Chapter Summaries

After Guang Chengzi injured Chu Yang, the Three Pure Ones arranged a formation contest between the Chan Sect and Jie Sect for three months later. Tongtian Sect Leader made Chu Yang his Direct Disciple and gave him the Qiankun Ruler, while Chu Yang and his counterparts designed the Minor Qiankun Formation for the contest.

• Immortal Wuyun shattered Guang Chengzi's formation, and Guang Chengzi attacked Chu Yang, sparking a battle between the Jie Sect and Chan Sect disciples.
• Yuanshi Tianzun demanded that Tongtian Sect Leader's disciples leave Kunlun, but Laozi proposed a formation contest with the stakes set by which side won.
• Tongtian Sect Leader chose Chu Yang to represent the Jie Sect against Guang Chengzi and then made him a Direct Disciple, gifting him the Qiankun Ruler.
• Chu Yang studied the Qiankun Ruler and suspected Yuanshi Tianzun and Laozi had set a trap with the contest's terms.
• Chu Yang consulted his counterparts in the Soul Palace, and they devised the Minor Qiankun Formation, using the Qiankun Ruler as its Array Eye.

Chu Yang completed and refined the Minor Qiankun Formation with help from Daoist Duobao, Holy Mother Jinling, and other Jie Sect disciples, then entered the formation contest against the Chan Sect. He broke Guang Chengzi’s Two Elements, Four Symbols, Eight Trigrams Formation after discovering that Guang Chengzi’s allies had secretly reinforced it.

• Chu Yang learned about formations from Daoist Duobao and watched Holy Mother Jinling refine the materials for his Minor Qiankun Formation.
• Chu Yang completed the formation, tested its power, and invited Daoist Duobao and other Jie Sect disciples to test it and suggest improvements.
• Three months later, Chu Yang faced Guang Chengzi at the contest outside Jade Void Palace, where Guang Chengzi set up the Two Elements, Four Symbols, Eight Trigrams Formation.
• Chu Yang entered Guang Chengzi’s formation and used the Qiankun Ruler to expose and attack its weak points.
• Guang Chengzi secretly asked Chijingzi, Real Person Taiyi, and others to reinforce the formation, but Chu Yang found its true Array Eye and destroyed it.
• The formation collapsed, injuring Guang Chengzi and the hidden Chan Sect disciples, and Chu Yang emerged to rebuke Guang Chengzi for playing dirty.

Chu Yang broke Guang Chengzi’s formation and earned praise and the Violet Lightning Hammer from Tongtian Sect Leader. He trapped Guang Chengzi in his Minor Qiankun Formation, and after Guang Chengzi used the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi to break its illusions, Chu Yang unleashed the formation’s deadly attacks.

• Chu Yang broke the Chan Sect’s formation, prompting Tongtian Sect Leader to praise him and criticize Guang Chengzi for underhanded tactics.
• Tongtian Sect Leader rewarded Chu Yang with the Violet Lightning Hammer and told him to prepare a formation for Guang Chengzi.
• Chu Yang built the Minor Qiankun Formation, and Guang Chengzi entered it, becoming trapped in shifting illusions that assaulted his senses and mind.
• Chu Yang played his jade flute to intensify the illusions, but Guang Chengzi used Yuanshi Tianzun’s Three Treasures Jade Ruyi to dispel them.
• After Tongtian Sect Leader urged Chu Yang not to hold back, Chu Yang activated the formation’s killing array, surrounding Guang Chengzi with blades and flames.

Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun intervened to save Guang Chengzi and break Chu Yang’s Minor Qiankun Formation, giving Guang Chengzi the win and forcing the final contest into Laozi’s Two Forms Dust Formation. Despite his severe injuries, Chu Yang entered the formation to fight Guang Chengzi, who began attacking him from the shifting mist.

• Guang Chengzi nearly collapsed in Chu Yang’s Minor Qiankun Formation before Yuanshi Tianzun suppressed it and Laozi’s Taiji Diagram rescued him and shattered the formation.
• Yuanshi Tianzun declared Guang Chengzi the winner, while Laozi dismissed Tongtian Sect Leader’s objections and set up the Two Forms Dust Formation.
• Chu Yang insisted on fighting despite his injuries, and Tongtian Sect Leader agreed to the final contest while resolving to lead the Jie Sect away from Kunlun Mountain afterward.
• Chu Yang and Guang Chengzi entered the Two Forms Dust Formation, where Chu Yang struggled against its shifting attacks and Guang Chengzi’s hidden sword strikes.
• Guang Chengzi appeared with his Twin Swords and prepared another attack after Chu Yang narrowly dodged a golden streak that pulverized a boulder.

