Chapter Summaries

Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang, and Jiang Baogui witnessed powerful First Calamity True Lords fighting over a discovery in the Western Wilderness, signaling greater turmoil in Yuyu Heaven. Shi Xuan returned to cultivate and, after 221 years, raised the Five Elements Immortal Slaying Sword to the fifth tier, touching the Great Dao of Slaughter.

• Mandarin Duck Attendant left after clashing with Meng Nishang and Jiang Baogui, and Shi Xuan arrived to learn that the Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure belonged to True Lord Langxia of Youxian Palace.
• Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang, and Jiang Baogui discussed outside powers coveting Yuyu Heaven's Western Wilderness and concluded that their own strength was their best means of defense.
• Three Mighty Ones emerged from spatial rifts near the Western Wilderness, fought with powerful treasures and immortal arts, and fled beyond Yuyu Heaven.
• Jiang Baogui recognized the combatants as likely First Calamity True Lords, and Shi Xuan suspected their fight had begun after they discovered something in the wilderness.
• Shi Xuan returned to his sect, entered seclusion, and gave Chu Wan'er a Nine Nether Black Bamboo Shoot to exchange for Xuanhuang Merit Qi.
• After 221 years, Shi Xuan cultivated the Five Elements Immortal Slaying Sword to the fifth tier and touched the divine essence of the Great Dao of Slaughter.

Shi Xuan traveled to a remote star in the void to undergo his fourth Heavenly Tribulation, while Qing Suo guarded him. He passed the first three thunderbolts and endured the fourth, but the final tribulation’s Great Dao interrogation began testing his resolve with an illusion of eternal pleasure.

• Shi Xuan worried about Meng Nishang, Xue Baogui, and Chu Dexian, who had ventured into the Western Wilderness to investigate a suspected Primordial Demon Sect Grotto-Heaven.
• After forty-nine days of recuperation, Shi Xuan used the Time Dao Beacon Gate to travel to the Seven Immortals Great World, then continued to a lifeless star in the void to face his fourth Heavenly Tribulation.
• Qing Suo drove away the surrounding Heavenly Demons and agreed to guard Shi Xuan while he faced the tribulation himself.
• Shi Xuan countered the first three Divine Firmament, Azure Firmament, and Emerald Firmament thunderbolts with his own lightning arts and refined his body with their remnants.
• Shi Xuan used his Primordial Universe technique and body-refining secret art to withstand the Crimson Firmament Divine Thunder, then remained unmoved when its Great Dao interrogation tempted him with immortality and eternal pleasure.

Shi Xuan endured the final tribulation thunders and entrusted his Primordial Spirit to the Yin Yang Great Dao. He emerged as a Heavenly Human, and Qing Suo congratulated him on his breakthrough.

• Shi Xuan calmly overcame the Jing Xiao and Jade Firmament Divine Thunders, resisting their illusions and using his sword techniques to shatter them.
• Shi Xuan survived the Lang Xiao Dao Containing Thunder and transformed its Yin-Yang interrogation into a clearer projection of his Great Dao.
• Shi Xuan used the Thirty-three Layer Golden Treasure Pagoda to withstand the Zi Xiao Dao Seeding Thunder, then absorbed its Dao seed characters into his four Great Dao projections.
• Shi Xuan faced the Tai Xiao Dao Transforming Thunder and its Great Dao pressure, then transformed his Primordial Spirit into the Yin-Yang Mixed Cavern Divine Light and fought without retreating.
• Shi Xuan's remaining Primordial Spirit entered the illusory space of the Three Thousand Great Daos and entrusted itself to the Yin Yang Great Dao.
• Shi Xuan manifested a young cultivator's form, erased the remaining thunder and Great Dao phantoms, and received Qing Suo's congratulations on achieving the Heavenly Human Great Dao.

Shi Xuan attained Heavenly Human in the void, cultivated the Three Powers Dharma Destroying Sword, and advanced his two natal Dharma Treasures into Spirit Treasures. After Granny Yu arrived and congratulated him, he invited her to the Bamboo Mountain Penglai Lower Courtyard to discuss the Nine Nether Great World.

