Chapter Summaries

The Human Race began spreading beyond Mount Buzhou, and a group of humans entered Three Immortals City, where their rapid learning drew attention. Luxuan sensed their arrival and continued his cultivation until news came that Taiqing Laozi had stayed among the Human Race for three hundred years.

• A dozen humans led by a young Earth Immortal entered Three Immortals City after agreeing to follow its three rules.
• Cultivators marveled at the young leader’s crude but promising sword, which he had forged after only seventy-three years of study.
• Bixiao recognized the humans, recalled teaching their ancestors to speak, and told them to trade normally without expecting special treatment.
• Luxuan sensed the humans’ arrival, then continued contemplating his path to the Primordial Unity Realm.
• A thousand years later, news reached the Eastern Sea that Taiqing Laozi had appeared among the Human Race and stayed for three hundred years.

After witnessing the Human Race struggle with unsuitable cultivation methods, Laozi taught hundreds of thousands of people a foundation suited to them. The nine-year lecture clarified his Dao, and he established the Human Teachings to guide the Human Race.

• Laozi saved a young man whose meridians had been damaged by practicing a Demon Clan technique and saw how badly the Human Race needed suitable instruction.
• Laozi invited those who wished to cultivate to gather beneath an ancient tree and taught them how to sense and guide spiritual qi.
• Hundreds of thousands of humans attended Laozi’s lecture, and nearly everyone with cultivation talent began cultivating during the lesson.
• Great Wilderness cultivators recognized the lecturer as Laozi, Taiqing of Kunlun, while Luxuan and Yunxiao observed and discussed his approach.
• After teaching for nine years, Laozi declared that he would establish the Human Teachings and guide the Human Race, summoning a vast aura of merit.

Laozi founded the Human Teachings by enlightening the Human Race and attained Sagehood as the Great Wilderness’s second Heavenly Dao Sage. As his ascension shook the realms, Yunxiao gained new insight into the Array Dao, while Yuanshi prepared to follow his elder brother’s path.

• Laozi gathered merit after teaching the Human Race, merged the Primordial Violet Qi with his Primordial Spirit, and became a Sage.
• The Three Pure Ones, the Western Sages, the Demon Court, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches sensed Laozi’s ascension and considered what it meant for the Great Wilderness.
• Cultivators across the Great Wilderness learned that Laozi had attained Sagehood through the Human Teachings, while the Human Race hailed him as their Sect Leader.
• Luxuan explained to Yunxiao and the others that Sages could follow different Dao paths, prompting Yunxiao to realize that arrays could protect and sustain living beings.
• Yuanshi watched the signs of Laozi’s ascension from Kunlun Mountain, lost his remaining uncertainty, and began to radiate Yuqing divine light.

Yuanshi founded the Chan Sect and became the Great Wilderness’s third Sage, prompting upheaval across the factions. In the Three Immortals World, Qiongxiao and Yunxiao sensed a rising sword intent from Kunlun, and Luxuan realized Tongtian might soon act.

• Yuanshi emerged from seclusion, founded the Chan Sect, and anchored its destiny with the Pangu Banner.
• Yuanshi merged his Yuqing Great Dao and primordial violet qi with the Heavenly Dao, becoming a Sage as cultivators across the Great Wilderness reacted to the third Sage’s arrival.
• Laozi congratulated Yuanshi, while Tongtian acknowledged that his own path was nearing clarity.
• Luxuan and his companions observed the Three Immortals World withstand Yuanshi’s sagely might and the Pangu Banner’s pressure.
• Qiongxiao’s Mystic Origin Immortal-Slaying Sword and Yunxiao’s Nine-River Celestial Chart resonated with a rising sword intent from Kunlun, leading Luxuan to suspect Tongtian was about to make his move.

Tongtian established the Interception Sect, attained Sagehood, and proclaimed that he would teach all beings without distinction. As Qiongxiao and the others felt the impact of his Sword Dao, Jieyin and Zhunti prepared to follow the Three Pure Ones and pursue Sagehood in the west.

