Chapter Summaries

At Daoist Pingyang's gathering, Xu Changxing resisted Fairy Qiongyin's music and drew her suspicion that he had concealed his cultivation. Daoist Tianlu probed Xu Changxing, who discovered Tianlu was attempting to fuse the Way of Slaughter with the Way of Thunder, while Tianlu likely realized Xu Changxing was hiding his true realm.

• Xu Changxing resisted Fairy Qiongyin's music after realizing it had swayed the minds of many Golden Immortals.
• Fairy Qiongyin asked Xu Changxing why he was hiding his cultivation, but he ignored her voice transmission.
• Daoist Tianlu arrived at the gathering and apologized for his late arrival, explaining that his Way of Slaughter could disturb the guests.
• Xu Changxing wrote that he could not send a concealed voice transmission, and Daoist Tianlu warned Fairy Qiongyin with his slaughter intent.
• Daoist Tianlu probed Xu Changxing, who cut off the exchange and sensed that Tianlu was trying to fuse the Way of Slaughter with the Way of Thunder.

Xu Changxing attended the Golden Immortal trade meeting, learned more about origin crystal prices and valuable treasures, then began a special simulation to investigate an immortal jade connected to a precious treasure. In the simulation, he became a Tianyan Sect elder and planned to raise his cultivation before changing his fortune.

• Daoist Tianlu dismissed Fairy Qiongyin’s concerns about Xu Changxing concealing his cultivation, then left the trade meeting after buying a Flying Sword for three hundred origin crystals.
• Fairy Qiongyin took over hosting, and the Golden Immortals became more active in trading as Xu Changxing watched the treasures on offer.
• Xu Changxing returned to the Moonflower Sect before the meeting ended and concluded that trade meetings were useful despite their high origin crystal prices and his inability to afford a Golden Immortal-grade Alchemy Furnace.
• Xu Changxing recalled that an earlier simulation had revealed a precious treasure entered the Tianyan Sect Illusion after he altered his fortune, and he started a special simulation to investigate.
• In the simulation, Xu Changxing completed High Person Sanshou’s pill-refining assignment, rented an Alchemy Furnace, became a Tianyan Sect elder in year two hundred and eighty-five, and chose to improve his cultivation before intervening.

Xu Changxing advanced to the Golden Immortal fifth stage, broke through his flesh realm in the Abyss, and returned to the Tianyan Sect after escaping a powerful demonic beast. During his travels, he acquired a mysterious treasure, and Daoist Wuchen wondered whether it was tied to the Tianyan Sect’s destiny.

• Xu Changxing reached the Golden Immortal fifth stage after years of traveling and secluded cultivation.
• He broke through his flesh realm in the Abyss, then escaped the demonic beast’s attack by activating a spatial formation.
• After recovering, Xu Changxing abandoned seclusion and went traveling, where a precious treasure fell into his hands.
• Xu Changxing severely injured a Golden Immortal who tried to seize the treasure and brought it back to the Tianyan Sect.
• Daoist Wuchen examined the treasure, heard how Xu Changxing obtained it, and wondered if it was the destiny of the Tianyan Sect.

Xu Changxing watched the simulation reveal how the Jade Pendant led Daoist Wuchen to create the Tianyan Pearl, a treasure forged from the immortal jade and a hundred Great Daos. The chapter left him learning that the Tianyan Pearl Projection’s familiar aura came from the newly forged treasure itself.

• Xu Changxing agreed to leave the Jade Pendant with Daoist Wuchen, who gave him a damaged Compass-shaped Magic Treasure imbued with the Space Great Dao as compensation.
• Xu Changxing refined the Compass in under three hundred years and used it to make rapid progress comprehending the Space Great Dao.
• Xu Changxing emerged from seclusion when he sensed a major change in the Tianyan Sect and gained an initial grasp of the Way of Destiny amid its pervasive power.
• A tribulation cloud threatened the Tianyan Sect, while a hidden immortal formation revealed a Daluo Immortal Venerable wielding the Life Great Dao.
• The Immortal Venerable’s tiny ball of light dispersed the destructive lightning, and he told Xu Changxing that the treasure, forged from the offered immortal jade and a hundred Great Daos, was called the Tianyan Pearl.

