Chapter Summaries

Xu Changxing followed Kalen through the Spatial Passage and confirmed that it led to the bottom of the Abyss, where destruction and slaughter eroded demons into madness. After exploring the blood-red land for months, he witnessed how ancient spatial fissures dragged demons into the deadly realm.

• Kalen entered the spatial fissure, and Xu Changxing used an imprint on him to inspect the other side before following him through to the bottom of the Abyss.
• Xu Changxing found that the realm's laws of destruction and slaughter stirred violent urges, while Kalen claimed his apparent bloodlust was an act to avoid standing out.
• Xu Changxing concealed his aura and traveled with Kalen for months, observing Overlord battles and demons briefly regain clarity after devouring other Overlords before falling back into madness.
• When an injured demon lord charged at him, Xu Changxing casually killed it.
• Xu Changxing witnessed a battle's law fluctuations revive an ancient Spatial Passage, which dragged ordinary demons into the Abyss, where most were killed or began to succumb to its laws.

Xu Changxing searched the Abyss for an unusual place while Kalen remained wary of the slaughtering demons around them. After Kalen devoured a slain Overlord and discovered a place with an aura like Xu Changxing’s, Xu Changxing ordered him to lead the way.

• Kalen lamented that demons trapped at the bottom of the Abyss were doomed, and told Xu Changxing that the center held increasingly chaotic laws and powerful Overlords.
• An Overlord-level Abyss Demon sensed Xu Changxing and charged him, but Xu Changxing killed it with spatial Dao arts.
• Xu Changxing let Kalen devour the demon, and Kalen’s aura grew by about twenty percent.
• Kalen told Xu Changxing that the demon’s bloodline memories revealed an unusual place with an aura similar to his, which had drawn the demon to him.
• Xu Changxing told Kalen to lead him to the place, and Kalen set off ahead of him.

Xu Changxing discovered a genuine grotto-heaven at the Bottom of the Abyss and determined that its carefully altered laws pointed to a Daluo Immortal Venerable’s work. After entering the apparently vacant abode, he sensed how it transformed the Abyss’s foul power into life.

• Xu Changxing followed the faint trace of an Immortal Formation and found an azure-sky paradise amid the Bottom of the Abyss.
• Xu Changxing identified the place as a grotto-heaven and respectfully called out to its presumed owner, while Kalen watched in awe.
• Xu Changxing examined the grotto-heaven and concluded that it was part of the Bottom of the Abyss, its Great Dao altered by a Daluo Immortal Venerable, and that it had been vacant for tens of thousands of years.
• After receiving no answer, Xu Changxing announced that he would enter, while Kalen stayed outside.
• Xu Changxing explored the forest and sensed its Great Dao transforming the Abyss’s foul power into life for its plants, birds, and beasts.

Xu Changxing advanced to the bottleneck of attaining the Dao after contemplating the cycle of life and destruction in the Grotto-Heaven. Its creator entrusted the world and its Daoist Field to him, leaving Xu Changxing with a powerful refuge and a chance to further his cultivation.

• Xu Changxing spent a hundred years refining his Great Dao after his epiphany brought him to the bottleneck of becoming a Daluo.
• Xu Changxing addressed the unknown senior who had created the Grotto-Heaven, and the senior explained that it had been intended to become a Daoist Field rooted in a seed.
• Xu Changxing agreed to care for the Grotto-Heaven and try to spread its blue sky across the Bottom of the Abyss.
• The Grotto-Heaven’s laws and living things gathered into a jade token, which gave Xu Changxing control over its Great Daos.
• Xu Changxing realized he could move the Tianyan Sect into the Grotto-Heaven and use its laws to resist the Myriad Immortals Alliance.
• The senior accepted Xu Changxing as half a successor and invited him to visit the senior’s Daoist Field.

Xu Changxing accepted the Azure-Robed Dao Ancestor as his master’s nominal disciple and spent centuries deepening his understanding of the Way of Life and Death. He left the Grotto-Heaven and rewarded Kalen with the corpse of an Abyss Great Overlord.

