Chapter Summaries

Cultivators gathered around the West Sea Portal and debated whether the ancient Demon Domain behind it could become a major variable in the present age. The Four Symbols Spirit Palace’s true disciple waited for a divined opportunity while Demon Race factions set aside their rivalries to investigate the gateway and its ancient inhabitants.

• Cultivators argued that the ancient Demon Domain was unlikely to alter the heavenly design, comparing it with the once-mighty Ancient Demon Land that had become the Eight Wastelands.
• Sects sent disciples to observe the West Sea, where the portal’s Divine Path aura shone alongside the region’s rich Human Path destiny.
• A true disciple of the Four Symbols Spirit Palace arrived with ordinary disciples and explained that his sect sought to contend for the world’s destiny during the great tide.
• An ordinary disciple questioned how the West Sea opportunity could benefit the Spirit Palace, and the true disciple told him to wait for their divination to unfold.
• Demon Race cultivators gathered in large numbers and temporarily set aside their longstanding rivalries to investigate the ancient Demon Domain and see whether it could create a new variable.

The cultivators of the Demon Race gathered in the West Sea because the possible return of the ancient Demon Domain threatened their own existence. In the Four Lands, the six great demon sects also joined forces, and old devils assembled in No-Dao Hall as members of the Nine Ghost Path and Black Sun Sect arrived.

• Cultivators concluded that the ancient past and present could not coexist, and that the Demon Domain's return could signal the arrival of the apocalyptic tribulation.
• Demon Race cultivators came to the West Sea in unusual numbers because the emerging variable directly threatened their safety.
• Observers saw the demon qi and recognized that the Demon Race had arrived to confront the matter.
• The six great demon sects joined forces in the Four Lands after remaining quiet for a long time.
• Old devils gathered in No-Dao Hall, where a fellow from the Nine Ghost Path and an old devil from the Black Sun Sect appeared.

Demonic Cultivators gathered in No-Dao Hall to discuss the revival of the Devil Master's Great Dao and learned that the Devil Master's Reincarnation had also appeared. The meeting ended with them questioning which Devil Master the revived Great Dao belonged to.

• Demonic Cultivators from the Six Demonic Sects and rogue practitioners assembled in No-Dao Hall, where old devils serving the Five Elders represented their stance.
• An old devil said they should not head to the Demon Domain yet, since the mighty Dao Lords and the Five Elders could not intervene and the matter rested in their hands.
• The old devil argued that the Great Dao's revival could benefit Demonic Cultivators by restoring the Demonic Path's fate allotment and providing core methods to curb heavenly tribulations.
• The old devil revealed that the Devil Master's Reincarnation had appeared and that obtaining him could bring immense providence and rapid cultivation.
• Demonic Cultivators debated whether the revived Great Dao belonged to the First, Second, or All-Beings' Self-Emancipated Devil Master.

Demonic Cultivators learned that the Longevity Devil Master's Great Dao was reviving and were ordered to find his reincarnation. They received a Divine Ability to recognize him, while doubting the Five Elders' claim that they would not interfere in worldly affairs.

• Demonic Cultivators discussed the revived Great Dao and the possibility that the Devil Master had not been completely annihilated.
• The old devils said the Five Elders' heavenly secrets compass had shown that only the Devil Master's reincarnation could inherit the Great Dao.
• The gathered cultivators agreed they needed to find the reincarnation to reach the Great Dao and the Ancient Demon Sect's core arts.
• A demonic silhouette said the reincarnation could be identified by observing his Fate Allotment and bestowed the Divine Ability Flowers in the Palm.
• The Painted-Skin Demonic Path recognized Flowers in the Palm and doubted that the Five Elders truly stayed out of worldly affairs.

Demonic cultivators across the Four Lands reacted to the revived Devil Master's Great Dao, while Deathless Manor’s Old Devils considered whether they could seize the Longevity Devil Master's inheritance. Heart Fox revealed that Old Ghost's incarnation had already been assimilated, leaving the Old Devils to reckon with the clues surrounding the changes.

• Demonic cultivators in the Four Lands learned that the Devil Master's Great Dao had revived, though many doubted it held a safe inheritance.
• Yellow Springs Gate ordered its members to keep their sect tokens on them, prompting speculation about the Great Dao and the Yellow Springs River.
• Old Devils in Deathless Manor gathered after No-Dao Hall and weighed the possibility of obtaining the Longevity Devil Master's Great Dao.
• Old Ghost asked whether the matter was real, and Heart Fox told him his incarnation had already been assimilated.

