Chapter Summaries

Lu Ren refined the remains of the Thick Earth Ancestral Shaman and learned from Sun Wukong that the Heavenly Palace and Spirit Mountain had fled into the void to escape strange horrors. After parting with Sun Wukong, Lu Ren explored the Inner Aspect and reached a strange region.

• Lu Ren entered his Inner World and berated Ao Li before emerging exhausted.
• Sun Wukong asked Lu Ren how he had made the enormous Thick Earth Ancestral Shaman corpse disappear, then regretted assuming Lu Ren would gain nothing from it.
• Sun Wukong showed Lu Ren the staff he had used to attain the Dao and said it could help him pursue transcendence.
• Sun Wukong revealed that Buddhism and Daoism had fled into the void to escape strange horrors, then left to reforge his weapon.
• Lu Ren left the Severed Sky Domain and traveled through the Inner Aspect, eventually arriving at a strange region.

Lu Ren found residual Dao rhythm at the ruined South Heaven Gate and met an ancient guard who warned him that the Heavenly Court was gone. After extracting the Dao rhythm, Lu Ren saw a vision of the gate as it had appeared in the mythical age.

• Lu Ren examined the ruined South Heaven Gate and detected residual Dao rhythm within its pillars.
• An aged man in silver armor warned Lu Ren not to enter without the Jade Emperor’s edict and said the Heavenly Court was gone.
• The old man recalled that the Jade Emperor had ordered him to guard the gate with Ten Thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals before falling asleep.
• Lu Ren extracted the gate’s residual Dao rhythm and saw it restored to its ancient, majestic state.

Lu Ren saw a vision of the Heavenly Court being attacked by a monstrous shadow and reached the South Heaven Gate, where an old man warned him not to enter. Sun Wukong arrived and revealed the man was Zhu Bajie, while Lu Ren recognized that Sun Wukong had become a True Immortal through an unconventional path to Dao.

• Lu Ren watched a Dao charm show Heavenly Soldiers and Generals fighting a huge, tentacle-like shadow emerging from the South Heaven Gate.
• Lu Ren considered entering the ruined gate, but the old man warned him that the Heavenly Court was gone and entering would get him killed.
• Lu Ren attacked the old man, who parried his punch with the Silver Scale Spear and briefly pierced his defenses.
• The old man spoke of Lu Ren's sharp instincts, and Lu Ren asked who he was.
• Sun Wukong arrived and identified the old man as Zhu Bajie, Zhu Wuneng, Marshal Tianpeng, also known as Bian Zhuang.
• Lu Ren sensed that Sun Wukong had become a True Immortal without condensing a Dao Fruit, while the old man proudly described his Body Refinement path to Sainthood.

Sun Wukong, Lu Ren, and Bian Zhuang clashed in a world-shaking battle after Bian Zhuang attempted to restore his Earth Immortal Dao Fruit. Bian Zhuang died after unleashing his life-burning spear thrust, while Lu Ren and Sun Wukong survived with devastating injuries.

• Sun Wukong challenged Bian Zhuang to settle their old rivalry, and Bian Zhuang mocked him in return.
• Bian Zhuang began gathering the fragments of his shattered Dao Fruit, prompting Sun Wukong to warn Lu Ren that he was attempting ultimate sublimation.
• Bian Zhuang abandoned his attempt and launched a life-burning attack with his Silver Scale Spear against Lu Ren and Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong swung the Ruyi Cudgel as Lu Ren struck with a powerful fist, and their attacks collided with Bian Zhuang's spear in a tremendous explosion.
• Lu Ren and Sun Wukong were gravely wounded, while Bian Zhuang's vitality and soul were extinguished, leaving his body standing with the spear raised.
• Lu Ren halted his retreat and used Witch Power and Thick Earth aura to suppress the spear's lingering force inside him.

After killing Bian Zhuang, Lu Ren and Sun Wukong discovered that Bian Zhuang had used his body and life force to create a Dao Marker that could guide immortals and gods back from unknown lands. They debated the danger ahead and left the question of how to respond unresolved.

• Lu Ren healed after defeating Bian Zhuang and received 5 Skill Points, while Sun Wukong recovered from the spear strike.
• Lu Ren and Sun Wukong traded barbs until Bian Zhuang's body sent a strange ripple toward the horizon.
• Sun Wukong realized Bian Zhuang had made himself a Dao Marker, using his primordial spirit and final life force to summon immortals and gods from unknown lands.
• Lu Ren found Bian Zhuang's body useless and learned from Sun Wukong that the Dao Marker could not be reversed.
• Sun Wukong suggested entering through the broken South Heaven Gate, but Lu Ren warned that something extremely powerful and dangerous lurked inside.

