Chapter Summaries

Dao Ancestor Taishang explained that the First Era may have created the Myriad Worlds of the Heavens to prepare for a future enemy that threatened every Earth civilization. He revealed the farthest future he had reached, appearing before Jiang Yang as an ash-covered, ruined figure.

• Jiang Yang told Tai Shang about Huang An, and Tai Shang said First Era Observers appeared across worlds as a contingency left behind by the First Era.
• Tai Shang speculated that the First Era forged the Myriad Worlds of the Heavens after returning to Earth, and that a future enemy sent threats into the past to cripple civilizations.
• Jiang Yang asked whether Supremes could stop the enemy and whether humanity would survive, but Tai Shang said he knew only that Earth's civilizations were still fighting in the farthest future he could see.
• Jiang Yang questioned why Supremes could not reach every point in time, and Tai Shang revealed his ash-covered, battle-scarred body as proof of the farthest future he had reached.

After discussing the Dao with Dao Ancestor Taishang for seven days, Jiang Yang returned to Luofu Immortal Mountain determined to grow strong enough to avert the coming apocalypse. He agreed to help Xuanming and Luo Yunzi recruit disciples for the Luofu Immortal Domain.

• Tai Shang told Jiang Yang that he had to become a Supreme before the Sixth Epoch’s doomsday, then invited him to discuss the Dao.
• Jiang Yang and Tai Shang discussed the Dao in the little temple for seven days.
• Jiang Yang returned to Luofu Immortal Mountain and found Xuanming, Gou Daoren, and Luo Yunzi waiting for him.
• Jiang Yang told Gou Daoren that he had discussed cultivation with the Dao Ancestor but kept the future’s dangers to himself.
• Luo Yunzi invited Jiang Yang and Xuanming to help with the Luofu Immortal Domain’s disciple recruitment ceremony in two days, and Jiang Yang agreed.
• Luo Yunzi privately worried that Xuanming had become completely obedient to Jiang Yang.

Luo Yunzi brought Jiang Yang and Xuanming to the Luofu Immortal Sect and showed them its vast mountain range and thriving community. After three bell peals welcomed them to First Peak, Luo Yunzi summoned the Eight Peak Masters and Ten Hall Elders.

• Jiang Yang and Xuanming followed Luo Yunzi from Luofu Immortal Mountain down to the Luofu Immortal Sect.
• Luo Yunzi proudly described how generations of Luofu Disciples had expanded the sect into a vast range of immortal mountains.
• The three descended to First Peak as Jiang Yang observed the disciples, palaces, and abundant life throughout the sect.
• Three peals of the immortal bell announced Luo Yunzi's return and welcomed Xuanming and Jiang Yang as honored guests.
• Luo Yunzi seated Xuanming and Jiang Yang beside him in the Immortal Hall, then summoned the Eight Peak Masters and Ten Hall Elders.

At Luofu Immortal Mountain, Luo Yunzi gathered the Sixth Step immortals to review preparations for the Luofu Ascension Immortal Assembly and learn about exceptional candidates. The chapter ended with little Nanyun describing nine peerless immortal seedlings born across the Nine Continents, all coveted by the Three Teachings and Nine Sects.

• Luo Yunzi summoned eighteen Sixth Step immortals, who paid their respects to Jiang Yang, Xuanming, and the sect leader.
• Luo Yunzi asked about preparations for the Luofu Ascension Immortal Assembly, and a woman from White Cloud Peak reported that the Luofu Trial was underway.
• A handsome young immortal reported that three hundred thousand mortals, three thousand rogue cultivators, and five hundred ascended immortals had come to seek immortality.
• A stern middle-aged immortal listed five promising candidates with rare bodies or exceptional comprehension, and Luo Yunzi praised the prospects.
• Luo Yunzi asked little Nanyun about promising candidates in the Nine Continents, and she described nine peerless immortal seedlings sought by the Three Teachings and Nine Sects.

Luo Yunzi prepared the Luofu Immortal Sect to recruit new disciples while its leaders considered the peerless prodigies of the Nine Provinces. The nine-day immortal trials began, and Jiang Yang learned that the sect would select around three thousand candidates who reached Ninth Peak.

