Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changsheng and the other Great Dao inheritors were trapped inside the Divine Martial Array as the Divine Martial World prepared to sacrifice its own martial artists to destroy them. Mo Wang summoned fiends from the Dark Yellow Springs, but the array destroyed them, leaving him to call on a mysterious senior for help.

• The Divine Martial World activated the Divine Martial Array, trapping Jiang Changsheng, Lu Shenzhou, and the others while its leaders declared that the martial artists inside would die for the martial path.
• As the array corroded everyone's powers, its Supreme Divine Martials entered the purple pillars and began unleashing its attacks, while Jiang Changsheng fired nine arrows from the Purple Cloud Palace toward the battlefield.
• Mo Wang opened a vast black hole and summoned Dark Yellow Springs fiends, who gnawed at the array's pillars until its purple beams killed them in droves.
• Jiang Changsheng shielded Lu Shenzhou and the others as the array's beams killed combatants and a storm of heavenly lightning gathered overhead.
• With his fiends wiped out, Mo Wang called to a mysterious senior and asked why they had not acted, prompting a Supreme Divine Martial to demand that the figure outside the array reveal themself.

Other Shore Martial Ancestor arrived, dismantled the Divine Martial Array, and reclaimed control of the Divine Martial World. He offered Mo Wang and the other inheritors of the Great Dao a chance to challenge him, and Jiang Changsheng stepped forward to face him, declaring his intent to usher in an age of myriad paths.

• Other Shore Martial Ancestor descended into the array, scattered its purple beams, and revealed that he had created the Divine Martial Array.
• Other Shore Martial Ancestor broke the array, healed the martial artists, and ordered the Supreme Divine Martial to surrender control of the Divine Martial World.
• Other Shore Martial Ancestor offered to stop suppressing other cultivation methods if one inheritor of the Great Dao could injure him, and he promised to open the Profound Yellow Great World to them.
• Jiang Changsheng told Mo Wang to take his people back to the Endless Void if they survived, then stepped forward to accept the challenge.
• Jiang Changsheng followed Other Shore Martial Ancestor into the sky, named the Immortal Dao as his path, and declared that he would usher in a flourishing age of myriad paths for all living beings.
• Jiang Changsheng hurled the Golden Scale Mystical Tree and the Heavenly Connection Tower into the depths of the Ultimate Realm.

Jiang Changsheng’s avatar fought the Other Shore Martial Ancestor and injured him with Heaven and Earth Annihilation before seemingly sacrificing itself. The Martial Ancestor declared that the age of ten thousand coexisting Daos had begun, while Jiang Changsheng watched safely from Purple Cloud Palace and reflected on the powers beyond Divine Martial World.

• Jiang Changsheng’s avatar used Heaven and Earth Annihilation and Dao Heart Deities to fight the Other Shore Martial Ancestor while Jiang Changsheng’s true body supported him with the Great Yi World-Exterminating Archery.
• Jiang Changsheng’s avatar unleashed Heaven and Earth Annihilation at full strength, destroying the Other Shore Martial Ancestor’s right hand but vanishing in the blast.
• The Other Shore Martial Ancestor said Jiang Changsheng had injured him through self-sacrifice and declared the age of ten thousand coexisting Daos, overruling the protesting Supreme Divine Martial.
• Ye Zhan grieved over the Dao Ancestor’s apparent death, while Lu Shenzhou privately told him something that changed his reaction.
• Jiang Changsheng ended the Heaven and Earth Boundless Eye and spoke with Mu Lingluo and Bai Qi from Purple Cloud Palace, reflecting on the Other Shore Martial Ancestor and the wider forces surrounding Divine Martial World.

Jiang Changsheng received and bonded with the Primordial Chaos Divine Essence Qi, a Great Dao spiritual artifact that greatly strengthened his defense and comprehension. Ten years after his avatar’s battle in the Divine Martial World, the Dao Ancestor’s survival and the coming age of myriad Daos were widely discussed, while Mo Wang and others wondered how news had spread so far.

