Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing considered the Dao Sect’s struggle for Dao Child and the ominous signs surrounding the West Sea Inheritance Grounds, then discerned that the Son of the Human Emperor would contend with the Heaven’s Prides of the other paths in a coming age of conflict. He saw the beginnings of a new, blood-soaked struggle taking shape.

• The Profound Heaven Bell drank the Years Wine and, in its drunken state, challenged the other supreme treasures while time-infused rain fell around the dojo.
• Lu Qing learned that Dao Sect disciples were pursuing the Dao Child position and seeking breakthroughs by entering Trial Micro-Realms or drawing on the candidate’s Fate Allotment.
• Rumors on Floating Light praised Yuan Sui and the Sword Lineage’s tenth personal disciple, whose Providence had helped him find treasures and travel safely.
• Lu Qing examined reports about the West Sea Inheritance Grounds, sensed Tribulation Qi gathering there, and connected it to the Human Emperor’s rise and the struggle among the Heaven’s Prides.
• Lu Qing saw a new contest forming between the Human Path and the other Six Paths, and noticed ranking lists in the distant West Sea wreathed in Tribulation Qi.

Cultivators flocked to the West Sea Inheritance Grounds, while Demonic Path forces secretly gathered there. At his Daoist Dojo, Lu Qing sensed the arrivals and destroyed the White-Haired Ghost Child’s demonic shadow, remembering the old enemy.

• Cultivators used the Inheritance Grounds’ rewards and increasingly believed the site was safe and unlike the Eight Wastelands.
• A young Buddhist cultivator and two other figures arrived near the West Sea; the monk recognized that the chief disciples of the Yellow Springs of Wrongful Death and other Demonic Path factions had gathered.
• Lu Qing sensed Demonic Cultivators near his Immortal City and had his Red Dust Avatar seize them.
• Lu Qing recognized the white-haired, child-faced figure as the White-Haired Ghost Child of the Nine-Ghost Demonic Way and crushed his demonic shadow.
• Lu Qing remembered the Ghost Child as an old enemy and crossed his name off his list of unresolved threats.

Lu Qing destroyed a group of Yellow Springs of Wrongful Death cultivators and suspected their River of Wrongful Death was tied to Primordial Fangxian Reincarnation. Meanwhile, the Profound Heaven Dao Sect finalized and revealed its generation’s Dao Child Ranking, leaving the sect’s disciples to see the names and omens displayed above the gate.

• Lu Qing annihilated the Demonic Path figures who emerged from a Teleportation Array and kept traces of their True Spirit auras to claim sect Dao Merit.
• Lu Qing identified the red threads around the cultivators’ True Spirits as Cause and Effect from the River of Wrongful Death, then severed them and suspected the river was linked to Primordial Fangxian Reincarnation.
• Lu Qing deduced that the Reincarnation Tribulation might conceal a great peril for anyone seeking Reincarnation Authority.
• The Thunder Dragon Artifact Soul drank Lu Qing’s wine infused with the Power of Time and marveled at how quickly Lu Qing was changing.
• The Sect Master and Zhang Qingyun approved the names on the Profound Heaven Dao Child Ranking, and the ranking appeared above the sect gate amid surging Providence, thunder, and bell chimes.

The Dao Child Contest began as the sect’s ranking and its manifestations were revealed, drawing attention to the powerful contenders and the Creation tied to the sect’s Fate Allotment. Watching from afar, Lu Qing gained a breakthrough in the Red Dust Dao and left its Dao Rhyme for future seekers.

• The Sect Master released the manifestations accompanying the ranking, and disciples recognized prominent names among the contenders.
• Zhang Qingyun told Yin Xu that this Dao Child Contest differed from previous contests, and Yin Xu left to participate without showing excitement.
• Disciples learned that those named on the ranking would enter and contend for the Dao, while those within the sect might receive Creation.
• Lu Qing sensed the Dao Rhyme of the Mortal World and realized that entering and leaving worldly life both belonged to the Mortal World.
• Lu Qing’s Red Dust Dao transformed, and he let the Red Dust Dao Rhyme remain in his Inner World for later seekers instead of claiming it for himself.

