Recaps

Lu Qing, a powerful cultivator from a later era, asked Master of White Cloud Mountain about recent strange events to help determine when he had arrived in the Primordial Era. Master of White Cloud Mountain began recalling unusual reports he had heard at the Azure Cloud Banquet.

• White Cloud Taoist Temple disciples speculated about the distinguished guest their mountain master had received.
• Elder Zhang recalled how Lu Qing had destroyed a Fierce Beast that tried to ambush him on the Flowing Cloud Great River.
• Lu Qing considered the pressure of the Power of Time and chose to gather information from smaller sects rather than risk disturbing the past.
• Master of White Cloud Mountain accepted Lu Qing's tea and explained that he had heard of several strange events at the Azure Cloud Banquet.
• Master of White Cloud Mountain searched his memories for the reports as Lu Qing listened.

Lu Qing listened as the Master of White Cloud Mountain described strange occurrences and recent news, using the reports to learn about the era he had entered. The Master then revealed that Humanity Heaven of Universe was searching for a peerless genius whose Destiny Pattern had not yet been revealed.

• Lu Qing considered how his concealed identity and Merit allowed Heaven's Will to accept him, and thought he might use his identity's ruined temple for seclusion.
• The Master of White Cloud Mountain described strange immortal light over a lake near Azure Cloud Mountain that made cultivators obsessed with cultivation until they ruined their foundations, before the light vanished.
• Lu Qing inferred that the light had likely been a lingering Dao trace and used the reports to gauge the state of the era.
• The Master shared more current news, then reported that Humanity Heaven of Universe was searching for a peerless Great Dao genius whose Destiny Pattern had not yet been revealed.

Lu Qing learned that the first Human Emperor of the Human Path was born with a destined Destiny Pattern, but the prophecy failed when the appointed day came, suggesting hidden schemes. After giving the Master of White Cloud Mountain cultivation guidance, Lu Qing left the temple and continued toward his own destination.

• Lu Qing learned that the Human Path had flourished in the Nine Heavens and that its first Human Emperor was said to be a Great Dao genius destined from birth.
• The Master of White Cloud Mountain said the Three Ages Venerable Elders had prophesied the Human Emperor’s Destiny Pattern, but it failed to appear when the Big Dipper and Southern Dipper Main Stars emerged.
• Lu Qing inferred that others had likely schemed against the destined Human Emperor and divined that the figure was probably in the south.
• Lu Qing determined that his own destination lay north, then gave the Master of White Cloud Mountain guidance that helped him approach a breakthrough.
• Lu Qing parted from the Master of White Cloud Mountain and left White Cloud Taoist Temple.

After leaving White Cloud Taoist Temple, Lu Qing traveled through the Primordial Era and observed its mortal lands, cultivation environment, and ordered heavens. He reached a mountain peak in a region where the Six Paths Fate Allotment did not manifest, and continued contemplating the world around him.

• Master of White Cloud Mountain reflected on his breakthrough and realized that he had previously been too impetuous.
• Lu Qing followed the direction indicated by his Heavenly Secret Deduction after leaving White Cloud Taoist Temple.
• Lu Qing traveled beyond a cultivation region and observed that most of the surrounding lands were populated by mortals with natural aptitude.
• Lu Qing considered how the Primordial Era's complete environment compared with the Nine Heavens and pondered the changes and Tribulation Qi brought by transformations of heaven and earth.
• Lu Qing landed on a mountain peak and sensed that the Six Paths Fate Allotment did not manifest in the region.

Lu Qing discovered that changing the destiny of ordinary cultivators caused little backlash from time, then settled into secluded cultivation on an elegant mountain peak in the Primordial Era. Seeking insight into Reincarnation without entering Nine Nether, he decided to investigate the Ghost Path’s Netherworld Providence for its possible connection to Nine-Nether Reincarnation.

• Lu Qing divined that guiding the Master of White Cloud Mountain through a breakthrough caused only a faint ripple of time because the man would still die after his lifespan ran out.
• Lu Qing concluded that altering the destinies of insignificant beings stirred little backlash, while changing the fate of great figures would provoke a far greater response.
• Lu Qing chose the mountain peak for secluded cultivation, concealed its Heavenly Secrets, and restored its decayed Daoist temple.
• After cultivating there and gaining insight into the Primordial Era’s environment, Lu Qing decided not to enter Nine Nether.
• Lu Qing planned to examine the Ghost Path’s Netherworld Providence to determine whether it connected to Nine-Nether Reincarnation.

