Recaps

Humanity-Dao White Marsh encountered a mysterious altar in the Outer Void, where a fading voice entrusted it with protecting a young man destined to become the Human Emperor despite the established Fixed Fate of the nine Sons. Meanwhile, cultivators gathered in the Milky Way Ruins to seek the soon-to-appear Immortal Daoist Grounds, and tensions in the Return Ruins continued to rise.

• Humanity-Dao White Marsh followed a starlight path through the Outer Void and found a mysterious altar that stirred its bloodline inheritance.
• A voice from the altar told White Marsh to protect the Son of the Human Emperor and declared that Variable Fate could change the established Fixed Fate.
• White Marsh saw a young man sleeping in a coffin and sensed that his fate surpassed that of the other Sons of the Human Emperor.
• Cultivators from the Nine Heavens flocked to the Milky Way Ruins after news spread of the West Sea Immortal Dao Field and its approaching manifestation.
• As more cultivators gathered in the Return Ruins, the atmosphere grew livelier while hidden tensions intensified.

Cultivators gathered at a strange, sinking starfield southeast of the Milky Way Ruins, where a Primordial Immortal’s Daoist dojo was expected to emerge. As Hidden Dragon Ranking prodigies arrived and the prospect of an Immortal inheritance drew competing seekers, an old cultivator revealed that the dojo belonged to a Great Divine-Power Immortal and prized its Immortal Dao Rhyme.

• Hu Zhiyi and his Confucian School disciples inspected the sinking starfield, and Hu Zhiyi judged that it was only the surface of the hidden Daoist grounds.
• Rogue Cultivators and sect disciples gathered at the starfield, drawn by the treasures and inheritance expected inside the Immortal dojo.
• An old cultivator used his Qi Observation Divine Ability to recognize the immense providence visions of arriving Hidden Dragon Ranking prodigies.
• Some cultivators withdrew while others stayed, hoping to seize the opportunity or profit from a coming clash among the prodigies.
• The old cultivator explained that the dojo belonged to a Great Divine-Power Immortal who followed the Fire-Element Great Dao, and that its Immortal Dao Rhyme could be more valuable than Enlightenment Tea or the Enlightenment Tree.

Zhou Shenlong and Black Cat arrived at a star region tied to a Primordial Immortal’s Daoist Dojo, which Black Cat said was not even its outermost layer. After a sudden darkness swept across worlds and pierced the mists above the Long River of Time, an Immortal’s aura descended into the Great Era.

• Zhou Shenlong and Black Cat reached the falling star region, where Black Cat judged they had not yet reached the Daoist Dojo’s outermost layer.
• Zhou Shenlong asked which Primordial Immortal had owned the Daoist Dojo, and Black Cat said its aura would reveal more once it leaked out.
• Black Cat described the Primordial Immortals’ brief Heavenly Court Divine Dynasty, while Zhou Shenlong refrained from asking further about its secrets.
• The other three Dao Children of the Profound Heaven Dao Sect also arrived in the vast region, as sects watched the Heavenly Secrets from afar.
• A terrifying darkness swept through the star region and countless worlds, piercing the mists above the Long River of Time.
• An Immortal’s aura descended from the starry sky, passed into the Great Era, and fell into the Long River of Time.

A faint Immortal aura stirred the River of Time as the West Sea Immortal Dao Field appeared, drawing the attention of ancient powers and throwing the Heavenly Secrets into confusion. Lu Qing recognized the Daoist Dojo’s emergence and considered the dangers and competing forces around it before his incarnation suddenly connected with him.

• Ancient schoolmasters and powerful figures sensed the Immortal aura in the future and speculated that a Great Immortal or Immortal Daoist Dojo had appeared.
• Lu Qing saw the sect’s providence tremble when the West Sea Immortal Dao Field emerged and concluded that it was no ordinary game upon the chessboard.
• Lu Qing considered whether the Demonic Path would contest the Daoist Dojo and who would claim it, while his divinations showed danger and confinement followed by a turn toward prosperity.
• Lu Qing observed that the Eight Wastelands’ Killing Intent had vanished as Pure Qi grew stronger and the demonic shadow became less distinct.
• Lu Qing stopped his Heavenly Secret Deduction when his incarnation suddenly connected with his thoughts, allowing him to see the scene at the land of opportunity.

