Chapter Summaries

An Ruyu enlisted Blood Spirit Venerable Mother's avatar in a plan to seize two of the Three Rankings, while Yu Tunzhou received An Ruyu's warning that Mo Shougui was facing a fatal trap. After a Great Yuan envoy threatened anyone who aided the Star Palace, Yu Tunzhou set out to rescue Mo Shougui and swept aside the forces blocking his way.

• An Ruyu told Blood Spirit Venerable Mother that she planned to take the Human Ranking and Earth Ranking and use them to interfere with the Heaven Ranking, while Blood Spirit Venerable Mother insisted she would not help until she obtained the Yuan Tu Sword.
• Yu Tunzhou met a beggar girl carrying An Ruyu's letter, entrusted her training to the Qian Household, and learned that Mo Shougui had fled the Star Palace with the Human Ranking and needed saving.
• At the River-Viewing Tower, Yu Tunzhou reviewed the Qian Household's intelligence and realized An Ruyu had predicted the time and place of Mo Shougui's death.
• Lü Qingshu, an envoy of Great Yuan, ordered the Qian Household to send wine to the imperial household and warned Yu Tunzhou that aiding the Star Palace would count as rebellion.
• Yu Tunzhou left to save Mo Shougui, while Han Wuj iu restrained Lü Qingshu; Yu Tunzhou's overwhelming presence crushed the forces gathered to stop him as he headed south.

Mo Shougui was cornered at the Coming Dragon River by Great Yuan’s forces, who planned to use him as bait. Yu Tunzhou arrived to save him and overwhelmed the assembled experts, leaving Jiang Linfan defeated and the others fleeing.

• Mo Shougui reached the Coming Dragon River after three days of pursuit and found Xiao Rong waiting for him.
• Jiang Linfan revealed that Great Yuan had let Mo Shougui flee as bait to draw out the realm’s rebels, while Xiao Rong and the others waited for Feng Xu.
• Great Yuan’s allies gathered, and Shen Jie claimed Mo Shougui for the Blood River Dao, but a powerful presence approached from the north.
• Yu Tunzhou arrived and declared that no one would harm Mo Shougui, then struck Jiang Linfan with two punches and grievously injured him.
• Yu Tunzhou fought the gathered forces, killed a Quasi-Grandmaster with one punch, defeated Jiang Linfan, and drove Shen Jie and the others into retreat.

Yu Tunzhou broke the formation and fought Emperor Tianshun’s projection, using his Dao and Virtue Domain to overcome the Human Dao Fortune that empowered it. After Yu destroyed the projection, Emperor Tianshun learned what had happened from Kou Ziling, then discovered that his Human Dao Fortune had not returned.

• Yu Tunzhou shattered the formation, while Shen Jie was overtaken by the protective will Kou Ziling had promised and rose with golden eyes.
• Yu Tunzhou attacked Jiang Linfan, but Emperor Tianshun arrived and demanded that Yu join Great Yuan; Mo Shougui warned that the emperor wielded Human Dao Fortune.
• Yu Tunzhou mocked Emperor Tianshun, then met his attack with a punch that shook the emperor’s projection despite the power of Human Dao Fortune.
• Yu Tunzhou formed a Taiji Dao Domain that neutralized the fortune’s suppression and defeated Emperor Tianshun’s projection in fewer than twenty exchanges.
• In the imperial palace, Kou Ziling told Emperor Tianshun that Yu had countered his fortune with Qi of Dao and Virtue and urged him to deepen their fusion.
• Emperor Tianshun grew alarmed when he realized his Human Dao Fortune had not returned.

Yu Tunzhou intercepted the Human Dao Fortune with the Spark Instruction and the Human Ranking, then rescued Mo Shougui and captured Jiang Linfan before withdrawing. He returned to River-Viewing Tower with both men, leaving Lü Qingshu and the Qian Household stunned as the conflict with Great Yuan continued.

• Yu Tunzhou shattered Emperor Tianshun's projection, revealing Shen Jie, and tried to seize the Human Dao Fortune.
• Yu Tunzhou used the Spark Instruction and the Human Ranking to draw the Human Dao Fortune into the ranking, while Jiang Linfan failed to stop him.
• Yu Tunzhou captured Jiang Linfan, gathered the survivors including Mo Shougui, and fled north before Old Gang Leader Su arrived.
• Yellow Springs Daoist learned that Yu Tunzhou had rescued True Person Xuanyang's disciple and prepared for a possible confrontation with him.
• Yu Tunzhou returned to River-Viewing Tower with Mo Shougui and Jiang Linfan, shocking Lü Qingshu and the Qian Household.

