Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• The reincarnation exchange pillar lists absurdly mundane items—such as a roadside flower, an ordinary sword, and pork head meat—each priced in “Little Baldies.” Meng Qi takes this as a personal insult and theatrically threatens to beat up the Master of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• His companions restrain him, assuming he has snapped from grief over Brother Luo’s death. Ruan Yushu stops his outburst by feeding him rare Dragon Fish Jerky; Meng Qi immediately becomes more interested in the snack than in revenge.
• The Master appears in person. His presence is so overwhelming that the team believes he is vastly beyond even a Dharmakaya expert. They prepare to stand by Meng Qi rather than abandon him.
• Meng Qi unexpectedly repositions his companions so they appear to be holding him back, then resumes his mock-defiant performance. When the Master draws him forward, Meng Qi first struggles theatrically, then runs the rest of the way, trips, clings to the Master’s leg, and calls him “Big Shot!”

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Qi shifts rapidly from apparent fury to comic opportunism. His staged bravado reveals that he is not genuinely trying to fight; his final embrace suggests familiarity, affection, or at least confidence in the mysterious figure.
• The teammates show strong loyalty: they restrain Meng Qi to protect him from provoking the Master, then prepare to face certain death rather than leave him. Their alarm turns to bafflement as his behavior becomes increasingly absurd.
• Ruan Yushu is practical and sharp-eyed, noticing that Meng Qi’s “rage” looks more like excitement. She sacrifices some of her prized jerky to calm him, then guards the rest.
• The Master, usually distant and inscrutable, responds directly to Meng Qi’s challenge and appears briefly taken aback by his performance.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and fellowship: The team’s willingness to risk everything for Meng Qi reflects the bonds forged through shared hardship.
• Comedy amid danger: Meng Qi’s theatrics puncture the overwhelming tension surrounding the Master’s arrival.
• Appearance versus reality: Meng Qi’s apparent fury is an act, and the team’s assumptions repeatedly prove wrong.
• Power and familiarity: The Master’s immense presence contrasts sharply with Meng Qi’s casual, affectionate greeting, hinting at an unexpected relationship.

Plot points and events

• On a livestream, Meng Qi grabs Meng Chuan’s leg and begs for help. Lu Mingfei loudly condemns him for currying favor—until Meng Qi posts a screenshot of Lu himself calling Meng Chuan “Big Shot,” exposing his hypocrisy and setting off laughter in the Chat Group.
• Meng Chuan reveals he came to Meng Qi’s world because Meng Qi is about to obtain the first form of Tathagata’s Palm—and because there are other opportunities to pursue. He admits he created the fake Reincarnation Space and previously intervened in Meng Qi’s life, judging that the world’s most dangerous powers are currently absent or inactive.
• Meng Qi greets Meng Chuan with extravagant affection, first clinging to his leg and then hugging him. Meng Chuan is embarrassed and tries to shake him off, while the Chat Group takes screenshots and jokes about their closeness.
• Meng Qi introduces his companions—Jiang Zhiwei, his cousin, Yu Shu, Senior Brother Zhang, and Zhenzhen—as well as Meng Chuan, whom they are told is simply a friend. The companions realize the Reincarnation Space is fake and suspect Meng Qi’s rapid rise came from having a powerful patron.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Qi proves shamelessly enthusiastic about securing Meng Chuan’s help, though he still refuses to call him “Big Shot” or claim him as family.
• Meng Chuan is powerful and confident enough to meddle in a perilous world, but his irritation at Meng Qi’s clinginess gives the scene a comic, awkward edge.
• Lu Mingfei condemns Meng Qi’s behavior, then is caught doing something similar himself. He doubles down on his excuses, while Chu Zihang silently wonders about his unpredictable mood swings.
• Yao Chen gets swept up in nostalgia at the sight of the embrace, then distracts Xiao Yan from training with a dubious lesson about minding one’s own business—and promptly catches him when he tries to run.
• Meng Qi’s companions are bewildered by the lifelike false Reincarnation Space and by Meng Qi’s apparent closeness to its mysterious creator.

Significant themes

• Hypocrisy and playful self-exposure: Lu Mingfei’s accusations rebound on him, turning the group’s mockery into shared amusement.
• Patronage and sudden advancement: The companions interpret Meng Qi’s success as the result of having powerful backing.
• Intervention and risk: Meng Chuan knowingly enters a dangerous world to influence events, relying on the absence of its greatest powers.
• History repeating itself: Meng Qi’s leg-clinging echoes Lu Mingfei’s earlier behavior, linking their comedic antics.

Key plot points

• Meng Qi boasts to Jiang Zhiwei about incredible shared adventures with Meng Chuan, inventing battles against powerful enemies. The others recognize the stories as exaggerations, while Meng Chuan grows increasingly irritated.
• Meng Chuan reveals he has come to observe the group’s Reincarnation Mission and learn about the world’s powerful martial arts, including the Tathagata’s Palm.
• He assures Meng Qi and his companions that the Six Paths of Reincarnation cannot detect their conversation. This lets Zhang Yuanshan openly ask how to escape the Reincarnation Space. Meng Chuan says escape is possible in principle, but none of them is strong enough yet, and advises them to use the missions to grow stronger.
• Meng Chuan sends the others back, then keeps Meng Qi behind. After joking that he will teach him a secret art, he instead beats him for boasting and calling him old. Meng Qi is left sulking in a corner.
• Meng Chuan returns to the ordinary world and discovers that he is in Tusita Palace.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Qi is shown as boastful, irreverent, and quick to flatter powerful people—but his teasing of Meng Chuan backfires. Their relationship has a familiar, bickering quality, with Meng Chuan treating him like a troublesome younger companion.
• Meng Chuan displays overwhelming confidence and power, shielding the group from the Six Paths’ notice. Beneath his imposing reputation, he is easily provoked by jokes about his age and responds with playful bullying.
• Jiang Zhiwei, Ruan Yushu, Zhang Yuanshan, Fu Zhenzhen, and Qi Zhengyan react with varying degrees of disbelief and caution. Zhang Yuanshan’s questions reveal the group’s fear of the Reincarnation Space, while Qi Zhengyan quietly suspects there is more to Meng Chuan than he lets on.
• The group’s brief conversation underscores Meng Chuan’s role as both protector and adviser: he offers guidance but insists they must gain strength themselves.

