Chapter Summaries

Han Xuanji asked his disciples whether they wanted to become the next Heavenly Emperor, but they preferred to remain at the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace. Li Taiqing suspected Han Xuanji had raised the subject for Lin Feng’s sake, and the disciples endorsed Lin Feng as a candidate, leaving him stunned.

• Han Xuanji told his disciples the current Heavenly Emperor planned to abdicate and said one of them could take the position with his support.
• Jiang Hao and Lu Fan said the Heavenly Emperor’s responsibilities and the disciples’ cultivation levels made the position unappealing, and the others agreed they would rather stay with Han Xuanji.
• Li Taiqing suspected Han Xuanji was preparing the way for Lin Feng to become Heavenly Emperor and decided to support him.
• Li Taiqing proposed Lin Feng as a suitable Heavenly Emperor, and the other disciples agreed.
• Lin Feng was left dumbfounded that his senior brothers considered him fit to rule the Immortal Realm despite his recent entry into Hunyuan.

Lin Feng accepted Han Xuanji’s decision to make him the future Heavenly Emperor and resolved to grow strong enough to fulfill the role. After Li Taiqing took him to train, Han Xuanji stayed behind with Yun Wuji to begin another simulation.

• Han Xuanji named Lin Feng the future Heavenly Emperor, and the disciples congratulated him despite his disbelief.
• Lin Feng took heart from Chen Yan’s confidence in Han Xuanji’s judgment and resolved to live up to his master’s expectations.
• Lin Feng asked Li Taiqing to help him raise his cultivation quickly, and Li Taiqing led him toward a blessed land in the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace.
• Han Xuanji remained in the hall with Yun Wuji and prepared to activate the system’s simulation function.

Han Xuanji privately expounded the Dao to Yun Wuji and used the system to simulate his disciple’s future. The simulation showed Yun Wuji gaining the Kunlun Dao Venerable’s legacy, breaking through to Hunyuan Taiji, and becoming a major force as calamity threatened the Immortal Realm.

• Han Xuanji praised Yun Wuji’s aptitude and disposition, then expounded the Dao to help him overcome his cultivation bottleneck.
• Han Xuanji spent 550 simulation attempts and included himself in the simulation of Yun Wuji’s future.
• In the simulation, Yun Wuji advanced his cultivation, entered the Ancient Kunlun Secret Realm, and inherited the Kunlun Dao Venerable’s legacy and Kunlun Mirror.
• Yun Wuji integrated the legacies of the four great Dao Venerables while unrest and Chaos fiends threatened the Immortal Realm.
• Yun Wuji broke through to the Hunyuan Taiji Daluo Golden Immortal realm, drawing congratulations and gifts from powerful figures across the Immortal Realm.
• Han Xuanji admired Yun Wuji’s talent and anticipated that his disciple might one day transcend and become the next Dao Ancestor.

Yun Wuji rejected the Heavenly Emperor’s offer of the throne, then spent a thousand years teaching and traveling before reaching the Middle Stage of the Hunyuan Taiji Realm. The Immortal Realm’s barrier with Chaos shattered, and ancient powerhouses emerged to face an overwhelming invasion.

• Yun Wuji refused the Heavenly Emperor’s offer to succeed him and recommended Lin Feng as a worthy heir.
• Yun Wuji traveled the Immortal Realm as Yun Xiaoyao, taught his Dao, and took three disciples.
• Yun Wuji returned to the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace, established the Wuji Dao Platform, and advanced to the Middle Stage of the Hunyuan Taiji Realm.
• Yun Wuji sensed danger as Chaos Devil Gods and Chaos Ferocious Beasts gathered beyond the Immortal Realm.
• The Chaos forces shattered the Immortal Realm’s barrier, and the Ancestral Witches and ancient Immortal Realm powerhouses rose to fight them.

Han Xuanji’s simulation recounted the Devil Ancestor’s invasion of the Immortal Realm and how the Juntian Merchant Venerable’s contract with the Mystic Heaven Dao Venerable turned the battle. The Immortal Realm survived, but Yun Wuji was left grieving its losses and determined to grow strong enough to protect it.

