Chapter Summaries

Xu Changxing watched a simulation in which years of studying the Great Dao brought little progress in Time or Space, while repeated exposure to tribulation lightning strengthened his grasp of the Way of Thunder. After learning of his friend’s fate and reconsidering the Moonflower Sect’s mission, he chose to pursue the Way of Space instead.

• The simulated Xu Changxing traveled through Central Province, failed to secure rare treasures, and deepened his comprehension of the Way of Lightning by observing tribulations.
• A friend invited him to join the Moonflower Sect’s mission to find a lost Golden Immortal in the Endless Planes, but Xu Changxing declined and accepted the friend’s advance payment and request to protect his descendants.
• When the friend’s Soul Jade cracked, Xu Changxing guarded his lineage until one of its members became a Heavenly Immortal.
• Xu Changxing recognized that the Way of Thunder was easiest for him to comprehend but feared its fierce competition, so he ordered the simulation to accept the Moonflower Sect’s mission.
• After another period of studying tribulation lightning, the simulated Xu Changxing decided to visit the Moonflower Sect and experience the Way of Space.

Xu Changxing gained a glimpse of the Way of Space from dangerous experiences in a simulation and chose a cultivation reward that brought him to the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Ninth Layer. After studying the resulting insights and improving his spatial technique, he left seclusion to meet Bu Yufeng and help Seven Star Island develop.

• Xu Changxing used the Tianyan Pearl to view shattered-space images from the simulation and gained insight into the Way of Space.
• He chose cultivation as his reward, advanced to the Heavenly Immortal Ninth Layer, and reached its peak as immortal essence continued to flood into him.
• Xu Changxing stabilized his cultivation and spent decades studying the images, improving Heaven and Earth Shift's cost and range.
• He decided to postpone further seclusion and flew to see Bu Yufeng, who had stabilized his Heavenly Immortal Realm and remarked that Xu Changxing had finally come out of seclusion.

Xu Changxing proposed that Seven Star Island reclaim the Small Worlds it had lost, starting with Xuanqiu Valley in Hundred Calamities Valley. His confidence in defeating its four Heavenly Demons led Bu Yufeng to realize Xu Changxing had likely reached the heavenly immortal sixth stage.

• Bu Yufeng learned that Xu Changxing had advanced another minor stage during his prolonged seclusion.
• Xu Changxing urged Bu Yufeng to reclaim Seven Star Island's lost Small Worlds, and Bu Yufeng suggested beginning with those held by Rogue Cultivators.
• Xu Changxing argued that Seven Star Island should strike Xuanqiu Valley instead, despite Hundred Calamities Valley having four Heavenly Demons.
• Xu Changxing said he could defeat the four Heavenly Demons alone, stunning Bu Yufeng.
• Bu Yufeng pressed Xu Changxing about his cultivation and realized he had likely reached the heavenly immortal sixth stage.

Xu Changxing and Bu Yufeng prepared Seven Star Island’s forces to attack Xuanqiu Valley, confident they could defeat its four Heavenly Demons. The demons set aside their disputes to unite against the approaching army, but their battle plan remained unsettled.

• Xu Changxing assured Bu Yufeng he had at least a ninety percent chance of defeating the four Heavenly Demons, and Bu Yufeng agreed to prepare an attack within three months.
• Bu Yufeng mobilized hundreds of immortals, and he and Xu Changxing led them toward Xuanqiu Valley in the Hundred Immortals Formation.
• Nearby immortals were alarmed by Seven Star Island’s advance and feared the consequences if it lost.
• Man Hongtu and the other three Heavenly Demons put aside their disputes and agreed to drive Seven Star Island back.
• Red Hair proposed dividing the four Heavenly Demons between Xu Changxing and Bu Yufeng, while Ren Junxing warned that the Hundred Immortals Formation could cause heavy losses among their subordinates.

