Chapter Summaries

Nuoweidali explained how the Star Civilization and the Longevity Immortal Court joined the Pure World Holy Court’s struggle against the Defiled World, and how Immortal Emperor Changheng helped secure the Pure World’s dominance. Rosela learned that the Milky Way above the Sea of Transcendence was Changheng, while Nuoweidali began explaining the circumstances of his sacrifice.

• Nuoweidali said the Star Civilization survived its arrival in the Pure World and became a leading group, with its own cemetery and a legion guarding the Grand Cemetery.
• Nuoweidali recounted that the Longevity Immortal Court arrived under Immortal Emperor Changheng while the Pure World was fighting the Defiled World and struggling to advance.
• With the Lord of Heaven Sacred Emperor’s guidance, Changheng commanded the armies, cleared polluted wells, restored order to worlds, and established the Pure World Holy Court.
• Nuoweidali said the Pure World had broken the Defiled World’s territory into isolated fragments, though the First King remained alive.
• Rosela asked why Changheng had sacrificed himself, and Nuoweidali revealed that the radiant Milky Way above the Sea of Transcendence was the Immortal Emperor.
• A Supreme Grade powerhouse asked how Changheng had sacrificed himself after the Pure World’s victory seemed assured, and Nuoweidali began describing his plan to annihilate the Defiled World in one stroke.

Nuoweidali explained how the First King's headless body became the Headless Giant Heideles and battled the Immortal Emperor near the Well of Yuanshi. The Immortal Emperor ultimately slew Heideles with the Platinum Holy Sword, but another unexpected event began.

• Nuoweidali revealed that the First King's headless body had awakened a new consciousness called Heideles, the Headless Giant.
• Heideles appeared near the Well of Yuanshi, forcing the Immortal Emperor to return and fight him to protect the succession of the Transcendence Ones.
• Nuoweidali explained that the battle caused the black defiled blood and golden imperial blood that had spread through the Veil World.
• Heideles grew stronger over time and began to overpower the Immortal Emperor, but Nuoweidali's lord sent down her Platinum Holy Sword.
• The Immortal Emperor used the Platinum Holy Sword to slay Heideles, just as another unexpected turn occurred.

Rosela learned that the Sacrificial Maiden was a Transcendence One of the Path of Sacrifice who had been trapped inside the Headless Giant Heideles. Jiang Yuu arrived before Rosela and Nuoweidali to explain more about the Daughter of Sacrifice, leaving Rosela aware of the vast gulf between her power and his.

• Rosela asked Nuoweidali about the unknown Transcendence One, and Nuoweidali identified her as the Sacrificial Maiden, a Transcendence One of the Path of Sacrifice.
• Nuoweidali explained that Immortal Emperor Changheng and her lord had freed the Sacrificial Maiden from the First King's chest, and that Changheng sacrificed himself to perish with her.
• Nuoweidali said Changheng became the Milky Way and the Sacrificial Maiden became its black hole, which Jiang Yuu was refining through an avatar.
• As Nuoweidali began to tell Rosela that the Sacrificial Maiden was strange, holy light descended and Jiang Yuu appeared before them.
• Jiang Yuu told Rosela he would explain the Daughter of Sacrifice, while Rosela realized that his avatar's power was far beyond her own.

Jiang Yuu met Rosela in Beyond Transcendence and explained the Daughter of Sacrifice’s connection to the Uncanny World. He revealed that founding a world could elevate a Transcendence One, while hinting that he was developing a world of his own.

• Jiang Yuu praised Rosela for reaching Transcendence Grade and said she might see Luo Changheng again in the future.
• Jiang Yuu explained that the Daughter of Sacrifice had founded the Uncanny World.
• Rosela recognized the Uncanny World as being on the same level as the Defiled World and the Pure World.
• Jiang Yuu said the First King founded the Defiled World and the Daughter of Sacrifice founded the Uncanny World.
• Jiang Yuu explained that founding a world was not a path above Transcendence Grade, but could support a Transcendence One and elevate them to another level.
• Jiang Yuu sensed a speck of holy light within himself as he contemplated establishing his own world.

Jiang Yuu realized that a world required both a Source of the World and Heaven’s Will, and uncovered how Pure Land Heaven’s Will had been divided, destroyed, and passed down through the Pure World’s history. He understood that his Holiness Heaven’s Will had inadvertently occupied the place where World-Purifying Heaven’s Will should have emerged, leaving the Pure World without a new successor.