• The Devil Ancestor arrived with the Star Ancestor and the Spacetime Dao Ancestor, demanding the secret of transcendence from the Supreme Dao Venerable.
• The Supreme Dao Venerable, the Primordial Beginning Dao Venerable, and Yun Wuji fought the attackers, but the Immortal Realm’s defenses began to fail as Yun Wuji used the Kunlun Mirror to help.
• The Juntian Merchant Venerable revealed his contract with the Mystic Heaven Dao Venerable and turned against the Devil Ancestor’s side.
• The Juntian Merchant Venerable joined the Supreme Dao Venerable, the Primordial Beginning Dao Venerable, and Yun Wuji in a counterattack that severely injured the Devil Ancestor and drove him into Chaos.
• The Immortal Realm’s forces defeated the remaining Chaos Devil Gods, but the battle left half the realm shattered and many disciples dead or gravely injured.
• Yun Wuji saw the destruction of the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace and resolved to cultivate harder so he could protect his master, fellow disciples, and the Immortal Realm.

Han Xuanji read about Yun Wuji inheriting the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace after his master departed to seek the other shore, and guiding the Immortal Realm into a prosperous era. As Yun Wuji considered transcendence, the Chaos Will awoke two supreme beings in the Ruins of Return.

• Yun Wuji took charge of the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace after his master left, while Lin Feng, Jiang Hao, Li Taiqing, and the other disciples resolved to grow stronger.
• Yun Wuji guided younger cultivators, and the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace flourished as the Immortal Realm entered an unprecedented era of prosperity.
• A million years later, Yun Wuji drove back a challenger seeking the secret of transcendence and safeguarded the Immortal Realm.
• The Chaos Will grew enraged as living beings transcended its control and awakened the Forbidden Lord of Darkness and the Primordial Lord of Tribulation in the Ruins of Return.

Han Xuanji read how the Immortal Ancestor revealed Chaos Will’s plan to destroy living beings and led a last effort to resist it. The Immortal Ancestor sacrificed himself to strike Chaos Will, creating an opening for Han Xuanji to rewrite Chaos’s rules.

• Han Xuanji read that he chose to defend the Immortal Realm rather than transcend, and rallied its fighters and other Chaos powerhouses against the Forbidden Lord of Darkness and the Primordial Lord of Tribulation.
• After years of battle left Chaos devastated, the Immortal Ancestor emerged and revealed that Chaos Will had banished him and created the Lords of Tribulation to purge living beings.
• The Immortal Ancestor summoned ancient Hunyuan Wuji powerhouses, while Han Xuanji led the assault against the Primordial Lord of Tribulation.
• The Lords of Tribulation re-formed from Chaos’s origin after being defeated, and the Immortal Ancestor told Han Xuanji that he alone could merge with Chaos Will and rewrite its rules.
• The Immortal Ancestor sacrificed himself to strike Chaos Will, disrupting the Lords of Tribulation and shaking the origin of Chaos.

Yun Wuji sacrificed his Dao Fruit and merged with Chaos Will, changing it into a force that allowed all beings to seek the Dao and transcend. After the simulation ended, Han Xuanji reflected on the sacrifice and examined his rewards, beginning with Chaos Origin Power.

• Yun Wuji burned his Dao Fruit and entered Chaos Will, engraving the rule that all beings could seek the Dao into Chaos’s origin.
• Yun Wuji restored balance to Chaos, sealed the Forbidden Lord of Darkness and the Primordial Lord of Tribulation as its guardians, and became known as the Wuji Chaos Grand Venerable.
• Lin Feng and the disciples of the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace took up roles protecting the Immortal Realm and the myriad worlds of Chaos.
• The simulation ended, and Han Xuanji considered Yun Wuji’s fate, the dangers of awakening Chaos Will, and whether to help the Immortal Ancestor.
• Han Xuanji examined his rewards and recognized Chaos Origin Power as the fundamental power underlying the Great Daos.

Han Xuanji claimed the rewards from Yun Wuji’s sacrifice, gaining Chaos Merit and an Eternal Dao Heart that elevated his mind beyond Chaos. Guided by his new providence and Dao Heart, he reached the Sea of Great Dao Origins, which welcomed him.

