Chapter Summaries

Dan Yuan was trapped by uncanny imitations of Jade Frost, Situ Kong, Li Yuanqing, and Yu Ya as Lingxu prepared to sacrifice the Emanated Cultivators to establish the Seventh Grotto-Heaven. The Heaven’s Will Sect attacked the Perched Cloud Blessed Land, and an imitation of Dan Yuan joined Lingxu in battle after its level rose to 79.

• Dan Yuan realized that the fellow Daoists accompanying him were uncanny versions of Jade Frost, Situ Kong, Li Yuanqing, and Yu Ya, and he attacked them with his innate true qi.
• Lingxu resolved to awaken the Emanated Cultivators in the forbidden zone and sacrifice them to Radiant Splendor Heaven.
• Heavenly Pivot Clear Edge broke into the Perched Cloud Blessed Land and declared that he would execute its supposed demons and evil-doers.
• Lingxu and the blessed land’s cultivators fought back against the Heaven’s Will Sect, and Lingxu called for Dan Yuan.
• An imitation of Dan Yuan appeared beside Lingxu, claimed he had been investigating the Grand Array, and watched its level rise from 78 to 79.

As the Heaven's Will Sect and Tribulation Deliverance Sect overwhelmed Perched Cloud Blessed Land, Lingxu used the Profound, Origin, and Beginning qi to stabilize it, leaving himself exposed. Chu Mo attacked him with Netherworld laws, and Lingxu's pagoda began to crack under the pressure.

• Dan Jing's sun-powered divine ability broke through Lingxu's Nine Splendors Heaven-Suppressing Seal and shattered the blessed land's grand array.
• Chu Mo arrived with Tribulation Deliverance's Dao Venerables and unleashed the Netherworld Prison, joining the Heaven's Will Sect in surrounding the Qi Refiners.
• Lingxu told Dan Yuan that the reinforcements had been intercepted, then used the three primordial qi to prop up the crumbling blessed land.
• Chu Mo struck Lingxu with the Yin Demon Law of Zhoujue and the Dawn Demon-Execution Law while Lingxu was unprotected by the three qi.
• Lingxu raised a nine-story purple-gold pagoda to defend himself, but golden light and karmic flames caused cracks to spread across it.

Lingxu forced the seven blessed lands to form the Seventh Grotto-Heaven, but the emerging grotto-heaven’s blessings awakened Qingxu Minghui, who claimed the Great Dao Venerable realm. Qingxu overwhelmed Chu Mo and the Fuli cultivators before two mysterious figures drew him into a world of radiant light.

• Lingxu prematurely raised the grotto-heaven with the combined fortune of the seven blessed lands, resisting attacks from the Heavenly Pivot and Fuli cultivators.
• Chu Mo realized a Great Dao Venerable was influencing events, and Qingxu Minghui emerged from the forbidden zone as a level 96 Great Dao Venerable.
• Qingxu declared the Radiant Splendor Heaven Domain his own and struck at the Fuli cultivators, overwhelming their defenses and driving them to the ground.
• As Qingxu prepared another attack, he was drawn into a radiant world where a man and a woman stood waiting.

Sun Venerable subdued Qingxu and Tai Zhen prepared to take him back to Fuli Heaven, leaving Lingxu and Situ Kong to face the renewed battle without him. Lingxu rallied the reluctant blessed land masters, but the fighting resumed and a young man in black robes approached.

• Sun Venerable gathered the Great Sun’s power and forced Qingxu to consider going with Tai Zhen back to Tribulation Deliverance.
• Chu Mo taunted Lingxu after Qingxu vanished from the battlefield, while the Fuli Cultivators recovered from their injuries.
• Lingxu urged the blessed land masters to fight alongside Nine Splendors Grotto-Heaven, and Dao Venerable Jihong agreed.
• The Heavenly Pivot ordered an attack, and Situ Kong warned Lingxu that their side could not hold out much longer.
• Lingxu saw a young man in black robes drift toward him and Situ Kong.

Chu Mo trapped Lingxu in the Plain Heaven Diagram, where Situ Kong betrayed him and revealed his allegiance to Dao Venerable Du You. As Chu Mo prepared to attack another opponent, Heaven's Heart stopped working, while Qingxiao moved the Heavenly Dao toward the Realm of Neither Being nor Nonbeing and secured the Emanated Cultivators' agreement to carry it into Fuli.

