Recaps

The six Heavenly Mandates vanished from the underground treasury, triggering a storm and upheaval across Great Qi as reports of rebellion spread. A figure studying the dynasty’s providence saw Great Qi surrounded by rival powers but remained confident that the Heavenly Mandate could still ascend the throne.

• The six Heavenly Mandates tore through the void and vanished as the group entered the underground treasury.
• Dark clouds, fierce winds, and torrential rain swept across the city, while Great Qi’s imperial family sensed that the Demon Star had descended.
• Officials of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau saw the celestial upheaval and panicked over reports that Prince Bai had rebelled and Prince Wu was plotting treason.
• News that the six Demon Stars had descended spread through Great Qi, prompting some regions to claim them as heavenly star gods and gather rebel forces.
• A figure examined a mirror showing Great Qi’s tangled providence and concluded that the dynasty could endure if the Heavenly Mandate ascended the throne.

Chu Chengqing and another cultivator set out to investigate the forces manipulating Heavenly Mandates as the Great Tribulation unsettled Providence across the Nine Heavens. In the Cloud-Dream Great Marsh, Venerable Cloud Dragon succumbed to demonic corruption, killed a Divine Court envoy, and left the surrounding region facing disaster.

• Chu Chengqing recognized that cultivators were manipulating the Heavenly Mandates and invited others to visit their Grotto-Heaven.
• Cultivators across the Nine Heavens entered Dreamland as the Great Tribulation caused Heart Demons to appear more often and heavenly secrets to shift.
• A Divine Court envoy investigated the drought around the Cloud-Dream Great Marsh and found that Venerable Cloud Dragon had fallen to demonic corruption.
• Venerable Cloud Dragon attacked the envoy with rising waves and killed him as he tried to escape.
• Blood rained outside the prefectural city, and its cultivators learned that Cloud Dragon had fallen to demonic corruption and threatened the southern waterways.

As the Great Tribulation spread, reincarnated true spirits awakened to opportunities to enter the Dao, drawing the attention of powerful figures. Lu Qing continued alone along his Great Dao, which erased the paths of other Daos, and rejected the growing detachment he felt within himself.

• Cultivators in Dreamland discussed demonic corruption, upheaval across the Earth Continents, and strange fortunes arising during the Great Tribulation.
• Reincarnated true spirits sensed the workings of the Dao and awakened opportunities to enter it as they came of age.
• A purple-robed young man observed the newly awakened cultivators and warned that their paths would no longer be theirs to choose freely.
• Lu Qing continued through the boundless world of his Great Dao, where other Daos faded into emptiness behind him.
• Lu Qing felt the Great Dao's cold, detached influence and declared that neither supreme emotional detachment nor heaven's mercilessness was what he sought.

Lu Qing reflected on the tribulations required to pursue transcendence as he continued walking, while Xin Ren weighed the risks and rewards of taking missions in Dreamland. In the Qianyuan Limitless Grotto-Heaven, Great Qi’s decline left rival dynasties vying for power, and the Crimson King’s advisers discussed an attack on the Imperial Capital.

• Lu Qing considered how ancient immortals perfected themselves through countless tribulations and continued his journey, treating every step as a trial.
• Xin Ren worried that Dreamland’s mission time could cost him a chance to explore newly emerged ancient ruins, but the reborn Xin Ren urged him to strengthen his foundations and buy protective treasures.
• Xin Ren and the reborn Xin Ren discussed Dreamland’s treasures and the resources needed to condense a world.
• The Dynasty’s providence weakened in the Qianyuan Limitless Grotto-Heaven as rival manifestations of future dynasties grew stronger.
• Adviser Li warned the Crimson King that Great Qi could no longer recover and that attacking the Imperial Capital would require experts to hold off its Grandmasters.
• The Crimson King and his commanders discussed committing their generals to the fight while preparing to guard against rival forces.

