Chapter Summaries

After the Mountain Folk destroyed the Wondrous Tree of Seven Treasures with orbital cannons, the Three Realms recognized the scale of their power and the threat it posed to the old order. Suirenshi and Lü Yan described the strike as the start of humanity’s age, leaving the Mountain Folk poised to establish the next era’s order.

• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao watched with Hanzhi as the orbital cannons shattered the Wondrous Tree of Seven Treasures and blasted the four wooden figures apart.
• Hanzhi, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao marveled at the mortals’ devastating weapons, while Yunxiao warned that blueprints could make this power widespread.
• Ao Jia considered stealing the Mountain Folk’s blueprints and suspected Ao Mo would join the Hundred Lands Mountain Range through Xiangliu’s influence.
• Suirenshi declared that the age of the Mountain Folk had begun and that all beings of the Three Realms would face a new era of upheaval.
• Lü Yan challenged Suirenshi’s criticism of the Mountain Folk’s violent declaration and said their power would help establish peace and the next age’s order.

The Wondrous Tree of Seven Treasures restored itself after the Taiyi Orbital Cannons destroyed Witch Mountain, then transformed into a humanoid form and began unifying the Sea of Alaya Consciousness through the Great Kalpa Buddha. The Primordial Beginning Heavenly Demon confronted the Buddha, who recognized him as Supreme Lord Lao.

• Azure radiance gathered at Witch Mountain and reconstituted the Wondrous Tree of Seven Treasures, which remained between existence and nonexistence.
• Fu Kui asked Li Xi about the restoration, while the survivors’ losses became clear and Dharma King Yama returned with the gray fruit after the Netherworld protected him.
• The Wondrous Tree transformed into a humanoid figure as the final Seven Treasures Fruit reappeared and the Yuan Qi of the Three Realms converged on it.
• The Great Kalpa Buddha began rising through the Sea of Alaya Consciousness, reaching the Eight Legions, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of Yama Heaven, and sleeping beings.
• The Primordial Beginning Heavenly Demon stopped the Buddha’s advance, and the Buddha recognized him as Supreme Lord Lao, revealing a connection between the demon and the Dao Ancestor.

As the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Demon disrupted the Wondrous Tree of Seven Treasures, Li Jingshu ordered a renewed assault so Lu Huaijin and the combatants could seize its fruits. Meanwhile, Jiugui’s merit awakened the wisdom of past lives, and the great Buddha collapsed under the desires of all living beings, falling into demonhood as the embodiment of a Great Kalpa.

• Li Xi used the Five-Colored Stone to force the Wondrous Tree of Seven Treasures into physical form, and an orbital cannon struck a Wisdom King.
• Li Jingshu ordered three-stage orbital cannon salvos and sent Lu Huaijin’s combatants to seize the fruits, while Lu Huaijin charged toward the remaining bronze-colored fruit.
• Fu Kui and Li Xi joined forces to protect the battlefield, and Jiugui unleashed the wisdom of past lives through the golden light of merit.
• The awakened wisdom caused ripples in the Sea of Alaya Consciousness, confusing the great Buddha and weakening his consciousness.
• The Primordial Beginning Heavenly Demon challenged the great Buddha’s claim to bear all living beings’ karma, and the great Buddha fell into demonhood as the embodiment of a Great Kalpa.

Chi transformed the Wondrous Tree of Seven Treasures into a thousand-armed Buddha that copied the battlefield’s abilities and overwhelmed the allied forces. He then gathered more than a thousand sword arts into one attack, and the demonized Buddha’s strike drew powerful beings across the Three Realms back into the conflict.

• Chi’s Wondrous Tree of Seven Treasures transformed into a towering thousand-armed Buddha, whose wooden dragons copied opponents’ abilities and devastated the allied army.
• The thousand-armed Buddha formed sword seals with its many arms, drew on vast Yuan Qi, and began combining more than a thousand sword arts.
• Li Jingshu recognized the sword arts as the Dao Ancestor’s, while Ao Mo, Xiangliu, and Ao Zhen tried to memorize them.
• The bronze fruit darkened as Chi declared that if he could not become a Buddha, he would become a demon, and the Buddha and its wooden dragons began transforming.
• The demonized Buddha unleashed a heaven-splitting sword strike, forcing the Queen Mother of the West, the East Sea dragons, Meng Po, and the Primordial Beginning Heavenly King to respond.