• Tongtian's sword ringing spread across the Great Wilderness, and sword cultivators including Qiongxiao sensed its immense power.
• Tongtian declared that he would establish the Interception Sect, teach all without distinction, and use the Qingping Sword to anchor its fortune.
• Merit descended, Tongtian attained Sagehood, and Kunlun became home to three Sages alongside Laozi and Yuanshi.
• Qiongxiao resonated with Tongtian's Sword Dao, while Yunxiao and Luxuan gained new insights into the Array Dao.
• Bixiao counted four Sages, and Luxuan said the west was next as Jieyin and Zhunti felt their moment had come.

Jieyin and Zhunti founded the Western Teachings and attained Sagehood together, completing the ascension of all six holders of primordial violet qi. Three hundred years later, Zhunti's Sage sense reached the Eastern Sea and encountered a vast world he could not fully see through.

• Jieyin and Zhunti founded the Western Teachings on Mount Sumeru, vowing to guide the west's living beings and restore its earth veins.
• Jieyin and Zhunti drew on their merit and primordial violet qi to break through to Sagehood together, and the western beings hailed them as their founders.
• Di Jun and Grand Unity resolved to hasten the Heavenly Star Array, while the Ancestral Witches discussed completing the Dutian Divine Fiends Array in response to the six Sages.
• In Three Immortals City, cultivators wondered whether Luxuan's Primordial Unity path could rival Sagehood, and Luxuan reflected on how his path differed from the Sages' reliance on primordial violet qi and the Heavenly Dao.
• Three hundred years after the Sages stabilized their positions, Zhunti swept his Sage sense across the Great Wilderness and encountered a vast world in the Eastern Sea that he could not fully see through.

After attaining Sainthood, Zhunti used his Sage Sense to locate and probe Luxuan’s hidden Three Immortals World. When Zhunti forced his way past its spatial defenses, Luxuan counterattacked and struck Zhunti’s invading divine sense.

• Zhunti swept his Sage Sense across the Great Wilderness and discovered that the Three Immortals World was hidden by shifting space and time.
• After several attempts, Zhunti forced his Sage Sense through the world’s outer spatial layers, cracking a Secret Realm and alarming its cultivators.
• Luxuan recognized Zhunti’s intrusion and joined with Yunxiao, Bixiao, Qiongxiao, and Zhao Gongming to confront it.
• Luxuan used the Three Immortals World’s space, time, and array defenses to trap Zhunti’s Sage Sense as it began to retreat.
• Luxuan formed Primordial Unity Divine Light and struck Zhunti’s invading divine sense through all twelve layers of space.

Luxuan severed the portion of Zhunti’s sage sense that entered the Three Immortals World, then traced its lingering aura and sent a blade of the world’s power to strike Mount Sumeru. Zhunti and Jieyin let the confrontation end, while the other Sages took notice of Luxuan’s strength.

• Luxuan used the Three Immortals World’s power to shatter Zhunti’s sage sense after Zhunti forced it into Luxuan’s domain.
• Luxuan condensed the lingering aura into coordinates and sent a blade of Primordial Unity power through the Great Wilderness toward Mount Sumeru.
• Zhunti blocked the blade with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, but it cut a slit in his sleeve as the Western Teachings’ disciples watched.
• Luxuan warned Zhunti that he would sever any further intrusion, then the spatial connection broke.
• Jieyin urged Zhunti to stop escalating, and Zhunti agreed to let the matter end.
• The other Sages sensed the clash and recognized Luxuan’s growing power.

Luxuan severed Zhunti’s divine sense after it breached the Three Immortals World, drawing attention from the Sages, the Demon Court, the Witch Clan, and cultivators across the Great Wilderness. He then inspected the damage and concluded that the world’s outer defenses needed to be upgraded to withstand a Sage’s full attack.

• Tongtian, Yuanshi, and Laozi discussed Luxuan severing Zhunti’s divine sense and how the Three Immortals World amplified his power.
• Nuwa recognized that Luxuan had moved closer to the Sage threshold, while Grand Unity resolved to spar with him after stabilizing his cultivation.
• The Witch Clan and cultivators in Three Immortals City reacted to news that Luxuan had severed Zhunti’s divine sense and sent a backlash to Mount Sumeru.
• Luxuan inspected the fissure at Fangzhang’s outer perimeter and confirmed that all the Immortal Spirits had evacuated safely.
• Luxuan used the damage from Zhunti’s probe as evidence that the Three Immortals World’s outer defenses needed another upgrade.

