Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changsheng appeared on the battlefield as the Immortal Dao Ancestor and swiftly defeated Great Desire Evolution Saint, saving the beings trapped in the void. The survivors were left stunned by the Immortal Dao’s power as Jiang Changsheng departed.

• Great Desire Evolution Saint overwhelmed the battlefield, trapped the fleeing beings, and nearly broke through the Profound Fate Grand Array as the nine Fate Saints struggled to contain him.
• Jiang Changsheng arrived, protected the battlefield with the Heavenly Fire Yin-Yang Great Extinction Mirror, and declared that he would stop Great Desire Evolution Saint from destroying the void.
• Great Desire Evolution Saint attacked with waves of golden flames, but Jiang Changsheng pierced through them with the Great Thousand Path Execution Finger and shattered his body.
• Jiang Changsheng devoured Great Desire Evolution Saint’s seven-colored sea of qi with the Myriad Things Three Thousand Cauldron and captured the fleeing Evolution Saint inside it.
• The surviving Fate Saints and other beings watched in shock as Jiang Changsheng departed, while Wu Ji and the immortal cultivators reacted to the Immortal Dao Ancestor’s overwhelming power.

Jiang Changsheng defeated Dao Yan’s assault and gained the Seven-Colored Glazed Bridge, while the Great Thousand Worlds’ returned to focus on Dao Yan. He learned from Ji Zang and Chen Shang that the Great Thousand Worlds contained many isolated voids, then erased their memories of the conversation before they departed.

• After the Great Desire Evolution Saint fell, the nine Fate Saints and Fate Lords routed Dao Yan’s forces, while Jiang Changsheng returned to the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Jiang Changsheng received and began refining the Seven-Colored Glazed Bridge, a growing Chaos Spirit Item that could traverse time and space and drain the lifespan of those who crossed it.
• A hundred years later, returning Immortal Emperors spread news of Jiang Changsheng’s victory, and Ji Zang and Chen Shang settled outside the Great Luo Immortal Domain to seek an audience with him.
• Jiang Changsheng met Ji Zang and Chen Shang, who explained that Silent Extinction Zones separated the many Great Thousand Worlds and made travel between them take millions of years.
• After questioning the two about the Tongwu Divine Stage and the Great Thousand Worlds, Jiang Changsheng erased their memories of the conversation, and they left uneasy.

As the Immortal Dao Ancestor’s reputation spread, Dao Yan’s Evolution Saints debated how to respond, while Bai Qi recruited Xiaohe Fairy to spread merit in the Spirit World. In the Heavenly Court, Chen Li convinced the immortals and gods to keep serving and accumulating merit, and the Heavenly Emperor proposed bringing a newly born prodigy to the court.

• Dao Yan’s Evolution Saints discussed the Immortal Dao Ancestor’s slaying of the Great Desire Evolution Saint and decided to wait for their Lord to emerge from seclusion, though one suggested Pivot Saint might agree to end the fighting.
• Bai Qi asked Xiaohe Fairy to follow a path of merit, and Xiaohe Fairy agreed to enlighten the Spirit World with Bai Qi’s help.
• The Heavenly Emperor and the immortals discussed a grievance spreading across the mortal, Immortal Cultivation, and Heavenly Realms while a tremor signaled the birth of a peerless prodigy.
• Jiang Tianming complained that the Heavenly Court’s immortals could not ascend, and the Heavenly Emperor told them to ask the Dao Ancestor instead of pressuring him.
• Chen Li argued that the Heavenly Court’s work earned merit, and White Venerable supported his view; the immortals renewed their resolve to serve and accumulate merit.
• The Heavenly Emperor proposed bringing the newly born prodigy to the Heavenly Court and raising them as part of its next generation.

Xiaohe Fairy and Supreme Kunlun attained Great Luo, and Ye Shenkong became the ninth Great Luo cultivator, the Reincarnation Great Emperor. The nine Great Luo were complete, and Heaven and Earth Laugh asked Ye Shenkong to share the Dao Ancestor’s teachings with him.