• Jiang Changsheng received the Primordial Chaos Divine Essence Qi as his survival reward and fused it with his soul.
• Ye Zhan learned that Jiang Changsheng had watched the Divine Martial World battle through an avatar and left the Divine Roam Great Heaven and Earth reassured.
• After ten years, Jiang Changsheng tested the Primordial Chaos Divine Essence Qi and found it could autonomously repel his avatar’s attacks and absorb spiritual energy.
• Jiang Changsheng discovered that the Divine Martial World was being repaired, new believers had joined the Divine Roam Great Heaven and Earth, and the Seven Bright Kings and Ye Clan Old Ancestor had entered it.
• Feng Yu told Feng Ling and Feng Lun that the Martial Ancestor supported opening the myriad Daos and that the Dao Ancestor was still alive, prompting him to reconsider revenge.
• Mo Wang told Heaven and Earth Laugh, the Great Zhou Heavenly God Emperor, and Xing Zhutian that the Dao Ancestor’s avatar had established his name, while Heaven and Earth Laugh questioned how reports of the Dao Ancestor had spread so widely.

After the Divine Martial World lifted its restrictions on other cultivation systems, Jiang Changsheng welcomed Lu Shenzhou, Ye Zhan, and Seven Bright Kings back to the Heavenly Court and learned he had been invited to the Ten Thousand Daos Assembly. Meanwhile, Heaven and Earth Laugh urged Supreme Kunlun to abandon the constraints of martial dao and use the coming Era of Ten Thousand Daos to grow stronger.

• Xing Zhutian, Mo Wang, Heaven and Earth Laugh, and the Great Zhou Heavenly God Emperor discussed the Dao Ancestor’s intervention and the danger behind the Martial Dao Calamity.
• Lu Shenzhou and Ye Zhan sought to advance their own candidates for Head of the Earth Immortals while believers spread news of the Divine Martial World battle in the Divine Roam Great Heaven and Earth.
• Jiang Changsheng learned that the Divine Martial World had lifted its restrictions on other cultivation systems and prepared to resume cultivating as the world’s next developments unfolded.
• Several years later, Mo Wang returned Lu Shenzhou, Ye Zhan, and Seven Bright Kings to Jiang Changsheng and invited him to the Ten Thousand Daos Assembly after the Eternal Cold Tide ended.
• Supreme Kunlun grew angry at the Era of Ten Thousand Daos and the failure to punish the Dao Ancestor, but Heaven and Earth Laugh advised him to use the new era to escape martial dao’s restraints and strengthen himself.

After emerging from seclusion, Jiang Changsheng observed the spread of Immortal Dao and the unexpected growth of his believers, while Jiang Jian and Lin Haotian prepared to explore beyond Kunlun World. As Supreme Kunlun approached Kunlun World, Heaven and Earth Laugh warned him that it might be the Dao Ancestor’s world.

• Jiang Changsheng found that the Heavenly Emperor had settled the Fairy affair by forbidding immortals from renouncing their positions without enduring ten lifetimes of reincarnation, while the human Son of Heaven’s people spread the story among mortals.
• Jiang Changsheng observed Hu Yuan’s growing power and his dangerous romance with a demon under the Demon Race Supreme, but chose not to interfere.
• Nine Yin Evil Ancestor discovered she could not use the Golden Scale Mystical Tree or the Heavenly Connection Tower, and Primal Buddha Ancestor proposed joining forces to forge twelve Buddhas and confront Divine Martial World.
• Jiang Changsheng agreed to let Jiang Jian and Lin Haotian open the Ten Thousand Realms Gate, then gave each of them two bottles of pills.
• Jiang Changsheng discovered that worlds saved by the Golden Scale Mystical Tree had begun worshipping him, increasing his believers across the Profound Yellow Great World.
• Heaven and Earth Laugh told Supreme Kunlun that the great world ahead might belong to the Dao Ancestor, and Supreme Kunlun reacted with alarm.

Supreme Kunlun arrived near Kunlun World and melted the Eternal Cold Tide before leaving without confronting Jiang Changsheng. Hu Yuan was defeated by the Demon Race Supreme, then later received the Dragon King's protection and was invited to hear Saint Qi lecture on the Dao, while wondering about the mysterious female senior who had helped him.

