Chapter Summaries

Lu Yang grievously wounded the Yin Sha Heavenly Ghost with a golden finger strengthened by Grand Yin moonlight. As Lu Yang prepared another strike, the ghost invoked a Law Technique that tore his body apart and sent an invisible ripple spreading outward.

• The Yin Sha Heavenly Ghost formed a black shield to withstand Lu Yang's Metal Spirit Cloud-Piercing Finger, but the impact devastated the surrounding terrain.
• Slumbering experts from across the shattered Heavenly Azure Realm sensed the domain-level Metal Dao Principle and hurried toward the Mystic Dark Sword Sect.
• Qin Nanyue and the Qin Province disciples witnessed the golden light and grew alarmed as demons, ghosts, and other monsters appeared throughout the secret realm.
• Silver moonlight descended on the Yin Sha Heavenly Ghost, suppressing him until Lu Yang's golden finger shattered his shield and drove him back to the Nascent Soul level.
• Lu Yang formed another golden finger, but the Yin Sha Heavenly Ghost invoked a Law Technique that ripped his body apart and unleashed an invisible ripple.

Lu Yang killed the Yin Sha Heavenly Ghost, earned a massive rebate, and upgraded Tycoon's Confidence to level 18. When ancient experts of the Heavenly Azure Realm arrived, Lu Yang’s borrowed Integrated Body Realm cultivation vanished, leaving them stunned to see him as a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator.

• Lu Yang destroyed the Yin Sha Heavenly Ghost's fleeing Primordial Spirit with sword light.
• Lu Yang used a Mid-Level Rebate Card to turn his expenditure of more than 86 billion Mid-Grade Spirit Stones into more than 860 billion, which he deposited in Tycoon's Money House.
• Lu Yang spent more than 86 billion Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to upgrade Tycoon's Confidence to level 18.
• Lu Yang and Qin Nanyue encountered a dozen ancient Heavenly Azure Realm experts, including Dongshan Wuye of the Black Gold Pavilion and Li Yuanqi, who greeted Lu Yang as an Integrated Body Realm cultivator.
• Lu Yang's cultivation suddenly fell to the Foundation Establishment Realm, leaving the ancient experts baffled by the change.

Lu Yang learned that the ancient experts had been suppressing six more Yin Sha Heavenly Ghosts, whose seals had begun to fail. He planned to evacuate the disciples and kill the ghosts before they could reach the Canglan Realm, then see whether he could sever the shattered plane from it.

• Lu Yang told Dongshan Wuye that the two Mystic Dark Sword Masters had died and been buried, and Qin Nanyue explained that she had protected their graves from the battle’s aftershocks.
• Lu Yang used the Grand Yin Principle to absorb the Yin Sha Qi corroding Dongshan Wuye, then the ancient experts paid their respects at the Sword Masters’ graves.
• The ancient experts sensed that their seals had loosened, and Lu Yang detected six Yin Sha Heavenly Ghosts surging nearby.
• Lu Yang realized the earlier ghost’s Law Technique had likely weakened the seals, and Qin Nanyue warned that a fight could endanger Yingying and the other disciples.
• Lu Yang decided to evacuate the disciples, kill the six ghosts, and investigate whether he could sever the Heavenly Azure Realm from the Canglan Realm.

Lu Yang agreed to accompany the ancient experts of the Heavenly Azure Realm as they set out for a final battle against the Yin Sha, then raised his cultivation and went with Qin Nanyue to warn cultivators in the Ancient Yue Secret Realm to flee. Lin Ying recognized his voice and told Wenren Yu and Wenren Ge that Lu Yang was her husband.

• Dongshan Wuye and the other ancient experts revealed they could burn their origins to fight and chose to face the Sha Ghosts in a final battle.
• Lu Yang used Power of Money to raise his cultivation to the Integrated Body Late Stage and traveled with Qin Nanyue to the secret realm area.
• Lu Yang formed a colossal figure in the sky and warned everyone in the Ancient Yue Secret Realm that Body Integration Realm Yin Sha demons were about to appear.
• Cultivators and demons reacted to Lu Yang's warning, and many cultivators began leaving the secret realm.
• Lin Ying urged Wenren Yu and Wenren Ge to leave, saying she would help them find Perilla Flowers afterward.
• Lin Ying told the stunned Wenren Yu and Wenren Ge that Lu Yang was her husband.

