Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing crossed the Reincarnation Tribulation and gained a clear view of the endless worlds, eras, and destinies flowing through Reincarnation. Nine-Nether’s ancient beings sensed the disturbance, while Lu Qing recognized the danger facing those still trapped in the tribulation.

• Nine-Nether stirred, alerting Ghost Path experts and ancient Reincarnation beings, though their divinations revealed no cause.
• Entities within the Ten-Thousand-Li Wailing Graves and at the White Bone Corpse Mountain sensed heaven and earth’s movement and renewed their resentment.
• Lu Qing chose to focus on his cultivation in the Primordial Era and reflected on how Reincarnation Tribulation could erase a cultivator’s identity and Great Dao.
• Lu Qing recalled that the Reincarnation Dao cultivator in the thatched-hut village had awakened too late to recover his lost Great Dao.
• After crossing the Reincarnation Tribulation, Lu Qing perceived countless worlds and eras and saw the destinies and future reincarnations of living beings.

Li Changhe’s incarnation Lu Qing entered the present age’s Nether Sea, where the other cultivators disappeared and the empty world’s Reincarnation Dao grew increasingly intense. Sensing that the Nether Sea was more dangerous than he had expected, he chose to stop advancing and follow his true body’s intention to observe it from a distance.

• A disturbance passed through the river of time and Reincarnation, noticed only by a few powerful figures.
• Cultivators entering the Nether Sea lost sight of one another as they traveled through an empty world toward its distant center.
• Lu Qing sensed that his connection to Li Changhe’s true body and other incarnations had vanished completely.
• Lu Qing judged that the Nether Sea’s dangers were greater than expected and decided not to approach its center.
• Lu Qing followed his true body’s intention and settled for looking upon the Nether Sea without seeking further insight.

Li Changhe’s incarnation comprehended the true Reincarnation World and achieved a breakthrough in the Reincarnation Dao. The other cultivators saw Destinies shaped by their deepest obsessions and began treating them as paths to Longevity.

• A faint breeze told Li Changhe’s incarnation that his true body had advanced, and the incarnation continued into the Nether Sea without restraint.
• Li Changhe’s incarnation saw the true Reincarnation World, heard the Dao’s boundless resonance, and formed a Primordial Spirit through his breakthrough.
• The Reincarnation Wind revealed different scenes to the other cultivators, reflecting their desires and obsessions as streams of Destiny.
• One cultivator saw a Destiny in which a different choice led him to a Longevity Dao Fruit, then was swept away into that Destiny.
• Other cultivators saw paths to Longevity through renewed Reincarnations, reunions with loved ones, preserved sects, or Longevity Immortal arts, and some memorized the revealed Spirit Script.

Lu Qing’s true self comprehended the Dao and broke through in the Primordial Era, strengthening his avatars as they continued their duties across the Nine Heavens. In Humanity Heaven of Universe, a sword light and thunderous Clear Light raced across the Milky Way Ruins, leaving the source of the new disturbance unclear.

• Powerhouses gazed into Reincarnation and risked losing themselves by seeing and comprehending the Reincarnation Great Dao.
• Lu Qing’s true self broke through in the Primordial Era, and his avatars gained an imperceptible increase in cultivation and Dao attainment.
• Lu Qing’s Dao Sect avatar continued managing the Outer Sect Main Lineage amid the many changes of the Nine Heavens’ Great Era.
• The West Sea grew lively after an Inheritance Grounds and a gateway to the Strange Gate Temple appeared there, connecting it to Humanity Heaven of Universe.
• A brilliant sword light swept across the Milky Way Ruins as thunderous sounds and rippling Clear Light followed behind it.

Lu Qing observed the growing Human Path presence in the Milky Way Ruins after the Academy Grand Competition and recognized two prominent cultivators fighting overhead. He connected their clash to the rivalry between their disciples, the Sons of the Human Emperor Zhao An and Qin Yu, while noting that neither had won the competition.

• Two cultivators chased each other across the Milky Way Ruins, and onlookers identified one as wielding Righteous Sword Light and the other as using Clear Light accompanied by thunder drums.
• Lu Qing's avatar browsed a Cultivation Market and observed that the Academy Grand Competition had greatly increased Humanity Providence in the Milky Way Ruins.
• Lu Qing watched the two departing streaks of light and recognized the fighters as veteran cultivators from Humanity Academy and Universe Hall.
• Lu Qing recalled that their conflict stemmed from their disciples, Zhao An and Qin Yu, both Sons of the Human Emperor.
• Lu Qing remembered that an unknown young Heavenly Prodigy had won the Academy Grand Competition instead of Zhao An or Qin Yu.

Lu Qing observed how cultivators were settling in the Milky Way Ruins and heard locals discuss the rising cost of entering cultivation through Human Path Providence. Reflecting on the Great Net of Humanity, he realized that expanding Providence could help locate abnormalities in the Starry Sky Forbidden Zone.