Lu Qing examined the flourishing Ghost Path Providence and traced its hidden Karmic Affinity to the Primordial Era’s Nine-Nether Reincarnation. He saw how its True Spirits and Yellow Springs River differed from the later Nether Sea, then stopped before crossing to the Other Shore.

• Lu Qing observed that Ghost Path Providence flourished, though it had become concealed after the Primordial Era Tribulation.
• Lu Qing traced a hidden Karmic Affinity bearing traces of Reincarnation through the Ghost Path Providence.
• Lu Qing looked through the drifting fog and found an azure Yellow Springs River in the Nine-Nether.
• Lu Qing saw an intelligent old ferryman carry dim, corpse-like True Spirits across the river.
• Lu Qing compared this Reincarnation with the later Nether Sea and stopped before crossing the Yellow Springs River.

Lu Qing studied Primordial Era Nine-Nether Reincarnation and distinguished it from the later Nether Sea, while sensing a hidden connection between Nine-Nether and Ghost Path Providence. He placed the story before the Nine-Nether Upheaval, when the Six Paths' Rise was flourishing and Fangxian Reincarnation had yet to emerge publicly.

• Lu Qing realized that Primordial Era Nine-Nether and the later Nether Sea were distinct, though linked by a faint trace of karma and destiny.
• Lu Qing watched True Spirits cross the Yellow Springs River by boat and sensed that entering the concealed Other Shore could alter his cultivation Dao Path.
• Lu Qing considered how the eras of the Primordial Age were defined and recalled that the Humanity Human Emperor's appearance marked the rise of the Six Paths' powerhouses.
• Lu Qing concluded that the Nine-Nether Upheaval had not yet occurred and that Fangxian Reincarnation remained hidden before its later public emergence.
• Lu Qing sensed that the hidden Nine-Nether karma within Ghost Path Providence might draw attention as heaven and earth's Providence continued to change.

Lu Qing contemplated the dangers and mysteries of the Reincarnation Dao, then advanced his cultivation and gained new insights into the Great Dao. His breakthrough stirred Providence across the Immortal Path, alarming the attendants and a middle-aged cultivator at the All-Immortals Heavenwatch Terrace.

• Lu Qing reasoned that Primordial Era powerhouses may have perished in the Reincarnation Tribulation, leaving no trace of their Dao in the world.
• Lu Qing recognized the Reincarnation Tribulation as a hurdle he would have to cross, then set aside his thoughts and prepared to complete his cultivation breakthrough.
• Lu Qing’s Inner World filled with starlight and the changing seasons as he gained new insights into Yin-Yang, the order of all things, and the Great Dao.
• Providence began to shine and flourish across the Primordial Era’s Nine Heavens.
• Two attendants at the All-Immortals Heavenwatch Terrace noticed the strange glow on the Register of All Immortals, and a middle-aged cultivator warned that Immortal Providence had changed.

Qinghe discovered that the Immortal Path Providence had changed in connection with the upheaval surrounding a Human Path Great Dao Prodigy. The Immortals discussed the prodigy’s Human Emperor Destiny Pattern and agreed to observe events without entering the conflict, while Lu Qing remained in seclusion in Mortal Heaven.

• Qinghe noticed the change in Immortal Path Providence and excused two attendants for falling asleep at the All-Immortal Jade Register.
• Qinghe reported the Providence change to the Immortals, who linked it to the disturbance in Humanity Fate Allotment.
• The Immortals discussed the Human Path prodigy’s altered Destiny Pattern and the interest it might attract from the other Paths.
• The Immortals decided to stay out of the struggle, remain vigilant, and let cultivators of the same generation resolve their own Cause and Effect.
• The narration described the Nine Heavens and Mortal Heaven, where Lu Qing was in seclusion and the Six Paths’ Providence did not easily descend into the mortal world.

Lu Qing continued his secluded breakthrough while the Mortal Heaven remained quiet, and a son was born into the Wang Family in a county town near Qianli Lake. In Humanity Heaven, a cultivator’s divination revealed signs of a coming tribulation, leaving its outcome uncertain.

• Lu Qing remained in seclusion as years passed peacefully in the Mortal Heaven.
• Wang Jiulang welcomed a son, and his family celebrated the birth.
• A cultivator in Humanity Heaven cast three tortoiseshell divinations and interpreted them as signs of a tribulation that could bring either completion or loss.

A diviner learned that a Great Dao prodigy was also the fated Innate Human Emperor, and the Human Path began mobilizing to find him while keeping the other paths from interfering. The story then shifted to Clearwater County, where Wang Jiulang celebrated passing the provincial examination and locals discussed the auspicious fate of his young son.

