Chapter Summaries

Xu Changxing entered the Eye of the Great Dao in the simulation, but the Tianyan Pearl could not clearly show what happened inside, and he emerged years later before returning to the Tianyan Sect to cultivate. The simulation then showed him and Li Changge expanding and protecting their grotto-heaven at the Bottom of the Abyss, until a message interrupted their work.

• Xu Changxing prepared to explore the Eye of the Great Dao, spent more than fifty years studying the patterns outside it, and then entered.
• The simulation became too blurry to show Xu Changxing's time inside the Eye; he staggered out years later and returned to the Tianyan Sect to enter seclusion.
• After emerging from seclusion, Xu Changxing met Li Changge at the Bottom of the Abyss, and they decided to expand their grotto-heaven.
• Xu Changxing introduced faster-breeding spirit beasts and stocked the grotto-heaven with spirit fish and herbivores to support them.
• The spirit beasts adapted to hunting demonic beasts, and Xu Changxing added carnivorous spirit beasts that helped curb the intruders.
• Xu Changxing hunted threatening Abyss Overlords while Li Changge guarded the grotto-heaven's Great Dao, until a message forced Xu Changxing to stop.

Xu Changxing simulated a future in which he and Jiang Yao explored the Eye of the Great Dao, then prepared to await a breakthrough at the Bottom of the Abyss as the Final Tribulation approached. After the simulation ended, he chose to receive the Laws of Chaos he had analyzed.

• Xu Changxing returned to the Tianyan Sect and helped settle tensions with the Myriad Immortals Alliance by suppressing its Half-Step Immortal Venerables at a banquet alongside Immortal Lord Muling.
• Xu Changxing and Jiang Yao entered the Eye of the Great Dao and emerged five thousand years later, with their cultivation greatly advanced.
• Xu Changxing concluded that fusing the Great Dao of Life and Death with Space-Time might require an opportunity during the Final Tribulation, so he returned to the Bottom of the Abyss to await it.
• Xu Changxing stopped the simulation when its Origin Crystals ran out and received an evaluation highlighting the Eye of the Great Dao and the Grotto-Heaven at the Bottom of the Abyss.
• Xu Changxing chose the Laws of Chaos reward, and the Tianyan Pearl revealed chaotic Dao Patterns around him.

Xu Changxing refined a method for deciphering the Great Dao of Chaos, prepared spirit beasts, and helped Li Changge expand their Grotto-Heaven in the Bottom of the Abyss. After returning to the Tianyan Sect, he found Daoist Wuchen and the Supreme Elders discussing how to deal with the Myriad Immortals Alliance.

• Xu Changxing deciphered the Tianyan Pearl's projected Dao Patterns and refined his method for studying the Great Dao of Chaos.
• Xu Changxing collected hundreds of thousands of wild beasts and spirit beasts to raise in the Grotto-Heaven.
• Xu Changxing returned to the Bottom of the Abyss, where Li Changge asked for help expanding the Grotto-Heaven.
• Xu Changxing and Li Changge killed the Abyss Overlords nearby, awakening the Grotto-Heaven's laws and expanding it to several thousand li.
• Xu Changxing raised some spirit beasts with pills, then returned to the Immortal Realm.
• Daoist Wuchen and the Tianyan Sect's Supreme Elders welcomed Xu Changxing as they discussed how to deal with the Myriad Immortals Alliance.

Xu Changxing learned that the Myriad Immortals Alliance had awakened another Half-Step Immortal Venerable, but he and the Tianyan Sect’s elders agreed to maintain their defenses without provoking the alliance. He then entered the Eye of the Great Dao to investigate its chaotic laws, only to find that recurring Laws Storms repeatedly changed their encryption.

• High Person Sanshou told Xu Changxing that the Myriad Immortals Alliance had awakened Jiuxu, a powerful Half-Step Immortal Venerable, and Daoist Wuchen said the alliance had shown no hostility.
• Xu Changxing agreed with Daoist Wuchen that the Tianyan Sect should carry on as usual, while keeping its defensive formations active in case of an attack.
• Xu Changxing entrusted the sect’s safety to the elders and left to investigate the Eye of the Great Dao before the Final Tribulation arrived.
• Xu Changxing spent thirty years improving his methods for deciphering the Eye’s changing laws, then entered it under the Tianyan Pearl’s protection.
• Xu Changxing analyzed the Great Dao laws in the unfamiliar world, but successive Laws Storms changed their encryption and forced him to begin deciphering them again.

