Chapter Summaries

Dongxu Zi remembered how Hu Yun had brought Ouyang and Leng Qingsong to the Azure Cloud Sect, and why he had tried to keep Ouyang away from Hu Yun. After Hu Yun revealed that Ouyang had sung a song from their other world, Dongxu Zi learned that Ouyang was a fellow countryman.

• Dongxu Zi warned the present-day Ouyang that his cultivation had declined and his dantian was shrinking, prompting Ouyang to hide his wrist.
• Dongxu Zi recalled Hu Yun bringing young Leng Qingsong and Ouyang to the sect, and recognized the immense karma surrounding Leng Qingsong and Ouyang’s unusual, despairing gaze.
• Dongxu Zi tried to reject Ouyang as Hu Yun’s disciple, but Hu Yun insisted on keeping him and sent Ouyang and Leng Qingsong outside before speaking privately with Dongxu Zi.
• Dongxu Zi confronted Hu Yun about taking in an extraterrestrial heavenly demon and blamed himself for their master’s death and the tragedies that followed.
• Hu Yun told Dongxu Zi that Ouyang had been singing a song from their other world, and Dongxu Zi realized Ouyang was Hu Yun’s fellow countryman.

Hu Yun told Dongxu Zi that Ouyang possessed the same power as their master and could become the possibility that their long-laid plans needed. Ouyang left for Little Mountain Peak to recover, warning Dongxu Zi not to give up before the end.

• Hu Yun argued that Ouyang’s unusual insight and potential made him a separate plan for what might follow their thousands-year effort to break free of fate.
• Hu Yun revealed that the same power as their master’s had awakened in Ouyang, leaving Dongxu Zi shaken by the possibility of their master’s reincarnation.
• Dongxu Zi realized their plans might fail because they remained bound by karma, and felt guilty that their actions had burdened Ouyang and contributed to his memory loss.
• Ouyang dismissed Dongxu Zi’s apology, asked him to train Monkey, and said he was returning to Little Mountain Peak to recover.
• Ouyang urged Dongxu Zi not to become one of the few who failed to see things through, then told him to make his eventual death heroic rather than theatrical.

After returning to the Azure Cloud Sect, Ouyang watched Little Bie San study under Dongxu Zi while his worsening memory loss forced him to rely on a notebook and, during lapses, the women who came to care for him. The chapter left Ouyang’s condition growing more serious despite his efforts to remain independent.

• Little Bie San showed exceptional talent studying the Dao under Dongxu Zi, while Zhao Qiansun felt humbled by the monkey’s rapid progress.
• Ouyang visited Azure Cloud Peak to watch the lessons, took notes with cotton in his ears, and repeatedly fell asleep when he listened to the Dao Sounds.
• Ouyang’s memory loss worsened after he spent large amounts of True Essence making Paper Cranes and Paper Butterflies, and he began keeping a notebook to remember important things.
• Dongxu Zi asked Su Xiaoqi, Mu Yunhai, and Su Ling'er to look after Ouyang, though Ouyang refused their help when he was lucid.
• When Ouyang forgot how to care for himself, Su Xiaoqi, Mu Yunhai, and Su Ling'er quietly helped him change, clean up, and eat.

Ouyang’s memory and strength deteriorated over seven years as Little Bie San stayed by his side, until the first snowfall brought a brief return of Ouyang’s clarity. Ouyang watched a brilliant sword strike approach from the east, then tasted blood after holding himself together through its passing.

• Ouyang’s memory worsened over the years, and Little Bie San guarded him while Ouyang mistook him for Chen Changsheng.
• Ouyang looked toward the people he cared about in every direction as Little Bie San remained at his side.
• During the seventh year’s first snowfall, Ouyang regained his clarity, swept the courtyard, and asked Little Bie San how long he had been muddleheaded.
• Ouyang warned that his second junior brother needed to make his decision soon, then watched the east as a powerful sword light tore across the sky.
• The Sword Qi swept away the snow but only lifted the corner of Ouyang’s robe, and Ouyang lowered his eyes after biting his tongue until his mouth filled with blood.

Leng Qingsong inherited Li Taibai’s Sword Dao insights and reached the brink of the No-Dao Realm, but realized that becoming its supreme sword would destroy the world’s freedom. As fear drove him toward suicide, Mu Wu swallowed his sword to stop him.

• Leng Qingsong retraced Li Taibai’s cultivation journey and advanced from the Body Integration Realm to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, stopping just short of the No-Dao Realm.
• Leng Qingsong understood that Li Taibai’s No-Dao Sword Dao could erase all Immortals and impose a single absolute authority on the world.
• Leng Qingsong abandoned his breakthrough, realized he had been a pawn, and became so terrified that he considered killing himself with his sword.
• Mu Wu coiled around Leng Qingsong’s sword and tried to stop him, but Leng Qingsong’s surging laws threatened to tear the snake away.
• Mu Wu swallowed the sword and held it inside its body as a scabbard, while Liang Zai watched in shock.