• The Purple-Haired Female Immortal explained that four of the nine peerless prodigies already had ties to other sects, leaving five as potential recruits for Luofu.
• Luo Yunzi decided to pursue the remaining prodigies and ordered Qiu Yu to announce the sect's trials and establish a separate screening formation for rogue cultivators and ascenders.
• The next day, Jiang Yang, Xuanming, and Luo Yunzi watched nearly three hundred thousand people enter the trial formations.
• Luo Yunzi told Jiang Yang that the trials would last nine days and that the nine peak masters would select around three thousand candidates who reached the foot of Ninth Peak.
• Luo Yunzi invited Jiang Yang and Xuanming to take promising youths as disciples, urging Xuanming to pass on their master's legacy.

Xu Beiyou survived Luofu Immortal Sect’s trials and reached the sect’s disciple-selection ceremony, where he was captivated by the man and woman on the central platform. The nine lineages began preparing to choose disciples.

• Xu Beiyou reached the foot of Luofu Immortal Mountain after enduring the Immortal Formation’s trials.
• He remembered seeing an immortal slay a giant tiger, an encounter that inspired him to seek immortality.
• A majestic voice announced that everyone who emerged from the formation had become a Luofu Disciple and that the nine lineages would select disciples.
• Xu Beiyou looked over the ten floating platforms and was struck by the beauty of the woman and the blazing presence of the man on the central platform.

Xu Beiyou awakened a rare pure yang Dao physique after seeing Jiang Yang, drawing the attention of the Luofu Immortal Sect’s immortals. Far away, a powerful immortal in the Pure Yang Immortal Domain sensed the awakening and set out for Luofu.

• Xu Beiyou watched Jiang Yang and resolved to become someone like him, awakening his pure yang Dao physique.
• Luo Yunzi and the other immortals recognized Xu Beiyou’s physique and celebrated the discovery of a supreme genius within Luofu.
• A powerful immortal cultivating in the Pure Yang Immortal Domain sensed Xu Beiyou’s awakening and became eager to use it to aid his cultivation.
• The immortal sensed Xu Beiyou’s direction, transformed into golden light, and headed toward the Luofu Immortal Domain.

At the Luofu Immortal Sect, Xu Beiyou’s Pure Yang Dao Physique drew competing offers from several peak masters, and sect leader Luo Yunzi let him choose his teacher. Before Xu Beiyou could answer, a powerful Dao Lord arrived and declared that he would become Xu Beiyou’s master.

• Xu Beiyou manifested the Pure Yang Dao Physique, and Luofu immortals gathered around him in awe.
• Three peak masters argued over which peak should teach Xu Beiyou until an elder rebuked them.
• Luo Yunzi proposed that Xu Beiyou choose his own teacher and asked whom he wished to follow.
• A Dao Lord’s overwhelming presence pressed down on the plaza, and he declared that Xu Beiyou would be his disciple.
• Luo Yunzi turned toward the eastern sky and saw a majestic, gold-and-red-robed immortal approaching.

The Pure Yang Dao Lord arrived at Luofu and demanded Xu Beiyou, whose Pure Yang Dao Physique had drawn his attention. Xuanming stood against him, but Jiang Yang intervened to protect her and challenge the Dao Lord.

• The Pure Yang Dao Lord’s overwhelming presence forced Luo Yunzi and the Luofu immortals down, while Jiang Yang’s platform remained aloft.
• Luo Yunzi greeted the Pure Yang Dao Lord, who identified him as Gou Daoren’s second disciple and demanded that Xu Beiyou come with him.
• Xuanming blocked the Pure Yang Dao Lord’s immortal light and declared that he would not take Xu Beiyou away.
• The Pure Yang Dao Lord’s pressure nearly overwhelmed Xuanming, but Jiang Yang shielded her and declared that he was her confidence.
• Jiang Yang’s radiance rose against the Pure Yang Dao Lord’s, and twin suns shone above the sky.

Jiang Yang confronted the Pure Yang Dao Lord when he tried to take a child from Xuanming. The two refused to back down and agreed to fight high above.

• The Pure Yang Dao Lord recognized Jiang Yang and said he would take the child, offering compensation to Luofu afterward.
• Xuanming refused to let the Pure Yang Dao Lord take the child and hid behind Jiang Yang.
• Jiang Yang backed Xuanming and told the Pure Yang Dao Lord to leave.
• The Pure Yang Dao Lord challenged Jiang Yang to settle their disagreement in a fight.
• Jiang Yang reassured Xuanming and agreed to fight the Pure Yang Dao Lord high above.

Jiang Yang fought the Pure Yang Dao Lord, who revealed that he had become the Dao Lord of the Flame Law and overwhelmed Jiang Yang’s control of fire. The Pure Yang Dao Lord declared that Jiang Yang had to bow to him as a fire cultivator, leaving Jiang Yang’s path to the Dao in question.