• Supreme Kunlun approached Kunlun World aboard his heavenly vessel, melted the ice covering it, and departed without landing.
• Chang Yueqian and Violet Firmament Divine Lord recognized Supreme Kunlun and feared his arrival, while Jiang Changsheng assessed his strength and returned to secluded cultivation.
• The Demon Race Supreme defeated Hu Yuan and warned him to stay away from a woman, then left him among the ruins.
• A mysterious female senior arranged for the Dragon King to care for Hu Yuan, and Hu Yuan later recovered and cultivated with three divine swords.
• Prime Minister Turtle invited Hu Yuan to accompany the Dragon King to Saint Qi's Dao lecture, and Hu Yuan asked about the female senior who had helped him.

The Heavenly Court discussed Hu Yuan’s rise after he rejected Chen Li’s invitation, while Jiang Changsheng ended his long cultivation and turned toward creating a Great Dao rooted in karma. He used Dao Heritage Return to Divinity to seek guidance from the past, only to find that the Daoist temple’s master was Xiaohe Fairy, whom he had encountered twice before.

• The Heavenly Emperor ordered Chen Li to recruit Hu Yuan after learning that Bai Qi was watching the gifted pure immortal cultivator.
• Hu Yuan rejected Chen Li at Saint Qi’s East Sea Daoist temple and declared his ambition to become the Head of the Earth Immortals, drawing fame and the hostility of Heavenly Court immortals and gods.
• Jiang Changsheng awakened after 230 years of seclusion, surveyed the Profound Yellow Great World, and began comprehending the Way of Karma through the lives of Kunlun World’s inhabitants.
• Jiang Changsheng was forced awake when the combined karma of Kunlun World struck his consciousness, and he resolved to pursue his own Great Dao by developing a new cultivation path.
• Jiang Changsheng spent all his Dao Heritage Karma Value to return to an ancient Daoist temple, where he discovered that Xiaohe Fairy was its master.

Jiang Changsheng attended Xiaohe Fairy’s lecture on karma and received her True Meaning of Karma, greatly advancing his understanding and learning a divine power that could sever someone’s karmic ties. Back in the Purple Cloud Palace, he considered testing the power on his wayward descendant Jiang Tiansheng, then received word that the Ten Thousand Daos Assembly would begin in a century and decided the Heavenly Emperor should lead the immortal Dao’s delegation.

• Xiaohe Fairy privately shared her karma with Jiang Changsheng, revealing her difficult two million years of hardship and her inheritance of a Great Luo legacy.
• Jiang Changsheng gained a deeper understanding of the Way of Karma and learned a divine power that could sever an enemy’s karmic ties and leave them without aid.
• After the lecture, Jiang Changsheng asked Xiaohe Fairy whether karma could reveal the future, and she warned him not to reveal heavenly secrets.
• Back in the Purple Cloud Palace, Jiang Changsheng considered using the Karma Divine Power to help his wayward descendant Jiang Tiansheng correct his path.
• The Other Shore Martial Ancestor informed Jiang Changsheng that the Ten Thousand Daos Assembly would begin in one hundred years.
• Jiang Changsheng decided that the Heavenly Emperor should lead the delegation and introduce the Heavenly Court to the Era of Ten Thousand Daos.

Jiang Changsheng learned that Jiang Tiansheng’s growing selfishness stemmed from humiliation by a Xiao Clan prodigy, and he prepared to use the resulting karma against the Noble Clan. Meanwhile, the Nine Yin Evil Ancestor entered Kunlun World in disguise to investigate the Immortal Dao and began to suspect her own path was only part of it.

• Jiang Tiansheng refused to accompany Jiang Xiu to the Great Wilderness Seven Sects and demanded more medicinal ingredients, while Jiang Xiu warned him about his excessive demands.
• Jiang Changsheng traced Jiang Tiansheng’s changed temperament to a Xiao Clan prodigy who had defeated him and promoted exploiting subordinate worlds for resources.
• Jiang Changsheng followed the karma between Jiang Tiansheng and the Xiao Clan, discovered their interest in the Immortal Dao, and told the Heavenly Emperor to prepare Immortal Gods for a journey to the Divine Martial World in a hundred years.
• Luo Yin, secretly the Nine Yin Evil Ancestor, entered Kunlun World and traveled through its mortal cultivation sects while Jiang Changsheng watched her without revealing that he knew her identity.
• After visiting five sects, Luo Yin found the Immortal Dao resembled and seemed to encompass her own cultivation path.