Mu Wu’s intervention pulled Leng Qingsong back from the No-Dao Realm, and he understood that Hu Yun’s Red Dust Scheme had been meant to save him from losing himself to the Dao. Rather than follow his inherited fate, Leng Qingsong resolved to find another path, reached the Ninth-Level Tribulation Transcendence Realm, and glimpsed something hidden beyond the sky.

• Mu Wu swallowed Leng Qingsong’s sword and severed his connection to the Dao, drawing him back from the No-Dao Realm.
• Leng Qingsong recognized Mu Wu and realized Hu Yun and his elder brother had arranged the Red Dust Scheme to keep him from becoming a will of heaven and earth.
• Leng Qingsong grasped the sword and rejected the path that would make him cease to be himself, resolving to find another way within the Dao.
• Leng Qingsong’s cultivation rose to the Ninth-Level Tribulation Transcendence Realm as spatial laws gathered around him.
• Leng Qingsong looked beyond the clouds and saw his thirteenth-grade green lotuses bloom, revealing red stamens at their centers.

Leng Qingsong investigated the strange feeling above the sky and saw a real world hanging upside down beyond the false sky. He realized the sky concealed the boundary between two worlds, and feared their collision could destroy both.

• Leng Qingsong raised his head to investigate the anomaly he had sensed after reaching the ninth-level Tribulation Transcendence realm, but the White Snake Flying Sword tried to stop him.
• Leng Qingsong insisted he had nothing left to fear, then glanced upward and collapsed in terror; Liang Zai secretly watched and laughed.
• The sky erupted into thunder and violent weather, while Leng Qingsong trembled at the vision he had witnessed.
• Leng Qingsong saw a barren, blood-red world filled with chaotic power and realized it was a real world hanging upside down above his own.
• Leng Qingsong understood that the blue sky concealed the two worlds and suspected Li Taibai held them apart, then feared their collision could bring about the end of both worlds.

Leng Qingsong realized the Sky-Piercing Giant Pillar was close to breaking and that the two worlds could soon collapse into catastrophe. Determined to save his elder brother and the world, he abandoned the no-Dao path and sent his divine soul toward the sky to investigate the world above.

• Leng Qingsong understood that the cracked Sky-Piercing Giant Pillar was nearing collapse and that its failure would destroy both worlds.
• He struggled to decide whether the no-Dao realm was right, then resolved that his elder brother must survive and that only one world could remain.
• Leng Qingsong accepted his destiny to guide the worlds into merging or bring about the destruction of one of them.
• A giant green lotus carried Leng Qingsong's divine soul toward the sky as a white snake rose behind him to protect him.
• Leng Qingsong set out to discover what existed in the upside-down world above the sky.

Leng Qingsong crossed the sky into the world beyond High Heaven and found himself surrounded by the Devil Race. As he prepared to leave the Demon Realm, its inhabitants unexpectedly knelt and prayed to him.

• Leng Qingsong's green lotus carried his divine soul through the sky and crashed into the blood-colored ground below.
• The impact drew countless black-patterned, scarlet-eyed beings, and Leng Qingsong recognized them as the Devil Race.
• Leng Qingsong concluded that he had entered the Demon Realm and decided its destruction would protect his own world.
• Tens of thousands of Devil Race members gathered around the crater, and Leng Qingsong prepared to depart.
• The Devil Race members prostrated themselves and prayed to Leng Qingsong.

Leng Qingsong discovered that the Devil Race worshipped the green lotus as Father God and wondered whether an ancient wielder of the Green Lotus Sword Dao had preceded Li Taibai. When the Devil Maiden urged the gathered demons to fight for Father God, she concluded that they needed to offer up their hearts to receive an answer.

• Countless members of the Devil Race knelt before Leng Qingsong's green lotus and prayed to him as Father God.
• Leng Qingsong realized they might be worshipping an earlier wielder of the Green Lotus Sword Dao and stayed to learn more.
• Leng Qingsong made the green lotus manifest the principles of Heaven and Earth, prompting the Devil Race to hail him as Father God.
• The Devil Maiden arrived and asked whether Father God wanted his people to fight for him, stirring the Devil Race into a frenzy.
• When the green lotus did not respond, the Devil Maiden declared that the Devil Race needed to offer their hearts to Father God.