• The diviner glimpsed a strand of Heavenly Secrets linking the Great Dao prodigy to the Human Emperor and judged that the prodigy had descended beyond the Six Paths’ Providence, somewhere in the southeast Mortal Heaven.
• The diviner traveled to Azure Dragon Hall, where the Azure Dragon Horn summoned the Human Path’s true cultivators to act before rival paths could interfere.
• Old cultivators across the Heaven of Universe heard the Azure Dragon Horn and wondered why it had sounded in a time of peace.
• At Qianli Lake, Wang Jiulang held a farewell banquet after passing the provincial examination and prepared to leave for the imperial capital.
• Tavern guests said Wang Jiulang’s fortunes had risen since his son was born and recalled an old Daoist declaring the child’s fate extraordinarily noble.

Lu Qing reached the Dongzhen Dao Transmission Realm and faced the Reincarnation Great Dao Tribulation. After the tribulation passed, he understood that the destiny he had drawn in was fixed, while a disturbance in the Long River of Time revealed Reincarnation as a Variable Fate.

• Lu Qing completed his cultivation and entered the Dongzhen Dao Transmission Realm, where he comprehended the myriad Great Daos returning to Unity.
• Lu Qing endured the Reincarnation Great Dao Tribulation as the sounds of the Great Dao faded and the mortal world came into view.
• Lu Qing understood that the tribulation had fixed the destiny he had drawn in, though True Spirits remained within the Reincarnation Cultivation Sea and could not transcend destiny.
• Wind, rain, and thunder accompanied a subtle change in Providence, and a disturbance rippled through the Long River of Time.
• Observers identified the disturbance in the Long River of Time as Reincarnation, a Variable Fate.

A disturbance in Reincarnation rippled through the Long River of Time, alerting ancient experts that a new Variable Fate had emerged in the Reincarnation Nether Sea. The watchers speculated about who had stepped onto the Reincarnation Dao and anticipated that those seeking its secrets would soon act.

• Ancient figures across the Long River of Time sensed the Reincarnation disturbance and tried to divine its source.
• An ancient voice concluded that someone had stepped onto the Reincarnation Dao, with the Nether Sea now the only place to investigate it.
• The Heavenly Net experts focused their attention on Humanity Heaven of Universe and the chessboard of causes and destinies spanning time.
• Figures seated upon the Fish Terrace predicted that anxious seekers would soon emerge to pursue authority over Reincarnation.
• The watchers judged that those who had hesitated to pursue Reincarnation would struggle to act, but that anyone who succeeded would disrupt the calm.

Lu Qing’s Reincarnation Tribulation drew the attention of ancient beings who sought to claim the Reincarnation Authority and Nether Sea. As the tribulation erased his memories and reshaped his fate, he became the Wang Family’s young master, watched anxiously by his servants beside a river.

• Ancient beings from the Primordial Era sensed the Reincarnation Tribulation and feared that its successful passage would threaten their plans for the Reincarnation Authority.
• The ancient beings ordered the Heavenly Secrets activated to trace the cause and effect behind the tribulation, and considered seeking power in the Reincarnation Nether Sea if their plans failed.
• Lu Qing underwent the Reincarnation Tribulation as his memories and past destiny were washed away, leaving him with a mortal body and an unpredictable fate.
• After Qingming rain, the Wang Family’s young master insisted on sitting beside a wooden bridge to watch the swollen river, while his young servants watched him in alarm.

Lu Qing lived through an eight-year reincarnation in the strange, frozen Taoyuan Village while powerful forces tracked the Great Dao Prodigy and a new Immortal Path genius. The old Daoist, returning toward Qianli Lake to take a disciple, sensed someone was trying to reach his destined disciple first and postponed investigating the village.

• The old Daoist watched over the Great Dao Prodigy’s emergence and said it was time for the Human Path to act.
• Qinghe detected a new change in the All-Immortal Jade Register, identified an Immortal Path prodigy, and ordered the All-Immortal Orthodoxy to recruit him into the Inner Sect.
• Lu Qing spent six years in Taoyuan Village, seeing through the villagers’ repetitive illusions and receiving a strange, comforting aura without eating or drinking.
• After two more years passed, the old Daoist and his spirit donkey traveled toward Qianli Lake to take a disciple.
• The donkey reminded the old Daoist that another faction might claim his destined disciple first, so he used divination and chose to return by the mountain village later.

