Recaps

Yuan Sui met Huang Mingguang, who warned that the Demonic Path was aligning with the Demon Race amid a wider upheaval involving several realms and forces. They went to Immortal Mountain, where the Immortal Path faced a united Demon Race and Demonic Path over Fate Allotment.

• Yuan Sui questioned Huang Mingguang about the Demon Sect, and Huang confirmed that old devils and other Paths were complicating the conflict in the Demon Land World.
• Huang Mingguang reported that Profound Lights from Beyond the Heavens had continued to arrive as human reincarnations, prompting speculation that another shattered realm was intervening.
• Huang Mingguang told Yuan Sui that the Demon Race and Demonic Path had grown closer, led by a Golden Feather Sect cultivator whose conduct recalled the Primordial Era's Demon Emperor lineage.
• Yuan Sui and Huang Mingguang headed to Immortal Mountain after learning that the opposing forces had gathered there.
• At Immortal Mountain, Immortal Path cultivators confronted the assembled Demon Race and Demonic Path over Fate Allotment.

Yuan Sui and Huang Mingguang realized the factions had gathered at Immortal Mountain to contest Fate Allotment, while the Demon Sect sought to turn the land into Demon Land. As the three sides collided, the Fate Allotment of the Divine, Ghost, and Spirit Paths was dragged into the battle, spreading upheaval across the universe.

• Black Sun Sect disciples identified the Nine Immortals and focused on the Dharma-Free Immortal Gate as their opponents.
• An immortal cultivator and an Old Devil stepped forward in turn, suppressing and then restoring the Demon Race and Demonic Path’s Fate Allotment.
• Yuan Sui and Huang Mingguang concluded that the Demon Sect intended to reverse heaven and earth and make the region into Demon Land.
• Yuan Sui considered how the missing Dao-Seeking Cauldron and the Demonic Path’s ambitions could affect the contest for Fate Allotment.
• The Fate Allotment of the Divine, Ghost, and Spirit Paths was pulled into the clash at Immortal Mountain, and its disturbance spread across the universe.

As the Six Paths Fate Allotment sparked battles across the Nine Heavens Great Realm, Wind and Clouds entered the Demon Land World carrying Purple Star Destiny, while cultivators rushed to claim it. The chapter ends with Wan Shenyou trapped at the edge of a deadly battlefield, questioning whether anyone could safely bear the Fate Allotment.

• Wind and Clouds emerged into the Demon Land World through a closing passage and vowed not to surrender the Celestial Star Destiny in his possession.
• A cultivator spotted Purple Star Destiny and sent word to his companions so they could claim it for their sect.
• Rumors spread in Southern Heaven Continent that Army Breaker and Greedy Wolf Destiny had appeared there.
• Battles across the Demon Land World killed cultivators and destroyed their treasures as the Fate Allotment surged.
• Wan Shenyou cut down demonic shadows while he and an equally matched Demonic Cultivator retreated toward the battlefield's edge.
• Wan Shenyou regretted coming to seek an easy advantage and wondered whether anyone could endure the Fate Allotment within themselves.

After three months of seclusion, Lu Qing survived a Wind Tribulation and broke through to the Primordial Spirit Realm. He sensed that a sealed Broken Sword had sent a portion of its power out with a disciple, and suspected it could grow stronger by killing.

• Outside Immortal Mountain, cultivators hunted those bearing Stellar Destiny as Rogue Cultivators fled the chaos.
• Thunder sounded over the Daoist Dojo, and cultivators in a nearby tower wondered who was undergoing a breakthrough Tribulation.
• Lu Qing emerged from seclusion in the Sword Lineage Dojo after reaching the Primordial Spirit Realm and reflected on his Wind Tribulation and newfound abilities.
• Lu Qing noticed sword-light Fate Allotment fleeing with a disciple and saw the shadow of the sealed Broken Sword beneath it.
• Lu Qing sensed that the seal had weakened and suspected the Broken Sword would become dangerous if it escaped into the outside world.

