Chapter Summaries

After reinforcing his authority with Di Jiang, Han Xuanji stayed behind at the Core of Reincarnation Purgatory and exhausted its sign-in opportunities, gaining several powerful rewards. He claimed the Chaos Spirit Root and experienced a profound transformation that left him feeling capable of looking down upon all things in Chaos.

• Han Xuanji told Di Jiang to return while he stayed behind to reinforce the seal, and Di Jiang departed in awe of him.
• At the Core of Reincarnation Purgatory, Han Xuanji signed in repeatedly and received the Heart of Nothingness, Chaos Spirit Root, Chaos Heaven-Opening Slash, Chaos Purgatory Suppression Stele, Dao Ancestor's Insights, and Reincarnation World-Purifying Art.
• Han Xuanji examined the Heart of Nothingness and chose to store it safely rather than refine it.
• Han Xuanji claimed the Chaos Spirit Root, transforming his body and divine soul while his Mystic Heaven Realm expanded.
• After the transformation, Han Xuanji opened his eyes and sensed his will rise above the Immortal Realm into Chaos.

Han Xuanji glimpsed the Tree of Eternity, the source underlying Chaos and countless worlds, and gained a new understanding of the Dao. He returned to Reincarnation Purgatory determined to set his own Chaos in order before pursuing the tree’s secrets, having advanced to the Hunyuan Wuji Daluo Golden Immortal Sixth Layer.

• Han Xuanji saw powerful beings and worlds across Chaos, including Lin Feng preparing to break through to Hunyuan.
• Han Xuanji’s perspective rose beyond Chaos, where he saw countless world leaves surrounding the Tree of Eternity.
• Han Xuanji recognized the Tree of Eternity as the source of existence and sensed that worlds and their inhabitants both received nourishment from it and fed information back to it.
• Han Xuanji returned to Reincarnation Purgatory with a transformed understanding of the Dao and resolved to first bring order to his own Chaos.
• Han Xuanji discovered that his cultivation had quietly advanced to the Hunyuan Wuji Daluo Golden Immortal Sixth Layer.

Han Xuanji received the Immortal Ancestor’s Chaos Heaven-Opening Slash and the Dao Ancestor’s insights, gaining a powerful new attack and wisdom for refining reincarnation. He planned to use the Chaos Purgatory Suppression Stele and the Dao Ancestor’s knowledge to stabilize the Mystic Heaven Realm’s reincarnation order.

• Han Xuanji accepted the Chaos Heaven-Opening Slash inheritance and witnessed the Immortal Ancestor cleave through Chaos with a single axe strike.
• Han Xuanji comprehended the Slash’s essence and recognized it as the strongest single attack he could currently unleash.
• Han Xuanji placed the Chaos Purgatory Suppression Stele in the Mystic Heaven Realm to strengthen its balance of reincarnation.
• Han Xuanji received the Dao Ancestor’s insights and gained new understanding of reincarnation, causality, and the balance of life and death.
• Han Xuanji decided to use the insights and the stele to stabilize the Mystic Heaven Realm’s order of reincarnation.

Han Xuanji used the Reincarnation World-Purifying Art to restore the Chaos Purgatory Suppression Stele and ensure the Lord of Myriad Voids could no longer threaten reincarnation. After returning to the Nether Sea, he was welcomed by the Heavenly Court, the Underworld, and his disciples, while the Nether Lord pledged the Underworld’s eternal allegiance to him.

• Han Xuanji studied the Reincarnation World-Purifying Art and resolved to use it to restore the cycle of reincarnation.
• Han Xuanji reinforced the Chaos Purgatory Suppression Stele, sealing the Lord of Myriad Voids and letting his origin nourish reincarnation.
• Han Xuanji collected rewards from the primordial beings’ lairs before emerging from Reincarnation Purgatory.
• The disciples of the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace, the primordial beings, and the Heavenly Court welcomed Han Xuanji above the Nether Sea.
• The Heavenly Emperor praised Han Xuanji and promised that the Heavenly Court would obey his orders.
• The Nether Lord pledged the Underworld’s allegiance to Han Xuanji, saying it would follow his decrees on reincarnation forever.

