Chapter Summaries

He Pingsheng revealed that Yinpan Ying had been reborn from parts of Qiao Huizhu’s and Wen Buwan’s souls, and Azure Lotus swore not to harm them. Azure Lotus barked for He Pingsheng, then tried to persuade him to let him care for Yinpan Ying, while He Pingsheng refused and left his true purpose unclear.

• He Pingsheng demanded that Azure Lotus swear not to harm Wen Buwan or Qiao Huizhu, and Azure Lotus made a Heavenly Dao Oath.
• He Pingsheng teased Azure Lotus about the promised dog barks and hid Yinpan Ying in his Magical Treasure, prompting Azure Lotus to beg for her return.
• Azure Lotus caught up with He Pingsheng and barked, after which He Pingsheng explained that Shang Xihong had used parts of Qiao Huizhu’s and Wen Buwan’s souls to create Yinpan Ying.
• Azure Lotus asked He Pingsheng to entrust Yinpan Ying to him, but He Pingsheng said she was his maidservant and a disciple of Buddha Ming Yue.
• Azure Lotus asked what He Pingsheng wanted from him, and He Pingsheng joked that he had only wanted to hear three dog barks.

He Pingsheng enlisted Azure Lotus to help him kill Zhou Yiren, but learned that Lingbo had entered Reincarnation and that Zhou Yiren had fled. The two searched the Nine Woods Lesser Vehicle Heavens and discovered Zhou Yiren had concealed his whereabouts, leaving He Pingsheng unable to find him.

• Azure Lotus apologized to He Pingsheng and agreed to help him kill Zhou Yiren in exchange for the return of his family's girl.
• Azure Lotus told He Pingsheng that Lingbo had entered Reincarnation to wash away her Cause and Effect and Karmic Burden.
• He Pingsheng and Azure Lotus searched the Nine Woods Lesser Vehicle Heavens but found no sign of Zhou Yiren.
• Mao Sinian told them Zhou Yiren had fled while He Pingsheng fought Zhu Ranyu and did not reveal where he had gone.
• He Pingsheng realized Zhou Yiren could hide anywhere in the vast Immortal Realm and could be impossible to find.

He Pingsheng learned that Zhou Yiren had fled and decided not to search for him, then arranged for Azure Lotus to protect Yinpan Ying. He traveled to the Nine Woods Immortal Domain to collect the Nine Great Dao Orders of Creation and revealed the first one.

• Mao Sinian told He Pingsheng that he did not know when or where Dao Lord Lingbo would be reborn, then returned to his Lesser Vehicle Heaven.
• He Pingsheng decided not to look for Zhou Yiren and brought Yinpan Ying out of his Magical Treasure's space.
• He Pingsheng explained Yinpan Ying's connection to Azure Lotus's deceased younger sister, and Yinpan Ying agreed to stay with Azure Lotus and study Daoist Law.
• He Pingsheng entered the Formation around the Heavenly Bitterwood and stripped its crown of Heaven-Cleansing Sand leaves.
• Ye Xiaodao told He Pingsheng that Zhou Yiren had disappeared, and He Pingsheng said he had come to take the Nine Great Dao Orders of Creation.
• He Pingsheng transformed his Daoist Law into an aura of Creation, revealing the first Great Dao Order of Creation.

He Pingsheng secured the remaining Great Dao Orders of Creation from the Nine Woods Immortal Domain’s divine trees, completing his collection of eight. Ye Xiaodao then asked him to help harvest the ripe Supreme Profound Immortal Apricots, which required top-tier metal- and wood-attribute Daoist laws.

• He Pingsheng followed a green thread to find and claim a Great Dao Order of Creation while Ye Xiaodao marveled at his speed and explained her belief in cause and effect.
• He Pingsheng and Ye Xiaodao visited the other immortal enclosures, where he extracted Great Dao Orders from the Myriad Willows Tree, the Zither Paulownia Tree, and the Cottage Rapids Tree.
• At the Tiered Tower Immortal Enclosure, He Pingsheng picked all eighty-one unripe Tiered Tower Immortal Fruits and claimed its Great Dao Order, causing the tree to wither.
• He Pingsheng counted eight Great Dao Orders in his possession and considered how Wen Buwan might combine them with her own to reach the Primordial Unity Realm.
• Ye Xiaodao asked He Pingsheng to harvest forty-nine Supreme Profound Immortal Apricots using top-tier metal-attribute Daoist law to cut them and wood-attribute Daoist law to seal their stems.

