I Shall Seal the Heavens

Patriarch Reliance opens I Shall Seal the Heavens as Meng Hao — a broke, failed scholar — is abducted by a struggling cultivation sect and forced onto the path of immortal cultivation.

Learning to navigate sect politics, power hierarchies, and his own unexpected talent, Meng Hao befriends the cheerful Fatty Li, the determined Wang Youcai, and the icy Xu Qing in a world that rewards ruthlessness but where loyalty still means something.

A character-defining opener brimming with comedy, adventure, and the seeds of one of xianxia's most beloved epic journeys.

The entire State of Zhao has flown away on a colossal turtle, leaving Meng Hao isolated yet burdened with crucial questions about his Immortal cultivation. His previous allies and foes are gone, replaced by profound mysteries: What is the League of Demon Sealers, and what does it truly mean to be one? Why was the giant turtle precisely sealed to become his Dao Protector? Who is the enigmatic blood-colored humanoid glow, and how can he advance beyond Qi Condensation to establish his Perfect Foundation? The peculiar magic mirror also holds its own secrets.

With Zhao gone, Meng Hao’s only path to answers lies in the vast Southern Domain. He must journey there, uncover these truths, and embrace his destiny within the League of Demon Sealers.

Meng Hao has established himself as a formidable young cultivator in the Southern Domain, battling, defeating, and even swindling elites from powerful sects like the Solitary Sword Sect and Black Sieve Sect. He has also unlocked some of the Demon Sealers' mighty secrets, gaining mastery over the Eighth Hex. However, his immense potential has drawn significant danger. He now finds himself both cursed and blessed by a garrulous, slightly insane, and nearly indestructible meat jelly and hosts a parasitic lily that threatens to consume his soul while simultaneously granting him profound botanical insight. With these new circumstances, Meng Hao's path leads him directly to the Violet Fate Sect. This renowned Southern Domain sect is not only one of the region's foremost powers but also the undisputed master of alchemy, making it his next crucial destination.

After a prosperous decade with the Violet Fate Sect, where he mastered alchemy as a Furnace Lord under Patriarch Pill Ghost, Meng Hao's life took a drastic turn. He was forced to use every ounce of his power to escape after slaying a scion of the formidable Ji Clan, who reign over the entire Ninth Mountain and Sea and command the very essence of karma. Now, Meng Hao finds himself in the desolate, untamed Black Lands of the west. This barbarian domain, far removed from civilization, is fraught with dangerous totemic magic, powerful shamanic cultivators, and hordes of fierce beasts. Alone once more, Meng Hao must forge a new path for survival, proving his mettle as a true cultivator. His ultimate quest: to shatter the inescapable karmic fetters laid upon him by the vengeful Ji Clan and secure his freedom.

Meng Hao has risen to prominence, becoming a Grand Dragoneer, lord of ten thousand neo-demons, and a master of totemic magic. His fortune expanded further at the Astral Bridge Ruins, where he befriended Sword Immortal Han Shan and inherited his invaluable legacy, solidifying his status as a true paragon among Nascent Soul cultivators. Yet, upon returning to his Crow Divinity tribe, Meng Hao discovers the Western Desert is facing an existential threat: an apocalyptic torrent of violet rain intensifies, threatening to submerge the entire land into a life-extinguishing sea. Burdened by a deep debt to the Golden Crow and a solemn promise to Zhixiang of the Demon Immortal Sect, Meng Hao must now embark on two incredibly vast journeys. These epic quests will span countless years and push him to confront the true measure of a paragon's might.

In Nirvanic Rebirth, the sixth volume of I Shall Seal the Heavens, Meng Hao emerges from the quasi-illusory world of the ancient Demon Immortal Sect carrying profound gains: mastery of nine soul-totems, a restored blood mastiff, the legacy blessing of Lord Li, and—characteristically—a fortune swindled from the so-called elites he outmaneuvered during the aeons-spanning dream. For the first time in years, Meng Hao has also experienced something rarer than cultivation breakthroughs: genuine fatherly love.

But his enemies have been patient and calculating. Both the cunning Wang Patriarch and the deadly Dawn Immortal have judged that the time to strike is now, intent on claiming the fruits of everything Meng Hao has built. With incredible danger converging from multiple directions and death seeming all but certain, the question is whether his nigh-indestructible body, his hard-won power, and his relentless will to survive are enough to allow him to be reborn from despair once more and continue forging his legend.

Meng Hao's journey has come full circle: reborn after perishing beneath the savage assaults of the Wang Patriarch, he elevated the Blood Demon Sect to its greatest heights, married his love, and reunited with his long-lost parents—who are powerful Immortals. Yet, this reunion only deepens the mysteries surrounding his past. Why did he die repeatedly at age seven, only to regress and regrow? Who was the enigmatic young man who prophesied his abandonment for survival? What happened to his Nirvana Fruits, and why could he only reunite with his parents after becoming a Dao Seeker? To uncover the truth of his birth and life, Meng Hao must venture beyond his current world and unlock the ultimate secret: what, truly, is this Ninth Mountain?

After years of arduous cultivation, Meng Hao has finally achieved his ultimate goal: becoming a true Immortal. His unprecedented feat of smashing through the Door of Immortality with 123 Immortal meridians has elevated him to a legendary status among the top experts of the Ninth Mountain. His father's clan, the Fang clan, has simultaneously risen to pre-eminence, even catching the attention of the Supreme Paragon Seadream. Yet, for Meng Hao, this is merely the beginning. He still seeks to master the full secrets of the League of Demon Sealers, and recognizes that dominating just one of the nine Mountains is insufficient. This is his Mountain and Sea Realm, and he intends to claim it all, ensuring his loved ones are bathed in Heaven's light, regardless of celestial resistance.

As the Son of the Mountains and Seas and an Allheaven Dao Immortal, Meng Hao stands at the pinnacle of power, his Paragon Bridge unmatched. Yet, this might couldn't prevent the tragic loss of Chu Yuyan's soul, stolen by a vile force from the Eighth Mountain. Driven by a deep, unpaid debt, Meng Hao embarks on a perilous journey to the Eighth Mountain and Sea, home to his mother's Meng clan, to reclaim her. However, his personal quest quickly spirals into a fight for far more than one soul. He discovers the entire Nine Mountains and Seas are imperiled by the long-feared Thirty-Three Heavens, whose oppressive shadow finally descends. With no Immortal capable of resisting this ultimate threat, the fate of all hangs on a single hope: a unique Demon Sealer who is also a Demon – Meng Hao himself.

The Great War concluded with cataclysmic results, leaving the Mountain and Sea Realm all-but annihilated by the combined might of the God and Devil Realms, after barely surviving the Thirty-Three Heavens' assault. Meng Hao saved a tiny fraction of its denizens, guiding them to a safe pocket of space-time. Yet, the casualty list was grim: his parents, Paragon Seadream, Emperor Tang, and even Lord Third and Lord Fifth, were lost. Meng Hao himself became a corpse, adrift in space. But against all hope, he clings on, driven to save and avenge. As the Ninth Demon Sealer, Meng Hao defies fate and the heavens that willed his realm's destruction. "If I want something, the heavens better have it. If I don’t want something, the heavens better not have it! My destiny is to seal the heavens like a demon!" Witness the thrilling conclusion to the I Shall Seal the Heavens series.