Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan leaves Shrouding the Heavens without explanation. The emperors worry, while his friends Ji Lianxing and Jiang Daoran trust that he will return.
• His departure strengthens the emperors’ resolve to cultivate. Ruthless reflects on reaching her seventh life.
• Four thousand years pass without news of Meng Chuan or Passerby. Wushi emerges from seclusion at age 34,000, near the end of his second life.
• Wushi tours the prosperous Divine City and then inspects the peaceful Universe, acting as Meng Chuan’s successor and preparing, in effect, to bid farewell to his current life.
• At the Cosmic Frontier, Wushi detects a disturbance. A mysterious figure anchors a Lesser World and identifies himself as the Undying Heavenly Emperor. He reveals that an incarnation of his died in this world after advancing far along the Immortal Path.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor attacks Wushi. Wushi sends Little Black away to raise the alarm, then is pulled into the Lesser World. Little Black races to Ruthless for help.

Character developments and interactions

• Ji Lianxing fears for Meng Chuan but masks her affection with teasing; she sees him as a protective elder-brother figure.
• Jiang Daoran comforts her, confident in Meng Chuan’s resilience, and recalls their old friendship and Meng Chuan’s teasing.
• Wushi remains calm and dutiful, surveying the Universe despite approaching the end of his life. He faces the invader without hesitation and prioritizes getting help over his own safety.
• Little Black is frightened but loyal. Though he initially insists on staying with Wushi, he understands the order and runs to summon the other emperors.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor is revealed as a formidable, vengeful figure whose goal appears tied to his fallen incarnation and the Immortal Path.

Significant themes

• Absence, loyalty, and faith: The emperors and friends endure Meng Chuan’s unexplained disappearance by trusting he will return.
• Duty and sacrifice: Wushi continues to protect the Universe and risks himself to alert others.
• Prosperity under threat: The thriving peace Wushi admires is suddenly endangered by a danger from beyond the world.
• The pursuit of immortality: The invader’s history reveals how far the Immortal Path can be pursued—and how costly failure may be.

Plot points and events

• The emperors’ overwhelming power casts a pall over the Dao Realm. They have all reached the Human Dao Pinnacle, or Near-Immortal level, and cultivators realize how far beyond ordinary strength they have become.
• Little Black summons the emperors from the Dao Realm’s Depths, reporting that Wushi has vanished at the Cosmic Frontier.
• Ruthless uses Time Reversal to uncover what happened: Wushi fought the supposedly dead Undying Heavenly Emperor, who dragged him into a moving Lesser World.
• Ruthless traces the Lesser World and sets out alone to intervene, judging that the Undying Heavenly Emperor is not as powerful as feared and urging the others to trust Wushi.
• A far more formidable figure blocks Ruthless before she can reach the world. She keeps the emperors back, recognizing the danger, and the chapter ends with the mysterious figure declaring, “This road is closed.”

Character developments and interactions

• Wushi is revealed to be in danger despite his great strength; he is in his second life and already nearing old age. His fellow emperors regard him as the Heavenly Emperor’s outstanding successor.
• Little Black shows deep loyalty and affection for Wushi, whom he considers his true master, and pleads with Ruthless to save him.
• Ruthless takes charge, calmly investigates the disappearance, reassures the others, and risks confronting the unknown blocker herself. Her warning for the emperors to stay back shows both her caution and her awareness of the threat.
• The emperors move from confidence in their own newly attained power to anxious helplessness as they face foes seemingly beyond even Ruthless. Their thoughts turn to the absent Heavenly Emperor, while also recognizing that they cannot depend on him to protect them forever.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Even Near-Immortal emperors can feel helpless when confronted by still greater forces.
• Legacy and independence: The Heavenly Emperor’s influence remains central, but his successors must face dangers without relying on him.
• Loyalty and trust: Little Black’s bond with Wushi and Ruthless’s confidence in Wushi underscore the relationships sustaining the group amid uncertainty.
• Escalating mystery and danger: The Undying Heavenly Emperor’s return is alarming, but the figure blocking Ruthless suggests an even greater threat.

Key plot points and events

• The emperors believe Ruthless is fighting a mysterious, godlike man who has taken her into a hidden space. They prepare to break through her blockade and find Wushi, fearing the Undying Heavenly Emperor will take him to another world.
• In truth, Ruthless and the man—Emperor Zun—are calmly speaking. Emperor Zun reveals that he is acting on Meng Chuan’s plan: the apparent confrontation and battle waves are staged to keep the emperors from interfering.
• Wushi’s struggle against the Undying Heavenly Emperor is meant to harden him through adversity and help him grow. Ruthless recognizes the scheme’s self-serving undertones but agrees not to expose it.
• Ruthless returns and tells the emperors she negotiated with the ruler of the greater world to prevent Wushi and the Undying Heavenly Emperor from entering it. The emperors infer that the Undying intended to enlist allies there.
• Before they can reach Wushi, a Space Storm sweeps both combatants away into the Void. Ruthless can no longer sense him.
• The emperors find that Wushi’s soul lamp is still lit, so they know he is alive. Little Black stays beside it, while Wushi’s whereabouts become a lasting mystery.

Character developments

• Ruthless sees through Meng Chuan’s disguise and motives, yet accepts that the ordeal may benefit Wushi. She protects the secret, presents a convincing cover story, and reassures the emperors despite her own uncertainty.
• Wushi shows resilience in his bloody fight and refuses to give up, though his fate after the storm remains unknown.
• Emperor Zun/Meng Chuan reveals himself as the mastermind behind Wushi’s trial. His paternal-sounding justification is mixed with pride and a taste for dramatic manipulation.
• The emperors move from alarm and suspicion to resolve, then take comfort in the soul lamp’s proof that Wushi lives.
• Little Black expresses grief and fear but remains steadfast in his faith in Wushi.