Lu Yang warned the cultivators to leave the secret realm, then went to aid two skeletal experts fighting a Yin Sha Heavenly Ghost. After killing the ghost with a single strike, he received the Mystic Wood Palace's legacy token and a request to find the palace an inheritor.

• Lin Ying reassured Wenren Ge and Wenren Yu that Lu Yang was an ordinary cultivator and promised to help them find a Perilla Flower for their mother; the three then left the secret realm.
• Mu Yunxue, Jiang Shiqing, and Fang Jin saw Lu Yang's manifestation and left the secret realm after hearing his warning.
• Lu Yang told Qin Nanyue to leave so he could investigate whether the Yin Sha Heavenly Ghosts might threaten the Canglan Realm; she kissed him and departed.
• Lu Yang found two skeletal experts confronting a Nascent Soul Realm Yin Sha Heavenly Ghost and killed the ghost with a casual strike.
• Mu Lin gave Lu Yang the Mystic Wood Palace's legacy token and asked him to find an inheritor for the palace.

Lu Yang accepted the Mystic Wood Palace’s legacy and resources, then traveled across the ruins to kill the remaining Yin Sha Heavenly Ghosts. After he destroyed the last one, the ancient experts thanked him for avenging their sects, while the Yin Sha Qi within them began to stir.

• Lu Yang promised Mu Lin he would find a suitable inheritor for the Mystic Wood Palace and accepted its resources.
• Lu Yang arrived at the Cinnabar Yang Sect ruins and killed the Yin Sha Heavenly Ghost attacking three elders with a single finger.
• Mu Lin and the Cinnabar Yang Sect elders followed Lu Yang as he killed three more Yin Sha Heavenly Ghosts at the Mystic Pivot Gate, Heavy Mountain Pavilion, and Divine Fire Hall.
• The ancient experts gathered above the Divine Fire Hall ruins and bowed to Lu Yang for avenging their sects and the Heavenly Azure Realm.
• Lu Yang sensed that the Yin Sha Qi suppressed within the ancient experts had begun to stir, and he realized they had resolved to die.

Lu Yang accepted the ancient experts’ sect legacies and prepared to sever the spatial passage linking the Heavenly Azure Realm fragment to the Canglan Realm. After raising his cultivation to Integrated Body Perfection, he faced the passage but remained unsure whether he could cut the connection.

• Dongshan Wuye and the other ancient experts agreed that Lu Yang could separate the Heavenly Azure Realm fragment to keep the Yin Sha Heavenly Ghost from finding it.
• Li Yuanqi asked Lu Yang to find inheritors for their sects, and Lu Yang agreed; the experts from four sects entrusted him with their legacies, bringing his total to at least six sects’ inheritances.
• Lu Yang traveled to the passage between the Ancient Yue Secret Realm and the Canglan Realm and activated the Metal Source Spirit Transformation Technique.
• The technique raised Lu Yang’s cultivation to Integrated Body Perfection, astonishing the ancient experts who had watched his cultivation rise each time they met him.
• Lu Yang examined the spatial passage and prepared to sever its connection, resolving to use Power of Money to grow stronger if his current power proved insufficient.

Lu Yang and the ancient experts of the Heavenly Azure Realm joined forces to destroy the spatial passage connecting their realm fragment to the Canglan Realm. The passage ruptured, revealing the True Void and the route to the Canglan Realm.

• Lu Yang struck the spatial vortex with his Metal Spirit Cloud-Piercing Finger, but the passage repaired itself after his attack faded.
• Dongshan Wuye and the other ancient experts offered to burn their origins and help Lu Yang break the passage.
• The ancient experts restored their strength, with Dongshan Wuye and a beautiful female cultivator approaching the Integrated Body Middle Stage.
• Lu Yang struck the vortex again, and the ancient experts followed with their strongest Law Techniques.
• The combined attacks ruptured the vortex, opening a gap into the True Void and revealing the passage to the Canglan Realm.