• Xiaohe Fairy received immense Heavenly Dao merit for enlightening living beings, gained insight into the Great Dao, and drew the attention of three Great Luo cultivators.
• Xiaohe Fairy attained Great Luo, established the Spirit Cloud Daoist Temple, and announced that she would preach the Dao.
• Supreme Kunlun attained Great Luo and established a Daoist temple in the Supreme Heaven Domain, leaving one place in the nine Great Luo unfilled.
• Punishment Head told Jiang Che that Ye Shenkong would become the ninth Great Luo by attaining Great Luo within reincarnation.
• Ye Shenkong announced his attainment as the Reincarnation Great Emperor and declared that he would guard reincarnation and belong to the Netherworld.
• Heaven and Earth Laugh congratulated Ye Shenkong and asked him to pass along the Dao Ancestor’s teachings after the Great Luo gathering.

Jiang Changsheng preached the Great Luo Divine Appearance to the Immortal Dao’s first nine Great Luos, naming them the Primordial Nine Saints. After the sermon, he decided to walk among mortals and entered Tianjing’s capital disguised as a young Daoist, where a mountain villager teased him about eating meat and drinking wine.

• Jiang Changsheng gathered the nine Great Luos in the Purple Cloud Palace and bestowed on them the title Primordial Nine Saints.
• Jiang Changsheng taught the Great Luo Divine Appearance for a thousand years, then answered the Great Luos’ questions about cultivation and the Immortal Dao.
• The Primordial Nine Saints left, and Jiang Changsheng sent his will through the worlds to teach mortal spirits.
• Jiang Changsheng chose to spend a century among humans and traveled in disguise to the capital of Tianjing.
• Jiang Changsheng ate meat and drank wine at an inn, where a middle-aged mountain villager teased him about his Daoist ways.

Jiang Changsheng traveled through the mortal world, bestowed an immortal cultivation art on a struggling scholar, and encountered a Jiang Clan disciple whose karma drew his attention. After Jiang Changsheng attacked Jiang Yuan, he realized the disciple’s changed fate was connected to Jin Chanzi.

• Jiang Changsheng left the capital to travel through the mortal world, while the Kunlun Sect Master rejected a mysterious entity’s offer to cultivate the Demon Dao and set out to seek the Dao Ancestor.
• Jiang Changsheng demonstrated his power to a scholar and taught him the Golden Body Art before continuing his journey.
• Jiang Changsheng watched Jiang Yuan of the Jiang Clan Imperial Lineage defeat an enemy, then warned him that Demon Sect members were active nearby.
• Jiang Changsheng attacked Jiang Yuan, shattered his flying swords, and buried him beneath an avalanche while observing a change in his karma.
• Jiang Yuan emerged badly injured with the Great Dao Eye open, and Jiang Changsheng recognized a connection to Jin Chanzi.

Jiang Changsheng defeated Jiang Yuan, continued his journey of guiding mortal beings, and created a new world to explore the mysteries of creation. Meanwhile, Xuanming prepared to bow to Daoyan, whose planned departure threatened to set the stage for a confrontation with the Dao Ancestor.

• Jiang Changsheng brushed aside Jiang Yuan’s Great Dao Eye attack, knocked him unconscious, and left him alive; Xuan Dao Heavenly Emperor witnessed the encounter and departed without intervening.
• Jiang Yuan awakened with shattered tendons and bones, concluded that Jiang Changsheng had spared him to observe his newly awakened power, and resolved to act for the Jiang Clan.
• Jiang Changsheng taught a wild rabbit a basic cultivation method, then created a world beyond the Great Luo Immortal Domain using Heavenly Dao Luck Value.
• Jiang Changsheng sensed a sudden impact against his will while contemplating creation, but set the strange sensation aside and continued studying the Immortal Dao.
• Harmony Light Fate Lord told Jiang Jian, Tong Ci, and Tong Xue that Xuanming would bow to Daoyan, which planned to leave the void and was preparing for a likely conflict involving the Dao Ancestor.
• Harmony Light Fate Lord urged Tong Ci and Tong Xue to return with him, but Tong Xue refused, and he demanded to know whether they meant to abandon Xuanming for the Immortal Dao.