He Pingsheng agreed to help Ye Xiaodao harvest the Supreme Profound Ancient Apricots in Everlasting Life Mahayana Heaven. After successfully picking all forty-six fruits, he received half and prepared to leave.

• He Pingsheng weighed the risk of entering Everlasting Life Mahayana Heaven, then agreed to help Ye Xiaodao harvest the apricots in exchange for half the fruit.
• Ye Xiaodao opened a void passage, and she and He Pingsheng traveled to a secluded garden in Everlasting Life Mahayana Heaven.
• Ye Xiaodao showed He Pingsheng the ancient apricot tree and explained that three of its forty-nine fruits had been lost after other cultivators failed to harvest them.
• He Pingsheng used Metal Attribute Daoist Law to cut a fruit free and Wood Attribute Daoist Law to seal its stem before its power could drain away.
• He Pingsheng harvested all forty-six fruits, and Ye Xiaodao divided them equally, keeping twenty-three for herself and giving him twenty-three.
• Ye Xiaodao ate an apricot and praised its taste, while He Pingsheng said he had completed the task and was ready to leave.

He Pingsheng declined Ye Xiaodao’s offer to take control of Everlasting Life Heaven and instead established a commerce association there while cultivating. After six thousand years, Wen Buwan broke through her bottleneck, and He Pingsheng gave her a divine ability to help form her Dao Domain; he then resumed studying the Wordless Heavenly Scripture with a new sense of progress.

• Ye Xiaodao offered He Pingsheng control of Everlasting Life Heaven, but He Pingsheng refused and requested land for a commerce association instead.
• He Pingsheng sent Jinku and Elmwood to establish the new association, while Qiao Huizhu and Wen Buwan worked as shopkeepers and he cultivated in seclusion.
• Over six thousand years, He Pingsheng’s body-refining cultivation reached the eleventh layer of Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal, though his main cultivation and the Wordless Heavenly Scripture showed no progress.
• Zhou Qingmei told He Pingsheng that Wen Buwan had broken through her bottleneck while preparing for an auction.
• He Pingsheng gave Wen Buwan Myriad Laws Convergence and Transformation to help her form a Dao Domain, then returned to studying the Wordless Heavenly Scripture with a renewed feeling.

After eighteen hundred years of studying the Wordless Heavenly Scripture, He Pingsheng comprehended the deduction Divine Ability Heavenly Revelation and broke through to the Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal twelfth layer. Gouchen explained the scripture’s powers, and He Pingsheng left Curved Array Heaven to try enhancing Heavenly Revelation with the Treasure-Gathering Basin.

• He Pingsheng saw words appear in the Wordless Heavenly Scripture and memorized the Heavenly Revelation Divine Ability before the text vanished.
• The scripture’s power helped He Pingsheng break through from the eleventh to the twelfth layer of the Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal realm.
• Gouchen arrived, reclaimed the Wordless Heavenly Scripture, and explained that it could help even those who had undergone Wisdom Severance break through, while letting him learn every Divine Ability others comprehended.
• He Pingsheng inscribed Heavenly Revelation onto a Jade Slip and stabilized his cultivation over several days.
• He Pingsheng left Curved Array Heaven, traveled to a remote corner of the Immortal Realm, and placed Heavenly Revelation into the Treasure-Gathering Basin.

He Pingsheng mastered the heaven-tier divine ability Tianqi and prepared to divine Zhou Yiren’s whereabouts, replenishing his divine sense with refined Spirit-Restoring Golden Cores. While Wen Buwan guarded him during the divination, a Dao Origin Realm man arrived and scanned her with his divine sense.

• He Pingsheng decided not to wait for a higher cultivation realm and gave the two myriad laws heavenly crystals to the staffs to fuse with.
• After four hundred years in seclusion, He Pingsheng mastered Tianqi and asked Wen Buwan to find at least seven-revolution Spirit-Restoring Golden Cores.
• Wen Buwan brought materials for eight-revolution Spirit-Restoring Golden Cores, and He Pingsheng took her to a remote stretch of void to refine pills.
• He Pingsheng refined and enhanced forty-eight supreme-grade Spirit-Restoring Golden Cores, then began using Tianqi to divine Zhou Yiren’s location.
• While Wen Buwan guarded He Pingsheng’s formation for a month, a dark-red-robed Dao Origin third-layer man arrived and swept her with his divine sense.

