Chapter Summaries

Meng Chuan met Gai Jiuyou and the others at the Youjian Teahouse, where they explained they had come to visit the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land and admire the Female Emperor. After Gai Jiuyou offered to cure Meng Chuan, he sensed the terrifying injuries in his body, recognized him as the senior he had met in Qinling, and realized how far out of his depth he was.

• Meng Chuan chatted with the Tianxuan Saint Son and reflected on how the people gathered at his table would shape the coming age.
• Wei Yi and the Tianxuan Saintess said their group had come to visit the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land and admire the Female Emperor's Dao.
• Gai Jiuyou advised Meng Chuan to speak carefully about the forbidden land, and Meng Chuan secretly expanded the space inside Gai Jiuyou's book.
• Gai Jiuyou offered to treat Meng Chuan's illness and confidently examined his wrist.
• Gai Jiuyou sensed a tiny fraction of the immense injuries in Meng Chuan's body, recognized him as the senior from Qinling, and lamented that he was still too young.

Meng Chuan secretly met Gai Jiuyou and Xiang Yufei at the Teahouse, shared his identity and gave them a hint about a future opportunity to attain the Dao. After they left, Gai Jiuyou imitated Meng Chuan’s sickly appearance, convinced it would help him understand the Great Dao.

• Gai Jiuyou returned to the Teahouse alone, and Meng Chuan stopped him from revealing his identity in front of Xiao Nannan.
• Gai Jiuyou mistook Meng Chuan’s request for secrecy as guidance on the Great Dao and praised the idea of blending one’s light with the dust.
• Meng Chuan invited Xiang Yufei inside, then fed Xiao Nannan Immortal Divine Medicine while the two men watched enviously.
• Meng Chuan told Gai Jiuyou and Xiang Yufei to leave Xiao Nannan undisturbed and hinted that the world would change in four thousand five hundred years, giving them a chance to attain the Dao.
• After leaving, Gai Jiuyou changed himself into a sickly old man to imitate Meng Chuan, while Xiang Yufei joked that the Black-and-White Fiends needed a new name.

Meng Chuan worried that the Villain Chat Group might have a Quasi-Immortal Emperor among its Administrators and privately called on Shi Hao for help. Shi Hao sensed Meng Chuan’s condition from afar and decided to aid him while making his recovery more demanding.

• Meng Chuan checked the Chat Group’s cultivation discussions and the stalled effort to locate the Villain Chat Group’s worlds.
• Meng Chuan feared that an Administrator might have reached the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm, then thought of Shi Hao as his fallback.
• Shi Hao sensed someone speaking his name in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and recognized Meng Chuan’s familiar gossip.
• Shi Hao divined that a junior’s era was approaching and understood that Meng Chuan had been injured by a strange system focused on the mysteries of rules.
• Shi Hao stirred the power he had left in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands to help Meng Chuan recover, but promised to make the process more grueling.

Meng Chuan endured alternating heat and cold while refining the Laws and healing, as the other Emperors pursued cultivation. Dugu Baitian prepared for a major breakthrough after sharing his path with the other Heaven-Defying Battle Souls.

• Meng Chuan discovered that a hidden benefactor’s energy made the fire and death Laws in his injuries easier to refine, though it subjected him to alternating scorching heat and bitter cold.
• Meng Chuan refined a Dao Source while the strange forces tempered his body and Primordial Spirit and changed the Laws within him.
• Ruthless fought a Dark True Immortal in the Boundary Sea, Amitabha Great Emperor continued toward becoming a Buddha Immortal, and the other Emperors cultivated in hopes of entering the Undying Domain.
• The hidden mastermind’s scheme drove the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body to cultivate harder while he fretted over his intermittently appearing red hair.
• After receiving the removal of his World Shackles for killing Shi Zhixuan, Dugu Baitian prepared to break into the realm represented by level 150.
• Dugu Baitian shared his forged path with the Demon Lord and the other Heaven-Defying Battle Souls, who concluded that they could kill the Heavenly Dao.

Yao Chen brought Gu Yuan to Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion and promised to help him become a Dou Di while keeping the Ancient Clan’s rise in check. After opening the entrance, Yao Chen freed Zhu Kun and led the group inside, where Xiao Yan’s antics drew another beating.

• Yao Chen promised Gu Yuan a path to becoming a Dou Di, temporarily severing his clan’s bloodline connection and forbidding him from attacking the Soul Clan or killing Hun Tiandi.
• Yao Chen took Gu Yuan to Jia Nan Academy, brought Xiao Yan and Xun'er along, and raised Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion from beneath the magma.
• Zhu Kun appeared to guard the entrance, recognized Yao Chen as a Dou Di, and let him open the cave; Yao Chen then freed Zhu Kun from his shackles.
• Zhu Kun sensed his daughter Zi Yan through Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen told him that she was alive and had befriended Xiao Yan.
• Inside the cave, Xiao Yan made a crude remark about the stone pillars, and Yao Chen slapped and thrashed him while Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun watched.