Significant themes

• Growth through hardship: Meng Chuan urges the group to treat Reincarnation Missions as their best path to strength.
• Power and freedom: Escaping the Reincarnation Space is conceivable, but freedom depends on first becoming powerful enough.
• Humor and familiarity amid cosmic stakes: The chapter contrasts ancient, world-spanning forces with teasing, exaggerated stories, and a comic scolding.
• Hope despite uncertainty: Though the others may seem insignificant against future calamities, Meng Chuan insists that this is no reason to give up.

Plot points and events

• Meng Chuan arrives at Tusita Palace, anxious about meeting the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable, a being whose power and significance far exceed his own.
• Golden Horn welcomes him and leads him to a chamber where the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable tends the Eight Trigrams Furnace, assisted by Silver Horn.
• Watching the furnace, Meng Chuan witnesses a vision of the Dao: countless universes and heavens, the flow from nothing to something and back again, and a glimpse of himself as his own Dao Fire Furnace. He realizes the Heavenly Venerable has enabled this insight and thanks him.
• After a long silence, Meng Chuan asks why he was summoned. The Heavenly Venerable says simply that he wanted to meet him.
• The chapter ends with the Heavenly Venerable asking, “What is Nonaction?”

Character developments

• Meng Chuan begins nervous and self-deprecating, but remains respectful and composed. His vision deepens his understanding of the Dao, and his earlier conjecture—that the Three Pure Ones care chiefly about transcending the world and attaining the Dao Fruit—shapes how he interprets the encounter.
• The Virtuous Heavenly Venerable is enigmatic and restrained. He offers Meng Chuan a profound opportunity for insight without explanation, then turns the meeting into a philosophical inquiry.
• Golden Horn and Silver Horn act as courteous, experienced attendants. They recognize when their master does not wish to speak and quietly resume their duties.

Significant themes

• The Dao and transcendence: The furnace becomes a cosmic image of creation, destruction, and the underlying order of reality.
• Humility before power: Meng Chuan’s nervousness contrasts with the Heavenly Venerable’s effortless, ordinary manner.
• Learning through observation: Meng Chuan gains insight not through direct teaching but by witnessing the furnace’s transformation.
• Nonaction: The closing question introduces a central philosophical problem, leaving its meaning—and its relevance to Meng Chuan—open.

Character interactions

• Meng Chuan treats Golden Horn respectfully despite being invited as an honored guest.
• The Heavenly Venerable communicates chiefly through silence and a carefully offered vision; Meng Chuan responds with gratitude and cautious questions.
• The attendants exchange quiet glances about Meng Chuan’s unusual state but defer to their master’s silence.

Key plot points and events

• The Virtuous Heavenly Venerable teaches Meng Chuan that Nonaction means following the Dao and acting at the proper time—not simply doing nothing.
• Meng Chuan understands the lesson and thanks him. When Meng Chuan tries to offer his body-based cultivation method, the Heavenly Venerable refuses and signals, through his Dao intent, “Don’t touch this old man!”
• The Heavenly Venerable declines to explain himself to Golden Horn and Silver Horn, who recognize that the matter is beyond their knowledge.
• In private, he reflects that Meng Chuan is an outsider with an unfamiliar cultivation system and that accepting him is too risky in the current era.
• The Heavenly Venerable uses his power to rewind a dying Multiverse through its history, gather its entire existence, and add it to the Eight Trigrams Furnace as a minor ingredient in an elixir.
• After Meng Chuan leaves, the Heavenly Venerable opens his eyes fully and speaks of finding “a more suitable candidate.” His words reach two people but leave no trace in history or time.
• Meng Chuan exits safely, pleased with what he learned from the furnace and the Heavenly Venerable’s teaching. He concludes that the Heavenly Venerable will not oppose him—and may even support his actions—as long as they benefit Meng Qi.
• Meng Chuan travels to the Real World, his main destination. Unbeknownst to him, his arrival alters history: he is now recorded as first appearing in Tusita Palace rather than Shaolin.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan gains a clearer understanding of Nonaction and grows more confident after surviving his meeting with the Heavenly Venerable. He interprets the guidance as permission to act with the Heavenly Venerable’s backing, though he recognizes that recklessness could still bring consequences.
• The Virtuous Heavenly Venerable remains inscrutable and cautious. His refusal to accept Meng Chuan’s method suggests he is avoiding a risky connection, while his cryptic reference to a “more suitable candidate” hints at a larger plan.
• Golden Horn and Silver Horn demonstrate how practiced they are at reading their master’s gestures, but they remain excluded from the deeper matter.

Significant themes

• Nonaction and the Dao: True nonaction is acting in harmony with nature and timing, rather than passivity.
• Power and uncertainty: Meng Chuan can rely on the Heavenly Venerable’s apparent support, but the ancient being’s motives remain hidden.
• Scale of power: The casual use of an entire Multiverse as a minor elixir ingredient emphasizes the vast gap between ordinary beings and the Heavenly Venerable.
• History’s malleability: Meng Chuan’s presence changes the recorded past, showing that events across time can be rewritten.