Lu Qing began refining the Mirage Tower after his insights into the Great Dao of the Mortal World, while the Dao Child Contest opened and drew the sect’s contenders into the rankings. As Zhou Shenlong, Chen Fan, and Ye Lin confronted the formidable names on the list, attention elsewhere shifted toward the newly emerged West Sea Inheritance Grounds and its ties to the Buddhist Sect and Divine Path.

• Lu Qing used his newly acquired Dao Merit to begin refining the Mirage Tower in his Daoist Dojo, exploring its connection to truth, illusion, and Reincarnation.
• The Dao Child Contest officially began, and Zhou Shenlong and the Black Cat entered the Heavenly Canopy Radiant Ranking after sensing the power of the other contenders.
• Chen Fan surveyed the ranking, heard Artifact Elder warn that first-ranked Yin Xu was a likely Dao Child, and resolved to compete regardless.
• Ye Lin recognized Yin Xu from the rumors and entered the Radiant Light Ranking, determined to contend for the Dao Child position.
• Great powers turned their attention to the West Sea Inheritance Grounds, whose connection to the Primordial Human Path raised questions about the Buddhist Sect and Divine Path.

The Divine Path discussed the West Sea Inheritance Grounds and the changing heavenly phenomena caused by the Profound Heaven Dao Sect establishing a Dao Child. As Yin Xu entered the Dao Sect Treasury’s selection, its artifacts weighed his chances of gaining their recognition, and the Creation descended over the sect.

• Gods of the Divine Path speculated that the West Sea Inheritance Grounds might hold their lost Divine Spirit Supreme Treasure and discussed its Providence-related trials.
• A lightning-marked God learned that the Profound Heaven Dao Sect was establishing a Dao Child, prompting young Gods to compare the Immortal Path’s prospects with other rising powers.
• The artifacts in the Dao Sect Treasury discussed how many Dao Children might be chosen and considered Yin Xu a possible candidate to gain all three Supreme Treasures’ recognition.
• Disciples gathered beneath the sky as thunder sounded and brilliant stars poured down over the Dao Sect’s mountains and halls.

Lu Qing cultivated with the Mirage Tower and used his Red Dust Avatar to observe events across the Mortal World, while considering the movements of the Demonic Path and the Nether Sea. The chapter left him continuing his deductions with caution toward Heaven’s Will and hidden powers.

• The Profound Heaven Dao Sect’s floating light spread Creation and providence to its disciples as the sect established its Dao Child.
• Lu Qing examined the Dao Sect’s Communication Floating Light and observed the Great Dao flows while cultivating in his dojo.
• Lu Qing kept his Merit and Creation as auspicious clouds in his Inner World rather than refining them into his Great Dao.
• Lu Qing investigated the disappearance of demonic shadows around West Sea and suspected Yellow Springs of Wrongful Death was connected to Fangxian Reincarnation.
• Lu Qing briefly surveyed the Nether Sea, then continued deducing events in the Nine Heavens through the Great Dao of the Mortal World.

Cultivators entering the West Sea Inheritance Grounds were presented with trials for seven cultivation paths, including a fading Ghost Path inheritance. The first trials began, leaving a young deity facing life as wild grass and Immortal Path challengers discovering they could not control their bodies or hearts.

• The young deity entered the Inheritance Grounds, where a cold voice instructed challengers to choose a Great Dao trial.
• Seven doors appeared for the Divine, Immortal, Human, Demon, Demonic, Spirit, and Ghost Paths, and the young deity noticed the Ghost Path door was fading.
• The young deity chose the Divine Path trial and learned that he had to obtain a Divine Seat, while his powers and Divine Consciousness were sharply restricted.
• The young deity found himself as wild grass clinging to a rock in a desolate landscape, and a ripple arose in his heart.
• Immortal Path cultivators began the Red Dust Ensnarement trial, Severing Dust, and discovered they had become Dao Hearts unable to control their bodies or hearts.

