Chapter Summaries

Zhang Zixiang recognized that Chen Changsheng might be the Myriad Laws Sect’s only hope against its prophesied destruction after witnessing his mastery of formations. He granted Chen Changsheng access to the sect’s forbidden land and named him a possible successor as sect master.

• Zhang Zixiang recalled Hu Yun’s prediction that the Myriad Laws Sect would be destroyed and realized Chen Changsheng’s formation skills matched the prophecy about a second cultivator mastering human-formation unity.
• Zhang Zixiang tried to recruit Chen Changsheng as deputy sect master, but Chen Changsheng began assimilating Zhang’s formation Minor World with his Three Talents Formation.
• Chen Changsheng sent out countless puppets carrying their own Three Talents Formations, prompting Zhang Zixiang to withdraw his Minor World.
• Zhang Zixiang agreed to let Chen Changsheng enter the Myriad Laws Sect’s Forbidden Land and view its sect-guarding Dao Treasure.
• Zhang Zixiang announced that Chen Changsheng could become the Myriad Laws Sect’s sect master if Zhang died or his fate became unknown.

Zhang Zixiang insisted that Chen Changsheng become the next sect master of the Myriad Laws Sect because of his mastery of formations, despite Chen Changsheng’s protests. Later, Xu An visited Chen Changsheng to ask about the Divine Soul Puppet Technique, and Chen Changsheng taught him while resolving to help his old acquaintance attain the Dao.

• Zhang Zixiang declared that Chen Changsheng should become the Myriad Laws Sect’s sect master after witnessing his Xiantian Three Talents Formation, and the elders reluctantly accepted the decision in private.
• The Myriad Laws Sect escorted Chen Changsheng to a secluded courtyard and ordered its disciples to treat him with the respect due a sect master.
• Xu An visited Chen Changsheng at night and asked him to explain the Divine Soul Puppet Technique.
• Chen Changsheng taught Xu An the technique, and Xu An gained new understanding from his explanation.
• Chen Changsheng realized Xu An’s research was still limited and resolved to help him attain the Dao, remembering that Xu An had once taught him without reservation.

Chen Changsheng entered the Myriad Laws Sect’s Runic Gate to reclaim the Xiantian Talisman, whose trial had once trapped generations of cultivators and nearly consumed him. The trial began by returning him to Little Mountain Peak, where a familiar figure called him to the Sect Master’s lecture.

• Xu An awakened from meditation and praised Chen Changsheng’s guidance on the Divine Soul Puppet Technique, while Chen Changsheng concealed that he had learned it from Xu An in his previous life.
• Zhang Zixiang led Chen Changsheng to the Myriad Laws Sect’s Runic Gate, and Chen Changsheng bypassed its formations and entered.
• Chen Changsheng recalled the Divine Soul fragments from his puppets and entered the lake realm, where he saw Great Cultivators trapped beneath the water by the Xiantian Talisman’s Endless Illusion.
• Chen Changsheng resolved to defeat the entity tied to the Xiantian Talisman and reclaim his former trump card.
• The trial reshaped the scenery into Little Mountain Peak, where a figure in blue-green robes entered and invited Chen Changsheng to the Sect Master’s lecture.

Chen Changsheng relived memories of Little Mountain Peak in an illusion, but discovered that events had changed and Zu Yuan was set to become Azure Cloud Sect's Holy Son. The chapter left him stunned when Ouyang was named Holy Son instead.

• Ouyang greeted Chen Changsheng, joked with him, and led him toward Azure Cloud Peak.
• Ouyang told Chen Changsheng that Ling Feng had died, prompting Chen Changsheng to realize the illusion differed from his previous life.
• Chen Changsheng recognized that Zu Yuan's Holy Son ceremony marked the beginning of a calamity and prepared to attack him if he appeared.
• Dongxu Zi announced that Ouyang, Little Mountain Peak's eldest disciple, would become Azure Cloud Sect's Holy Son.
• Chen Changsheng stared in shock as Ouyang stood before Dongxu Zi to accept the title.