After breaking through to the Primordial Spirit Realm, Lu Qing surveyed the Southern Heaven Continent and examined the Seeking Dao Immortal Sect’s Fate Allotment. His gaze followed the divination toward the southeast, where he contemplated the vast land that might sink into the sea, before he withdrew his vision.

• Lu Qing watched a disciple depart with the Broken Sword, then received his master’s message not to concern himself with it.
• Lu Qing looked beyond the Dao Sect’s mountains and surveyed the Southern Heaven Continent, noting its Tribulation Clouds, cultivators, and scattered cities.
• Lu Qing examined the barren buffer region between the Profound Heaven Dao Sect and the Seeking Dao Immortal Sect, whose territory controlled the northern route.
• Lu Qing saw the Seeking Dao Immortal Cauldron’s shadow among the Seeking Dao Immortal Sect’s Fate Allotment clouds and recalled seeing the treasure before.
• Lu Qing followed the divination’s direction southeast and considered the words “Southeast land submerges” and the two figures it foretold.
• Lu Qing withdrew his gaze and reflected that his breakthrough into the Primordial Spirit Realm had gone as expected.

Lu Qing settled into daily cultivation and watched the seasons pass after reaching the Primordial Spirit First Gate. His understanding of the Great Dao brought him to the threshold of the Second Gate, while turmoil in the Demon Land World intensified.

• Lu Qing concluded that a great upheaval would likely occur within a few years and that rising spiritual vitality would produce more peerless prodigies.
• Lu Qing kept in touch with White Crane Boy and worried about Senior Brother Wang, who had sent no message from the Demon Land World.
• Lu Qing eased out of prolonged seclusion and spent the passing seasons cultivating, drinking tea, and observing the mountains around his tower.
• Lu Qing's Inner World developed spiritual light, and he comprehended the nature of true and false, bringing his state of mind to the threshold of the Primordial Spirit Second Gate.
• As Lu Qing's mind grew more tranquil over the year, the storms beyond the mountain became more violent.

Qin Yang and the Broken Sword fled into a poisonous Great Marsh after Qin Yang took a Divine Office object from the gods. As the Rain God prepared to clear the miasma, the Broken Sword learned what Qin Yang had taken and warned him that his enemies sought another mysterious treasure tied to his destroyed sect.

• The Broken Sword led Qin Yang into the Great Marsh to escape the gods pursuing them.
• The Rain God arrived with the gods and prepared to disperse the marsh’s poisonous miasma so they could capture Qin Yang.
• The Broken Sword asked Qin Yang what he had stolen, and Qin Yang showed it the snow-white Divine Office object.
• The Broken Sword explained that the object could grant authority over a region and said the gods were furious because Qin Yang had taken it.
• Qin Yang recalled that his enemies had destroyed Qingfeng Sect and that clues pointed to a wider conspiracy involving Golden Mountain Sect and the Demon Sect.
• The Broken Sword warned Qin Yang that his other treasure, which carried immortal and Primordial Era auras, could attract powerful enemies, and said they needed to escape the marsh.

Qin Yang entered the core of the Demon-Refining Great Marsh to escape the Rain God, while the gods pursuing him became unknowingly tainted by tribulation. In his fourth year after entering the sect, Lu Qing watched the names of gifted cultivators and powers spread across the world as the Great Era of Heavenly Change gathered momentum.

• Broken Sword told Qin Yang that the Great Marsh had been forged by the Primordial Era's Devil Master Wuhen and that its surface was only the uppermost layer of its space.
• Cultivators on a wooden boat tried to seize the Divine Seat Talisman from Qin Yang, who was only at the Purple Mansion Realm.
• The Rain God used rain to track Qin Yang, but Qin Yang vanished into a spatial rift and entered the Great Marsh's core.
• The gods resolved to kill Qin Yang, while a thread of tribulation tainted their Spirit Platforms without their knowledge.
• In his fourth year after entering the sect, Lu Qing read Talisman Light messages and rankings as the names of Heavenly Mandate figures and powers from all Six Paths spread.

Lu Qing broke through to the Primordial Spirit Second Gate and reflected on Delusion-Breaking as he reconsidered what made a world and a Dao. Meanwhile, the Eight Wastelands continued to develop amid the struggle for Fate Allotment, and the Immortal Mountain Six Paths Battle took on a new significance as prominent cultivators were restrained together.

