Chapter Summaries

He Pingsheng lived in seclusion with Qiao Huizhu while the Sages discussed finding the Fourth Realm and drew the Heavenly Dao’s wrath. Ming Yue later taught He Pingsheng the Great Heaven Soul Transference Art and hinted at He Tianzhi’s identity, while He Pingsheng sent his son to the Demonic Realm instead of allowing him to return to the Immortal Realm.

• The five Sages met to discuss finding the Fourth Realm, and the Heavenly Dao struck at them with lightning for speaking against it.
• Ming Yue visited He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu, explained that Heavenly Dao merit had helped him reach the seventh layer of the Dao Origin Realm, and asked He Pingsheng to raise a barrier with the World-Grinding Disc.
• Ming Yue gave He Pingsheng the Great Heaven Soul Transference Art to memorize and said they would discuss He Tianzhi last, then departed after speaking privately with him.
• He Pingsheng gave He Tianzhi seven pieces of Lightning Great Dao Order, bringing his total to eight.
• He Pingsheng refused to let He Tianzhi return to the Immortal Realm and said he would send him to the Demonic Realm until the time was right.

He Pingsheng sent He Tianzhi to cultivate in the Demonic Realm, then spent thousands of years raising He Tianwei with Qiao Huizhu. After He Tianwei revealed eighth-grade fortune, the family returned to the Great Void Sect, where He Pingsheng reassured Wen Buwan about He Tianzhi and learned that old friends from the Golden Feather Gathering were visiting.

• He Pingsheng gave He Tianzhi the choice to remain in the Profound Demon Heavenly Ruins or travel to the Demonic Realm, and He Tianzhi chose the Demonic Realm.
• He Pingsheng took He Tianzhi through the vortex, told him to fuse with the eight pieces of Lightning Order, and returned to the Profound Demon Heavenly Ruins.
• Three thousand six hundred years later, Qiao Huizhu gave birth to He Tianwei, whom she and He Pingsheng hoped would live a modest life.
• After eleven thousand years of cultivation, He Tianwei reached Golden Immortal and revealed eighth-grade fortune, while He Pingsheng disclosed that he, Wang Dun, and Han Houzhi had ninth-grade fortune.
• He Pingsheng returned to the Immortal Realm with Qiao Huizhu and He Tianwei and planned for He Tianwei to work in the Great Void Sect.
• He Pingsheng told Wen Buwan that He Tianzhi was safe in the Demonic Realm, then Xin Baobao said that prodigies from the Golden Feather Gathering had come to visit.

He Pingsheng reunited with He Tianya and Su Zhenzhen, learned that his family and companions had reached the great all-encompassing golden immortal realm, and used heavenly dao merit to restore He Tianya’s wisdom root. He Tianya emerged able to pursue the dao origin realm, while He Pingsheng still planned to return to the Ninefold Heavens to cultivate.

• He Tianya told He Pingsheng that he and He Tianyu had reached the great all-encompassing golden immortal peak after consuming Supreme Profound Immortal Apricots, while Su Zhenzhen had reached its twelfth layer.
• He Tianya offered He Pingsheng his half fragment of Lightning Order, but He Pingsheng told him to keep it and promised to help him enter the dao origin realm.
• He Pingsheng gave He Tianya heavenly dao merit to absorb in the hall, explaining that merit could restore a wisdom root.
• Su Zhenzhen declined He Pingsheng’s offer of merit, saying her wisdom root had already been restored when her body was formed from merit.
• He Tianya emerged two hours later with his wisdom root restored and thanked He Pingsheng, excited that he could enter the dao origin realm in the future.

He Pingsheng reunited with former companions from the Golden Feather Gathering and gave them six fragments of Great Dao Order. He then asked Tantai Qijun whether she had seen his Senior Brother Wang Dun.

• He Pingsheng asked He Tianya to summon several people to the sect's main hall, then went with Su Zhenzhen to meet old friends in the reception hall.
• He Pingsheng greeted Li Ziwan, Ji Wuxin, Huo Zhengnan, Huo Zhengxu, Dark Bone, and Tantai Qijun, accepting their insistence that they address him as Senior.
• Li Ziwan told He Pingsheng that her father had reached the Dao Origin Realm, but her younger brother Li Zijun had been killed during Dao Lord Great Horn and the Xiling Household's betrayal.
• He Pingsheng learned that his old companions had not found Great Dao Order and gave them six incomplete pieces.
• He Pingsheng asked Tantai Qijun whether she had seen Wang Dun since the Golden Feather Gathering.