• Chu Mo trapped Lingxu and Situ Kong inside the Plain Heaven Diagram and invited Lingxu to join the Netherworld Lineage.
• Situ Kong stabbed Lingxu and revealed he had long served Dao Venerable Du You, leaving Lingxu horrified as he and Chu Mo closed in.
• The diagram withdrew, and Chu Mo thanked Zhi Su for lending him the treasure before turning his attention to Dao Venerable Jihong.
• A mournful fluctuation swept across the battlefield, and Heavenly Pivot Clear Edge realized that Heaven's Heart had stopped working.
• In the Outer Void Sea, Qingxiao forced the Heavenly Dao's consciousness into the Realm of Neither Being nor Nonbeing and asked the Emanated Cultivators to take it into Fuli.
• Xuan Zhen agreed on behalf of the Emanated Cultivators and asked Qingxiao to protect the younger generations of their blessed lands.

Xuan Zhen and three other Emanated Cultivators sacrificed themselves to deliver the realm of neither being nor nonbeing into Fuli, where their self-destruction revealed that the mainland was an illusion and devastated the Outer Sea. As Chu Mo recognized Radiant Splendor’s plan and the battle shifted with the Heavenly Dao gone, reinforcements from all six great grotto-heavens arrived.

• Xuan Zhen carried the realm of neither being nor nonbeing through Qingxiao’s rift and dissolved, followed by three more Emanated Cultivators who delivered it into Fuli Mainland.
• The four surviving Emanated Cultivators ignited their Dharma Bodies and exploded inside Fuli Mainland, destroying the illusion and exposing the Outer Sea beneath it.
• Dragon King Chaolan and the other dragons saw the Outer Sea ravaged by the blasts, while Canghan recognized the realm of nothingness and heard a voice urge him to awaken the Dragon Empress.
• Chu Mo inferred that Radiant Splendor had sent the realm of neither being nor nonbeing and the Emanated Cultivators as human bombs against Fuli.
• Ji Hong laughed that the Heavenly Dao was gone, and Dao Venerable Chen Huan welcomed reinforcements from all six great grotto-heavens.

Chu Mo lured Ji Hong and Chen Huan into an ambush, assimilated Ji Hong and others as Other-Self Aspects, and gained a level. Lingxu and the other disguised followers returned to the ruined Perched Cloud Grotto-Heaven, where Ziyang questioned them about Chu Mo.

• Heavenly Pivot retreated after Heaven's Heart became ineffective, while Lingxu persuaded Ji Hong to pursue the wounded Chu Mo instead of chasing the retreating forces.
• Chu Mo stopped in the Great Void, where Lingxu, Dan Yuan, and Situ Kong attacked Ji Hong and Chen Huan from behind and revealed their allegiance to Chu Mo.
• Chu Mo surrounded Ji Hong with assimilated figures, overwhelmed his sense of self, and absorbed him and others as Other-Self Aspects.
• Chu Mo reached level 80, then told Lingxu and the others to return and take the Perched Cloud Grotto-Heaven for themselves.
• Lingxu and the others arrived at the ruined grotto-heaven, where Ziyang asked whether they had captured Chu Mo.

Chu Mo used spirit matter to help Primordial Beginning advance his cultivation while planning to assimilate the Perched Cloud Grotto-Heaven and rescue its surviving emanated cultivators. Half a year later, Radiant Splendor Heaven’s forces had faltered, while the Tribulation Deliverance Sect quietly spread its influence across the continent.

• Ji Hong told Dao Venerable Ziyang that an ambush had forced the group to abandon their pursuit of Du You, while the six returned cultivators secretly watched Ziyang with eerie eyes.
• Chu Mo sent Primordial Beginning a Heaven and Earth Bag full of spirit matter, and Primordial Beginning joyfully praised the Sect Master and planned to break through to late Spirit Transformation.
• In Ji Hong's identity, Chu Mo entered the Perched Cloud Grotto-Heaven’s forbidden zone and found fourteen living emanated cultivators in jade coffins, many of them weak.
• Chu Mo resolved to assimilate the Perched Cloud Grotto-Heaven so he could rescue the surviving seniors from further harm.
• After six months, Great Dao Venerable Qingxu had not returned, Radiant Splendor Heaven had suspended its offensives, and the Tribulation Deliverance Sect was quietly spreading cultivation methods and artificial opportunities.