• The Azure-Robed Dao Ancestor revealed his identity, and Xu Changxing pledged to guard the Grotto-Heaven and visit his Daoist Field to study.
• Xu Changxing took the Grotto-Heaven’s token and, as the Dao Ancestor’s nominal disciple, gained a refuge he could seek if the Final Tribulation overwhelmed him.
• Xu Changxing entered seclusion for several more centuries, advanced his comprehension of the Way of Life and Death, and grew more confident about facing the Final Tribulation.
• Xu Changxing left the Grotto-Heaven and told Kalen that his guidance deserved a reward, but Kalen declined to make a request.
• Xu Changxing vanished and returned with the corpse of an Abyss Great Overlord, giving it to Kalen to devour as his reward.

Xu Changxing brought Kalen to a new layer of the Abyss, cleared away its powerful demons, and made him its sole overlord. After settling his promise to Kalen, Xu Changxing opened a rift to another Abyss layer.

• Kalen swallowed the Abyss Great Overlord Xu Changxing had brought back, and Xu Changxing took him to a different Abyss layer because he had drained the Great Dao from the Ninety-Ninth Abyss Layer.
• A Great Overlord attacked, and Xu Changxing killed it with a single stomp infused with the Life and Death Laws.
• Xu Changxing swept through the layer, killing its other overlord-level demons and gathering their corpses for Kalen.
• Xu Changxing told Kalen that he was now the layer's sole overlord and that devouring the corpses could help him evolve into a Great Overlord.
• Kalen said he was satisfied, and Xu Changxing opened a spatial rift to another Abyss layer.

Xu Changxing found Li Changge fighting in the Fifth Abyss Layer and learned that his senior brother was ready to attain the Dao of Taiyi but was unsure where to root his Great Dao. Xu Changxing hinted that he knew a suitable place and showed Li Changge a view of the Bottom of the Abyss.

• Xu Changxing arrived in the Fifth Abyss Layer and watched Li Changge defeat its Abyss Overlord, while Jiang Yao had reached the Heavenly Immortal peak.
• Xu Changxing revealed himself to Jiang Yao and spoke with her and Li Changge after the battle.
• Li Changge explained that he was considering where to attain the Dao of Taiyi because he hesitated to root his Sword Dao in the Immortal Realm during the coming Final Tribulation.
• Xu Changxing told Li Changge about a Taiyi Immortal Lord he had erased after the lord tried to merge with the Great Overlord of the Ninety-Ninth Abyss Layer.
• Xu Changxing suggested that another place might suit Li Changge and conjured a screen showing the Bottom of the Abyss.

Xu Changxing invited Li Changge to become the first guardian Sword Immortal of the grotto-heaven he inherited from the Azure-Robed Dao Ancestor, and offered to take him there before he decided whether to break through. On the way, they encountered Kalen, who had grown stronger and cleverer and pledged to help Li Changge if needed.

• Xu Changxing explained that the grotto-heaven could resist the Bottom of the Abyss's destructive Great Dao and asked Li Changge to help expand it across the Abyss as its first guardian Sword Immortal.
• Xu Changxing revealed that the grotto-heaven came from the Azure-Robed Dao Ancestor, and Li Changge agreed to visit it before deciding whether to make his breakthrough there.
• After resting for several days, Li Changge traveled with Xu Changxing and Jiang Yao through a spatial rift to the layer where Kalen resided.
• Kalen knelt before Xu Changxing and explained that eating the Abyss Overlords Xu Changxing had left him had made him stronger and cleverer.
• Xu Changxing introduced Li Changge and told Kalen that Li might call on him for help, and Kalen promised to assist his master's senior brother.

Xu Changxing took Li Changge and Jiang Yao to the Azure-Robed Dao Ancestor’s Grotto-Heaven, where Li Changge chose to establish himself and attain the Dao of Taiyi. His breakthrough stirred blood-colored storms throughout the Bottom of the Abyss, drawing the attention of the Azure-Robed Dao Ancestor.

