Chapter Summaries

Feng Jiu, an undercover-sounding member of the Heavenly Court, met a powerful youth seeking an assassination and learned the target was a descendant of a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body. After demanding extra payment to kill such a figure, Feng Jiu reflected on how his Heavenly Court and its cultivation system had gone wrong, leaving the reason for the system’s failure unresolved.

• A scholar-like youth entered the ancient hall, and Feng Jiu tried to calm him by offering Heavenly Court services and information about rival assassin organizations.
• The youth explained that he wanted the Heavenly Court to assassinate a half-blood Sacred Body whose ancestral bloodline and inherited laws were awakening.
• Feng Jiu recognized the Sacred Body’s lineage and noted that the surviving Yang Family had produced no notable figures in recent years.
• Feng Jiu objected that killing a descendant of a heroic Sacred Body would violate the Heavenly Court’s conscience, then told the youth he would have to pay extra.
• Feng Jiu questioned why an assassin organization was named the Heavenly Court, while the system orb wondered why its calculations had failed.

Feng Jiu was recruited by System 999 to pursue the vacant Heavenly Emperor’s throne after Cang Heaven fell and the Primordial World descended into turmoil. The system was destroyed by a lotus-seed trap, and Feng Jiu awakened as a boy in a strange Heavenly Court where he was ordered to follow the Way of Slaying.

• Feng Jiu eagerly agreed to transmigrate after a golden orb offered him a chance to become a Heavenly Emperor.
• System 999 explained that the Demon Ancestor had overthrown Heaven and that systems were guiding candidates along the Heavenly Emperor’s Path.
• System 999 spotted an unclaimed Reincarnation Supreme Treasure, but the lotus seed turned out to be bait and shattered the system.
• Feng Jiu awoke as a young boy among other children in a stone palace.
• An old man ordered the children to follow the Way of Slaying by taking from powerful cultivators and prodigies.

Feng Jiu lamented that he had transmigrated into the Shrouding the Heavens world over a hundred thousand years before Ye Fan’s era, as a member of the assassin organization called the Heavenly Court. As he considered the Assassin Divine Dynasties’ history and the Devouring Heaven Great Emperor, he suspected the Heavenly Court might be a tool in a much larger scheme.

• Feng Jiu realized he had arrived in the Desolate Ancient Era, long before Ye Fan, and that his Heavenly Court was an assassin organization destined for disaster.
• Feng Jiu recalled how the Heavenly Court, Hell, and Human World slaughtered powerful cultivators and collected their remains, while the Devouring Heaven Holy Land openly practiced the Devouring Heaven Demonic Art.
• Feng Jiu connected the Assassin Divine Dynasties’ founding to the Devouring Heaven Great Emperor’s era and questioned why they targeted prodigies with powerful origins.
• Feng Jiu traced the Heavenly Court’s founding to a Quasi-Emperor who mastered the Movement Secret after obtaining an Immortal Divine Medicine.
• Feng Jiu suspected that the Movement Secret and Immortal Medicine had been planted to raise a Chaos fish for an unnamed Heavenly Venerate, with the Assassin Divine Dynasties serving as his agents.

Feng Jiu imagined a scheme to spread his essence and memories throughout the universe, hoping to earn the virtues required to become a Heavenly Emperor. Elder Qi then assigned him to assassinate the Yaoguang Holy Land's candidate Holy Son, while warning that the Heavenly Court might soon change who could inherit its core legacy.

• Feng Jiu conceived a plan to divide himself among all beings and eventually merge the resulting selves into one immortal.
• Feng Jiu considered how spreading Dao methods could help him earn the virtues needed to become a Heavenly Emperor.
• Elder Qi ordered Feng Jiu to assassinate the Yaoguang Holy Land's candidate Holy Son and, if possible, bring back his corpse.
• Feng Jiu questioned whether the target had committed misdeeds, and Elder Qi warned that his reluctance to kill would hinder his advancement in the Heavenly Court.
• Elder Qi explained that the aging Assassin Saints and powerful prodigies emerging in the current golden age might prompt the Heavenly Court to open its core legacy to several outstanding candidates.

Feng Jiu heard the old assassin describe a golden age that might lead to either unprecedented glory or terrifying calamity, based on a dying Great Saint’s glimpse of the future. He revealed that the Myriad Tribulation Reincarnation Lotus let Feng Jiu grow stronger by killing, and Feng Jiu explained how it let him experience the lives and cultivation paths of those he sent into reincarnation.

