Chapter Summaries

Hai Tian and Jin Chanzi fought after leaving the Spirit Cloud Sect, while Jiang Changsheng explained unforeseen variables to Mu Lingluo and sparred with her. The chapter ended with Fighting Immortal Saint Su Yin trying to pull the Heaven Punishing Spear as Zhou Bushi watched in shock.

• Hai Tian and Jin Chanzi left the Spirit Cloud Sect and fought in a desert after Jin Chanzi challenged him.
• Xiaohe Goddess told Qing Qiu that Hai Tian’s karma was strange and that even she could not see through his origins.
• Mu Lingluo asked Jiang Changsheng to spar with her, and he explained that beings who should not exist could become unforeseen variables.
• Jiang Changsheng sparred with Mu Lingluo in the deep void while observing the Silent Extinction Zone and the movements of Dao Yan, Xuanming, and Zhenshu.
• Zhou Bushi failed to pull the Heaven Punishing Spear from a mountainside, then watched Su Yin wield a powerful golden form while attempting to move it.

Zhou Bushi’s legend grew after he failed to lift the Heaven Punishing Spear, while Jiang Changsheng and Mu Lingluo explored the future Earth Immortal Realm. Ten thousand years later, Zhou Bushi reached the pinnacle of the Immortal Emperor realm and tried to claim the spear again, drawing the Heavenly Emperor’s attention.

• Su Yin tried and failed to lift the Heaven Punishing Spear, then praised Zhou Bushi and left as Zhou Bushi resumed cultivating beside it.
• The story of Zhou Bushi and the spear spread through the Three Thousand Worlds and reached the Great Luo Immortal Domain, raising expectations for his future.
• Jiang Changsheng and Mu Lingluo visited the Earth Immortal Realm, where Jiang Changsheng described his plan for a world shaped by his ideas and without immortal cultivation.
• Jiang Changsheng agreed to Mu Lingluo’s suggestion that Tai Wa create humans for the Earth Immortal Realm, and Mu Lingluo later discussed the world with Bai Qi.
• After ten thousand years, Zhou Bushi reached the pinnacle of the Immortal Emperor realm, stood before the Heaven Punishing Spear, and declared that he alone was worthy to wield it.
• The Heavenly Emperor sensed the spear’s aura as Zhou Bushi released his power and realized something about its identity.

Zhou Bushi lifted the Heaven Punishing Spear and accepted his role in the brewing calamity, while Jiang Yi prepared to seek opportunities in the rumored Ancient Dao Divine Domain. Elsewhere, Si Zhen Holy Monarch and the Extreme Extinction God of War planned to create the domain to draw out Great Dao Vitality and target Daoyan.

• Zhou Bushi lifted the Heaven Punishing Spear, received a beam of golden light, and declared that he would turn heaven and earth upside down as the one wielding the calamity.
• Jiang Jian explained that Zhou Bushi’s challenge to the Heavenly Court was part of a calamity the Heavenly Emperor intended to let unfold, and Jiang Yi warned that leading a calamity brought karmic punishment.
• Jiang Yi decided to explore the Ancient Dao Divine Domain despite Tong Ci’s suspicions that its rumors were a conspiracy, and he refused Tong Xue’s request to accompany him.
• Si Zhen Holy Monarch and the Extreme Extinction God of War discussed creating the Ancient Dao Divine Domain in Chenxu’s former homeland to draw out Great Dao Vitality.
• Si Zhen Holy Monarch warned the Extreme Extinction God of War not to target the Immortal Dao and said Daoyan was their target as the Great Thousand Worlds approached a changing era.

Jiang Changsheng watched the Heavenly Emperor defeat Zhou Bushi as the Heavenly Court’s tribulation neared its end, then investigated a strange karmic stone found in the former Silent Extinction Zone. Unable to probe it, he spent all his Dao Heritage Karma Value to study karma and awoke in a mysterious golden hall.

