Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing used insights from the Mirage Tower and his incarnations to evolve a Reincarnation World and advance toward Dao Movement. As his Great Dao began influencing countless worlds and destinies, a colossal Extraterrestrial Star Beast drifted closer through the universe Beyond the Heavens.

• Lu Qing considered how ancient Great Immortals and the Fangxian Reincarnation faction might have left contingencies tied to Reincarnation.
• Lu Qing formed a Reincarnation World in his Inner World, where myriad Great Daos and paths of cultivation evolved through the Six Paths.
• Lu Qing drew his incarnations’ insights into the Reincarnation World and used the resulting realizations to seek his own path rather than simply accept others’ Dao Rhyme.
• Lu Qing perceived a new world transforming from a phantom into reality within his Great Dao and allowed True Spirits to descend into its paths of cultivation.
• Lu Qing’s Great Dao stirred Cause and Effect across countless worlds, subtly changing destinies throughout the Nine Heavens World.
• An immense Extraterrestrial Star Beast drifted closer through the universe Beyond the Heavens.

A colossal Star Beast crossed between the past and present, darkening Beyond the Heavens and alarming cultivators who saw it. In Void Ground, ancient figures recognized it as a threat and decided to conceal their presence until it departed.

• Cultivators in Beyond the Heavens saw the Star Beast blot out the stars, and many fled back to Nine Heavens.
• Awakened gazes in Void Ground recognized the Star Beast as a natural enemy that could threaten the place sustaining them.
• Wood Venerable and the others linked its return to changes in Reincarnation and the appearance of Variable Fate.
• An ethereal voice ordered the previous two to obscure the Heavenly Secrets, predicting the Star Beast would leave within ten years.
• Floating Light preserved the Star Beast's image, and cultivators across Nine Heavens spread stories about it.

The appearance of a Star Beast beyond the heavens and the Nether Sea anomaly stirred concern among powerful cultivators, who gathered in the East Sea hoping to glimpse Reincarnation. The East Sea Alliance realized the crisis had drawn Earth Continent powerhouses to their region and debated whether to abandon it.

• Cultivators watched the Star Beast appear in the Floating Light, while ancient lineages recognized it as a Variable Fate that could unsettle the Long River of Time.
• Powerful cultivators converged on the East Sea, where relic grotto-heavens emerged as they secretly sought a path to the Nether Sea and a glimpse of Reincarnation.
• Aging cultivators arrived to await the Nether Sea anomaly, believing Reincarnation's projection into the present era might reveal a thread of survival and a chance at transcendence.
• The East Sea Alliance watched Earth Continent powerhouses gather nearby, and Zhu Cheng warned that their local forces could be overwhelmed.
• Someone asked whether the East Sea Alliance should abandon the region and head toward the Earth Continent.

The East Sea Lin family worried about upheaval as its young heir showed extraordinary talent, while the West Sea Inheritance Grounds drew Heavenly Prodigies and converging Providence. A newcomer arrived determined to claim the Human Path inheritance, and his unusual Variable Fate suggested a perilous struggle ahead.

• Zhu Cheng and the others rejected leaving the East Sea, hoping the powerful visitors would depart without causing trouble.
• The Lin family patriarch praised his young son for entering the Dao unaided and hoped he would become a disciple of a great figure in the East Sea Alliance.
• Cultivators at the West Sea Inheritance Grounds watched Heavenly Prodigies gather Dao Protectors and followers as Fate Allotment and Providence converged.
• A striking young cultivator arrived in the West Sea and vowed to claim the Human Path inheritance.
• An ordinary cultivator glimpsed the newcomer’s Fate Allotment and quickly looked away, while the young cultivator recognized his Variable Fate as a sign of danger in the age’s struggle for the Human Path.

A linen-robed ancestor chose to support the First Star Position Son of the Human Emperor, hoping to stir the peaceful Fate Allotment into a greater storm. Meanwhile, Lu Qing observed that the Tribulation Cycle had already begun and continued studying the Profound Heaven Dao Sect’s vast collection of cultivation arts.