He Pingsheng offered Tantai Qijun a place for the Tantai Household in the Nine Woods Immortal Domain, then gave his family and servants secret life-preserving divine abilities and Heavenly Dao Merit. Stone Gatherer refused his share, saying he was unworthy and that people should seek modest fulfillment rather than total perfection.

• He Pingsheng asked Tantai Qijun about Wang Dun and learned that Purple Tenuity Heaven's disciples had warned her to stay away from him but had not attacked her.
• He Pingsheng invited Tantai Qijun and the Tantai Household to move to the Nine Woods Immortal Domain, where she could manage it until reaching the Dao Origin Realm.
• He Pingsheng taught his family and servants Yin Void World, Chaos Swift Movement, and Shifting Stars and Constellations, and forbade them from passing the abilities on.
• He Pingsheng gave Heavenly Dao Merit to He Tianyu, He Yuqing, Zhou Qingmei, Stone Gatherer, and their mother to help them restore their wisdom and enter Dao Origin.
• Stone Gatherer knelt and refused the Heavenly Dao Merit, saying he was unworthy and had learned not to be greedy.

He Pingsheng gave Heavenly Dao merit to his family and Zhou Qingmei, then ascended to the Immortal Realm’s Fifth Layer Heaven to cultivate and create a divine refining technique. After seventy-four thousand years, he completed the first version of the Taixu Spirit-Devouring Method but discovered the souls in his Ghost Banner could not help him refine his divine sense.

• Stone Gatherer refused He Pingsheng’s merit, and He Tianya left the Great Hall as well.
• He Pingsheng gave merit to Great Order Wisdom King Kong Jiaojiao, He Tianyu, He Yuqing, and Zhou Qingmei.
• After several years, He Pingsheng went alone to the Immortal Realm’s Fifth Layer Heaven and cultivated by devouring Chaos Daoist Law.
• He Pingsheng spent seventy-four thousand years creating the Taixu Spirit-Devouring Method, while his cultivation and body refining reached the Dao Origin Realm fifth layer.
• He Pingsheng enhanced the method with the Treasure-Gathering Basin and tested it on souls in his Ghost Banner, but found they had no soul power left.

After more than five hundred thousand years of seclusion, He Pingsheng reached the tenth layer of the Dao Origin Realm and encountered Han Houzhi in the Fifth Layer Heaven. Han Houzhi challenged him to a fight to break through his bottleneck, and their opening attacks collided with world-shaking force.

• He Pingsheng advanced to the tenth layer of the Dao Origin Realm, then decided to leave seclusion and consolidate his cultivation.
• Han Houzhi emerged from the Chaos Heavenly Eye, and the two discovered that Han had reached the eleventh layer of the Dao Origin Realm.
• Han Houzhi explained that he had come to test himself against the chaos astral wind and proposed a battle to draw out his latent power.
• Han Houzhi attacked He Pingsheng with a supreme-grade ninth-grade sacred armament, sealing the void and imprisoning time.
• He Pingsheng grew a thirty-thousand-meter golden body and countered with his Chaos Heaven-Opening Fist, and the fist and sword light shattered against each other.

He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi tested their strength in the Fifth Layer Heaven, then stopped fighting and climbed to the Sixth Heaven together. There, they met the sages, who praised their progress and asked the Purple Tenuity Heavenly Emperor to bring Wang Dun up as well.

• He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi exchanged increasingly powerful attacks, and He Pingsheng used his divine abilities to evade Han Houzhi's sword, golden dipper, and Divine Sense Flying Knives.
• He Pingsheng used Shifting Stars and Constellations to leave and return behind Han Houzhi, then said he did not want to fight to the death or help Han Houzhi break through.
• Han Houzhi suggested they visit the Sixth Heaven, and both ascended through the Chaos Heavenly Eye without difficulty.
• He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi greeted the five sages gathered in the Sixth Heaven, including Divine Emperor Curved Array, the Purple Tenuity Heavenly Emperor, Lady Hou Tu, Shang Xihong, and another Sacred Lord.
• Divine Emperor Curved Array praised the two cultivators and asked the Purple Tenuity Heavenly Emperor to call Wang Dun so he could see whether Wang Dun could reach the Sixth Heaven.