Chu Mo kept Zhi Su’s Plain Heaven Diagram by invoking the sect’s unstable situation, then summoned Primordial Beginning after his breakthrough and sent him to study the Netherworld Court. Afterward, Chu Mo considered letting Primordial Beginning practice on Zhi Su’s increasingly convincing False Netherworld Court and turned his attention to the Perched Cloud Grotto-Heaven.

• Zhi Su confronted Chu Mo about returning the Plain Heaven Diagram, but Chu Mo persuaded him to let him keep using it for the sect’s sake.
• Chu Mo sensed Primordial Beginning break through to late-stage Spirit Transformation and summoned him to Brightlight’s main hall.
• Chu Mo gave Primordial Beginning permission to enter the Netherworld Court, observe its work, and help guide wronged souls into Reincarnation.
• Chu Mo promised to provide Primordial Beginning with spirit matter and eventually a small Netherworld Court to practice refining.
• Chu Mo considered using Zhi Su’s False Netherworld Court as Primordial Beginning’s experimental subject, then projected his consciousness into the Perched Cloud Grotto-Heaven.

Dao Venerable Ziyang discovered that Perched Cloud Grotto-Heaven had been overtaken by eerie doubles and was assimilated by Chu Mo. After taking control of much of the grotto-heaven, Chu Mo found the Illusory Appearance Glazed Sky Diagram cracking.

• Dao Venerable Ziyang sensed that everyone had vanished from Perched Cloud Grotto-Heaven and found a shadow double emerging from his feet.
• Ziyang destroyed the shadow with rosy light, but Dan Yuan, Ji Hong, and the other blessed land masters returned as doubles of him.
• The six doubles and the grotto-heaven’s disciples revealed themselves as Ziyang’s copies, trapping him inside the main hall.
• Chu Mo revealed that he had assimilated Ziyang and the remaining blessed land masters after the reinforcements withdrew.
• Chu Mo took the Plain Heaven Diagram and observed that half of Perched Cloud Grotto-Heaven was under his control, then noticed the Illusory Appearance Glazed Sky Diagram cracking.

Chu Mo traded the damaged Plain Heaven Diagram for Zhi Su’s Ten Thousand Methods Mirror, then received a replacement diagram that Zhi Su claimed was already repaired. After Chu Mo began studying his Dao art, Zhi Su used the broken diagram to extract and learn the abilities it had recorded.

• Chu Mo realized the Plain Heaven Diagram had broken and decided to return it to Zhi Su in exchange for another treasure.
• Zhi Su visited Chu Mo to retrieve the diagram, and Chu Mo asked to borrow the Ten Thousand Methods Mirror to complete his Dao art extrapolation.
• Zhi Su agreed to the loan, but Chu Mo showed him the cracked diagram and asked him to repair it without demanding compensation.
• Chu Mo and Zhi Su exchanged the damaged diagram and the mirror, and Zhi Su handed Chu Mo a brand-new Plain Heaven Diagram as its repaired replacement.
• Chu Mo continued comprehending the Six Heavens of Luofeng Great Demon Edict while Zhi Su extracted recorded Dao principles and divine abilities from the damaged diagram and began studying them.

Chu Mo used the Ten Thousand Methods Mirror to begin deducing a fifth law for the Great Luo Feng Demon True Edict, while Lingxu assessed the Nine Splendors Grotto-Heaven’s plans for Perched Cloud. Lingxu gained authority over Perched Cloud and learned that Dragonkind might retaliate over the Realm of Neither Being nor Nonbeing.

• Chu Mo decided that the fifth law of the Great Luo Feng Demon True Edict would govern Dao Severing, and the Ten Thousand Methods Mirror began its deduction.
• Lingxu returned to the Nine Splendors Grotto-Heaven and told Dao Venerable Yuhua that Perched Cloud was stable but its cultivators resented the Nine Splendors Grotto.
• Dao Venerable Yuhua assigned Lingxu and Situ Kong responsibility for Perched Cloud and ordered them to oversee its Emanated Cultivators and protect Radiant Splendor Heaven’s resources.
• Lingxu privately planned to target Perched Cloud’s Emanated Cultivators, starting with those near death, and relayed his new authority to his True Self.
• Dao Venerable Yuhua told Lingxu that Dragonkind might retaliate after the Realm of Neither Being nor Nonbeing entered Fuli’s Outer Sea, and ordered him to seal off Perched Cloud until Senior Brother Qingxu returned.

