Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing reflected on Reincarnation, Variable Fate, and the authority he had gained from crossing the Dao Tribulation, then resumed cultivating Voidness Mist Qi in the Dao Sect. Watching new Grotto-Heavens appear beneath the sect’s Providence, he realized that tribulation-driven changes were drawing more worlds from beyond the Nine Heavens into view.

• Lu Qing considered how Variable Fate obscured Heavenly Secrets and concluded that the Dao Masters’ plans would likely not shake the Six Paths unless Variable Fate arose within the tribulation itself.
• Lu Qing reflected on cultivators who had entered the Reincarnation Dao Tribulation, noting how its dangers and the backlash of time could dim their wisdom or erase them.
• Lu Qing resumed comprehending the Dao rhythm within the Voidness Mist Qi while cultivating in his secluded Dao Abode in the Dao Sect.
• Lu Qing observed the sect’s Providence and noticed that it now contained more Grotto-Heavens, Blessed Lands, and Dao Abodes.
• Lu Qing inferred that many new Grotto-Heavens came from worlds beyond heaven, whose discovery was driven by rising tribulation qi and turbulence in the Nine Heavens.

Lu Qing reasoned that the White Marsh Lineage’s absence from Heaven of Universe pointed to a strange turn in the Human Path’s fate. Beyond the Heavens, a Humanity-Dao White Marsh found the signs leading it away from the proper era and heard an ominous voice inviting it onward, while Lu Qing’s incarnation settled in the Void Cloud Realm.

• Lu Qing concluded that the Eight Wastelands was the greatest Variable Fate and considered why Heaven of Universe drew the attention of cultivators across the heavens.
• Lu Qing wondered why the Humanity-Dao White Marsh had not appeared in Heaven of Universe despite nine Sons of the Human Emperor emerging.
• The Humanity-Dao White Marsh walked a starry path beyond the heavens and realized the auspicious signs were leading it away from the correct era.
• A distant voice invited the Humanity-Dao White Marsh to come closer, making its fur stand on end as ripples of starlight spread unnoticed through the Human Path.
• Lu Qing’s incarnation chose the Void Cloud Realm as his foothold in Heaven of Universe, where two Sons of the Human Emperor and a suspected Human Path Tribulation Response had appeared.

Lu Qing learned that a vast Daoist Dojo belonging to the Primordial Era Great Divine-Power Immortal Southern God Dao Lord was about to emerge in the Return Ruins. As Qin Yu and other Human Path cultivators prepared to pursue it, Lu Qing sensed that the Dojo remained shrouded by an unresolved ancient tribulation.

• Lu Qing assessed the Sons of Providence in Void Cloud and judged that only the Son of the Human Emperor and the suspected Human Path Tribulation Response bearer could affect the larger situation.
• Qin Yu traveled by treasure ship toward the Return Ruins with Human Path cultivators who hoped to support him and oppose Beyond-Heavens influence.
• Qin Yu revealed that the emerging Daoist Dojo belonged to a Great Divine-Power Immortal, startling the cultivators aboard the ship.
• Lu Qing used his Divine Ability to identify the Dojo's owner as Southern God Dao Lord, who had established his Dao through the Fire of the Five Elements and had perished completely.
• Lu Qing detected black mist and the lingering final tribulation around the Dojo, and suspected that its emergence alone would not resolve the seekers' pursuit of the path ahead.

Lu Qing realized that the ancient Immortal Daoist ground was valuable chiefly as a rare source for studying an Immortal’s Dao resonance, and that it would become a new place of contention. As it appeared, powerful figures entered the Heavenly Net Chessboard, obscuring the future of the coming game.

• Lu Qing reasoned that the present cultivation world had become comparable to the ancient era and that cultivation’s changing paths helped repay the karma binding heaven and earth.
• Lu Qing concluded that the ancient Immortal’s Daoist ground itself mattered more than its treasures or jade slips because it preserved a rare Dao resonance to study.
• The Daoist ground’s emergence stirred Heavenly Secrets within the Heavenly Net Chessboard and drew several streaks of flying light into it.
• The figures on both sides of the long river shifted places as the chessboard’s smoke and mist hid the future from those outside it.
• An indistinct voice described the chess game as circling around oneself, and the words sent another surge of momentum along the long river.