• Jiang Yuu identified his forged Source of the World and Holiness Heaven’s Will as the two elements needed to establish a complete world.
• World-Purifying Heaven’s Will had once covered the Nine Great Pure Lands, but an unknown being divided it among the nine great lords.
• When the Defiled World invaded, the First King destroyed the Pure Lands, and World-Purifying Heaven’s Will passed the Pure World’s remaining beauty and destiny to Yuanshi.
• Yuanshi achieved Transcendence and rebuilt the Pure Land, but chose to become the Pure World’s successor rather than rebuild a world before the Defiled World overcame him.
• The Emperors strengthened the Pure World until it could have produced new World-Purifying Heaven’s Will, but Jiang Yuu’s Holiness Heaven’s Will had already suppressed its emergence.

Jiang Yuu explained to Rosela how the Pure World, Defiled World, and Uncanny World came into being, and revealed that he planned to establish a new world of Holiness. He asked Rosela to become the Pure World's temporary inheritor and protect World-Purifying Heaven's Will, and she agreed before asking who had established the Pure World.

• Jiang Yuu recalled sensing nascent World-Purifying Heaven's Will when the Daughter of Sacrifice was about to revive.
• Jiang Yuu chose to retain Holiness Heaven's Will and establish a new world rather than foster World-Purifying Heaven's Will.
• Jiang Yuu explained his understanding of worlds to Rosela and told her he would establish a world of Holiness.
• Jiang Yuu asked Rosela to become the Pure World's temporary inheritor and prevent his Holiness Heaven's Will from extinguishing World-Purifying Heaven's Will.
• Rosela agreed to become its inheritor and vessel, then asked who had established the Pure World.

Jiang Yuu asked Rosela to govern the Land of Pure World while he began creating a world, and she discovered that a golden age was unfolding in the Lower Realm. She feared that eight rising Emperors would fight over the final path to Transcendence and exhaust the Well of Yuanshi’s accumulated reserves.

• Jiang Yuu admitted that he did not know who established Pure World and said its ruler must have been extraordinarily powerful.
• Jiang Yuu asked Rosela to preside over the Pure World Holy Court, govern the Land of Pure World, and help eliminate the remnants of Defiled World as the World-Purifying Heaven’s Will grew.
• Jiang Yuu told Rosela to keep an eye on the Lower Realm, where many candidates for the final Transcendence One might emerge.
• Rosela used the Authority of Omniscience and Omnipotence and saw that the Eight Lands of Being were producing a surge of geniuses, all seeking to become Emperors.
• Rosela concluded that eight Emperors might rise and fight for the final path to Transcendence, while their lands’ rapid spending of accumulated fortune could push the Well of Yuanshi into decline.

Jiang Yuu and Rosela discussed whether the final Transcendence One could become a worthy ruler after the destruction of all worlds. After Jiang Yuu departed, Rosela turned to honor those who had died in the battle.

• Rosela questioned whether someone who shattered worlds and disregarded billions of lives could become the hoped-for Transcendence One, and Jiang Yuu agreed that the final Emperor’s character was uncertain.
• Jiang Yuu explained that the final Transcendence One followed the pathway of Passing and would struggle to transcend through world creation after destroying worlds to attain Transcendence.
• Rosela asked Jiang Yuu if she could call upon him when she felt lost, and he agreed before returning to the White Gold Moon.
• The holy barrier shattered as Rosela bowed to Jiang Yuu, leaving the Divine Court of Natural Disaster members wondering whom their Empress had honored.
• Rosela asked Nuoweidali to accompany her to see the gravestones of the predecessors who had sacrificed their lives.

Rosela and Nuoweidali visited the Grand Cemeteries and honored those who had died in the war in Beyond Transcendence. At Morning Star Lucifer’s grave, Rosela discovered that the celebrated gentle and wise author had wielded the Authority of war, leaving her unsure what to say.

• Nuoweidali led Rosela through the Grand Cemeteries, where the number of the dead revealed the scale of each civilization’s sacrifices.
• Rosela saw the fallen Artificial Gods, Star Civilization members, and Buddhas through her Authority of Omniscience and Omnipotence.
• Nuoweidali told Rosela that Queen of Heaven Annatania had ruled the Angel Civilization and died fighting in the war in Beyond Transcendence.
• Rosela paid her respects to Annatania and praised her wisdom and abilities.
• Rosela examined Lucifer’s gravestone and, after seeing her past, hesitated to speak.
• Members of the Divine Court of Natural Disaster praised Lucifer as a kind, wise, and learned goddess, then wondered why her gravestone called her Chief Angel of War.

Rosela toured the cemeteries on Yuanshi Divine Mountain with the Divine Court of Natural Disaster, then went to the Pure World Holy Court to fulfill her agreement with Jiang Yuu. She was crowned Empress of the Holy Court and took charge of its affairs, restoring order among the Ascendant factions.