He Pingsheng discussed improving his Divine Sense with Shang Xihong, who gave him ancient god sand and told him where to find more. Earth Sovereign revealed that reciting the Supreme Scripture of the Mysterious Yellow had stabilized He Pingsheng’s state of mind during his five-hundred-thousand-year seclusion.

• Shang Xihong assessed He Pingsheng’s combat strength and learned that his unusual Divine Refining method needed treasures that strengthened Divine Sense.
• Shang Xihong gave He Pingsheng three pieces of poisonous ancient god sand from the Central Pole Sea.
• Earth Sovereign explained that more ancient god sand could be found in the Central Pole Sea, including higher grades.
• Earth Sovereign reminded He Pingsheng to recite the Supreme Scripture of the Mysterious Yellow, and He Pingsheng realized it might have prevented Dao Withering during his long seclusion.
• Gouchen explained that the scripture stabilized He Pingsheng’s state of mind and urged him to keep reciting it.

He Pingsheng and Wang Dun followed Han Houzhi into the Chaos Heavenly Eye, but only they reached the Seventh Heaven. They landed under its immense pressure, where Wang Dun raised a barrier around them.

• Shang Xihong explained that only those with fortune and innate foundations above the eighth grade could practice the Supreme Scripture of the Mysterious Yellow, and He Pingsheng asked whether eighth-grade-and-a-half fortune qualified.
• Wang Dun arrived on the Sixth Heaven, greeted the Purple Tenuity Heavenly Emperor as his father-in-law, and challenged Han Houzhi to a fight that might help him break through his bottleneck.
• Han Houzhi fled into the Chaos Heavenly Eye toward the Seventh Heaven, and Wang Dun and He Pingsheng followed him.
• Han Houzhi was forced back down by the chaos aura, while Wang Dun and He Pingsheng successfully reached the Seventh Heaven; Han Houzhi then left through a void passage.
• Shang Xihong offered to go check on the Seventh Heaven, while He Pingsheng and Wang Dun landed there and Wang Dun spread a barrier to shield them from the pressure.

Wang Dun and He Pingsheng reached the Seventh Heaven, where the Central Pole Heaven Emperor confronted Wang Dun over his past deception of Princess Yuyao. After Shang Xihong stopped the confrontation, Wang Dun learned that only twelve primordial unity beings could exist across the Three Realms at once, with two seats currently vacant.

• Wang Dun helped He Pingsheng reach the Seventh Heaven, and they met the Central Pole Heaven Emperor there.
• The Central Pole Heaven Emperor accused Wang Dun of impersonating Dao Lord Azure Lotus and disgracing Princess Yuyao, then threatened to kill him.
• Wang Dun admitted what he had done and taunted the Central Pole Heaven Emperor, threatening to harm Han Houzhi if the Emperor attacked.
• Shang Xihong appeared, warned the Central Pole Heaven Emperor that Wang Dun's actions did not create a debt of cause and effect with him, and sent him away.
• Wang Dun asked Shang Xihong whether the twelve primordial unity seats covered all Three Realms; Shang Xihong said they did, but only twelve beings could occupy them at the same time.

After returning from the Ninefold Heavens, He Pingsheng investigated ancient god sand and reunited with his family at the Great Void Sect. He learned that Li Mu had been killed for his Lightning Great Dao Order and suspected He Tianzhi was responsible.

• Shang Xihong told He Pingsheng she had fused six pieces of Chaos Great Dao Order, and she sent him and Wang Dun down to the Immortal Realm.
• He Pingsheng failed to enhance the ancient god sand in the Treasure-Gathering Basin, then spent over three hundred years absorbing one grain to strengthen his divine sense.
• He Pingsheng returned to the Great Void Sect and reunited with Luo Bingyao, who said she had fused only seven of her twelve Illusory Transformation Great Dao Orders.
• He Pingsheng gathered his family and learned that He Tianyu had reached the Dao Origin Fourth Layer, while the others had advanced to varying levels.
• Wen Buwan told He Pingsheng that Li Mu had died and that his killer wanted his Lightning Great Dao Order; He Pingsheng suspected He Tianzhi had killed him.