An ordinary-faced cultivator emerged from space on the Heavenly Sun Earth Continent and set his sights on the Immortal Daoist Grounds in the West Sea, while cultivators across the Nine Heavens speculated about the opportunity and spread news of it. The chapter left the grounds drawing widespread attention as people weighed its dangers against other emerging opportunities.

• An ordinary-faced cultivator appeared in the wilderness, looked toward the West Sea, and identified the Immortal Daoist Grounds as his destination.
• Veteran experts sensed unrest on the Heavenly Sun Earth Continent and discussed the danger of Immortals returning from Reincarnation, but chose not to intervene.
• Cultivators noticed messages about the West Sea spreading through Floating Light and suspected that other sects were fanning the rumors.
• A senior brother warned his junior that the spreading news could attract participants, while cultivators debated whether anyone below Golden Core or Primordial Spirit could safely approach the grounds.
• Cultivators compared the West Sea opportunity with the Inheritance Grounds, the Eight Wastelands, and other regions drawing attention across the Nine Heavens.

Humanity-Dao White Marsh encountered a mysterious altar in the Outer Void, where a fading voice entrusted it with protecting a young man destined to become the Human Emperor despite the established Fixed Fate of the nine Sons. Meanwhile, cultivators gathered in the Milky Way Ruins to seek the soon-to-appear Immortal Daoist Grounds, and tensions in the Return Ruins continued to rise.

• Humanity-Dao White Marsh followed a starlight path through the Outer Void and found a mysterious altar that stirred its bloodline inheritance.
• A voice from the altar told White Marsh to protect the Son of the Human Emperor and declared that Variable Fate could change the established Fixed Fate.
• White Marsh saw a young man sleeping in a coffin and sensed that his fate surpassed that of the other Sons of the Human Emperor.
• Cultivators from the Nine Heavens flocked to the Milky Way Ruins after news spread of the West Sea Immortal Dao Field and its approaching manifestation.
• As more cultivators gathered in the Return Ruins, the atmosphere grew livelier while hidden tensions intensified.

Cultivators gathered at a strange, sinking starfield southeast of the Milky Way Ruins, where a Primordial Immortal’s Daoist dojo was expected to emerge. As Hidden Dragon Ranking prodigies arrived and the prospect of an Immortal inheritance drew competing seekers, an old cultivator revealed that the dojo belonged to a Great Divine-Power Immortal and prized its Immortal Dao Rhyme.

• Hu Zhiyi and his Confucian School disciples inspected the sinking starfield, and Hu Zhiyi judged that it was only the surface of the hidden Daoist grounds.
• Rogue Cultivators and sect disciples gathered at the starfield, drawn by the treasures and inheritance expected inside the Immortal dojo.
• An old cultivator used his Qi Observation Divine Ability to recognize the immense providence visions of arriving Hidden Dragon Ranking prodigies.
• Some cultivators withdrew while others stayed, hoping to seize the opportunity or profit from a coming clash among the prodigies.
• The old cultivator explained that the dojo belonged to a Great Divine-Power Immortal who followed the Fire-Element Great Dao, and that its Immortal Dao Rhyme could be more valuable than Enlightenment Tea or the Enlightenment Tree.

Zhou Shenlong and Black Cat arrived at a star region tied to a Primordial Immortal’s Daoist Dojo, which Black Cat said was not even its outermost layer. After a sudden darkness swept across worlds and pierced the mists above the Long River of Time, an Immortal’s aura descended into the Great Era.

