Chapter Summaries

Lei Jun investigated the forces accelerating the merger of the Human Realms and went to Green Apricot Mountain to stop a critical Earth Vein from feeding the convergence. As the Azure Universe battle produced a rare Greater Yang Heart Blood, Tang Xiaotang followed it out and stabilized it for Lei Jun.

• Zhang Wantong told Lei Jun that Gao Tiansui and the other sealed survivors in Azure Sky were exploiting changes in her cultivation and the coming merger to seek their escape.
• Jiang Fengge chose to watch events in Azure Sky and Da Ju, while Thunder Sound Temple’s Master Baoneng and Master Duming relayed news to Venerable Puguang and coordinated with their allies.
• Lei Jun visited Penglai, Great Han Dragon Tiger Mountain, the Nether Abyss, and Yellow Springs, then learned that Chu Kun had reached the Ninth Heaven and arranged for him to cultivate in Sumeru.
• When his Sign Fortune pointed to Green Apricot Mountain instead of the Azure Universe, Lei Jun went there and used the Three Caves and Three Heavens to block an Earth Vein current that was helping accelerate the Human Realms’ merger.
• During the battle between Golden Crow Haoyang and True Dragon Huaming, a nascent Greater Yang Heart Blood emerged from the Azure Universe, and Tang Xiaotang followed it and stabilized it for Lei Jun.

Lei Jun halted the premature convergence of the human realms, while battles against Jia Xianting and Heavenly Serpent Veil unfolded elsewhere. After retracing his cultivation from its peak to mortal weakness and rebuilding it along his own path, Lei Jun returned to the Immortal Gate, which opened through the restored natural order.

• Lei Jun identified the four objects from the Earth Vein, including a Youning Tree seed, and notified others while waiting to redirect the spiritual-energy river.
• Phoenix Feng Ming attacked Jia Xianting, while Xiao Xueting and her father ambushed and fought the Four-Winged Heavenly Serpent Veil.
• Zhao Qianran confronted the escaping Jia Xianting as leaders across the realms sealed their Void Gates and Heavenly Daoist Zhou, Good Wisdom Venerable, and Venerable Puguang made new plans.
• Lei Jun used Xu Yuanzhen's Spirit Dispersing Rod to slow the Earth Vein, redirected its flow, and stopped the premature convergence of the human realms.
• Lei Jun traveled through the realms as his cultivation regressed to nothing, then retraced his path and rebuilt his strength to Ninth Heaven Fifth Layer Perfection.
• Lei Jun returned to the Immortal Gate and found it already open, its path formed by the natural order restored through his actions and the era's convergence.

Heavenly Daoist Zhou entered Azure Sky and met Gao Tiansui, while the Former Affiliates of the Heavenly Palace set out toward nearby realms. In Penglai, Lei Jun revealed that he had ascended to the Immortal Realm and overwhelmed Venerable Puguang, Yu Shuo, and Heavenly Daoist Zhou, then unleashed a newly elevated attack against Puguang’s Nirvana Karma.

• Gao Tiansui welcomed Heavenly Daoist Zhou into Azure Sky, gave him a talisman, and sent him to Penglai with Yu Shuo while the other Former Affiliates headed for Da Ju, Spirit Mountain, Saha, and Azure Universe.
• Ge Xuanzhi and Wang Dianchen attacked the badly wounded Golden Crow Haoyang and True Dragon Huaming in Azure Universe, while Ruan Qiao forced open Spirit Mountain’s gate and Gao Tiansui confronted Zhang Wantong in Da Ju.
• Lei Jun struck Venerable Puguang’s Golden Body in Penglai, revealed his Immortal Realm cultivation, and destroyed Puguang’s incarnation when it tried to escape.
• Yu Shuo and Heavenly Daoist Zhou joined Puguang against Lei Jun, but Lei Jun killed Cen Ruopu, overwhelmed the attackers’ forces, and shattered Zhou Heavenly Palace.
• Lei Jun formed a Profound Yellow Taiji Diagram from his seven natal Divine Ability Dharma Talismans and directed its beam at Puguang’s Nirvana Karma, engulfing the defensive lotus sheltering Puguang, Yu Shuo, and Heavenly Daoist Zhou.