After returning from the Inner Aspect, Lu Ren reflected on Bian Zhuang’s spear strike and discovered that Blue Star was his natal star, using its stellar power and the Great Earth’s Essence Qi to strengthen himself. Three months later, with his Witch Power greatly refined, he began probing his Inner World to advance his cultivation.

• Lu Ren killed Bian Zhuang and left the Inner Aspect, while Sun Wukong retreated to recover from his injuries rather than investigate the shattered South Heaven Gate.
• Lu Ren returned to Lingming Mountain and practiced, reflecting on how close Bian Zhuang’s spear strike had brought him to death.
• Lu Ren drew in the power of Thick Earth and discovered that Blue Star was his natal star, which supplied him with stellar power and Great Earth Essence Qi.
• Over three months, Lu Ren absorbed the energies until his Witch Power became thick and mercury-like.
• Lu Ren combined his Essence, Qi, and Spirit and drove their power into his Inner World to begin advancing.

Lu Ren transformed his shattered Inner World into a chaotic egg, completing the preparation for his own miniature universe. He kept Ao Li imprisoned and forced Xu Fu, Chang'e, Changxing, and the others to bind themselves to him with contracts.

• Lu Ren used his True Energy and Earth Dao Principles to shatter his Inner World and fix its earth, wind, water, and fire as Chaotic Qi poured in.
• After half a month, Lu Ren reshaped the Inner World into a sealed, gray egg and exhausted himself in the process.
• Lu Ren kept Ao Li imprisoned inside the new Inner World and turned his attention to Xu Fu and the others.
• Lu Ren offered Xu Fu and the others contracts that bound their lives and true spirits to him, and they signed rather than face death or imprisonment.
• Lu Ren welcomed the group as new contributors to the world and clapped Xu Fu on the shoulder hard enough to nearly kill him.

Li Qing headed to Grey Magic Academy’s library to continue studying zero-circle spells after Instructor Rosenberg announced an apprentice examination. Inside, Zhuang Xu warned him that high-level magic books could eat students who lacked sufficient strength.

• Instructor Rosenberg announced an apprentice examination after two more classes and warned that students might have to rely on magic when analyzing unfamiliar world rules.
• Li Qing set off for the library, intending to focus on learning zero-circle spells.
• Hemertos approached Li Qing, introduced himself, and claimed he had eaten several devils before entering the library ahead of him.
• Li Qing opened the library doors with his school badge and entered the shadowy building.
• Zhuang Xu appeared behind a desk and warned Li Qing not to browse high-level magic books unless he was strong enough.

Lu Ren put Xu Fu and the others under Ji Quanzhen’s command, then replenished his strength and inspected his Inner World after it returned to chaos. Ao Li suspected that Lu Ren’s method of destroying and rebuilding the world had come from Destiny.

• Lu Ren gave Xu Fu and the others new bodies, warned them not to break their contracts, and assigned them to Ji Quanzhen.
• Ji Quanzhen agreed to arrange flesh-and-blood bodies for the group and sent them away to work under his command.
• After the others left, Lu Ren absorbed Essence Qi of the Great Earth and checked his World Honored One Heart Sutra proficiency.
• Lu Ren entered the chaotic remains of his original Inner World, where Ao Li questioned whether Destiny had devised his method of rebuilding it.

Lu Ren considered advancing his Witch cultivation but recognized the need to prepare carefully, while Ao Li challenged his lack of Ancestral Witch essence blood. Nearly ten years after China stabilized under his Salvation Temples, foreign powers eyed the country but avoided Lu Ren’s territory, leaving him frustrated that his attempt to lure them in had failed.

• Ao Li warned Lu Ren that he could not become an Ancestral Witch without Ancestral Witch essence blood.
• Lu Ren used Witch Power to create rain through Five Element transformations, and Ao Li questioned what he was doing.
• Lu Ren reflected on his growing strength and his confidence that the Earth Dao Principles made him invincible while standing on the ground.
• China recovered from the first minor heavenly tribulation disaster as Salvation Temples drew Essence Qi of the Great Earth and stabilized the environment.
• Foreign extraordinary forces approached China’s borders but retreated rather than enter Lu Ren’s territory, frustrating his attempt to lure them into a confrontation.
• Lu Ren concluded that the surviving powers from the mythical era were shrewd and stopped paying attention to them.

Lu Ren discussed research into reaching the True Immortal Realm without a Dao Fruit with Zhang Tongxuan, then returned to Lingming Mountain to continue refining his Ancestral Witch Bloodline. As the second wave of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy arrived, doors to foreign worlds appeared across Earth, bringing enormous monsters and dangerous ocean regions.