Han Xuanji secured the Nether Lord’s allegiance by imparting the Reincarnation World-Purifying Art, leaving the Nether Lord newly devoted to him. He asked the Heavenly Emperor to oversee the Immortal Realm and watch for the Devil Ancestor, who had fled.

• Han Xuanji confirmed the Nether Lord would continue ruling the Underworld and work with the Heavenly Court to stabilize samsara.
• Han Xuanji imparted the Reincarnation World-Purifying Art to the Nether Lord, revealing a path toward deeper understanding of samsara.
• The Nether Lord, Yuan Ming, swore allegiance to Han Xuanji after receiving the inheritance, while Su Ming and the Heavenly Court’s immortals reacted with relief and envy.
• Han Xuanji asked the Heavenly Emperor to oversee the Immortal Realm and search for traces of the Devil Ancestor.
• The Heavenly Emperor agreed, then wondered how to draw out the Devil Venerable’s true body when their side had become overwhelmingly powerful.

Han Xuanji returned to the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace with his disciples and the primordial ferocious beasts, then laid down rules for the newcomers. After he left to cultivate, Little White assigned the powerful beasts their places and duties in the Dao Palace.

• Han Xuanji brought everyone back to the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace, where the disciples who had stayed behind crowded around Li Taiqing to hear about the battle.
• Han Xuanji told the primordial beings they could settle in most parts of the Dao Palace but must not harm its inhabitants, warning them with the Lord of Myriad Voids' fate.
• Little White appeared and, after Han Xuanji left to cultivate, introduced itself to the newcomers as a senior and offered to show them the customs of the Dao Palace.
• Little White assigned the Evil Qilin, Nine-Headed Xuanming Serpent, Chaos Demon Ape, Heaven-Bearing Turtle, and Nine-Headed Dragon places and chores around the Dao Palace.
• The primordial beings accepted Little White's orders without protest, believing its closeness to Han Xuanji and seniority gave it authority.

Little White bluffed the ancient ferocious beasts into serving the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace while Han Xuanji began refining the Heart of Nothingness. Facing Han Xuanji’s overwhelming strength, the Devil Ancestor ordered the Devil Race to retreat and seal itself inside the Devil Domain.

• Little White recruited Evil Qilin and sent the ancient beings to their assigned posts after convincing them that following the right people was essential to survival.
• Han Xuanji began refining the Heart of Nothingness, and a trace of emptiness and stillness joined the Dao resonance around him.
• The Devil Ancestor acknowledged Han Xuanji’s strength and told the gathered Devil Race leaders that the Chaos might eventually offer an opportunity.
• The Devil Ancestor ordered all Devil Race forces near the Immortal Realm to withdraw and commanded the Devil Domain to seal its routes and enter eternal silence.

The Devil Ancestor abandoned plans to defend the Devil Race and traveled to the Interminable Exchange Market to recruit the Juntian Merchant Venerable into a scheme against the Immortal Realm. He claimed the Immortal Realm held a secret to transcending Hunyuan Wuji and began explaining the danger awaiting Chaos.

• The Devil Ancestor left the Devil Race experts behind, while the Fourth Heavenly Devil considered seeking the Mystic Heaven Dao Venerable’s protection.
• The Devil Ancestor followed a hidden beacon through Chaos to the Interminable Exchange Market and met the Juntian Merchant Venerable.
• The Devil Ancestor proposed that he and the Juntian Merchant Venerable join forces to swallow the Immortal Realm.
• The Juntian Merchant Venerable warned that the Mystic Heaven Dao Venerable and the Immortal Realm’s mysteries made the plan too risky.
• The Devil Ancestor claimed the Immortal Realm concealed the secret of transcending Hunyuan Wuji, and said that only reaching the other shore of the Primordial Sea could escape Chaos’s final awakening.