Xu Changxing watched the simulation reveal a Tianyan Sect catastrophe involving the Tianyan Pearl, colliding Great Daos, and corrupted Immortals before he died. The system judged that the tribulation could be survived by finding the key to the impasse and offered five rewards, including the damaged Kongwei Compass.

• Xu Changxing watched an Immortal Venerable dispel eighty-one bolts of Tribulation Lightning with the Tianyan Pearl before battling other Immortal Venerables who wielded supreme Great Daos.
• The Tianyan Sect Grand Array and sect were torn apart, eerie forces transformed Daoist Wuchen, High Person Sanshou, and a beast, and Xu Changxing was killed.
• Xu Changxing steadied himself after recognizing the apparent certainty of the catastrophe and waited for the system to finish calculating the simulation.
• The system evaluated that Xu Changxing could survive the tribulation by grasping the key to breaking the impasse and offered five rewards.
• Xu Changxing considered insights into the Way of Destiny and the Way of Destruction, but focused on the damaged spatial Houtian Spirit Treasure, the Kongwei Compass.

Xu Changxing chose the damaged Kongwei Compass, refined it, and gained a major boost to his spatial abilities. Confident he could survive the Abyss, he prepared a spatial grand array and set out toward the Abyssal Gate to comprehend the Way of Destruction.

• Xu Changxing chose the damaged Kongwei Compass and discovered that it amplified his perception of the Space Great Dao, though its disrupted Spatial Laws prevented travel between most planes.
• Xu Changxing considered ways to resolve the deadly tribulation, including preventing Taiyi Immortal Lords from turning to darkness, but could not verify his ideas without another simulation.
• Xu Changxing spent three hundred years refining the Kongwei Compass, increasing his combat strength and ability to preserve his life more than tenfold.
• Xu Changxing decided to enter the Abyss and comprehend the Way of Destruction, then spent a hundred years refining pills to earn points for materials.
• Xu Changxing exchanged for materials, calculated the direction of the Abyssal Gate from a Great Dao coordinate, and flew toward it.

Xu Changxing entered the Abyss and used its ancient laws to make major progress in comprehending the Time Great Dao, though he did not fully master it. After setting up a spatial array, he ventured deeper into the Abyss, slew a Demonic Beast, and began studying the Way of Destruction.

• Xu Changxing entered the Abyss and noticed that its laws bore deeper traces of time than those in his simulations.
• Xu Changxing meditated for several months and advanced greatly along the Time Great Dao, but did not fully set foot upon it.
• Xu Changxing reconsidered Daoist Wuchen’s hint about mastering and fusing supreme Great Daos, while reaffirming his reluctance to follow the Way of Destiny.
• Xu Changxing killed the Abyssal Demonic Beasts drawn to his epiphany and set up a grand spatial array.
• Xu Changxing flew deeper into the Abyss, found a Demonic Beast wreathed in Destruction Laws, slew it, and contemplated the Way of Destruction.

Xu Changxing encountered Zhu Lu, the weakened ruler of this layer of the Abyss, and lured him into a Spatial Grand Formation. As the formation began tearing Zhu Lu apart, the wounded Demonic Beast unleashed his full power.

• Xu Changxing noticed Zhu Lu approaching before he completed his destruction Dao pattern and realized Zhu Lu was weaker than in the simulations.
• Zhu Lu introduced himself as the ruler of this layer of the Abyss, then attacked Xu Changxing during their conversation.
• Xu Changxing fled toward the Abyss entrance, using spatial law to match Zhu Lu’s speed and draw him toward the Spatial Grand Formation.
• Xu Changxing trapped Zhu Lu inside the formation and attacked him with Spatial Blades, piercing his demonic body.
• Xu Changxing activated the formation’s spatial rifts, and Zhu Lu unleashed all his power of laws to resist.