Lu Qing’s incarnation witnessed Humanity Providence and Primordial Era remnants collide, causing a Daoist Dojo to emerge in the starfield. The surrounding cultivators passed through a disorienting void and arrived before a towering Jade-White Stone Stele, with immortal palaces appearing behind it.

• Lu Qing’s incarnation came to the manifested Daoist Dojo in the starfield to explore and advance his cultivation.
• Lu Qing sensed traces of Humanity Fate Allotment and Primordial Era time-aura at the edge of the starfield.
• A collision between Humanity Providence and Primordial Era remnants stirred the heavens and brought about a Variable Fate.
• The cultivators were engulfed in darkness that distorted their senses of time before it passed.
• The cultivators saw a hundred-zhang Jade-White Stone Stele amid golden and white light, with pavilions and immortal palaces appearing behind it.

Lu Qing and the other cultivators watched the Daoist Dojo’s false outer layers shatter, revealing the magnificent Immortal Continent within. At its center, they saw a radiant figure that Lu Qing identified as the former master’s shadow reflected in Immortal light.

• Lu Qing recognized that the starfield, jade steles, and palaces were only concealed outer layers of the Daoist Dojo.
• An unseen hand brushed away the facade, and its destruction eased some cultivators’ sense of danger while making others more vigilant.
• The white light and jade stele shattered, revealing a floating Immortal Continent surrounded by spiritual energy, lakes, mountains, and Grotto-Heavens.
• A luminous figure appeared at the center of the Immortal Continent, and the cultivators fell silent at its radiance.
• Lu Qing saw through the figure and said it was only the former master’s shadow reflected by Immortal light.

Cultivators gathered at the Immortal Daoist Grounds concluded that the light silhouette was only an ancient imprint of an Immortal, not a living True Immortal. A vast auspicious cloud filled with treasure light then appeared over the grounds, drawing attention from across the Milky Way Ruins.

• Cultivators examined the motionless light silhouette and decided it was an ancient imprint rather than a True Immortal.
• A young cultivator hoped the grounds would contain a rare spirit herb he needed and that their ancient master would be easy to deal with.
• An immense auspicious cloud of treasure light spread over the Immortal Daoist Grounds and the surrounding starfield.
• Observers across the Milky Way Ruins saw the radiance and hurried toward the grounds, believing a treasure had appeared.

As the Immortal Daoist Grounds appeared, cultivators and lineages considered whether to pursue its opportunities, while Lu Qing suspected the site concealed a deliberate trap tied to Variable Fate and ancient plans. He withdrew from the crowd and watched the Long River of Time merge with the local tributary.

• A lineage ancestor weighed the risks of entering the newly emerged Immortal Daoist Grounds against the chance to secure resources and prolong his lineage’s prospects.
• Cultivators debated the Daoist Grounds’ origins and the fading immortal light, while Lu Qing connected the Southern Departing Fire Dao Lord to the Divine Path’s involvement.
• Lu Qing concluded the Immortal Continent was a significant Variable Fate and suspected its projection and auspicious cloud concealed deliberate arrangements from Primordial Immortals.
• Lu Qing observed cultivators quietly leaving safely, then withdrew from the gathering as a precaution.
• From afar, Lu Qing saw the Long River of Time descend with an immense chessboard as the local Time Tributary began merging into the main river.

Lu Qing observed the Primordial Era Dao Lord's dojo appear in West Sea and drew his incarnation's attention to the Heavenly Net Chessboard, whose hidden Destiny pieces were becoming clearer. He left the incarnation to watch the dojo while his true body prepared to enter the Long River of Time and open the Dao-Seeking Hall.