The Devil Ancestor persuaded Juntian Merchant Venerable to cooperate, revealing his suspicions that Mystic Heaven Dao Venerable was tied to the Dao Ancestor and transcendence. A thousand years later, Lin Feng reached the peak of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm and began proving his Hunyuan Dao anew.

• The Devil Ancestor told Juntian Merchant Venerable that the Dao Ancestor had left an anchor in Chaos and might return from the Primordial Sea.
• The Devil Ancestor suggested that Mystic Heaven Dao Venerable could be the Dao Ancestor's contingency and said the Lord of Greed had sensed a connection to transcendence in him.
• Juntian Merchant Venerable worried that he and the Devil Ancestor were pieces in someone else's plan, but agreed to cooperate because the chance to transcend might not last.
• A thousand years later, Lin Feng reached the peak of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm after cultivating and fighting in Chaos.
• Lin Feng recalled his former life and declared that he would prove his Hunyuan Dao anew, unleashing his power as his Hunyuan Dao Fruit began to take shape.

After Lin Feng formed his Hunyuan Dao Fruit, he planned to return to the Immortal Realm and pay his respects to Han Xuanji. Meanwhile, Han Xuanji absorbed the Heart of Nothingness, broke through to the seventh layer of Hunyuan Wuji, and named his new physique the Mystic Heaven Creation Physique.

• Lin Feng completed nine cycles of destruction and rebirth, forming his Hunyuan Dao Fruit.
• Chen Yan emerged from hiding after breaking through and asked Lin Feng about his plans; Lin Feng said he would return to visit Han Xuanji.
• Lin Feng told Chen Yan that Han Xuanji had helped him break through his Heart Devil, and Chen Yan asked to meet his master.
• Han Xuanji continued refining the Heart of Nothingness and broke through to the seventh layer of the Hunyuan Wuji Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Han Xuanji named his newly evolved physique the Mystic Heaven Creation Physique.

Han Xuanji attained the Mystic Heaven Creation Physique, gained new powers, and sensed a beacon to the Primordial Sea in the Immortal Realm’s Land of Reincarnation. He summoned Wu Hao, who was secretly the Heavenly Emperor, and learned that Zhou Li was the reincarnation of the Spirit Void Dao Venerable.

• Han Xuanji’s physique transformed into the Mystic Heaven Creation Physique, granting him the Power of Mystic Heaven, Wan Hua Return to One, and Creation Indestructibility.
• Han Xuanji sensed a road to the Primordial Sea in the Immortal Realm’s Land of Reincarnation and decided not to pursue it yet.
• Han Xuanji called for a fellow Daoist in the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace, and Wu Hao rose from among the disciples to answer him.
• Zhou Li told the disciples that Han Xuanji might have been calling Wu Hao, while Li Taiqing stopped them from discussing the matter further.
• Han Xuanji recognized Wu Hao as the Heavenly Emperor and learned that Zhou Li was the reincarnation of the Spirit Void Dao Venerable.

The Heavenly Emperor told Han Xuanji about the Spirit Void Dao Venerable’s origins, failed attempt to transcend, and the three known paths beyond Chaos. Han Xuanji asked about the Dao Ancestor’s marker leading to the Primordial Sea, and the Heavenly Emperor said its anchor had been cast for the destined arrival and opening.

• The Heavenly Emperor visited Han Xuanji, and they discussed when Han had discovered Zhou Li’s origins.
• The Heavenly Emperor explained that the Spirit Void Dao Venerable was born from Chaos Spiritual Qi and reincarnated after failing to transcend through Sacrificing the Dao.
• The Heavenly Emperor described the three paths beyond Chaos: finding the Primordial Sea, proving one’s Dao, or Sacrificing the Dao, and warned Han Xuanji against the dangerous third path.
• Han Xuanji asked about the Dao Ancestor’s marker to the Primordial Sea, and the Heavenly Emperor said the anchor had been cast to await the destined one and the opening of the door.