• Nuoweidali described Lucifer and other important figures of the Angel Civilization to Rosela and the Divine Court of Natural Disaster.
• Rosela led the group to pay their respects at the Grand Cemetery of the Superhuman Civilization, honoring the Emperor of Humanity and his legacy.
• After touring the cemeteries on Yuanshi Divine Mountain, Rosela left some members of the Divine Court to build cities and took the rest to the Pure World Holy Court.
• Rosela was crowned Empress of the Holy Court and assumed responsibility for its affairs.
• Rosela resolved rebellions among the Ascendant factions, managed the Defiled World front, and handled the Holy Court's outstanding matters.
• The Ascendant factions returned to deference after learning that the Holy Court again had an Imperial Lord of Transcendence.

A hundred years later, Rosela summoned the rebellious Ascendant Factions to the Holy Court and heard their demand for shared authority. The Holy Court’s leaders rejected the proposal, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Rosela summoned the Ascendant Factions, including the four sovereign-grade factions, to a meeting at the Holy Court.
• The four major factions renewed their respect for Rosela but asked to enter the Holy Court’s upper ranks and share its authority.
• Rosela asked Nuoweidali and the other Holy Court leaders whether Ascendants should be admitted.
• Nuoweidali, representatives of the major races, and members of the Divine Court of Natural Disaster opposed the Ascendants’ demand.

Rosela called for a grand assembly to consider whether the Ascendant powers should receive seats in the Heavenly Sky Temple, then appeared before Pure World's leaders as its empress. After the gathered factions witnessed her transcendence, she received the leaders of the four great Ascendant powers.

• Rosela argued that the Ascendants had fought and sacrificed alongside the Angels, and that the Sacred Emperor had not punished them.
• Rosela summoned all of Pure World to a Holy Court Grand Assembly in one hundred years and promised to consider adding two Ascendant seats to the Heavenly Sky Temple.
• Rosela allocated the Divine Court of Natural Disaster's two seats to Greater Witch Vila and her daughter, Geruiya.
• One hundred years later, Pure World's powers gathered at the Pure World Holy Court and saw Rosela beneath the White Gold Moon's radiance.
• After the gathered leaders paid homage to Rosela, she received the leaders of the four great Ascendant powers.

Rosela questioned the leaders of the four great Ascendant Factions about their rebellion and offered them a chance to earn two seats in the Heavenly Sky Temple. She posed her question by turning her gaze upward, leaving the leaders waiting to hear what she would ask.

• Rosela reflected on the Immortal Emperor and the White Gold Moon as she waited for the Ascendant leaders.
• Led by Nuoweidali, the leaders of the four great Ascendant Factions arrived and knelt before Rosela.
• Rosela asked why they had rebelled, and a green-skinned leader cited their Sovereign Grade, their numbers, their forebears' service, and their desire for political influence.
• Rosela said their reasons were honest but insufficient, then offered two Heavenly Sky Temple seats if their answer to her question satisfied her.
• The leaders eagerly accepted Rosela's challenge, and she turned her gaze upward to ask her question.

Rosela asked the four Ascendant faction leaders to describe the Sacred Emperor Lord of Heaven as part of choosing two seats in the Heavenly Sky Temple. The sovereigns began answering, with the Azure Sun Sea's leader claiming he could give the fullest account despite never having met the Emperor.

• Rosela asked the four Ascendant sovereigns what they thought of the Sacred Emperor Lord of Heaven and warned that their answers would affect who received seats in the Heavenly Sky Temple.
• The sovereigns hesitated because they knew Jiang Yuu only through legends and had never met him, but they believed their factions' future depended on answering.
• The Gate of White Orchid's sovereign praised the Emperor's majesty, Holiness, and role in changing the balance between the Defiled World and the Pure World.
• Rosela confirmed that the sovereign's description was true and invited another to speak.
• The Azure Sun Sea's sovereign said he collected histories and hymns about the Emperor and believed he could give the most complete account.

Rosela asked the Ascendant leaders what they thought of the Sacred Emperor Lord of Heaven. After two leaders praised his greatness, the Sovereign of Echo of Leaves offered a different view, calling him a lonely Monarch.

• The Sovereign of the Azure Sun Sea recited the Sacred Emperor’s titles and history, and Rosela confirmed that he knew the Emperor well.
• The Azure Sun Sea leader imagined winning a seat in the Heavenly Sky Temple and earning the Angels’ favor.
• The Sovereign of the Great Sovereign Court praised the Emperor’s glory and improvised a hymn, embarrassing Nuoweidali.
• Rosela asked the Sovereign of Echo of Leaves for her thoughts, and the woman said the lonely White Gold Moon made her think the Sacred Emperor was a lonely Monarch.

Rosela heard the four Sovereigns’ reflections on the Sacred Emperor’s loneliness and sacrifice, then forgave their past rebellion on the condition that they send subordinates to the front lines. She awarded Yimona and Grede seats in the Heavenly Sky Temple, and Nuoweidali prepared to escort them there.