• Shi Xuan completed the Three Powers Dharma Destroying Sword and entrusted his Primordial Spirit to the Void Great Dao, attaining Heavenly Human.
• Shi Xuan stopped Purple Sheath from undergoing her fourth Heavenly Tribulation and told her to temper herself for another five or six hundred years.
• Shi Xuan asked Qing Suo to guard him, then Granny Yu arrived after passing her third Heavenly Tribulation and discussed his experience in the Nine Nether Great World.
• Shi Xuan consolidated his realm and transformed the Taiji Diagram and Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle into natal Spirit Treasures, briefly suppressing time with the Other Shore Golden Bridge.
• Granny Yu congratulated Shi Xuan as a True Lord, and Shi Xuan invited her to the Bamboo Mountain Penglai Lower Courtyard to discuss the Nine Nether Great World.

The chapter presented a discarded comedic scene in which Qing Lang misunderstood why the Penglai Sect treated Shi Xuan as an ordinary True Person. It ended with Chi Caibo revealing that she already knew Shi Xuan was a Heavenly Immortal True Monarch.

• Qing Lang followed Shi Xuan to the Penglai Sect and wondered why its disciples believed his master was only a Yang Spirit True Person.
• Qing Lang concluded that Shi Xuan was hiding his true strength while secretly recovering his realm.
• Qing Lang told Chi Caibo that Shi Xuan was actually a Heavenly Immortal True Monarch.
• Chi Caibo replied that Qing Lang had only just found that out.

Shi Xuan returned to Penglai Lower Courtyard after achieving Heavenly Human, guided Xia Jing’s cultivation, and gave her treasures and a protective formation. Back at the Penglai Sect, he revealed his breakthrough, arranged a Heavenly Human Ceremony, and informed his master and fellow True Persons.

• Shi Xuan visited Xia Jing at Penglai Lower Courtyard, where Granny Yu explained that he would understand the strange coincidences in the Nine Nether Great World once his realm advanced further.
• Xia Jing congratulated Shi Xuan on reaching Heavenly Human, and he advised her to temper herself against Heavenly Demons and gave her the Earth Trapping Seal and the Nine Heavens Ten Earths Wuji Ascension Mystery Formation.
• Wen Nianxi and True Person Haori offered to help Xia Jing gather materials for the formation in exchange for help with reincarnation if they needed it.
• Shi Xuan returned to the Penglai Sect and told True Person Jiang that he had passed the fourth Heavenly Tribulation and entrusted his Primordial Spirit to the Void Great Dao.
• True Person Jiang congratulated Shi Xuan and agreed to arrange a Heavenly Human Ceremony to display the sect’s strength.
• Shi Xuan contacted Mo Yuan, True Lord Xu, and the other True Persons to announce his breakthrough, then asked True Person Jiang how many times the sect bell should be struck for the ceremony.

Penglai Sect announced that Shi Xuan had passed the fourth Heavenly Tribulation and become a Heavenly Being, prompting sects and cultivators across the world to react with shock and plan to attend his ceremony. The chapter leaves Land God Zhuang Heng sensing a True Lord-level battle trapping Guanghan Sect cultivators in the Western Wilderness and wondering whether True Lord Meng is involved.

• Shu Xiaotian learned from Penglai Sect’s invitation that Shi Xuan had become a Heavenly Being and sent Qiao Mubai to attend the ceremony, with instructions to invite True Lord Xia if he returned in time.
• Qiao Mubai reflected on how far Shi Xuan had surpassed him and decided to attend the ceremony in hopes of gaining insight into his own future.
• Xu Yu, Yama Heavenly Son, True Lord Cai Xia, Ao Guang, Ao Xi, Old Ancestor Blood River, and other cultivators and sects reacted to Shi Xuan’s advancement, and many decided to attend the ceremony.
• Cultivators in Tianji City discussed Shi Xuan’s achievement as a white-clothed man chose to attend the ceremony while his burly companion prepared to return to the Western Wilderness.
• Land God Zhuang Heng sensed a True Lord-level battle trapping Guanghan Sect cultivators in the Western Wilderness and feared that True Lord Meng might be involved.

Zhuang Heng warned the Heavenly Court that Meng Nishang and two other True Lords were trapped in Su Yishui and An Qingzhou’s Myriad Worlds Tide Extinction Sword Formation. As the attackers prepared for Shi Xuan’s arrival, a young cultivator in an azure robe appeared and caused the formation’s Sword Qi and the cultivators’ Dharma Power to disperse.

• Zhuang Heng reported that Meng Nishang was trapped in an immortal formation, prompting Star Lord Taihua to alert Wang Wenhan.
• Wang Wenhan panicked and contacted Zuo Si, hoping to bring Shi Xuan to help Meng Nishang escape.
• Meng Nishang, Jiang Baogui, and Chu Dexian struggled against Su Yishui and An Qingzhou’s sword formation while their injuries and demonic qi weakened them.
• Su Yishui and An Qingzhou discussed their advantage and dismissed the prospect of Shi Xuan defeating their formation.
• The sword formation’s Sword Qi and Su Yishui and An Qingzhou’s Dharma Power suddenly dispersed as a young cultivator and a little girl appeared.