Yu Tunzhou revealed that he had taken Human Dao Fortune for himself, terrifying Lü Qingshu and prompting Yu Tunzhou to have him interrogated. Mo Shougui then shared clues that Great Hero Mo was likely a direct descendant of the Human Emperor, and that his saber Mortal World was one of the Human Emperor’s three supreme weapons.

• Lü Qingshu offered Yu Tunzhou a court title and cooperation in exchange for his support, but Yu Tunzhou displayed the Human Ranking and its strand of Human Dao Fortune.
• Lü Qingshu accused Yu Tunzhou of stealing Emperor Tianshun’s Human Dao Fortune and collapsed in terror, so Yu Tunzhou ordered Han Wuj iu to take him away for questioning.
• Mo Shougui recalled that An Ruyu possessed the Luo River Diagram and that Yu Tunzhou had claimed to possess its counterpart, the River Diagram.
• Mo Shougui wondered whether Yu Tunzhou could wield the Three Rankings, then asked whether Yu Tunzhou knew Great Hero Mo’s identity.
• Mo Shougui said Great Hero Mo was likely a descendant of the Human Emperor and identified his saber, Mortal World, as the Human Emperor’s lost Samsara Saber.

Yu Tunzhou investigated Great Yuan’s plans, the Divine Capital’s hidden powers, and the nature of Human Dao Fortune while weighing how to confront the forces gathering there. As the households reacted to Mo Shougui’s rescue, Kou Ziling arrived in the Divine Capital on a sword and challenged him.

• Youyin reported that Lü Qingshu viewed Emperor Tianshun as a puppet and the Peerless Imperial Lord as Great Yuan’s true ruler, while Mo Shougui explained the limits and history of Human Dao Fortune.
• Mo Shougui identified the powers behind the Xiao and Tantai Households and described rumors about Great Emperor Ziwei and Great Emperor Zhenwu, while Yu Tunzhou considered the threats posed by Great Yuan and Great Yan.
• Yu Tunzhou failed to question Jiang Linfan after he sealed his senses, then sent him toward the Northern Plains and studied the Human Ranking and Human Dao Fortune with Huntian.
• Huntian concluded that the Human Ranking was incomplete and that Human Dao Fortune could be contained but not refined, and it speculated that the Human Emperor had left behind a Great Dao Fruit.
• The Divine Capital’s households learned that Yu Tunzhou had rescued Mo Shougui; Tantai Qingfeng learned that Ancestor Ying Hu had escaped and Jiang Linfan had been captured, while Xiao Pihe planned to have the Yellow Springs Daoist kill Yu Tunzhou.
• A sword light descended from the southern sky and cleaved through the heavens as Kou Ziling called on him to receive his sword.

Yan Huifeng challenged Emperor Tianshun in the Divine Capital and revealed his Dao Lord trait, Eternity in an Instant, but Human Dao Fortune and the grand formation let the emperor drive him from the city. Yan Huifeng survived and confirmed that a Divine Dao presence stood behind the imperial family, while Feng Xu revealed that Jixia Academy had been wiped out.

• Yan Huifeng broke through the Divine Capital Grand Formation, cut down its guardian divine generals, and forced the palace barrier apart with his sword.
• Tantai Yinglong recognized Yan Huifeng’s Eternity in an Instant and ordered the Tantai Household to prepare the Dark Banner Iron Sword because Kou Ziling was also in the palace.
• Kou Ziling asked Lü Qingxuan to face Yan Huifeng, then called on Emperor Tianshun, who used Human Dao Fortune to make his words law and battle Yan Huifeng with an imperial sword.
• Emperor Tianshun drove Yan Huifeng a hundred li outside the Divine Capital, but Yan Huifeng said he had unleashed a Fate Sword to delay the emperor’s fusion with Human Dao Fortune.
• Yan Huifeng told Feng Xu that he had verified traces of a recent Divine Dao descent in the imperial palace, and learned that Mo Shougui had been rescued by Yu Tunzhou.
• Feng Xu told Yan Huifeng that Jixia Academy had been wiped out, with no survivors.

An Ruyu avenged the massacre of the Human Emperor's descendants at Jixia Academy, obtained the Earth Ranking, and urged action against Emperor Tianshun to prevent Lü Bairen's return. Meanwhile, Huntian and Yu Tunzhou discovered that Human Dao Fortune could be divided among vast numbers of martial artists rather than monopolized by an emperor.