• The old assassin described the era’s many prodigies and physiques, and recalled a Heavenly Court Great Saint’s prediction of future terror.
• Feng Jiu wondered why Wushi had emerged far earlier than other sealed emperor’s sons and ancient sovereign’s sons.
• The old assassin explained that the Great Saint had met the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor, mastered time, and glimpsed a despairing future before his death.
• The old assassin praised Feng Jiu’s talent, especially his ability to improve his cultivation by killing chickens.
• Feng Jiu declared that all beings were equal on the Path of Reincarnation and reflected that his Myriad Tribulation Reincarnation Lotus let him experience the lives and cultivation of those he killed.

Feng Jiu reflected on how the Reincarnation Treasure let him revisit his cultivation and strengthen his foundation. In a scene from one of his cycles, a Heavenly Court assassin attacked the Yaoguang Holy Land’s Candidate Saint Son while a mysterious youth watched and questioned the assassin’s limits.

• Feng Jiu realized that the Lotus Seed in his heart let him retrace his life, adjust his cultivation, and potentially bring those gains back to the present.
• A Heavenly Court assassin unleashed a Killing Sword against the Yaoguang Holy Land’s Candidate Saint Son, who met it with the Primordial Saint Light and declared his confidence in the eight prohibitions.
• The assassin calmly told the Candidate Saint Son that he was the one the assassin had come to kill.
• Saint City cultivators watched the battle and discussed the Heavenly Court’s feared assassins and their movement secret art.
• A beautiful youth questioned whether the secret art could overcome an Emperor Formation and Emperor Weapon, and a burly man admitted that no one knew.

A boy who wanted to resurrect his parents asked about joining the Heavenly Court to learn its secret art, then considered capturing one of its inheritors. A Heavenly Court assassin defeated the Yaoguang Holy Land's Candidate Saint Son in their climactic battle, leaving the boy stunned by the assassin's dramatic boast.

• The boy questioned a burly man about whether the Heavenly Court's secret art could turn back time and resurrect his parents.
• After learning the Heavenly Court did not recruit outsiders, the boy considered capturing one of its inheritors to learn the art.
• The boy asked how to place an order with the Heavenly Court, then said he would train more rather than risk his life.
• The Heavenly Court assassin defeated the Yaoguang Holy Land's Candidate Saint Son with a Killing Sword, grievously wounding him.
• The assassin declared that one glimpse of him would make an opponent's Dao come to naught, and the boy stared at him in astonishment.

The Yaoguang Holy Land's Candidate Saint Son died after a sword-wielding assassin overwhelmed him with divine prohibition, prompting onlookers to recall the holy land's history and its long effort to forge a cauldron from Dragon-Mark Black Gold. As the assassin moved to mutilate the corpse, the dead Candidate Saint Son suddenly opened his eyes and erupted with power.

• The Yaoguang Holy Land's Candidate Saint Son lamented that divine prohibition had ended his hopes of becoming a Saint and died from his injuries.
• Cultivators discussed the Yaoguang Holy Land's succession of Saints and its generations-long effort to forge a sacred cauldron from Dragon-Mark Black Gold.
• Onlookers mourned the Candidate Saint Son's death, while a youth noticed an anomaly through the Great Dao of heaven and earth.
• The sword-wielding assassin prepared to hack the corpse apart, but the Candidate Saint Son suddenly opened his eyes and released a blazing aura.

Feng Jiu realized that the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor’s story could inspire defeated rivals to unite against the Devouring Heaven Holy Land, then killed the Yaoguang Holy Land's Candidate Saint Son after he faked his death and launched a surprise attack.

• The Yaoguang Holy Land's Candidate Saint Son revived himself with a medicinal herb and stone talisman, then attacked Feng Jiu with a divine battle spear.
• Feng Jiu dodged the spear and mocked the Candidate Saint Son for feigning death and secretly using medicine.
• The Candidate Saint Son cited the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor’s many defeats as proof that he could still turn the tables.
• Feng Jiu reasoned that defeated imperial-path rivals might imitate the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor and join forces to destroy the Devouring Heaven Holy Land for its inheritance.
• Feng Jiu struck the Candidate Saint Son with one sword, sending him flying before he burst apart in midair.

Feng Jiu defeated the Yaoguang prodigy by repeatedly reentering divine prohibition, then revealed that the Myriad Tribulation Reincarnation Lotus let him reflect his past peak state into the present. After delivering the prodigy's remains to a Heavenly Court stronghold, Feng Jiu received a page bearing the 'Travel' Secret.

