Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changsheng refined the Seventy-Two Heaven Piercing Pearls, then traveled with Bai Qi to the mortal world to see how Tianjing had changed. After visiting the capital’s sacred sites, he summoned Xuan Dao Son of Heaven to meet him in the Imperial Garden.

• Jiang Changsheng named his new realm Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, with Immortal Emperor as its title, and inherited the memories of the Seventy-Two Heaven Piercing Pearls.
• Jiang Changsheng spent sixty years refining the pearls, then decided to keep the Jiang Clan in check and invited Bai Qi to accompany him through the mortal world.
• Jiang Changsheng and Bai Qi arrived near Tianjing and walked through its greatly expanded capital, where Bai Qi described her businesses and properties.
• Jiang Changsheng visited Martial Peak and Dragon Arising Temple, then left three divine ability manuals for the Daoists on Dragon Arising Mountain.
• Jiang Changsheng had Bai Qi summon Xuan Dao Son of Heaven to the Imperial Garden, where the long-reigning ruler arrived to meet him.

Jiang Changsheng empowered Xuan Dao Son of Heaven to become the Heavenly Emperor, charging him with guarding the Jiang family rather than unifying humanity. Meanwhile, Supreme Kunlun confronted the Other Shore Martial Ancestor over the chaos of the Era of Ten Thousand Daos and challenged whether martial dao should survive.

• Xuan Dao Son of Heaven met Jiang Changsheng, who said unifying the human race would take eighty-nine thousand years without heavenly aid and offered him the power to become Heavenly Emperor.
• Jiang Changsheng appointed Xuan Dao Son of Heaven to oversee the Jiang family forever, warning that he would bear responsibility for its wrongdoing, and then bestowed power upon him.
• Jiang Changsheng returned to the Purple Cloud Palace, told Bai Qi that he was taking precautions, and challenged her to find a saint in exchange for a supreme treasure.
• Jiang Changsheng thought of Jiang Xun's remarkable talent and wondered whether the future he had seen would still come to pass.
• Supreme Kunlun demanded that the Other Shore Martial Ancestor govern the Divine Martial World and end the violence, but the Martial Ancestor said the Martial Dao Calamity had already begun and that conflict would forge stronger experts.
• Supreme Kunlun argued that martial dao had reached its end and should disappear so the ten thousand daos could begin a peaceful era.

Supreme Kunlun learned that the Martial Dao Calamity was a force of Heavenly Dao Power and that Six Desires Heaven lay above Enlightenment Saint Martial. As the calamity spread through the worlds, Jiang Changsheng sensed another powerful being had returned and prepared to investigate.

• Other Shore Martial Ancestor revealed that he had used Heaven and Earth Laugh to watch the Aberrant, then overwhelmed Supreme Kunlun with an illusion demonstrating the Martial Dao Calamity.
• Other Shore Martial Ancestor explained that the calamity amplified violence across the Three Thousand Worlds and named Six Desires Heaven as the realm above Enlightenment Saint Martial.
• The Heavenly Emperor and Chen Li discussed the Xuan Dao Son of Heaven's Sun Moon Qiankun Sword Formation and noticed that rising tempers and conflicts were spreading across worlds.
• After three hundred and sixty years of seclusion, Jiang Changsheng heard from Mo Wang that the Great Dao inheritors had been infected by an unknown power and that Tianji Xuanlao had declared the great calamity already begun.
• Jiang Changsheng sent an avatar to meet the inheritors, then calculated the strongest beings he knew and discovered an unidentified presence with a worth of 35 Heavenly Dao Incense Value had returned.

Jiang Changsheng refined pills while Bai Qi told him about Hong Lin’s Immortal Martial Dao, and Feng Yu accepted a mysterious being’s offer to become its Slave Soldier. As Tianjing expanded and the Heavenly Court struggled against the Yu Clan, Bai Qi announced that Jiang Changsheng would soon deal with the Yu Clan.

