Chapter Summaries

Cultivators from across the world gathered at Green Duckweed Mountain for a Dao debate over a new path of cultivation, as the Dharma-Free Immortal Gate made a dramatic arrival. Lu Qing surveyed the ancient era’s dangerous spiritual environment and its emerging formations, then entered a pavilion to rest.

• The Dharma-Free Immortal Gate arrived at Green Duckweed Mountain amid clouds, thunder, and dragon-script, drawing attention from cultivators below.
• An old cultivator explained the Dharma-Free Immortal Gate’s history of brilliant disciples driven mad by the Dao and warned of its unpredictable methods.
• A Beyondworld Mountain junior brother asked why the Dharma-Free Immortal Gate had come, and his Senior Brother said it would not miss such a major event.
• Cultivators from many regions gathered ahead of the debate, while Lu Qing considered how ancient immortal descendants and other powers might respond to the new Dao.
• Lu Qing observed formations intended to cleanse resentment and stabilize the dangerous primordial environment, then entered a pavilion occupied by a wary young Daoist couple.

Lu Qing watched the wonders gathering over Green Duckweed Lake and considered how the site would become a forbidden region in the East Sea of later ages. As the final day of the Dao discussion approached, an extraordinary wind descended from the Nine Heavens, heralding the arrival of several mysterious figures.

• Lu Qing watched cultivators gather around Green Duckweed Lake and reflected on how its location would become a forbidden region in the future East Sea.
• Lu Qing sensed the chaotic Dao resonance but found no trace of Dao-Seeking Hall and remained untroubled.
• Over three days, cultivators established Dao huts and cave-heaven treasures around the lake and on nearby mountaintops.
• As the final day drew near, five-colored radiance formed a rainbow arc across the sky.
• Someone cried out as a supernatural wind descended, bringing golden light, rosy clouds, falling golden lotuses, and colorful phoenixes.
• Several hazy figures arrived amid the wind, light, clouds, and mist.

Lu Qing arrived at Green Duckweed Mountain for a discourse on the Dao between the old cultivation methods and the New Dao. Meanwhile, Azure Sea Sword Mountain’s leaders watched the gathering through a deduction, but the Heavenly Secrets around it remained obscured.

• Lu Qing entered Green Duckweed Mountain after concealing the Heavenly Secrets around himself, and the gathered cultivators did not question him.
• Cultivators from the other Six Paths watched the Immortal Path’s discourse, hoping to learn how the New Dao could avoid provoking tribulation.
• At Azure Sea Sword Mountain, Huang Yugong deduced the Green Duckweed Mountain gathering but found its Heavenly Secrets chaotic and impossible to see clearly.
• Heaven Calculation True Person said that only the old sect master could be a fellow traveler to the great figures at the gathering.
• Spirit Sword True Person argued that the flourishing Providence of every path was unstable and that a new path had to be found before it collapsed.
• Huang Yugong wondered whether the newborn heaven and earth was truly so formidable and whether the great figures had already glimpsed its future.

Huang Yugong, Spirit Sword True Person, and Heaven Calculation True Person discussed the dangers facing cultivators of the ancient paths and whether Spirit Path cultivators could follow the Immortal Path’s lead. As Immortal Path figures prepared to give their discourse at Green Duckweed Mountain, cultivators across the Nine Heavens watched, and Lu Qing observed the mountain’s vast, layered spaces and the effects of the figures’ restrained auras.

• Heaven Calculation True Person and Huang Yugong recognized that the ancient paths might be running out of time and said the Spirit Path should prepare while the Azure Sea Sword Master was away.
• Spirit Sword True Person argued that Heaven and Earth might not treat cultivators as fellow travelers, and that the laws of the Nine Heavens were too profound to predict with certainty.
• The three cultivators considered whether Spirit Path cultivators could follow the road opened by the Immortal Path figures.
• Powerful gazes from across the Nine Heavens turned toward Eastern Court Divine Province without displaying their Great Dao phenomena.
• Lu Qing saw cultivators enter seclusion to comprehend the Dao as the restrained auras of the Immortal Path figures transformed the land around Green Duckweed Mountain.
• Lu Qing observed that Green Duckweed Mountain contained layered restricted worlds vast enough to accommodate cultivators from throughout the Nine Heavens and beyond.