The old Daoist and donkey arrived at Wang Family Mansion as cultivators from several Daoist Paths gathered to claim the Great Dao Prodigy as a disciple. The Human Path expected to take him, but the rival paths’ presence threatened to disrupt its plans.

• The donkey and old Daoist reached Wang Family Mansion, where a Green Robe cultivator, Old Qing, and other extraordinary visitors had gathered.
• Master Wang welcomed the visitors into the mansion, awed by the immortals who had arrived.
• The cultivators observing from afar recognized that the Great Dao Prodigy was ready to have his mortal delusion shattered and his divine spirit awakened.
• The Human Path powerhouses complained that the Demon Path and Ghost Path had come to interfere with the Human Path’s chance to take the prodigy as a disciple.
• The Human Path figures trusted an elder’s incarnation to prevent the rivals from succeeding, though they expected the rivals would demand a price.

The old Daoist returned to Peach Blossom Spring with Wang Longxiang and encountered Lu Qing, an eight-year-old boy whose natural Dao Rhyme astonished him. Examining Lu Qing’s fate, the old Daoist and the donkey discovered a horrifying Destiny Pattern filled with every kind of hardship and calamity, leaving his extraordinary aptitude and terrible fate in inexplicable conflict.

• The young child in the peach grove saw mysterious sunset-colored light along a mountain path and wondered about it.
• The old Daoist and Wang Longxiang arrived at Peach Blossom Spring on the gray donkey.
• The old Daoist dismounted and reached Lu Qing before the donkey could finish asking whether he planned to take another disciple.
• The old Daoist recognized Dao Rhyme in Lu Qing and used Divine Ability to examine his uncertain Destiny.
• The old Daoist saw omens of a short, calamity-filled life, and the donkey sensed that Lu Qing possessed an exceptionally terrible Destiny Pattern.
• The old Daoist and the donkey were left baffled by how Lu Qing could have such extraordinary aptitude alongside such a disastrous fate.

Lu Qing saw the old Daoist and recognized him as Man, completing his vision of Heaven, Earth, and Man, then named the Immortal, Demon, Ghost, Spirit, and Yao he could see. The old Daoist abandoned the idea of taking him as a disciple, and after they left, the donkey and Wang Longxiang were left wondering what the cryptic exchange meant.

• Lu Qing saw the old Daoist and his companions arrive, and Peach Blossom Spring's illusions faded as he recognized Man.
• The old Daoist realized Lu Qing had discerned Heaven, Earth, and Man, and asked what else he saw.
• Lu Qing named the Immortal, Demon, Ghost, Spirit, and Yao, causing the old Daoist to understand and reconsider his thoughts about the child's Destiny.
• The old Daoist told Lu Qing that the Great Dao lay ahead and declined to claim any credit or take him as a disciple.
• After they left on the clouds, the donkey and Wang Longxiang asked the old Daoist what his riddles had meant.

The old Daoist realized Lu Qing was a mysterious child crossing a tribulation, not simply a prodigy, and left without taking him away. Left in Peach Blossom Spring Village, Lu Qing sensed Providence and felt that he should cultivate, while later generations also began to pursue the Reincarnation Great Dao.

• The old Daoist told the Donkey that Lu Qing’s origins and Destiny were beyond his understanding, and worried that Lu Qing might one day become entangled with Wang Longxiang.
• The old Daoist and the Donkey left Lu Qing in Peach Blossom Spring Village after Lu Qing instinctively resisted going with them.
• Lu Qing sensed Providence beyond the horizon and decided that he should cultivate.
• Lu Qing’s Destiny Pattern appeared fragile because his parents’ repeated reincarnations had left it without the emotions and desires that would form a true tribulation.
• Lu Qing felt a future impulse to fight as many people in later generations set foot upon the Reincarnation Great Dao.

Ancient powerhouses discussed the possibility of Reincarnation gaining a master, while Lu Qing entered the Reincarnation Dao. The rising Reincarnation Wind drew cultivators from many worlds to undertake the perilous Reincarnation Tribulation.

• Ancient figures resented being confined to their forbidden zones and joined forces to pursue the Reincarnation Authority.
• Cloud Platform Figures discussed whether Reincarnation could have a master and compared it to the Ancient Nine Nether.
• Lu Qing entered the Reincarnation Dao alone.
• A white-robed youth declared his resolve to enter the Reincarnation Tribulation, and an ancient cultivator faded into Reincarnation.
• The Reincarnation Wind swept across countless worlds and inspired many cultivators to overcome their hesitation and enter the tribulation.

