Arc 20Hu Yang and the Intent Embryo

Chi Yu concealed the Intent Embryo in Hu Yang, who rose through the Spirit Medicine Palace while facing the Joyous Union Sect and a rejected inheritance. Ling Wen identified Hu Yang and sent the Supreme Dao Palace against him, but the Old Man protected him as the conflict widened.

  • Tian Nian Shuang conquered the White Pagoda, received the Great Emperor inheritances, and later established the Heavenly Court before ascending through further worlds and returning to reality.
  • Cui You rose from a Wandering Soul to Lord of Reincarnation with Chi Yu’s secret aid, then collected the World Origin and woke in reality as a chairman.
  • Chi Yu’s Future Self consumed Heng Yuan’s weakened World Source, and the Intent Embryo entered Jia Cuilian’s womb as Hu Yang while Chi Yu concealed him from the Mandates of Heaven.
  • Hu Yang grew into a powerful cultivator, joined Ru Chen’s Azure Lotus Hall, and rescued Hu Erlang from a Red Powder Fox Spirit before Fan Niang poisoned and abducted him and Qing Yin.
  • The Old Man rescued Hu Yang, cured him, and gave him a cultivation technique, allowing Hu Yang to defeat the Joyous Union Sect branch and save Qing Yin.
  • Hu Yang became Divine Son of the Spirit Medicine Palace and led disciples into the Violet Nether Secret Realm, where Xing Kong brought him before the Supreme Venerable, who rejected him as a bearer of the Calamity Aspect.
  • Ling Wen identified Hu Yang’s Intent Embryo and sent Holy Medicine Sect experts to seize him, but the Old Man killed them and took Hu Yang away to give him an upgrade.
  • Two more Elders sent by Ling Wen found the Holy Medicine Sect destroyed and were taken to Creation Space, where a young man disparaged Ling Wen’s Mandates of Heaven.
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Ch. 477Ancestor Hall Inheritance, Great Emperor White Pagoda

Tian Nian Shuang entered the Great Emperor White Pagoda to undergo Tian’s inheritance trial and rapidly advanced through its floors. After Chi Yu intervened on the tenth floor and claimed Xi as his maid, Nian Shuang reached the sixtieth floor, where he found himself back in the modern world from before his transmigration.

  • Tian Nian Shuang entered the Heavenly Race Ancestral Hall, performed the ritual, and met Tian’s inheritance phantom, who sent him into the ninety-nine-floor white pagoda.
  • Tian Nian Shuang swiftly defeated the first-floor opponent and cleared several more trials before reaching the tenth floor’s Bewitching Realm.
  • Tian Nian Shuang fought Xi, the Control Rank guardian of the tenth floor, but her Nine-tailed Spirit Fox Dharma Form bound him and sent him onto a bed.
  • Chi Yu secretly freed Tian Nian Shuang, who struck Xi and drove her from the pagoda floor; Chi Yu then claimed Xi as his maid.
  • Tian Nian Shuang advanced to the sixtieth floor and found himself in the modern world from before his transmigration, where a familiar voice called, “Xiao Tian, dinner’s ready!”

Ch. 478Shattering the Rules, Nian Shuang Becomes Emperor

Nian Shuang relived his former life as Zhang Zi Tian on the White Pagoda’s sixtieth floor, nearly losing himself in the illusion before Chi Yu broke the tower’s rules. He completed the inheritance, became the Great Emperor of the Heaven Domain, and returned to the Ancestral Hall, where he found Ling Er waiting.

  • Nian Shuang awakened memories of his family and spent what felt like ordinary days with his parents and younger brother, Zhang Zi Quan, inside the illusion.
  • Heavenly Void Shadow discovered that Nian Shuang was becoming lost in the illusion, but the White Pagoda’s rules prevented him from intervening.
  • Chi Yu shattered the White Pagoda’s rules, allowing Heavenly Void Shadow to reach Nian Shuang and help him wake up.
  • Nian Shuang resolved to return to his family, climbed to the top floor, and received the Great Emperor inheritances.
  • After centuries of refining the inheritances, Nian Shuang broke through to Imperial Rank and became the Great Emperor of the Heaven Domain.
  • Nian Shuang left the Inheritance Space with the White Pagoda, appeared in the Ancestral Hall, and recognized the waiting figure as Ling Er.

