Recaps

Xu Changxing continued the simulation despite suspecting his Parallel Plane self was advancing rapidly through the Secret Realm. He realized that the other self had spent centuries preparing a Domain Formation and was trying to draw him into appearing before him.

• Xu Changxing chose to continue the simulation rather than terminate it and lose the run’s gains.
• His Parallel Plane self traveled the land, repeatedly entered the Secret Realm, and emerged with greater power and treasures.
• The Human Race won the third war against the Demon Race, driving it from its territory while Tian Yan escaped.
• Xu Changxing’s simulated self spent a thousand years gathering treasures and altering the plane’s earth veins into a Domain Formation.
• Xu Changxing realized his other self had been hoping he would appear before him.

Xu Changxing reviewed the simulation’s end, chose to experience it in worry-free viewing mode, and followed his simulated self into the Secret Realm. There, he discovered that the ruins belonged to the Tianyan Sect, whose shattered divination treasure had projected itself across the myriad realms and could grant its recognized inheritor the sect’s legacy.

• Xu Changxing’s simulated self emerged from the Secret Realm weakened, traveled the Nine Provinces, and eventually died at Demon-Suppressing Mountain.
• The system offered Xu Changxing five rewards, and he chose first-person viewing with the option to stop at any time.
• Xu Changxing’s divine sense followed his simulated self through the Secret Realm and read the jade slip fragments before they were destroyed.
• The jade slips revealed that the Tianyan Sect had forged a supreme treasure capable of divining the myriad realms and projecting the Immortal Realm.
• After Immortal Venerables destroyed the Tianyan Sect and shattered the treasure, its projections merged into the myriad realms, awaiting someone worthy to inherit the sect’s legacy.

Xu Changxing watched a simulation reveal how his parallel self failed to overcome Tian Zhu and learned more about the system’s origins and limits. He chose the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art as a reward, gathered Magic Treasure fragments and Void-Breaking Pills in further simulations, and began mastering the art.

• Xu Changxing watched his simulated self challenge Tian Zhu, who defeated him instantly and left him to die more than a hundred years later.
• Xu Changxing concluded that the system remained safe and used the simulation to estimate Tian Zhu’s abilities.
• After three months spent digesting his insights, Xu Changxing ran more simulations and claimed the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art, Magic Treasure fragments, and five Void-Breaking Pills.
• Xu Changxing practiced the immortal art and integrated dozens of legendary Dao Patterns into his Primordial Spirit.

After absorbing forty-nine legendary Dao patterns, Xu Changxing reached a bottleneck and decided the time had come for his disciples to change the Human Race’s circumstances. He sent Leng Qi, Ji Chen, and Wu Cai out with the Qi-Blood Pill method, then continued cultivating his body as he awaited the opportunity to reach true completion.

• Xu Changxing integrated his forty-ninth legendary Dao pattern and condensed immortal power, though he remained short of a true Mahayana cultivator.
• Xu Changxing summoned Leng Qi, Ji Chen, and Wu Cai and approved their plan to venture out and improve the Human Race’s circumstances.
• Xu Changxing gave his disciples permission to recruit talented youths for training at Demon-Suppressing Mountain and taught them how to refine Qi-Blood Pills for the Human Race.
• Leng Qi, Ji Chen, and Wu Cai left Demon-Suppressing Mountain, excited to spread martial cultivation and help humanity resist the Demon Race.
• Xu Changxing continued tempering his body with immortal power and wondered whether he could one day contend with Tian Zhu.

Xu Changxing built Demon-Suppressing Mountain into a powerful sect while its disciples and methods helped the Human Race grow. When war with the Demon Race erupted, he slew more than ten Demon Kings, but Tian Yan arrived with Du Liao and Jiu Yao to challenge him.

