Chapter Summaries

Yao Ji and Yang Chan revealed that Yang Chan had been sent to find Nezha, while the Queen Mother considered using her to gain ties to Green Vine, White Vine, and Nuwa Palace. Tianpeng warned that keeping Yang Chan in Yao Chi could provoke Ren and Yang Jian, leaving the Queen Mother furious and under pressure to let Yang Chan go.

• Yao Ji asked Yang Chan why she had kept Nuwa Palace secret, and Yang Chan explained that Her Majesty had ordered her not to mention it until she found Nezha.
• Yao Ji realized Yang Chan had already leaned toward Ren, and Yang Chan grew tearful as she sensed her mother's distress.
• Tianpeng reminded Yang Chan that Yang Jian, Ren, and their brothers had vowed to protect her, warning that her tears in Yao Chi could spark a war.
• The Queen Mother understood Tianpeng's warning as a threat against keeping Yang Chan or using her to secure Green Vine and White Vine, and she angrily confronted him.
• Tianpeng calmly asked the Queen Mother not to stop him from seeking Yang Chan's help, then defended Ren's alliances and unity against the Queen Mother's anger.

Tianpeng secured permission to take Yang Chan and the Lotus Lamp from Yao Chi, while Laozi and Supreme Elder Lord considered the ominous information she had revealed. As Tianpeng escorted Yang Chan to Tusita Palace, she explained how the Lotus Lamp could awaken a cultivator’s potential, and he decided to use it to attempt a breakthrough.

• Tianpeng asked to take Yang Chan with him, and she agreed eagerly after he promised she would soon see Yang Jian and Nezha.
• The Queen Mother yielded Yang Chan to Tianpeng after learning he had already sent word to the Lower Realm.
• Obsessive Thought Laozi and Supreme Elder Lord discussed Tianpeng’s changed behavior and worried over Yang Chan’s reports about Lady Nuwa, Chaos, and the return of Golden Phoenix, Green Vine, and White Vine.
• Tianpeng escorted Yang Chan to Tusita Palace and repeatedly assured her that Yang Jian and Nezha had arrived.
• Yang Chan explained that the Lotus Lamp’s Man-and-Lamp Unity could awaken a Taiyi Immortal’s potential at great risk and cost, and Tianpeng decided to use it to pursue a breakthrough to Great Luo Immortal.

Tianpeng brought Yang Chan to Tusita Palace to seek the Lotus Lamp, where they waited for the nine martial uncles to finish comprehending the Tao Te Ching and for Yang Jian and Nezha to arrive. At Biyou Palace, Ren began cultivating with Emperor Zun guarding him and revealed that the ordinary-looking relics of the Human Race contained powerful conviction and faith.

• Tianpeng reassured Yang Chan that resources would not be a problem and took her to Tusita Palace to seek the Lotus Lamp.
• Kinkaku told Tianpeng that the Supreme Elder Lord was in Supreme Clear Heaven, and Tianpeng found the nine martial uncles comprehending the Tao Te Ching.
• Tianpeng and Yang Chan decided to wait until the nine martial uncles finished before taking the Lotus Lamp, while Yang Chan eagerly awaited Yang Jian and Nezha.
• Yang Jian left Jinao Island for the Heavenly Court, and Nezha went deeper into Biyou Palace to notify Ren about Yang Chan's news and the powerful figures from Wa Palace.
• Ren entered seclusion at Biyou Palace and asked Emperor Zun to guard him.
• Ren showed Emperor Zun the stripped-down Human Race relics, and they discussed how the objects held conviction and faith, with conviction surpassing faith.

Ren learned that faith and conviction could serve as vessels for severing his Benevolent and Obsessive Corpses, while Emperor Zun warned that corpse vessels shaped the corpses and could endanger their eventual fusion. Ren and Emperor Zun began extracting and tempering the energies in the Human Race’s three sacred relics, leaving the Fire Drill burning in Emperor Flame.

