Chapter Summaries

After the West Sea Dharma Combat, Fang Mo and other cultivators gathered to search the site, but a sinister vortex swallowed them. Mighty beings traced the upheaval to the reappearance of the Divine Path Strange Gate Temple, a Sea Portal whose control became disputed among the powers above the Nine Heavens.

• Cultivators discussed how the Son of the Human Emperor escaped and how the West Sea Dharma Combat drew in forces from the Immortal Path Heaven, Demon Domain, and Demonic Path.
• Fang Mo searched the sea for remains and treasures, then sensed that the area was becoming dangerous.
• A black vortex appeared and immobilized or dragged in the gathered cultivators, including Fang Mo, as some tried to escape.
• Mystic Nether aura rose from the vortex, prompting mighty venerables to send Dao Shadows to the West Sea and suppress its force.
• A Divine Path figure claimed the emerging Supreme Treasure, and the figures on the Cloud Platform identified it as the Divine Path Strange Gate Temple and debated who had authority over the Sea Portal.

Lu Qing sensed a new Variable Fate stirring in the West Sea as the powerful figures agreed to let their disciples face the dangers beyond the gates. Huang Wuxuan survived the Human Path Trial’s first level with help from the Mysterious Stone Tablet, which urged him to claim the inheritance and warned that another of his fellow travelers had entered.

• The powerful figures discussed the changes caused by Heaven and Earth's Variable Fate and agreed to let their disciples and inheritors proceed according to their abilities.
• Lu Qing read a celestial sign among the stars and sensed a new disturbance in the West Sea, possibly another Variable Fate beyond the Supreme Treasure.
• Huang Wuxuan entered the first level of the Human Path Trial gravely wounded after the Mysterious Stone Tablet saved him from a prodigy’s blade.
• The Mysterious Stone Tablet recalled sensing a blood sea and another Supreme Treasure in the depths of the West Sea, beneath the gazes of powerful figures.
• The Mysterious Stone Tablet told Huang Wuxuan to reach the end of the trial and claim its Great Dao inheritance, then revealed that another of his fellow travelers had entered.

Huang Wuxuan entered the Human Path Inheritance Grounds, where his status as a Son of the Human Emperor granted him special authority and began the first trial. Outside, the Human Path Ranking revealed his entry, drawing powerful cultivators toward the West Sea as ordinary cultivators fled and the region fell silent.

• Huang Wuxuan entered the first Human Path inheritance trial, and the grounds recognized him as a Son of the Human Emperor bearing a Destiny Pattern.
• The grounds restored Huang Wuxuan's body and soul, granted him Providence-infused mist, and informed him that he held one ninth of the authority over the trial.
• The Human Path Ranking changed, leading cultivators to suspect Huang Wuxuan had entered the Inheritance Grounds in pursuit of the Supreme Treasure.
• Powerful experts arrived in the West Sea while rogue cultivators fled, and Old Ancestor Qingfeng was seen behind immense, indistinct figures of light.
• At a distant banquet, cultivators mistook the growing stream of fleeing cultivators' light for a celestial phenomenon before one questioned what they were seeing.

Cultivators fleeing the West Sea arrived at a vast Immortal City under Lu Qing’s Daoist Dojo, while observers discussed the commotion and dangers at the West Sea Inheritance Grounds. The city’s imposing presence reassured the arrivals that they had reached their destination and escaped the disturbance.

• Cultivators on the coast realized the rosy glow came from countless fleeing people approaching a colossal Immortal City.
• Observers checked Floating Light and learned that a powerful expert had appeared amid renewed commotion in the West Sea.
• Cultivators discussed the West Sea Inheritance Grounds, its rankings and rewards, and the risks facing the Heaven’s Prides.
• The arrivals reached an enormous Immortal City under Lu Qing’s Daoist Dojo and felt relieved to have escaped the West Sea disturbance.
• The city’s immense presence led the cultivators to believe it belonged to a powerful upper sect.