Ch. 479Two-Domain Alliance, Demon Domain's Demon Ancestor

Nian Shuang and Long Xing allied the Heaven Domain and Demon Domain against the Demon Domain, drawing the attention of Demon Source, who demanded Nian Shuang's inheritance position. Before their confrontation could escalate, a streak of light possessed Demon Source and vanished with him, while a voice urged Nian Shuang to finish his mission.

  • Nian Shuang subdued the Heaven Domain's forces, while Long Xing became Dragon Emperor and later won a long rivalry with a demon-devil hybrid, sparking war between the Demon Domain and Ancient Wilderness Dragon Clan.
  • After the Demon Domain's Hall Master reached Saint Rank, Long Xing struggled to find a way forward until Nian Shuang and Ling arrived and proposed an alliance with the Heaven Domain.
  • The Demon Domain's Hall Master rejected calls to surrender and sought help from Demon Source, the Demon Ancestor, who learned that Nian Shuang was the Heaven Domain's Emperor Realm expert.
  • Demon Source confronted Nian Shuang and demanded the inheritance position, but a streak of light entered him and made him disappear before the fight began.
  • A voice told Nian Shuang to stop dawdling and finish the mission, leaving him trembling.

Ch. 480Mission Acceleration, Successive Ascensions

Nian Shuang became the Spirit Realm’s Heavenly Emperor, defeated its Heavenly Dao after an ages-long battle, and ascended with Long Xing and Ling Er to the Three Xuan Great World. The chapter left Tantai Li Yue in control of the Spirit Realm while Chi Yu claimed that his Source Body would ultimately prevail.

  • Long Xing became the Dragon Emperor after the alliance army destroyed the Demon Domain, and Ling Er later ascended to the Imperial Rank with Nian Shuang’s support.
  • Nian Shuang, Long Xing, and Ling Er left the Ancient Wilderness Realm and returned to the Spirit Realm, where the system began the fifth act and restored Nian Shuang’s cultivation as a Law Enforcer Supreme Venerable.
  • Nian Shuang declared himself Heavenly Emperor Yuan Gu, established the Heavenly Court, and appointed Ling Er and Long Xing as divine rulers.
  • Nian Shuang fought the Spirit Realm’s Heavenly Dao beyond the realm for four Endless eras and ultimately defeated it, becoming the Spirit Realm’s sole ruling Supreme Venerable.
  • After the ninety-ninth Endless era, Nian Shuang passed the Heavenly Emperor’s fruition to a young man and ascended with Long Xing and Ling Er to the Three Xuan Great World, beginning the sixth act.
  • Tantai Li Yue’s forces seized the Spirit Realm’s Heavenly Court, and she delivered its origin to Chi Yu, who claimed that his Source Body would prevail.

Ch. 481Taking the World Source, Destiny Returns Home

Chi Yu took the Yuanyang Universe’s source through Nian Shuang’s mission, then sent her back to Parallel Earth with a prosperous new life. He returned to the Void Realm with his companions, where his wives welcomed him home.

  • Tantai Li Yue handed over the Moon Demon Palace’s authority, ascended to Three Xuan, and joined Chi Yu.
  • Nian Shuang established the Heavenly Emperor Palace, became the World Master of Three Xuan, and set out to seize the Yuanyang Universe’s source.
  • After Nian Shuang left Three Xuan, Chi Yu erased Long Xing and Ling Er’s memories of her, made Long Xing the new World Master, and kept Ling Er by his side.
  • Nian Shuang defeated the Heavenly Daos, broke into Source Space, and the Heaven Defying System took the Cosmic Origin before returning to Chi Yu.
  • Nian Shuang returned to Parallel Earth as Zhang Zi Tian, reunited with his mother, and later became a billionaire after winning the lottery.
  • Chi Yu brought his companions to the Void Realm, where his wives rushed to welcome him home.

Ch. 482Mandate of Heaven Cui You, Wandering Soul Devouring

After leaving his family in the Void Realm, Chi Yu entered the Wandering Soul Realm to oppose his Future Self’s Mandate of Heaven. Cui You used the Soul Lord System to rise through the ranks and began devouring fellow Prefect Positions in Earth Nether.