• Xu Changxing brought Li Changge and Jiang Yao to the Grotto-Heaven and explained its potential to grow into another Immortal Realm, free from the Final Tribulation’s influence.
• Li Changge and Jiang Yao explored the Bottom of the Abyss, where its vastness and the battles between Abyss Great Overlords impressed them.
• After seeing the Bottom of the Abyss, Li Changge agreed to stay in the Grotto-Heaven and said he would break through that day.
• Xu Changxing used his token to stir the Grotto-Heaven’s underlying Great Dao as Li Changge’s Great Dao rooted itself within it and touched the Bottom of the Abyss’s underlying laws.
• Blood-colored storms swept across the Bottom of the Abyss, while the Azure-Robed Dao Ancestor divined that Xu Changxing had found an exceptionally talented guardian.

Li Changge broke through to become a Taiyi Immortal Lord in the Bottom of the Abyss, aided by the Azure-Robed Dao Ancestor's gift of a Seven-Colored Divine Stone. With Li Changge agreeing to guard Xu Changxing's grotto-heaven, Xu Changxing prepared to return to the Tianyan Sect and discuss the approaching final tribulation.

• The Azure-Robed Dao Ancestor sent the Seven-Colored Divine Stone to Xu Changxing's grotto-heaven as a spark of spiritual light for its seed.
• The divine stone illuminated Li Changge's Great Dao, helping him complete his breakthrough and become a Taiyi Immortal Lord.
• Li Changge realized his breakthrough let him wield his full Taiyi strength throughout the Bottom of the Abyss, though not in the Immortal Realm.
• Li Changge thanked Xu Changxing for inviting him and promised to protect the grotto-heaven from demonic beasts.
• Xu Changxing said he would return to the Tianyan Sect after nearly a thousand years away and discuss how to prepare for the final tribulation.

Xu Changxing returned from the Abyss to the Immortal Realm and learned that the Myriad Immortals Alliance was searching for the Tianyan Sect. Daoist Wuchen advised him to wait before pursuing the Daluo realm, while the cause of the Alliance’s search remained tied to Immortal Monarch Jingting.

• Xu Changxing spotted an unexpectedly large group of Myriad Immortals Alliance Immortal Monarchs near the Tianyan Sect and suspected Green Lotus Immortal Monarch had awakened another batch.
• Xu Changxing returned to the Tianyan Sect and met Daoist Wuchen, who was maintaining the formations that concealed the sect.
• Daoist Wuchen confirmed that Xu Changxing had reached the threshold of the Daluo realm and advised him to wait until the returning Immortal Venerables eased pressure on the Immortal Realm’s Great Dao.
• Xu Changxing asked why Alliance Immortal Monarchs were searching for the Tianyan Sect, and Daoist Wuchen said the matter likely involved Immortal Monarch Jingting.

Daoist Wuchen explained why the Myriad Immortals Alliance had sent Immortal Monarchs to Tianyan Sect: they wanted to recover their reputation and free Immortal Monarch Jingting from Xu Changxing’s seal. Xu Changxing told Wuchen about the Grotto-Heaven he found at the Bottom of the Abyss, and Wuchen declared it could help the sect survive the Final Tribulation.

• Daoist Wuchen told Xu Changxing that the Myriad Immortals Alliance’s Immortal Monarchs could not undo his seal on Immortal Monarch Jingting and had come to Tianyan Sect seeking a way to free him.
• Xu Changxing said he would teach the visiting Immortal Monarchs a lesson in a few days, and Daoist Wuchen praised his rapid cultivation and the Tianyan Pearl’s choice of him.
• Daoist Wuchen sensed that Xu Changxing had found a treasure to protect Tianyan Sect and explained that he had only divined a general direction toward the Bottom of the Abyss.
• Xu Changxing told Daoist Wuchen that he had found a Grotto-Heaven left behind by the Azure-Robed Dao Ancestor, and Wuchen celebrated it as a potential key to surviving the Final Tribulation.
• Daoist Wuchen explained that the Dao Ancestor could have concealed the Grotto-Heaven from divination and that the Abyss’s laws and disordered space would have trapped most Immortal Monarchs before they reached its bottom.

Xu Changxing secured a newborn grotto-heaven and followed Daoist Wuchen’s advice to keep it secret, even erasing Wuchen’s memories of it. After returning to the Tianyan Sect, he met High Person Sanshou, who was eager to retaliate against the Myriad Immortals Alliance, and guessed Xu Changxing had come to ask for pills.