• The linen-robed ancestor explained to Xing'er that backing the First Star Position offered the greatest hope for Merit and that they need not stake everything on one choice.
• The ancestor watched Tribulation Qi gather over the West Sea and judged the wider Fate Allotment too calm to overturn the existing order.
• Lu Qing realized the Tribulation Cycle had arrived, though the Profound Heaven Dao Sect remained peaceful and had not developed Blood Baleful Qi.
• Lu Qing noted that changes to the Dao Sect were spreading after Floating Light began circulating and the Profound Heaven Dao Academy renewed its ties with the sect.
• Lu Qing read through the Library Pavilion’s cultivation arts and taboo Divine Abilities, repairing flaws in some Demon Sect methods while leaving others beyond his ability.

Lu Qing reached a hidden world atop the Library Pavilion and discovered three trial rewards, including the Profound Heaven Jade Token. Elsewhere, Fu Huazi and White Crane Ancestor discussed the Ancestor's Trial and whether Lu Qing already knew he had entered it.

• Lu Qing left the Devil Master techniques behind and climbed to the Library Pavilion's top floor.
• Lu Qing found a new world containing a jade token, a jade slip, and a Dao Marker, and used Heavenly Secrets to understand their significance.
• The jade slip stirred Lu Qing's Dao Rhyme and rapidly increased his foundation, while the Dao Marker prompted an intuitive response through Karmic Affinity.
• Fu Huazi told White Crane Ancestor that Lu Qing might have stumbled into the Library Pavilion's Ancestor's Trial without realizing it.
• White Crane Ancestor and Fu Huazi discussed the trial's three items and how every person's trial differed.

Lu Qing chose a time-wreathed Dao Marker and glimpsed the Primordial Era, then received the Tai Xuan Three Sovereigns Scripture as a second reward. He began its three-day first-layer cultivation trial to earn nominal disciple status.

• Fu Huazi left White Crane Ancestor to inspect an anomaly in the array formation, while White Crane Ancestor wondered whether Lu Qing would choose the cultivation method.
• Lu Qing chose the Dao Marker and saw a purple-robed old man expounding the Dao to mountain sprites and essence-monsters in the Primordial Era.
• Lu Qing realized the Dao Marker led to the Primordial Era within the Long River of Time.
• The central jade slip sent Lu Qing the Tai Xuan Three Sovereigns Scripture after he accepted the Dao Marker.
• The trial voice instructed Lu Qing to enter the Dao of the scripture’s first layer within three days to become a nominal disciple of Tai Xuan Profound Heaven, and Lu Qing activated the technique.

Lu Qing comprehended the Tai Xuan Three Sovereigns Scripture in one instant and earned the rank of true disciple, imprinting his true name upon the Supreme Profound Tradition. His new status drew the attention of powerful figures across different eras, who recognized him as a Variable Fate.

• Lu Qing studied the Tai Xuan Three Sovereigns Scripture and saw visions of creation, the Five Elements, and ancient beings as his understanding of the Great Dao grew.
• Lu Qing entered the Dao in one instant and gained insight into the Great Daos reflected in his Great Dao Heaven-and-Earth Tree.
• The trial’s spirit awarded Lu Qing the rank of true disciple and asked him to enter his true name.
• Lu Qing gave his name, and the spirit declared that his true name had entered the Supreme Profound Tradition and would be known across all years.
• Powerful figures across different eras sensed a Variable Fate among the Supreme Profound Tradition’s true disciples and discussed Lu Qing’s distinction.

Lu Qing’s astonishing comprehension made him a Tai Xuan Profound Heaven True Disciple, drawing the attention of the sect’s Chiefs and Ancestors and changing their outlook on Dao-Seeking Hall. He received a Jade Slip linked to the Three Sovereigns Canon and began exploring its three Great Daos.