Chen Changsheng experienced an illusion in which Ouyang became the Azure Cloud Sect's Holy Son, then killed him and was imprisoned and tortured. Hu Yun repeatedly forced him to kill an illusory Ouyang, but Chen Changsheng revealed that this was not the first time he had killed his Eldest Senior Brother.

• Chen Changsheng watched Ouyang become the Azure Cloud Sect's Holy Son and nearly accepted the illusion as the future he wanted.
• Chen Changsheng stabbed Ouyang through the chest on the day of his ascension, and Ouyang died before the stunned crowd.
• The Azure Cloud Sect imprisoned Chen Changsheng, sealed his six senses, destroyed his dantian, and tortured him after Hu Yun ordered him to remain silent.
• Hu Yun had the Myriad Laws Sect's formation masters make Chen Changsheng kill an illusory Ouyang thirty times a day, while promising to restore his dream if he confessed.
• Chen Changsheng resisted Hu Yun's pressure and revealed that he had killed his Eldest Senior Brother with his own hands before.

Chen Changsheng escaped the Illusion Realm and defeated the Immortal True Spirit that had fought him for control of his body. After devouring the phantom, he declared that he had slain an Immortal.

• Chen Changsheng woke on the water after escaping the Illusion Realm, and thanked Little Bie San for keeping him lucid.
• Chen Changsheng summoned the Xiantian Three Talents Formation and forced the Immortal behind the Illusion Realm to reveal himself.
• The golden phantom, named Zhen, asked how Chen Changsheng knew his true name, and Chen Changsheng said he had come to take its body.
• Chen Changsheng unleashed countless mindless copies of his Divine Soul, which devoured the Immortal's True Spirit.
• Chen Changsheng touched the Golden Talisman and declared that he had slain an Immortal.

Chen Changsheng entered the golden talisman and used knowledge from his previous life to ambush and devour the Array Ancestor’s true spirit. After surviving the trial, he reached the Array Ancestor’s Immortal Remains and prepared to possess them himself.

• Chen Changsheng entered the golden talisman and recognized the array trial from his previous life.
• Chen Changsheng realized the trial was meant to select a vessel for the Array Ancestor, whose true name was Zhen.
• Chen Changsheng lured the Array Ancestor’s true spirit into a trap and devoured it with thousands of his divine souls.
• Chen Changsheng found the Array Ancestor’s Immortal Remains inside the inheritance space.
• Chen Changsheng pressed his hand to the Immortal Remains’ head and declared that he would possess an Immortal.

Chen Changsheng split his Nascent Soul and sent one half into the Immortal Remains, successfully creating a second self. The new being identified himself as both Chen Changsheng and the Array Ancestor, and Chen Changsheng recognized him as a half-Immortal.

• Chen Changsheng used his many Divine Souls to split his Nascent Soul, suffering a sharp decline in cultivation and severe pain.
• Chen Changsheng sent one Nascent Soul into the Immortal Remains and meditated until he regained contact with it.
• The Immortal Remains came to life, and Chen Changsheng confirmed that the possession had succeeded.
• The Array Ancestor said he was both Chen Changsheng and himself, while Chen Changsheng admitted he feared the new body's power.
• The Array Ancestor discovered he could use Laws and absorb Heaven and Earth Essence into Immortal Spiritual Qi, and Chen Changsheng explained that he was a half-Immortal.

After leaving the Runic Gate with the Array Ancestor and the Xiantian Talisman, Chen Changsheng learned he could borrow the Formation Great Dao by becoming the Array Ancestor’s believer. The Array Ancestor bestowed the Dao on Chen Changsheng and his puppets, and Chen Changsheng absorbed the Formation Dao Resonance into his Divine Soul.

