Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng crushed the Divine Realm’s forces at the Qingming Sea and used Soul Search on Azure Heavenly God and Pill Heavenly God to learn about the Holy Court. Their souls shattered when his search touched the gray matter, which also dragged in part of Lu Changsheng’s soul.

• Lu Changsheng revealed that he had destroyed the Realm-Slaying Sword, shocking Xuan Heavenly God, Azure Heavenly God, and Pill Heavenly God.
• Lu Changsheng froze the battlefield with one step, stripped Azure Heavenly God of his power, and burned away Pill Heavenly God’s vitality with a gray flame.
• Lu Changsheng stripped the Divine Realm army of its Principles and sent the God-Slaying Sword Array to destroy the army and burn its members’ bodies and souls.
• Lu Changsheng began searching Azure Heavenly God’s and Pill Heavenly God’s souls for information about the Holy Court.
• Azure Heavenly God’s and Pill Heavenly God’s souls shattered when Lu Changsheng’s search touched the gray matter, and the gray matter dragged in part of Lu Changsheng’s soul.

After defeating the Divine Realm army, Lu Changsheng was pulled into a hidden divine soul space and confronted by the Lord of the Holy Court. An old man emerged from Lu Changsheng’s consciousness and bargained for the Holy Court to leave this world alone, but the Lord warned that the agreement would not apply once they reached Heaven Beyond Heaven.

• Lu Changsheng’s divine soul search triggered a restriction left by the Holy Court, drawing him into a gray space where the Lord of the Holy Court appeared.
• The Lord of the Holy Court tried to recruit Lu Changsheng, but Lu Changsheng refused to accept a restriction and rejected the offer.
• The Lord of the Holy Court declared that Lu Changsheng could only die and threatened to attack the world.
• An old man appeared from Lu Changsheng’s consciousness and offered the Lord of the Holy Court a lotus petal in exchange for sparing the world.
• The Lord of the Holy Court agreed not to act against the world, accepted the lotus petal, and warned Lu Changsheng that the agreement would end in Heaven Beyond Heaven.

Lu Changsheng learned that the Holy Lord had taken a petal of the Tree Heart Lotus, a supreme treasure capable of helping him break through and growing into another World Tree. After returning to his body, Lu Changsheng stopped Xuan Heavenly God from attacking his disciples and erased Azure Heavenly God and Pill Heavenly God's remains and soul imprints.

• Lu Changsheng recognized the white-bearded elder as the Dao Ancestor, who explained that the Holy Lord would leave the Savage Wilderness Realm alone and had taken a Tree Heart Lotus petal.
• The Dao Ancestor described the Tree Heart Lotus's immense power and warned that Lu Changsheng would be drawn into events whether he wanted to be or not, then vanished as Lu Changsheng's soul returned to his body.
• Ye Qiubai and the others stood between Lu Changsheng and the wounded Xuan Heavenly God, warning him not to attack their master.
• Xuan Heavenly God withdrew his aura and told Ye Qiubai and the others that Lu Changsheng had once offered him the chance to call him Grandmaster.
• Lu Changsheng walked over, erased Azure Heavenly God's and Pill Heavenly God's bodies and the soul imprints in their spatial rings, then told Xuan Heavenly God he had not searched his soul because he was kind.

After Lu Changsheng defeated the Divine Realm, he left Xuan Heavenly God alive to serve Azure Firmament Academy and returned to the Great Wall. Hong Ying organized the Lower Five Realms’ recovery and awakened Imperial Intent, while Ye Qiubai and the others went back to the Changsheng Realm to prepare for breakthroughs; Du Zhong then told Lu Changsheng they would return to Hidden Dao Academy before opening the tunnel to Heaven Beyond Heaven.

