Chapter Summaries

Han Xuanji exposed a widespread infiltration of the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace, and the Immortal Venerables confirmed his warning and arranged a covert investigation. They appointed him Dao Child, granting him the position’s benefits while keeping the title secret, and the chapter ended with Immortal Lord Yunmiao waiting for him outside the palace.

• Immortal Venerable Tianji verified Han Xuanji’s claims that members of the palace had been infiltrated by the Free Heavenly Devil.
• Immortal Venerable Yuheng ordered the lineage heads to secretly watch the suspects, reduce their authority, and investigate the entire palace.
• The seven lineage heads appointed Han Xuanji Dao Child and promised him access to the sect’s resources and secret realms.
• Han Xuanji accepted the position after Immortal Venerable Yuheng agreed to keep his title private, and he promised to help the sect when needed.
• The Immortal Venerables discussed the approaching calamity and Immortal Venerable Yuxuan vowed to slay some of the Free Heavenly Devil’s clones.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao waited outside the palace and realized from Han Xuanji’s pleased expression that he had succeeded.

After Han Xuanji was appointed Dao Child, Immortal Lord Yunmiao learned the news and urged him to keep the position secret until he was stronger. Han Xuanji began using his new access to explore the sect’s secret realms and rapidly advanced his understanding of spacetime in the Spacetime Grotto.

• Han Xuanji told Immortal Lord Yunmiao that the sect had appointed him Dao Child but that he intended to keep it quiet.
• Immortal Lord Yunmiao celebrated the appointment, warned Han Xuanji to stay low-profile, and urged him to live up to the sect’s expectations.
• Han Xuanji began signing in at places rich in Dao resonance and received ten-thousand-year soul-nurturing divine wood at the Heart-Nurturing Hall.
• Han Xuanji used his Dao Child token to enter the Spacetime Grotto and signed in to obtain Spacetime Fragments and the Spacetime Dao Body trait.
• Han Xuanji absorbed a Spacetime Fragment and used his Double Pupils to study the grotto’s time and space, greatly accelerating his comprehension of the Spacetime Principle.

Han Xuanji advanced his understanding of the Spacetime Principle in the Spacetime Grotto before returning to his cultivation chamber to review his insights. Meanwhile, Immortal Venerable Yuxuan and a powerful figure of the Jiang Household retaliated against the Free Heavenly Devil by attacking his incarnations.

• Han Xuanji spent several years in the Spacetime Grotto, gaining spacetime insights and raising his comprehension beyond that of many cultivators at his level.
• Han Xuanji used his Dao Child token to leave the grotto and returned to Purple Firmament Peak, where nearly three years had passed outside.
• Han Xuanji reviewed his insights in the Myriad Phenomena Garden and compared them with his understanding of other Great Daos.
• Immortal Venerable Yuxuan went to the Long River of Death Qi and struck an incarnation of the Free Heavenly Devil with his sword.
• Immortal Venerable Yuxuan warned the Free Heavenly Devil against harming Spirit Void Heavenly Palace disciples and then departed.
• A powerful figure of the Jiang Household suppressed and killed another incarnation of the Free Heavenly Devil.

News spread that Immortal Venerable Yuxuan and the Jiang Household had struck hard against the Devil Race, restoring the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace’s morale. At the Myriad Phenomena Garden, Han Xuanji welcomed Su Ming, Jiang Hao, and Li Changsheng, then impressed the two visitors with his deep knowledge of the Dao.

• News spread that Immortal Venerable Yuxuan had injured the Free Heavenly Devil's incarnation and a Jiang Household expert had destroyed a Taiyi member of the Devil Race, renewing excitement within the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace.
• Su Ming visited Han Xuanji after breaking through and introduced him to Jiang Hao and Li Changsheng.
• Su Ming wondered whether the sect's attack was linked to the theft of Jiang Hao's immortal bone, and Jiang Hao explained that the Devil Race had also been pursuing other old schemes against the Jiang Household.
• Han Xuanji deflected Su Ming's questions about the sect's intelligence and urged the group to focus on cultivation.
• Over several days, Han Xuanji discussed the Dao with Su Ming, Jiang Hao, and Li Changsheng, and Jiang Hao and Li Changsheng thanked him for his guidance.

After twenty years of secluded cultivation, Han Xuanji reached the perfection of the Mystic Immortal realm and began breaking through to the Golden Immortal realm. His breakthrough brought him to the River of Fate, where his origins baffled powerful figures and the system detected an eight-star sign-in location.

