Recaps

Lu Qing learned that the Hundred-Academy Grand Competition might stir Humanity Fate Allotment as the Heaven of Universe filled in the Nine Heavens’ Dao Rhyme. More than a month later, news confirmed that visitors from Beyond the Heavens had arrived, and Lü Liang and his friends suspected the newcomers were connected to a dangerous dispute over the starry sky.

• Lu Qing considered the Hundred-Academy Grand Competition’s role in Humanity Fate Allotment and watched the dangerous starry skies Beyond the Heavens.
• The Flying Light Bulletin reported that visitors from Beyond the Heavens had arrived, prompting cultivators to question who they were and what Great Dao they practiced.
• Lü Liang gathered his friends and suggested the newcomers’ arrival could be a chance for Feng Qi to rise and earn Humanity Path merit.
• Li Lin revealed that his cousin had encountered the visitors, who were vicious and had disregarded the Humanity Academy.
• Li Lin said the visitors had come prepared for something involving the starry sky, leaving his friends alarmed.

Lü Liang and his companions learned that Beyond-Heavens Cultivators had mostly appeared in a dangerous, uninhabited region of the starry sky, while Wen Yun sought his teacher’s counsel about his junior disciples wanting to confront them. Wen Yun left to warn the disciples, who remained eager to challenge the visitors despite his caution.

• Lü Liang and his companions discussed the Academy’s changed competition rules and feared that missions involving the Beyond-Heavens Cultivators could be dangerous.
• Lü Liang bought the latest Humanity News and found that the Beyond-Heavens Cultivators had mostly appeared in a remote, deadly region of the starry sky.
• Wen Yun asked his teacher whether he should intervene as his junior brothers and sisters prepared to clash with the Beyond-Heavens Cultivators.
• Wen Yun’s teacher said the confrontation was his disciples’ Tribulation and that Wen Yun could not dissuade them.
• Wen Yun left his teacher and warned the waiting disciples not to underestimate the Beyond-Heavens Cultivators, but they continued to boast about confronting them.

Lu Qing heard that Bodhi Hall’s direct disciples had been wiped out in a forbidden region beyond the heavens and traced the commotion to turmoil in Humanity Fate Allotment and ancient Dao Rhymes. He reassured his true body that the situation remained under control while his Dao Grounds continued to flourish.

• Wen Yun warned his fellow Bodhi Hall disciples that their Teacher would not intervene and that going out would be their tribulation, but they dismissed his concerns and planned to leave anyway.
• Seven days later, Lu Qing heard inn patrons discussing the deaths of the direct disciples under the three Bodhi Hall elders in a Starry Sky Beyond Heaven forbidden region.
• Lu Qing used his Heavenly Eyes to observe the Fate Allotment and Cause and Effect behind the deaths and recognized that the turmoil was stirring ancient and present Dao Rhymes around the forbidden regions.
• Lu Qing sent a message to his true body that the situation remained within the chessboard’s control and would not cause a world-ending catastrophe.
• At Clearless Dao Grounds, the Star Tree’s starlight nourished the land, while Heavenly Secret Lake and the Star Tree supported each other’s growth.

Lu Qing continued cultivating while his Red Dust Avatar monitored the growing turmoil around the West Sea Heritage Land. At the Inheritance Grounds, Young Master Nie waited for Wei Shaoping’s promised opportunity, as a mysterious formation was prepared aboard their tower ship.

• Lu Qing sensed the karmic ties between his Great Dao and the Nine Heavens, then continued cultivating through his avatars across the Long River of Time.
• Lu Qing’s Red Dust Avatar watched as cultivators debated the Son of the Human Emperor’s chances and the contest for the West Sea Humanity Path Supreme Treasure.
• Young Master Nie pressed Wei Shaoping about when the opportunity to act would come, and Wei Shaoping said it should arrive within seven days.
• Young Master Nie dismissed Wei Shaoping and the divination cultivators, then returned to the tower ship’s hidden cosmos.
• Eleven Eight-Trigram White Jade Formations stood beneath the tower ship’s starry dome as feather-robed cultivators sat at their eight directions and formation ripples emerged.

Wei Shaoping’s disciples complained about serving Young Master Nie, while Wei privately wondered whether the supreme treasure could be his turning point. In the Inheritance Grounds, Huang Wuxuan and Li Jiuyang faced each other before the inheritance platform, and Li Jiuyang recognized Huang as Water Chen of the Fourth Star Position.

