Chapter Summaries

He Pingsheng chose Curved Array Heaven as a refuge and brought Xin Baobao and Lin Xiaoran to its Mahayana Heaven. As they headed for Southern Heaven City to meet Qiao Huizhu, He Pingsheng sensed that his servant Stone Gatherer was nearby.

• He Pingsheng sent Qiao Huizhu and Luo Bingyao to Curved Array Heaven first, then followed six months later with Xin Baobao and Lin Xiaoran.
• He Pingsheng used Spirit Roaming Taixu to reach Curved Array Heaven's Mahayana Heaven in less than a day.
• He Pingsheng explained that the Divine Emperors lived above the Ninefold Heavens, where the five Greater Primordial Unity cultivators resided.
• He Pingsheng contacted Qiao Huizhu and began traveling toward her in Southern Heaven City.
• He Pingsheng stopped after sensing that his servant Stone Gatherer was nearby.

He Pingsheng found Jinku being sold in an immortal city and bought him out, then learned that Jinku had spent twenty thousand years as a mining slave. As Jinku begged for help to extend his dwindling lifespan, He Pingsheng examined his fortune but saw nothing because Jinku was only an Earth Immortal.

• He Pingsheng sensed a nearby servant and discovered it was Jinku, whom he had enslaved in the Spirit Realm.
• He Pingsheng found Jinku imprisoned in a marketplace cage and bought him from the stallholder for one high-grade Immortal Crystal.
• Jinku told He Pingsheng that he had returned to Earth Immortal cultivation after ascending, but was captured by a rival sect and forced to mine for twenty thousand years.
• He Pingsheng tried to leave, but Jinku begged him for treasures, explaining that his lifespan might run out within a thousand years.
• He Pingsheng used his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to inspect Jinku's fortune, but saw nothing because Jinku had not reached Golden Immortal cultivation.

He Pingsheng discovered that Jinku had reached wisdom severance and would die despite receiving ordinary cultivation resources. To protect Jinku and keep his secret from being exposed after Jinku’s death, He Pingsheng gave him a Supreme Profound Immortal Apricot, making him a great all-encompassing golden immortal and dissolving their old Heavenly Dao Oath.

• He Pingsheng offered Jinku resources to cultivate, but Jinku revealed he had reached wisdom severance and could not be saved by them.
• Jinku warned that if he died, his soul might reveal He Pingsheng’s secret while being processed in the Underworld, and pleaded for help.
• He Pingsheng agreed to save Jinku with a Supreme Profound Immortal Apricot after Jinku promised to serve him willingly in return.
• Jinku ate the fruit and immediately advanced from earth immortal to great all-encompassing golden immortal.
• He Pingsheng realized the Heavenly Dao Oath he had sworn concerning Jinku had been dissolved because he had repaid their cause and effect.

He Pingsheng brought Jinku to Qiao Huizhu in Southern Heaven City and learned that she had arranged for him to work as a counter manager at the Fengdu Commerce Association while he tempered his state of mind. He met its grand elder, Jiang Aiyu, and handed over his Heaven Ascension Token for inspection.

• He Pingsheng renamed himself Immortal Venerable Balance and brought Jinku to Qiao Huizhu's courtyard, where he introduced Jinku as a trusted servant.
• He Pingsheng decided to focus on breaking through to the great all-encompassing golden immortal realm rather than investigate whether Li Mu had found Zhou Qingmei, Su Zhenzhen, and the others.
• Qiao Huizhu told He Pingsheng she had found him a counter manager position at the Fengdu Commerce Association, and they went to visit it.
• Jiang Aiyu met He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu, discussed his cultivation bottleneck, and asked to inspect his Heaven Ascension Token.
• He Pingsheng presented a Shakya Blood Peach to show he had resources for breaking through but wanted to rely on himself, then handed Jiang Aiyu his token.