• Daoist Wuchen divined that Xu Changxing should conceal the grotto-heaven from the Tianyan Sect and everyone else, then asked Xu Changxing to erase his memories of it.
• Xu Changxing erased Daoist Wuchen’s memories and left, while Wuchen used divination to work out that Xu Changxing had concealed an extraordinary encounter connected to the Bottom of the Abyss.
• Xu Changxing went to see High Person Sanshou, who said the Myriad Immortals Alliance had been searching for the Tianyan Sect and urged them to strike back.
• Xu Changxing agreed that they should show the alliance the sect’s strength and said he had gained new methods to test.
• High Person Sanshou guessed that Xu Changxing had come to ask him to refine pills.

Xu Changxing accepted immortal pills from High Person Sanshou for his senior brother and decided to confront the Myriad Immortals Alliance that day. He effortlessly captured two Alliance members, and Immortal Lord Leyou judged that Xu Changxing’s cultivation was likely no lower than Muling’s.

• Xu Changxing received a batch of immortal pills from High Person Sanshou for his senior brother, who had recently attained the Dao of Taiyi.
• Xu Changxing agreed with High Person Sanshou to confront the Myriad Immortals Alliance immediately, and the Tianyan Sect’s elders assembled to join them.
• Xu Changxing and four other immortal monarchs appeared at the Alliance’s formation, where Yiyu Immortal Monarch and Feihong Immortal Lord were on guard.
• Xu Changxing dispelled the formation’s defenses and sealed Yiyu Immortal Monarch and Feihong Immortal Lord separately in Jade Talismans as they tried to flee.
• Xu Changxing said the Alliance would respond to the captives’ disappearance, while Immortal Lord Leyou estimated that Xu Changxing’s cultivation was no lower than Muling’s.

Xu Changxing confronted the Myriad Immortals Alliance’s reinforcements and used his mastery of the Way of Destruction to suppress dozens of their Immortal Monarchs. Green Lotus Immortal Monarch admitted he had underestimated Xu Changxing and asked what he planned to do with them.

• High Person Sanshou and Immortal Lord Leyou realized Xu Changxing’s realm made him nearly invincible without a Daluo Immortal Monarch, but Xu Changxing told the group to prepare for battle.
• Green Lotus Immortal Monarch arrived with more than a dozen reinforcements and challenged the Tianyan Sect, prompting Xu Changxing to attack immediately.
• Xu Changxing’s Way of Destruction annihilated the Alliance Immortal Monarchs’ Dao arts and Great Dao, shocking them.
• Green Lotus Immortal Monarch ordered the Immortal Monarchs to form a formation, but Xu Changxing unleashed a Destruction Storm that suppressed more than half of them.
• Green Lotus Immortal Monarch admitted he had underestimated Xu Changxing and asked what he intended to do with the Alliance’s Immortal Monarchs.

Xu Changxing overwhelmed the Myriad Immortals Alliance’s Immortal Monarchs, and Green Lotus Immortal Monarch offered terms to avoid further losses. The negotiations ended with Green Lotus promising that the entire Alliance, including its returning Daluo Immortal Venerables, would recognize the Tianyan Sect’s standing and cooperate against the Final Tribulation, leaving Xu Changxing to weigh the offer.

• Green Lotus Immortal Monarch accepted that the Myriad Immortals Alliance could not defeat Xu Changxing and chose to negotiate rather than continue fighting.
• High Person Sanshou urged Green Lotus to put up a fight, but Green Lotus warned that the Alliance’s Daluo Immortal Venerables would eventually return.
• Xu Changxing threatened to kill the Alliance’s Immortal Monarchs, while Green Lotus cautioned that slaughtering them could bring the great tribulation forward.
• Xu Changxing asked Green Lotus to propose terms, and Green Lotus offered the Alliance’s recognition of the Tianyan Sect and cooperation against the Final Tribulation.
• Green Lotus said his promise bound the entire Myriad Immortals Alliance, including its returning Daluo Immortal Venerables, and Xu Changxing paused at the offer.

Xu Changxing forced Green Lotus Immortal Monarch to swear that the Myriad Immortals Alliance would reconcile with the Tianyan Sect and pay one million Origin Crystals, then released the alliance’s Immortal Monarchs. News of his victory spread, and Yan Guyin sought confirmation from Lei Yanbo.