Xu Changxing used the Kongwei Compass to trap and destroy Zhu Lu, then absorbed the pure Destruction Laws released from Zhu Lu’s remains. As he inscribed new Dao Patterns, Xu Changxing’s body began transforming and entered a state of sudden enlightenment.

• Xu Changxing collapsed space around Zhu Lu, but Zhu Lu roared and escaped the deathtrap.
• Xu Changxing cut Zhu Lu in two with a spatial blade, but Zhu Lu devoured his other half and fled deeper into the Abyss.
• Xu Changxing repeatedly trapped Zhu Lu in shattered spaces, forcing him to break free until his strength and reason faded.
• Xu Changxing finally tore Zhu Lu apart and ground his flesh and blood to dust within the shattered spaces.
• Xu Changxing absorbed the purest Destruction Laws from Zhu Lu and inscribed new Dao Patterns as his body began to transform.

Xu Changxing spent a century digesting the Destruction Dao Patterns he had gained from Zhu Lu, reaching the Golden Immortal Fourth Layer and learning to withstand the Abyssal Rule. He explored Zhu Lu’s lair and discovered a pile of Origin Crystals among the beast’s possessions.

• Xu Changxing completely annihilated Zhu Lu’s flesh and blood, formed a Flower of Destruction on his left arm, and entered seclusion to digest his gains.
• After a hundred years, Xu Changxing formed a second Flower of Destruction on his right arm and advanced his Flesh Realm to the Golden Immortal Fourth Layer.
• Xu Changxing spent several more decades studying Derived Spell Arts of the Way of Destruction before leaving seclusion.
• Xu Changxing found that he could withstand the Abyssal Rule and judged that Zhu Lu had been the strongest Demonic Beast in the layer, though not a true Abyss Overlord.
• Xu Changxing followed Zhu Lu’s lingering aura to his lair and searched the beast’s collection of Treasured Materials, Abyss Magic Ore, and human Magic Treasures.
• Xu Changxing spotted a pile of crystals giving off faint fluctuations of laws and recognized them as Origin Crystals.

Xu Changxing collected origin crystals, magic treasures, and abyssal ore after killing Zhu Lu, then hid his aura and began a special simulation. In the simulation, he earned High Person Sanshou’s trust through pill refining and exchanged insights with him, leaving Sanshou eager to hear his appraisal of a pill.

• Xu Changxing considered exploring deeper layers of the Abyss for more origin crystals but decided the danger was too great.
• Xu Changxing collected Zhu Lu’s origin crystals, magic treasures, and abyss magic ore, then concealed the Abyss’s aura before leaving.
• Xu Changxing found a secluded place, set up formations, and spent eight origin crystals to begin a special simulation.
• Xu Changxing spent years studying Tianyan Sect and chose to use High Person Sanshou as his starting point for investigating the sect’s fate.
• Xu Changxing earned High Person Sanshou’s appreciation, obtained his Immortal Sacred Body Pill Recipe, and later showed him pills he had refined himself.
• High Person Sanshou praised Xu Changxing’s pill-refining skill, exchanged insights with him, and brought out one of his own pills for Xu Changxing to appraise.

Xu Changxing discovered that High Person Sanshou’s Immortal Sacred Body Pill carried a clue tied to Buzhou Mountain and the alchemist’s buried friend. After centuries of waiting for Sanshou to emerge and seeking a chance to approach Daoist Wuchen, Xu Changxing attracted the attention of Immortal Lord Leyou, who came to study his pill refining.

• Xu Changxing identified an unresolved knot in High Person Sanshou’s heart as the flaw in the Immortal Sacred Body Pill, and Sanshou asked him to leave it at his friend’s grave at Buzhou Mountain, whose location Sanshou did not know.
• Xu Changxing kept the pill, sensed that its laws might hold a clue, and concluded that the Tianyan Sect’s Immortal Lords each had stories that could affect the illusion’s outcome.
• By Year 398, Xu Changxing had become a Tianyan Sect elder while High Person Sanshou remained in seclusion, and he waited for a safe opportunity to visit Daoist Wuchen.
• By Year 738, Xu Changxing had built a reputation refining Immortal Sacred Body Pills while Sanshou was still secluded.
• Immortal Lord Leyou, Zhu Anyang, visited Xu Changxing to observe his pill refining, and Xu Changxing refined an Ageless Golden Core for him.
• Immortal Lord Leyou approved of Xu Changxing’s technique and stayed to observe for a hundred years.