Jiang Jian warned Jiang Changsheng about Xuanming and urged him to raise the Heavenly Court, but Jiang Changsheng said it would ascend only after a coming calamity. As Dao Evolution prepared to attack and its Lord grew stronger, Jiang Changsheng continued cultivating and waiting for the right moment to respond.

• Jiang Jian told Jiang Changsheng that Xuanming might become an enemy, and Jiang Changsheng said the Immortal Dao would spare the weak but erase those who opposed it.
• Jiang Jian proposed raising the Heavenly Court to guard the Immortal Dao, and Jiang Changsheng said it had to undergo a calamity first.
• Jiang Yuan warned Xuan Dao Heavenly Emperor that someone sought the Jiang Clan bloodline, but Xuan Dao dismissed his fears.
• Jiang Changsheng spent thirty thousand years deepening his understanding of creation and developing his Dao World, where its Ferocious Beasts grew to Immortal Emperor realm.
• Tong Ci and Tong Xue told Jiang Jian that Xuanming and Zhenshu had refused to join the Immortal Dao, while Dao Evolution prepared to attack under its Lord.
• Jiang Changsheng calculated that the strongest known figure had reached fifteen million Heavenly Dao Incense Value and continued waiting as both he and the Lord of Dao Evolution grew stronger.

Jiang Changsheng discovered Dao Yan’s forces preparing to attack the Great Luo Immortal Domain and glimpsed a deadly force within the collapsing Silent Extinction Zone. As Dao Yan advanced, the Martial Dao debated whether to support the Immortal Dao and decided to approach it before the battle.

• Jiang Changsheng saw hidden Yan Armies and Evolution Saints gathering near the Great Luo Immortal Domain, then sent a Dao Heart Deity into the collapsing Silent Extinction Zone, where a mysterious glimmer destroyed it.
• Little Evolution Saint told World Evolution Heaven that he had become an Evolution Saint and that Dao Yan’s Lord and two Progenitors would join the attack on Jiang Changsheng.
• The Martial Dao gathered to discuss Dao Yan’s impending assault, and Wu Ji argued that the Martial Dao should aid the Immortal Dao, its successor and former ally.
• Cang Shi Tian proposed meeting the Immortal Dao’s Great Luo and using his disciple Bian, a Primordial Nine Saint, as a bridge between the two orthodoxies.
• The Martial God Saint ordered Cang Shi Tian to set out, and the white-haired elder told the Martial Dao cultivators to move near the Immortal Dao ahead of the battle.

As Dao Evolution’s full-scale assault approached, the Immortal Dao and its allies prepared for battle while Jiang Changsheng awaited the Lord of Dao Evolution. The Lord arrived with two formidable beings and a vast army, and Jiang Changsheng challenged them to settle life and death away from innocent bystanders.

• The Sword God answered Sword Immortals’ questions about earning merit in the coming calamity, then summoned flying swords from the heavens and earth.
• The Primal Ancestor of All Buddhas led the Buddhist Sect in pledging to stand at the front of the battle, while the Primordial Nine Saints also prepared.
• Bai Qi asked Jiang Changsheng whether the Lord of Dao Evolution was coming, and Jiang Changsheng confirmed the arrival was near and approved closer ties with the Martial Dao after the battle.
• The Other Shore Dao Sovereign described the Immortal Dao’s rise to the Martial Dao Ancient Ancestor and other martial artists before a powerful presence interrupted them.
• Two towering figures and a vast Yan Army force appeared outside the array, prompting the Immortal Dao’s Great Luo cultivators and Immortal Emperors to assemble against them.
• Jiang Changsheng challenged the invaders to find a place to decide life and death, and the Lord of Dao Evolution appeared behind the two figures and demanded to know Jiang Changsheng’s domain.

Jiang Changsheng faced Lord of Dao Evolution and Dao Yan’s two Progenitors, while the Yan Army began attacking the Immortal Dao. In the Dao Yan Divine Domain, Jiang destroyed the two Progenitors and confronted Lord of Dao Evolution, who revealed his Dao Void Venerable power before his ruler began to crack.

