Chapter Summaries

Lu Ren proclaimed himself the Sacred Great Light Supreme Heavenly Lord and began founding a faith to give humanity the power to choose its fate. He left Zhang Tongxuan behind and recruited Li Qingling and the students of Falcon Fist Martial Hall as the first preachers and believers.

• Lu Ren declared that people should control their own fate and proclaimed the Sacred Great Light Supreme Heavenly Lord across the millions of miles under his control.
• Zhang Tongxuan warned Lu Ren that the returning gods would oppose him, but Lu Ren argued that humanity should resist being treated as livestock and left without choosing a side.
• Lu Ren left Zhang Tongxuan, who feared that Lu Ren would destroy the Celestial Master School of Dragon Tiger Mountain and drive the world toward an uncontrollable conflict.
• At Falcon Fist Martial Hall, Lu Ren asked Li Qingling to become his preacher, explained that faith could give people hope, and recited his doctrine to the admiring students.

Lu Ren established the Salvation Sect and entrusted Li Qingling with spreading its scripture, which he had created by combining his knowledge through the system. As Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy grew more polluted, he began broadcasting the scripture nationwide to offer people a new path, leaving Ji Quanzhen worried but committed to helping him.

• Lu Ren enveloped nearby students in his life force field, and they sat cross-legged to recite the Great Bright World Honored One Heart Sutra for Saving the Suffering and Delivering the Afflicted.
• Lu Ren named the Salvation Sect and gave Li Qingling a metal book containing the scripture, asking her to spread its teachings.
• Lu Ren recalled that the system had fused a hundred scriptures into the Heart Sutra for 2 points of Force of Destiny, incorporating his knowledge and martial arts.
• Lu Ren told Ji Quanzhen that growing spiritual-energy pollution threatened social collapse and that he intended to establish a new path despite the risks of opposing the immortals and gods.
• Ji Quanzhen reluctantly agreed to stand with Lu Ren, and Lu Ren began broadcasting the Heart Sutra across China and Shenzhou, causing phenomena to appear in the sky.

Lu Ren expounded the World Honored One Heart Sutra to a huge audience, while Zhang Tongxuan and Chen Luo recognized the threat posed by his shaman path and vast Mountain God Authority. Afterward, Lu Ren’s followers spread the Salvation Sect across China, where its temples and Heart Sutra drew growing numbers of practitioners and believers.

• Zhang Tongxuan asked Chen Luo whether Lu Ren could be stopped, and Chen Luo judged his power and momentum too great, advising that they wait for the Heavenly Palace and immortals to return.
• Chen Luo learned that Lu Ren was a shaman and became absorbed in the Heart Sutra, while Zhang Tongxuan silently left him to study it.
• Lu Ren completed his day-long exposition of the Heart Sutra and left the listeners with its teachings planted in their minds.
• The next day, Li Qingling and the Falcon Fist Martial Hall members spread the Salvation Sect through the Shu Region and built temples using Lu Ren’s clay statues.
• Within months, more than a thousand Salvation Temples had opened across China, attracting practitioners who found that worship and recitation improved their minds and comprehension.

Lu Ren reflected on how Wish Power strengthened his Mountain God Authority and resolved to build a cultivation path for humanity as the Celestial Gods’ return drew near. On Dragon Tiger Mountain, Zhang Tongxuan confronted Patriarch Chen Luo about learning from Lu Ren’s Salvation Sect while worshippers left to visit its temple.

• Lu Ren realized that Wish Power from people cultivating the Heart Sutra could reinforce his Mountain God Authority and continued shaping his Mountain God Domain into a Dao field.
• Lu Ren sensed a strange point expanding in the distance and concluded it might be connected to the Celestial Gods’ return or their route back from distant realms.
• Lu Ren fused his Mountain God Authority with the land and prepared to adjust the Earth Dao Principles so he could fully control his domain.
• Zhang Tongxuan cursed Lu Ren for setting up a statue of himself, then discovered Patriarch Chen Luo meditating beside the Salvation Temple.
• Chen Luo defended learning from the rising witch path, while Zhang Tongxuan pointed out that worshippers were leaving Dragon Tiger Mountain for the Salvation Sect and warned they might face the returning immortals’ reckoning.

