Chapter Summaries

Fang Qianyuan recognized Panling’s plan to take over the Spirit-Taming World and continued spreading his dao, though Panling remained a much greater threat. Meanwhile, Huang Xiang and Li Dan followed an anonymous letter to a secret meeting, where Rogue Tai Huang and the Heavenly Opener Holy Envoy arrived bearing auras like Fang Lin’s.

• Fang Qianyuan realized Panling had secretly merged with the Spirit of Nature and arranged for Fang Qianyuan to become the protagonist who could help Panling devour a mature heavenly dao.
• Fang Qianyuan understood that his actions had disrupted Panling’s plans, but Panling could still crush and devour him if his conscious will awakened.
• Huang Xiang received an anonymous letter explaining the truth behind Fang Lin and the others’ mutations and showed it to Li Dan.
• Huang Xiang and Li Dan decided to meet the letter’s senders and secretly traveled to a desolate valley near Tin Mountain City.
• Rogue Tai Huang and the Heavenly Opener Holy Envoy arrived, and Huang Xiang and Li Dan recognized auras like Fang Lin’s among them.

Lianshan revealed the Two Sects’ hidden plan involving Venerable Panling, Mystic Heaven, and Fang Qianyuan to Tian Heng, then urged him to cooperate against the Heavenly Dao’s possible rulers. As Fang Qianyuan planned to target the Two Sects, Ye Tianming and Ning Lin returned to the Spirit-Taming World aboard the Silver Fish, intending to spread the Warrior Path while the Heavenly Dao Spirits remained locked in conflict.

• Lianshan secretly visited Tian Heng and explained the connection between Mystic Heaven, Venerable Panling, and Fang Qianyuan.
• Tian Heng rejected Lianshan’s proposal to work together, though Lianshan warned him to watch the spirit qi revival and emerging extraordinary people and events.
• Fang Qianyuan sensed his growing control over the Spirit-Taming World through the Heavenly Net and resolved to deal with the people carrying out Mystic Heaven’s schemes.
• Ye Tianming and Ning Lin approached the Spirit-Taming World aboard the Silver Fish as the Heavenly Dao Spirits remained occupied in their stalemate.
• Ye Tianming said the coming decades were their only opportunity and declared that he would spread the Warrior Path throughout the world.

Fang Qianyuan empowered Azure Cloud Sect cultivators through his Heavenly Dao domain and forged a Heavenly Dao avatar that transformed Little White. He sent her to attack Tin Mountain City, where the Two Sects trapped her with a formation prepared to bind a Heavenly Dao foe.

• Fang Qianyuan transformed warriors under his command into cultivators who could wield power beyond their rank within his domain, and they began calling him Azure Heaven.
• Fang Qianyuan manifested a gigantic Heavenly Wolf avatar and sent it to merge with Little White, transforming her into an Immortal Dao being.
• Little White attacked Tin Mountain City, destroying its main tower and unleashing devastating black dragons against the city's defenders.
• Rogue Tai Huang and the Heavenly Opener Holy Envoy recognized Little White as a Heavenly Dao-level threat and activated the Mystic Heaven Spirit-Binding Formation.
• The formation's chains bound the black shadow surrounding Little White and held her fast.

Fang Qianyuan rescued Little White from Rogue Tai Huang’s suppression and prepared to strike Tin Mountain City with his loyal forces. Wang Ran’s surprise attack breached the city, but two Demon Alliance Earth Rank experts blocked him before he could destroy the formation’s central hub.

• Rogue Tai Huang and the Heavenly Opener Holy Envoy used Tin Mountain City’s formation to suppress Little White, but Fang Qianyuan shattered the pocket world and brought her to safety.
• Wang Ran gathered his Azure Cloud Sect warriors and urged them to fight for Fang Qianyuan and destroy the Demon Sect in Tin Mountain City.
• Fang Qianyuan sent orders for Li Dan’s forces to support the assault, while Little White followed the surprise-attack force in concealment.
• Wang Ran’s troops stormed Tin Mountain City, destroyed several formation foundations, and advanced toward the formation’s hub as Huang Xiang and Li Dan’s forces entered the city.
• Two Demon Alliance Earth Rank experts broke through the encirclement and confronted Wang Ran before he could destroy the Array-Eye Hub.

