Chapter Summaries

Meng Chuan offered Fang Han a wish in exchange for a future favor, and Fang Han chose to seek guidance in cultivation. The chapter left Fang Han asking to become Meng Chuan’s disciple.

• Meng Chuan appeared before Fang Han and offered to grant him a wish without asking for payment upfront.
• Fang Han promised to repay Meng Chuan’s kindness if he became a Martial Arts master.
• Fang Han chose a teacher to guide his cultivation instead of a technique, pill, or artifact.
• Meng Chuan offered to find someone else to teach Fang Han, and Fang Han immediately asked to become his disciple.

Fang Han became Meng Chuan’s disciple, and Meng Chuan began teaching him while concealing his true nature and his interest in the Gate of Eternal Life’s Profound Principles. With Meng Chuan’s help, Fang Han advanced through four levels of the Flesh Secret Realm in one day.

• Meng Chuan warned Fang Han that becoming his disciple would deepen their karmic bond, but Fang Han firmly asked him to accept him.
• Meng Chuan agreed, appeared before Fang Han in a display Fang Han took for a Divine Ability, and accepted his kneeling disciple.
• Meng Chuan told Fang Han he had accepted him for his potential and because Fang Han could help him, then gave him a Martial Arts Cultivation Technique and freed him from tending the Fang Family’s horses.
• Meng Chuan took Fang Han away unnoticed and began teaching him, while reflecting that Fang Han was the key to obtaining the Profound Principles of the Gate of Eternal Life.
• After one day of Meng Chuan nourishing him with the energies of Heaven and Earth, Fang Han reached the fourth level of the Flesh Secret Realm, the Soft-and-Hard Realm.

Fang Han advanced from the fourth stage of the Flesh Realm to the Spirit Communion Realm in eleven days under Meng Chuan’s training. Meng Chuan sent him to claim an opportunity on the Dragon Abyss River, where Fang Han met Bai Haichan, the bearer of two treasures.

• Fang Han broke through to the fourth Flesh Realm stage, and Meng Chuan urged him to continue training toward greater harmony of strength.
• Over the next ten days, Fang Han advanced through four stages and reached the Spirit Communion Realm, astonishing by his speed.
• Meng Chuan told Fang Han that an artifact and a pill would come to him that night, and Fang Han went to claim the opportunity.
• Fang Han met Bai Haichan on the Dragon Abyss River and learned about the power of the Immortal Dao sects.
• Meng Chuan watched Bai Haichan, recognizing him as an Immortal King’s clone carrying the Nine-Aperture Golden Pill and the Flood Dragon Subduing Yellow Springs Diagram.

Meng Chuan reflected on the power of the Eternal Life World’s Immortal Kings and explained why the treasures Fang Han received could not help him with his pursuit of the Gate of Eternal Life. After Bai Haichan died, Fang Han returned with the Nine Apertures Golden Core and the Flood Dragon Subduing Yellow Springs Diagram, which Meng Chuan told him to keep.

• Meng Chuan considered how Fang Han’s identity as the reincarnated Artifact Spirit had drawn the attention of powerful Immortal Kings, including Bai Haichan, who intended to refine him.
• Bai Haichan gave Fang Han the Nine Apertures Golden Core and the Flood Dragon Subduing Yellow Springs Diagram, offered advice, and died after completing his mission.
• Fang Han returned to Meng Chuan and offered him both treasures, explaining that he had kept the Golden Core from being implanted in himself.
• Meng Chuan refused the treasures, explaining that he was studying the Gate of Eternal Life’s fundamental principles and had no use for its Great Dao Divine Abilities.
• Fang Han put the treasures away and wondered whether Meng Chuan’s cultivation already rivaled that of an ascended immortal.

Fang Han continued cultivating under Meng Chuan’s guidance and reached the Tenth Flesh Stage while staying hidden from the Fang Family. Fang Qingxue found them, and Meng Chuan revealed that her extraordinary past made her an important figure in Fang Han’s path.