• The dojo's appearance drew countless gazes from the heavens, and some cultivators sensed danger and turned away while others hurried toward the opportunity.
• Lu Qing deduced that fortunes would turn after reaching their lowest ebb, then concealed his aura and kept his incarnation near the dojo to watch what followed.
• Lu Qing concluded that the dojo's appearance had exposed more of the Heavenly Net Chessboard and revealed faint traces of Destiny being shifted.
• Lu Qing returned to his true body, intending to enter the Long River of Time and open the Dao-Seeking Hall while his incarnation remained on watch.
• The gathered mighty beings waited outside the Immortal Daoist Grounds as the layers of immortal light around them gradually faded.

Cultivators hesitated outside the Immortal Daoist Grounds as an Auspicious Cloud blocked Humanity Providence from reaching them. At Bodhi Hall, Yun Changfeng learned that his Master would not let the sect intervene, leaving him worried that Universe Palace would take the lead in the Human Path’s looming conflict.

• Cultivators weighed the danger of entering the Immortal Daoist Grounds while the Auspicious Cloud overhead made them uneasy.
• Humanity Providence gathered outside the cloud but could not enter the grounds.
• Yun Changfeng went to Bodhi Hall to report a grave matter, but the fan-bearing boy relayed his Master's order that he return.
• Yun Changfeng left Bodhi Hall and questioned why it would not participate after Humanity Providence had been drawn into the conflict.
• Yun Changfeng feared Universe Palace would gain influence over the Human Path if it succeeded at the Daoist Dojo.

Yun Changfeng reflected on the growing disillusionment among Li Mountain’s disciples and declined an invitation amid uncertainty about the heavenly light and the Daoist Dojo. As the Daoist Dojo appeared on the Heavenly Net Chessboard, only a few powerful figures had left projections, and they judged it was not on the road ahead.

• Yun Changfeng concluded that he had done what he could for Fang Tianji and worried that Li Mountain’s disciples were losing faith after a Venerable Elder ignored the deaths of Direct Disciples.
• Yun Changfeng declined a spiritual message inviting him to the Daoist Dojo, as disciples were becoming reluctant to leave the mountain.
• A divine light-shadow explained that he had turned the realm into a Restriction for several days because the place had a Cause and Effect connection with the Divine Path.
• Several figures observed the Daoist Dojo on the Heavenly Net Chessboard and noted that most Cloud Platforms were empty.
• The powerful figures concluded that the Daoist Dojo of a Dao Lord from the Primordial Era was not on the road ahead.

As the West Sea disturbance and the Wind Cloud Ranking stirred speculation across the cultivation world, Lu Qing sensed that the time had come to enter the Dao-Seeking Hall. He gathered his mind and prepared to seek the Dao across the Great Eras, while the Profound Heaven Bell sensed providence surging at the mountain gate.

• Lu Qing observed the rain-cleared mountain and judged that the time was right to deal with a matter he had been preparing for.
• Lu Qing sensed the West Sea disturbance fading and wondered whether the Strange Gate Temple was connected to the emerging Variable Fate.
• Cultivators discussed the West Sea disturbance, the Immortal Daoist Grounds, and the changing Wind Cloud Ranking, speculating that its vacant places awaited Hidden Dragon Ranking prodigies.
• After the rain passed, Lu Qing decided to enter the Dao-Seeking Hall, where he expected to seek the Dao and face discussions and Dharma Combat.
• Lu Qing gathered his mind as Dao Rhyme surrounded his cultivation ground, and the Profound Heaven Bell sensed providence surging and wondered whether the Dao-Seeking Hall lineage would return.

The Immortal Path’s providence stirred, prompting two exiled Azure Sea Sword Mountain disciples to discuss the rising Human Path and the paths’ prospects. They concluded that the Immortal Path had many capable figures, while the Human Path lacked known Upper Realm great cultivators who championed it.

• Powerful figures noticed a new Variable Fate emerging in the Immortal Path’s providence and speculated that another great upheaval was approaching.
• Two Spirit Path cultivators on a mountain discussed how the Immortal Path’s growing influence might affect the rising Human Path.
• The blue-robed Spirit Cultivator argued that the Human Path lacked peak Upper Realm cultivators to support its growth.
• The other cultivator raised Heaven of Universe as a source of Human Path Providence, but the blue-robed cultivator distinguished it from the Nine Heavens’ Human Path and cited Sword Mountain’s indifference toward it.
• The two disciples ended their discussion by acknowledging the Immortal Path’s abundance of capable people.