• Leng Qi and the other two spread Xu Changxing’s cultivation methods and Qi-Blood Pills, earning fame for helping the Human Race grow stronger.
• Xu Changxing trained young disciples at Demon-Suppressing Mountain, which expanded to several thousand disciples and became renowned across the Human Race.
• After the Demon Race overran human settlements, nearly a thousand Demon-Suppressing Mountain disciples returned to support their Lineages.
• When war broke out, Xu Changxing flew to the battlefield and killed more than ten Demon Kings, allowing human forces to launch a major offensive.
• Tian Yan appeared above the battlefield with Du Liao and Jiu Yao, intent on killing Xu Changxing.

Xu Changxing faced three Heavenly Demons who had gathered to kill him and destroy the Human Race’s hopes. He killed two with a single sword strike, while Jiu Yao escaped badly wounded, leaving the human warriors stunned by their victory.

• Jiu Yao, Tian Yan, and Du Liao approached with their powers unleashed, and the human warriors realized the three Heavenly Demons were targeting Xu Changxing.
• The Divine Connection Realm warriors urged Xu Changxing to flee, but Tian Yan declared that the Martial Ancestor would die.
• Xu Changxing sent the Greenwood Sword through Tian Yan’s heavenly fire and Du Liao’s black clouds, then struck at Jiu Yao’s peach-blossom barrier.
• Jiu Yao fled in nine directions, and Xu Changxing’s sword cut down seven afterimages, severely wounding her before she escaped.
• Tian Yan and Du Liao fell from the sky as a dead firebird and a giant python, and the human warriors realized they had won.

After Xu Changxing’s victory over three Heavenly Demons made the humans rally behind him, he formed all forty-nine legendary Dao patterns and began his Mahayana tribulation. He survived eight increasingly powerful lightning bolts, then prepared for the ninth with immortal essence and magic treasure fragments.

• News spread that Xu Changxing had killed two Heavenly Demons, and Demon-Suppressing Mountain’s campaigns confirmed the reports as humans advanced into demon territory.
• The humans hailed Xu Changxing as invincible, gathering legendary power around him, but he could not complete a fiftieth Dao pattern.
• Xu Changxing revealed his forty-nine legendary Dao patterns, triggering the tribulation lightning and setting the heavens’ thunderclouds in motion with a sword strike.
• Xu Changxing endured the first six bolts, gaining a much faster conversion of qi and blood and true essence into immortal essence.
• Xu Changxing used Sword Light and immortal essence to survive the seventh and eighth bolts as the tribulation grew stronger.
• Xu Changxing prepared for the ninth bolt by maximizing his immortal essence and suspending magic treasure fragments overhead, weakening the thundercloud’s oppressive force.

Xu Changxing survived the ninth bolt of tribulation lightning, entered the Mahayana realm, and spent decades consolidating his cultivation before setting out for the Tianyan Sect Secret Realm. As he approached, he sensed Jiu Yao nearby, waiting in hiding outside the ruins.

• Xu Changxing endured the ninth tribulation bolt, absorbed the resulting immortal essence, and completed more than half of his Mahayana body.
• He returned to Demon-Suppressing Mountain and entered seclusion while stories of the Martial Ancestor spread and storytellers began earning rewards.
• After decades of cultivation, Xu Changxing emerged when the Tianyan Sect Secret Realm was about to open and flew toward the ruins to meet Tian Zhu.
• Jiu Yao waited in fox form near the Secret Realm, hiding because the Human Race had taken most of the Demon Race's territory.
• Xu Changxing detected a familiar Heavenly Demon aura as he neared the Secret Realm.

Jiu Yao was killed by Xu Changxing, who then entered the Tianyan Sect's secret realm and met Tian Zhu. Tian Zhu explained the unique Heavenly Gate and the limits of parallel worlds, and Xu Changxing asked whether the Tianyan Sect's elders had truly vanished.

• Jiu Yao sensed danger, but Xu Changxing caught her and killed her with a sword slash.
• Xu Changxing tore open a rift and entered the Tianyan Sect's secret realm before it opened.
• Tian Zhu recognized Xu Changxing and revealed that he had watched Xu Changxing's stand-in visit the secret realm across parallel planes.
• Tian Zhu explained that the Heavenly Gate and Immortal Realm origin immortal qi were unique, while parallel versions of people could still meet and fight.
• Xu Changxing asked whether the Tianyan Sect's seniors had truly vanished.

