Recaps

Lu Qing observed the workings of fate within the painting-scroll simulation and continued aiding people blessed by fortune to study how heavenly secrets changed. After intervening in the fates of nine people, he waited in the bookshop as the simulation continued.

• Lu Qing considered how people of fortune and hidden chess players influenced the heavenly secrets, and he used the simulation to investigate the Great Dao Heavenly Heart.
• A young man in brocade returned to Tao City with his old servant but could no longer find Lu Qing’s bookstore.
• Lu Qing noticed a dispirited scholar whose fortune was threatened by a calamity caused by a cultivator from beyond the heavens, and the shopkeeper gave him a booklet.
• Lu Qing recorded the scholar as the ninth person whose fate he had stirred, then reflected that the world contained a Little Li Heaven beneath a Mortal World Heaven.
• More visitors entered the bookshop to browse books and ask about buying a brush and an album.

Thirty years passed as Spiritual Vitality revived and Tao City filled with Cultivators and rising prodigies. Lu Qing’s incarnation, living as a young scholar in a mountain cottage, sensed that many fellow Daoists from Beyond the Heavens had entered the Reincarnation Scroll and that Little Li Heaven concealed a greater secret.

• Thirty years passed, and streams of Cultivators and flying lights became common as new Heavenly Prodigies rose across the world.
• A book boy brought the young scholar a Spirit Script listing a Dragon-Tiger Ranking, which included the scholar among its prominent names.
• The young scholar examined a chessboard and concluded that providence was in chaos and many fellow Daoists had entered this world.
• The young scholar judged that Little Li Heaven hid another secret and chose not to leave for its upper realm.
• Another cultivator received a Spirit Script declaring that Little Li Heaven concealed a secret and that contenders were gathering in a great struggle.

Huang Wuxuan recounted his discoveries in Heaven of Universe to the Mysterious Stone Tablet, which identified a Dao-Proving Stone left by the Divine Lord. The tablet began to reveal a face with its eyes shut as Huang Wuxuan wondered about the stone’s significance.

• Huang Wuxuan reflected on escaping his pursuers and coming to Heaven of Universe, where he had found time to evade heavenly calculations and cultivate.
• The Mysterious Stone Tablet explained that the place’s power to draw in true spirits and reincarnation would make it slumber often.
• Huang Wuxuan told the tablet what he had discovered, and the tablet praised his intuition.
• The Mysterious Stone Tablet said that the world contained a Dao-Proving Stone, but that the foundation had been left by the Divine Lord and was useless to Huang Wuxuan.
• A face with its eyes tightly shut slowly appeared on the tablet while Huang Wuxuan focused on the Dao-Proving Stone.

The Stone Tablet sensed an aura of Dao attainment and decided it had no need to hurry, while Lu Qing studied the destinies and providence of nine People of Heavenly Mandate. His observations led him to consider how fluctuating fate might deepen his cultivation of destiny, and he left the path ahead uncertain but apparently without a Dao Lord.

• The Stone Tablet recognized an unexpected aura of Dao attainment, then withdrew and reflected that the Human Path was easy to influence.
• Lu Qing observed how cultivation was changing Tao City and examined a spirit cat that returned to the cover of an illustrated book.
• Lu Qing opened the book of nine People of Heavenly Mandate and considered how their providence connected to the Dao of Unity and the Humanity Human Emperor.
• Lu Qing reviewed Cui Zhen’s stolen Great Sun destiny pattern and unusual immortal physique, noting that his providence had changed greatly.
• Lu Qing examined the nine people’s destinies and karmic ties, then realized that creating variables could give him new insights into the cultivation of destiny.
• Lu Qing sensed no cultivator ahead on his path and reflected that different Great Daos and the laws of heaven and earth shaped the roads to Dao Lordhood.

Lu Qing studied reincarnation and fate while observing how the nine people’s destinies changed, hoping to deepen his understanding of the Great Dao Heavenly Heart. As peach blossoms bloomed and Tao City changed over the years, he continued watching the upheaval unfold.

