Chapter Summaries

Thousand Souls Old Heavenly Lord and the other forces agreed to let the Frost Immortal Sect expand its businesses into their markets, while also gaining access to Frost Immortal Sect markets for their own specialized goods. Old Sect Master Frost revealed that he accepted the arrangement to boost his sect’s resources before the approaching Realm Chaos.

• Thousand Souls Old Heavenly Lord advised the other Void Refinement cultivators to accept Old Sect Master Frost’s proposal, and all four forces agreed to yield.
• Thousand Souls Old Heavenly Lord and the others secured permission to bring their specialized businesses into Frost Immortal Sect territory in exchange for allowing the sect to expand its spirit plant and Pill Refining trade in their markets.
• Old Sect Master Frost made the forces choose between profit shares and expanding into Frost Immortal Sect markets, and they chose expansion.
• Old Sect Master Frost and the representatives swore Heavenly Dao Oaths and signed Primordial Soul Contracts to formalize the agreement.
• Ice Kui Celestial Monarch questioned Old Sect Master Frost’s decision, and he explained that the sect needed resources to strengthen Ling Pengyun and Ice Profound Celestial Monarch before the approaching Realm Chaos.

Wu Tong of the Five Elements Immortal Sect visited to congratulate Ling Pengyun on reaching Void Refinement and tried to recruit him with generous offers. Ling Pengyun reaffirmed his loyalty to the Frost Immortal Sect, declined the offers, and welcomed the chance to build a friendship with Wu Tong.

• Wu Tong arrived bearing three Five Elements Treasure Pills and the Frost Immortal Sect cultivators suspected he wanted to recruit Ling Pengyun for his five-elements talent.
• Ling Pengyun assured Old Sect Master Frost and the others that he would remain with the Frost Immortal Sect as long as it did not betray him.
• Wu Tong offered Ling Pengyun generous benefits and an advanced Five Elements Technique, but Ling Pengyun politely refused to join his sect.
• Wu Tong accepted Ling Pengyun's decision and proposed a friendship, offering fair prices on five-elements talismans and pills.
• Ling Pengyun hosted Wu Tong at a private banquet, where representatives of other Void Refinement factions also tried unsuccessfully to recruit him.

After the Void Refinement Ceremony, Ling Pengyun refined most of his gifts for Spirit Energy and decided to travel to Primordial Unity Immortal City. Though Old Sect Master Frost warned him about the dangers, Ling Pengyun departed confidently, leaving the sect master impressed by his strength and concealment skills.

• Ling Pengyun kept the most useful gifts and refined the ordinary items, gaining Spirit Energy he planned to use to improve his cultivation legacies and study spirit plant cultivation and artifact refining.
• Ling Pengyun told Old Sect Master Frost he intended to travel to Primordial Unity Immortal City and gain experience.
• Old Sect Master Frost urged Ling Pengyun to stay, but Ling Pengyun explained that his talismans and offensive legacy gave him confidence against Void Refinement opponents.
• Old Sect Master Frost warned Ling Pengyun to return before the Realm Chaos began and to take care while traveling.
• Ling Pengyun used the Lingxiao Breath Concealment Technique and Lingxiao Evasion Technique to vanish, impressing Old Sect Master Frost with his abilities.

Ling Pengyun left the Frost Immortal Sect and traveled openly to Primordial Unity Immortal City under the guise of the Lingxiao Heavenly Monarch. He introduced himself to the city’s guards and was welcomed while the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch was away.

• Ling Pengyun sensed Heavenly Lord Wu Tong and other Void Refinement cultivators watching the Frost Immortal Sect, then warned Old Sect Master Frost to stay vigilant.
• Ling Pengyun concealed his identity and traveled to Primordial Unity Immortal City, intending to support the Lingxiao Business Alliance during its planned attack on a minor realm.
• Ling Pengyun revealed his Void Refinement aura as he approached the city, alarming its visitors and alerting the Primordial Unity Lineage guards.
• Hun Tu, the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch’s eighth disciple, met Ling Pengyun and asked him to register his name before entering the city.
• Ling Pengyun introduced himself as the Lingxiao Heavenly Monarch of the Lingxiao Business Alliance and said he wanted to discuss the attack on the minor realm.
• Hun Tu welcomed Ling Pengyun into the city and promised to inform his absent master of his arrival.

Ling Pengyun revealed his identity and formidable strength in the Immortal City, boosting the Lingxiao Business Alliance’s reputation before visiting its headquarters. He praised the alliance’s leaders and rewarded those managing its Immortal City business while Ling Wantong continued expanding in Golden Origin Marketplace.

• Ling Pengyun told Huntū Dao Lord to have Primordial Unity Dao Lord meet him at the Lingxiao Business Alliance headquarters, while Huntū warned Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch that Ling Pengyun might surpass the Old Ancestor in strength.
• Ling Pengyun’s amplified announcement spread throughout the Immortal City, shocking cultivators and drawing new interest to the Lingxiao Business Alliance’s shops.
• At the headquarters, Ling Pengyun privately revealed his identity to the family personnel, and the shop-owner higher-ups welcomed him as the alliance’s Void Refinement Old Ancestor.
• Ling Pengyun learned that Ling Wantong and most of the alliance’s higher-ups were busy expanding in Golden Origin Marketplace, and he chose to review the Immortal City business instead of calling Wantong back.
• After inspecting the account books and praising the higher-ups for improving profits, Ling Pengyun rewarded them with valuable items, including high-grade Boundary Breaking Spirit Items.

The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch learned that Ling Pengyun might be far stronger than he had believed and reconsidered how his lineage should treat the Lingxiao Business Alliance. With the assault on the Ghost Dao Realm under control, he returned to Primordial Unity Immortal City to meet Ling Pengyun.