Tian Zhu told Xu Changxing that he and Wan Ren were immortal swords whose true bodies lay in the Sword Tomb, and challenged Xu to find them. Xu discovered that the tomb held countless versions of Tian Zhu from parallel planes and sensed one sword with a subtly different aura, but began to suspect the trial involved Wan Ren.

• Tian Zhu explained that the Immortal Venerables had erased the Tianyan Sect and that he had awakened with orders to await someone acknowledged by the Tianyan Pearl.
• Tian Zhu revealed that he and Wan Ren were broken immortal swords and told Xu Changxing to find their true bodies in the Sword Tomb.
• Xu Changxing traveled through the secret realm and found a vast tomb filled with broken swords that all looked and felt like Tian Zhu.
• Xu Changxing realized Tian Zhu had gathered his sword bodies from countless parallel planes and wondered what had happened to their consciousnesses.
• Xu Changxing sensed one sword with a slightly different aura and then recalled Wan Ren.

Xu Changxing explored the ruins, tested the Sword Tomb and the sealed Heavenly Gate, then returned to cultivate rather than confront Tian Zhu before he was ready. Forty years later, he reached the Late Mahayana Stage and welcomed Li Changge after his ascension.

• Xu Changxing provoked the broken swords in the Sword Tomb, sensed their formidable power, and left after suspecting Tian Zhu had lured him there for a purpose.
• Xu Changxing examined the jade mountain concealing the Heavenly Gate but could not open it with immortal essence.
• Xu Changxing explored the ruins and considered using the Domain Formation to suppress the Sword Tomb and fight Tian Zhu.
• Xu Changxing returned to Demon-Suppressing Mountain and cultivated in seclusion for forty years, advancing to the Late Mahayana Stage.
• Xu Changxing went to the place where he had ascended and congratulated Li Changge when he appeared.

After ascending to the Upper Realm, Li Changge reunited with Xu Changxing and traveled to Demon-Suppressing Mountain. There, he learned how dramatically Xu Changxing had changed the balance between humans and the Demon Race, and the chapter left him stunned by his junior brother’s rapid rise toward another ascension.

• Li Changge reunited with Xu Changxing, who invited him to rest and cultivate at Demon-Suppressing Mountain.
• As they flew to the mountain, Li Changge saw humans living openly and wondered whether the Demon Beasts were as dangerous as he had heard.
• Li Changge sensed Ji Feiyu’s immense blood energy, then learned that the powerful young man was Xu Changxing’s granddisciple and had reached the Void-Breaking Realm.
• Ji Feiyu explained that Xu Changxing had slain two Heavenly Demons and that Demon-Suppressing Mountain had helped the Human Race rise to power.
• Li Changge asked whether Xu Changxing was nearing another ascension, then reacted in disbelief when Xu Changxing said he still needed time to prepare.

Xu Changxing completed a Domain Formation across the world and forced it into the Tianyan Sect's Secret Realm, preparing to challenge Tian Zhu at the Sword Tomb. The chapter ended with Tian Zhu questioning why Xu Changxing had gone to such lengths when finding his true body would be enough to pass the trial.

• Xu Changxing asked Li Changge to help subdue a troublesome sword spirit as the core of a formation needed to open the world's path to ascension, and Li Changge agreed.
• Xu Changxing mapped and linked the world's earth veins into a Domain Formation, reaching the peak of Mahayana in the process, while Li Changge advanced to late-stage Void Refinement.
• Xu Changxing and Li Changge studied the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art and found no hidden flaws in it.
• Xu Changxing organized martial artists from Demon-Suppressing Mountain to stabilize the Domain Formation's nodes.
• Xu Changxing forced open the Tianyan Sect's Secret Realm and extended the Domain Formation through it, crushing its monsters of killing intent everywhere except near the Heavenly Gate and Sword Tomb.
• Xu Changxing approached the Sword Tomb, where Tian Zhu asked why he had built the formation instead of finding Tian Zhu's true body.