• Jiang Changsheng judged that Hong Lin could become the Earth Emperor but was not yet qualified to become a saint, then tested a Petrification Pill on Bai Qi.
• A mysterious voice offered to save the dying Feng Yu if he became its Slave Soldier, and Feng Yu accepted.
• Jiang Jian and Lin Haotian faced a charging black-armored army in the Tongyou Sea and fought after being warned that trespassers must die.
• Over five hundred years, Tianjing used the Sun Moon Qiankun Sword Formation to seize half of humanity’s territory, while the Yu Clan renewed its war against the Heavenly Court.
• The Heavenly Emperor agreed to ask Jiang Changsheng to intervene against the Yu Clan prodigy, but Bai Qi arrived and said Jiang Changsheng already knew and the Yu Clan would soon disappear.

Jiang Changsheng learned that a Yu Clan expert named Yu Qiutian was spying on the Ten Thousand Realms Gate and brought Mu Lingluo to confront him. After Yu Qiutian boasted of his strength near Heaven, Jiang Changsheng trapped him effortlessly and began to subdue him.

• Bai Qi told the Heavenly Court that Jiang Changsheng intended to meet a powerful Yu Clan expert, and the Heavenly Emperor dismissed the assembly.
• Jiang Changsheng discovered that a Yu Clan expert worth 9 Heavenly Dao Incense Value was spying on the Ten Thousand Realms Gate and decided the Yu Clan had outlived its usefulness.
• Mu Lingluo told Jiang Changsheng that her future self had warned her the calamity would cost her people she cared about, and Jiang Changsheng reassured her before taking her to see what she had wondered about.
• Jiang Changsheng and Mu Lingluo confronted Yu Qiutian, who had been investigating the Ten Thousand Realms Gate and dismissing the Dao Ancestor's ambitions.
• Yu Qiutian unleashed an attack and claimed his power stood close to Heaven, but Jiang Changsheng erased the attack and captured him with Universe in the Palm.
• Jiang Changsheng opened a golden vertical eye on his forehead, and Yu Qiutian's mind fell into a daze.

Jiang Changsheng subdued Yu Qiutian, then sent a clone to confront the Yu Clan after learning its location from Yu Qiutian’s memories. The clone unleashed Heaven and Earth Annihilation against the Yu Clan’s Heaven, erasing the Yu Clan universe as the chapter ended.

• Jiang Changsheng trapped Yu Qiutian with Ninefold Bliss Hell, searched his memories for the Yu Clan’s location, and stored him in the Purple-Gold Gourd.
• Jiang Changsheng created a clone to deal with the Yu Clan and gained the divine ability Path Breaking Wind Severance as a survival reward.
• The Yu Clan’s three elders realized Yu Qiutian had been defeated and feared the Dao Ancestor’s rapid growth, deciding the matter must be reported to the Martial Ancestor.
• Jiang Changsheng’s clone appeared above the Yu Clan’s universe and challenged its Heaven, who emerged to defend the clan.
• The Purple-Clad Man tried to flee, but Jiang Changsheng’s clone destroyed the Yu Clan universe with Heaven and Earth Annihilation.

Jiang Changsheng annihilated the Yu Clan and received Mount Buzhou as a survival reward, while the Divine Martial World and Heavenly Court reacted to the Yu Clan’s disappearance. He placed Mount Buzhou in the Dao World and began contemplating its growth, as the Heavenly Court remained wary of the shifting powers around it.

• Jiang Changsheng confirmed the Yu Clan and its world had been erased, then returned to the Purple Cloud Palace and received Mount Buzhou as a survival reward.
• The Other Shore Martial Ancestor ordered the Divine Martial World to prepare for war, seek Heaven’s support, and withdraw its warriors from the Kunlun World.
• Jiang Changsheng spent fifteen years refining Mount Buzhou, placed it in the Dao World, and considered how the world might help him reach a higher realm.
• The Heavenly Emperor and the Three Great Heavenly Sovereigns discussed the Divine Martial World’s withdrawal and the risks of the Dao Ancestor’s overwhelming strength.