• Qingxuzi found Jixia Academy slaughtered and learned that An Ruyu had tortured its elders over their role in murdering the Human Emperor's descendants.
• Qingxuzi consumed Ji Chen's remaining Primordial Spirit, confirmed the involvement of the Ji Clan of Great Yan and the Divine Capital Xiao Household, and preserved the memories as evidence.
• An Ruyu retrieved the Earth Ranking, claimed possession of both the Human Ranking and the Earth Ranking, and asked Qingxuzi to distribute Ji Chen's memories to the Lineages and sects.
• An Ruyu warned that Lü Bairen could return within a few years, and Blood Spirit Venerable Mother offered to kill Emperor Tianshun if An Ruyu obtained Yuan Tu and resolved the obstacle of Human Dao Fortune.
• Huntian discovered that refining only one hair of Human Dao Fortune could grant cultivation benefits without the risks associated with larger amounts, and that their wisp could supply a million martial artists.
• Yu Tunzhou considered whether widespread distribution fulfilled the Human Emperor's original intent, and Huntian proposed breaking apart Human Dao Fortune to thwart Great Yuan's monopoly.

Yu Tunzhou refined a sliver of Human Dao Fortune, completed his Dharma Domain foundation, and reached the External Scenery Fourth Layer. He realized that Human Dao Fortune could be influenced by the people’s shared will and planned to use the Spark Instruction to challenge Emperor Tianshun’s control, while Emperor Tianshun prepared to open the Human Emperor’s Immortal Heaven.

• Yu Tunzhou refined a sliver of Human Dao Fortune and realized it could improve cultivators and benefit the Human Race.
• A vision of the Human Emperor led Yu Tunzhou to add a foundation of profound virtue and hope to his Dharma Domain, completing it and advancing to the External Scenery Fourth Layer.
• Yu Tunzhou concluded that shared popular will shaped the Human Dao and proposed spreading the Spark Instruction while distributing Human Dao Fortune to stir the fortune in the Divine Capital.
• Emperor Tianshun sensed that a sliver of Human Dao Fortune had vanished, while Kou Ziling urged him to recruit Yu Tunzhou and hurry to open the Human Emperor’s Immortal Heaven.
• Kou Ziling told Lü Qingxuan that he intended to take charge of the Alliance of Immortals after becoming a Dao Lord, and Lü Qingxuan reacted with surprise.
• An Ruyu told the little girl that the Human Emperor’s greatest hatred had been the progenitor of the Taicang Long Clan, once his close friend and later his great enemy.

An Ruyu warned Blood Spirit Venerable Mother about the Taicang Long Clan and the Human Emperor’s bloodline, while Yu Tunzhou rejected Long Jifeng’s offer to ally with Great Yuan and agreed to enter the Human Emperor’s Immortal Heaven with An Ruyu. The chapter ended with Yu Tunzhou demanding to know how she knew what lay inside it.

• An Ruyu told Blood Spirit Venerable Mother that someone had links to the Taicang Long Clan and revealed that Netherworld Mother had ordered an attack on the Blood River Dao.
• Yu Tunzhou and his allies refined and distributed Human Dao Fortune, and Yu Tunzhou learned that Emperor Tianshun had helped massacre the Northern Plains branch of the Human Emperor’s bloodline.
• Long Jifeng offered Yu Tunzhou an alliance between the Grand Purity Lineage and the Taicang Long Clan, then urged him to side with Great Yuan and Emperor Tianshun.
• Yu Tunzhou called the Taicang Long Clan opportunists, refused their alliance, and forced Long Jifeng to retreat with his overwhelming Martial Intention.
• Yu Tunzhou recognized the blood-red-robed girl as Avici and asked An Ruyu whether the destruction of the Human Emperor’s bloodline had motivated her written demands.
• An Ruyu proposed entering the Human Emperor’s Immortal Heaven together, and Yu Tunzhou agreed before questioning how she knew what was inside.

Yu Tunzhou learned that An Ruyu sought to become a Sect Master Sage and wanted his help opening the innermost coffin in the Human Emperor’s Tomb. He and Huntian then considered the danger of the Human Emperor’s Immortal Heaven being dragged into the present and destroyed.