Character interactions

• The Heavenly Venerable guides Meng Chuan, then abruptly rejects his offer, creating an awkward but humorous exchange.
• Golden Horn and Silver Horn question their master about Meng Chuan, but his silence makes clear that they are not to know the answer.
• Meng Chuan leaves with a newfound sense of security, while the Heavenly Venerable’s private actions and cryptic remarks show that the encounter has consequences beyond Meng Chuan’s understanding.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan returns to find Meng Qi livestreaming a complaint about him, even urging the group to kick him out. When Meng Chuan appears with a blade at Meng Qi’s throat, Meng Qi blames Lu Mingfei. Meng Chuan taps him on the head, then tells him he has survived his trip to Tusita Palace.
• Meng Qi learns that Meng Chuan’s name has been cleared and that he can act freely, though Meng Chuan could leave the world if things go badly. Meng Chuan sends Meng Qi to his next Reincarnation Mission; Meng Qi chooses to keep working with Immortal Traces.
• Meng Chuan travels to Fish Sea to search for the Tathagata’s Palm General Outline, now feeling freer to claim objects with the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable’s backing.
• In the Six Paths of Reincarnation space, Meng Qi’s group receives a new member: Zhao Heng, whom Meng Qi recognizes and familiarly calls “Old Fifth Zhao.” The group exchanges points for supplies and enters the mission world, “Eight Demons Ravaging the World.”
• As they arrive, Meng Qi realizes the others somehow know Meng Chuan came from Tusita Palace—even though he never told them. He suspects the information came from Meng Chuan himself.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Qi remains cheeky and boastful, but his confidence is backed by knowledge of his own fate and trust in people he recognizes. He welcomes Zhao Heng warmly and teases him by using an unwanted nickname. His final confusion over the Tusita Palace detail leaves him wary of Meng Chuan’s influence.
• Meng Chuan is more relaxed after clearing his name, but still keeps Meng Qi in line with dry humor and a quick tap on the head. He also turns his attention to pursuing the General Outline.
• Zhao Heng arrives guarded, then realizes he has joined a team of formidable Human Ranking figures. He is impressed by Meng Qi and the others.
• The group jokes with Meng Qi about his many supposed connections, while Ruan Yushu punctures his boast that he knows everyone.

Significant themes

• Playful camaraderie and teasing: Meng Qi and Meng Chuan’s relationship is marked by mock accusations, threats, and familiar affection.
• Fate and foreknowledge: Meng Qi’s awareness of his future shapes how he treats Zhao Heng and views the mission.
• Power and freedom: Clearing Meng Chuan’s name gives him room to act, while his greater ability to leave the world contrasts with Meng Qi’s dependence on the Reincarnation system.
• Mysterious information and influence: The unexplained knowledge about Tusita Palace hints that Meng Chuan may have shared more than Meng Qi remembers—or that events are unfolding in unexpected ways.

Plot and key events

• Meng Chuan livestreams his search for two prized arts in the world of The One and Only: the general principles of Tathagata’s Palm and the Seven Swords of Heaven-Cutting. The Chat Group watches and jokes with him.
• He confirms that the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable gave him guidance and did not oppose his actions. The Heavenly Venerable later agrees that Meng Chuan truly is fortunate.
• In the Fish Sea, Meng Chuan discovers an ancient Bodhi Tree associated with the Buddha’s enlightenment. Touching it reveals the general principles of Tathagata’s Palm and triggers a spectacular Buddhist phenomenon—golden lotuses, chanting, and visions of ten thousand Buddhas.
• Buddhist factions and powerful figures across the world sense the event. Great Asura Meng Nan rushes to the Fish Sea, assumes the treasure is his to claim, and demands that Meng Chuan surrender it.
• Meng Chuan calmly studies Meng Nan’s Dharmakaya and its limitations in the Real World, then mocks the Great Asura’s arrogance instead of backing down.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan remains confident, irreverent, and eager to turn opportunities into power. He treats the Heavenly Venerable’s lack of objection as approval, celebrates his luck, and faces Meng Nan without fear.
• Meng Nan is introduced as a powerful but hot-tempered Great Asura. Certain that an unfamiliar opponent must be insignificant, he threatens Meng Chuan and demands the Divine Palm.
• The Chat Group supplies comic commentary and encouragement, teasing Meng Chuan while anticipating the trouble caused by the treasure’s dramatic appearance. Lu Mingfei’s jokes about Meng Chuan and his own love life provide a running gag.
• The Virtuous Heavenly Venerable remains mysterious but appears to tacitly support Meng Chuan’s actions.

Significant themes

• Fortune and opportunity: Meng Chuan’s discovery seems extraordinarily lucky, and the Heavenly Venerable’s endorsement adds to the sense that fate favors him.
• Power and arrogance: Meng Nan’s confidence in his Dharmakaya leads him to underestimate Meng Chuan.
• Cultivation through observation: Meng Chuan uses the encounter to study how a Dharmakaya functions and how the Real World suppresses its power.
• Comedy amid high stakes: The livestream banter and Meng Chuan’s teasing contrast with the appearance of a world-shaking Buddhist treasure and an approaching battle.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan captures Meng Nan, the Great Asura and seventh-ranked Heaven Ranking expert, despite Meng Nan unleashing his full Dharmakaya and every technique. He stores the living Dharmakaya in an alternate plane to study the Lifetime Method.
• Witnesses flee in shock, while Chat Group members celebrate the capture. Meng Chuan already has the General Outline of Tathagata’s Palm and now plans to pursue Heaven-Cutting, especially the Seven Swords of Heaven-Cutting.
• Meng Chuan senses that Meng Qi and his companions are in unexpected danger. Their mission has changed: the sealed demon Demon Yuan has grown far stronger, and neither Monk Jiuzhen nor the Immortal Traces group can reliably contain him.
• Suspecting that powerful figures are manipulating events, Meng Chuan refuses to rush to Meng Qi’s aid and instead visits Lanke Temple, hoping to study its Sambhogakaya Pure Land Method.
• Lanke Temple’s bodhisattva recognizes Meng Chuan as a senior from beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, associated with the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable’s Pure Land. Unable to untangle the larger mystery, Meng Chuan enters the temple as Meng Qi’s group reaches its crisis point.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan remains confident and pragmatic: he treats Meng Nan as a valuable research subject, pursues powerful techniques, and suspects hidden interference without letting uncertainty deter him.
• Meng Nan goes from furious mockery to terror when he realizes he cannot escape Meng Chuan; his capture shocks his followers and undermines their faith.
• Zhang Sanfeng, Daigu Madoka, and Lu Mingfei contribute playful Chat Group banter, which adds levity to the confrontation and celebrates Meng Chuan’s success.
• The Lanke bodhisattva approaches Meng Chuan with deference, addressing him as “senior” and answering his questions without challenging him.

