Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing traversed the Long River of Time, observing the Great Daos, ancient stars, reincarnation, and the destinies of those who had returned through rebirth. He watched a once-mighty reborn cultivator die without achieving Longevity, then continued toward a deeper understanding of destiny and the Dao hearts of others.

• The cultivators divined signs of an extraordinary figure in the distant future but focused on the Dao tribulation they still faced.
• Lu Qing’s Dao aura unfolded as he passed through the worlds of the formation Dao, heavenly secrets, reincarnation, and the stars.
• Lu Qing examined reincarnation’s connection to the present world and saw how ancient stars sent their fortune into the Nine Heavens.
• Lu Qing followed the Long River of Time and observed reborn people whose traces of time remained branded into their souls.
• Lu Qing watched a celebrated reborn powerhouse reach the end of his lifespan, destroy a region, and die without attaining Longevity.
• Lu Qing turned from the destinies of others toward understanding their Dao hearts.

Lu Qing observed the countless fates of reborn cultivators and gained a clearer view of the path from Dongzhen to Dao-Seeking. As he contemplated the Long River of Time, his sword Dao transformed toward the unity of all things, shaking the cosmos and all worlds.

• Lu Qing viewed the fates of reborn people and saw some prosper, some perish after becoming complacent, and others abandon cultivation or later return to it.
• Lu Qing saw the long river of fate from beginning to end and understood why Dongzhen cultivators sought seclusion and a path to Dao-Seeking.
• Lu Qing resolved that he would not remain in the Dongzhen Realm and watched a new scene emerge within the Long River of Time.
• Lu Qing’s sword Dao changed from a sword entwined with fortune into tranquil, pure sword light flowing with heaven’s natural cycle.
• Lu Qing contemplated the unity of all Daos as the great Dao beneath him shook the cosmos and all worlds.

A powerful breakthrough shook the Long River of Time, and cultivators across different eras sensed an unprecedented disturbance. In the Ninefold Heaven, Dao of Inquiry figures gathered around the Heavenly Net Chessboard and recognized that someone was breaking through.

• A surge of power rippled through the Long River of Time, but observers could not glimpse the person behind it.
• Figures in the present-day Nine Heavens sensed a change in the heavens and detected an unusual aura resembling Dao Inquiry.
• A cloud boy told the purple-robed figure that the Heavenly Net Chessboard had changed, and the figure went to inspect it.
• Dao of Inquiry cultivators gathered on the Cloud Platforms and concluded that the disturbance came from someone breaking through.
• Cultivators watching from the Long River of Time regarded the breakthrough as an unprecedented event.

A mysterious Cultivator’s breakthrough shook the Great Daos, and the Immortal Path’s Providence surged as the figures on the Cloud Platform sensed a new Dao Companion. A white jade Buddhist figure tried to peer across time and test the newcomer, but was suppressed, leaving the others to reconsider the balance of the Six Paths’ Providence.

• The figures on the Cloud Platform sensed a Dao Tribulation and could not divine who was breaking through because the heavenly secrets were concealed.
• The Immortal Path’s Providence shone brilliantly and its Fate Allotment surged, signaling that it had gained another Dao Companion.
• Great Daos manifested across the worlds, and powerful figures sensed the newcomer’s formidable foundations and wondered what place he might claim on the Cloud Platform.
• A white jade figure in a Green-Tiled Pavilion looked beyond the curtain of rain toward the distant years, but saw and heard nothing.
• The white jade figure pressed his palms together and said he bore no ill intent as cracks spread across him under the newcomer’s crushing suppression.
• The Cloud Platform figures watched the Buddhist Sect figure’s failed probe and considered whether the Six Paths’ Providence would remain under the Immortal Path’s control.

A newly emerged Seeking Dao cultivator from the Glazed Buddhist Sect appeared to have suffered a backlash, while a purple-robed Dao Lord witnessed the Myriad Dao manifest and recognized the aura of Reincarnation. The heavens and ancient powers were stirred by the birth of a Samsara Dao Lord, whose identity remained unknown.

• The assembled cultivators examined the white-boned Buddha figure and debated whether the newly emerged Seeking Dao cultivator belonged to one of the Immortal Path's Nine Sects.
• The Buddha figure vanished, leaving the others unable to calculate the newcomer's origins or true fate.
• A purple-robed young man watched Great Daos manifest across the world and recognized the scene of his own past Dao attainment.
• The purple-robed young man sensed Reincarnation Dao stirring in Nether Sea and realized the new Dao Lord had comprehended Reincarnation.
• Cultivators, hidden powers beyond the heavens, and ancient beings were awakened by the emergence of a Samsara Dao Lord, but none identified who it was.

