Chapter Summaries

As Xie Changsheng entered seclusion to study the Law of Time, Luo Hongyi proposed creating a realm for the dead to resolve their obsessions and return them to reincarnation. Si Chen praised her vision but said it needed a foundation in the Great Dao, and suggested Xie Changsheng might reveal the answer when he emerged from the River of Time.

• Xie Changsheng used the Time Amber to enter secluded cultivation under Si Chen’s protection, while Zhou Yan and Murong Li stood guard.
• Luo Hongyi explained her plan to create a realm for the dead that would judge their deeds, resolve their obsessions, and return them to the cycle of heaven and earth.
• Li Tiezhu named Luo Hongyi’s vision the Netherworld, the Book of Life and Death, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation, inspiring her to refine her plan.
• Si Chen praised Luo Hongyi’s ambition but warned that the Netherworld needed a foundation in the Great Dao and could not be built from a blueprint alone.
• Si Chen said the cycle of life and death required a past, present, and future, and suggested Xie Changsheng might find an answer when he awoke from the River of Time.

Shi Yin warned Yu Jiutian that his visions showed destruction, then recognized a possible path to survival in Jiang Yuan and Shen Wei’s future. He left the gathering determined to find a way to save the Demon Realm Sovereigns.

• Yu Jiutian told Shi Yin that the Demon Realm had vanished, pitch-black creatures were emerging, and the Immortal Realm had sent Jiang Yuan and Shen Wei to seek cooperation.
• Shi Yin told Yu Jiutian that he had seen no future for them in the River of Time, only destruction, though the future was not fixed.
• Shi Yin and Yu Jiutian went to the Ten Thousand Radiance Hall, where Zhu Yao and Feng Qing welcomed the Immortal Realm envoys.
• Shi Yin studied Jiang Yuan and Shen Wei, then abruptly left the hall without explaining himself, and Yu Jiutian followed.
• Outside, Shi Yin realized that Jiang Yuan and Shen Wei’s future revealed a possible way to survive and resolved to find it for the Demon Sovereigns.

Shi Yin and Yu Jiutian prepared for a calamity Shi Yin had foreseen, but the Black Tide soon devastated the Demon Realm and left the future shrouded in chaos. As the war worsened, Shi Yin repeatedly dreamed of speaking to an immense sun and wondered what his dream-self was searching for.

• Shi Yin asked Yu Jiutian to accompany him to the end of the River of Time to seek a variable beyond karma and to plan the Demon Race's retreat.
• The Black Tide revealed that its creatures could not be killed and that fallen fighters quickly became stronger enemies, driving the Demon Realm into defeat.
• Zhu Yao asked Shi Yin whether the River of Time showed a way to defeat the Black Tide, and he claimed he could see nothing clearly.
• Yu Jiutian understood that Shi Yin was hiding the future because revealing it to those who did not cultivate the Law of Time could make events more chaotic.
• Shi Yin repeatedly dreamed of a vast sun and woke unable to hear what he had said to it, wondering what his dream-self was seeking.

Shi Yin and Yu Jiutian discussed how to overcome the Filth Demons, which grew from the obsessions of the dead, and Yu Jiutian proposed true reincarnation as a path to escape death and end their creation. Realizing that the plan required a master of fate, the two Demon Sovereigns began considering how one might arise in the countless epochs ahead.

• Shi Yin withdrew from the River of Time, while the Demon Realm's war against the Other Race continued and rumors of Immortal Realm victories briefly raised morale.
• Yu Jiutian visited Shi Yin with a newly formed Filth and explained that Filth were corrupted obsessions left behind by the dead.
• Yu Jiutian proposed washing away cultivation and grudges so a true spirit could enter a new body through reincarnation, granting rebirth and preventing Filth from forming.
• Yu Jiutian revealed that the plan required the law of fate to connect past and future, but no such master existed in the Three Realms.
• Shi Yin and Yu Jiutian realized that a master of fate might appear in the countless epochs to come.

As the Demon Realm war worsened, Shi Yin and Yu Jiutian searched the River of Time for a way to secure a future for themselves and their companions. They discovered that their plan had succeeded, then traveled to a time before their future selves met the wielder of the law of fate and arrived above the Murong Residence.

• Ying Cang cursed Shi Yin and Yu Jiutian for their absences but threatened anyone else who criticized them.
• Shi Yin told Zhu Yao that their search was still short of success, and she warned him not to die before her.
• After searching countless future ages, Shi Yin and Yu Jiutian found a period rich in rare laws but were violently repelled when they tried to enter it.
• Yu Jiutian realized their future selves already existed in that age, confirming that their reincarnation plan had worked.
• Shi Yin and Yu Jiutian searched for a time before their future selves met the wielder of the law of fate, then descended into an age above the Murong Residence.