In the Sea of Alaya Consciousness, Li Boyang used the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Demon to warn the Thousand-Handed Great Buddha that strength alone could not free him from Mahākāśyapa’s influence or protect him from future enemies. As Chi began developing an independent personality, Li Boyang proposed a bet over whether the Three Realms’ living beings could prevent his birth.

• The Primordial Beginning Heavenly Demon questioned whether the Thousand-Handed Great Buddha had any wisdom of his own, while the Buddha explained that he had gathered sword instructions from the Sea of Alaya Consciousness.
• The Primordial Beginning Heavenly Demon told the Buddha that he was shaped by Mahākāśyapa and needed wisdom, not just strength, to reach the Dao of Daluo.
• The Primordial Beginning Heavenly Demon warned that Dao Proving Ones would eventually hunt the Buddha, even if he became invincible in his era.
• The Buddha angrily accused the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Demon of lying, revealing that he was developing a more complete personality and beginning to break free of Mahākāśyapa’s restraints.
• The Primordial Beginning Heavenly Demon proposed a bet: if the Three Realms’ living beings could not stop the Buddha’s birth, he would leave; if they could, the Buddha would return to the Sea of Alaya Consciousness and abandon destroying the world to prove his Dao.

Shang Yang explained that the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Demon was an incarnation of the Dao Ancestor as the heavenly scene shifted to Dharma King Yama, who tried to awaken a Seven Treasures Fruit in the Netherworld. Ye Ming and the Lord of Mount Tai persuaded him to relinquish it, and Dharma King Yama accepted out of loyalty to the Great Emperor of Fengdu.

• Shang Yang told the young black dragon that the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Demon was an incarnation of the Dao Ancestor, but not the Dao Ancestor himself.
• Dharma King Yama fled with a Seven Treasures Fruit and tried unsuccessfully to ripen it after leaving the Wondrous Tree of Seven Treasures.
• Ye Ming appeared and warned Dharma King Yama that awakening the fruit could turn the Netherworld into a battlefield.
• The Lord of Mount Tai explained that the Yin Son of Heaven and the Great Emperor of Fengdu would not allow desire to overrun the underworld, and offered to explain matters to them.
• Dharma King Yama offered the fruit to the Lord of Mount Tai, saying he would not covet it because of the Great Emperor of Fengdu's trust and favor.

The Lord of Mount Tai explained that the Seven Treasures Fruits threatened the Three Realms and accused Great Unity Dao Lord of creating them to prevent Chi from becoming the first Taiyi Golden Immortal. He left his listeners with a pointed accusation against Great Unity, driven partly by resentment over his past.

• The Lord of Mount Tai warned Dharma King Yama that Chi would try to reclaim the Seven Treasures Fruits and that their existence threatened the Three Realms.
• The Lord of Mount Tai ruled out the Queen Mother of the West as the Wondrous Tree of Seven Treasures' creator, saying she was the Dao Ancestor's most loyal follower.
• Xiluo objected to being called a follower and said she would not need unorthodox methods to achieve Dao Proving.
• The Lord of Mount Tai named Di Jun, or the Great Unity Dao Lord behind him, as the likely creator of the Wondrous Tree and Seven Treasures Fruits.
• The Lord of Mount Tai admitted he was unsure who had caused the fruits' birth, but blamed Great Unity to damage his reputation and vent his resentment.

The Lord of Mount Tai transformed the gray fruit representing the fear of all beings into the Ten Halls of the Nether Capital, preventing Chi from reclaiming it and strengthening the Netherworld. Di Jun then appeared before Minghe, took the Seven Treasures Fruit he had seized, and criticized his choice.

• The Lord of Mount Tai explained that the fear of all beings was unnecessary in the Netherworld and let the gray fruit absorb the fear Qi.
• The Thousand-Handed Great Buddha attacked the Lord of Mount Tai with Sword Qi, but the Lord of Mount Tai dismissed the strike and challenged him.
• Ten whirlpools formed in the River of Forgetfulness, and the gray fruit split apart and became ten palaces that connected to the Sea of Consciousness of All Beings and fused with the Netherworld.
• Minghe realized that the Ten Halls of the Nether Capital had made the gray fruit impossible for Chi to reclaim, then wondered whether the Netherworld Lord or Great Unity Dao Lord had anticipated his actions.
• Di Jun appeared before Minghe, took the Seven Treasures Fruit, and said Minghe should have chosen the fruit of the desires of all beings instead.