Xu Changxing led Seven Star Island’s attack on Xuanqiu Valley and revealed overwhelming power, killing all four Heavenly Demons almost instantly. With the demon fiends scattering and the battle largely decided, Bu Yufeng asked Xu Changxing what cultivation stage he had truly reached.

• Ren Junxing and Man Hongtu summoned the True Demons and arranged to face Xu Changxing while the others dealt with the Hundred Immortals Formation.
• Xu Changxing confronted Ren Junxing, transformed into a giant, and stomped the third-stage Heavenly Demon to death.
• Xu Changxing killed Man Hongtu and the red-haired Heavenly Demon as they tried to flee.
• Xu Changxing appeared before the last Heavenly Demon and crushed him, leaving all four patriarchs of Hundred Calamities Valley dead.
• The demon fiends fled while Seven Star Island’s immortals, stunned by Xu Changxing’s strength, managed to kill only a few of them.
• Bu Yufeng asked Xu Changxing what cultivation stage he had reached after realizing he was not at the Heavenly Immortal Sixth Stage.

Xu Changxing revealed that he had reached the Heavenly Immortal ninth layer, and Bu Yufeng mistakenly concluded that he was a reincarnated Golden Immortal. After the sects around Seven Star Island praised their victory and Bu Yufeng delivered the spoils, Xu Changxing used his new immortal essence stones to begin a special simulation in search of a place to comprehend the Great Dao laws.

• Xu Changxing told Bu Yufeng that he had reached the Heavenly Immortal ninth layer, and Bu Yufeng assumed he was a reincarnated Golden Immortal.
• Bu Yufeng became convinced that Xu Changxing had sacrificed his past-life memories to help him, then went to handle the spoils from Xuanqiu Valley and Hundred Calamities Valley.
• Xu Changxing returned to Seven Star Island and heard nearby immortals praising the island after learning of its victory.
• Months later, Bu Yufeng gave Xu Changxing the spoils, and Xu Changxing took all three hundred-plus upper-grade immortal essence stones.
• Xu Changxing deposited two hundred and fifty-six upper-grade immortal essence stones into the system and began a special simulation to search the Tianyan Sect Illusion for a place to comprehend the Great Dao laws.

Xu Changxing learned about the Tianyan Sect’s three places for comprehending the Great Dao and chose to pursue the dangerous Abyssal Gate, which required many sect points and a Golden Immortal’s assessment. He spent the simulation refining Ageless Golden Cores to earn contributions, then paused to recover when his success rate declined.

• Xu Changxing learned from Daoist Wuchen about the forbidden-ground illusion, Star-Viewing Platform, and Abyssal Gate, along with their requirements and dangers.
• Xu Changxing decided to seek comprehension at the Abyssal Gate and took sect assignments to accumulate contributions.
• An elder encouraged Xu Changxing to refine Ageless Golden Cores, and Xu Changxing agreed to study the pill.
• Xu Changxing raised his Ageless Golden Core success rate to thirty percent by year forty-nine and forty percent by year eighty-eight, earning sect points more quickly.
• Xu Changxing’s success rate later declined, so he took several decades to restore his condition before returning to pill refining.

After the simulation ended in Xu Changxing’s death, he reviewed its scenes and learned about refining Ageless Golden Cores and the Way of the Stars. He gained a stronger Astral Array and comprehended a method to temper his body with astral power, giving him a new path to strengthen his Flesh Realm.

• Xu Changxing learned that his simulated self had failed a Golden Immortal elder’s assessment and died after beginning to comprehend the Way of the Stars.
• Xu Changxing chose to view the simulation scenes and studied the techniques used to refine Ageless Golden Cores.
• Xu Changxing watched the Star-Viewing Platform scenes and contemplated the vague fluctuations of the Way of the Stars for ten years.
• Xu Changxing improved his Primordial Spirit’s star projections and learned to conjure an Astral Array capable of trapping an ordinary Ninth Layer Heavenly Immortal.
• Xu Changxing comprehended the Astral Body-Tempering Method, which let him use astral power to temper his body.