Yu Jiutian and Shi Yin found Murong Li, a young girl carrying the law of fate, and extracted it after she survived her True Immortal tribulation so they could preserve the future against the Filth Demon calamity. The extraction left Murong Li disfigured and without her memories, while Yu Jiutian fled with a vow to repay her in another life.

• Yu Jiutian and Shi Yin discovered that Murong Li possessed the law of fate, but believed it was too weak to defeat the Filth Demon calamity and feared extracting it would kill her.
• Murong Li told her father that she foresaw becoming a monster and losing her memories, and that a man from beyond the heavens would later fall into her courtyard as her only chance of survival.
• Yu Jiutian and Shi Yin agreed to wait until Murong Li survived her True Immortal tribulation before taking her law of fate.
• After Murong Li endured the tribulation lightning, Shi Yin stopped time while Yu Jiutian extracted her law of fate, triggering the Heavenly Dao's backlash that disfigured her and shattered her mind.
• Yu Jiutian bowed to Murong Li, swore to repay her in another life, and fled with Shi Yin into the river of time.
• Murong Yuan held Murong Li as time resumed, and she recognized him as her father but could not remember her own name.

Shi Yin and Yu Jiutian returned from the river of time with the purple law of fate, but decided to conceal their reincarnation plan from their comrades so the future would not change. They returned to the Demon Realm, where Zhu Yao confronted them for disappearing while she managed the war, and demanded to know why they had come back.

• Shi Yin recovered from the backlash of interfering with the future, and Yu Jiutian sealed the purple law of fate in his palm.
• Shi Yin told Yu Jiutian they could not reveal the future or their reincarnation plan to Zhu Yao, Ying Cang, and the others because their choices might alter it.
• Shi Yin explained that their comrades would give them their true spirits if asked, trusting their long-standing bond even without an explanation.
• Shi Yin and Yu Jiutian returned to the Ten Thousand Radiance Hall in the Demon Realm, where Zhu Yao had been coordinating the war alone.
• Zhu Yao cursed Shi Yin and Yu Jiutian for vanishing for months, then demanded to know what had brought them back.

Shi Yin and Yu Jiutian gathered true spirits from their allies, then traveled through the River of Time to a barren Lower Realm. Shi Yin revealed that it would be the place where they reunited.

• Zhu Yao tore out a wisp of her true spirit and gave it to Shi Yin without learning his plan.
• Ying Cang cursed Shi Yin and Yu Jiutian, then ripped out his own true spirit and entrusted it to them.
• Feng Qing teased the pair before willingly sending Shi Yin her true spirit.
• Shi Yin and Yu Jiutian collected seven true spirits, and none of their allies refused to help.
• Shi Yin reopened the River of Time and led Yu Jiutian to a barren Lower Realm, where he said they would reunite.

Shi Yin revealed to Yu Jiutian his vision of the Demon Realm’s destruction and the plan to preserve their nine true spirits as a safeguard. After sealing them in Shi Yin’s Time Amber with the law of fate, the two left, promising they would recognize one another in their future lives.

• Shi Yin took Yu Jiutian into a ruined Small World and showed him the Time Amber, his Dao Foundation.
• Shi Yin told Yu Jiutian about the Demon Realm’s destined destruction, the Flame-Passing Pact, and the fates of their companions, including Feng Qing and Zhu Yao surviving.
• Shi Yin asked Yu Jiutian to seal the nine true spirits in the Time Amber and bind them with the law of fate.
• Yu Jiutian sealed the true spirits, and Shi Yin set the seal to release itself three months after they left.
• As they departed, Yu Jiutian wondered whether the old friends would recognize one another in new lives, and Shi Yin promised they would.

Three months after Shi Yin and Yu Jiutian vanished, a Half-Demon boy’s mother was killed by human cultivators, driving him to enter the Ancestral Court through a spatial rift. The chapter recounts the Nine Emperors’ final sacrifices in the ancient Demon Realm, then reveals the births of Zhou Yan and Xie Changsheng as fate begins drawing the reincarnations together.

• A Half-Demon boy buried his murdered mother, vowed to kill every human cultivator, and entered the Ancestral Court through a spatial rift.
• Shi Yin and Yu Jiutian returned to the Ten Thousand Radiance Hall as the Nine Emperors fought the Black Tide and lost Ying Cang.
• Yu Jiutian became the formation eye under the Flame-Passing Pact, followed by Ao Ren and his clan entering the Death Formation.
• Shi Yin shattered his Great Dao foundation to create the Time Amber, sent Zhu Yao through a time rift, and dissolved into silver light.
• In the Eastern Region, the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Pavilion Master divined that a newborn boy named Zhou Yan bore a hidden thread of heaven’s secrets.
• A boy named Xie Changsheng was born amid celestial signs, with the light of the Great Dao concealed in his eyes.