As the Qi court faltered before the rebel kings, hidden powers in a Grotto-Heaven began stirring Providence to prepare for the emergence of the Heavenly Mandate. Chu Chengqing and his allies struggled to uncover their plans, while Tribulation Qi continued spreading across the worlds.

• A court official urged the Qi Emperor to have Grandmasters kill the six strongest rebel kings, but the ministers avoided taking responsibility.
• The Qi Emperor assigned an official to draft an edict of amnesty and surrender, leaving him to delay the task while hoping the rebel kings arrived first.
• A man in a hidden Grotto-Heaven declared that its people should enter the world and assist the Heavenly Mandate.
• Faint streams of Providence appeared across villages, cities, strongholds, and armies, igniting ambition and stirring the realm's Providence.
• Chu Chengqing failed to pierce the Grotto-Heaven's defenses and judged that its hidden planners would soon have to act.
• Tribulation Qi spread through the Galaxy Boundary Sea, pushing worlds on its edges into a Dharma-Ending tribulation age.

Ten years after the Great Tribulation began, the Nine Heavens changed as providence shifted and Dreamland guides grew stronger. In a rainy town, Bifang discovered a hidden fissure near an unusual courtyard and sent his Divine Sense inside, where an unfamiliar force seemed to guide it.

• Demonic Cultivators watched a token tremble as they searched for the Devil Master's Reincarnation, while two All-Living Alliance brothers arrived in the same region seeking a providence-blessed target.
• Dreamland's mission in the Qianyuan Grand Grotto-Heaven ended in a swift victory, and the cultivators returned to claim their rewards.
• Over the next ten years, the Great Tribulation transformed the world, Dreamland guides multiplied, and rankings shifted as powerful cultivators emerged.
• Bifang traveled through a rainy town, where his formidable providence caused challengers to avoid him.
• Bifang noticed an unusual courtyard and reasoned that the Nine Heavens and the Ancient Nine Heavens were merging as ancient variable fates descended.
• Bifang opened a hidden fissure near the courtyard and sent his Divine Sense through it, sensing an unfamiliar force that seemed to guide him.

Bifang sensed an unfamiliar power that he suspected came from Beyond the Heavens, rather than Golden Core Heaven. He followed its pull into a misty space, where several obscured figures sat around a long table.

• Bifang examined the strange energy flow and recalled what his original self had said about Variable Fate from Beyond the Heavens.
• Bifang compared the rift's pulling force with Golden Core Heaven's limits and concluded it could not have originated there.
• Bifang considered how his Providence and his original self's actions helped him notice anomalies in the Nine Heavens.
• Bifang connected to the pulling force with only part of his consciousness and entered a misty space containing a long table and several obscured figures.

Bifang entered Dreamland, a mission platform that exchanged resources for dangerous assignments, and investigated its organization and possible origins. He entered a mission world while Xiang Qingshan departed for a mission, and the chapter left both cultivators considering what they would pursue afterward.

• Bifang recognized Dreamland as a hidden power where cultivators completed missions to obtain resources, while a veteran warned that mission worlds could be fatal.
• Xiang Qingshan reflected on his ten years in Dreamland, its Human, Earth, and Heaven ranks, and the dangers that had killed many participants.
• Bifang sensed that Dreamland carried an aura from Beyond the Heavens and considered whether it was connected to the Great Dream Immortal Sect and the Ancient Immortal Ruins.
• Bifang contacted his other incarnations, concealed the signs of his destiny, and entered a Dreamland mission world.
• Xiang Qingshan entered a streak of white light and planned to travel west toward the Ancient Demon Domain behind the Strange Gate Temple.

Bifang entered the Small Void Realm through a Dreamland mission to investigate the person stealing Destiny Patterns and the force behind Dreamland. He found a world where Buddhist Light was entangled with Buddhist Sin, while the New Buddha’s followers spread chaos and the remote temple’s monks feared what was happening beyond their mountain.