• Wei Shaoping told his disciples to continue divining and produce results within seven days for Young Master Nie.
• Wei’s disciples complained that Young Master Nie should have seized the supreme treasure himself, and Wei warned them not to speak carelessly.
• Wei privately considered whether the supreme treasure might be his chance to change his fortunes.
• Huang Wuxuan hesitated to approach the inheritance platform after noticing Li Jiuyang nearby.
• Li Jiuyang identified Huang Wuxuan as Water Chen of the Fourth Star Position, leaving Huang wondering how his identity had been exposed.

Huang Wuxuan and Li Jiuyang triggered the West Sea inheritance trial, which required them to endure the guardian’s phantom for one incense stick. Outside, the gathered forces waited as Young Master Nie learned that the heavenly secrets had cleared and the time to act had arrived.

• The Mysterious Stone Tablet told Huang Wuxuan that Li Jiuyang could see through his aura using the Human Emperor’s Heavenly Eye, then fell silent.
• Li Jiuyang and Huang Wuxuan activated the inheritance trial, which required at least two challengers to be present.
• The guardian’s phantom subjected both cultivators to a terrifying gaze and announced that they had to endure for one incense stick to succeed.
• Powerful cultivators and their Dao protectors kept watch over the West Sea Inheritance Grounds while the younger cultivators grew restless.
• After seven days, Young Master Nie entered the Starry-Sky Four-Directional Eight-Trigrams Formation, and Wei Shaoping told him the heavenly secrets had cleared and the time was today.

Lu Qing sensed rising disturbances around the West Sea Human Path Inheritance Grounds and the East Sea Reincarnation Entrance. As the East Sea began to stir, an old man transformed into a young figure and set out toward it.

• Young Master Nie praised Wei Shaoping and prepared to leave after Wei reported success.
• Seven days later, Lu Qing sensed changing Humanity Fate Allotment and clashing auras in the West Sea, while keeping watch on the Reincarnation Nether Sea.
• The East Sea's silence began to break as fervor stirred among those connected to the Reincarnation Entrance.
• Carefree Child thought the Ancestor's portrait had moved, but the old man dismissed him and sent him away.
• The old man transformed into a young figure, declared that the Reincarnation Entrance had opened, and walked toward the East Sea.

Lu Qing sensed the Reincarnation Entrance opening in the East Sea and sent a carefully severed Reincarnation Avatar into the gathering storm. As the avatar, Li Changhe, arrived among hidden experts, the entrance unleashed a surge that swallowed nearby cultivators and transformed them into mist.

• Thunder shook the Nine Heavens as Lu Qing sensed a heavenly anomaly in the East Sea and saw the Reincarnation Entrance appear.
• Lu Qing sent a new avatar toward the entrance while his true body continued secluded cultivation and his other avatars followed their own paths.
• Lu Qing’s avatar entered the East Sea under the name Li Changhe, carrying no Cause and Effect connection to his true body.
• Li Changhe arrived among numerous unfamiliar powerful auras and welcomed the growing chaos.
• Space rippled like flowing water, sweeping away nearby cultivators and turning their lives and cultivation into mist.

A vast upheaval in fate spread across the Nine Heavens Cultivation Realm as an enormous gateway appeared in the East Sea, unsettling cultivators far away. The Mysterious Stone Tablet identified the gateway as the opening of the Reincarnation Entrance and urged Huang Wuxuan to flee, while Lu Qing watched the disturbance from the Dao Sect.

• A massive gateway fell from the River of Time in the East Sea, dissolving the barrier between ages and sending waves of unease through cultivators' Dao Hearts.
• The Six Paths Fate Allotment churned across the heavens, shaking sect providence and drawing secluded patriarchs out to stabilize their lineages.
• Wei Shaoping, Young Master Nie, and the West Sea cultivators were struck by the disturbance, though Young Master Nie's Dragon-Beast Jade Pendant dispelled his unease.
• The Mysterious Stone Tablet warned Huang Wuxuan that the Human Emperor's Son would likely take the inheritance and told him to run, then recognized the aura as the opening of the Reincarnation Entrance.
• Lu Qing observed the fate fluctuations from the Dao Sect and saw the Bronze Bell keep the sect's fate clouds from breaking into greater waves.

The Reincarnation Entrance appeared in the East Sea, stirring all Nine Heavens and drawing powerful experts who sought to calculate its secrets or enter it. Li Changhe arrived among them, recognized several strange auras, and the chapter left the deeper contest around the entrance unresolved.

• The Reincarnation Entrance's manifestation sent a brief wave of unease and resonance through all Nine Heavens.
• Li Changhe followed the crowd to the portal and watched experts enter while others briefly observed and calculated Heavenly Secrets.
• Elderly experts and their incarnations gathered, including a youthful-looking figure from Eastern Heaven Continent seeking the opportunity.
• Li Changhe identified several auras associated with Incense, Dynasty of Fortune, and decay among the gathered experts.
• The East Sea's hidden clash remained contained, while the Reincarnation Entrance drew the attention of powerful figures around the chessboard.