• Zhang Tongxuan explained that shifting physical laws had stalled scientific research and described his effort to find a way to reach the True Immortal Realm without a Dao Fruit.
• Zhang Tongxuan demonstrated the destructive power of the Nine Heavens Thunder Seal and warned Lu Ren that returning immortals and gods could threaten humanity.
• Lu Ren left a temporary body at the research institute, told Zhang Tongxuan to ask Ji Quanzhen about becoming a True Immortal without a Dao Fruit, and returned to Lingming Mountain.
• Zhang Tongxuan rushed to find Ji Quanzhen after Lu Ren vanished.
• Lu Ren continued refining his blood to condense an Ancestral Witch rank and considered seeking opportunities in another foreign realm.
• Lu Ren sensed doors appearing across his Earth Dao domain as the second wave of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy arrived, while enormous monsters made parts of the ocean forbidden zones.

As the world grew more dangerous, Bai Sheng, a Vanguard General of the Heavenly Court, descended from the void and condemned Lu Ren for cultivating the Witch Path. Lu Ren killed him with a single strike, then wondered whether the Heavenly Palace and Spirit Mountain would follow.

• Monsters and sea behemoths threatened the isolated world as coastal action teams gathered materials from slain creatures.
• Lu Ren sensed a disturbance in the sky as a rift opened and Bai Sheng emerged, declaring himself Vanguard General of the Heavenly Court.
• Bai Sheng recognized the Witch Path, accused Lu Ren of a capital crime, and prepared to attack before a giant hand descended upon him.
• Bai Sheng resisted with his halberd, but Lu Ren's strike obliterated his body and primordial spirit.
• Lu Ren examined Bai Sheng's remains, learned he had been a peak Human Immortal, and wondered what the Heavenly Palace and Spirit Mountain would do next.

Lu Ren ambushed Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva as the Bodhisattva manifested above Earth, then dragged him to the moon and smashed him into its surface. The chapter ended with Mahasthamaprapta trapped beneath Lu Ren’s power after a devastating lunar impact.

• Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva appeared as an immense golden projection, while people across China and the cultivation and technological forces prepared for a confrontation.
• Sun Wukong watched from a mountain, judging Lu Ren’s earlier palm strike and hoping to see his strength again.
• Lu Ren recognized that the surge in Wish Power came from people placing their hopes in him.
• Lu Ren suddenly seized Mahasthamaprapta by the face, suppressed his ability to move, and dragged him away from Earth.
• Lu Ren slammed Mahasthamaprapta into the moon, sending cracks hundreds of li across its surface.

Lu Ren defeated Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva on the moon and restrained him to question him about the Buddhist and Daoist arks in the Unknown Land. Mahasthamaprapta revealed that Guānzìzài possessed both male and female characteristics.

• A captain aboard a super battleship considered firing its main cannon at the moon, but held fire because Lu Ren and other powerful figures were below.
• Lu Ren reflected that, as a Limit Breaker, he could kill Human Immortals with ease, then warned the badly injured Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva that escape would be impossible.
• Lu Ren suspected the Heavenly Palace and Spirit Mountain were traveling together through the Unknown Land because its dangers had forced the rival lineages to cooperate.
• Mahasthamaprapta agreed to answer Lu Ren's questions in exchange for a chance at survival, while Lu Ren strengthened the restrictions around him.
• Lu Ren asked whether Guanyin Bodhisattva was male or female, and Mahasthamaprapta explained that Guānzìzài had both female and male characteristics.

Lu Ren questioned Mahasthamaprapta about the Spirit Mountain and Heavenly Palace vessels and learned they would return in ten years. After killing Mahasthamaprapta, Lu Ren faced Tathagata’s distant gaze and endured its scrutiny until it withdrew.

• Mahasthamaprapta told Lu Ren that the Other Shore was an illusion and that the Heavenly Palace and Spirit Mountain had sailed toward the Boundless Land.
• Mahasthamaprapta warned Lu Ren that the two vessels would return in ten years and urged him to eradicate Witch Dao believers.
• Lu Ren crushed Mahasthamaprapta beneath his foot, destroyed his escaping true spirit, and gained five Skill Points.
• Tathagata’s gaze crossed distant barriers and fixed on Lu Ren, who raised his power and met it without backing down.
• Tathagata watched Lu Ren before the universe’s laws repaired space and severed the gaze, leaving Lu Ren shaken and exhausted.

With only ten years before the mythological immortals and gods descended, Lu Ren discussed how to prepare for the coming crisis with Zhang Tongxuan and Ji Quanzhen. They considered seeking another world, fleeing into deep space, or retreating to the Wasteland Otherworld, but Lu Ren worried that it might be dangerous.