Significant themes

• Overwhelming power and shifting belief: Meng Chuan’s effortless victory overturns ordinary people’s assumptions about even the strongest ranked experts.
• Knowledge gained through power: Capturing Meng Nan is not merely a triumph but a chance to study a living Dharmakaya.
• Destiny and hidden interference: Changes to Meng Qi’s mission suggest that powerful, unseen forces are altering events.
• Confidence amid uncertainty: Meng Chuan cannot decipher the full scheme, but trusts his position and continues pursuing his goals.

Plot points and events

• The mission’s unexpected enemy, the arch-fiend Demon Yuan, proves far stronger than the companions can handle. Meng Qi and the others are badly wounded, while even Bixia Origin Lord struggles against him.
• Jiang Zhiwei uses the life-consuming Sword Twenty-Three, freezing the world in black and white. Her strike barely affects Demon Yuan, and her primordial spirit is nearly destroyed.
• Meng Qi catches Zhiwei and gives her a Great Restoration Pill before entrusting her to Fu Zhenzhen. Their exchange shows how much both have grown since their earliest missions: neither is the helpless child the other once protected.
• Seeing his companions in danger, Meng Qi appears ready to sacrifice himself. Instead, he dramatically calls for “Great Emperor” Meng Chuan—the powerful ally whose intervention he has been hoping for.
• Meng Chuan’s divine-sense projection arrives, blasts aside the demonic qi, and sends Demon Yuan flying. He then teases Meng Qi by offering him a golden or silver manual, undercutting the battle’s tragic atmosphere with comedy.
• Demon Yuan tries to retreat, but Meng Chuan warns him that another step will mean death.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Zhiwei demonstrates her courage and independence by risking her life to protect the group. Her words to Meng Qi affirm that they have both moved beyond their former roles.
• Meng Qi is furious and frightened by Zhiwei’s near-death and his friends’ injuries, but his apparent despair turns into a theatrical plea for help. His flair for dramatic performance is a running joke.
• Meng Chuan appears as a calm, overwhelming protector, but immediately jokes with Meng Qi rather than matching the battle’s solemn tone. His livestream and the chat group’s commentary add further comic interruptions.
• The companions are helpless and alarmed, especially Qi Zhengyan, who fears Meng Qi intends to die fighting Demon Yuan.
• Demon Yuan shifts from arrogant confidence to fear after Meng Chuan’s arrival.

Significant themes

• The chapter highlights courage and self-sacrifice, especially through Zhiwei’s desperate sword technique.
• It emphasizes growth and changing relationships: Zhiwei and Meng Qi now regard one another as capable equals rather than protector and dependent.
• Drama and performance form a major comic theme. Meng Qi’s exaggerated appeal, Meng Chuan’s mock-heroic “manual” offer, and the group’s commentary contrast sharply with the life-or-death battle.
• The chapter also contrasts direct force with elaborate schemes, as Meng Chuan reflects humorously on the deception and plotting of powerful figures in other worlds.

Plot points and events

• Meng Qi calls on Meng Chuan for help against Demon Yuan, but Meng Chuan refuses to fight for him. Instead, he slaps Meng Qi, heals and strengthens him, then throws him into battle.
• Empowered by Meng Chuan, Meng Qi’s attacks land while Demon Yuan can neither evade nor hurt him. Meng Qi defeats the demon and boasts about the victory, then sheepishly helps his wounded companions.
• Meng Chuan notices Qi Zhengyan’s hidden potential and hints that he expects great things from him. He also exchanges a brief greeting with Su Wuming, whom he recognizes as a future Fortune-realm cultivator.
• With Demon Yuan gone, the monk Jiu Zhen regains control of his body and explains the demon’s return. He offers Meng Chuan a Buddhist treasure in gratitude.
• Jiu Zhen proposes using the Lamp Before the Buddha to destroy Demon Yuan permanently. Meng Chuan preserves the lamp and instead reaches into the Demon Realm Fragment’s origin to crush Demon Yuan himself.
• Meng Chuan receives a Bodhi Seed and experiences a revelation of the first form of Tathagata’s Palm, “Only I Am Supreme.” He tells Meng Qi he will teach him the Palm after he has finished comprehending it.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Qi goes from frightened and outmatched to confident once Meng Chuan’s intervention gives him the advantage. His swaggering victory gives way to embarrassment when teased, and he tends to his injured friends.
• Meng Chuan remains playful and overwhelmingly powerful, but his remarks to Qi Zhengyan and recognition of Su Wuming reveal that he knows—or can foresee—their remarkable futures. He also treats the Bodhi Seed and the Palm as part of his larger goal.
• Qi Zhengyan is unsettled by Meng Chuan’s pointed encouragement, suspecting the senior has glimpsed his secrets.
• Jiu Zhen is grateful that Meng Chuan saves both the Lamp Before the Buddha and the monk from Demon Yuan. His offering gives Meng Chuan the treasure he sought.
• Yan Chixia, Fei Peng, Zhang Sanfeng, and Lu Mingfei provide comic relief in the group chat, especially through the awkward “Uncle Yan” joke.
• Meng Chuan and Meng Qi’s familiar, teasing rapport leads the others to wonder whether the mysterious powerhouse might be Meng Qi’s father.