Yao Chen and the others explored the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Abode, where he gathered the hollow Different Heavenly Flames and captured the Emperor-Grade Embryonic Pill. He planned to prepare Xiao Yan and his allies to establish the Endless Fire Domain, though Xiao Yan’s antics left him wondering if he should pass that future on to a grandchild instead.

• Xiao Yan recognized the flames on the Heavenly Flame Plaza as Different Heavenly Flames, but Yao Chen explained that they were empty shells and collected them anyway.
• Yao Chen sent the twenty flames to Meng Chuan, who restored them to their former strength and returned them.
• The statue of Tuoshe Ancient Emperor appeared with numerous Cultivation Techniques and Battle Skills, and Zhu Kun told Gu Yuan that the path to Dou Di lay in the Emperor-Grade Embryonic Pill.
• The Emperor-Grade Embryonic Pill questioned how Yao Chen could be a Dou Di when Origin Qi had run out, and Yao Chen explained that the pill contained Origin Emperor Qi.
• Yao Chen turned the Emperor-Grade Embryonic Pill back into a pill and took him, intending to build a group around Xiao Yan for his future in the Great Thousand World.
• Yao Chen considered whether Xiao Yan and Xun’er should have a child to inherit the future Endless Fire Domain, then thought about beating Xiao Yan instead.

Meng Chuan considered how to protect the Dao Realm Emperors if he disappeared and realized Ruthless was their strongest potential safeguard. Seeking more time to help her advance, he recalled the Moonlight Box and wondered whether it could give him a chance to return to the past and forge his Primordial Beginning treasures.

• Meng Chuan recognized that Yao Chen planned to help Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun become Heavenly Sovereigns so Xiao Yan would have a strong foundation in the Great Thousand World.
• Meng Chuan worried that his actions in the Boundary Sea might cause Shi Hao's sword strike to break early and expose the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands to the Weird Race.
• Meng Chuan assessed the Dao Realm Emperors and concluded Ruthless was the likeliest to protect them, while Wushi and Azure Emperor still needed time to grow.
• Meng Chuan considered taking Ruthless to Marvel so The Ancient One could use the Time Ring to give her more time on the Red Dust Immortal Path.
• Meng Chuan remembered the Moonlight Box from A Chinese Odyssey and wondered whether it could provide a Return Opportunity to help him forge his Primordial Beginning Wheel, Primordial Beginning Body, and Primordial Beginning Dao Fruit in the past.

Meng Chuan arranged to visit Zixia’s world and use the Moonlight Box to seek clues about projecting his Primordial Beginning Body into the past. Zixia wanted to become stronger, and Meng Chuan sent her a cultivation guide before setting out with a wisp of Divine Sense.

• Meng Chuan considered using the Moonlight Box to find a way to travel into the past and asked Zixia if he could visit her world.
• Zixia explained that her story was nearly over: she had survived and gained freedom, while Supreme Treasure had become Sun Wukong and continued his journey west.
• Zixia told Meng Chuan she wanted to grow stronger and learn profound arts.
• Meng Chuan sent Zixia his cultivation guide, Become an Immortal in Three Years, a Heavenly Emperor in Five, and she returned a Red Envelope.
• With Zixia’s permission, Meng Chuan sent a wisp of Divine Sense to her world to use the Moonlight Box.

Meng Chuan examined the Moonlight Treasure Box and discovered that it let him exist in the past and present at once. The experience gave him insights into time and the Other Shore, but no clue about where to place his Primordial Beginning Body.

• Meng Chuan sent Zixia to cultivate and went to retrieve the Moonlight Treasure Box, while deciding not to interfere in her love life.
• Meng Chuan found that the world's Laws of time were stable and that the Moonlight Treasure Box was an inexplicable loophole in them.
• Meng Chuan summoned moonlight, used the box, and separated a wisp of Divine Sense so one version of himself remained in the present as he traced back into the past.
• Meng Chuan reflected on how existing in past and present resembled an aspect of the Other Shore and considered anchoring his Primordial Beginning Body in the past and his Lingbao Body in the future.
• Meng Chuan gained mysterious insights into being present across time but found no guidance about the opportunity he sought.