• Lu Qing considered how the arrival of Nine Heavens cultivators had eased conflicts among Human Path lineages and why powerful figures might delay the Heaven of Universe's return to the Nine Heavens.
• Lu Qing visited his residence in the Milky Way Ruins, then listened at a teahouse as cultivators discussed rising Providence requirements and the value of Academy status.
• Lu Qing observed that sects and cities were establishing permanent operations and mortal districts in the Milky Way Ruins, turning it into another Humanity World.
• Lu Qing reconsidered the Great Net of Humanity as a net of Providence and concluded that expanding Human Path Providence could help detect abnormalities in the Starry Sky Forbidden Zone.

After reaching Dongzhen Perfection, Lu Qing considered how his true body was better suited to investigate the Dao-Seeking Hall in the Primordial Era, while his incarnation watched the shifting fate and providence of the Six Paths. The chapter left the first Human Emperor’s imminent transformation into the Heaven-and-Earth Human Emperor looming over an era thick with Tribulation Qi.

• Lu Qing’s incarnation judged that the true body should seek the Dao-Seeking Brush and meet the Dao-Seeking Hall’s senior masters in Dharma Combat.
• Lu Qing’s incarnation sensed that the true body’s greatest obstacle was the End-Era Tribulation still obscuring the Primordial Era across the River of Time.
• Lu Qing’s incarnation observed the Heavenly Net Chessboard and saw the fiercest contest of fate gathering in its southeastern quarter.
• Lu Qing emerged from seclusion in the Primordial Era with his Reincarnation Great Dao advanced and observed the Six Paths’ providence taking the forms of divine beasts and wondrous creatures.
• Lu Qing recognized that the first Human Emperor was nearing his transformation into the Heaven-and-Earth Human Emperor as Tribulation Qi spread through the Six Paths.

Lu Qing watched Human Path flying lights bearing urgent messages and recognized them as communications from the Azure Emperor Palace, a leading Human Path lineage. Before he could learn what prompted them, a vast white radiance covered nearly half the sky, leaving countless beings alarmed by the unknown.

• Lu Qing considered how peak powerhouses might move against Wang Longxiang as the Human Emperor’s providence grew.
• Lu Qing watched flying lights cross the rainy wilderness and noticed Human Path providence and Tribulation Qi around them.
• Lu Qing identified the flying lights as messages from the Azure Emperor Palace and recalled the lineage’s role in the Human Path’s Dao discussions.
• Lu Qing wondered what urgent news had made the Azure Emperor Palace send messages without concealment.
• A dazzling white radiance spread across nearly half the sky, startling living beings throughout heaven and earth.

Lu Qing connected the turmoil in Humanity Providence to the ancient Dao Degeneration of the Azure Emperor and two other Immortals, a mystery that preceded the first Human Emperor’s rise. As bells, thunder, and the Azure Dragon Horn sounded across the Nine Heavens, the Providence of the Six Paths boiled and drew the attention of cultivators everywhere.

• Lu Qing recognized the upheaval in Humanity Providence and recalled historical records linking the Azure Emperor Palace’s fall with the rise of the first Human Emperor.
• Lu Qing reviewed accounts of the Azure Emperor’s repeated departures from his palace and his eventual Dao Degeneration, alongside the fall of two other Immortals.
• Three bell-and-drum peals, Divine Firmament thundercries, and blasts of the Azure Dragon Horn sounded across the Nine Heavens.
• Cultivators throughout the Mortal World looked up as the Providence of the Six Paths surged with blood light, but they could not see the hidden Heavenly Secrets.

A Great Dao collapsed across the Nine Heavens, revealing that a powerful cultivator had suffered Dao Degeneration. As cultivators witnessed a second collapse and recognized Ten Directions Venerable Elder, they feared a greater calamity was beginning.

• Cultivators across the world tried to divine the cause of the unrest as Peach Blossom Immortal witnessed blood-red Tribulation Qi and a Great Dao collapsing.
• The Wine Immortal saw the Dao’s collapse and feared that even a powerhouse’s Great Dao could suffer Dao Degeneration.
• A second Great Dao collapsed, and the slovenly old Daoist recognized its victim as Ten Directions Venerable Elder.
• The primordial giant in the West Sea warned that Ten Directions Venerable Elder’s Dao Degeneration would bring further trouble.
• Immortals beyond the world emerged from seclusion and feared the tribulations that would accompany the approaching Humanity Human Emperor.

After witnessing the Dao Degeneration and departure of three Great Dao powerhouses, Lu Qing considered the chaos it had unleashed across Providence, Tribulation Qi, and the Long River of Time. He sensed that his time in the Primordial Era was nearing its end, while the connection between this upheaval and later events remained unclear.