• Jiang Yang and the Pure Yang Dao Lord clashed with their opposing Great Suns and armies of flames across space-time.
• The Pure Yang Dao Lord’s golden-red flames suppressed Jiang Yang’s Flame Domain and defeated his control over the Flame Law.
• Jiang Yang realized that the Pure Yang Dao Lord had become the Dao Lord of the Flame Law.
• A flaming throne appeared in the Flame Law Sea, and the Pure Yang Dao Lord sat upon it.
• The Pure Yang Dao Lord told Jiang Yang that he should bow before him because he cultivated fire arts.

Jiang Yang and Pure Yang Dao Lord fought for control of the Flame Law World, where Pure Yang Dao Lord’s pressure sparked a breakthrough in his understanding of the Pure Yang Great Dao. Jiang Yang then shattered the golden-red Great Dao river and attained the Dao as the new Fire Dao Lord.

• Pure Yang Dao Lord used his authority over the Flame Law World to drive Jiang Yang’s Sun True Fire domain back while they continued fighting in the outside world.
• Pure Yang Dao Lord proclaimed the will of pure yang and realized that he would forge a Pure Yang Great Dao using fire as its foundation.
• Jiang Yang thanked Pure Yang Dao Lord and advanced with overwhelming force, shattering his opponent’s throne and the golden-red Great Dao river.
• A brilliant golden Flame River formed as Jiang Yang’s aura spread throughout the Myriad Worlds of the Heavens, and he attained the Dao as the new Fire Dao Lord.

Jiang Yang defeated Pure Yang Dao Lord and took his position as Fire Dao Lord, becoming an Eighth Step Dao Lord. The Flame Law Sea’s power began elevating Jiang Yang, while a sun emerged from the Space-Time River.

• Jiang Yang shattered Pure Yang Dao Lord’s throne and cast him down from the Eighth Step to the Seventh Step.
• Pure Yang Dao Lord departed in defeat as powerful beings across the Immortal Realm and All Heavens reacted with shock and admiration.
• A golden throne rose for Jiang Yang, and he became the center of the Flame Law Sea as its new Fire Dao Lord.
• The power of the Flame Law Sea began pushing Jiang Yang toward the Eighth Step and a higher dimension.
• Flame imprints appeared upon the Space-Time River, and a seemingly real and illusory sun leaped from it.

After becoming an Emperor, Jiang Yang briefly stood on the River of Time and saw past events, countless timelines, and fixed nodes tied to beings beyond the Eighth Step. He realized his new Sun was drawing timelines toward convergence and shaping his path to the Ninth Step, then was pulled back to reality after seeing something above the river.

• Jiang Yang’s golden Sun rose on the River of Time as a golden-red Sun sank beneath it.
• Jiang Yang viewed key events from his past, including his battles with the Pure Yang Dao Lord and Ananda and his arrival in the Immortal Realm.
• Jiang Yang saw countless timelines intersecting at fixed nodes, some bearing the auras of existences beyond the Eighth Step.
• Jiang Yang realized his Sun was drawing nearby timelines together, potentially making him the only Jiang Yang across them and beginning his path to the Ninth Step.
• Jiang Yang studied the River of Time until a force pulled him back, and he looked above the river and was shocked by what he saw.

Jiang Yang glimpsed five supreme beings who existed across countless timelines before leaving the River of Time. He returned to his body in the Immortal Realm as a Dao Lord, and magnificent phenomena spread through the Myriad Worlds of the Heavens.

• Jiang Yang saw Ananda and several Eight Steps Dao Lord imprints standing along the River of Time.
• Jiang Yang saw five towering figures present across countless timelines and realized that only beings like them could defeat such an enemy completely.
• The Radiant Man and the old man in a Daoist Robe discussed Jiang Yang's arrival and the possibility that he could become a Supreme and the next Human Emperor.
• The Human Emperor returned to his embattled space-time, while the Black-Haired Woman wondered who the first Supreme was.
• Jiang Yang opened his golden eyes inside the sun in the Immortal Realm, and his return as a Dao Lord triggered magnificent phenomena across the realms.

Jiang Yang attained the Eighth Step as a Dao Lord, and his Sun will spread hope and light across the Myriad Worlds of the Heavens. As the Immortal Clan and Luofu Immortal Sect celebrated and reflected on his achievement, a new disturbance arose on the western Immortal Continent.