Meng Chuan returned from A Chinese Odyssey and refined his fifth Dao Source, creating an Innate Deity Other Self in a Divine Way World. After absorbing what he learned from that world, he found that its faith-based cultivation could help him establish a foundation of supporters for the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

• Meng Chuan left A Chinese Odyssey after awakening an Other Self to watch over the Moonlight Box, then returned to Shrouding the Heavens and wondered why the Chat Group said the time was not right.
• Meng Chuan refined his fifth Dao Source and discovered that it had created an Innate Deity Other Self in a Divine Way World based on Incense Offerings.
• The four remaining Emperor Lords tried to bind Meng Xiantian to an Emperor Lord's Divine Seat, but he sent them flying and settled at the world's Origin.
• Meng Chuan absorbed Meng Xiantian's knowledge and realized that the Divine Way of Incense Offerings and Faith could help him leave a foundation of supporters for the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

Meng Chuan began creating a Heavenly Emperor of Faith by combining the Dao Realm’s Origin with incense offerings, faith, and the hopes and thoughts of living beings. After learning that the new deity would be born in a few thousand years, he sensed the White-Clad Beauty in danger and rushed toward the Boundary Sea.

• Meng Chuan decided to create a Heavenly Emperor of Faith using a cultivation system inspired by the Divine Way World and Willow God’s methods.
• Meng Chuan gathered the Dao Realm’s Origin and shaped an embryo from its Fortune, living beings’ hopes and thoughts, incense offerings, and Power of Faith, adding ninety parts good looks.
• The embryo scattered into points of light that spread wherever Meng Chuan was worshipped, beginning its gestation and laying the groundwork for a new Divine Way system.
• Meng Chuan estimated that the Heavenly Emperor of Faith would be born in a few thousand years, since more than a hundred thousand years of accumulated faith had supplied ample power.
• Meng Chuan sensed the White-Clad Beauty teetering on the brink in the Boundary Sea and immediately used Shi Hao’s back door to rush to her.

Ruthless was cornered by a Dark Immortal King in the Boundary Sea, but Meng Chuan arrived and killed him with a single stomp. Meng Chuan turned to the wounded Ruthless and apologized for arriving late.

• Ruthless fought the Dark Immortal King but was wounded and driven to the brink despite her fierce resistance.
• The Dark Immortal King summoned his Battle Spear and prepared to kill Ruthless.
• Meng Chuan appeared, broke the Dark Immortal King's Battle Spear, and declared that he had given Ruthless her courage.
• Meng Chuan crushed the Dark Immortal King's defenses, skull, and Primordial Spirit with his foot, killing him.
• Meng Chuan stood over the king's corpse and told Ruthless, "I'm late."

Meng Chuan rescued Ruthless from a Dark Immortal King and reassured her that her defeat was no shame. As he praised Shi Hao’s past strength, Shi Hao overheard and grew furious at Meng Chuan’s distorted account of his supposed death.

• Ruthless removed her mask and told Meng Chuan it was not too late, then said she was fine despite her injuries.
• Meng Chuan warned Ruthless not to underestimate future enemies and encouraged her by comparing her situation to Shi Hao’s past struggles.
• Meng Chuan recounted Shi Hao’s power during his Eighth Lifetime and claimed an Immortal King had killed him in a miserable fashion.
• Shi Hao overheard Meng Chuan’s story in the Calamity Land, objected to the account, and walked away in annoyance.

After saving Ruthless, Meng Chuan stayed in the Boundary Sea to hunt Dark Immortal Kings and investigate a dark plan that was destroying worlds. He killed a second king with the broken Battle Spear and vowed to continue.

• Meng Chuan stored the headless king's corpse and broken Battle Spear, then told Ruthless that his Other Selves had sensed the Dark Faction carrying out a plan that had already destroyed innocent worlds.
• Ruthless insisted on accompanying Meng Chuan, so she entered the Sole True Realm within his body as he set out to hunt another Dark Immortal King.
• Meng Chuan appeared above a Dark World and hurled the broken Battle Spear across the Boundary Sea, shattering the world and gravely wounding its guardian.
• Meng Chuan pierced the Dark Immortal King through the brow with the Battle Spear, killing him and declaring him the first.

Meng Chuan killed or suppressed nine Dark Immortal Kings across nine worlds, worsening his injuries and provoking the Dark Faction into a massive search. Before returning with Ruthless, he visited a Supreme Giant and taunted him with the defeated kings’ heads before vanishing.

• Meng Chuan stored another Immortal King’s body and continued through nine worlds, killing or suppressing nine Dark Immortal Kings.
• The Dark Faction’s headquarters learned of the losses and mobilized its cultivators to search the Boundary Sea for the killer.
• Ruthless urged Meng Chuan to stop and return, and he agreed after admitting his injuries had worsened and his strength remained below that of a Supreme Immortal King Giant.
• Meng Chuan sensed the Dark Faction’s search and appeared before a Supreme Giant who had hunted him before.
• Meng Chuan displayed the nine kings’ heads, mocked the Supreme Giant, and vanished as the Giant roared in fury.