• Zhang Zixiang and a Myriad Laws Sect Elder worried that Chen Changsheng might never emerge from the Runic Gate, while Zhang feared the Azure Cloud Sect’s leaders would come demanding answers.
• Chen Changsheng emerged from the Runic Gate with the Array Ancestor and claimed the Xiantian Talisman for protection.
• The Array Ancestor explained that Chen Changsheng could become his believer to borrow the Formation Great Dao and use Dao Resonance despite his altered Divine Soul.
• Chen Changsheng summoned his purple-robed puppets, whose Divine Souls had begun evolving after devouring the Immortal’s True Spirit.
• The Array Ancestor bestowed the Formation Great Dao on the puppets and marked Chen Changsheng with an Immortal Script rune.
• Chen Changsheng absorbed the incoming Formation Dao Resonance into his Divine Soul and asked whether he had become his own believer.

Chen Changsheng returned from the Runic Gate and warned Zhang Zixiang that everyone he had seen inside was dead, while the Array Ancestor cautioned that the Great Calamity might arrive early. Zhang Zixiang named Chen Changsheng the Myriad Laws Sect’s successor, then revealed that he still planned to enter the gate himself.

• The Array Ancestor warned Chen Changsheng that the Great Calamity seemed likely to arrive early, and Chen Changsheng left through the Runic Gate.
• Zhang Zixiang was astonished that Chen Changsheng had emerged and asked whether he had seen the Myriad Laws Sect’s previous sect master.
• Chen Changsheng said that everyone he encountered beyond the gate was dead and warned Zhang Zixiang that the place was terrifying.
• Zhang Zixiang gave Chen Changsheng the sect master’s token and declared him the Myriad Laws Sect’s Ninth-Generation Sect Master Successor, despite Chen Changsheng’s protests.
• Zhang Zixiang told Chen Changsheng to return to the Azure Cloud Sect and revealed that he was still destined to enter the Runic Gate to discover what lay within.

Chen Changsheng returned to the Azure Cloud Sect and found everyone trying to keep him from Little Mountain Peak. After Bai Feiyu warned him about Ouyang's condition, Chen Changsheng confronted him and demanded to know who was responsible.

• Chen Changsheng returned from the Myriad Laws Sect, but Dongxu Zi tried to send him back before he could reach Little Mountain Peak.
• Chen Changsheng escaped Dongxu Zi with a puppet decoy and flew toward Little Mountain Peak, growing increasingly anxious.
• Bai Feiyu's power phantom attacked Chen Changsheng, who destroyed it with the Xiantian Talisman before Bai Feiyu appeared in person.
• Bai Feiyu told Chen Changsheng that Ouyang was in his room and warned him not to get worked up when he saw Ouyang's condition.
• Chen Changsheng arrived at Ouyang's room, trapped Bai Feiyu in a formation, and demanded to know who did it.

Chen Changsheng learned that the Sect Master had implicated his Eldest Senior Brother and attacked Azure Cloud Peak, threatening the Azure Cloud Sect with his formation and curses. Dongxu Zi stopped him and took him away, while Chen Changsheng’s puppets held the Consecrated Elders in place.

• Bai Feiyu began to tell Chen Changsheng that the Sect Master had said who was responsible, but Chen Changsheng rushed toward Azure Cloud Peak before he could finish.
• Chen Changsheng activated the Sever Heaven and Earth formation over all Seventy-Two Peaks and summoned powerful puppets and Paper Figures.
• Chen Changsheng demanded that the Sect Master come out and answer, then threatened to kill the disciples of one peak every ten breaths.
• Chen Changsheng prepared to use the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book against Questioning Sword Peak, but Dongxu Zi appeared, erased the Paper Figures, and took Chen Changsheng away.
• Chunyang Zi and the other Consecrated Elders called for Chen Changsheng's punishment, but his formation froze them as his puppets warned that anyone who moved would die.

Chen Changsheng agreed to wait ten years for Ouyang to return from the Nine Hells before turning the realm upside down to find him. Back at the Azure Cloud Sect, the peak masters demanded Chen Changsheng’s execution over his formation and curses, just as his second senior brother emerged from seclusion.

