Chapter Summaries

News spread that a region was the ruins of the Ancient Heavenly Court, drawing cultivators eager to explore it and stirring speculation about its dangers. Lu Qing sensed its possible connection to a terrifying corpse as he continued walking through the River of Time, where ages passed in a blink.

• Floating Light spread news that a region contained the ruins of the Ancient Heavenly Court and that Beyond-the-World Dojos had emerged there.
• Cultivators across the Nine Heavens discussed the ruins, their ominous forces, and the possibility that a Great Immortal might appear.
• Lu Qing's Red Dust Avatar sensed surging energy and growing Red Dust Qi in the Immortal City as cultivators prepared to seek treasure.
• Lu Qing suspected the region was connected to the terrifying corpse in a distant cosmic expanse.
• Lu Qing walked along the River of Time as ten thousand years flowed past him, protected by a faint layer of Spirit Light.

Lu Qing completed his spiritual heart and saw the path to immortal ascension, becoming the first true variable to open a new road toward transcendence. His breakthrough sent ripples through the River of Time, awakening hope and recognition across countless worlds and eras.

• Lu Qing reflected on his cultivation along the Path of Seeking the Dao and recognized that his complete spiritual heart left only transcendence through the Great Dao to pursue.
• Lu Qing saw the Great Dao as a boundless tree of worlds and stepped onto the path to immortal ascension.
• Lu Qing's breakthrough stirred wisdom and visions of the Dao in a mayfly and a monkey who found the.
• Profound Cloudflower True Scripture.
• Five ancient figures and other mighty cultivators across time sensed that someone had attained the Dao and ascended to immortality.
• The Desolate Serpent recognized Lu Qing as a unique variable who had opened a new path toward longevity.

The Desolate Serpent watched the present age’s new Variable Fate break down the divisions between Fixed Fate and Variable Fate, as well as life, death, and reincarnation. A white-haired God-Man appeared in the ancient tomblike Daoist Dojo and admitted that they had failed.

• The Desolate Serpent observed the present age’s lively contest between Variable Fate and Fixed Fate and saw that the chessboard’s Mortal Realm had changed.
• The Desolate Serpent realized that a road beyond the chessboard’s predictions had appeared and that the ancient powers had lost the game again.
• The Desolate Serpent closed its eyes as the countless shattered worlds returned to dust and the new Variable Fate dissolved the divisions between fate, life, death, and reincarnation.
• A white-haired God-Man appeared in the silent Daoist Dojo and stared toward the present age before saying, “We failed.”

Lu Qing broke through to the Immortal Ascension Realm and saw a future powerhouse’s corpse in another Cosmic Expanse. He spoke with the corpse’s lingering thought, which revealed that a failed attempt to attain the Dao had sent him into the past and destroyed his Great Dao before the thought faded away.

• The ancient Great Immortals beside the River of Time sensed that the path of Transcendence had appeared as Tribulation Qi eroded their existence.
• Lu Qing ascended to the Immortal Ascension Realm and saw the Great Dao, Cause and Effect, and the ages in a new way.
• Lu Qing entered another Cosmic Expanse and focused on the corpse of an Immortal Ascension Realm cultivator from the future.
• Bifang sensed the change brought by Lu Qing’s breakthrough and turned his attention to Infinite Paradise’s next stage.
• Lu Qing saw the corpse’s true form as a High-Crowned Man and learned that time had reversed when he attained the Dao, causing his Great Dao to crumble.
• The High-Crowned Man said he was only a lingering thought and faded away.

Lu Qing learned why the Azure Heaven corpse had caused disaster and agreed to remove it from the Cosmic Expanse, receiving a Jade-Green Sky Pearl in return. He examined a possible future in which Yuan Zhen died upon attaining the Immortal Ascension Realm, but concluded that this was only one Heavenly Secret Future and need not become the Nine Heavens’ fate.

• The tall-crowned figure asked Lu Qing to take his true body's corpse away from the Cosmic Expanse, and left him a Jade-Green Sky Pearl as payment.
• Lu Qing understood that the corpse's entangled contents had worsened the Primordial Cataclysm and decided to remove it before the Cosmic Expanse merged with the Nine Heavens.
• Lu Qing examined a possible future and saw Yuan Zhen join Mount Qingcheng, attain the Dao, and die when a powerful enemy and uncanny Providence obstructed him.
• Lu Qing traced the future's Cause and Effect across five million years and saw white light appear on the path from the Immortal Ascension Realm toward Transcendence.
• Lu Qing judged Yuan Zhen's fate to be only one possible future and believed the present Dao Lords could reach the Immortal Ascension Realm themselves.

Lu Qing’s ascension to transcendence shook beings across time and the cosmic expanse, revealing hope for the cultivation path. Dao Lords named him Unity Dao Venerable for opening the way, while an awakened old man wondered whether his ancient friends might still be saved.

• Figures in the Primordial Era recognized Lu Qing’s overwhelming attainment and decided to visit the Nine Heavens to learn from the new path.
• Experts across the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Eras sensed the unprecedented future and began making plans to reach the era of variables.
• Dao Lords sensed the Unity and Samsara Dao Lord’s immortal ascension and were shocked that it had happened in fewer than a thousand years.
• A Dao Lord proposed honoring Lu Qing as Dao Venerable for opening the path, and thoughts across the worlds spread the name Unity Dao Venerable.
• An awakened old man accepted that the new era offered hope and sent his divine sense toward certain Return Ruins, hoping his old friends had not undergone Dao-assimilation.