Chu Yang comprehended the Two Forms Dust Formation’s weakness and broke out, but collapsed from his injuries. After recovering, he learned Tongtian Sect Leader had confronted Yuanshi Tianzun and Laozi over Guang Chengzi’s unfair advantage, while the dispute remained unresolved.

• Chu Yang used his understanding of yin and yang and the laws of space and time to locate the Array Eye and break the Two Forms Dust Formation, escaping with Guang Chengzi.
• Tongtian Sect Leader carried the unconscious Chu Yang back to Biyou Palace, where he treated him and the Jie Sect disciples condemned the Chan Sect’s conduct.
• Chu Yang awoke three days later, and Tongtian Sect Leader left to confront Yuanshi Tianzun at Jade Void Palace.
• Tongtian Sect Leader accused Guang Chengzi of entering the formation beforehand, and Guang Chengzi could not deny it when challenged to swear before the Heavenly Dao.
• Laozi admitted that he had allowed Guang Chengzi to familiarize himself with the formation, while Tongtian Sect Leader insisted Chu Yang’s victory fulfilled their agreement and Laozi urged him to let the matter end.

After breaking with Laozi and Yuanshi, Tongtian Sect Leader moved the Jie Sect to Golden Ao Island, where it flourished and Chu Yang recovered and advanced his cultivation. In the Soul Palace, the Chu Yangs shared their progress and discussed the coming conflicts, while Devouring Chu Yang prepared to seek the World Tree and enter the Original Star.

• Tongtian Sect Leader declared that the Three Sects were no longer one family and ordered the Jie Sect to leave Kunlun Mountain for Golden Ao Island.
• Laozi watched the Jie Sect depart, then left Kunlun Mountain with Xuandu, confirming the Three Pure Ones' separation.
• Tongtian Sect Leader established a protective formation on Golden Ao Island, opened the Jie Sect to disciples, and Chu Yang recovered from his injuries and studied time and space laws.
• A century later, Chu Yang had reached the peak of True Immortal, while Devouring Chu Yang revealed that his Invincible King-level Zerg Army had grown to two hundred thousand and that Tana would enter seclusion.
• The Chu Yangs shared their experiences in the Soul Palace and discussed their plans, including Prehistoric Chu Yang's effort to prepare for the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation and Devouring Chu Yang's plans to seek the World Tree and enter the Original Star.

Chu Yang challenged Venerable Sanqi to a Glory World battle, wagering the high-level Youlan Divine Armor against Sanqi’s Three-Colored Divine Spear. Their fight began under the witness of three Universe Masters, and Chu Yang struggled to withstand Sanqi’s powerful attacks.

• Chu Yang arrived at the Ancestor God Secret Realm plaza and waited for Venerable Sanqi and Leader Wanxing to answer his challenge to the inheritors.
• Venerable Sanqi and Leader Wanxing confronted Chu Yang, and Sanqi proposed a wager of ten thousand Glory Points.
• Chu Yang raised the stakes to a high-level Treasure and displayed the Youlan Divine Armor; Sanqi matched it with his Three-Colored Divine Spear.
• Chu Yang summoned the Island Protecting Beast God as a witness, and Nine Nether Master and Thunder Beast God also arrived before the fighters entrusted their Treasures to them.
• Chu Yang and Venerable Sanqi entered Glory World and began fighting, with Chu Yang using the Wood Time Fusion Law against Sanqi’s fire, lightning, and ice attacks.
• Sanqi’s accumulated experience and ultimate Universe Overlord techniques gave him the advantage as Chu Yang struggled to hold on.

Chu Yang defeated Venerable Sanqi and Leader Wanxing in successive battles, winning their treasures and earning the admiration of the Ancestor God Religion’s Universe Masters. He joined Nine Nether Master’s lineage and set out for the Secret Realm Land to seek a World Tree branch.