Significant themes

• Hardship as a path to growth: Wushi’s dangerous trial echoes Ruthless’s own near-death transformation.
• Trust and secrecy: Ruthless must conceal the real plan to let Wushi’s ordeal continue.
• Fate, uncertainty, and resilience: The Void leaves Wushi’s destination unknown, while the still-burning soul lamp offers hope.
• Humor amid high stakes: Ruthless privately—and eventually aloud—calls Meng Chuan “thick-skinned” for his shameless self-praise.

Character interactions

• Ruthless confronts Emperor Zun about the plan and questions whether his motives are truly as noble as he claims.
• Emperor Zun praises Ruthless extravagantly and asks her to keep his involvement secret; she leaves with a dry, skeptical response.
• Ruthless gives the emperors a fabricated account of her negotiation, steering them away from the truth.
• The emperors rally around Wushi, while Little Black’s devotion gives their hope a personal focus.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan returns to the Lifetime World, where its oppressive laws make him feel weaker than in the Shrouding the Heavens World. He has no Other Selves here, but can still communicate with those elsewhere through the Chat Group.
• He identifies the Six Paths of Reincarnation Space as his target, linking it to his plans to save Chonghe and pursue his own objective.
• In the Tusita Palace, Golden Horn and Silver Horn recognize Meng Chuan’s aura and marvel at how quickly he attained Legend. The Virtuous Heavenly Venerable notices him too, and punishes Silver Horn for neglecting his duties.
• Meng Chuan arrives unseen at the Pure Yang Sect, where Meng Qi is losing at chess to Chonghe. He abruptly replaces Meng Qi, criticizes his play, and takes over.
• As Meng Chuan’s game with Chonghe becomes tense, he overturns the board after Meng Qi comments on his play. He calls the result a draw, while Chonghe readily agrees and puts the board away.
• Chonghe addresses him as “Senior Fat Tiger,” leaving Meng Chuan surprised that Chonghe knows the name.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan is confident and relaxed in the Lifetime World, trusting the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable’s awareness and support. His playful arrogance shows in his rivalry with Meng Qi and his insistence on taking charge of the chess game.
• Meng Qi is pleased to see Meng Chuan, but quickly becomes exasperated by his interference and antics.
• Chonghe remains respectful toward Meng Chuan, whom he regards as an immensely powerful senior. He tactfully accepts the overturned board as a draw, seemingly relieved to end the game.
• Golden Horn and Silver Horn are astonished by Meng Chuan’s rapid rise. Silver Horn’s distraction earns him a reprimand from the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable.

Significant themes

• The contrast between worlds: Meng Chuan’s personal strength is constrained in the Lifetime World, though his command of its laws is stronger.
• The exceptional speed of Meng Chuan’s cultivation, which surprises even powerful figures.
• Humor and informal relationships amid cosmic stakes: Meng Chuan’s pursuit of the Six Paths coexists with teasing, chess rivalry, and his irreverent attitude toward those around him.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan explains that Chonghe learned about him from the Overlord’s writings, including the nickname “Fat Tiger.” Meng Chuan suspects Meng Qi helped spread the gossip.
• To deflect Meng Chuan’s suspicion, Meng Qi has Chonghe serve the sect’s finest tea, then ingratiates himself by massaging Meng Chuan’s shoulders.
• Meng Chuan livestreams the scene to the group. Members tease Meng Qi, while Klein is distracted from his work and Lu Mingfei and Bibi Dong trade embarrassing screenshots.
• Over tea, Meng Chuan gives Chonghe Enlightenment Ancient Tea grown stronger by absorbing power from an Immortal King’s Corpse. The tea sends Chonghe into a profound state of enlightenment, deepening his understanding of the Dao and strengthening his cultivation.
• Meng Chuan asks Meng Qi about his progress toward Dharmakaya. Meng Qi has made substantial progress in understanding the path but remains stuck at peak Outer Scenery and cannot see how to escape his looming fate.
• After Chonghe awakens, Meng Chuan turns to the serious topic: the Six Paths of Reincarnation space and the people behind it. Chonghe is horrified by what he hears.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan is powerful, playful, and fond of teasing Meng Qi, but also generous: he shares precious tea and is willing to protect Chonghe. He recognizes that Meng Qi must ultimately face his own trials.
• Meng Qi shifts from swaggering group-chat bravado to deferential service in person. Beneath the comedy, he is anxious about his stalled cultivation and the threats posed by the Demon Buddha to himself and Gu Xiaosang.
• Chonghe remains composed and humble, even while experiencing extraordinary enlightenment. His gratitude and strengthened aura show the tea’s profound effect.
• The group’s livestream banter provides comic contrast to the serious concerns of Meng Qi’s fate and the hidden forces behind the Six Paths space.

Significant themes

• Comedy and reputation: Meng Qi’s public confidence clashes with his real-life eagerness to please Meng Chuan.
• Cultivation and insight: The tea illustrates how rare resources can bring sudden understanding, while lasting progress still depends on personal effort.
• Fate and responsibility: Meng Chuan can help shield Meng Qi, but cannot make the decisive step for him.
• Hidden powers and dangerous knowledge: The chapter closes by shifting toward the mystery—and apparent threat—of the Six Paths of Reincarnation space.

