect master's approval, three Supreme Treasures, the main branch Chiefs, and recognition from Dao Sect predecessors.
• Fu Huazi said Lu Qing would agree to take on the burden, and White Crane Ancestor realized Fu Huazi had been preparing to open the hall.
• Fu Huazi said the approaching Great Era meant the Dao-Seeking Hall's rules should change.
• Lu Qing entered the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, examined a world where Martial Dao laws were clear, and determined that a subordinate sect there should transmit the Immortal Path.
• Lu Qing found a hidden mountain lake suited for the subordinate sect and drew a broken, ancient Jade Token from its waters.

Cultivators entered the West Sea Golden Light and discovered it contained Inheritance Grounds, where entrants faced a mysterious first trial. The Seeking Dao Immortal Sect gathered news about the inheritance as more cultivators emerged, all unable to pass the trial.

• Treasure-Seeking and Hidden-Exploring cultivators entered the West Sea Golden Light, and a Cultivation Market formed along the shore while they were inside.
• A treasure-seeking cultivator emerged and reported that the golden light contained Inheritance Grounds with inheritances from several paths and races.
• More entrants came out, including cultivators from Qi Nourishment Realm to Golden Core peak, but they had all been stopped at the first trial.
• A Seeking Dao disciple sent a report about the Inheritance Grounds through the sect's Message Turtle Shell and read widespread discussion on the Floating Light of Profound Heaven.
• Messages about the West Sea Golden Light reached elders within the Seeking Dao Immortal Sect.

Cultivators across the Nine Heavens discussed the West Sea Inheritance Grounds after its trials and rankings appeared, while Profound Heaven Dao Sect’s elders considered its connection to Primordial Fate Allotment. Fu Huazi proposed reopening the Dao-Seeking Hall, but Jiang Wuya said they needed a Dao treasure to contend with the predecessors of time.

• Cultivators on Floating Light debated whether the West Sea Inheritance Grounds held inheritances from the Human Path or all Six Paths, and noted that members of several races had entered.
• A ranking appeared in the West Sea golden light, revealing separate trials for the Immortal, Divine, Demonic, Human, and Spirit Paths.
• Profound Heaven Dao Sect’s elders discussed the Inheritance Grounds, and Zhang Qingyun and Sun Qidao connected its appearance to Humanity Providence and the Primordial Era.
• Fu Huazi proposed reopening the Dao-Seeking Hall within Profound Heaven.
• Jiang Wuya said reopening the Dao-Seeking Hall required a Dao treasure capable of contending with the predecessors of time.

Fu Huazi discussed reopening Dao-Seeking Hall and warned that the rise of Humanity Providence could bring conflict with the Immortal Path. In White Tiger World, Lu Qing sensed a Son of the Human Emperor, then encountered a righteous White Marsh before departing.

• Fu Huazi told the Chiefs that Humanity Providence and traces of the Human Emperor’s imperial bearing had appeared in Immortal Path Fate Allotment, and that a future war might arise within the Human Path.
• Sun Qidao, Ren Tianshi, and Yu Youshu considered the coming conflict and the strange Karmic Affinity of their sect’s Dao Child, while Fu Huazi left the younger generation to resolve its own ties.
• Lu Qing inspected a cracked Jade Token in White Tiger World, marked the area with the sect’s aura, and sensed golden light and purple qi from a Son of the Human Emperor.
• Lu Qing sensed a connection between the Son of the Human Emperor and a Dao Sect destined one, then encountered a righteous White Marsh emerging from a spatial rift.
• Lu Qing departed without becoming involved in Human Path affairs, and White Marsh realized he had been facing someone in the Dongzhen Realm.

Lu Qing returned to the Profound Heaven Dao Sect with a Jade Token and a strange stone that seemed to share an origin. The Sect Master and Chiefs recognized the objects and urged Lu Qing to divine their origins, leaving him to see an image in the River of Time.

• White Marsh sensed that an Immortal Cultivator had arrived in White Tiger World and decided the world should remain hidden longer.
• Lu Qing left White Tiger World with the Jade Token and noticed that it shared a faint common origin with a stone from his Inner World.
• At the Council Hall, Lu Qing showed the objects to Fu Huazi, who summoned the Chiefs after recognizing their significance.
• The Chiefs praised Lu Qing and asked him to calculate the objects' origins through the Heavenly Secrets Path.
• Lu Qing revealed a clear image in the River of Time and reacted with a twitch of his eyes.