• Lu Qing concealed his traces and continued studying reincarnation, fate, and the painted scroll’s connection to a Divine Lord’s Dao treasure.
• He considered using the rewards from the shifting words of fate to support his cultivation and prepare for his true body’s future tribulation and breakthrough.
• Lu Qing examined the nine people, recognizing them as former people of Heaven’s Mandate whose destinies had likely been changed by outsiders blessed with great fortune.
• Lu Qing chose to trust the original people of Heaven’s Mandate more than the Nine Heavens cultivators as he sought to uncover the Great Dao Heavenly Heart.
• Years passed as peach blossoms returned to Tao City and its streets changed, before turmoil once again shook heaven and earth.

Lu Qing examined how the reincarnation simulation could erase memories and gathered the rewards from nine people into the scroll. In the Cui Family, Cui Qi learned that Cui Zhen had fled to the Sheng Family, while Young Master Zhu listened from afar and continued manipulating the reincarnation variables for rewards.

• Lu Qing observed that repeated reincarnations could cleanse a true spirit's memories and collected the spiritual rewards recorded beside nine names.
• Cui Qi left the Marrow-Washing Spring and learned that Cui Zhen was staying with the Sheng Family.
• Cui Family descendants discussed how Cui Zhen had survived and suspected his fortune was changing, making them potential stepping stones.
• The descendants recalled that Cui Zhen's former fiancée had become an immortal's disciple, though they doubted she would oppose Young Master Zhu for his sake.
• Young Master Zhu overheard their discussion and considered how changing more reincarnation variables could earn rewards suited to his cultivation.

Young Master Zhu suspected Cui Zhen’s unusual fortune was worth pursuing and noticed other cultivators had begun to covet it. At the Sheng Family, Ming Yunzi appeared to attack a disciple as thunder shook the sky.

• Young Master Zhu considered the fortune of Cui Zhen and Little Li Heaven, deciding that Cui Zhen’s fortune could not be allowed to slip away.
• Young Master Zhu sensed that other cultivators had taken an interest in Cui Zhen and stirred the sea of clouds with his anger.
• A young cultivator saw blood-red light over the Sheng Family and wondered what Cui Zhen possessed that drew powerful figures to him.
• The young cultivator suspected Cui Zhen’s fortune was the object of the pursuit, while other cultivators also considered its value.
• Thunder erupted over the Sheng Family, and a furious voice accused Ming Yunzi of laying hands on his disciple as the family’s disciples trembled.

True Person Miaohong and Ming Yunzi ended their clash and agreed to cooperate over the unusual Providence in Little Li Heaven. As they left the Sheng Family, Ming Yunzi sensed that something was wrong with the sky above.

• True Person Miaohong and Ming Yunzi confronted each other with immense Dao Rhyme and energy that shattered nearby mountains, while the Sheng Family's formation shielded those below.
• Ming Yunzi persuaded True Person Miaohong to stop fighting by pointing out that her disciple was safe, then revealed his Golden Feather Sect origins and identified her as belonging to the Black Sun Demon Sect.
• True Person Miaohong and Ming Yunzi agreed to discuss the Providence connected to Cui Zhen, and she revealed that others also possessed unusual Providence.
• After the two cultivators departed, other outsiders turned their attention toward the Sheng Family and wondered what was special about Cui Zhen and his lineage.
• Ming Yunzi considered how Little Li Heaven had grown increasingly mysterious since Spiritual Vitality revived, sensed something wrong with the sky, and felt a vast dread sweep through Spiritual Heart.

Lu Qing considered the Great Dao Heavenly Heart and realized it offered a new path to proving the Dao, seemingly favoring those with extraordinary fortune who had not yet established their own Great Dao. As time passed and Little Li Heaven’s spiritual currents changed, a heaven beyond heaven arrived, appearing much like Little Li Heaven to its cultivators.