Plot and events

• At Spirit Mountain, the sealed Demon Buddha realizes Meng Chuan’s mention of the Six Paths of Reincarnation has reached its Masters. Unable to act or interfere, he can only wonder what Meng Chuan intends.
• Meng Chuan meets Meng Qi and Chonghe before a mission, due to begin in three days, that orders Meng Qi and Chonghe to kill each other. Meng Chuan reassures Chonghe that he knows who the Masters are and can protect him from them.
• Chonghe admits he had considered dying by Meng Qi’s hand rather than betray his principles and kill someone he regards as a half-disciple. Grateful for Meng Chuan’s help, he bows and calls him “Senior Fat Tiger,” prompting laughter and confusion.
• Meng Qi boasts about his exploits in the recent Battle of the Grasslands. Meng Chuan teases him and hints at the embarrassing things he left in Chonghe’s room.
• Before leaving, Meng Chuan offers Chonghe cultivation guidance and asks him to circulate accounts of Fat Tiger’s deeds, possibly laying groundwork for Meng Chuan’s Lifetime Method. He then departs, leaving the two to wait together for his return.

Character developments and interactions

• Chonghe chooses conscience over obedience to the Six Paths, despite believing resistance may cost him his life. Meng Chuan’s assurances give him renewed hope and a possible path toward becoming a Heavenly Immortal.
• Meng Chuan acts as protector, mentor, and playful friend. His confidence in opposing the Six Paths contrasts with the helplessness of the sealed Demon Buddha.
• Meng Qi remains boastful and irreverent, but is grateful for Meng Chuan’s support and trusts him—though he suspects the Great Emperor may be setting him up for a beating.
• Chonghe and Meng Chuan share a sincere moment of gratitude, quickly undercut by humor and the nickname “Fat Tiger.” After Meng Chuan leaves, Chonghe nearly asks whether he is Meng Qi’s long-lost father, recalling rumors from Meng Chuan’s previous visit.

Themes

• Moral autonomy: Even under overwhelming control, Chonghe insists on making his own choice rather than becoming a tool of the Six Paths.
• Mentorship and legacy: Meng Chuan’s guidance and request to preserve Fat Tiger’s stories suggest that teachings and reputations can shape future cultivation.
• Friendship and humor: Affectionate teasing eases the tension of an impending deadly mission.
• Power and helplessness: The Demon Buddha’s inability to act highlights how completely the Masters’ influence can dominate others, while Meng Chuan claims the strength to challenge them.

Plot points and events

• Meng Chuan reflects on recent events in the Real World: Su Wuming’s breakthrough to Dharmakaya and his slaying of a Dharmakaya opponent have made him famous, while Meng Qi has become first on the Earth Ranking. The Six Fan School hoped that ranking Meng Qi above Su Wuming might provoke a duel, but the two are unlikely to clash.
• Meng Chuan briefly visits Su Wuming at the Sword-Washing Pavilion. Su Wuming recognizes him as an extraordinarily powerful but mysterious figure and asks Jiang Zhiwei about him.
• Jiang Zhiwei confirms that Meng Chuan is the powerful senior who appeared beside Meng Qi, and hints that he knows about the Six Paths of Reincarnation. She shares the team’s joking speculation that he and Meng Qi may be close relatives—perhaps father and son.
• Meng Chuan reaches the Eastern Sea Eye and travels through its crushing vortex, which seems to distort time. He emerges before the Demon Emperor Hall, an Other Shore Divine Weapon that spans places and eras.
• Entering the hall, Meng Chuan encounters the injured Peacock Demon King, Tai Li. Tai Li challenges him, but Meng Chuan’s mere glance nearly destroys him. Meng Chuan spares him, partly because Tai Li carries the Demon Saint Spear and killing him might attract the attention of the power associated with the hall.
• As Meng Chuan continues onward, a formidable, thunder-wreathed man appears before him. Meng Chuan recognizes him and smiles, having found the person he sought.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Wuming has advanced to Dharmakaya and remains curious about Meng Chuan’s identity, though he senses no malice from him. He has also shown trust and generosity toward Jiang Zhiwei by giving her the Haotian Mirror fragment.
• Jiang Zhiwei remains devoted to her master and is excited by Meng Chuan’s immense power and his knowledge of her group’s secret. Her playful speculation about his relationship to Meng Qi adds a light, personal note.
• Meng Chuan moves confidently through a dangerous, mysterious realm, treating threats and powerful artifacts with calm familiarity. He uses “Kamen Rider” as another alias and chooses restraint with Tai Li rather than needlessly provoking the Demon Emperor.
• Tai Li shifts from suspicion to terror after realizing how vastly Meng Chuan outclasses him. He worries that a human Legend could transform the balance of power between humans and demons.

Significant themes

• Power and mystery: Meng Chuan’s true identity and limits remain unclear, and even established powerhouses struggle to comprehend him.
• Changing reputations and rankings: Su Wuming and Meng Qi’s rising fame shows how public status can be shaped by institutions as well as feats.
• Trust and personal bonds: Su Wuming’s gift to Jiang Zhiwei reflects their close master-disciple relationship, while Jiang’s speculation hints at Meng Chuan and Meng Qi’s presumed connection.
• Restraint amid great power: Meng Chuan’s treatment of Tai Li shows that overwhelming strength need not lead to unnecessary violence.
• Time and cosmic scale: The Eastern Sea Eye and Demon Emperor Hall blur boundaries of space and time, setting up Meng Chuan’s meeting with a powerful figure.