Significant themes

• Power and mentorship: Meng Chuan uses his strength not simply to rescue Meng Qi, but to force him to fight and grow.
• Hidden potential and destiny: Meng Chuan recognizes the future greatness of Qi Zhengyan and Su Wuming, hinting at lives and abilities beyond what they currently show.
• Immortality’s limits: Demon Yuan’s supposed persistence for as long as the Demon Realm exists proves meaningless against Meng Chuan’s greater power.
• Buddhist legacy and transmission: The Bodhi Seed reveals a form of Tathagata’s Palm, which Meng Chuan intends to pass on rather than keep for himself.

Plot points and events

• Meng Qi joins Immortal Traces, pleased at the prospect of gaining the Primordial Heavenly Venerable’s divine arts. Meng Chuan gives him the Bodhi Seed and the Tathagata’s Palm General Outline, allowing him to learn the remaining forms once he obtains them.
• After the Demon Realm Fragment collapses and Demon Yuan is destroyed, the Six Paths of Reincarnation declares the mission complete and returns Meng Qi’s team to Reincarnation Plaza. Meng Chuan’s divine thought, however, is forcibly separated from Meng Qi and trapped in a distant universe.
• Meng Chuan realizes that an unseen Great Power engineered Demon Yuan’s rise and used the mission to test him and prevent him from reaching Lanke Temple. He breaks free by unleashing his full strength, destroying the shrinking universe and tracking the interference to a watery planet.
• He identifies the planet’s deity as Water Ancestor, a Lord of the Six Paths, but suspects Water Ancestor is acting on someone else’s behalf. Despite the danger, Meng Chuan decides to confront him.
• In Lanke Temple, Meng Chuan thanks Namo Moon Mani Light King Bodhisattva for their discussion, then leaves to fight. When the bodhisattva urges restraint, Meng Chuan replies that a bully who keeps pushing deserves to be killed.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Qi accepts his new affiliation, balancing his supposed reluctance with evident excitement over the divine arts.
• Meng Chuan shifts from cautious suspicion to open defiance. Frustrated by being manipulated and by threats to Meng Qi, he commits to acting against the hidden powers rather than continuing to endure their schemes.
• Meng Chuan and the Bodhisattva part on courteous but opposing terms: the Bodhisattva counsels nonviolence, while Meng Chuan insists that self-defense has limits.
• Meng Chuan and Water Ancestor have not yet fought, but Meng Chuan approaches him as a presumed proxy rather than the true mastermind.

Significant themes

• Defiance against manipulation: Meng Chuan refuses to accept being tested or controlled by powerful beings.
• Power and vulnerability: Even ancient Great Powers can be limited by sleep, sealing, and the need to survive the passage of time—creating openings for those beneath them.
• Protection and retaliation: The attempt to endanger Meng Qi turns Meng Chuan’s suspicion into anger and decisive action.
• Restraint versus justice: The chapter contrasts the Bodhisattva’s peaceful counsel with Meng Chuan’s belief that persistent aggression must be answered forcefully.

Plot points and events

• Meng Chuan attacks the weakened Water Ancestor’s statue, using his command of this world’s laws and the Great Dao Jade Disc to overwhelm it.
• Just as his attacks are about to land, a vast ocean appears and the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable’s sigh nullifies them. Meng Chuan responds by unleashing the Jade Disc’s supreme art, Dao Source.
• The Jade Disc strikes the statue, which cracks and then explodes. Meng Chuan is startled: he suspects the blow may have destroyed not just the statue but the Water Ancestor’s actual body, and worries he has been drawn into a scheme.
• He gathers the statue fragments and offerings, then retreats to Tusita Palace for safety and an explanation.
• The Virtuous Heavenly Venerable reveals that the Water Ancestor who appeared was his future self, from after the Heavenly Court’s fall, summoned to meet him.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan displays overwhelming strength and confidence, but his bravado gives way to suspicion and caution when the statue unexpectedly breaks. He recognizes his vulnerability in an unfamiliar world and leans on the Heavenly Venerable’s protection.
• Golden Horn and Silver Horn move from confidently dismissing any danger to shock and alarm when the Water Ancestor explodes.
• The Virtuous Heavenly Venerable remains composed and cryptic, suggesting he understands the encounter’s true purpose and is withholding information.

Character interactions

• Meng Chuan attacks the Water Ancestor, while Golden Horn and Silver Horn watch from Tusita Palace and debate whether the Water God might awaken.
• The Heavenly Venerable silently restrains the boys’ curiosity, then later answers Meng Chuan’s question with a revelation about the Water Ancestor’s future self.
• Meng Chuan’s return to the palace underscores his reliance on the Venerable as a powerful protector.

Significant themes

• Power and limits: Meng Chuan is formidable, yet cannot be certain what his strength has truly affected.
• Fate, time, and identity: The encounter links the present to a future shaped by the Heavenly Court’s fall.
• Hidden schemes and incomplete knowledge: The statue’s destruction appears to be more than a straightforward victory, leaving Meng Chuan—and the reader—to question what really happened.