• The Heaven Punishing Alliance fought the Heavenly Court for more than a thousand years, and Zhou Bushi led his forces to the Lingxiao Palace.
• The Heavenly Emperor used the Dao of Fate and Luck Divine Armor to overpower Zhou Bushi, while Jiang Changsheng told Bai Qi to emerge as the Blessed Origin Saintess and dispel the tribulation’s karmic force.
• Jiang Changsheng considered the growing threats to the Immortal Dao and decided to let the ascended Heavenly Court face the coming challenges unless an existence beyond Great Luo Transcendence appeared.
• Jiang Changsheng found a massive, cracked purple stone in the former Silent Extinction Zone and took it to a deeper layer of space for study.
• Si Zhen Holy Monarch arrived after Jiang Changsheng had taken the stone and feared that a Dao Void Venerable was nearby.
• Jiang Changsheng could not probe the stone, so he created an avatar, spent all his Dao Heritage Karma Value, and entered a bright golden hall lined with statues.

Jiang Changsheng attended an Ancient Immortal Dao lecture by Stealing Heaven Ancestor and learned the Great Stealing Heaven Technique, which secretly steals karma at the cost of karmic backlash. After returning to reality, he recognized that the enormous boulder’s strange karma had been created by the technique.

• Jiang Changsheng entered a Dao venue with sixteen other seekers and listened to Stealing Heaven Ancestor lecture on the Way of Karma.
• Jiang Changsheng comprehended and mastered the Great Stealing Heaven Technique while studying the karmic ties around him.
• Stealing Heaven Ancestor warned that the technique could lead to ruin and said it could preserve only a single spark of the Immortal Dao, whose allotted fate had ended.
• Stealing Heaven Ancestor told Jiang Changsheng that only the Immortal Dao Saint Realm could conceal an object’s true nature beneath karma, and cautioned him to beware the lessons of the past.
• Jiang Changsheng returned from the Dao venue and realized the enormous boulder’s karma had been created by the Great Stealing Heaven Technique.

Jiang Changsheng set aside the mysterious boulder and studied the Way of Karma while the Heavenly Emperor defeated Zhou Bushi and ended the war through a new order and Bai Qi’s merit. After the Heavenly Court ascended and established itself in the Great Luo Immortal Domain, Jiang Changsheng endured and suppressed a karmic backlash caused by cultivating the Great Stealing Heaven Technique.

• Jiang Changsheng left a clone to guard the mysterious boulder, returned to the Purple Cloud Palace, and focused on consolidating the Way of Karma.
• The Heavenly Emperor defeated Zhou Bushi, and Bai Qi’s merit revived innocent victims and persuaded both sides to stop fighting.
• The Heavenly Emperor announced that a new order would replace the Heavenly Court, but a century later the Heavenly Court ascended, leaving the Supreme Yi Immortal Domain under a decentralized system.
• The Heavenly Emperor attained Great Luo, established the Heavenly Realm, and visited Bai Qi to discuss exploring the Great Thousand Worlds without waiting for Jiang Changsheng’s approval.
• Jiang Changsheng suffered a controllable karmic backlash while using the Great Stealing Heaven Technique, deduced that no one in the present inherited it, and suppressed the backlash after studying it.

Jiang Changsheng surveyed the Immortal Dao’s progress, discussed the Ancient Dao Divine Domain and other looming threats with Bai Qi, and agreed to intervene if outside forces endangered the Immortal Dao. Meanwhile, Greedy Karma’s Formless Lord revealed that he had delivered Great Dao Vitality to Jiang Changsheng and urged Extreme Intent to join him in attacking the Immortal Dao.