He Pingsheng divined that Zhou Yiren was not in this realm and suspected he had gone to the Profound Demon Heavenly Ruins. After emerging from seclusion, He Pingsheng faced Daoist Fire Dragon, who demanded his Heavenly Dao Slave Mark and threatened to kill him.

• Fire Dragon arrived at Wen Buwan's formation and politely asked why she was there, then decided to wait for her husband to emerge.
• He Pingsheng used eight eight-revolution Spirit-Restoring Golden Cores to divine Zhou Yiren's whereabouts and learned he was not in this realm.
• He Pingsheng suspected Zhou Yiren was hiding in the Profound Demon Heavenly Ruins and planned to recover before divining there again.
• He Pingsheng put away the two eighth-grade Immortal Formations and discovered Fire Dragon waiting nearby.
• Wen Buwan joined He Pingsheng and called him her husband, prompting Fire Dragon to disparage him and demand his Heavenly Dao Slave Mark under threat of death.

He Pingsheng had Wen Buwan test her combat strength against Daoist Fire Dragon, and she fought the Dao Origin cultivator to a standstill before retreating. He Pingsheng then revealed a Soul Banner and the Netherworld Scythe as he prepared to face Fire Dragon himself.

• He Pingsheng urged Wen Buwan to fight Daoist Fire Dragon without using Immortal Talismans, promising to intervene if needed.
• Wen Buwan struck Fire Dragon with her whip, broke his barrier, and wounded him.
• Wen Buwan used Creation Daoist Law to trap Fire Dragon in thorn vines, but he blocked her attacks with a seventh-grade shield.
• After exchanging more than a dozen moves, Wen Buwan retreated to He Pingsheng, admitting she could not hold on.
• He Pingsheng unfurled his Supreme Grade Dao Armament Soul Banner and drew the Netherworld Scythe to confront Fire Dragon.

He Pingsheng revealed his supreme-grade Sacred Armaments and gave Daoist Fire Dragon ten breaths to seek mediation. After Fire Dragon’s attempt to summon help failed, He Pingsheng killed him and absorbed his soul, leaving the watching woman terrified and fleeing.

• He Pingsheng released all sixty-eight restrictions on the Netherworld Scythe, and Fire Dragon realized he faced a Sage’s disciple and begged for time to find a mediator.
• Fire Dragon secretly summoned his senior sister, promising her He Pingsheng’s treasures, but she refused to fight and left after recognizing the danger.
• He Pingsheng gave Fire Dragon another ten breaths, then attacked when Fire Dragon failed to escape the locked void.
• Fire Dragon resisted with a sun attack and layers of defenses, but He Pingsheng’s second Sacred Armament cut him in half and the Soul Banner absorbed his immortal soul.
• He Pingsheng confronted the woman watching from a million li away, and she denied seeking revenge and fled.

He Pingsheng refined more Golden Cores, then entered the Profound Demon Heavenly Ruins with Wen Buwan to search for Zhou Yiren. After confirming Lin Xiaoran was safe, he located Zhou Yiren and prepared to confront him.

• He Pingsheng gave Wen Buwan two Heavenly Thunder Pearls and decided to refine more Golden Cores before pursuing Zhou Yiren.
• After three months of refining and enhancing pills, He Pingsheng invited Wen Buwan to accompany him into the Profound Demon Heavenly Ruins.
• He Pingsheng and Wen Buwan crossed the vortex and traveled to Tian Xuan's Immortal Palace, where they confirmed Lin Xiaoran was safe.
• He Pingsheng asked Huiming to seal off the rear of the Immortal Palace, then deduced Zhou Yiren's location while Wen Buwan stood guard.
• He Pingsheng found that Zhou Yiren was hiding in the Profound Demon Heavenly Ruins, restored his divine sense with a Golden Core, and set out to confront him.

Zhou Yiren’s daughter Susu was injured in a fight at the Heavenly Sword Sect, and he calmly endured the fourth elder’s taunts while explaining the higher cultivation realms. He Pingsheng appeared, revealed Zhou Yiren’s true standing as a Dao Origin Pinnacle Great Dao Lord, and confronted him.

