Chapter Summaries

Li Fuchan faced the three kings and waited for the fourth human reversal, then used his spells and the Errant Thunder Drum to trigger the fifth reversal as the sky collapsed. He leaped toward the falling heavens with [Ten-Thousand-Li Subduer] and challenged the sky to come down.

• Li Fuchan refused Wei Shuo’s offer to join forces against the River Kingdom’s king, Jiang Shou, and the other kings as they confronted him and Wei Xinyun.
• The King of the River Kingdom, the Regent King of the Yu Kingdom, and the King of the Year Kingdom described how human reversal had twisted their lives and declared their intent to kill the Celestial People.
• Li Fuchan let the kings’ power build, and the fourth human reversal arrived, restoring Wei Shuo’s Dharma Power.
• Wei Shuo attacked Li Fuchan, but Wei Xinyun blocked him; the three kings also struck at Li Fuchan as he used Wu-Gui Di-Yin Spell Light and the Errant Thunder Drum.
• The fifth human reversal made everyone’s attacks rebound upon themselves, while the sky collapsed; Li Fuchan leaped upward and challenged it with [Ten-Thousand-Li Subduer].

As Human Reversal reached its fifth level, Wei Shuo realized the Hegemonic Art was part of a sacrificial scheme meant to resurrect and empower figures from six hundred years ago. Li Fuchan attacked before the third legendary figure could fully appear and vanished, while Wei Shuo tried to follow him and struck a rock.

• Li Fuchan pointed his sword at the sky, and Wei Shuo copied his reversed posture to see through the fifth level of Human Reversal.
• Jiang Bianyan appeared from the collapsing sky and declared his Hegemonic Art, followed by Nian Renshang, whose presence confirmed Wei Shuo's suspicion that the art governed sacrifices.
• Wei Shuo deduced that the Hegemonic Art and repeated wars of Human Reversal were designed to restore the dead and let Nian Renshang harvest sacrifices, with a Purple Mansion Lord seemingly guiding his insight.
• As a third figure began to appear, Li Fuchan struck the gathering light with Long Thunder Awakens the Cloud Voice and called the legends mere Outer Scenery cultivators.
• Li Fuchan plunged away, and Wei Shuo realized the moment was ripe to stir the Blessed Land's grand momentum; he copied Li Fuchan but crashed into a rock.

Li Fuchan exposed Nian Renshang’s scheme to cultivate momentum through the Hegemonic Art and battled him by using the Errant Thunder Drum to counter Human Reversal. As Nian Renshang and Jiang Bianyan gathered the world’s momentum, the Purple Mansion Lord arrived and Azure Heaven reappeared, leaving Li Fuchan focused on proving himself worthy of becoming a Purple Mansion Lord.

• Li Fuchan told Nian Renshang that he had deduced the Hegemonic Art was meant to gather momentum and turn its cultivators into sacrifices.
• Nian Renshang attacked Li Fuchan, but Li Fuchan used his understanding of Human Reversal to resist and challenge Nian Renshang’s control of it.
• Li Fuchan activated the Errant Thunder Drum, canceled Human Reversal’s effects, and forced Nian Renshang to retreat into the clouds.
• Li Fuchan rescued Wei Xinyun from Wei Shuo and explained that Nian Renshang and Jiang Bianyan were gathering the world’s momentum to nourish themselves.
• The Purple Mansion Lord arrived amid purple qi, and a sword strike split open the sky as Azure Heaven reappeared.
• Li Fuchan resolved to prove his ability to become a Purple Mansion Lord.

Chi Sui True Lord entered the grotto heaven and discovered the Human-Reversal Blessed Land was a story contained within it, then met the Great True Lord of Welcome Ying Isle, who had manipulated the sects’ conflict to find a book. The Great True Lord claimed the grotto heaven and book, spared the cultivator with the Contrary Thunder Spirit Artifact at Chi Sui’s request, and demanded the artifact be delivered overseas within five years.

• Chi Sui True Lord killed Jiang Bianyan and Nian Renshang with a glance, then issued Li Fuchan and Wei Xinyun an edict allowing them to leave the blessed land.
• Wei Xinyun spotted Yu Gongtan’s white light inside Ning Xiu Cong and realized Yu Gongtan was trying to escape through his body.
• Li Fuchan broke free of the edict’s guiding force and rushed toward Ning Xiu Cong.
• Chi Sui True Lord entered the grotto heaven and learned from the ancient book that the Human-Reversal Blessed Land was a story contained within it.
• The Great True Lord of Welcome Ying Isle appeared, revealed his role in setting the sects against each other, and took the grotto heaven’s book.
• The Great True Lord agreed to spare the cultivator carrying the Contrary Thunder Spirit Artifact after Chi Sui asked, but ordered Chi Sui to deliver the artifact overseas within five years.