• Lu Changsheng placed a restriction on Xuan Heavenly God, cleared the gray substance from his soul, and ordered him to serve as an artifact refiner at Azure Firmament Academy.
• Jiang Yiyu arrived, declined Xuan Heavenly God’s offer to stay with him, and said she would make her own way once the passage to Heaven Beyond Heaven opened.
• Lu Changsheng left the Lower Five Realms’ recovery efforts to Hong Ying and the others, and Hong Ying announced memorials and rewards for the fallen and survivors, a Heaven-Patrolling Guard, and the imperial preceptor’s authority during their seclusion.
• Hong Ying’s Imperial Intent surged as Ye Qiubai and the others departed for the Changsheng Realm to prepare for breakthroughs; the Lower Five Realms rebuilt, and Xuan Heavenly God handed the Divine Realm’s treasury to the imperial preceptor.
• Lu Changsheng returned to the Great Wall, where Du Zhong and Nüwa discussed opening the tunnel to Heaven Beyond Heaven, and Du Zhong said they would first return to Hidden Dao Academy.

Ye Qiubai and the others entered seclusion in the Changsheng Realm as the Holy Qi gathered around them and the Willow Tree helped them absorb its power. Meanwhile, the Southern Region Hidden Dao Academy prepared to expand recruitment, until a white-robed man and an old man suddenly appeared in its great hall.

• Huang Qian brought Xiangliu, the Bone-Winged Serpent Tiger, and Zhu Jiuyin to the Willow Tree, where Liu Ziru learned that they were all nearing breakthroughs.
• Holy Qi surged into vortexes above the eleven cave abodes, and the Willow Tree extended branches to help Ye Qiubai and the others absorb the Intent of Unending Life.
• The Southern Region attracted visitors and young prodigies hoping to join its leading powers and the Hidden Dao Academy.
• Qin Tiannan and the hall elders discussed the candidates, their recruitment plans, and how the Azure Cloud Sword Sect and the Study drew applicants away from their halls.
• A white-robed man and an old man appeared in the Hidden Dao Academy's great hall, surprising Qin Tiannan and the elders.

Lu Changsheng and Du Zhong returned to the Hidden Dao Academy, where Qin Tiannan and the elders welcomed them and arranged for them to lecture. Du Zhong rebuilt the Cottage on its former site and revealed a spatial passage above it, through which Lu Changsheng saw an azure planet.

• Lu Changsheng reunited with Qin Tiannan and the elders, who teased him for avoiding the academy while welcoming Du Zhong back.
• Du Zhong said he would stay at the academy for a while, and he and Lu Changsheng went to inspect the Cottage's former site.
• Du Zhong raised a mountain from the plain, while Lu Changsheng put up a barrier to keep students away from the rebuilding Cottage.
• Qin Tiannan announced that Lu Changsheng and Du Zhong would lecture after recruitment, prompting both Cottage Masters to complain.
• Du Zhong asked Lu Changsheng whether he knew why he had been stationed at the Cottage and how Lu Changsheng had arrived in this world, then opened a spatial passage above the rebuilt mountain.
• Lu Changsheng looked through the passage and saw an azure planet.

Lu Changsheng learned from Du Zhong that the Star Orbit Well connected the Wilderness Realm to Earth, whose roots held secrets coveted by the Holy Court. Months later, eleven presences in the Changsheng Realm began to stir as Liu Ziru watched them approach a breakthrough.

• News spread that Lu Changsheng and Du Zhong had returned, drawing people toward the Southern Region.
• Du Zhong showed Lu Changsheng the Star Orbit Well and explained that Lu Changsheng's Grand Primordium Qi was repairing its broken Star Road to Earth.
• Du Zhong revealed that the Holy Court sought the Tree Heart Lotus's roots on Earth and might discover the planet if the Star Road was restored or all its petals were found.
• Du Zhong told Lu Changsheng to avoid searching for the remaining Tree Heart Lotus petals because his karma could expose Earth, and said his disciples would go to Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Several months later, eleven presences stirred in the Changsheng Realm, and Liu Ziru wondered if they were about to break through.

Lu Changsheng used the Fusheng Diagram to channel the power of the Willow Tree into eleven seclusion sites, where his disciples and allies made dramatic breakthroughs. As Ning Chenxin’s Confucian Dao manifested and Demonic Qi suddenly erupted, the remaining cultivators’ breakthroughs were still unfolding.