The Heavenly Emperor warned Han Xuanji that the Devil Ancestor had spread rumors tying him and the Immortal Realm to the secret of transcendence, provoking Chaos factions to attack. As powerful forces gathered, Han Xuanji learned that Juntian Merchant Venerable would also join the assault, while the Heavenly Emperor sought his help in devising a countermeasure.

• The Heavenly Emperor told Han Xuanji that the Devil Ancestor was stirring up Chaos factions against him and the Immortal Realm.
• The Heavenly Emperor explained that the Devil Ancestor claimed Han Xuanji was the Dao Ancestor's successor and possessed the secret and keys of transcendence.
• Han Xuanji deduced that the Devil Ancestor wanted rival factions to weaken him and the Immortal Realm before the Devil Ancestor seized the spoils.
• The Heavenly Emperor named the Devil God of Jealousy and Hatred and the Devil God of Blood Slaughter among those threatening to attack the Immortal Realm.
• The Heavenly Emperor revealed that Juntian Merchant Venerable and the Myriad Worlds Merchant Alliance would also pursue the supposed secret of transcendence.
• The Heavenly Emperor admitted he had come to warn Han Xuanji and ask him to help find a countermeasure, since the Heavenly Court could not face the attackers alone.

Han Xuanji learned that Chaos forces might not attack the Immortal Realm for a thousand to ten thousand years and entrusted the Heavenly Emperor with keeping it stable while he prepared. After discovering that Lin Feng faced danger from the Myriad Worlds Merchant Alliance, he sent Li Taiqing, Jiang Hao, and Yun Wuji to rescue him, while Lin Feng and Chen Yan continued toward the Immortal Realm.

• The Heavenly Emperor told Han Xuanji that rivalries among the Chaos forces and their negotiations could delay an attack for a thousand to ten thousand years.
• Han Xuanji reassured the Heavenly Emperor that he would handle the Chaos forces, and the Heavenly Emperor agreed to stabilize the Immortal Realm and report any unusual movements.
• After the Heavenly Emperor left, Han Xuanji sensed that Lin Feng was in danger from the Myriad Worlds Merchant Alliance and summoned Li Taiqing, Jiang Hao, and Yun Wuji.
• Han Xuanji sent the three disciples through the Chaos Heavenly Gate to locate and rescue Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng and Chen Yan traveled through Chaos in an immortal boat, expecting to reach the vicinity of the Immortal Realm in half a year and worrying that the Myriad Worlds Merchant Alliance might catch up.

The Myriad Worlds Merchant Alliance ambushed Lin Feng and Chen Yan, but Li Taiqing, Jiang Hao, and Yun Wuji arrived and destroyed several warships. The Alliance’s strongest Attendant declared that he would capture the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace disciples and use them as hostages.

• Lin Feng and Chen Yan were surrounded by the Myriad Worlds Merchant Alliance’s warships and divine chains.
• The Alliance attacked their immortal boat, forcing Lin Feng and Chen Yan to abandon it and prepare to fight.
• Li Taiqing, Jiang Hao, and Yun Wuji launched a surprise attack that shattered several Alliance warships.
• Li Taiqing checked on Lin Feng and explained that Han Xuanji had foreseen the danger and sent them to help.
• The crimson-armored Hunyuan Attendant threatened to capture the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace disciples as hostages.

The Myriad Worlds Merchant Alliance attacked Li Taiqing and the others, confident that its Hunyuan experts and warships outnumbered them. Li Taiqing killed Hei Xuan with one sword, while Jiang Hao and Yun Wuji engaged their opponents.

• The Myriad Worlds Merchant Alliance revealed seven Hunyuan experts and six Hunyuan-class warships, then demanded that Li Taiqing and his companions surrender.
• Li Taiqing stayed calm as the Alliance launched a combined attack, and he called on his junior brothers to finish the fight quickly.
• The Pure Xuanjian pierced Hei Xuan and killed the late-stage Hunyuan expert in a single move.
• The crimson-armored Attendant reacted in horror, while Chen Yan marveled at Li Taiqing's strength.
• Jiang Hao used the Purple Empyrean Star-Shattering Halberd to parry the combined attacks of three mid-stage Hunyuan experts as Yun Wuji joined the fight.