• Fang Han trained beside the Dragon Abyss River, advanced through the Flesh Secret Realm, and grew closer to Meng Chuan.
• Fang Han worried that Fang Qingxue would seize his treasures, and Meng Chuan explained that she had reached the peak of the Origin Astral Realm.
• Fang Qingxue approached the hut and greeted Meng Chuan after recognizing that he was far beyond her strength.
• Meng Chuan told Fang Han that he had deliberately allowed Fang Qingxue to find them and that she could help him enter the Yuhua Immortal Gate.
• Meng Chuan explained that Fang Qingxue was the reincarnation of the Lightning Mother Heavenly Lord, whose actions had enabled the Gate of Eternal Life’s Artifact Spirit to reincarnate as Fang Han.

Fang Qingxue met Meng Chuan and Fang Han while they cultivated by the Dragon Abyss River, then heard Meng Chuan teach Fang Han about the Laws of Space and Time. After Meng Chuan invited her to cultivate there and ask him questions, Fang Qingxue asked to become his disciple and bowed to him.

• Fang Qingxue apologized to Meng Chuan for arriving without warning and praised Fang Han's cultivation.
• Fang Han told Fang Qingxue that he had once been a servant of the Fang Family, and she offered to make amends for how the family had treated him.
• Fang Han asked about the Laws of Space and Time, and Meng Chuan explained how they related to the third and fourth levels of the Longevity Secret Realm.
• Fang Qingxue tried to leave so she would not overhear Meng Chuan's teaching, but the space-time around them had frozen and held her there.
• After the lesson, Meng Chuan invited Fang Qingxue to cultivate with them and ask him questions, and Fang Han urged her to become his disciple.
• Fang Qingxue asked Meng Chuan to take her as a disciple and bowed to him.

Fang Qingxue and Fang Han advanced rapidly under Meng Chuan’s guidance, and after three months he sent them to the Feathering Sect to pursue their cultivation. Fang Han reluctantly parted from his teacher, who promised they would meet again when Fang Han reached the summit of the world.

• Meng Chuan agreed to guide Fang Qingxue without formally taking her as his disciple and told Fang Han that fate bound him and Fang Qingxue to become Dao Companions.
• Fang Qingxue stopped the Fang Family’s search for Bai Haichan, began cultivating at Meng Chuan’s residence, and broke through three Divine Ability levels in two months.
• The Great Li emperor named Fang Qingxue a Princess, but she ignored the imperial edict.
• After Fang Han had cultivated with him for three months, Meng Chuan told Fang Qingxue to return to the Feathering Sect with Fang Han and continue their cultivation there.
• Fang Han asked where he could find Meng Chuan again, and Meng Chuan said they would meet when Fang Han attained eternal life.

Meng Chuan used his growing bond with Fang Han to accelerate his understanding of the Gate of Eternal Life’s Profound Principles, while Fang Han began rising through the Feathering Sect. Meng Chuan settled into cultivation in the Gate’s Origin Land, then noticed an unusual Great Dao Projection Body named Meng Chuan in East Ning Prefecture.

• Meng Chuan reflected on how Fang Han’s trust and their master-disciple bond strengthened his grasp of the Gate of Eternal Life’s Profound Principles.
• Fang Qingxue brought Fang Han back to the Fang Family, where the family members were astonished by his changed status and strength.
• Fang Qingxue took Fang Han and others to the Feathering Sect, where Fang Han joined as a Divine Ability Secret Realm disciple.
• Meng Chuan began absorbing the Gate of Eternal Life’s Profound Principles in its Origin Land as Fang Han’s cultivation advanced rapidly in the Eternal Life World.
• Meng Chuan sensed an unusual Great Dao Projection Body in the Chaos Sea and saw that it was named Meng Chuan in East Ning Prefecture.

