Chapter Summaries

Ren discussed Haotian’s growing power and the threat of Dijun’s return with Yan Ruyu, then turned his attention to the coming struggle for the Mortal World’s Destiny. The chapter left Ren preparing to investigate the turmoil expected as the Zhou Dynasty neared its end.

• Yan Ruyu told Ren that Haotian had recruited four Quasi-Saints, many Daluo Golden Immortals, and a ten-million-strong army to build an independent power base.
• Ren recognized Haotian’s ambitions to control the Heavenly Court and warned that he would kill him if he crossed the line.
• Ren told Yan Ruyu to let Haotian expand his forces because the Heavenly Court might need him against the returning Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Dijun.
• Ren revealed that nearly half of the Ziwei Starfield’s Origin was missing and believed Dijun held it, making Violet Myrtle Star an unsafe base.
• Ren asked Yan Ruyu about the Mortal World and anticipated a struggle for its Destiny as the Zhou Dynasty neared its end and the Hundred Schools of Thought emerged.

Yan Ruyu explained how Bai Qi’s Re-Cultivation Method strengthened the Wu Clan and intensified the wars across the Mortal World Nine Provinces. Ren learned that the Zhou Dynasty had been driven back to one province, while the other provinces were divided among rival states and feudal lords.

• Yan Ruyu told Ren that rising fiendish qi and a Wu Clan youth named Bai Qi had turned Human Race infighting into a war between Human-Witches and Human-Demons.
• Yan Ruyu explained that Bai Qi used the Battlefield Killing Array to refine his bloodline, erase its innate laws, and cultivate the Killing Dao, earning the support of Xuanming Ancestral Shaman and the Wu Clan.
• Ren recognized Bai Qi’s name, and Yan Ruyu said that Bai Qi’s method had helped produce several dozen Great Shamans, though the newly advanced Shamans had weakened foundations.
• Yan Ruyu described how Wu Clan reinforcements and Demon Race support expanded the fighting, forcing Human Race sages to set aside three provinces as a battlefield.
• The Zhou Dynasty led Human Race armies against the Witch-Demon forces but suffered repeated defeats and declined until it controlled only one province.

Ren learned how the Human Race's Destiny was divided amid the wars in the Mortal World and remained convinced that Northern Jambudvipa concealed a secret. He visited Ziwei Star, where he saw nearly ten billion Heavenly Soldiers and Generals and reunited with Yao Lao and the other leaders from Battle Through the Heavens.

• Yan Ruyu explained how the Mortal World's dynasties, lineages, Saints, and sages divided the Human Race's Destiny, and Ren identified the dynasties' forty percent as a likely prize for the Hundred Schools of Thought.
• Yan Ruyu reported that Northern Jambudvipa had changed little in ten years, though its Fiendish Qi and depths had grown more dangerous, and Ren told her to keep watching it.
• Ren asked about Ziwei Star, and Yan Ruyu invited him to inspect its progress firsthand.
• Ren and Yan Ruyu flew to Ziwei Sea, where Ren saw the military camps and learned that nearly ten billion Heavenly Soldiers and Generals had been transformed and stationed there.
• Yao Lao, Lei Ying, Yan Huo, Gu Yuan, and the others greeted Ren when he arrived at the camps, and Ren told them he was back.

Ren learned that the Immortalization Pool had recovered part of its Body-Shaping Divine Ability and was producing powerful Astral Soldiers and Generals, giving him a chance to recreate the Zhoutian Star Formation. He ordered Xian Yao to continue producing them and discovered she could make other specialized troops, though Heavenly Dipper Qi was too scarce for large-scale production.

• Ren returned to the military camp and found that the Immortalization Pool had grown into a vast star-filled sea after absorbing the Eight-Treasure Merit Pool.
• Xian Yao explained that absorbing the Earth Pool's Origin restored part of her Body-Shaping Divine Ability and granted her the ability to restore Divine Souls.
• Yan Ruyu told Ren that the pool had produced ten billion Astral Soldiers and Generals, whose Star Bodies and higher cultivation made them powerful in Astral Formations.
• Ren realized that the Astral Soldiers might help him meet the hardest requirement for recreating the Zhoutian Star Formation, and he ordered Xian Yao to keep producing them.
• Xian Yao warned Ren that Astral Soldiers required far more time and energy than ordinary troops, but agreed to continue producing them.
• Ren asked whether Xian Yao could make troops with Heavenly Dipper bodies, and she said she could, but the scarcity of Heavenly Dipper Qi limited production.

