Chapter Summaries

Fang Qianyuan froze vast regions of the Ten Thousand Gold World while Ji Yan plundered the Flame Prison World and achieved true human-spirit unity. When the Flame Prison World’s Heavenly Dao attacked, Fang Qianyuan rescued Ji Yan and the Expeditionary Corps and carried them away.

• Fang Qianyuan used more than three hundred Law Chains to spread an ice-and-snow domain across the Ten Thousand Gold World, freezing its metal spirits and beasts.
• Venerable White completed spirit communion with the White-Faced Refined Gold Beast and began attempting human-spirit unity as Fang Qianyuan expanded his frozen territory.
• Ji Yan severed a main vein beneath the Flame Prison World’s volcano, plundered its lava spirit blood, and transformed into a physical fire dragon through human-spirit unity.
• The Flame Prison World’s Heavenly Dao manifested to attack Ji Yan and the Expeditionary Corps with a vast field of falling flames.
• Fang Qianyuan descended with three hundred laws, sealed the volcano’s vent under ice, and transported Ji Yan and the soldiers away as the Heavenly Dao of the Spirit-Taming World struck the erupting volcano.

Fang Qianyuan studied how the Heavenly Dao Will acted, then used his discoveries to help defeat Wu Ju and probe the limits of his own world's influence. After the Twelve Worlds campaign ended in victory, he gathered enough world origin to begin the next stage of Law Refinement.

• Fang Qianyuan observed the Heavenly Dao Will and concluded that its influence followed patterns arising from its interactions with real people and things.
• Fang Qianyuan froze Wu Ju with a snow wolf, allowing Zhong Qishan to tear him apart and seize a blood-red nodule.
• The Spirit-Taming World's Heavenly Dao Will followed Fang Qianyuan into the Gray Mist World, and he tested its limited reserves by striking in several other worlds.
• Fang Qianyuan noticed that the Spirit-Taming Heavenly Dao's laws loosened while it was occupied elsewhere, but decided the time was not right to act.
• The Heavenly Realms Alliance won the wars in the Twelve Worlds, and Fang Qianyuan secretly contested the Spirit-Taming Heavenly Dao for world origin.
• Fang Qianyuan accumulated enough origin power to prepare for the next stage of Law Refinement, having manifested more than a thousand law chains.

Fang Qianyuan refined the laws he had gathered from many worlds, combining their shared principles into a new Black Moon. As its light transformed the Heavencrystal Snowfield, he realized how the world’s first moonlight had been created.

• Fang Qianyuan set aside his duties and examined how his growing mastery of law chains could let him influence otherworlds.
• Fang Qianyuan separated fundamental laws from the chains he had absorbed, then refined and recombined them with his ice, snow, light, and darkness dao paths.
• Fang Qianyuan gathered more than a hundred law chains into a Black Moon that converted spirit essence and world origin into pure Heaven and Earth essence.
• The Black Moon’s light caused a snowman to awaken, snow lotuses to blossom, and snow wolves to gain intelligence across the Heavencrystal Snowfield.
• Wen Qingfei and Bai Aoxue recognized Fang Qianyuan’s power behind the storm and the Black Moon, while Fang Qianyuan contemplated the moonlight’s origin.

Fang Qianyuan completed and subdued his Black Moon celestial phenomenon, while Lianshan and the others gathered in Lower Hill Plain to plan a takeover that would give them a foothold in the Demon Realm. The chapter left them preparing to seize the domain from its ruler, Zhe Guduo.

• Fang Qianyuan condensed the Black Moon celestial phenomenon from the laws of ice, wind, frost, and snow, then mastered its spirit essence and restrained its radiance.
• Lianshan, Guizang, and the other displaced cultivators struggled to survive in the Demon Realm as they hid from the Heavenly Realms Alliance and spent their dwindling reserves.
• Eleven members of the Two Sects gathered at Lower Hill Plain after secretly establishing bases and communication routes across the Demon Realm.
• Lianshan announced that they would risk everything to seize a foothold by taking over Lower Hill Plain.
• Celestial Pivot explained that Lower Hill Plain was ruled by the middle-stage Heaven Tier Demonfolk Emperor Venerable Zhe Guduo, who commanded over a hundred Earth Rank subordinates and controlled valuable resources.