After Zhunti's Sage Sense probed the Three Immortals World, Luxuan and his disciples rebuilt its outer defenses into shifting layers designed to trap intruders and strike back. Luxuan explained the difference between Sages and Primordial Unity, then Tongtian arrived outside the world.

• Bixiao, Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Zhao Gongming devised defenses that cycled the world's spatial layers, disrupted intruders, and allowed Qiongxiao's sword intent to attack them.
• Over several thousand years, the disciples rebuilt the twelve outer layers, then spent more than a century testing their defenses and breaking through them without their origin permissions.
• Luxuan taught his disciples that Sages drew on the Great Wilderness through the Heavenly Dao, while Primordial Unity required a self-sustaining cycle of Great Daos.
• Luxuan said he still needed one final closed loop to reach Primordial Unity Great Luo.
• Tongtian's sword intent arrived outside the Three Immortals World, and Luxuan recognized him.

Tongtian visited the Three Immortals World through its opened gates and met Luxuan and his disciples. After praising the disciples’ cultivation and Dao, Tongtian began examining the world and realized it was more complex than he had first perceived.

• Qiongxiao’s Mystic Origin Immortal-Slaying Sword resonated with Tongtian’s Sage aura as he waited outside the Three Immortals World.
• Luxuan opened a path through the world’s spatial layers, and Tongtian entered through the white jade heavenly gate while nearby cultivators watched.
• Tongtian greeted Luxuan and met Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, Bixiao, and Zhao Gongming, noting their remarkable cultivation and Great Daos.
• Tongtian praised Luxuan’s ability to teach disciples, prompting Bixiao to credit him with their methods, treasures, and places of cultivation.
• As Tongtian walked with them along the world’s main peak, he examined the Three Immortals World and slowed when he sensed its greater complexity.

Tongtian examined the Three Immortals World and was astonished by its self-sustaining systems of space, time, and spiritual energy. He understood that Luxuan was nearing the final closed loop in his Dao, then noticed Qiongxiao's sword responding to his Qingping Sword.

• Tongtian explored the Three Immortals World's layered spaces and watched its formations shift hidden nodes to evade his probing.
• Yunxiao and Luxuan explained how the world managed its varied time flows and balanced them through the Yingzhou origin and spiritual veins.
• Tongtian saw the vast Three Lights Divine Water Lake and learned that the world's supply had grown and replenished itself.
• Tongtian sensed that the Three Immortals World could increasingly sustain itself apart from the Great Wilderness and praised Luxuan's path.
• Luxuan said only the final closed loop remained in his Dao, and Tongtian noticed Qiongxiao's Mystic Origin Immortal-Slaying Sword answering his Qingping Sword.

Tongtian examined Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, Bixiao, and Zhao Gongming’s distinct Great Daos and praised Luxuan’s ability to guide them. After Luxuan agreed to let Tongtian offer advice, Qiongxiao asked what the Sword Dao could cut once it reached the Sage realm.

• Tongtian observed Yunxiao’s natural formations and recognized her efforts to use the world itself as a formation.
• Tongtian praised Qiongxiao’s focused Sword Dao, which aimed to settle any fight with a single strike.
• Tongtian examined Bixiao’s spatial folding and Zhao Gongming’s Twenty-Four Heavens, commending both of their paths.
• Tongtian told Luxuan that his disciples’ clear, individual Daos made his teaching ability remarkable.
• Qiongxiao asked Tongtian what the Sword Dao could still cut at the Sage realm, and Tongtian’s expression turned serious.

Qiongxiao asked Tongtian what a Sage’s Sword Dao could cut, and his guidance helped her see that a sword could sever whatever connections its wielder was able to perceive. She challenged Tongtian to a duel, and after he suppressed his cultivation to Early Great Luo, their swords met in the Sea of Clouds.