Wang Ran fought two demonized Earth Rank warriors and destroyed the grand formation protecting Tin Mountain City. Little White then unleashed her Heavenly Dao-level power against the Sect Order forces, and Wang Ran and his allies surrounded Rogue Tai Huang and the Heavenly Opener Holy Envoy.

• Wang Ran used wind and frost to freeze the two demonized warriors, then sent them flying with a blow powered by his Qilin arm.
• Wang Ran smashed the ground and shattered the restrictions at the formation's core, causing the grand formation over Tin Mountain City to disappear.
• Little White emerged from concealment and attacked the city with tornadoes and deadly frost while avoiding her allies and innocent civilians.
• Rogue Tai Huang and the others saw the Sect Order forces falling as Little White hunted down their auras one by one.
• Wang Ran and the others converged on Rogue Tai Huang and the Heavenly Opener Holy Envoy, surrounding them.

Li Dan tried to persuade Tai Huang and Opener of Light to surrender, but their attacks were countered by Little White under Fang Qianyuan’s control. After Little White and Wang Ran defeated them, Fang Qianyuan sensed that Mystic Heaven had used the Reincarnation Dao to protect their surviving spirits.

• Li Dan urged Tai Huang and Opener of Light to surrender, but they declared their loyalty to Venerable Panling and attacked.
• Little White blocked Tai Huang’s curse aimed at Li Dan, while Fang Qianyuan recognized the attack’s Tribulation Dao and Fortune Dao powers.
• Fang Qianyuan turned the attack’s hostility against Tai Huang and Opener of Light, and Little White swept Tai Huang away.
• Wang Ran held off Opener of Light until Little White struck him down with the Space Dao, scattering his flesh and blood across different voids and worlds.
• Fang Qianyuan sensed that Tai Huang, Opener of Light, and the sixteen Dharma Lineage Immortals had surviving traces of their true spirits, then recognized the power enveloping them as the Reincarnation Dao.

Fang Qianyuan discovered that Mystic Heaven could preserve its followers through reincarnation, but seized control of the spirit peaks and qi veins around Tin Mountain City while its influence there had weakened. At Cloud Summit Peak, Tian Heng rejected an offer to enter reincarnation, though he could not prevent others from being tempted by it.

• Fang Qianyuan realized that the Reincarnation Dao could return the True Spirits of the slain Two Sects to the Heavenly Dao, allowing them to reincarnate and potentially return to life.
• When Mystic Heaven's laws vanished around Tin Mountain City, Fang Qianyuan spread his own power across the region and began taking control of its spirit peaks and qi veins.
• Fang Qianyuan concluded that eradicating Mystic Heaven required taking control of every Spirit Peak Blessed Land and qi vein node.
• A figure told Tian Heng that Rogue Tai Huang, the Heavenly Opener Holy Envoy, and the Dharma Lineage immortals had entered reincarnation and would return as long as Mystic Heaven survived.
• Tian Heng rejected the figure's offer to join Mystic Heaven and warned Bei Yetang not to let others be deceived, but had no answer when Bei Yetang asked how to stop them from being tempted.

Fang Qianyuan began his campaign to replace Mystic Heaven’s control of the Spirit-Taming World by enfeoffing regions through consecration rites and enlisting local powers. The Mo Household and Azure Cloud Sect agreed to cooperate, giving him influence over more than half the Southern Wilds.

• Fang Qianyuan concluded that he needed to seize the realm’s spirit nodes and expel Mystic Heaven’s laws while targeting Rogue Tai Huang and the Heavenly Opener Holy Envoy.
• Fang Qianyuan sent Wang Ran and others to begin Enfeoffing the Realm, using consecration rites as regional markers for his power.
• Wang Ran told the Mo Household Head that the Mo Household could rule Inkcloud Ward as Fang Qianyuan’s Heaven-Favored vassal if it followed his arrangements.
• Mo Yixin approved the proposal, and the Mo Household Head agreed to obey and learn the consecration ceremony.
• The Azure Cloud Sect announced its consecration rites, and the Southern Wilds Righteous Path followed, bringing more than half the Southern Wilds under Fang Qianyuan’s influence.