Chi Sui True Lord drew Wei Xinyun out of the Blessed Land, while Li Fuchan stayed behind to save Ning Xiu Cong and destroy Yu Gongtan’s remnant soul. Li Fuchan escaped into the Grotto Heaven just as Wei Shuo attacked him, leaving Wei Shuo grievously wounded and True Lord Changyin questioning how long Chi Sui could keep imposing his will.

• Chi Sui True Lord brought Wei Xinyun into the Grotto Heaven and learned that Li Fuchan had gone to save someone.
• Li Fuchan restrained Yu Gongtan’s remnant soul inside Ning Xiu Cong and destroyed it with his Illuminating Light and Spell Light.
• Li Fuchan found Wei Shuo and handed Ning Xiu Cong over after asking why Wei Shuo had not saved his fellow Pivot Court disciple.
• Wei Shuo challenged Li Fuchan with twelve flying swords, but an unseen voice made Li Fuchan stop his attack.
• The Grotto Heaven pulled Li Fuchan away, and all twelve of Wei Shuo’s swords exploded, grievously wounding him.
• True Lord Changyin stabilized Wei Shuo and wondered aloud how much longer Chi Sui could remain so overbearing.

After the Human-Reversal Blessed Land journey, Li Fuchan surrendered the Errant Thunder Drum to Chi Sui True Lord and asked to join the Azure Ram Temple, which accepted him as a disciple. Chi Sui sent him back into the blessed land to test whether he was worthy of help reaching Purple Mansion and protecting the temple.

• Chi Sui True Lord told Li Fuchan that the Great True Lord of Welcome Ying Isle had requested his Contrary Thunder spirit artifact, and Li offered up the Errant Thunder Drum.
• Li Fuchan used his two merits to ask to join the Azure Ram Temple, and Chi Sui confirmed that he was already its disciple through his bond with Wei Xinyun.
• Chi Sui offered Li Fuchan another opportunity and sent him into the Human-Reversal Blessed Land through the ancient book.
• Chi Sui told Wei Xinyun that he would test whether Li Fuchan was worthy of help reaching Purple Mansion and could protect the Azure Ram Temple.
• Chi Sui turned a page in the book, which was the Human-Reversal Blessed Land itself.

Shuisheng grew up in a frozen village with his sick mother, who tried to keep him alive before she died. After burying her and following the river, he gathered tens of thousands of followers and was told he could restore his home by first governing a state and then contending for all under heaven.

• Shuisheng returned home with ice water for his mother, and she fed him meat before asking whether he wanted to live and urging him to travel south after her death.
• When his mother died, Shuisheng tried to warm her and bring her water, then stole meat and returned battered to make broth for her.
• After the broken door fell and Shuisheng could no longer lift it, he dreamed of a Daoist temple and woke no longer simple-minded, with azure light shining from his body.
• Shuisheng buried his mother and followed the river, where people fighting one another called him master and eventually tens of thousands followed him as their ruler.
• A mist-faced stranger told Shuisheng to lead the people and explained that he could regain his home by governing a state and contending for all under heaven.

Li Fuchan witnessed how Nian Renshang had shaped Jiang Bianyan’s rise, then awoke injured in a strange world with his powers suppressed. After living through a life of romance and war with the young lady who rescued him, he recognized the copper coin’s three sword marks and faced a mist-shrouded man who realized Li Fuchan came from another world.

• Li Fuchan realized Nian Renshang had been laying plans for centuries and had helped Jiang Bianyan achieve All Under Heaven of the Family and State.
• Li Fuchan awoke in a gloomy valley with a broken leg, sealed powers, and a Knowledge-and-Vision Obstruction that he allowed to take effect.
• A young lady rescued Li Fuchan and hid him in her bedchamber, but he fled because he feared her powerful family.
• Li Fuchan learned a divine skill, became a martial expert and military rival to the young lady, then rescued her family after defeating her country.
• After twenty-three years together, Li Fuchan saw three sword marks appear on a copper coin and turned cold as a mist-shrouded man declared that he came from another world.

After Nian Renshang sent Li Fuchan to the River Kingdom to build momentum, Li watched Jiang Bianyan use his rule to give the people homes and peace. Jiang revealed that he would ultimately harvest the masses to break the world's cage, and Li promised to bear witness to his resolve.

• Nian Renshang told Li Fuchan to go north and serve the rising kingdom to accumulate momentum.
• Li became a general under Jiang Bianyan, but grew frustrated when Jiang rejected expansion and focused on benevolent rule.
• Over decades, Jiang built homes, restored farmland, and brought peace to the River Kingdom's people.
• Seventy years later, Jiang told Li he had understood Nian Renshang's plan and would follow it to remake heaven and earth.
• Jiang swore that he acted for all under heaven, and Li summoned lightning, promising, "Let lightning bear witness for you."