• Jiang Yang's attainment made the Great Sun shine across worlds, empowering flames to dispel darkness and giving hope to cultivators whose paths had ended.
• Immortal Clan cultivators watched Jiang Yang's achievement, some admiring the hope it offered and others warning that few could follow his example.
• Xuanming, Luo Yunzi, and the Luofu Immortal Sect disciples celebrated their sect's renewed prestige, while Xuanming felt secure beneath Jiang Yang's radiance.
• Jiang Yang studied the mysteries of the Eighth Step and sensed the Dao Ancestor's aura among the figures on the river of time.
• As the celestial phenomena faded, vast waves suddenly surged on the western Immortal Continent.

Tathagata established Buddhism across the Immortal Realm, declaring that it would deliver all living beings. The Immortal Lord remembered that Tathagata had accepted a future mission to carry humanity’s seeds from Earth into the universe if Human Civilization was defeated.

• Tathagata proclaimed Buddhism’s establishment in the western Immortal Continent, with Ananda, Tara, Ksitigarbha, Guanyin, and countless disciples gathered beneath him.
• A golden wheel and the image of a Golden Ship of Deliverance to the Other Shore appeared as Buddhism’s presence spread through the Myriad Worlds of the Heavens.
• The Immortal Lord told his disciples to pay Tathagata no heed when they asked how to respond to Buddhism’s rise.
• The Immortal Lord recalled Dao Ancestor asking Tathagata to guide an escape ship carrying the seeds of Human Civilization from Earth if humanity lost its future struggle.
• Tathagata accepted the mission and vowed to make his Buddhist Dao one of delivering others and to ferry Human Civilization through its calamity.

Jiang Yang sensed Tathagata’s powerful resolve as Tathagata established Buddhism and became the Immortal Clan’s fifth Quasi-Supreme. Tathagata joined Elysium to Spirit Mountain, instructed his disciples to build Elysium while secretly preparing the Golden Ship to the Other Shore, and sent Ananda to the Nine Provinces Ascension to Immortality Assembly.

• Jiang Yang sensed Tathagata’s aura and admired his aspiration to deliver the world before returning to his cultivation.
• Tathagata established Buddhism, became the Immortal Clan’s fifth Quasi-Supreme, and stirred the Immortal Realm.
• Tathagata joined a golden world to Spirit Mountain, making the mountain a world unto itself.
• Tathagata told his four disciples to build Elysium openly while secretly crafting the Golden Ship to the Other Shore.
• Tathagata sent Ananda to the Nine Provinces Ascension to Immortality Assembly to find Buddhism’s fifth personal disciple.
• The Immortal Realm turned its attention to the upcoming assembly at Heavenly Terrace Mountain of Prayer to the Sage.

Three months after reaching the eighth step, Jiang Yang returned to the Luofu Immortal Sect and found that Xuanming had taken two disciples. He recognized one of them as Dragon Maiden Qiushuang, whom he had not seen since she ascended from the Azure Cloud Realm.

• Jiang Yang returned to the Luofu Immortal Sect after consolidating his cultivation and finding a path toward the ninth step.
• The Luofu immortals welcomed Jiang Yang, whose new strength made him a Dao Lord-level figure in their eyes.
• Jiang Yang discovered a new mountain within the Luofu Mountain Range, where Xuanming was teaching a boy and a girl.
• Xuanming introduced the two students, Qiushuang and Beiyou, as her new disciples and told them to call Jiang Yang their Martial Uncle.
• Jiang Yang recognized Qiushuang as the Dragon Maiden who had ascended from the Azure Cloud Realm years earlier.

Dragon Maiden Qiushuang recalled her uneventful life in the Azure Cloud Realm and the extraordinary events surrounding her ascension with Jiang Yang. After traveling across the Buddha Immortal Domain under his protection, she and the other ascenders arrived at Buddha Immortal Harbor, where Qiushuang felt a familiar connection to the sea.

• Jiang Yang repaired the ascension formation, allowing Qiushuang and others from the Azure Cloud Realm to ascend to the Immortal Realm.
• On her first day there, Qiushuang witnessed Jiang Yang defeat an Immortal King and saw a Dao Lord come into being.
• Jiang Yang promised to protect the ascenders as they left the Buddha Immortal Domain, and they traveled together toward the sea.
• Qiushuang and the others observed the lives of mortals across the domain and learned that everyone was educated and given a chance to pursue cultivation.
• Under Jiang Yang's protection, the group reached Buddha Immortal Harbor, where Qiushuang felt a strong sense of familiarity.