• White Crane Ancestor and the gathered Chiefs were shocked that Lu Qing had passed the Ancestor’s Trial and become a Tai Xuan True Disciple.
• Zhang Qingyun said Lu Qing’s Karmic Affinity with the Ancestor meant Dao-Seeking Hall no longer had to be treated as a concern.
• Powerful figures guarding the East Sea sensed the Nether Sea stir and began checking the region for reflected reality.
• Lu Qing received the Dao Marker and Jade Slip in his Daoist Dojo and suspected the earlier trial had tested the Earth Sovereign Dao.
• Lu Qing accepted the Jade Slip, and three new Great Daos unfolded before him.

Lu Qing examined the Tai Xuan Three Sovereigns Scripture and considered whether a Son of the Human Emperor might emerge, while recognizing that two of the nine Humanity Fate Allotment positions remained vacant. After contemplating a Dao Marker from the Long River of Time, he realized his accumulated foundations were sufficient and took a step toward breaking through.

• Lu Qing recognized that the Tai Xuan Three Sovereigns Scripture contained three lineages and considered whether its Human Emperor Scripture corresponded to a Son of the Human Emperor in the current age.
• Lu Qing reviewed the sect’s promising disciples and concluded that none of the four most obvious bearers of Providence seemed destined to be Sons of the Human Emperor.
• Lu Qing sensed that two of the nine Humanity Fate Allotment positions were still vacant, though the Heavenly Secrets concealed who would fill them.
• Lu Qing examined a Dao Marker from the Long River of Time and reflected on the true years of the Primordial Era.
• Lu Qing realized that his gains had become accumulated foundations, dispersed the last veil of mist, and calmly took the next step on the Great Dao.

Lu Qing quietly reached the fourth step of the Dongzhen Realm, Dao Movement, and concealed his breakthrough by stilling his Dao Heart. He examined the shifting Fate Allotments and the Dharma-Free Immortal Gate’s withdrawal, while Buddhist cultivators prepared to leave the Immortal City for Western Heaven Continent.

• Lu Qing broke through to Dao Movement without a tribulation and erased the surrounding stillness before anyone noticed.
• Lu Qing studied the Great Daos and Fate Allotments, noting the rise of Spirit Path and Humanity Providence and the many forces watching them.
• Lu Qing saw that the Dharma-Free Immortal Gate had obscured its Fate Allotment and reduced its contact with the outside world, possibly preparing a move involving the Human Path or Reincarnation.
• Lu Qing considered traveling to the Primordial Era with the Heavenly Secret Thread and Dao Marker before another calamity affected the Long River of Time.
• The Buddhist cultivators who had stayed in the Immortal City decided to leave for Western Heaven Continent to continue tempering their Buddhist hearts.

The old monk and Liaoyin prepared to leave the Immortal City for Western Heaven Continent, while Lu Qing observed their departure and reflected on the shifting struggles among the great powers. In the East Sea, increasingly frequent signs of Reincarnation drew ambitious cultivators into waters where ancient resentment and Killing Intent were growing more dangerous.

• The old monk told Liaoyin and Liaowu that they would return to Western Heaven Continent and establish their own sect, while allowing disciples such as Zhikong to choose their own paths.
• Lu Qing watched the monks depart and recognized the old monk's steadfast Dao Heart and Liaoyin's Illumination Dao Heart.
• Lu Qing considered the intensifying Great Dao Struggle in Western Heaven Continent and the rivalries among the Supreme Unity Immortal Court, the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty, and the Seeking Dao Immortal Sect.
• After breaking through to Dao Movement, Lu Qing glimpsed the First Heaven above Dao Rhyme and realized that future conflicts might unfold there.
• Repeated anomalies in the East Sea revealed traces of Reincarnation, drawing cultivators toward waters where ancient resentment and Killing Intent stirred.