Zhang Tongxuan learned that Chen Luo regarded mortals as livestock and chose to join Lu Ren in resisting the immortals. Lu Ren urged him to help build a future where people could control their own fate, and Zhang Tongxuan agreed despite expecting them to die.

• Chen Luo told Zhang Tongxuan that ordinary people existed to provide cultivators with supplies and materials, while praising the Great Bright World Honored One Heart Sutra as a path worth studying.
• Zhang Tongxuan spent a day and night on Dragon Tiger Mountain before resolving to make a desperate stand rather than let immortals treat people as livestock.
• Chen Luo noticed Zhang Tongxuan's departure but stayed behind to study the Heart Sutra and watch television and short videos.
• Zhang Tongxuan reached Lu Ren's Daoist ground, where Lu Ren explained that he had tested whether the old cultivators still viewed ordinary people as livestock.
• Lu Ren asked Zhang Tongxuan to help resist the Primordial Sacred Spirits and described his Heart Sutra as a path to True Immortal power without condensing a Dao Fruit.
• Zhang Tongxuan agreed to stand with Lu Ren, saying they should await the annihilation of their Spirit Souls and the grinding of their bones to ash.

Lu Ren gathered Wish Power and reached the Great Witch realm, gaining a body and perception tied to the Earth Dao Principles. He began using Wish Power to nurture witch blood in Chinese humanity and turned to modifying the Three Heads Six Arms Technique.

• After Zhang Tongxuan left, Lu Ren examined the Wish Power gained from believers and found that it strengthened the land and his own cultivation.
• Lu Ren reached the Great Witch realm, awakened his witch bloodline, and gained strong affinity with Earth Power.
• After three days of transformation, Lu Ren found that his body had returned to human form apart from its immense size and could sense life across the land, though the information overwhelmed him.
• Lu Ren used half his Wish Power to nourish witch blood in Martial Daoists who had begun cultivating the World Honored One Heart Sutra.
• Lu Ren considered creating a cultivation ground around his clay statue temple, then began modifying the Three Heads Six Arms Technique with Wish Power.

Lu Ren used Wish Power and a sliver of his true spirit to create an Outer Body Incarnation intended to become a Salvation deity. Meanwhile, a seven-colored beam struck Northern Europe, where British knights found a Chinese Empress at the impact site.

• Lu Ren considered the secrets behind ancient blood sacrifices but chose not to investigate or try them.
• Lu Ren molded an Outer Body Incarnation from earth, Wish Power, the Three Heads Six Arms Technique, and a sliver of his true spirit.
• A seven-colored beam struck a mountain range in Northern Europe, drawing Great Britain's extraordinary secret-art experts to the crater.
• Sers sensed a powerful life force and told Lamorak that the intruder seemed to come from China.
• A woman in a Chinese red imperial robe appeared at the crater, and Lamorak recognized her as an Empress shaped by slaughter.

North Empress Guo Muyang arrived on Earth through an ancient teleportation array and demanded that the British knight Lamorak serve her. After he refused, she defeated him and declared her intention to conquer Britain and establish her New Dynasty.

• Guo Muyang arrived in Northern Europe and learned from Lamorak that he was a native of the planet.
• Lu Ren sensed Guo Muyang's arrival from Lingming Mountain but decided not to investigate.
• Guo Muyang ordered Lamorak to become her guard, then announced she would conquer Britain after he refused.
• Guo Muyang struck Lamorak down, but he survived and reaffirmed his devotion to his king.
• Guo Muyang praised Lamorak's loyalty and said an emperor would be fortunate to have someone like him.

Guo Muyang entered the planet’s True Realm and found it cleaner and more suitable for cultivation than the Beidou Emperor Star’s, while sensing a dangerous path that might offer an opportunity to attain the Dao. Meanwhile, Lu Ren used an Earth Dao Principles fragment to reduce the chaotic influence in China’s spiritual energy and completed a clay statue infused with Wish Power.

• Guo Muyang killed an alien and turned her attention toward securing territory before investigating the heavy aura to the east.
• Guo Muyang entered the True Realm and found a vast volcanic landscape whose special protection kept Outer Gods beyond the region.
• Guo Muyang saw a narrow path leading from a higher-dimensional convergence point and suspected it was the opportunity to attain the Dao.
• Lu Ren dispersed the chaotic will in China’s Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, choosing to protect ordinary people as well as cultivators.
• Lu Ren placed a clay statue at the center of the Earth domain and infused it with Wish Power, bringing it to life.

