Chapter Summaries

Xu Changxing defeated the demons attacking the city, but a Heavenly Demon threatened to destroy it if he fled. Unable to abandon the hundreds of thousands of people below, Xu Changxing unleashed his Legendary Dao Pattern and Divine Sword Phantom to face the Heavenly Demon.

• Xu Changxing slew four Demon Kings, and the Human Race warriors drove off the remaining Great Demons and scattered the lesser demons.
• The Human Race warriors hailed Xu Changxing as the Changxing Sword Saint, but he began leaving the plane after accomplishing his goals.
• A Heavenly Demon trapped the city within a thousand li and threatened to kill its hundreds of thousands of people if Xu Changxing escaped.
• Xu Changxing chose to stay and used the Legendary Dao Pattern and Divine Sword Phantom to empower the Greenwood Sword for a strike against the Heavenly Demon.
• The Heavenly Demon revealed his Nine-Tailed Sky Fox form, formed a vast net with his tails to block the Sword Light, and sent Demon Qi toward Xu Changxing.

Xu Changxing drove off the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox and returned from the Plane Passage with a severed tail and a drop of heavenly demon blood essence. The human martial artists declared a Day of the Saint's Advent, while a distant young man sensed a mysterious stir and wondered whether a potential Heavenly Demon had appeared in the Demon Fox Clan.

• Xu Changxing pierced the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox's paw, severed one of his tails, and retrieved the Greenwood Sword and the tail before vanishing.
• The human martial artists celebrated their survival, and the Divine Connection Realm fighters debated whether Xu Changxing had truly returned from the dead.
• The elder forbade anyone from disturbing the Sword Saints' burial place and proposed a yearly Day of the Saint's Advent to honor Xu Changxing.
• A rosy radiance appeared in the sky, which the elder hailed as a heavenly omen of the Human Race's prosperity.
• Xu Changxing emerged into the Main Plane and inspected the severed fox tail and heavenly demon blood essence he had brought back.
• A young man in a distant mountain hollow sensed a fleeting stir and wondered whether a potential Heavenly Demon had appeared in the Demon Fox Clan.

After recovering from his battle with the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, Xu Changxing restored his legendary Dao pattern and refined the Heavenly Demon Blood Essence into a Qi-Blood Pill, greatly advancing his cultivation. He then ran another simulation in the Demon Realm, where his divine sense was eventually destroyed, leaving him to choose between a Divine Sense Anchor and a legendary Dao pattern.

• Xu Changxing recovered from his injuries and restored the legendary Dao pattern on his Primordial Spirit through months of contemplation.
• Xu Changxing refined the Heavenly Demon Blood Essence into a supreme-grade Qi-Blood Pill and consumed it.
• The Qi-Blood Pill raised Xu Changxing's qi and blood cultivation to late-stage divine connection and his flesh realm to spirit connection peak.
• Xu Changxing began another special simulation and secretly nurtured Human Race descendants in the Demon Realm.
• After two hundred years in the simulation, Xu Changxing's divine sense was extinguished in a clash with a Heavenly Demon, leaving two reward options.

Xu Changxing repeatedly harvested Demon King Crystals and Legendary Dao Patterns from the Parallel Plane, then realized his nine-pattern Primordial Spirit had reached its limit and decided to act in the Main Plane. In a normal simulation, he founded Demon-Suppressing Mountain, trained disciples, and sent them out to aid the Human Race and spread Qi-Blood Pill refining.

• Xu Changxing left Divine Sense Anchors in the Parallel Plane through repeated simulations and slew Demon Kings to gather crystals and Legendary Dao Patterns.
• Xu Changxing escaped Du Liao's trap after sensing danger, and the Heavenly Demon destroyed his abandoned divine sense.
• Xu Changxing found that his Primordial Spirit could bear only nine Legendary Dao Patterns and concluded that testing himself against a Heavenly Demon was the next step.
• Xu Changxing began a normal simulation, accepted Leng Qi, Ji Chen, and Wu Cai as disciples, taught them to refine Qi-Blood Pills, and established Demon-Suppressing Mountain.
• Xu Changxing traveled among human settlements, gathered talented martial artists, and trained nearly a hundred disciples with Qi-Blood Pills.
• Xu Changxing sent his disciples out to aid the Human Race and spread the Qi-Blood Pill refining method.