  • Chi Yu left the Void Realm and entered the Wandering Soul Realm, where Cui You had awakened as a Mortal Soul and gained the Soul Lord System.
  • Cui You advanced to Walking Soul, learned that his extraordinary aptitude made ordinary advancement extremely slow, and discovered that devouring stronger souls increased his progress.
  • Cui You reached Soul Town, used Golden Light Empowerment to destroy an attacking Flying Soul, and eventually advanced to Flying Soul.
  • Cui You traveled to Earth Nether, registered as a Spirit Soul, and joined the city’s Prefect Positions despite being only a Flying Soul.
  • Cui You secretly devoured a newly recruited Spirit Soul Prefect Position, gained one percent advancement progress, and moved toward another target.

Ch. 483Scheming to Devour Wandering Souls, Rapid Devouring

Cui You advanced by devouring wandering souls, manipulating his way into higher ranks in Di You Prefecture and eventually becoming its leader. After reaching a new level, he faced ten Jade Soul-ranked enemy generals and began devouring them on the battlefield.

  • Cui You devoured Prefect Positions from five barracks, reached 100% advancement progress, and disguised his return by replacing a missing Prefect Position.
  • Cui You advanced to Spirit Soul, spent a year currying favor with Captains, and was promoted to Captain of two barracks.
  • Cui You devoured the three Captains in his room, staged an injury after leaving the prefecture, and used the incident to earn a promotion to Vice Chief.
  • Cui You rose to leader over ten years, then led one hundred thousand Prefect Positions against an invading force and devoured enemies until he fulfilled his advancement conditions.
  • Cui You advanced and confronted ten Jade Soul-ranked generals, shattering their masks and devouring three of them before challenging the remaining seven to attack together.

Ch. 484Taking Office in the Divine City, Imprisoned in the Divine Prison

Cui You advanced to Jade Rank, moved to the Divine City, and secretly Devoured King Rank souls until the Divine Lord ordered his arrest. Imprisoned in the Divine Prison, he discovered the system had returned and saw a path to growing stronger by Devouring the prisoners.

  • Cui You defeated the enemy generals outside Nine Nether Prefecture, was promoted to Soul General, and advanced to Jade Rank.
  • The Nine Nether Manor Lord transferred to the Divine City, and Cui You followed with two other Soul Generals.
  • Cui You settled in Sima Manor and secretly Devoured King Rank Wandering Souls until his advancement progress reached 100%.
  • The Divine Lord identified Cui You and ordered the Divine Guards to arrest him, and they took him to the Divine Prison.
  • The system returned in the prison and revealed information about its prisoners, including two God Rank souls on the ninth level.
  • The fat warden brought Cui You out of his cell to punish him, while Cui You smiled.

Ch. 485Divine Lord Breaks Out of Prison, Ascends to the Upper Realm

Cui You escaped execution by reaching God Rank, killed the Divine Lord, and became the ruler of Profound Origin Divine City. After a century of governing, he accepted an offer to serve in the Upper Realm, where he met the Reincarnation Great Emperor as Chi Yu considered her for a maid.

  • Cui You secretly devoured wandering souls, reached God Rank, and survived the Thunder punishment while gaining Thunder Divine Power.
  • Cui You killed the Divine Lord and was appointed the new Divine Lord of Profound Origin Divine City.
  • Cui You hosted the other Divine Lords and ruled Profound Origin for a hundred years, raising his advancement progress to 20% by devouring Ling.
  • Several female wandering souls invited Cui You to take an official post in the Upper Realm, and he agreed to go.
  • Cui You arrived at the Reincarnation Great Emperor's palace, where Chi Yu decided she qualified to be his maid.

Ch. 486Serving as a True God, Havoc Barrier

Cui You joined the battle against the Havoc Domain to devour Saint Stage wandering souls, but learned that advancing required perfect comprehension of a Natural Power. After Chi Yu secretly perfected Cui You’s laws, Cui You reached Emperor Rank Peak, crushed the invading forces, and disappeared toward the Time Light Divine Domain.

  • Cui You rushed into the Havoc Domain battlefield and was badly injured by a Saint Stage wandering soul before a mysterious streak of light stopped his opponent.
  • Cui You devoured the wounded Saint Stage wandering soul Ru Xi had knocked down, then learned that reaching Saint Stage required perfect comprehension of a Natural Power.
  • Chi Yu secretly transformed Cui You’s Golden Light and Thunder into perfected laws, causing Cui You to advance to Emperor Rank Peak.
  • Cui You killed the Havoc Domain’s two Emperor Rank wandering souls and wiped out the remaining attackers, securing victory for the Reincarnation Divine Domain.
  • Cui You vanished toward the Time Light Divine Domain, while Ru Xi heard a mysterious voice call him a small chess piece and then disappeared herself.