• Bifang considered whether Dreamland’s mission to kill the Destiny Patterns thief was a way for heaven and earth to clear away a threat, and whether Dreamland itself might become a Variable Fate.
• Bifang read the Small Void Realm’s background and noted that its Buddhist Dao differed strangely from the Buddhism of the Western Heaven Continent.
• Bifang saw black qi entwined with Buddhist Light above the Heavenly Thoroughfare and recognized that both came from the providence of the same source.
• At a remote temple, a Monk and another person discussed the New Buddha’s growing following, Miluo Buddha’s turn toward the evil Buddhist Outer Dao, and the major sects’ plans to seal their mountains.

Bifang investigated a Buddhist conflict in the Small Void Realm and suspected the world belonged to the past, with its troubles tied to stolen destiny patterns and forces connected to Beyond the Heavens. As he considered Dreamland’s possible links to the Primordial Immortals, Zhao An continued gathering humanity providence and sensed he was destined to face the Human Path Variable Fate.

• Bifang visited a mountain temple, where the monks told him about the conflict between New Buddhas and Old Buddhas and named Miluo Buddha as a possible source of trouble.
• Bifang concluded that the Small Void Realm might reflect an earlier era and that its Buddhist sin and stolen destiny patterns deserved investigation.
• Bifang considered whether Dreamland was connected to Beyond the Heavens and the Primordial Immortals, and speculated that traces of those immortals could reshape the Ancient Era.
• Zhao An used his growing humanity providence to restrain his own providence and sensed he was destined to confront the Human Path Variable Fate.
• Zhao An continued entering Dreamland to experience its mission worlds and learn more about their hidden histories.

Zhao An considered the mission to find the True Buddha Relic in a world ruled by Buddhist cultivators. The mission cultivators entered a realm of Buddha Lands twisted by rampant desire, where Miluo Buddha could detect their arrival.

• Zhao An compared the Buddhist world to the Buddhist Sects on the Immortal Path and resolved to search for the True Buddha Relic using his Providence.
• The mission cultivators arrived in a kingdom of Buddha Light filled with Buddha Lands, where black qi corrupted golden light.
• The cultivators saw that the Buddha Lands concealed greed, lust, starvation, and other desires magnified into grotesque forms.
• A mission cultivator looked toward the road of Buddha Light and noted that Miluo Buddha should have sensed their presence.
• The cultivators recognized that Miluo Buddha could distinguish their foreign Variable Fates from those that arose naturally.

Bifang traveled through the Small Void Realm, judged Miluo Buddha’s Buddhist Dao to be corrupt and suspected him of stealing Destiny Patterns. Four months later, Zhao An and Xiang Qingshan fought Buddhist Sins as Miluo Buddha appeared across the sky and began expanding his Buddha Land.

• A golden Buddha statue relayed Miluo Buddha’s decree to send six hundred Arhats and three hundred Bodhisattvas into the Mortal Realm to fight Heavenly Demons.
• Bifang descended from the mountain temple, encountered evil spirits, and continued through the chaotic Small Void Realm while examining its distorted Buddhist Dao.
• Bifang suspected Miluo Buddha had stolen Destiny Patterns and was attempting to replace Heaven’s Way with the Buddhist Dao.
• Four months passed as Dreamland’s Guidance cultivators learned more about the Small Void Realm; Zhao An found a relic and Xiang Qingshan killed another Buddhist Sin.
• Miluo Buddha appeared as an enormous face across the sky, expanded his Buddha Land, and raged at Zhao An and the other cultivators.

Bifang and the other cultivators from Beyond the Heavens fought the enraged Miluo Buddha, which had consumed much of the Small Void Realm and used its distorted past as a dreamlike shell. The chapter left them facing precise heavenly calamities as they realized they had likely taken something at the heart of the world.