Two Spirit Cultivators of Azure Sea Sword Mountain discussed why the Immortal Path had prospered across five eras and suspected a Nine Immortals sect was behind a new shift in its Providence. In Eastern Heaven Continent, the Supreme Unity Immortal Court’s Heavenwatch Jade Mirror stirred, and an attempt to interpret its signs triggered the Long River of Time and Heavenly Retribution.

• Two Spirit Cultivators of Azure Sea Sword Mountain argued that the Immortal Path’s strength came from its New Dao, Heaven’s Will, and its occupation of Earth Continent, and they speculated that one of the Nine Immortal Gates had stirred its Providence.
• The blue-robed Spirit Cultivator suspected the Nine Immortals Sect might be involved and said the other Nine Immortals would have reason to worry if a capable figure had emerged.
• The Heavenwatch Jade Mirror in the Supreme Unity Immortal Court began to move, prompting the duty official to summon three figures to Heavenwatch Tower.
• Three Immortal Court cultivators formed a Three Stars formation and used their powers with the Heavenwatch Jade Mirror to derive the cause of its movement.
• A Daoist immortal official heard the Long River of Time and stopped his Divine Ability, but the other two were too slow, and thunder and signs of a Lightning Tribulation appeared above Heavenwatch Tower.

Heavenwatch Tower’s attempt to deduce a disturbance in the Heavenly Secrets drew Heavenly Retribution, while an unseen figure concluded that the disturbance might have originated in Southern Heaven Continent. Lu Qing then appeared beyond the present era as an unusual disturbance emerged in Dao-Seeking Hall, revealing a possible past where the hall transformed the Profound Heaven Dao Sect’s mountain gate.

• Immortal Capital cultivators saw Heavenly Retribution gather over Heavenwatch Tower and speculated that its attempt to observe a recent disturbance had provoked it.
• A youthful figure considered possible causes across the continents, decided to head south, and vanished as an imprinted shadow from the past.
• Lu Qing existed beyond the present world, where an ancient hall stood amid the Rivers of Time and countless Great Eras.
• An unusual disturbance arose in Dao-Seeking Hall within a possible past era, and its Providence, buildings, and Cloud Platforms spread across the Profound Heaven Dao Sect’s mountain gate.
• Dao-Seeking disciples sensed the disturbance and rushed toward the hall.

Lu Qing traveled upstream through the River of Time to the Fourth Era, where he found the Dao-Seeking Hall preparing to open. The hall summoned a stairway of Dao Shadows to test him, and Lu Qing stepped forward to face the first trial.

• Figures within the Dao-Seeking Hall sensed its disturbance and realized an inheritor from a later age was preparing to open it.
• The Dao-Seeking disciples learned that the hall's opening required the inheritor to face the predecessors' trials and discussed the newcomer’s prospects.
• Lu Qing walked upstream along the River of Time, passed beyond his own era, and reached the Fourth Era’s Nine Heavens Cultivation Realm.
• Lu Qing sensed and located the Dao-Seeking Hall, then saw lights form a heavenly stairway lined with figures bearing different Dao foundations.
• Lu Qing recognized that the figures were Dao Shadows left by predecessors and stepped forward to face their Dao-combat trial.

Lu Qing ascended the Dao-Seeking Hall’s steps and received insights as he passed the figures representing the Great Dao. His progress stirred heavenly secrets across connected worlds and drew the attention of Profound Heaven sect masters, including one from the previous epoch, while Lu Qing continued toward the end of the road.

