Chapter Summaries

Jing Jiu fought the monster invasion across Moonwatch Star while Snow Ji’s words helped him recall his true identity and resist the Heaven-Bearing Sword. He became a little boy and unleashed ten thousand Heavy Particle Cannons, killing every monster on the planet as observers across the universe watched.

• Jing Jiu spun on the basketball court and used metal threads to kill monsters throughout a wide area around Wushi City, while Hua Xi and the Monk of Joy watched.
• The Monk of Joy realized Jing Jiu had suppressed his consciousness to avoid the Heaven-Bearing Sword and noted that nine Darkness Wardens still hovered above the planet.
• Snow Ji’s voice recited the Dao’s principles across Moonwatch Star, prompting Jing Jiu to remember his identity and then deliberately forget what he had recalled.
• The green cord tightened around Jing Jiu’s wrist, shrinking him into a little boy as his oversized tracksuit fell around him.
• Jing Jiu formed ten thousand Sword Strings and used them as Heavy Particle Cannons, killing every monster on Moonwatch Star.
• People across the universe watched Jing Jiu’s attack, and Zhuo Rusui asked the Founding Patriarch whether he could do the same.

Jing Jiu destroyed the monsters on Moonwatch Star Planet but was gravely wounded by a Darkness Warden, leaving humanity to hope Snow Ji would intervene. Snow Ji emerged from Flower Creek’s red cloth and faced the nine Darkness Wardens, declaring herself the ruler of the world.

• Jing Jiu concentrated the Heavy Ions Cannon’s threads into a swordlike line that pierced a Darkness Warden, but its deadly aura struck back and left him unconscious in a crater.
• Jiang Zhixing, the Ascension Ones, and viewers across the universe feared that Moonwatch Star Planet and humanity would fall, and many hoped Snow Ji would save them.
• Snow Ji emerged from the red cloth Flower Creek was holding, stunning the Ascension Ones who recognized the tiny figure as the Queen of the Snow Nation.
• Snow Ji looked toward the nine Darkness Wardens as the Cold Cicada traced a red line across her face, and her aura spread across the planet and into space.

Snow Ji severed Moonwatch Star Planet from the universe’s surveillance network and rose to fight the nine Darkness Wardens, striking at the space their Dark Domain warped. As the battle began, the Green Mountain Patriarch sent Chen Ya and the other Ascension Ones to the planet, where they planned to kill Snow Ji after the Wardens weakened her.

• Snow Ji covered Jing Jiu with her red cloak, flew toward the nine descending Darkness Wardens, and caused every Light Screen showing Moonwatch Star Planet to turn to static.
• The Green Mountain Patriarch ordered Chen Ya and the other Ascension Ones to go to Moonwatch Star Planet, while En Sheng stayed at Heavenly Fire to recover and manage the Spatial Fissure.
• Chen Ya told two black-clad demonic immortals that they had to kill Snow Ji because she and Jing Jiu together posed a greater threat to humanity than the Dark Matter Sea.
• Snow Ji’s extreme cold disabled Moonwatch Star Planet’s surveillance equipment and satellites, cutting the planet off from the wider network.
• Snow Ji punched the Darkness Wardens’ Dark Domain, striking and cracking the warped space around them.

Snow Ji shattered the Dark Domain and froze the nine Darkness Wardens, then invited Jing Jiu to become her sword. He took her hand, and she wielded the Heaven-Bearing Sword Technique to cut through all nine Mother Nests, though the chapter left their fate unresolved.

• Snow Ji shattered the Dark Domain and drove it out of the atmosphere, waking Jing Jiu and restoring sunlight to Wushi City.
• Snow Ji froze all nine Darkness Wardens near the atmosphere, while the Monk of Joy warned that they were not truly dead.
• Snow Ji returned to the basketball court and invited Jing Jiu to become her sword; he agreed and took her hand.
• Snow Ji used the Heaven-Bearing Sword Technique and One Sword for All Things to send a brilliant sword light through all nine Mother Nests.

Snow Ji and Jing Jiu destroyed the nine Darkness Wardens, and Snow Ji sealed the Spatial Fissure before leaving the Factory Ruins with Jing Jiu and Flower Creek. Monk of Joy tried to follow her, but she knocked him underground and departed without him.