Ch. 487Thirty-Six Hells, Naihe Ya Si

Chi Yu took Ru Xi as his disciple and led her to the Ancestor Soul Realm after Cui You unified the Upper Realm. There, Cui You was detained at the Blood Nether Sea’s Thirty-Six Hells, where he encountered Ya Si at Naihe Bridge.

  • Chi Yu brought Ru Xi into his service, then revealed that Cui You had unified the four domains and took her to the Ancestor Soul Realm.
  • Cui You ruled the Upper Realm for ten thousand years, passed his imperial position to a newly ascended Emperor Rank wandering soul, and ascended to the Ancestor Soul Realm.
  • Four Blood Generals bound Cui You and took him to Sin Hall, where the Hall Master could find no record of him and ordered him to remain within the Thirty-Six Hells during the investigation.
  • Cui You toured the Thirty-Six Hells freely while the Hall Master failed to investigate him, then stayed in the Blood Nether Sea.
  • At Naihe, Cui You mistook Ya Si for Meng Po and asked whether her soup was Forgetting Emotion Water, but she said it was Soul Protection Soup.
  • Ya Si followed Cui You to ask about Meng Po, then revealed that her real appearance was a loli.

Ch. 488Becoming a Judge, Merit Golden Body

Cui You learned that the Ancestor Soul Realm was the Underworld, joined Ya Si’s Bushi Envoy Manor as a judge, and earned enough Merit to condense a Merit Golden Body and become an Earth Immortal. He then accompanied Ya Si to Fengdu Domain to find Soul Grass, where they encountered a restriction that forced them to walk toward a floating palace and came upon a crying woman.

  • Cui You told Ya Si what he knew about Meng Po, and she explained that the Ancestor Soul Realm was equivalent to the Six Paths Reincarnation in the Nine Nethers Great World.
  • Ya Si recruited Cui You as a judge in Bushi Envoy Manor, and he began judging cases in the Thirty-Six Hells while rapidly earning Merit.
  • After a hundred years, Cui You condensed his Merit Golden Body, formed a physical body, and became an Earth Immortal while retaining the two laws Chi Yu had bestowed on him.
  • Ya Si invited Cui You to search for Soul Grass in Fengdu Domain, and the two traveled toward a floating palace where the grass grew.
  • Cui You discovered that a restriction prevented flight in the region, and Ya Si devoured ghosts along the way before leading him toward the sound of a woman sobbing.

Ch. 489Fengdu Soul Grass, Nine Revolutions Soul Gathering

Cui You and Ya Si traveled to the great hall in the Fengdu Domain and retrieved the Soul Grass before returning to the Blood Nether Sea. Years later, Ya Si gave Cui You a Nine Revolutions Soul Gathering Pill, which Chi Yu helped him refine, raising his cultivation to the Daluo Golden Immortal Late Stage.

  • Cui You dispersed a Purple-level Ghost that had begged him for help, then followed Ya Si to the great hall.
  • Cui You and Ya Si cut Black Bamboo, built a ladder, and fought the Ghost Emperors guarding the hall until two fled inside and the others were defeated.
  • Ya Si took the Soul Grass from above the hall, and she and Cui You returned safely to the Blood Nether Sea.
  • After several hundred years, Cui You reached the Taiyi Peak Realm, and Ya Si gave him a Nine Revolutions Soul Gathering Pill as a reward for accompanying her.
  • Cui You swallowed the pill without refining it and nearly died, but Chi Yu fused its power with him, advancing him to the Daluo Golden Immortal Late Stage.
  • Ya Si appeared and told Cui You that the pill should have been refined and that taking it directly would have made him explode.

Ch. 490An Unusual Ya Si, Lord of Reincarnation

After Ya Si revealed that she was the Yin-Yang Lord of Reincarnation, she gave Cui You the Reincarnation Authority and appointed him Lord of Reincarnation. He spent ten thousand years gaining power as the Three Daos plotted against him, then broke through to the Hunyuan Taiji Golden Immortal early-stage.