• Huntian confronted Blood Spirit Venerable Mother, who recognized him as the Demon Race’s Great Sage and warned that the Blood Sea Lineage would contend for Sage status.
• An Ruyu explained that the Incense-Smelling Cult’s Twelve Mothers sought reincarnated bodies and named the eight Mothers currently active in the cult.
• An Ruyu revealed the saying that the Twelve Mothers pay homage to Wuji and declared that she wanted to become a Sect Master Sage.
• An Ruyu asked Yu Tunzhou to help open the innermost coffin in the Human Emperor’s Tomb, offering him the Luo River Diagram in exchange.
• An Ruyu warned that Great Yuan’s hidden power intended to destroy the Human Emperor’s Immortal Heaven, which would be pulled into the present world.
• Yu Tunzhou and Huntian discussed whether the Human Emperor had truly died and whether his tomb might hold an arrangement concerning Huntian.

Yu Tunzhou prepared to enter the Human Emperor’s Immortal Heaven with a coalition of Central Plains experts while Huntian began reforging a demon body. Meanwhile, the Divine Capital’s Lineages readied their own forces as Emperor Tianshun drew the Immortal Heaven into the mortal world.

• Huntian decided to emerge early and asked Yu Tunzhou to help it reforge a body from prepared heavenly materials and earthly treasures before they entered the Immortal Heaven.
• Master Liaose and Su Mang arrived in Danyang Commandery, reported Jixia Academy’s massacre, and discussed the Human Emperor’s legacy and the need to suppress Emperor Tianshun’s Human Dao Fortune.
• Yu Tunzhou learned that Yan Huifeng and Mountain Lord Shouzheng would join the expedition, while the group considered the Divine Capital’s defenses and the strength of its Lineages.
• Tantai Yinghu learned that Ancestor Qingyang would represent the Tantai Household in the Immortal Heaven and worried that Emperor Tianshun might fail the Human Emperor’s test.
• Kou Ziling announced that the Human Emperor’s Immortal Heaven had appeared as Emperor Tianshun pulled it down with the Divine Capital’s Human Dao Fortune.

Emperor Tianshun used Human Dao Fortune to locate the Human Emperor’s Immortal Heaven and learned that the Heaven Ranking could open it, while the Daoist and Buddhist factions discovered the plan too late to stop Great Yuan from taking the lead. Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu prepared to act when Great Yuan opened the gateway, and the chapter ended with Yu Tunzhou identifying Mother Myriad Stars as the power behind the Ji Clan.

• Emperor Tianshun sensed the Heaven Ranking responding to his will and ordered the three factions to prepare to enter the Human Emperor’s Immortal Heaven.
• The Yellow Springs Daoist told True Person Xuanyang that Great Yuan intended to claim the Human Emperor’s inheritance, then sealed Xuanyang in the Star Palace and went to the Divine Capital.
• Daoist Shouzheng learned from the Immortal Cauldron that the Human Emperor’s true tomb might lie within the Immortal Heaven, where he had made his own coffin.
• Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu gathered in the Northern Plains and prepared to enter once Great Yuan opened the gateway.
• Yu Tunzhou confirmed that Mother Myriad Stars was behind the Ji Clan.

Yu Tunzhou prepared to follow Emperor Tianshun into the Human Emperor's Immortal Heaven with allies, intending to let the Great Yuan and the factions beyond the heavens clash before seizing the spoils. As the Heaven Ranking opened the passage and the factions entered, Dao Lords outside declared that the Human Emperor's era must end and sent their disciples into the Immortal Heaven.

• Yu Tunzhou confirmed the plan with An Ruyu, then learned from Yan Huifeng about the Martial Dao's divergent paths and the need to establish a personal Great Dao before reaching the Dharma Aspect realm.
• Yu Tunzhou alerted the participating sects, and Huntian returned to the Northern Plains, reporting five Dao Lord-level presences near the Divine Capital.
• Emperor Tianshun received the Heaven Ranking, declared that he would enter the Human Emperor's Immortal Heaven, and led Kou Ziling and the Alliance of Immortals through the opening fissure.
• Yu Tunzhou warned his gathered allies to stay cautious, while Yan Huifeng gave them sword-light strands they could use to communicate inside the Immortal Heaven.
• Yu Tunzhou, An Ruyu, and the others entered the Immortal Heaven as Dao Lords beyond the heavens agreed the Human Emperor's era should end and sent their disciples in.

Emperor Tianshun and the others entered the Human Emperor's Immortal Heaven and discovered that it tested visitors with tasks tied to the needs and hardships of its inhabitants. Yu Tunzhou's group and other entrants received their own trials across separate worlds, while Niu Kui was told to help humans plow their fields.