He Pingsheng investigated Li Mu’s death and learned that He Tianzhi had not received the techniques needed to return to the Immortal Realm. He confronted his son over the last Lightning Order and offered him a chance to compete for one of the two remaining Primordial Unity positions.

• He Pingsheng reunited with Xin Baobao, who had fused seven Demonic Path Orders, and learned that Wen Buwan and Qiao Huizhu had each fused five Great Dao Orders of Creation.
• Wen Buwan told He Pingsheng that she had taught He Tianzhi the Chaos Dao-Devouring Scripture but not the techniques needed to reach the Immortal Realm, and she gave him Li Mu’s Lightning Order.
• He Pingsheng found He Tianzhi in the Third Layer Heaven of the Ninefold Heavens and accused him of killing Li Mu, but He Tianzhi denied it.
• He Pingsheng explained that only two Primordial Unity positions remained and accused He Tianzhi of racing to claim one before his father and Senior Master Wang Dun.
• He Pingsheng threatened to destroy the final Lightning Order, but when He Tianzhi begged him not to, he handed it over and said his son could compete fairly.

He Pingsheng traveled to the Central Pole Sea to learn how to gather ancient god sand, but discovered that the strange seawater blocked divine sense. He reached the Fifth Immortal Island and asked the Central Pole Trade Capital how to collect the sand.

• He Pingsheng returned to the Immortal Realm and headed directly to Central Pole Heaven instead of visiting the Great Void Sect.
• He Pingsheng found the Central Pole Sea covering the vast Immortal Enclosure and questioned a monk about gathering ancient god sand.
• The monk directed He Pingsheng to the Fifth Immortal Island, where immortals gathered and sought information about the sea.
• He Pingsheng discovered that his divine sense could not penetrate the seawater, though water drawn into his hand seemed ordinary.
• He Pingsheng reached the Fifth Immortal Island and entered the Central Pole Trade Capital, where he asked how to gather ancient god sand.

He Pingsheng visited an immortal teahouse on Fifth Immortal Island to learn how to gather Ancient God Sand. After trading Heaven-Cleansing Sand with Bai Lianchen, he asked her to explain how to collect it.

• He Pingsheng left the commerce association and entered an immortal teahouse, where he ordered the staff to brew his Heaven-Cleansing Sand.
• The fragrance drew attention from the teahouse's immortals, and Bai Lianchen introduced herself and asked to trade for Heaven-Cleansing Sand.
• He Pingsheng offered Bai Lianchen a hundred supreme-grade eighth-grade leaves in exchange for Ancient God Sand, but she explained that private trades for it were forbidden on Fifth Immortal Island.
• He Pingsheng traded the Heaven-Cleansing Sand for ten drops of eighth-grade Moon Laurel Immortal Brew and asked Bai Lianchen how to gather Ancient God Sand.

He Pingsheng learned how ancient god sand was gathered in the Central Pole Sea and how its quality was judged. When Shopkeeper Gu accused him of breaking the rules and demanded supreme-grade Heaven-Cleansing Sand, He Pingsheng threatened him and ordered him to bring a grain of middle-grade ancient god sand or die.

• Bai Lianchen explained that the Central Pole Sea cut off all divine sense and that only late Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortals or stronger could gather ancient god sand from its seabed.
• Bai Lianchen told He Pingsheng that ancient god sand came in low, middle, and high qualities, moved constantly across the seabed, and could be identified by touch.
• Shopkeeper Gu entered the teahouse, and everyone stood to greet him while He Pingsheng remained seated.
• Shopkeeper Gu accused He Pingsheng of conducting a forbidden private trade, dismissed Bai Lianchen's explanation, and demanded a box of supreme-grade Heaven-Cleansing Sand.
• He Pingsheng rejected Shopkeeper Gu's authority and ordered him to bring a grain of middle-grade ancient god sand, threatening that he would not live past the day otherwise.

He Pingsheng confronted the Central Pole Trade Capital, and Gu Feiyu arrived only to recognize him, compensate him with high-grade ancient god sand, and abolish the Trade Capital. He then entered the Central Pole Sea and sensed a hidden power beyond Primordial Unity preventing divine sense from passing through the water.

