Chapter Summaries

Bahamut brought Nuviel to Paradise Mountain and offered him a choice of joining the Gospel Legion or staying among the dragons; Nuviel chose the legion. As transcendence neared, Aikalia's daughters urged her to reveal her feelings to Yuliel, but she said they were only sovereign and subject while Annatania was there.

• Bahamut welcomed Nuviel to Paradise Mountain and warned him that a great war was coming.
• Bahamut offered Nuviel a place among the dragons or a post in Gospel's Gospel Legion, and Nuviel chose the legion.
• On the Fourth Paradise Mountain, Sariel and Liviel told Aikalia that war against the Defiled World was near and urged her to tell Yuliel how she felt.
• Aikalia refused, saying that with Annatania there, she and Yuliel were merely sovereign and subject.

Lucifer visited the Lemure Civilization to help it advance into a Superhuman Civilization, following Jiang Yuu’s counsel that it would become a future test for the Multiverse’s ruling civilization. She proposed that the Lemures create Demon Gods, and one Great Sage began to grasp her meaning.

• Energy tides stirred in the Multiverse Abyss, and some demons began recovering their power as the Lemure Civilization continued to rise.
• Jiang Yuu told Lucifer that the Lemure Civilization had a purpose and would ultimately test the civilization that ruled the Multiverse.
• Lucifer arrived in disguise before the Lemure Great Sages, whose civilization had built advanced demonic technologies but remained stuck before becoming a Superhuman Civilization.
• Lucifer told the Great Sages to create Demon Gods, and one descendant of Azeba began to understand her proposal.

Lucifer explained how the Lemure civilization could create an artificial Demon God to carry the authority of the Abyss and become its Supreme Weapon. She warned that it would need fuel from outside the Abyss, then named the first artificial Demon God Migalt.

• The Lemure Great Sage proposed creating an artificial Demon God, and Lucifer praised his understanding before asking his name.
• The Great Sage gave his personal name as Dozelas Azeba and revealed that Azeba, the Goblin sage from Feland World, was the source of his bloodline.
• Lucifer explained that a Demon God needed fuel of order, so the Lemure civilization would have to invade normal universes and gather it.
• Lucifer warned the Lemure Great Sages that they were too weak to contend with the Multiverse's Superhuman Civilizations and urged them to survive and compete for sovereign authority.
• A Lemure Great Sage asked Lucifer to name their first artificial Demon God, and she named it Migalt.

Lucifer saw a possible future in which the Demon Civilization became a powerful demon civilization and then left to rest before serving Jiang Yuu beyond Transcendence. In the Golden Toad Cosmos, a gifted young toad survived his clan’s destruction and vowed to atone for his people’s sins as Golden Toad Child.

• Lucifer questioned whether the Demon Civilization could become a worthy opponent for a future Transcendence One, and Jiang Yuu showed her a possible future in which it became a mighty demon civilization.
• Jiang Yuu told Lucifer to rest before they reached Beyond Transcendence, and she happily agreed to carry his banner.
• The Monster Race imprisoned in the Golden Toad Cosmos called themselves the sinner race and divided between those who repented and those who preyed on their kin.
• A gifted golden toad was raised to atone for the suffering caused by his ancestors, the Golden Toad Monster Emperor’s followers.
• After his clan was destroyed, the young toad took the name Golden Toad Child and vowed to walk in the light and change the world.

Golden Toad Child revealed his golden toad form and prayed to Jiang Yuu for the chance to redeem the Golden Toad Cosmos. Jiang Yuu answered with a single word, leaving the monsters convinced that Golden Toad Child had heaven's favor.

• Golden Toad Child's companions recoiled after he revealed that he was a descendant of the Golden Toad Monster Emperor.
• Golden Toad Child knelt and prayed to Jiang Yuu, vowing to spread mercy and transform the Golden Toad Cosmos into a Buddhist Kingdom.
• Jiang Yuu saw Golden Toad Child's past and recognized him as a descendant of the Jade-Eyed Golden Toad.
• Jiang Yuu answered, "Good," and the monsters in the Golden Toad Cosmos knelt in awe.
• Annatania asked Jiang Yuu what he had seen.

Jiang Yuu granted Golden Toad Child a chance to earn forgiveness by reforming the Golden Toad Cosmos and cleansing it of sin. The chapter then shifted to the Boundless Mountains and Seas, where the world’s mourning recalled the death of Jue Ming a hundred thousand years earlier.