Meng Chuan discovered that the Cangyuan World’s Meng Chuan was his Great Dao projection body and explained to the group how projection bodies could become independent or benefit their source by attaining the Dao of Chaos. He hoped the Cangyuan World’s Meng Chuan would reach that realm before he entered the Limitless Domain.

• Meng Chuan learned that his projection body lived as Meng Chuan of the Cangyuan World, a protagonist connected to Luo Feng and Ji Ning.
• Meng Chuan realized the projection body would remain unable to break free if it attained the Dao of Chaos only after he reached Limitless.
• Meng Chuan told the group about the projection body, and Luo Feng and Ji Ning jokingly claimed senior-brother status.
• Meng Chuan explained that the Cangyuan World’s Meng Chuan remained an independent life, with improved talent and fortune from his projection-body identity.
• Meng Chuan said he could sever the connection himself if necessary, but hoped the projection body would attain the Dao of Chaos first.
• Meng Chuan explained that a projection body’s attainment of the Dao of Chaos could greatly strengthen its source by briefly granting control over another Great Dao.

Meng Chuan learned how rare it was for a Projection to attain the Dao of Chaos and how such an achievement benefited both the Projection and its projector. The account ended by explaining that a Limitless One could permanently master another Chaos Great Dao through a Projection’s attainment, though the Limitless Ones’ true powers remained unknown.

• Meng Chuan considered how a Projection’s attainment of Chaos could strengthen both itself and its projector, while noting that the Projection could not seize control of the projector’s Great Dao.
• The account described how Haotian Shangdi, a Projection of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, attained the Dao and became independent, while his attainment helped his projector approach the Limitless.
• Meng Chuan learned that the second known case involved the Buddhist Sect and the Demonic Dao, though the details remained concealed.
• The account identified Fuxi as the third case, born from the Near-Limitless Innate Divine Being Taihao.
• Meng Chuan learned that Projections could exceed their sources, but matching a projector’s realm was exceptionally difficult.
• The account explained that a Projection could not transcend the Limitless, so its attainment could grant a Limitless One permanent mastery of another Chaos Great Dao.

Meng Chuan reflected on how his projection body in The Archean Eon could grow stronger with his support. At fifteen, that projection body had far surpassed his original progress, and Meng Chuan left him preparing to break through to the Leak-Free Realm before returning to his own cultivation.

• Meng Chuan considered how projection bodies could strengthen their projectors and hoped his Archean Eon projection might someday reach the Supreme level.
• At fifteen, "Meng Chuan" was renowned across the Eight Directions as Mirror Lake Dao Academy’s foremost Senior Brother and had reached Perfection in the Mortal Shedding Realm.
• The Meng family prospered through "Meng Chuan’s" Fortune, and his father became a God-Demon of the Core Cloud Realm.
• "Meng Chuan" had united body, mind, and technique and was preparing to break through to the Leak-Free Realm, without the childhood engagement he had in the original plot.
• Meng Chuan withdrew his gaze from his projection body and returned his attention to the Eternal Life Profound Principles.

Meng Qi and his companions won the Primordial Heaven Minor Tribulation and received its greatest reward, Primordial Heaven Fortune. As the Yuxu Immortals lamented their loss, an edict from Limitless Primordial Beginning invited Meng Qi into Yuxu Palace.

• Meng Qi told Luo Feng that he had earned the victory through his own efforts, despite support from the Great Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West.
• Primordial Heaven Fortune descended over Myriad Saints Peak, engulfing Meng Qi and his companions as they claimed the minor tribulation's remaining rewards.
• Taiyi Zhenren regretted missing the chance to obtain Primordial Heaven Fortune, while Yuding Zhenren and Chijingzi discussed competing in future tribulations.
• Taiyi Zhenren and the other Yuxu Immortals received an edict from Limitless Primordial Beginning inviting Primordial Beginning Meng Qi into Yuxu Palace.