  • Cui You swallowed Ya Si's pill, reached the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, and secluded himself with her to consolidate his cultivation.
  • Cui You was promoted to Soul Reaping Hall master in the Reincarnation Palace, where he gained Merit and cultivated for three thousand years until reaching Hunyuan Golden Immortal Peak.
  • Ya Si revealed her identity as the Yin-Yang Lord of Reincarnation and offered Cui You the Reincarnation Authority, asking him to take charge amid the Three Daos' growing disorder.
  • Cui You accepted the authority and was proclaimed Lord of Reincarnation, while Ya Si announced that she would enter seclusion.
  • Over the next ten thousand years, Cui You's cultivation reached Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal Peak, while the Three Daos failed to uncover his origins and plotted to kill him.
  • Cui You broke through to the Hunyuan Taiji Golden Immortal early-stage after the Reincarnation Palace briefly shook.

Ch. 491Acquiring the Origin, Leaving the Nine Nethers

After Cui You defeated the Three Daos and collected the World Origin, he was sent back to reality, leaving Ya Si waiting for him for tens of thousands of years. Chi Yu revealed that Cui You had vanished and brought Ya Si into his own world, while Cui You began a new life on Earth and later inherited a corporation; the chapter ended with Chi Yu learning that the Future Self had left the Primordial Universe.

  • Cui You appeared in the Nine Nethers Great World, defeated the Three Daos, and returned to the Thirty-Six Hells.
  • Cui You married Ya Si, but after collecting the World Origin, he fainted and woke up in reality.
  • Ya Si waited tens of thousands of years for Cui You, then Chi Yu told her he had vanished and brought her to the Void Realm with Ru Xi.
  • Cui You returned to his life at a construction site, then inherited a corporation and became its chairman.
  • Extreme Dao told Chi Yu that the Future Self had left the Primordial Universe.

Ch. 492Devouring the World Source, the Intent Embryo

Chi Yu watched his Future Self devour the Heng Yuan Universe’s World Source and discovered that the rulers’ gathered consciousness had become an Intent Embryo destined to save the universe. He protected the embryo by hiding it in a secluded village, where it was born as Hu Yang and grew into a supernaturally strong child.

  • Chi Yu’s Future Self devoured Heng Yuan’s weakened World Source, forcing the star systems’ rulers to sacrifice themselves and form a replacement source whose gathered consciousness became the Intent Embryo.
  • Chi Yu learned of the embryo, ordered Extreme Dao to track it, and decided to protect it from the Mandates of Heaven his Future Self created to kill it.
  • The Intent Embryo entered Jia Cuilian’s womb in Small Mountain Village, where Chi Yu concealed its birth and shielded the village from detection.
  • Hu Erlang and Jia Cuilian welcomed their extraordinary son, Hu Yang, who could walk and speak from birth and quickly won the villagers’ affection.
  • Six years later, Hu Yang killed a vicious tiger with one punch while gathering firewood with Hu Erlang, and the pair brought it home to Jia Cuilian.

Ch. 493Hu Yang's Dao Entry, Selling Tigers in Small Town

Hu Yang received cultivation initiation from a mysterious old man, then revealed his new strength while protecting Hu Erlang from wolves on their journey to sell the Evil Tiger’s remains. At the Small Town, a wealthy woman offered two hundred thousand Ling Coins for the tiger meat, leaving the father and son stunned because they did not know the currency.

  • Hu Yang met a White-Haired Old Man by the stream, who initiated him into cultivation before vanishing at dawn.
  • Hu Yang joined Hu Erlang on the trip to the Small Town, and he killed more than a dozen wolves with his fists when they attacked at night.
  • Hu Yang carried both loads and hurried his father to the Small Town, where the medicine hall shopkeeper insulted them and tried to send them away.
  • A woman in a white robe asked who owned the Evil Tiger Meat and offered Hu Erlang and Hu Yang two hundred thousand Ling Coins for both loads.
  • Hu Erlang and Hu Yang were bewildered by the offer because neither knew what Ling Coins were.

Ch. 494Transaction Reached, Invitation to Join the Palace

Hu Yang and Hu Erlang sold the Evil Tiger Meat for two hundred thousand Ling Coins and received an invitation for Hu Yang to join the Spirit Medicine Palace. After returning home, they told Jia Cuilian about their fortune and discussed moving, leaving Hu Yang troubled by the revelation about his mother’s past.