Lu Qing attended a gathering at Green Duckweed Mountain where cultivators debated the Old and New Dao and learned about Shang Weiyang of the Dharma-Free Immortal Gate. The arrival of five Immortal Path True Persons silenced Heaven and Earth, and Lu Qing sensed that they existed at a different point in time.

• Cultivators at Green Duckweed Mountain discussed the Primordial methods, the rise of the New Dao, and the Golden Core as a dividing line in cultivation.
• A cultivator named Shang Weiyang of the Dharma-Free Immortal Gate urged others to adapt their mindset, while nearby cultivators identified his One-Heart Path and warned one another about him.
• Lu Qing listened to the introductions and observed the immense Fate Allotment and distant gazes surrounding the gathering.
• Five ethereal figures appeared, and their presence stilled the wind, thunderclouds, and circulation of Fate Allotment across Heaven and Earth.
• Lu Qing recognized the figures as great True Persons and sensed that, despite appearing at Green Duckweed Mountain, they were separated from the gathering by time.

Lu Qing watched five powerful figures manifest a Great Dao amid the turbulent Fate Allotment and considered their connection to the Dao-Seeking Hall and the First Era. The figures took positions corresponding to Yin-Yang and the Five Elements as the Immortal Path Fate Allotment rumbled.

• Lu Qing sensed the familiar aura of the Dao-Seeking Hall and wondered whether one of the five figures had glanced at him.
• Lu Qing considered why the Dao-Seeking Hall and Dao-Seeking Brush had appeared in the First Era, and wondered what the coming discussion of the Dao would reveal.
• The five figures appeared as the energy flow of heaven and earth resumed and strands of Great Dao runes emerged in the surrounding Profound Light.
• A Great Dao spanned the sky, and the figure at the far left stood above it.
• The other four figures took positions within the Great Dao corresponding to Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, causing the Immortal Path Fate Allotment to rumble.

Lu Qing observed the Immortal Path Great Dao revealed at the Green Duckweed Discourse, where five Superior True Persons presented a likely path of Immortal cultivation. Nine ancient figures arrived to block the Dao, leaving the gathered cultivators anticipating a clash between the New Dao and Old Dao while Lu Qing sensed something unexpected.

• Lu Qing saw the Immortal Path Great Dao and considered how its manifestation could shape cultivation throughout the Nine Heavens Cultivation Realm.
• A Superior True Person explained that the Green Duckweed Discourse would begin with observing the Dao before debating it.
• One of the five Superior True Persons exposed concealed visitors at the edge of the heavens, and nine ancient figures manifested.
• The cultivators realized the five Superior True Persons had been waiting for the nine visitors, who had come to block the Dao and challenge the New Dao.
• Cultivators speculated about the visitors’ Primordial Era lineages and wondered why the Immortal Path was changing.
• Lu Qing looked at the nine figures, raised his brows, and felt a faint stirring in his Spiritual Heart as he thought, “It should not be that.”

Nine powerful figures, led by Eclosion, arrived as the Immortal Path's conflict over a new cultivation path drew the attention of hidden experts. The observers doubted the newcomers could challenge the five Superior True Persons, while one old monster warned that they did not understand the significance of reaching even half a step toward that height.

• Lu Qing sensed that the nine arriving figures were not the targets the five Superior True Persons had been awaiting.
• Hidden experts exchanged Divine Senses and recognized Eclosion as the leader of the nine, noting the sect sought the return of the Primordial Immortals.
• The observers recalled that lingering Tribulation Qi and other problems from the Primordial Era had made cultivation increasingly difficult across all Six Paths.
• Some hidden cultivators dismissed the nine as old relics and questioned why more Immortal Path cultivators had not come to oppose the five.
• A mocking cultivator looked toward the five vast figures and said that others did not understand what it meant to reach their level, even by half a step.