Xu Changxing entered a vast, low-ceilinged world and visited the Yangshan Sect to learn about it. While waiting for an elder, he discovered that an apparently ordinary disciple in the sect’s Spirit Fields behaved differently during a Laws Storm.

• Xu Changxing investigated the small world and found that it was vast, sparsely populated by cultivation sects, and had no known path of ascension to an Immortal Realm.
• Xu Changxing prepared Spirit Transformation Realm Magic Artifacts, spirit pills, and an ordinary Daoist robe before flying to the Yangshan Sect.
• Wu Yue greeted Xu Changxing, learned that he came from another World Domain, and went to report his arrival to the sect.
• Xu Changxing sensed an unexplained anomaly within the Yangshan Sect and, during a Laws Storm, discovered it was an ordinary-looking young disciple in the Spirit Fields.

Xu Changxing noticed an unusual Yangshan Sect disciple whose aura resembled Jiang Yao’s, then arranged to stay at the sect by offering to test its medicinal herbs and refine pills. He left with Tianyuan to work in the rear mountain spirit field, keeping the mysterious disciple within reach.

• During the Laws Storm, Xu Changxing saw a Yangshan Sect disciple react in pain and briefly reveal an aura resembling Jiang Yao’s.
• Wu Yue returned with Tianyuan’s invitation, and Xu Changxing followed him into the Yangshan Sect while continuing to watch the disciple.
• Xu Changxing met Tianyuan, learned that Spirit Transformation was the realm’s cultivation limit, and claimed to be a middle Spirit Transformation pill refiner.
• Xu Changxing offered spirit pills in exchange for herbs, but Tianyuan proposed that he refine a batch using the sect’s medicinal plants instead.
• Tianyuan led Xu Changxing to the rear mountain spirit field, while Wu Yue remained behind in bewilderment.

Xu Changxing demonstrated his remarkable alchemy to Tianyuan Old Daoist, who invited him to stay at the Yangshan Sect. While discussing the sect’s disciples, Xu Changxing drew attention to Wuyou, whose rapid cultivation surprised Tianyuan Old Daoist.

• Wu Yue guessed that Tianyuan Old Daoist had offered Xu Changxing the spirit fields to win over his alchemy skills, embarrassing Tianyuan Old Daoist.
• Xu Changxing refined spirit pills at the Yangshan Sect’s fields, including a life-extending pill whose fragrance increased Tianyuan Old Daoist’s lifespan by several days.
• Tianyuan Old Daoist praised Xu Changxing’s pills and invited him to stay at the Yangshan Sect, and Xu Changxing accepted.
• Xu Changxing pointed out that Wuyou had an exceptional spiritual root, and Tianyuan Old Daoist admitted he had once considered taking him as a disciple.
• Tianyuan Old Daoist noticed that Wuyou was already close to Foundation Establishment and wondered whether he had been cultivating in secret.

Xu Changxing watched Wuyou, a Yangshan Sect menial disciple connected to Wuyou Immortal Venerable, as the young cultivator advanced without encountering bottlenecks. After Wuyou silently reached the Nascent Soul realm, Tianyuan Old Daoist recognized his talent and arranged a secluded Daoist Field for him.

• Xu Changxing declined Tianyuan Old Daoist's offer to take Wuyou as a disciple and settled in the Yangshan Sect as an Outer Sect elder.
• Xu Changxing secretly observed Wuyou, who completed Foundation Establishment with an effortless, unnoticed breakthrough while tending a Spirit Field.
• The sect discovered Wuyou's Foundation Establishment at an assessment and promoted him to an Inner Sect disciple.
• Wuyou silently reached Core Formation and later condensed a Nascent Soul, while Xu Changxing continued deciphering the Great Dao Laws.
• Tianyuan Old Daoist witnessed Wuyou's Nascent Soul breakthrough, promoted him to a sect elder, and gave him a secluded Daoist Field.

Wuyou broke through to the Void Refinement Realm and ascended, with Xu Changxing following him in hopes of reaching the Upper Realm. The Laws of Chaos trapped Xu Changxing in the void, forcing him to retreat into the Small World after losing track of Wuyou.