• Snow Ji and Jing Jiu's sword strike killed the nine Darkness Wardens and destroyed their Mother Nests, while Snow Ji sent the resulting particles toward the sun.
• Snow Ji used her cold to clear the remaining dark energy and moved Jing Jiu and Flower Creek to the Factory Ruins, leaving Monk of Joy behind.
• Snow Ji froze the Spatial Fissure shut, blocking the dark energy until the Galaxy Alliance Fleet and Human Ascension Ones could arrive.
• Monk of Joy asked to accompany Snow Ji, but she ignored him and began to leave with Jing Jiu and Flower Creek.
• Monk of Joy reached for Snow Ji, so she struck him repeatedly with small punches until he sank deep underground.
• Snow Ji, Jing Jiu, and Flower Creek left the Factory Ruins as snow fell, then disappeared into the wilderness.

Moonwatch Star Planet’s crisis ended after Snow Ji destroyed the Dark Matter Sea monsters and sealed the Spatial Fissure, while the Alliance rushed to investigate. At the Factory Ruins, Zeng Ju rescued the Monk of Joy and began repairing the fissure; the chapter ended with military mecha arriving under orders to arrest Eve.

• The Alliance confirmed that the monsters and dark energy had vanished from Moonwatch Star Planet, and its underground inhabitants celebrated their survival.
• Cao Yuan arrived at the Heavenly Fire Industrial Base and took over eroding the Spatial Fissure while Sword Immortal Ensheng returned to Moonwatch Star Planet.
• Zeng Ju and the Blazing Sun Warship’s forces landed on Moonwatch Star Planet and found the Spatial Fissure sealed by Snow Ji’s power.
• Zeng Ju identified a hole near the fissure as a Level Five Site Clearance and pulled the unconscious Monk of Joy out from deep below it.
• The Monk of Joy awoke and was sent to recover as Zeng Ju prepared Fusion Erosion Devices to repair the Spatial Fissure.
• Military Combat Mecha arrived with orders to arrest Eve, leaving Mayor Ailun shocked and confused.

Monk of Joy learned from Eve’s memories that Snow Ji had hidden herself because she feared the computer, then decided to enter the Dark Matter Sea to seek a way for humanity to survive there. He left Zeng Ju questioning whether humanity could endure as souls even if the dark energy could not be stopped.

• Monk of Joy and Zeng Ju discussed Snow Ji’s defeat of the Darkness Wardens and why she had not gone to the Dark Matter Sea.
• Zeng Ju explained that Eve knew little about Jing Jiu and Snow Ji, but Monk of Joy went to question her using Two Hearts Communication.
• Monk of Joy saw Eve’s memories of Snow Ji and realized that Snow Ji had been hiding because she feared the computer.
• An unseen presence restored Eve’s awareness and wrote a message promising to protect her, while Monk of Joy smiled at the snowy view.
• Monk of Joy resolved to enter the Dark Matter Sea and investigate its monsters, despite Zeng Ju’s warning that dark energy would keep spreading.
• Monk of Joy asked whether humanity could survive by existing as souls within the Dark Matter Sea.

Monk of Joy revealed his plan to turn humanity into spiritual beings and attacked Zeng Ju when he tried to stop him. After Liu S sui intervened to protect Eve, he fought Monk of Joy and identified himself.

• Monk of Joy explained that he planned to transform humanity into spiritual beings and place them in the Great Nirvana, while Zeng Ju warned that the process could destroy their souls.
• Monk of Joy used Celestial Person Connection to try to extract Eve's soul, but Zeng Ju attacked him and the two battled across Wushi City.
• Zeng Ju and Monk of Joy wrote scriptures against each other; Monk of Joy's character shattered Zeng Ju's, and Zeng Ju fell onto a cliff.
• Monk of Joy threatened to seize Eve's soul, but a middle-aged man arrived in its place and fought him with a light mirror and the Great Hand Seal.
• The man used the Guan Cheng Brush and Dragon-Tail Inkstone to defeat Monk of Joy's written character, then introduced himself as Liu S sui.

Liu S sui fought the Monk of Joy in Wushi City, using his law treasures and the Nondual Sword to pierce the Great Nirvana. He followed with the First Child Sword, striking the opening and badly injuring the Monk of Joy.

