Chapter Summaries

Xu Changxing used repeated simulations to refine the Time Zither and rapidly improve his understanding of the Time Great Dao and the Great Dao of Music. He confirmed that his simulated insights worked on the real instrument, but Fairy Yaohua’s accelerated refinement threatened to shorten his window to take it.

• Xu Changxing watched the first simulation’s scenes and advanced his Life Great Dao insights to the Golden Immortal Eighth Layer and his Time Great Dao insights to the Golden Immortal Fourth Layer.
• Xu Changxing played the Time Zither with its string and confirmed that his simulated understanding of its laws worked on the real instrument, though he suspected the Tianyan Pearl had reconstructed the ancient Time Zither’s laws.
• Xu Changxing began another simulation, used his earlier experience to decipher the Time Zither faster, and took it before Fairy Yaohua ended their cooperation.
• Xu Changxing completed his refinement of the Time Zither in the simulation, then used it to make rapid progress in the Time Great Dao before viewing the simulation scenes and absorbing his gains.
• Xu Changxing completed a third simulation and reached the Golden Immortal Sixth Stage in the Time Great Dao and the Golden Immortal Eighth Layer in the Great Dao of Music.
• Xu Changxing learned that Fairy Yaohua would sever his connection to the Time Zither after only thirty years in the third simulation, and began considering how to obtain it without leaving future trouble.

Xu Changxing played Great Dao Music for more than eighty years, awakening countless Spirit Beasts around Cloudwatch Mountain and gaining partial control of the Time Zither. When the music reached the Immortal Music Pavilion, Fairy Yaohua realized how far his mastery had surpassed her expectations.

• Xu Changxing used the Time Zither's string to play Great Dao Music after Fairy Yaohua acted ahead of time.
• Xu Changxing's music continued for over eighty years, awakening many Spirit Beasts that gathered and formed tribes around Cloudwatch Mountain.
• The Great Dao Music reached the Time Zither in the Immortal Music Pavilion, and Fairy Yaohua failed to stop it with her hand seals.
• Fairy Yaohua awakened her avatar in a little fox outside Cloudwatch Mountain and flew toward the mountain.
• Fairy Yaohua saw the vast numbers of intelligent Spirit Beasts and wondered whether Xu Changxing intended to establish a kingdom of myriad demons.

Xu Changxing used the divine sense Fairy Yaohua placed on a fox to disrupt her and activate the Time Zither from Cloudwatch Mountain. After it fled the Immortal Music Pavilion, he intercepted Feng Yuan’s attempt to stop it, but Feng Yuan then attacked him with his sword.

• Fairy Yaohua visited Cloudwatch Mountain and demanded that Xu Changxing open the gate and discuss the Time Zither.
• Xu Changxing used zither music to suppress the fox carrying Fairy Yaohua’s divine sense, disrupting her control of the Time Zither.
• The Time Zither flew out of the Immortal Music Pavilion, and Fairy Yaohua urged Feng Yuan to pursue it.
• Feng Yuan chased the Time Zither and swung his sword at it, but Xu Changxing appeared and used its strings to neutralize the sword light.
• Feng Yuan recognized Xu Changxing as a thief stealing the sect’s treasure and launched a sword attack at him.

Xu Changxing used the Time Zither to freeze time and suppress Feng Yuan and Zhike, demanding that the Immortal Music Pavilion return to its ancient parent sect. He left both elders struggling as his Time Great Dao broke their laws and threatened their divine souls.

• Xu Changxing stopped Feng Yuan's Flying Sword with the Time Zither and asked Fairy Yaohua to explain his origins to the elders.
• Fairy Yaohua recounted Xu Changxing's claims that the Immortal Music Pavilion had once been a branch of an ancient immortal sect, while concealing the matter of the zither string.
• Zhike demanded that Xu Changxing return the Time Zither, but Xu Changxing refused and declared that the elders were former servants who had rebelled against their master.
• Zhike scattered Golden Immortal spirit seeds to attack, but Xu Changxing's zither music froze everything around them except Zhike.
• Zhike tried to resist, but Xu Changxing's Time Great Dao twisted and broke his laws, while Feng Yuan struggled to keep his sword intent and divine soul intact.