Lu Qing reflected on ancient travelogues and the mysteries of the Immortal Path as the nine Eclosion Sect figures arrived at Green Duckweed Mountain to discuss the Dao. The five Superior True Persons demonstrated power beyond the visitors’ expectations, and one speaker’s words about beginnings and endings left a visitor suffering a strange backlash from time.

• Nine figures from the Eclosion Sect arrived at Green Duckweed Mountain, claiming they had come to discuss the Dao.
• A Superior True Person welcomed them and brought them onto the mountain by shifting space, prompting one visitor to ask whether the five had taken a final step.
• Lu Qing recalled Dongyang the Hermit's travelogue and considered whether its account of Immortal Ascension meant the Great Dao had existed before the First Era.
• The central hazy figure declared that knowing what came before and after brought one close to the Dao.
• One visitor tested the flow of time, then found an enduring trace of time in his palm and suffered backlash.

Lu Qing and the cultivators gathered on Green Duckweed Mountain witnessed a Great Dao revealed by five Immortal Path Venerables, while distant powers speculated about its origins and the Eclosion Sect. The Venerables announced that the Dao was a heavenly secret they had discovered after ten thousand years of expounding the Dharma and invited questions.

• A cultivator severed his connection to another True Immortal’s Dao, fearing it would taint his own Great Dao.
• A figure above a sea abyss mocked the Eclosion Sect for sending nine cultivators instead of coming in person.
• Powerful figures beyond Eastern Court Divine Province discussed the terrifying Great Dao and wondered whether its creators had reached the next step of the new Immortal Path.
• Nine figures took their seats on Green Duckweed Mountain as Lu Qing turned his gaze toward the Great Dao.
• The five figures announced that the Dao was a heavenly secret discovered after ten thousand years of expounding the Dharma and invited the cultivators to ask questions.

At the Green Duckweed Discourse, five powerful figures explained that changing heaven and earth had made the old Dao unsustainable and revealed terrifying possible futures for the Nine Heavens. The chapter left Lu Qing and the gathered cultivators facing signs of a great tribulation that could arrive in less than a century.

• A cultivator asked why the new Dao needed revision, and a Superior True Person said heaven and earth had changed so the old Dao could no longer endure.
• Beyondworld Mountain disciples discussed the new Dao, while cultivators speculated that mortal cultivation and broader access to sects might help stabilize the immortal path's providence.
• When a cultivator asked whether heaven's altered secrets meant a great tribulation was coming, one of the five figures revealed a curtain displaying possible destinies.
• Lu Qing saw futures in which cultivators pursued Dao fruits in the void but remained constrained, and others in which calamities and pollution made cultivation increasingly difficult.
• The visions showed no hope of survival and suggested a tribulation could come within a century, threatening not only immortal cultivators but all Six Paths.

A heavenly revelation announced that the great tribulation would arrive in less than a hundred years, forcing cultivators to face the new Immortal Path. Lu Qing watched the Great Dao gain substance and began to suspect that the Dao-Seeking Hall’s trial concerned the origin of the path, while an Exalted True Immortal explained how to cultivate and spread it to transcend the tribulation.

• Cultivators learned that the great tribulation would descend in less than a hundred years, and even an elderly Rogue Cultivator realized he would have to attempt the new path.
• The river of the Great Dao rumbled and became more tangible as the heavenly revelation reached living beings.
• Lu Qing sensed the change from Green Duckweed Mountain and wondered whether the Dao-Seeking Hall’s trial required him to witness the new path’s origin.
• Lu Qing considered how the original path to immortality had become impassable in later generations and suspected the answer lay with the five Exalted True Immortals.
• An Exalted True Immortal told the cultivators to gather fate, build their foundations, seek inward, and spread the Dao by opening their mountain gates and enlightening all living beings.

At the Green Duckweed Discourse, five Superior True Persons explained the supreme method of crossing the approaching tribulation and began expounding the New Dao of the Immortal Path. Lu Qing listened as the teachings outlined the new cultivation realms and the path’s differences from the Primordial Immortal Path.

