Chapter Summaries

Li Xingkong studied manuscripts in the Jade Void Sect for clues about the elusive Immortal Seat, but dimensional research did not reveal it. After the system shared a theory about observing the Immortal Seat through repeated ascension, Li Xingkong decided to test the idea on himself, using his concept pillars to become an Immortal and give it up repeatedly.

• Li Xingkong began a new seclusion to study the Immortal Seat, while the system chose to read Information Theory.
• After two hundred years, Li Xingkong finished There Are Heavens Beyond Heaven and concluded that ascending dimensions would not help him find the Immortal Seat.
• The system explained that Information Theory treated the world as a virtual reality and proposed observing Immortals who repeatedly used the same concept.
• Li Xingkong realized that one person could repeatedly become an Immortal and give up the concept, then volunteered to conduct the experiment himself.

Li Xingkong studied a method for detecting the Immortal Seat by observing everything else and attained a temporary state of Omniscience. He used it while cultivating the Seven Emotions concept, but the attempt revealed nothing, so he prepared to try again.

• Li Xingkong read On the Origin of Heaven and Earth and learned its method of observing all known factors to identify the Immortal Seat’s influence.
• Li Xingkong cultivated the manuscript’s observation methods and briefly entered a state of Omniscience, though maintaining it tired his immortal body.
• Li Xingkong crushed the Seven Emotions Concept Pearl and cultivated the concept while he and the system monitored for signs of the Immortal Seat.
• After several years, Li Xingkong mastered the concept, but neither he nor the system detected anything related to the Immortal Seat.
• Li Xingkong discarded the concept, which condensed back into a Concept Pearl, and resolved to try again.

After discovering that repeated cultivation could not reveal how an Immortal connected to an Immortal Seat, Li Xingkong left seclusion to seek a chance to observe an ascension. A visitor who looked exactly like him appeared, claimed to be his Thousand Mountains Body, and attacked him with familiar abilities.

• Li Xingkong concluded that each Immortal had one Immortal Seat and that cultivating different concepts only affected the connection to that same seat.
• Li Xingkong ended his fruitless cultivation and left the small world, where he saw that the Divine Land People had built settlements and expanded their presence.
• The system offered Li Xingkong information about changes at the Jade Void Palace, but Li Xingkong sensed a visitor outside the small world.
• A man identical to Li Xingkong entered, claimed to be his Thousand Mountains Body, and said it was time for him to make a contribution.
• Li Xingkong moved the man and himself above the Endless Sea, where the man attacked with Five Elements Divine Light and then summoned a familiar Dharma Aspect.

Li Xingkong defeated a Thousand Mountains Body, only to discover it was Liu Shinian playing a prank. Liu Shinian revealed that Wan Chongshan had helped her learn about Li Xingkong’s past, then settled into his small world as his guest.

• Li Xingkong destroyed the Thousand Mountains Body’s Dharma Aspect and confronted the badly injured figure.
• The figure revealed herself as Liu Shinian, who laughed at having successfully fooled Li Xingkong.
• Li Xingkong asked how Liu Shinian had learned to imitate a Thousand Mountains Body, and she hinted that she had met Wan Chongshan.
• Liu Shinian teased Li Xingkong about his limited techniques and abilities before asking him to entertain her in his small world.

Li Xingkong struggled to find a way to study the Immortal Seats until Liu Shinian suggested using his Thousand Mountains Bodies. After one clone became an Immortal and connected to a different Immortal Seat, Li Xingkong decided to borrow more clones from Wan Chongshan.

• Liu Shinian questioned Li Xingkong about his stalled cultivation, and he explained his difficulty becoming a Daluo and his plan to study cultivators becoming Immortals.
• Liu Shinian suggested that Li Xingkong test whether his Thousand Mountains Bodies would connect to different Immortal Seats.
• Li Xingkong summoned a younger Thousand Mountains Body, raised its cultivation, and watched it become an Immortal.
• Li Xingkong discovered that the Thousand Mountains Body had used a different Immortal Seat, then had it give up its Concept Pearl before it dispersed.
• Liu Shinian said she had seen Li Xingkong's remaining Thousand Mountains Bodies among Wan Chongshan's harem, and Li Xingkong decided to borrow them.

Li Xingkong followed Liu Shinian to meet Wan Chongshan and asked to use the Thousand Mountains Bodies she had kept isolated. Wan Chongshan agreed after Li Xingkong promised to grant her an unspecified request, and he began cultivating with the bodies while Liu Shinian watched.

• Liu Shinian led Li Xingkong through the Jade Void Palace to Wan Chongshan's courtyard, while she and the system teased him along the way.
• Wan Chongshan drew Li Xingkong and Liu Shinian into a separate space and claimed the Thousand Mountains Bodies as her share because she had taught Li Xingkong the Thousand Mountains Method.
• Wan Chongshan asked Li Xingkong to promise her a future favor without revealing what it was, and he agreed.
• Wan Chongshan separated the space containing the Thousand Mountains Bodies from the Primordial World and let Li Xingkong use them.
• Li Xingkong connected with several Thousand Mountains Bodies, distributed Concept Beads among them, and began cultivating as Liu Shinian observed.