After twelve hundred years managing the Fengdu Commerce Association, He Pingsheng remained stuck at his cultivation bottleneck while his skills and Dao Heart improved. Inspired by Ao Yuan’s breakthrough to the Dao Origin Realm and his journey to the Ninefold Heavens, He Pingsheng set out to explore them and reached the astral winds before the first heaven.

• He Pingsheng began serving as a first-floor counter manager alongside Ao Bei and spent twelve hundred years working at the commerce association.
• During that time, He Pingsheng became a seventh-grade formation master, settled his Dao Heart, and watched Luo Bingyao and Xin Baobao begin condensing their Dao Seeds.
• A tremendous dragon roar announced Ao Yuan’s breakthrough from the twelfth layer of Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal to the Dao Origin Realm.
• Ao Yuan flew toward the Ninefold Heavens, and Jiang Aiyu explained their location to He Pingsheng and offered him a route on a jade slip.
• He Pingsheng used the Spirit Roaming Taixu Divine Ability and reached the first heaven in just over two days, but endless astral winds blocked his way roughly a hundred thousand li from it.

He Pingsheng climbed into the astral winds above the Immortal Realm, where he learned about the Ninefold Heavens and the extraordinary record of Han Houzhi. He tested the Heavenly Gang Eight-Tone Shield against the genuine chaos energy, while his attempt's result remained unknown.

• He Pingsheng met Daoist Bloodslaughter in the astral winds and pretended he was struggling to ascend.
• Daoist Bloodslaughter explained that the space around the Ninefold Heavens was locked, and that Supreme Unity Golden Immortals could usually reach only about eighty thousand li from the first heaven.
• Daoist Bloodslaughter told He Pingsheng that Han Houzhi had once reached within forty thousand li of the first heaven as an eleventh-layer Supreme Unity Golden Immortal.
• He Pingsheng learned that ordinary Dao Origin cultivators could barely touch the first heaven, while only a few prodigies had reached the second.
• He Pingsheng recalled the Heavenly Gang Eight-Tone Shield and activated it to test whether it could withstand the chaos energy.

He Pingsheng failed to break through his Supreme Unity Golden Immortal bottleneck despite ascending into the Chaos Gang Qi, then learned that entering lower realms was nearly impossible for most immortals. After sixteen hundred years, his disciples Luo Bingyao and Xin Baobao prepared to break through to Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal, and their simultaneous breakthrough began outside Southern Heaven City.

• He Pingsheng climbed to ninety thousand li above the First Heaven, pondered amid the Gang Qi for more than thirty years, and returned without breaking through.
• He Pingsheng asked Jiang Aiyu whether immortals could follow the Yellow Springs River into lower realms, and she explained the restrictions on entering them.
• After sixteen hundred years without progress, He Pingsheng learned from Qiao Huizhu that Luo Bingyao and Xin Baobao were ready to condense their Three Flowers.
• He Pingsheng registered the breakthroughs, took Luo Bingyao and Xin Baobao to a desolate mountain range, and watched them begin planting their Dao Seeds in their auspicious clouds.

Luo Bingyao and Xin Baobao reached the Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal Realm, and Xin Baobao received a heaven-granted divine ability. After testing their strength, He Pingsheng examined the ability and learned that its three saber strikes could sever Divine Sense, Dao Domains, and souls.

• Luo Bingyao and Xin Baobao broke through to the Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal Realm, but Xin Baobao received a heaven-granted divine ability afterward.
• Xin Baobao revealed that her middle-grade Heaven Tier Demonic Path ability was called Heavenly Saber Three Demon Slashes, and He Pingsheng accepted it to study.
• He Pingsheng warned his disciples to conceal their full strength, and Luo Bingyao and Xin Baobao scored eighth rank with thirty-seven and forty-four points in the Standard Heavenly Gate Formation.
• He Pingsheng allowed Luo Bingyao to travel alone, gave her seventh-grade Immortal Talismans, and advised her to stay cautious and practice her spatial abilities.
• He Pingsheng examined Heavenly Saber Three Demon Slashes and learned its Heavenly God Slash, Heavenly Domain Slash, and Heavenly Soul Slash could sever Divine Sense, Dao Domains, and souls.