A cultivator endured the first Immortal Path trial by observing a woodcutter’s peaceful life and death, then returned with the realization that the woodcutter and his Heart Obstacle were one. Lu Qing studied the trial’s Cause and Effect and Providence, while the Dao Child Ranking Contest and Humanity Fate Allotment began to stir.

• An Immortal Cultivator entered the first trial, became a heart observing a mountain woodcutter, and realized the woodcutter’s life was central to the challenge.
• The cultivator watched the woodcutter live for sixty years with his family and die peacefully, then surrendered to death himself.
• The cultivator’s Dao Heart revived and returned him to the Immortal Path gate, where he understood that he and the woodcutter were one and that life could be found within death.
• Cultivators shared accounts of the trial through Floating Light, and Lu Qing considered its paths of heart refinement and its connection to Cause and Effect.
• Lu Qing observed Providence changing for cultivators who emerged from the inheritance grounds and sensed Humanity Fate Allotment flash with golden radiance as the Dao Child Ranking Contest shifted.

A Son of the Human Emperor claimed a Destiny Pattern, stirring the West Sea Inheritance Grounds as its remaining trials neared opening. Lu Qing watched for Demonic Path activity, captured Demonic Cultivator True Spirits for Dao Merit, and began turning his attention from cultivation in the Mirage Tower toward events outside.

• A Son of the Human Emperor began bearing a Destiny Pattern in the Humanity Fate Allotment, prompting cultivators to anticipate the opening of the remaining trials.
• Lu Qing sensed the commotion and prepared to watch for Demonic Path formations near the West Sea Inheritance Grounds.
• Lu Qing captured numerous Demonic Cultivator True Spirits, while the unusual movements of the River of Wrongful Death made Yellow Springs of Wrongful Death stop sending more Demonic Cultivators.
• A Demonic Cultivator ordered a black-robed old man to move their formation coordinates after suspecting they had been discovered.
• Lu Qing turned in the captured True Spirits for Dao Merit, and Thunder Dragon wondered how he had found so many old Demonic Cultivators.
• The Dao Child Contest neared its conclusion, and Lu Qing's true body began withdrawing some attention from its cultivation in the Mirage Tower.

Lu Qing used the Mirage Tower to study the evolution of worlds and cultivation paths, discovering its greater value beyond Reincarnation tempering. As the Tower evolved an Incense Divine Path and a Divine Dynasty, he considered how the Human Path might establish its own Great Net of Humanity in the current era.

• Lu Qing realized that the Mirage Tower could be used to observe the evolution of heaven and earth and the Great Dao, not merely to temper himself through Reincarnation.
• Lu Qing watched the Tower evolve a world of divine beings and explored its Incense Divine Path, comparing it with the Immortal Path.
• Lu Qing saw the Divine Path split into complementary branches and recognized that the evolving world resembled the divine beings of the present, though it lacked part of the Heavenly Gods’ ancient foundation.
• Lu Qing observed a Divine Dynasty spread Incense across the Mortal Realm, with a Heavenly Court above and Yellow Springs below, as mountain gods, Kitchen Gods, Door Gods, and City Gods emerged.
• Lu Qing considered whether the Human Path could establish a Great Net of Humanity in the current era, despite its failure in the Primordial Era.

Lu Qing studied the Incense Divine Path in the Mirage Tower and used its insights to deepen his understanding of the Divine Path without changing his cultivation foundation. After emerging from seclusion, he noticed changes in the Ghost Path, learned that four Dao Children had appeared in his sect, and saw that news of the West Sea Inheritance Grounds had spread further.

• Lu Qing comprehended the authority of Heavenly Gods and the mortal desires refined into Dao Rhyme by the Incense Divine Path.
• Lu Qing concluded that the Incense Divine Path, Divine Kingdom, and Divine Dynasty resembled Buddhist methods, and he decided to study other paths through the Mirage Tower.
• Lu Qing scattered the Incense Divine Path realm, explored more worlds, and planned to use the methods of other paths to strengthen his cultivation before Reincarnation.
• Lu Qing ended his Mirage Tower cultivation, put the tower into his sleeve, and sensed that the Ghost Path Fate Allotment was wavering while the Spirit Path might complete the Six Paths.
• Lu Qing learned that his sect had four Dao Children, recognized three as people favored by Providence, and noticed new changes at the West Sea Inheritance Grounds.