• Bifang recognized that the Buddha Land covering the Mortal Realm was a dreamlike remnant of the past, with much of the Small Void Realm devoured and painted over.
• Xiang Qingshan struggled to fight the intangible human face and questioned whether the mission exceeded its assigned rank.
• Chu Chengqing repeatedly used his divinations but could find no roots or origins for the enemy.
• Chen Huan evaded targeted heavenly punishments, including falling meteors and a volcano erupting beneath him, and suspected the invaders had dug out the world's heart.
• Bifang took a falling meteor head-on and concluded that Heaven's Will was targeting cultivators from Beyond the Heavens.

Bifang confronted the Buddhist sin hidden within the temple and forced it to explain how it had entered the world. As the sin revealed its connection to the newly formed Buddhist Dao, Bifang traced its otherworldly origin and uncovered a Dao Marker.

• Bifang returned to the temple and found its golden Buddha statue decayed, revealing a dark passage and a black mist within.
• Bifang identified the old temple keeper as a Buddhist sin, which felt a chill at his presence and then threatened to kill him.
• Bifang deployed the Star-Dipper Formation, summoning immense star providence that frightened the Buddhist sin into pleading.
• The Buddhist sin claimed it had been drawn into the world because its origin lay in Buddha Light and blamed the old monk’s wish for everyone to attain Buddhahood for the state of the Buddhist Dao.
• Bifang used Heaven-Overflowing Fortune to trace the Buddhist sin’s cause and effect, revealing an extraterrestrial coordinate and a hexagonal, emerald-green Dao Marker.

Bifang killed Buddhist Sin and obtained the Dao Marker linking to a world Beyond the Heavens. Lu Qing examined the connection and decided that Bifang would investigate it after first exploring Dreamland.

• Bifang recognized Buddhist Sin as a mass of sin that had stolen the old Monk’s late-blooming Destiny Pattern, then killed it with a single palm.
• Dreamland Cultivators saw the enormous face in the sky cry out and rejoiced that the troublesome Heavenly Punishment had been defeated.
• Zhao An inferred that someone had found the mastermind behind the joint world task, though its final stage had never appeared.
• Lu Qing examined the Dao Marker and sensed that its connected world Beyond the Heavens was incomplete, likely devastated by a great calamity.
• Lu Qing decided that Bifang would investigate the connected world, but Bifang chose to examine Dreamland first.

Bifang considered how to investigate the mysterious land Beyond the Heavens and realized his immense Providence made a covert probe impossible, so he decided to enter Dreamland as a Golden Finger instead. Meanwhile, Dreamland’s existence began spreading through the Nine Heavens, though its rumors had not yet reached the Eight Wastelands.

• Bifang reviewed the sparse records of Beyond the Heavens and decided to send a vanguard through the Dao Marker to test its dangers.
• Bifang considered using Dreamland and its many Sons of Providence as a way to investigate Beyond the Heavens, but his immense Providence made it impossible for him to enter unnoticed.
• Lu Qing’s Enlightenment Avatar suggested that Bifang become the Golden Finger himself, and Bifang agreed to act as an old grandpa within Dreamland.
• Dreamland’s Guides and their connections drew the attention of powerful lineages, and rumors about Dreamland spread among cultivators.
• Cultivators discussed Dreamland’s abundant resources and missions, while the resulting gossip had yet to reach the distant Eight Wastelands.

Li Beiyun and Humanity-Dao White Marsh learned that reincarnation did not free them from the Eight Wastelands’ debt, so they chose to remain there while the great tribulation drew attention elsewhere. Meanwhile, ancient demonic cultivators gathered outside a village to investigate whether a country boy was the reincarnation of the Longevity Devil Master, but none dared enter.

• Li Beiyun saw his providence diminish after learning that reincarnated spirits still had to repay their debts in the Eight Wastelands.
• Humanity-Dao White Marsh showed Li Beiyun a post explaining the Eight Wastelands’ rules, and Li Beiyun decided they would stay there to avoid outside attention.
• Huang Wuxuan secluded himself to refine a spell, while the tribulation qi continued drawing cultivators across the Nine Heavens into heart demons.
• Ancient demonic cultivators gathered near a small village, believing a country boy there might be the Longevity Devil Master’s reincarnation.
• The old devils restrained themselves from entering the village and waited for confirmation, wary that the village might conceal a dangerous variable.