Luo Yin left the Kunlun World after gathering immortal cultivation methods, while Jiang Changsheng prepared to attend the Ten Thousand Daos Assembly. Jiang Tiansheng sought the Xiao Clan’s help to grow stronger but refused to surrender the immortal Dao’s supreme arts, and Jiang Changsheng intervened when the Purple-Clad Man attacked him.

• Luo Yin spent decades collecting immortal cultivation methods in the Kunlun World, then returned to the Endless Void convinced that the Thousand Bodies Myriad Forms was nothing special.
• As the hundred-year deadline approached, Jiang Changsheng sent an avatar with the Heavenly Court’s gods to the Divine Martial World for the Ten Thousand Daos Assembly.
• Jiang Tiansheng entered the Ten Thousand Realms Gate and met the Purple-Clad Man, who demanded the immortal Dao’s supreme arts in exchange for the Xiao Clan’s help.
• Jiang Tiansheng refused to betray the immortal Dao and tried to leave, so the Purple-Clad Man attacked him.
• Jiang Changsheng arrived and blasted the Purple-Clad Man away, then stood beside Jiang Tiansheng as the furious man rose to confront them.

Jiang Changsheng confronted Jiang Tiansheng over his doubts about the Heavenly Court and stripped the Purple-Clad Man of his ties to the Xiao Clan. Later, the Other Shore Martial Ancestor warned Jiang Changsheng that the escaped Calamity Evil Number would threaten the Ten Thousand Daos Assembly and said he trusted only him.

• Jiang Changsheng subdued the Purple-Clad Man and challenged Jiang Tiansheng's belief that one ruler should control the world's resources.
• Jiang Changsheng severed the Purple-Clad Man's karmic ties, then gave Jiang Tiansheng a mirror showing what followed his banishment.
• Jiang Tiansheng watched the Purple-Clad Man in the mirror but remained unconvinced about the Jiang Clan's way of governing.
• Jiang Changsheng's avatar reached the Divine Martial World with the Heavenly Court's gods and later met the Other Shore Martial Ancestor in the Extreme Realm.
• The Other Shore Martial Ancestor told Jiang Changsheng that the Dark Yellow Springs had been destroyed, the Calamity Evil Number had escaped, and it would cause trouble during the Ten Thousand Daos Assembly.
• The Other Shore Martial Ancestor said he trusted Jiang Changsheng alone because he wanted to open the Era of Ten Thousand Daos.

Jiang Tiansheng reflected on the Purple-Clad Man’s downfall and struggled with his fear of being forgotten until Hu Yuan reminded him of the value of kindness and the Dao Ancestor’s example. Hu Yuan left declaring himself the future Head of the Earth Immortals, while Jiang Tiansheng’s mood lifted and he decided to make that ambition harder to achieve.

• Jiang Changsheng doubted the Other Shore Martial Ancestor’s motives and conserved his avatar’s mana as visitors from various great dao lineages came to see him.
• The Son of Heaven wondered why Jiang Tiansheng had stopped making requests after returning from the Heavenly Court.
• Jiang Tiansheng watched the Purple-Clad Man suffer rejection and hardship, prompting him to question whether talent alone justified demanding sacrifices from the Kunlun World.
• Hu Yuan visited Jiang Tiansheng and urged him to remember his past kindness, uphold justice, and follow the Dao Ancestor’s example.
• Jiang Tiansheng regained his spirits and drank with Hu Yuan, who declared he was the future Head of the Earth Immortals before departing.
• Jiang Tiansheng watched Hu Yuan leave and decided to make his goal of becoming Head of the Earth Immortals more difficult.

