Chapter Summaries

He Pingsheng killed the Dao Lord who attacked him, then returned with Xin Baobao to the Great Void Sect to gather his companions before leaving for the Immortal Realm. Shang Xihong questioned him about the Fourth Realm and revealed that Divine Venerable Tianzhi had also reached the ninth level of the Ninefold Heavens and seen the Chaos Order.

• The obese Dao Lord attacked He Pingsheng, but he killed her with the Netherworld Scythe and her companion fled.
• He Pingsheng and Xin Baobao returned to the Great Void Sect, where Wen Buwan and Qiao Huizhu had failed to break through their bottlenecks.
• Wen Buwan sent Luo Bingyao a message, but Shang Xihong arrived instead and asked He Pingsheng about the Demon God's Heart and the Fourth Realm.
• He Pingsheng described seeing four worlds formed from an ancient deity's body, but withheld details about the deity and his Treasure-Gathering Basin.
• Shang Xihong told He Pingsheng that Divine Venerable Tianzhi was another person who had ascended to the ninth level of the Ninefold Heavens and seen the Chaos Order.

He Pingsheng learned more about Divine Venerable Tianzhi, reunited with Luo Bingyao, and led his companions out of the Demonic Realm. He returned to the Immortal Realm and discovered he was in Central Pole Heaven.

• Shang Xihong told He Pingsheng that Divine Venerable Tianzhi had fused six Chaos Great Dao Orders and was renowned as the most handsome man in the three realms.
• Luo Bingyao reunited with He Pingsheng after leaving the Demon God's Heart, and he invited her and the others to return to the Immortal Realm.
• He Pingsheng stored his companions in his Magical Treasure space and traveled through the vortex with Xin Baobao and Elmwood.
• He Pingsheng used Chaos Swift Movement and Shifting Stars and Constellations to emerge into the Immortal Realm.
• He Pingsheng checked his star chart and found that he was in an Immortal Domain in Central Pole Heaven.

He Pingsheng returned to the Immortal Realm, recruited Elmwood to manage his future commerce association, and learned that his family and the Great Order Wisdom King were still at Wild Goose Peak. He restored his strength and secretly arrived at Wild Goose Peak, intending to hunt down Zhu Ranyu, Lingbo, and Zhou Yiren before they could hide.

• He Pingsheng offered Elmwood a Supreme Profound Immortal Apricot in exchange for managing his future commerce association, and Elmwood swore a Heavenly Dao Oath.
• He Pingsheng checked the Heaven-Inlaying Pearl and saw that He Yuqing and Kong Jiaojiao were still at Wild Goose Peak, then restored his Daoist law and divine sense.
• Elmwood used the Supreme Profound Immortal Apricot to break through to the great all-encompassing golden immortal peak, and He Pingsheng instructed him to find Jinku and cautiously assess his Master's attitude.
• He Pingsheng sent Elmwood to Hooked Array Mahayana Heaven and ordered his companions to remain concealed in his magical treasure's space.
• He Pingsheng secretly traveled to Wild Goose Peak and opened a void vortex inside the Great Order Wisdom King's Daoist grounds, planning to find and kill Zhu Ranyu, Lingbo, and Zhou Yiren.

He Pingsheng reunited with Kong Jiaojiao after seventy thousand years and learned that she and their children had struggled in his absence. He left his family in her care and went to confront Zhu Ranyu, who was still searching for him.

• He Pingsheng embraced Kong Jiaojiao, comforted her, and sealed her Daoist Grounds with an eighth-grade Divine-Sense Sealing Immortal Formation.
• He learned that Kong Jiaojiao and Yuqing had reached wisdom severance, while Tianyu and Tianya had advanced in cultivation.
• He Pingsheng brought Qiao Huizhu and the others to Kong Jiaojiao, told everyone to stay in the Great Hall, and departed to face Zhu Ranyu.
• He Pingsheng arrived outside the Nine Woods Immortal Domain and used Thirty-Two Great Men to disguise himself.
• Zhu Ranyu questioned a black-clad disciple about an unnamed great all-encompassing golden immortal eleventh layer who claimed to have information he wanted.