Lu Qing learned that the Seeking Dao Gate Stone and Seeking Dao Jade Tablet could open the Dao-Seeking Hall and help locate its lost Supreme Treasure, the Dao-Seeking Brush. He agreed to open the hall when his cultivation was more secure and returned to his Daoist Dojo to examine the two objects.

• Lu Qing asked whether his vision of the Dao-Seeking Hall was connected to the Ancient Profound Heaven Dao Sect, and Fu Huazi confirmed that he had seen it.
• Fu Huazi explained that the Seeking Dao Gate Stone and Seeking Dao Jade Tablet served as proof of identity and keys to the Dao-Seeking Hall, and that together they could sense its Supreme Treasure.
• Fu Huazi asked Lu Qing to open the Dao-Seeking Hall, but Lu Qing said his Dongzhen Realm cultivation was not yet secure enough.
• Fu Huazi let Lu Qing choose when to open the hall and urged him to seek the Dao-Seeking Brush if he had the strength.
• Lu Qing returned to his Daoist Dojo and prepared to examine the gate stone and jade tablet.

After learning more about ancient relics and the Dao-Seeking Hall, Lu Qing returned to his Daoist Dojo to prepare for a breakthrough. Meanwhile, the West Sea Heritage Land drew attention across the Cultivation World, but its trials remained stuck at the first stage because the Human Path had not yet opened.

• Lu Qing recalled finding the ordinary stone in the Profound Heaven Domain and concluded that he needed to reach the fifth step of the Dongzhen Realm before he could open the Dao-Seeking Hall.
• Lu Qing returned to his Daoist Dojo and revised his cultivation plans, wary of Variable Fates emerging from the Long River of Time.
• Cultivators across the Nine Heavens discussed the West Sea Heritage Land rankings and reported that entrants from the other Six Paths were all trapped at the first stage.
• Lu Qing realized the West Sea trials had not truly opened because no one from the Human Path had entered, and he noted that Calamity Avoidance had not warned him away.
• Lu Qing sensed the aura of the Great Dao swirling around him as a faint disturbance traveled over the Dao Seal Path.

Lu Qing noticed that his Dao Seals had begun drawing in traces of other cultivators’ comprehension, then focused his mind to break through. His breakthrough shook the Great Dao and the River of Time, leaving cultivators across the Dao Seal Path stunned as the veils over past and future briefly thinned.

• Lu Qing saw his Dao Seals form an Eight Trigrams pattern and realized cultivators had glimpsed his Great Dao while crossing tribulations.
• Lu Qing concluded that the signs did not yet count as Dao Transmission and recognized that his approaching breakthrough had changed the Dao Seals.
• Lu Qing closed his eyes and returned his mind to Unity above the River of Time.
• Lu Qing’s breakthrough illuminated his Great Dao path and sent thunderous tremors through the Dao Seal Path.
• Cultivators on the Dao Seal Path felt the disturbance and watched as the mists concealing past and future briefly parted.

The Profound Heaven Bell and Profound Heaven Mirror sensed Lu Qing’s breakthrough and realized they could no longer perceive his Heavenly Secrets. A disturbance also rippled across time, drawing the attention of Immortal Practitioners at an ancient Dao debate, where a White-robed Daoist found it strangely familiar.

• The Profound Heaven Bell saw that Lu Qing had advanced beyond its ability to conceal or deduce his Heavenly Secrets.
• The Profound Heaven Mirror joined the Mountain Gate Formation to detect hidden Demonic Path influence and sensed a change in Profound Heaven Fate Allotment.
• The Profound Heaven Bell and Profound Heaven Mirror discussed Lu Qing’s breakthrough, the opening of the Dao-Seeking Hall, and the Seeking Dao Immortal Cauldron’s fragments.
• A thunderbolt crossed the sky above an ancient Dao Debate Assembly, and the Immortal Practitioners recognized it as a warning from Heaven.
• An old Immortal Practitioner tried to calculate the disturbance but mistakenly pointed his compass toward the seat of honor.
• A White-robed Daoist heard that the disturbance came from a later era and said it felt familiar.