Xie Changsheng’s Dao Eyes struck a terrifying light when he tried to probe Si Chen at Mistveil Valley, ejecting Shi Yin from his body and sending their consciousnesses into the River of Time. There, Xie Changsheng recognized Shi Yin’s memories as his own past life, and the two faced each other in shock.

• Xie Changsheng rode Gray Gray to Mistveil Valley and used his Dao Eyes to examine the black-clad Si Chen.
• The light in Si Chen’s presence shattered Xie Changsheng’s probing gaze, wounded him, and blasted a silver figure from his body as time froze.
• Xie Changsheng awoke in the River of Time and recalled both his life as himself and Shi Yin’s ancient memories.
• Xie Changsheng realized that Shi Yin was his past life, while Shi Yin was shaken by the light and the disruption of his plans.
• Xie Changsheng and Shi Yin raised their heads and met eyes across the River of Time.

Xie Changsheng resisted Shi Yin’s plan to restore their shared past and the memories of their reincarnated comrades, insisting that his friends were their own people. Shi Yin briefly took control of Xie Changsheng to see the others in the courtyard, then yielded back to him, leaving Xie Changsheng furious and everyone else confused.

• Xie Changsheng demanded to know why Shi Yin had brought him there, and Shi Yin explained that they were the same soul and that he wanted to awaken their reincarnated comrades.
• Shi Yin identified Zhou Yan as Yu Jiutian, but Xie Changsheng insisted that Zhou Yan and the others were their present selves, not their past lives.
• Shi Yin accepted that the time was not right, then took control of Xie Changsheng to see the people gathered on Undying Mountain.
• Shi Yin recognized Murong Li as the former wielder of the law of fate and silently greeted Si Chen, who had seen through his identity.
• Shi Yin saluted the Ancient Demon Race and withdrew, allowing Xie Changsheng to awaken and curse him in front of the bewildered courtyard.

Xie Changsheng absorbed the fragments of Shi Yin’s Dao Foundation and surged from the late Mystic Immortal stage to the Immortal King realm. His celebration ended when Si Chen allowed Little Lei to give him a heavenly tribulation, as long as Xie Changsheng survived.

• Xie Changsheng struggled to process feeling as though he had become Shi Yin, then hid the revelation from Zhou Yan and the others.
• The Time Amber fragments triggered Xie Changsheng’s breakthrough, carrying him through the Golden Immortal stages and into the Immortal King realm.
• Xie Changsheng began to address Si Chen, but Little Lei appeared and asked to handle his tribulation.
• Si Chen told Little Lei not to kill Xie Changsheng, and Little Lei unleashed a vast heavenly tribulation that engulfed him.

Xie Changsheng survived Little Lei’s brutal tribulation and advanced to the Immortal King Realm, then awakened to the strength he had gained. He rejected the thought of merging with his past life and reaffirmed that he was still Xie Changsheng of the Mysterious One Dao Gate.

• Little Lei directed the entire heavenly tribulation into tempering Xie Changsheng, leaving Undying Mountain’s courtyard untouched as he advanced to Immortal King.
• Zhao Wuji, Zhou Dian, Xu Feng, and the Immortal Emperors gathered to watch, and Ancestor Si Ming and Chen Xu explained that the tribulation had given Xie Changsheng an extraordinary opportunity.
• Gray Gray sniffed and kicked the unconscious Xie Changsheng, while Si Chen used the Yi Wood Eternal Spring Art to restore him.
• Xie Changsheng sprang up screaming for the divine ability to stop, and the onlookers laughed at his revived, familiar exploded hairstyle.
• Xie Changsheng recognized his Immortal King strength and wondered what he might have become by merging with his past life, but he rejected the thought and affirmed his identity as himself.

After breaking through, Xie Changsheng told his companions that he had encountered Shi Yin in the river of time and learned he was Shi Yin’s reincarnation. His account left Luo Hongyi wondering whether the ancient Demon Sovereign had already established reincarnation, while the others questioned whether Shi Yin had possessed Xie Changsheng.

• Si Chen invited the elders inside, but they left the courtyard and took Si Qing with them.
• Si Chen offered Xie Changsheng tea and gave him time to decide what to reveal about his encounter in the river of time.
• Xie Changsheng told Song Chi, Zhou Yan, Luo Hongyi, and the others that he had met Shi Yin and was his reincarnation.
• The group turned toward Luo Hongyi, connecting Xie Changsheng’s revelation to her plan to establish a Netherworld and six paths of reincarnation.
• Zhou Yan and Song Chi asked whether Shi Yin might have possessed Xie Changsheng, but Xie Changsheng said their identities had merged like a drop of water returning to the ocean.