Old Ghost learned that his former avatar’s body had attracted the Devil Master’s attention, prompting Ghost Madam and Heart Fox to consider how to find the Devil Master’s Reincarnation through the body’s bond of Cause and Effect. Meanwhile, Lu Qing observed the Demonic Path’s Fate Allotment disturb the Long River of Time, signaling another expansion of Variable Fate.

• Ghost Madam warned Old Ghost and Heart Fox that the avatar might have drawn the Devil Master’s attention and that the Devil Master’s Reincarnation might not be the only one.
• Ghost Madam proposed locating the fleshly body touched by the Devil Master’s Cause and Effect, and Heart Fox agreed that it could reveal a powerful bond.
• Heart Fox noted that Old Ghost did not know he was someone else’s avatar, while Netherghost had kept the truth concealed.
• Lu Qing watched the Long River of Time and saw the Demonic Path’s Fate Allotment stir stronger waves than the Devil Master’s Great Dao had.
• Lu Qing wondered what the Demonic Path had done and recognized that the disturbance in time meant Variable Fate would expand again.

Lu Qing saw that the ancient era’s arrival was stirring the Nine Heavens, bringing new cultivators, hidden places, and a treasure-hunting frenzy. He traced the upheaval to the Devil Master's Reincarnation and suspected that other immortals would soon become involved, though the nature of their return remained unclear.

• Lu Qing detected the Demonic Path stirring and glimpsed a thread of heavenly secrets connecting the Devil Master's Reincarnation to the new variable.
• Cultivators across the Nine Heavens explored newly revealed places for ancient treasures, while sects issued missions and a treasure-hunting frenzy spread.
• The arrival of ancient cultivators led many to recognize that a new variable, called the ancient era, was unfolding.
• Lu Qing reasoned that the Devil Master's Reincarnation was one sign of the upheaval and that other immortals would likely follow.
• Lu Qing descended into the Netherworld and considered whether the ancient immortals would return in person or through their lineages and cultivators.

Lu Qing entered Reincarnation and surveyed the Nether Sea, where the Six Paths of Reincarnation were taking shape and the Devil Master's Reincarnation was expected to appear. He sensed that Variable Fate was already affecting Heaven's secrets and the Great Dao, leaving open how it might change the fixed course of the coming eras.

• Lu Qing descended into Reincarnation with his consciousness and opened his eyes in the Reincarnation Netherworld.
• He observed that this Nether Sea differed from the crowded Nine Nether of the Primordial Era, allowing him to rebuild Reincarnation without facing powerful old monsters.
• Lu Qing swept his consciousness across the Six Paths of Reincarnation as they slowly formed in the Nether Sea.
• He anticipated that the Demonic Path would find the Devil Master's Reincarnation, which would have to pass through the present age's Reincarnation.
• Lu Qing sensed that the birth of Variable Fate had begun to affect cultivators, heaven and earth, and the Great Dao.

Lu Qing seized the arrival of Variable Fate as an opportunity to spread the Six Paths of Reincarnation through the Netherworld. As special True Spirits from the Primordial Era entered the cycle, the Evil Demon and other Reincarnation beings realized that Reincarnation was beginning a new Great Dao.

• Lu Qing sensed that the Devil Master's revival and the arrival of Variable Fate made this the right time to establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• The Nether Sea joined the Underworld Bureau's system, and the Evil Demon received a message to hurry True Spirits through the Reincarnation Portal.
• The Evil Demon observed the Primordial Yellow Qi river and the identical old boatmen stationed at the waiting ferries.
• Old Monster Zhou and Faceless connected the Devil Master's revived Great Dao to unusual Primordial Era True Spirits appearing in Reincarnation.
• The Reincarnation beings concluded that Primordial Era cultivators could reincarnate into new lives and that their Netherworld was embarking on a different Great Dao.

Lu Qing’s incarnation watched the Profound Heaven Dao Sect open its mountain gates to a vast new influx of disciples from across the worlds. The gathered geniuses’ fortune formed a dazzling golden sea, leaving outsiders envious and neighboring sects impressed by Profound Heaven’s rising strength.

• Lu Qing’s incarnation observed the Dao Sect’s hundred-year mountain-gate opening from Sun-Moon Spirit Plant Peak as applicants arrived from many realms, including the Profound Heaven Dao Academy.
• The chapter described how new disciples could seek places in the Dao-Seeking Main Lineage, the Outer Sect Main Lineage, and other lineages according to their talents and interests.
• Lu Qing sensed the Dao Academy’s changed relationship with the Dao Sect and reflected on how its disciples now had greater access to the sect’s resources.
• Outsiders saw the newcomers’ varied destiny signs gather into a vast golden sea and envied the Dao Sect’s abundance of geniuses.
• Members of the Seeking Dao Immortal Sect and other observers recognized Profound Heaven’s rising fortune and recalled how swiftly it had overcome past internal conflicts.