The Sacred Sect fugitives discussed how to oppose Fang Qianyuan and the Heavenly Realms Alliance without provoking the Demon Realm’s native powers. Celestial Pivot demonstrated Demonfolk Transformation, taught it to the others, and the group prepared to act in disguise.

• Rogue Tai Huang, Jade Balance, and Lianshan agreed that Fang Qianyuan and his growing influence posed a greater threat than Zhe Guduo’s forces.
• Lianshan warned that provoking numerous Demon Realm powerhouses could leave the fugitives with nowhere to stand, but said they could exploit the human-demonfolk relationship and the Sacred Sect’s surviving strength.
• Celestial Pivot transformed into a red-scaled demonfolk using his Bloodline Transformation Art and explained that the group would need to attack as demonfolk rather than as humans.
• Celestial Pivot taught Demonfolk Transformation to the others, and nearly half a month later Jade Balance, Celestial Mechanism, Tai Huang, and several others mastered it.
• The remaining fugitives learned to transform temporarily and conceal their human identities, after which the group began to act.

Celestial Pivot and his allies attacked Demon Emperor Zhe Guduo after he conducted a blood sacrifice in the White Stone Forest. They killed him and claimed dominion over his territory, though his confidants and descendants remained potential resisters.

• Zhe Guduo ordered the Xiaoshan Tribe prisoners to be sacrificed, and the blood rite drained them of their lives.
• Zhe Guduo detected Celestial Pivot hiding above the hall, and Celestial Pivot revealed himself as an enemy.
• Celestial Pivot attacked Zhe Guduo and destroyed the hall in their clash.
• Celestial Pivot grievously injured Zhe Guduo, and Lianshan, Jade Balance, Rogue Tai Huang, and the other ambushers joined the fight.
• Celestial Pivot and his allies shattered Zhe Guduo's soul and killed him.
• Celestial Pivot declared Zhe Guduo dead, and the Demonfolk accepted the victors as their new rulers except for Zhe Guduo's confidants and descendants.

The Two Sects secured Lower Hill Plain and disguised the Heavenly Pivot Holy Envoy as its ruler, Qiandaluo. Yellow Venerable revealed that Xiang Liu had become Nether Heaven through heaven-sealing Dao Unification, then began explaining the history behind the Dharma-Ending Age and Mystic Heaven’s success.

• The Heavenly Pivot Holy Envoy identified the bloodstained totem as Xiang Liu’s form before Dao Unification, and Lianshan ordered the Demonfolk to guard and restore the hall.
• The Two Sects settled at Lower Hill Plain, where the Heavenly Pivot Holy Envoy assumed the identity of Qiandaluo and appointed Lianshan regent.
• The Heavenly Pivot Holy Envoy explained that Nether Heaven had once been a Dao Realm powerhouse who joined the Sacred Sect and obtained the Heaven-Sealing Dao Unification Art.
• Yellow Venerable revealed that Xiang Liu had fused with Nether Heaven’s spirit and achieved the Great Accomplishment Realm, becoming the second person in a hundred thousand years to succeed through heaven-sealing Dao Unification.
• Yellow Venerable said Xiang Liu was gone, Nether Heaven now acted through instinct and karma, and began recounting how Rogue Person Tianji had determined the Dharma-Ending Age’s arrival.

The Yellow Venerable explained how the Sacred Sect’s ancient plans for Heaven-Sealing Dao Unification depended on a Calamity-Bearer, while warning that the current situation had diverged from their predictions. The group decided to gather strength in secret and use the Nether Heaven Ritual Altar to gain merit through sacrifices.