• Chu Yang revealed his Metal Time Fusion Law and killed Venerable Sanqi, winning two High-level Treasures.
• Leader Wanxing challenged Chu Yang, but Chu Yang pierced his core with a golden sword and won his soul-defense treasure.
• Chu Yang said he planned to visit the Secret Realm Land to obtain a branch from the World Tree.
• Nine Nether Master invited Chu Yang to join his lineage, requiring him to help the Ancestor God Religion once if needed in the future.
• Chu Yang accepted, received a token granting access to the Secret Realm Land and Tree Island, and left to seek the World Tree branch himself.

Chu Yang persuaded the Strongest World Tree to trade him a branch by offering to teach its five Domain Lord-level descendants the One Beginning Style, which could help them pursue immortality. He received the enormous branch and agreed to guide the five young World Trees.

• Chu Yang entered Tree Island and asked the Strongest World Tree for a branch to help him comprehend the Laws of Life, but it refused even after he presented Nine Nether Master's command tablet.
• Chu Yang offered to teach the World Tree's five Domain Lord-level descendants the One Beginning Style and demonstrated its fusion of Wood and Time Laws.
• The Strongest World Tree verified Chu Yang's claims through its Hong Alliance contacts and agreed to give him a branch in exchange for guidance for its descendants.
• The Strongest World Tree summoned Little Four, Little Five, Xiao Liu, Little Seven, and Little Eight, then entrusted their cultivation to Chu Yang.
• Chu Yang stored the hundreds-of-kilometers-long branch in his divine kingdom, where it immediately strengthened the space.

Chu Yang taught the five little World Trees the One Beginning Style and helped three of them break through to immortality. The three older immortal World Trees agreed to learn from him, while the Strongest World Tree asked him to keep its children’s allegiance secret.

• Chu Yang taught the five little World Trees about the laws and guided them in combining the Law of Wood with the Law of Time.
• Chu Yang demonstrated the fusion law, helping Little Seven and two other little World Trees break through to immortality.
• The five newly immortal World Trees celebrated their breakthroughs, and the Strongest World Tree urged them to strengthen themselves.
• Little One, Waiter, and Little Three chose to learn the One Beginning Style, accepted Virtual Universe Receivers from Chu Yang, and prepared to attend his lectures.
• The Strongest World Tree asked Chu Yang not to expose its children, who had entered his service.

Chu Yang integrated a World Tree branch into his third divine kingdom, perfecting it with the Wood-Time Fusion Law while searching for a core to complete his fourth kingdom. When Buzhou Mountain collapsed in the Prehistoric World, Chu Yang rushed to help the endangered Human Race and arrived to find the Sages trying to repair the sky.

• Chu Yang gave the Strongest World Tree an introductory Fusion Law method, earning its admiration and an invitation to exchange insights later.
• Chu Yang gave the Chaos City Lord a World Tree branch for Luo Feng and planted a larger branch in his third divine kingdom, where it nurtured a flourishing forest.
• Chu Yang fused the Law of Wood and the Law of Time into the Life Divine Kingdom, bringing it to perfection, but his attempt to create insects failed.
• Chu Yang searched the Virtual Universe for a water-element Source Law object to serve as the core of his fourth divine kingdom.
• Gonggong and Zhurong fought at Buzhou Mountain, and Gonggong's collision brought the mountain down, unleashing the Heavenly River and flooding the Prehistoric World.
• Chu Yang hurried to Buzhou Mountain to aid the Human Race and found Nüwa and the other Sages working to mend the sky.

Chu Yang rescued Human Race survivors from the Heavenly River flood and joined Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Ziyi Shi in battling the demon Nine Infants. He trapped Nine Infants in the Minor Qiankun Formation, but its thick hide resisted the formation’s attacks, and Chu Yang struggled to keep the formation powered.

• Chu Yang rescued several groups of Human Race survivors, then used the Laws of Time and Water to slow the flood and create shelters for them.
• Chu Yang encountered and killed a Hydra that was devouring living beings in the floodwaters.
• A powerful demon appeared with the Witch Slaughtering Sword, and Chu Yang recognized it as Nine Infants, a late-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
• Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Ziyi Shi arrived and fought Nine Infants while Chu Yang recovered his magic power.
• Chu Yang activated the Minor Qiankun Formation, and the three elders lured Nine Infants inside, where Chu Yang unleashed waves of sword energy.
• Nine Infants endured the formation’s attacks and began searching for its weak points as Chu Yang struggled to strengthen the formation.