Primordial Beginning’s decree endorsed Meng Qi, summoned him to the Yuxu Palace, and allowed him to take the name Primordial Beginning. After the Primordial Heaven Minor Tribulation ended and its rewards were settled, Meng Qi accepted the summons but said he would go after taking care of his affairs.

• The Yuxu Immortals read Primordial Beginning’s decree and bowed in obedience, while other Supreme Ones discussed Meng Qi’s rising power and chose not to interfere.
• Primordial Heaven Fortune dispersed, revealing Meng Qi and his companions with their rewards; Myriad Saints Peak shrank and entered the space between Meng Qi’s brows, and the Minor Tribulation ended.
• Supreme Ones congratulated Meng Qi and his companions, including former competitors, as the tribulation’s disputes came to a close.
• Yuding Zhenren delivered Primordial Beginning’s decree summoning Meng Qi to the Yuxu Palace, and Meng Qi accepted it into his body.
• Meng Qi told the Yuxu Immortals he would visit the Yuxu Palace after settling his affairs, citing the decree’s instructions, and Taiyi Zhenren could not object.

Meng Qi’s identity as a member of Yuxu Palace and the Primordial Heavenly Venerable’s favored disciple was revealed to the Supreme Ones after the Primordial Beginning Edict named him. With the tribulation over, his companions departed for their own worlds to digest their gains, while Meng Qi remained in Primordial Heaven.

• The Supreme Ones learned that the Primordial Heavenly Venerable had named Meng Qi Primordial Beginning Meng Qi and permitted him to enter Yuxu Palace, revealing his connection to the Limitless One.
• Meng Qi explained that his teacher had required him to hide their relationship and name during the Primordial Heaven Minor Tribulation, and the Supreme Ones accepted his explanation.
• Meng Qi thanked the Azure and White Fairies for their support, and they left Primordial Heaven to report to the Queen Mother of the West.
• Gu Xiaosang teased Meng Qi as he watched the Fairies depart, and Luo Feng, Ji Ning, and the others said farewell before returning to their worlds.
• Meng Qi had reached the Demon Buddha’s peak cultivation level, while Ji Ning’s realm had become complete and surpassed that of an ordinary Supreme One.

Meng Qi returned to Lifetime World and advanced from the Dao Fruit Embryo to become a Most Ancient One at the Root of Time. With Amitabha Buddha as his counterpart, he restored the balance among the world’s greatest powers before returning to Yuxu Palace with Gu Xiaosang.

• Meng Qi’s Dao Fruit appeared as he returned to Lifetime World, and he advanced across the River of Time toward its Root.
• Other Shore Beings watched Meng Qi’s advancement, while the Azure Emperor told the Nine-Spirit Primordial Sage that Meng Qi was about to advance another step.
• Meng Qi reached the Root of Time and met Amitabha Buddha, who congratulated him on becoming the fifth Most Ancient One.
• Meng Qi’s advancement gave Amitabha Buddha a counterpart and restored the balance between the two Most Ancient Ones.
• Meng Qi returned to the present, exchanged teasing words with Gu Xiaosang, and went with her into Yuxu Palace.

Meng Qi and Gu Xiaosang welcomed their daughter, whose birth stirred the Great Dao and drew the attention of the Other Shore Beings. Meng Qi celebrated by doting on her and sharing her picture, while the other Other Shore Beings prepared gifts for Yuxu Palace.

• Meng Qi announced Gu Xiaosang's pregnancy in the Chat Group and celebrated by sending out large Red Envelopes.
• After ten months, Gu Xiaosang gave birth to their daughter, and the Great Dao responded to the arrival of a supreme child born to two Other Shore Beings.
• Meng Qi held his daughter, recorded her image, and posted a photo in the Chat Group, where members praised her and Bibi Dong asked to visit.
• Meng Qi handed his daughter to Gu Xiaosang and spoke softly with her, feeling that his life was complete.
• The other Other Shore Beings ordered gifts prepared and sent people to Yuxu Palace to congratulate Meng Qi.