• Daoist Wuchen told Xu Changxing that the Myriad Immortals Alliance’s offer was not enough, so Xu demanded one million Origin Crystals in addition to its promise to reconcile and seek a way through the Final Tribulation together.
• Green Lotus Immortal Monarch swore a Great Dao Oath to uphold the terms and provide the Origin Crystals.
• Xu Changxing dispelled his Way of Destruction, and the Myriad Immortals Alliance’s Immortal Monarchs left while Xu and his companions returned to the Tianyan Sect.
• News of the battle spread across the Immortal Realm, and Yan Guyin flew to Lei Yanbo’s Daoist Field to ask whether Xu had really suppressed the alliance alone.
• Lei Yanbo confirmed that he had witnessed the battle and said Xu Changxing had nearly mastered the Way of Destruction.

After Xu Changxing overpowered the Myriad Immortals Alliance, the Tianyan Sect returned to the Immortal Realm and settled on the ruins of the Immortal Music Pavilion. The Alliance accepted its return, and sects across the realm sent envoys to visit.

• Lei Yanbo told Yan Guyin that Xu Changxing had mastered the Way of Destruction and urged him to build closer relations with the Tianyan Sect.
• Yan Guyin agreed to visit on behalf of the Moonflower Sect once the Tianyan Sect returned, and Lei Yanbo reminded him to bring treasures from the treasury.
• Daoist Tianlu sensed Xu Changxing's power, reflected on Fairy Qiongyin's choice to join the Tianyan Sect, and resumed stabilizing his cultivation.
• News of the battle spread throughout the Immortal Realm, and its immortals awaited the Tianyan Sect's return.
• Six months later, the Tianyan Sect settled atop the ruins of the Immortal Music Pavilion while the Myriad Immortals Alliance made no move against it.
• Immortal sects sent envoys to visit the returned Tianyan Sect.

Xu Changxing and Fairy Qiongyin discussed the Tianyan Sect’s return ceremony after the Myriad Immortals Alliance sent a million Origin Crystals as a congratulatory gift, prompting other sects to attend. Xu Changxing also hinted that he wanted Daoist Tianlu to help prepare for the coming Final Tribulation, and Fairy Qiongyin agreed to sound out her father.

• The Myriad Immortals Alliance sent an Immortal Monarch and a million Origin Crystals to the Tianyan Sect’s return ceremony, drawing other immortal sects to attend.
• Xu Changxing entrusted Fairy Qiongyin with overseeing the ceremony and discussed Daoist Tianlu’s absence and recent progress.
• Xu Changxing revealed that he knew a place suited to Daoist Tianlu’s Great Dao of Slaughter, though he would not disclose it before the Final Tribulation descended.
• Xu Changxing explained that he was preparing cautiously because the Final Tribulation could bring backlash upon him, and Fairy Qiongyin agreed to sound out her father about the opportunity.

Xu Changxing used a simulation to learn that Jiang Yao was the reincarnation of a spirit treasure once carried by Wuyou Immortal Venerable, making her key to exploring the Eye of the Great Dao. He discussed the danger with Jiang Yao and Li Changge, and Jiang Yao agreed to consider exploring it with him after attaining the Dao of Taiyi.

• Xu Changxing spent 250,000 origin crystals to begin a simulation and saw himself return to the Bottom of the Abyss to expand his grotto-heaven with Li Changge.
• Xu Changxing and Li Changge hunted Abyss Overlords, enlarging the grotto-heaven, and later Xu Changxing brought spirit beasts there for Jiang Yao to raise.
• Xu Changxing learned through discussions with the Myriad Immortals Alliance that Jiang Yao was the reincarnation of a spirit treasure once carried by Wuyou Immortal Venerable, and he concealed her whereabouts from the alliance.
• Xu Changxing returned to the Bottom of the Abyss and told Li Changge what he had learned about Jiang Yao and the Eye of the Great Dao.
• Jiang Yao agreed to explore the Eye of the Great Dao with Xu Changxing after attaining the Dao of Taiyi, while Xu Changxing promised to provide her with cultivation resources and let her withdraw at any time.