  • A woman offered Hu Yang and Hu Erlang two hundred thousand Ling Coins for the Evil Tiger Meat, and they accepted the sale.
  • Ru Chen revealed that she was Hall Master of the Spirit Medicine Palace Azure Lotus Hall and invited Hu Yang to join, giving him three days to decide.
  • Hu Yang and Hu Erlang spent some Ling Coins in the Small Town, then returned to Small Mountain Village with purchases.
  • Hu Yang told Jia Cuilian that the meat had sold for two hundred thousand Ling Coins, and Hu Erlang proposed moving to the Small Town.
  • Hu Yang asked why they would not move to the city, and Hu Erlang explained Jia Cuilian’s connection to the Jia Estate.

Ch. 495Azure Lotus True Disciple, Returning to Small Town

Hu Yang joined Ru Chen’s Azure Lotus Hall as a True Disciple, secretly advancing to the Medicine King Realm before returning to visit his parents in Small Town. He discovered that Hu Erlang had been frequenting brothels, while Chi Yu appeared before Ru Chen after Hu Yang departed.

  • Hu Yang chose to follow Ru Chen to Spirit Medicine Palace, and his parents bought a house in Small Town before he left with Ru Chen and Qing Yin.
  • Ru Chen brought Hu Yang to Azure Lotus Hall, where he spent several months before agreeing to join as a True Disciple; Ru Chen punished those who spread rumors about him.
  • Over the next year, Hu Yang reached Medicine Practitioner Peak publicly while secretly attaining the Medicine King Realm, then set out with Qing Yin to visit his parents.
  • After Hu Yang left, Chi Yu appeared in Azure Lotus Hall and pulled Ru Chen into his embrace.
  • Hu Yang and Qing Yin arrived at the family courtyard, where Hu Yang learned that Hu Erlang had been visiting brothels and left with Jia Cuilian while Hu Erlang stayed behind to reflect.

Ch. 496Red Powder Fox Spirit, Joyous Union Fan Niang

Hu Yang rescued Hu Erlang from a Red Powder Fox Spirit, then left Small Town with Qing Yin for the Spirit Medicine Palace. Fan Niang, a Joyous Union Sect elder who had taken an interest in Hu Yang, poisoned and abducted them, leaving their cultivation sealed at her branch altar.

  • Hu Yang and Qing Yin rushed to the Red Pavilion, where Hu Yang struck down a Red Powder Fox Spirit as she drained Hu Erlang’s yang energy.
  • Qing Yin stopped Hu Yang from killing the spirit, explaining the Joyous Union Sect’s power and the danger of killing one of its disciples.
  • Hu Erlang recovered, and Hu Yang and Qing Yin left Small Town, unaware that Fan Niang was following them.
  • Fan Niang poisoned Hu Yang and Qing Yin in Small Scarlet Forest and carried them to a Joyous Union Sect branch altar, where they slept for three days and three nights.
  • After waking and drinking Fan Niang’s medicinal soup, Hu Yang and Qing Yin realized their cultivation was sealed, while Fan Niang overheard their plan to escape.

Ch. 497Forced Marriage, at the Critical Moment

Fan Niang revealed that she belonged to the Joyous Union Sect and tried to force Hu Yang into marriage, but the Old Man rescued him and cured his paralysis. After the Old Man gave Hu Yang a cultivation technique that advanced him to the middle stage of the Medicine Emperor realm, Hu Yang returned to the sect branch altar and found Qing Yin undergoing a mysterious transformation.

  • Hu Yang and Qing Yin discovered they could not escape Fan Niang’s grounds, and Fan Niang admitted she had poisoned them and belonged to the Joyous Union Sect.
  • Fan Niang carried Hu Yang away and prepared to marry him, but the Old Man appeared, briefly left, then returned and took Hu Yang away.
  • The Old Man realized Hu Yang had been poisoned, cured him with a foul-smelling pill, and passed a cultivation technique into his mind.
  • Hu Yang woke at the middle stage of the Medicine Emperor realm, while a handsome man took Fan Niang into the Void.
  • Hu Yang secretly returned to the Joyous Union Sect Branch Altar and saw an old woman turn Qing Yin into the altar’s third Altar Guardian.