• Annatania asked to see Golden Toad Child’s past, and Jiang Yuu showed her his life, from his clan’s destruction to his efforts to help others and his prayer for the Golden Toad Cosmos.
• Annatania urged Jiang Yuu to give kind monsters a chance, and he agreed to deduce Golden Toad Child’s possible futures and grant him a path forward.
• Jiang Yuu permitted Golden Toad Child to spread benevolence and reform the Golden Toad Cosmos, promising that the prison would open once its sins were cleansed.
• Golden Toad Child vowed to remain in the prison until every sin was gone, while Annatania and Jiang Yuu hoped he might later join the next Transcendence One.
• The narrative turned to the Boundless Mountains and Seas, where the world’s mourning marked the death of Golden Toad Monster Emperor Jue Ming a hundred thousand years earlier.

After Jiang Yuu transcended, God-King Serenity returned with news of his coming expedition, and Immortal King Longevity abandoned his bid for power to pledge his support. Jiang Yuu offered Yu Changsheng one day as Lord of Mountains and Seas if he completed four great deeds, binding the gift to strict duties.

• The Boundless Mountains and Seas learned that Monster Emperor Jueming was dead, while God-King Serenity decided to seek Jiang Yuu in the Multiverse.
• After meeting the transcended Jiang Yuu, God-King Serenity returned and told Immortal King Longevity that Jiang Yuu was preparing to march into Beyond Transcendence.
• Yu Changsheng vowed to follow the next Lord of Transcendence if he could bring A Ruan back, and Jiang Yuu sent him words of encouragement.
• Jiang Yuu offered Yu Changsheng one day as Lord of Mountains and Seas if he accomplished one great deed in each of the four great Lands of Being.
• Annatania conveyed Jiang Yuu's offer, and Yu Changsheng accepted the conditions that he do no evil and defend the people of Mountains and Seas when they were in peril.

Waxilun became the Sacred God of Radiance and discovered an inscription by Moweidina on the Ancient Stele of Divine Miracles, inspiring her to learn more about creation and the Creator. As the appointed day of transcendence arrived, the armies returned and the angels and gods gathered.

• Waxilun became the Sacred God of Radiance with support from the White Sky Angels and the Archon Angels, and Luoseda personally apologized to her.
• Waxilun saw Moweidina’s words on the Ancient Stele of Divine Miracles and learned that the God Above Gods had affirmed the Creator’s existence.
• Waxilun inscribed her own words on the stele, declaring her intent to wield the Radiance Authority, pursue the Light of Creation, and shelter those she loved.
• Waxilun tried to reach the stele’s reverse but was stopped by her lack of strength, then resolved to uncover the secrets of creation and the Creator.
• Youlun continued growing stronger as the God of War on Paradise Mountain, allied with the Archon Angels and recognized by Waxilun.
• On the appointed day of transcendence, the armies returned as the angels stood solemnly and the gods took their places.

Jiang Yuu proclaimed that he would lead the Angel Civilization into Transcendence, then revealed Paradise Mountain to the Multiverse and began breaking the shackles that bound its people. The chapter ended as he drew the Platinum Holy Sword and struck at those restraints to force their passage beyond Transcendence.

• Yuliel announced that he would lead the Angel Civilization into Transcendence, and the assembled armies of Paradise Mountain cheered their support.
• Jiang Yuu rose from the Platinum Heavenly Throne and released his power across the four Lands of Being, causing their inhabitants to bow before his radiance.
• Jiang Yuu revealed Paradise Mountain to the Multiverse as the Sevenfold Heaven Mountain emerged from the Multiverse Abyss and rose above the Multiverse.
• Jiang Yuu declared that he would lift Paradise Mountain and its people beyond their common limits, then drew the Platinum Holy Sword and slashed at the shackles binding them.

Jiang Yuu used his Platinum Holy Sword to sever the restraints binding Paradise Mountain and its inhabitants, then led them beyond the Multiverse and through every dimension. After ascending past the Land of Truth and Absurdity, he broke open a supreme rift in true nothingness.

• Jiang Yuu severed the illusory shackles on Paradise Mountain, making its inhabitants part of his transcendent essence.
• Jiang Yuu led Paradise Mountain above the Multiverse as holy light flooded the origins of the four great Lands of Being.
• Paradise Mountain shattered time, space, reality and illusion, and the dimensions and laws underlying existence.
• Paradise Mountain rose past the Land of Truth and Absurdity, leaving Yuanshi, the Emperor of Humanity, and the Lord of Heaven behind.
• The Radiant Sovereign raised his eyes and broke open a supreme rift spanning true nothingness.

Jiang Yuu led the Angel Civilization through the Gate of Transcendence as the four Lands of Being witnessed a vast rift and a sea of holy light. After more than two hundred million years, Paradise Mountain entered Beyond Transcendence, where its inhabitants finally came to rest.