The Heavenly Court planned to unite other factions by spreading the immortal dao, and Jiang Changsheng promised to establish a world where immortality could be cultivated. As the Heavenly Realm became known, Ye Zhan resisted his ancestor’s pleas to rebuild the Ye Clan, choosing instead to pursue immortality.

• Yang Che, the Heavenly Emperor, Chen Li, and the White Venerable agreed that the Heavenly Court should prepare allies against the forces opposing the immortal dao.
• The Heavenly Emperor told Jiang Changsheng about the difficulty of teaching immortality beyond the Kunlun World, and Jiang Changsheng promised to create a new world for cultivation.
• Mu Lingluo warned that the Heavenly Emperor’s fate showed signs of an unclear calamity, while Jiang Changsheng discussed the Yu Clan’s destruction and the Dao of Fate with her.
• Heaven and Earth Laugh told the Yin Yang God about Jiang Changsheng’s rapid growth, and the Yin Yang God ordered him to support the immortal dao and aid the Dao Ancestor.
• The Heavenly Court’s plans for the Heavenly Realm spread throughout the Endless Void, drawing interest from the great factions.
• The Ye Clan Old Ancestor urged Ye Zhan to help revive the Ye Clan in the Heavenly Realm, but Ye Zhan said pursuing immortality mattered more than clan glory.

Ye Zhan reaffirmed that he cared more about cultivating immortality than rebuilding the Ye Clan, while Jiang Changsheng continued studying the Reincarnation Dao. As Tianjing neared world unification, Jiang Changsheng confronted the Other Shore Martial Ancestor in the Ultimate Realm, where both prepared to unleash their ultimate techniques.

• Ye Zhan told the Ye Clan Old Ancestor that Qingzhi could rebuild the clan in the Heavenly Realm while he pursued the Taiyi Realm, and the Old Ancestor urged him to compete for the Head of the Earth Immortals and its Dao Ancestor treasure.
• Jiang Changsheng secluded himself to cultivate the Reincarnation Dao, while Bai Qi and Mu Lingluo discussed the undecided Heavenly Realm, Xuan Dao Son of Heaven's future title, and growing unrest in the Heavenly Court.
• Tianjing had conquered most of the mortal world, leaving Great Hong as its final rival, and a decisive battle between Hong Lin and Tianjing's Son of Heaven approached.
• Jiang Changsheng traveled to the Ultimate Realm, where the Other Shore Martial Ancestor questioned him about destroying the Yu Clan; Jiang Changsheng admitted it and accepted the Martial Ancestor's challenge.
• Tianji Xuanlao arrived to watch the battle, and the Other Shore Martial Ancestor revealed Taiji Heavenly Martial as Jiang Changsheng raised the Seventy-Two Heaven Piercing Pearls.

Jiang Changsheng defeated and captured the Other Shore Martial Ancestor, then questioned Tianji Xuanlao about the Sea of Gloom and received the Taiji Suspension Dao Manifestation as a survival reward. While searching the Martial Ancestor’s memories, Jiang Changsheng discovered the Sea of Gloom and a world within it, but could not uncover what lay beyond.

• Jiang Changsheng used the Seventy-Two Heaven Piercing Pearls to shatter the Other Shore Martial Ancestor’s attack, pierce him, and capture him in the Purple-Gold Gourd.
• Tianji Xuanlao explained that he had fled the Sea of Gloom after offending a powerful existence, and described its nine guardians and the dangers beyond it.
• Jiang Changsheng let Tianji Xuanlao leave, returned to the Purple Cloud Palace, and received the Taiji Suspension Dao Manifestation as a survival reward.
• Jiang Changsheng explored the Other Shore Martial Ancestor’s memories and saw the Sea of Gloom, its stone gate, and a desolate world within it.
• Jiang Changsheng tried to trace the Martial Ancestor’s memories to the other side of the Sea of Gloom, but those memories abruptly cut off.