Plot and events

• Meng Chuan leaves Tusita Palace after realizing the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable had intervened in the Water Ancestor’s fate. The Heavenly Venerable gives his attendants only the cryptic explanation, “Follow Heaven and accord with the Dao,” which they understand as meaning he acted simply because he wished to.
• A mysterious realm outside history and fate is shown, where three figures sit around a book titled Shrouding the Heavens. Its pages depict key places from that world, hinting at powerful forces shaping events beyond Meng Chuan’s knowledge.
• Meng Chuan prepares to collect one final item and leave the dangerous world. Meanwhile, Meng Qi panics when he cannot contact the Great Emperor, fearing the worst. Meng Chuan reassures the group in a livestream and explains his absence.
• At Immortal Traces headquarters, Meng Chuan encounters a Daoist who demands that he kowtow. Meng Chuan punches him, then realizes the man was putting on a performance. The masked members nearby are shocked by Meng Chuan’s irreverence toward the Three Daoist Venerables.
• Remembering a promise to kill Meng Qi or take his surname, Meng Chuan admits he cannot bring himself to harm him. He theatrically announces that he will now be called Meng Chuan, leaving the Chat Group confused.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan becomes more confident after recognizing the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable’s support, though he remains wary of the world’s hidden powers. His final name change is a comic surrender to his affection for Meng Qi.
• The Virtuous Heavenly Venerable remains inscrutable; his cryptic words suggest that he acts by his own will, beyond ordinary explanation.
• Meng Qi is genuinely anxious about Meng Chuan’s disappearance, then resumes his usual melodramatic antics after the Great Emperor reappears.
• Fei Peng and Xi Yao discuss what it would mean to exist unchanged across all time. Xi Yao concludes such a being would no longer be human, prompting Fei Peng’s agreement.
• The Chat Group’s banter contrasts with the chapter’s cosmic revelations: members tease Meng Chuan’s showmanship, while Daigu jokingly resigns himself to an ordinary life.

Themes

• Fate, time, and transcendence: Hidden powers may manipulate history, and beings who transcend time may cease to be human.
• The limits of understanding: Meng Chuan recognizes that pondering Heaven’s will cannot reveal its full purpose.
• Comic irreverence and affection: The characters’ jokes and Meng Chuan’s refusal to hurt Meng Qi provide a playful counterpoint to the immense dangers and mysteries surrounding them.

Plot points and events

• Meng Chuan takes Meng Qi and Chonghe to the Cao clan’s territory to retrieve the Seven Swords of Heaven-Cutting, a treasure hidden beneath the clan’s Earth Immortal Lake.
• Chonghe fears the powerful Meng Chuan may intend to punish the Cao clan, but Meng Qi explains that the treasure predates the clan and is not theirs. Meng Chuan promises not to harm anyone or take anything else.
• The trio slips unseen through the clan’s defenses. On the way, Meng Chuan pauses to study two sets of Earth Immortal remains, hoping to deepen his understanding of the Lifetime Method, then continues without disturbing them.
• They pass through a barrier into an ancient Lesser World filled with ruined buildings and broken divine weapons. A black palace remains intact, and Meng Chuan approaches it to open the treasury.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan is confident and considerate: he seeks the treasure but respects what already belongs to the Cao clan. His curiosity about the Immortal remains also reveals his interest in broadening his cultivation knowledge.
• Meng Qi acts as guide and reassures Chonghe. He also playfully praises Meng Chuan, though his talk-group banter is more mischievous than sincere.
• Chonghe shifts from anxious suspicion to trust once he learns the Cao clan is not being targeted.
• The group’s chat observers joke about the sight of two “Heavenly Venerables” following Meng Chuan. Lu Mingfei’s teasing earns him a mute from Meng Qi, reinforcing their playful rivalry.

Significant themes

• Power tempered by restraint: Meng Chuan can bypass the clan’s defenses, yet chooses not to harm people or claim property that is not his.
• Knowledge and ambition: He pursues both the Seven Swords and insight into Earth Immortals, treating exploration as a chance to learn.
• Friendship and comic camaraderie: Meng Qi’s loyalty, the group’s teasing, and the running jokes contrast with the solemn, ancient treasure site.

Key plot points

• Meng Chuan, Meng Qi, and Chonghe enter a treasure vault left by True Martial. Its safeguards have weakened over time, allowing them to reach the treasures.
• Meng Chuan takes the Great Dao Tree, which contains the fifth form of the Seven Swords of Heaven-Cutting, Dao Transmitted Throughout the Universe. Its sword strike can reach every realm, making the art a particularly strong fit for him.
• They discover that the other treasures—including materials for divine weapons—have no protective restrictions either. Meng Chuan realizes that his influence may be changing events far beyond his awareness, even affecting True Martial’s legacy.
• The group prepares to leave, but members of the Cao Family arrive and demand the treasures. Meng Chuan’s quiet command frightens them into recognizing him as the man who killed Meng Nan with a single palm strike.
• One set of Earth Immortal Remains charges at the group, drawn to the open vault. Meng Chuan freezes it in place with a finger and shatters it into dust.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan becomes more convinced that the world’s original course has been disrupted by his presence. Frustrated by the growing mysteries, he resolves to oppose “Heaven’s Will” with his own power. He also recognizes that the Seven Swords suit him better than Tathagata’s Palm.
• Meng Qi understands the deeper significance of the missing safeguards and realizes that Heaven’s Will has changed again, though he does not explain this to Chonghe. He shares Meng Chuan’s sense that the approaching trouble is unsurprising.
• Chonghe confirms that neither he nor Meng Qi removed the safeguards. He is puzzled by the discovery and grows wary when the Cao Family appears.
• The Cao Family grandmaster initially acts boldly, assuming the clan’s forces can protect him. Once he recognizes Meng Chuan, fear replaces his confidence; the clan’s members are then left stunned by Meng Chuan’s effortless destruction of the Earth Immortal Remains.