• Zhou Shenlong and Black Cat reached the falling star region, where Black Cat judged they had not yet reached the Daoist Dojo’s outermost layer.
• Zhou Shenlong asked which Primordial Immortal had owned the Daoist Dojo, and Black Cat said its aura would reveal more once it leaked out.
• Black Cat described the Primordial Immortals’ brief Heavenly Court Divine Dynasty, while Zhou Shenlong refrained from asking further about its secrets.
• The other three Dao Children of the Profound Heaven Dao Sect also arrived in the vast region, as sects watched the Heavenly Secrets from afar.
• A terrifying darkness swept through the star region and countless worlds, piercing the mists above the Long River of Time.
• An Immortal’s aura descended from the starry sky, passed into the Great Era, and fell into the Long River of Time.

A faint Immortal aura stirred the River of Time as the West Sea Immortal Dao Field appeared, drawing the attention of ancient powers and throwing the Heavenly Secrets into confusion. Lu Qing recognized the Daoist Dojo’s emergence and considered the dangers and competing forces around it before his incarnation suddenly connected with him.

• Ancient schoolmasters and powerful figures sensed the Immortal aura in the future and speculated that a Great Immortal or Immortal Daoist Dojo had appeared.
• Lu Qing saw the sect’s providence tremble when the West Sea Immortal Dao Field emerged and concluded that it was no ordinary game upon the chessboard.
• Lu Qing considered whether the Demonic Path would contest the Daoist Dojo and who would claim it, while his divinations showed danger and confinement followed by a turn toward prosperity.
• Lu Qing observed that the Eight Wastelands’ Killing Intent had vanished as Pure Qi grew stronger and the demonic shadow became less distinct.
• Lu Qing stopped his Heavenly Secret Deduction when his incarnation suddenly connected with his thoughts, allowing him to see the scene at the land of opportunity.

Lu Qing’s incarnation witnessed Humanity Providence and Primordial Era remnants collide, causing a Daoist Dojo to emerge in the starfield. The surrounding cultivators passed through a disorienting void and arrived before a towering Jade-White Stone Stele, with immortal palaces appearing behind it.

• Lu Qing’s incarnation came to the manifested Daoist Dojo in the starfield to explore and advance his cultivation.
• Lu Qing sensed traces of Humanity Fate Allotment and Primordial Era time-aura at the edge of the starfield.
• A collision between Humanity Providence and Primordial Era remnants stirred the heavens and brought about a Variable Fate.
• The cultivators were engulfed in darkness that distorted their senses of time before it passed.
• The cultivators saw a hundred-zhang Jade-White Stone Stele amid golden and white light, with pavilions and immortal palaces appearing behind it.

Lu Qing and the other cultivators watched the Daoist Dojo’s false outer layers shatter, revealing the magnificent Immortal Continent within. At its center, they saw a radiant figure that Lu Qing identified as the former master’s shadow reflected in Immortal light.

• Lu Qing recognized that the starfield, jade steles, and palaces were only concealed outer layers of the Daoist Dojo.
• An unseen hand brushed away the facade, and its destruction eased some cultivators’ sense of danger while making others more vigilant.
• The white light and jade stele shattered, revealing a floating Immortal Continent surrounded by spiritual energy, lakes, mountains, and Grotto-Heavens.
• A luminous figure appeared at the center of the Immortal Continent, and the cultivators fell silent at its radiance.
• Lu Qing saw through the figure and said it was only the former master’s shadow reflected by Immortal light.

Cultivators gathered at the Immortal Daoist Grounds concluded that the light silhouette was only an ancient imprint of an Immortal, not a living True Immortal. A vast auspicious cloud filled with treasure light then appeared over the grounds, drawing attention from across the Milky Way Ruins.

• Cultivators examined the motionless light silhouette and decided it was an ancient imprint rather than a True Immortal.
• A young cultivator hoped the grounds would contain a rare spirit herb he needed and that their ancient master would be easy to deal with.
• An immense auspicious cloud of treasure light spread over the Immortal Daoist Grounds and the surrounding starfield.
• Observers across the Milky Way Ruins saw the radiance and hurried toward the grounds, believing a treasure had appeared.