Lu Qing learned that a portal in the West Sea had revealed a world beyond it, drawing the Dao lineages into a major sect mission. After discussing the upheaval with Qingxuan, Lu Qing decided to send an avatar to explore the world beyond the gate.

• Lu Qing observed conflicting destinies gathering over the West Sea and learned from a message that upheaval there involved a Divine Path Supreme Treasure and a world beyond a portal.
• Lu Qing considered the dangers and unknowns beyond the portal as news of the West Sea disturbance spread through the Nine Heavens Cultivation Realm.
• Lu Qing attended a Dao Sect meeting where sect members arranged assignments, schedules, rewards, and personnel for a mission concerning the portal.
• Qingxuan told Lu Qing the mission would be arduous, and Lu Qing agreed that many sect members might enter the portal.
• Lu Qing said he would send an avatar to explore the world beyond the gate, surprising Qingxuan before he accepted the decision.

Lu Qing examined the hexagrams for the Strange Gate and learned that entering a world beyond it himself could leave him absorbed in cultivation for ages. He decided to send an incarnation through instead, hoping to find insight into reincarnation while remaining wary of dangers and uncertain gains.

• Lu Qing saw a Minor Misfortune Hexagram warning that he could become immersed in cultivation for countless ages if he entered the Strange Gate in person.
• Lu Qing examined three Calming Hexagrams describing an incarnation entering a Black Tortoise World, an ordinary world struck by a meteorite, or no world at all.
• Lu Qing concluded that worlds beyond the gate could offer modest gains or dangers, and that the Calamity Avoidance ability did not guarantee fortune.
• Lu Qing prepared a combat-capable incarnation to explore the worlds beyond the gate while his true body remained in the Daoist sanctuary.
• Lu Qing hoped the Strange Gate might lead to a world connected to reincarnation, which could aid his cultivation.

The loss of Strange Gate Temple weakened the Divine Path’s providence, and a Divine Path ancestor explained that the world behind the gate was a Cosmic Heaven from the Nine Heavens of the Primordial Era. Lu Qing studied ancient records and glimpsed the creation of the Nine Heavens, then reflected on how disorder and Variable Fate shaped the current age.

• A Divine Path deity noticed that Strange Gate Temple’s departure had diminished the Divine Path’s Fate Allotment and asked his ancestor whether they should oppose its settlement in the West Sea.
• The ancestor said the matter was settled, urged the young deity to focus on his own cultivation, and identified the world behind Strange Gate as a Myriad-Phenomena Heaven, or Cosmic Heaven.
• Lu Qing exchanged Dao Merit for an ancient record in the Dao Sect Treasury and witnessed visions of merit, the naming of Cosmic Heaven and Merit Heaven, and the establishment of the name Nine Heavens.
• Lu Qing concluded that disorder had existed since the Primordial Era and that Variable Fate made the current era a flourishing age for cultivation.

Lu Qing used Reincarnation to perceive the cycle of True Spirits and followed a mountain spirit bird’s light into the Land of Reincarnation. As the light reached a silent Nether Sea, Lu Qing heard water splashing from the distant east and his vision changed.

• Lu Qing deduced that the Realm Beyond the Gate was connected to Reincarnation and the Human Path.
• Lu Qing’s Reincarnation cultivation deepened, revealing fate, Cause and Effect, and heavenly secrets within the cycle of Reincarnation.
• Lu Qing watched a mountain spirit bird die and its True Spirit drift into a desolate world filled with Reincarnation Dao Rhyme.
• Lu Qing followed the True Spirit to the Nether Sea, where white lights drifted onward without Crow ferrymen.
• Lu Qing heard splashing rise from the distant east, and his field of vision transformed.

Lu Qing witnessed a True Spirit reincarnate as a spirit fish and gained a new insight into the Reincarnation Great Dao, opening the gates of the Reincarnation Nether Sea in this age. His action disturbed the Long River of Time, sending powerful waves through other Great Eras and disrupting those who meddled with time.