• Chen Changsheng rejected Dongxu Zi’s proposed hundred-year wait and set a ten-year deadline for Ouyang’s return from the Nine Hells.
• Dongxu Zi and Chen Changsheng returned to the Mortal World, where the Azure Cloud Sect’s elders and attendants were waiting.
• Chunyang Zi and the peak masters demanded Chen Changsheng’s execution, accusing him of using demonic cultivation and threatening the sect with curses.
• Chen Changsheng dismissed the formation and claimed he had only used blessing-praying paper figures, but Chunyang Zi drew his sword and the peak masters surrounded him.
• A supreme Sword Intent rose from Little Mountain Peak as ten thousand green lotuses descended, and Chen Changsheng announced that his second senior brother had emerged from seclusion.

Leng Qingsong emerged from seclusion and bloomed a thirteenth-grade green lotus, surpassing Bai Feiyu’s past achievement as Li Taibai. Dongxu Zi obscured the heavenly phenomenon and interrupted Leng Qingsong’s advance, prompting him to strike back and then demand to know who was responsible.

• Leng Qingsong’s emergence from seclusion brought a vast green lotus phenomenon over the Azure Cloud Sect, drawing Bai Feiyu and the sect’s attention.
• Leng Qingsong’s green lotus bloomed to the twelfth grade, matching Bai Feiyu’s past achievement as Li Taibai.
• Leng Qingsong forced open a thirteenth-grade petal, surpassing Li Taibai and beginning to advance toward the Body Integration Realm.
• Dongxu Zi used Heavenly Secrets Obscured to suppress the phenomenon and disrupt Leng Qingsong’s breakthrough.
• Leng Qingsong slashed Dongxu Zi’s sleeve with Green Lotus Sword Intent, then looked toward Azure Cloud Peak and demanded to know who was responsible.

After Ouyang’s Divine Soul went missing, Leng Qingsong nearly succumbed to a Heart Demon before rushing to Azure Cloud Peak to find Chen Changsheng. He led Chen Changsheng and Bai Feiyu back toward Little Mountain Peak after splitting Questioning Sword Peak with one sword, while Dongxu Zi explained why Leng Qingsong had restrained himself.

• Bai Feiyu used the Heaven-Measuring Ruler to restore Leng Qingsong’s clarity as he began to fall to a Heart Demon.
• Leng Qingsong arrived at Azure Cloud Peak and ordered the elders to let Chen Changsheng go.
• Dongxu Zi told Leng Qingsong to return for now, and Leng Qingsong cut Questioning Sword Peak in two before leaving with Chen Changsheng and Bai Feiyu.
• Chunyang Zi complained to Dongxu Zi, who said Leng Qingsong had restrained himself because he had to protect Little Mountain Peak while Hu Yun was absent and Ouyang remained unconscious.

After confirming Ouyang remained unconscious because part of his divine soul was missing, Leng Qingsong, Chen Changsheng, and Bai Feiyu argued over who should keep his wooden plaque. Hu Tutu returned and received the plaque for safekeeping, while the three disciples silently agreed they would not simply wait ten years for Ouyang to wake.

• Leng Qingsong and Chen Changsheng examined Ouyang and confirmed that part of his divine soul was missing, then listened as Bai Feiyu recounted what had happened.
• Leng Qingsong, Chen Changsheng, and Bai Feiyu each demanded Ouyang's wooden plaque, and their dispute escalated into a clash of Dao auras.
• Hu Tutu arrived, and Leng Qingsong and Chen Changsheng quickly stopped their confrontation to reassure her.
• Bai Feiyu hung Ouyang's plaque around Hu Tutu's neck and told her Ouyang had entrusted it to her for safekeeping.
• Hu Tutu worried that Ouyang might not wake up, but Chen Changsheng comforted her with food and brought her to tell Ouyang about her lessons.
• Bai Feiyu climbed a tree and Leng Qingsong prepared to repair the roof as the three disciples silently resolved not to wait passively for Ouyang to wake.