Demonic cultivators confirmed that the Longevity Devil Master's Reincarnation was a mentally impaired boy, despite his genuine demonic providence and destiny pattern. Netherghost brought the news to Heart Fox at Deathless Manor, where she pondered the mysterious gaze connected to the Devil Master's tomb.

• Demonic cultivators found a boy playing with mud and confirmed that his providence and token marked him as the Devil Master's Reincarnation.
• The old devils wondered why the boy was mentally impaired and decided to take him away as news of the discovery spread.
• Heart Fox watched the trapped Formation Old Undying at Deathless Manor and avoided looking directly at the gaze connected to the Devil Master's former tomb dojo.
• Netherghost told Heart Fox that the Devil Master's Reincarnation had been found and that this incarnation was unusual.

Heart Fox foresaw a future of torrential blood and feared the coming tribulation, while the old devils confirmed that the Devil Master's Reincarnation was born deficient and had no clear path to cultivation. The old devils accepted the Five Elders' orders and wondered whether his return would stir change in the Demon Domain.

• Netherghost told Heart Fox that the Devil Master's Reincarnation was said to suffer from the three afflictions and five deficiencies.
• Heart Fox divined a future of blood rain and mountains of corpses, and warned that the tribulation could leave forces across the Six Paths weakened.
• Netherghost decided to return and investigate further while Heart Fox pondered the vision and considered refining a sealed grotto-heaven to escape the tribulation.
• More than a dozen old devils examined the sleeping Devil Master's Reincarnation and concluded that he was born deficient and might lack one of the Three Souls and Seven Spirits.
• The old devils accepted the Five Elders' decree to let matters take their natural course, then discussed whether the Devil Master's return would cause movement in the Demon Domain.

The Demonic Path’s leaders debated how to protect the Devil Master's Reincarnation, whose lack of Spirit Light and consciousness made him vulnerable. They agreed to appoint Dao Protectors of strength comparable to the era’s strongest Heavenly Prodigies, while the story shifted to the Demon Domain and a mountain fissure filled with roaring Black Winds.

• The Demonic Path’s cultivators hesitated to pursue their ambitions because the Devil Master's Reincarnation might lack the wisdom needed to survive.
• The Five Elders’ decree led the gathered Dao Companions to agree that the Holy Sects should provide Dao Protectors for him.
• A cultivator asked what level of strength the Dao Protectors needed, and a registered Old Devil proposed matching the strongest Heavenly Prodigies of the current Great Era.
• Several Old Devils voiced their agreement, while news of the decision remained unknown to lower-level Demonic Cultivators such as Floating Light.
• The scene shifted to the Demon Domain, where a vast fissure split a mountain range and Black Winds howled within it.

Two black-robed demonic cultivators investigated a bottomless fissure at Ghost Mountain and discovered Ghost Vine, leading them to suspect the Devil Master's Great Dao had revived there. They escaped as the disturbance drew demons from across the region, and rumors spread that the Devil Master's domain had emerged.

• Two black-robed demonic cultivators descended into Ghost Mountain's fissure, protected themselves with a Wind-Sealing Divine Talisman, and recorded the abyss with an Image-Recording Stone.
• Ghost Vine vines erupted from the darkness and chased the two cultivators upward, prompting one to realize they had found what they were seeking.
• The cultivators escaped the fissure as Ghost Vine's pursuit stopped at its entrance, while a Profound Coffin resting above the vines trembled in the abyss.
• Demons gathered near Ghost Mountain and speculated that the disturbance involved the Devil Master's Great Dao and a possible inheritance.
• Cultivators shared Image Projections identifying the creature as Ghost Vine, and one revealed that the Devil Master's Reincarnation had recently been found in the Four Lands.

