Chapter Summaries

Lu Ren entered Hantu, claimed territory, and built a bridge connecting it to Shenzhou as the Heavenly Palace and Spirit Mountain established themselves nearby. Months later, humanity had begun shifting its center of gravity to Hantu, where its Witchcraft Path patrols guarded the expanding frontier.

• Lu Ren watched the Jade Emperor's Heavenly Palace enter Hantu and Tathagata's Spirit Mountain descend, then surveyed the ancient land and its primitive inhabitants.
• Lu Ren sensed that Hantu's Golden Immortal formation suppressed the Demon Clan, then reshaped the terrain and formed a bridge toward Shenzhou, using a pillar rising from Japan as a support.
• Lu Ren established Salvation Temples across his territory and shifted Earth Dao Principles to prepare Hantu as a center for humanity's development.
• A Witchcraft Path patrol wearing Power Armor watched Heavenly Palace cultivators pass through unclaimed land, while its captain recalled his Celestial Path Academy achievements.
• Humanity began moving its center of gravity toward Hantu as its Witchcraft Path and Celestial Path traditions continued to coexist.

Lu Ren observed a tense border standoff between human forces and the Heavenly Palace, then spent ten years helping establish New Land as its population and cultivation strength grew. He left to seek new opportunities while Guo Muyang prepared to advance to the True Immortal Realm.

• Human soldiers and Heavenly Soldiers traded insults at the border but avoided fighting, wary of sparking a war that could draw in the Earth Immortals.
• Lu Ren watched the standoff from afar and believed the Jade Emperor was also observing while Tathagata remained motionless.
• Over ten years, six supercities rose across New Land, nearly three hundred million babies were born, and the human race gained more than a hundred Great Witches and nearly a thousand True Immortals.
• Lu Ren nurtured a stellar core in his Inner World Universe and moved a star into it, hoping it might eventually become a living planet.
• At a cultivator buffet, Lu Ren told Guo Muyang he would seek new opportunities because his cultivation had progressed too slowly.
• Guo Muyang said she planned to advance to the True Immortal Realm and refused Lu Ren's suggestion that she cultivate the witch path.

Lu Ren searched for opportunities in foreign universes and learned that the System had planted Real-time Spacetime Beacons in previously anchored worlds. After accepting the enormous beacon data stream, he passed out, leaving the Salvation Temple’s clay statue to take control of the Earth Dao Principles while Ji Quanzhen quietly imposed martial law.

• Lu Ren used Hyperdimensional Perception to find foreign worlds, rejected the low-martial world of 'Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils,' and continued searching for useful realms.
• Over several months, Lu Ren detected nearly three hundred universes, most of which were too weak to benefit him.
• Lu Ren asked the System about its records and learned that it had planted anchor points and acquired Real-time Spacetime Beacons.
• Lu Ren agreed to receive the beacon calculation data and collapsed under the torrent of information.
• The clay statue took over the Earth Dao Principles when Lu Ren lost consciousness, and Ji Quanzhen secretly placed the area under martial law.

After recovering from an overwhelming torrent of information, Lu Ren worked with his clay statue to plan how to build the Main God Space using real-time Dao markers and rare materials. The framework could take a thousand years, so Lu Ren continued fishing for Dao markers while the project remained in its early stages.

• The Jade Emperor sensed Lu Ren's aura weaken briefly, while Nezha and Yang Jian speculated about what he had noticed and left the Lingxiao Palace.
• Tathagata watched the Salvation Temple and regretted that Lu Ren had rejected his offer to trade a supreme treasure for ten million people.
• After three days, Lu Ren recovered from the information overload and realized the clay statue could help expand its capacity.
• Lu Ren transmitted his plans to the clay statue, which established a real-time anchored Dao marker model and warned that building the Main God Space's framework might take a thousand years.
• Lu Ren gave the clay statue the shattered Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda to study as a vessel material and suggested using Quantum Computers and photonic computing for the project.
• Lu Ren departed and continued fishing for real-time Dao markers with the system setting spacetime anchor points.

Lu Ren entered the Journey to the West universe to seek opportunities for advancement and assess how its cultivation compared with his own. He arrived in Southern Jambudvipa after the scripture-fetching journey had ended and watched Tang Sanzang and his disciples return to Chang'an.