• Cultivators recognized the signs of an approaching great tribulation and discussed why the supreme method offered a better path than seclusion.
• A Superior True Person warned that the tribulation might stem from lingering Primordial Era Tribulation Qi and began explaining the Immortal Path’s principles.
• The five Superior True Persons expounded the New Dao, including the Purple Mansion, the Golden Core path, and how cultivators should seek the Great Dao.
• Lu Qing listened to the teachings and sensed that the Dao-Seeking Hall’s Energy Flow had been lingering over Green Duckweed Mountain.
• The first day’s exposition covered qi nourishment, the nine levels of the Qi Nourishment Realm, and the distinctions between Foundation Establishment, Purple Mansion, and Golden Core.

Lu Qing listened to the five Superior True Persons debate and expound the Golden Core path, learning that Dao-seeking led to Immortal Ascension Realm and that Transcendence lay beyond it. As the exposition ended, the approaching Great Tribulation and the New Dao’s accessibility prompted cultivators to consider the need to guide all beings into cultivation.

• Lu Qing heard the five Superior True Persons describe Dao Mastery, Transcendence, and Immortal Ascension Realm, while a familiar trace of sect Providence drew his attention.
• Lu Qing considered the road ahead and concluded that he needed to break through into Dao-seeking and deepen his understanding of Dao-Seeking Hall.
• The five Superior True Persons expounded the Dao for nine heavens amid wondrous signs across the sea and sky.
• The nine uninvited figures silently weighed the new path’s impact as they realized a Great Tribulation was approaching and that their Primordial cultivation made deducing Heaven’s secrets increasingly difficult.
• Other cultivators recognized that the New Dao offered an easier entry into cultivation and understood why opening the mountain gates to enlighten all beings was a supreme way to cross the Tribulation.

Cultivators discussed the New Dao revealed by the five Superior True Persons and the impending Dao Tribulation. They resolved to cultivate quickly and spread the Dao among all living beings, while the other Six Paths considered why the Immortal Path had opened its teachings so widely.

• Cultivators praised the New Dao's Inner World and reflected on how it differed from the Primordial Immortal Path.
• Cultivators worried that the New Dao's lack of an immediate Dao Tribulation might herald a more terrifying calamity, possibly multiplying Tribulation Cycles and Tribulation Qi.
• Cultivators recalled that the five Superior True Persons had urged them to cultivate quickly and enlighten all living beings to gain heaven-and-earth Merit before the Tribulation arrived in less than a hundred years.
• A mocking figure in the sea abyss suggested that the Immortal Path had opened its teachings to weaken the threat of Tribulation Qi by drawing the other Six Paths into the New Dao.
• Observers from the other Six Paths judged that spreading Dao Transmission suited the Nine Heavens Cultivation Realm better than selecting a few inheritors, as the realm needed more cultivators but could not bear excessive Immortals.

Lu Qing’s incarnation recognized the Primordial Divine Lord’s Immortal Daoist Grounds and entered with Zhu Changshou’s group while concealing his identity. As they ventured inside, Lu Qing kept watch on Ling Congzi, whose unusual fate reminded him of the Primordial Human Emperor Ming Zun.

• Lu Qing saw the Immortal Daoist Grounds revealed in their true form and connected their name and origins to the Primordial Immortals’ Dao Field and the All-Immortal Sect.
• Lu Qing joined Zhu Changshou of Heavenwatch Tower as a guest retainer, using the group’s entry to avoid attracting attention and entangling himself in Cause and Effect.
• Lu Qing recognized that the recruited cultivators might be treated as expendable once treasures appeared, but judged the grounds to be a promising land of opportunity.
• Lu Qing continued observing Ling Congzi and associated his unusual fate with Ming Zun, the first Human Emperor.

Lu Qing's avatar observed cultivators gathering at the Immortals' Dao Field and recognized Ling Congzi's extraordinary Destiny Pattern, which was connected to White Marsh. He suspected Ling Congzi was an additional Variable Fate whose Destiny Pattern reached across a million years, while the order of his two Destiny Patterns remained uncertain.