• Ren explained that he would use the Human Race’s Faith Power to sever his Benevolent Thought and its conviction to sever his obsession.
• Emperor Zun warned Ren that the Three Corpses retained their vessels’ traits after fusion and suggested Hongjun’s technique might conceal a scheme.
• Ren revealed that the Origin of All Evil would house his Evil Thought and concluded that his fused Evil Corpse would become pure evil.
• Ren and Emperor Zun agreed to extract and temper the faith and conviction from the three Human Race relics.
• Emperor Zun summoned the Primordial Unity Cauldron, and Ren placed Emperor Flame and the relics inside; the Fire Drill began to burn.

Ren purified the desires in the Human Race’s sacred artifacts with Emperor Flame and the Gate of Myriad Mysteries, then prepared to sever his Benevolent and Obsessive Thoughts. He began severing the Benevolent Thought tied to Ruthless.

• Ren burned the black ocean formed from the Fire Drill, Wooden House, and beast-hide garment, but Emperor Flame struggled to remove its negative thoughts.
• Ren brought out the Human Gate, which devoured the stray thoughts while Emperor Flame purified the ocean into Faith Power and Conviction Power.
• Ren asked Emperor Zun to continue refining the impurities while he prepared for Corpse Severing.
• Ren separated the purified energy into silver-white Faith Power and golden Conviction Power, then recalled the Benevolent Thought that had formed through his time with Ruthless.
• Ren shouted “Sever” as he began severing his Benevolent Thought.

Ren broke through while severing his Benevolent and Obsession Corpses, deepening his understanding of the Reincarnation Dao. In an enigmatic vision, he recognized a veiled woman as the person he had pursued through countless reincarnations.

• Ren severed his Primordial Spirit to create Zhudao, while Nezha waited outside and marveled at Ren's breakthrough.
• Ren formed his Reincarnation Dao phantom as Zhudao absorbed faith and Spiritual Qi, then greeted Ren as his Original Body.
• Ren explained the purposes of his three corpses and severed his Obsessive Thought to create Zhandao.
• The severing plunged Ren into deeper enlightenment, strengthening his Reincarnation Canon and his understanding of Reincarnation.
• Ren entered an indescribable space, saw a veiled woman, and realized she was the person he had pursued across countless lives.

Ren met his Benevolent Corpse, Zhudao, and Obsession Corpse, Zhandao, after a vision of a woman from his past reincarnations. Severely depleted from creating the two corpses, he delayed condensing a Grand Luo Dao Fruit and began restoring his Primordial Spirit with the Human Race’s Invincible Conviction.

• Ren watched a woman from his reincarnations vanish, then realized he had seen her in a dreamlike vision and was left with tears and a fading ache.
• Zhandao introduced himself as Ren’s Obsession Corpse, while Zhudao and Zhandao confirmed they had both reached Great Luo cultivation.
• Zhudao asked Ren to arrange a temple among the Human Race so he could gather Faith Power, and Ren agreed to discuss it with them.
• Ren sent Zhudao and Zhandao into the Black-Yellow Pagoda to cultivate and told Emperor Zun to store the Faith Power and Conviction Power instead of refining them.
• Ren delayed condensing a Grand Luo Dao Fruit because creating the two corpses had consumed two-thirds of his Primordial Spirit, then began absorbing Spiritual Qi to recover.
• Emperor Zun offered Ren the Human Race’s Invincible Conviction, and Ren absorbed the torrent to restore his Primordial Spirit and strengthen his Invincible Intent.

Ren entered Reincarnation to cultivate Invincible Will through countless lifetimes, while Houtu revealed to Xuanming that their bond across Ren’s past reincarnations had become an inescapable Love Thread. The chapter ended with Houtu’s divine consciousness joining Ren in Reincarnation to watch over him.