Xihe warned Great Unity against recklessly trying to resurrect Changxi, whose consciousness had vanished completely into the flow of time, and urged him to let their grown children choose their own futures. In the present, Di Jun raised the Joy of All Beings and summoned the Numinous Firmament Treasure Hall, where the Heavenly Emperor would rule the heavens and command gods and devils.

• The Dao Proving Ones watched Di Jun defeat Minghe and mocked Minghe for being reduced to a head and an arm.
• Xihe praised Di Jun and reproached Great Unity for his past pride and the ruin it had brought his family.
• Xihe explained that Changxi had no remnant consciousness in the Sea of Alaya Consciousness and could only possibly return if Great Unity destroyed his Dao fruit and unmade the Heavenly Realm.
• Great Unity vowed to find Changxi, while Xihe cautioned him against rash choices and urged him to let their children decide their futures.
• Di Jun raised the white fruit symbolizing the Joy of All Beings, and the Numinous Firmament Treasure Hall appeared above the Thirty-Three Heavens.
• The hall was declared the seat of the Heavenly Emperor, who would wield heaven and earth's authority and command gods and devils.

Di Jun established the Numinous Firmament Treasure Hall as a realm-anchoring system whose Heavenly Emperor could be chosen from among all beings. Xiluo realized Di Jun’s invitation to her was a means to target Li Boyang and constrain the Great Unity Dao Lord.

• Di Jun declared that whoever ascended the Numinous Firmament Treasure Hall would become Heavenly Emperor and command Gods and Devils.
• Xiluo, Wangshu, and Yinjiao examined the Hall’s nature and recognized its vast potential to grant authority and Dao fruits.
• Jinjiao warned Xiluo that future immortals would resist the Hall’s restrictions, and urged her not to take up residence there.
• Xiluo said Di Jun’s invitation showed trust in the Queen Mother of the West, but wondered why he had chosen her.
• Xiluo realized Li Boyang was Di Jun’s real target, and Li Boyang explained that Di Jun had created the Hall independently to constrain the Great Unity Dao Lord.

Di Jun rejected Great Unity’s plan to control the Heavenly Realm and chose his own path, giving up his cultivation to make way for Lu Ya to become Heavenly Emperor. The chapter ended with Supreme Lord Lao agreeing to support the future Heavenly Court and keep Great Unity in check.

• Great Unity silently withdrew his hand, while Di Jun reflected that his father had ignored his wishes and treated him as a piece in his plans.
• Di Jun spoke across the Three Realms, explaining his choice to give up becoming Heavenly Emperor and comparing his path to Heng'e’s independence.
• Lu Ya rushed toward Di Jun and pleaded with him to stop, but Di Jun said he was tired of carrying the responsibilities of an elder brother.
• Di Jun proposed their childhood game, sealed Lu Ya’s Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife, and relinquished his cultivation before entering the vanishing Numinous Firmament Treasure Hall.
• Supreme Lord Lao accepted Di Jun’s great vow and agreed to help establish the Heavenly Court and keep Great Unity in check.

Li Xi attacked the Thousand-Handed Great Buddha’s Seven Treasures Fruit and, after the World-Saving Azure Lotus sacrificed itself to protect her, formed a Lotus Seal that cracked the Buddha’s body. The azure essence transformed Li Xi’s Body-Protecting Gang Qi into the Innate Spirit Treasure Precious Lotus Lantern.

• Di Jun entered the Numinous Firmament Treasure Hall as the Thousand-Handed Great Buddha renewed his assault, while the Heavenly Realm and Netherworld’s treasures absorbed his attacks.
• Li Xi struck at the Seven Treasures Fruit with the Five-Colored Stone, and Li Jingshu directed the attackers to target the fruit.
• Fu Kui shielded Li Xi as she bypassed the Thousand-Handed Great Buddha’s defenses, destroyed the Wisdom Kings, and reached the fruit.
• The Seven Treasures Fruit formed a face and attacked Li Xi with a Demon-Subduing Seal, while the World-Saving Azure Lotus shattered to save her.
• Li Xi merged with the lotus essence and formed a Lotus Seal that cracked the Thousand-Handed Great Buddha and transformed her Body-Protecting Gang Qi into the Precious Lotus Lantern.