• Ming Yunzi saw the golden feather shatter, stopped probing his forgotten thoughts, and deduced the outcome of his cooperation with Miao Hong True Person.
• Lu Qing observed the Great Dao Heavenly Heart stirring and studied the names illuminated in his book.
• Lu Qing concluded that the Great Dao Heavenly Heart represented a distinct path to proving the Dao that depended on fortune rather than cultivation level.
• Lu Qing reasoned that cultivators who had already established their own Great Dao were unlikely to be favored unless they abandoned their path.
• Time passed, spiritual currents changed, and a heaven beyond heaven arrived before Little Li Heaven's cultivators.

A thousand years after spiritual vitality revived, the Great Dao Heavenly Heart appeared and stirred powerful cultivators and ancient beings across the world. Lu Qing considered its connection to the Ancient Heavenly Court, then observed a simulation in which Young Master Zhu faced True Person Miaohong and an ally.

• Nine Heavenly Prodigies sensed an unprecedented energy flow in the sky as the three great powers stood in balance.
• Lu Qing watched the Great Dao Heavenly Heart manifest and noted that Cui Zhen and others had forged their own paths.
• Veteran cultivators and ancient beings recognized the manifestation as a legendary treasure for attaining the Dao tied to the Ancient Heavenly Court.
• Lu Qing used the upheaval to test his ideas about the Great Dao Heavenly Heart and the Ancient Heavenly Court's fate.
• In a simulation, Young Master Zhu confronted True Person Miaohong and her ally, recognizing their methods as those of the Black Sun Sect.

Cui Zhen’s intervention ended Young Master Zhu’s attempt to fight his way out, leaving Ming Yunzi and True Person Miao Hong wary of the ancient figure they had provoked. Back in his bookshop, Lu Qing watched Cui Zhen’s entry settle and saw the name Cui Ziyu emerge beside it.

• Young Master Zhu prepared to unleash his power against Ming Yunzi and True Person Miao Hong, but the two were stopped when they faced Cui Zhen.
• Cui Zhen’s presence washed away the traces of the battle, and Ming Yunzi nervously asked where he wanted to go next.
• Cui Zhen asked where Ying Yun was, while Ming Yunzi and True Person Miao Hong regretted seeking the Divine Lord’s inheritance.
• In his bookshop, Lu Qing examined the magical volume and saw Cui Zhen’s unstable name settle into place.
• Lu Qing brushed the page, causing the name Cui Ziyu to appear beside Cui Zhen’s.

Lu Qing examined Cui Ziyu’s life record and recognized him as a variable tied to the possible return of ancient immortals. He concealed his fate as powerful beings and old monsters converged on Little Li Heaven, while a young scholar feared the treasure’s opportunity would ignite conflict among its powers.

• Lu Qing read Cui Ziyu’s record and learned that an ancient immortal had passed down the Merit-Based Immortalization Method and that Cui Ziyu later recovered a wisp of divine sense.
• Lu Qing suspected that Cui Zhen’s overlapping fate was a piece planted by the Divine Lord and considered how reincarnation might eventually let him alter life, death, and fate.
• Lu Qing wrote spiritual script in the book, concealing his fate so that observers would see him as an ordinary bookstore proprietor.
• Lu Qing sensed powerful beings and hidden old monsters directing their gazes toward Little Li Heaven, drawn by the prospect of a Dao-proving treasure and Longevity.
• A young scholar and his bookboy watched the surging fortune around Little Li Heaven, and the scholar worried that Dragon Court, Dao Sect, and Divine Dynasty would fight outsiders over the opportunity.

The young scholar provoked the Dao Sect, Divine Dynasty, and Dragon Court over their attempt to seize an opportunity, then discovered a blank booklet tied to Tong Zhenming’s rise. The booklet began revealing a Great Dao Divine Ability that could alter Destiny.