Lu Yang returned through the collapsing passage to the Canglan Realm after helping the ancient experts of the Heavenly Azure Realm, who then accepted their deaths and parted ways. In the Ancient Yue Secret Realm, Lu Yang’s warning sent the disciples out early, and Qin Nanyue revealed to the gathered cultivators that his cultivation had reached the Body Integration Realm.

• Lu Yang left the Heavenly Azure Realm as its ancient experts watched the passage collapse and prepared to die.
• Ming Zhao and other ancient cultivators turned to ash, while Dongshan Wuye departed to seek the two Mystic Dark Sword Masters before his death.
• Disciples poured out of the Ancient Yue Secret Realm before it closed, surprising the cultivators gathered in the Desolate Mountain Range.
• Jiang Shiqing told Su Jinxuan and Han Qianshan that Lu Yang had warned them of danger and described the black mist and the mysterious voice in the secret realm.
• Qin Nanyue said she had been with Lu Yang and revealed that his cultivation was at the Body Integration Realm, leaving everyone stunned.

After Qin Nanyue revealed that Lu Yang had reached the Body Integration Realm and planned to destroy the spatial passage, the others struggled to grasp the danger facing the Canglan Realm. As the factions searched for missing disciples, Yuezheng Yi feared Lu Yang had died in the secret realm, while Chi Mo discovered that Chi Yun and Ye Qingyang were missing.

• Qin Nanyue told Han Qianshan, Su Jinxuan, and the others that Lu Yang was a Body Integration Realm Cultivator who had fought Yin Sha Heavenly Ghosts in the Ancient Yue Secret Realm.
• Qin Nanyue explained that Lu Yang intended to destroy the spatial passage between the secret realm and the Canglan Realm, and Lu Yang's companions said they trusted him to succeed.
• Yuezheng Yi, unable to find Lu Yang among those who had emerged, feared that he had died and hurried to investigate.
• Chi Mo questioned the Great Void Sword Sect disciples about Chi Yun, learned that no one had seen her since entering the secret realm, and noted that Ye Qingyang was missing too.
• Chi Mo grew furious over the loss of more than ten elite disciples, including the missing Chi Yun and Ye Qingyang.

Lu Yang returned to the Canglan Realm through the collapsing spatial passage, alarming the cultivators gathered outside the Ancient Moon Secret Realm. Su Jinxuan caught him, and the chapter ended with her discovering that he had exaggerated his injuries to get her to carry him.

• Chi Mo and Zhao Ang discovered that Lu Yang and Xu Ji had not emerged from the secret realm, while Yuezheng Yi asked Su Jinxuan whether Lu Yang was safe.
• The spatial passage roared, shook, and developed spreading cracks, prompting the True Lords to prepare for a threat emerging from inside.
• Han Qianshan suspected that Lu Yang had shattered the passage, while the other cultivators braced themselves as a golden mist approached through the True Void.
• A deadwood-like whip struck at the golden mist, and Lu Yang emerged through the fissure with minor internal injuries before Su Jinxuan caught him.
• Lu Yang pretended he could not fly and asked Su Jinxuan to carry him, but she sensed that he was mostly fine and pushed him away, telling him to stop fooling around.

After escaping the secret realm, Lu Yang reunited with Su Jinxuan and the Nascent Soul cultivators, then confronted Chi Mo over his hostility. He ended the exchange by ordering Wang Da to cripple Senior Chi.

• Lu Yang explained that he had severed the secret realm’s passage to the Canglan Realm and watched the spatial rift begin to recover.
• Han Qianshan and Yuezheng Yi welcomed Lu Yang back, while Chi Mo suspected Lu Yang had killed Chi Yun and other Great Void Sword Sect disciples.
• Lu Yang challenged Chi Mo, prompting Su Jinxuan, Han Qianshan, and Yuezheng Yi to take Lu Yang’s side; the other sect ancestors mostly stayed out of it.
• Chi Mo denied caring whether Lu Yang had escaped, and the Crimson Cloud Sect’s ancestor tried to mediate.
• Lu Yang ordered Wang Da to cripple Senior Chi, shocking Chi Mo and freezing the Crimson Cloud Sect ancestor’s smile.