Little Mountain Peak’s disciples spent a year consolidating their strength while Ouyang remained unconscious, and the peak grew quiet as several of them left. Leng Qingsong decided to go to Thousand Sand Valley to be near Ouyang, leaving Chen Changsheng to hold the fort and Hu Tutu afraid of being abandoned.

• Hu Tutu studied diligently, Leng Qingsong stayed beside Ouyang, Chen Changsheng managed Little Mountain Peak, and Bai Feiyu left to perfect his Divine Dao.
• After a year, Leng Qingsong grew restless and repeatedly went to Azure Cloud Peak to challenge Dongxu Zi about the Dao.
• Leng Qingsong told Chen Changsheng and Hu Tutu that he was leaving for Thousand Sand Valley to be closer to Ouyang.
• Chen Changsheng agreed to remain on Little Mountain Peak and take responsibility for it, while Hu Tutu cried and feared she would be left alone.
• Chen Changsheng reassured Hu Tutu that they were parting temporarily so they could have a better reunion later.

Ouyang watched Sword Immortal City grow in the Nine Hells and spoke with Fan Rubin about Hu Yun’s plan to give him a name in this world by killing his master. He refused to sacrifice his attachments to survive, then sensed someone had come to take him home and began to leave the Nine Hells.

• Ouyang joked with Fan Rubin about making divine souls work on the city before they could settle there, and Fan Rubin mocked his plan as a rotten move.
• Fan Rubin revealed that he had guessed Ouyang was an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon and explained that Hu Yun had planned to make him a being of this world by having him erase Hu Yun’s name.
• Ouyang refused to kill his master to secure his own survival and resolved to build a path forward himself, as he had built the city.
• Hui Zhi preached Buddhist Dharma across the city’s electronic screens under an arrangement with Ouyang, while the enforcement squad supervised the divine souls’ labor.
• Ouyang sensed someone had come to take him home, said the Nine Hells might otherwise be torn down, and began to vanish as Fan Rubin called him Clan Leader.

Leng Qingsong arrived at Thousand Sand Valley seeking the passage to the Nine Hells so he could find his elder brother. When the guards challenged him for lacking a Sect Master’s written order, he fought back with one sword strike, leaving six Great Cultivators near death.

• Leng Qingsong landed on the wall at Thousand Sand Valley and identified himself as a disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Leng Qingsong asked where the Nine Hells were, but the guards demanded a written order from his Sect Master.
• Leng Qingsong showed his waist token, which the old man rejected, and the guards surrounded him suspiciously.
• The old man summoned seven Great Cultivators, who attacked Leng Qingsong.
• Leng Qingsong vanished and reappeared behind the attackers after drawing his sword once, gravely wounding the six Body Integration Realm cultivators.

Leng Qingsong defeated seven cultivators and plunged into Thousand Sand Valley to investigate Li Taibai’s aura, but Yellow Springs Road stripped away his power and overwhelmed him with fear. As he cried for his elder brother, a blue-green-robed figure reached out to him.

• Leng Qingsong grievously wounded seven Great Cultivators with one sword strike and descended into Thousand Sand Valley after sensing Li Taibai’s Green Lotus Sword Intent.
• The Mahayana Realm cultivator learned Leng Qingsong was an Azure Cloud Sect disciple, while Dongxu Zi and Sword Sect Master Tai'a arrived and discovered he had entered the Nine Hells.
• Leng Qingsong used his Green Lotus Sword Dao to repel the Three Calamities, but Yellow Springs Road swallowed him and cut off his True Essence.
• As the Nine Trials and Ten Tribulations stirred his Heart Demons, Leng Qingsong sank into despair and cried out for his elder brother.
• A figure in blue-green robes reached toward Leng Qingsong as a playful voice asked who was crying.