• Lu Qing watched a True Spirit pass through nothingness and reincarnate as a spirit fish with a better beginning than its previous life as a bird.
• Lu Qing realized that reincarnation extended beyond the Six Paths to the life and death of every living thing, and sensed what his Reincarnation Great Dao lacked.
• Lu Qing's insight merged the Reincarnation True Intent into his Inner World, and he gained a measure of authority after seeing the Reincarnation Origin.
• Lu Qing's authority stirred the Long River of Time and caused its flow to grow turbulent across other Great Eras.
• A white-haired elder found his Heavenly Secrets calculations off, while a child and a green ox were struck by purple lightning after the Great Era noticed them.
• Other figures caught in the Long River of Time faced towering waves, including one who cursed and fled into another temporal current.

A disturbance in the Long River of Time revealed the influence of the Reincarnation Nether Sea across many Great Eras. At the East Sea, figures gathered on the Cloud Platform sensed another disturbance and hoped Reincarnation’s entrance would open.

• Figures fled the turbulent Long River of Time, while an ancestor refused his descendant’s attempt to rekindle their vanished Karmic Affinity.
• A star-watching figure saw the stars dim and concluded the disturbance came from the Reincarnation Nether Sea.
• Lu Qing saw the Reincarnation Nether Sea and glimpsed worlds and Great Eras from past reincarnations, along with powerful figures entering Reincarnation.
• Figures waiting on the Cloud Platform by the East Sea sensed the disturbance and recalled the rumor that Reincarnation descended into the world once every ten thousand years.
• Ambitious cultivators hoped to enter Reincarnation, while hidden watchers were astonished by the chance to evade Heavenly Retribution and seek new opportunities.

The stirring of Reincarnation alarmed ancient powers across the Long River of Time and the Void Ground, who feared someone would claim its Authority. A hidden Dao lineage opened its gates to recruit disciples, and the image of its Ancestor in the main hall grew slightly more solid.

• Ancient figures sensed a disturbance in Reincarnation and speculated about who had entered it, while one voice urged them to move faster.
• The Void Ground’s awakened powers recognized Reincarnation’s aura and discussed the Old Ghosts, Fangxian Reincarnation, and the danger of someone obtaining its Authority.
• A decayed intent of time entered an ancient Dao lineage as its old man and youth worshipped their Ancestor, and the portrait’s old man appeared before them in a daze.
• Several peals of thunder caused the decayed intent in the old man and youth to fade, and within three days their lineage opened its gates to accept disciples.
• The lineage recruited three hundred and sixty-eight disciples, and the younger cultivator noticed that the old man in the portrait seemed slightly more solid.

Lu Qing comprehended the Reincarnation Nether Sea and drew the shattered Milo Heaven into his Purple Mansion, gaining profound insights into Reincarnation. He recognized that powerful figures had concealed the Heavenly Secrets surrounding the West Sea vortex, while factions quietly sent disciples to investigate and build connections.

• Lu Qing saw the Reincarnation Nether Sea as a shattered Milo Heaven filled with traces of Immortals and felt it enter the space between his brows.
• The Milo Heaven entered Lu Qing's Purple Mansion, and insights from his Reincarnation Authority formed new worlds and Dao Marks in his Great Dao world.
• Lu Qing sensed a stronger connection to the gate within the West Sea vortex and suspected its Reincarnation River was linked to the Yellow Springs River.
• Lu Qing accepted the sect's mission and noticed that Heavenly Secrets Dao Rhyme concealed the West Sea vortex from public discussion.
• Various factions sent disciples and direct inheritors to visit Dao lineages under different pretexts, while Heaven's Prides drew attention toward the West Sea inheritances.