Lu Yang’s Spirit Transformation Realm Dao protector effortlessly captured Chi Mo, revealing Lu Yang’s immense backing to the gathered sect leaders. After Lu Yang forgave the Crimson Cloud Sect’s ancestor for trying to mediate, the ancestor offered unlimited free alchemy services, and Lu Yang considered having him train Lin Ying.

• Chi Mo tried to attack Lu Yang, but a Spirit Transformation Realm expert sealed his Spiritual Qi and Divine Sense and captured him alive.
• Yuezheng Yi and the ancestors of the Heavenly Melody Pavilion and Nine Nether Valley realized Lu Yang had a Spirit Transformation Realm Dao protector and regretted not supporting him sooner.
• The Crimson Cloud Sect’s ancestor apologized nervously for interfering, and Lu Yang reassured him that he held no grudge.
• The Crimson Cloud Sect’s ancestor offered to refine pills for Lu Yang without limit as an apology.
• Lu Yang considered having the ancestor teach Lin Ying alchemy and sending Guan Qiu to train with him.

Lu Yang exposed Chi Mo’s order to kill him in the secret realm, then had Wang Da execute Chi Mo. After the secret-realm passage healed and closed, Lu Yang dismissed the sect patriarchs and prepared to return and assess his gains.

• Lu Yang learned that Chi Mo had ordered Great Void Sword Sect disciples to kill him, and Wang Da confirmed the order by searching Chi Mo’s soul.
• Lu Yang ordered Wang Da to kill Chi Mo, who was engulfed by golden flames and reduced to ash.
• Su Jinxuan reflected uneasily on her relationship with Lu Yang and felt secretly pleased that Chi Mo had viewed them as close.
• The spatial rift healed and the secret-realm passage closed, reassuring Lu Yang that the Yin Sha Heavenly Ghost would not threaten the Canglan Realm.
• Lu Yang told the sect patriarchs they could leave and planned to return to review his gains.

After the secret realm, Lu Yang dismissed the other sects, returned to the Lu Household with several of his companions, and prepared to review his gains. He also agreed to help the Wenren sisters find Perilla Flower to remove an evil Gu.

• Zhao Ang, the Heavenly Melody Pavilion woman, Yuezheng Yi, and the Crimson Cloud Sect patriarch took their leave after Lu Yang reassured them and exchanged sound transmission marks with the patriarch.
• The Great Void Sword Sect disciples saw Chi Mo's death, and Senior Sister Wang regretted not following Lu Yang into the secret realm.
• Lu Yang returned with Su Jinxuan and Han Qianshan, then agreed to visit the Lu Household with Qin Nanyue, Lin Ying, and Jiang Shiqing.
• Lin Ying told Lu Yang she had befriended the Wenren sisters and promised to find Perilla Flower for them, and Lu Yang offered to help.
• At the Lu Household, Liu Qing welcomed Qin Nanyue, Lin Ying, Jiang Shiqing, and Mu Yunxue, while Su Jinxuan went to her room to cultivate.
• Lu Yang returned to his bedroom and began examining what he had gained.

Lu Yang examined the six Body Integration Realm sect inheritances and discovered vast stores of treasures, including 120,000 Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones and countless supreme-grade Law Treasures. After depositing the Spirit Stones and planning how to distribute the other valuables, he turned to the inheritances’ cultivation methods.

• Lu Yang inspected the inheritances of six Body Integration Realm factions and found 120,000 Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones, more than seventy billion High-Grade Spirit Stones, and around a hundred billion Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Yang deposited the Spirit Stones into his [Tycoon's Money House] and discovered that it paid interest in the same grade of Spirit Stone, so he decided to save the Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones and cultivate with High-Grade ones.
• Lu Yang surveyed the treasuries’ heavenly materials, talismans, and pills, and planned to give suitable talismans to Mu Yunxue and the others.
• Lu Yang found vast numbers of supreme-grade Law Treasures for Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators and below, which he could use for the Lu Household, the women in his life, and his employees and subordinates.
• Lu Yang began examining the most precious items in the inheritances: their cultivation method inheritances.