Chu Yang used Suirenshi’s Undying Kindling Flame inheritance to reach the peak of the Golden Immortal realm and kill Nine Infants with the Witch Slaughtering Sword. He saved the Human Race survivors, and Youchaoshi urged everyone to leave before other demons arrived.

• Chu Yang introduced himself to Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Ziyi Shi, then revealed that his master was a Sage of the Jie Sect.
• As Nine Infants battered the Minor Qiankun Formation, Suirenshi passed his Fire Source to Chu Yang at the cost of his life.
• Chu Yang absorbed the Undying Kindling Flame, advanced to the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, and used the strengthened formation to trap Nine Infants.
• Chu Yang burned and sealed Nine Infants, then killed it with the Witch Slaughtering Sword and collected its Demon Core, treasures, and corpse.
• Chu Yang told Youchaoshi and Ziyi Shi that Nine Infants had been slain, and Youchaoshi urged the survivors to leave before other demons sought revenge.

Chu Yang helped the Human Race recover after killing Nine Infants, then used Heavenly Dao merit to build a protective formation before returning to Golden Ao Island. After receiving Tongtian Sect Leader's reward and consolidating his cultivation, Chu Yang reflected on his growing strength.

• Chu Yang gave Youchaoshi and Ziyi Shi Nine Infants' Demon Core, spiritual treasures, and cultivation methods to help the Human Race rebuild.
• Nüwa repaired the sky, Yuanshi Tianzun announced that the world had been stabilized with the Black Tortoise's sacrifice, and Tongtian Sect Leader took the broken half of Buzhou Mountain.
• Chu Yang stayed with the Human Race for a year, teaching cultivation and practical skills as the tribe grew to more than ten thousand people.
• After receiving Heavenly Dao merit, Chu Yang used it and materials from Nine Infants to build a formation capable of protecting the Human Race from powerful enemies.
• Chu Yang returned to Golden Ao Island, where Tongtian Sect Leader rewarded his work, and Chu Yang consolidated his late Golden Immortal cultivation in his cave abode.

Chu Yang tested his strength against Qiongxiao, then studied artifact forging with Daoist Duobao and began crafting ten flying swords infused with the Laws. He successfully fused eight Laws into eight swords, but struggled to stabilize the sword embryo as he tried to incorporate the Law of Space.

• Chu Yang fought Qiongxiao on Golden Turtle Island and forced her to concede after using refined swordsmanship and the Law of Time.
• Chu Yang repaired several damaged Innate Spiritual Treasures and visited Daoist Duobao to learn artifact-forging techniques.
• After meditating for three days, Chu Yang forged ten sword embryos from rare materials and his blood essence.
• Chu Yang infused the Laws of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Lightning, and Light into eight sword embryos, raising their power to nearly high-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasures.
• Chu Yang began infusing the Law of Space into a black sword embryo, but it shook violently as his spiritual power ran low.

After his attempt to forge a space-time flying sword failed, Chu Yang searched the East Blue for suitable materials and discovered Yingzhou Island. He found its powerful protective formation blocking his approach.

• Chu Yang’s black sword blank shattered during his attempt to forge a flying sword containing the Laws of Space and Time, and he concluded that he lacked suitable materials, complete law comprehension, and practical experience.
• Chu Yang gathered the fragments, prepared his eight law-infused flying swords into the Eight Desolations Sword Formation, and left Golden Ao Island to search the sea for innate spiritual materials.
• Chu Yang found and collected Three-Leaf Golden Heart Grass, then killed a Golden Immortal-level Blood Demon Octopus and took its inner core and Blood Demon Pearls.
• Chu Yang spent three hundred years exploring the East Blue, collecting treasures and cultivating his understanding of the Laws of Time and Space.
• Chu Yang discovered a hidden spatial passage to Yingzhou Island and recognized it from its stone stele.
• Chu Yang approached Yingzhou Island’s golden protective formation, touched it, and was repelled by its immense power.