• A cultivator who had glimpsed signs of a Boundless Life Tribulation set aside his calculations after the Three Immortals' Fall threw the Heavenly Secrets into Chaos.
• Lu Qing witnessed the collapse of the Great Dao and reflected on the immense impact of three elder powerhouses departing in a single day.
• Lu Qing sensed a faint connection between the Three Immortals' Fall and the Humanity Human Emperor, but the chaotic Providence and Tribulation Qi obscured its cause and effect.
• Lu Qing felt that his time within the years marked by the Ancient Dao Marker was nearing its end, and considered why the past of the Long River of Time was so difficult to change.
• Lu Qing observed that the Venerable of the Ten Directions' Dao collapse had brought Tribulation Cycles and celestial upheavals across the worlds touched by his Great Dao.
• Lu Qing reflected on the blurred boundary between his previous life and present life as he continued along the path of Longevity.

The Azure Emperor fell from the Dao, shaking cultivators across the Nine Heavens and stirring a vast Tribulation Cycle. A mysterious flywhisk suppressed the rising tribulation, and Lu Qing recognized it as a Great Dao Supreme Treasure.

• Lu Qing steadied his mind and refrained from interfering with the Primordial Era’s cultivation paths.
• Cultivators throughout the Nine Heavens learned that the Azure Emperor had fallen from the Dao and felt their Dao Hearts shaken.
• Figures watching the River of Time saw the fall stir Tribulation Qi and feared further calamities and cause and effect.
• A distant figure swept a flywhisk across the Nine Heavens and the River of Time, erasing the emerging Tribulation Qi.
• Lu Qing witnessed the flywhisk’s action and noted that the providence surrounding the three fallen figures had dimmed.

After the Azure Emperor underwent Dao Degeneration, the Azure Emperor Palace vanished and its former site became a mist-shrouded forbidden land. Evergreen Sect's Master Changqing warned his eldest disciple against approaching it as the upheaval stirred unease across the Six Paths.

• The Azure Emperor Palace disappeared, and a hazy mist covered the place where its Daoist Dojo had stood.
• An Evergreen Sect disciple reported that people who tried to force their way into the forbidden land met unpleasant ends.
• Evergreen Sect's Master Changqing explained that the Azure Emperor had once expounded the Dao to the Evergreen Patriarch and warned that the abandoned dojo was perilous.
• The eldest disciple admitted his thoughts had been unsteady, and Changqing ordered him to return and enter seclusion.
• Changqing watched the direction of the vanished palace and felt the gathering upheaval weigh upon the world.

Sect Master Changqing considered the Azure Emperor’s unexplained injury as Tribulation Qi spread through the Primordial Era, while Lu Qing observed the Three Immortals’ Dao Degeneration and searched the Heavenly Secrets for hidden connections. A faint karmic thread led Lu Qing to the ancient origin of the Heavenly Cycle Star-Dipper Formation, as a vast dark-crimson star began pouring Fate Allotment and Star Destiny light from the Nine Heavens.

• Sect Master Changqing recalled reports that the Azure Emperor had returned from an excursion injured and wondered who could have harmed him and caused his Dao Degeneration.
• Tribulation Cycles and Mortal World Greed Qi spread through heaven and earth, disturbing cultivators as the Primordial Era’s turmoil remained separate from later generations.
• Lu Qing observed that the Three Immortals’ Dao Degeneration had not calmed the Great Era’s hidden currents, and he noticed that the final supreme expert remained obscure in the Heavenly Secrets.
• Lu Qing sensed a faint Karmic Affinity and linked the star patterns in the Heavenly Secrets to the Heavenly Cycle Star-Dipper Formation and its ancient origins.
• A vast dark-crimson star scattered streams of Fate Allotment and Star Destiny light through the Nine Heavens.

Lu Qing connected Mars Star’s renewed Fate Allotment to the final Third Immortal’s Dao Degeneration and considered how ancient arrangements might shape later Star Lord Reincarnated Bodies. He concluded that the Immortal might not have truly perished, but left the possibility unresolved.

• Lu Qing recognized Mars Star’s ominous Fate Allotment and linked its disturbance to the karmic affinity of the final Third Immortal.
• Lu Qing reflected on how Celestial Star Fate Allotments had appeared since the Primordial Era and how later experts had seized their power.
• Lu Qing considered whether Star Lord Reincarnated Bodies first emerged when Mars Fate Allotment spread across the heavens and the Mortal Realm.
• Lu Qing reasoned that Dao Rhyme in the Reincarnation River could carry a predecessor’s obsession into later cultivators, subtly taking over their cultivation paths.
• Lu Qing connected the Mars Star signs, the Heavenly Net Chessboard, and the return of Star Lords to an ancient scheme, then suspected the Third Immortal might not have truly perished.