Seeking Dao Immortal Sect elders discussed the missing Immortal Cauldron and the rise of the Profound Heaven Dao Sect as its recruitment drew heavenly geniuses from across the land. Hong Yun assessed the candidates with his innate immortal eyes, while Lu Qing and the Profound Heaven Bell watched from above and noticed his unusual fortune.

• Seeking Dao Immortal Sect elders speculated that the missing Immortal Cauldron was tied to the Human Path and worried that the Profound Heaven Dao Sect had surpassed their sect in fortune.
• News spread that the Profound Heaven Dao Sect had opened its gates to disciples, drawing a crowd of heavenly geniuses and observers.
• Hong Yun used his innate immortal eyes to glimpse the fortunes of the candidates, avoided spying further on the sect, and noted several potential rivals.
• Lu Qing's incarnation shared Years Wine with the Profound Heaven Bell as they observed the recruitment.
• The Profound Heaven Bell and Lu Qing noticed Hong Yun's extraordinary fortune and remarked on the unusual fate patterns among the candidates.

Lu Qing and the Profound Heaven Bell discussed the gifted candidates taking trials at the Dao-Seeking Hall as the great era brought forth more geniuses. Beyond the Southern Heaven Continent, a golden turtle-shaped island appeared from the void, drawing greedy cultivators who suspected it was a grotto-heaven relic.

• Lu Qing told the Profound Heaven Bell that candidates could enter the Dao-Seeking Hall if they passed its trials, regardless of their fates.
• The Profound Heaven Bell assessed the fortunes of the gathered geniuses, and Lu Qing reflected on how fortune mattered less after reaching the Golden Core Realm but could not be ignored.
• Lu Qing listened as the Profound Heaven Bell recounted past geniuses and explained how fortune shaped a cultivator's path.
• The geniuses began undergoing varied trials while Lu Qing watched from above the clouds.
• Beyond the Southern Heaven Continent, a golden turtle-shaped island burst through the void and revealed celestial palaces and bridges.
• A cultivator and other arrivals saw the island and rushed toward it, believing a grotto-heaven relic had emerged.

A golden turtle-shaped island appeared near the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, drawing cultivators who suspected it was an Ancient Era inheritance site. Zhou Shenlong and Black Cat arrived to investigate the island’s origins, but neither knew what awaited inside.

• Cultivators gathered around the island and debated whether it was a cave-heaven relic or an Ancient Era sect, while several people entered through the mist and disappeared.
• Observers noticed that fortune surrounded the island, but no people or signs of an owner could be detected.
• The Profound Heaven Dao Sect dispatched an exploration mission because the island had appeared near its territory.
• Zhou Shenlong and Black Cat reached Sea Mountain Cliff and considered investigating the island to uncover its karmic origins.
• Black Cat admitted it knew nothing about the island, and Zhou Shenlong suggested entering to look around.

Zhou Shenlong and Black Cat entered Golden Turtle Island after Black Cat divined that the journey held danger but no lethal threat. They found the island eerily deserted despite its remaining fortune, leaving the mystery of its inhabitants unresolved.

• Zhou Shenlong agreed to enter Golden Turtle Island, believing it might offer an opportunity for a cultivation breakthrough.
• Black Cat divined their journey and concluded that it held danger but could yield small gains without lethal risk.
• Black Cat explained that heavenly secrets were easier to calculate now because the Dao Masters were not interfering with the currents of heaven and earth.
• Zhou Shenlong and Black Cat entered Golden Turtle Island and found cold winds, dark forests, and a decayed atmosphere.
• Black Cat observed that no people were present, though the island’s fortune suggested cultivators still remained within it.

Zhou Shenlong and Black Cat explored the dead Golden Turtle Island, where a blue-robed cultivator appeared and brought the silent surroundings back to life. After the cultivator warned Zhou Shenlong about the coming Immortal Sect assessment, Black Cat wondered whether an immortal or a Remnant Immortal thought remained on the island.

• Zhou Shenlong and Black Cat entered Golden Turtle Island and found its cliffs and buildings strangely lifeless.
• Zhou Shenlong followed his instincts along the cliffside path, where a blue-robed cultivator greeted him and invited him to follow.
• The blue-robed cultivator led Zhou Shenlong to a pavilion and said the Immortal Sect assessment would begin the day after tomorrow.
• The cultivator warned Zhou Shenlong that the Immortal was compassionate and that he need not worry if he failed the assessment.
• After the cultivator left, Black Cat noted that he was a living being and speculated that an immortal might have escaped the ancient calamity, before concluding that a Remnant Immortal thought might be present.