As a white-clad young man ascended the Path toward reincarnation, ancient beings beyond heaven attacked to prevent him from taking command of the Nether Sea. The chapter ended with onlookers recognizing several attackers and marveling at their origins.

• Hidden ancient beings feared the young man would bring order to reincarnation and seize authority over the Nether Sea.
• As the young man climbed the heavenly stairway in the Long River of Time, the ancient beings sent chilling killing arts against him.
• A dozen or so figures attacked together, aiming to damage his Dao foundation and stop him from gaining full control of reincarnation.
• Observers noted that the attackers had not sent their true bodies into time and doubted they could knock the young man down completely.
• Onlookers recognized a surviving old lion and a former swordsman among the attackers, and the figures on the Cloud Platform reacted with surprise.

Lu Qing ascended the Dao path, endured attacks from ancient powers, and attained the realm of seeking the Dao. After he destroyed the Burial Ground and those who had attacked him, a dormant figure above the heavens sensed the emergence of a new, unusual fate.

• Lu Qing’s incarnation declined the Profound Heaven Dao Sect’s offer to intervene, saying his true body wished to test his Dao against the attackers.
• As Lu Qing climbed the final steps of the Dao path, waves of killing intent and divine abilities surged at him from across time.
• Lu Qing swept away the attacks and annihilated the Burial Ground and the old monsters behind it.
• Lu Qing reached the end of the Great Dao and declared that he had finally attained the realm of seeking the Dao.
• A dormant figure above the heavens sensed that a future heavenly secret unlike any other was taking shape.

Lu Qing entered the Azure Cloud Ninefold Heaven after reaching the Dao-seeking realm and met other Dao seekers, including Fu Huazi and Yu Youshu of the Profound Heaven Dao Sect. He learned that Dao seekers could descend to the lower realm, while the mysteries of the Heavenly Net Chessboard remained unexplained.

• Lu Qing sensed his connection to the Nine Heavens after breaking through and entered the Azure Cloud Ninefold Heaven, where other Dao seekers warmly greeted him.
• The Dao seekers recognized the Immortal Path aura and Profound Heaven Dao Sect fate around Lu Qing, and the purple-robed figure noted that the sect had gained another Dao seeker.
• Fu Huazi told Lu Qing that he would be the First Seat of Seeking Truth, and Yu Youshu welcomed him to the Mysterious Heaven Mountain Gate’s Dao field.
• Yu Youshu explained that Dao seekers could descend to the lower realm and described the Azure Cloud Ninefold Heaven as the remnant of the shattered sixth heaven, suited to cultivation.
• Lu Qing learned that Dao seekers had no established order or precedent for cultivation, while the secrets of the Heavenly Net Chessboard remained unclear.

Lu Qing reached the threshold of Dao-Seeking and recognized that only variables could bring change to the empty path ahead. After the new Dao Lord destroyed the Void Ground, the cultivation world and the Profound Heaven Dao Sect prepared for the upheaval and celebration his arrival would bring.

• The Sect Master reminded Lu Qing to hold fast to his spiritual heart as he faced the unknown ahead on the Great Dao.
• At a Daoist grounds in the Southern Heaven Continent, the Mortal World incarnation watched the heavens and reflected that he had become one of the chess players.
• Three ancestor-level cultivators discussed the Void Ground's destruction and suspected the newly emerged Dao Lord was connected to reincarnation.
• News of the new Dao Lord spread, and the Profound Heaven Dao Sect felt the changes as Lu Qing oversaw both the Dao-Seeking and Outer Sect Main Lineages.
• The Dao Sect celebrated its new powerful expert by distributing cultivation resources and anticipated opening its gates for a feast.

The Outer Sect Main Lineage’s disciples discussed the newly established Dao-Seeking Lineage as Spirit Plant disciples took their monthly examination. When one disciple’s Rainfall Technique cloud exploded but still produced precise rain, the chief examiner received an urgent message on his sect token.

• Outer Sect Main Lineage disciples wondered about the Dao-Seeking Lineage, the sect’s celebrations, and the mysterious Dao Lord from the Profound Heaven Dao Sect.
• Spirit Plant disciples gathered to take their monthly examination by casting the Rainfall Technique.
• One disciple’s unstable cloud exploded, then transformed into droplets that watered his spirit field accurately.
• The chief examiner received a flashing notification on his sect identity token and read a few lines of spirit-script that shocked him.