• The Yellow Venerable revealed that the Sacred Sect had prepared for the Age of Declining Dharma and sought a destined Calamity-Bearer to blaze a trail for Heaven-Sealing Dao Unification.
• Lianshan and the others connected the Sacred Sect’s hidden history to their own legacies, while Celestial Pivot criticized Senior Tianji for going mad.
• The Yellow Venerable warned that the present Calamity-Bearer had developed the Heavenly Dao Realm beyond any earlier precedent, forcing the Sacred Sect to compete for the Epoch Dao Fruit while secretly gathering strength.
• The Yellow Venerable disclosed that the Nether Heaven Ritual Altar could grant merit through Blood Sacrifice and proposed using it as a trump card.
• Lianshan suggested hunting Demonfolk and other neighboring tribes as sacrificial victims, and the Yellow Venerable urged everyone to conceal the sacrifices.

Lianshan and the Two Sects seized control of the Lower Hill Plain and gathered more than a hundred thousand captives for a blood sacrifice to Nether Heaven. As the slaughter began, the sacrifice’s mingled baleful intent, blood, and souls drew down an immense aura of chaos.

• Lianshan, disguised as Bo Jian, led Qiandaluo’s forces to crush resistance, conquer tribes, and gather captives across the Lower Hill Plain.
• The Two Sects transported more than a hundred thousand captives to the capital before the new moon.
• Celestial Pivot, disguised as Qiandaluo, ordered the captives killed to offer a blood sacrifice to Nether Heaven.
• The demonfolk guards slaughtered thousands, and the captives and monstrous beings fought back, turning the square into chaos.
• Jade Balance, Celestial Mechanism, Tai Huang, and Guizang began a ceremony at separate altars as blood and souls formed a shaft of light.
• An immense aura of chaos descended as the sacrifice reached its peak.

The Heavenly Pivot Holy Envoy and Grand Elder Lianshan summoned Great Sage Xiangliu through a blood sacrifice. Xiangliu invaded the Heavencrystal Snowfield, where Fang Qianyuan repelled him, then sensed that karmic ties to people and a place in distant space-time had snapped.

• The Heavenly Pivot Holy Envoy identified the summoned Nine-Headed Monster Serpent as Great Sage Xiangliu, a manifestation of an existence in the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Grand Elder Lianshan raised his arm and invoked the ritual of offering demon blood to heaven and communing with the Nine Hells.
• Fang Qianyuan discussed expedition targets with the Heavenly Realms Alliance and maintained an ambiguous stance while secretly intensifying the search.
• A black hole opened above the Heavencrystal Snowfield, and the Nine-Headed Monster Serpent emerged and attacked Fang Qianyuan with poisonous mist.
• Fang Qianyuan drove the serpent into the Chaos Void with his Black Wind True Meaning and a palm strike.
• Fang Qianyuan sensed that karmic ties to a distant place and certain people had snapped, then told the Snow Wolf Guards that he had driven off an outside enemy.

Fang Qianyuan investigated the force that severed his karmic ties and learned that the Demon Realm might be sheltering his enemies. Venerable Azure suggested that he establish his own Dao lineage and become the Supreme Grand Sovereign to bypass the restrictions concealing the truth.

• Wen Qingfei and Bai Aoxue returned and heard Fang Qianyuan explain how an enemy had severed the fortune and tribulation power he had cultivated.
• Wen Qingfei wondered whether a world targeted by the expedition was retaliating, but Fang Qianyuan identified the Nine Hells’ aura and suspected the survivors had fled to the Demon Realm.
• Fang Qianyuan concluded that his enemies had found a way to sever tribulation power and had left traces behind, then asked Bai Aoxue to summon Venerable Azure and Venerable White.
• Fang Qianyuan showed Venerable Azure and Venerable White an image of Great Sage Xiangliu, but the Silencing Curse prevented them from discussing certain information.
• Venerable Azure told Fang Qianyuan that he could establish his own Dao lineage and become the Supreme Grand Sovereign.

Venerable Azure urged Fang Qianyuan to claim the title of Supreme Sovereign and lead the Supreme Heaven Sect, but Fang rejected the old lineage’s path in favor of impartial rule. After Venerable Azure explained his motives to Venerable White, Fang watched their exchange through the Star Map and smiled coldly.