As the Immortal Daoist Grounds appeared, cultivators and lineages considered whether to pursue its opportunities, while Lu Qing suspected the site concealed a deliberate trap tied to Variable Fate and ancient plans. He withdrew from the crowd and watched the Long River of Time merge with the local tributary.

• A lineage ancestor weighed the risks of entering the newly emerged Immortal Daoist Grounds against the chance to secure resources and prolong his lineage’s prospects.
• Cultivators debated the Daoist Grounds’ origins and the fading immortal light, while Lu Qing connected the Southern Departing Fire Dao Lord to the Divine Path’s involvement.
• Lu Qing concluded the Immortal Continent was a significant Variable Fate and suspected its projection and auspicious cloud concealed deliberate arrangements from Primordial Immortals.
• Lu Qing observed cultivators quietly leaving safely, then withdrew from the gathering as a precaution.
• From afar, Lu Qing saw the Long River of Time descend with an immense chessboard as the local Time Tributary began merging into the main river.

Lu Qing observed the Primordial Era Dao Lord's dojo appear in West Sea and drew his incarnation's attention to the Heavenly Net Chessboard, whose hidden Destiny pieces were becoming clearer. He left the incarnation to watch the dojo while his true body prepared to enter the Long River of Time and open the Dao-Seeking Hall.

• The dojo's appearance drew countless gazes from the heavens, and some cultivators sensed danger and turned away while others hurried toward the opportunity.
• Lu Qing deduced that fortunes would turn after reaching their lowest ebb, then concealed his aura and kept his incarnation near the dojo to watch what followed.
• Lu Qing concluded that the dojo's appearance had exposed more of the Heavenly Net Chessboard and revealed faint traces of Destiny being shifted.
• Lu Qing returned to his true body, intending to enter the Long River of Time and open the Dao-Seeking Hall while his incarnation remained on watch.
• The gathered mighty beings waited outside the Immortal Daoist Grounds as the layers of immortal light around them gradually faded.

Cultivators hesitated outside the Immortal Daoist Grounds as an Auspicious Cloud blocked Humanity Providence from reaching them. At Bodhi Hall, Yun Changfeng learned that his Master would not let the sect intervene, leaving him worried that Universe Palace would take the lead in the Human Path’s looming conflict.

• Cultivators weighed the danger of entering the Immortal Daoist Grounds while the Auspicious Cloud overhead made them uneasy.
• Humanity Providence gathered outside the cloud but could not enter the grounds.
• Yun Changfeng went to Bodhi Hall to report a grave matter, but the fan-bearing boy relayed his Master's order that he return.
• Yun Changfeng left Bodhi Hall and questioned why it would not participate after Humanity Providence had been drawn into the conflict.
• Yun Changfeng feared Universe Palace would gain influence over the Human Path if it succeeded at the Daoist Dojo.

Yun Changfeng reflected on the growing disillusionment among Li Mountain’s disciples and declined an invitation amid uncertainty about the heavenly light and the Daoist Dojo. As the Daoist Dojo appeared on the Heavenly Net Chessboard, only a few powerful figures had left projections, and they judged it was not on the road ahead.

• Yun Changfeng concluded that he had done what he could for Fang Tianji and worried that Li Mountain’s disciples were losing faith after a Venerable Elder ignored the deaths of Direct Disciples.
• Yun Changfeng declined a spiritual message inviting him to the Daoist Dojo, as disciples were becoming reluctant to leave the mountain.
• A divine light-shadow explained that he had turned the realm into a Restriction for several days because the place had a Cause and Effect connection with the Divine Path.
• Several figures observed the Daoist Dojo on the Heavenly Net Chessboard and noted that most Cloud Platforms were empty.
• The powerful figures concluded that the Daoist Dojo of a Dao Lord from the Primordial Era was not on the road ahead.

As the West Sea disturbance and the Wind Cloud Ranking stirred speculation across the cultivation world, Lu Qing sensed that the time had come to enter the Dao-Seeking Hall. He gathered his mind and prepared to seek the Dao across the Great Eras, while the Profound Heaven Bell sensed providence surging at the mountain gate.