Lei Jun coordinated the response to the Former Affiliates of the Heavenly Palace, while Wang Guiyuan sealed Chen Dadao away with Avici and Ruan Qiao confronted Bai Mei in Saha. After the factions withdrew, Lei Jun traced Youyin’s plans and killed Feng Wensu from Penglai with a sword sent across realms.

• Lei Jun told the gathered cultivators that the Former Affiliates of the Heavenly Palace and the Human Realm Dao Kingdom should be consigned to history, and they agreed to discuss the matter with other Taoist sects.
• Chen Dadao attacked Wang Guiyuan and his companions in Saha, but they combined Avici, Yellow Springs, and Nether Abyss to seal and exile him.
• Ruan Qiao arrived at Saha after reclaiming Spirit Mountain, where Bai Mei intercepted her at the gateway.
• Gao Tiansui withdrew the Former Affiliates of the Heavenly Palace from Da Ju, Azure Universe, and Saha after learning that Zheng Baiyu occupied Youyin.
• Lei Jun located Feng Wensu’s ritual in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Human Realm and sent Zhuo Baojie to retrieve its records.
• Lei Jun launched the Grand Beginning Piercing Flaw Sword from Penglai, killing Feng Wensu and allowing Zhuo Baojie to bring the records back.

Lei Jun’s ascension and victory at Penglai alarmed Youyin, Empty Mulberry, and the Former Affiliates of the Heavenly Palace, while the powers across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths reassessed their alliances and defenses. The chapter ended with Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan discussing the next improvements to the Three Caves and Three Heavens formation as new changes stirred in the Abyss of Time.

• Zhuo Baojie returned to Penglai with Feng Wensu’s ink treasure, and Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang identified Nether Emperor Zheng Baiyu as the power behind its ritual array.
• Nether Emperor Zheng Baiyu learned that Lei Jun had killed Yu Shuo, Puguang, and Heavenly Daoist Zhou at Penglai, then consulted Jiang Fengge and ordered Youyin to prepare for the changing balance of power.
• Golden Crow Haoyang thanked Phoenix Feng Ming for his help in Azure Universe, and Feng Ming withdrew into the Phoenix Tree Divine Wood to continue his cultivation.
• Zhao Chanyang returned to Kunlun to enter seclusion, while Zhang Haipeng prepared to travel to Penglai for discussions with Lei Jun about the Former Affiliates of the Heavenly Palace.
• Good Wisdom Venerable ordered Bimasha to contact Guixu and receive Zhuo Ligetu, while Gao Tiansui withdrew into Azure Sky as the Abyss of Time showed signs of new changes.
• Tang Emperor Zhang Wantong agreed to remain in Da Ju, Xiao Xueting contacted Xiao Chunhui about their father, and Lei Jun gave Wang Guiyuan Buddhist treasures before discussing improvements to his grand formation.

After ascending to immortality, Lei Jun refined his spoils and strengthened his cultivation while the upheavals across the human realms reshaped the balance of power. He convened Taoist leaders in Penglai, where their united welcome established his standing as the alliance leader.

• Lei Jun stored the Greater Yang Heart Blood, sent the Youning Tree seeds to Zhuo Baojie for cultivation, and began refining Yu Shuo’s thunder drums and Heavenly Daoist Zhou’s sword and seal.
• Sun Li brought Lei Jun the Spirit Mountain Jade Bone, and Lei Jun continued cultivating by developing the Profound Yellow Heavenly Stems Ten Scenes.
• As the Buddhist and Shaman powers weakened and the Former Affiliates of the Heavenly Palace returned, Southern Wu’s Tang Gong considered contacting Azure Sky and invading Southern Yue, while Kang Ming moved the Yellow Heaven Altar and other realms faced mounting political pressure.
• Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan discussed selecting a future Celestial Master, and Lei Jun assigned Zhuo Baojie, Qin Caiwei, Xu Rui, Zhang Xionghu, Xin Beiyuan, Han Xiaofei, and Cheng Rongrong duties at the coming conference.
• Taoist leaders from several realms gathered in Penglai at Lei Jun’s invitation and greeted him together, confirming his rise as their alliance leader.