He Pingsheng confronted Zhu Ranyu in the Golden Crow Lesser Vehicle Heaven, rejected his offer to settle their grievances, and attacked his Dao Domain from the void. He destroyed the Lesser Vehicle Heaven with an eighth-grade Azure Lotus Sword Talisman, leaving the fate of Zhu Ranyu unresolved.

• He Pingsheng revealed his identity to Zhu Ranyu, and his presence killed Zhu Ranyu’s black-robed disciple without moving.
• Zhu Ranyu offered He Pingsheng the Chaos Yin-Yang World-Grinding Disc in exchange for ending their grievances, but He Pingsheng refused to forgive him for his Dao Companion’s death.
• He Pingsheng challenged Zhu Ranyu to fight in the void and threatened the lives of the beings in the Golden Crow Lesser Vehicle Heaven if Zhu Ranyu stayed behind.
• Zhu Ranyu remained within his Dao Domain, so He Pingsheng used the Heavenly Saber Three Demon Slashes to severely damage it.
• He Pingsheng unleashed an enhanced eighth-grade Azure Lotus Sword Talisman, which shattered the Golden Crow Lesser Vehicle Heaven into countless fragments.

He Pingsheng attacked Zhu Ranyu, who used the Chaos Yin-Yang World-Grinding Disc to withstand his assaults and wound him with the Heaven and Earth Cage. The discs closed around He Pingsheng, leaving his fate uncertain.

• He Pingsheng struck down countless beings, then confronted Zhu Ranyu, who revealed that his karmic burden was small because he could bear immense cause and effect.
• Zhu Ranyu offered the Chaos Yin-Yang World-Grinding Disc in exchange for a Heavenly Dao Oath, but He Pingsheng feigned consideration and launched three Heaven-Rending Divine Talismans.
• Zhu Ranyu blocked the talismans and Purple Spirit's Azure Lotus Sword Talisman with the stone discs, but He Pingsheng's black divine scythe cut a gash into Zhu Ranyu.
• Zhu Ranyu unleashed the Heaven and Earth Cage, trapping He Pingsheng between the black and white discs as they closed together and began grinding through the void.

He Pingsheng escaped Zhu Ranyu by entering the Profound Demon Heavenly Ruins, then returned to the Immortal Realm with Wen Buwan and Qiao Huizhu’s two daughters. Zhu Ranyu became trapped in the Heavenly Ruins, and He Pingsheng told Luo Bingyao he would eventually die there.

• He Pingsheng failed to defeat Zhu Ranyu but escaped with his essence blood, and Zhu Ranyu pursued him into the Heavenly Ruins.
• He Pingsheng slipped through Zhu Ranyu’s seals and escaped through a vortex, while Zhu Ranyu was thrown back into the void.
• He Pingsheng entered the Demonic Realm, recovered, then returned to the Heavenly Ruins and took Wen Buwan and Qiao Huizhu’s daughters from the Immortal Palace.
• He Pingsheng returned to the Great Order Wisdom King's Daoist Grounds and told Luo Bingyao that Zhu Ranyu was trapped in the Heavenly Ruins and would eventually die.

He Pingsheng returned to Wild Goose Peak after trapping Zhu Ranyu and arranged for his companions to cultivate or travel. He helped Kong Jiaojiao regain her peak cultivation, but their reunion was interrupted by their children calling from outside the formation.

• He Pingsheng recounted his fight with Zhu Ranyu, explained that Zhu Ranyu was trapped in the Profound Demon Heavenly Ruins, and said he would grow strong enough to defeat him.
• He Pingsheng sent Xin Baobao home in secret, encouraged Luo Bingyao to explore, and told Yinpan Ying to cultivate with them for now.
• After Wen Buwan led the others away, He Pingsheng gave Kong Jiaojiao a Supreme Profound Immortal Apricot and helped her break through to the Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal twelfth layer.
• Kong Jiaojiao prepared to show He Pingsheng her restored authority, but their children called for him outside the formation.