• The Demon Land World was formally renamed the Eight Wastelands, where cultivators discovered Star Destiny bearers, established markets and cities, and fought for Fate Allotment.
• In his fifth year after entering the sect, Lu Qing broke through to the Primordial Spirit Second Gate and understood it as Delusion-Breaking.
• Lu Qing concluded that there was no flawless Great Dao or perfect world, and that cultivators had to break the delusions within their hearts.
• Lu Qing considered the Primordial Spirit Three Gates and the realms beyond, then felt his Othermind stir as a north wind carried a faint murmur.
• Another year passed in the Eight Wastelands, and the Immortal Mountain battle continued as famous masters, Six Paths cultivators, and senior figures were restrained in the same place.

The Six Paths experts remained locked in a stalemate at Immortal Mountain while Golden Core cultivators and heavenly prodigies became the focus of the fighting. As word spread that Chu Yuan had emerged to challenge his rivals, Zhao Buhuo confronted a Spirit Cultivator, trapped at Immortal Mountain despite reaching the Primordial Spirit Realm.

• The Six Paths experts restrained one another at Immortal Mountain, leaving Golden Core cultivators to occupy the wider battlefield without destroying the Eight Wastelands.
• Fate Allotment drew powerful cultivators and prodigies into the Eight Wastelands, where their rankings and clashes attracted attention.
• Cultivators discussing the rankings said Chu Yuan had emerged from seclusion in the Late Golden Core Realm and planned to challenge the heavenly prodigies.
• A Rogue Cultivator said a Golden Feather Sect Star Lord reincarnation was restrained at Immortal Mountain and losing Celestial Star Destiny to challengers outside.
• Zhao Buhuo of the Golden Feather Sect glared at the Spirit Cultivator before him, frustrated that his breakthrough to the Primordial Spirit Realm had left him trapped at Immortal Mountain.

As Zhao Buhuo fought Jin Yu, his Stellar Fate Allotment began to waver, drawing attention to a sudden Variable Fate that disrupted plans across the Nine Heavens. In the Void Ground, ancient cultivators called the Longevity Ones decided to emerge, using the Lunar Plain Cloud Banner to conceal themselves from Heaven’s Way for nine breaths.

• Jin Yu taunted Zhao Buhuo over his wavering Stellar Fate Allotment, and the two continued their battle.
• An Immortal Mountain cultivator recognized that the joined Fate Allotments had created an unforeseen Variable Fate.
• The Longevity Ones in the Void Ground sensed the change in Fate Allotment and learned that Star-Sea Sealing Beasts had blocked their entrance.
• The Longevity Ones dismissed the beasts as a coincidence and discussed revealing themselves to influence events outside.
• A Divine Sense offered the Lunar Plain Cloud Banner, which could deceive Heaven for nine breaths, and the Longevity Ones agreed to act together.

After another half year in the Daoist Dojo, Lu Qing developed the Wind Hearing divine ability and cultivated his Sword Dao. Watching sword light merge with the clouds, he recognized the difference between his Dao Heart and Sword Heart, broke through the Obstruction of Knowledge and Perception, and entered Spirit Condensation.

• Lu Qing discovered that Wind Hearing randomly captured information carried by natural winds, though powerful cultivators could erase their imprints.
• Lu Qing tended a Spirit Field and cultivated the Formation Dao and Sword Dao, which developed along different paths.
• In the sixth year after entering the sect, Lu Qing watched dawn’s purple radiance and his sword light vanish into the clouds.
• Lu Qing realized he had confused his firm Dao Heart with his Sword Heart and had cultivated sword techniques rather than his own Sword Dao.
• Lu Qing saw through the Obstruction of Knowledge and Perception, entered the Sword Heart realm of Spirit Condensation, and briefly released a new Sword Dao Intent that shocked the Sword Lineage disciples.

Lu Qing explored the might of his Golden Core Inner World and continued cultivating as years passed, while the Eight Wastelands became a stage for rising Golden Core geniuses and clashes over Fate Allotment. Ten years after entering the sect, Lu Qing remained in seclusion, still facing the difficult final stage of a Primordial Spirit gate.