Significant themes

• Fate and altered history: Meng Chuan’s presence appears to be changing events and weakening protections that should have remained.
• Power and cultivation: The Great Dao Tree reveals the reach of a supreme sword art, while Meng Chuan demonstrates overwhelming strength against both the Cao Family and the Earth Immortal Remains.
• Uncertainty and foreboding: Meng Chuan’s joking description of the world as a “horror story” reflects how little he can trust the established course of events.

Key plot points and events

• After securing the treasures from the Cao family, Meng Chuan leaves them to Meng Qi and Chonghe. He also promises to pass Meng Qi several major martial inheritances, including the Tathagata’s Palm General Outline and Dao Transmitted Throughout the Universe.
• Meng Chuan departs to absorb the essence of three divine arts before leaving the world. Meng Qi and Chonghe reflect on his extraordinary power; Meng Qi believes these inheritances will give Meng Chuan a powerful foundation.
• Meng Qi posts a teasing message to their group chat, claiming Meng Chuan has had a romantic encounter, then resolves to focus more on cultivation.
• Meng Chuan unexpectedly arrives at the Xuantian Sect, home of the Time Blade and the still-living Heavenly Emperor. Suspecting the blade or the Emperor brought him there, he enters the sect and asks to see the weapon.
• Daoist Shoujing initially objects, since the Time Blade is the sect’s supreme treasure, but apparently receives a message from it and leads Meng Chuan to its altar. When Meng Chuan addresses the blade, he blacks out.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan shows generosity and courtesy, willingly giving Meng Qi valuable inheritances and respecting the sect’s formalities despite his overwhelming strength. His plans are repeatedly disrupted by powerful forces beyond his control.
• Meng Qi is grateful and excited about the treasures, recognizes the significance of Meng Chuan’s new foundation, and balances resolve to train with his irrepressible humor.
• Chonghe is impressed by Meng Chuan’s strength and generosity, and suspects there is more behind his actions than he can understand.
• Daoist Shoujing treats Meng Chuan cautiously but respectfully, shifting from refusal to cooperation after apparently receiving instructions from the Time Blade.
• The chapter highlights the contrast between Meng Chuan’s easy camaraderie with Meng Qi and Chonghe and the tense, formal exchange with the Xuantian Sect.

Significant themes

• Generosity and loyalty: Meng Chuan returns opportunities to Meng Qi rather than claiming them for himself.
• Power and humility: Though immensely powerful, Meng Chuan observes courtesy and acknowledges uncertainty.
• Fate and hidden forces: His repeated, unexplained arrivals at powerful locations suggest that greater beings or forces are guiding events.
• Humor amid danger: Meng Qi’s group-chat joke offers levity before the ominous encounter with the Time Blade.

Plot points and events

• Meng Chuan wakes unharmed after the Time Blade knocks him unconscious, but discovers he has been transported to a world with different, more powerful laws of nature.
• He learns he is in the Medieval Era, where the Overlord has just defeated Demon Lord Wu Daoming. Suspecting the Time Blade brought him here for a reason, Meng Chuan heads toward the battlefield.
• A copy of the Dao De Jing mysteriously drops in front of him. Its appearance seems to signal that someone—or something—is watching him.
• Meng Chuan reaches the Overlord and the Fifth-Generation Mysterious Maiden after the battle. The Overlord boasts that he has mastered the Heavenly Immortal realm and plans to pursue Legend.
• Meng Chuan’s immense presence impresses the Overlord, who challenges him to a fight. Meng Chuan declines, explaining that he is not a Heavenly Immortal.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan remains cautious about the Time Blade’s motives. He also uses the encounter to gauge the Medieval Era’s power levels, concluding that even its strongest Heavenly Immortals are far below the Great Emperors he knows. His dry humor shows through when everyone mistakes the Dao De Jing for a forbidden book—and when he is repeatedly called “Fat Tiger.”
• The Overlord is proud of his victory and confident he has reached the limits of his realm. Meeting Meng Chuan, whose power appears to surpass the Heavenly Immortal level without being Legend, intensifies his ambition and fighting spirit.
• The Fifth-Generation Mysterious Maiden praises her husband’s victory and initially assumes Meng Chuan is just another challenger. The Overlord’s unusually serious reaction makes her realize how formidable Meng Chuan is.
• The Overlord’s challenge clashes with Meng Chuan’s reluctance to fight: the Overlord seeks a test of strength, while Meng Chuan sees little value in a contest he would easily win.

Significant themes

• Power and perspective: Strength is relative. The Overlord is the era’s supreme Heavenly Immortal, yet Meng Chuan’s broader experience reveals a much larger hierarchy of power.
• Limits and ambition: Having mastered his realm, the Overlord is eager to break through to Legend; encountering Meng Chuan gives that ambition a new horizon.
• Raw strength versus special abilities: Meng Chuan reflects that extraordinary techniques and advantages cannot compensate for an overwhelming gap in power.
• Mystery and observation: The Time Blade’s purpose remains unclear, while the Dao De Jing’s sudden appearance suggests Meng Chuan is being watched.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan wonders why the Time Blade and Virtuous Heavenly Venerable sent him to the Medieval Era, suspecting the Overlord may be connected to their purpose.
• The Overlord challenges Meng Chuan to a duel. His first strike is powerful, but Meng catches it easily and counters while holding back.
• The Overlord then unleashes the Legend-level power of the Absolute Blade. Meng withstands the attacks while studying their characteristics, gaining insight into the Legend realm.
• As they fight, the Overlord’s fighting spirit and Dao intent surge. Meng realizes the battle is pushing him toward proving his own Legend.
• The Overlord undergoes the orthodox path’s three legendary phenomena: Immortal Realm Across the Sky, Changing Heaven and Sun, and Stars Shining Like a Sea. He breaks through the tribulation and becomes the first person of the Medieval Era to prove his own Legend.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan begins as a baffled observer, then becomes the Overlord’s sparring partner and unwitting catalyst. Though vastly stronger at first, he remains curious and analytical, using the duel to study Legend-level power. He is stunned—and somewhat rueful—when the Overlord surpasses his expectations.
• The Overlord approaches the duel with fearless determination, accepts Meng’s superior strength, and grows more formidable during the fight. His resolve carries him through the trials of proving his Legend.
• The Fifth-Generation Mysterious Maiden trusts the Overlord’s judgment and encourages him before the duel. She watches anxiously when he is suppressed, then rejoices as his breakthrough begins.
• The duel shifts from a one-sided demonstration of Meng’s strength into a turning point in the Overlord’s cultivation. Meng’s composed study of his opponent contrasts with the Overlord’s escalating passion and resolve.