News that Lu Qing had become a Dao-Seeking True Person and First Seat Senior astonished the outer sect and his Sword Lineage fellow disciples. The chapter ended with the Sword Lineage disciples discussing his rise as they gathered for Li Luoyang’s sermon.

• An elder at Spirit Plant Peak received the sect’s notice and realized that Elder Lu was the newly revealed Dao Lord of Unity.
• The Spirit Plant Peak elders and disciples learned of Lu Qing’s status, while sect members celebrated and regretted not joining the peak earlier.
• Lu Qing’s Sword Lineage fellow disciples gathered in the Dao arena for Li Luoyang’s sermon and exchanged uneasy, animated reactions to the news.
• Qingchen, Qingxuan, and Qingjue discussed how their junior fellow disciple had become a First Seat True Person faster than even Qingxuan had advanced.

Li Jueqi reflected on how thoroughly Lu Qing had kept his brilliance hidden before attaining Dao Inquiry. Li Luoyang named Lu Qing the First Seat True Person and urged his disciples to continue cultivating, leaving them to reckon with how briefly Lu Qing had taken to reach such heights.

• Li Jueqi remembered that Lu Qing had been so low-key that few disciples knew of his cultivation or achievements.
• Li Luoyang's disciples discussed Lu Qing's exceptional aptitude and recalled his ties to their master and the Profound Heaven Dao Academy.
• Li Luoyang arrived and formally declared Lu Qing the First Seat True Person of the Dao-Seeking Lineage and the two outer sect lineages.
• Li Luoyang encouraged his disciples to cultivate diligently and not look down on themselves.
• The disciples realized that Lu Qing had reached Dao Inquiry in less than five hundred years.

After attaining the Dao of Unity, Lu Qing established laws for samsara and raised a Dao body to govern the Nether Sea. The Netherworld Court arose, and cultivators across the Nine Heavens sensed the world’s transformation.

• Lu Qing shut out the world’s Dao sounds and decided to form a Dao body to guard and reorganize samsara in the Nether Sea.
• Lu Qing’s divine intent reached his incarnation in the Reincarnation Nether Sea, stirring its waters and alarming the ancient beings within it.
• The incarnation emerged as a vast Dao shadow, drawing the attention of powerful figures across the Nine Heavens and making them recognize the Samsara Dao Lord.
• Lu Qing declared that he was the Lord of Samsara and established laws throughout the Nether Sea.
• Lu Qing ordered the Netherworld Court to arise and govern the reincarnation of true spirits, causing fortune to surge and accelerating the world’s transformation.

After becoming a Dao Lord, Lu Qing reflected on the newly manifested Netherworld Court and the dangers posed by reincarnation, ancient immortals, and the contest between fate and variables. He decided to return from the Azure Cloud Ninefold Heaven to his cultivation ground in the Southern Heaven Continent.

• Cultivators sensed the Netherworld Court and feared that Lu Qing’s reincarnation path could threaten those who had escaped heavenly condemnation.
• Lu Qing considered how the return of reincarnation and his attainment of the Dao had shifted the balance of fate and variables.
• Lu Qing decided to leave the Azure Cloud Ninefold Heaven and return to his own cultivation ground.
• Magnificent phenomena appeared around Lu Qing’s mist-shrouded cultivation ground in the Southern Heaven Continent.

Lu Qing returned to his Dao grounds after breaking through and considered the wider world and the growing variables surrounding the cultivation age. He chose to cultivate within time, with White Marsh joining him and White Crane Boy remaining to tend the Spirit Fields.

• Lu Qing returned to the Dao grounds, greeted White Marsh and White Crane Boy, and heard that all was well below the mountain.
• Lu Qing reflected on the First Era, the Nine Heavens, and the vastness of the world he could now perceive.
• Lu Qing asked White Crane Boy and White Marsh whether they would enter the Long River of Time; White Crane Boy chose to stay, while White Marsh agreed to go.
• Lu Qing considered the growing variables, the possible political consequences for his sect, and the need to leave an incarnation or Dharma body at the Dao-Seeking Hall.
• Lu Qing judged that his Calamity Avoidance talent was not ready to use and turned his attention to preparations for what lay ahead.

The Golden Feather Sect received an invitation to a banquet on Earth Continent, and its True Person ordered Lei Wu to select the delegation. Lei Wu anticipated a gathering of major sects and powerful figures, while a white-robed figure at Four Symbols Spirit Palace looked toward Earth Continent.