• Huang Qian and Zhu Jiuyin completed their seclusion with greatly strengthened powers, and Huang Qian reached the late stage of the Realm God Realm.
• Mu Wan'er broke through to the mid stage of the Domain Divine Realm, while Mo Yu reached its early stage.
• Xu Yeming reached the Half-Step Realm God level, Fang Qiong reached the early stage of the Realm God Realm, and Xiao Shitou reached the late stage of the Domain Divine Realm.
• Hong Ying manifested the Cloud Phoenix Empire’s territory as an imperial seal and reached the Half-Step Realm God level, with her Imperial Intent beginning to influence the rules around her.
• Ning Chenxin manifested golden chains and dense Vast Righteous Qi as Liu Ziru praised his Confucian Dao cultivation, then a surge of Demonic Qi erupted across the sky.

Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, and Ye Qiubai emerged from seclusion with enormous breakthroughs, while Mu Fusheng also revealed that he had advanced. Lu Changsheng summoned everyone back to the Hidden Dao Academy before they could share their gains.

• Xiao Hei awakened the power of his Holy Devil Bloodline, manifesting a colossal Devil God and gaining physical strength comparable to the early stage of the Realm God Realm.
• Mu Fusheng appeared after his own breakthrough, which he said had been overshadowed by Xiao Hei's display.
• Shi Sheng absorbed the power of the stars and reached the early stage of the Realm God Realm.
• Ye Qiubai merged his Sword Dao, sword soul, and sword bone into a Sword Dao dharma form, broke through to the middle stage of the Realm God Realm, and changed the world's Sword Dao rules.
• Lu Changsheng called everyone back to the Hidden Dao Academy.

The Hidden Dao Academy’s admissions ceremony drew a huge crowd hoping to hear Lu Changsheng lecture on the Dao. Eleven visitors met a gray-robed man who offered to sell them front-row access, but they had no Heaven Rank treasures to pay him; the ceremony then began as seven people appeared at the pavilion.

• Crowds gathered at the Hidden Dao Academy for its admissions ceremony and the promised Dao lectures by Lu Changsheng and the former Cottage hall master.
• Eleven visitors discussed the academy’s growth and its role in supplying talent to the Cloud Phoenix Empire.
• A gray-robed man offered to arrange seats near the front of Lu Changsheng’s lecture in exchange for Heaven Rank martial arts manuals or pills.
• The eleven visitors searched their spatial rings but had no such treasures, so the gray-robed man abandoned them and approached another target.
• The blue-robed man promised to discuss the apparent unfairness of connections with the dean, and the ceremony drums sounded as seven people appeared at the pavilion.

Lu Changsheng reluctantly began a Dao lecture at the Hidden Dao Academy, but the crowd interpreted his vague remarks as profound wisdom. He then invited his disciples to teach, leaving the gray-robed man horrified when he realized the people he had mocked were Ye Qiubai and the others.

• Qin Tiannan opened the academy’s entrance trials, and the man in green and his companions waited until the gray-robed man left before approaching him.
• After seven days of testing, a few hundred candidates passed, and factions from across the High-Latitude Realm gathered for Lu Changsheng’s lecture.
• The gray-robed man spotted the man in green and his companions at the lecture and assumed they had entered through the back door.
• Lu Changsheng appeared and said he had not figured out the Dao, but the audience took his words as profound guidance and began seeking enlightenment.
• Lu Changsheng invited his disciples to teach, and Ye Qiubai and the others removed their disguises, leaving the gray-robed man ashamed of how he had treated them.

After Ye Qiubai and the others gave a three-day Dao lecture, Du Zhong explained that they would travel through the Star Orbit Well to reach the crown-tier Soaring Realm and prepare for Heaven Beyond Heaven. Lu Changsheng then took the entire Cottage mountain away, leaving Qin Tiannan and the visiting sect masters staring at an empty plain.

• Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, and the others expounded on the Dao for three days, helping listeners gain insight and break through.
• Qin Tiannan and the Sword Hall elder praised Ye Qiubai, while Lu Changsheng joked that he could take Ye Qiubai away.
• Du Zhong told the disciples to prepare to travel to Heaven Beyond Heaven through the Star Orbit Well, explaining that the Soaring Realm was the nearest crown-tier world and warned them to avoid the Holy Court.
• The disciples went to settle their affairs before departing, while Lu Changsheng tried to leave for the Changsheng Realm instead of staying to repair the star orbit.
• Lu Changsheng used spatial power to make the entire Cottage mountain vanish, and Qin Tiannan arrived to find only a plain where it had stood.

With the Six Realms connected, Ye Qiubai returned to the Azure Cloud Sword Sect and reunited with his disciple Hao Tian, while Hong Ying advanced her cultivation by absorbing the Chaos Realm’s World Heart. The chapter ended with news that Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu would marry in seven days.

• The five surviving realms opened spatial tunnels and chose the Mortal Realm as their travel hub, drawing visitors curious about Lu Changsheng’s homeland.
• Ye Qiubai brought Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Xuanyuan Che to the Azure Cloud Sword Sect, where Hao Tian recognized him and guided them inside.
• Hao Tian told Ye Qiubai that Mu Ziqing had come to the sect, and Ye Qiubai chose to spend time with her before traveling to Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao later became an attendant elder of the Azure Cloud Sword Sect.
• Hong Ying absorbed the Chaos Realm’s World Heart and broke through to the late stage of the Realm God Realm.
• The Cottage received news that Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu’s wedding would take place in seven days.

Ye Qiubai and the others returned to Changsheng Realm and found Lu Changsheng scrambling to choose a wedding gift for Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu. In Boundless Imperial City, preparations continued as Mu Fusheng endured outfit fittings and Jiu Bailu explained that the wedding would help them settle their affairs before going to Heaven Beyond Heaven; distinguished guests then began to arrive.

• Ye Qiubai and the others discussed Mu Fusheng's surprise wedding announcement and wondered what to give the couple.
• Huang Qian revealed that Lu Changsheng had been searching through his belongings for a gift, and the group found him surrounded by pills, scrolls, and weapons.
• Lu Changsheng recalled how moved he had been when Mu Fusheng told him about the wedding, then asked Ye Qiubai and the others to help choose a present.
• In Boundless Imperial City, Mu Qingqing and Mu Zhengting made Mu Fusheng try on wedding clothes for three days while preparations filled the city.
• Jiu Xuan asked Jiu Bailu how she and Mu Fusheng had arranged their wedding so quickly, and she said they wanted to settle matters before going to Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• A golden light opened above Boundless Imperial City, and powerful guests descended as the wedding was about to begin.

Leaders from across the Six Realms gathered in the Boundless Dynasty to celebrate Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu’s wedding. The Cottage arrived in a sudden display that turned every guest’s attention to its members, who searched for their absent white-robed master.

• The Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty, Xuanyuan Clan, and other powers from the Chaos, Immortal, Demon, Demon Beast, and Mortal Realms arrived with congratulatory gifts.
• Ji Liuzhi brought Ji Qianyao to the wedding, and Ji Qianyao searched for the senior before following her inside.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao presented Mu Zhengting with the Xuanyuan Clan’s Human Emperor Stone, while other powers offered valuable gifts.
• Mu Fusheng admitted he was nervous, and Jiu Bailu took his hand and teased him about how much he cared for her.
• The twelve members of the Cottage appeared without warning, prompting the gathered powers to search for their white-robed master.

Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu married amid extraordinary signs and blessings from heaven and earth. Lu Changsheng appeared from afar to give them rings and a vow written in the stars, leaving their ceremony complete and witnessed by the Six Realms.

• The wedding began as nine suns rose in the east and a bright moon appeared in the west, while Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu emerged in their wedding robes.
• Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu bowed to heaven and earth, then to Mu Zhengting and the Nine Dragons Divine Lord, joining the fortunes of their nations.
• Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu exchanged bows, and Jiu Bailu promised to protect him.
• Hong Ying used her control of the Heavenly Dao to bestow its blessing on the couple, prompting dragon and phoenix Qi to mingle above the imperial city.
• Lu Changsheng spread red wedding splendor across ten thousand miles, formed rings for Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu, and wrote “Partners on the same path, unwavering for ten thousand lifetimes” among the stars.
• Mu Fusheng placed the ring on Jiu Bailu's finger, and the master of ceremonies declared the wedding complete.

After Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu’s wedding, Chu Yan revealed that he came from the Chu Clan of the Soaring Realm and gave them a map, while He Mengshen shared urgent news about the Holy Court. The group returned to the Changsheng Realm to tell Lu Changsheng that the Holy Court had stationed many people by the Soaring Realm’s Star Orbit.

• Mu Fusheng welcomed He Mengshen and Chu Yan, who arrived at the palace after the wedding celebrations.
• Chu Yan gave Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu a map of the Soaring Realm and revealed that he came from its Chu Clan.
• Chu Yan explained that he and He Mengshen had entered the Six Realms through the Yin-Yang Heavenly Pool and wanted to return to the Soaring Realm with the group.
• He Mengshen privately told Ye Qiubai and the others that many people from the Holy Court were stationed by the Soaring Realm’s Star Orbit.
• Ye Qiubai agreed to let He Mengshen join them, and Chu Yan asked them to contact him when they set out.
• Mu Fusheng and the others returned to the Changsheng Realm, where Lu Changsheng questioned them about He Mengshen’s news.

Lu Changsheng prepared to leave the Six Realms after learning that the Holy Court was waiting beyond the Star Orbit. He entered the Star Orbit alone and approached the Soaring Realm, where he sensed Holy Court forces lying in wait.

• Du Zhong explained that messages could cross the Six Realms through the Star Vein Realm or star vein mystic stones, and described the Hetu Sect's history and its uncertain connection to the Hetu Clan.
• Ye Qiubai asked how they could reach Heaven Beyond Heaven with Holy Court experts guarding the Star Orbit, but Du Zhong refused to intervene because it could expose Earth's Star Orbit.
• Lu Changsheng decided to stay in the Six Realms until Du Zhong warned that Earth could be destroyed, then prepared to act while teasing his disciples over a meal and assigning Ye Qiubai to teach Xiao Hei to cook.
• Lu Changsheng gathered pills, formation scrolls, and his hand cannon before jumping into the Star Orbit Well and traveling toward the Soaring Realm.
• Lu Changsheng concealed himself near the gate of light and sensed Holy Qi and several hidden presences beyond it.

Lu Changsheng bypassed the guarded Star Orbit by traveling through its chaotic outer currents, then prepared a stealthy simultaneous strike against the seven Formless Realm guards at the Soaring Realm gate. The chapter ended as his seven soul-annihilating needles silently appeared around their targets.

• Lu Changsheng watched the seven guards at the Star Orbit entrance and chose not to confront them head-on.
• He entered the chaotic currents outside the Star Orbit, where his Power of Primordial Beginning let him move through the violent Power of Rules unharmed.
• Lu Changsheng circled behind the gate of light and located all seven guards, including the two hidden in void interlayers.
• He prepared seven Annihilation Needles, attached space-distorting talismans, and used an isolation array to conceal his attack.
• Lu Changsheng launched the needles toward all seven guards at once, and they appeared around their targets without a sound or trace.

Lu Changsheng silently killed seven Holy Court guards at the Star Orbit, erased all traces, and scouted the Soaring Realm before returning to the Six Realms. Meanwhile, seven tokens shattered in the Holy Court, alerting it to the guards’ deaths.

• Lu Changsheng used Annihilation Needles to kill the seven guards at the light gate, then destroyed their bodies and purified the scene.
• Lu Changsheng examined the trapping formation and sent a puppet through the gate to scout the Soaring Realm and verify the map Chu Yan had given him.
• Lu Changsheng explored the Soaring Realm’s factions, returned through the Star Orbit, and destroyed the guards’ tracking token and other suspicious items.
• Lu Changsheng told Du Zhong that the path was clear and declined to accompany the others, choosing to rest instead.
• In the Holy Court’s dark hall, the last seven of nine tokens shattered, and seven bell tolls rang throughout the Holy Court.