Lu Ren examined the clay statue created from his true spirit and concluded that worship-born gods possessed divinity without humanity. He went to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where he met the ancient Daoist Chen Luo and challenged his belief that mortals were merely livestock unless they controlled their own fate.

• Lu Ren studied the self-aware clay statue and found that it functioned like emotionless Artificial Intelligence while remaining under his control.
• Lu Ren traveled to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where onlookers recognized him and discussed his Salvation Sect and the limits facing cultivators in the polluted world.
• Lu Ren sensed the danger of ancient Blessed Lands as he climbed Dragon Tiger Mountain and encountered the old Daoist Chen Luo.
• Chen Luo asked why Lu Ren treated mortals well and explained that people were only truly free when they held their own fate in their hands.
• Lu Ren dismissed their disagreement as a difference in paths and told Chen Luo that he had been born in the wrong era, where everyone could become like a dragon.

Huanluan used time to slaughter Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order experts, but Li Hao recognized that the power was consuming Huanluan’s lifespan. As Huanluan’s hair turned gray and decay set in, the Lord of Tianfang and the other experts realized the danger.

• Huanluan killed several Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order experts with time, while Li Hao reflected on time’s cost and the lives it had taken from him.
• Huanluan laughed as he killed another Ninth Order avatar and believed time made defeating powerful enemies simple.
• The remaining experts noticed Huanluan’s hair turning gray and a decaying aura emerging as he continued to fight.
• The Lord of Tianfang recognized that Huanluan lacked Li Hao’s knowledge of the Cycle of Life and Death, and saw that Li Hao had not warned him about time’s drawbacks.

Huanluan used the power of time to slaughter Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses, but his body began to show the cost of consuming his lifespan. As the remaining enemies noticed his decay, Huanluan remained surrounded and fighting to break free.

• Huanluan killed several Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses by freezing space-time and traversing the river of time.
• Li Hao recognized that Huanluan's use of time was consuming his lifespan, recalling how repeated use had once driven Li Hao to the brink of death.
• Huanluan laughed as he killed another Ninth Order avatar, reaching the height of his power while the besieging forces dwindled.
• Huntian and the Ninefold Guard continued to hold Huanluan in the siege, while the Lord of Tianfang and the other powerhouses noticed Huanluan's hair turning gray and his aura of decay emerging.
• The Lord of Tianfang looked toward Li Hao, who had understood time's cost but had never warned Huanluan.

Huanluan used the power of time to slaughter Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses, but Li Hao recognized that each use was draining Huanluan’s lifespan. As Huanluan’s hair turned gray and an aura of decay emerged, the battle continued with his allies realizing the danger.

• Huanluan killed several Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses while Li Hao reflected on the lifespan cost of wielding time.
• Huanluan laughed as he killed another Ninth Order avatar, confident that freezing space-time and crossing the river of time made him nearly unstoppable.
• The Lord of Tianfang and the other powerhouses noticed that Huanluan’s hair had turned gray and that his body was beginning to decay.
• The Lord of Tianfang recognized that Huanluan lacked the Dao of Life and Death and might not survive the cost of using time, while Li Hao remained silent.

Huanluan Emperor used time to slaughter the Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order experts surrounding him, but his hair turned gray and his body began to show signs of decay. As the battle continued, the Lord of Tianfang and the others recognized that time was consuming Huanluan Emperor’s lifespan, while Li Hao said nothing.

• Huanluan Emperor killed several Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order experts by freezing space-time and traversing the river of time.
• Huanluan Emperor laughed as he crushed another Ninth Order avatar, believing his mastery of time made him invincible.
• Huntian and the Ninefold Guard continued to help surround Huanluan Emperor as the number of Ninth Order avatars dwindled.
• The other experts noticed Huanluan Emperor’s hair had turned gray and a decaying aura had begun to emerge from his body.
• The Lord of Tianfang glanced at Li Hao, who remained silent despite knowing that using time consumed Huanluan Emperor’s lifespan.

Huanluan used time to overwhelm the Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses surrounding him, while Li Hao recognized that the ability was consuming Huanluan’s lifespan. As Huanluan’s hair turned gray and decay set in, the Lord of Tianfang and the others realized the danger, but Huanluan remained trapped in the battle.