Xu Changxing used a Star-Attracting Grand Array to break through to the peak of True Immortal in the flesh, then began a simulation to advance his body cultivation through pill refining. As he tried to study the Immortal Sacred Body Pill process in the Tianyan Pearl’s projection, the projection began flickering and the scenes blurred.

• Xu Changxing drew astral power into his body with a Star-Attracting Grand Array and broke through his flesh realm, then gathered upper-grade immortal essence stones for another special simulation.
• In the simulation, Xu Changxing joined the Tianyan Sect’s pill-refining assignments, impressed High Person Sanshou, and became his disciple.
• High Person Sanshou gave Xu Changxing the Immortal Sacred Body Pill recipe, and Xu refined pills to advance his flesh realm to the Heavenly Immortal Seventh Layer.
• Xu Changxing paused the simulation and activated the Tianyan Pearl’s projection to review his Immortal Sacred Body Pill refining scenes.
• The Tianyan Pearl’s projection flickered violently, and the scenes Xu Changxing was viewing began to blur.

Xu Changxing completed a special simulation that raised his flesh realm from the Heavenly Immortal First Stage to the Heavenly Immortal Seventh Layer, then claimed the reward. After pausing the energy influx to stabilize his rapid advancement, he resumed it and finished consolidating his stronger body and increased combat power.

• Xu Changxing memorized the Immortal Saint Body Pill recipe, resumed the simulation, and died in Year 701 from a Heaven-Shrouding Finger.
• Xu Changxing chose the Heavenly Immortal Seventh Layer flesh-realm reward, and pure blood-essence-like energy flooded his body.
• Xu Changxing advanced rapidly to the Heavenly Immortal Fifth Stage, then deposited his remaining upper-grade immortal essence stones so he could pause the reward distribution.
• Xu Changxing spent more than ten years stabilizing his realm before resuming the reward distribution.
• Xu Changxing reached the Heavenly Immortal Seventh Layer and, after several more years of seclusion, stabilized his realm and gained greater physical toughness, immortal essence capacity, and combat strength.

Xu Changxing’s simulation showed him becoming High Person Sanshou’s disciple and mastering the Immortal Saint Body Pill, but Sanshou turned into an eerie monster after Xu revealed the recipe’s origin. Xu recognized that he had uncovered the Tianyan Sect Illusion’s hidden eeriness again and chose a reward without watching the simulation, leaving his investigation for when he was stronger.

• Xu Changxing spent years recovering before gathering enough upper-grade Immortal Essence Stones to start another simulation.
• In the simulation, Xu Changxing impressed High Person Sanshou with his pill refining and became his inner disciple.
• Xu Changxing spent decades refining Ageless Golden Cores and learning to refine the Immortal Saint Body Pill.
• High Person Sanshou demanded to know where Xu Changxing had obtained the recipe, then transformed into a monster and killed him after Xu mentioned his master from another world.
• Xu Changxing concluded that revealing the illusion’s secrets triggered its eeriness again and weighed whether to watch the simulation.
• The system offered Xu Changxing a Heavenly Immortal seventh-layer flesh realm, an Immortal Saint Body Pill, or the chance to watch the scenes, and he decided against watching.

Xu Changxing simulated pill refining and cultivation, raising his Flesh Realm to Heavenly Immortal Ninth Layer Peak. He failed the Abyssal Gate assessment because he could not resist corruption, but gained a fragmentary insight into the Way of the Stars before claiming his simulated physical cultivation.

• Xu Changxing chose the Immortal Saint Body Pill and began a new simulation after condensing Upper-Grade Immortal Essence Stones.
• In the simulation, Xu Changxing became High Person Sanshou’s disciple, learned to refine Immortal Saint Body Pills, and raised his Flesh Realm to Heavenly Immortal Ninth Layer Peak.
• Xu Changxing failed the Golden Immortal elder’s Abyssal Gate assessment because he lacked resistance to abyssal corruption.
• Xu Changxing gained fragments of insight into the Way of the Stars at the Star-Viewing Platform, then died when a Heaven-Shrouding Finger descended.
• Xu Changxing chose the simulation reward and received the Flesh Realm at Heavenly Immortal Ninth Layer Peak.