• Lu Ren left his clay statue avatar to oversee his affairs and accepted the System's prompt to enter the Journey to the West universe.
• Lu Ren arrived in Southern Jambudvipa and found that his arrival had gone unnoticed by the world's powerful immortals.
• Lu Ren learned that Tang Sanzang and his disciples had already completed their journey and were returning to Chang'an.
• Lu Ren considered the world's plentiful treasures and wondered how the Sun Wukong from his world would react to meeting this one.
• Lu Ren watched Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong descend from the clouds, and he was surprised when Sun Wukong calmly met his gaze.

Lu Ren entered the Journey to the West world and investigated an Earth God to learn how his authority worked. He discovered that the Earth God’s spiritual light was only a Heavenly Court-granted rank, not the Earth Dao authority Lu Ren sought.

• Lu Ren watched Tang Sanzang and his disciples enter the imperial palace, then left Chang'an after sensing that the world's shamans had vanished.
• Lu Ren found an Earth God’s hidden shrine and woke the sleeping god.
• The Earth God attacked Lu Ren, but Lu Ren stopped him and prevented him from escaping underground.
• Lu Ren examined the Earth God and pulled the spiritual light granting his land authority from the god’s body.
• Lu Ren returned the spiritual light and realized it was a reclaimable Heavenly Court rank rather than a source of Earth Dao Principles.

Lu Ren questioned an Earth God about cultivation and learned that the Heavenly Court controlled access to higher techniques, then decided to seek it out. Sun Wukong confronted him as an otherworldly demon, and Lu Ren challenged him about abandoning his Buddha title.

• Lu Ren learned that the Earth God was a Ghost Immortal nearing the end of his lifespan and received the basic Hou Tu Immortal Art from him.
• Lu Ren studied the technique, improved how efficiently he absorbed spiritual qi, and decided to visit the Heavenly Court in search of more advanced cultivation methods.
• The Earth God chose not to report Lu Ren to the Heavenly Court and watched him leave in relief.
• Lu Ren found Sun Wukong waiting nearby and recognized him as the Great Sage Equaling Heaven.
• Sun Wukong identified Lu Ren as an evil demon from beyond the heavens, and Lu Ren asked why he was not enjoying his title of Victorious Fighting Buddha.

After the pilgrimage ended, Lu Ren questioned Sun Wukong about whether he was Six-Eared or Numinous-Eared, then assessed the dangers of the immortal world. Lu Ren decided to seek cultivation methods from mortal-world sects before visiting the Celestial Realm.

• Lu Ren learned that Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie, and the others had gone their separate ways after the pilgrimage, while Sun Wukong had become Victorious Fighting Buddha.
• Lu Ren asked Sun Wukong whether he was Six-Eared or Numinous-Eared, provoking him to insist that he was Sun Wukong without attacking.
• Sun Wukong left after saying that the distinction between true and false no longer mattered to him.
• Lu Ren considered Sun Wukong's strength and the power of the Three Pure Ones, then abandoned his idea of taking the Jade Emperor's throne.
• Lu Ren remembered that he had failed to ask Sun Wukong about exchanging cultivation methods and chose to visit three immortal cultivation sects near Chang'an instead.

Lu Ren explored the mortal world and went to an Ascension Platform in East Victory Divine Continent to seek enlistment as a Heavenly Soldier. He learned that applicants faced three trials, but the chapter ended before they began.

• Lu Ren explored the Lan Mountain Sect and discovered its founding patriarch had become a Heavenly Soldier in the Heavenly Court.
• After touring Southern Jambudvipa Continent, Lu Ren traveled to East Victory Divine Continent and asked a Daoist about recruiting Heavenly Soldiers.
• The Daoist explained that the Heavenly Court was fighting Extraterrestrial Demons and warned Lu Ren that recruits might be sent to the deadly border.
• Lu Ren approached the Ascension Platform and told Lingluo he wanted to become a Heavenly Soldier.
• Lingluo told Lu Ren that he would need to pass three trials, then claimed she was a real person rather than an artifact spirit.

Lu Ren tested the Ascension Platform as a backup route to Heaven, then tried to bypass the South Heaven Gate through another dimension. The gate exposed and attacked him, but he repelled Mo Lishou and struck at the gate with a punch.

• Lu Ren learned that the Ascension Platform required him to lift a mountain, fill a jade bowl with immortal light, and shatter a stone pillar with divine sense.
• Lu Ren left the Ascension Platform and traveled through the True Realm to the South Heaven Gate.
• The South Heaven Gate detected Lu Ren in another dimension and attacked him with immortal light, while Mo Lishou sent the Limo Dragon after him.
• The South Heaven Gate forced Lu Ren out of the dimensional plane, and he caught Mo Lishou's golden pagoda without harm.
• Lu Ren kicked Mo Lishou into the distance, then punched toward the South Heaven Gate using only his fleshly strength.