• Jiang Yuu used his transcendent will to open the Gate of Transcendence, and beings throughout the four Lands of Being saw the resulting rift and holy light.
• The Supremes, Immortal Kings, God-Kings, True Kings, and others recognized that Jiang Yuu and the Angel Civilization were transcending and offered their farewells or praise.
• Jiang Yuu looked back at the Multiverse and the other Lands of Being, then ordered all armies to follow him forward.
• Jiang Yuu led Paradise Mountain through the gate into Beyond Transcendence, plunging its inhabitants into profound darkness and weightlessness.
• After an immense journey, Paradise Mountain stopped rising, and its inhabitants cried, “Here we come.”

Jiang Yuu led Paradise Mountain into Beyond Transcendence, where he found a desolate expanse of ash and sensed the Emperor of Humanity’s presence. As the armies advanced toward the center of the gray land, they discovered they had been traveling across the remains of Yuanshi.

• Jiang Yuu saw that Beyond Transcendence was filled with ash from ruined lower realms and identified the only nearby light as the place Paradise Mountain had emerged from.
• Jiang Yuu sensed the Emperor of Humanity’s aura at the center of the gray land and ordered Lucifer to raise his banner and Michael to rally the armies.
• Lucifer planted the Blazing Heaven Holy Banner, and Michael led Paradise Mountain’s forces forward with cries of resolve.
• Jiang Yuu carried Paradise Mountain through the gray haze toward the Emperor of Humanity’s aura.
• The gray haze parted to reveal a vast mountain, and Jiang Yuu realized it was formed from Yuanshi’s remains.

Jiang Yuu led the Holy Armies beyond Paradise Mountain and found the battlefields of the Superhuman Civilization, where entire human legions had fallen. As the armies wondered whether they had arrived too late, Lucifer insisted that someone was still fighting to protect their Pure Land.

• Jiang Yuu ordered the Heavenly Kingdom to remain on Paradise Mountain and led the other Holy Armies into the gray haze.
• Jiang Yuu and his forces entered a vast expanse where each star held a battlefield and found the fallen 96th Legion, whose gravestone listed all 930,000,056 members.
• A warrior and an angel promised to honor each other with a gravestone if one fell, lifting the Holy Armies' spirits.
• Jiang Yuu's forces passed battlefield after battlefield and saw that every Superhuman Civilization legion recorded there had been wiped out.
• Gael asked Jiang Yuu if they had arrived too late, and Lucifer argued that someone must still be alive and defending the Pure Land.

Jiang Yuu led the Angel Civilization’s armies across the Superhuman Civilization’s abandoned battlefield and reached the main battlefield at Yuanshi Divine Mountain. After ordering the armies to honor humanity’s fallen, he walked into the golden light and heard a voice greet him.

• Jiang Yuu ordered the armies to keep advancing toward the golden pillar of light across the star-filled battlefield.
• The armies found abandoned Superhuman Civilization schools, where they learned that the students and teachers had gradually left to fight and discovered a final message on a blackboard.
• Jiang Yuu told the grieving armies they would finish what the Superhuman Civilization had left undone, and they continued toward the mountaintop.
• At the mountaintop, the armies saw the remains and gravestones of fallen human legions on a vast, devastated battlefield.
• Jiang Yuu descended to the ground, ordered all armies to salute humanity’s forebears, and walked toward the golden-lit center.
• Jiang Yuu entered the golden light, where a gentle voice said, “You’ve come.”

Jiang Yuu reached the Golden Divine Domain and found the gravely wounded Emperor of Humanity still holding back the Defiled World’s pressure. The Emperor briefly restored his former appearance, welcomed Jiang Yuu as his successor, and reminisced about the army before him.

• Jiang Yuu crossed the Golden Divine Domain and found the Emperor of Humanity standing beside a broken Divine Bell, his body shattered and his soul near its end.
• Jiang Yuu realized that the Emperor of Humanity’s remaining power still protected the Pure Land from the Defiled World.
• Jiang Yuu lamented that he had arrived too late, and his words awakened the Emperor of Humanity’s lingering awareness.
• The Emperor of Humanity used a strand of transcendence light to restore his body and greeted Jiang Yuu, saying he was not too late.
• The Emperor of Humanity recognized Jiang Yuu and the Holy Legions and Warriors of Paradise Mountain, then recalled the human army of his past.

The Emperor of Humanity told Jiang Yuu about Human Civilization’s defeat and entrusted the survivors’ final hope to him. He revealed that Jiang Shiluo had been born from his tear of regret and his son Jiang Wang’s fragmented true spirit, while Jiang Yuu had surpassed their shared path.