• Jiang Changsheng reviewed the Immortal Dao’s expanding influence, Zhou Bushi’s punishment and potential, and the many figures searching for the Ancient Dao Divine Domain, which he recognized as a trap.
• Bai Qi relayed the Heavenly Emperor’s proposal, and Jiang Changsheng agreed to let the Heavenly Emperor act first before establishing the Celestial Court’s status.
• Jiang Changsheng told Bai Qi he would defend the Immortal Dao from crises caused by other Dao heritages, then explained that Hai Tian’s mysterious karma could not be safely dealt with without finding its source.
• Si Zhen Holy Monarch and the Extreme Extinction God of War discussed the Immortal Dao’s strength and the dangers posed by Greedy Karma and the Demon Source.
• The Formless Lord arrived, revealed that he had delivered Great Dao Vitality to Jiang Changsheng, and proposed that Extreme Intent help Greedy Karma destroy the Immortal Dao.

Formless Lord conspired with Si Zhen Holy Monarch and Extreme Extinction God of War against the Immortal Dao while Jiang Changsheng prepared for a possible hidden threat. Far away, Feng Yu and the Kunlun Sect Master defeated five attackers with the Primal Chaos Divine Talisman, only to face a stronger enemy as the artifact spirit promised to summon a greater power.

• Formless Lord outlined a plan to infiltrate the Immortal Dao and weaken the Dao Ancestor with help from Si Zhen Holy Monarch and Extreme Extinction God of War.
• Jiang Changsheng sensed danger, watched the Ancient Dao Divine Domain, and spread his will among the Pangu Avatars to guard the Immortal Dao.
• Feng Yu and the Kunlun Sect Master were surrounded by five mysterious attackers, but the Primal Chaos Divine Talisman absorbed their power and defeated them.
• A far stronger figure scattered the talisman's purple light and pursued Feng Yu and the Kunlun Sect Master as they fled through the void.
• The artifact spirit admitted it could not defeat the approaching enemy directly, but said it could summon an even stronger power.

Jiang Changsheng rescued Feng Yu and Kunlun Sect Master, then began striking down Greedy Karma beings hunting Immortal Dao variables. As the enemy forces prepared to attack, Jiang Changsheng and the Great Luo cultivators readied the Immortal Dao for another war.

• Jiang Changsheng used the Chen Family Qi Finger to kill a Sacred Realm attacker who threatened Feng Yu and Kunlun Sect Master.
• Jiang Changsheng decided to hunt those targeting Immortal Dao variables, and his attacks forced the mysterious hunters to retreat.
• The Formless Lord told Si Zhen Holy Monarch to prepare to act, while Si Zhen Holy Monarch crushed a jade pendant to ask his ancestor for help.
• Jiang Changsheng warned the Great Luo cultivators to prepare for war after an avatar spotted powerful auras heading toward the Great Luo Immortal Domain.
• The Sword God summoned his thirteen sword immortal disciples to guard against the coming invasion, as Great Luo forces mobilized across the Immortal Dao.
• Tong Ci and Tong Xue contacted Harmony Light Fate Lord, worried that Profound Fate had caused trouble again.

Extreme Intent and Greed Cause launched an assault on the Great Luo Immortal Domain, and Jiang Changsheng prepared to confront the strongest enemies personally. The Immortal Dao’s defenders held their ground as the battle escalated, while the Primal Ancestor of All Buddhas clashed with Extreme Dream Fate Master.

• Extreme Dream Fate Master led Extreme Intent’s forces toward the Great Luo Immortal Domain and ordered them to retreat if the Dao Ancestor appeared, unless Greed Cause intervened.
• Jiang Changsheng sensed powerful enemies approaching and resolved to kill them openly to deter the Great Thousand Worlds; meanwhile, Formless Lord attacked Extreme Extinction God of War with icy power and black rays.
• Extreme Dream Fate Master’s whip shattered the Buddhist Sect’s protective Buddha phantom, but the Primal Ancestor of All Buddhas restored it as Extreme Intent’s armies surrounded the Senluo Vientiane Heavenly Assistance Array.
• The Heavenly Emperor called the Immortal Emperors to battle, and Mu Lingluo and Bai Qi left the Purple Cloud Palace as Jiang Changsheng prepared to act against two enemies stronger than the Lord of Dao Evolution.
• The Primal Ancestor of All Buddhas refused Extreme Dream Fate Master’s offer to join Extreme Intent and summoned his Ten Thousand Treasures Divine Tree to meet the Undying Fate Master’s whip.