• Lu Qing's avatar surveyed the cultivators at the Immortals' Dao Field and saw unrest in their Providence, but no sign of severe calamity.
• Lu Qing saw a strand of Cause and Effect connecting Ling Congzi to White Marsh, though he recalled that Human Emperor Unknown had become a Human Emperor without a White Marsh companion.
• Lu Qing reflected that Providence could not guarantee a path to becoming Human Emperor and that he wanted to avoid entanglements with people of Providence.
• Lu Qing saw through Ling Congzi's surface Providence and recognized a magnificent Destiny Pattern that Ling Congzi had not yet brought into his Providence.
• Lu Qing watched Ling Congzi exchange with fellow West Sea rogue cultivators and concluded that he was an additional Variable Fate whose Destiny Pattern spanned a million years.

Lu Qing observed Ling Congzi’s unchanged Dao Heart and considered how the Immortals’ Dao Field might alter his Destiny Pattern. As Zhu Changshou and other cultivators raced toward the Immortal Continent’s center, they spotted swift arrivals whose Heavenly Secrets deductions pointed to Heavenwatch Tower and Starry Gate disciples.

• Lu Qing judged that Ling Congzi had not yet experienced a change in his Dao Heart, though the Immortals’ Dao Field might bring him a Creation and transform his Destiny Pattern.
• Lu Qing rode above the Immortal Continent and saw no trace of the immortal Energy Flow beyond the lingering image of the Primordial Immortal, the Divine Lord.
• Lu Qing identified the life-filled cultivation rainbows ahead as signs of difficult Longevity methods such as the Azure Wood Longevity Art and Cloudwood Immortality Method.
• Chen Yu, a Starry Gate disciple, pointed out that cultivators ahead had deduced Heavenly Secrets unusually quickly and might include Heavenwatch Tower disciples.
• Zhu Changshou acknowledged that Starry Gate disciples were also present and agreed with Chen Yu that fellow disciples might not be reliable in the Immortal Continent.

Lu Qing considered how the ancient immortals’ Dao transmissions could alter fixed fate and bring ancient immortals back into the world. He sensed fate threads within the Immortal Continent, advancing his cultivation of the Dao of heavenly secrets, and realized the powers above might be seeking deeper variables to reveal the road ahead.

• Chen Yu and the other Starry Gate cultivators discussed the All-Immortal Sect’s inheritance and the possibility that ancient immortals might return through their Dao transmissions.
• Lu Qing considered the chessboard above the Nine Heavens and wondered why the ancient immortals had perished and what had caused the Nine-Nether turmoil.
• Lu Qing concluded that the ancient era’s annihilation and the immortals’ departure were fixed fate, while the changes to that fate created increasingly powerful variables.
• Lu Qing sensed fate threads in the Immortal Continent and saw a clearer destined decree in the chessboard, advancing his cultivation of the Dao of heavenly secrets.
• Lu Qing reasoned that the great powers might seek to spread ancient immortals’ Daos and establish anchors, allowing those immortals to emerge again and helping reveal the road ahead.

Lu Qing considered the Immortal Dao Continent’s emergence and concluded that its inheritances would attract cultivators without necessarily involving them in the schemes of returning Primordial Immortals. He entered the continent safely, then reflected on the All-Immortal Gate’s inheritance trials and the different standards immortals might use to choose successors.

• Cultivators from the Heaven of Universe and the Nine Heavens gathered near the Immortal Daoist Grounds after its golden light and Auspicious Clouds faded.
• A cultivator died after trying to deduce the Immortal Continent’s True Name, while others pressed on despite the danger.
• Lu Qing reasoned that the Immortal Daoist Grounds contained more than inheritances and that Primordial Immortals were unlikely to entrust themselves to later-generation cultivators.
• Lu Qing noted that Calamity Avoidance had not activated when his incarnation entered the Immortal Continent, suggesting it faced no danger there.
• Lu Qing recalled that the All-Immortal Gate’s immortals could choose successors according to their own standards, including Dao Heart, personal preference, or trial results.