Chapter Summaries

Shi Xuan learned more about choosing an Opposite Great Dao and discussed Mo Jingqiu’s cultivation with Xuansiao before deciding to enter Nine Nether and pursue Jiuzang Imperial Sovereign. He and Granny Yu arrived by boat at the fortified entrance to the Yellow Springs.

• Xuansiao, Granny Yu, the Mysterious Woman, and Zhu Hongtu explained how different Opposite Great Daos affected the path to Creation and the Eternal Realm.
• Xuansiao revealed that Guīyī Dao Ancestor could not reincarnate without a Lord of Creation’s help, and the Mysterious Woman explained the cost of using an Innate Dao Embryo.
• Xuansiao told Shi Xuan that Mo Jingqiu had triggered Lifespan Decay, and Shi Xuan expressed confidence that she would pass it with her original heart intact.
• Shi Xuan asked Granny Yu about the difficulties of integrating an ending-type Great Dao, then said he would enter Nine Nether to pursue Jiuzang.
• Granny Yu agreed to watch the battle and return to Yuyu Heaven with Shi Xuan, who turned the Taiji Diagram into a boat and sailed toward the Yellow Springs.
• A Buddha child guarding the Yellow Springs gate saw Shi Xuan and Granny Yu arrive on their pale-golden boat.

Shi Xuan and Granny Yu entered Nine Nether to confront Nine Treasures Imperial Sovereign, suppressing her defenses and launching a Magic Combat. Nine Treasures survived Shi Xuan’s Fate Destroying Scroll with Nirvana, but he reshaped its powers into a formation of ending that surrounded her Buddha Kingdom.

• Shi Xuan asked Nine Treasures Imperial Sovereign to leave Nine Nether, but she refused, so she activated the Two Realms Ten Directions Vajra Womb Great Formation.
• Shi Xuan used the Other Shore Golden Bridge to suppress the formation and entered the Seventh Layer, followed by Granny Yu.
• Nine Treasures attacked Shi Xuan with her Samsara Nine Treasures Treasure Light and Buddha Kingdom in Palm.
• Shi Xuan unleashed the Fate Destroying Scroll, whose Slaughter Qi and ending powers overwhelmed Nine Treasures’s Buddha Kingdom in Palm.
• Nine Treasures used Nirvana to escape the scroll’s attack and restore herself, but Shi Xuan formed its powers into an ending formation that enveloped her Buddha Kingdom.

Shi Xuan defeated Jiuzang Imperial Sovereign with the Fate Destroying Scroll and drove her from Nine Nether, while Nether Sea Imperial Sovereign fled as well. Shi Xuan and Granny Yu returned to Penglai Sect, where Granny Yu reunited with Chu Wan'er and True Lord Xu and revealed that she had reincarnated and cultivated anew.

• Shi Xuan trapped Jiuzang Imperial Sovereign in the pseudo Zhu Xian Sword Formation and Fate Destroying Scroll, forcing her to spend hundreds of thousands of years of Dao practice to escape through Nirvana.
• Jiuzang Imperial Sovereign admitted defeat, renounced her title, and left Nine Nether for Liuli Heaven as Great Master Jiuzang.
• Nether Sea Imperial Sovereign fled Nine Nether after witnessing Jiuzang Imperial Sovereign's defeat, and Granny Yu and Shi Xuan discussed the Life and Death Dao Ancestor before returning to the Shangqing Shenxiao Realm.
• Granny Yu reunited with Chu Wan'er and True Lord Xu at the End of the World Pavilion and showed them her Destruction Auspicious Cloud.
• Chu Wan'er told Granny Yu about Shi Xuan's Heavenly Human Ceremony and the guests' surprise at his Life and Death Limitless Transcendence Auspicious Cloud, making Granny Yu laugh.

Shi Xuan showed True Lord Xu and Chu Wan'er his Calamity Auspicious Cloud and explained how the Book of Life and Death had concealed his true foundation. After recounting the Golden Immortal War, he realized his Dao heart had greatly improved, then discussed the requirements for External Dao Manifestation and planned to help restore Yuyu Heaven's former splendor.