Jiang Changsheng appeared in the battle against Extreme Intent and killed the Extreme Extinction God of War, the Formless Lord, and the Si Fa Lord with his karmic power. After the two Dao Void Venerables were erased beyond revival, Extreme Intent's forces fled.

• The Heavenly Emperor and the Immortal Dao's Great Luos fought off Extreme Intent's forces while the Primal Ancestor of All Buddhas battled the Extreme Dream Fate Master.
• The Extreme Extinction God of War arrived and prepared to strike the Great Luo Immortal Domain, but the Formless Lord appeared as karmic power turned the God of War to ash.
• Jiang Changsheng called out the Formless Lord and another hidden figure, who revealed himself as the Si Fa Lord of Extreme Intent.
• Jiang Changsheng rang the Three Purities Saint Bell and unleashed karmic power, killing the Formless Lord and Si Fa Lord and erasing their ability to revive.
• The Heavenly Emperor called for the attack to resume, and Extreme Intent's forces scattered and fled.

Jiang Changsheng defeated the Formless Lord and Si Fa Lord, gained the Heaven Measuring Dao Ruler, and learned that the mysterious giant stone contained Great Dao Vitality. Si Zhen Holy Monarch tried to flee after sensing Si Fa Lord’s death, but the Dao Heart Deity killed him.

• Jiang Changsheng used the Great Stealing Heaven Technique to seize the Formless Lord and Si Fa Lord’s Great Dao Power and memories while the Immortal Dao pursued their forces.
• Jiang Changsheng received the Primordial Spirit Treasure Heaven Measuring Dao Ruler and spent a thousand years refining it as the calamity ended and the Future Buddha Ancestor became a Great Luo.
• Si Zhen Holy Monarch sensed Si Fa Lord’s death and attempted to flee the Ancient Dao Divine Domain, but the Dao Heart Deity appeared and annihilated him.
• News of Jiang Changsheng killing two Dao Void Venerables spread through the Great Thousand Worlds, drawing more beings toward the Immortal Dao.
• Jiang Changsheng examined the two Lords’ memories and discovered that the mysterious giant stone contained Great Dao Vitality, which the Formless Lord had sealed using the power of the Great Stealing Heaven Technique.

Jiang Changsheng learned the origins and power of Greed Cause and Great Dao Vitality while the Immortal Dao enjoyed several thousand years of peace. In the Great Luo Immortal Domain, Supreme Kunlun joined the Dao Gate and urged it to open its teachings to all, while Extreme Intent’s leaders debated the heavy losses caused by their encounter with the Immortal Dao Ancestor.

• Jiang Changsheng learned from Formless Lord’s memories that Greed Cause was built around a powerful divine tablet and from Si Fa Lord’s memories that Great Dao Vitality could transform, create, and destroy.
• After thousands of peaceful years, Hun Yuanzi told Other Shore Dao Sovereign that he still could not find the opportunity to reach Great Luo.
• Supreme Kunlun offered to merge the Supreme Dao into the Dao Gate as its Emotionless Dao branch, and Other Shore Dao Sovereign accepted.
• Supreme Kunlun advised the Dao Gate to teach without discrimination so it could compete with the Buddhist Sect, and Hun Yuanzi and Other Shore Dao Sovereign considered his proposal.
• Extreme Intent’s leaders lamented the deaths of Formless Lord and Si Fa Lord, discussed the danger posed by the Immortal Dao Ancestor, and proposed avoiding his region of the void.

After the Immortal Dao Ancestor’s victory frightened rival lineages and the Great Luo Immortal Domain grew into a regional center, Jiang Changsheng obtained and studied the Great Dao Vitality. He decided it was unsuitable for his own cultivation and planned to refine it into a Great Luo Dao Fruit for others.