The Cloud Platform Figures discussed the newly manifested Reincarnation Entrance and the secrets of the Fangxian who had returned from Nine-Nether. As the Heavenly Net Chessboard expanded toward the Human Path, Lu Qing read news from Humanity World and learned that Starry Sky Beyond Heaven was becoming a focus of cultivation.

• The Cloud Platform Figures treated the Reincarnation Entrance as an expected change, while discussing the difficulty of comprehending Reincarnation and the Fangxian's connection to Nine-Nether.
• A figure explained that Reincarnation-related objects could conceal their bearers from Heaven's Will and evade Reincarnation's pull, but could not extend their lifespans.
• The chessboard's focus shifted to the Human Path as Humanity Providence rose and Human Path pieces moved along the River of Time.
• Cultivators and sects across the world encountered new opportunities and dangers, including expeditions and a forbidden zone in Starry Sky Beyond Heaven.
• Lu Qing read the Daily News Bulletin from Humanity World and noted that Starry Sky Beyond Heaven appeared repeatedly in recent reports.

Lu Qing connected the Academy Grand Competition and a series of reports about new ruins and strange places to a growing convergence of Heavenly Secrets around the Starry Sky Beyond Heaven. He concluded that the region might hold a dangerous legacy left by powerful Immortals, but his incarnation chose to observe rather than enter the unknown forbidden zone.

• Lu Qing recognized that reports of new Grotto-Heavens, ruins, and mist-covered places clustered around the Starry Sky Beyond Heaven.
• He considered how Humanity Heaven's Fate Allotment and the Academy Grand Competition might relate to the possible emergence of a Human Emperor.
• Lu Qing suspected that the Starry Sky Beyond Heaven was a major variable behind the gathering currents of Heavenly Secrets and might contain something more dangerous than Remnant Immortals.
• He decided not to confront the Starry Sky Forbidden Zone directly and continued observing the Academy Grand Competition from within the area covered by Humanity Fate Allotment.

Lü Liang received an Academy Wilderness-Reclamation Order for a mission beyond the Void Cloud Minor Realm and wondered why the Academy had mobilized so many cultivators. As the West Sea Portal stabilized, he remained uneasy about the mission’s connection to the Starry Sky Beyond Heaven and the rumors surrounding Bodhi Hall.

• People discussed the Beyond-Heavens Cultivators and rumors about the deaths of Bodhi Hall’s true disciples.
• Lü Liang examined his Wilderness-Reclamation Order and learned that the Academy had assigned him a reclamation mission beyond the Void Cloud Minor Realm.
• Lü Liang realized he could not decline the mission and worried about the Academy’s intentions and its connection to the Starry Sky Beyond Heaven.
• Lü Liang recalled that Bodhi Hall had made no major move after gathering its disciples back, despite reports that nearly all its true disciples had died.
• The West Sea Portal gradually stabilized, with spatial rifts no longer appearing everywhere.

The stabilized portal drew cultivators from across the Nine Heavens, who speculated that it led to the tomb or Daoist Dojo of Primordial Immortals. A new expedition prepared to enter for Silver Star Return Ruins, while the Profound Heaven Dao Sect sent another group of disciples and its leaders considered the dangers and the sect’s plans.

• Cultivators gathered before the portal discussed whether the world beyond held the tombs of Primordial Immortals and learned that the Heaven of Universe was where powerful figures’ Dao Shadows had vanished.
• Those gathered identified the distinctive tower ship of Azure Sea Sword Mountain and learned that it had already sent earlier groups through the portal.
• The Azure Sea Sword Mountain cultivators prepared to enter for Silver Star Return Ruins, where the Human Path’s Academy Grand Competition was taking place, and discussed the dangers of Time Remnant Shadows and their mission tasks.
• The Profound Heaven Dao Sect sent another group of peak masters, elders, and disciples after the portal’s entry threshold was relaxed.
• The Dao Sect peak masters observed the dangerous phantom of the Long River of Time and said they would follow the sect’s arrangements as the upheaval stirred the Fate Allotment of the Nine Heavens.

Lu Qing observed how the arrival of cultivators from the Nine Heavens changed the Humanity Heaven of Universe’s Fate Allotment and cultivation requirements. He also watched Li Changhe enter the Reincarnation Entrance, where an unseen peril threatened those who followed.