Lei Jun brought Daoist leaders together to coordinate against the Former Affiliates of the Heavenly Palace and prepare for the Human Realms’ coming merger, while the sects formed a joint force for the Former Song Human Realm. As the Taoists began searching for Azure Wolf Khan Zhuo Ligetu, Mo Rigen found himself surrounded by their Ninth Heaven experts in Luoyang.

• Lei Jun warned the Daoist leaders that the Former Affiliates of the Heavenly Palace were stirring and that the Human Realms would soon merge, urging preparations to protect ordinary people across the realms.
• Mu Chunyang proposed that the Daoist sects pool their strength, and leaders including Shen Xi, Zhang Haipeng, Murong Minghui, and Zhang Taigang agreed to cooperate.
• Yuan Qingci chose to return to the Great Ming Human Realm, while the other Daoist experts prepared to gather in the Former Song Human Realm and assist Qi Yicheng.
• Lei Jun told Chu Kun about his plans for the Immortal Realm, and Tang Xiaotang said she would delay her own ascent for two years before leaving with Chu Kun for the Former Song Human Realm.
• Xiao Chunhui received word from Xiao Yumen and warned Meng Shaojie that the Great Ming Court was playing with fire; Luo Hai also returned to Great Ming under the Pixiu Demon Sage’s instructions.
• Shen Xi, Mu Chunyang, Chu Kun, and other Daoist experts joined Zheng Chen and Zhu Junjie in the Former Song Human Realm, then set out to search for Zhuo Ligetu, surrounding Mo Rigen’s forces in Luoyang.

The Taoist forces swept through the Golden and Azure Wolf Khanates, then cornered Zhuo Ligetu and the Empty Mulberry Buddhists at his hidden grassland refuge. Tang Xiaotang revealed herself and wounded Zhuo Ligetu, while Lei Jun’s Yin Yang Divine Firmament Aurora struck Bimasha as he tried to escape back to Empty Mulberry.

• Mo Rigen was surrounded and defeated as Great Song and Taoist forces recovered Luoyang, while Fei Zhengfu and Zhu Junjie discussed the Taoist Sects’ growing influence.
• Mu Chunyang’s coalition searched for Zhuo Ligetu, reclaimed Great Capital, and inferred that Empty Mulberry Buddhism had helped the Golden Khanate guard the Azure Wolf Khan’s western refuge.
• Zhang Haipeng and the other Taoist experts attacked the grassland camp, where Shen Xi fought Bimasha and the coalition exposed Zhuo Ligetu’s underground seclusion site.
• Zhuo Ligetu emerged with Borjigin and tried to break through, but Tang Xiaotang revealed herself as Zheng Chen, wounded him with the Innate Dragon-Tiger Combination Strike, and drew him into Chu Kun’s Great Vehicle Dao Scene.
• Bimasha invoked Good Wisdom Venerable’s power to flee toward Empty Mulberry, but Lei Jun used the Jade Clarity Zhou Heavenly Dharma Mirror to strike him with the Yin Yang Divine Firmament Aurora and pierce his body.

Lei Jun helped defeat the foreign clans in the Former Song Human Realm, secretly arranged Zheng Chen’s farewell, and hunted down powerful Great Demons across the Great Tang Human Realm. As Tang Xiaotang prepared to undergo her immortal tribulation, Lei Jun celebrated his hundredth birthday and asked Azure Phoenix Zhuyin whether Azure Universe would soon produce a new Immortal Spirit Holy Lord.