• Han Xuanji examined his rewards, recognizing the Chaos Merit as vast providence and the Eternal Dao Heart as a way to overcome the limits of his cultivation time.
• Han Xuanji sheltered Yun Wuji with the Chaos Azure Lotus and claimed the Eternal Dao Heart while Yun Wuji continued meditating.
• The Eternal Dao Heart sublimated Han Xuanji’s mind, leaving him untouched by the loneliness of spacetime and the influence of evil wills.
• Han Xuanji claimed the Chaos Merit and used its providence to find a guiding light toward the Sea of Great Dao Origins.
• Han Xuanji arrived at the Sea of Great Dao Origins and found that its turbulent principles did not repel him but seemed to welcome him.

Han Xuanji entered the Sea of Great Dao Origins, signed in repeatedly, and gained three extraordinary treasures that greatly strengthened his foundation. He discovered the injured Supreme Divine Venerable concealed in the sea, and both beings reacted with surprise at one another.

• Han Xuanji entered the Sea of Great Dao Origins, where its Dao Principles opened a path for him, and signed in to obtain the Origins of the Three Thousand Great Daos, the Great Dao Pagoda, and a drop of Water of Eternity.
• Han Xuanji examined the rewards, claimed the Great Dao Pagoda, and considered using the Water of Eternity to advance to a higher realm.
• Han Xuanji sensed a concealed presence deep in the sea and used his Divine Sense to reveal a gravely injured figure.
• The system identified the figure as the Supreme Divine Venerable, a primordial Chaos Devil God at Hunyuan Wuji Perfection who had hidden in the sea to recover from injuries.
• Han Xuanji realized the Supreme Divine Venerable could rival the Immortal Ancestor and felt relieved he had not entered the sea earlier.
• The Supreme Divine Venerable noticed Han Xuanji and wondered how he had discovered him, while questioning how much time had passed outside.

Han Xuanji discovered the Supreme Divine Venerable hiding in the Sea of Great Dao Origins and explained that the Chaos Will had obstructed transcendence for beings across Chaos. He invited the wounded veteran to help resist it, leaving the Supreme Divine Venerable wary but listening to his proposal.

• Han Xuanji revealed that he had seen through the Supreme Divine Venerable's concealment and introduced himself as Mystic Heaven from the Great Luo Heaven Domain.
• The Supreme Divine Venerable recalled his failed attempt at transcendence, when the Chaos Will damaged his Dao foundation and forced him into hiding.
• Han Xuanji explained that the Chaos Will had also stopped the Immortal Ancestor and threatened beings from both Chaos and lesser worlds.
• Han Xuanji told the Supreme Divine Venerable that a great figure from the Great Luo Heaven Domain had already transcended because he was not born in Chaos.
• Han Xuanji proposed that they join forces against the Chaos Will, and offered the Supreme Divine Venerable the alternative of protecting his Dao lineage and restraining Chaos's villains.

Han Xuanji persuaded the Supreme Divine Venerable to join his cause against the Chaos Will and protect his Dao lineage. After discussing the Dao together in the Sea of Great Dao Origins, Han Xuanji left to attend to other matters.

• Han Xuanji challenged the Supreme Divine Venerable to stop hiding and help oppose the Chaos Will, stirring the elder’s resentment and resolve.
• The Supreme Divine Venerable agreed to protect Han Xuanji’s Dao lineage and promised to fight beside him against the Chaos Will.
• The Supreme Divine Venerable invited Han Xuanji to discuss the Dao in the Sea of Great Dao Origins, and both shared their insights and experience.
• The Supreme Divine Venerable praised Han Xuanji’s potential to reach Hongmeng, while Han Xuanji’s cultivation realm loosened after their discussion.
• Han Xuanji took his leave, saying he had other matters to attend to.

Han Xuanji returned from the Sea of Great Dao Origins with a communication token and the Supreme Divine Venerable’s promise of aid, then learned that the Devil Race had abandoned its heartland and been routed while he was away. The chapter ended with Li Taiqing asking Han Xuanji to decide whether Mystic Heaven Dao Palace should accept the Fourth Heavenly Devil and his followers, who had surrendered.