• The young scholar summoned a white-light spirit bird and sent it away with a message to stir up a public commotion.
• The Boy brought scrolls, and the young scholar recognized one as a booklet presented by Tong Zhenming three hundred years earlier.
• The young scholar recalled rumors that Tong Zhenming’s Destiny Pattern had changed after he obtained the booklet Planting Pears.
• He called the Boy back and opened the booklet, finding it blank before Spirit Script began appearing on its pages.
• The booklet revealed that Destiny could be altered through a Great Dao Divine Ability.

Lu Qing realized that altering fate required bearing a price and considered how the Great Dao Heavenly Heart had drawn powerful figures’ attention. As Heaven of Universe merged with the present world, the painted scroll’s divine mountain gained spirit and became a living being.

• Lu Qing read that changing fate required bearing its price and suspected that powerful figures had plotted behind Tong Zhenming’s fate.
• Lu Qing reasoned that the Great Dao Heavenly Heart had drawn the attention of old monsters watching from beyond the heavens.
• Cultivators, including Luo Ri and his followers, sensed strange phenomena and guessed that outsiders connected to the immortal masters had come for heavenly will.
• The Great Dao Heavenly Heart was recognized as a possible path to attaining the Dao and extending powerful cultivators’ lifespans.
• As Heaven of Universe joined with the present world, the divine mountain within the painted scroll overlapped with its counterpart and gained form, spirit, and intent.

As Cui Zhen stood to receive the Heavenly Mandate, powerful cultivators gathered and Lu Qing sensed that the Great Dao Heavenly Heart was tied to the Ancient Nine Nether. An ancient opponent exposed that Cui Zhen was a strand of Divine Sense inhabiting another body and vowed to prevent him from claiming the Heavenly Mandate.

• Cui Zhen emerged as the unexpected bearer of the Heavenly Mandate while Lu Qing and other cultivators watched.
• An abyssal sea manifestation and Azure Thunder Mountain Lord arrived as observers warned that hidden forces were moving against the descent of the Heavenly Mandate.
• Lu Qing recognized the Great Dao Heavenly Heart’s aura as belonging to the Primordial Era’s Ancient Nine Nether and connected it to Reincarnation.
• An ancient cultivator accused Cui Zhen of being a strand of Divine Sense that had borrowed a corpse and declared that the Great Dao Heavenly Heart could not fall into his hands.
• Distant figures altered two or three shining pieces on a chessboard, and their radiance faded.

Lu Qing saw that a future involving Nine Nether’s return had been erased, while Cui Zhen remained destined to receive the Great Dao Heavenly Heart. He then sensed that his main body had returned, as clear light spread from the Profound Heaven Dao Sect across Southern Heaven Continent and drew the attention of cultivators.

• Lu Qing witnessed a glimpse of a future involving Nine-Nether Reincarnation and concluded that a powerful figure had erased that possible future.
• Lu Qing reasoned that Cui Zhen would receive the Great Dao Heavenly Heart, while Nine Nether would not return to claim the Nether Sea’s Providence.
• Lu Qing sensed the connection to his main body reopening and realized that his main body had returned along with the Dao-Seeking Hall.
• Clear light surged from the Profound Heaven Dao Sect and spread across Southern Heaven Continent, stirring its Providence.
• Cultivators emerged from their Cultivation Caves and wondered what had caused the clear light and renewed Spiritual Vitality.

A sweeping clear radiance refined the spiritual aura across the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, puzzling disciples and cultivators alike. Several senior peak masters recognized hints of the ancient Dao-Seeking Hall and wondered whether its return could strengthen Profound Heaven in the coming age of contention.