• Xu Changxing guided Wuyou's cultivation for decades, and Wuyou eventually reached the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• After another century, Wuyou reached the Spirit Transformation Peak and broke through to the Void Refinement Realm, triggering his ascension.
• Xu Changxing joined Wuyou as he rose beyond the world, and Wuyou followed a speck of light through the void.
• A chaotic Laws Storm and collapsing space-time assailed Xu Changxing, who used his Great Daos and the Tianyan Pearl to survive.
• Xu Changxing lost track of Wuyou and retreated into the Small World.

Xu Changxing returned from the Eye of the Great Dao and told Li Changge that Jiang Yao could help him find a treasure hidden within it. After Jiang Yao agreed to accompany him once she attained the Dao of Taiyi, Xu Changxing and Li Changge expanded their Grotto-Heaven by hunting Abyss Great Overlords.

• Xu Changxing reappeared in the Yangshan Sect after interrupting his ascension, then used the Tianyan Pearl to exit the Small World and return to the Immortal Realm.
• Xu Changxing spent several months digesting his insights before returning to the Bottom of the Abyss and telling Li Changge about Jiang Yao's origins.
• Xu Changxing explained that a treasure within the Eye of the Great Dao could help them survive the Final Tribulation and asked Li Changge to let Jiang Yao decide whether to help.
• Jiang Yao agreed to visit the Eye of the Great Dao with Xu Changxing after attaining the Dao of Taiyi.
• Xu Changxing hunted Abyss Great Overlords while Li Changge suppressed the turbulent Great Dao, and together they expanded the Grotto-Heaven to a radius of ten thousand li.

Xu Changxing expanded his Grotto-Heaven to an enormous size, while Li Changge and Jiang Yao grew stronger and Jiang Yao recalled fragments about Wuyou Immortal Venerable. As Abyssal Demonic Beasts overwhelmed the Spirit Beasts, Xu Changxing brought in immortals from the Immortal Realm to help defend the Grotto-Heaven.

• Xu Changxing expanded the Grotto-Heaven through repeated cycles of growth and rest until it reached a hundred thousand li in diameter.
• Li Changge advanced to middle Taiyi and gained the strength to slay an Abyss Great Overlord, while Jiang Yao awakened fragments of memories from her previous life.
• Jiang Yao could not confirm whether the person Xu Changxing manifested from the Eye of the Great Dao was Wuyou Immortal Venerable.
• As Abyssal Demonic Beasts entered the vast Grotto-Heaven, Spirit Beast numbers fell, so Xu Changxing decided to recruit immortals from the Immortal Realm.
• Xu Changxing brought Daoist Tianlu, Golden Immortals, and several hundred Heavenly Immortals to the Grotto-Heaven and assigned them defensive areas.
• The recruited immortals coordinated with the Spirit Beasts, strengthening their defenses and beginning to suppress the Abyssal Demonic Beasts.

As the Grotto-Heaven’s expansion strengthened the immortals, Xu Changxing returned to the Tianyan Sect after learning that the Myriad Immortals Alliance had awakened its third Half-Step Immortal Venerable. The elders debated how to respond to the Alliance’s potential probe, and Daoist Wuchen unexpectedly supported striking first, leaving Xu Changxing concerned that retaliation could hasten Heaven and Earth’s Final Tribulation.

• Xu Changxing and Li Changge slew Abyss Great Overlords, expanding the Grotto-Heaven and helping Jiang Yao and other immortals advance their cultivation.
• Xu Changxing learned from Daoist Wuchen that the Myriad Immortals Alliance had awakened its third Half-Step Immortal Venerable and returned to the Tianyan Sect.
• Wuchen explained that Immortal Lord Zihao favored breaking the agreement with the Tianyan Sect, while Immortal Lord Lanyu and Immortal Lord Jiuxu opposed doing so.
• High Person Sanshou and Immortal Lord Leyou recommended using Zihao’s probe as an opportunity to kill him, but Xu Changxing hesitated because war could disrupt his plans and hasten the final tribulation.
• Daoist Wuchen unexpectedly advised Xu Changxing to seize the opportunity to strike the Myriad Immortals Alliance, prompting Xu Changxing to question whether its retaliation would bring the final tribulation early.