Xu Changxing confronted Tian Zhu about his interference in the Tianyan Pearl’s simulations and learned that Parallel Plane versions of him were only projections. Tian Zhu attacked by invoking a supposed flaw in Xu Changxing’s cultivation technique, but Xu Changxing struck him down and insisted he had repeatedly checked himself for hidden dangers.

• Xu Changxing questioned Tian Zhu about killing previous Tianyan Pearl Successors and manipulating Xu Changxing’s simulated selves.
• Tian Zhu admitted he had stolen some Tianyan Pearl Authority and explained that Parallel Plane versions of Xu Changxing were projections he could influence.
• Xu Changxing decided he would not run another simulation until he reclaimed all of the system’s authority.
• Tian Zhu warned that he might have tampered with the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art and unleashed a storm of sword intent.
• Xu Changxing dispelled the attack with his own sword intent and struck Tian Zhu into the Sword Tomb.
• Tian Zhu threatened to detonate a hidden danger in Xu Changxing’s body, while Xu Changxing said he had repeatedly examined himself and found no problem.

Xu Changxing confronted Tian Zhu in the Sword Tomb and repeatedly destroyed his re-forming avatars while Tian Zhu sent more broken swords into the secret realm. As Tian Zhu threatened to wear down Xu Changxing’s immortal essence, Xu Changxing revealed he had another reserve and cleaved through the secret realm, sending millions of sword lights across the heavens.

• Xu Changxing explained that the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art had come from the Tianyan Pearl and that Tian Zhu had given it to him to sow doubt.
• Xu Changxing attacked the broken swords in the Sword Tomb, prompting Tian Zhu to mobilize them against him.
• Xu Changxing cut Tian Zhu apart with immortal sword light, but Tian Zhu re-formed by using avatars refined from other sword spirits.
• Tian Zhu summoned broken swords from spatial rifts and spread them through the Domain Formation, hoping Xu Changxing would exhaust his immortal essence.
• Xu Changxing cleaved through the Tianyan Sect's secret realm and sent millions of streaks of sword light across the heavens, where his figure appeared in a vast screen of light.

Xu Changxing rallied martial artists across the domain to help Li Changge channel their Qi and Blood against Tian Zhu's Sword Tomb. Xu Changxing then used Tian Zhu's breach of the world's barrier to locate and seize his true body, leaving Tian Zhu stunned.

• Xu Changxing asked martial artists throughout the world to help suppress the great demon, and tens of millions gathered to channel their Qi and Blood into the earth veins.
• Li Changge used the gathered power to unleash Qi and Blood Sword Flight against the Tianyan Sect's Secret Realm, briefly matching the Broken Swords in the Sword Tomb.
• Tian Zhu dismissed the formation's strength, but Xu Changxing plunged a sword light into a spatial rift and brought back a damaged divine sword.
• Xu Changxing revealed that he had used Tian Zhu's breach of the world's barrier to locate his true body, then asked whether the encounter had passed Tian Zhu's test.
• Tian Zhu realized Xu Changxing had gained increased access to the Tianyan Pearl and had used its aura to deduce where the true body was hidden.

Xu Changxing shattered Tian Zhu and ended the threat in the Tianyan Sect's Secret Realm, while Li Changge and the Human Race learned of the victory. The system confirmed its stolen authority would return but began a ten-year upgrade, leaving Xu Changxing without its help to locate Wan Ren.

• Xu Changxing broke the Broken Sword, causing the swords across the Sword Tomb and Tian Zhu himself to shatter and vanish.
• Li Changge reflected on Tian Zhu's strength and realized how vast the gap was between him and Xu Changxing.
• Martial Artists at the Earth Vein nodes learned that Xu Changxing had slain the Great Demon, and Demon-Suppressing Mountain Disciples gave Qi-Blood Pills to those who had contributed Qi and Blood.
• Xu Changxing sensed the Tianyan Pearl's change, and the system confirmed Tian Zhu's death before announcing a ten-year upgrade that would suspend all functions.
• Xu Changxing realized he would have to find the sealed Wan Ren without the system's divination assistance.