• Jiang Changsheng answered Lord of Dao Evolution’s challenge, and the two sides faced off as the Yan Army surrounded the Great Luo Immortal Domain.
• Lord of Dao Evolution and the two Dao Yan Progenitors transported Jiang Changsheng to the Dao Yan Divine Domain, while the Yan Saints ordered the purge of the Immortal Dao.
• Jiang Changsheng deliberately fought in the separate domain to protect the Immortal Dao and let its cultivators face the invasion.
• The two Progenitors attacked Jiang Changsheng, who used Heaven and Earth Annihilation to destroy them both.
• Lord of Dao Evolution recognized Jiang Changsheng as a Dao Void Venerable, unleashed his full power, and drew the Divine Domain into his white jade ruler.
• Cracks rapidly spread across Lord of Dao Evolution’s ruler before he could make another move.

The Immortal Dao and its allies resisted Dao Evolution’s assault while Jiang Changsheng fought the Lord of Dao Evolution in a mysterious spatial domain. As the battle continued, the Lord of Dao Evolution’s power grew, and he began to awaken Pure Battle Intent; meanwhile, an incoming azure blade qi was intercepted by Axe Qi from above the Great Luo Immortal Domain.

• The Lord of Dao Evolution failed to suppress the presence inside the white jade ruler, which shattered in a burst of light and spatial power.
• The Immortal Dao’s strongest fighters held back Dao Evolution’s forces, and the Martial Dao joined the battle as Jiang Yi, Jiang Shan, Ye Xundi, Mu Lingluo, Bai Qi, and White Dragon entered the fray.
• More than a hundred Pangu Avatars awakened atop the All Heavens Great Dao Tree and locked onto their enemies without yet joining the fighting.
• Jiang Changsheng and the Lord of Dao Evolution exchanged vast attacks in the darkness, with Jiang Changsheng repeatedly destroying the Lord’s body as he reappeared and grew stronger.
• Jiang Changsheng sensed that Pure Battle Intent was rising above the Lord of Dao Evolution’s other emotions.
• An azure blade qi raced toward the battlefield, but Axe Qi from above the Great Luo Immortal Domain destroyed it and reduced Dao Evolution creatures along its path to ashes.

Jiang Changsheng defeated the Lord of Dao Evolution and used the Heavenly Dao to stop Dao Evolution from attaching itself to Immortal Dao. As the battle continued, the Silent Extinction Zone kept collapsing, and the surviving Evolution Saints began to flee.

• A Pangu Phantom appeared on the battlefield, boosting Immortal Dao’s morale as thirty Evolution Saints tried to contain it.
• Jiang Changsheng froze the Lord of Dao Evolution, absorbed his White Flame, and learned that Dao Evolution planned to survive by merging into Immortal Dao as Emotional Power.
• The Heavenly Dao blocked the Lord’s Emotional Power from entering Immortal Dao, and Jiang Changsheng annihilated him when he tried to perish together with his enemy.
• Dao Evolution’s forces sensed that the Lord and two Progenitors had fallen, while a Golden Skirt Woman worried about what Xuanming would face as the Silent Extinction Zone collapsed.
• Jiang Changsheng watched from Purple Cloud Palace as Immortal Dao fought on, and three Evolution Saints fled before the other Saints began to lose their resolve.

After Dao Evolution retreated from the Immortal Dao, Jiang Changsheng inherited the Initial Creation of Two Extremes Divine Light and discussed how the Heavenly Court could coordinate the Great Luo Immortal Domain. A century later, the Immortal Dao Ancestor was renowned as the strongest in the void, while the Sunken Light Fate Saint sent Harmony Light Fate Lord to repair ties with Jiang Jian.

• Jiang Changsheng received the survival reward of the Great Dao divine ability Initial Creation of Two Extremes Divine Light as Dao Evolution’s forces began to lose ground.
• The Greedy Dream Evolution Saint ordered Dao Evolution to retreat, and the Immortal Dao pursued the withdrawing forces while Jiang Changsheng began inheriting his new divine ability.
• The Immortal Dao’s victory spread through the void, and the Immortal Dao Ancestor gained a reputation as its strongest being.
• The Primordial Nine Saints asked Jiang Changsheng to have the Heavenly Court lead the Great Luo Immortal Domain, and he proposed that the sects send disciples to serve as Heavenly Court gods.
• Jiang Changsheng allowed martial arts practitioners to enter the Immortal Dao as long as they followed Heavenly Dao rules, then considered whether Great Luo cultivators needed a representative.
• The Sunken Light Fate Saint told Harmony Light Fate Lord to befriend Jiang Jian and bring more prodigies to the Immortal Dao for cultivation.