He Pingsheng reunited with his three children and gave them golden essence blood and seventh-grade immortal artifacts. Meanwhile, Elmwood found Jinku, who revealed that the Xiling Household had imprisoned He Pingsheng’s Dao companion alongside Immortal Emperor Li Mu in the Nine Thunder Heavenly Well.

• He Pingsheng welcomed He Tianya, He Tianyu, and He Yuqing, discussed their cultivation, and gave them golden essence blood and seventh-grade immortal artifacts.
• He Pingsheng sent his children away and set out several formations.
• Elmwood visited the Fengdu Commerce Association and asked Jiang Aiyu to let him meet Jinku.
• Elmwood swore that he was no enemy of Jinku and explained that He Pingsheng had sent him to check on Jinku.
• Jinku told Elmwood that the Xiling Household had taken control of the Li Mu Star Cluster and imprisoned He Pingsheng’s Dao companion with Immortal Emperor Li Mu in the Nine Thunder Heavenly Well.

Elmwood learned that Dao Lord Great Horn had helped the Xiling Household capture He Pingsheng’s Dao Companion and Immortal Emperor Li Mu, and he decided to attempt a rescue before asking He Pingsheng for help. At the Nine Thunder Heavenly Well, Elmwood found the bound woman being tortured by lightning.

• Jinku told Elmwood that Dao Lord Great Horn had helped the Xiling Household suppress Immortal Emperor Li Mu and imprison the mistress.
• After learning He Pingsheng could kill his master, Elmwood chose to rescue the prisoners himself and carried a Message Transmission Immortal Talisman for Jinku to use if he did not return within three days.
• Jinku told Elmwood that Li Mu was being held at the Nine Thunder Heavenly Well in the Li Mu Enclosure.
• Elmwood reached the Nine Thunder Heavenly Well and sensed a woman bound to its wall, where countless lightning bolts struck her.

Elmwood demanded that Xiling Wanli release He Pingsheng’s woman, only to learn that Dao Lord Great Horn had imprisoned her. Great Horn appeared and recognized Elmwood, reacting with shock and fear at his return from the Heavenly Ruins.

• Elmwood probed deep into the Nine Thunder Heavenly Well but could not find Immortal Emperor Li Mu.
• Xiling Wanli recalled how Dao Lord Great Horn had suppressed Li Mu and He Pingsheng’s woman, then made him guard the well.
• Elmwood confronted Xiling Wanli and ordered him to release He Pingsheng’s woman, threatening to kill him if he refused.
• Xiling Wanli warned Elmwood that Dao Lord Great Horn was a Dao Origin Realm expert, then summoned him through a Void Passage.
• Dao Lord Great Horn recognized Elmwood and asked how he had returned after falling into the Heavenly Ruins, while Xiling Wanli trembled in fear.

Elmwood revealed that He Pingsheng had returned from the Heavenly Ruins, terrifying Dao Lord Great Horn and Xiling Wanli, who had imprisoned Zhou Qingmei. He Pingsheng arrived in time to stop Xiling Wanli and saw Zhou Qingmei trapped in the Nine Thunder Heavenly Well.

• Elmwood confirmed to Great Horn and Xiling Wanli that he had returned from the Heavenly Ruins with He Pingsheng.
• Great Horn realized He Pingsheng had returned and feared the consequences of capturing his friend and Dao Companion.
• Xiling Wanli decided to attack He Pingsheng's woman, but the Primordial Purple Gold Staff blocked him.
• He Pingsheng and Jinku appeared, and He Pingsheng struck Xiling Wanli with four Buddhist Path seals.
• He Pingsheng saw Zhou Qingmei imprisoned in the Nine Thunder Heavenly Well and told her she had suffered.

He Pingsheng rescued Zhou Qingmei from the Nine Thunder Heavenly Well and confronted Dao Lord Great Horn over his cruelty. The chapter ended with Jinku sending Elmwood to destroy the Xiling Household while He Pingsheng promised to protect Great Horn’s family and keep his wife from learning the truth.