Leng Qingsong stopped the Zhuj iu Tribe’s devils from sacrificing themselves and agreed to go with their fanatical leader. As she carried the Green Lotus toward the tribe, he recognized Immortal Script welcoming Father God at their gate.

• The girl urged the devils to offer their hearts to Father God, and Leng Qingsong ordered them to stop before they could sacrifice themselves en masse.
• The girl asked Father God where his enemies were and pledged the Zhuj iu Tribe as his sword, so Leng Qingsong told her to take him with her.
• The girl carried the Green Lotus toward her tribe while the devils prostrated themselves along her path.
• Leng Qingsong saw the Zhuj iu Tribe’s mountain stronghold and recognized the Immortal Script on its gate: “A warm welcome to Lord Father God on his arrival at the Zhuj iu Tribe!”

Leng Qingsong witnessed the memory of Li Taibai saving the Devil Race when an Immortal folded Heaven and Earth, and his Dao Heart became clear as he accepted that the Dao itself could not be wrong. The Green Lotus illuminated the Demon Realm, while Chongming summoned the twelve tribe leaders to the Demon Hall for an urgent deliberation.

• The girl carried the Green Lotus through the Immortal Script gate and lowered it into the Blood Pool before the statue of the crimson serpent.
• Leng Qingsong saw the serpent’s memories and learned that Li Taibai became a Sky-Piercing Giant Pillar to keep the folded Heaven and Earth from crushing the Devil Race.
• Bai Feiyu declared that the Dao could not be wrong, and Leng Qingsong accepted that right and wrong depended on those within the Dao.
• The Green Lotus released brilliant azure light across the Zhuj iu Tribe and the Extreme Western Land, drawing the attention of the Devil Race’s Great Cultivators.
• Zu Yuan watched the light with a strange smile, while Chongming sent word summoning the twelve tribe leaders to the Demon Hall and warned that latecomers would die.

Leng Qingsong completed his Dao and vanished from the Zhuj iu Tribe as eleven other great devil cultivators awakened to answer Demon Venerable Chongming. The Zhuj iu witch convinced her tribe that their unmoving totem, Zhuyin, had been taken away by the Father God to marry him, and the tribe embraced the secret.

• Leng Qingsong achieved the No-Dao Realm, and the Green Lotus vanished beneath the Zhuj iu Tribe's eyes.
• Eleven great devil cultivators awakened across the Demon Realm and answered Demon Venerable Chongming's call.
• The Zhuj iu tribespeople panicked when their totem, Zhuyin, remained motionless, and the witch feared she was not a real witch.
• The witch claimed the Father God had taken Zhuyin away to marry her, and the tribespeople accepted the explanation as truth.
• The Zhuj iu Tribe vowed to keep the supposed romance secret, while a fine crack appeared in Zhuyin's statue and Leng Qingsong sneezed at the Sky-Piercing Giant Pillar.

Leng Qingsong reached the realm beyond No-Dao but rejected a path that would make him impose his will on all living beings. After understanding Ouyang’s sacrifice and choosing to open a path for everyone, he struck toward the sky and began transforming into an Immortal.

• Leng Qingsong entered a mysterious realm beyond No-Dao and realized that embracing all living beings with Great Love did not suit him.
• Paper Cranes carried Ouyang’s True Essence into Leng Qingsong, revealing that Ouyang had scattered himself throughout Heaven and Earth to support Leng Qingsong’s Dao.
• Leng Qingsong understood his elder brother’s sacrifice and decided to let all living beings choose their own fate rather than dictate it for them.
• Leng Qingsong drew the White Snake Flying Sword and unleashed a strike to open Heaven, while a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon rose from the sea and joined him.
• Leng Qingsong’s sword opened the Great Dao, his Divine Soul began transforming into an Immortal’s True Spirit, and he was swept into Heaven and Earth’s River of Time.

Leng Qingsong’s sword opened the Heavenly Gate but failed to break the False Heaven, leaving the Immortals confident that he would have to join them. Bai Feiyu discovered that the Immortals had taken control of the Mortal Worlds’ reincarnation and prepared to oppose his Second Senior Brother if their paths clashed.

• Leng Qingsong struck at the false curtain over Heaven and Earth, but found that his sword could not fully cleave it apart.
• The Immortals believed Leng Qingsong would need their help to straighten out the folded Heaven and Earth, and expected him to ascend alongside them.
• The thirty-six Mortal Worlds trembled in response to Leng Qingsong’s strike, but Bai Feiyu stilled them with the white Jade Ruler.
• Bai Feiyu realized the Immortals had occupied the Mortal Worlds’ reincarnation, making the worlds vulnerable if they were killed or sealed.
• Bai Feiyu resolved to fight Leng Qingsong if his Second Senior Brother chose to ascend with the Immortals, then continued his God-Sealing mission.