Prehistoric Chu Yang entered Yingzhou Island, discovered its treasures and learned that its stone stele had been left by the Phoenix Ancestor and controlled the island. Unable to refine it, he consulted the other Chu Yangs, who split up to seek a way to decipher the Phoenix Clan runes.

• Chu Yang found a weak point in Yingzhou Island's golden barrier and broke through it with the Eight Desolations Sword Formation.
• Chu Yang explored the island and collected rare spirit medicines, including a Five-Colored Lingzhi and a Ten-Thousand-Year Crimson Blood Lingzhi, while discovering many valuable spiritual roots.
• Chu Yang reached the central stone stele and learned that Yingzhou Island had been the Phoenix Ancestor's dwelling, but its restrictions rejected his attempt to refine it.
• Prehistoric Chu Yang showed the stone stele's runes to Xianxia Chu Yang, Douqi Chu Yang, and Devouring Chu Yang in the Soul Palace.
• Xianxia Chu Yang recognized the runes as Phoenix Markings and returned to his world to search its records, while Prehistoric Chu Yang, Douqi Chu Yang, and Devouring Chu Yang stayed to study the stele.

After failing to refine the stele, Chu Yang sought Phoenix Clan bloodline and learned from the Vermillion Bird Clan chief that the Phoenix Clan still survived in a hidden realm. In exchange for a token to find them, Chu Yang agreed to repair the Vermillion Bird Clan’s damaged protective formation and began examining it beneath the Nirvana Pool.

• Xianxia Chu Yang discovered that refining the stele required pure Phoenix Clan bloodline or an advanced Phoenix Clan cultivation art, and he shared the Nirvana Rebirth Art with the other Chu Yangs.
• Prehistoric Chu Yang searched the barren Undying Volcano for Phoenix Clan survivors, then traveled south to ask the Vermilion Bird Clan about them.
• A Vermilion Bird accepted Chu Yang’s Nine Revolutions Golden Pill and brought him before the clan chief, who agreed to help if Chu Yang repaired the clan’s protective grand formation.
• The Vermillion Bird Clan chief revealed that more than ten Phoenix Clan members had taken refuge in a hidden realm and gave Chu Yang a Phoenix Feather token that could open its entrance.
• The chief led Chu Yang to the Nirvana Pool and explained that the damaged formation protected the clan and stabilized its Nirvana Fire, and Chu Yang began studying the formation.

Chu Yang repaired the Vermillion Bird Clan’s Southern Samadhi Fire Formation and received a Phoenix Feather to guide him to the Phoenix Clan Secret Realm. There, he met a stern Phoenix Clan woman and asked to see the clan chief, while she and her companions regarded him with suspicion.

• Chu Yang combined his Undying Kindling Flame with the Nirvana Fire to restore the formation, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• The Vermillion Bird Clan chief gave Chu Yang three immortal fruits, and he recovered after a day and a night.
• The chief gave Chu Yang a Phoenix Feather and directions to the secret realm in return for his help.
• Chu Yang used the feather to open the secret realm’s entrance and traveled through its fiery landscape toward the volcano where the Phoenix Clan underwent Nirvana rebirth.
• A Phoenix Clan woman and three companions confronted Chu Yang, and he introduced himself and requested an audience with the clan chief.

Chu Yang traded the Phoenix Clan the Ninefold Star Inferno secret art for Feng Nishang’s essence blood, then cultivated the Nirvana Rebirth Art and broke through to the initial stage of the Grand Yi Golden Immortal realm. After stabilizing his cultivation and testing his new flame control and rapid healing, he prepared to return to the East Blue.

• Chu Yang asked Feng Nishang for Phoenix Clan blood, and she refused until he offered the Ninefold Star Inferno secret art in exchange.
• Feng Nishang agreed to give Chu Yang a small bottle of essence blood and handed over her own peak Grand Luo Golden Immortal essence blood in return for the secret art.
• Chu Yang secluded himself in a valley and cultivated the Nirvana Rebirth Art with the Phoenix essence blood.
• Chu Yang broke through to the initial stage of the Grand Yi Golden Immortal realm and gained powerful flame control and rapid healing abilities.
• After several days of stabilizing his cultivation, Chu Yang erased his traces and set off for the East Blue.