After stabilizing his rapidly advanced cultivation, Xu Changxing traveled the Immortal Realm before receiving word that Li Changge had ascended. The chapter ends with the two reunited, as Li Changge suspects Xu Changxing is once again concealing a startling achievement.

• Xu Changxing spent more than ten years stabilizing his body after reaching the peak of the Heavenly Immortal ninth layer.
• Xu Changxing took a decades-long tour of nearby cities and searched for treasures to strengthen the Greenwood Sword, but found nothing worthwhile.
• Xu Changxing received a message that Li Changge had ascended and flew to meet him.
• Li Changge explained that he had delayed ascending to establish the Sword Dao in his world, and Xu Changxing noticed Great Dao rules faintly surrounding him.
• Xu Changxing and Li Changge discussed their Sword Dao progress, and Li Changge wondered whether Xu Changxing had prepared another surprise.

Xu Changxing reunited with Li Changge and revealed that he had become a Heavenly Immortal and Seven Star Island’s Second-Generation Patriarch. Li Changge agreed to join Seven Star Island, where Bu Yufeng offered to accept him as a disciple on his master’s behalf.

• Xu Changxing told Li Changge that he had become a Heavenly Immortal over a hundred years earlier, leaving Li Changge stunned.
• Xu Changxing invited Li Changge to join Seven Star Island, and Li Changge accepted.
• Xu Changxing brought Li Changge to meet Bu Yufeng in the Forbidden Grounds and introduced him as his eldest senior brother from the Mortal Realm.
• Bu Yufeng recognized Li Changge’s unusual talent and offered to accept him into Seven Star Island as a disciple on his master’s behalf.
• Xu Changxing welcomed the arrangement and told Li Changge he would now call him Second Senior Brother.

Bu Yufeng accepted Li Changge as another patriarch of Seven Star Island, sparking debate over his talent and legitimacy. Xu Changxing ignored the dissent and reforged the Greenwood Sword, though its power still fell short of what he needed to face a Golden Immortal.

• Li Changge accepted his place as second senior brother under Bu Yufeng, with Xu Changxing remaining the youngest junior brother.
• The Seven Star Bell announced that Bu Yufeng had accepted Li Changge, a newly ascended Origin Immortal, as a disciple on their master's behalf, stirring an uproar across Seven Star Island.
• Immortals argued over Li Changge's talent and whether Xu Changxing was using him to challenge Bu Yufeng's authority, while Xu Changxing dismissed their complaints as irrelevant because the decision was settled.
• Xu Changxing took treasures from Seven Star Island's storehouse and spent two years reforging the Greenwood Sword at the Earthfire Furnace.
• Xu Changxing unleashed the reforged sword in a strike that startled the island's Heavenly Immortals, but he judged it too weak to contend with a Golden Immortal.

Xu Changxing watched a simulation in which he became Daoist Wuchen’s disciple and received a jade pendant bearing Daoist Wuchen’s insights into the Way of Destiny to protect him from the abyss’s erosion. His simulated self chose to study the Way of the Stars first, and the simulation left him refining pills after assimilating star laws into his body.

• Xu Changxing left seclusion for Li Changge’s Apprenticeship Ceremony, which proceeded without disturbance, then began another simulation.
• Xu Changxing’s simulated self became Daoist Wuchen’s disciple and asked how to resist the abyss’s erosion.
• Daoist Wuchen gave Xu Changxing’s simulated self a jade pendant imbued with his comprehension of the Way of Destiny and advised him to seek insight into the Way of the Stars.
• Xu Changxing’s simulated self refined pills for points, earning High Person Sanshou’s appreciation and permission to use a pill furnace.
• After resting, Xu Changxing’s simulated self spent ten years at the Star-Viewing Platform and later assimilated the star laws into his body.
• Xu Changxing’s simulated self returned to the Immortal Marketplace and resumed refining Ageless Golden Cores.