Lu Qing observed the growing unrest around the West Sea Portal, while news of its vast opportunities reached the Cloud God Sect. The sect’s leaders weighed the portal’s promise and danger as pressure from the Void Spirit Hall threatened their own relic Grotto-Heaven.

• Lu Qing considered the benefits of the West Sea Heritage Land and watched the West Sea Portal stir beneath the dark clouds.
• Disciples who reached the portal found its oppressive Energy Flow too strong to approach and sent urgent messages to their sect.
• Feather-robed cultivators received the reports and alerted the Sect Master that a realm of great opportunities lay beyond the portal.
• Cloud God Sect elders discussed the portal’s origins as the Strange Gate Temple and the possible schemes surrounding it.
• The Cloud God Sect’s Heavenly Secrets Elder described glimpses of fortune amid danger, while a burly cultivator urged the sect to act before rivals gained the advantage.
• The elders recalled that the Void Spirit Hall had been eyeing the Cloud God Sect’s relic Grotto-Heaven.

The Cloud God Sect learned that the Realm Beyond the Gate was a Primordial First Heaven where many Primordial Immortals had fallen, promising great fortune and hidden dangers. As the Human Path Fate Allotment stirred and the Heaven of Universe revealed a new Great Era, the Buddhist Sect sent Liaowang beyond its Buddha Land to spread the Dharma.

• The Cloud God sect master revealed an invitation from a higher sect and said the Cloud God Sect had three slots to enter the Realm Beyond the Gate.
• True Person Fuyao visited the Cloud God Sect to forge a connection and warned True Person Cloud God that the realm held both immense fortune and dangers.
• True Person Fuyao explained that the realm was once a heaven of the Nine Heavens where many Primordial Immortals had perished.
• The Buddha decreed that the Buddhist Sect should spread its teachings through all realms and entrusted the task to Liaowang.
• Liaowang left the Buddha Land to spread the Dao and proclaim the Dharma.

Lu Qing returned to the Dao Sect as its disciples prepared to enter the Ancient Qian-Kun Cosmic Heaven through the Divine Path Strange Gate Temple. He boarded the Cloud Beast with a Mission Jade Token as it set off, and sensed eerie traces in the spaces it crossed.

• Lu Qing returned to the Dao Sect and saw the enormous Cloud Beast, which could traverse space and carried pavilions and mountain ranges on its back.
• A Mission Hall disciple distributed Mission Jade Tokens to cultivators from the seven lineages and explained that the tokens could verify life and death and return their holders to the Cloud Beast.
• Lu Qing received token number nine, studied its missions, and went to the ninth pavilion aboard the Cloud Beast.
• The Cloud Beast departed for the West Sea Portal and crossed through bizarre, shattered spaces where Lu Qing sensed traces of eerie strangeness.

Lu Qing remained quietly in the pavilion as the Cloud Beast and World-Breaking Tower Ship revealed the immense dangers facing those who entered the Realm Beyond the Gate. Across the Nine Heavens, powerful lineages gathered and departed amid spectacular signs, while Heaven's Pride in the West Sea Heritage Land chose between joining the mission and pursuing rewards.

• Lu Qing stayed in the pavilion instead of mingling with unfamiliar disciples as the Cloud Beast appeared alongside the World-Breaking Tower Ship.
• True Persons of the Cloud God Sect and Fuyao Mountain realized that few candidates could withstand the Supreme Treasure's pressure and the dangers beyond the gate.
• The True Persons discussed the possible Immortal Obsessions, Tribulation Immortals, and Remnant Immortals lingering in the Realm Beyond the Gate.
• A Qing Feng carried divine light into a Peach Spirit Tree, while a white turtle bearing a young Buddhist cultivator approached the ancient gate in the West Sea.
• Immortal phenomena appeared across the Nine Heavens, alarming people in distant cities and taverns before the skies returned to calm.
• Heaven's Pride in the West Sea Heritage Land chose either to join the arduous mission or remain behind to compete for rewards and Providence from the Hidden Dragon Ranking.