• Lu Qing examined his Golden Core Inner World, sensed its power over heaven and earth, and briefly wondered about the ancient foundation of the Nine Heavens.
• Lu Qing continued cultivating through the seasons as nine years passed since he entered the sect.
• Cultivators in the Eight Wastelands spread news through Talisman Light as prodigies battled, pursued treasures, and contested Fate Allotment.
• Lu Qing remained in seclusion, spending three years at the final stage of a difficult Primordial Spirit gate.
• Ten years passed since Lu Qing entered the sect, while he remained secluded in his quiet mountain building.

After ten years of seclusion, Lu Qing emerged as a perfected Primordial Spirit Three Gates cultivator and received a faint message from Senior Brother Wang. He used their Karmic Affinity to reach the Eight Wastelands, where cultivators continued to gather amid extraordinary opportunities and returning Fate Allotment.

• Lu Qing left seclusion after ten years and discovered that his cultivation had reached perfection at the Primordial Spirit Three Gates.
• Lu Qing read messages about the years he had missed, including that White Crane Boy had left Li Mountain to undergo a tribulation with its elder brother.
• Lu Qing heard a faint message through his Wind Hearing divine ability and recognized it as coming from Senior Brother Wang.
• Lu Qing stabilized his Karmic Affinity with Dharma Power and used a wisp of Divine Sense to travel to the other shore.
• Lu Qing arrived in the Eight Wastelands and found that its cultivators had gained abundant opportunities and Fate Allotment over the past several years.

Wang Chunfeng and dozens of cultivators fought a Primordial Spirit demon bird that had trapped them in a valley with a powerful true-fire seal, while demonic cultivators blundered into the same trap. As their cultivation began to be drained, Lu Qing watched the karmic threads connecting the crisis to events far away.

• Wang Chunfeng and the other cultivators attacked the demon bird together but failed to break through its true-fire seal around the valley.
• Poison Wood divined that a supreme magic treasure lay within the valley and led several demonic cultivators into the trap.
• The demonic cultivators arrived battered and weakened, astonishing the cultivators already trapped there.
• Lu Qing observed the karmic threads as the true fire closed in from every direction and the cultivators’ power dwindled.
• Wang Chunfeng realized that the seal was stripping away their cultivation, as though it were devouring them.

Lu Qing rescued Wang Chunfeng and other cultivators from a true fire that was consuming the Eight Wastelands, then used a thread of Karmic Affinity to return and report what he had seen. He left the world with a grave warning after glimpsing an enormous head beneath the Eight Wastelands.

• The true fire drained the cultivators’ power and Fate Allotment, destroying several people as Wang Chunfeng worried that the calamity might threaten the Land of Spirit Severance.
• Lu Qing appeared beside Wang Chunfeng, revealed his Primordial Spirit cultivation, and promised to help him escape before they could discuss the crisis.
• Lu Qing slew the crimson demonic bird and halted and collected the true fire with his sword light and Sleeve Cosmos.
• The rescued cultivators offered Lu Qing treasures, but he refused them because they were entangled with the Eight Wastelands’ Fate Allotment.
• Lu Qing warned Wang Chunfeng that too much favorable Fate Allotment could be dangerous, then let their Karmic Affinity fade and withdrew his Divine Sense.
• After seeing the Eight Wastelands firsthand, Lu Qing looked beneath them and discovered a head that filled him with dread.

Lu Qing saw a Gourd Seed emerge from the true fire in the Eight Wastelands and handed it to the Sword Lineage Mission Hall for investigation. After watching the heavens for half a year, he witnessed Fate Allotment transform and saw two mighty figures fighting near the Nether Sea.