Jiang Changsheng watched Tianjing defeat Great Hong, then unified the human world through the Investiture of the Gods and granted its rulers titles and Dao teachings. After instructing Xuan Dao Son of Heaven and Hong Lin, he noticed Heaven and Earth Laugh waiting outside the Kunlun World.

• Jiang Changsheng learned from Other Shore Martial Ancestor's memories about the Sea of Gloom and hesitated to kill the imprisoned martial ancestor, whose aim had been to protect the martial path and living beings.
• Tianjing and Great Hong fought their decisive battle before Two Worlds Mountain, and Tianjing won despite Hong Lin and Xuan Dao Son of Heaven remaining evenly matched.
• Jiang Changsheng revived the fallen soldiers whose bodies remained whole and announced that Xuan Dao Son of Heaven Jiang Lu could become Heavenly Emperor and Hong Lin could become Earth Emperor.
• Great Hong merged into Tianjing, and ten years later the Heavenly Court held a grand Investiture of the Gods Ceremony with nearly five hundred Orthodox Gods and two million Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.
• Jiang Changsheng taught Dao to Xuan Dao Son of Heaven and Hong Lin for a hundred years, then discovered Heaven and Earth Laugh waiting outside the Kunlun World.

Heaven and Earth Laugh warned Jiang Changsheng that Cang Shi Tian and other forces might return with the coming calamity, then offered to aid Immortal Dao. After consulting Ancient Immortal Dao through Dao Heritage Return to Divinity, Jiang Changsheng reunited with Xiaohe Fairy, now revered as Xiaohe Goddess.

• Heaven and Earth Laugh told Jiang Changsheng that Cang Shi Tian, the former leading figure of Martial Dao and the Other Shore Martial Ancestor's master, would return, and he offered to help Immortal Dao grow and disrupt Divine Martial World.
• Heaven and Earth Laugh warned Jiang Changsheng that Great Dao inheritances might come from beyond the Sea of Gloom, then took Ye Shenkong's corpse and promised to help revive him.
• Jiang Changsheng watched Heaven and Earth Laugh leave, considered the mysterious force influencing Kunlun World, and spent all his Dao Heritage Karma Value to activate Dao Heritage Return to Divinity.
• Jiang Changsheng arrived at an ancient immortal Dao field and encountered Xiaohe Fairy, who had become the revered Xiaohe Goddess.

Jiang Changsheng reunited with Xiaohe Goddess at a Dao field twelve million years after their previous meeting and learned how Measureless Calamities shaped the Heavenly Dao. As Future Buddha Ancestor began preaching about luck, Jiang Changsheng considered using it to create a Heavenly Dao for the immortal Dao.

• Jiang Changsheng joined Xiaohe Goddess at the Dao field, where she told him twelve million years had passed since they last met.
• Shao Hao greeted Jiang Changsheng and explained that Xing Tian had lost his fight with Shao Hao’s father and was imprisoned in Dust Void.
• Xiaohe Goddess explained that Measureless Calamities cleansed the Great Thousand Worlds and that most beings had to endure one to attain Great Luo.
• Future Buddha Ancestor arrived and began preaching that luck encompassed fortune, karma, and destiny and could affect cultivation and suppress enemies.
• Jiang Changsheng connected the sermon to his own tribulations and considered using luck to create a Heavenly Dao that could control the immortal Dao’s living beings.

After Future Buddha Ancestor’s sermon, Jiang Changsheng joined Xiaohe Goddess at the Bodhi Buddha Sea, where he explored its universe-filled flowers and learned more about the Immortal Dao Era. Their visit was interrupted by Supreme Heaven, a powerful Dao Gate Seven Veins disciple whom Future Buddha Ancestor allowed to enter the sea.