• Han Xuanji cultivated at the Seeking the Dao Cliff as the Heavenly Palace investigated its disciples and the upper realm descended into conflict.
• The three Immortal Venerables discussed the Free Heavenly Devil, Han Xuanji's progress, and the growing Demon Court.
• Han Xuanji reached perfection in the Mystic Immortal realm and began his breakthrough in the Myriad Phenomena Garden.
• Han Xuanji formed a Golden Immortal Dao Fruit and found his divine soul in the River of Fate, where he saw the fates of living beings and scenes from his past.
• A youth with the Divine Pupils of Fate failed to glimpse Han Xuanji's origins, while other experts sensed the disturbance and could not divine its source.
• The system detected the River of Fate as an eight-star sign-in location, and Han Xuanji silently chose to sign in.

Han Xuanji obtained the Divine Pupils of Fate, saw a possible calamity threatening the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace, and continued strengthening his cultivation. Years later, forces from the Heavenly Demon Realm invaded the Great Void Spirit Realm, prompting the Nine Provinces Continent’s strongest cultivators to respond.

• Han Xuanji fused with the Divine Pupils of Fate and saw black threads linking his providence to the Demon Court, the Devil Race, and an unknown calamity.
• Han Xuanji recognized that the vision was uncertain, resolved to reach the Daluo realm, and later deduced his Divine Abilities to the Golden Immortal level.
• A rift opened above the Endless Sea in the Great Void Spirit Realm, and powerful beings from the Heavenly Demon Realm emerged, intent on killing the realm’s inhabitants and taking its origin.
• Li Taiqing, Lin Potian, Lu Fan, Nangong Wenjian, and the Nine Provinces Continent’s other top experts sensed the invasion and prepared to face the crisis.

The Heavenly Demon Realm invaded the Nine Provinces to avenge its fallen warriors, and Han Xuanji watched as his former companions fought to defend their homeland. After foreseeing how the battle would unfold, Han Xuanji contacted Immortal Lord Yunmiao and received the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace’s support, then reflected on how much the mortal world had changed since his ascension.

• Lu Fan identified the invaders as members of the Heavenly Demon Realm, and Li Taiqing and the others resolved to protect the Nine Provinces in Han Xuanji’s absence.
• The Nine Provinces cultivators gathered at the East Sea and formed their defenses as the demons crossed the rift and attacked.
• Li Taiqing, Lu Fan, Lin Potian, and Bai Ye fought the invading forces, while Li Taiqing challenged an Immortal Ascension Seventh Layer demon with the Nine Tribulations Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
• Han Xuanji sensed the invasion, used his Divine Pupils of Fate to see the battlefield, and decided not to intervene immediately after deducing what would happen.
• Han Xuanji contacted Immortal Lord Yunmiao, who assured him the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace would support the lower realm, and he watched the mortal world with a sense of how much time had passed.

Li Taiqing unleashed the Sword Qi Han Xuanji had left in a jade gourd, turning back the Demon Race’s assault, but the demonic deaths enabled Xue Yan to descend as an immortal. Su Ming arrived to confront Xue Yan, who invoked the Golden Crow Divine Race, and Su Ming prepared to fight.

• Li Taiqing used the jade gourd to unleash Han Xuanji’s Sword Qi, annihilating waves of demons and rallying the Nine Provinces cultivators.
• The golden-robed man ordered the Demon Race to keep attacking, using their deaths to help Xue Yan anchor his descent from the upper realm.
• Xue Yan’s arrival threatened to overwhelm the cultivators, but the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace disciples activated a formation to block him.
• Su Ming appeared to assist the disciples and confronted Xue Yan, who warned him that the Golden Crow Divine Race stood behind the attack.
• Su Ming gripped his rusty sword and declared that Xue Yan had earned a path to death by angering his senior brother.

Su Ming arrived in the turbulent void outside the Great Void Spirit Realm and killed the True Immortal demon Xue Yan with one sword. The surviving humans realized an upper-realm ally had intervened, while the golden-robed leader in the Heavenly Demon Realm was left furious and fearful.

• Li Taiqing and the other survivors wondered whether Han Xuanji or another upper-realm expert had stopped the demon immortal, unaware that Han Xuanji was watching them.
• Xue Yan attacked Su Ming with blood flames in the void, but Su Ming drew his sword and killed him with a single strike.
• Spirit Void Heavenly Palace disciples recognized Su Ming as the chief's personal disciple and speculated about why he had come to their aid.
• Li Taiqing identified the falling blood as that of a Demon Race immortal, while the golden-robed man in the Heavenly Demon Realm raged over Xue Yan's death.

Su Ming drove the Demon Race from the Great Void Spirit Realm, then narrowly escaped a Golden Crow Mystic Immortal’s ambush when an unseen power stopped the attack. Han Xuanji traced the attacker and killed him before Su Ming returned to the upper realm.