• The Monk of Joy attacked Wushi City with a prayer bead, but Liu S sui countered with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and drove him back.
• Liu S sui used the Nether Emperor's Seal to dent the Great Nirvana and injure the Monk of Joy, then revealed the Nondual Sword.
• The Nondual Sword pierced the Great Nirvana's defenses, opening a tiny wound and drawing blood from the Monk of Joy.
• Liu S sui struck the opening with the First Child Sword, forcing the Great Nirvana to fold back and severely injuring the Monk of Joy's spine.

Liu S sui defeated Monk of Joy, contained the dark matter spores he released, and rescued the survivors. He revealed to Zeng Ju that Zhao Layue’s group had prepared to watch and, if necessary, fight earlier Ascension Ones, then explained how he learned his second sword technique; the two headed toward Jing Jiu’s former home.

• Monk of Joy used the Great Nirvana to flee into space and released dark matter spores, while Liu S sui pursued him and Zeng Ju contained the spreading smoke.
• Monk of Joy destroyed a nearby warship and threatened to return, as Zeng Ju broadcast that an Outsider Heavenly Demon had corrupted his Chan heart.
• Liu S sui collected the spores, rescued the surviving crew, and returned to support the injured Zeng Ju.
• Zeng Ju questioned Liu S sui about his loyalties and learned that Zhao Layue’s group had prepared to monitor powerful earlier Ascension Ones, with Liu S sui assigned to watch Monk of Joy.
• Liu S sui told Zeng Ju that his second sword technique came from sword scriptures linked to Nan Qu and that he and Zhao Layue had gained insight after visiting the snowfield.
• Zeng Ju and Liu S sui discussed Jing Jiu’s novel and walked toward the residential building that might have been Jing Jiu’s real hometown.

Liu S sui and Zeng Ju visited the apartment where Jing Jiu had lived as Ryan and spoke with Ms. Eve about him. Later, Liu S sui met Zhao Layue in the game and recalled the past, including the burial of the Zen Child, while the whereabouts of Jing Jiu and Snow Ji remained unknown.

• Liu S sui and Zeng Ju entered apartment 720, where a pregnant tabby cat had been left behind, and discussed the peaceful state of the Chaotian Continent.
• Ms. Eve told Liu S sui and Zeng Ju about her visits to Ryan, then left the building in a luxury hovercar.
• Liu S sui examined Ryan’s notebook and piano and concluded that Jing Jiu had not awakened; he believed Ryan was still with Snow Ji.
• Liu S sui connected to the game and met Zhao Layue, then recounted what had happened at the apartment and discussed why he had acted early to save Zeng Ju.
• Liu S sui told Zhao Layue that he had built a grave for the Zen Child in the vegetable garden and had watched over it before leaving because he thought she and Jing Jiu might need him.

Liu S sui and Zhao Layue discussed what might happen after their ascensions and worried about those left behind, while Liu S sui tried to preserve traces of his past in a simulated world. Centuries later, Gu Qing brought Empress Dowager Hu and Zhen Tao toward Chaotian Continent with an important object for Fruitful Accomplishment Temple, then set out for Green Mountain while Empress Dowager Hu still wondered whether someone would see her.

• Zhao Layue visited Liu S sui at Fruitful Accomplishment Temple and proposed making him Green Mountain's Sect Master, while Tong Yan complained about Zhuo Rusui and urged them to replace him.
• Zhao Layue and Liu S sui discussed their plans for what would happen after ascension, and Zhao Layue warned him that the little fox would die.
• Centuries later, Zhao Layue and Liu S sui met again after ascending, discussed Snow Ji's problem, and left a fake pickle jar for someone to find before heading to the East Sea.
• Gu Qing sailed toward Mingquan Secret Realm with Empress Dowager Hu and Zhen Tao, then decided to return to Green Mountain despite their worries about their past and their reception there.
• Gu Qing refused to let the shipping merchants pay the Treasure Ship King, and Water-Moon Convent refused to let his ship dock because he had eloped with Zhen Tao.
• At Fruitful Accomplishment Temple, Gu Qing handed an important object to the Sutra Lecture Hall Chief Seat, and Empress Dowager Hu asked whether someone still refused to see her before Gu Qing led them toward Green Mountain.