Xu Changxing defeated Feng Yuan and Zhike with the Time Zither, then convinced the Immortal Music Pavilion elders to accept him as the overlord sect’s envoy and pavilion master. With Fairy Yaohua’s support and both men bowing to him, he prepared to take charge of the pavilion and its resources.

• Xu Changxing used the Time Zither to scatter Feng Yuan’s Great Dao and suppress him after defeating Zhike.
• Fairy Yaohua apologized to Xu Changxing and urged Feng Yuan and Zhike to acknowledge him as the overlord sect’s envoy.
• Fairy Yaohua cited the Time Zither’s choice of Xu Changxing and warned that returning ancient Immortal Monarchs could threaten the pavilion.
• Xu Changxing promised Feng Yuan and Zhike they would remain elders and would not be summoned unless the pavilion faced danger.
• Zhike and Feng Yuan bowed to Xu Changxing, and Fairy Yaohua invited him to take charge of the Immortal Music Pavilion.
• Xu Changxing accepted their submission and told them to take him to the Immortal Music Pavilion.

The Immortal Music Pavilion’s elders welcomed Xu Changxing as their new Pavilion Master after the Immortal Music Zither fled, shocking the sect’s disciples. Elder Liu Jinghan challenged the appointment and demanded an explanation from Feng Yuan and Zhike.

• Immortals in the Immortal Music Pavilion speculated about the Immortal Music Zither’s escape as Feng Yuan, Zhike, and Fairy Yaohua returned and opened the Mountain Gate.
• Fairy Yaohua bowed to Xu Changxing, and Feng Yuan and Zhike followed, leaving the Pavilion’s disciples stunned.
• Fairy Yaohua, Feng Yuan, and Zhike announced Xu Changxing as Pavilion Master and invited him into the sect.
• Fairy Yaohua rebuked the confused disciples and ordered them to pay their respects, prompting many to bow to Xu Changxing.
• Liu Jinghan flew up and demanded that the elders explain why they had appointed a Pavilion Master without consulting her.

Xu Changxing used the Immortal Music Zither to halt the elders’ fighting, and Fairy Yaohua declared that the treasure had chosen him as the Immortal Music Pavilion’s master. After Liu Jinghan was forced to kneel and Chen Xiyue bowed to Xu Changxing, Yaohua privately explained that she had backed him to protect herself.

• Fairy Yaohua attacked Liu Jinghan, and Chen Xiyue joined Liu Jinghan after she warned that Yaohua might target them both.
• Xu Changxing played the Time Zither, freezing the three fairies’ battle and preventing them from using their Great Dao.
• Fairy Yaohua announced that the Immortal Music Zither had chosen Xu Changxing as Pavilion Master, but Liu Jinghan tried to persuade Feng Yuan to oppose him.
• Feng Yuan remained silent as an outside Great Dao sealed Liu Jinghan and forced her to kneel before Xu Changxing.
• Chen Xiyue bowed to Xu Changxing, and Fairy Yaohua welcomed him as Pavilion Master.
• Xu Changxing asked Yaohua why she had helped him, and she said she had acted to avoid being punished by Liu Jinghan and Chen Xiyue.

Xu Changxing took charge of the Immortal Music Pavilion and agreed to announce his appointment with a ceremony thirty years later. As Fairy Yaohua prepared invitations across the Immortal Realm, Yan Guyin learned of Xu Changxing’s new position and began planning congratulatory gifts.