• Su Ming threatened the remaining Demon Race forces, and the golden-robed man ordered them to retreat from the Great Void Spirit Realm.
• The surviving cultivators celebrated their victory as Li Taiqing concluded that the Demon Race had tried to steal the realm’s source.
• A Golden Crow Mystic Immortal launched a hidden attack on Su Ming, but an unseen force froze and dissolved the golden feather just before it struck him.
• Han Xuanji used the Wheel of Fate to find the attacker and struck him with the Myriad Tribulations Seal, killing him in his hidden grotto-heaven.
• Su Ming returned to the upper realm and sped toward Purple Firmament Peak, reflecting on the insights he had gained.

Han Xuanji reassured Su Ming that he had dealt with the expert who ambushed him and rewarded him with a powerful body-refining method. He then entered the River of Fate to cultivate the Great Dao of Fate, where he encountered other Golden Immortal cultivators.

• Su Ming visited Han Xuanji, who confirmed that he had dealt with the expert who attacked Su Ming and thanked him for his efforts.
• Han Xuanji offered Su Ming a sword Dao Divine Ability or a body-refining Technique, and Su Ming chose the body-refining method.
• Han Xuanji passed Su Ming the Chaos Body-Tempering True Instruction, and Su Ming left resolved to keep Han Xuanji's strength secret.
• Han Xuanji decided to cultivate in the River of Fate after exhausting the Great Dao insights available at the Seeking the Dao Cliff.
• Han Xuanji used the Divine Pupils of Fate to enter the River of Fate and found himself among cultivators comprehending the Great Dao of Fate.

Han Xuanji made rapid progress comprehending the Great Dao of Fate, advancing beyond other cultivators and reaching the Golden Immortal Fourth Layer. Meanwhile, Li Taiqing prepared to ascend from the Great Void Spirit Realm to the upper realm.

• Azure Luan warned Han Xuanji about the dangers of comprehending fate, but Han Xuanji chose to continue.
• Han Xuanji immersed himself in the River of Fate, witnessing possible futures and resolving to master his own fate.
• Han Xuanji passed Azure Luan within a year, and his startling progress drew the attention of other cultivators.
• After fifty years of cultivation, Han Xuanji had advanced to the Golden Immortal Fourth Layer and reached the Mid-stage Golden Immortal realm.
• Li Taiqing stood atop a Dao peak in the Divine Profound Sect as Lu Fan, Nangong Wenjian, Lin Potian, Little White Tiger, and others gathered to witness his ascension.

Han Xuanji explored the River of Fate, repelled a jealous Golden Immortal who tried to probe his origins, and met the heaven's chosen Zhu Rong. After returning from seclusion, he examined the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace's fortunes and gained a new insight into shaping fate into a killing technique.

• Han Xuanji's rapid progress in the River of Fate drew the attention of ancient cultivators, and Wang You secretly probed him under the name Shenyou.
• Han Xuanji turned Wang You's probing divine sense back on him, then shattered his remaining thought and continued along the River of Fate.
• Han Xuanji encountered Zhu Rong, a ninth-layer Golden Immortal, exchanged names with him, and withdrew after reaching the limit of his own progress.
• Han Xuanji emerged from seclusion and observed tribulation Qi and tangled fortunes among the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace's disciples.
• Han Xuanji realized that mastering fate might let him make an opponent's death an ordained outcome, deepening his comprehension of the Great Dao of Fate.

Li Taiqing overcame his Immortal Ascension Tribulation and ascended from the Great Void Spirit Realm to the upper realm, where officials tried to confiscate his sword and belongings. Just as he prepared to fight back, a powerful voice intervened on behalf of one of their own.

• Li Taiqing dispersed his tribulation lightning with his Sword Intent and successfully overcame his Immortal Ascension Tribulation.
• Months later, Li Taiqing ascended from Kunlun as Lu Fan, Little White Tiger, and Nangong Wenjian watched him depart.
• Han Xuanji foresaw that Li Taiqing’s arrival in the upper realm could leave him vulnerable to exploitation and decided he could not abandon his disciple.
• At an ascension hall in the Spirit Void Heavenly Domain, officials demanded Li Taiqing surrender his storage Law Artifact and lifebound immortal sword for inspection.
• When two officials tried to seize Li Taiqing, an overwhelming pressure froze them, and a voice declared that they had no right to interrogate one of his people.

Han Xuanji rescued Li Taiqing and the other ascenders from the Spirit Jade Sect’s abusive envoys, then faced the sect elder who came to demand an explanation. The elder discovered that Han Xuanji’s power dwarfed his own just as Han Xuanji unleashed his will.

• Han Xuanji appeared in the Ascension Hall, crushed the three envoys with his power, and sent them flying away.
• Han Xuanji let the ascenders reclaim their stolen belongings and reassured Li Taiqing that he could handle any trouble.
• An older ascender warned Han Xuanji that the envoys likely had powerful backers, but Han Xuanji dismissed the concern.
• A sinister-faced Spirit Jade Sect elder arrived with four peak Heavenly Immortal disciples and demanded that Han Xuanji surrender.
• Han Xuanji said, “Noisy,” and released a terrifying will that left the True Immortal elder horrified.