As tribulation cycles stirred beyond the Daoist dojo, Lu Qing warned White Crane Boy and White Marsh to take care, while the four new Profound Heaven Dao Children discussed their next steps. The chapter revealed that the Profound Heaven Bell had chosen two Dao Children to leave Seeking Dao a surprise, and ended with the supreme treasures reflecting on the unusual Variable Fate.

• Lu Qing noticed changes in Humanity Fate Allotment and warned White Crane Boy and White Marsh about the approaching tribulation cycles.
• Yin Xu asked Ye Lin, Chen Fan, and Zhou Shenlong about their plans after becoming Dao Children.
• Zhou Shenlong planned to visit the West Sea Inheritance Grounds, Chen Fan planned to challenge the Hidden Dragon Ranking, and Ye Lin planned to enter seclusion and break through.
• Yin Xu planned to refine Fate Allotment and recognized his karmic affinity with the Profound Heaven Mirror.
• The Profound Heaven Mirror questioned why the Profound Heaven Bell had chosen two Dao Children, and the Profound Heaven Bell explained that it wanted to surprise Seeking Dao and gain Fate Allotment in return.

The Profound Heaven Mirror and Profound Heaven Bell discussed the changing fates of the Dao Children and Lu Qing’s potential, then wondered about his connection to the Reincarnation Authority. Meanwhile, Lu Qing’s incarnation taught a crowded lecture at the Dao Sect, demonstrating the first level of the Cloud-Water Misty Void Art.

• The Profound Heaven Mirror and Profound Heaven Bell discussed how the Sons of the Human Emperor and the Dao Children might contend for the Great Dao.
• The Profound Heaven Mirror asked whether Lu Qing had been told about the Reincarnation Authority, and the Profound Heaven Bell said it had granted him Providence protection.
• Lu Qing’s incarnation continued teaching at the Dao Sect, where many new disciples gathered for his lecture.
• Su Ming asked Lu Qing how clouds and water fused in the Cloud-Water Misty Void Art.
• Lu Qing demonstrated the spell with a branch and leaves, revealing its first level of True Intent.

Lu Qing taught his disciples the True Intent of a Dao art while preparing for a new tribulation and continuing his cultivation. Across the Nine Heavens, diviners and Immortal Sects sensed upheaval tied to the Human Path, the first Son of the Human Emperor, and the West Sea Heritage Land.

• Lu Qing elucidated the second level of True Intent, guiding his disciples into slight enlightenment and explaining that studying spells could temper their foundations.
• Lu Qing considered the coming tribulations, tasked his avatars with their duties, and resolved to continue cultivating toward the Dao-Seeking Realm.
• Heaven Calculation cultivators sensed Heavenly Change approaching, and an old man linked the West Sea Heritage Land’s transformation to the Human Path.
• The three great Immortal Sects of the Northern Heaven Continent discussed the risks of Human Path providence and anticipated a tribulation involving the first Son of the Human Emperor or the West Sea.
• In a mysterious place, an old man told the flickering candle flames to go ahead, then returned to sleep as the flames flared wildly.

Divine Firmament Thunder agreed to take his young successor to the West Sea, where heavenly geniuses were gathering to issue challenges. Meanwhile, Ancient Heavenly Secret sent medicinal herbs and treasures to Lu Qing’s Heavenly Secret Lake, as the West Sea rankings rapidly filled with names.

• The young man told Divine Firmament Thunder he wanted to visit the West Sea and challenge geniuses on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, and Divine Firmament Thunder agreed.
• Divine Firmament Thunder sent a message to his master while worrying about the dangers his successor’s great Providence might bring.
• Ancient Heavenly Secret gathered herbs and Spirit Plants from a mountain and sent them through a thread of Heavenly Secrets to Lu Qing.
• Lu Qing and White Marsh received the herbs at Heavenly Secret Lake, and White Marsh directed the Azure Snake and a white tiger to plant them.
• At the West Sea, names rapidly appeared, rose, and fell on the rankings as cultivators arrived to compete.