• Lu Qing stepped onto the first tier, causing its figure to vanish, and gained insight into how the Dao-Seeking Hall’s road distinguished levels of Great Dao cultivation.
• Lu Qing climbed the next tier, received another reward of enlightenment, and continued onward without lingering.
• Old Daoists beside Peach Blossom Creek noticed the heavens’ secrets shift and calculated that karma from the distant Nine Heavens realm had caused the change.
• The old Daoists suspected that a peerless talent had emerged and that a variable had appeared in the Immortal Path of that age.
• The contemporary sect master at the Mysterious Heaven Mountain Gate recognized that someone fated with the Dao-Seeking Hall’s heavenly secrets had arrived, while Profound Heaven sect masters in other worlds showed similar concern.
• As Lu Qing ascended, the figures above grew indistinct and their Great Dao radiance shone increasingly brightly.

Lu Qing climbed the Heaven-Ascending Path, where countless Daos from myriad worlds gathered before the Dao-Seeking Hall. Cultivators across different eras sensed the disturbance and discussed its possible effects, while Lu Qing focused on the opportunity to comprehend the Great Dao.

• Profound Heaven cultivators from earlier eras sensed the Dao-Seeking Hall's energy stirring and debated whether it would open for a destined person from the future.
• Cultivators in the Fourth Era noticed ripples in the River of Time but could not identify their source.
• Profound Heaven figures in Lu Qing's era discussed the Heaven-Ascending Path's benefits and the difficulty of reaching the Dao-Seeking Hall.
• Lu Qing climbed the steps and recognized each platform as a place where Dao Rhymes from myriad worlds gathered.
• Lu Qing continued upward, observing that Dao Shadows grew sparser on the higher steps.

Lu Qing reached the end of the fourth era’s steps and entered a third-era Dao Debate Assembly centered on cultivation treasures. He continued upward using the resonance of his Great Dao and manifested his Great Dao Seal, whose aura dimmed the treasures around it.

• Lu Qing encountered a greenwood Dao shadow that briefly regarded him before disappearing, then sensed that the fourth era’s path was nearly over.
• The Long River of Time came into clearer view beneath the steps as Lu Qing approached an older era.
• Lu Qing arrived at a jade platform where the third era’s steps displayed countless dharma treasures instead of Dao shadows.
• Lu Qing recognized the third era’s renown for artifact refinement and continued upward through his Great Dao resonance without needing a treasure.
• Lu Qing manifested his Great Dao Seal, and its aura caused the surrounding dharma treasures’ light to dim.

Lu Qing crossed another tier of the Dao-Seeking Hall as cultivators across the ages sensed that his Dao surpassed the treasures there. Meanwhile, his incarnations monitored changes across the Nine Heavens and the West Sea, where great sect cultivators gathered at the Immortal Continent Daoist Dojo.

• An elderly violet-robed cultivator sensed that the Dao-Seeking Hall's Karmic Affinity would not fall within his era and reflected on the changing heavenly signs.
• Lu Qing stood on another tier of white jade platforms as the aura of a Great Era surged toward him and distant gazes tried to discern the Heavenly Secrets.
• Lu Qing's Outer Sect incarnation reviewed reports about Strange Gate Temple, the Immortal Daoist Grounds, and dangers in the Southern Sea and North Sea.
• Lu Qing's West Sea incarnation observed that attention on the Daoist Dojo had diminished, the Heavenly Net Chessboard was gone, and its Heavenly Secrets had settled into Fixed Fate.
• Cultivators from various factions gathered in jade towers and halls near the Immortal Continent Daoist Dojo, and Ling Congzi arrived, presented a congratulatory gift, and took his seat.

Ling Congzi, an overseas West Sea cultivator and spirit herb master, attended a banquet in the Heaven of Universe and assessed the cultivators around him. Lu Qing’s incarnation recognized a strange Variable Fate hidden within Humanity Providence, which might alter the Fixed Fate surrounding the rise of the Humanity Human Emperor.

• Ling Congzi drank Jade Nectar and marveled at its ability to clear his mind.
• Ling Congzi recognized the cloud patterns on a nearby cultivator’s robes as the White Crane Flying Cloud Pattern associated with the Eastern Heaven Continent.
• A newcomer sat above Ling Congzi, asked whether he had come for the Daoist Dojo opportunity, and learned that the cup contained Jade Nectar.
• The master of the pavilion hall arrived as Ling Congzi looked up.
• Lu Qing’s incarnation sensed a Variable Fate cloaked in Humanity Providence and considered how it might change the Fixed Fate governing the Humanity Human Emperor’s emergence.