• Cultivators sensed shifts in the Nine Heavens’ Heavenly Secrets and the Six Paths Fate Allotment as newcomers entered the Humanity Heaven of Universe.
• The Bodhi Hall of Universe Palace announced stricter Providence advancement requirements, and Lu Qing received the new rules.
• Lu Qing concluded that Heaven’s Will was concentrating Fate Allotment on Heavenly Prodigies and sensed Nine Heavens cultivators arriving through the West Sea Portal.
• Lu Qing saw that the Reincarnation Entrance in the East Sea concealed a more dangerous disturbance than the commotion in the West Sea.
• Li Changhe entered the Reincarnation Entrance and endured its Dao-rhyme washing, while several unaware cultivators followed into its perilous first threshold.

Li Changhe traveled through the Reincarnation Entrance, studying Reincarnation Light Shadows and hearing old cultivators discuss past eras and Fangxian Reincarnation. He emerged before the Ancient Nine Nether’s Yellow Springs River, but the river remained impossibly distant.

• Li Changhe observed Reincarnation Light Shadows revealing scenes from the Primordial Era and later eras as cultivators exchanged observations.
• The avatar listened as old cultivators discussed the Third Era’s Ancient Methods and Old Dao, Fangxian Reincarnation, and the dangers of entering Nine-Nether.
• Li Changhe recalled accounts of Fangxian Reincarnation’s destruction and watched a fleeting shadow show a Dao-seeking expert’s fall in the Third Era.
• The travelers passed through the gateway and saw an Azure River that Li Changhe recognized as the Ancient Nine Nether’s Yellow Springs River.
• Several cultivators tried to approach the river, but they found that even one step could not cross the immense distance.

Li Changhe and the other cultivators waited at the Yellow Springs River, unable to approach it as they considered how to cross. The river began to transform, and boats appeared along the shore, leaving the group poised to discover whether one would carry them across.

• Li Changhe watched the other cultivators fail to advance toward the Yellow Springs River and stayed cautious among the powerful figures gathered there.
• Li Changhe chose to wait with the others, while some cultivators recalled that a ferryman or ferry boat was said to cross the ancient river.
• The cultivators heard splashing and saw the Azure River spread into a vast, dark expanse beneath billowing gray-white mist.
• Li Changhe and the others saw small boats appear along the previously empty riverbank.

Li Changhe and the others reached the Reincarnation Yellow Springs River, where a strange boatman demanded three taels and two qian of Life-Lifespan to cross. Before anyone could learn more, a Dharma Combat broke out, and the Reincarnation Portal began withdrawing from the present world.

• A wooden boat emerged from the mist, and its straw-cloaked boatman demanded three taels and two qian of Life-Lifespan from anyone crossing the river.
• The boatman ignored questions and repeated his demand, while the group considered how Nine-Nether Law might govern the reincarnated beings and the cost of crossing.
• Several people began a Dharma Combat, prompting Li Changhe's incarnation and others to shift position and retreat from the Yellow Springs River.
• The Reincarnation Portal lingered near the East Sea for two months before returning toward its place in the Long River of Time.

The Reincarnation Entrance in the East Sea vanished after only a few months, prompting confusion and failed divinations among cultivators. Attention remained fixed on the West Sea, where the contest for a Supreme Treasure was nearing its end and a young Human Path cultivator had escaped with its favor.

• The East Sea Reincarnation Entrance disappeared, surprising cultivators who expected it to remain for years.
• A cultivator used yarrow stalks and a tortoiseshell to divine the disappearance, then suffered a backlash and realized Reincarnation could not be divined.
• Cultivators noted the ruins and traces of Reincarnation left behind in the East Sea, but most focused on the greater commotion in the West Sea.
• Observers discussed how a young cultivator had received the West Sea Supreme Treasure’s favor and escaped alive beneath the eyes of veteran powerhouses.

Young Master Nie and Wei Shaoping reflected on Huang Wuxuan’s escape and the uncanny fortune of a Son of the Human Emperor. They learned that Huang Wuxuan was headed for the Southern Sea, but Young Master Nie decided to let others pursue him first.

• Young Master Nie questioned how Huang Wuxuan had evaded the attackers, while Wei Shaoping used the Star-Dipper Eight-Trigrams Formation to divine that Huang Wuxuan was headed for the Southern Sea.
• Young Master Nie praised Wei Shaoping’s divination, then said he had little hope for the mission and would let others encounter Huang Wuxuan first.
• Wei Shaoping withdrew and recalled how attacks, Divine Abilities, and treasures had repeatedly failed or gone awry during the Dharma Combat.
• Wei Shaoping concluded that the Human Emperor Fate was extraordinary, and the Nie Clan’s tower ship did not immediately pursue Huang Wuxuan.