Significant themes

• Trials as catalysts for growth: Confronting a much stronger opponent helps the Overlord reach a breakthrough.
• Resolve and self-made achievement: The Overlord proves his own Legend through his foundations, will, and perseverance.
• Uncertainty and unintended consequences: Meng does not understand why he was sent to this era, and his attempt to assess the Overlord unexpectedly helps change history.
• The gap between power levels: The Overlord’s ascent to Legend transforms him from a formidable Heavenly Immortal into a being of an entirely different order.

Key plot points and events

• The Overlord attains the Legendary Realm through his own efforts, becoming the first known person of the current age to do so. He credits Meng Chuan’s help in accelerating his breakthrough.
• The Overlord insists on calling Meng Chuan “Fat Tiger,” despite Meng Chuan’s attempts to correct him. Meng Chuan eventually gives up, joking that he will accept even stranger nicknames.
• Eager to test his new strength, the Overlord challenges Meng Chuan. The two travel into the universe and unleash a series of devastating attacks.
• The Overlord uses the Absolute Blade and his signature slashes, including techniques that sever laws and Karma. Meng Chuan counters with sheer physical power, his Emperor Fist, the forces of Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire, and the Jade Disc.
• Their clash shakes the universe and sends distant spectators flying back to the Real World. Though the fighters carefully control their power, most onlookers decide the journey to watch is not worth the risk.

Character developments and interactions

• The Overlord is jubilant and grateful after his breakthrough, but quickly turns his excitement toward battle. His teasing insistence on “Fat Tiger” contrasts with his imposing, newly Legendary strength.
• Meng Chuan is pleased for the Overlord and curious about the Legendary Realm’s distinctive powers. He remains confident, revealing that his own path—built on overwhelming strength rather than special attributes—can match the Overlord’s.
• The two regard each other with genuine respect. They praise one another’s abilities and laugh after their first major exchange, treating the fight as a test between formidable peers.
• The spectators are fascinated by the duel but quickly intimidated by its scale; several abandon their attempt to watch and return to safer pursuits.

Significant themes

• Achievement through effort: The Overlord’s self-earned breakthrough is celebrated as a rare accomplishment.
• Different paths to strength: The Overlord’s Legendary abilities and Meng Chuan’s physically focused cultivation demonstrate contrasting but powerful approaches.
• Respect through combat: Their battle is both a contest and an expression of mutual admiration.
• Comedy amid grandeur: Meng Chuan’s nickname dispute and the spectators’ retreat lighten the otherwise cosmic-scale confrontation.

Key plot points and events

• The Overlord unleashes increasingly powerful forms of Overlord’s Six Slashes, turning the surrounding Star Sea into a realm of thunder and threatening to erase Meng Chuan.
• Meng Chuan counters with a Time Tributary, using its closed loop to wear away the Overlord’s attack and pull the Overlord’s existence through time.
• The Overlord resists by summoning past and alternate versions of himself, combining their power into a slash that reaches toward his own future.
• Meng Chuan reveals Dao Beginning Heaven, a technique whose aura resembles Primordial Beginning. Their final collision shakes the stars, but neither is left in the void afterward.
• The two later meet in a palace and agree to stop fighting before their contest becomes a battle to the death. Meng Chuan asks the Overlord to teach him cultivation.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan remains composed throughout the clash and demonstrates mastery of time and profound Dao power. Though he can match the Overlord, he recognizes the risk of continuing and shifts to friendship—and a practical request.
• The Overlord shows both overwhelming confidence and respect for a worthy opponent. He accepts Meng Chuan as a friend, despite the teasing nickname “Brother Fat Tiger.”
• The observers are unsettled by Meng Chuan’s resemblance to Primordial Beginning. Golden Horn and Silver Horn briefly fear they may lose their favored status, but the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable reassures them with a promise of Spirit-Clearing Pills.

Significant themes

• Time, fate, and self-determination: Meng Chuan weaponizes time, while the Overlord declares that stepping into the river means fate no longer controls him.
• Power and mutual respect: Even at the height of their strength, both fighters choose restraint when the cost of victory would be too high.
• Identity and appearances: Meng Chuan’s Dao aura prompts speculation about his connection to Primordial Beginning, while the chapter leaves his true relationship to that power unresolved.
• Fate and humor: Meng Chuan jokes inwardly that, despite trying to escape certain encounters, he has once again ended up sharing tea.

Character interactions

• Meng Chuan and the Overlord exchange their strongest techniques, then recognize each other as equals in combat despite their different realms.
• The Overlord’s repeated “Brother Fat Tiger” and Meng Chuan’s private irritation add comedy to their growing rapport.
• Golden Horn and Silver Horn seek reassurance from the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable, who placates them with their favorite treats.
• After becoming friends, Meng Chuan asks the Overlord to teach him cultivation.