Ren explained the Primordial World's ten greatest formations to the Supremes and Emperor Zun, including the Primordial Unity Formation he hoped to create with Heavenly Dipper and Earthly Fiend qi. The newcomers considered how the complete Great Dao might help them refine the Nine Secrets, while Yao Lao and his companions felt outmatched by their knowledge.

• Ren gave Xian Yao the Heavenly Dipper Pearl and said it could supply the qi needed to create 3.6 billion Heavenly Dipper Bodies.
• Ren summoned the Supremes and Emperor Zun from the Firmament Ledger and explained the ten greatest formations of the Primordial World.
• Emperor Zun and the Heavenly Venerables discussed how the complete Great Dao might let them refine the Nine Secrets, while Ren said the Group Character Mystery could be improved through studying Primordial World formations.
• Yao Lao watched the Heavenly Venerables discuss their insights and felt inferior to the newcomers.

Ren welcomed the arrivals from Shrouding the Heavens and guided them as they began adjusting to the Primordial World. After the Supremes and Heavenly Venerables chose to rebuild their cultivation, Ren explained four methods for doing so and told Emperor Zun that he had already arranged a different path for him.

• Ren told the Heavenly Venerables that their discussion of Primordial World formations had little practical value and said they could study the Immortal Sword Formation he possessed.
• Ren infused the Heaven-Shrouding Technique into the Sky Ranking, allowing Emperor Zun and the other Supremes to merge their auras with the Primordial World and recognize flaws in their foundations.
• Ren offered the arrivals a choice between breaking through with their existing cultivation or abandoning it and rebuilding, and they all chose to rebuild.
• Ren presented four methods of rebuilding cultivation, including training in the military camp, merging with special blood essence or spiritual objects, and two forms of reincarnation.
• Emperor Zun began to choose reincarnation with his memories intact, but Ren told him that he had already arranged Emperor Zun's path and that he did not need to use one of the four methods.

The Heavenly Venerables chose how to re-cultivate, and Ren arranged suitable paths and resources for them. Tianjizi explained how his Minor Calculation Art still worked in the Primordial World, and Ren agreed to restore his memories as soon as he was reborn.

• Zi Shou chose the third path, reincarnation through the Human Path, and went to study cultivation methods at the Ziwei Pavilion.
• The Carefree Heavenly Venerable chose to merge with a spiritual object and continue studying the Nine Secrets: Xing, so Ren promised him a Clear Wind Cloud.
• The Boundless Heavenly Venerable chose to merge with Divine Material and develop the Artifact Refining Dao, and Ren offered to find him material and a teacher.
• The eighty-eight Heavenly Venerables made their choices, with most selecting the first method, while Tianjizi and the Immortal Heavenly Venerable chose to surrender their memories and begin again.
• Tianjizi explained that his Minor Calculation Art used clues rather than the Heavenly Dao, allowing it to work despite the Fiendish Qi obscuring divination.
• Ren agreed to restore Tianjizi's memories as soon as he was reborn human.

Ren arranged paths for the Heavenly Venerables to cultivate and gain Destiny, supporting Tianjizi’s Mortal World opportunity and Immortal Heavenly Venerable’s choice to reincarnate through nine lifetimes. The chapter ended with Bajue rejecting Ren’s methods and declaring that he wanted to become a member of the Wu Clan.

• Ren explained the risks of competing for Mortal World Destiny and offered to secure a share for Tianjizi so he could perfect the Minor Calculation Art.
• Ren shared Destiny with the Heavenly Venerables, helping them understand their cultivation and find suitable methods.
• Ren urged Immortal Heavenly Venerable to merge with an Innate Spiritual Root, but Immortal Heavenly Venerable chose to live nine ordinary lifetimes to experience life and death.
• Ren accepted Immortal Heavenly Venerable’s decision and promised to arrange for his memories to be restored after his ninth life.
• Ren asked Bajue about his cultivation plans, and Bajue said he wanted to become a member of the Wu Clan.