At the Ten Thousand Daos Assembly, Jiang Ziyu felt driven to surpass Divine Martial World, while Venerable Divine Martial and Heaven and Earth Laugh judged him a fit for their plan. Back in Kunlun World, Jiang Changsheng considered the growing uncertainty around karma as Hu Yuan’s influence rose, and Supreme Kunlun prepared the Seventy-Two Divine Caves to face the coming Martial Dao Calamity.

• Jiang Ziyu toured the Ten Thousand Daos Assembly and, despite feeling Kunlun World’s weakness, resolved to stand alongside his father and the Martial Ancestor.
• Venerable Divine Martial initially dismissed Jiang Ziyu, but Heaven and Earth Laugh convinced him that Jiang Ziyu’s ambition and talent made him suitable for their plan.
• Jiang Changsheng reassured Mu Lingluo that the Heavenly Court’s party would return safely, while noting that an expanding variable had made the assembly’s process uncertain.
• Bai Qi told Jiang Changsheng and Mu Lingluo that Hu Yuan had persuaded Jiang Tiansheng to give away his wealth and serve Tianjing, greatly increasing Hu Yuan’s prestige.
• Supreme Kunlun empowered Feng Yu and the other Seventy-Two Divine Caves, ordering them to master their new power and make their name at the Ten Thousand Daos Assembly against the unknown enemies of the Martial Dao Calamity.

Calamity Evil Numbers invaded the Seventh Independent World, each appearing as a duplicate of a living being and forcing them to fight. Jiang Changsheng discovered that the duplicates could only match their originals’ strength, while Other Shore Martial Ancestor battled Calamity Martial Ancestor as Heaven and Earth Laugh watched from afar.

• Jiang Changsheng sensed a presence in his pavilion, where Calamity Dao Ancestor appeared and attacked him with abilities identical to his own.
• Jiang Changsheng saw Calamity Evil Numbers fighting the inhabitants across the world, including Xing Zhutian, Primal Buddha Ancestor, and the Heavenly Court.
• Jiang Jian gained a temporary advantage over Calamity Jiang Jian with his divine weapon, while Jiang Changsheng realized the duplicates could not surpass their originals’ strength.
• Jiang Changsheng observed Other Shore Martial Ancestor fighting an equally powerful Calamity Martial Ancestor in the Extreme Realm.
• Heaven and Earth Laugh and Calamity Heaven and Earth Laugh watched the battle together, and Heaven and Earth Laugh warned that Other Shore Martial Ancestor had not yet revealed his full strength.

Jiang Changsheng uncovered how the Calamity Evil Numbers matched the strength of living beings, while the Yin Yang God emerged as the force behind the calamity and challenged the Other Shore Martial Ancestor. In the Divine Martial World, the Great Zhou Heavenly God Emperor deliberately empowered his calamity counterpart, leaving Jiang Changsheng to intervene as the crisis worsened.

• Jiang Changsheng realized the Calamity Evil Numbers gained power equal to the strength displayed by living beings, and the Other Shore Martial Ancestor asked him to help resolve the chaos.
• The Other Shore Martial Ancestor confronted Heaven and Earth Laugh, who revealed that the Calamity Evil Numbers served a new master and declared war on martial arts.
• The Yin Yang God appeared before the Other Shore Martial Ancestor and challenged him to watch the Divine Martial World face the calamity without his intervention.
• Jiang Changsheng continued fighting the Calamity Dao Ancestor while the Great Zhou Heavenly God Emperor allowed his calamity counterpart to grow stronger.
• The Calamity God Emperor's aura sealed the area as the Great Zhou Heavenly God Emperor remained unmoved by the Great Dao inheritors' protests, and Jiang Changsheng prepared to aid the martial artists.

Jiang Changsheng revealed his true body and confronted the Calamity God Emperor, who had grown powerful by commanding and absorbing the Calamity Evil Numbers. Jiang Changsheng destroyed the Emperor with a single Great Thousand Path Execution Finger, leaving the gathered fighters stunned.