Xu Changxing watched a simulation in which he failed to deepen his connection with Immortal Lord Leyou and made little progress while waiting for High Person Sanshou. After Daoist Wuchen rejected his request for compensation, the simulation revealed the Tianyan Pearl’s creation and the Immortal Venerable who made it.

• Immortal Lord Leyou stayed with Xu Changxing for decades, using music to help him comprehend the Great Dao of Music, but left when Xu made little progress.
• Xu Changxing learned about Immortal Lord Muling and advanced his Primordial Spirit and Flesh Realm cultivation while High Person Sanshou remained in seclusion.
• Xu Changxing left the Tianyan Sect, found a precious treasure, and brought it to Daoist Wuchen, who accused him of already receiving compensation and sent him away.
• Xu Changxing noticed the Way of Destiny surrounding the Tianyan Sect but chose not to comprehend it.
• The Immortal Venerable revealed that the Tianyan Pearl had been refined from Xu Changxing’s Immortal Jade, prompting Xu to call the Immortal Venerable unintelligent.

Xu Changxing’s second simulation showed that High Person Sanshou had briefly hesitated before attacking him, suggesting Xu’s efforts to win him over were working. After choosing the unexpected Immortal Saint Body Pill reward, Xu found that it carried Great Dao ripples, strengthening his suspicion that Buzhou Mountain lay outside the Tianyan Sect Illusion.

• Xu Changxing concluded that the Tianyan Sect projection could only repeat the Immortal Venerable’s reactions mechanically.
• In the simulation, the Tianyan Sect was destroyed, its eerie aura transformed Daoist Wuchen, High Person Sanshou, and Immortal Lord Leyou, and Xu Changxing died after Sanshou briefly hesitated to attack him.
• Xu Changxing took Sanshou’s hesitation as evidence that his efforts to win him over had worked, though he still did not know where Buzhou Mountain was.
• The system offered four rewards, including a special Immortal Saint Body Pill, and Xu Changxing chose the pill.
• Xu Changxing examined the pill and discovered that it contained Great Dao ripples.

Xu Changxing discovered that High Person Sanshou's Immortal Sacred Body Pill concealed chaotic Great Dao ripples that could not be deciphered through the Dao of Alchemy alone. After refining a matching pill to trigger resonance, Xu Changxing activated the hidden patterns and pinpointed a distant place resonating with them.

• Xu Changxing sensed intense emotions and other undecipherable Great Dao ripples within the Immortal Sacred Body Pill, confirming that High Person Sanshou's account had concealed something.
• Xu Changxing realized he needed to make his Dao of Alchemy resonate with the pill's patterns, and suspected High Person Sanshou had anticipated this when he taught him the recipe.
• Xu Changxing exchanged for the needed ingredients at the Moonflower Sect and left to refine Immortal Sacred Body Pills in an uninhabited place.
• Xu Changxing succeeded in refining an Immortal Sacred Body Pill on his fourth attempt and directed its Dao of Alchemy fluctuations toward the special pill.
• The special pill's patterns resonated with something infinitely far away, and Xu Changxing used his mastery of the Space Great Dao to pinpoint its location.

Xu Changxing followed the coordinates to a lightless, decaying world filled with the remains of immortals and Abyssal Demonic Beasts. He concluded that the world might once have been part of the Abyss or a battlefield where a catastrophic war had destroyed its Great Dao.