Li Xi used the newly born Precious Lotus Lantern to perceive the Long River of Time and awaken the Dao of Creation. As the manifestation of Amala Consciousness’s plan to descend through her failed, Li Xi rejected him and declared that she could see through fate.

• The Precious Lotus Lantern merged with Li Xi’s Yuan Qi, becoming a self-growing divine artifact with qualities of a Law Treasure, Divine Ability, deity, and living being.
• Li Xi touched the bronze fruit, stopped its resistance, and gained clear vision of the Long River of Time through the Precious Lotus Lantern’s Dao of Creation.
• The manifestation of Amala Consciousness revealed that he had targeted Li Xi as a vessel for his descent because of her unusual nature and rational desires.
• The Primordial Beginning Heavenly Demon said the manifestation had lost, and Li Xi rejected his attempt to use her body to descend into the world.
• The manifestation of Amala Consciousness suspected the Dao Ancestor had interfered, but Li Xi said she had dismantled his contingencies and could see through fate.

Li Xi used her ability to see fate to overcome the incarnation of Amala Consciousness, but he split the Thousand-Handed Great Buddha into monsters that fled across the Three Realms. Li Xi transformed the final Seven Treasures Fruit into the Demon-Refining Pot and swallowed the monsters and the Wondrous Tree of Seven Treasures.

• Li Xi and the incarnation of Amala Consciousness clashed across branching futures, while Lu Huaijin, Fu Kui, and the cultivators fought the Thousand-Handed Great Buddha.
• The incarnation of Amala Consciousness refused to admit defeat and declared that he could be born without a vessel.
• The Thousand-Handed Great Buddha broke apart, and its fragments became monsters carrying pieces of Amala Consciousness's will that fled toward the heavens of the Three Realms.
• Li Xi used the final Seven Treasures Fruit and torrents of Yuan Qi to draw the fleeing monsters toward it.
• The fruit transformed into a bronze Demon-Refining Pot, and Li Xi used Samadhi True Fire to smelt the monsters inside.
• The Wondrous Tree of Seven Treasures, the Thousand-Handed Great Buddha's true body, fell into the pot and appeared as a towering tree upon its surface.

After Li Xi defeated the Thousand-Handed Great Buddha, Suirenshi refused Li Boyang’s invitation to remain in the era, choosing to return to his family and friends in the past. At Witch Mountain, Wu Xian considered stepping down as Witch King and proposed Fu Kui as his successor, but Wu Zhen’s arrival sparked an argument over who had the right to speak.

• Li Xi used the Demon-Refining Pot to refine the Thousand-Handed Great Buddha, and the Amala Consciousness avatar retreated to the depths of the Sea of Consciousness of All Beings.
• Li Boyang invited Suirenshi to stay in the era, but Suirenshi declined because his family and friends were three thousand years in the past and he wanted to rest.
• At Witch Mountain, the Three Realms’ connection was severed, and Wu Luo reassured Wu Xian that Great Xia could eventually reforge the Witch Mountain Cauldron.
• Wu Xian said he was considering stepping down as Witch King and asked whether Fu Kui should take his place.
• Wu Zhen arrived with Ao Zhen, and Wu Yang challenged Wu Zhen’s right to interfere; Wu Zhen defended herself by saying her disciple could become one of the Ten Witches of Spirit Mountain.

Li Jingshu asked Xiangliu and Ao Mo to choose their future, but Jiugui arrived and assigned them roles in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range. Jiugui revealed that she had touched upon the Dao of Daluo and planned to travel back in time to meet her father, leaving everyone stunned.