• Lei Jun noticed Good Wisdom Venerable guide Peng Youshan from the Present Han Human Realm into Empty Mulberry, while his divine light helped Zheng Chen and Chu Kun defeat Zhuo Ligetu and Bimasha’s forces.
• Zheng Chen named Qi Yicheng as the next Pure Yang Palace Sect Leader and departed as though dying, though he had only feigned his injuries with help from Tang Xiaotang and Chu Kun.
• Tang Xiaotang told Lei Jun she planned to undergo the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation in the Earth Sea, while Lei Jun used his flying sword to kill the North Sea Whale King and later Sea King Chrysanthemum.
• Lei Jun and Chu Kun discussed preparations for the convergence of the human realms, including the challenges of merging sect branches, as Great Song restored its dynasty and advanced toward the Great Wilderness.
• Good Wisdom Venerable received Peng Youshan’s departure for Spirit Mountain and considered whether to seek support from the Nether Emperor or the Former Affiliates of the Heavenly Palace.
• Taoist cultivators and guests from across the realms celebrated Lei Jun’s hundredth birthday, and Zhuyin conveyed Azure Universe’s greetings before Lei Jun asked about its next Immortal Spirit Holy Lord.

Lei Jun celebrated his hundredth birthday as visitors from across the realms sought his views on the future and he refined his magical treasures. After Tang Xiaotang attained immortality through Cave Profundity in the Earth Sea, she and Lei Jun opened a path into Empty Mulberry and arrived there together.

• Azure Phoenix Zhuyin told Lei Jun that Phoenix Feng Ming was in seclusion preparing to break through to the Immortal Spirit Realm.
• Elder Miao Kong and Abbot Ru Yuan asked Lei Jun whether his view of the White Lotus Sect had changed, and he said he would not interfere in Buddhism's disputes.
• Zhang Hui gave Lei Jun a Longitude and Latitude Box to help him and Tang Xiaotang prepare for their return to Empty Mulberry.
• Lei Jun observed Shen Qubing's Supreme Thunder Immortal Lightning, formed a new thunder art, and sparred with him using his Nine Heavens Responding to Origins Thunder Emperor True Body.
• Lei Jun refined his magical treasures and welcomed his one hundred and first birthday as Tang Xiaotang continued her secluded cultivation in the Earth Sea.
• Tang Xiaotang attained immortality through Cave Profundity, opened a gateway from the Earth Sea into Empty Mulberry with the Eight Extremes Obscure Bright Pearl, and entered with Lei Jun.

Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang invaded Empty Mulberry and fought Good Wisdom Venerable, whose attempt to escape was disrupted by an ancient book opening another Void Gate. Tang Xiaotang pursued and killed him in the Great Ming Human Realm, while Lei Jun sealed the gate and glimpsed familiar eyes as the book burned.

• Lei Jun sealed the Earth Sea entrance and used Tang Emperor Zhang Wantong's jade relic to suppress Empty Mulberry's hostile currents, allowing Tang Xiaotang to confront Good Wisdom Venerable.
• Tang Xiaotang unveiled the Supreme Purity Boat and Reverse Primordial Chaos while Lei Jun trapped Good Wisdom Venerable in his Dao Scenery Profound Enclosure, and the two overwhelmed the Five Great Wisdom Kings.
• An ancient book opened a second Void Gate and disrupted Lei Jun's enclosure, giving Good Wisdom Venerable a chance to flee into the Great Ming Human Realm.
• Tang Xiaotang pursued Good Wisdom Venerable into the human realm, where Pixiu Kong ambushed him before Tang Xiaotang struck him down and destroyed his remaining body.
• Lei Jun used Profound Yellow Harmonious Illumination to burn the ancient book and close the Void Gate, glimpsing eyes he had seen when he seized Chen Yi's Pure Gold Hall.

Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang secured Empty Mulberry after Tang Xiaotang killed Good Wisdom Venerable, while a fleeing Pixiu Demon Sage escaped into Great Ming. The news unsettled Great Ming and the surrounding realms, and Lei Jun ended the chapter watching the Youning Tree seed sprout in Earth Sea.