Xu Changxing waited for the Greenwood Sword to strengthen in Tian Zhu’s Sword Tomb while the system completed its upgrade. After locating Wan Ren and discovering that Tian Zhu had devoured him, Xu Changxing took the broken Immortal Sword to a fierce earthfire, intending to melt it down as material for the Greenwood Sword.

• Xu Changxing sent the Greenwood Sword into Tian Zhu’s Sword Tomb and used an Immortal Essence Stone to help it withstand the killing intent.
• Over several years, the Greenwood Sword grew sharper but repeatedly failed to transform, and cracks appeared in its Sword Pellet.
• The system upgrade completed, allowing Xu Changxing to sense a direction and retrieve a broken Immortal Sword from another plane.
• Xu Changxing realized Tian Zhu had devoured Wan Ren, then noticed Wan Ren’s immortal aura could help improve the Greenwood Sword.
• Xu Changxing flew to a place with powerful earthfire and prepared to use the Domain Formation to intensify it enough to melt Wan Ren.

Xu Changxing fused an Immortal Sword Embryo into the Greenwood Sword, allowing it to become an Immortal Sword. Seeing its sword intent from afar rekindled Li Changge's resolve, and he began forcing open a Sword Dao in the Demon Realm, where a fissure appeared in the laws of heaven and earth.

• Xu Changxing fused the melted Sword Embryo into the Greenwood Sword's Sword Pellet, which smoothly transformed into an Immortal Sword.
• Li Changge sensed the sword light from ten thousand miles away and realized Xu Changxing had raised the Sword Pellet he once gave him to Immortal Sword grade.
• The sight stirred Li Changge's sword heart, and he resolved to carve out a Sword Dao rather than follow behind Xu Changxing.
• Li Changge's Sword Pellet shone as he slashed toward the heavens, while Xu Changxing prepared to save him from the laws' backlash.
• A faint cracking sound revealed that Li Changge's will had opened a fissure in the laws of heaven and earth.

Xu Changxing helped Li Changge establish the Sword Dao in their world, then entered the Heavenly Gate to ascend to the Immortal Realm. In the strange space beyond it, he discovered illusory bubbles that appeared to be parallel planes but could not reach them.

• Xu Changxing lent Li Changge the Greenwood Sword, letting him disperse the tribulation clouds and establish the Sword Dao as a Great Dao.
• Li Changge broke through to void refinement and Dao integration, while Xu Changxing spent years cultivating and condensed another Immortal Essence Stone.
• After Li Changge stabilized his realm, Xu Changxing said he planned to ascend and promised to scout the Immortal Realm ahead of his senior brother.
• Xu Changxing entered the Tianyan Sect's Secret Realm, shattered the immortal jade sealing the Heavenly Gate, and stepped into the spatial fissure.
• Xu Changxing found himself in a silent, starry space filled with bubble-like parallel planes, but his divine sense could not enter any of them.

Xu Changxing crossed into the Immortal Realm and advanced to Origin Immortal before testing the upgraded simulation. The simulation revealed the Immortal Realm’s vastness and showed him settling as a rogue cultivator near the Longevity Immortal Sect.

• Xu Changxing used the Tianyan Pearl to cross countless planes and pass through the immortal gate into the Immortal Realm.
• The Immortal Realm’s qi transformed Xu Changxing’s immortal essence, raising him to Origin Immortal and greatly strengthening his body and primordial spirit.
• Xu Changxing started a simulation after the system warned that its virtual Immortal Realm might differ from reality.
• Xu Changxing guided his simulated self to travel farther afield, reaching a prosperous city with cultivators and disciples from several sects, including the Longevity Immortal Sect.
• Xu Changxing’s simulated self settled as a rogue cultivator and learned that Origin Immortal was only the beginning of the immortal path.