• Chu Wan'er teased Shi Xuan about his Auspicious Cloud, and Granny Yu asked him to reveal its current form.
• Shi Xuan revealed his Calamity Auspicious Cloud, shocking True Lord Xu and Chu Wan'er; Granny Yu explained that an Innate Dao Embryo could alter and conceal a Dao Fruit Auspicious Cloud.
• Shi Xuan recounted his experiences in the Chaotic Primordial Era and the Golden Immortal War, then realized the ordeal had greatly strengthened his Dao heart and raised his Dao practice to a million years.
• Granny Yu explained that Dao Foundation Perfection and fulfillment of applicable True Heart Oaths were required to realize External Dao Manifestation.
• Shi Xuan resolved to help restore Yuyu Heaven's former splendor, invited cultivators to hear him expound the Dao at regular intervals, and asked Chu Wan'er to have Xia Jing visit when she returned.

Six years after returning to the Penglai Sect, Xia Jing received Shi Xuan’s instructions and traveled to a Celestial Immortal’s legacy cave dwelling in the Extreme Wind Great World. There, she joined other powerful cultivators waiting to enter, and her identity as a Penglai Sect disciple startled the group.

• Xia Jing returned to the Penglai Sect and learned that Shi Xuan and Shenxiao had returned from the Chaotic Primordial Era, with Shenxiao having advanced on the Destruction Great Dao.
• Shi Xuan told Xia Jing about his transformed Auspicious Cloud and instructed her to visit a Celestial Immortal cave dwelling in the Extreme Wind Great World, as well as how to answer questions about Sanxiao Palace.
• Xia Jing arrived among Longevity cultivators gathered for the opening of Ren Pingsheng’s legacy cave dwelling, where Wei Wuhui proposed that they join forces.
• Wei Wuhui, Yun Ji, Zhang Huanwen, Ding Songlin, Wang Baoshu, Hu Yao, and Pei Yun introduced themselves and revealed their distinguished sects and connections.
• Xia Jing introduced herself as a disciple of the Penglai Sect, surprising the group, while Pei Yun appeared to recognize something about her.

Xia Jing and Pei Yun met at Ren Tianjun’s relic estate, where Xia Jing revealed she was Dao Lord Tian Xuan’s personal disciple and obtained the Nine Extinction Cauldron. After Pei Yun reported their conversation to Xiao Honghua, he suspected Mo Jingqiu’s sudden mastery of the Calamity Fate Great Dao was connected to Mu Jing’s disappearance.

• Xia Jing learned about the relic estate and its Nine Extinction Cauldron while the gathered True Persons discussed their backgrounds and chances of obtaining treasures.
• Pei Yun asked Xia Jing whether she was Dao Lord Tian Xuan’s personal disciple, and Xia Jing confirmed it before sharing her master’s praise of Mo Jingqiu.
• The relic estate appeared, and after several battles Xia Jing obtained the Nine Extinction Cauldron while Pei Yun also gained treasures.
• Pei Yun returned to Yuzhen Hall and told her master, Xiao Honghua, about Xia Jing and her remarks concerning Mo Jingqiu.
• Xiao Honghua suspected Mo Jingqiu’s recent achievements were connected to Mu Jing’s disappearance and concluded that she might be deeply implicated.

Mo Jingqiu passed Lifespan Decay, and Shi Xuan shared news of his experiences in the Chaotic Primordial Era before she planned her own travels. Centuries later, after preaching at Penglai Sect, Shi Xuan sent Chu Wan'er into the Chaotic Primordial Era to help his registered disciple Bai Li Che.