After the Dao Yan calamity, Jiang Changsheng withdrew into seclusion while the Immortal Dao expanded and absorbed new lineages. Su Yin prepared to leave his four protégés to confront a demon king, and the Kunlun Sect Master faced renewed demonic temptation that made him doubt his place in the Immortal Dao.

• The Martial Dao announced it would join the Immortal Dao, prompting criticism of the Other Shore Dao Sovereign, who stepped down as Dao Sect Master and entered seclusion; Supreme Kunlun nevertheless recruited Martial Dao disciples.
• Jiang Changsheng mastered the Initial Creation of Two Extremes Divine Light and entered seclusion, while Su Yin continued protecting and guiding four mortals in the Supreme Yi Immortal Domain.
• Su Yin told the four mortals he was leaving to face a demon king in the Southern Lodge Great Heaven and Earth, then departed after knocking them down with a sweep of his spear.
• The four discussed seeking protection from the Hanging Sun Emperor because their history with the Heavenly Court left other groups unwilling to accept them, and Su Yin overheard them from the clouds.
• Su Yin reflected on mounting tensions between mortal beings and the Heavenly Court's immortal gods, then continued toward the demon king, hoping for a challenging fight.
• The Kunlun Sect Master resisted mysterious figures urging him to embrace the path of immortals and demons, but their claims that the Dao Ancestor no longer valued him made him falter.

Feng Yu rescued the Kunlun Sect Master by helping the Primal Chaos Divine Talisman devour the demon inside him. Meanwhile, Jiang Changsheng witnessed a mysterious presence emerge from the Silent Extinction Zone and learned that the Demon Source was spreading its influence across the Great Thousand Worlds.

• The demon shadows made the Kunlun Sect Master fear that the Immortal Dao had fallen, but Feng Yu arrived and reassured him that the Dao Ancestor had defeated Dao Evolution.
• Feng Yu recognized the Kunlun Sect Master, then struck him to expose the demon within and used his coffin to help the Primal Chaos Divine Talisman devour it.
• Jiang Changsheng observed the Lord of Profound Fate and the Lord of Town Pivot fight before both fled from a gigantic, ominous face emerging from the Silent Extinction Zone.
• Jiang Changsheng learned that the Primal Chaos Divine Talisman had gained an artifact spirit and that the Kunlun Sect Master had failed to overcome his tribulation for a Great Luo opportunity.
• The artifact spirit revealed that the Demon Source had scattered demonic thoughts throughout the Great Thousand Worlds and that an unprecedented Demonic Beast had been born there.

Jiang Changsheng agreed to celebrate his two-millionth birthday at Dragon Arising Mountain, reuniting with old friends and reflecting on the Immortal Dao's growth. As guests gathered and the Son of Heaven watched from below, the celebration continued with Forget Dust Great Immortal still struggling to reach Great Luo.

• Jiang Changsheng pondered the demons' connection to the collapse of the Silent Extinction Zone, then spent fifty thousand years in enlightenment.
• Bai Qi persuaded Jiang Changsheng to hold a birthday celebration, and he agreed to invite old friends back to Dragon Arising Mountain.
• Jiang Changsheng praised Mu Lingluo's progress toward Great Luo, and she and Bai Qi arranged the gathering.
• Jiang Changsheng returned to Dragon Arising Mountain with Mu Lingluo, Bai Qi, and White Dragon, where old friends reunited and shared stories.
• The reigning Son of Heaven waited below the mountain as Jiang Tianming and other powerful figures arrived to attend the celebration.
• Bai Qi teased Forget Dust Great Immortal about sweeping, and the Sword God remarked that he might be the first to reach Great Luo without ascending; Forget Dust Great Immortal said the realm remained distant.