Bajue asked Ren to help him become a member of the Wu Clan, and Ren agreed despite warning him of the deadly risks. Ren then persuaded Emperor Zun to break through before rebuilding his cultivation, and Emperor Zun began a thunder tribulation that carried him into the Quasi-Saint Realm.

• Bajue told Ren he wanted to abandon his Primordial Spirit and reshape his body with Wu Clan Blood Essence because he loved battle and felt the Wu Clan suited him.
• Ren warned Bajue that using Xingtian's Blood Essence carried a high risk of death, but agreed to take him to the Wu Clan and sent him to Ziwei Pavilion to study body cultivation.
• Ren told Emperor Zun that his world was a projection of the Primordial World and explained that he had agreed to the Heavenly Venerables' demands because their resources were minor to him.
• Ren advised Emperor Zun to break through first and later rebuild his cultivation through the Phoenix Clan's Nirvana Divine Ability; Emperor Zun accepted the plan.
• Emperor Zun underwent a thunder tribulation, condensed his Dao Fruit, and broke through to the Quasi-Saint Realm.
• Emperor Zun used Nine Secrets: Jie and struck the tribulation with his Emperor-Forming Fist.

After Emperor Zun’s punch damaged the Ziwei Formation, Ren repaired it, drawing the attention of Haotian and the Supreme Elder Lord, who wondered about the unknown powerhouse and Ren’s hidden strength. Ren then left for the Lower Realm with Emperor Zun and several Heavenly Venerables, heading toward the Profound Sect Capital.

• Emperor Zun’s punch shattered thunderclouds and broke part of the Ziwei Formation, which Ren quickly repaired.
• Haotian emerged from seclusion after sensing the aura and discussed its resemblance to Ancestor Dragon and Shen Ni with Taibai Jinxing and several Quasi-Saints.
• Haotian agreed to invite Ren to Yao Chi, while the Supreme Elder Lord and Obsessive Thought Laozi speculated about Ren’s forces and his interest in the Mortal World’s Destiny.
• Ren told Ruthless he planned to return to the Lower Realm and said his completed Benevolent Thought still needed a suitable opportunity to be severed.
• Ren took Emperor Zun and several Heavenly Venerables toward the Lower Realm, passing through the Southern Heavenly Gate into the Heavenly Dipper Passage.

Ren returned to the Profound Sect Capital, established Emperor Zun in a palace to cultivate, and reunited with Tianpeng, who had endured years of demands from the Interception Immortals. Ren promised to give Tianpeng the Eight-Treasure Merit Pool and asked to see the Black-Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and obtain some Black-Yellow Qi.

• Taibai Jinxing arrived at Violet Myrtle Star to invite Ren to the Yao Chi gathering, but Gu Xun'er told him Ren had already returned to the lower realm.
• Ren reached the Profound Sect Capital with Emperor Zun and several Heavenly Venerables, then settled Emperor Zun in a palace stocked with Buddhist books and cultivation resources.
• Ren told Tianjizi and Bajue to stay in Ziwei City until he took them to the Wu Clan, when Tianpeng hurried in to see him.
• Ren punched Tianpeng through several walls when Tianpeng rushed toward him with an emotional greeting.
• Tianpeng explained that the Interception Immortals had pestered him for ten years to restore their Primordial Spirits, so Ren promised to give him the Eight-Treasure Merit Pool.
• Ren asked Tianpeng to show him the Black-Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and provide him with some Black-Yellow Qi.

Yun Zhongzi discovered that Ren could sever corpses while still in the Daluo Realm and warned that the secret could make Ren a target across the Primordial World. Tianpeng gave Ren the Black-Yellow Pagoda for protection, and Ren found it contained no True Spirit and could be controlled by him.

• Yun Zhongzi arrived and asked Tianpeng for Black-Yellow Qi, while Ren also requested some after learning it enhanced Spirit Treasures.
• Yun Zhongzi revealed that Xuandu had reincarnated into the Mortal World to stabilize the Human Sect’s civilizing Destiny.
• Yun Zhongzi saw that Ren’s Benevolent Thought was converging and his Evil Thought dissipating, indicating he could sever corpses in the Daluo Realm.
• Yun Zhongzi warned that Ren’s cultivation method could let Great Principle Golden Immortals become Quasi-Saints and urged Tianpeng to give Ren the Black-Yellow Pagoda.
• Tianpeng gave Ren the pagoda, and Yun Zhongzi sent it into Ren’s body to conceal him.
• Ren sensed there was no True Spirit inside the Black-Yellow Pagoda and found he could control it.