• Xiao Honghua suspected that Mo Jingqiu's Calamity Fate cultivation might be connected to Mu Jing and decided to test her cautiously while preparing to improve his own cultivation method.
• Thirty-two years later, Mo Jingqiu passed Lifespan Decay, and Shi Xuan and Xuansiao told her about Shi Xuan's experiences and new auspicious cloud.
• Mo Jingqiu said she would travel through the Chaotic Primordial Era after stabilizing her realm and raising her Immortal Techniques.
• Six hundred and eighty-two years later, Shi Xuan preached at Penglai Sect and sent Purple Ying to wait for Chu Wan'er as she emerged from seclusion.
• Shi Xuan told Chu Wan'er to help his registered disciple Bai Li Che, and she set out for his Great Thousand World through the Chaotic Primordial Era.

Bai Li Che’s people faced destruction when the Three Tribulations Great Demon Ghost Chariot laid waste to their cities, so Bai Li Che summoned Chu Wan'er for help. With her aid, he used the Benefit All Beings immortal formation and his Saint Virtue Xuanyuan Sword to kill Ghost Chariot, while a Heavenly Demon outside the Earth Membrane sensed the formation’s Saintly Virtue aura.

• Ghost Chariot destroyed the cities and fields around the Other Shore's Boat, forcing Bai Li Che and his people to retreat inside.
• Bai Li Che decided to seek help from Dao Lord Tian Xuan’s disciples and welcomed Chu Wan'er into the Other Shore's Boat.
• Chu Wan'er proposed using the Benefit All Beings immortal formation so Bai Li Che could contend with Ghost Chariot.
• Chu Wan'er drew Ghost Chariot out and froze time with the Cosmic Light Bell while Bai Li Che struck with the formation-powered Saint Virtue Xuanyuan Sword, killing it.
• A Heavenly Demon outside the Earth Membrane sensed the formation’s irritating aura of Saintly Virtue.

Self-Transformation Freedom Heaven Lord investigated Shi Xuan’s connection to a world’s Saintly Virtue aura, then became interested in the Calamity Dao Embryo and secretly watched for Three Xiaos Palace disciples. When Mo Jingqiu entered the Chaotic Primordial Era, he saw two Heavenly Sovereigns tracking her and intervened from the shadows.

• Self-Transformation Freedom Heaven Lord abandoned his plan to destroy the world after discovering its Saintly Virtue aura was connected to Shi Xuan, then listened to Chu Wan'er explain the Myriad Worlds to Bai Li Che.
• Self-Transformation Freedom Heaven Lord learned about the deaths of Mu Jing and Chixiao and decided to watch for Three Xiaos Palace Heavenly Sovereigns in hopes of finding the Calamity Dao Embryo.
• Four hundred and ten years later, Mo Jingqiu entered the Chaotic Primordial Era and killed a rabbit-like Chaotic Aberration with her Hunyuan Golden Dou.
• Self-Transformation Freedom Heaven Lord spotted two Fourth Tribulation Peak Heavenly Sovereigns following Mo Jingqiu and detected a Half-step Golden Immortal guiding them.
• Self-Transformation Freedom Heaven Lord sent two strands of black light into the pursuers’ Primordial Spirits to secretly help test Mo Jingqiu.

Mo Jingqiu tried to escape Xiao Honghua’s pursuit through the Chaotic Primordial Era, but another enemy’s attack pushed her toward Dao Heart Decay. Shi Xuan arrived in time to suppress the decay and restore her clarity, leaving the confrontation poised to continue.

• Mo Jingqiu deduced that a Half-step Golden Immortal was tracking her and deliberately triggered the Spacetime Beacon Gate to break free of the pursuit.
• Xiao Honghua followed her through the region, while Mo Jingqiu narrowly avoided a destructive Dao-Lost Chaos and tried to flee toward Three Xiaos Palace.
• A Fourth Tribulation Peak Heavenly Sovereign intercepted Mo Jingqiu and blocked her attack after Dao Heart Decay increased his strength.
• As Mo Jingqiu began losing control to Dao Heart Decay, Shi Xuan’s Other Shore Golden Bridge suppressed her thoughts and returned her mind to clarity.
• Mo Jingqiu used the Inner Demon’s power to enter darkness while remaining clear-headed, and Shi Xuan approached as Xiao Honghua and Self-Transformation Freedom Heaven recognized him.