• Plot: In the Medieval Era, the Overlord privately worries about the Dharmakayas plotting against him, though he reassures his wife that his Legendary Realm makes him untouchable. He unexpectedly encounters Meng Chuan in the Demon Emperor Hall, and the two resume their old rivalry with a spectacular battle that ends in a draw. Tai Li, caught in the shockwaves, recognizes Meng Chuan and flees to the Investiture of the Gods World.
• Character developments: The Overlord shows a tender side with his wife and deep affection for Meng Chuan, whom he considers his first friend and a worthy equal. He accepts the prospect of his coming death with calm, cherishing their reunion. Meng Chuan reveals how powerful he has become, but keeps the nature of his unusual abilities private. Tai Li’s fear of the two Legendary experts drives him to escape.
• Themes: The chapter contrasts the Overlord’s public reputation for brutality with his private capacity for love and friendship. It explores friendship, rivalry, fate, and the importance of a brief reunion before an inevitable separation. Their teasing banter also provides humor amid the tragic outcome.
• Interactions and ending: Meng Chuan and the Overlord trade insults, jokes, and challenges, then part promising to fight again—though Meng Chuan knows there will be no next meeting. The Overlord returns to his wife and tells her about seeing Meng Chuan. Later history records that the Overlord was betrayed by Ananda’s scheme and killed by the Demon Buddha, leaving only distorted tales of his life and a scarcely believed story of his close friend. Meng Chuan returns to the present, where Meng Qi senses an inexplicable chill around him.

Plot points

• In the three days before the mission, Meng Qi crossed the Third Heavenly Ladder and reached the Half-Step Dharma Body Realm, fulfilling the mission’s prerequisite.
• After learning that Meng Chuan had encountered the Overlord, Meng Qi awkwardly tried to comfort him by suggesting Meng Chuan pretend he was the Overlord. The joke disgusted Meng Chuan and startled Chonghe, who quietly left.
• The Six Paths of Reincarnation announced a one-day mission: Meng Qi and Chonghe had to kill each other’s assigned target—Chonghe—or be erased. Meng Chuan told them to wait rather than attack the Six Paths first, promising to intervene if they came for his people.
• Four of the Six Paths’ Masters—Lu Ya, Fengdu, Demon Lord, and Seven-Kills Daoist—debated whether to confront Meng Chuan. Though some were reluctant, they ultimately agreed to investigate his origins and test his strength.
• When the deadline passed without Chonghe’s death, the Six Paths began erasure. Meng Chuan seized the karmic threads connecting Meng Qi and Chonghe to the organization, severing its immediate hold over them. The Masters then attacked him through those threads.
• Realizing the assault had begun, Meng Chuan illuminated the worlds and crossed through space-time to confront all four Masters directly.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Qi displays both immense new strength and his usual irreverent humor. Once the erasure threat arrives, however, he and Chonghe rely on Meng Chuan.
• Meng Chuan remains controlled, refusing to act until the Six Paths threaten his companions. He then decisively protects them and accepts the challenge.
• Chonghe is briefly bewildered by Meng Qi and Meng Chuan’s exchange, then stands alongside Meng Qi through the mission.
• The Four Masters reveal both their fear of the unknown and their willingness to act together when pressed by their higher-ranking peer, the calm-voiced Water Ancestor.

Significant themes

• Protection and loyalty: Meng Chuan waits until his companions are directly threatened, then intervenes.
• Control and freedom: The karmic threads represent the Six Paths’ power over its reincarnators; Meng Chuan’s intervention breaks that control.
• Mystery and suspicion: The Masters’ decision to test Meng Chuan reflects anxiety about his unknown origins and power.
• Humor amid danger: Meng Qi’s inappropriate joke briefly lightens the chapter before the deadly mission threat takes over.

Plot points and events

• Meng Chuan confronts the four Masters of the Six Paths of Reincarnation—Lu Ya, Fengdu, the Seven-Kills Daoist, and the Demon Lord—in a mysterious space. He realizes that the ancient Water Ancestor is dead, though the details remain unclear.
• Showing no restraint, Meng Chuan strikes with his full power. His palm combines mastery of laws, Tathagata’s Palm, the Seven Swords of Heaven-Cutting, and overwhelming physical strength.
• The four opponents can manifest only as images through their divine weapons, not in their true bodies. Meng Chuan crushes them and captures their weapons in a single blow.
• When the four reappear, Meng Chuan repeatedly strikes them down, refusing to be intimidated by their threats to awaken their true bodies. He points out that doing so could cost them their Creation Realm cultivation.
• The Masters recognize that they cannot safely challenge him in the present era. They offer to release Chonghe, and Meng Chuan accepts—but then demands that they also release Su Meng. They refuse.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan displays confidence in his rapidly growing strength and uses it to control the confrontation. His taunts expose the four Masters’ unwillingness to risk their own survival for one another.
• The four Masters are forced from bluster into negotiation. Their lack of unity becomes clear: each expects the Demon Lord to take the risk of awakening, while he refuses to sacrifice himself for the others.
• Chonghe and Su Meng remain the stakes of the dispute: Chonghe’s release is agreed to, while Su Meng’s remains contested.
• Chonghe and Su Wuming, watching from the Real World, sense Meng Chuan’s power. Su Wuming in particular finds a new goal to pursue. Golden Horn and Silver Horn also marvel at Meng Chuan’s progress, while the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable remains impassive.

Significant themes

• Power and restraint: Meng Chuan’s overwhelming strength changes the balance of power, and he chooses to make that undeniable.
• Bluff versus real leverage: The Masters’ threats carry little weight when acting on them could weaken them further.
• Self-interest and disunity: Despite their shared status, the four are unwilling to endanger themselves for one another.
• Ambition and inspiration: Meng Chuan’s display gives Su Wuming a new standard to strive toward.