• Clear radiance spread across the Southern Heaven Continent, making the spiritual aura feel more refined and stirring speculation about a breakthrough or another major event.
• Disciples and cultivators around the Profound Heaven Dao Sect searched for an explanation, but none knew what had happened.
• Several peak masters sensed that the radiance shared an origin with the Dao Sect's main lines, yet carried a more profound Great Dao aura.
• A senior peak master connected the radiance to Dao-Seeking Hall, the ancient lineage from which the later main-line traditions had emerged.
• The peak masters considered that Dao-Seeking Hall's return might give Profound Heaven a chance to advance during the age of contention.

Clear light bearing the aura of the Great Dao appeared, leading Profound Heaven’s cultivators to suspect that the Dao-Seeking Hall had returned. The Sect Master and chief seats were also surprised as they considered Lu Qing’s connection to the Hall and the dangers of crossing time.

• Senior peak masters saw the clear light and wondered whether the Dao-Seeking Hall had returned as a new main vein of the Profound Heaven Dao Sect.
• Cultivators speculated that the Sect Master and chief seats had anticipated the phenomenon, though their calm did not mean they had known it would happen.
• The Sect Master and chief seats recalled that Lu Qing had gone to an ancient era and was especially suited to opening the Dao-Seeking Hall.
• They considered how the Profound Heaven Dao Sect’s past experts and foundations could help protect Lu Qing while he traveled through time.
• The cultivators recalled that later generations had failed to open the Dao-Seeking Hall, whose karmic affinity had become increasingly elusive over the eras.

As Dao-Seeking Hall prepared to open, Yu Youshu and the other leaders discussed establishing its new main lineage and awaited Lu Qing’s return. They left the choice of its Daoist Dojo and chief’s arrangements unresolved, focusing instead on the coming reordering of the Dao Sect’s Dharma lineages.

• Yu Youshu sensed the signs of Dao-Seeking Hall’s opening and reflected that its appearance would let great powers study its true energy flow directly.
• Fu Huazi produced a scroll for Dao-Seeking Hall’s True Name and asked the Cloud Platform Figures to help select suitable candidates.
• Yu Youshu said the new main lineage’s Daoist Dojo had to wait until Lu Qing returned, since each lineage chief’s Dojo was tied to their Dao.
• Yu Youshu surveyed the Outer Sect Main Lineage and noted that Bai Sheng remained incapacitated while its chief’s position had been vacant for a thousand years.
• Yu Youshu considered the old Supreme Elders’ likely concerns about assigning a chief to the new lineage, then set those thoughts aside as the opening and reordering had yet to occur.

Lu Qing remained in the First Era, where he sensed that the Dao-Seeking Hall was about to manifest as the Immortal Path approached a Dao tribulation. Powerful figures from the Profound Heaven Dao Sect noticed the change and discussed the difficult Heaven-Ascending Path and Lu Qing’s path of uniting the myriad Daos.

• Lu Qing observed the First Era and recalled how the Green Duckweed Discourse five hundred years earlier had changed the Immortal Path without bringing the expected Dao tribulation.
• As Lu Qing neared the threshold of seeking the Dao, he sensed tribulation qi spreading through the heavens and the hearts of living cultivators.
• The Dao-Seeking Hall’s clear light manifested, allowing powerful experts across eras to sense a change in heavenly secrets.
• Figures of the Profound Heaven Dao Sect discussed how their past geniuses had failed to pass the Heaven-Ascending Path and how Dao Masters could no longer seek the Dao.
• The figures considered Lu Qing’s path of returning the myriad Daos to one and remarked on the dangers of cultivating such a Dao heart.

Powerful beings across the ages sensed clear radiance stirring the Long River of Time and suspected it marked an extraordinary Immortal Path cultivation opportunity in the Era of Variables. They watched the disturbance gather in the mist of the later ages, awaiting the path that might allow cultivation beyond lifespan.