Shi Xuan used his Three Powers Dharma Destroying Sword to overcome Su Yishui and An Qingzhou, who had been weakened by his strange power and tried to escape. After killing them and driving off the watching True Lords, he was asked by Chu Dexian whether he had achieved Heavenly Human.

• Meng Nishang, Jiang Baogui, and Chu Dexian attacked the weakened Myriad Worlds Tide Extinction Sword Formation and broke it open.
• Su Yishui and An Qingzhou launched a full-strength sword attack at Shi Xuan, hoping to force him back and escape.
• Shi Xuan countered with dull white sword lights that erased their attacks and caused their cultivation and Dharma Power to collapse.
• Su Yishui and An Qingzhou fell from Heavenly Human to Three Tribulation Yang Spirit, and Shi Xuan's sword lights killed them despite their life-preserving treasures.
• Shi Xuan warned the watching True Lords to leave, and they withdrew without challenging him.
• Chu Dexian asked Shi Xuan whether he had achieved Heavenly Human, while Meng Nishang showed surprise.

Shi Xuan used the Other Shore Golden Bridge and Three Powers Dharma Destroying Sword to remove the Primordial Sky Demon Qi from Meng Nishang, Chu Dexian, and Jiang Baogui. After Jiang Baogui proposed discussing their Grotto-Heaven gains at the Penglai Sect, a mysterious young cultivator entered Tianji City.

• Shi Xuan revealed that he had reached Heavenly Human and identified the black qi afflicting Meng Nishang and the others as Primordial Sky Demon Qi.
• Meng Nishang and Chu Dexian explained that they had released a powerful Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure in the Primordial Demon Sect's lower academy Grotto-Heaven and barely escaped after it injured them.
• Shi Xuan tested his Three Powers Dharma Destroying Sword on Meng Nishang, then used the Other Shore Golden Bridge to isolate her Primordial Spirit and completely remove the demonic qi.
• After confirming Meng Nishang was clear, Shi Xuan removed the Primordial Sky Demon Qi from Chu Dexian and Jiang Baogui as well.
• Jiang Baogui suggested that the group visit the Penglai Sect to discuss their gains, and he regrew his severed arm.
• A young cultivator in a pitch-black Daoist robe entered Tianji City, his face appearing to change into whatever appearance an observer desired.

A released black-robed demon caused a brief wave of sleep across Tianji City and placed the Primordial Sky Demon Tome inside Qin Sheng before departing. Shi Xuan received congratulations and chose the Inner Demon Shackles from the treasures recovered in the Western Wilderness, as his Heavenly Human Ceremony approached.

• The black-robed cultivator provoked a man into killing his wife and himself, then concluded that Primordial Teacher had fallen and learned that the Primordial Demon Sect's inheritance still survived.
• The cultivator sent Tianji City and its surroundings into an apparent sleep, revealed himself as a demonic command tablet, broke through his restrictions, and flew toward a destination in the city.
• Qin Sheng woke from meditation and discovered the nine-book Primordial Sky Demon Tome inside his Purple Prefecture.
• Meng Nishang, Chu Dexian, and Jiang Baogui congratulated Shi Xuan, and the group reviewed techniques, secret arts, and treasures recovered from the Primordial Demon Sect's academy.
• Shi Xuan chose the Inner Demon Shackles, Meng Nishang took the Sky Demon Black Dove Nail, and the remaining treasures were distributed according to their oath.
• Chu Dexian and Jiang Baogui prepared to cross their Decay Tribulations, and the eve of Shi Xuan's Heavenly Human Ceremony arrived.

Penglai Sect celebrated Shi Xuan’s attainment of the Heavenly Human realm as powerful guests from across Yuyu Heaven arrived for his ceremony. As the gathering grew, Shi Jingren and True Lord Langxia approached Penglai, and a First Decay Mighty One named Zhang Ji arrived to offer congratulations.