Mo Jingqiu passed her Heavenly Human Fifth Decay and became a Half-step Golden Immortal, while Shi Xuan revealed his carefully prepared power and defeated the Lord of Sky Demons. He restrained Xiao Honghua and left his fate to Mo Jingqiu, who arrived as Shi Xuan explained why he had hastened her trial.

• After Shi Xuan put away the Taiji Diagram, Mo Jingqiu broke free of her restraints and overwhelmed the Fourth Tribulation Peak Heavenly Sovereign with her Calamity Fate Great Dao.
• Mo Jingqiu manifested the Supreme Profound Spirit Hunyuan Calamity Auspicious Cloud, passed her Dao Heart Decay, and destroyed the Heavenly Sovereign.
• Xiao Honghua and the Lord of Sky Demons realized Shi Xuan had maneuvered them, but his Fate Destroying Scroll suppressed their powers and blocked their escape.
• Shi Xuan used the pseudo Zhu Xian Sword Formation to destroy the Lord of Sky Demons and all his Inner Demon thought-forms.
• Shi Xuan restrained Xiao Honghua rather than killing him, explaining that Mo Jingqiu should decide how to handle their grievance.
• Mo Jingqiu flew over, and Shi Xuan told Xiao Honghua he had shortened her trial to prevent her from provoking someone dangerous while in Dao Heart Decay.

Mo Jingqiu passed Dao Heart Decay and became a Half-step Golden Immortal, while Shi Xuan wondered which Dao Ancestor had arranged his own earlier tribulation. More than two thousand years later, Shi Xuan helped Xia Jing’s True Spirit enter reincarnation after her failed Heavenly Tribulation, then went to welcome Meng Nishang.

• Mo Jingqiu thanked Shi Xuan for arranging the events that brought her Dao Heart Decay forward, and Shi Xuan wondered whether the River Chart or the Life and Death Dao Ancestor had arranged his own past tribulation.
• Mo Jingqiu spared Xiao Honghua’s life but required him to swear Karmic Oaths serving Three Xiaos Palace for one million years.
• Shi Xuan attended Mo Jingqiu’s Dao Proving Ceremony and returned to Yuyu Heaven.
• Two thousand three hundred and thirty-six years later, Xia Jing failed her fourth Heavenly Tribulation, and Shi Xuan recovered her True Spirit Spark.
• Shi Xuan told Chu Wan’er to send Xia Jing into reincarnation, then reflected on how Yuyu Heaven’s growing number of cultivators fulfilled his True Heart Oath.
• Nine Spirits reported that Meng Nishang had arrived, and Shi Xuan went out to welcome her.

Shi Xuan congratulated Meng Nishang on overcoming Lifespan Decay and agreed to watch over her sect while she sought Frozen Absolute Great Dao Origin in the Chaotic Primordial Era. After escaping a Fourth Tribulation Peak Heavenly Sovereign, Meng Nishang sensed the Frozen Absolute Great Dao and realized Shi Xuan had arranged the encounter to help her complete her secret art.

• Meng Nishang explained her Eternal Ice Coffin secret art and asked Shi Xuan to watch over the sect while Cold Mirror faced Lifespan Decay and Wu Siyu faced Body Decay.
• Meng Nishang joked that she would no longer feel awkward being called Senior if she proved the Dao of Great Luo, then left Yuyu Heaven for the Chaotic Primordial Era.
• Shi Xuan explained to Chu Wan'er why he would not shorten Meng Nishang's Dao Heart Decay tribulation as he had done for Mo Jingqiu.
• Meng Nishang searched for Frozen Absolute Great Dao Origin and escaped an attack from a Fourth Tribulation Peak Heavenly Sovereign cultivating Yuan Magnetism.
• Meng Nishang sensed the Frozen Absolute Great Dao ahead and identified Shi Xuan as the one who had arranged the encounter.
• Shi Xuan appeared before the Heavenly Sovereign he had subdued and praised him for helping Meng Nishang complete her secret art sooner.