• He Pingsheng healed Zhou Qingmei and entrusted her to Purple Spirit while Elmwood went down the well to rescue Immortal Emperor Li Mu.
• Dao Lord Great Horn admitted he had tortured Zhou Qingmei to curry favor with a disciple of Divine Emperor Everlasting Life, and He Pingsheng ordered him to take his own life.
• After Great Horn died, the Primordial Purple Gold Staff caught his Immortal Soul Light, and He Pingsheng sealed him with four Buddhist Path Heart Seals before putting him in his Magical Treasure’s space.
• Elmwood returned with Immortal Emperor Li Mu and mourned Great Horn, while Jinku recited the four lines Great Horn had spoken before his death.
• Jinku asked Elmwood to leave not even a chicken or dog alive in the Xiling Household, and He Pingsheng promised to spare Great Horn’s family and keep his wife from learning what happened.

He Pingsheng reunited with Li Mu and Zhou Qingmei after dealing with Dao Lord Great Horn, and gave Li Mu a lightning order to help him advance. Zhou Qingmei revealed that she had undergone wisdom severance and asked He Pingsheng to help her regrow her wisdom root so she could remain by his side.

• Daoist Elmwood left to eradicate the Xiling Household and keep the events from his wife.
• He Pingsheng stored Dao Lord Great Horn's corpse, while Jinku took Xiling Wanli away to suffer for trillions of years.
• After three days of meditation, Li Mu broke through to the great all-encompassing golden immortal twelfth layer.
• He Pingsheng gave Li Mu a complete lightning order, and Li Mu left with Jinku to avenge his slain disciples.
• Zhou Qingmei woke in He Pingsheng's arms and admitted she had undergone wisdom severance.
• Zhou Qingmei asked He Pingsheng to help her regrow her wisdom root so she could serve him for tens of thousands of years.

He Pingsheng helped Zhou Qingmei reach the twelfth layer of Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal with a Supreme Profound Immortal Apricot, then learned that Su Zhenzhen and West Lake had undergone Wisdom Severance. He later reunited with Stone Gatherer in the Celestial Pleiades Immortal Enclosure and learned that Ming Riyue had become an Immortal Emperor.

• He Pingsheng gave Zhou Qingmei a Supreme Profound Immortal Apricot, which raised her cultivation to the peak of the twelfth layer of Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal.
• He Pingsheng asked Zhou Qingmei about Su Zhenzhen, West Lake, and the others, and she confirmed that they had undergone Wisdom Severance.
• He Pingsheng comforted himself with the possibility that a sage could resurrect deceased loved ones and encouraged Zhou Qingmei to believe he would become a supreme sage.
• Daoist Elmwood reported that he had destroyed the Xiling Household, then declined to become Dao Lord of the Great Horn Immortal Domain and left to buy a larger commerce association in Curved Array Heaven.
• He Pingsheng traveled to the Celestial Pleiades Immortal Enclosure and reunited with Stone Gatherer, who told him Ming Riyue had become an Immortal Emperor and controlled the star system.
• He Pingsheng chose not to visit Ming Riyue and said he had come only to take his servants away.

He Pingsheng helped Stone Gatherer reach the peak of Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal and put him in charge of the new commerce association in Mahayana Heaven. After a disciple of Divine Emperor Curved Array delivered land as a gift, He Pingsheng prepared to visit Sage Gouchen in the Ninefold Heavens.

• Stone Gatherer used a Supreme Profound Immortal Apricot to reach the peak of Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal and thanked He Pingsheng.
• He Pingsheng brought Stone Gatherer to the commerce association Elmwood had bought, where Li Mu said he had wiped out Elmwood's master's household and left.
• Stone Gatherer supplied the association with stock, and He Pingsheng appointed Jinku, Elmwood, and Stone Gatherer as its first, second, and third elders.
• Wu Wang, a disciple of Divine Emperor Curved Array, gave He Pingsheng a map showing land behind the commerce association that his master had gifted him.
• Wu Wang told He Pingsheng that Sage Gouchen was in the fifth heaven, and He Pingsheng said he wanted to visit him for guidance.

He Pingsheng established a sect in Curved Array Heaven and then set out to ascend the Ninefold Heavens, hoping the astral winds would help him break through his bottleneck. After reaching the Third Layer Heaven, he struggled against the overwhelming Chaos Astral Wind in the Fourth Layer Heaven.