• Future Buddha Ancestor’s sermon deepened Jiang Changsheng’s understanding of fortune, and Xiaohe Goddess invited him to visit the Bodhi Buddha Sea.
• Xiaohe Goddess took Jiang Changsheng and her two fairy maidens from the Dao field, and explained the scale of the Great Thousand Worlds and the rivalry between the Dao Sect and Buddhist Sect.
• At the Bodhi Buddha Sea, Jiang Changsheng used his Heaven and Earth Boundless Eye to observe the universes and civilizations contained within its Bodhi Flowers.
• A Buddha tried to stop Supreme Heaven from entering the sea, but Future Buddha Ancestor ordered the Buddha to let him pass.
• Xiaohe Goddess told Jiang Changsheng that Supreme Heaven had mastered forty-eight kinds of Great Dao Power and could transcend despite not attaining Great Luo.

Jiang Changsheng returned from the ancient immortal dao after gaining insight into fortune and the Great Dao, while the Martial Dao Calamity spread and Cang Shi Tian emerged from the Sea of Gloom. In the Heavenly Court, the newborn prince’s Great Dao Eye was revealed to devour others’ dharma power.

• Jiang Changsheng left the Bodhi Buddha Sea, parted with Xiaohe Goddess, and returned to his body with new insights into fortune and the Great Dao.
• Cang Shi Tian met Chi Jia Tian at the Sea of Gloom and warned that he would not abandon martial dao, while figures emerged from the gate and followed him.
• The Heavenly Emperor, Forget Dust Great Immortal, Lu Shenzhou, and Ye Zhan discussed growing unrest and agreed to send the Seven Bright Kings with Ye Zhan.
• Chen Li reported that the newborn prince’s Great Dao Eye had drained Heavenly Consort’s dharma power before Heavenly Mother intervened.
• The Heavenly Emperor hurried to see the prince, while Lu Shenzhou insisted that the child should become his disciple.

Jiang Yi was born with a fearsome Great Dao talent that made the Heavenly Court wary, but Jiang Changsheng believed he could still choose goodness. As Jiang Yi grew lonely, Jiang Tianming befriended him and took him to the Underworld, prompting the Heavenly Emperor to reconsider his neglect and go to the Purple Cloud Palace.

• Forget Dust Great Immortal warned Lu Shenzhou and Ye Zhan that Jiang Yi's extraordinary fortune was tied to calamity and could bring turmoil to Heaven.
• Mu Lingluo told the Heavenly Emperor that Jiang Changsheng had named his newborn son Jiang Yi, whose Great Dao Eye and Devouring Power made the Heavenly Emperor uneasy.
• Jiang Changsheng explained that Jiang Yi wielded Great Dao Power and possessed an evil heart, but still had a chance to turn toward good.
• As Jiang Yi grew up isolated and lonely, the Heavenly Emperor sent Jiang Tianming to care for him, and Tianming bonded with him over their strange births.
• Jiang Tianming took nine-year-old Jiang Yi to the Underworld to learn cultivation from Jiang Shan.
• After Chen Li suggested Jiang Yi could bring blessings to the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Emperor decided to visit the Purple Cloud Palace.

Jiang Changsheng spent the Heavenly Court’s accumulated Luck Value to create the Heavenly Realm, while Qing Lan Tian assessed his strength and returned to report to Cang Shi Tian. Cang Shi Tian planned to wait until he controlled Martial Dao Luck before using it to suppress and kill the Dao Ancestor.

• Jiang Changsheng chose a place near the Profound Yellow Great World and used all his Luck Value to begin creating the Heavenly Realm.
• The Heavenly Emperor prepared the Heavenly Court to enter the newly created realm as news of its creation spread through the Divine Roam Great Heaven and Earth.
• Qing Lan Tian arrived and spoke with Jiang Changsheng, then left without attacking after judging him to be exceptionally powerful.
• Jiang Changsheng completed the Heavenly Realm and connected its luck and karma to the Ten Thousand Realms Gate, allowing the Heavenly Emperor to lead the Heavenly Court inside.
• Qing Lan Tian told Cang Shi Tian that the Dao Ancestor had reached Six Desires Heaven and might be close to Upper Covering Heaven.
• Cang Shi Tian ordered Qing Lan Tian to keep investigating the Yin Yang God and Heaven and Earth Laugh, declaring that he would suppress the Dao Ancestor after taking control of Martial Dao Luck.