Lu Qing and the Profound Heaven Bell recognized Golden Turtle Island as a grotto-heaven of the vanished Great Dream Immortal Sect, which had once attempted to transcend as an entire sect. The island’s return as a variable in the Nine Heavens left them uncertain what secrets or dangers it would bring.

• Lu Qing noticed Golden Turtle Island and asked the Profound Heaven Bell which ancient sect it resembled.
• The Profound Heaven Bell identified the Great Dream Immortal Sect and revealed that it had voluntarily left the world to transcend as a whole sect.
• The Profound Heaven Bell recalled that the sect’s mountain gate was later found intact but empty, with time seemingly frozen and every disciple and the Great Dream Immortal Master gone.
• The Profound Heaven Bell showed Lu Qing the eerie scene, whose presence seemed to embody heavenly principle itself.
• The Profound Heaven Bell explained that immortals had annihilated the grotto-heaven after noticing something wrong with the sect, but it had now reappeared as a variable upon the Nine Heavens.

Lu Qing and Zhou Shenlong learned that the eerie sanctuary was the vanished Golden Turtle Island of the Great Dream Immortal Sect, then followed a blue-robed cultivator toward an assessment. They saw a past scene of the sect selecting mortal disciples, while the cultivator said their own assessment would lead to the true site of the inheritance.

• Lu Qing connected the strange island to the Great Dream Immortal Sect and wondered how the primordial cataclysm had shaped later cultivation.
• The blue-robed cultivator appeared and led Zhou Shenlong and Black Cat along a misty mountain path toward the assessment.
• Wang Chunrong climbed the immortal steps and reached a square filled with other prospective disciples.
• A cold immortal sent flowing lights into selected mortals' brows to begin the second assessment.
• The blue-robed cultivator explained that Zhou Shenlong's assessment differed from the mortals' and was open to outsiders seeking the sect's inheritance.

Zhou Shenlong entered the Great Dream Immortal Sect’s examination under the name Xuanming, while Lu Qing sensed a variable arriving from the future that was connected to the island. The chapter left the nature of that variable unknown as it drew closer.

• Zhou Shenlong and the cat concluded that outsiders could take an inheritance examination without joining the sect, unlike the native beings in the plaza.
• Zhou Shenlong reached the examination desk, gave his name as Xuanming, and heard Xu Changming explain the three rules of the Great Dream Immortal Sect’s examination.
• Zhou Shenlong entered the examination after silently reciting the sect’s true name.
• A blue-robed cultivator experienced a sudden deathly stillness, and Xu Changming restored him before sending him to guide another arrival.
• Xu Changming wondered what variable had entered the Immortal Sect as Lu Qing sensed a future-born variable connected to the island.

Lu Qing reflected on variables and watched Mo Mingsheng enter the Dao Sect’s trial, where a stream of light sent him into a dangerous future fate. Mo Mingsheng woke in Everspring Medical Hall as an injured Azure Snake Gang Lackey and realized he was still inside the trial.

• Lu Qing considered how variables might cross the limits of cultivation and concluded that his previous life lay beyond the known heavens.
• Mo Mingsheng panicked after transmigrating into a beggar’s body and arriving at the Dao Sect’s disciple admission trial.
• A stream of light entered Mo Mingsheng’s brow and showed him visions of cultivation before a voice declared that the entrants had to survive the death tribulation.
• Mo Mingsheng seized a strand of cloudlight and lost consciousness as the trial transported him into a future fate.
• Mo Mingsheng woke injured in Everspring Medical Hall and saw that his identity was an Azure Snake Gang Lackey.

Mo Mingsheng realized that the man who died in the medical hall had failed the trial, and he began gathering information while recovering from his injuries. He learned that the gang conflict he expected to face involved powerful martial artists, leaving him uncertain how an ordinary lackey could survive the coming death tribulation.

• Mo Mingsheng saw a trial participant die in the medical hall and realized that failing the trial meant death.
• Mo Mingsheng chatted with other gang members and learned that the White Tiger Gang and Azure Snake Gang were preparing for a major conflict.
• Mo Mingsheng discovered that his body was slowly recovering, though he remained an insignificant and injured gang lackey.
• Mo Mingsheng learned that both gangs had high-ranking martial artists whose strength could kill him even through the battle's aftershocks.
• Mo Mingsheng considered fleeing but wondered how he could clear the trial without facing the death tribulation.