• Emperor Tianshun, Kou Ziling, and Lü Qingxuan found themselves in an ordinary world and realized the Immortal Heaven contained countless worlds they could not enter freely.
• An elderly man agreed to teach villagers to farm for three years, while another entrant refused a thirty-year cultivation lesson and vanished into the next world.
• Kou Ziling and the others received tests, and Emperor Tianshun chose to patrol and kill ill-intentioned invaders rather than live among the villagers for three years.
• Yu Tunzhou, An Ruyu, Han Wuj iu, and Huntian arrived in another world, where Han Wuj iu was asked to reshape the land and Yu Tunzhou was told to teach farming.
• An Ruyu received a task to teach weaving, while Huntian sensed the presence of his bloodline's origin and heard a mysterious message.
• Daoist Shouzheng, Old Gang Leader Su, Abbot Liaose, Divine Monk Liaokong, and Li Jingxuan faced different trials, while Niu Kui was assigned to help humans plow their fields.

Niu Kui and other invaders encountered a peaceful community, while Yu Tunzhou, An Ruyu, and Han Wuj iu were sent to help the primitive Taicang tribe in a trial tied to the Human Emperor’s past. After months of teaching and organizing the tribe, Yu Tunzhou discovered that the nameless young man who had guided the Human Emperor was transforming into a dragon and would become the ancestor of the Taicang Long Clan.

• Niu Kui followed the Unseen voice’s instructions and found humans and demons working together in fields.
• Yu Tunzhou, An Ruyu, and Han Wuj iu arrived among a primitive tribe, where An Ruyu told the people that the Human Emperor’s name was Yan.
• The trio helped the tribe by improving its land, providing food, teaching the Agricultural God Stance, and making cloth.
• Over three months, the tribespeople began cultivating Qi, and Yu Tunzhou found peace in teaching and refining his Dao.
• A dragon roar led Yu Tunzhou and Huntian to find the young man unconscious with a horn, scales, and raging Dragon Qi.
• Yu Tunzhou recognized that the young man was connected to the founding of the Taicang Long Clan.

Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu watched Long awaken his Dragon Race bloodline and rise rapidly in cultivation, then learned that his growing sense of the Human Race’s weakness had set him on a path opposed to the Human Emperor’s. Long declared that he would change the Human Race’s fate with Yan, leaving Yu Tunzhou to wonder what the Human Emperor wanted them to see.

• Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu concluded that the Taicang Tribe and Long might be part of the Human Emperor’s memories, and An Ruyu revealed that Long had once been his chosen successor.
• After awakening his Dragon Race bloodline, Long cultivated quickly, named himself Long, and grew increasingly quiet and distant from the tribe.
• A year later, Long rejected a tribeswoman’s declaration of love and revealed that the great demon still threatened the area while the Human Emperor sought a way to defeat it.
• Long told Yu Tunzhou that even a young divine-beast offspring far surpassed him and lamented the Human Race’s weakness, then declared that he would change everything with Yan.
• An Ruyu explained that Long’s belief in relying on Immortals and Gods had set him on a different path from the Human Emperor, and Yu Tunzhou wondered why the Human Emperor had shown them this history.

Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu discovered that the Human Emperor’s trial had placed them in a reincarnation prison with the Dragon Lord, whose ideals threatened the Human Race, and confronted him until the trial transported them to the Immortal Heaven’s core. There, they found Han Wuj iu and saw Emperor Tianshun and other trial participants arrive as a golden-winged bird raced toward the central palace.

• Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu concluded that the Dragon Lord might be a real Dao Lord imprisoned through reincarnation and that the trial tested whether Yu Tunzhou would support the Dragon Lord or the Human Emperor.
• Yu Tunzhou questioned Long about his plans for the Human Race, and Long revealed that his vision involved reincarnating Immortals and Gods into humanity and culling the weak.
• Long awakened as the Dragon Lord, defended his alliance with an ancient being, and announced that he would claim the Immortal Heaven if nobody passed the final trial; the trial then transported Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu away.
• Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu reunited with Han Wuj iu in the Immortal Heaven’s core and learned that he had spent ten years in the trial world while they had spent three.
• Yu Tunzhou, An Ruyu, and Han Wuj iu surveyed the central palace as Emperor Tianshun and Kou Ziling arrived, and a golden-winged bird flew toward the sea of clouds.