• Ren connected his Primordial Spirit to Reincarnation and began seeking enlightenment in invincibility through successive lives as a general, emperor, and swordsman.
• Yang Jian entered the Heavenly Court, burdened by the competing claims surrounding Yang Chan and his ties to Haotian and the Three Sects.
• Xuanming visited Houtu in Pingxin Hall and learned that Ren had connected with the Reincarnation Disk and broken the seal on memories of his past reincarnations.
• Houtu told Xuanming that guiding Ren through ten thousand reincarnations had rooted a Love Thread in her heart, and she no longer wanted to sever it.
• Houtu sent her divine consciousness into Reincarnation and appeared beside Ren as he continued his enlightenment.

Houtu and Xuanming entered Ren’s reincarnations, where their lives became entangled with his across many lifetimes. In the Heavenly Court, Yang Jian reunited with Yang Chan, while Tianpeng worried that Ren’s absence left them unable to protect her from Haotian.

• Xuanming sent part of her divine consciousness into Reincarnation to sever the emotional ties she believed had trapped Houtu.
• Ren lived through many reincarnations with Houtu and Xuanming, tempering his will while the women repeatedly became entangled in his relationships.
• Yang Jian led the Seven Meishan Monsters and troops to Tusita Palace, where he reunited with Yang Chan and the others withdrew to give them privacy.
• Tianpeng learned that Ren was in seclusion and Nezha was waiting for him, leaving both absent from the Heavenly Court.
• Tianpeng explained that Haotian could still seize Yang Chan and use her or the unborn child of Green Vine and White Vine, while the Heavenly Court lacked the strength to stop him.

Haotian learned that Yang Chan had noticed a change in Nuwa’s plans and suspected the Saints in Chaos were involved in a serious problem. Hoping to discover a way through the Fiendish Qi and find Hongjun, he moved to keep Yang Chan in the Heavenly Court and asked Yao Ji to learn what Green Vine and White Vine knew.

• Tianpeng called for Ren and other powerful allies while Yang Jian and Yang Chan continued catching up.
• Haotian learned from the Queen Mother that Nuwa had changed her plans and sent everyone from Nuwa Palace into the Primordial World.
• Haotian concluded that Green Vine and White Vine might know what had happened and ordered Green Willow to guard the Southern Heavenly Gate against Yang Chan leaving.
• Haotian explained that he hoped to learn Nuwa’s method of crossing the Fiendish Qi so he could find Hongjun in Chaos.
• Haotian asked Yao Ji to visit Yang Chan and gather information about Green Vine and White Vine, promising not to force Yang Chan to return.

Yao Ji agreed to help Haotian learn about White Vine and Green Vine, while Tianpeng prepared to protect Yang Chan and Tusita Palace after Haotian sealed the routes to the Lower Realm. The Heavenly Court’s cold war intensified, but news arrived that Ren had emerged from seclusion.

• Haotian promised Yao Ji that he would not harm Yang Chan or Yang Jian and asked only for information about White Vine and Green Vine; Yao Ji agreed to see Yang Chan.
• At Tusita Palace, Yang Chan joyfully stayed close to Yang Jian while Tianpeng learned that Haotian had sent a Quasi-Saint to surround the Southern Heavenly Gate and seal the Heavenly Dipper Passage.
• Tianpeng took command of the Meishan Brothers and Yang Jian’s Grass-Headed Gods, ordering them to contact the Three Sects, gather their disciples, and protect Tusita Palace.
• The Three Sects’ forces and the Ziwei Legion assembled as Haotian and Ren’s rivalry escalated into a tense cold war over information connected to Yang Chan.
• The eldest Meishan brother told Tianpeng that Ren had emerged from seclusion, and Tianpeng rejoiced that Ren could now answer Haotian’s move.

Ren formed a Reincarnation Dao Fruit and reached the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm, then hurried to the Heavenly Court with Nezha and his forces after hearing of an urgent crisis. He left Emperor Zun to oversee the Expounding Sect’s Inheritance Holy Land as the group set out to confront the trouble, which Ren suspected Haotian had caused.