• Shopkeeper Gu summoned Gu Feiyu after He Pingsheng demanded compensation for being mistreated at the Trade Capital.
• Gu Feiyu recognized He Pingsheng, apologized, and gave him a piece of high-grade ancient god sand.
• Gu Feiyu killed Shopkeeper Gu, announced that immortals could freely trade ancient god sand, and abolished the Central Pole Trade Capital.
• Immortals speculated that He Pingsheng was the man who had taken eight portions of the great Dao order of creation from the Nine Woods Immortal Domain.
• He Pingsheng entered the Central Pole Sea and discovered that a hidden force in the water blocked divine sense, identifying it as power beyond Primordial Unity.

He Pingsheng spent thirty thousand years searching for Ancient God Sand while reciting the Supreme Scripture of the Mysterious Yellow, then strengthened his divine sense over another sixty thousand years. After emerging from seclusion, he learned that Wang Dun had reached the Dao Origin Twelfth Layer and that his old adversary Han Houzhi had done the same.

• He Pingsheng used his enormous body to scoop up and examine seabed stones, but found no Ancient God Sand at first and eventually realized there were no shortcuts to searching.
• He Pingsheng recited the Supreme Scripture of the Mysterious Yellow while gathering stones, finding his first Ancient God Sand after a hundred years and loosening his Dao Withering after ten thousand years.
• After thirty thousand years, He Pingsheng had gathered 122 low-grade grains of Ancient God Sand, returned to the Great Void Sect, and sent Stone Gatherer and Jinku to collect more.
• He Pingsheng spent sixty thousand years absorbing Ancient God Sand until his divine sense reached the Dao Origin Fifth Layer, while He Tianya helped the Great Void Sect flourish across thousands of immortal domains.
• He Tianya told He Pingsheng that Wang Dun had reached the Dao Origin Twelfth Layer and fused nine Great Dao Orders, then revealed that Han Houzhi had also reached the Dao Origin Twelfth Layer.

He Pingsheng prepared to cultivate for Primordial Unity, ordering He Tianya to gather ancient god sand and checking on He Tianzhi. After 129,600 years in the Profound Demon Heavenly Ruins, he reached the Dao Origin Eleventh Layer bottleneck and fused nine spatial Great Dao orders, leaving only the final breakthrough ahead.

• He Pingsheng told He Tianya to send Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal disciples to gather ancient god sand and asked whether He Tianzhi had been seen.
• He Pingsheng visited He Tianzhi in the Third Layer of the Ninefold Heavens and told him Han Houzhi and Wang Dun had broken through their bottlenecks.
• He Pingsheng reassured He Tianzhi that they would fairly compete for the final Primordial Unity place, then went to cultivate in the Sixth Heaven.
• He Pingsheng spent 129,600 years devouring Chaos Daoist Law, reached the Dao Origin Eleventh Layer bottleneck, and condensed eight spatial Great Dao orders.
• He Pingsheng fused the eight newly condensed orders with his existing spatial order, leaving only the bottleneck before Primordial Unity.

He Pingsheng reunited He Tianzhi with Wen Buwan, gathered ancient god sand, and improved his divine sense in seclusion. When Han Houzhi announced his Dao Attainment Ceremony, He Pingsheng brought Wen Buwan and He Tianzhi to Central Pole Heaven, where Gu Feiyu welcomed them and listed the invited guests.

• He Pingsheng showed He Tianzhi that he had fused nine strands of spatial Great Dao Order, then took him down from the Ninefold Heavens to reunite with Wen Buwan.
• He Tianya reported that the sect had collected ancient god sand, and He Pingsheng took it to improve his divine sense.
• After 8,600 years of seclusion, He Pingsheng received word that Han Houzhi was about to reach primordial unity and had invited them to a Dao Attainment Ceremony.
• He Pingsheng brought Wen Buwan and He Tianzhi through the void to Mahayana Heaven in Central Pole Heaven.
• Gu Feiyu welcomed He Pingsheng and named the other invited guests, including Heavenly Emperor Curved Array, Lady Hou Tu, and Purple Tenuity Heavenly Emperor.