• Xu Zhi despaired as the Calamity God Emperor's aura overwhelmed the Divine Martial World and the Dao Ancestor seemed unable to turn the battle.
• Jiang Changsheng's true body appeared on the Great Dao Qian Yuan Divine Seat, and he declared that he would act on behalf of Heaven to uphold the Era of Ten Thousand Daos.
• Jiang Changsheng used Primordial Chaos Divine Essence Qi and the Three Purities Saint Bell to kill Calamity Evil Numbers and repel the Calamity God Emperor's attacks.
• The Calamity God Emperor absorbed the Calamity Evil Numbers, grew to an immense size, and pressed his finger toward Jiang Changsheng.
• Jiang Changsheng slowed the attack with the Three Purities Saint Bell and annihilated the Calamity God Emperor with the Great Thousand Path Execution Finger.

Jiang Changsheng killed the Calamity God Emperor and the Great Zhou Heavenly God Emperor with overwhelming ease, leaving the gathered experts terrified of his power. As the Ten Thousand Daos Assembly’s calamity neared its end, the Other Shore Martial Ancestor returned and stared at Jiang Changsheng.

• Jiang Changsheng realized that killing the Calamity God Emperor had wiped out the Calamity Evil Numbers, then calculated that the mysterious being fighting the Other Shore Martial Ancestor was worth twenty-one Heavenly Dao Incense Value.
• Jiang Changsheng demanded an explanation from the Great Zhou Heavenly God Emperor, who challenged him and struck down Xing Zhutian as the other Great Dao inheritors attacked.
• Jiang Changsheng used the Slaying Immortal Flying Knife to decapitate the Great Zhou Heavenly God Emperor and capture his head and soul in the Red Gourd.
• The Great Dao inheritors grew fearful and kept silent while Jiang Changsheng waited for the Other Shore Martial Ancestor and calculated the threats around him.
• The Other Shore Martial Ancestor appeared in the void, surveyed the gathering, and looked at Jiang Changsheng in surprise.

Jiang Changsheng returned to the Kunlun Realm after the calamity and received the Pangu Tree, which he planned to use to create Pangu avatars for a powerful formation. Meanwhile, Supreme Kunlun learned of the Dao Ancestor’s growing reputation and began considering whether to pursue the Immortal Dao.

• Jiang Changsheng and the Other Shore Martial Ancestor acknowledged each other’s role in defeating the calamity, then the Other Shore Martial Ancestor resumed the Myriad Dao Assembly.
• Jiang Changsheng returned safely to the Purple Cloud Palace and received the Pangu Tree as a survival reward for intervening in the battle against the God of Yin and Yang and the Great Zhou Heavenly Divine Emperor.
• Jiang Changsheng decided to refine Pangu Fruits into avatars for the Twelve Capital Heavenly Fiend Formation and planted the Pangu Tree in the Dao World.
• Feng Yu reported that sixteen members of the Seventy-Two Divine Caves had been severely injured, and Supreme Kunlun dismissed him after confirming he had passed.
• Supreme Kunlun learned that the Divine Martial Realm was praising Jiang Changsheng’s victories and powerful treasures, then began wondering how to obtain the power of the Immortal Dao.

Jiang Changsheng completed a Pangu Avatar and observed the birth of a demon with great luck, while the approaching selection of the Head of the Earth Immortals stirred the Immortal Cultivation World. Hu Yuan left his disciple, the horned youth Jing Tian, to make his own way in the world, as Bai Qi hinted she was nurturing another promising talent.

• Jiang Changsheng finished refining the Pangu Avatar, placed it in the Dao World to cultivate, and recalled Mu Lingluo and Bai Qi.
• A newborn demon absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, causing an upheaval that drew Heaven's Court, the Demon Race, and humanity to search for it.
• As the millennium deadline for choosing the Head of the Earth Immortals neared, cultivators sought merit and Heaven's Court prepared to welcome the chosen candidate at the Peach Banquet.
• After teaching his horned disciple the Golden Core Great Dao and Seventy-Two Transformations, Hu Yuan left him to live independently and gave him the name Jing Tian.
• Bai Qi told Mu Lingluo that a promising seedling was about to grow and said she would enforce the Heavenly Rules against anyone she nurtured who went astray.