Meng Nishang mastered the Eternal Ice Coffin secret art and challenged Sun Moon Gate over its attack on a Guanghan Sect disciple, while Shi Xuan arranged for the dispute to be resolved. During a New Year Festival walk with Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang spoke about her feelings and cultivation before suddenly freezing into an ice sculpture.

• Meng Nishang used the Myriad Worlds Frozen Absolute Great Formation to weaken the Frozen Absolute Great Dao Origin, survived its Frozen Extinction intent, and later mastered the Eternal Ice Coffin.
• Five hundred and forty years later, Meng Nishang attacked Sun Moon Gate after it refused to hand over a disciple who had nearly killed a Guanghan Sect True Person.
• Shi Xuan played chess with Dao Lord Xuan Yang inside Sun Moon Gate, and Xuan Yang agreed to send the culprit to Guanghan Sect to apologize.
• Meng Nishang stopped her attack when Shi Xuan emerged and accompanied him to celebrate the New Year Festival in a nearby city.
• Meng Nishang told Shi Xuan that she valued cultivation and sincerely returned the kindness of those who treated her well, then froze into an ice sculpture as fireworks lit the night sky.

Shi Xuan reflected on his growing friendship with Meng Nishang as she succumbed to Dao Heart Decay and was sealed inside her completed Eternal Ice Coffin. He left her in Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign’s care, uncertain whether she would awaken alive after thousands of years.

• Shi Xuan recalled Meng Nishang’s history, her hardships, and the many times they had helped one another, then placed her ice sculpture away.
• Shi Xuan considered whether Meng Nishang had always acted according to her true heart and judged that she had a strong chance of passing Dao Heart Decay.
• Shi Xuan brought Meng Nishang to the Ice and Snow Cold Light Realm, where Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign confirmed that her Eternal Ice Coffin was complete.
• Shi Xuan explained that the coffin would seal Meng Nishang until her Dao Heart Decay ended and that no one could intervene if she failed.
• Shi Xuan took his leave, looking back at Meng Nishang and wondering whether he would ever see her again.

Aboard a ship bound for Penglai Sect, Shi Yixing worried that his cultivation talent might not be enough to pass the Penglai Dharma Assembly, then revealed that he had come from the Vast Universe Great World. Liu Yueting, Liu Ziyi, and Yun Yao explained Yuyu Heaven’s powerful sects and Penglai’s renowned figures as the ship continued toward its destination.

• Shi Yixing admitted to Liu Yueting and Liu Ziyi that he felt anxious about the Penglai Dharma Assembly after seeing how young many Soul Departure Stage cultivators were.
• Shi Yixing revealed that he came from the Vast Universe Great World and had reached Yuyu Heaven with the help of a disciple of a Primordial Spirit True Person.
• Liu Yueting, Liu Ziyi, and Yun Yao described Yuyu Heaven’s super sect and ten major sects, including their leaders, strengths, and cultivation prospects.
• Liu Ziyi and Yun Yao praised Penglai Sect’s powerful figures and promising disciples, while Shi Yixing expressed his longing to join it.
• Yun Yao wondered whether Dao Lord Tian Xuan had once sailed toward Penglai as they were doing, and Liu Yueting imagined that he might have traveled with like-minded friends.

Shi Yixing and his friends formally entered the Penglai Sect, while Shi Xuan perfected his Dao Foundation and discussed the challenge of witnessing External Dao Manifestation with Granny Yu. Shi Xuan revealed that Dao Lord Chengkong, a disciple of the Nirvana Dao Ancestor, was the opponent in Water-Fire Dao Lord’s vow-related battle.