• Xu Changxing questioned Fairy Yaohua about Fairy Xinyu’s death, and Yaohua explained that Xinyu had died when she tried to escape the pavilion’s restrictions with Daoist Tianlu.
• Xu Changxing completed the Immortal Music Pavilion’s procedures to become its Pavilion Master, with Yaohua shortening the ceremonies.
• Xu Changxing agreed to invite friendly Golden Immortals to a ceremony thirty years later, deciding that a public announcement would quell rumors about the pavilion.
• Xu Changxing returned to his Daoist Field to enter seclusion while Yaohua sent invitations throughout the Immortal Realm.
• Yan Guyin received an invitation, discovered that Xu Changxing had become Pavilion Master, and ordered his Dao Attendant to spend ten years selecting three fine congratulatory gifts.

Fairy Qiongyin learned that Xu Changxing had become the Immortal Music Pavilion’s master and decided to attend the pavilion’s gathering to see how he had won the position. The Longevity Immortal Elder concluded that Xu Changxing might wield the Immortal Music Zither and considered whether he could help them survive the coming great tribulation.

• Fairy Qiongyin’s maids discussed the Immortal Music Pavilion’s invitation and revealed that Xu Changxing had become its new pavilion master.
• Fairy Qiongyin suppressed the urge to destroy the invitation, then decided to go and see Xu Changxing for herself.
• The Longevity Immortal Elder told his immortal deer that the Immortal Music Zither could make Xu Changxing powerful enough to overwhelm the pavilion’s Golden Immortals.
• The Longevity Immortal Elder warned that the zither’s appearance could bring ancient Golden Immortals back and usher in another great tribulation.
• The Longevity Immortal Elder said he might find the right person to help them endure the tribulation, and the immortal deer wondered if Xu Changxing would take it as his mount.

Xu Changxing explored the Immortal Music Pavilion treasury and collected its origin crystals and many treasures. He then found Chen Xiyue and Liu Jinghan in the forbidden grounds and asked Chen Xiyue to show him the place used to temper Dao hearts.

• Xu Changxing opened the Immortal Music Pavilion treasury and discovered it was filled with heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
• Xu Changxing spent several days gathering origin crystals and other treasures until his Storage Ring was full.
• Xu Changxing toured the pavilion and discovered that Chen Xiyue had joined the imprisoned Liu Jinghan in the forbidden grounds by choice.
• Chen Xiyue explained that she had come to accompany Liu Jinghan and temper her own Dao heart.
• Xu Changxing entered the cave and asked Chen Xiyue to take him deeper to see the Dao Heart Tempering site.

Xu Changxing entered the Immortal Music Pavilion’s cavern to study its Great Dao Ripples, hoping they might help counter the Weirdness in the Tianyan Sect Illusion. After twenty-nine years of seclusion, he emerged for the pavilion’s grand ceremony, leaving Chen Xiyue and Liu Jinghan surprised by his single-minded cultivation.

• Chen Xiyue explained that the cavern’s Great Dao Ripples cleansed divine souls and tempered the Dao heart, then offered Xu Changxing her meditation chamber.
• Xu Changxing went deeper into the cavern to investigate the ripples, but found no treasures or clues and began contemplating the laws.
• Chen Xiyue prepared her chamber and waited for Xu Changxing, expecting him to emerge after only a few days.
• Twenty-nine years later, Xu Changxing emerged brimming with vitality and said he would have stayed a century if the grand ceremony were not beginning.
• Xu Changxing invited Chen Xiyue to attend the ceremony with him, and Liu Jinghan emerged from a crevice, astonished that he had spent decades there only cultivating.

Fairy Yaohua discussed the approaching succession ceremony with Caixin before Xu Changxing welcomed Yan Guyin and other Golden Immortals to the Immortal Music Pavilion. At the ceremony, the Longevity Immortal Elder presented his Everlasting Immortal Deer, leaving the guests speculating about Xu Changxing’s influence and background.

• Fairy Yaohua asked Caixin about the Pavilion Master’s absence and said she did not fear Chen Xiyue because she had helped Xu Changxing take over the Immortal Music Pavilion.
• Xu Changxing welcomed Yan Guyin, who congratulated him on becoming Pavilion Master, and hosted him in a temporary Daoist field.
• Several invited Golden Immortals arrived over the following months, and Xu Changxing exchanged greetings with them at his succession ceremony.
• The Longevity Immortal Elder arrived riding his immortal deer and presented it as a congratulatory gift to the Immortal Music Pavilion.
• The Golden Immortals marveled that the Elder had given away a supreme immortal beast and speculated that the deer had joined Xu Changxing because it sensed something extraordinary.