Lu Yang examined the six sects’ cultivation methods and inheritances, identifying powerful techniques for his companions and himself. He ended with a plan to use his Intermediate Cultivation Method Synthesis Card to combine Metal, Earth, and Sword Dao methods into one.

• Lu Yang reviewed the Mystic Wood Palace’s methods and planned to have Lin Ying cultivate the Mystic Wood Spirit Condensation Secret Canon.
• He examined the Mystic Dark Sword Sect’s Water-and-Sword methods and considered the Mystic Dark Sword Scripture and Mystic Dark Prison Suppression Scripture for Jiang Shiqing.
• Lu Yang studied the Cinnabar Yang Sect’s alchemy inheritance, decided Lin Ying could cultivate its Cinnabar Yang Pearl-Embracing Chapter, and left the Cinnabar Yang Pill Scripture for her to study.
• He found the Divine Fire Hall’s Li Fire Body Refining Instruction and resolved to practice it when he had time.
• Lu Yang inspected the Mystic Pivot Gate’s formation and poison inheritances and the Heavy Mountain Pavilion’s Earth and Metal methods, then planned to synthesize Metal, Earth, and Sword Dao cultivation methods.

Lu Yang reviewed the inheritance treasures and checked the new cultivation tasks for Lin Ying, Jiang Shiqing, Mu Yunxue, and Qin Nanyue. He planned to attend the Dao of Alchemy Convention with Lin Ying and went to see how Su Jinxuan was progressing with her sword canon, hoping to deepen their relationship.

• Lu Yang found Perilla Flowers in the inheritance treasure vault and planned to give them to the Wenren sisters to help save their mother.
• Lu Yang learned that Lin Ying's new task was to win first place among second-tier Alchemists at the Crimson Cloud Sect's Dao of Alchemy Convention, and he decided to attend with her.
• Lu Yang checked Jiang Shiqing's task to comprehend the True Explanation of the Azure Waves to level 3 and Mu Yunxue's task to comprehend the Mystic Edge Tribulation-Transmuting Scripture to level 2.
• Lu Yang saw that Qin Nanyue's task was to hunt an Azure Rock-Armored Lizard at Foundation Establishment Perfection and expected her to complete it quickly.
• Lu Yang went to Su Jinxuan to check her progress on the Golden Radiance Sword Canon and considered taking their relationship further after seeing her affection level was 91.

Lu Yang visited Su Jinxuan and guided her through the Golden Radiance Sword Canon, helping her make rapid progress with his explanations and Dao Comprehension Tea. As they parted, Lu Yang kissed her, leaving Su Jinxuan stunned.

• Lu Yang told Su Jinxuan he had mastered the Golden Radiance Sword Canon and offered to guide her cultivation.
• Su Jinxuan asked about Lu Yang's cultivation realm and admitted she was worried about him as a fellow Daoist.
• Lu Yang examined Su Jinxuan's Spiritual Qi and explained the Golden Radiance Sword Canon while she drank Dao Comprehension Tea.
• After two hours, Su Jinxuan had nearly reached minor mastery, but Lu Yang stopped the lesson when Jiang Shiqing messaged that the others had returned.
• Su Jinxuan promised to help Lu Yang whenever he needed her, and Lu Yang kissed her before she could finish speaking.

Lu Yang kissed and embraced Su Jinxuan, leaving her conflicted about her feelings and their age difference before he returned to his master bedroom. There, Lin Ying noticed Su Jinxuan’s scent on him and asked why he smelled like Supreme Elder Su.

• Lu Yang teased Su Jinxuan, kissed her, and held her while she wrestled with her feelings for him.
• Lu Yang kissed Su Jinxuan again, promised to explain the Golden Radiance Sword Canon the next day, and left her room.
• Su Jinxuan wondered why Lu Yang had left so quickly, then pushed aside her thoughts and decided to cultivate.
• Lu Yang returned to his master bedroom, where Mu Yunxue, Jiang Shiqing, Lin Ying, and Qin Nanyue were gathered and Qin Nanyue recounted her victory over Chi Yun.
• Lin Ying sniffed Lu Yang’s neck and asked why he smelled like Supreme Elder Su.