• Lei Jun recognized Zheng Baiyu as the Nether Emperor behind Youyin’s actions, then helped stabilize Empty Mulberry as Tang Xiaotang reported killing Good Wisdom Venerable.
• The Pixiu Demon Sage ambushed Good Wisdom Venerable and escaped with Luo Hai into Great Ming, while Lei Jun cleared out the remaining Vajra Realm Buddhists and discussed the retained artifacts with Wang Guiyuan.
• Tang Xiaotang and Lei Jun discussed their battle, Zheng Baiyu’s contact with Good Wisdom Venerable, and the Youning Tree seed that had taken root in Earth Sea.
• Great Ming’s court learned that Good Wisdom Venerable had died, and Emperor Han Zhining ordered Abbot Guang Shu considered as an envoy while urging Zhou Mingzhe to support his attempt to become an immortal.
• Yuan Jing received Shatiluo for Zheng Baiyu, who suspected Lei Jun had caused Feng Wensu’s death and anticipated upheaval in the Abyss of Time; meanwhile, the Former Affiliates of the Heavenly Palace and Later Han prepared for coming changes.
• Lei Jun returned to Earth Sea and watched the Youning Tree seed break through the soil and sprout.

Lei Jun tended the Youning Tree seed in the Earth Sea, welcomed the Kongsang Earth Capital Lineage’s return to its homeland, and advised Han Xiaofei before her attempt to cross into the Seventh Heaven Realm. After discussing unrest in the Great Ming and the future of the merged Human Realms, Lei Jun received a letter from Xu Yuanzhen, who had reached a demon-filled world governed by the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.

• Lei Jun stabilized the newly sprouted Youning Tree seed and allowed Ke Lang, Xiang Chengyuan, and Chen Xiao to return the Earth Capital Lineage to Kongsang.
• Han Xiaofei visited Lei Jun, received cultivation guidance, and returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain to prepare to cross the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation.
• Meng Shaojie and Mu Chunyang warned Lei Jun that Great Ming’s rulers were exhausting the people while pursuing sainthood for Ming Emperor Han Zhining.
• Mu Chunyang asked about Tang Emperor Zhang Wantong’s stance toward the Human Realm, and Lei Jun said she sought neither rule nor tolerance for rulers who oppressed the people.
• Tang Emperor Zhang Wantong received a letter from Xu Yuanzhen, who reported that she was safe in a demon-ruled world with no Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, only the realms of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.

Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang discussed Xu Yuanzhen’s discoveries in a demon-ravaged greater world and the unstable Abyss of Time, while the Taoist alliance prepared to investigate Youyin and Lianshan. As Lei Jun reforged magical swords in Penglai, Taoist leaders entered the Great Ming Human Realm and demanded treasures confiscated by its court.

• Lei Jun told Tang Xiaotang that Xu Yuanzhen had found a greater world where the Three Realms remained intact but were overrun by demons, and that its Myriad Laws Altar had apparently been destroyed.
• Lei Jun explained that Azure Sky remained sealed by Gao Tiansui, whose influence was spreading rapidly, and that the Taoists planned to probe Youyin and Lianshan through the Great Ming Human Realm.
• Tang Xiaotang returned to Empty Mulberry to watch for developments, while Lei Jun returned to Penglai and used Nine Abyss True Fire to reforge the North Star Sword and other flying swords.
• Chu Kun and other Taoist leaders entered the Great Ming Human Realm through Guicang, with Spirit Mountain witches agreeing to guard the gate while the Witch King recovered.
• Mu Chunyang and five other Taoist leaders detained Great Ming Governor-General Zheng Qing, prompting Emperor Han Zhining and Chief Minister Zhou Mingzhe to realize that they had come for the Universe Sun Moon Pot and the Immortal Firmament Bell.

Ming Emperor Han Zhining and Zhou Mingzhe tried to delay Taoist pressure while continuing preparations for Han Zhining to Achieve Sainthood on the Spot. As Great Ming faced a White Lotus resurgence and a gathering demon threat, an unknown Taoist swordsman killed the Tree Sea Golden Toad, leaving the Snow Mountain Tyrant Ape shocked.