After more than five hundred years away, Gu Qing returned to Green Mountain with Empress Dowager Hu and Zhen Tao, revisiting old places and catching up with Yuan Qu. He was left on Divine End Peak as the monkeys welcomed him like one of their own.

• Gu Qing traveled through the mortal world by carriage with Empress Dowager Hu and Zhen Tao, then stopped in Yunji Town to eat hotpot and read a booklet of portraits of Green Mountain Immortal Masters.
• Gu Qing used his Sword Token to enter Green Mountain and met Yuan Qu on Divine End Peak, where they discussed the sect, Shangde Peak, and Yuan Qu's daughter.
• Yuan Qu left to attend to an honored guest, and Gu Qing recalled the many Green Mountain companions who had died during his long absence.
• Empress Dowager Hu and Zhen Tao joined Gu Qing at the cliff, where a troop of monkeys gathered around him.
• Gu Qing told a curious little monkey that he had always belonged on Divine End Peak.

Gu Qing returned to Green Mountain, where the sects and the Imperial Court were assembling the Heavenly Access Grand Formation to reach the Immortal Realm. As the formation stood ready, Ping Yongjia asked who would ascend first.

• Gu Qing toured Divine End Peak with his wives and reunited Empress Dowager Hu with her grandson, Divine Emperor Jing Cheng.
• Gu Qing visited Nan Wang and Ping Yongjia, then saw the construction of the formation spreading across the Black Jade Disc where Shangde Peak had stood.
• Que Niang led disciples from many sects in designing and building the formation, while Green Mountain gathered treasures and resources from across Chaotian Continent and the Other Continents.
• Chaotian Continent's sects cooperated more closely, and their shared cultivation research helped the world grow stronger as the formation took shape.
• The Heavenly Access Grand Formation was completed, and the elder of the Water-Moon Convent gave Ping Yongjia a peach blossom branch as he asked who wished to ascend.

Ping Yongjia prepared to activate the Heavenly Access Grand Formation so cultivators could leave Chaotian and help Jing Jiu in the Immortal Realm. Several figures volunteered, while Gu Qing watched from Divine End Peak and explained why he would stay behind.

• Que Niang, Yuan Qu, Junior Sister Yushan, and Su Ziye volunteered to enter the Heavenly Access Grand Formation, and Su Ziye challenged anyone who objected to Su Ziye’s place.
• Peng Lang arrived and revealed that the Snow Nation Queen wanted him to catch an immortal for her; he joined the group because the formation would make leaving easier.
• A Piao arrived, berated Ping Yongjia for not telling her about the plan, and asked Yuan Qu to remind Zhao Layue to return the Nether Emperor’s Seal.
• Gu Qing told Empress Dowager Hu and Zhen Tao that the formation was being built because Tong Yan had asked Chaotian to send more people to assist Jing Jiu, and he said he would stay because he lacked the strength to help.

Shen Yunmai completed his mechanical body and traveled with Tong Yan to the space surrounding Chaotian Continent, where he studied the mysterious boundary and debated the meaning of Jing Jiu’s bamboo chair. Tong Yan opened a passage through a bronze mirror, and a girl in red emerged from Chaotian.

• Shen Yunmai finished connecting his brain to an improvised mechanical body and complained about its appearance while Tong Yan teased him.
• The Black Coffin warship reached a remote starfield, where Shen Yunmai saw the dark domain containing Chaotian Continent and developed theories about its nature.
• Shen Yunmai wanted to retrieve Jing Jiu’s bamboo chair, but Tong Yan insisted it had meaning and should remain where it was.
• Tong Yan found a way to open a passage through an antique bronze mirror near a stream of meteoroids.
• A vigorous girl in red climbed through the mist and appeared before the mirror as Tong Yan welcomed her.

Tong Yan and Shen Yunmai calculated the boundary and energy level while the Heavenly Access Grand Formation prepared to activate on Green Mountain. The formation stalled around Corpse Dog, who revealed that he wanted to leave and see the world beyond.