Zu Yuan accepted the Demon Venerable’s Black Lotus and planned to destroy the Devil Race when he got the chance, while Leng Qingsong learned that Liang Zai could help him break the False Heaven. Leng Qingsong hesitated to risk Liang Zai’s life, but Liang Zai asked him to use the dog’s power so he could see his former master, Li Taibai.

• Zu Yuan recognized Leng Qingsong’s sword strike as the sign that the Great Calamity had begun and resolved to lead the Devil Race to destruction.
• Zu Yuan drew the Twelfth Grade Black Lotus into his body to study its Laws while he waited for the Demon Venerable to die.
• Liang Zai offered to help Leng Qingsong break the False Heaven, revealing that he was Li Taibai’s Sword Scabbard and could amplify attacks tenfold.
• Liang Zai explained that his belly held a Minor World and proposed using Leng Qingsong’s sword technique to draw the False Heaven inside it.
• Liang Zai named the move One Shot Makes Immortals Kneel and asked Leng Qingsong to use it so he could see Li Taibai again, even if he might not survive.

Liang Zai recalled its past with Li Taibai and decided to help Leng Qingsong break through the false sky. It joined with Leng Qingsong to unleash a powerful sword strike.

• Liang Zai remembered serving as Li Taibai’s scabbard and spending countless years alone in the Immortal Tomb.
• Liang Zai recalled meeting an outsider who entered Ou Yezi’s Small Space and later leaving with him.
• Liang Zai asked Leng Qingsong whether he wanted to be the greatest in the world, then approved when Leng Qingsong rejected the title.
• Liang Zai jumped into Leng Qingsong’s arms and offered itself as the weapon for his Heaven-Slaying Sword Strike.
• Leng Qingsong poured his power into Liang Zai, and brilliant sword light surged as they prepared to cleave open the false sky.

Leng Qingsong and Liang Zai unleashed a final sword strike that shattered the false sky and revealed another world beyond it. Liang Zai vanished after completing his task, and Ouyang sensed his return.

• Leng Qingsong poured his strength into Liang Zai, who unleashed a sword strike so swift and powerful that it swept across heaven and earth.
• The sky cracked and shattered, then drifted down as snow, revealing an upside-down world beyond it.
• Leng Qingsong watched Liang Zai dissolve and heard him say that he had proved he was in this world.
• Liang Zai disappeared, leaving behind a wooden plaque shaped like a bone.
• At Little Mountain Peak, Ouyang saw the Lotus Pod stir and welcomed Liang Zai home.

After unleashing his Heaven-Opening Sword, Leng Qingsong realized Ouyang’s guidance had shaped his path and rushed back to find him. Seeing the River of Time revealed that Ouyang was absent from it and that Hu Yun had died, Leng Qingsong discovered that the suffering from saving Chen Changsheng and Bai Feiyu had been transferred to Ouyang.

• Leng Qingsong panicked about Ouyang’s condition and asked Mu Wu to carry him back toward the Azure Cloud Sect.
• As his Divine Soul absorbed the principles of Heaven and Earth, Leng Qingsong gained the ability to perceive the River of Time and searched it for Ouyang.
• Leng Qingsong found no trace of Ouyang in the timelines of himself or his junior brothers, and saw that Hu Yun’s timeline ended during a New Year celebration.
• Leng Qingsong saw that someone had untied the dead knots in Bai Feiyu’s and Chen Changsheng’s timelines, saving them from their destined deaths.
• Leng Qingsong realized the suffering required to change their fates had been transferred to Ouyang and angrily called Chen Changsheng and Bai Feiyu trash.

Leng Qingsong returned to the Azure Cloud Sect desperate to reunite with Ouyang, but Ouyang arranged for him to be exiled into chaos. The chapter ended with Ouyang watching Leng Qingsong disappear and marking his notebook, while the others realized how powerful Leng Qingsong had become.

• Leng Qingsong forced his way back from the Ultimate Principles and reached Little Mountain Peak, only to learn from Dongxu Zi that Ouyang had left.
• Dongxu Zi gave Leng Qingsong a letter from Ouyang, and the letter triggered an ambush by Dongxu Zi and Zhang Zixiang.
• Leng Qingsong resisted the attempt to exile him and nearly turned the spatial attack back on Dongxu Zi and Zhang Zixiang.
• Ouyang appeared in hiding, and Leng Qingsong stopped resisting when he saw his elder brother.
• Dongxu Zi and Zhang Zixiang exiled Leng Qingsong into chaos, where the repaired space left him without a way to return.
• Ouyang crossed out an entry in his notebook and remarked that Leng Qingsong had made something of himself.