• Chen Shang and Ji Zang recounted their encounter with Jiang Changsheng to the Tongwu Divine Stage, which declared the Immortal Dao Domain a forbidden zone and recalled its people.
• The Supreme Dao merged into the Dao Sect, which began recruiting disciples according to merit and karmic burden as tensions between Dao and Buddhism grew.
• Over a hundred thousand years, the Great Luo Immortal Domain expanded and attracted surrounding lineages, while its cultivation and crafts flourished.
• Jiang Changsheng removed the Great Stealing Heaven Technique from the mysterious stone and retrieved the Great Dao Vitality, then chose to study it rather than use it himself.
• Jiang Changsheng allowed Forget Dust Great Immortal to ascend and extended the Head of the Earth Immortals’ jurisdiction across the Great Thousand Worlds.
• After studying the Great Dao Vitality for eighty thousand years, Jiang Changsheng decided to refine it into a Great Luo Dao Fruit for Immortal Emperors seeking to break through.

Jiang Changsheng entered prolonged seclusion to comprehend Great Dao Vitality and create a Great Luo Dao Fruit while the Immortal Dao continued to expand. Zhou Bushi ascended, befriended Feng Yu after their spar, and was directed toward the Heavenly Court, while Jiang Jian hosted visitors who wondered when Jiang Changsheng would emerge.

• Jiang Changsheng set out to create a Great Luo Dao Fruit and entered prolonged seclusion as Mu Lingluo continued cultivating.
• Zhou Bushi ascended to the Great Luo Immortal Domain carrying the Heaven Punishing Spear and met Feng Yu.
• Feng Yu and Zhou Bushi sparred, then visited Bai Qi to ask about establishing a Merit Sect.
• Bai Qi advised them to join the Heavenly Court and told them the Heavenly Emperor would lead an expedition to a forbidden land in a hundred years.
• Jiang Jian hosted Harmony Light Fate Lord, Tong Ci, and Tong Xue, who discussed the Immortal Dao's rising strength and asked when Jiang Changsheng would leave seclusion.

After ending a 1.2-million-year seclusion, Jiang Changsheng gave the Heavenly Emperor a Great Luo Dao Fruit to strengthen the Heavenly Court. The Heavenly Emperor announced a Ten Thousand Realms Martial Arts Tournament to award it, and its promise of creating a Great Luo drew competitors and attention from across the Immortal Dao and beyond.

• Jiang Jian and Tong Xue discouraged Harmony Light Fate Lord from seeking an audience with the Dao Ancestor and invited him to hear Forget Dust Great Immortal lecture on the Dao.
• Jiang Changsheng emerged from seclusion, revealed that he had refined a Great Luo Dao Fruit, and sent Bai Qi to deliver it to the Heavenly Emperor.
• Bai Qi eventually delivered the fruit, and the Heavenly Emperor decided to hold a Ten Thousand Realms Martial Arts Tournament to determine who would receive it.
• The Heavenly Emperor convened the Orthodox Gods, announced the tournament, and told them to say that he had created the fruit after praying to the Dao Ancestor.
• The news spread across the Immortal Dao and into the Great Thousand Worlds, prompting Great Luos and other lineages to prepare participants for the tournament.

After a thousand-year battle, Jiang Changsheng showed Mu Lingluo the overwhelming power of his karma and then prepared to travel through the mortal world with Bai Qi, Ji Wujun, and Yu Yan Yi. He praised Ji Wujun’s potential to attain Great Luo as the group set out to see the Earth Immortal Realm.