Han Xuanji erased the Spirit Jade Sect cultivators who attacked Li Taiqing, then brought his disciple to the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace and heard his plans for revenge. As the Spirit Jade Sect mobilized people to investigate Han Xuanji, he sensed their efforts and decided to reveal a little about himself.

• Han Xuanji erased the sinister old man and four Spirit Jade Sect disciples with a sweep of his sleeve, then took Li Taiqing to the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace.
• Elder Zhao learned that his junior brother and the disciples had died, examined the corrupted Ascension Hall records, and reported the incident to the Spirit Jade Sect.
• At Purple Firmament Peak, Li Taiqing told Han Xuanji about his past and said he wanted revenge for the death of his former-life master.
• Han Xuanji warned Li Taiqing that his enemy was now a Taiyi Golden Immortal, and Li Taiqing resolved to stay with his current master after taking revenge.
• Elder Zhao recruited allies and outside contacts to investigate Han Xuanji, who sensed the attempts and chose to reveal some information about himself.

Cultivators who tried to divine the Heavenly Palace's hidden Dao Child suffered severe backlash, and the Spirit Jade Sect was punished for commissioning the investigation. Elder Zhao was seized as the sect's losses left it terrified of the powerful figure it had offended.

• Immortal Lord Zhixuan detected an attempt to divine the Heavenly Palace's Dao Child and inflicted backlash on a youthful-looking Mystic Immortal, then spared him after sensing his future affinity with the palace.
• The diviners Elder Zhao had hired suffered severe backlash, and their angry warnings made him realize the investigation had brought disaster upon him.
• Spirit Void Heavenly Palace envoys arrived at the Spirit Jade Sect, stripped away much of its fortune and resources, and ordered the sect master to face punishment.
• The Spirit Jade Sect's law-enforcement cultivators sealed Elder Zhao's cultivation and dragged him away, while the sect uprooted his influential branch and sealed records of the incident.

Immortal Lord Zhixuan visited Han Xuanji to apologize for the Spirit Jade Sect’s interference and offered a vast trove of resources, leaving Li Taiqing stunned by his master’s standing. Ten years later, Immortal Lord Yunmiao brought Han Xuanji news that the sect had granted him access to its treasury.

• Immortal Lord Zhixuan visited Han Xuanji and apologized for failing to prevent outsiders from disturbing him.
• Immortal Lord Zhixuan presented Han Xuanji with the Spirit Jade Sect’s enormous gift of apology, which Han Xuanji accepted and stored away.
• Li Taiqing asked Han Xuanji about his standing in the Spirit Void Heavenly Palace, but Han Xuanji told him to focus on stabilizing his immortal foundation and cultivating.
• Han Xuanji urged Li Taiqing to master the Sword Dao, promising to teach him a Divine Ability when he reached the second level.
• Ten years later, Immortal Lord Yunmiao told Han Xuanji that the sect had granted him permission to enter its treasury.

Immortal Lord Yunmiao introduced Han Xuanji to the sect’s Myriad Dharma Heart-Tempering Road, which he had to pass before entering the core treasure vault. As the sect’s powerful figures watched to judge his ability, Han Xuanji checked in at the road.

• Immortal Lord Yunmiao praised Li Taiqing and gave him a bottle of foundation-strengthening pills.
• Han Xuanji asked about the sect’s treasure vault, and Immortal Lord Yunmiao explained that he had to pass the Myriad Dharma Heart-Tempering Road first.
• Han Xuanji arrived at the road as the sect’s powerful figures gathered to observe his trial.
• Immortal Venerable Nine Cosmoses watched Han Xuanji with doubt, while a young woman asked who the Dao Child was.
• Han Xuanji silently instructed the system to check in at the Myriad Dharma Heart-Tempering Road.

After signing in at the Myriad Dharma Heart-Tempering Road, Han Xuanji gained the Mortal Dust Immortal Realm and reached a profound state of mind. He began the trials and passed the first two so quickly that the guardian artifact spirit was stunned.

• Han Xuanji received the Mortal Dust Immortal Realm entry, which transformed his understanding of mortal life and strengthened his Dao heart.
• The chief seats sensed Han Xuanji's new bearing, and Immortal Venerable Tianji and Immortal Venerable Yuheng marveled at his transformation.
• The guardian artifact spirit prepared to make the trials harder for Han Xuanji after learning that the new Dao Child was coming.
• Han Xuanji stepped onto the first jade stone and entered the Myriad Laws Tide trial, where he absorbed the oncoming Principles without resistance.
• Han Xuanji cleared the first trial in three breaths and passed the second trial while the guardian artifact spirit watched in disbelief.