• Lu Ren realized that even after unleashing the Ancestral Witch Avatar, he could not withstand a true Earth Immortal.
• Lu Ren told Zhang Tongxuan and Ji Quanzhen that only ten years remained and proposed seeking opportunities in a world where time flowed faster so he could reach the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Zhang Tongxuan warned that Earth Immortals were exceedingly rare, while Ji Quanzhen lamented that ten years was too little time to prepare.
• Lu Ren reassured them that the Ancestral Witch Avatar could attack and defend against an Earth Immortal, though he could unleash only a tiny fraction of its power.
• Ji Quanzhen proposed building a Homeworld Mothership and fleeing to the Large Magellanic Cloud Supergroup, but Lu Ren said it would take too long.
• Zhang Tongxuan and Ji Quanzhen proposed retreating to the Wasteland Otherworld, and Lu Ren questioned whether that was safe because of the First Cause of All Realms.

Lu Ren warned Zhang Tongxuan and Ji Quanzhen that anomalous entities occupied the Wasteland Otherworld’s True Realm, prompting them to prepare both a homeland ark and a search for another world. As China began a vast evacuation effort, Guo Muyang learned of its plans and warned that the world would become hell for the weak when immortals and gods arrived.

• Lu Ren told Zhang Tongxuan and Ji Quanzhen that powerful anomalous entities lurked in the Wasteland Otherworld’s True Realm and might have caused its nuclear war.
• Zhang Tongxuan agreed to build a homeland-class ark while Lu Ren promised to find a new world, and Ji Quanzhen left to organize a nationwide mobilization.
• China conscripted most of its population and began building a massive orbital dock and starship while expanding its space mining operations.
• Guo Muyang learned from Lamorak that China was preparing to leave Earth and said she would resist the coming oppression of mortals by immortals and gods.

Guo Muyang forcibly broke through to the Human Immortal realm by shattering her Dao Fruit, and Lu Ren guided her through turning it into a Fate Core linked to her Destiny Star. After three days, she recovered and reunited with her master, who greeted her by pinching her cheek.

• Guo Muyang revealed an overwhelming imperial will as she attempted to break through, alarming Lamorak with the risk of contamination from the polluted Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.
• Lu Ren appeared and questioned Guo Muyang, then realized she was destroying her Dao Fruit to force her breakthrough.
• Lu Ren warned Guo Muyang about the damage her reckless method could cause and poured Essence Qi of the Great Earth into her as he explained how to form a Fate Core.
• Guo Muyang's energy settled into her flesh and blood, and she began receiving stellar power through her Fate Core as Celestial Essence.
• After three days, Guo Muyang opened her eyes, reunited with Lu Ren, and exchanged words with him before he pinched her cheek.

Lu Ren reunited with Guo Muyang, who had spent decades searching for him and risen to rule the Beidou Emperor Star. She refused to leave her chosen path, but after he took on his old appearance, she embraced him and reaffirmed her feelings.

• Guo Muyang told Lu Ren she had searched for him for thirty years and explained that she had arrived ten years earlier but focused on pursuing her own path.
• Lu Ren learned how Guo Muyang had crossed the starfields and forged her Tyrannical Ultimate Intent, then invited her to return with him; she refused because it would halt her progress.
• Lu Ren described the Natal Star Method and explained how the Jade Emperor's Cosmic Star Formation linked the starfields and amplified starlight.
• Guo Muyang asked Lu Ren to look as he had in Beidou, then hugged him and wept as she described searching the planet for him.
• After regaining her composure, Guo Muyang blushed when Lu Ren teased her about wanting to marry him and insisted that her feelings still stood.

After Guo Muyang declared that she wanted Lu Ren and planned to marry him, he fled back to Lingming Mountain and resumed preparing to explore otherworlds. Using the Earth Dao Principles, he detected frequent collisions between otherworlds and the present world, but capturing a newborn miniature universe remained beyond his reach.

• Guo Muyang told Lu Ren she wanted him and intended to marry him and bear children, but Lu Ren fled and told her to visit him at Lingming Mountain if she needed anything.
• Guo Muyang asked Lamorak what he had witnessed, and he said Lu Ren had refused to marry her, prompting her to angrily deny it.
• Back at Lingming Mountain, Lu Ren entered his inner landscape and made Ao Li shudder repeatedly before returning to the outside world.
• Ten days after destroying Mahasthamaprapta, Lu Ren reached his peak condition and used the Earth Dao Principles to search for spatial rifts.
• Lu Ren detected more than thirty otherworlds colliding with the present world in a day, but he could not capture a newborn miniature universe and had previously damaged the Nine Cauldrons trying.