• Nuoweidali wept as the Sovereign of the Echo of Leaves described the Sacred Emperor standing alone among the graves in the Grand Cemetery.
• Rosela agreed that the Sacred Emperor was a lonely king whose family, friends, subordinates, and people had died fighting the Defiled World.
• Rosela forgave the four Sovereigns for their past rebellion but required them to send subordinates to serve on the front lines.
• Rosela gave Yimona and Grede seats in the Heavenly Sky Temple and told them to remember the Sacred Emperor’s sacrifice.
• Rosela sent Nuoweidali to escort Yimona and Grede to the Heavenly Sky Temple.

Nuoweidali brought Yimona and the Sovereign of the Azure Sun Sea to the Heavenly Sky Temple to grant them seats and announce the decision across all worlds. Rosela then visited the Milky Way, where she found the Sacred Emperor Lord of Heaven refining fragments of the Daughter of Sacrifice’s symbol into an artifact.

• Nuoweidali took Yimona and the Sovereign of the Azure Sun Sea to the Heavenly Sky Temple to receive seats as Ascendant representatives.
• Rosela reflected on Yimona’s thoughts about loneliness and decided to visit the Emperors’ symbols of Transcendence.
• Rosela traveled to the Milky Way above the Sea of Transcendence and found the Lord of Heaven Sacred Emperor’s projection refining black fragments, red ribbons, and crystals in holy fire.
• Rosela recognized the fragments as belonging to the Daughter of Sacrifice’s symbol and sensed the Authority of the Path of Sacrifice within them.
• The Lord of Heaven Sacred Emperor told Rosela that immersing herself in the Milky Way could reveal Luo Changheng’s emotions at the end of his life.
• Rosela asked whether the Sacred Emperor was turning the Sacrificial Maiden’s symbol into a divine artifact containing the Authority of Transcendence.

Rosela visited the lingering thoughts of the Immortal Emperor and Buddha Emperor, finding compassion for living beings rather than imperial grandeur in both. She then entered the Golden Great Sun to see the Emperor of Humanity’s thoughts, where his voice declared, “I am no perfect man!”

• Jiang Yuu told Rosela he planned to refine the Sacrificial Maiden’s Authority of Transcendence into scales above the Milky Way, allowing living beings to sacrifice and receive an equal response.
• Rosela entered the Milky Way and heard the Immortal Emperor’s thoughts about fairness, protecting the people, and returning to his village; she wept and continued onward.
• Rosela entered the Golden Lotus in the Veil and heard the Buddha Emperor’s hopes for peace, light, and solace for all living beings.
• Rosela reached the Golden Great Sun on the Supreme Firmament of Yuanshi Divine Mountain and entered to seek the Emperor of Humanity’s lingering thoughts.
• The Emperor of Humanity’s voice rang out to Rosela: “I am no perfect man!”

Rosela explored the Emperor of Humanity’s lingering thoughts and learned that even he had felt powerless, despairing, and disappointed in his achievements. Her spirit and will grew stronger, and she wondered whether her journey had prepared her to inherit the World-Purifying Heaven’s Will as she entered Yuanshi Divine Mountain.

• Rosela was startled to learn that the Emperor of Humanity had not considered himself perfect.
• Rosela immersed herself in the Golden Sun and encountered the Emperor of Humanity’s final thoughts about his failures, despair, and shortcomings.
• Rosela wept as she understood the vulnerable side of the Emperor she had admired.
• Rosela emerged from the Golden Sun with a strengthened will and realized the Holiness Heaven’s Will had been kept beyond her reach during her journey.
• Rosela wondered whether her journey had prepared her to inherit the World-Purifying Heaven’s Will and walked into the depths of Yuanshi Divine Mountain.

Rosela entered the core of Yuanshi Divine Mountain and witnessed Yuanshi’s final thoughts, gaining a deeper understanding of the Path of Order Transcendence and the emerging Heaven’s Will within her soul. She ascended to the Primal Beginning Void, reached the White Gold Moon, and asked to meet the Sacred Emperor.

• Rosela entered Yuanshi Divine Mountain’s core and witnessed Yuanshi’s thoughts about the Pure Land, his choices, and his legacy.
• Rosela recognized the Yuanshi Golden Chapter and felt the embryonic form of Heaven’s Will growing within her soul.
• Rosela left the mountain and ascended through the Wind of Release and Descent to the White Gold Moon.
• Rosela followed the falling leaves beneath the moon’s divine tree and found the King of Glory.
• Rosela bowed and introduced herself as Rosela, daughter of Natural Disaster, seeking an audience with the Sacred Emperor.