Xu Changxing watched his simulated self help the Human Race rise, culminating in a sword strike that gravely wounded Tian Yan. Decades later, after recovering from his injuries, he considered using Tian Yan’s Heavenly Demon Blood Essence to strengthen his body further.

• The simulated self spread Qi-Blood Pills, built up Demon-Suppressing Mountain, and trained disciples as the Human Race grew stronger.
• Leng Qi gravely wounded a Demon King, and Demon-Suppressing Mountain’s reputation rose.
• After years of war, the simulated self struck Tian Yan and forced the Heavenly Demon to flee grievously injured, though the counterattack scorched his Primordial Spirit.
• Xu Changxing recognized the simulated plan as one he had envisioned and considered how to protect the Human Race’s new position.
• By Year 56, the simulated self had recovered, watched humans expand and demons submit or flee, and planned to temper his body with Heavenly Demon Blood Essence.

The protagonist strengthened the Human Race, negotiated access to a dangerous Secret Realm, and entered it in disguise to find a pill that helped him break through to the Divine Connection Realm. After the Secret Realm expelled him, three Heavenly Demons surrounded him and attacked, turning his breakthrough into a fight for survival.

• The protagonist refined Heavenly Demon Blood Essence into Qi-Blood Pills but remained just short of breaking through to the Divine Connection Realm, then later condensed a merit Magic Treasure and recruited Li Changge after his ascension.
• The protagonist and Li Changge joined forces to severely wound Tian Yan, raising the Human Race's prestige, while the protagonist later negotiated two Secret Realm places from Jiu Yao in exchange for the Qi-Blood Pill refining method.
• Human Race martial artists entered the Secret Realm on later openings, and their reports prompted the protagonist to prepare his own expedition.
• The protagonist entered the Secret Realm disguised as Li Ping, found a sealed pill in the ruins of a cultivation sect, and swallowed it to break through his flesh realm to the Divine Connection Realm.
• A terrifying aura expelled the protagonist from the Secret Realm, where Tian Yan, Du Liao, and Jiu Yao attacked him while his new realm remained unstable.

Xu Changxing’s simulation ended with him killing Tian Yan and gravely wounding Du Liao and Jiu Yao, earning him the title of the Human Race’s First Sage. He chose to experience the simulated life, explored the Secret Realm’s deadly Sword Intent and Killing Intent, and heard a mysterious voice question why his shell contained another Divine Sense.

• Xu Changxing’s simulated self ignited his Primordial Spirit and used the Greenwood Sword’s Sword Pellet to kill Tian Yan and wound Du Liao and Jiu Yao before dying.
• The system praised Xu Changxing’s role in leading the Human Race and offered him a Void-Breaking Flesh Realm cultivation or a first-person experience of the simulation.
• Xu Changxing chose to experience the simulation and examined the Secret Realm, where its Sword Intent far surpassed his own and Killing Intent formed roaming monsters.
• Xu Changxing found the spirit pill in the Secret Realm and broke through to the Void-Breaking Realm.
• A mysterious voice from the Secret Realm asked why another Divine Sense was inside Xu Changxing’s shell and who he was.

After the simulation revealed that a mysterious sword-wielding being could perceive Xu Changxing across time and space, Xu Changxing reflected on the encounter and spent over half a year assimilating its sword insights. He began another simulation, where events largely repeated, but he prepared for the Secret Realm a century earlier than before.