Fang Qianyuan gained the support of the Southern Wilds’ clans and sects as they performed Fengshan and brought their territories under his control. The chapter ended with his domain expanding across most major factions, while the Mystic Heaven Doctrine and reincarnation teachings spread among cultivators seeking immortality.

• Fang Qianyuan’s Fengshan ceremonies linked the Southern Wilds’ mountains and rivers to him, allowing him to seize the Heavenly Dao’s authority over those regions.
• Fang Qianyuan sent envoys to the other nine great sects and the Five Great Aristocratic Clans, giving them one month to decide whether to support his undertaking.
• Tian Heng chose to follow Fang Qianyuan and told Bei Yetang to inform the invited elders of his decision.
• After Bei Yetang delivered Tian Heng’s reply, the nine great sects and Five Great Aristocratic Clans agreed to perform Fengshan and support Fang Qianyuan.
• Fang Qianyuan brought most major faction territories into his domain, while Mystic Heaven teachings and reincarnation gained followers among cultivators who lacked a path to everlasting life.

Rogue cultivators spread claims that reincarnation could let ordinary people cultivate across multiple lifetimes and eventually attain immortality, prompting the Heavenly Dao Alliance to arrest them for deceptive rumors. Sun Zhuo recognized that belief in reincarnation was widespread and deeply entrenched, leaving Fang Qianyuan’s effort to oppose mystic heaven facing serious resistance.

• A rogue cultivator in a tavern explained that preserving the true spirit could enable reincarnation and repeated cultivation toward immortality.
• Heavenly Dao Alliance disciplinary officers arrested the tavern patrons for spreading deceptive rumors.
• Sun Zhuo’s subordinate reported that members of the Supreme Heaven and Heavenly Realms Two Sects were secretly promoting reincarnation.
• Sun Zhuo ordered the Alliance to arrest those spreading the claims, while acknowledging that similar beliefs had reached the mortal world.
• Sun Zhuo reflected that reincarnation remained a compelling path for cultivators and that Fang Qianyuan’s campaign against mystic heaven faced deeply rooted opposition.

Fang Qianyuan and the Sacred Sect’s leaders recognized that the struggle against Mystic Heaven depended on winning control over the will of the people as well as heaven and earth. As people increasingly embraced reincarnation, Fang saw Mystic Heaven’s power reaching toward his domain, while some of its laws began to spread into his control.

• Fang Qianyuan understood that the will of living beings could resonate with the Heavenly Dao and offer a way to wrest the Spirit-Taming World from Mystic Heaven.
• At a gathering in the Demon Realm, the Heavenly Pivot Holy Envoy and Yellow Venerable concluded that Fang Qianyuan’s Heavenly Dao Realm power had made their defeat at Tin Mountain unavoidable.
• Yellow Venerable explained that the struggle for the Spirit-Taming World involved heaven, earth, and humanity, and the group decided to wait for their fellow Daoists in the Reincarnation World to revive.
• Religious orders spread Reincarnation Dao teachings among the common people, and more people embraced them in hopes of improving their prospects.
• Fang Qianyuan used his Dharma Eye to observe Mystic Heaven’s rising power and saw some of its laws begin to spread into his domain.

Fang Qianyuan sensed Mystic Heaven spreading its reincarnation dao through the faith of living beings and established a tribulation dao to contest its authority. His worldwide cause-and-effect net reached across connected worlds, but the Heaven-Tier powerhouses found they could sever or divert its effects.