Xu Changxing received the Longevity Immortal Elder’s immortal deer as a congratulatory gift, drawing speculation from the Golden Immortals. Fairy Qiongyin arrived intending to confront him, but his music changed her mind, and the deer confirmed that he had chosen to seek refuge with Xu Changxing.

• The Longevity Immortal Elder gave his immortal deer to the Immortal Music Pavilion, and the deer fawned over Xu Changxing.
• Fairy Qiongyin arrived playing a sorrowful zither melody, but Xu Changxing answered with music that eased her resentment.
• Fairy Qiongyin interpreted the Elder’s gift and the Golden Immortals’ whispers as signs that Xu Changxing faced an unspoken hardship, then congratulated him and took her seat.
• The Golden Immortals speculated about why Fairy Qiongyin had changed her attitude, while Xu Changxing asked the deer why it had sought refuge with him.
• The immortal deer praised Xu Changxing’s insight and disparaged the Longevity Immortal Elder, who composed himself and went to greet the guests.

Xu Changxing accepted an immortal deer seeking refuge as an elder and appointed Fairy Qiongyin as the Immortal Music Pavilion’s sixth elder. He then assigned her to reform the Pavilion’s branches across the Immortal Realm.

• The old deer told Xu Changxing that the Longevity Immortal Elder sensed an approaching calamity and asked to settle at the Immortal Music Pavilion.
• Xu Changxing welcomed the old deer as a prospective elder and had Fairy Yaohua arrange a cultivation ground for him.
• Fairy Qiongyin asked to join the Pavilion and offered to handle its internal troubles; Xu Changxing agreed, provided she set aside her grudge against Yaohua.
• Xu Changxing told Fairy Qiongyin to turn the Pavilion’s branches into ordinary places of commerce, and she agreed.
• The elders unanimously approved Fairy Qiongyin and the old deer as new elders, after which Xu Changxing proposed reforming the branches.

Xu Changxing reorganized the Immortal Music Pavilion’s branches and used seclusion to create the Immortal Music Flaw-Cleansing Art, which could sweep away but not eradicate the Weirdness. After using it on a contaminated sword, he discovered that the strange laws had contaminated him as well, and he remained nearby to contain their spread.

• Chen Xiyue supported Xu Changxing’s plan to reform the Immortal Music Pavilion’s branches, and the other elders did not object.
• Xu Changxing assigned Fairy Qiongyin to lead the reforms and told Fairy Yaohua to cooperate; the reforms were completed without obstruction.
• Xu Changxing developed the Immortal Music Flaw-Cleansing Art, which could expel Weirdness but not destroy it, and tested it on the contaminated Immortal Music Sword.
• Xu Changxing realized the strange laws had contaminated him, cleared them from his body, and searched for the Weirdness he had swept away but found no trace of it.
• Xu Changxing kept watch for over five hundred years, eliminated corrupted cultivators and Demon Beasts, and failed to find a way to eradicate the strange laws except by crushing them with his Great Dao.

After the simulation ended, Xu Changxing learned that his efforts had let the aura of the great tribulation seep into reality. He found the Weirdness contained within the Immortal Music Sword and strengthened the restrictions around both the sword and High Person Sanshou's corpse.

• Xu Changxing's simulation reached the Golden Immortal eighth layer and gave him a faint understanding of the Space-Time Great Dao before it ended.
• The simulation evaluation warned that Xu Changxing's actions had raised the curtain on the great tribulation, and he suspected the Weirdness had begun seeping into reality.
• Xu Changxing postponed claiming his reward and rushed to the deathly silent Small World, where he discovered that the Weirdness had spread beyond the Immortal Music Sword but remained within its restrictions.
• Xu Changxing spent three years adding restrictions around the Immortal Music Sword until they numbered eighty-eight layers.
• Xu Changxing spent another two years laying eighty-eight layers of restrictions around the corpse resembling High Person Sanshou.