• A mysterious voice inside the Secret Realm detected Xu Changxing’s second Divine Sense, realized it was observing a point in the past, and expelled his simulated self.
• After the simulated Xu Changxing died fighting the Heavenly Demons, Xu Changxing considered the speaker’s identity and the purpose of the Secret Realm.
• Xu Changxing spent over half a year refining his sword insights and found his sword strike had grown powerful enough to challenge Tian Yan without relying on the Human Race’s will.
• Xu Changxing began a new simulation, nurtured Demon-Suppressing Mountain’s disciples, and helped the Human Race rise again.
• Jiu Yao visited Xu Changxing nearly a century earlier than before, and they made a thousand-year deal for a place to explore the Secret Realm.
• By the two hundred and ninety-fifth year of the simulation, Xu Changxing had completed his preparations a hundred years earlier than in the previous run.

Li Ping explored the Secret Realm, gained a primordial spirit cultivation technique, and helped the Human Race grow stronger. As the Second Human-Demon War began, the Human Race pushed deep into Demon territory and revealed three Void-Breaking Realm martial artists, turning the battle against the Heavenly Demons.

• Li Ping escaped a Trapping Formation in the Secret Realm, where Tian Zhu recognized him and gave him a Jade Slip containing a primordial spirit cultivation technique.
• Li Ping shared the technique with Li Changge and gave Leng Qi a Void-Breaking Pill, which helped Leng Qi break through to the Void-Breaking Realm.
• Li Ping returned to the Secret Realm as Wu Mang, met Tian Zhu again, and later gave two more Void-Breaking Pills to human martial artists after Demon Kings tried to seize his gains.
• A Demon King’s slaughter of human martial artists sparked the Second Human-Demon War, and humans killed more than a dozen Demon Kings while advancing into Demon territory.
• Three Heavenly Demons attacked the Human Race’s exposed Void-Breaking Realm martial artist, but three human Void-Breaking Realm fighters emerged, followed by Li Ping and Li Changge, reversing the balance of power.

Xu Changxing’s simulation showed the Human Race defeating the Demon Race and growing stronger before he and Li Changge uncovered a secret in the Secret Realm. Xu Changxing interrupted the simulation, and the system offered to terminate it at the cost of forty million points, with no rewards.

• The five Human Race martial artists killed Du Liao, forcing Jiu Yao and Tian Yan to negotiate peace and cede over half their territory.
• Xu Changxing entered the Secret Realm alone and found only ordinary materials, then later joined Li Changge on a deeper expedition.
• Xu Changxing and Li Changge found ancient battle ruins and fragments of powerful Magic Treasures in the Secret Realm.
• Xu Changxing read a damaged Jade Slip, destroyed it, and asked Tian Zhu to keep its secret; Tian Zhu agreed, though he said Xu Changxing was not the one he awaited.
• When the simulation stalled, Xu Changxing interrupted it, and the system offered to terminate it for forty million points without rewards.

Xu Changxing continued the simulation despite suspecting his Parallel Plane self was advancing rapidly through the Secret Realm. He realized that the other self had spent centuries preparing a Domain Formation and was trying to draw him into appearing before him.

• Xu Changxing chose to continue the simulation rather than terminate it and lose the run’s gains.
• His Parallel Plane self traveled the land, repeatedly entered the Secret Realm, and emerged with greater power and treasures.
• The Human Race won the third war against the Demon Race, driving it from its territory while Tian Yan escaped.
• Xu Changxing’s simulated self spent a thousand years gathering treasures and altering the plane’s earth veins into a Domain Formation.
• Xu Changxing realized his other self had been hoping he would appear before him.

Xu Changxing reviewed the simulation’s end, chose to experience it in worry-free viewing mode, and followed his simulated self into the Secret Realm. There, he discovered that the ruins belonged to the Tianyan Sect, whose shattered divination treasure had projected itself across the myriad realms and could grant its recognized inheritor the sect’s legacy.