• Feng Jiu reentered divine prohibition and killed the Yaoguang prodigy with the Killing Sword, collecting his remains in a coffin.
• Cultivators watched in shock as Feng Jiu departed, and one young man questioned how he had entered divine prohibition twice.
• Feng Jiu explained that the Myriad Tribulation Reincarnation Lotus let him revisit and reflect his past peak state, though using it repeatedly altered his appearance.
• Feng Jiu tossed the coffin into a secret stronghold of the Heavenly Court Organization.
• A gaunt old man praised Feng Jiu's talent and gave him a golden page containing the 'Travel' Secret.

Feng Jiu received the first Dao diagram of Nine Secrets: Xing and was tasked with killing prodigies to earn the remaining diagrams. After completing the inheritance and taking an outside posting in Saint City, he began considering how to sever the Dao, until a frail young man arrived with an astonishing assassination reward.

• The old Killing Saint explained the Heavenly Court's lack of deep foundations and granted Feng Jiu the first Dao diagram of Nine Secrets: Xing.
• The old Killing Saint promised further diagrams in exchange for killing prodigies, and Feng Jiu accepted the assignment.
• Feng Jiu killed outstanding talents, earned the complete inheritance of Nine Secrets: Xing, and set down his Killing Sword to prepare to sever the Dao.
• Feng Jiu requested an outside posting in Saint City and devoted himself to cultivation while reflecting on his path.
• A frail young man entered the hall and asked Feng Jiu to kill someone for an astonishing reward.

Feng Jiu accepted a contract to kill a half-blood Sacred Body, but he secretly pocketed the offered immortal gold and recorded it as a different treasure. System 999 shared Houtu’s reincarnation teachings with him, then revealed the danger surrounding a stolen Lotus Seed, leaving Feng Jiu preparing to use extraordinary methods to survive.

• Feng Jiu considered killing the half-blood Sacred Body for a client who had offered immortal tear green gold, then disguised the treasure in his ledger as nine heavens divine jade.
• System 999 explained that its data was recovering and offered Feng Jiu the teachings of Great God Houtu to help him study reincarnation.
• Feng Jiu wondered whether the Lotus Seed of the Myriad Tribulation Reincarnation Lotus had attracted danger, and System 999 laughed awkwardly instead of answering.
• Feng Jiu realized the Heavenly Court and the assassin organization were no longer his greatest concerns and resolved to use extraordinary methods.

Feng Jiu learned that System 999 could use Nuwa’s Dao of creation to help him reshape his constitution, and he considered acquiring another race’s blood essence as a shortcut. He sought out the assassin organization Hell and commissioned the killing of a Sacred Body.

• System 999 explained that it had hidden their traces by borrowing the heavenly traces of a distant realm and could eventually escape by resonating with Heavenly Courts.
• System 999 introduced Nuwa’s Dao of creation and said Feng Jiu could use it to reshape his constitution or even change his race.
• Feng Jiu asked whether he could become a Saint Spirit, and System 999 explained that obtaining a race’s blood essence or origin would make transformation easier.
• Feng Jiu carried Nine Heavens Divine Jade and wore a nearly invisible cloak as he went to an ancient village beneath an old yin tree.
• Feng Jiu met a cultivator from Hell and hired the organization to kill a Sacred Body.

Feng Jiu decided to outsource a dangerous assignment involving a Sacred Body rather than risk disturbing the powerful contingencies surrounding the Sacred Body Lineage. He tried to persuade a Hell assassin that Hell deserved a chance to prove itself, leaving the assassin pleased with the praise.

• Feng Jiu chose to pursue cultivation and pass the assassination assignment to Hell instead of handling it himself.
• Feng Jiu considered the Yang Family Sacred Body's stored blood essence and the possibility that it could resonate with the great accomplishment Sacred Body in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.
• Feng Jiu decided that dangerous places such as Purple Mountain were better left untouched or explored by someone else.
• Feng Jiu told the Hell assassin that Heavenly Court's recent success did not mean Hell was inferior, and the assassin was pleased by his words.

Feng Jiu tried to hire Hell to assassinate a Sacred Body, arguing that killing one would prove the assassin organization could threaten a future Great Emperor. He offered Nine Heavens Divine Jade as payment, and Hell’s contact pledged to bring back the Sacred Body’s head.

• Feng Jiu presented a young Sacred Body as a uniquely prestigious target for Hell’s assassins.
• The Hell contact hesitated over the Sacred Body’s possible forbidden methods, but Feng Jiu argued that its lineage had declined and lacked an Emperor Weapon.
• Feng Jiu explained that Sacred Body descendants were vulnerable to attacks motivated by the hope of extending one’s lifespan with their blood.
• Feng Jiu offered half a cubic measure of Nine Heavens Divine Jade, with one-third as an advance and the rest for the Sacred Body’s remains.
• The Hell contact accepted the commission and promised to bring Feng Jiu the Sacred Body’s head.