• Wu Wang gave He Pingsheng a territory of a hundred thousand zhang in Curved Array Heaven, and He Pingsheng decided to establish a sect there.
• He Pingsheng built eighth-grade defensive, divine-sense-sealing, and warning formations around the sect and brought Qiao Huizhu, Wen Buwan, Luo Bingyao, Yinpan Ying, and the Great Order Wisdom King out of the Heaven-Inlaying Pearl.
• He Pingsheng told Kong Jiaojiao he planned to ascend the Ninefold Heavens, retrieve the other eight pieces of the Great Dao Order of Creation if necessary, and settle matters with Dao Lord Azure Lotus.
• After lingering for several months, He Pingsheng used Shifting Stars and Constellations to reach the Ninefold Heavens and ascended through the First, Second, and Third Layer Heavens.
• He Pingsheng rested beneath the Fourth Layer Heaven, then entered its Chaos Heavenly Eye and struggled upward against its powerful black Chaos Astral Wind.

He Pingsheng repeatedly tried to break through his cultivation bottleneck in the Fourth Layer Heaven’s Chaos Heavenly Eye, but after sixteen hundred years he made no progress. Using the Heavenly Gang Eight-Tone Shield, he reached the Fourth Layer Heaven and met Gouchen, who explained that Sages were not truly all-knowing.

• He Pingsheng repeatedly climbed into the Chaos Heavenly Eye for sixteen hundred years, hoping the chaos pressure would break his bottleneck, but it did not.
• He Pingsheng activated the Heavenly Gang Eight-Tone Shield and reached the Fourth Layer Heaven, then flew to the pressure-free vortex beneath the Fifth Layer Heaven.
• Gouchen appeared before He Pingsheng, and He Pingsheng recognized him as Divine Emperor Curved Array and thanked him for granting an immortal mountain.
• Gouchen praised He Pingsheng for reaching the Fourth Layer Heaven as a Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal and said only Wang Dun had done so before him.
• Gouchen asked why He Pingsheng had waited so long to use his defensive ability, then explained that Sages could only glimpse patterns in the Heavenly Dao, not know every detail.

Gouchen offered to help He Pingsheng break through his cultivation bottleneck and lent him the Wordless Heavenly Scripture, a blank supreme treasure that could aid his study. He also advised He Pingsheng to seek the Thousand Mechanisms Divine Diagram to counter Zhu Ranyu's treasure.

• He Pingsheng explained that he had repeatedly entered the Chaos Heavenly Eye to overcome his bottleneck, and Gouchen warned that forcing his way through would not help.
• Gouchen asked about He Pingsheng's Chaos Astral Wind shield, and He Pingsheng described learning from Dark Bone and Shang Xihong before showing him the Jade Slip.
• Gouchen recognized the shield as Heaven Tier Supreme Grade and returned the Jade Slip without offering guidance.
• Gouchen lent He Pingsheng the Wordless Heavenly Scripture and said studying it could help him break through his bottleneck within three thousand to ten thousand years.
• Gouchen told He Pingsheng that the Thousand Mechanisms Divine Diagram might help him withstand Zhu Ranyu's Chaos Yin-Yang World-Grinding Disc, then said he would wait for him in the Sixth Heaven.

After failing to comprehend the Wordless Heavenly Scripture, He Pingsheng confronted Dao Lord Azure Lotus and challenged him to swear an oath. He released Yinpan Ying, whose appearance left Azure Lotus convinced that his younger sister had returned.

• He Pingsheng spent two hundred years trying to comprehend the Wordless Heavenly Scripture but gained nothing.
• He Pingsheng returned to Curved Array Heaven, learned that Dao Lord Azure Lotus had visited, and went to confront him.
• He Pingsheng and Azure Lotus clashed, but He Pingsheng put away his talismans and proposed that Azure Lotus swear a Heavenly Dao Oath and bark three times.
• He Pingsheng released Yinpan Ying from the Primordial Purple Gold Staff and asked her to massage his shoulders.
• Azure Lotus recognized Yinpan Ying as his younger sister and broke down, believing she had come back to life.