Meng Chuan brought Ruthless back to his Dao Realm, where she watched Xiao Nannan living happily at A Certain Tea House. Ruthless accepted that Xiao Nannan’s life was pretty good, and Meng Chuan smiled as they watched her.

• Meng Chuan returned to his Dao Realm with Ruthless, who declined help for her injuries so she could reflect on the greater power she had witnessed.
• Ruthless looked in on Xiao Nannan, while Meng Chuan worried she would discover how often he had visited and doted on the girl.
• Ruthless saw Xiao Nannan happily helping Tai at A Certain Tea House and sharing candied hawthorn with him.
• Xiao Nannan asked Tai why Meng Chuan had not visited, and Tai told her Meng Chuan was preparing a special present.
• Xiao Nannan said she missed Meng Chuan, and Ruthless quietly concluded that her life was pretty good.

Meng Chuan and Ruthless returned injured from a battle in the Boundary Sea, but Gu Cang mistakenly accused Meng Chuan of attacking her. After Meng Chuan silenced Gu Cang and explained what had happened, Wushi asked to leave the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands to explore the Boundary Sea.

• Meng Chuan resumed healing his injuries while Ruthless left his residence.
• Gu Cang saw Ruthless’s injuries and accused Meng Chuan of attacking her, drawing the Dao Realm Emperors into a confrontation at Meng Chuan’s door.
• Meng Chuan opened the door and asked Gu Cang to help heal his wounds, but Gu Cang recoiled at their severity.
• Meng Chuan activated Gu Cang’s Curse, leaving him unable to speak, then explained that he and Ruthless had been injured in the Boundary Sea.
• Wushi asked to leave the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and venture into the Boundary Sea.

Meng Chuan sent his companions to carefully chosen worlds in the Boundary Sea to temper themselves and advance toward Immortal Ascension. After dispatching Wushi and the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, he was left alone with Ruthless in the Dao Realm.

• Meng Chuan decided to send his companions to worlds beyond the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, where they could gain experience while he secretly watched over them.
• Meng Chuan sent most of the group through Shi Hao’s passage, choosing worlds suited to their paths and giving the Azure Emperor and Yan Xi talismans to travel between worlds.
• Meng Chuan sent Wushi with Little Black to a specially chosen world, and Wushi claimed he was taking the dog along to help him improve his cultivation.
• Meng Chuan sent the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body to another world despite his protests, while Ruthless declined to intervene.
• Meng Chuan told Ruthless that the two of them were now the only ones left in the Dao Realm.

Dugu Baitian broke through to the Heavenly Lord Realm, created the Nine Revolutions Against Heaven cultivation path, and taught it to his allies. He then declared that he would no longer wait and set out to slay the Heavenly Dao himself.

• Meng Chuan confirmed that Wushi and the other Emperors had settled into the worlds he had chosen for them before entering seclusion.
• Dugu Baitian emerged from ten thousand years of waiting and announced to the Demon Lord, Ghost Lord, Chen Zhan, and Tomb Keeper that he had reached the Heavenly Lord Realm.
• Dugu Baitian established the Nine Revolutions Against Heaven as a complete path from the Heaven-Defying Tier to the Heavenly Lord Realm and passed its methods to his allies.
• The Demon Lord and the others praised the new path and discussed their own ways of completing its nine revolutions.
• Dugu Baitian rejected the Ghost Lord's suggestion that they wait until they had all become Heavenly Lords and declared that he would slay Heaven and destroy the Dao.

Dugu Baitian led Demon Lord, Chen Zhan, Ghost Lord, and Tomb Keeper to the First Heaven to secretly slaughter Heavenly Dao while preserving Chen Nan’s path of growth. After Meng Chuan sent him help through the Chat Group, Dugu Baitian prepared to begin the attack.

• Demon Lord and the others refused to stay behind, and Dugu Baitian led them out of the Gods and Demons' Cemetery to the First Heaven.
• Dugu Baitian ordered them to leave none alive and said he would hide their attack on Heavenly Dao from the rest of the world.
• Dugu Baitian explained that keeping the battle secret would let Chen Nan continue his trials and grow stronger; Chen Zhan agreed.
• Dugu Baitian told Ghost Lord he had a way to block the battle’s shockwaves, then asked Meng Chuan for help through the Chat Panel.
• Meng Chuan sent Dugu Baitian a Red Envelope, which he claimed with a smile.