Jiang Changsheng’s birthday celebration reunited him with old friends, living and dead, while he reflected on his parents and his life before reincarnation. The gathering was interrupted when Hanging Sun Emperor arrived and asked Jiang Changsheng to let the Heavenly Court ascend.

• Bai Qi teased Forget Dust Great Immortal, and Jiang Changsheng said the gathering would be for remembering the past rather than honoring the Dao Ancestor.
• Zhang Ying, Eunuch Li, Four Seas Sage, the Heavenly Emperor, Chen Li, and other old acquaintances arrived, and Jiang Luo tearfully embraced his former master.
• Taoist Priest Qingxu, Li Changqing, Meng Qiuhe, and Qing Ku appeared, and Qing Er welcomed them after understanding Jiang Changsheng’s intent.
• Jiang Yuan and the Empress discussed their regret and gratitude for the blessings they had received through their son, while Jiang Changsheng wondered about his parents from his previous life.
• Hanging Sun Emperor tried to enter Dragon Arising Mountain, and Jiang Changsheng allowed him in after a giant hand seized him.
• Hanging Sun Emperor knelt before Jiang Changsheng and asked permission for the Heavenly Court to ascend, citing the Supreme Yi Immortal Domain’s irreconcilable conflicts.

At Jiang Changsheng’s birthday celebration, he declared that the Heavenly Court would face an internal calamity, prompting ambitious forces across the Supreme Yi Immortal Domain to prepare for war. Fifty thousand years later, the Imperial Court and other powers attacked the Heavenly Court, while distant events unfolded around Feng Yu and Kunlun Sect Master, ending with a mysterious snake-faced woman being repelled by a force inside Feng Yu.

• Hanging Sun Emperor challenged the Heavenly Court’s ability to govern, and Jiang Changsheng declared that the Heavenly Court’s calamity would come from within the Immortal Dao and that its ruler could be replaced by whoever overthrew it.
• After the celebration, rumors of Jiang Changsheng’s declaration spread, and forces throughout the Supreme Yi Immortal Domain began gathering strength against the Heavenly Court.
• Fifty thousand years later, Hanging Sun Emperor led the Imperial Court into war against the Heavenly Court, while other powers attacked across the Three Thousand Worlds and karmic force surged through the Endless Void.
• A white-robed man and a purple-armored figure searched the Great Thousand Worlds for Great Dao Vitality and discussed the disappearing Silent Extinction Zones and the coming Ancient Dao Divine Domain.
• Feng Yu and Kunlun Sect Master sensed vitality within a lifeless continent, and the Primal Chaos Divine Talisman’s artifact spirit urged Feng Yu to devour Kunlun Sect Master because of his unusual karma.
• Feng Yu and Kunlun Sect Master entered Divine Roam Great Heaven and Earth, but a snake-faced woman approaching them was flung away by a force within Feng Yu, pulling his consciousness back to reality.

After a hundred thousand years of seclusion, Jiang Changsheng saw that Zhou Bushi was poised to ignite the Heavenly Court’s still-brewing great calamity and gave him the Heaven Punishing Spear. He watched Mu Lingluo revisit Hua Jian Xin’s past as she sought her true self, while Hai Tian met Jin Chanzi near the Spirit Cloud Sect.

• Feng Yu and the Kunlun Sect Master sensed danger and fled, while Green Snake followed them after identifying Feng Yu as a variable with banished karma.
• Jiang Changsheng reviewed the Heavenly Court’s defeat of the Hanging Sun Emperor and recognized his grandson Zhou Bushi as the future protagonist of the great calamity.
• Jiang Changsheng gave Zhou Bushi the Heaven Punishing Spear, intending to help him challenge the Heavenly Court.
• Jiang Changsheng watched Mu Lingluo revisit Hua Jian Xin’s memories and realized she was trying to find her true self, but he chose not to interfere.
• Xiaohe Goddess explained karmic burden and merit to her disciples as Hai Tian approached the Spirit Cloud Sect seeking an immortal opportunity.
• Jin Chanzi met Hai Tian and sensed that he carried two kinds of karma that could not be divined, prompting Hai Tian to deny that he came from the Great Thousand Worlds.