He Pingsheng discovered a powerful Divine Ability, gave Xin Baobao eight Demonic Path Order fragments, and then mistook Luo Bingyao for an impostor when she approached him disguised as Qiao Huizhu. After nearly killing her with a punch, he warned Luo Bingyao never to pull such a dangerous prank again.

• He Pingsheng examined a Divine Ability that could attack Divine Sense, Dao Domains, and souls, and decided to enhance it with the Treasure-Gathering Basin after leaving Mahayana Heaven.
• He Pingsheng gave Xin Baobao the eight remaining Demonic Path Order fragments and encouraged her to cultivate toward the Primordial Unity Great Realm.
• Qiao Huizhu approached He Pingsheng flirtatiously, but he sensed something was wrong and used his Divine Sense to discover the real Qiao Huizhu was still cultivating in seclusion.
• He Pingsheng punched the woman posing as Qiao Huizhu, badly injuring her, then recognized Luo Bingyao by her voice and brought her back to the Daoist Grounds.
• He Pingsheng sent Qiao Huizhu, Xin Baobao, and Lin Xiaoran away, then scolded Luo Bingyao and threatened to sever their master-disciple relationship if she repeated the prank.

After helping Xin Baobao improve her divine ability, He Pingsheng attended the Heavenly Pool Commerce Association’s once-in-a-thousand-years auction as Fengdu Commerce Association’s representative. The normally private auction had been changed to a public event, and the hall filled with powerful cultivators, including people he suspected were Dao Lords.

• He Pingsheng warned Luo Bingyao not to repeat her prank, then agreed with Qiao Huizhu that they should use a password to guard against her transformations.
• Four hundred years later, He Pingsheng gave Xin Baobao a supreme-grade version of the divine ability he had upgraded for her.
• He Pingsheng visited the Fengdu Commerce Association, where Jiang Aiyu asked him to represent it at the Heavenly Pool Commerce Association’s grand auction.
• At the auction house, He Pingsheng learned the event had been switched from a private auction to a public one at the last minute.
• He Pingsheng took a front-row seat in the packed hall and spotted several attendees whose cultivation he could not discern, likely Dao Lords.

At the Heavenly Pool Commerce Association’s millennial auction, He Pingsheng watched the first item, an eighth-grade Immortal Artifact, draw numerous offers. While the auctioneer appraised the bids, a man offered half a piece of Fire Great Dao Order for Metal Great Dao Order, setting off an uproar among the Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortals.

• The auctioneer explained that bidders had to offer goods rather than ordinary Immortal Crystals and that the month-long auction would pause for appraisals and private trades.
• The auctioneer introduced the first item, the low-grade eighth-grade Moon-Worship Heavenly Blossom Axe, and attendees offered cultivation methods, weapons, spirit liquid, Great Dao material, and an immortal fruit.
• He Pingsheng briefly considered bidding for a divine refining method with a Dao Origin Chapter, but decided he did not need it yet.
• While the auctioneer took the offers away for appraisal, an attendee asked to trade for Great Dao Order.
• The man revealed he had half a piece of Fire Great Dao Order and offered to exchange it for Metal Great Dao Order, causing an uproar in the hall.

At the auction, a Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal displayed half a fire-attribute Great Dao Order to lure other cultivators into pursuing him. He Pingsheng then traded seventh-grade Lightning Dao Origin for the Commerce Association’s seventh-grade Chaos Origin.

• A Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal showed half a fire-attribute Great Dao Order and refused offers that did not include a Great Dao Order.
• More than a dozen Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortals followed the man out of the Commerce Association, despite recognizing his bait.
• The auctioneer presented a mass of seventh-grade Chaos Origin, but no one bid because they saw little use for it.
• He Pingsheng offered a mass of seventh-grade Lightning Dao Origin in exchange for the Chaos Origin.
• The Commerce Association accepted He Pingsheng’s offer, and he took possession of the Chaos Origin.