• Pan Zikai and Lin Ya welcomed guests while discussing Shi Xuan’s rise and the promise of Pan Zikai and other young cultivators.
• True Lord Cai Xia told Yama Heavenly Son that Shi Xuan had killed two Heavenly Immortal Mighty Ones, and they agreed not to risk offending him.
• Yama Heavenly Son and True Lord Cai Xia arrived for the ceremony, followed by representatives from Yingzhou Sect, Luofu Sect, Medicine King Sect, Blood Demon Sect, and the Dragon Clan.
• Shi Jingren and True Lord Langxia traveled toward Penglai Sect and discussed Shi Xuan’s achievement, their mission, and a possible meeting at Taixu Temple.
• Zhang Ji arrived alone, identified himself as a True Lord preparing for the Second Decay, and was announced as a First Decay Mighty One offering congratulations.

At Shi Xuan’s Heavenly Human Ceremony, powerful guests from across the Great Thousand Worlds gathered and watched as he ascended the platform, revealing the Calamity Fate Great Dao and two other profound Great Dao manifestations. The ceremony left the assembled True Lords shaken by Shi Xuan’s strength as they congratulated him.

• Pan Zikai welcomed True Lord Juechen Zhang Ji, then announced True Lords Langxia, Yuntu, Wan Mie, and Tongwei as representatives of their sects.
• Jian Tonghui and Kong Ran traveled toward Shi Xuan’s ceremony while Yama Heavenly Son and other guests arrived at Tian Shu Peak and discovered Penglai Sect was holding the gathering inside the Heaven and Earth Mountain River Diagram.
• Xie Fangwei began the ceremony, and Qing Suo appeared before Shi Xuan, revealing that the Azure Rope Sword had crossed the Heavenly Human First Decay.
• Shi Xuan emerged and ascended the platform, causing the guests to feel their cultivation and realms waver under his aura.
• Shi Xuan manifested the Calamity Fate Great Dao, then displayed phantom lotuses of thunder and slaughter, astonishing the True Lords.
• Meng Nishang led the assembled guests in congratulating Shi Xuan as he stood at the center of the platform.

Shi Xuan celebrated his achievement of Heavenly Human by explaining how thunder could embody destruction, Calamity Fate, and slaughter, then tested his sword art against Zhang Ji. The ceremony was interrupted by the arrival of Jian Tonghui and Kong Ran, representing the Five Elements Sect of the Tongtian Great World, whose name astonished the gathering.

• Shi Xuan returned the Penglai Sect's congratulations and began a discourse on drawing the meanings of destruction, Calamity Fate, and slaughter from thunder.
• Shi Xuan attributed much of his knowledge to Shenxiao Senior and described how his sword arts had helped him touch upon the Path of Slaughter.
• Zhang Ji requested an exchange with Shi Xuan, and they swore Karmic Oaths to limit it to one move.
• Shi Xuan's sword strike and Zhang Ji's Destruction Thunder Cloud vanished together, leaving Zhang Ji with a slight advantage and confirming his suspicions.
• Shi Jingren and other True Lords appeared ready to challenge Shi Xuan before the disciples announced Jian Tonghui and Kong Ran's arrival on behalf of the Five Elements Sect of the Tongtian Great World.

Shi Xuan’s Heavenly Human ceremony continued with the arrival of disciples connected to the Five Elements Sect, followed by seven days of Dao discussion. After recovering from the ceremony, Shi Xuan received an invitation delivered by a boy from Taixu Temple in the Nanyin Great World.

• Jian Tonghui and Kong Ran arrived, and Kong Ran’s Five-Colored Divine Light revealed her close ties to the Five Elements Sect.
• Shi Jingren exchanged Daoist insights with Shi Xuan and said they would meet again at Taixu Temple.
• Shi Xuan and the gathered True Lords and True Persons discussed the Dao for seven days and seven nights before the guests departed.
• Shi Xuan arranged lodging for Jian Tonghui and Kong Ran, then returned to his cave dwelling to meditate and recover.
• Ao Gu told Shi Xuan that a boy from Taixu Temple had arrived with an invitation, and Shi Xuan asked for him to be admitted.

Shi Xuan received a mysterious invitation from Taixu Temple to attend its grand gathering and taste the Taixu Dao Fruit, but the visit seemed like an illusion and left him wary. After learning that Jian Tonghui and Kong Ran were also invited and that Dao Ancestor considered the matter harmless, Shi Xuan decided to attend.

• Qinghe Boy delivered Shi Xuan an invitation to Taixu Temple’s gathering sixteen hundred years later and explained the Taixu Dao Fruit and the invited guests.
• Qinghe Boy asked Shi Xuan, Qing Suo, and Purple Ying to swear a Karmic Oath to keep the Nanyin Great World secret, then departed.
• Shi Xuan discovered there was no invitation and that Ao Gu remembered no visitor, leading him to suspect Qinghe Boy’s visit had been a dream or illusion.
• Shi Xuan visited Jian Tonghui and learned that Jian Tonghui and Kong Ran had also received invitations to Taixu Temple.
• Kong Ran said her father, a Dao Ancestor, had told her the matter was harmless, so Shi Xuan decided to attend the gathering.