• Ren condensed his Reincarnation Dao Fruit from the systems and Dao Rhymes he had gathered, breaking through to the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm.
• Emperor Zun judged Ren strong enough to contend with ordinary Quasi-Saints, and Ren said his past preparation and resources would let him advance further quickly.
• Nezha rushed to Ren’s chamber and told him they needed to go to the Heavenly Court urgently.
• Ren told Emperor Zun to attend to the Expounding Sect’s Inheritance Holy Land and said he could face Haotian without help.
• Ren, Nezha, the thirty-six Great Emperors, and the Ziwei Army flew toward the Heavenly Court.

Ren realized Haotian was targeting Yang Chan for information about Chaos and hurried toward the Heavenly Court. Haotian sent Green Willow and two Quasi-Saints to delay him, but Ren reached the Heavenly Dipper Passage and confronted Green Willow directly.

• Ren told Nezha that Haotian’s actions were driven by Yang Chan’s information about Chaos and Hongjun, then hurried toward the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian ordered Green Willow to delay Ren and sent Nangong Yin and Nangong Qi to assist him.
• Ren’s Reincarnation Dao Fruit struck through the Haotian Mirror, startling Haotian and the people watching in Yao Chi.
• Ren emerged from the Heavenly Dipper Passage and recognized Green Willow leading Haotian’s Imperial Guards.
• Green Willow tried to stall Ren with polite conversation, but Ren asked whether he was trying to stop him.

Ren attacked Green Willow after recognizing that Haotian had sent him to delay Ren, and their clash shook Sky Ranking. Green Willow drew his Willow Branch and used Spatial Blade as Ren pressed forward with his Reincarnation Fist.

• Ren slaughtered Imperial Guards with sword gleams, and Green Willow blocked them with a willow leaf that absorbed their force through space.
• Ren accused Haotian of sending Green Willow to delay him and attacked with Reincarnation Fist.
• Green Willow countered with Spatial Turbulence, but Ren’s fist broke through it and damaged Sky Ranking.
• Green Willow realized Ren had attained the Reincarnation Dao Fruit and became solemn.
• Green Willow summoned his Willow Branch and severed Sky Ranking with Spatial Blade.

Ren fought Green Willow with his Reincarnation Fist and newly created sword technique, using his Invincible Will to pressure an opponent with a much higher cultivation. The chapter explained how Ren’s many cycles of Reincarnation shaped his Sky Fist and his cultivation method, the Reincarnation Dao Scripture.

• Ren countered Green Willow’s Spatial Blade with his Divine Sword Dao Fist and charged through the scattered Sword Aura.
• Ren and Green Willow fought among the stars, with Ren’s Invincible Will keeping Green Willow on the defensive.
• Green Willow used Willow Sword Art to cleave a star in two, and Ren answered with Sky Fist.
• Ren’s Sky Fist gathered the power of a world, while his Reincarnation Dao Scripture combined cultivation systems he had studied across countless cycles.

Ren used punches formed from the systems of several worlds to battle Green Willow, whose Willow Branch unleashed a devastating technique linked to Great Immortal Yang Mei. Ren’s Shrouding the Heavens Fist finally broke through Green Willow’s defense and raced toward him.

• Ren struck Green Willow with the Sky Fist, but Green Willow used the Willow Branch to unleash the technique Sever Heaven and Earth.
• Onlookers recognized the Willow Tree shadow and spatial art as a technique connected to Great Immortal Yang Mei.
• Green Willow’s branch cut through Ren’s Sky Fist, severed a distant river of stars, and continued toward him.
• Ren followed with the Heaven and Earth Fist and Ruler Fist; the branch cut apart the first, while the second caused a tremendous explosion.
• Ren launched the Shrouding the Heavens Fist, which shattered the branch’s cutting force and reached Green Willow.
• Green Willow raised his dim Willow Branch to block Ren’s approaching fist.