As the Heavenly Realm grew into a battleground for young geniuses, Jiang Yi and Jiang Tianming departed to compete there while Jiang Shan and Great Saint Jing Tian awaited the coming conflict. In the Purple Cloud Palace, Ping'an emerged from four thousand years of transformation, recovered his memories, and revealed that his mysterious power was the Uncertainty Rule, an acquired rule derived from a mighty existence.

• Jiang Yi and Jiang Tianming entered the Heavenly Realm, where Jiang Yi hoped to grow stronger by fighting outsiders.
• The Heavenly Emperor and Chen Li discussed the Emperor Clan’s growing power and the Heavenly Court’s plans to contend in the Heavenly Realm.
• Jiang Shan told Great Saint Jing Tian to wait for the killing tribulation before they entered the Heavenly Realm to fight for the Immortal Dao.
• Jiang Changsheng summoned Ping'an, who had emerged from his transformation with his mind and memories restored.
• Jiang Changsheng taught Ping'an the Golden Core Great Dao, which Ping'an mastered in ten years while comprehending the Uncertainty Rule.
• Ping'an’s account of seeing a figure while comprehending the rule led Jiang Changsheng to recognize it as an acquired rule transformed from a mighty existence.

After Ping'an returned from more than a century of cultivation, Jiang Changsheng observed the Immortal Dao’s growth and the dangers surrounding his descendants. Jiang Tianming gathered Jiang family reinforcements for a dangerous expedition, while Ye Zhan recounted Jiang Yi’s rise and reconsidered the Jiang Clan Imperial Lineage.

• Ping'an returned with his mind restored and hidden strength, then asked the Heavenly Emperor about Jiang Jian and Lin Haotian before agreeing to cultivate for another thousand years.
• The Heavenly Emperor approved Ping'an’s request and learned from White Venerable that his plan to bring Kunlun World’s Immortal Cultivation Sects into the Heavenly Realm was feasible.
• Jiang Tianming told Jiang Yi that he had summoned Jiang family reinforcements and wanted them to undertake a dangerous expedition, while Jiang Yi worried about putting others at risk.
• Ye Zhan told the Ye Clan Old Ancestor how Jiang Yi broke the Divine Weapon Heaven Domain and became renowned alongside six other Jiang descendants.
• Ye Zhan reflected that Jiang Xuannian’s establishment of the Jiang Clan Imperial Lineage might be justified by the unpredictable talents of the Dao Ancestor’s descendants.

The Jiang Clan’s attempt to establish an imperial lineage stirred opposition and raised fears of future calamity, while Jiang Changsheng reflected on fate and watched a newcomer to the immortal path. In the Divine Martial World, Qing Lan Tian announced that its heavens intended to bring the Martial Dao Calamity forward, leaving the gathered authorities to question the Martial Ancestor’s whereabouts.

• Ye Zhan told the Ye Clan Old Ancestor that six of the Jiang Family Seven Sons supported Jiang Xuannian’s plan to establish an imperial lineage and providence.
• Jiang Xiu warned the Xuan Dao Heavenly Emperor that Jiang Xuannian’s imperial lineage could divide the Heavenly Jing and Heavenly Realm Jiang families, and his son vowed to punish anyone who endangered the Jiang Family.
• After more than five hundred years of seclusion, Jiang Changsheng learned that Jiang Xuannian’s descendants faced retaliation, calculated that his vision of the future might come true, and noticed an old man from Six Desires Heaven cultivating immortality.
• Qing Lan Tian told the Divine Martial World’s gathered authorities that Cang Shi Tian’s heavens planned to drive the Martial Dao Calamity forward and promised that Divine Martial Power would confront both external and internal enemies.
• A Supreme Divine Martial figure asked Qing Lan Tian whether the Martial Ancestor had been harmed by evil numbers or had accepted a mission from the heavens.