Xu Changxing and Daoist Wuchen postponed deciding how to deal with the Myriad Immortals Alliance, and Xu Changxing used a simulation to test a violent response. The simulation showed the battle could hasten the Final Tribulation, while the Bottom of the Abyss grotto-heaven expanded and the Immortal Realm’s Great Dao collapsed.

• Daoist Wuchen said a falling killing star had convinced him that only slaughter could resolve the crisis, but Xu Changxing urged everyone to wait until Muling returned and they could consider the consequences.
• Xu Changxing returned to his Daoist Field and spent two hundred and fifty thousand Origin Crystals to begin an Ordinary Simulation.
• Xu Changxing killed Immortal Lord Zihao and fought the Myriad Immortals Alliance until Li Changge broke through its formation, allowing the Tianyan Sect to withdraw.
• The battle devastated the Great Dao, and Xu Changxing realized the Final Tribulation might arrive early.
• Xu Changxing moved the Tianyan Sect to the Bottom of the Abyss, where the grotto-heaven expanded rapidly as Great Dao laws and spatial fissures in the Immortal Realm spread and sparked panic.

Xu Changxing’s simulation showed that confronting the Myriad Immortals Alliance without enough preparation brought the Final Tribulation early, but it rewarded him with the Myriad Immortals Formation’s formation diagram. After studying the formation’s weaknesses, he began a new simulation in which he chose to negotiate with the Alliance.

• Xu Changxing watched the simulation show him reaching Daluo and fighting several returning Daluo Immortal Venerables before taking the Tianyan Sect into the Void.
• The Tianyan Pearl completed the simulation and evaluated Xu Changxing’s fierce confrontation as poorly prepared, then offered him the Myriad Immortals Formation’s formation diagram as a reward.
• Xu Changxing examined the formation’s laws, identified crucial nodes, and spent over ten days deducing how to exploit its variations.
• Xu Changxing started another simulation and chose to handle the conflict cautiously by inviting Myriad Immortals Alliance Immortal Monarchs to discuss the Immortal Realm’s future.
• At the meeting, Xu Changxing and Immortal Lord Muling revealed their strength, and the Alliance agreed to honor its previous agreement and cooperate with the Tianyan Sect against the Final Tribulation.

Xu Changxing returned from the Eye of the Great Dao to find the Tianyan Sect destroyed, then learned the Myriad Immortals Alliance had captured its remaining disciples. He killed Immortal Lord Zihao and inflicted heavy losses on the Alliance, but the two sides remained locked in a standoff while the captured disciples stayed imprisoned.

• Jiang Yao stabilized her cultivation, and Xu Changxing entered the Eye of the Great Dao with her.
• Xu Changxing returned to find the Tianyan Sect in ruins and used time reversal to learn that the Myriad Immortals Alliance had attacked while he was away.
• Xu Changxing found Daoist Wuchen and learned that the Alliance had confined the disciples left behind in a Small World.
• Xu Changxing ambushed the Alliance’s expedition in the Abyss, killed Immortal Lord Zihao, and defeated its reinforcements at great cost to both sides.
• The Tianyan Sect and the Myriad Immortals Alliance declared war, but their depleted forces settled into a standoff as the Alliance refused to return its prisoners.

Xu Changxing’s simulation ended with the returning Daluo Immortal Venerables forcing him to flee with the Tianyan Sect, regardless of how he handled the stalemate. He considered ways to break the deadlock and suspected the Eye of the Great Dao might hold the key.

• Xu Changxing paused the simulation and ordered himself not to attack flaws in the Myriad Immortals Formation, then resumed its calculations.
• Xu Changxing’s simulated self evaded the Myriad Immortals Alliance’s formation and continued luring them out, but they withdrew without exposing a weakness.
• When a Daluo Golden Immortal returned in Year 5,300, Xu Changxing’s simulated self attained the Dao of Daluo and fought him.
• More Daluo Immortal Venerables returned, forcing Xu Changxing’s simulated self to flee into the endless void with the Tianyan Sect.
• Xu Changxing rejected relying on the Tianyan Sect’s Supreme Elders and considered attaining the Dao outside the Immortal Realm’s Great Dao, before turning his attention to the Eye of the Great Dao.
• The simulation ended and offered Xu Changxing a choice between viewing its scenes and receiving one Great Dao crystal.