• Qing Tong told Zhou Yiren that Susu had been beaten by Lu Jianyun at the martial arena, so he rushed to the platform.
• Zhou Yiren checked Susu’s injuries and tried to comfort her, while Lu Jianyun and the fourth elder mocked him and challenged him to fight.
• Zhou Yiren explained the realms above golden immortal, prompting the disciples to ask about their distinguishing features.
• A voice from the void described the cultivation stages from golden immortal to Primordial Unity, then He Pingsheng appeared and forced everyone to their knees with his aura.
• He Pingsheng recognized Zhou Yiren as a sage’s distinguished disciple and a Dao Origin Pinnacle Great Dao Lord; Zhou Yiren said he had known He Pingsheng would find him and accepted that their meeting was inevitable.

Zhou Yiren revealed his overwhelming power, raised Zhou Susu to the Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal peak, and secured her safety by making her swear not to seek revenge on He Pingsheng. He then confessed his past harm to He Pingsheng’s Dao Companion and challenged him to a final battle, destroying the Heavenly Sword Sect as he rose into the void.

• Four Heavenly Sword Sect Grand Supreme Elders arrived and confronted Zhou Yiren, but the white-haired elder’s attack stopped before reaching him and vanished.
• Zhou Yiren asked He Pingsheng to spare Zhou Susu and infused her with magic power, raising her cultivation to Golden Immortal.
• Zhou Yiren told Zhou Susu to swear never to seek revenge on He Pingsheng or his relatives and disciples, and golden thunder acknowledged her oath.
• Zhou Yiren gave Zhou Susu a Supreme Profound Immortal Apricot and a ring of cultivation techniques, raising her to the Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal peak.
• Zhou Yiren admitted that he had plotted against He Pingsheng’s Dao Companion, then challenged He Pingsheng to fight.
• Zhou Yiren grew to ten thousand zhang and rose into the void, crushing the Heavenly Sword Sect and everyone there except Zhou Susu.

Zhou Yiren demonstrated his overwhelming strength against He Pingsheng and told Zhu Ranyu that he would die if he joined the fight. He then unleashed all his cultivation and annihilated himself, leaving Zhou Susu and the others to witness his final act.

• Zhou Yiren's kick devastated a tenth of the planet, and he flew into the void with He Pingsheng and Zhou Susu following.
• Zhou Yiren sent Zhou Susu far away, then clashed with He Pingsheng and shattered his strongest attack before He Pingsheng dodged the remaining strike.
• Zhou Yiren told He Pingsheng that he could not kill him without reaching the Dao Origin Realm, and Zhu Ranyu appeared and offered to join the fight.
• Zhou Yiren accused Zhu Ranyu of acting out of greed and seeking He Pingsheng's favor, then promised to give his junior brother a demonstration.
• Zhou Yiren poured out his immortal spirit energy and Daoist law until his golden dragon body, soul, and spirit were completely annihilated.

After Zhou Yiren died during Liberation by Violence, He Pingsheng confronted Zhu Ranyu, who fled rather than submit. Back at the Immortal Palace, He Pingsheng agreed to take the Thunder Emperor and Nine Flowers to the Immortal Realm on a future trip and said he planned to remain in the Heavenly Ruins until he reached Dao Origin.

• Zhou Susu reached the place where Zhou Yiren had undergone Liberation by Violence and wept after finding his body and soul gone.
• He Pingsheng took the metal Great Dao Order and gave Zhou Susu Zhou Yiren's Black Divine Spear, then challenged Zhu Ranyu to choose between surrender, Liberation by Violence, or leaving a descendant.
• Zhu Ranyu refused He Pingsheng's terms and fled, and He Pingsheng returned to the Immortal Palace.
• The Thunder Emperor offered to become He Pingsheng's servant and asked to visit the Immortal Realm, and He Pingsheng agreed to take him on a future trip.
• Nine Flowers asked to accompany He Pingsheng to the Immortal Realm, and he agreed before explaining that he planned to stay in the Heavenly Ruins until reaching Dao Origin.