• Xu Changxing’s simulated self emerged from the Secret Realm weakened, traveled the Nine Provinces, and eventually died at Demon-Suppressing Mountain.
• The system offered Xu Changxing five rewards, and he chose first-person viewing with the option to stop at any time.
• Xu Changxing’s divine sense followed his simulated self through the Secret Realm and read the jade slip fragments before they were destroyed.
• The jade slips revealed that the Tianyan Sect had forged a supreme treasure capable of divining the myriad realms and projecting the Immortal Realm.
• After Immortal Venerables destroyed the Tianyan Sect and shattered the treasure, its projections merged into the myriad realms, awaiting someone worthy to inherit the sect’s legacy.

Xu Changxing watched a simulation reveal how his parallel self failed to overcome Tian Zhu and learned more about the system’s origins and limits. He chose the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art as a reward, gathered Magic Treasure fragments and Void-Breaking Pills in further simulations, and began mastering the art.

• Xu Changxing watched his simulated self challenge Tian Zhu, who defeated him instantly and left him to die more than a hundred years later.
• Xu Changxing concluded that the system remained safe and used the simulation to estimate Tian Zhu’s abilities.
• After three months spent digesting his insights, Xu Changxing ran more simulations and claimed the Myriad Knowledge Immortal-Congealing Art, Magic Treasure fragments, and five Void-Breaking Pills.
• Xu Changxing practiced the immortal art and integrated dozens of legendary Dao Patterns into his Primordial Spirit.

After absorbing forty-nine legendary Dao patterns, Xu Changxing reached a bottleneck and decided the time had come for his disciples to change the Human Race’s circumstances. He sent Leng Qi, Ji Chen, and Wu Cai out with the Qi-Blood Pill method, then continued cultivating his body as he awaited the opportunity to reach true completion.

• Xu Changxing integrated his forty-ninth legendary Dao pattern and condensed immortal power, though he remained short of a true Mahayana cultivator.
• Xu Changxing summoned Leng Qi, Ji Chen, and Wu Cai and approved their plan to venture out and improve the Human Race’s circumstances.
• Xu Changxing gave his disciples permission to recruit talented youths for training at Demon-Suppressing Mountain and taught them how to refine Qi-Blood Pills for the Human Race.
• Leng Qi, Ji Chen, and Wu Cai left Demon-Suppressing Mountain, excited to spread martial cultivation and help humanity resist the Demon Race.
• Xu Changxing continued tempering his body with immortal power and wondered whether he could one day contend with Tian Zhu.

Xu Changxing built Demon-Suppressing Mountain into a powerful sect while its disciples and methods helped the Human Race grow. When war with the Demon Race erupted, he slew more than ten Demon Kings, but Tian Yan arrived with Du Liao and Jiu Yao to challenge him.

• Leng Qi and the other two spread Xu Changxing’s cultivation methods and Qi-Blood Pills, earning fame for helping the Human Race grow stronger.
• Xu Changxing trained young disciples at Demon-Suppressing Mountain, which expanded to several thousand disciples and became renowned across the Human Race.
• After the Demon Race overran human settlements, nearly a thousand Demon-Suppressing Mountain disciples returned to support their Lineages.
• When war broke out, Xu Changxing flew to the battlefield and killed more than ten Demon Kings, allowing human forces to launch a major offensive.
• Tian Yan appeared above the battlefield with Du Liao and Jiu Yao, intent on killing Xu Changxing.

Xu Changxing faced three Heavenly Demons who had gathered to kill him and destroy the Human Race’s hopes. He killed two with a single sword strike, while Jiu Yao escaped badly wounded, leaving the human warriors stunned by their victory.

• Jiu Yao, Tian Yan, and Du Liao approached with their powers unleashed, and the human warriors realized the three Heavenly Demons were targeting Xu Changxing.
• The Divine Connection Realm warriors urged Xu Changxing to flee, but Tian Yan declared that the Martial Ancestor would die.
• Xu Changxing sent the Greenwood Sword through Tian Yan’s heavenly fire and Du Liao’s black clouds, then struck at Jiu Yao’s peach-blossom barrier.
• Jiu Yao fled in nine directions, and Xu Changxing’s sword cut down seven afterimages, severely wounding her before she escaped.
• Tian Yan and Du Liao fell from the sky as a dead firebird and a giant python, and the human warriors realized they had won.