• Han Zhining ordered Zeng Kui to summon Yuan Qingci and sent Li Rui to inspect the Southwest as the court considered moving troops.
• Han Zhining told Zhou Mingzhe that the Taoists intended to obstruct his attempt to Achieve Sainthood on the Spot, and ordered him to manage negotiations while the emperor continued his studies.
• Monk Hui Yin met Monk Jianhai and Monk Tianshu, exchanged information about the Taoists and Nether Emperor Zheng Baiyu, and the Great Ming White Lotus Sect began moving again.
• Yuan Qingci told Zhou Mingzhe that the Taoists had come because the unrest in the mountains and rivers threatened the people, while Zhou refused to abandon Han Zhining's plans.
• Nie Song reported that the Snow Mountain Tyrant Ape and Tree Sea Golden Toad were gathering demons in the Southwest.
• A streak of light struck the valley and killed the Tree Sea Golden Toad with a sword, and the Snow Mountain Tyrant Ape learned of its death as a Purple-Robed Taoist descended to retrieve the Seven-Foot North Star Sword.

Lei Jun killed the Tree Sea Golden Toad and Snow Mountain Tyrant Ape while attacking the Great Ming capital from Penglai, where Shen Xi and Yuan Qingci recovered Shu Mountain's treasures. The capital's defenses collapsed, and Ming Emperor Han Zhining fell gravely ill as Great Ming's national fortune weakened.

• Zhuo Baojie finished off surviving Nanzhao demons after Lei Jun's North Star Sword destroyed the Tree Sea Golden Toad, while Lei Jun's four swords killed the Snow Mountain Tyrant Ape and the Snowy Plateau demons.
• Lei Jun attacked the Great Ming capital with the Jade Clarity Zhou Heavenly Dharma Mirror, overcoming its dragon-vein defenses and striking down the capital's protective formations.
• Shen Xi entered the capital and cut through its Sacrificial Rite arrays while Yuan Qingci retrieved the Universe Sun Moon Pot and Immortal Firmament Bell.
• Shen Xi and Yuan Qingci departed with the Shu Mountain treasures as Han Zhining and Zhou Mingzhe realized Lei Jun's attacks had coincided with the demons' deaths in the southwest.
• Reports of the capital's defeat and the demons' deaths spread, weakening Great Ming's national fortune, and Han Zhining collapsed after vomiting blood.

Great Ming continued to fracture as Taoist and Buddhist forces pressed their campaigns, while Lei Jun searched for Great Demons and suspected Youyin was secretly aiding the northeast’s retreating forces. Yuan Qingci thanked Lei Jun for restoring Shu Mountain’s treasures and returned to Great Ming to fight, as Lei Jun explained why he had spared Han Zhining for the moment.

• Zhou Mingzhe learned that Nie Fang had played a pivotal role in distributing Magical Artifacts that weakened Neo-Confucian Clan Law, and he urged Nie Song to monitor the Wu and Qin Factions.
• Chao Feng and the Wu Faction considered abandoning Great Ming, but Chao Feng gave no decision as they weighed other options.
• Lei Jun searched the Great Ming Human Realm for Great Demons and watched the northeast, suspecting Zheng Baiyu of Youyin had concealed contact with the steppe tribes and Western Buddhist remnants.
• Yuan Qingci thanked Lei Jun on behalf of Shu Mountain’s branches, reclaimed the Three Mountains Separating Fire Cover and Hanging Sky Whip, and returned to Great Ming with many disciples to join the fighting.
• Lei Jun told Tang Xiaotang that he had spared Han Zhining because hastily killing him might benefit Zheng Baiyu, and Tang Xiaotang said she wanted to find a way to catch Lei Jun when he charged into battle.

As the Great Ming Human Realm descended into rebellion, Lei Jun and the Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion continued preparing for the human realms’ eventual convergence, while powers across the worlds watched the increasingly unstable Abyss of Time. After two years, the Abyss split open during a catastrophe in Da Ju, and several figures emerged into that world.