• Tong Yan spoke with his red-clad Closed-Door Disciple through a bronze mirror, then discarded it and urged Shen Yunmai to calculate the boundary and energy level.
• Shen Yunmai ran the warship's calculations while teasing Tong Yan, who sealed his senses to meditate.
• The red-clad girl arrived at Past Arrival Peak with Zhongzhou Sect experts and argued with Ping Yongjia about the people gathered and the vacant Green Mountain Sect Master position.
• Ping Yongjia activated the Heavenly Access Grand Formation with a strand of sword intent, and its golden light filled the Black Jade Disc while leaving Corpse Dog's black mountain in shadow.
• The red-clad girl called out to Corpse Dog, who opened his eyes and said he wanted to go out and see the world.

Corpse Dog left Green Mountain through the Heavenly Access Grand Formation, bringing Peng Lang, Su Ziye, Que Niang, Yuan Qu, and Yushan into a heavenly tribulation that threatened to destroy the formation. Beyond the heavens, Shen Yunmai and Tong Yan used a fusion device and nuclear bombs to help, while the Stone Tortoise quietly absorbed the tribulation; the travelers disappeared, the boundary remained intact, and spiritual qi returned to the world.

• Corpse Dog accepted Nan Wang’s Immortal Register, left Shangde Peak, and rose into the Heavenly Access Grand Formation with Peng Lang, Su Ziye, Que Niang, Yuan Qu, and Yushan.
• A vast thunderstorm descended on Green Mountain, and the law treasures and Daoist cultivators struggled to keep the formation’s pillar of light intact.
• Aboard the Black Warship, Tong Yan and Shen Yunmai calculated the boundary’s position, then Shen Yunmai used a Fusion Erosion Device and Azure Dragon’s stomach full of Polyphase Nuclear Bombs to send a torrent of energy toward it.
• As the Heavenly Access Grand Formation neared collapse, the torrent from Beyond the Heavens struck the sky with precision while the Stone Tortoise absorbed lightning and energy at Heavenly Light Peak.
• The heavenly tribulation vanished, the travelers were gone, the spatial barrier remained, and the Stone Tortoise’s breathing returned spiritual qi to the world.

After Empress Dowager Hu died, Gu Qing remained on Chaotian Continent, while Ping Yongjia stopped a rebellion on Westwind Continent. In the Upper Realm, Tong Yan and Shen Yunmai briefed the newly ascended group on Jing Jiu’s disappearance and their planned attack on the Green Mountain Patriarch, but the group hesitated to join before finding Jing Jiu.

• Gu Qing and Zhen Tao visited the Jing Household’s old residence after Empress Dowager Hu’s death, where Gu Qing reflected on the begonia tree and refused Zhen Tao’s plea to ascend.
• Ping Yongjia killed the Pope who tried to restore the old order on Westwind Continent, then returned to Sword Peak and rejected Zhuo Juexiao’s offer to take over as Sect Master.
• Shen Yunmai introduced himself aboard the Black Warship as the son of Shen Green Mountain, and Tong Yan clarified that Shen Yunmai had broken with his father over Jing Jiu.
• Tong Yan used Brain-Computer Interface Systems to teach the newly ascended group about the Upper Realm and explained that they would collect Immortal Qi near Chaotian Continent’s sun.
• Tong Yan revealed that Jing Jiu had been missing and that he planned to attack the Green Mountain Patriarch, but the group asked to find Jing Jiu first or declined to fight without more information.
• Tong Yan opened Gate Three as the warship approached the sun, while Shen Yunmai activated the Gravitational Force Field Generator to keep the ship concealed.

As the Alliance hunted Snow Ji and Jing Jiu, Cao Yuan left to give Monk of Joy peace, while Flower Creek cared for the still-unawakened Jing Jiu aboard an evacuation ship. Snow Ji calculated a route through a distant spatial passage toward a planet and planned to rest there before killing Shen Green Mountain.

• Green Mountain Patriarch told Zhuo Rusui that Snow Ji and Jing Jiu would be found, while Zhuo Rusui wondered whether Yukata would locate and control Snow Ji.
• After the spatial fissure at the Heavenly Fire Industrial Base closed, Cao Yuan concluded Monk of Joy had chosen his own path and left to deliver him true peace.
• Civilians aboard a transport ship saw a Golden Buddha pursuing someone on a disk before an explosion triggered alarms.
• Flower Creek brought Jing Jiu food and woke him, but his headache remained and Snow Ji had no energy to help him.
• Snow Ji used her sword-light calculations to find a distant spatial passage and planet, then declared she would handle the matter there, rest, and later kill Shen Green Mountain.