News of the Devil Master's Reincarnation stirred concern across the Northern Heaven Continent and among Dreamland Guides, while Zhao An considered how the reincarnation might affect his conflict with Li Beiyun. In the Four Lands, observers confirmed the reincarnated body had not yet cultivated into the Dao and discussed testing the Devil Master's hidden plans.

• Cultivators in the Northern Heaven Continent discussed the Devil Master's Reincarnation and the return of demonic cultivators amid the Great Era and Great Tribulation.
• Xiang Qingshan, Zhao An, Chu Chengqing, and Chen Huan heard the news, but only Zhao An considered its possible effects on the struggle between heavenly prodigies.
• Zhao An reflected that he would likely cross paths with the Devil Master's Reincarnation, while focusing for now on Li Beiyun, his opponent among the Variable Fates.
• Observers in the Four Lands said the Devil Master's Reincarnation had not yet cultivated into the Dao and proposed sending several people to test the revived Devil Master's contingency plans.

Elder Qin questioned Zhang Yun about Zhang Yi and learned that the reincarnation was cultivating in a sealed secret realm, while Zhang Yun continued to guard the deficient but powerful True Disciple. Meanwhile, reincarnations and senior demonic cultivators traveled toward the Demon Domain, where Zhang Yi’s status and rumored deficiency became a subject of discussion.

• Elder Qin rebuked Zhang Yun for failing to oversee the reincarnations properly, then departed after learning they were sealed in a Grotto-Heaven secret realm by the Yellow Springs River.
• Zhang Yun checked Zhang Yi’s cultivation and found demonic qi gathering at the center of his brow, then let him go play with the others.
• Elder Zhou led a group of reincarnations toward the Demon Domain as they wondered why Zhang Yi received better treatment than they did.
• The reincarnations complained about Zhang Yi and his apparent foolishness, while the Elders aboard their treasure ship quietly observed them.
• Senior fellow disciples set out later toward the same destination, wary of the dangers surrounding the Devil Master’s Great Dao.
• A True Disciple aboard a palace traveling through the void raised the rumor that Zhang Yi had an innate deficiency.

Demonic cultivators discussed the Devil Master’s missing soul and the difficulty of repairing his innate deficiency. Meanwhile, powerful forces arrived at Ghost Mountain, where Luo Zhengyun suspected the Devil Master had left a final contingency, and thunderclouds gathered overhead.

• Demonic cultivators debated which soul and spirit the Devil Master lacked and whether his Divine Soul could be repaired.
• The cultivators explained that Reincarnation made seizing souls more difficult and that the True Spirit ultimately had to return to Reincarnation.
• A magical palace crossed strange spaces and arrived near Ghost Mountain in the Demon Domain in less than three days.
• Luo Zhengyun’s group reached Ghost Mountain and identified it as a likely place for the Devil Master’s final contingency.
• Over seven days, forces gathered near Ghost Mountain as thunderclouds thickened and pressed the sky and earth into a heavy stillness.

Ghost Mountain drew attention after the Devil Master's Great Dao revived, and reports of the event spread across the Four Direction Continents. As rumors about the Devil Master and the ancient Immortals circulated, the blue-robed cultivators on Golden Turtle Island recognized the Tribulation as an opportunity and examined a claim on Floating Light.

• Little demons gathered to watch Ghost Mountain while old demons fled, fearing the nearby powers would bring disaster.
• Cultivators debated how the Nine Immortal Gates and the Six Paths might respond to the Devil Master's Great Dao and whether they could profit from the conflict.
• A cultivator on Floating Light claimed that ancient Immortals might not have truly died, provoking arguments about why they had not appeared for several eras.
• Gazes from distant places awakened as news of the claim spread.
• The blue-robed cultivators on Golden Turtle Island saw the Great Tribulation as a chance to establish themselves in the present age, and one of them called an elder's attention to the claim.