• Bai Qi watched Jiang Changsheng and Mu Lingluo fight and reflected on the strength of the Immortal Dao’s rising powers.
• Jiang Changsheng unleashed his power of karma, leaving Mu Lingluo unable to move, and she realized how far his power surpassed Great Luo Transcendence.
• Jiang Changsheng returned to Purple Cloud Palace with Mu Lingluo and declared that he would travel through the mortal world in a thousand years.
• After a thousand years of refining pills, Jiang Changsheng set out with Bai Qi, Ji Wujun, and Yu Yan Yi to visit the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Bai Qi revealed that someone in the Earth Immortal Realm had secretly attained Great Luo, and Ji Wujun guessed the Kunlun Sect Master.
• Jiang Changsheng told Ji Wujun that she had strong potential to attain Great Luo, though she still had some distance to go.

Jiang Changsheng guided a human tribe in the Earth Immortal Realm and met the Kunlun Sect Master, who learned that the Dao Ancestor had altered his fate and allowed him to attain Great Luo. Later, the Heavenly Emperor asked Su Yin and Forget Dust Great Immortal to help investigate an ancient Transcendent Dao Heritage Site containing traces of the Immortal Dao.

• Jiang Changsheng settled with a human tribe, taught its people survival and physical training, and let his Dao intent benefit the Earth Immortal Realm.
• The Kunlun Sect Master sensed Jiang Changsheng's profound Dao intent, found him, and asked whether his fate had been altered.
• Jiang Changsheng confirmed that he had changed the Kunlun Sect Master's karma and permitted him to enter the realm, easing the Sect Master's doubts.
• Jiang Changsheng and his companions resumed their journey through the Earth Immortal Realm, where he planned to travel for a thousand years before entering seclusion.
• The Heavenly Emperor summoned Chen Li, Forget Dust Great Immortal, and Su Yin to ask for help exploring an ancient Transcendent Dao Heritage Site in the void.

The Heavenly Emperor prepared to investigate ancient Immortal Dao traces while Jiang Changsheng dispersed the protective array and entered seclusion to create a higher realm. Meanwhile, Bai Qi planned to establish Twelve Holy Mothers, as Zhou Gua began plotting to test the Immortal Dao and exploit its possible connection to ancient Dominator Dao Traditions.

• The Heavenly Emperor persuaded Su Yin and Forget Dust Great Immortal to join an expedition for an ancient Dao tradition’s remains, which they had to complete before the Ten Thousand Realms Martial Arts Tournament ended.
• After returning to the Purple Cloud Palace, Jiang Changsheng dismissed the Senluo Vientiane Heavenly Assistance Array, checked for powerful enemies, and prepared to cultivate a new realm.
• Bai Qi visited Xiaohe Goddess and proposed selecting Twelve Holy Mothers, promising to help them attain Great Luo and arranging a grand event to win recognition for them.
• Bai Qi dismissed concerns about Zhou Gua, while Qing Qiu and another fairy concluded that Bai Qi had likely attained Great Luo through merit.
• The Black-Robed Man told a dark-purple phantom that Zhou Gua would disrupt the Immortal Dao to test the Dao Ancestor, hoping the Immortal Dao might help Zhou Gua escape its predicament.

As Zhou Gua’s method spread through the Immortal Dao and stirred mistrust, the Kunlun Sect Master created the Eight Trigrams Technique and announced it to all living beings as Dao Kunlun. The Black-Robed Man was left stunned when cultivators began abandoning Zhou Gua’s cultivation.

• Many Immortal Emperors learned Zhou Gua’s method through dreams, and the Future Buddha Ancestor became so absorbed in it that he entered seclusion.
• Bai Qi warned the Kunlun Sect Master that Zhou Gua’s method was undermining trust, and he vowed to create the Eight Trigrams Technique to counter it.
• Other Shore Dao Sovereign and Supreme Kunlun heard Dao Kunlun announce his new technique and recognized him as the returned Kunlun Sect Master.
• With Bai Qi’s help, Dao Kunlun broadcast a forthcoming lecture through Divine Roam Great Heaven and Earth and gave her an outline of the technique.
• The Black-Robed Man saw that many beings had abandoned Zhou Gua’s cultivation and demanded to know how the Dao Ancestor had countered it.