Lu Qing traced Calamity Avoidance to his future self and glimpsed his path beyond Transcendence, then returned to the Nine Heavens as the Profound Heaven Dao Sect recognized him as the Unity Dao Venerable. His true presence remained too vast to descend into the Nine Heavens, while his avatars continued to represent him there.

• Lu Qing erased the ominous corpse and aura from the Cosmic Expanse, then contemplated Transcendence and the Other Shore as his scattered thoughts weathered tribulations across countless worlds.
• Lu Qing recognized the golden light of Calamity Avoidance as a message sent by his future self and glimpsed that future self departing amid endless Dao light.
• After returning to the Nine Heavens, Lu Qing found that his connection to the world had grown faint and that his true body could not descend without colliding with it.
• The Profound Heaven Dao Sect's Chiefs acknowledged that Lu Qing had reached Transcendence, and Fu Huazi proclaimed that the sect would honor him as Unity Dao Venerable.
• Those beside the Heavenly Net Chessboard cupped their hands toward the Profound Heaven Dao Sect in recognition of Lu Qing's achievement.

Lu Qing’s ascension as a Dao Venerable reshaped the grand trends and the futures visible to cultivators across the world. He then watched a former senior brother die after entering the mortal world and begin a new life through reincarnation.

• Humanity-Dao White Marsh sensed that Lu Qing’s appearance as a Dao Venerable had restored something fundamental to heaven and earth and changed the futures it had foreseen.
• Humanity-Dao White Marsh and others felt relief that this generation’s Human Emperor was not competing with Lu Qing, whose past had become impossible to investigate.
• Lu Qing looked down into the mortal world and manifested the youthful figure he had worn when he first came to the Dao Sect.
• Lu Qing watched his former Senior Brother Wang smile and congratulate him before the senior brother’s aura withered and a newborn Great Dao appeared.
• Lu Qing understood that Senior Brother Wang had entered the mortal world and reincarnation, then inscribed three names on his gravestone.

Lu Qing encountered the White-Robed Daoist, an image left behind by his past self, in the Dream Immortal's dojo within the remnant of the Ancient Heavenly Court. As the White-Robed Daoist faded away after asking about the Thunder Dragon, the sects of the Nine Heavens sent disciples to seek the dojo.

• The Great Dream Immortal Sect calmly decided to send its new disciples to the Dream Immortal Ancestor's dojo, judging it unlikely to hold great dangers.
• Heavenly Brow Mountain also ordered people to search for the dojo rather than resist the greater tide.
• True Person Chen realized the Ancient Era's descent had been fixed after someone became a Dao Venerable, and recognized the old fossils of the Great Dream Immortal Sect had planned wisely.
• An Ancient Heavenly Court Command Token awakened a white-robed image in the dojo, who recognized Lu Qing as a fellow seeker of the Path of Transcendence.
• The White-Robed Daoist asked whether Senior Thunder Dragon was well, heard that he was, and then scattered like the wind.

The Divine Firmament guardian reflected on the Ancient Era while Infinite Paradise continued expanding through the Cosmic Expanse and Azure Heaven. As the three great powers struggled to contain it, defectors and new recruits helped the Paradise extend its reach.

• The Divine Firmament guardian remembered the White-robed Daoist and accepted that the Ancient Era and its old acquaintances would not return.
• Cultivators from another Cosmic Expanse arrived in the Earth Realm as time passed swiftly in the Cosmic Expanse and Azure Heaven.
• Infinite Paradise sank roots into the Cosmic Expanse, and the three great powers struggled to stop its expansion.
• Sea-Crossing figures discussed the higher-ups’ order not to provoke Infinite Paradise and considered joining it instead.
• Paradise Apostles registered for missions as defectors from the three powers left worlds open for the Paradise to claim.
• A Mission Taker explained that the Paradise was recruiting Reserve Apostles to enter those worlds and expand its influence.

Paradise Apostles discussed the growing world-reclamation missions and reports of the Nine Heavens, while Bifang and Fang Yunhua considered the significance of the neighboring Cosmic Expanse. In a distant age, an academy boat traveled upstream along the Long River of Time toward the Three-Faction Era.

• Paradise Apostles discussed dangerous world-reclamation missions, the high rewards they offered, and the risk of permanent death.
• Apostles shared news about the Nine Heavens Cosmic Expanse and its connection to their region, while Bifang considered Infinite Paradise's role in his cultivation.
• Fang Yunhua returned from his undercover assignment in Sea-Crossing and noted Paradise's strength had overwhelmed the three original factions of the Starry Sky.
• In a distant future, countless cultivators pursued the Great Daos in a radiant Cosmic Expanse where the Long River of Time was visible.
• An academy boat traveled upstream along the Long River of Time, and a student asked their teacher whether they had reached the earlier Three-Faction Era.

A Heavenly Academy boat traveled along the Long River of Time as its elder and disciples discussed the inaccessible Medieval Era and the Ancestor who had opened a Dao and achieved Transcendence. The chapter left them gazing toward the past while figures arrived at Return Ruins Altars across the Land of the Infinite.

• Hazy silhouettes along the Long River of Time recognized the Heavenly Academy’s formation and withdrew their gazes.
• The elder explained that the Medieval Era was the last age in which the Ancestor remained in the world, but terrifying restrictions prevented them from visiting it.
• Leiqing and Li Chongyuan wondered whether they could travel back to that era and spoke of its Ancestor, the Spirit Emperor, and its Great Dao Prodigies.
• Li Chongyuan recalled his forefather warning him that the distance across the ages was vast, and reflected on how the past and present each held their own splendor.
• At the Return Ruins, radiance-wreathed figures landed at altars scattered throughout the Land of the Infinite.