• Han Xuanji accepted the Supreme Divine Venerable’s communication token and promised to return for more guidance after stabilizing his cultivation.
• Han Xuanji returned to Mystic Heaven Hall and learned from Li Taiqing that a thousand years had passed without a crisis in the Immortal Realm.
• Li Taiqing reported that the Devil Race had retreated without resistance, allowing the Immortal Realm army to reclaim its territory and rescue abducted cultivators.
• Han Xuanji warned Li Taiqing not to underestimate the Devil Ancestor, who was likely pursuing a greater plan by giving up the Devil Domain’s heartland.
• Li Taiqing told Han Xuanji that the Fourth Heavenly Devil and his remaining followers had surrendered and asked to join Mystic Heaven Dao Palace.

Han Xuanji accepted the Fourth Heavenly Devil and his subordinates into the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace, then rewarded Li Taiqing before entering seclusion to refine Chaos Origin Power. Li Taiqing went to deliver Han Xuanji’s decision to the waiting Fourth Heavenly Devil.

• Han Xuanji told Li Taiqing that the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace would accept the Fourth Heavenly Devil and his subordinates into the outer sect, where they would serve under Li Taiqing and atone through meritorious service.
• Han Xuanji gave Li Taiqing a wisp of Dao resonance to help refine his Dao foundation and urged him to delegate palace affairs so they would not hinder his cultivation.
• Han Xuanji warned Li Taiqing that the Devil Ancestor was waiting for an opportunity and said he would enter seclusion, leaving Li Taiqing to keep the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace stable.
• Han Xuanji sealed the Mystic Heaven Hall and used the Great Dao Pagoda to refine Chaos Origin Power, steadily strengthening his Dao foundation.
• Li Taiqing went to the outer sect to inform the Fourth Heavenly Devil and arrange for him and his subordinates to join the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace.

The Mystic Heaven Dao Venerable accepted the Fourth Heavenly Devil and his followers into the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace’s outer sect, placing them under Li Taiqing’s supervision. News of the decision spread throughout the Immortal Realm and Heavenly Court, where officials began debating its strategic purpose.

• Li Taiqing told the Fourth Heavenly Devil that Han Xuanji had approved his followers’ entry into the outer sect, where they would serve under Li Taiqing and be judged by their conduct.
• The Fourth Heavenly Devil and his followers swore loyalty to Han Xuanji and the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace.
• Li Taiqing warned them to follow palace rules, then led them to settle in the outer sect.
• News of the admission spread across the Immortal Realm, where cultivators debated Han Xuanji’s decision but did not openly challenge it.
• Heavenly Court officials discussed the move, with one official arguing that it could win over the Devil Race’s scattered remnants and prevent further bloodshed.

The Heavenly Emperor issued a decree welcoming unbloodied Devil Race members who abandoned the Devil Ancestor, turning Han Xuanji’s strategy into a broad effort to win them over. While the Devil Ancestor and Juntian Merchant Venerable plotted against the Immortal Realm, Han Xuanji cultivated in seclusion and eventually reached the hunyuan wuji ninth layer.

• Supreme Deity Ziwei and the other emperors praised Han Xuanji’s plan to weaken the Devil Race by accepting its defectors.
• The Heavenly Emperor decreed that Devil Race members who had not fought the Immortal Realm could join it if they left the Devil Ancestor and sincerely pursued the Dao.
• The Devil Ancestor dismissed the prospect of losing followers and said his true body would soon awaken before he attacked the Immortal Realm.
• Juntian Merchant Venerable promised to spread rumors that the Immortal Realm held the secret of transcendence and that Han Xuanji meant to monopolize it.
• Han Xuanji remained in seclusion as the Immortal Realm was reorganized and expanded, while Devil Race members hid or surrendered.
• Han Xuanji opened his eyes after breaking through to the hunyuan wuji ninth layer, one step short of perfection.

Han Xuanji watched his disciples advance and taught Yun Wuji the Mystic Heaven Dharma Domain after Yun Wuji reached the Hunyuan Taiji Realm. As rumors of the Dao Ancestor’s transcendence spread through Chaos, the Lord of Great Yi and other experts debated the secret, and Han Xuanji was invited to the Heavenly Court’s Peach of Immortality banquet.