• Fang Qianyuan sensed Mystic Heaven's reincarnation dao gaining strength through believers and recognized that its influence could eventually force ordinary people into reincarnation.
• Fang Qianyuan declared that he would establish a tribulation dao, then spread a net of cause and effect and karmic tribulations across the Spirit-Taming World and connected otherworlds.
• Tian Heng used Swallow the World to consume the laws entangling him, while King Mu sent Corpse Demons to divert his karmic ties with Substitute the Plum for the Peach.
• Night King summoned the Dream Realm, whose Dream Demons tore apart the cause-and-effect net and diverted its remaining threads away from him.
• Night King concluded that Heaven-Tier powerhouses could evade the tribulations and chose not to provoke Fang Qianyuan, though he remained displeased.

Fang Qianyuan established a path to immortality through the Heavenly Dao, while Ye Tianming summoned hidden Warriors to spread their warrior tradition. The new paths promised great opportunity but threatened to usher in an era of chaos and competition.

• Fang Qianyuan connected his dao path to true immortals, creating a realm above Heaven Tier and completing his foundation as the Heavenly Dao.
• Mighty experts across the world learned of Fang Qianyuan's offer of true-immortal fruit positions, and Lianshan warned the Demon Realm about the Heavenly Dao's growing power.
• Ye Tianming gathered a hundred Warrior experts at Skytrace Mountain and offered them the true warrior path in exchange for treasured materials and spreading the method of opening spirit fields.
• Ye Tianming's gathered Warriors accepted his terms, preparing to spread the Warriors' Golden Dharma-Lineage Manual more widely.

Yan Xiaoyi watched helplessly as Third Master Tu took his sister, Yan Xiaoya, to settle a debt, until his childhood friend Zhang Dabing arrived and vowed revenge. Zhang Dabing caught up with Tu’s carriage and attacked the men guarding it, while Yan Xiaoyi heard his sister crying from inside.

• Third Master Tu beat Yan Xiaoyi over his unpaid debt and ordered his men to take Yan Xiaoya away.
• Yan Xiaoyi returned to his hut in despair, where Zhang Dabing found him injured and learned that Yan Xiaoya had been taken.
• Zhang Dabing promised to avenge Yan Xiaoyi and rushed with him after Third Master Tu’s carriage.
• Zhang Dabing leapt onto the carriage and used his Gang Edge to send Tu’s men flying.
• Yan Xiaoyi heard Yan Xiaoya crying from inside the carriage and joined Zhang Dabing in confronting Third Master Tu.

After Yan Xiaoya died from her injuries, Yan Xiaoyi left Vagabond Flat with Zhang Dabing to seek a new life through the Warrior tradition. His rare aptitude earned him a place among selected candidates, where he was taught the Golden Dharma-Lineage Manual and sent to choose awakening spirit materials.

• Yan Xiaoya died, and Zhang Dabing comforted the grieving Yan Xiaoyi while telling him about the Warrior dharma lineage.
• Yan Xiaoyi and Zhang Dabing buried Xiaoya secretly, then traveled south to the Immortal Wandering Ward.
• At a manor outside the ward, Yan Xiaoyi learned qi-refining instructions and quickly developed qi sense, attracting attention for his aptitude.
• Emissaries selected Yan Xiaoyi and four other boys with grade-A aptitude or higher and imparted the Golden Dharma-Lineage Manual to them.
• An emissary ordered the boys taken to select suitable awakening spirit materials.

Yan Xiaoyi underwent a Warrior transformation using the heart and spirit blood of a White Tiger descendant, then spent more than three months learning arts and advancing to human-rank Soldier-Rank Warrior. After his instructor sent him out to forge his own path, Yan Xiaoyi set off to meet Zhang Dabing in the Immortal Wandering Ward.

• Yan Xiaoyi and the other youths received warnings about the importance of spirit materials before entering the ice chamber for their transformations.
• A disciplinary officer told Yan Xiaoyi that his heart had been replaced with a White Tiger descendant's heart and infused with spirit blood, and Yan Xiaoyi formed a golden spirit weapon.
• Yan Xiaoyi trained for more than three months, learning several profound arts and reaching human-rank Soldier-Rank Warrior.
• Yan Xiaoyi's instructor told him to leave the manor and explained that he could return by recruiting suitable youths or exchanging resources.
• Yan Xiaoyi recalled that Zhang Dabing had left months earlier and decided to meet him in the Immortal Wandering Ward.