Li Xingkong studied several Thousand Mountains Bodies as they ascended to immortality, using their cultivation data to investigate the Immortal Seat. After two thousand years of analysis, he discovered that Immortal Seats had relative positions and could be located in relation to his own.

• Li Xingkong, the system, and Liu Shinian observed the first Thousand Mountains Body’s ascension and collected data.
• Li Xingkong adjusted the observation spells so he and the system could monitor five Thousand Mountains Bodies ascending at once, while Liu Shinian observed one separately.
• After the ascensions, Liu Shinian stored the Concept Pearls and went to chat with Wan Chongshan.
• Two thousand years later, Li Xingkong concluded that Immortal Seats had relative positions and that Liu Shinian’s observations had helped him determine them.

Li Xingkong devised a possible way to transcend by arranging Immortal Seats into patterns that express an Immortal’s information, though he still needed to learn how to move the Seats. After emerging from secluded study, he learned that Wan Chongshan wanted him to stay with Xiao Chongshan until he transcended.

• Li Xingkong reasoned that Immortal Seats’ positional attributes might let Immortals assemble information and leap beyond the Primordial World, but he recognized that the idea depended on knowledge and abilities he did not yet have.
• Li Xingkong resolved to experiment with moving Immortal Seats and decided to continue his research back in his small world.
• Li Xingkong emerged from secluded study, thanked Wan Chongshan for her Thousand Mountains Method, and promised to be at her command once he succeeded in his cultivation.
• Wan Chongshan interrupted Xiao Chongshan’s cultivation and revealed that she wanted Li Xingkong to stay with Xiao Chongshan until he transcended.
• Li Xingkong questioned how he could accompany Xiao Chongshan while cultivating in seclusion, and Xiao Chongshan said she could not influence the arrangement.

Li Xingkong cultivated for tens of thousands of years until he learned to move Immortal Seats, bringing him close to realizing his plan to paint with them. He gathered his Thousand Mountains Bodies to cultivate into Immortals and prepare for the next step.

• Wan Chongshan insisted Xiao Chongshan spend time near Li Xingkong, and Xiao Chongshan reluctantly left with him.
• Back in the small world, Xiao Chongshan, Li Xingkong, and Liu Shinian chose separate places to cultivate.
• Li Xingkong spent nearly 1,000 years studying Immortal Seats without success, then gradually learned to move his own and eventually other people's Immortal Seats.
• Li Xingkong summoned enough Thousand Mountains Bodies, distributed his concept pillars among them, and had them begin cultivating to become Immortals.
• Li Xingkong wondered whether Wan Chongshan had foreseen that the Thousand Mountains Bodies would help him realize his plan.

Li Xingkong finished preparing to use the Immortal Seats of the Thousand Mountains Bodies and reviewed the Crimson Blood One Heart Art with Liu Shinian. The conversation ended with him revealing that Xiao Chongshan and Wan Chongshan were the same person, leaving Liu Shinian astonished.

• Li Xingkong completed his research and resolved to take the final step in his plan once enough Thousand Mountains Bodies had finished cultivating.
• Liu Shinian returned from the Divine Land and gave Li Xingkong its refined Crimson Blood One Heart Art for him to review.
• Li Xingkong and Liu Shinian discussed how the art could help people coordinate and might support the Divine Land's goal of achieving great harmony.
• Liu Shinian asked Li Xingkong about Xiao Chongshan, and he explained that she was Wan Chongshan's present self while Wan Chongshan had come from the future.
• Liu Shinian was dumbfounded by the revelation that Wan Chongshan was living alongside her past and future selves.

Li Xingkong waited for his Thousand Mountains Bodies to finish cultivating while discussing his uncertain Immortal Seat-moving method with Liu Shinian. Xiao Chongshan’s cultivation continued smoothly, leaving her path to Daluo seemingly assured.

• Li Xingkong saw that Liu Shinian had become a famous food reviewer and tried the antimatter crispy rice she threw him, unleashing a burst of energy.
• Liu Shinian asked what Li Xingkong expected to happen when he advanced using his untested cultivation method, and he admitted he did not know.
• Li Xingkong sent Liu Shinian his research on observing and moving Immortal Seats so she could preserve the data and prepare for the experiment.
• Li Xingkong said he would wait for Xiao Chongshan’s seclusion to end if it happened soon, but would begin without her if it took too long.
• Li Xingkong observed Xiao Chongshan progressing without bottlenecks as Wan Chongshan yielded to her, making her eventual attainment of Daluo appear certain.

Li Xingkong tried to visit old friends before his cultivation was tested, but Xiao Chongshan grew angry when he said they would have to go together. With the system coaching him through a confession, he won her over, and they set out to see his friends.