Reincarnation disturbances made the East Sea increasingly dangerous, prompting cultivators to consider leaving for safer opportunities elsewhere. The Lin family’s qilin-born son, Lin Mingguang, was taken as a disciple by Heavenwatch Tower, while a band of Rogue Cultivators debated whether to seek their fortunes in the Eight Wastelands.

• West Sea prodigies sensed a major phenomenon but set aside their curiosity, while East Sea cultivators focused on the approaching reincarnation entrance.
• A powerful cultivator warned that reincarnation ruins were deadly, and the East Sea Alliance and other locals began preparing to relocate.
• A Heavenwatch Tower expert named the Lin family’s qilin-born son Mingguang and accepted him as a direct disciple.
• Lin Mingguang went with his master to Heavenwatch Tower, and the Lin family moved to the Eastern Heaven Continent under the Supreme Unity Immortal Court’s protection.
• A group of Rogue Cultivators discussed leaving the East Sea and urged their thin leader to take them to the Eight Wastelands, though he worried about facing favored geniuses there.

The East Sea cultivators chose to travel to the Eight Wastelands, while changes in the Heavenly Secrets revealed that the Strange Gate had transformed the providence of the Immortal, Divine, and other paths. Lu Qing watched the gateway change before his eyes, growing more eager for the journey beyond it.

• The East Sea cultivators chose the Eight Wastelands as their destination because the other continents were difficult or dangerous places for their group to settle.
• The East Sea cultivators entered the Southern Heaven Continent, where city gatekeepers checked for resentment and demonic flames under the Restrictions established by the Seeking Dao Immortal Sect and the Profound Heaven Dao Sect.
• Observers saw the Immortal Path Fate Allotment slow and the Heavenly Secrets shift, interpreting the change as a sign that the Strange Gate had altered the Divine Path's providence.
• A snow-white figure at the Spirit Path's Futu Palace remarked that the Immortal Path had gained more providence and wondered whether the Supreme Treasure was truly a Divine Path treasure.
• A figure on the Cloud Platform answered a challenge from beyond the First Heaven with a vast black-and-white chessboard and said they were merely more skilled at chess.
• Lu Qing felt greater anticipation for his journey beyond the gate, then watched Strange Gate Temple's enormous gateway transform before his eyes.

Lu Qing entered the Divine Path Strange Gate Temple and crossed a stellar universe of worlds, following a sensed opportunity into a barren realm. He arrived in a world nearing death, where no cultivators or beings capable of cultivation existed.

• Lu Qing examined the Strange Gate Temple and sensed that its power drew on both space and the Long River of Time.
• The Cloud Beast carried Lu Qing through the Strange Gate, and he emerged alone in a vast stellar universe formed from countless worlds.
• Lu Qing followed a familiar sense of opportunity toward a nearby world, avoiding the starry central region guarded by Humanity Path Supreme Treasures.
• Lu Qing entered a desolate world where the land and its life were withering, and his Divine Consciousness found no cultivators or beings capable of cultivation.

Lu Qing recognized a naturally formed world reaching the end of its Reincarnation and settled there to cultivate in seclusion. Meanwhile, Reincarnation’s upheaval clouded the Heavenly Secrets, and a strange sound of water rang across Cosmic Heaven as something began to join it.

• Lu Qing realized that the dying world offered a rare chance to understand Reincarnation and considered how even worlds remained bound by it.
• Lu Qing found the world empty of awakened beings, spread restrictions around it, and began cultivating there in seclusion.
• A remnant bearing Reincarnation’s aura surfaced in the Nine Heavens East Sea as ancient figures struggled to see through the growing mist over the Long River of Time.
• Cultivators in Cosmic Heaven discussed news of Universe Palace, the Son of the Human Emperor, and other events as daily bulletins spread through the streets.
• A sound of water echoed across Cosmic Heaven as something gradually joined the Cosmic Universe Heaven.