• Tang Xiaotang discussed a new approach to physical Life Cultivation with Lei Jun, then returned to Empty Mulberry to focus on her cultivation and Cheng Rongrong’s preparations.
• Nether Emperor Zheng Baiyu advanced a secret sacrificial ritual plan in the Great Ming Human Realm, while Demon Saint Kunpeng emerged from seclusion after reaching the second Demon Saint realm and weighed possible opportunities beyond the Abyss of Time.
• Lei Jun continued hunting great demons in the Great Ming Human Realm as Han Xiaofei crossed into the Seventh Heaven Realm and became a High Merit Dharma Master; later, Jiang Yu reached the Nine Heavens and Feng Ming attained an immortal spirit body.
• The Great Ming Dynasty grew increasingly turbulent as uprisings spread, while Chu Kun and Zhang Wantong reported that the Abyss of Time in Da Ju was becoming unstable.
• Two years later, the Abyss of Time froze and Da Ju shook; Zhang Wantong stabilized the world with Literary Talent Qi, but the Abyss split open and several figures emerged into Da Ju.

Tang Emperor Zhang Wantong and Tang Xiaotang fought the invading Demon Buddha Lineage in Da Ju as allied forces tried to draw Da Ju toward Azure Sky and other powers entered the fray. Zhao Chanyang confronted Ge Xuanzhi, and their battle began while the crisis in Da Ju continued.

• Venerable Jue Sheng led Demon Buddha inheritors through the Abyss of Time, and Tang Emperor Zhang Wantong refused his invitation to join them before Bitter Sea Great Venerable emerged and attacked.
• Zhang Wantong used recorded powers of ancient Shaman, Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist experts to contend with Bitter Sea Great Venerable, who deployed his Formless Bitter Sea and Golden Body Dharmas.
• Tang Xiaotang entered Da Ju aboard the Supreme Purity Boat, killed several Demon Buddha inheritors, and fought Venerable Jue Sheng and Venerable Wu Chen, while Bitter Sea Great Venerable disrupted her attack with the Non-Leaking Seal.
• Quan Yuanqi and Wang Dianchen began drawing Da Ju toward Azure Sky with a formation, while Lei Jun detected their plan and headed toward Spirit Mountain's former gate in Southern Han.
• Zheng Baiyu prepared to leave Youyin, but Demon Saint Kunpeng remained cautious in Guixu; Ge Xuanzhi, Wang Dianchen, and Quan Yuanqi entered Da Ju, where Feng Ming stopped Ge Xuanzhi and Zhao Chanyang arrived to challenge him.
• Zhao Chanyang used Limitless Auspicious Clouds and his Eastern Monarch Emperor Body to pursue Ge Xuanzhi, who transformed into the White Tiger and fought back with Four Symbols Chaos and Two Forms Break.

Lei Jun obtained the Youyin treasure Wangshu Liubo, while the Abyss of Time shifted from Saha to Guicang, where rival powers converged to seize its treasures. Xu Yuanzhen emerged from the Abyss and disrupted their plans, and the chapter ended as Quan Yuanqi prepared to move Jade Purity Miro Grotto-heaven out of Saha despite warnings that the realm might collapse.

• Lei Jun followed the sign fortunes to Three Rivers Mouth, killed Yuan Jing, and took Wangshu Liubo, the treasure he needed to advance his Two Forms Immortal Body toward a Taiji Dao Body.
• The Abyss of Time shifted to Guicang, where Zheng Baiyu, Zhang Wantong, Tang Xiaotang, Kunpeng, and Gao Tiansui converged; Gao Tiansui killed Bitter Sea Great Venerable after their battle in Saha.
• Zheng Baiyu began drawing a crystal from the Abyss of Time, but Xu Yuanzhen emerged with Venerable Wu Chen and a vast glacier, and the resulting turbulence swept the crystal and the other half of the Universe Chart back inside.
• Gao Tiansui suppressed Guicang with his Haotian Holding Talisman Golden Tower, but Tang Xiaotang and Xu Yuanzhen delayed him while Zhang Wantong seized the Universe Chart and entered the Abyss; Gao Tiansui followed.
• After Gao Tiansui entered the Abyss, Quan Yuanqi decided to abandon Saha and move Jade Purity Miro Grotto-heaven to Azure Sky, despite Fang Jian, Xie Yiying, and others warning that Saha might split apart.