Ren received the Corpse-Severing Method from Ren and learned that the Three Sects’ shared Destiny could grow through the Mortal World’s struggle for Human Race Destiny. He revealed that he had prepared for the struggle and planned to visit the Wu Clan, while the Kongtong Seal’s role in the coming Literary Path upheaval came to light.

• Yun Zhongzi and Tianpeng urged Ren to accept the Black-Yellow Pagoda as a tool for strengthening the Three Sects’ shared Destiny, and Tianpeng bragged about Laozi’s wealth of Spirit Treasures.
• Yun Zhongzi said Ren’s Corpse-Severing secret art had to remain secret until perfected, and Ren gave Tianpeng a jade slip containing the method.
• Ren asked whether Xuandu would be safe after reincarnating, and Yun Zhongzi explained that the Human Race’s Destiny protected him and could help the Three Sects compete for Mortal World Destiny.
• Yun Zhongzi said Ren was best suited to guide the Three Sects, and Ren revealed that he had prepared for the Mortal World struggle and intended to visit the Wu Clan.
• Yun Zhongzi explained that the Kongtong Seal had revealed the coming Literary Path upheaval, and Tianpeng described how Laozi had concealed the seal’s connection to the Human Race’s inheritances.

Ren learned that the Human Race’s Literary Path could reshape the Three Sects’ Destiny, then borrowed the Kongtong Seal and proposed using reincarnated Interception Immortals to spread new cultivation methods and military strategy. Tianpeng left with Ren’s imitation Eight-Treasure Merit Pool to help the Interception Immortals restore their Primordial Spirits.

• Tianpeng and Yun Zhongzi explained that the Literary Path could draw away the Human Sect’s Destiny, while the Human Race’s sages lent out Destiny that ultimately flowed back to the Human Race.
• Yun Zhongzi gave Ren the Kongtong Seal, and Ren borrowed it to study the civil and military inheritances it contained.
• Ren gave Tianpeng an imitation Eight-Treasure Merit Pool that could restore Primordial Spirits, and Tianpeng put it away.
• Ren urged Yun Zhongzi to arrange for restored Interception Immortals to reincarnate into the Human Race and pass down new cultivation methods alongside the Literary Path.
• Ren presented Yun Zhongzi with a military-strategy text and proposed that Interception Immortals spread military strategy among the Human Race to gather Destiny.
• Tianpeng left to use the imitation Merit Pool to help the Interception Immortals restore their Primordial Spirits.

Ren gave Yun Zhongzi a Pure Ore disciple to inherit his Artifact Refining Art, then refined the Black-Yellow Pagoda while the Interception Immortals prepared to restore their spirits. Jin Ling recovered her True Spirit and Primordial Spirit in the Eight-Treasure Merit Pool, but she still lacked a body.

• Ren presented Yun Zhongzi with a sentient Pure Ore who forged his own body, and Yun Zhongzi eagerly took him as a disciple.
• Ren reflected on receiving the Black-Yellow Pagoda from the Human Sect and decided to claim a share of Human Race Destiny for the Three Sects.
• Ren withdrew to refine the pagoda and learned its defensive, artifact-making, and body-tempering abilities.
• Tianpeng brought a replica of the Eight-Treasure Merit Pool to the Three Pure Ones Hall so the Interception Immortals could restore their True Spirits and Primordial Spirits.
• Jin Ling entered the pool first, recovered her True Spirit and Primordial Spirit, and released her Quasi-Saint aura, leaving her still in need of a body.

Jin Ling recovered her Primordial Spirit and began restoring the Interception Immortals, then joined Ren to discuss a new body for her. Ren invited her to travel with him to the Wu Clan, and she agreed to keep him from causing trouble.