• Xu Changxing spent several months navigating a chaotic cluster of small worlds before finding the coordinates.
• Xu Changxing entered a dark, lifeless world and found scattered skeletons that had belonged to beings above the Origin Immortal realm.
• Xu Changxing recognized oddly shaped skeletons as those of Abyssal Demonic Beasts and saw that they had died fighting immortals.
• Xu Changxing discovered bone dust mixed into the soil, suggesting that countless weaker beings had also perished there.
• Xu Changxing examined the surrounding region and considered whether Abyssal Demonic Beasts had invaded a small world or immortals had attacked the Abyss, with the battle reducing the world to a Dead Zone.

Xu Changxing explored the silent world, suspecting it had been used as a tomb, and followed the traces of an ancient battle into a canyon. There he found two skeletons, and the Immortal Sacred Body Pill identified one as High Person Sanshou's friend.

• Xu Changxing realized the world's immortal remains had endured for millions of years and suspected the entire world was a tomb.
• Xu Changxing traced dense Destruction Dao Patterns to a canyon and flew toward it.
• Xu Changxing endured the canyon's Death Rules by using his Way of Destruction as he searched for High Person Sanshou's friend.
• Xu Changxing found two humanoid skeletons, one with large horns, and the Immortal Sacred Body Pill began glowing beside the other.
• The Immortal Sacred Body Pill floated toward the skeleton it had identified.

Xu Changxing restored a mysterious corpse with the Immortal Sacred Body Pill and found it looked exactly like High Person Sanshou, but he left it behind rather than risk disturbing the Immortal Realm. After leaving the death-filled realm, he comprehended the Life Great Dao and resolved to grow stronger before the secluded Immortal Venerables returned.

• Xu Changxing used the Immortal Sacred Body Pill on the skeleton and saw it grow flesh and blood.
• Xu Changxing discovered the restored corpse looked identical to High Person Sanshou and questioned whether he had fulfilled the commission.
• Xu Changxing chose not to take the corpse away, but memorized the Great Dao ripples produced as it was restored.
• Xu Changxing left the death-filled realm and felt the Life Great Dao’s rhythm with new clarity.
• Xu Changxing comprehended the Life Great Dao and resolved to advance his cultivation before the secluded Immortal Venerables emerged.

Xu Changxing simulated showing High Person Sanshou the Great Dao ripples from the Immortal Sacred Body Pill and discovered that Sanshou resisted the eerie force during the Tianyan Sect Illusion. He chose to comprehend the space Great Dao, reaching the Golden Immortal Sixth Stage after two hundred years.

• Xu Changxing simulated his dealings with High Person Sanshou and showed him the Great Dao ripples, causing Sanshou to enter seclusion.
• During the later Tianyan Sect calamity, High Person Sanshou struggled against the eerie force instead of becoming a monster, but Xu Changxing died after Daoist Wuchen and Immortal Lord Leyou attacked him.
• Xu Changxing concluded that the eerie forces could be resisted and selected the Golden Immortal Sixth Stage insights into the space Great Dao as his reward.
• Xu Changxing comprehended the space Great Dao for two hundred years and advanced to the Golden Immortal Sixth Stage.

Xu Changxing began a simulation to improve his understanding of the Way of Music, hoping to approach Immortal Lord Leyou in the future. Yan Guyin took him to an Immortal Music Pavilion, where he studied music with a talented zither-playing fairy and made rapid progress before leaving her with pills and an Origin Crystal.

• Xu Changxing decided to seek insight into the Way of Music before using his remaining Origin Crystals for another simulation.
• Xu Changxing began a simulation and returned to the Moonflower Sect, where Yan Guyin offered to take him somewhere to study music.
• Yan Guyin brought Xu Changxing to an Immortal Music Pavilion in a Small World and introduced him to a talented zither-playing fairy.
• Xu Changxing spent months at the pavilion and began discussing the Way of Music with the fairy.
• Xu Changxing's status as a Golden Immortal Pill Refining Master won the fairy's favor, and he gained insight into the Way of Music through their exchanges.
• Xu Changxing stayed for years, refined Immortal Pills for the fairy, and left her most of the pills and an Origin Crystal.