• Xiao Chongshan emerged from seclusion and teased Li Xingkong about his relationship with Liu Shinian.
• Li Xingkong told Xiao Chongshan he planned to visit old friends and reminded her that he had promised Senior Wan to stay by her side, making Xiao Chongshan angry enough to return to her chamber.
• Liu Shinian called Li Xingkong an idiot about feelings, and the system urged him to apologize to Xiao Chongshan.
• Li Xingkong followed the system's advice and told Xiao Chongshan he had wanted to see her but had been afraid of disturbing her cultivation.
• Xiao Chongshan changed into a red immortal robe, grabbed Li Xingkong, and agreed to go see his friends with him.

Li Xingkong returned to the Primordial Universe with Xiao Chongshan and visited his parents, who had built a thriving agricultural research center and raised a vast family. After sharing a meal and reconnecting with them, he felt less uneasy about the unknown journey ahead.

• Xiao Chongshan took Li Xingkong back to the Primordial Universe, and he chose to visit his parents first.
• Li Xingkong and Xiao Chongshan arrived at his parents’ agricultural star system, where his parents welcomed them alongside several young cultivators.
• Li Xingkong learned that his parents had seventeen younger children and many descendants, who called him Great-grandfather.
• Li Xingkong’s father showed him Shennong Palace and explained its role in developing spirit plants for the Divine Land.
• Li Xingkong ate his mother’s cooking with his family and felt more at ease about what he was about to do.

Li Xingkong visited old friends in the Primordial Universe with Xiao Chongshan before returning to his small world at Liu Shinian’s request. He found Liu Shinian preparing to test his method of proving the Dao using his Thousand Mountains Bodies, and she called on him to take his place and record what happened.

• Li Xingkong reunited with Ji Nanzhi, Ge Baoqi, and other old friends, who had become hands-off leaders and focused on cultivation.
• Li Xingkong visited friends across the Primordial Universe with Xiao Chongshan, whose reputation as the World-Destroying Witch caused people to flee.
• Liu Shinian contacted Li Xingkong through Immortal Power she had placed on Huan and told him to return to the Primordial World.
• Li Xingkong and Xiao Chongshan returned to his small world and found Liu Shinian’s food ranking treasure but no sign of her.
• Li Xingkong followed a huge pillar of light to his cultivation grounds, where Liu Shinian was adjusting the Immortal Seats of his Thousand Mountains Bodies to test his method of proving the Dao.
• Liu Shinian urged Li Xingkong to take his place and record every change as the crucial moment approached.

Liu Shinian used Li Xingkong’s Immortal Seat technique to reach the realm where the Immortal Seats existed, then discovered that true eternal life required sailing to the Other Shore. When their improvised formation proved unstable, she chose to take half of her concept of Lies with her and departed for the Other Shore.

• Li Xingkong joined Liu Shinian’s formation, and she activated the technique, causing herself and the concept of Lies to vanish from the world.
• Liu Shinian returned and told Li Xingkong she had reached the Immortal Seats, where she saw Jade Void masters and learned that immortals could sail onward to the Other Shore.
• Liu Shinian explained that travelers could either bring their concepts, removing them from the world, or leave those concepts behind and return them to heaven and earth.
• Li Xingkong began moving the Immortal Seats for his own attempt, but Liu Shinian warned that disturbing their formation would undo her progress.
• Liu Shinian decided to take half of Lies with her, declared she would go to the Other Shore, and vanished again.

Li Xingkong learned why Daluo could not transcend, helped the Evil-Subduing Great Emperor cross to the Other Shore, and then transcended himself while Xiao Chongshan stayed behind. The chapter ended with Li Xingkong confronting the author over Xiao Chongshan’s feelings for him.

• The Celestial Venerable and Primordial Lady Seeking the Dao explained that Daluo could not leave because they were bound by responsibility and their Daos, while Li Xingkong’s method let Golden Immortals transcend without taking their concepts from the Primordial World.
• The Yuanjun asked Li Xingkong to help the Evil-Subduing Great Emperor reach the Other Shore with the sins he bore, and Li Xingkong sent him across.
• Li Xingkong asked Xiao Chongshan to transcend with him, but she refused because she could not leave her concept.
• Li Xingkong gathered the Thousand Mountains Bodies, returned their concepts to the Primordial World, and transcended with only the Dao Evolution he sought.
• The author began to close the story, but Li Xingkong appeared in the author’s home and demanded an explanation of Xiao Chongshan’s concept.
• The author told Li Xingkong that Xiao Chongshan’s concept was longing for him alone, and Li Xingkong angrily rejected the explanation.

Li Xingkong visited the author and explained how transcending made him able to reach any world that existed as information, leaving cosmology meaningless to him. After they discussed the fate of his companions, he said goodbye and left, promising he would remain as long as the author remembered him.

• Li Xingkong explained that appearing in the book gave him an anchor in the author's world, then took snacks from the author's fridge.
• Li Xingkong brought the author to a deserted village in another written world and said he could alter its history by changing information.
• Li Xingkong said he could be considered omniscient and omnipotent in worlds that exchanged information, and explained that the others had either stayed in the Primordial World or traveled elsewhere.
• Li Xingkong told the author he had come to show how things ended and refused to give the author money or an easy advantage.
• Li Xingkong thanked the author, said he would remain as long as he was remembered, and scattered into points of light.