After more than twenty simulations over five thousand years, Xu Changxing raised his cultivation and Great Dao attainments to the Golden Immortal limits, but discovered that the Immortal Realm itself suppressed breakthroughs to Taiyi. He prepared to revisit the Tianyan Sect Illusion and set out to resolve Li Changge’s coming trouble while finding a way to send Lao Lu away.

• Xu Changxing reinforced the sealed Small World with layers of restrictions, then watched the simulation footage and absorbed its rewards.
• He completed more than twenty simulations over five thousand years, raising several Great Daos to the ninth layer of the Golden Immortal realm and incorporating more than a hundred Daos into the Great Dao of Music.
• Xu Changxing found that the Weirdness had penetrated five layers of restrictions, but remained contained as long as he did not provoke it.
• After failing to break through to Taiyi, Xu Changxing realized that the Immortal Realm itself suppressed Golden Immortals from advancing.
• Xu Changxing decided to address Li Changge’s coming trouble and send Lao Lu away before returning to the Tianyan Sect Illusion.
• When Lao Lu caught up and offered to carry him, Xu Changxing accepted and addressed him as Elder Deer.

Xu Changxing hid with Lao Lu in a Small World, waiting for his senior brother Li Changge to arrive. When Lao Lu sensed danger around Li Changge, Xu Changxing asked him to divine what fortune awaited his senior brother.

• Xu Changxing gave Lao Lu coordinates and rode him to a Small World, instructing him to conceal his aura.
• Xu Changxing sealed off nearby Great Dao fluctuations, then waited with Lao Lu on a peak for several months.
• A fierce Sword Intent announced the arrival of Xu Changxing's senior brother, Li Changge, accompanied by a Golden Immortal.
• Lao Lu sensed that the Golden Immortal's aura was unusually savage and warned that Li Changge might be in danger.
• Xu Changxing asked Lao Lu to divine what fortune awaited Li Changge.

Xu Changxing sent Lao Lu to help his senior brother Li Changge, expecting him to face a crisis and offering Lao Lu the chance to become Li Changge’s companion. Trapped in a formation and fighting three Profound Demons, Li Changge grew wary as Qinghe Daoist secretly agreed to betray him for a damaged Innate Spirit Treasure.

• Xu Changxing examined Li Changge’s abundant Fortune and urged Lao Lu to go help him, explaining that Lao Lu could return afterward or become Li Changge’s companion.
• Li Changge fought three Profound Demons inside a formation that twisted the Small World’s Great Dao Laws, while his sword light began eroding the formation.
• Qinghe Daoist considered abandoning the Profound Demons, but agreed to help them after they promised him their damaged Innate Spirit Treasure containing the Way of Destruction.
• Qinghe Daoist told Li Changge he had found a way to break the formation, while Li Changge sensed something was wrong and prepared to escape.
• The three Profound Demons activated the formation, sending a storm of laws sweeping toward Li Changge.

Li Changge fought three Profound Demons while Qinghe Daoist attacked him with a golden bracelet and a broken whip. Lao Lu intervened to lift the bracelet, Qinghe Daoist fled, and Li Changge continued battling the demons as Xu Changxing watched.

• Li Changge split the Profound Demons’ combined attack and held back Qinghe Daoist’s golden mountain with a sword beam.
• The leading Profound Demon brought out a broken whip that carried an aura of destruction, putting Li Changge under severe pressure.
• Lao Lu appeared and bore the golden bracelet on his back, freeing Li Changge to fight the three Profound Demons.
• Qinghe Daoist grew wary of unseen danger, apologized to Lao Lu, retrieved his damaged bracelet, and fled the Small World.
• Xu Changxing let Qinghe Daoist escape and watched as Li Changge continued fighting the Profound Demons.