• Shi Yixing, Liu Ziyi, Liu Yueting, Yun Yao, and the other new disciples paid respects to Penglai’s patriarchs and completed their initiation ceremony.
• Shi Xuan absorbed the Great Dao of Mixed Caverns into his Yin-Yang Auspicious Cloud and achieved Dao Foundation Perfection, raising his Supreme Divine Abilities to the third realm.
• Granny Yu explained that a perfected Dao Foundation made it difficult to further temper the Dao heart and witness External Dao Manifestation without a rare opportunity or great danger.
• Shi Xuan told Granny Yu that Water-Fire Dao Lord had asked him to help fight an opponent while fulfilling a great vow.
• Granny Yu said Ziyun Dao Lord had invited Half-step Golden Immortals to observe his planned Dao Integration attempt in sixty years.
• Shi Xuan identified Water-Fire Dao Lord’s opponent as Dao Lord Chengkong, a disciple of the Nirvana Dao Ancestor.

Shi Xuan joined Water-Fire Dao Lord Zhu Hongtu in the Chaotic Primordial Era to help defend his great vow against Dao Lord Chengkong, whose competing vow threatened to turn the region into a Pure Land. After gathering their allies, they planned to investigate Chengkong and prepare an ambush.

• Granny Yu warned Shi Xuan that Dao Lord Chengkong’s Bodhi Wonderful Tree could rival his Fate Destroying Scroll and cautioned him about the dangers of their coming Magic Combat.
• Shi Xuan arrived at Zhu Hongtu’s territory and learned that their great vows overlapped after Zhu Hongtu encountered Chengkong while pacifying Dao-Lost Chaos.
• Zhu Hongtu introduced his junior brother Wang Dalu, and Zheng Zhu arrived to join the group of helpers.
• Zheng Zhu reported that Dark Cloud Dao Lord Wu Cheng, who had close ties to Chengkong, was likely among Chengkong’s allies.
• Shi Xuan and Zhu Hongtu agreed to investigate first, then have Zhu Hongtu lure Chengkong into an ambush if the plan seemed feasible.

Shi Xuan and Zhu Hongtu traced Dao Lord Chengkong to a Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, where he was preparing a powerful formation with Dark Cloud Dao Lord present. After learning the formation could counter Zhu Hongtu and their other Five Elements allies, they called for reinforcements and watched for an opening.

• Shi Xuan and Zhu Hongtu searched the Chaotic Primordial Era for Dao Lord Chengkong’s trail, and Shi Xuan used his Calamity-infused Immortal Awareness to locate his Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
• Zhu Hongtu told Shi Xuan that the Nirvana Dao Ancestor was nearing the integration of an Opposite Dao Seed, prompting Shi Xuan to recognize the growing urgency.
• Shi Xuan and Zhu Hongtu hid near Chengkong’s Pure Land and saw him assembling the Anti-Five Elements Chaos Green Lotus Great Formation while Dark Cloud Dao Lord watched.
• Zhu Hongtu warned that the formation could counter their Five Elements allies and would be hard to detect once complete.
• Shi Xuan sent Wang Dalu and Daoist Lord Zhengzhu the route to Chengkong’s Pure Land, while he and Zhu Hongtu waited for a chance to act.

Shi Xuan and his allies ambushed Dao Lord Chengkong before he could finish the Anti-Five Elements Chaos Green Lotus Great Formation, trapping him and Dark Cloud Dao Lord. As the battle intensified, Bukong Daojun arrived and broke into Shi Xuan’s sword formation.

• Shi Xuan, Zhu Hongtu, Wang Dalu, and Daoist Lord Zhengzhu attacked Dao Lord Chengkong’s incomplete formation from several directions.
• Dao Lord Chengkong abandoned his escape when Shi Xuan used the Fate Destroying Scroll to seal the exits, then used the Bodhi Wonderful Tree to restore and empower his formation.
• Shi Xuan used the Other Shore Golden Bridge and the Fate Destroying Scroll to block the Bodhi Wonderful Tree, while Zhu Hongtu and Wang Dalu pressed their attacks against Dao Lord Chengkong and Dark Cloud Dao Lord Wu Cheng.
• Zhu Hongtu and Wang Dalu entered the formation, and Wang Dalu blocked Wu Cheng from rescuing Chengkong as Daoist Lord Zhengzhu moved to join the assault.
• Bukong Daojun arrived and broke through Shi Xuan’s pseudo Zhu Xian Sword Formation with a streak of Seven-Colored Radiance.