Lu Ren struck the South Heaven Gate with a punch before escaping as the Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning arrived to investigate. The Celestial Worthy suspected Lu Ren was a Witch from beyond this realm and sent Mo Lishou to report the incident to the Jade Emperor, while Lu Ren returned to East Victory Divine Continent and assessed the power of his possible opponent.

• Lu Ren's punch cracked the South Heaven Gate and sent two Heavenly Soldiers flying, then he fled as a powerful aura emerged from within.
• The Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning traced Lu Ren's punch through time but could not discover his origins, and suspected he was a Witch from beyond this realm.
• Mo Lishou returned to the South Heaven Gate, received healing from the Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning, and was told to report the newcomer to the Jade Emperor.
• Mo Lishou helped the injured Heavenly Soldiers, closed the South Heaven Gate, and hurried to Lingxiao Palace to report the incident.
• Lu Ren returned to the Ascension Platform on East Victory Divine Continent and considered whether he could defeat the Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning.

Lu Ren entered the Heavenly Court after passing the Ascension Platform’s test and sought a post that would let him avoid dangerous frontline service. He left for the Patrol Division, though the assignment officer later could not remember why he had granted Lu Ren’s request.

• Lu Ren passed the Ascension Platform’s test, received an Ascension Token, and chose to enter the Heavenly Court immediately.
• A Daoist watched Lu Ren’s teleportation and reflected that life in the Heavenly Court was not necessarily better than life below.
• At the registration office, the assignment officer told Lu Ren that the Ziwei Army had vacancies and that he would have to serve there.
• Lu Ren asked to join a Heavenly Court patrol force and used his influence over the assignment officer to secure a place in the Patrol Division.
• After Lu Ren left with his assignment token, the officer regained clarity but accepted the assignment as though it had been his own decision.

After three years serving as a Heavenly Soldier, Lu Ren used his knowledge of dimensional travel to secretly reach the Peach Orchard of Immortality. He entered undetected and found an immense tree rooted in the void.

• Lu Ren completed training and spent three years patrolling the Heavenly Court, mapping important places including the Peach Orchard of Immortality.
• Wu Gang invited Lu Ren to the Drunken Immortal Tavern, but Lu Ren declined, saying he needed to study the Eighteen Rank Celestial Immortal Art.
• Lu Ren returned to his courtyard and waited until nightfall before disguising himself in a suit formed from Essence Qi of the Great Earth.
• Lu Ren traveled through a dimensional layer, passed patrolling Heavenly Soldiers and Generals unnoticed, and reached the entrance to the Peach Orchard of Immortality.
• Lu Ren slipped past the guards and entered the orchard, where he saw an enormous tree rooted in the void.

Lu Ren discovered the Peach Tree of Immortality and found a hidden crown filled with enormous, rare peaches. He took every peach and fled as the Queen Mother of the West realized her orchard had been robbed and rushed to stop him.

• Lu Ren carefully crossed the Peach Tree of Immortality’s many hidden formations and studied its scattered, mostly unripe fruits.
• Lu Ren found a concealed formation hiding the tree’s crown and entered the hidden space using his microscopic Inner Aspect state.
• Lu Ren discovered at least 363 enormous peaches, including a giant peach wreathed in purple qi.
• Lu Ren swept up every peach and raced toward the exit.
• The Queen Mother of the West sensed the theft, roared in fury, and flew toward the Peach Orchard of Immortality.

After the Queen Mother of the West failed to find the thief who stole her peaches, Lu Ren returned to his residence using a decoy body and escaped her tracking curses. He spent the following month recovering from her attack and resolved to keep out of her way while his wound healed.

• The Queen Mother of the West searched the Three Realms for Lu Ren but could not find him, while Sun Wukong left for Flower Fruit Mountain, Zhen Yuanzi failed to identify the thief, and Yang Jian celebrated.
• The Queen Mother of the West ordered Li Jing to search the Three Realms, and Nezha eagerly looked for clues.
• Lu Ren returned to his courtyard after using a false body and teleportation to escape the Queen Mother of the West’s attack and remove the curses she had placed on him.
• Lu Ren recognized that the Queen Mother of the West was a Heavenly Venerate and decided to remain hidden rather than confront her.
• Lu Ren spent nearly a month recovering from a severe wound and estimated that it would take another two or three months to heal.

Lu Ren concealed himself with Ao Li in the Inner World Universe and began eating the Flat Peaches, which rapidly increased his strength. After estimating how much the peaches could help his cultivation, he planned to create a personal killing technique and considered how to obtain the Force of Destiny in the Journey to the West World.