After Xu Changxing’s victory over three Heavenly Demons made the humans rally behind him, he formed all forty-nine legendary Dao patterns and began his Mahayana tribulation. He survived eight increasingly powerful lightning bolts, then prepared for the ninth with immortal essence and magic treasure fragments.

• News spread that Xu Changxing had killed two Heavenly Demons, and Demon-Suppressing Mountain’s campaigns confirmed the reports as humans advanced into demon territory.
• The humans hailed Xu Changxing as invincible, gathering legendary power around him, but he could not complete a fiftieth Dao pattern.
• Xu Changxing revealed his forty-nine legendary Dao patterns, triggering the tribulation lightning and setting the heavens’ thunderclouds in motion with a sword strike.
• Xu Changxing endured the first six bolts, gaining a much faster conversion of qi and blood and true essence into immortal essence.
• Xu Changxing used Sword Light and immortal essence to survive the seventh and eighth bolts as the tribulation grew stronger.
• Xu Changxing prepared for the ninth bolt by maximizing his immortal essence and suspending magic treasure fragments overhead, weakening the thundercloud’s oppressive force.

Xu Changxing survived the ninth bolt of tribulation lightning, entered the Mahayana realm, and spent decades consolidating his cultivation before setting out for the Tianyan Sect Secret Realm. As he approached, he sensed Jiu Yao nearby, waiting in hiding outside the ruins.

• Xu Changxing endured the ninth tribulation bolt, absorbed the resulting immortal essence, and completed more than half of his Mahayana body.
• He returned to Demon-Suppressing Mountain and entered seclusion while stories of the Martial Ancestor spread and storytellers began earning rewards.
• After decades of cultivation, Xu Changxing emerged when the Tianyan Sect Secret Realm was about to open and flew toward the ruins to meet Tian Zhu.
• Jiu Yao waited in fox form near the Secret Realm, hiding because the Human Race had taken most of the Demon Race's territory.
• Xu Changxing detected a familiar Heavenly Demon aura as he neared the Secret Realm.

Jiu Yao was killed by Xu Changxing, who then entered the Tianyan Sect's secret realm and met Tian Zhu. Tian Zhu explained the unique Heavenly Gate and the limits of parallel worlds, and Xu Changxing asked whether the Tianyan Sect's elders had truly vanished.

• Jiu Yao sensed danger, but Xu Changxing caught her and killed her with a sword slash.
• Xu Changxing tore open a rift and entered the Tianyan Sect's secret realm before it opened.
• Tian Zhu recognized Xu Changxing and revealed that he had watched Xu Changxing's stand-in visit the secret realm across parallel planes.
• Tian Zhu explained that the Heavenly Gate and Immortal Realm origin immortal qi were unique, while parallel versions of people could still meet and fight.
• Xu Changxing asked whether the Tianyan Sect's seniors had truly vanished.

Tian Zhu told Xu Changxing that he and Wan Ren were immortal swords whose true bodies lay in the Sword Tomb, and challenged Xu to find them. Xu discovered that the tomb held countless versions of Tian Zhu from parallel planes and sensed one sword with a subtly different aura, but began to suspect the trial involved Wan Ren.

• Tian Zhu explained that the Immortal Venerables had erased the Tianyan Sect and that he had awakened with orders to await someone acknowledged by the Tianyan Pearl.
• Tian Zhu revealed that he and Wan Ren were broken immortal swords and told Xu Changxing to find their true bodies in the Sword Tomb.
• Xu Changxing traveled through the secret realm and found a vast tomb filled with broken swords that all looked and felt like Tian Zhu.
• Xu Changxing realized Tian Zhu had gathered his sword bodies from countless parallel planes and wondered what had happened to their consciousnesses.
• Xu Changxing sensed one sword with a slightly different aura and then recalled Wan Ren.