Lu Qing underwent a Dao-Seeking Tribulation that shook cultivators across the Dao Seal Path, while the Profound Heaven Chiefs watched from afar. Seeing his Great Dao as a vast tree of worlds, Lu Qing gained enlightenment and advanced his cultivation.

• A Dao-Seeking Tribulation spread across countless worlds and the Dao Seal Path, startling cultivators and shaking some of their Dao Hearts.
• Yu Youshu and Sun Qidao discussed Lu Qing’s concealed Heavenly Secrets and anticipated the Dao-Seeking Hall opening.
• Lu Qing saw his Great Dao as a tree whose branches and leaves were worlds, each one holding a Dao Shadow.
• A world chanted Lu Qing’s Great Dao, and he broke through as a third figure descended on his cultivation path.

Lu Qing broke through to the third step of the Dongzhen Realm and perceived the myriad Great Daos and the distant end of the Great Dao. After emerging from seclusion, he sent his avatar to handle the Profound Heaven Dao Sect’s new disciple intake and teach the introductory lessons.

• Lu Qing comprehended how Great Dao traces reflected countless eras and distinguished his path from the Heavenly Sun Cultivation Path.
• Lu Qing sensed disturbances in the River of Time and glimpsed uncertain scenes from the Later Era, along with indistinct figures facing the end of the Great Dao.
• After seven days in seclusion, Lu Qing learned that the Profound Heaven Dao Sect was selecting Dao Children and preparing to welcome a new generation of disciples.
• Lu Qing decided his avatar would handle the sect’s recruitment duties while his main body continued cultivating.
• Lu Qing’s avatar welcomed the new disciples and began teaching the first three days of introductory lessons, receiving a Mirage Tower as a reward.

Lu Qing asked the Profound Heaven Bell to identify Outer Sect disciples with promising fate allotments, then offered to bring wine for the supreme treasures. Meanwhile, new disciples toured the sect and learned how much Spirit Plant Peak had grown in prominence.

• Lu Qing asked the Profound Heaven Bell to examine fate allotments and recommend promising Outer Sect disciples, and it identified a sorrowful young cultivator and a vigorous, white-haired elder.
• Lu Qing offered to bring the Profound Heaven Bell a gift, and it requested Years Wine while the Profound Heaven Mirror warned him that the Bell became troublesome when drunk.
• The Profound Heaven Mirror and Profound Heaven Sword asked for shares of the wine, and the Bell agreed they could have only a little.
• The Cloud Platform figures decided to prepare formations in case the supreme treasures drank too much, while the Profound Heaven Mirror warned that wine rich in the Power of Time could intoxicate them quickly.
• Senior disciples guided the newly admitted disciples around the sect, introducing Spirit Plant Peak as a difficult-to-enter destination known for its thriving cultivation and Dharma Combat.

Lu Qing continued teaching new disciples at Spirit Plant Peak while preparing to visit the Time Tributary, having advanced to the third step of the Dongzhen Realm. Meanwhile, speculation over the West Sea Heritage Land’s rankings and the Humanity Fate Allotment spread as far as the Eight Wastelands.

• An old disciple recalled being overwhelmed by a Spirit Planter Master and regretted not joining Spirit Plant Peak.
• Lu Qing’s work at Spirit Plant Peak had created abundant Dao Rhyme, floating Spirit Fields, and arenas that circulated their own Dao Rhymes.
• Lu Qing considered making a trip to the Time Tributary for Years Wine and set out after advancing to the third step of the Dongzhen Realm.
• Cultivators at the West Sea discussed the Heritage Land’s rankings, where most entrants died and only those whose names appeared on the list survived.
• Rumors that the rankings depended on Karmic Affinity, Cause and Effect, or Fate Allotment spread through Floating Light and reached the Eight Wastelands.

The West Sea Inheritance Grounds stirred talk of fate allotment, and Zhou Shenlong felt an unsettling summons to enter them. Lu Qing saw providential figures beginning to return to the Dao Sect, drawn back by the emerging matter of its Dao Child.