Xu Changxing used the Tianyan Pearl to learn about the Immortal Realm’s cultivation levels and resources, then resumed the simulation and watched his avatar settle in an immortal town and struggle to cultivate. The chapter left him guarding a nearly mature spirit plant as a fleeing immortal called him junior brother and urged him to set up a formation against a pursuer.

• Xu Changxing paused the simulation and used the Tianyan Pearl to learn about immortal realms, immortal essence stones, and cultivation techniques before resuming the simulation.
• In the simulation, Xu Changxing’s avatar escaped an attack by a third-layer Origin Immortal and traveled to a distant immortal town to settle.
• Xu Changxing’s avatar sold half his resources for ten lower-grade immortal essence stones, then spent them cultivating without breaking through.
• Xu Changxing’s avatar discovered an immortal-grade spirit plant in a valley and waited for it to mature.
• As two powerful immortals fought closer, the fleeing one spotted Xu Changxing’s avatar and called him junior brother, telling him to set up the formation.

Xu Changxing’s simulation recounted his troubled years in the Immortal Realm, from losing an immortal plant and fleeing Purple Cloud Mountain’s pursuit to breaking through to the Origin Immortal second stage. It ended with him dying after a newly ascended demon cultivator recognized him during a battle over a Seven Star Island immortal estate.

• Xu Changxing fled a battle between two immortals, losing the immortal plant he had guarded, then entered secluded cultivation.
• A newly ascended demonic cultivator attacked Xu Changxing, and a Purple Cloud Mountain expert pursued him until he escaped and recovered.
• Xu Changxing sold his materials for eleven lower-grade immortal essence stones and used them to break through to the Origin Immortal second stage.
• Xu Changxing learned that Seven Star Island had issued bounties on Purple Cloud Mountain disciples, then returned to seclusion.
• When an immortal estate appeared, a Seven Star Island True Immortal and a Purple Cloud Mountain True Demon clashed, and the demon cultivator recognized Xu Changxing as his former attacker.
• The True Demon targeted Xu Changxing, whose resistance failed, and Xu Changxing died.

After Xu Changxing concluded that his repeated use of authority had distorted his luck in the simulation, he chose a cultivation reward and reached the second level of Origin Immortal. He traveled to Star Moon City to sell mortal-world treasures, where he learned that Leisurely Cloud Valley’s demand had doubled the price of body-tempering materials.

• Xu Changxing received the simulation results, suspected his use of authority had interfered with his luck, and chose cultivation at the second level of Origin Immortal as his reward.
• After several days of transformation, Xu Changxing reached the second level of Origin Immortal and flew to Star Moon City.
• Xu Changxing asked a grand immortal materials shop to exchange five Storage Rings of mortal-world treasures for Immortal Essence Stones.
• The shopkeeper offered Xu Changxing twenty Lower-Grade Immortal Essence Stones, twice what he had received in the simulation.
• The shopkeeper explained that Leisurely Cloud Valley was paying premium prices for body-tempering materials to train disciples for a Secret Realm that suppressed spell arts.

Xu Changxing sold body-tempering materials for immortal essence stones, bought a courtyard, and simulated years of cultivation until he reached the Origin Immortal Third Stage. The simulation left him watching the conflict between Seven Star Island and Purple Cloud Mountain continue to escalate, though no immortals had yet died.

• Xu Changxing sold more body-tempering materials and received a total of forty-five lower-grade immortal essence stones.
• Xu Changxing bought a courtyard residence and used two immortal essence stones to begin a simulation.
• Xu Changxing exhausted his immortal essence stones, condensed eighteen more, and broke through to the Origin Immortal Third Stage.
• Xu Changxing learned that Seven Star Island and Purple Cloud Mountain had become enemies after an Origin Demon was mysteriously killed following a visit to Seven Star Island.
• Xu Changxing learned that the fighting had spread to mortal cultivators and that a trapped Origin Demon had been rescued, while no immortals had died.