• Huanluan slaughtered several Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses with time, gaining the upper hand against his attackers.
• Li Hao reflected that repeated use of time consumed lifespan and recalled how his own Cycle of Life and Death had saved him from its cost.
• Huanluan laughed as he killed another Ninth Order avatar, believing time made him nearly invincible against opponents of the same rank.
• The remaining Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order fighters continued to surround Huanluan, with Huntian and the Ninefold Guard preventing his escape.
• Huanluan’s hair turned gray-white and an aura of decay appeared, prompting the attackers to recognize that time was exhausting his life.
• The Lord of Tianfang looked toward Li Hao, who had known time’s drawbacks but had not warned Huanluan.

Huanluan used the power of time to slaughter Ninth Order clones and Eighth Order powerhouses, but Li Hao recognized that every use was consuming Huanluan’s lifespan. The battle left Huanluan at the height of his strength and already showing signs of decay, while he remained surrounded.

• Huanluan killed several Ninth Order clones and Eighth Order powerhouses by freezing space-time and moving through the river of time.
• Li Hao recognized that Huanluan’s use of time was draining his lifespan, as it had once drained Li Hao’s.
• Huanluan laughed as he killed another Ninth Order clone and believed that time made defeating powerful enemies simple.
• The remaining Ninth Order clones noticed Huanluan’s hair had turned gray-white and a faint aura of decay had emerged.
• Lord of Tianfang watched Li Hao, who had not warned Huanluan about time’s cost, while Huanluan remained surrounded and struggled to break free.

Huanluan used time to slaughter the Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order fighters surrounding him, but his growing strength came at the cost of his lifespan. As his hair turned gray and decay set in, the battle continued with Huanluan still trapped in the encirclement.

• Li Hao watched Huanluan’s time-based attacks and recognized that each use of time was consuming his lifespan.
• Huanluan froze space-time and traversed the river of time, killing several Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order reinforcements.
• Huntian led the Ninefold Guard in surrounding Huanluan and preventing him from breaking out.
• The remaining powerhouses noticed Huanluan’s hair had turned nearly white and a decaying aura had begun to emerge.
• The Lord of Tianfang recognized the cost of Huanluan’s use of time, while Li Hao remained silent about its dangers.

Huanluan slaughtered the Ninth Order avatars with the power of time, but Li Hao recognized that every use was consuming Huanluan’s lifespan. As Huanluan’s hair turned white and decay set in, the Lord of Tianfang and the other powerhouses realized time was bringing him toward death.

• Huanluan used time to kill several Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses, while Li Hao worried that the power was draining his lifespan.
• Huanluan laughed as he killed another avatar and continued fighting with Freeze Space-time and travel through the river of time.
• The remaining powerhouses noticed that Huanluan’s hair had turned white and an aura of decay surrounded him.
• The Lord of Tianfang recognized that Huanluan lacked Li Hao’s means to reverse life and death and questioned whether he could survive his use of time.

Huanluan used time to slaughter Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses, appearing to dominate the battle. As his hair turned gray and decay set in, Li Hao and the others recognized that time was consuming his lifespan, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Huanluan killed several Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses with the power of time.
• Li Hao reflected that time had once driven him to the brink of death and realized Huanluan was risking the same fate without knowing how to reverse life and death.
• Huanluan laughed as he killed another Ninth Order avatar, using Freeze Space-time and travel through the river of time to overwhelm his enemies.
• The remaining powerhouses noticed Huanluan's hair had turned almost entirely gray and sensed decay emerging from him.
• The Lord of Tianfang recognized that Huanluan's time use was consuming his lifespan, while Li Hao remained silent about the danger.

Huanluan used the power of time to slaughter Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order Imperial Sovereigns, but Li Hao recognized that each use was consuming Huanluan’s lifespan. As Huanluan’s hair turned gray and decay set in, the Lord of Tianfang and the other fighters realized the danger while Huanluan remained surrounded.

• Huanluan killed several Ninth Order avatars and Eighth Order powerhouses with his time abilities, while Li Hao reflected on time’s cost and his own past reliance on it.
• Huanluan laughed as he killed another Ninth Order avatar, believing his control of time made killing his enemies simple.
• The remaining powerhouses noticed Huanluan’s hair turning gray-white and a decaying aura emerging from his body.
• The Lord of Tianfang recognized that Huanluan was paying for his use of time with his lifespan, and looked toward Li Hao, who had not warned him.