He Pingsheng attended an auction where a Death-Substitute Puppet was sold, while he reflected on its limits and the Chaos Daoist Law. After several days of bidding, a white stone disc appeared as a First Grade Immortal Artifact, and He Pingsheng reacted with alarm.

• He Pingsheng considered whether studying the Chaos Daoist Law could help him overcome his cultivation bottleneck.
• The auctioneer presented a Death-Substitute Puppet, and He Pingsheng recognized it as the same kind he had refined from Myriad Willow Ghost-Binding Wood.
• Bidders competed fiercely for the puppet, which a female Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal bought.
• The auctioneer refused to reveal the consignor or provide Myriad Willow Ghost-Binding Wood, then continued the auction over the following days.
• The auctioneer introduced a First Grade Immortal Artifact, and He Pingsheng felt his heart contract when he saw a white stone disc.

He Pingsheng recognized the auctioned white stone disc as likely connected to his black disc and joined the bidding, but realized the other bidders might be fishing for its counterpart. He withdrew, yet suspected that the people behind the auction had now noticed him.

• He Pingsheng saw the white stone disc and concluded it was likely half of a powerful artifact that had been split in two.
• He Pingsheng offered fifth grade metal Great Dao laws origin, then raised his offer to sixth grade space origin as two others joined the bidding.
• The woman and the old man repeatedly matched each other with unusually similar offers, prompting He Pingsheng to suspect they were trying to draw out the owner of the black disc.
• He Pingsheng stopped bidding and let the other two compete, but noticed their changed expressions and became convinced the auction was a trap.
• He Pingsheng worried that someone had now taken an interest in him and his black stone disc.

He Pingsheng left the auction after the consignor refused to trade the white stone disc, but Zhu Ranyu abducted him into the void and demanded the matching black disc. Faced with Zhu Ranyu’s threat to kill him regardless, He Pingsheng admitted he had it.

• The auctioneer announced that the consignor had rejected the offers and ended the transaction for the white stone disc.
• He Pingsheng left the auction, claiming he was tired, and headed toward his own commerce association rather than fleeing at once.
• Zhu Ranyu swept He Pingsheng into the void and identified himself as a Dao Origin High Lord of the Golden Crow Tribe.
• Zhu Ranyu accused He Pingsheng of possessing the black half of the Chaos Yin-Yang World-Grinding Disc and demanded that he hand it over.
• When He Pingsheng denied knowing about the disc, Zhu Ranyu threatened to kill him and search for it anyway.
• He Pingsheng admitted that the black stone disc was on him, and Zhu Ranyu excitedly asked if he was telling the truth.

He Pingsheng surrendered the black stone disc to Zhu Ranyu in exchange for his life and received chaos treasures as payment. After Zhou Yiren warned Zhu Ranyu that He Pingsheng might become powerful, Zhu Ranyu returned and attacked him instead of demanding an oath.

• He Pingsheng gave Zhu Ranyu the black stone disc after Zhu Ranyu promised to spare his life, and Zhu Ranyu gave him an eighth-grade chaos origin and a ninth-grade treasure to settle their debt.
• Zhu Ranyu left, while He Pingsheng checked his star chart and set off toward Mahayana Heaven.
• Zhou Yiren intercepted Zhu Ranyu and showed him He Pingsheng's extraordinary speed, warning that He Pingsheng might someday seek revenge.
• Zhu Ranyu returned to He Pingsheng, checked that he was Daoist Balance rather than a disguised legendary figure, and decided to kill him to thwart Zhou Yiren's suspected scheme.
• Zhu Ranyu launched a palm strike at He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng repeatedly escaped Zhu Ranyu’s attacks through his life-saving safeguards, until his Buddhist Path Life-and-Death Thread revealed his identity and pulled him toward Wen Buwan. Zhou Yiren and Immortal Maiden Lingbo confronted Zhu Ranyu while the thread began glowing from Wen Buwan in Futu Immortal Domain.