• Li Jingshu asked Xiangliu and Ao Mo whether they would serve as water gods in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, return to the South Sea, or go back to Great Xia.
• Jiugui appeared and declared that Xiangliu and Ao Mo would stay to oversee Black Water Pool's integration into the Mystic Garden Barrier, with Ao Mo becoming its master and Xiangliu becoming the water god of the Gushing Water Canal.
• Li Jingshu asked Jiugui what she intended to do after assimilating with the Golden Lotus of Merit, and Jiugui said she wanted to atone, repay kindness, and find meaning in life.
• Jiugui explained that remembering Suirenshi's guidance had made her regret her past choices and want to change.
• Jiugui revealed that she had touched upon the Dao of Daluo and planned to trace her way back through the past to meet her father, possibly rewriting her origins and adopting him.
• Xiangliu doubted that Jiugui could conceal her identity from their father, while Li Jingshu and Lu Huaijin reacted with helpless disbelief.

After the sky curtain vanished, Ao Fei and Ao Jia resumed their battle before two enormous hands seized them and carried them away. Lord Lingguang awakened and learned that Li Xi had obtained his fire jade, leading him to suspect the Dao Ancestor had a purpose behind it.

• Yinglong uploaded his recorded sky-curtain data to the Star God Network as the curtain disappeared.
• Jiupanpo told Yinglong she had urged Sagara to reclaim what belonged to her, and Ao Fei and Ao Jia began fighting again.
• Sagara appeared beside the clam maiden, and two enormous hands seized Ao Fei and Ao Jia and vanished with them.
• The Great Chun Tree God observed that Sagara had grown up, while Lord Lingguang awoke from nirvana beneath the banyan tree.
• Lord Lingguang questioned why Li Xi had obtained his fire jade and concluded that the Dao Ancestor had a reason for wanting her to have it.

After returning to Li Household Village, Li Xi visited Single Horn Si, who covertly directed her toward Chi Fou at the water god temple. Subhūti suspected Li Xi was pursuing a secret, while Single Horn Si watched them leave with sorrow and hope.

• Li Xi returned to Li Household Village with Subhūti and was welcomed with a grand celebration attended by the old village chief, villagers, and nearby gods.
• Li Xi visited the preserved first irrigation channel and textile mill, where Single Horn Si emerged and challenged her about the reason for her visit.
• Single Horn Si denied knowing anything, then suggested Li Xi visit Chi Fou, who had been troubled lately.
• Li Xi inferred that Single Horn Si was helping her and headed for the water god temple, while Subhūti questioned what secret she was pursuing.
• After Li Xi and Subhūti left, Single Horn Si surfaced and hoped that Li Xi could stop him.

Lü Yan visited Xiluo and explained that he had decided to prove his Dao and ask the Dao Ancestor why the sword seemed able to encompass every Dao. After attaining the Dao of the Sword Immortal, he arrived at Purple Firmament Palace and stood before the Dao Ancestor.

• Lü Yan secretly entered the mountain god temple and told Xiluo he had come to fulfill their agreement.
• Lü Yan said he had crossed the Divine Gate and Heavenly Pass and intended to prove his Dao before seeking answers from the Dao Ancestor.
• Lü Yan reasoned that Xiluo had directed him to Purple Firmament Palace because she wanted to confirm something with the Dao Ancestor through his question.
• Lü Yan proved the Dao of the Sword Immortal and arrived at Purple Firmament Palace, where the Dao Ancestor greeted him.

Ten years after Lü Yan proved the Dao of Sword Immortals, Li Boyang uncovered Xiluo’s plan to unite several Dao Paths under the Dao of Immortals. The chapter left Xiluo and Li Boyang trading pointed remarks about how they had changed and whether they could trust each other.

• Li Boyang praised Xiluo for helping Lü Yan prove the Dao of Sword Immortals and recognized that it completed her Dao of Immortals.
• Li Boyang revealed that he knew Xiluo was bringing Wangshu, Jinjiao, and others into the Dao of Immortals because his other incarnation was the King Father of the East.
• Xiluo admitted she had not expected to keep her plans secret forever, noting that Lü Yan had succeeded and Wangshu and Jinjiao were nearing their second Dao Proving.
• Li Boyang explained that the Dao of Immortals would let its founders jointly govern an expanding path, while giving later cultivators a route toward Taiyi.
• Li Boyang teased Xiluo about leaving participants a way to withdraw, and Xiluo replied that people changed, as he had.
• Li Boyang said he preferred the Xiluo who asked questions directly, and challenged her to ask if she wanted to know whether he would tell the truth.