• Tongtian explained to Qiongxiao that a sword could cut increasingly profound things as its wielder learned to see their underlying connections.
• Qiongxiao asked Tongtian to duel so she could compare her sword with a Sage’s Sword Dao, and he agreed.
• Tongtian suppressed his outward cultivation and strength to Early Great Luo while retaining his Sage-level understanding of the Great Dao.
• Luxuan prepared the Sea of Clouds for the duel, and Immortal Spirits nearby gathered to watch Qiongxiao face Tongtian.
• Qiongxiao focused her sword on Tongtian’s Sword Dao and made a quiet strike, prompting Tongtian to draw the Qingping Sword in brilliant light.

Qiongxiao exchanged two sword strikes with Tongtian, who suppressed his cultivation to early Great Luo, and impressed him by cutting a fine mark in the Dao Resonance around his Qingping Sword. After Tongtian urged her to follow her own sword path, Qiongxiao entered Dao comprehension, and Luxuan began receiving insights through their connection.

• Tongtian drew the Qingping Sword and met Qiongxiao's first strike with only early Great Luo Dharma Power, splitting space in a clean line.
• Qiongxiao abandoned minute variations and concentrated her power into a second strike, but Tongtian held his ground and drove her back.
• Qiongxiao's sword left a fine mark in the protective Dao Resonance around Tongtian's Qingping Sword, drawing his praise.
• Tongtian told Qiongxiao to follow the path of her own sword instead of learning his, and Qiongxiao accepted his guidance.
• Qiongxiao sat down to enter Dao comprehension, while Luxuan began receiving her sword insights through their unseen connection.

Qiongxiao studied Tongtian’s Sword Dao and learned to sense and cut weak points without swinging her sword, while Luxuan rapidly absorbed and integrated her insights into his primordial unity Dao. After Qiongxiao finished, Yunxiao asked Tongtian whether an array encompassing all of heaven and earth would still need a spiritual treasure as its core.

• Qiongxiao replayed her sword exchanges with Tongtian and began examining the Great Dao connections behind his techniques.
• Qiongxiao’s sword intent began detecting weak points on its own, impressing Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Zhao Gongming.
• Luxuan absorbed Qiongxiao’s insights through their connection and refined how the Sword Dao fit into his primordial unity system.
• Tongtian and the watching Immortal Spirits noticed Luxuan’s sudden progress, and Bixiao told Zhao Gongming that Luxuan often advanced beyond what his disciples had just learned.
• Qiongxiao demonstrated that she could sever several weak points in spiritual energy, then thanked Tongtian for his guidance.
• Yunxiao asked Tongtian whether an array encompassing all of heaven and earth would need a spiritual treasure as its core, and Tongtian paused at the scale of the question.

Yunxiao asked Tongtian how a vast formation could operate without her controlling every node, and he explained that its rules could let heaven and earth manage themselves. As Yunxiao began comprehending the idea, Tongtian manifested the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation for her to study.

• Yunxiao explained that she wanted to link mountains, rivers, spiritual veins, and other features into a natural formation, but worried she could not monitor its countless nodes.
• Tongtian asked whether Yunxiao personally controlled every part of the Nine-Bend Cloud River Formation, then explained that formation rules and nodes could handle most changes automatically.
• Yunxiao grasped that a formation master needed to establish fundamental order while leaving routine operations to the formation itself, and her Nine-River Celestial Chart began changing on its own.
• Luxuan realized Tongtian's principle also applied to his Primordial Unity Realm system, which still relied on him as its central driving force.
• Tongtian projected four sword phantoms and a formation diagram, and Yunxiao recognized the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.

Yunxiao learned from Tongtian’s partial Immortal Slaying Formation that a formation could follow rules to adapt autonomously, then applied the idea to the Nine-River Celestial Chart. As its nine cloud rivers began rearranging themselves into a new formation configuration, Tongtian recognized Yunxiao’s exceptional Array Dao potential.

• Tongtian showed Yunxiao how the Immortal Slaying Formation’s rules let its sword positions respond to damage and redistribute their functions without his commands.
• Yunxiao inscribed basic autonomous rules into the Nine-River Celestial Chart and struck one cloud river to test whether the others would share its burden.
• The other cloud rivers redistributed spiritual energy and stabilized the damaged river without Yunxiao intervening.
• Yunxiao severed a connection between two rivers, and the formation established a new link through another river on its own.
• Yunxiao added further rules, making the formation increasingly self-sustaining, and all nine rivers began arranging themselves into a new configuration.