Lu Qing discerned growing schemes behind the shifting Providence and judged the world safe until the great powers entered the conflict directly. While he cultivated in seclusion, news spread that a Divine Path prodigy ranked tenth had been killed by someone from the Human Path.

• Lu Qing traced the changing Providence to old causes and sensed several layers of calculation behind the looming Primordial Cataclysm.
• Lu Qing weighed the danger of the great magnates entering the game and continued cultivating in his Daoist Dojo.
• Rogue Cultivators in a market tavern discussed the death of a heavenly prodigy as news began spreading through Floating Light.
• Old Xi revealed that the deceased was the tenth-ranked Heaven-Born Holy Spirit of the Divine Path.
• Cultivators on Floating Light learned that the prodigy had been killed by the Human Path and questioned how it had happened.

News that the Son of the Human Emperor had killed a Heaven-Born Holy Spirit spread through the Floating Light, and cultivators learned that a Supreme Treasure had helped him win. Greed drew powerful attention toward the West Sea, where Lu Qing sensed a new Tribulation Cycle gathering around the Son of the Human Emperor.

• Cultivators in the Floating Light debated how the Son of the Human Emperor had defeated a Heaven-Born Holy Spirit across such a vast cultivation gap.
• A cultivator revealed that the Holy Spirit had been near death after entering the Forbidden Land and that the Son of the Human Emperor had wielded a Supreme Treasure.
• News of the Supreme Treasure spread, and cultivators speculated about its origins and whether the Son of the Human Emperor had survived the battle.
• Greedy cultivators headed toward the battlefield, but a thunderous shockwave killed several and warned others of the danger.
• Countless gazes turned toward the West Sea, and Lu Qing sensed that the Supreme Treasure had stirred a new Tribulation Cycle and darkened the threads of Fate and Cause and Effect.

Cloud Venerable and the Divine Path considered the Supreme Treasure a test of the Human Path and the other lineages, while their subordinates watched the Son of the Human Emperor and waited to see who would act. The Divine Path remained eager to reclaim Fate Allotment, and the other lineages also turned their attention toward the likely Primordial Era Humanity Path Supreme Treasure.

• A deity told Cloud Venerable that many powers wanted to seize the Supreme Treasure and kill the Son of the Human Emperor, but Cloud Venerable said they were unqualified to act.
• Cloud Venerable ordered the cloud-and-mist-like deity to watch the movements of the other lineages.
• The deity reasoned that the Supreme Treasure tested the Human Path and every other path, and that direct intervention by a protector could trigger a great Tribulation.
• Incense Deities reported that they had been watching the Son of the Human Emperor and believed a lingering imprint would let them catch him.
• The Revered Deity ordered the Incense Deities to watch who attacked the Son of the Human Emperor, while resenting the Fate Allotment the Human Path gained from the fallen Heaven-Born Holy Spirit.
• Other ancient lineages focused on the Son of the Human Emperor because they believed he carried a rare Primordial Era Humanity Path Supreme Treasure.

Veteran cultivators pursued Huang Wuxuan, believing he could no longer control the Humanity Path Supreme Treasure, while Four Symbols Spirit Palace disciples followed to observe the other factions. Hidden beneath a restriction in the West Sea, Huang Wuxuan confronted the Mysterious Stone Tablet about its actions and learned it intended to help him become the Human Emperor.

• A veteran cultivator led others toward the distant light, hoping to seize the Son of the Human Emperor while the Supreme Treasure remained incomplete.
• Senior Brother Ji told Junior Sister Zhou and the Four Symbols Spirit Palace disciples to observe the rival factions rather than seek the Supreme Treasure.
• Huang Wuxuan arrived beneath a hidden West Sea restriction, exhausted and furious that the Mysterious Stone Tablet had made him kill an Innate Divine Spirit.
• The Mysterious Stone Tablet claimed Huang Wuxuan had gained the victim’s Hidden Dragon Providence and that his cultivation had advanced as a result.
• The Mysterious Stone Tablet said it was an innate Supreme Treasure and hinted that its goal could be achieved after Huang Wuxuan became the Human Emperor.