Lu Qing examined the Human Emperor's Son’s extraordinary Fortune Dao after the struggle for the West Sea's Supreme Treasure and saw how his calamities strengthened his Destiny Pattern. He concluded that the Son’s path would bring ever-greater hardships until he gathered enough Providence to become the Humanity Human Emperor.

• News of the West Sea's Supreme Treasure struggle spread, and Lu Qing learned that the Humanity Human Emperor's Son had survived through an unusual turn of fortune.
• Lu Qing deduced that the Human Emperor's Son’s calamity-to-fortune Destiny Pattern had not greatly depleted his Providence.
• Lu Qing observed the nine streams of Humanity Fate Allotment and identified one Human Emperor's Son as burdened by shackles and gathering dark clouds.
• Lu Qing saw that the leading Human Emperor's Son’s Destiny Pattern grew more brilliant through hardship and would draw further Tribulations.
• Lu Qing concluded that the Human Emperor's Son would need to gather Providence and ascend as the Humanity Human Emperor to break through his tribulation snare.

As the Human Emperor destinies of the Nine Sons emerged, cultivators considered the wider heavens and the missing Sons, while the Silver Star Return Ruins became a bustling hub for the Academy Grand Competition. Lu Qing watched from the Void Cloud Realm as Humanity Providence and the resulting Tribulation Qi gathered, with blood-colored aura spreading from the tangled Human Path Fate Allotments.

• Cultivators observed the shifting Six Paths Fate Allotment and discussed the emergence of the Sons of the Human Emperor, including two who were likely born beyond the Nine Heavens.
• A Son of the Human Emperor connected the missing pair to Strange Gate Temple of the West Sea and reflected on the challenges and opportunities of their paths.
• The Silver Star Return Ruins filled with visitors, merchants, and cultivators as the Academy Grand Competition began there and the area became a safer transit point.
• Lu Qing monitored the competition from the Void Cloud Realm and saw Humanity Providence gather alongside growing Tribulation Qi.
• Lu Qing saw blood-colored aura spread from the tangled Human Path Fate Allotments.

Lu Qing's incarnation observed the Academy Grand Competition and glimpsed the ancient Heavenly Net Chessboard, reflecting on the destinies moving across it. He recognized the Fate Allotment of the Sons of the Humanity Human Emperor as the story turned toward the secrets of Silver Star Return Ruins.

• Lu Qing's incarnation watched Human Path cultivation prodigies compete at the Academy Grand Competition while his true body remained in secluded cultivation.
• Cultivators in a tavern discussed the likely champion, the Sons of the Human Emperor, and how one Son's Destiny Pattern had recently transformed.
• The cultivators also talked about Silver Star Return Ruins and its bustling market, where goods of many origins could be traded.
• Lu Qing glimpsed the immense Heavenly Net Chessboard above the River of Time and saw countless destinies move like chess pieces.
• Lu Qing recognized several currents of destiny as the Fate Allotment of the Sons of the Humanity Human Emperor.

Lu Qing cultivated the Great Dao of Time and Reincarnation, discovered that a rare Dao Marker could take him into the Primordial Era, and considered the dangers and opportunities of breaking through there. He chose to enter the past, and the Dao Marker engulfed him in white light.

• Lu Qing saw how other cultivators’ Great Dao paths and imprints shaped the River of Time, including a powerful green lotus and traces of Buddhist experts.
• Lu Qing examined the rare Dao Marker and recognized that the Primordial Era’s final Tribulation and the imprints of mighty experts could obstruct travel through time.
• Lu Qing decided that the Nine Heavens were unsuitable for his breakthrough and considered entering the Primordial Era to pursue Dao Transmission to all worlds.
• Lu Qing recalled the Primordial Era’s successive ages and hoped to witness its complete heavens, while judging the flourishing era of the Six Paths a comparatively safer destination.
• Lu Qing adapted his aura to blend into the Primordial Era, and the Dao Marker opened and sent him into a boundless white light.

White Cloud Taoist Temple’s sect boys Wen An and his companion discussed the unusual commotion caused by a honored guest the previous day. They returned to their worries about failing to enter the Dao and having to leave the sect.

• The green-robed boy asked Wen An about the honored guest the Mountain Lord had received the day before.
• Wen An said his master, the temple kitchen’s head cook, had not known who the guest was and had been busy.
• The green-robed boy noted that Wen An had found a master while he had spent over half a year at the temple without entering the Dao.
• Wen An and the green-robed boy sighed over the risk of failing to become Dao-entry disciples and having to leave the sect.