• The Emperor of Humanity told Jiang Yuu that he remembered the names of all his fallen warriors and had personally erected their gravestones.
• The Emperor of Humanity admitted that he regretted bringing all of Human Civilization to Beyond Transcendence, but accepted their shared fate and honored their deaths.
• The Emperor of Humanity recalled meeting the dying Yuanshi, who had entrusted the lower realm’s hope to him, and then entrusted that hope to Jiang Yuu.
• The Emperor of Humanity revealed that his tear of regret over Jiang Wang’s death had carried a fragment of Jiang Wang’s true spirit into the lower realm, where it became Jiang Shiluo.
• The Emperor of Humanity explained that Jiang Shiluo and Jiang Wang followed the path of the Sky God King, while Jiang Yuu had surpassed its upper limit.

The Emperor of Humanity explained how Jiang Yuu and the Angel Civilization inherited a shared lineage from Human Civilization, then clarified how time flowed differently in Beyond Transcendence. He reassured Jiang Yuu that the final war began only about a hundred thousand years ago in the upper realm, so he had not arrived too late.

• The Emperor of Humanity revealed that he had devised the Path of the Sky Lord for Jiang Wang, and that Jiang Shiluo later followed it.
• The Emperor of Humanity said Jiang Wang had died in battle before his hopes for him could be fulfilled, then declared that Jiang Yuu and he belonged to the same lineage.
• Jiang Yuu agreed that the Angel Race was part of the human species, and the Emperor of Humanity expressed hope that future successors would drive back the Defiled World.
• The Emperor of Humanity explained that time in Beyond Transcendence flowed differently from time in the lower realm.
• Jiang Yuu estimated that the final war had begun about a hundred thousand years ago, and the Emperor of Humanity confirmed that it had begun forty million years ago by lower-realm time.

The Emperor of Humanity explained to Jiang Yuu how the Pure Lands once sheltered Ascendants and how their system differed from that of modern Transcendence Ones. He began describing the nine supreme Pure Lands that existed in the upper realm.

• The Emperor of Humanity reassured Jiang Yuu that the time Human Civilization had bought for the lower realm was significant, then recalled how Yuanshi had waited three hundred million years for him.
• The Emperor of Humanity shifted the conversation to the great enemy of the Defiled World and began explaining the ancient history of the upper realm.
• The Emperor of Humanity told Jiang Yuu that Yuanshi had once resided in the Pure Land of Calamity, which existed above countless worlds and mortal realms.
• The Emperor of Humanity explained that the Pure Lands had sheltered those who ascended, making Transcendence easier in ancient times and leading those arrivals to be called Ascendants.
• The Emperor of Humanity contrasted Ascendants with Transcendence Ones and stated that the known upper realm contained nine supreme Pure Lands corresponding to the nine great paths of Transcendence Ones.

The Emperor of Humanity explained to Jiang Yuu that Yuanshi’s Transcendence One system was meant to recreate the nine Pure Lands and populate them with Ascendants. He clarified that Yuanshi had truly transcended only through Order, while his Calamity and Solitude powers came from the former Pure Lands.

• The Emperor of Humanity explained that Beyond Transcendence had nine Pure Lands and that each Transcendence One corresponded to one Pure Land.
• He said Yuanshi had intended to rebuild the Pure Lands by producing universes in wells and bringing people beyond transcendence to inhabit them.
• The Emperor of Humanity told Jiang Yuu that the ash around Yuanshi Divine Mountain came from mortal realms contaminated by the Defiled World.
• Jiang Yuu asked why Yuanshi, with three paths of transcendence, had failed to defeat the Defiled World.
• The Emperor of Humanity clarified that Yuanshi had attained only the Transcendence One of Order; his Calamity and Solitude powers came from their former Pure Lands.

The Emperor of Humanity told Jiang Yuu how the Defiled World invaded and destroyed the Pure Lands, beginning with the Pure Land of Life. He revealed that each completed great undertaking for the Defiled World produced another King, as its territory and strength grew.

• The Emperor of Humanity explained that Yuanshi was born in the Pure Lands to the Empress of Calamity and likely an Ascendant from the Pure Land of Solitude.
• The Emperor of Humanity said Yuanshi was content with life in the Pure Lands until the Defiled World appeared.
• The Defiled World invaded the Pure Land of Life, killed its Lord, polluted its Ascendants and lower realms, and reduced the Pure Land to gray fragments.
• Two Kings of the Defiled World led the invasion of the Pure Land of Sovereignty, killed its Lord, and destroyed it, after which another King arose.
• The Emperor of Humanity explained that a King of the Defiled World was born whenever a great undertaking concerning the Defiled World was completed.