• Jin Ling recovered in the Eight-Treasure Merit Pool, and Tianpeng told her Ren had plans for her new body.
• Jin Ling left Tianpeng to oversee the Interception Immortals' restoration and went to meet Ren in seclusion.
• Jin Ling explained that Duobao had arranged for Ren to receive the Black-Yellow Pagoda to protect him.
• Ren told Jin Ling he had prepared a body for her and invited her to accompany him to the Wu Clan.
• Jin Ling agreed to travel with Ren while Duobao and the other elders remained unavailable.

Ren and Jin Ling traveled toward Buzhou Mountain and revealed Jinao Island before encountering Dragon Clan members gathering in the East Blue. Jin Ling explained the Dragon Gate’s origins, its trials, and how it purified dragon bloodlines, while the Dragon Clan prepared to summon it.

• Ren and Jin Ling flew across the East Blue toward Buzhou Mountain, and Jin Ling explained that Saint Tongtian’s formation concealed Jinao Island from outsiders.
• Jin Ling shared a trace of Interception Sect aura with Ren, allowing him to see Jinao Island and Biyou Palace.
• Nearly thirty Dragon Clan members emerged from the sea, and Jin Ling recognized that they had gathered for the Dragon Gate’s opening.
• Jin Ling explained that Ancestor Dragon formed Dragon Gates from Dragon Veins to help his descendants purify their bloodlines after the Wu Clan seized the Dragon Transformation Pool.
• Jin Ling described the trials imposed on creatures and dragons attempting to cross the Dragon Gate, including suppressed cultivation for aspiring dragons and heart-demon tests for transformed Dragon Clan members.

Ren and Jin Ling watched the Dragon Clan gather to open the Dragon Gate, where Ao Guang and the other three Dragon Kings prepared to welcome cultivators from many races. Feilian of the Wu Clan provoked Ao Guang over the Dragon Transformation Pool, and the chapter ended as Jin Ling sensed a powerful newcomer had seen through her concealment.

• Jin Ling explained that the Dragon Clan could rebuild its strength through its widespread bloodlines and the Dragon Gate, while Ren observed that all four Dragon Kings had reached the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Ao Guang called on hidden observers to reveal themselves, and Jin Ling explained that the Dragon Gate's bloodline refining and body-tempering benefits drew cultivators from many races.
• Feilian arrived with Lesser Shamans and Human-Witches, prompting Ao Guang to challenge the Wu Clan's presence at the Dragon Clan's ceremony.
• Feilian mocked the Dragon Clan and threatened to have Xuanming take the Dragon Gate, but Ao Guang swallowed his anger and welcomed the Wu Clan.
• Ren praised Ao Guang's resolve, and Jin Ling warned that a powerful newcomer had seen through her concealment technique.

Ren and Jin Ling arrived at the Dragon Gate, where Canaan saw through their concealment and greeted Ren. As the gathered powers prepared for the Dragon Gate’s opening, Canaan introduced his new disciple, Demon Madara.

• Canaan pierced Jin Ling’s concealment and called Ren out of hiding.
• Ren greeted Canaan and asked after the Demon Empress, while the assembled Dragon Kings and cultivators reacted warily to his arrival.
• Feilian greeted Ren and eagerly offered to fight alongside him in a future war.
• Ao Guang asked Ren and Canaan to protect the Dragon Clan while he and his brothers summoned the Dragon Gate, and Ren agreed.
• Canaan announced that he had come to secure an opportunity for his disciple and introduced Demon Madara to the gathered powers.

Ren recognized Canaan’s disciple Demon Madara as the Madara Uchiha whose soul he had sent into reincarnation a century earlier, and he gave him the War Demon Inheritance to help him grow. The Asura Clan withdrew, and Ao Guang and the other Dragon Kings began summoning the Dragon Gate.

• Ren recognized Demon Madara through his eyes and their connection through Destiny, recalling that he had sent Madara Uchiha’s soul into reincarnation a hundred years earlier.
• Canaan introduced Demon Madara, and Ao Guang gave him Black Tortoise Blood Essence as a welcoming gift.
• Canaan criticized the Asura Clan for overlooking Demon Madara, and its members left after inviting Ren to visit their clan.
• Ren gave Demon Madara a jade slip containing the War Demon Inheritance, and Canaan thanked him on behalf of the Demon Cult.
• Ao Guang and his three brothers transformed into golden dragons and formed the Dragon Gate Formation.