• Lu Qing recognized the true fire as a Gourd Seed and suspected it was connected to the Earth Vein, so he delivered it to the Sword Lineage Mission Hall.
• Lu Qing spent half a year atop the mountain observing the heavens, the Eight Wastelands' Fate Allotment, and the rising Tribulation Qi.
• Lu Qing saw Fate Allotment and Tribulation Qi rise from the earth and transform into an immense Dharma form as clear and turbid energies alternated.
• Lu Qing used Primordial Spirit Divine Wandering and saw two figures with immense Dharma forms fighting near the Nether Sea in the southeast of Southern Heaven Continent.
• Cultivators across the world sensed the battle and turned their attention toward Southern Heaven Continent.

Lu Qing witnessed the Divinations come to pass as supreme forces clashed over the unified Fate Allotment, which was ultimately dispersed back into the Nine Heavens. After the Tribulation ended, he reflected on the mysterious Void Ground and found that heaven and earth had been restored, with spiritual vitality greatly increased.

• Lu Qing used heart-light to perceive a battle between divine and immortal manifestations and the darkness of Void Ground as the Fate Allotment reached its peak.
• After the ninth breath, a powerful hand seized a stray Mars Star Fate Allotment, while divine radiance later shattered the unified Fate Allotment and returned it to the Nine Heavens.
• Lightning Tribulation swept across the world, and two Dharma Bodies in the southeast offered themselves as sacrifices to heaven and earth before returning to the Nine Heavens.
• Lu Qing confirmed that all three Divinations had come to pass, recorded the name Void Ground, and considered why the powerful beings had returned the Fate Allotment.
• The Tribulation Clouds dispersed, the damaged landscape returned to normal, and Lu Qing sensed that his comprehension and the world's spiritual vitality had increased.

After the great tribulation ended, Lu Qing saw the devastation across the southeast and decided to return to Sun-Moon Mountain, while cultivators in the Eight Wastelands discovered that their borrowed Fate Allotment was being reclaimed. The chapter left Ye Lin wary that even the opportunities he had gained might carry a price.

• Lu Qing saw a vast sea where the southeastern lands had been and sensed that the Eight Wastelands’ struggle was ending as his Karmic Affinity faded.
• Lu Qing packed up his rented Cultivation Cave and headed to the main hall to end the lease before returning to Sun-Moon Mountain.
• Cultivators across the Eight Wastelands watched their Fate Allotment turn into mist and depart, carrying their True Spirit aura to cleanse the land’s lingering impurity.
• Grotto-Heaven elders explained that the Eight Wastelands was reclaiming the Fate Allotment it had lent, and that Celestial Star Destinies would become nourishment rather than make their bearers Star Lords.
• Many prodigies lost most of their Fate Allotment, while powerful figures rushed to rescue cultivators from Immortal Mountain.
• Ye Lin, protected in part by his Heavenly Secrets Jade, realized his own opportunities were also tied to the Eight Wastelands and feared their cost.

Zhou Shenlong and the Black Cat escaped a dangerous relic without claiming its opportunity, while a transformation in the Eight Wastelands bound every cultivator who had entered it to a heavy karmic debt. Back on Sun-Moon Mountain, Lu Qing learned of the change and concluded that cultivators might repay their Cause and Effect through future cultivation breakthroughs.

• Zhou Shenlong and the Black Cat decided to leave the Eight Wastelands without taking the opportunity that could advance his cultivation.
• A snow-white relic appeared behind a formation as Zhang Meng'an and other cultivators watched warily.
• Fate Allotment rose from cultivators across the Eight Wastelands, burdening them with Cause and Effect, destiny, and karmic debt that could follow them beyond the realm.
• Lu Qing inspected the thriving Spirit Plant Garden on Sun-Moon Mountain and later received news of the Eight Wastelands' transformation.
• Lu Qing reasoned that cultivators could repay their ties to the Eight Wastelands through future breakthroughs, though the realm's connection to the Nine Heavens was deepening.

After the Tribulation Cycle ended, Lu Qing reflected on the Eight Wastelands’ dangerous Fate Allotment and resolved to avoid it until its eerie head was dealt with. The Dao Sect’s returning cultivators arrived at the mountain gate, while Lu Qing sensed his Void Realm breakthrough drawing near.