Lu Qing considered the ancient scheme behind the Three Immortals’ fall from the Dao and the Karmic Affinity their Great Dao had passed down through later eras. He was left wary that Star Destiny and later cultivation paths might be connected to the mysterious Third Immortal.

• Lu Qing connected the Three Immortals’ fall from the Dao to a scheme that may have begun in the Primordial Era.
• Lu Qing wondered what Cause and Effect linked later Daoist lineages, Old Ghosts, and Devil Masters to the ancient Immortals.
• Lu Qing reasoned that the Three Immortals had departed at a time when the Six Paths’ Providence was dormant and the Human Emperor had yet to attain the Dao.
• Lu Qing reflected that later cultivators might have encountered the Third Immortal’s lingering Karmic Affinity through the Heavenly Secrets Path.
• Lu Qing recalled seeing Mars fall into countless Mortal Worlds in both his own time and the Primordial Era, and suspected that Star Destiny and later cultivation paths resembled the Third Immortal’s Great Dao.

After reaching Dongzhen Perfection in the Primordial Era, Lu Qing weighed what his discoveries about reincarnation and ancient Immortals meant for the future. He decided to focus on reopening the Dao-Seeking Hall, while the Dao-Seeking Brush remained uncertain.

• Lu Qing reflected on the fall of three Primordial Immortals and the secrets their sparse records concealed.
• After crossing the Reincarnation Dao Tribulation, Lu Qing mastered the Book of Life and Death's power and glimpsed the workings of Nine-Nether Reincarnation.
• Lu Qing considered how his Dongzhen Perfection would affect his return to Profound Heaven and accepted that the sect master would learn of his breakthrough.
• Lu Qing assessed the Dao-Seeking Hall and the missing Dao-Seeking Brush, noting that the sect would not neglect its present cultivation to pursue the treasure.
• Lu Qing turned his attention to opening the Dao-Seeking Hall as he continued to perceive the mysteries of the Primordial Era through the Power of Time.

Lu Qing studied the Great Daos of powerful figures from the Primordial Era and considered what their surviving influence might mean for later ages. He stored what he observed in his Purple Mansion Realm, preparing for the possibility that Primordial Era forces and their chess pieces would appear in the future.

• Lu Qing reflected on how the early Primordial Era differed from the later age when cultivation and Dao inheritances would flourish.
• Lu Qing observed the Great Daos of ancient powerful figures, treating them as traces of the path rather than adopting their cultivation.
• Lu Qing questioned how Primordial Immortals and Immortal Seeds could have left no influence on later ages, despite the difficulty of crossing through time.
• Lu Qing considered the dangers he might face and how his Calamity Avoidance skill had not activated even during the Dao Degenerations he witnessed.
• Lu Qing stored the Great Daos he had seen in his Purple Mansion Realm in case Primordial Era chess pieces appeared in later ages.

In the later Primordial Era, Zhong Shaoxuan returned from seclusion and discovered that an unexplained strand of Cause and Effect had become entwined with Dao-Seeking Hall’s Providence. He set aside the failed attempt to guide Providence for the wine and resolved to investigate the possible omen.

• Wine-brewing disciples failed to guide down Providence to mature the green plum wine before the hour of the dragon passed.
• Zhong Shaoxuan emerged from seclusion and told the disciples not to blame themselves for the wine’s delay.
• Curious about why Providence could not be guided down, Zhong Shaoxuan opened his Sword Eye Heavenly God Pupil and examined the sect’s Providence.
• Zhong Shaoxuan saw a conspicuous strand of Cause and Effect blended into Dao-Seeking Hall’s Providence, despite its existing Hall Master and chosen Young Hall Master, Li Tianyun.
• Zhong Shaoxuan withdrew his divine eye and decided that the sudden Variable Fate required investigation because it might herald a major event within the sect.

Zhong Shaoxuan arrived at Dao-Seeking Hall after seeing an overwhelming Fate Allotment and learned that even the Hall Master could not fully deduce its owner’s Heavenly Secrets. A Cloud Talisman from Patriarch Yunfeng revealed that the Providence belonged to a cause and effect from a later age, leaving the Immortal adepts to infer that a peerless disciple from the future was involved.

• Zhong Shaoxuan descended to Dao-Seeking Hall after witnessing the extraordinary Fate Allotment.
• Zhong Shaoxuan asked about the Providence, and his Master explained that the Hall Master had deduced only a stretch of time because the other party’s Heavenly Secrets and Cause and Effect were too weighty.
• Zhong Shaoxuan questioned why Dao-Seeking Hall’s Providence had sought someone new despite the Hall already having a Hall Master.
• The elders sent Zhong Shaoxuan to inform the Sect Master about the Providence.
• The Immortal adepts watched the Providence move through the sect, and Patriarch Yunfeng sent down a Cloud Talisman.
• The Immortal adepts concluded that the Providence came from a later age and belonged to an astonishingly peerless disciple.