Plot points and events

• Meng Chuan confronts the four Lords of Reincarnation and demands that they release Chonghe. They refuse to release Su Meng, whom they cannot control, but agree to give up Chonghe.
• Meng Chuan mocks the Six Paths of Reincarnation Space for having fewer than six masters, then leaves, confident that his threat has worked.
• Lu Ya stops him and unexpectedly offers him a place as one of the Space’s masters. The other three are alarmed, but Lu Ya argues that Meng Chuan’s strength qualifies him.
• Meng Chuan questions Lu Ya’s motives and asks what concrete benefits membership would bring. Lu Ya offers access to divine-art records, rare-world coordinates, and extensive secrets about the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.
• Meng Chuan accepts. Lu Ya welcomes him with a friendly pat, while Meng Chuan reflects that he may have become one of the very villains he came to oppose.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan acts fearless and uses his backing by the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable to pressure the Lords into releasing Chonghe. Though openly suspicious of Lu Ya, he is ultimately interested in the knowledge and opportunities membership offers.
• Lu Ya shifts from a potential adversary to a persuasive recruiter. His sudden civility makes the other Lords suspect he has a hidden motive, though he presents the offer as a recognition of Meng Chuan’s strength.
• The other three Lords are humiliated by Meng Chuan’s demands and then shocked by Lu Ya’s invitation. They eventually defer to Lu Ya.
• The Demon Buddha, watching from Spirit Mountain, takes interest in Meng Chuan and secretly contacts Lu Ya.

Themes

• Power and deterrence: Meng Chuan’s strength and powerful backing make the Lords choose compromise over retaliation.
• Survival and opportunism: The ancient Lords prioritize staying alive, while Lu Ya turns a threat into a potential alliance.
• Moral compromise and irony: Meng Chuan’s acceptance suggests that opposing a corrupt institution can lead to joining it—the “dragon slayer becomes the dragon” idea.

Key events

• Meng Chuan joins the Six Paths of Reincarnation Space, taking the seat left vacant by the Water Ancestor. He introduces himself as “Dao Shi,” a name that makes the other Masters suspect a connection to the Three Pure Ones—especially Primordial Beginning.
• The Demon Buddha has Lu Ya test and recruit Meng Chuan because he wonders whether Meng Chuan is Primordial Beginning’s chosen subject for “Reducing to Emptiness.” Meng Chuan’s Great Dao, Three Pure Ones Qi, and knowledge of the Zhuxian Four Swords deepen that suspicion.
• Lu Ya asks Meng Chuan to contribute a treasure to the Six Paths. Meng Chuan offers his Great Dao Jade Disc, which impresses the Masters, and binds it to the space.
• As a new Master, Meng Chuan gains control over the space’s operations and access to its world coordinates. He privately sees this as the perfect way to develop his Other Selves and advance his transformation.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan presents himself as a cooperative recruit, but his real aim is to exploit the Six Paths for its worlds, resources, and authority. He stays amused and composed while the others believe they are securing leverage over him.
• Lu Ya acts as the group’s spokesman and welcomes Meng Chuan, while steering him toward contributing a personally significant treasure. He and the other Masters install safeguards to keep Meng Chuan in check.
• The Demon Buddha remains wary and intrigued, interpreting Meng Chuan’s traits as possible evidence of a Three Pure Ones connection.
• The other Masters—including the Seven-Kills Daoist—are impressed by the Jade Disc and cautiously pleased by the strength Meng Chuan brings to their organization.

Significant themes

• Mutual manipulation: Both sides believe they are gaining an advantage, but Meng Chuan has concealed his true purpose and escape route.
• Ambition and hidden identity: Meng Chuan’s chosen name and unusual powers fuel speculation about his origins and destiny.
• The difficulty of transcendence: The Masters reflect on how hard it is to reach the Other Shore, underscoring the distance between great power and ultimate liberation.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan asks to meet the Demon Buddha, but learns the sealed Master cannot appear.
• The other four Masters explain the Six Paths of Reincarnation Space’s real purpose: reincarnators are being groomed as potential replacement bodies, future slaves, and expendable agents for investigating unknown changes in the worlds.
• They also sell suitable reincarnators’ bodies to powerful beings seeking rebirth, expecting payment and karmic favors in return. Meng Chuan condemns their exploitation and warns that accumulated Karma may eventually bring consequences.
• Meng Chuan secures Chonghe’s True Spirit from Lu Ya, then rejects Lu Ya’s claim that worldly affairs are merely illusions, insisting that such wisdom means little without reaching the Other Shore.
• Before leaving, Meng Chuan strikes the four Masters down, though they soon reappear. He returns to the Pure Yang Sect, where Meng Qi eagerly asks what happened.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan remains outwardly composed while privately resolving to punish the Masters someday. He joins their organization but clearly does not consider himself one of them in spirit. He is protective of Chonghe and bluntly challenges the Masters’ worldview.
• The four Masters reveal their callous, self-serving outlook and treat reincarnators as resources rather than people. They are amused by Meng Chuan’s criticism but resent his disrespect and violence.
• Seven-Kills Daoist shows particular hostility toward the idea of slavery, reflecting his own history of being controlled by the Demon Buddha and his desire to escape.
• Meng Qi and Chonghe wait anxiously for Meng Chuan’s return. Meng Chuan’s stern correction of Meng Qi’s title ends the chapter on a comic note: he insists that Meng Qi call him a Master of the Six Paths, not a Great Emperor.