• Venerable Azure argued that Fang Qianyuan’s Supreme Token, authority, and lineage made him the rightful successor to the Supreme Heaven Sect and qualified him to become Supreme Sovereign.
• Fang acknowledged his deep ties to the Two Sects but said the Central Preservation Palace embodied his commitment to the Great Dao’s impartiality, so he would not inherit the Supreme Heaven lineage or its karma.
• Venerable White questioned Venerable Azure’s push for a Supreme Sovereign, and he said a leader was needed to prevent internal strife and preserve the sect’s Dao lineage.
• Venerable Azure left after Fang declined, while Venerable White departed still unsure of his sincerity.
• Fang watched the exchange through the Star Map and smiled coldly.

Fang Qianyuan investigated the Nine Hells and weighed the Heavenly Realms Alliance’s competing plans for its next campaign. After the factions compromised on targeting smaller worlds, scouts discovered Zhilin World, a spirit-rich world comparable to Jianmu World.

• Fang Qianyuan learned from ancient texts that Great Sage Xiangliu was a Desolate Beast from the Demon Realm in the Nine Hells and intensified the search for Yellow Venerable and the others.
• The Heavenly Realms Alliance debated whether to pursue mature worlds for Immortality Elixirs or smaller worlds that offered opportunities to more cultivators.
• Fang Qianyuan considered finding more spirit-rich worlds and eliminating the Two Sects’ remnants, while also keeping other ancient and demonic threats in mind.
• After more than a month, the powerhouses and Earth Rank Spirit Tamers compromised on concentrating their forces against smaller worlds first.
• Scouts returned with spirit materials from a newly discovered world, and Fang Qianyuan announced its provisional name: Zhilin World.

Fang Qianyuan revealed that Zhilin World was rich in treasure lingzhi and Lingzhi Spirits, whose growth was accelerated by the Otherworld’s unique Spirit Essence. He proposed making the world the Alliance’s next campaign target to secure ingredients for longevity and immortality medicines.

• Scouts displayed huge treasure lingzhi containing miniature Lingzhi Spirits, including some that had awakened intelligence.
• Spirit Tamers and Pill Sect envoys recognized the specimens as rare Lingzhi Spirits and wondered how they had matured so quickly.
• A Disciplinary Officer reported that Zhilin World’s Medicine Valleys, spirit mountains, and Wood Dao Spirit Essence made it ideal for treasure lingzhi to attain Spirit Communion and take form.
• Fang Qianyuan explained that thousand-year treasure lingzhi and their Lingzhi Spirits could serve as primary ingredients for the Millennium Longevity Pill.
• Fang Qianyuan proposed making Zhilin World the Alliance’s next campaign target and committing its full strength to conquering it.

The Heavenly Realms Alliance prepared a full-scale campaign against Zhilin World, prompting a surge of investment, recruitment, and cultivation across the Mystic School Cultivation World. At a Central Province recruitment office, the Black-Clad Cultivator appeared and offered his Earth Rank Tenth Transformation strength to the Expeditionary Corps.

• Venerable Fang secured the factions’ agreement to finalize plans for the campaign against Zhilin World.
• The Heavenly Realms Alliance announced the new world and mobilized the Cultivation World to gather supplies, recruit fighters, and issue treasure bonds.
• Cultivators invested heavily in expeditions and warrior modification, raising the Expeditionary Corps’ overall strength.
• The Black-Clad Cultivator arrived at a crowded recruitment office in Central Province and spoke to the silent shadow at his feet.
• The Black-Clad Cultivator cut to the front of the line and asked the disciplinary officer whether the office would recruit an Earth Rank Tenth Transformation expert.

Ning Lin claimed Earth Rank cultivation while enlisting in the Expeditionary Corps, prompting Fifth Master Xiong to treat him as a valuable recruit. Xiong ordered an investigation into Ning Lin’s origins and requested an official assessment before deciding his rank and benefits.