Lu Qing recognized Ling Congzi as an unforeseen variable in the Humanity Human Emperor’s succession, possibly a person from another age whose fate was tied to a White Marsh. As Ling Congzi attended a gathering for the Southern Departing Fire Divine Lord’s Daoist Dojo, Zhu Changshou approached him, while Lu Qing watched for signs of the variable’s awakening.

• Lu Qing realized Ling Congzi was an added variable among the Sons of the Humanity Human Emperor and suspected he came from another age.
• Lu Qing noticed that Ling Congzi carried the fate of another White Marsh and considered how the Divine Lord’s Domain in the Daoist Dojo might affect him.
• Lu Qing observed that the mighty beings of the Nine Heavens had stopped paying attention to the Daoist Dojo.
• Zhu Changshou, a True Disciple of Heavenwatch Tower, approached Ling Congzi and greeted him at the gathering.
• Zhu Changshou asked Ling Congzi several questions before turning to the other invited cultivators.

Lu Qing deduced that the earlier ominous Heavenly Secrets came from an outside force, and that the Daoist Dojo itself seemed peaceful. He connected the growing turmoil in the Nine Heavens’ Fate Allotment to the fragile Human Path and recognized a dormant Variable Fate within Ling Congzi.

• Lu Qing used the Heaven-Turning Divination to see that the Heavenly Secrets had become peaceful as the Auspicious Cloud and outside gaze disappeared.
• Lu Qing concluded that the earlier danger had come from outside the Daoist Dojo, though he could not rule out hidden arrangements left by its former master.
• Lu Qing judged the people in the hall to have favorable Fate Allotments and decided he had no reason to enter the Immortal Continent.
• Lu Qing observed that the Human Path’s rising fortunes and the intermingling Long River of Time would weaken the Heaven of Universe’s Humanity's Mortal-Dust Great Net.
• Lu Qing identified Ling Congzi’s dormant Variable Fate and believed it would awaken rapidly once its confusion was dispelled.

Lu Qing observed how the world’s transformation was producing more heavenly prodigies and increasingly elusive tribulations. At the Immortal Continent, cultivators still had not entered the Daoist dojo, and the Seeking Dao Immortal Sect argued that it needed a true name before they could approach it.

• Lu Qing reflected that the great transformation had made tribulations harder to detect and would bring fiercer struggles over the Hidden Dragon Ranking’s limited fate allotment.
• After Zhu Changshou’s banquet, Lu Qing looked over the mist-shrouded Immortal Continent and recalled the humanlike silhouette that had appeared there.
• Yu Huan, a rogue cultivator assigned by the Cloud Heaven Academy, waited outside the Immortal Continent to observe the beyond-heavens cultivators’ methods.
• Cultivators from the Seeking Dao Immortal Sect and others agreed that the Daoist dojo needed a true name to reflect its nature before anyone could enter.

Lu Qing considered how the Immortal Continent’s connection to Variable Fate might change what it contained, while powerful cultivators sought a way to enter it by obtaining True Names. Zhu Changshou agreed to cooperate with disciples of other major lineages, and Tu Miao'er urged her companions to act before he gained greater influence at Heavenwatch Tower.

• Lu Qing reasoned that the Immortal Continent could hold transformed remnants of the Primordial Era because it had become part of the game of Variable Fate.
• Yao'er and three blue-robed cultivators approached Zhu Changshou, proposing to cooperate and use Heavenwatch Tower’s Heavenwatch Mirror to find a way into the Immortal Continent.
• Zhu Changshou agreed to cooperate after Yao'er assured him that only those who obtained their True Names could share the Karmic Affinity needed to enter.
• Tu Miao'er told Qin Tianshi, Zhuang Chengkong, and Hua Guzhao to act quickly, warning them that Zhu Changshou might soon become one of Heavenwatch Tower’s eighteen core disciples.