Significant themes

• Exploitation and power: Those at the top justify treating weaker beings as disposable tools.
• Karma and accountability: The Masters’ dealings may create obligations and consequences they cannot control.
• Mortality, rebirth, and identity: Reincarnators’ bodies become commodities in struggles over survival.
• Worldly detachment versus moral responsibility: Meng Chuan rejects the Masters’ spiritual-sounding dismissal of mortal affairs, arguing that true transcendence has not yet been attained.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan reveals that he has become a Master of the Six Paths of Reincarnation rather than fighting them. The announcement triggers a mission ordering Meng Qi to cling to Meng Chuan’s leg for a small reward—or face death.
• Meng Qi livestreams the news to the group, whose members are surprised by Meng Chuan’s sudden change of allegiance.
• Yang Jian hears that his nephew, Liu Chenxiang, wants to leave the village after claiming an immortal has chosen him. Yang Jian orders him kept there until Yang Jian himself grows stronger.
• Meng Chuan explains that joining the Six Paths serves his plans. He ends Meng Qi’s mission while promising to give him his rewards.
• Meng Chuan restores Chonghe’s True Spirit fragment and severs the karmic ties that might let powerful beings control him again.
• Newly freed, Chonghe breaks through to Heavenly Immortal, drawing on more than two centuries of cultivation, Meng Chuan’s guidance, and the restoration of his True Spirit.
• At the end, Meng Qi literally grabs Meng Chuan’s leg, obeying the mission’s demand to be carried to glory.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan shifts from apparent opponent to Master of the Six Paths, presenting the move as a deliberate strategy. He also uses his new authority to free Chonghe and protect him from further manipulation.
• Meng Qi moves from disbelief to reluctant acceptance, privately resenting that his friend has become the one exploiting him. He nevertheless plays along with the mission in comic fashion.
• Chonghe experiences a profound change: after decades of fear and loss as a Reincarnator, he regains his wholeness and freedom, then immediately advances to a new realm.
• Yang Jian remains focused on his own cultivation and delays Liu Chenxiang’s departure until he is ready to face the wider world.
• The group’s livestream and chat turn Meng Chuan’s unexpected defection into a shared spectacle, while Chonghe’s sincere gratitude contrasts with the banter around him.

Significant themes

• Freedom versus coercion: Chonghe’s release highlights the oppressive nature of Reincarnation Missions and the cost of living under another power’s control.
• Power and perspective: Meng Chuan’s new position makes missions seem like games to a Master, though they remain life-or-death commands to ordinary Reincarnators.
• Accumulated effort and opportunity: Chonghe’s breakthrough comes when long preparation meets timely help and restored spiritual wholeness.
• Loyalty, strategy, and humor: Meng Chuan’s apparent betrayal is a calculated choice, while Meng Qi’s joking response keeps their friendship intact amid the upheaval.

Plot points and events

• Meng Qi receives 0.1 Good Deeds from Meng Chuan for recognizing which way power is shifting, but feels humiliated by the reward and his role as a lackey.
• Meng Chuan warns that the Demon Buddha will not release Meng Qi. He also offers to transfer Meng Qi’s companions to his protection within the Six Paths of Reincarnation, freeing them from its masters’ control while allowing them to keep using its missions and exchanges.
• The group discusses how the Six Paths treats reincarnators as property. Meng Qi is outraged, while Meng Chuan understands the masters’ inhuman perspective but rejects it.
• Meng Chuan warns that the Demon Buddha may use a mission to force Meng Qi to kill Gu Xiaosang. Meng Qi privately considers having her disappear for a time, given her own dangerous connection to Wusheng Laomu.
• Chonghe completes his breakthrough and becomes a Heavenly Immortal, while Meng Qi is revealed to have reached Half-Step Dharma Body. Their advances astonish the Real World, and Chonghe’s rise makes the Pure Yang Sect a dominant power.
• At the Pure Yang Sect’s Heavenly Immortal Banquet, Meng Qi reunites with Jiang Zhiwei, Ruan Yushu, Zhang Yuanshan, Zhao Heng, and the others. He explains that Chonghe escaped the Six Paths after Meng Chuan recovered his True Spirit, enabling his sudden breakthrough.
• Meng Qi tells his companions that they are no longer controlled by the Six Paths, though they may continue participating for its benefits—or leave altogether. His “friend” who arranged this is one of the Six Paths’ masters: Meng Chuan.
• When the group realizes Meng Qi himself remains bound, he admits he must continue being the Six Paths’ “dog.”

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Qi has grown powerful but remains trapped in the Demon Buddha’s schemes and the Six Paths’ control. He is protective of his friends, eager to free them, and still jokes and boasts after his breakthrough.
• Meng Chuan uses his new authority to protect Meng Qi’s companions and explain the system, while leaving the decision about Gu Xiaosang to Meng Qi. Their familiar teasing includes Meng Chuan embarrassing Meng Qi over his past confession to Jiang Zhiwei.
• Chonghe becomes a Heavenly Immortal and the world’s leading power, drawing the attention of other Dharmakaya experts.
• Meng Qi’s companions are stunned and relieved to learn they are no longer controlled by the Six Paths; they also worry that Meng Qi remains its captive.
• The group chat provides comic relief through banter about power, weakness, and “turncoats,” contrasting with the chapter’s serious revelations.

Significant themes

• Freedom versus dependence: Meng Qi’s friends gain the choice to leave the Six Paths, while Meng Qi remains unable to escape his fate.
• Dehumanization and power: The Six Paths’ masters treat reincarnators as assets rather than people; Meng Chuan’s compassion sets him apart.
• Protection and responsibility: Meng Qi seeks to shield his companions, but choices concerning Gu Xiaosang remain his alone.
• Humor amid danger: Teasing and group-chat jokes soften the tension surrounding cosmic powers, captivity, and looming threats.

Key plot points and events

• The gathering at the Pure Yang Sect is subdued by the news that Meng Qi remains under the Six Paths of Reincarnation Space’s control. He accepts that only reaching the Dharmakaya realm will let him sever his connection to the Demon Buddha.
• Qi Zhengyan arrives to congratulate Chonghe and Meng Qi. Because Qi is viewed as a dangerous heretic for advocating equal opportunity and challenging inherited power, the assembled righteous martial artists try to bar him from entering.
• Meng Qi openly backs his cousin, threatening the crowd and insisting that no one can stop him from bringing Qi inside. Chonghe confirms that Qi is welcome, and the gathering lets him pass.
• Meng Qi and Qi reconnect warmly, with their familiar teasing intact. Meng Qi also tells Qi that a friend wants to meet him after the gathering.
• In the Six Paths space, Meng Chuan explores many worlds and cultivation systems through Divine Sense and Other Selves. He discovers a world ruled by six grotesque Demon Gods and identifies it as a “Universe of the Old Ones” within Lifetime World.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Qi shows that his support for Qi is no longer private: he uses his growing reputation and strength openly to defend him. His banter with Qi reveals their enduring closeness, while his irritation at Qi’s guess about his “father” shows his usual comic side.
• Qi Zhengyan remains committed to his vision of equal opportunity, despite being branded a demon by powerful sects. Meng Qi’s public defense clearly moves him.
• Chonghe takes a broader, calmer view of the controversy, saying that at their level such distinctions matter less. His welcome for Qi ends the confrontation.
• Jiang Zhiwei and Ruan Yushu react playfully to Meng Qi’s swagger, comparing him to a crab.
• Meng Chuan continues his immense cross-world research, and Qi Zhengyan’s ideals catch his interest enough to prompt him to contact Meng Qi.