• Ning Lin announced that he was an Earth Rank Tenth Transformation expert, and Fifth Master Xiong invited him inside to discuss enlistment.
• Fifth Master Xiong escorted Ning Lin to the market district entrance and learned that he called himself a rogue cultivator from the Xiemen Kingdom.
• Fifth Master Xiong told his subordinates that Ning Lin might follow the demonized warrior path and could be sent to an otherworld.
• Fifth Master Xiong ordered a thorough background check and asked the alliance to arrange Ning Lin’s grading assessment and benefits.
• A disciplinary officer contacted the Xiemen Kingdom branch headquarters to investigate Ning Lin and requested a portrait, while the others searched for unsolved murders and killings for treasure.

Ning Lin passed the Alliance’s investigation and traveled to Cloud Summit Peak after declining formal membership, where he was brought to meet Fang Qianyuan. The chapter ended as Ning Lin faced Fang Qianyuan’s radiant Yang Spirit in the side hall.

• Ye Zun warned Ning Lin that meeting Fang Qianyuan would be the real test of his mission to become a Dao Marker.
• The Alliance verified Ning Lin’s background and confirmed his earth rank tenth transformation combat power, astonishing Fifth Master Xiong and Elder Xu.
• Elder Xu offered Ning Lin a choice of Alliance positions, but Ning Lin declined and said he only wanted to visit an otherworld.
• Elder Xu took Ning Lin to Cloud Summit Peak, where Alliance members approached him and Fang Qianyuan’s envoy arranged an audience.
• Ning Lin entered a side hall and saw Fang Qianyuan’s radiant Yang Spirit seated on the Throne.

Ning Lin met Alliance leader Fang Qianyuan and asked to enter an otherworld, but learned he needed a guarantor. Fang arranged for his evaluation period to begin, and Ning Lin turned toward the Night King's Side Peak with Ye Tianming to seek help.

• Ning Lin timidly asked Fang Qianyuan if he was Fang Qianyuan, and Fang confirmed his identity.
• Fang explained that Ning Lin needed to become a Dao Marker, wait through an evaluation period, and secure a guarantor before entering an otherworld.
• Ning Lin asked Fang to be his guarantor, but Fang declined and instructed Elder Xu to arrange his stay and begin his evaluation that day.
• Elder Xu led Ning Lin down the mountain, but a human-headed, serpent-bodied shadow emerged from Ning Lin's shadow and told him to go another way.
• The shadow revealed itself as Ye Tianming, and he led Ning Lin toward the Night King's Side Peak to ask his master to act as guarantor.

Ye Tianming asked the Night King to help him enter Zhilin World and search for the Immortality Elixir, arguing that he could avoid Fang Qianyuan’s notice and offering support to the Mian Mountain Sacred Palace. The Night King weighed the risks against the potential rewards and remained wary of Ye Tianming’s plan.

• The Night King challenged Ye Tianming’s sudden visit and rejected his claim to still be his master.
• Ye Tianming explained that he wanted to enter Zhilin World for the Immortality Elixir, while acknowledging Fang Qianyuan’s overwhelming strength.
• Ye Tianming argued that careful action would keep Fang Qianyuan from detecting them and revealed that he had infiltrated the Cloud Summit Alliance’s Expeditionary Corps.
• The Night King was alarmed by Ye Tianming’s growing power and hidden network of forces.
• Ye Tianming asked the Night King to help him enter Zhilin World and offered to support the Mian Mountain Sacred Palace in return.
• The Night King warned that he would capture and kill Ye Tianming if he exposed them, then considered the possible gains from the alliance.

Ji Yan entered the Zhilin World as the Heavenly Realms Alliance began its expedition, while Fang Qianyuan used a black moon celestial phenomenon to conceal and support the incursion. The Alliance’s leaders watched the landing and prepared for the coming campaign, especially for the world’s life-extending lingzhi.

• Ji Yan crashed into the Zhilin World inside a massive rock, emerged from the crater, and displayed the power of his Heaven-Tier fire dragon dharma body.
• Ji Yan met the Alliance’s elite scouts and ordered them to take him to their established camp.
• Fang Qianyuan positioned the Black Moon Celestial Phenomenon near the Zhilin World to cover Ji Yan’s presence and give the Alliance room to act.
• Envoys at the Heavenly Realms Alliance’s Council Hall watched the landing and black moon appear, then discussed the expedition and the world’s treasure and immortal lingzhi.