Sun Zhuo investigated the surge of demons and supernatural incidents and learned from Fang Qianyuan that uncontrolled Spirit Essence had caused a Spirit Qi Revival. Fang Qianyuan said order would return when his Heavenly Dao reached perfection, while Sun Zhuo realized the upheaval offered cultivators a rare chance to attain the Dao.

• At a Heavenly Dao Alliance assembly, Sun Zhuo reviewed reports of rising threats and watched projections of powerful spirit monsters and demons.
• The assembled experts traced the growing supernatural incidents to Spirit Qi Revival and Spirit Essence running out of control amid the contest between Heavenly Daos.
• Sun Zhuo traveled to the Heavencrystal Snowfield and asked Fang Qianyuan whether he could stop the disorder.
• Fang Qianyuan explained that abundant resources and disrupted circulation would cause more uncontrollable events until his Heavenly Dao reached perfection.
• Sun Zhuo realized that the unclaimed Dao Paths, origins, and laws offered cultivators an opportunity to attain the Dao.

Grand Elder Tian Heng cultivated dharma gang through Origin Gang Transmutation, while King Mu, Mu Jingtian, independently demonstrated that dharma gang could create a living water figure. Tian Heng warned Bei Yetang that this power depended on Heavenly Dao authority and urged him to cultivate toward Heaven Tier while the sovereign position remained undecided.

• Bei Yetang witnessed strange origin-energy phenomena in Clear Spirit Grotto Heaven and found Grand Elder Tian Heng rejuvenated as he cultivated beside his Taotie.
• Tian Heng explained that his thunder-like dharma gang came from Origin Gang Transmutation and was not yet true dharma power.
• Tian Heng told Bei Yetang that dharma power depended on Heavenly Dao authority and urged him to cultivate and reach Heaven Tier.
• At the Boundless Sect, King Mu, Mu Jingtian, formed a thunder dragon from dharma gang and cast a Light Net into the sea.
• Mu Jingtian created a living water figure that remained intact even after he withdrew his spirit essence and will.

Ye Tianming found a newly formed tree demon and brought him along as a servant, while Fang Qianyuan attempted to transform True Gang into thunder and condense dharma power. Fang Qianyuan’s first effort formed a thunder dragon and stirred countless visions, but the condensed strand unraveled.

• Ye Tianming discovered a thousand-year-old tree demon who had survived thunderfire and gained true gang.
• Ye Tianming explained that the world’s changes and the struggle against Mystic Heaven would bring an age of supernatural phenomena, then recruited the tree demon as his servant.
• Fang Qianyuan began transforming True Gang into thunder as Bai Aoxue and Little White watched.
• Fang Qianyuan gathered thousands of threads of laws into a silver strand, which gave rise to a thunder dragon and numerous visions.
• The silver strand lost its power and unraveled, leaving Fang Qianyuan to study the failed attempt.

Fang Qianyuan concluded that he could not cultivate dharma power until he defeated Mystic Heaven and gained fuller control of the Heavenly Dao. He planned to wait for the Two Sects of the heavenly realms to gather their forces, then force them into a final struggle.

• Fang Qianyuan told Bai Aoxue that his attempt to cultivate dharma power had failed again despite mastering the relevant Dao paths and laws.
• Fang Qianyuan reasoned that he lacked sufficient control of the Heavenly Dao and origin power to kindle dharma power, and that defeating Mystic Heaven might let him try again.
• Bai Aoxue agreed that defeating Mystic Heaven was the key, and Fang Qianyuan said they first needed to defeat the Two Sects of the heavenly realms.
• Fang Qianyuan revealed that Yellow Venerable, Celestial Pivot, and the others were reviving their sect orders and recruiting and resurrecting powerful cultivators.
• Fang Qianyuan said the group would wait for their opponents to act together and then catch them all, but first needed enough pressure to make them stake everything on a desperate struggle.