• Lu Qing concluded that the Eight Wastelands carried dangerous Cause and Effect and decided not to venture there again until its eerie head was dealt with.
• Lu Qing sensed spiritual tides and opportunities rising across the world and expected dangers and unrest to follow the end of the divination.
• The Dao Sect treasure ship returned to the mountain gate carrying cultivators from the Four Lands, though some disciples and elders had remained behind in the Demon Land.
• Wang Chunfeng returned with an advanced Sword Dao and entanglements in his Fate Allotment, and he considered thanking Lu Qing for his warning.
• Lu Qing sensed a familiar, harmless thought directed toward him and pondered the threshold of the Void Realm.

After the cultivators returned from the Eight Wastelands, the Dao Sect discussed the consequences of their journey and turned its attention to the Fierce Beasts threatening the southern coast. The assembly also considered the Profound Heaven Dao Academy and other sect business before an Outer Sect Lineage peak master raised an unidentified matter for the Dean and Chiefs.

• Spirit Plant disciples discussed the dangers of the Eight Wastelands, and Hu Laozhang said its opportunities came at a steep price.
• News about the Eight Wastelands spread among Dao Sect disciples as important matters returned to the agenda.
• Bai Changshou and Liao Bufan discussed the southern Fierce Beasts and expected the sect to send new disciples to train against them.
• The Dean and the seven Chiefs assigned Fierce Beast training to the lineages and agreed to arrange the Profound Heaven Dao Academy by inner and outer sects.
• An Outer Sect Lineage peak master brought an unidentified matter before the Dean and Chiefs for discussion.

The Dao Sect identified Lu Qing’s Gourd True Seed as a remnant of the Strange Gourd tied to the Demon Sect and the Earth Vein, then decided to reward him for finding it. After learning of the reward, Lu Qing traveled to the Dao Sect Mission Hall to collect it.

• A peak master presented the Gourd True Seed, and Zhang Qingyun identified it as a true seed from the Primordial Era Strange Gourd.
• A seated figure drew out and erased the seed’s hidden black qi of evil desire, prompting the Dao Sect elders to discuss the Demon Sect’s interest in Earth Vein qi.
• The elders learned that Lu Qing had discovered the seed, confirmed he was Li’s disciple, and ordered the Mission Hall’s Chen Palace to issue his reward according to regulations.
• Lu Qing received a spirit talisman announcing his reward and decided to claim it that day.
• Lu Qing rode his flying sword to the Dao Sect’s Chen Palace and entered the Mission Hall.

Lu Qing entered Chen Palace to collect a mission reward and studied the subtle spatial techniques woven into its path. In the reward area, he met its Artifact Spirit, a Violet-Light Thunder Dragon formed from a True Soul.

• Lu Qing studied the spatial path leading into Chen Palace and gained insight that nourished his Golden Core Inner World.
• Lu Qing entered Chen Palace and observed its vast inner cosmos and the changing mission system.
• Lu Qing reached the Mission Reward Area and entered a separate, star-filled space.
• A Violet-Light Thunder Dragon appeared and identified itself as the Artifact Spirit, asking Lu Qing to present his token.
• Lu Qing introduced himself, bowed to the Artifact Spirit, and handed over his token to claim his reward.

The Thunder Dragon Artifact Spirit rewarded Lu Qing with a Glazed Pearl that would guide his spirit through the Outer Void, while warning him not to lose himself there. Back at the Sun-Moon Mountain Spirit Plant Garden, Lu Qing inspected the crops and summoned Zhang Hu.

• The Thunder Dragon Artifact Spirit gave Lu Qing the Glazed Pearl as coordinates for Divine Wandering Beyond the Heavens and warned him about the dangers of the Outer Void.
• Lu Qing thanked the Artifact Spirit and left Chen Palace, reflecting on the vast emptiness beyond heaven and earth and the need to guard his state of mind.
• Zhang Hu considered the freedom and favorable conditions he had found in the Sun-Moon Mountain Spirit Plant Garden, despite his modest cultivation and difficult path toward becoming a high-grade Spirit Planter Master.
• Hu Laozhang summoned Zhang Hu because Lu Qing wanted to see him.
• Lu Qing inspected the Spirit Plant districts and noticed that a patch of sixth-grade Spirit Plants had successfully taken root.