Ch. 498Rescuing Qing Yin, an Unexpected Promotion

Hu Yang rescued Qing Yin from the Joyous Union Sect, then returned to the Spirit Medicine Palace and was promoted to Divine Son. Ten years later, he led its True Disciples to the Violet Nether Secret Realm, where sects had gathered for its opening.

  • Hu Yang revealed his Medicine Emperor cultivation, killed the Joyous Union Sect's old woman and its other members, and found Qing Yin trapped in the formation.
  • The Old Man arrived with Fan Niang and rescued Qing Yin, who later emerged with him and was introduced as Hu Yang's Grandma.
  • Hu Yang returned alone to the Spirit Medicine Palace and was promoted to Divine Son by the Palace Lord.
  • Hu Yang defeated the disciples who challenged his promotion and secured his position as Divine Son.
  • Ten years later, Hu Yang led several hundred True Disciples toward the Violet Nether Secret Realm, while Chi Yu watched them depart.
  • Hu Yang and the disciples arrived at the crowded entrance to the Violet Nether Secret Realm, where people awaited its opening.

Ch. 499Violet Nether Secret Realm, the True Opportunity

Hu Yang led the Spirit Medicine Palace disciples into the Violet Nether Secret Realm and avoided its early slaughter by waiting for the true opportunity to appear. After finding a hidden cave and entering its deepest hall with ten disciples, he destroyed four puppet-like opponents and heard an ancient voice welcome him.

  • Hu Yang waited until the other sects had entered the Secret Realm before leading the Spirit Medicine Palace disciples inside.
  • Hu Yang guided several hundred disciples past lesser medicines and discovered a hidden cave behind a waterfall, where they found far greater treasures.
  • While the other sects’ disciples slaughtered one another, Hu Yang’s group gathered materials in the cave and reached a gateway that admitted Hu Yang and ten disciples.
  • Inside a grand hall, Hu Yang and the ten disciples were attacked by four puppet-like disciples from other sects.
  • Hu Yang blasted the four attackers into blood mist, and an ancient voice declared that someone pleasing to the eye had finally arrived.

Ch. 500Refusing the Inheritance, Calamity Aspect

Hu Yang was chosen by Xing Kong to inherit the Supreme Dao Palace, but its Supreme Venerable rejected him after detecting a Calamity Aspect and sent him back. He returned to the Spirit Medicine Palace with the warning weighing on his mind, though Old Man dismissed the claim.

  • Xing Kong invited Hu Yang to join the Supreme Dao Palace, and Hu Yang agreed despite already belonging to the Spirit Medicine Palace.
  • Xing Kong brought Hu Yang to an altar and summoned the Supreme Venerable, who saw Tribulation Qi around Hu Yang and called him a bearer of the Calamity Aspect.
  • The Supreme Venerable rejected Hu Yang and sent him back to the grand hall, while the other ten True Disciples received inheritances and returned with him.
  • Hu Yang led the True Disciples out of the secret realm and returned to the Spirit Medicine Palace, troubled by the Supreme Venerable's words.
  • Hu Yang asked Old Man about Calamity Aspects, and Old Man insisted that Hu Yang had the Mandate of Heaven and that the rejected inheritance was no loss.

Ch. 501Elder Descends to the Lower Realm, Nothing More Than This

Hu Yang’s inheritance projection sent the Holy Medicine Sect to kill him, but the Old Man protected the Spirit Medicine Palace and destroyed the attackers. The Old Man then took Hu Yang away, while the two Elders sent by Ling Wen vanished into Creation Space, where a young man mocked Ling Wen’s Mandates of Heaven.

  • Hu Yang accepted the Old Man’s counsel and returned to cultivating with renewed confidence.
  • Ling Wen identified Hu Yang’s Intent Embryo and ordered a Supreme Dao Palace Elder to eliminate him through the Holy Medicine Sect.
  • Holy Medicine Sect experts confronted the Spirit Medicine Palace and demanded Hu Yang, but the Old Man killed them and captured the hidden Elder.
  • Hu Yang questioned the captured Elder, and the Palace Master sealed him inside a hidden great hall.
  • The Old Man took Hu Yang away to give him an upgrade, while Ling Wen sent two more Elders to the Lower Realm.
  • The two Elders found the Holy Medicine Sect destroyed, were taken to Creation Space, and heard a young man disparage Ling Wen’s Mandates of Heaven.
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