• Zhu Ranyu attacked He Pingsheng twice, but Severed Arm Survival and the Death-Substitute Puppet saved him and sent him fleeing through space.
• Zhu Ranyu tracked He Pingsheng down and attacked him a third time with the Black Divine Spear, but a green barrier stopped the blow.
• He Pingsheng’s Life-and-Death Thread appeared, and Zhu Ranyu recognized him as He Pingsheng before the thread dragged him away.
• Zhou Yiren confronted Zhu Ranyu, who accused him of scheming with the stone discs, and the two fought until Immortal Maiden Lingbo joined Zhou Yiren.
• In Futu Lesser Vehicle Heaven, the Life-and-Death Thread began glowing from Wen Buwan as she sat on a sacred elephant and chanted Buddhist teachings.

Wen Buwan sacrificed herself, leaving He Pingsheng with her soul, the Great Dao order of creation, and the Golden Wheel of Merit. After learning he could preserve Wen Buwan’s memories and fortune through reincarnation, He Pingsheng faced the enemies converging to seize her soul and the order.

• Wen Buwan drew He Pingsheng to her, then shattered into green fragments and left behind her soul, a Great Dao order of creation, and a Golden Wheel of Merit.
• Wen Buwan told He Pingsheng she had avoided using the Golden Wheel of Merit to protect him, and he placed her fading soul in the myriad willow ghost-binding wood.
• Mingyuan comforted He Pingsheng, who learned from Divine Emperor Everlasting Life’s jade slip that a purple light could preserve Wen Buwan’s memories and fortune through reincarnation.
• Ming Yue jolted He Pingsheng out of his grief and made him consider the dangers posed by Zhu Ranyu, Immortal Maiden Lingbo, Zhou Yiren, and Dao Lord Azure Lotus.
• Dao Lord Azure Lotus demanded Wen Buwan’s soul and offered to spare He Pingsheng, while Zhu Ranyu, Immortal Maiden Lingbo, and Zhou Yiren appeared nearby.

He Pingsheng confronted Zhou Yiren, Zhu Ranyu, Immortal Maiden Lingbo, and Dao Lord Azure Lotus after their schemes and attacks cost his Dao Companion her life. With Mingyuan’s help, he chose to enter the Immortal Domain Abyss in search of a chance to survive.

• Zhou Yiren admitted he had schemed to claim the Great Dao Order of Creation, but He Pingsheng forgave him because Zhou Yiren had once saved his life.
• Zhu Ranyu and Immortal Maiden Lingbo offered to spare He Pingsheng if he swore not to seek revenge and handed over the Great Dao Order of Creation.
• Mingyuan warned the others against forcing He Pingsheng, then used his avatars to block Dao Lord Azure Lotus and Immortal Maiden Lingbo’s attacks.
• Mingyuan’s Benevolent Corpse took He Pingsheng out of Lesser Vehicle Heaven, but Zhou Yiren, Zhu Ranyu, Immortal Maiden Lingbo, and Dao Lord Azure Lotus caught up with them.
• He Pingsheng decided that seeking life through death was his only hope, then plunged into the Immortal Domain Abyss with Mingyuan’s help.

He Pingsheng fell through the Immortal Realm’s black vortex and emerged from a white vortex in a different void, where he discovered a star cluster with an Immortal Enclosure. After presenting his Heaven Ascension Token at the city gate, he learned that others from the Immortal Realm also arrived there through the abyss.

• Zhu Ranyu vanished, while Dao Lord Lingbo and Dao Lord Azure Lotus lamented that He Pingsheng had taken away pieces they needed for their goals.
• He Pingsheng was swept through the black vortex and blasted out of a white vortex into a star-filled void.
• He Pingsheng tried to enter the white vortex to return but was repelled by astral winds blowing outward.
• He Pingsheng used Spirit Roaming Taixu to reach a nearby star cluster and landed at its central Immortal Enclosure.
• A Golden Immortal demon guard inspected He Pingsheng’s Heaven Ascension Token and recognized him as an outsider from the Immortal Realm.
• The guard told He Pingsheng that people from the Immortal Realm often arrived there after entering the abyss.