Feng Jiu used the Myriad Tribulation Reincarnation Lotus to replay his life and explore the domain of time. After his first attempt killed him, the Lotus reset his personal timeline, leaving him ready to try again.

• Feng Jiu celebrated outsourcing the Sacred Body assassination to Hell and planned how to use the promised immortal tear green gold.
• Feng Jiu used the Myriad Tribulation Reincarnation Lotus to replay his cultivation from the opening of his Bitter Sea.
• Feng Jiu combined his insights into time with Nine Secrets: Xing, forming an illusory river of time and a rune from the marks on his Wheel of Life.
• Feng Jiu's unstable rune collapsed, and the passing years exhausted his lifespan, killing him of old age.
• Feng Jiu activated the Lotus, reversed his personal timeline, identified his mistaken understanding of time, and resolved to keep trying.

Feng Jiu reflected on how his repeated deaths and reincarnations let him experiment until he mastered divine prohibition and made Nine Secrets: Xing part of his own cultivation. As he explored how the Dao palace might deepen his command of time, he produced the Nüwa Emperor Creation Scripture, while a young man elsewhere announced that Heavenly Court had taken the bait.

• Feng Jiu recalled how repeated reincarnations and even deliberately entering extinction taught him the mysteries of his five great secret realms and led him to divine prohibition.
• Feng Jiu stabilized a rune shaped by the marks time had left on his wheel of life, gaining a manifestation that accelerated his perception more than tenfold.
• Feng Jiu examined the departed self and Dao self in his Dao palace and wondered whether the Western Emperor Scripture could help him understand time.
• Feng Jiu produced the Nüwa Emperor Creation Scripture within his sea of consciousness.
• A young man on a small hill said the fish had taken the bait and hoped Heavenly Court would not disappoint him.

A young Sacred Body emerged after the Underworld disturbed his parents’ grave and learned that powerful forces were altering the Great Dao to sever his constitution’s path. He rejected returning to sealed sleep and pursued a way to reverse time, but black snow and a battle cry from Hell interrupted his thoughts.

• The youth offered Immortal Gold for one of the Nine Secrets, especially the secret connected to time.
• The Emperor Tower’s deity told the youth that powerful figures and an immortal artifact were strengthening a curse to sever the Sacred Body’s path.
• The youth refused the Divine Source Liquid and chose to face the era, vowing to settle his debt with the Underworld after achieving the Dao.
• The youth considered how to reach Severing the Dao without cutting away his attachments and resolved to search for a way to reverse time.
• Black snow engulfed the youth as Hell’s followers shouted that they would trample the Sacred Body’s bones, confusing him because he had hired assassins through the Heavenly Court to kill him.

A youth who had arranged his own assassination found himself facing a Hell Killer King and unleashed the Sacred Body’s manifestations in a battle that shook the mountains and rivers. Meanwhile, Feng Jiu studied Nuwa’s inheritance and questioned System 999 about how the Heavenly Court had once fallen.

• The youth realized that the Hell assassin had taken a commission from the Heavenly Court assassin organization and sent a Killer King to kill him.
• The youth speculated that Heavenly Court might command Hell and wondered whether the assassin he had hired was still coming.
• The youth declared that he would slay a king and held back his trump cards as the Killer King launched a lethal attack.
• The youth formed a real miniature world from his Sacred Body manifestations, blocked the killing tribulations, and attacked the Dao-Slaying King.
• Feng Jiu studied the textbook containing Nuwa’s inheritance and asked System 999 why divine practitioners shared their teachings so freely.
• Feng Jiu asked how a Demon Ancestor had stormed the Heavenly Court and killed the Heavenly Emperor, and System 999 guessed that the divine practitioners had not arrived yet.

Feng Jiu studied the Nuwa Inheritance and grasped that cultivation depended on understanding a world's deepest principles. He began learning how to strengthen his body through Reverse to the Ancestral State and Bloodline Ancestral Return.

• Feng Jiu worried that becoming Heavenly Emperor could be dangerous and asked whether the previous emperor had been well-liked.
• System 999 recalled the Heavenly Emperor's exalted reputation but could provide little detail about the Primordial World.
• Feng Jiu studied the Nuwa Inheritance and realized that mastering a few essential principles mattered more than outward cultivation methods.
• Feng Jiu understood that the inheritance first required him to understand himself and the origins of human life.
• Feng Jiu learned that reenacting gestation could strengthen his life source through Reverse to the Ancestral State.
• Feng Jiu envisioned his ancestors' traits within a family tree and grasped that awakening and refining them was Bloodline Ancestral Return.