• Lu Ren hid their aura, entered the Inner World Universe, and gave Ao Li a washbasin-sized Flat Peach to eat.
• After Ao Li finished the peach, Lu Ren pounced on her and emerged exhausted, while she mocked his strength and complained about being imprisoned and forced into his preferences.
• Lu Ren ate a fist-sized Flat Peach, and the System Prompt Sound reported increases to his physical toughness and World Honored One Heart Sutra proficiency.
• Lu Ren determined that each peach would take months to digest and estimated that the remaining peaches could advance him nearly a full stage.
• Lu Ren decided to combine techniques from the worlds he had visited into a killing move, but recognized that he still needed the Force of Destiny.

After recovering from Queen Mother of the West’s attack, Lu Ren resumed patrol duty in the Heavenly Realm and considered how he could influence the world through small changes. He passed a wounded Chen Xiang and a girl in an alley without intervening, then realized Chen Xiang had appeared far earlier than he expected.

• Lu Ren healed for two or three months, then returned to his regular patrol shifts while the Heavenly Court searched for the thief who had stolen from the Peach Orchard of Immortality.
• Wu Gang complained that the search had closed the Drunken Immortal Tavern, and Lu Ren learned it might reopen after their shift that month.
• Liu Changfeng warned his patrol squad to remain vigilant, while Lu Ren reflected that the Heavenly Soldiers around him relied on powerful connections and affiliations.
• Lu Ren’s squad passed a shadowed alley where an injured Chen Xiang and a young girl were hiding, but the patrolmen did not intervene.
• Lu Ren overheard Chen Xiang say they should leave, then wondered how Chen Xiang could have appeared so soon in the Journey to the West world.

Lu Ren and his fellow Patrol Division members encountered an ambush in a gorge while traveling between divine realm settlements. As the Ice Soul Sword Formation trapped them, their squad sent a warning signal and tried to negotiate with the attacker.

• Lu Ren realized that time had passed differently between the Divine Realm and the lower realm, then continued planning to digest the Flat Peach and advance his cultivation.
• Wu Gang, Chen Chao, Liu Changfeng, and Lu Ren discussed their modest prospects and agreed that enjoying life was better than chasing impossible heights.
• At the gorge, the squad sensed danger and tried to turn back, but Lu Ren agreed to treat them before an Ice Soul Sword Formation suddenly sealed their retreat.
• Liu Changfeng recognized the formation, the squad prepared to fight, and Chen Chao crushed a warning jade token.
• A young man wielding an ice-marrow sword emerged from the gorge, and Liu Changfeng asked him to withdraw the formation and let them pass.

Lu Ren and the patrol heavenly soldiers fought off a mysterious attacker who trapped them with the Ice Soul Sword Formation. Wu Gang killed the attacker, and the squad’s extraordinary strength left Lu Ren wondering why such powerful people served as ordinary heavenly soldiers.

• Wu Gang, Lu Ren, and Zhou Zhi refused to fight the attacker at first, while Liu Changfeng learned that a spirit treasure had blocked messages and reinforcements.
• The attacker unleashed the Ice Soul Sword Formation, and Liu Changfeng shielded the group with Supple Water.
• Chen Chao reshaped the terrain with his Earth Dragon Orb, and Zhou Zhi helped break the formation with her divine radiance.
• Wu Gang summoned a massive starlight sword, struck down the attacker, and destroyed his primordial spirit.
• Liu Changfeng checked that everyone was safe, and Wu Gang recognized Liu Changfeng’s Supple Water Sword as a treasure from the Intercept Sect.

Lu Ren rested in the Patrol Division while keeping his Flat Peaches hidden and digesting their power. When Chen Xiang broke into his courtyard, Lu Ren beat him unconscious, and Heavenly Soldiers took Chen Xiang to the Heavenly Prison.

• After the canyon incident, Liu Changfeng reported it to Gouchen Hall, and the squad rested instead of continuing its patrol.
• Lu Ren returned to his courtyard and discussed sharing and refining Flat Peaches with Ao Li, who ate some and continued growing more substantial.
• As Lu Ren prepared to enter seclusion, Chen Xiang vaulted over the courtyard wall and attacked him with a dagger.
• Lu Ren knocked Chen Xiang down and threw him over the wall, where pursuing Heavenly Soldiers identified and arrested him.
• The Heavenly General ordered Chen Xiang taken to the Heavenly Prison, then the soldiers left without investigating the Patrol Division further.