Cultivators gathered at the West Sea Heritage Land discussed the rankings, the missing great sects, and the possibility of gaining Providence Transformations. After a highly ranked prodigy confirmed that his Providence had transformed, crowds rushed into the Inheritance Grounds, and Zhou Shenlong followed in disguise.

• Cultivators debated the rankings and speculated about Demonic Cultivators and the absent disciples of the foremost great sects.
• Observers noted that many renowned heavenly prodigies had gathered and questioned whether the Inheritance Grounds could grant repeated Providence Transformations.
• A highly ranked Hidden Dragon Ranking prodigy experienced a Providence Transformation, drawing the attention of those nearby.
• Cultivators surged into the Inheritance Grounds to seek rewards, stirring the West Sea once more.
• Zhou Shenlong entered with the crowd while disguised, with the Black Cat concealed in his shadow.

Zhou Shenlong and Black Cat waited in the West Sea while Zhou Shenlong tempered his Providence and avoided a mysterious call. In the Eight Wastelands, the Providence shifted and a divine mountain appeared, unleashing a continent-wide surge of Spiritual Resonance.

• Zhou Shenlong told Black Cat that he had not heard the Great Tribulation and chose to wait because his Providence still needed tempering.
• Zhou Shenlong recalled that a strange call had vanished after he received part of the Supreme Treasure's Fate Allotment, and he remained wary of its attraction.
• Cultivators in the Eight Wastelands sensed their Providence changing and debated whether the disturbance was linked to the West Sea or to their own Fate Allotment.
• A Green Robe cultivator concluded that the change was connected to the Eight Wastelands' Providence.
• Cultivators saw a divine mountain appear at the center of the Eight Wastelands as its Spiritual Resonance and vitality surged across the continent.

Lu Qing observed Humanity Providence enter the Eight Wastelands, where it weakened the region’s Killing Intent and linked its Fate Allotment to the Eight Wastelands. He suspected the change was tied to the Human Path’s Inheritance Grounds and chose to watch events unfold while cultivating.

• Lu Qing traced the upheaval through Heavenly Secret Lake and saw golden Humanity Providence form a Karmic Affinity with the Eight Wastelands Fate Allotment.
• Lu Qing sensed complicated intervention across multiple Paths behind the golden light, then withdrew his Divine Sense when he detected traces of the Immortal Path.
• Lu Qing considered how the Inheritance Grounds, the first Son of the Human Emperor, and the Human Path’s rising Providence were connected, and decided the upheaval would not affect him for now.
• Cultivators across the Eight Wastelands recognized the golden light as Humanity Providence and noticed that the region’s Killing Intent was receding.
• Eight Wastelands cultivators and sect elders concluded that Humanity Providence brought their Fate Allotments a benefit, while its gains might reduce the fortune available at the West Sea Heritage Land.

Lu Qing sensed that Providence was drawing the Heavenly Prodigies into a Great Net of Humanity as Zhou Shenlong, Ye Lin, and Chen Fan reconsidered how to use their sect’s resources. The chapter ended with the Dao Sect leaders discussing the Mirage Tower and Lu Qing’s likely next step.

• Lu Qing sensed that the tribulations had already begun and glimpsed mysteries surrounding Providence and the Great Net of Humanity.
• Zhou Shenlong rejected a Providence Transformation after the Black Cat warned him that something felt wrong, and he took a defensive magical treasure instead.
• A fellow disciple reminded Zhou Shenlong that the Dao Sect Treasury contained methods related to Providence, prompting Zhou Shenlong and the Black Cat to reconsider the value of their sect’s support.
• Ye Lin and Chen Fan noticed that challenging the Hidden Dragon Ranking could earn Dao Merit, and Ye Lin decided to have his inherited Divine Abilities appraised at Chen Palace.
• The Dao Sect leaders observed Ye Lin and Chen Fan’s growing vigilance and discussed Lu Qing’s seclusion and the Mirage Tower’s mysterious origins.