• Powerful beings connected Dao-Seeking Hall’s faint karmic ties and the clear radiance to the Era of Variables, where many factions had laid plans across time.
• The cultivators wondered when a new path would appear, since lifespan remained a barrier to transcendence even for those who had obtained miraculous medicines and extraordinary longevity.
• Great Dao imprints stirred in the Long River of Time, and figures emerged to observe the disturbance without finding signs of battle.
• The powerful beings judged the clear radiance to resemble a movement of the Immortal Path rather than the Demonic or Ghost Path.
• The observers noted that the Immortal Path had endured across the ages while other paths had risen and fallen, and they located the strongest disturbance in the mist of the later ages.

After entering the realm of questioning the Dao, Lu Qing examined the origins of his Calamity Avoidance talent and sensed that it came from beyond the Nine Heavens without posing him any danger. He realized the Dao Tribulation five hundred years ahead had drawn powerful figures toward the First Era, while turmoil in the river of time made their journey more perilous.

• Lu Qing sensed that his Calamity Avoidance talent carried an aura distinct from the Nine Heavens and wondered whether it came from another universe or had changed during his crossing through time.
• Lu Qing reflected on the Dao Sect's ancient founding and sensed that powerful figures from later generations had left traces of their Dao in the Long River of Time.
• Lu Qing concluded that the Dao Tribulation would occur five hundred years later and that at least ten powerful figures had come to the First Era in their Dao bodies.
• The Long River of Time grew turbulent, increasing the danger for those seeking to reach the First Era and raising the risk of being stranded or sealed there.
• The figures decided to send their Dao thoughts into the misty span of time despite the danger, and their streams of light disappeared into it.

The Dao Tribulation of the Six Paths approached, stirring powerful beings in the First Era and prompting the five High True Persons to prepare their sects for the human tribulation. As the sky darkened, the coming calamity began to press upon the mortal world.

• Powerful beings near the First Era sensed a coming Dao Tribulation and warned that human tribulation would follow it.
• Observers saw hidden lightning and discussed the rarity of the tribulation and the mystery of reaching beyond the Great Dao.
• The five High True Persons appeared in the radiance and noted that the tribulation had been delayed by five hundred years.
• The High True Persons instructed their sect members to prepare for human tribulation, while one said each would face their ordained fate.
• A small silvery-white fish leapt from the water, the sky darkened, and the five figures of light manifested in the mortal world.

A Dao tribulation spread across the Six Paths, changing cultivators’ hearts and making them question the value of cultivation. The five Immortal Path Supreme True Ones chose to let the mortal world temper those hearts, while the master of Ghost-God Mountain ordered his sect to remain secluded and guard their Dao hearts.

• Lu Qing recognized that the Great Dao was withering and that the tribulation was also a trial of human hearts.
• Later-era figures warned that the tribulation could end cultivation and destiny’s fortune if people lost their desire to seek the Dao.
• The five Immortal Path Supreme True Ones discussed allowing mortal trials to temper cultivators rather than intervening directly.
• Cultivators across the world began doubting cultivation and turning toward indulgent pleasures as the tribulation spread.
• The master of Ghost-God Mountain told his disciples to remain secluded and guard their hearts after recognizing the tribulation’s effects within his sect.

The dao tribulation spread through cultivators’ hearts, making many lose the desire to cultivate without realizing anything was wrong. Lu Qing saw that each cultivator whose Dao Heart faded caused the Great Dao’s fate to wither at its root, revealing the tribulation’s danger.

• The Spirit Ghost Mountain Master guarded his spiritual gateway and searched the Spirit Ghost Sect grounds as its disciples and elders lost interest in cultivation.
• At the Seeking Dao Immortal Sect, people noted that cultivators’ Dao Hearts had fallen into tribulation and discussed their waning diligence.
• Lu Qing observed cultivators across countless cities blending into mortal life and heard an ancient being warn that the Great Dao’s withering would be a long process.
• A Foundation Establishment cultivator declared that cultivating the Dao was false, and his remaining spiritual vitality went out.
• Lu Qing saw a thread wither at the root of the Great Dao’s fate allotment when the first cultivator’s Dao Heart dimmed, and he understood that failing human hearts would make the Dao wither.