Significant themes

• Conviction versus entrenched power: Qi’s egalitarian project threatens hereditary sects and families, making him a target despite not being a murderous villain.
• Loyalty and public solidarity: Meng Qi chooses to defend his cousin openly rather than quietly support him from the sidelines.
• Perspective and moral judgment: Chonghe and Meng Chuan suggest that a wider understanding can change how one views conflict, worlds, and beings.
• The vastness and strangeness of existence: Meng Chuan’s discovery of the six Demon Gods shows how different worlds can embody forms of evil and horror beyond ordinary human comprehension.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan projects himself into the despairing Old Ones universe, where six Demon Gods embody the world’s destructive laws. Rather than claim the universe, he decides to establish a countervailing projection of hope.
• He tells its inhabitants that hope already exists within them, then radiates warm light and attacks the Demon Gods. His power overwhelms them, and people across the universe begin to wonder whether their world can change.
• Meng Chuan takes control of many reincarnators previously managed by Lu Ya and the other Six Paths administrators. He makes missions more humane: better rewards, no death penalty for failure, and a reassuring tone from the mission system.
• Veteran reincarnator Ye Yuqi is sent to rescue Zhang Wei, a righteous champion besieged by demons, then seal a Nine Netherworld rift. Meng Chuan watches her complete the rescue and proceed toward the rift.
• Meng Chuan meets Qi Zhengyan, discussing ideas and encouraging the early development of his “Spark Method,” rather than teaching him techniques.
• Lu Ya summons Meng Chuan, claiming to have an enormous opportunity for him.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan uses his new position as Master of the Six Paths to spread hope, reshape the reincarnation system, and expand his influence across worlds. He remains playful and self-assured, while pursuing a long-term plan to become the Space’s sole master.
• Ye Yuqi is initially bewildered by the unusually gentle mission briefing and lack of a lethal failure penalty, but proceeds with the mission.
• Qi Zhengyan continues developing the Spark Method, a project that could help awaken the world; Meng Chuan recognizes his potential.
• Lu Ya and the other Six Paths masters have become more cooperative since Meng Chuan joined, partly because his strength and influence pressure them to work together.

Significant themes

• Hope amid despair: Meng Chuan argues that hope is not imposed from outside but lives differently in each person’s heart.
• Power used to protect and empower: He fights the Demon Gods and makes the Six Paths less cruel to its reincarnators.
• Awakening and social change: Qi Zhengyan’s Spark Method and future innovations are presented as ways to rouse a stagnant world.
• Influence and control: Meng Chuan’s benevolent reforms also serve his ambition to consolidate authority over the Six Paths.

Character interactions

• Meng Chuan confronts the six Demon Gods, whose attention is drawn to his Dao Shi Dao; their attacks dissolve against his light.
• Ye Yuqi receives an unexpectedly considerate briefing from the Six Paths before being sent to Zhang Wei’s aid.
• Meng Chuan encourages Qi Zhengyan and praises his efforts, while offering guidance rather than direct instruction.
• The chapter closes with Lu Ya presenting Meng Chuan with a supposed opportunity, which Meng Chuan meets with amused suspicion.

Key plot points and events

• Lu Ya approaches Meng Chuan privately, offering access to a hidden fragment of the ancient Primordial World. He claims it contains treasures preserved by an old friend, though Meng Chuan suspects the “friend” is Lu Ya himself.
• Lu Ya needs Meng Chuan’s Fortune-level power to break the fragment’s gateway. Inside, they find a Fortune-level Xiantian Tea Tree and the corpse of a Fortune-level Xiantian God-Demon, along with other treasures.
• Lu Ya explains that the corpse carries a powerful Primordial Beginning Great Dao and offers Meng Chuan one treasure. Meng Chuan demands both the corpse and the tea tree.
• Under the Demon Buddha’s instructions, Lu Ya agrees on the condition that Meng Chuan absorb the corpse’s Dao immediately. Meng Chuan accepts, takes the tea tree first, then begins refining the corpse’s Great Dao.
• Meng Chuan’s cultivation and projections across the Ten Thousand Worlds continue. An Other Self who will become a Master of the Six Paths of Reincarnation gradually takes shape.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan shows confidence and sharp bargaining instincts, using his strength to claim the rewards. He eagerly values the tea tree, while successfully absorbing the corpse’s Dao.
• Lu Ya reveals his self-interest and willingness to sacrifice hidden treasures for a larger purpose. He acts as a messenger and covert agent, but remains caught between competing powers.
• The Demon Buddha uses the treasure offer as a test: Meng Chuan’s ability to absorb the corpse would indicate whether he is, or may become, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable’s chosen agent.

Character interactions

• Meng Chuan sees through Lu Ya’s claims and bluntly challenges his motives; Lu Ya responds with evasions and a carefully framed bargain.
• Lu Ya and the Demon Buddha coordinate the test through Lu Ya, while Meng Chuan knowingly benefits from their suspicions.
• Meng Chuan and Lu Ya’s exchange shifts from negotiation to cooperation once Meng Chuan agrees to refine the corpse.