Huang Wuxuan learned that the Mysterious Stone Tablet was a Supreme Treasure and that a Divine Path mark was tracking him. At the tablet’s advice, he chose to flee through the Human Path Inheritance Grounds while pursuing cultivators searched the West Sea for him.

• Huang Wuxuan set aside some of his distrust and asked the Mysterious Stone Tablet what it wanted from him, while the tablet said it expected him to become the Human Emperor.
• The Mysterious Stone Tablet revealed a hidden mark in Huang Wuxuan’s chest and identified it as a refined Divine Path tracking method that it could not easily erase.
• Huang Wuxuan asked how to escape, and the tablet proposed using a Fortune Dao teleportation formation within the Human Path Inheritance Grounds.
• Huang Wuxuan agreed to enter the Inheritance Grounds as danger approached across the sea.
• The pursuing cultivators realized a Supreme Treasure was concealing Huang Wuxuan from their Heavenly Secrets and began searching the region.

Junior Sister Zhou used her dual pupils to identify many powerful figures gathering in the Nine-Wave Sea Region, and Ji Yunyang decided the Four Symbols Spirit Palace disciples should leave before a battle erupted. In the Immortal City, Lu Qing watched reports of the gathering and the Human Path Supreme Treasure through Heavenly Secret Lake.

• Junior Sister Zhou named numerous notable cultivators and factions arriving in the region, but the effort of using her divine pupils left her injured.
• Ji Yunyang praised Junior Sister Zhou and concluded that the gathering of powerful figures foretold a great battle over a Supreme Treasure.
• Ji Yunyang led the Four Symbols Spirit Palace disciples away from the sea region to avoid being caught in the conflict, though they remained curious about who would claim the treasure.
• Lu Qing listened to a storyteller in the Immortal City and examined information appearing before him while Heavenly Secret Lake showed events across the world.

Lu Qing asked Heavenly Secret Lake to trace the cause and effect behind a disturbance and discovered a Mysterious Stone Tablet connected to a Supreme Treasure and a hidden Tribulation. He left the deeper scheme unexplored, but recognized that the treasure’s appearance could draw powerful figures and stir immense Providence.

• Lu Qing asked Heavenly Secret Lake to deduce the cause and effect behind the disturbance, and it revealed shifting images of Humanity, Demonic, and Divine Path Providence before showing a mysterious stone tablet.
• Lu Qing recognized a faint causal connection to the tablet and traced its origin to the Treasure Basin in Nether Province, where it had emerged alongside other extraordinary treasures.
• Lu Qing saw the Mysterious Stone Tablet fall from someone’s hand into the West Sea, where it remained for a time before people appeared.
• Lu Qing concluded that someone had deliberately stirred a Tribulation around a Supreme Treasure to target the Providence behind the geniuses and possibly involve even more people.
• Lu Qing sensed distant Dao Rhymes stirring and considered how a possible Humanity Path Supreme Treasure could attract old monsters and suppress an era if properly refined.

Lu Qing studied the mysterious stone tablet and connected it to the Nether Sea’s disturbances, then foresaw that three tribulations would descend together at his next breakthrough. He decided to postpone using the Dao Marker until after that breakthrough, while the West Sea’s turmoil continued to draw attention.

• Lu Qing considered whether the Mysterious Stone Tablet was a Humanity Path Supreme Treasure transformed by Variable Fate and suspected it might be connected to the Nether Sea.
• Lu Qing sensed that the Nether Sea disturbances concerned authority and foresaw a Reincarnation Tribulation accompanying his Cultivation and Great Dao Tribulations.
• Lu Qing decided not to use the Dao Marker to travel to the Primordial Era before completing his next breakthrough.
• Seven days after the battle of techniques in the West Sea, cultivators watching through their Heavenly Secrets Eyes remained dazzled by what they had seen.