Xu Changxing reviewed a simulation in which he entered the Abyssal Gate and fought abyssal beasts to seek insight into the Way of Slaughter, but died before making much progress. By watching the simulation, he learned a star-reflecting flesh cultivation technique, then began another simulation with plans to return to the abyss.

• In the simulation, Xu Changxing entered the Abyssal Gate and discovered that insight into the Way of Slaughter required killing powerful abyssal demonic beasts.
• Xu Changxing slew a powerful beast and later killed thousands more, gaining only faint insight before his body shattered and he died.
• Xu Changxing chose to view the simulation scenes and improved his understanding of the Way of the Stars.
• Xu Changxing learned the self-created technique that reflected star circulation within his flesh, and faint astral force appeared in his bloodline.
• Xu Changxing watched the abyss scenes and gained faint insight into the Way of Slaughter.
• Xu Changxing spent over six months condensing upper-grade immortal essence stones, then began another simulation that ended before he explored the abyss deeply.

Xu Changxing used a simulation to explore the Abyssal Gate and comprehend the Way of Slaughter, but the abyss eroded him before he eventually escaped with help from a Golden Immortal. After watching the simulated scenes, he began carefully savoring the insights he had gained.

• Xu Changxing entered the Abyssal Gate and hunted demonic beasts to contemplate the slaughter rules.
• Xu Changxing’s Fate Jade Pendant ran out of power, and the abyssal rules eroded him as he continued exploring.
• Xu Changxing found a route back and a Golden Immortal brought him to the Tianyan Sect, where he spent over a century clearing the erosion.
• A Heaven-Shrouding Finger killed Xu Changxing in the simulation after he resumed contemplating the slaughter rules.
• Xu Changxing chose to view the simulated scenes and carefully studied the rules revealed as he slew demonic beasts.

Xu Changxing repeatedly simulated exploring the Abyss, first refining his understanding of the Way of Slaughter and then venturing deeper to seek the Way of Destruction. He gained a little insight before a terrifying speaking demonic beast killed him, and he continued contemplating the Way of Destruction after watching the simulation.

• Xu Changxing ran more than ten simulations and improved his understanding of the Way of Slaughter by studying the Abyss.
• Xu Changxing began a new simulation and entered the Abyss's deeper regions to seek the Way of Destruction.
• Xu Changxing killed a powerful demonic beast and meditated, but after a century of dangerous battles he only gained some understanding of the Way of Destruction.
• A powerful demonic beast that spoke like a human attacked Xu Changxing, broke his Greenwood Sword, and killed him.
• Xu Changxing chose to watch the simulation scenes and gained a little understanding of the Way of Destruction before the demonic beast appeared.
• Xu Changxing remained in seclusion to continue contemplating the Way of Destruction.

After recognizing that the finger destroying the Tianyan Sect Illusion wielded the Way of Destruction, Xu Changxing kept his Tianyan Sect inheritance hidden and used simulations to deepen his understanding. When he reached a bottleneck near the Golden Immortal realm, he decided to resume studying the Space Great Dao rather than spend a thousand years in seclusion.

• Xu Changxing realized the finger that shattered the Tianyan Sect Illusion had used the Way of Destruction and recognized the danger posed by the Immortal Venerables.
• Xu Changxing resolved to stay concealed and resumed condensing upper-grade immortal essence stones.
• Over two hundred years and dozens of simulations, Xu Changxing explored the Abyss and rapidly advanced his understanding of the Way of Destruction.
• Xu Changxing reached a bottleneck near the Golden Immortal realm, while further insights from the Tianyan Sect Illusion brought little progress.
• Remembering Daoist Wuchen's advice about studying multiple Great Daos, Xu Changxing chose to pursue the Space Great Dao.