Significant themes

• Power and opportunism: Strength determines who can claim the treasures, while alliances are driven by advantage rather than trust.
• Manipulation and uncertain identity: Meng Chuan is repeatedly tested because others suspect he may serve a powerful cosmic figure.
• Hidden agendas and double-crossing: Lu Ya’s loyalties are complicated, and even apparent cooperation conceals competing plans.
• Growth through projection: Meng Chuan’s expansion across worlds marks the beginning of a vast undertaking—and a playful shift in the story’s framing.

Key plot points and events

• Wushi has been missing for 26,000 years, while Meng Chuan has been away for 30,000. The emperors have searched the Chaos and Void without finding him. Little Black has stayed beside Wushi’s Soul Lamp, whose flame suddenly blazes brighter than ever—signaling that Wushi is alive and may be returning.
• In a drifting Lesser World, Wushi confronts the Undying Heavenly Emperor after decades of repeated battles. Having lived a fourth lifetime, Wushi has grown strong enough to believe he can finally defeat him.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor tries to provoke Wushi by suggesting he overthrow his master, Meng Chuan, and claim the title of Heavenly Emperor. Wushi rejects the idea, insists Meng Chuan’s power is beyond the Undying’s understanding, and declares his loyalty.
• Wushi attacks, but the Undying escapes into a Void Storm before Wushi can finish him. Wushi vows to surpass him and follows the Soul Lamp’s bond home.
• After Wushi leaves, the Undying reveals that his weakness and retreat were an act: he was pretending to be less powerful to avoid accidentally crippling Wushi. He can create “Other Selves” across worlds, and his true body continues to advance.
• In a comedic shift, Meng Chuan and other group members comment on the Undying’s performance and compare his way of training Wushi to Yang Jian’s treatment of Chen Xiang. Meng Chuan rewards Yang Jian with a red packet.

Character developments

• Wushi has survived a long, punishing battle and advanced to a fourth lifetime. He is confident, steadfastly loyal to Meng Chuan, and eager to return home.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor appears defeated and cornered, but is actually concealing his strength and continuing to grow through his many selves. His comparatively straightforward manner also contrasts with the more manipulative impression he first gives.
• Little Black remains devoted to Wushi and is the first to recognize the Soul Lamp’s renewed brilliance.
• Meng Chuan remains a distant but powerful presence in Wushi’s thoughts and enjoys teasing, lighthearted exchanges with the group.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and trust: Wushi refuses to be turned against his master, even when the Undying appeals to ambition.
• Growth through struggle: Wushi’s repeated battles and costly third lifetime lead to his breakthrough and confidence.
• Homecoming: The Soul Lamp’s bond gives Wushi direction and turns his victory into a journey back to those waiting for him.
• Hidden strength and deception: The Undying’s apparent decline masks his real power and deliberate restraint.

Character interactions

• Little Black watches over Wushi’s Soul Lamp and alerts the emperors when it flares.
• Wushi and the Undying trade boasts, probes, and threats; the Undying attempts to undermine Wushi’s loyalty, while Wushi mocks his limited understanding of Meng Chuan’s realm.
• Meng Chuan and Yang Jian bond over their approaches to training disciples, while Yao Chen jokes about the Undying’s acting.

Plot points and events

• Wushi returns to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands after thirty thousand years. Little Black joyfully welcomes him, and Wushi asks whether Meng Chuan, the Heavenly Emperor, has returned.
• The emperors tell Wushi that Meng Chuan left a decree for him to take the Heavenly Emperor’s position after thirty thousand years away. Wushi refuses, confident that Meng Chuan will return.
• The chapter recaps developments during Wushi’s absence: the remaining imperial corpses on Earth have been revived, Ji Zi has attained the Dao and plans to pursue the Red Dust Immortal path, and three Number One Cultivator Tournaments have passed without Meng Chuan to confer titles.
• Wushi visits Jade Lake, his former home. He reflects on how it has endured while its people have changed, then reverses time to watch it—and, in particular, to see his parents in the past.
• During this journey through time, Wushi encounters Meng Chuan when he was still the Dao Beginning Great Emperor. The two briefly speak, and Wushi ends their conversation with a heartfelt wish: “Great Emperor, please live well.”
• In the present, Meng Chuan watches the encounter through the Chat Group livestream, amused and irritated by Wushi’s near-insults. He makes a joking note that Wushi should become an Immortal Emperor quickly—though only after enduring hardship.

Character developments and interactions

• Wushi returns more mature, having lived a fourth lifetime. He remains devoted to Meng Chuan and refuses to replace him, while his visit to Jade Lake reveals a deeply personal longing for his lost parents.
• Little Black shows his enduring affection and loyalty, greeting Wushi with tears and accompanying him to Jade Lake.
• Meng Chuan remains confident in his standing and playful in his reactions. His past self can sense Wushi crossing time, hinting that he was extraordinary even before becoming invincible.
• The other emperors respect Meng Chuan’s decree but accept Wushi’s faith in his return. They are also spurred by Wushi’s progress.
• The Chat Group’s banter provides comic contrast to Wushi’s solemn reunion and remembrance.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and trust: Wushi’s refusal to claim Meng Chuan’s position reflects his faith in the Heavenly Emperor.
• Time, memory, and loss: Wushi can observe the past but cannot reconnect with his parents, underscoring the distance created by time.
• Growth through hardship: Wushi’s fourth lifetime reinforces the idea that life-and-death pressure can accelerate cultivation, though only for those with the strength to endure it.
• Legacy and change: Jade Lake remains while generations of its people pass away, linking personal memory to the persistence of institutions.