Jiang Hao and Yun Wuji defeated the Myriad Worlds Merchant Alliance’s Hunyuan Attendants, leaving one survivor to summon Thousand Nether Mystic Venerable. The powerful Attendant arrived to find the wreckage and heard the survivor accuse the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace disciples, setting the stage for a confrontation.

• Jiang Hao killed three Mid-Stage Hunyuan Attendants with the Purple Empyrean Star-Shattering Halberd, while Yun Wuji swiftly slew two more with his jade flute.
• Chen Yan marveled at the disciples’ strength, and Lin Feng explained that he was only a Registered Disciple.
• The surviving red-armored Attendant sent an emergency signal to Thousand Nether Mystic Venerable and used a Dao talisman to defend himself.
• Li Taiqing, Jiang Hao, and Yun Wuji reassured Lin Feng that the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace could face the Myriad Worlds Merchant Alliance, and Chen Yan prepared to fight beside him.
• Thousand Nether Mystic Venerable arrived, and the red-armored Attendant blamed the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace disciples for the alliance’s losses and demanded revenge.

Little White and the Evil Qilin intervened when Thousand Nether Mystic Venerable attacked Li Taiqing and the others, and the Evil Qilin killed both him and the Crimson-armored Attendant. Chen Yan was left determined to join the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace.

• Thousand Nether Mystic Venerable attacked Li Taiqing and the others with a powerful palm strike.
• Little White appeared with the Evil Qilin and let him block the attack, while Little White mocked the Merchant Alliance and ordered the Evil Qilin to kill Thousand Nether Mystic Venerable.
• The Evil Qilin revealed his Hunyuan Taiji Perfection cultivation, bound Thousand Nether Mystic Venerable, and killed him with a single strike.
• The Evil Qilin crushed the Crimson-armored Attendant after he tried to speak, leaving Lin Feng and Chen Yan stunned.
• Chen Yan decided he had to become a disciple of the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace and believed his Hunyuan cultivation qualified him to join as an ordinary disciple.

After the Evil Qilin helped defeat the Myriad Worlds Merchant Alliance pursuers, Li Taiqing brought Lin Feng and Chen Yan back to the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace to meet Han Xuanji. Han Xuanji welcomed Lin Feng as his eighth personal disciple, leaving Lin Feng officially reunited with his master and sect.

• The Evil Qilin reported to Little White that it had dealt with their enemies, then humbly credited Han Xuanji for its strength and duty.
• Li Taiqing and Chen Yan urged the group to leave before the Myriad Worlds Merchant Alliance could retaliate, and Li Taiqing opened a gateway to the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace.
• Li Taiqing's group arrived at the palace, where Lin Feng learned that Han Xuanji had become the Immortal Realm's foremost expert and a revered Heavenly Venerable.
• Han Xuanji praised Lin Feng for reaching the Hunyuan Realm and offered to make him the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace's eighth personal disciple.
• Lin Feng accepted, kowtowed to Han Xuanji, and vowed to cultivate diligently and follow the sect rules.

After welcoming Lin Feng as a personal disciple and admitting Chen Yan into the inner sect, Han Xuanji warned that the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace could become Chaos’s common enemy. The disciples and Little White pledged to stay and face the danger with him, and Han Xuanji ended by asking whether any of them wanted to become Heavenly Emperor.

• Han Xuanji welcomed Lin Feng into his tutelage, and his personal disciples congratulated their new junior brother.
• Chen Yan asked to join the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace, and Han Xuanji accepted him into the inner sect.
• Han Xuanji warned that powerful forces in Chaos might soon attack the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace and gave his disciples the choice to leave.
• Li Taiqing, Jiang Hao, Yun Wuji, Lin Feng, Chen Yan, and Little White vowed to remain with Han Xuanji and face the calamity.
• Han Xuanji reassured his disciples that he would protect them, then asked whether any of them had considered becoming Heavenly Emperor.