• Lu Qing observed the rain-cleared mountain and judged that the time was right to deal with a matter he had been preparing for.
• Lu Qing sensed the West Sea disturbance fading and wondered whether the Strange Gate Temple was connected to the emerging Variable Fate.
• Cultivators discussed the West Sea disturbance, the Immortal Daoist Grounds, and the changing Wind Cloud Ranking, speculating that its vacant places awaited Hidden Dragon Ranking prodigies.
• After the rain passed, Lu Qing decided to enter the Dao-Seeking Hall, where he expected to seek the Dao and face discussions and Dharma Combat.
• Lu Qing gathered his mind as Dao Rhyme surrounded his cultivation ground, and the Profound Heaven Bell sensed providence surging and wondered whether the Dao-Seeking Hall lineage would return.

The Immortal Path’s providence stirred, prompting two exiled Azure Sea Sword Mountain disciples to discuss the rising Human Path and the paths’ prospects. They concluded that the Immortal Path had many capable figures, while the Human Path lacked known Upper Realm great cultivators who championed it.

• Powerful figures noticed a new Variable Fate emerging in the Immortal Path’s providence and speculated that another great upheaval was approaching.
• Two Spirit Path cultivators on a mountain discussed how the Immortal Path’s growing influence might affect the rising Human Path.
• The blue-robed Spirit Cultivator argued that the Human Path lacked peak Upper Realm cultivators to support its growth.
• The other cultivator raised Heaven of Universe as a source of Human Path Providence, but the blue-robed cultivator distinguished it from the Nine Heavens’ Human Path and cited Sword Mountain’s indifference toward it.
• The two disciples ended their discussion by acknowledging the Immortal Path’s abundance of capable people.

Two Spirit Cultivators of Azure Sea Sword Mountain discussed why the Immortal Path had prospered across five eras and suspected a Nine Immortals sect was behind a new shift in its Providence. In Eastern Heaven Continent, the Supreme Unity Immortal Court’s Heavenwatch Jade Mirror stirred, and an attempt to interpret its signs triggered the Long River of Time and Heavenly Retribution.

• Two Spirit Cultivators of Azure Sea Sword Mountain argued that the Immortal Path’s strength came from its New Dao, Heaven’s Will, and its occupation of Earth Continent, and they speculated that one of the Nine Immortal Gates had stirred its Providence.
• The blue-robed Spirit Cultivator suspected the Nine Immortals Sect might be involved and said the other Nine Immortals would have reason to worry if a capable figure had emerged.
• The Heavenwatch Jade Mirror in the Supreme Unity Immortal Court began to move, prompting the duty official to summon three figures to Heavenwatch Tower.
• Three Immortal Court cultivators formed a Three Stars formation and used their powers with the Heavenwatch Jade Mirror to derive the cause of its movement.
• A Daoist immortal official heard the Long River of Time and stopped his Divine Ability, but the other two were too slow, and thunder and signs of a Lightning Tribulation appeared above Heavenwatch Tower.

Heavenwatch Tower’s attempt to deduce a disturbance in the Heavenly Secrets drew Heavenly Retribution, while an unseen figure concluded that the disturbance might have originated in Southern Heaven Continent. Lu Qing then appeared beyond the present era as an unusual disturbance emerged in Dao-Seeking Hall, revealing a possible past where the hall transformed the Profound Heaven Dao Sect’s mountain gate.

• Immortal Capital cultivators saw Heavenly Retribution gather over Heavenwatch Tower and speculated that its attempt to observe a recent disturbance had provoked it.
• A youthful figure considered possible causes across the continents, decided to head south, and vanished as an imprinted shadow from the past.
• Lu Qing existed beyond the present world, where an ancient hall stood amid the Rivers of Time and countless Great Eras.
• An unusual disturbance arose in Dao-Seeking Hall within a possible past era, and its Providence, buildings, and Cloud Platforms spread across the Profound Heaven Dao Sect’s mountain gate.
• Dao-Seeking disciples sensed the disturbance and rushed toward the hall.