• A cultivator brought the Golden Feather Sect's True Person an invitation from Earth Continent.
• The True Person instructed Lei Wu to take a jade slip to Jade Sea-Cliff Hall and choose candidates for the journey.
• Lei Wu reflected that the trip offered a rare chance to attend a great immortal sect's banquet and hear Dao teachings.
• Lei Wu thought the True Person might have lost confidence in the junior brother and Senior Brother Zhao after their previous mission failed.
• A white-robed figure at Four Symbols Spirit Palace gazed toward Earth Continent and its formidable new foundation.

At the Four Symbols Spirit Palace, the headmaster discussed the invitation to a banquet for a remarkably young Dao Lord, leaving Luo Jin stunned by the possibility that the figure was connected to the Profound Heaven Sword Lineage. Luo Jin then read Floating Light discussions about the upcoming Profound Heaven Banquet and the wider upheavals drawing cultivators to Southern Heaven Continent and Earth Continent.

• A disciple delivered the banquet invitation to the Four Symbols Spirit Palace headmaster, who asked Luo Jin whether he and Qingxuan belonged to the same generation.
• The headmaster praised the current Profound Heaven generation and remarked that the Dao Lord was unexpectedly young, prompting Luo Jin to realize the figure might be even younger than his generation.
• Luo Jin left the headmaster’s mountain residence and opened Floating Light to read the latest cultivation-world discussions.
• Floating Light users reported that cultivators would gather in Southern Heaven Continent and Earth Continent in one month for the Profound Heaven Banquet.
• The users discussed which Immortal, Demonic, and Human Path groups might attend, along with rumors about the Sons of the Human Emperor and an ancient immortal’s Dao ground.

Luo Jin watched cultivators discuss the Profound Heaven Banquet and wondered about the bearing of the Dao Lord of Unity. Back at the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, Lu Qing found the Dao-Seeking Brush settled in the restored Dao-Seeking Hall as preparations for the banquet drew near.

• Luo Jin observed cultivators discussing powerful figures and wondered what the Dao Lord of Unity was like.
• Lu Qing returned to the Profound Heaven Dao Sect and went to the Dao-Seeking Hall.
• Lu Qing found the Dao-Seeking Brush resting within the hall and harmonizing with the sect's fortune.
• The Profound Heaven Bell, Profound Heaven Sword, and Profound Heaven Mirror reacted to the brush's return and discussed Lu Qing's unprecedented status.
• Lu Qing visited the Profound Heaven Dao Academy and learned some news about the passage of time.
• A month passed, and activity at the Profound Heaven Dao Sect neared its peak before the Profound Heaven Banquet.

At the Profound Heaven Banquet, Lu Qing observed the gathered Dao Lords while Zhang Yunchuan traveled toward the Dao Sect with his fellow disciples. As the vessel neared the mountain gate, Zhang Yunchuan saw powerful guests arrive, including cultivators from Stone Bamboo Mountain.

• Lu Qing noted that Dao Lords from nearly every Path had gathered for the banquet, while the Demonic Path remained absent in person.
• Zhang Yunchuan traveled with the Cloud God Sect to the banquet and spoke with Lu Chenyuan about the Dao Sect and the possibility of a Dao discussion.
• Lu Chenyuan advised Zhang Yunchuan that overseas travel had become too dangerous and that Earth Continent offered better prospects.
• Lu Chenyuan pointed out the arriving guests, and Zhang Yunchuan witnessed a powerful cultivator enter the mountain gate amid vast celestial phenomena.
• Lu Chenyuan recognized spirit cultivators from Stone Bamboo Mountain accompanying a colossal floating mountain.

Zhang Yunchuan watched the Glazed Buddhist Sect and other powerful lineages arrive at the Profound Heaven Dao Sect for a grand feast, while Lu Qing learned that the gathering would last seven days. Lu Qing suspected the extended feast concerned a newly born variable, and Fu Huazi confirmed it.

• Buddha light heralded the arrival of the Glazed Buddhist Sect, and Zhang Yunchuan recognized its lineage.
• Lu Chenyuan identified the Water Moon cultivators as practitioners of the Divine Path and noted their dream-created gods.
• The Saint Demon, Stone Vein, Scarlet Heaven Dao Sect, Supreme Unity Immortal Court, and Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty arrived at the Profound Heaven Dao Sect.
• Fu Huazi told Lu Qing that the feast would last seven days and that Lu Qing could attend the first day.
• Lu Qing asked whether the coming discussions concerned the newly born variable, and Fu Huazi confirmed it.