As celestial signs shifted across the Primordial Era, the Immortal Path and other powers began responding to the Great Era’s arrival. Qinghe suspected the Immortal Path prodigies were in the Mortal World’s Red Dust, where descending figures sensed an instinctive danger.

• The chapter explained that the Reincarnation Tribulation erased those who entered it and remained perilous even to ancient cultivators seeking control of the Reincarnation Nether Sea.
• White-robed disciples at the Skywatching Terrace failed to find the person Master-uncle Qing had assigned them to guide, and Senior Brother Xian warned they might have to descend to the lower realm themselves.
• Immortals discussed changing celestial signs, the Great Dao Prodigy, and the destinies of Star Lords as signs that a Great Era had arrived.
• Qinghe suspected that the Immortal Path prodigies were in the Mortal World's Red Dust, the Nine Heavens’ true root and the place where the Great Era began.
• Figures from the other paths descended from above the Nine Heavens into the Mortal World, where even revered powerhouses sensed an instinctive danger.

A celestial upheaval marked the descent of Star Destiny prodigies and the start of the Human Emperor era, though their fates remained hidden within Reincarnation. Years later, the old Daoist told the Donkey that Wang Longxiang would go out into the world once the stars returned to their places, and the Donkey wondered whether Lu Qing had also been a Star Destiny.

• Lu Qing watched streams of light appear across the sky as the celestial change began.
• The Reincarnation Tribulation altered countless fates, while the rise of the Humanity Human Emperor began alongside the upheaval.
• The celestial change was recorded by sects and schools as Great Dao Prodigies began to emerge.
• Years later, the Donkey asked the old Daoist how he would raise Wang Longxiang, whose Humanity Providence Destiny Pattern had yet to awaken fully.
• The old Daoist said Wang Longxiang would walk the world when the myriad stars returned to their places, and the Donkey asked whether Lu Qing had been one of the Star Destinies.

The old Daoist and the Donkey considered Wang Longxiang’s Human Emperor Fate as Star Destinies descended into the Mortal Realm and turmoil gathered. A hundred years later, Lu Qing traced the deaths of twenty-three familiar-seeming geniuses to a backlash of Time and feared that he might be next.

• The Donkey wondered whether Wang Longxiang’s Star Destiny would lead him to the Red Dust Heaven, while the old Daoist said he had gained clues about Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.
• Another hundred years passed, and conflicts between the Six Paths intensified as famous geniuses died amid growing Tribulation Qi.
• Lu Qing noticed Destiny linking several dead geniuses and sensed that some carried a familiarity like his own, though he had never met them.
• Lu Qing avoided contact with those unusual geniuses and concealed his Energy Flow and Destiny as more of them died.
• After counting twenty-three deaths, Lu Qing identified their apparent cause as a backlash of Time.

Lu Qing suspected that the time backlash came from powerful figures who were projections from other eras, and he resolved not to interfere too deeply as he continued cultivating. A hundred years later, the prodigies of the Six Paths flourished, and the Azure Dragon Horn sounded, heralding the Human Emperor’s path.

• Lu Qing concluded that the fallen figures were not from the current era and suspected that meddling with temporal nodes had triggered the backlash.
• Lu Qing recognized that some renowned prodigies shared his origins and believed they would die if they encountered the Great Dao Prodigy, so he chose not to interfere further.
• Lu Qing reflected that his Destiny and innate comprehension did not seem naturally bestowed, then continued cultivating for another hundred years.
• Wang Longxiang, Ye Wushuang, Heaven Diviner, the Primordial Rain Master, and Peng Bird rose to prominence among the prodigies of the Six Paths.
• The Azure Dragon Horn sounded in Humanity Cosmos, prompting observers to wonder if the Human Emperor’s path had begun.

Lu Qing entered Lin'an’s black market while cultivators gathered around the ancient tomb, and tension grew between Wang Longxiang’s fellow disciples and Feng Qing. The chapter left Lu Qing noticing several figures on the crowded street without revealing who they were.

• Cultivators in a tavern discussed Wang Longxiang’s journey to Lin'an City and its possible connection to an ancient tomb from the Age of the Heavenly Gods.
• Xi Rong and other Human Path disciples complained that Wang Longxiang favored his own companions and protected Feng Qing, their enemy.
• Xi Rong coldly regarded Lin'an City as a suitable place for what might come next.
• Lu Qing entered the black market outside Lin'an City and searched for people whose familiarity might help him understand the backlash he had suffered.
• Lu Qing spotted several figures on the street who had stirred the cultivation world, then quickly looked away.