Chu Mo completed the Fifth Law and brought Primordial Beginning to a False Netherworld Court to practice integrating his Dao with it. As Primordial Beginning gained control of the court, auspicious clouds and divine light gathered in Fuli Heaven.

• Chu Mo tested the Heaven-Defying Sect Annihilation Law, whose wind eroded foundations and lightning destroyed Dao Paths, then withdrew its manifestations.
• Chu Mo summoned Primordial Beginning and took him to a False Netherworld Court made by Zhi Su.
• Chu Mo gave Primordial Beginning authority over the False Netherworld Court, allowing him to perceive and control its Netherworld features.
• Chu Mo told Primordial Beginning to refine his Life-bound Magical Treasure and fuse it with the Netherworld's Dao resonance.
• Auspicious clouds gathered and divine light shone across Fuli Heaven.

Cen Lingyi integrated with the Dao of fate and became the Heavenly Pivot Fate-Proclaiming Dao Venerable, prompting the Tribulation Deliverance Sect to debate whether to obstruct her next step. Zhi Su argued that they should let her pass so the Heaven's Will Sect would not hinder Primordial Beginning's future Dao Integration, leaving Baoyun furious at the suggestion.

• Chu Mo and Primordial Beginning watched Cen Lingyi's Dao Integration, while Chu Mo pointed out that two Great Dao Venerables protected her.
• Cen Lingyi proclaimed the Heavenly Pivot Fate-Proclaiming Dao and became a Dao Venerable, establishing a new Dao in Fuli.
• Chu Mo promised Primordial Beginning that he would soon receive a blessing like Cen Lingyi's and urged him to focus on comprehension.
• At a Tribulation Deliverance Sect meeting, Chu Mo asked whether they should obstruct Cen Lingyi from gaining Tribulation Deliverance's recognition and fortune.
• Baoyun urged the sect to stop Cen Lingyi, fearing the Dao of fate would strengthen the Heaven's Will Sect and disrupt their plans.
• Zhi Su recommended letting Cen Lingyi pass so the Heaven's Will Sect would be less likely to obstruct Primordial Beginning, and Baoyun silently resented Zhi Su's advice.

Chu Mo and the other Tribulation Deliverance Sect leaders agreed not to obstruct Cen Lingyi, while Heavenly Pivot handed her the Heaven's Will Sect leadership and advised her about the powers she would need to face. Days later, Cen Lingyi arrived at Tribulation Deliverance Sect with several Dao Integration cultivators.

• Baoyun failed to persuade Chu Mo and the other leaders to hold Cen Lingyi back, and Chu Mo said he would test her when she came to Tribulation Deliverance.
• After the meeting, Chu Mo worried that Zhi Su might fully comprehend the All Beings Aspect and reflected on Cen Lingyi's sun, moon, and star treasures and divine ability.
• Heavenly Pivot gave Cen Lingyi the Sect Master's Seal, transferring Heaven's Will Sect's fortune and raising her cultivation by one level.
• Heavenly Pivot told Cen Lingyi to beware of Tribulation Deliverance and to visit Radiant Splendor Heaven after completing the Heaven and Earth Dao.
• Heaven's Will Sect announced that Cen Lingyi had succeeded Heavenly Pivot Clear Edge as Sect Master, and she later appeared at Tribulation Deliverance Sect with several Dao Integration cultivators.

Cen Lingyi challenged Chu Mo to a fight to demonstrate her Destiny Dao and secure passage to pursue the Heaven and Earth Dao. Inside her Star Radiance Heaven, she controlled the stars to counter Chu Mo’s sword, then caught him between the Moon and Sun Bracelets.

• Cen Lingyi arrived at the Tribulation Deliverance Sect with Heavenly Pivot Clear Edge and three True Self Dao cultivators, and Chu Mo welcomed her into the hall.
• Cen Lingyi proposed that she and Chu Mo fight, agreeing that neither would obstruct the other’s cultivation or make things difficult for Primordial Beginning.
• Chu Mo accepted and followed Cen Lingyi into the Great Void while Heavenly Pivot and the others watched the Tribulation Deliverance Sect’s movements.
• Cen Lingyi created Star Radiance Heaven with her silver hairpin and declared that her will there was fate and fortune.
• Chu Mo’s sword light struck a falling star, and Cen Lingyi sent her Sun Bracelet after him as he dodged.
• A silver crescent moon collided with Chu Mo, and Cen Lingyi’s Bright Sun shifted over to strike him.