He Pingsheng cultivated in the Fourth Layer Heaven until he reached the Dao Origin Realm, while Wen Buwan condensed her Dao Domain first and became pregnant. He returned with her to the Immortal Realm and asked Nine Flowers and the Thunder Emperor to provide him with Divine Crystals in exchange for guiding them there.

• Ming Yue asked He Pingsheng to send him to the Demonic Realm so he could spread the Buddhist Path, and He Pingsheng sent Wu Nana there as well.
• He Pingsheng took Wen Buwan to a Chaos-free vortex in the Fourth Layer Heaven, where she comprehended the Dao while he studied the Chaos Daoist Law.
• After nineteen thousand years, Wen Buwan condensed a Dao Domain and reached the Dao Origin Realm; another three thousand two hundred years later, He Pingsheng did the same.
• He Pingsheng considered challenging Zhu Ranyu but postponed the fight because Wen Buwan's child was due within a hundred years, then returned with her to the Immortal Palace.
• He Pingsheng summoned Nine Flowers and the Thunder Emperor and asked each to give him three Divine Crystals after entering the Immortal Realm.

He Pingsheng returned to the Immortal Realm, reunited with his family and helped manage the Great Void Sect. Wen Buwan gave birth to their son He Tianzhi, whose extraordinary beauty drew a flood of Immortal Maidens to the sect.

• He Pingsheng crossed the Immortal Realm Abyss with the Thunder-Commanding Dao Lord and Dao Lord Nine Flowers, then sent them toward his Great Void Sect with instructions for delivering Divine Crystals.
• He Pingsheng returned to the Great Void Sect and reunited with Kong Jiaojiao and Wen Buwan, learning that the others were away, managing the commerce association, or in seclusion.
• He Pingsheng welcomed his daughters He Yuting and He Yuqiao and gave them Magical Treasures and resources.
• He Pingsheng stayed at the Great Void Sect for a hundred years, and Wen Buwan gave birth to their son, whom they named He Tianzhi.
• He Tianzhi grew rapidly into a gifted and exceptionally beautiful boy, attracting Immortal Maidens who wanted to join the Great Void Sect.

After He Tianzhi became a Golden Immortal, He Pingsheng learned that he had received He Tianya’s Lightning Great Dao Order and decided to address the brothers’ conflict. He then divined Su Zhenzhen’s location and discovered her soul was in the Underworld, in the Fengdu Immortal Domain.

• After two thousand years, He Tianzhi became a Golden Immortal with fortune equivalent to eighth grade and a half, while Qiao Huizhu reached the twelfth layer of the Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal realm.
• Qiao Huizhu told He Pingsheng that He Tianya had been crying and that He Tianzhi had borrowed his Lightning Great Dao Order.
• He Tianya explained to He Pingsheng that he had given He Tianzhi the Order willingly and had cried because he learned about his mother’s situation.
• He Pingsheng concluded that He Tianzhi had taken advantage of He Tianya’s kindness, and Qiao Huizhu urged him to punish the younger brother without reclaiming the Order or worsening their relationship.
• He Pingsheng used the Tianqi Divine Ability to divine Su Zhenzhen’s fate and learned that her soul was currently in the Underworld, in the Fengdu Immortal Domain of Sovereign Earth Heaven.

He Pingsheng traveled to the Fengdu Immortal Domain to find out whether Su Zhenzhen was still in the Underworld after many reincarnations. Great Emperor Fengdu Tianyou let him enter and explained the Underworld’s cycle, but He Pingsheng remained worried about what repeated reincarnation might have done to Su Zhenzhen.

• He Pingsheng calculated that Su Zhenzhen had died roughly 118,000 years earlier and worried that many reincarnations might have changed her appearance and erased her memories.
• He Pingsheng traveled alone to the Fengdu Immortal Domain, where a guard refused him entry without a decree from Sage Earth Sovereign.
• Great Emperor Fengdu Tianyou arrived, identified He Pingsheng as a future sovereign of heaven and earth, and escorted him into the Underworld.
• Tianyou showed He Pingsheng the Yellow Springs and explained how souls were judged, passed through the Eighteen-Layer Hell, drank Granny Meng’s Soup, and entered reincarnation.
• He Pingsheng asked how souls could disappear without ending reincarnation, and Tianyou explained that souls were also born naturally.
• He Pingsheng asked what happened when one soul underwent reincarnation many times, still concerned about Su Zhenzhen.