Luo Hongyi and the others realized that reincarnation could help eradicate filth, but Zhou Yan suspected Xie Changsheng was concealing more about the ancient method. Si Chen proposed rebuilding the ruined Demon Realm as an underworld, and Xie Changsheng suggested using Time Amber to accelerate their cultivation.

• Luo Hongyi, Song Chi, Black Mountain, Red Wind, Li Tiezhu, and Wang Yan concluded that reincarnation could cut off the birth of filth, while Song Chi reminded Xie Changsheng that his past-life status did not change their usual relationship.
• Zhou Yan questioned whether Shi Yin had brought others along when he learned reincarnation, but he let Xie Changsheng defer answering and redirected the discussion to finding a suitable plane for an underworld.
• Si Chen revealed that the destroyed Demon Realm could serve as a blank canvas for building the underworld because the Heavenly Dao no longer existed there.
• Si Chen warned that even immortal kings lacked the cultivation needed for the plan, and Xie Changsheng proposed using Time Amber to borrow time and help everyone cultivate.

Xie Changsheng proposed using his time-distortion formation to give the group more time to cultivate, and Si Chen created an independent small world where they could use it. After entering, Si Chen transformed the empty realm into a lush, spirit-rich landscape, leaving the group amazed.

• Xie Changsheng explained that his formation could make one year pass inside for every day outside, but Si Chen warned that the Immortal Realm’s laws would prevent it from lasting long.
• Si Chen opened a passage beneath the Old Locust Tree and revealed a newborn small world independent of the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.
• Si Chen led Xie Changsheng, Zhou Yan, Song Chi, Black Mountain, and the others into the empty white realm.
• Si Chen used Yi Wood Eternal Spring power to create grasslands, mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, and blooming plants throughout the small world.
• Black Mountain tasted the stream water as the others stared in stunned amazement at Si Chen’s newly created world.

Si Chen and his companions transformed a newborn Small World into a stable cultivation realm and created a painted key to access it. As Luo Hongyi took charge of the key, Zhou Yan proposed naming the realm the River Chart.

• Gray Gray devoured the spirit grass while Wang Yan mistook the donkey’s indifference for profound Dao insight, and Li Tiezhu realized he was simply hungry.
• Si Chen stabilized the Small World’s laws and entrusted Xie Changsheng with changing its flow of time; Zhou Yan insisted on helping him with the formation.
• Luo Hongyi warned Murong Li to stay away from Zhou Yan and Xie Changsheng, prompting Song Chi to suspect their past interest in him had peculiar motives.
• During three days of work, Zhou Yan pieced together that Xie Changsheng had reincarnated and chose not to press him about the past.
• Xie Changsheng completed the time-altering formation, and Si Chen proposed opening the realm to everyone on Undying Mountain.
• Si Chen painted the Small World onto a sheet of paper and entrusted the key to Luo Hongyi; after Song Chi and Black Mountain argued over names, Zhou Yan proposed calling it the River Chart.

Nearly a century passed inside the River Chart as the Eastern Region’s cultivators settled into secluded cultivation, while Third Uncle Granduncle and Gray Gray spent their time avoiding it. Li Tiezhu noticed his system growing weak and forgetful, but its familiar debt calculation reassured him before it addressed him solemnly and then fell silent.

• The River Chart became crowded as the Si Household, Lower Realm ancestors, and rescued little demons claimed places to cultivate, while Third Uncle Granduncle relaxed and Gray Gray made brief visits.
• Si Shuo devoted himself completely to cultivation, with the Auntie Legion building cottages nearby to cultivate and keep him company.
• Li Tiezhu stopped training for a break and noticed that his system had grown sluggish and forgetful over the decades.
• Li Tiezhu asked how many points he owed, and the system crisply rounded his 89,624,315-point debt up to 90 million.
• The system called Li Tiezhu by name, began to say, “If one day...,” then told him to go back to sleep without explaining.

Jiang Ling completed the first baptism of the new epoch and met Taichu at Jade Pool, where Luo Hou arrived with his demon god army. Kunpeng tried to prove his loyalty by summoning billions of creatures, accidentally bringing Si Mian and his household into the middle of the confrontation.

• Jiang Ling told Taichu that only her Dao Heart remained, while Kunpeng stood behind them in human form.
• Luo Hou arrived at Jade Pool with his demon god army and tried to enter, but Jiang Ling ordered him to stop.
• Kunpeng stepped in to defend Taichu and Jiang Ling, then used Sumeru Becomes a World to summon billions of creatures around Jade Pool.
• Kunpeng's Divine Ability transported Si Mian's courtyard and the Si Household into the battlefield.
• Si Mian covered the courtyard with concealment Formations and ordered his clansmen to lie in the carrot patch and play dead.