Meng Chuan brought Xiao Nannan to Yuxu Palace, where she met Meng Qi and Gu Xiaosang’s daughter, Ling'er. The girls quickly became friends, and their fathers expected them to keep each other company as they grew up.

• Meng Qi proudly showed Meng Chuan his daughter, Ling'er, whose meridians had been open since birth but who otherwise seemed like an ordinary child.
• Meng Chuan sent Xiao Nannan to the Lifetime World, startling the gathered Great Divine Ability Users with her immense presence.
• Xiao Nannan asked Meng Chuan whether he had brought her to play, and he introduced her to Ling'er.
• Xiao Nannan and Ling'er took each other's hands, hugged, and happily chatted while the onlookers watched.
• Meng Chuan and Meng Qi agreed that the girls got along well, and Meng Chuan noted Ling'er would take a long time to grow up.

After welcoming his newborn daughter Ling'er, Meng Qi discussed the Dao Fruit contest with Meng Chuan and the preparations needed for Gu Xiaosang and the next Era. The chapter left Meng Qi resolved to ease his karmic burden and prepare to oppose Amitabha Buddha.

• Ling'er and Xiao Nannan quickly bonded, called each other little sister and big sister, and ran around Yuxu Palace together.
• Meng Qi hosted a banquet for his guests, while Meng Chuan urged him to plan for the Dao Fruit and help Gu Xiaosang pursue it.
• Meng Qi said the Demon Emperor and Amitabha Buddha had already reached Perfection in Reducing to Emptiness, leaving little chance for anyone else to claim the Dao Fruit this Era.
• Meng Chuan urged Meng Qi to dispel his karmic burden and prepare for the next Era, when Amitabha Buddha would be his chief rival.
• Meng Chuan explained why the Demon Emperor was better positioned than Amitabha Buddha, and Meng Qi admitted he might attack Amitabha Buddha to compete for the Dao Fruit.

Meng Chuan explained why the Laws of the Limitless Ones restricted Buddha and prevented him from directly helping Meng Qi in the Dao Fruit Contest. He warned Meng Qi that Primordial Beginning’s invitation to Yuxu Palace was suspicious, but Meng Qi insisted he had to go.

• Meng Chuan reasoned that Buddha could only briefly suppress Other Shore Beings because the Limitless Ones’ Laws restricted his Half-Transcendent power.
• Meng Chuan concluded that he could not directly help Meng Qi, though the Chat Group’s growing strength could give Meng Qi and Gu Xiaosang strong backing in the next Era.
• Meng Qi told Meng Chuan that Primordial Beginning had summoned him to Yuxu Palace.
• Meng Chuan questioned why Primordial Beginning would personally meet Meng Qi when even Chaos-level disciples had not met him, and suggested the invitation was strange.
• Meng Qi admitted he had considered the implications but said he could not refuse Primordial Beginning’s summons.

Meng Qi accepted Primordial Beginning’s summons to Yuxu Palace but planned to wait until his newborn daughter Ling'er was older before leaving. Meng Chuan described his gains from the Gate of Eternal Life, admitted that Limitless remained beyond his reach, and heard Meng Qi vow to catch up to him.

• Meng Qi and Meng Chuan agreed that Primordial Beginning’s summons did not threaten Meng Qi, and Meng Qi decided to delay his trip until Ling'er was older.
• Meng Chuan said the Gate of Eternal Life’s Great Dao principles had strengthened him, though they yielded less than a Projection body attaining Chaos would have.
• Meng Qi mocked Meng Chuan for calling his gains insufficient, and Meng Chuan teased him about being weak.
• Meng Chuan said he had gained no insight into reaching Limitless and explained how rare and difficult that realm was.
• Meng Qi declared that he would catch up to Meng Chuan, who doubted it would happen soon.