Xu Changxing chose a Great Dao Crystal and realized it might help him explore the Eye of the Great Dao and find what Wuyou Immortal Venerable left there. He decided to confront the Myriad Immortals Alliance, while Daoist Wuchen proposed waiting for the Alliance to reveal an opening and asked whether Xu Changxing could kill a Half-Step Immortal Venerable alone.

• Xu Changxing chose the Great Dao Crystal, whose law fluctuations resembled the Laws Storm in the Eye of the Great Dao.
• Xu Changxing concluded that studying the crystal might weaken the Laws Storm and help him find Wuyou Immortal Venerable's legacy with Jiang Yao's help.
• After Immortal Lord Muling returned to the Tianyan Sect, Xu Changxing declared that the sect should strike the Myriad Immortals Alliance decisively.
• Xu Changxing sealed the surrounding Great Dao and assigned Daoist Wuchen to plan how to lure the Alliance into a trap.
• Daoist Wuchen proposed waiting until the Alliance probed the sect and asked whether Xu Changxing could slay a Half-Step Immortal Venerable without a grand formation.

Xu Changxing and Daoist Wuchen agreed on a risky plan to use a dispute with the Myriad Immortals Alliance to confront Immortal Lord Zihao, while the Tianyan Sect prepared in secret. After the Alliance provoked a trade fair incident and seized two Tianyan Sect Golden Immortals, Xu Changxing led the elders through a Space Rift to act.

• Daoist Wuchen said his divination showed that killing a Half-Step Immortal Venerable within thirty breaths was the path that extended farthest, and Xu Changxing approved the plan.
• Xu Changxing entered seclusion while Daoist Wuchen arranged for the Tianyan Sect to reorganize its Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation over the following months.
• At Immortal Lord Zihao's instruction, Myriad Immortals Alliance Golden Immortals provoked a dispute at a Trade Fair and subdued two Tianyan Sect Golden Immortals.
• Daoist Wuchen predicted that Immortal Lord Zihao would be nearby to intercept a Tianyan Sect Supreme Elder seeking the captives, while Immortal Lord Lanyu and Immortal Lord Jiuxu would stay away to avoid suspicion.
• Xu Changxing tore open space and led the Tianyan Sect elders through a Space Rift.

Xu Changxing broke into the Small World to confront Immortal Lord Zihao, who had been testing the Tianyan Sect. As the Myriad Immortals Alliance leaders rushed to aid Zihao, Immortal Lord Muling blocked them from reaching the battlefield.

• Xu Changxing shattered the Small World's seal and entrance, then entered to face Immortal Lord Zihao.
• Immortal Lord Zihao unleashed a laws storm and challenged Xu Changxing to fight him alongside Immortal Lord Muling.
• Immortal Lord Lanyu and Immortal Lord Jiuxu sensed the Immortal Realm's Underlying Great Dao being stirred and went to support Zihao.
• Immortal Lord Muling revealed that Xu Changxing was fighting Zihao alone and told Lanyu and Jiuxu to stay out of it.
• Lanyu and Jiuxu sensed a terrifying surge of law fluctuations and hurried to save Zihao, but Muling blocked their way.

Xu Changxing killed Immortal Lord Zihao in thirteen breaths, leaving Immortal Lord Lanyu and Immortal Lord Jiuxu trapped with him and Immortal Lord Muling. Muling realized Xu Changxing may have deliberately lured the two reinforcements into a plan to kill all three Half-Step Immortal Venerables.

• Immortal Lord Lanyu and Immortal Lord Jiuxu attacked Immortal Lord Muling, who struggled to hold them off while keeping them from aiding Zihao.
• The Destruction Storm dissipated after thirteen breaths, revealing that Xu Changxing had killed Immortal Lord Zihao.
• Immortal Lord Lanyu and Immortal Lord Jiuxu realized Xu Changxing had sealed the surrounding space and they could not escape.
• Immortal Lord Lanyu accused the Tianyan Sect of hiding Xu Changxing’s strength to trap the Myriad Immortals Alliance’s leaders.
• Immortal Lord Muling recalled that Xu Changxing had slain Zihao in only three breaths after Lanyu and Jiuxu arrived, and suspected he had deliberately lured them there.