• Cultivators across the Nine Heavens discussed the West Sea Inheritance Grounds and its connection to fate allotment.
• Zhou Shenlong told the Black Cat that he sensed a summons from the West Sea Inheritance Grounds.
• The Black Cat warned Zhou Shenlong that the grounds were eerie and cautioned him against falling into trouble while he still had debts to repay.
• Zhou Shenlong agreed to ask a senior brother from Divination Peak for a hexagram and hurried back to the sect.
• After giving three days of lectures, Lu Qing returned to Spirit Plant Peak and saw that the sect's fate allotment was stirring.
• Lu Qing perceived that people of great providence were returning to the Dao Sect in response to the matter of its Dao Child.

Lu Qing considered how the West Sea Inheritance Grounds, the Human Path, and the Divine Path were stirring the era’s Fate Allotment, while the Profound Heaven Dao Sect prepared to choose a Dao Child. The chapter left the sect’s disciples speculating about the candidates and the consequences of their choice.

• Lu Qing saw Providence gathering around several Profound Heaven Dao Sect disciples listed on the Nine Heavens Hidden Dragon Ranking and considered the deeper purpose of establishing a Dao Child.
• Lu Qing connected the West Sea Inheritance Grounds and Humanity Fate Allotment to the Human Path’s return, and sensed that Incense Divine Path deities might seek its benefits.
• News of the Dao Sect’s emissary spread through the Profound Heaven Dao Sect as disciples wondered who would become Dao Child and which elders had been recommended.
• Older disciples recalled the previous Dao Child’s selection and warned that the coming choice could bring fierce competition between candidates.
• The disciples discussed how challenges from the other great Immortal Sects could affect their Dao Child’s standing and, in turn, the sect’s Fate Allotment.

Zhou Shenlong learned that Profound Heaven was choosing its Dao Child, while Black Cat sensed danger surrounding the contest. Ye Lin and Chen Fan also prepared to return to the sect, with Chen Fan leaving a ruin after receiving a warning to stop exploring tombs.

• Zhou Shenlong met Ye Lin on the way back to Profound Heaven, and Ye Lin told him the sect was choosing its Dao Child.
• Black Cat sensed that the Dao Child Contest could bring danger, while Zhou Shenlong and Black Cat wondered why Lu Qing's name was not enough to settle the matter.
• Ye Lin decided to return to the sect to rest after years in the Eight Wastelands and spending heavily on divinations.
• Chen Fan escaped a ruin with Artifact Elder and received a message telling him to return to the sect and avoid tombs.
• Chen Fan departed, reflecting that his years of tempering had changed his cultivation path and Dao Heart.

Chen Fan and Artifact Elder discussed the Profound Heaven Sect’s upcoming Dao Child Contest and whether Chen Fan could contend for the position. Artifact Elder explained that Karmic Affinity and the Supreme Treasure’s recognition might matter, while Lu Qing’s Dao might not suit the role; Chen Fan planned to learn more after returning to the sect.

• Chen Fan asked Artifact Elder whether he could make the list for the Dao Child Contest.
• Artifact Elder judged that Chen Fan’s foundation still needed tempering but said the contest could benefit him through the sect’s Fate Allotment.
• Chen Fan asked whether Lu Qing would participate, and Artifact Elder said Lu Qing’s Dao might not fit the Dao Child position.
• Artifact Elder explained that the contest could depend on Karmic Affinity and the Profound Heaven Supreme Treasure’s acknowledgment.
• Chen Fan admitted he wanted to contend for the position and decided to see what awaited him when they returned.

Lu Qing cultivated in his Daoist dojo while White Marsh sensed that his kin had quickly found the Sons of the Human Emperor. Traveling through a Time Tributary, Lu Qing deepened his understanding of time, discovered the hidden location of Void Ground, and forged a pot to gather Years Wine.

• White Marsh sensed that his kin had found the Sons of the Human Emperor and returned to peaceful cultivation in Lu Qing's dojo.
• Lu Qing continued cultivating within a Time Tributary, observing future fragments and absorbing the Dao Rhyme of time.
• Lu Qing tested acting across time, briefly halting the river's flow and discerning how time-based actions differed from traveling upstream.
• Lu Qing used the tributary to locate several potential enemies, including the old monster of Void Ground, and resolved to cultivate until he sought the Dao.
• Lu Qing condensed a Years Wine Pot and filled it with wine drawn from a spray rich in the Power of Time.