Ren defeated Green Willow after surviving his powerful strike and explained that Green Willow’s borrowed secret technique had flaws. Ren prepared to kill him, while the spectators watched in shock.

• Ren and Green Willow crashed into the Southern Heavenly Gate after their battle in the Starry Sky, leaving both badly injured.
• Ren confronted Green Willow and said his secret technique drew its power from Yang Mei’s remains rather than his own strength.
• Green Willow insisted he had mastered the technique and inherited Yang Mei’s bloodline, but Ren dismissed his claims.
• Ren explained that defeating a Quasi-Saint in a fair fight had finally relieved his accumulated frustration.
• Green Willow begged Ren to spare him and claimed Yang Mei was behind him, but Ren advanced with killing intent and prepared to finish him.

Ren attacked Green Willow at the Southern Heavenly Gate after Haotian chose not to intervene, but a Dao melody and a mysterious Formation Array interrupted the killing blow. Green Willow survived as a nearly destroyed willow tree, and observers realized he had been grafting Yang Mei's remains onto himself in an attempt to become a Hollow Willow Tree.

• Haotian decided not to rescue Green Willow, fearing that intervening would provoke Ren, Xuanming, and Minghe into a fight.
• Ren confronted Green Willow, whose cries of betrayal publicly damaged Haotian's reputation across the Primordial World.
• Ren struck Green Willow with Reincarnation Fist, but a Dao melody distracted him briefly and mysterious chess pieces formed a Formation Array around Green Willow.
• Ren's punch shattered the Formation Array and destroyed Green Willow's Primordial Spirit, leaving a wisp of divine thought as he reverted to a small, illusory willow tree.
• Zhenyuan the Great and the Demon Empress explained that Green Willow had used Transplanting Flowers and Grafting Trees to graft Yang Mei's remains onto his roots and construct a Hollow Willow Tree.

Ren defeated Green Willow and claimed the Willow Branch, then tried to burn Green Willow’s original body despite Nangong Yin and Nangong Qi’s pleas. After Ren warned the two not to interfere again, Nangong Yin explained that their loyalty came from Green Willow’s friendship and his final warning about Haotian.

• Kong Xuan and the Demon Empress praised Ren’s victory over Green Willow, while Ren reflected that Green Willow might have become nearly impossible to kill if he had completed his transformation.
• Nangong Yin asked Ren to spare Green Willow, but Ren took the Willow Branch and sent Emperor Flame toward the tree.
• Nangong Qi created a formation to block the flames, but Ren’s Emperor Flame burned through it.
• Ren warned Nangong Yin and Nangong Qi that he had spared them out of respect for their ties to Yuding, but would treat them as enemies if they interfered again.
• Nangong Yin said he and Nangong Qi could not abandon Green Willow because he had treated them sincerely and warned them about Haotian before he died.

Ren faced Nangong Yin and Nangong Qi after they tried to save Green Willow, and chose to fight them despite respecting their candid, gentlemanly natures. Their battle began at the Southern Heavenly Gate, with the two men wielding Dao music and a chess formation against Ren's Willow Branch.

• Nangong Yin and Nangong Qi explained that they had come to save Green Willow because they owed Haotian and had been ordered to intercept Ren.
• Ren withdrew the Emperor Flame, declared that Green Willow's death had only been an appetizer, and challenged the two men to fight.
• Ren attacked Nangong Yin and Nangong Qi with Green Willow's Willow Branch, and Nangong Yin condemned him for using his slain foe's possession.
• Nangong Yin formed an ancient zither and sent sharp Dao music against Ren's sword radiance.
• Nangong Qi formed a chessboard and turned his chess pieces into swords, while Ren's Willow Branch carved ravines through the space around the Southern Heavenly Gate.