• Han Xuanji saw that his disciples had progressed, with Yun Wuji reaching Hunyuan Taiji, Little White entering the Hunyuan Realm, and Zhou Li nearing it.
• Yun Wuji visited Han Xuanji, who expounded the Dao and taught him a junior version of the Mystic Heaven Dharma Domain.
• Han Xuanji encouraged Yun Wuji to aim beyond Hunyuan Wuji and promised to support him; Yun Wuji left determined to follow his master’s path.
• In the Great Yi World, the Lord of Great Yi and gathered experts discussed whether the Dao Ancestor had left the secret of transcendence in the Immortal Realm.
• A hundred years later, the Heavenly Emperor invited Han Xuanji to the Heavenly Court’s Peach of Immortality banquet.

Han Xuanji arrived at the Peach of Immortality Gathering with his disciples, where the Heavenly Emperor welcomed him with great respect and thanked him for protecting the Immortal Realm. After venting about powerful immortals who had sought the Dao Ancestor’s secret without helping during the crisis, the Heavenly Emperor asked whether Yun Wuji would succeed him as Heavenly Emperor.

• Han Xuanji and his disciples traveled to the Heavenly Court aboard the Nine Dragons Aloeswood Carriage.
• The Heavenly Emperor personally welcomed Han Xuanji beneath the Southern Heavenly Gate and led him to High Heaven Hall.
• Han Xuanji took the seat of honor as the Heavenly Emperor opened the Peach of Immortality Gathering.
• The Heavenly Emperor toasted Han Xuanji and thanked him for defending the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace and helping reclaim the Devil Domain.
• The Heavenly Emperor complained that Immortal Realm experts had avoided the Devil Ancestor’s invasion but now pressured him for the secret of transcendence.
• The Heavenly Emperor asked Han Xuanji whether Yun Wuji would be willing to succeed him and govern the Immortal Realm.

At the Peach of Immortality banquet, Yun Wuji refused the Heavenly Emperor’s throne and recommended Lin Feng as a future successor. The Heavenly Emperor then warned that the Devil Ancestor and Juntian Merchant Venerable were rallying Chaos against the Immortal Realm over a supposed secret of transcendence, but an icy voice challenged his denial.

• The Heavenly Emperor offered Yun Wuji the throne, but Yun Wuji said he wanted to pursue the Dao and would not accept it.
• Yun Wuji recommended Lin Feng, who vowed to serve the Immortal Realm, and the Heavenly Emperor said the throne could be Lin Feng’s if he continued to advance.
• The Heavenly Emperor announced that the Devil Ancestor and Juntian Merchant Venerable were inciting Chaos to attack the Immortal Realm over the secret of transcendence.
• The Heavenly Emperor declared that the secret was a fabrication and threatened to suppress anyone who caused trouble, while some guests remained doubtful or greedy.
• An icy voice interrupted the Heavenly Emperor and accused him of deceiving himself.

At the High Heaven Hall, the Lord of Great Yi accused Han Xuanji and the Heavenly Emperor of hiding the Dao Ancestor’s secret, but Han Xuanji identified him and exposed his ties to Chaos forces. Han Xuanji effortlessly bound his incarnation, then reached across the barriers of the Great Yi World to target his true body.

• The Lord of Great Yi entered the hall in disguise and challenged the Heavenly Emperor and Han Xuanji over the Dao Ancestor’s supposed secret.
• Han Xuanji used his inspection function to identify the visitor as the Lord of Great Yi, who resented Han Xuanji and wanted the Dao Ancestor’s legacy.
• Han Xuanji accused the Lord of Great Yi of colluding with Chaos experts and warned that the Devil Ancestor and Juntian Merchant Venerable were using him.
• The Lord of Great Yi threatened to destroy the High Heaven Hall and Mystic Heaven Dao Palace, so Han Xuanji bound his incarnation with Wuji power.
• The Lord of Great Yi’s true body sensed Han Xuanji’s will penetrate the Great Yi World’s defenses and lock onto him.