Chu Mo fought Cen Lingyi, whose Dao of Fate let her influence his choices and redirect his laws’ attacks onto her martial uncle, Heavenly Pivot. Cen Lingyi conceded after concluding she could not win, while Chu Mo considered trying a trick and she grew wary.

• Cen Lingyi attacked Chu Mo with falling stars, but he emerged unharmed and recognized that she had used her Great Dao to guide his choices.
• Chu Mo gathered the fates of his many counterparts, making his fate too heavy for Cen Lingyi to influence.
• Chu Mo struck Cen Lingyi with laws of sin, karmic fire, and blades, but she used Fate Grafting to transfer the punishment to Heavenly Pivot.
• Cen Lingyi restored her dress and conceded, saying fate showed she would not win and Chu Mo had seen the mystique he wanted.
• Chu Mo wondered whether he could take advantage of her concession, and Cen Lingyi looked at him warily.

Chu Mo tested Cen Lingyi, then honored his agreement to let her pass and lifted the obstruction on fortune, allowing her to advance to Level 73. Months later, Primordial Beginning completed refining the False Netherworld Court into his Life and Death ledger, increasing his chances of Dao Integration.

• Chu Mo reached for Cen Lingyi, who tried to flee, but he stopped her and then withdrew his hand, saying he had only been joking.
• Cen Lingyi emerged from Star Radiance Heaven and confirmed to Heavenly Pivot that Chu Mo had not harmed her.
• Chu Mo lifted the obstruction on fortune, and Cen Lingyi advanced from Level 72 to Level 73 before leaving with Heavenly Pivot and the others.
• Chu Mo and Zhi Su discussed destiny, Heaven's Will, and how Tribulation Deliverance differed from the Great Evolution Dao Sect.
• Months later, Chu Mo found Primordial Beginning had refined the False Netherworld Court into a Life and Death ledger, raising his chances of Dao Integration by ten percent.

Chu Mo gave Primordial Beginning the nether origin, allowing him to complete the Book of Life and Death and set out to integrate the Dao. In the Outer Sea, Cen Lingyi moved to claim its fortune as Primordial Beginning began his breakthrough, provoking the Dragon Empress, whose flood was interrupted by a descending golden sun.

• Chu Mo gave Primordial Beginning the nether origin, which transformed his Dharmic Treasure into the Book of Life and Death.
• Primordial Beginning drew the book into his body and entered the great void to attempt Dao Integration while Chu Mo stood guard.
• Cen Lingyi told Heavenly Pivot Clear Edge that she would go to the Outer Sea, and he agreed to accompany her.
• The Dragon Empress suppressed the expanding Realm of Neither Being nor Nonbeing outside the Crystal Palace and vowed to punish Tribulation Deliverance and Radiant Splendor Heaven.
• Seeing signs of Primordial Beginning's Dao Integration and Cen Lingyi's attempt to claim the Outer Sea's fortune, the Dragon Empress sent a vast flood against them.
• A golden great sun descended from the Nine Heavens as the Dragon Empress's waters swept across the eight wildernesses.

The Sun Venerable intervened when the Dragon Empress tried to stop Cen Lingyi and Primordial Beginning from borrowing the Outer Sea’s Fortune, sparking a battle over the sea. As the Dragon Kings moved to attack Primordial Beginning during his Dao Integration, Chu Mo arrived to protect him and hold them back.

• The Sun Venerable appeared before the Dragon Empress and demanded that she let her junior borrow the Outer Sea’s Fortune.
• The Dragon Empress summoned the Hung Abyss Pearls and fought the Sun Venerable while most of her power remained occupied suppressing the Realm of Neither Being nor Nonbeing.
• The Dragon Empress sent the Dragon Kings in two groups to attack Cen Lingyi and Primordial Beginning, then challenged the Sun Venerable to fight to the death.
• Wanlan, Yuanting, and the other Dragon Kings reached Primordial Beginning as he entered a critical stage of Dao Integration.
• Chu Mo stopped the nine Dragon Kings with Demon-Severing Golden Light and placed Primordial Beginning inside a protective Grand Array.
• Primordial Beginning resumed merging his [Netherworld] and [Name] Root Origins while Chu Mo prepared to face the Dragon Kings.