Shi Xuan tested Kong Ran’s Five-Colored Divine Light and learned how it sealed its targets, then went to investigate the true moon after it appeared in the sky. Meng Nishang had awakened Guanghan Palace’s connection to the moon, while Shi Jingren noticed the phenomenon from the Void Universe.

• Kong Ran swept Shi Xuan up with her Five-Colored Divine Light, and he broke free by manifesting the Thunder Dao Seed.
• A vast bright moon appeared at the wrong time, and Jian Tonghui determined that its radiance had broken through the Sun-Moon Space.
• Shi Xuan divined that the event was connected to Meng Nishang, then flew toward the moon after Jian Tonghui and Kong Ran declined to accompany him.
• Meng Nishang completed Guanghan Palace’s second Spirit Restriction and discovered its connection to an existence in the void.
• Meng Nishang activated Guanghan Palace, causing the bright moon to appear, and Shi Jingren turned to look toward the Earth Membrane.

Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang entered a newly emerged Grotto-Heaven in Yuyu Heaven, where an ancient freezing restriction weakened their cultivation and seemed tied to Meng Nishang’s chance to attain the Dao. The chapter left them facing an unexpected human procession in the Grotto-Heaven’s living Lesser Thousand World.

• Shi Jingren and True Lord Langxia learned that a strange Grotto-Heaven had appeared in Yuyu Heaven and went to explore it under orders from Youxian Palace’s Patriarch.
• Shi Xuan joined Meng Nishang at the bright moon, where she revealed that the Grotto-Heaven’s cold light had stirred a premonition of her opportunity to attain the Dao.
• Shi Jingren, Shen Yimo, Yi Tuan, and Zhang Ji drove the other True Lords away, while Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang stayed behind and entered the ice opening with Qing Suo.
• Shi Xuan discovered that the Grotto-Heaven’s freezing intent had frozen his Primordial Spirit and restricted his powers, though he and Meng Nishang could still use the Power of the Great Dao at a cost.
• Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang, and Qing Suo spotted a procession of humans crossing the snowy world, revealing that the Lesser Thousand World was inhabited.

Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang encountered a human convoy while exploring the frozen Grotto-Heaven and joined it on its way to Tianli City. The convoy’s Immortal Master Wei judged them to be ordinary mortals, while Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang learned that people in this world cultivated through Immortal Seeds.

• Shi Xuan analyzed the distant convoy and discovered that some people carried seed-like objects linked to the Frozen Absolute Great Dao.
• Meng Nishang warned Shi Xuan not to stray from his chosen path, and the pair waited for the convoy to approach.
• Princess Su Yingzi sent Shi Liu to offer the strangers help and a ride to Tianli City.
• Shi Liu was stunned by Meng Nishang’s beauty, then learned that Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang were traveling to Tianli City and arranged for them to join the convoy.
• Shi Xuan clarified that Meng Nishang was his elder, not his wife, and the pair settled in a carriage at the rear.
• Immortal Master Wei reported that Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang had no Immortal Seeds and appeared to be ordinary mortals.

Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang investigated the Ice Rock Kingdom’s Immortal Seeds and learned of its three ancient Heavenly Sovereigns. When a demon beast attack on the convoy became an ambush and Shen Yimo killed Immortal Master Wei, Shi Xuan revealed his Great Dao pressure and halted the Ice Snow Net.

• Meng Nishang read Immortal Master Wei’s memories and learned how Immortal Seeds let weak cultivators wield powerful immortal arts, while she and Shi Xuan discussed the three Heavenly Sovereigns.
• The convoy entered Red Snow Valley, where hundreds of frenzied demon beasts attacked as guards and cultivators rushed to defend the princess.
• Immortal Master Wei destroyed the beasts with a blizzard of ice blades, then raised an Ice Snow Net as a hidden assailant prepared to strike.
• Shen Yimo’s sword light pierced Immortal Master Wei’s carriage and killed him, leaving Su Yingzi and Granny Yan fearing for the convoy.
• Shi Xuan stepped out and manifested a white auspicious cloud and two lotuses; his Great Dao pressure forced the demon beasts down and stopped the Ice Snow Net in midair.