• The Primordial Unity Lineage and other Righteous Path Cultivators relentlessly attacked the small Ghost Dao Realm, overwhelming its defenders.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch learned from Huntū Dao Lord that Ling Pengyun’s strength might exceed his own and could have reached mid-stage Spirit Transformation.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch concluded Ling Pengyun had acted with restraint and decided to protect the Lingxiao Business Alliance’s people during the assault.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch arranged for Primordial Unity Lineage cultivators to move near the Lingxiao Business Alliance’s forces so they could support them if needed.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch returned to Primordial Unity Immortal City and hurried to the Lingxiao Business Alliance headquarters to meet Ling Pengyun.

Ling Pengyun greeted the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch at the Lingxiao Business Alliance headquarters and secured a promise that the Primordial Unity Lineage would not obstruct his alliance. The Heavenly Monarch invited Ling Pengyun to oversee the ongoing war against a ghost-path small realm, offering his alliance a larger share of its ghost veins, and Ling Pengyun agreed.

• Ling Pengyun sensed the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch’s arrival and went to welcome him at the headquarters.
• Ling Pengyun thanked the Heavenly Monarch for the Primordial Unity Lineage’s past support and presented him with a Thick Earth Shield.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch accepted the gift and assured Ling Pengyun that his lineage wanted the Lingxiao Business Alliance to thrive.
• Ling Pengyun and the Heavenly Monarch discussed the war against the ghost-path small realm and the alliance members participating in it.
• The Heavenly Monarch offered the alliance the right to use thirty percent of the realm’s ghost veins for three thousand years if Ling Pengyun joined him in overseeing the war.
• Ling Pengyun accepted the invitation, intending to observe the campaign and look after his wife and clansmen.

Ling Pengyun arrived at the battle against the Ghost Dao Minor Realm and assessed the hidden Black Snake Void Refinement Ghost Monarch and the Lingxiao Business Alliance’s forces. He found Yan Siyi, the Star Sea Old Ancestor, and Ling Lihao fighting impressively, then revealed himself and reunited with Yan Siyi.

• Ling Pengyun and his companion traveled to the battlefield at Primordial Unity Minor Mountain, where cultivators were attacking the Ghost Dao Minor Realm.
• Ling Pengyun saw through the realm’s Guardian Realm Array and identified Black Snake Void Refinement Ghost Monarch secretly holding the realm.
• Ling Pengyun landed on the Lingxiao Business Alliance’s flying boat and observed the Star Sea Old Ancestor, Ling Lihao, and Yan Siyi displaying their strength in battle.
• Ling Pengyun judged that the three had strong prospects for Void Refinement and revealed himself after keeping his aura concealed.
• Yan Siyi joyfully went to greet Ling Pengyun, and the group began chatting.

Ling Pengyun gave Yan Siyi and the others high-grade protective treasures, then secluded himself to cultivate while overseeing the battle. At the Black Snake Ghost Dao Clan’s stronghold, Black Snake Ghost Monarch wondered why Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch had briefly left the battlefield and lamented that other factions had refused to help.

• Ling Pengyun gave Yan Siyi, Star Sea Old Ancestor, and Ling Lihao Sixth Grade Spirit Talismans and other protective items, explaining that they came from the Extreme Cold Immortal Sect’s treasury.
• Yan Siyi and the others praised the Extreme Cold Immortal Sect’s generosity, and Ling Pengyun agreed before entering seclusion aboard the flying vessel.
• Black Snake Ghost Monarch noticed that Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch had left the battlefield and returned, and wondered whether something had happened to the Primordial Unity Lineage in the Clear Mist Realm.
• Black Snake Ghost Monarch grew angry that the Ghost Dao Void Refinement factions it had approached had refused to support the Black Snake Ghost Dao Clan despite its past aid to them.

The Black Snake Ghost Monarch refused to abandon its clan’s profitable minor realm and sought help from Righteous Path forces in the Clear Mist Realm. Three Void Refinement forces agreed to act against the Primordial Unity Lineage, leaving the Black Snake Ghost Monarch confident that the attack might be disrupted.

• The Black Snake Ghost Monarch rejected advice to abandon the minor realm, citing its clan’s weakened reserves, its own dwindling lifespan, and the realm’s income.
• The Black Snake Ghost Monarch took a rare sixth-tier communication formation from the clan’s treasury and brought it to the besieged minor realm.
• The Black Snake Ghost Monarch offered the secret coordinates of several Fifth Grade Peak minor realms in exchange for Clear Mist Realm forces troubling the Primordial Unity Lineage.
• Three Righteous Path Void Refinement forces accepted the offer and dispatched troops to cause trouble for the Primordial Unity Lineage.
• The Black Snake Ghost Monarch watched the Primordial Unity Lineage’s army and mocked its confidence, believing the intervention would ease the siege.

The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch asked Ling Pengyun to help stop bandit cultivators from terrorizing Primordial Unity Immortal City, a plot secretly backed by the Black Snake Ghost Dao Clan. Ling Pengyun accepted after receiving valuable cultivation insights and a promise of Grade Six Treasure Iron, and prepared to deal with the attackers.

• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch told Ling Pengyun that bandit cultivators, including Void Refinement cultivators, had thrown the area around Primordial Unity Immortal City into chaos.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch revealed that the Black Snake Ghost Dao Clan had orchestrated the attacks through factions hostile to the Primordial Unity Lineage.
• Ling Pengyun asked for Grade Six five-element and spatial Treasure Iron, along with Artifact Refiner and Spirit Planter cultivation insights, in exchange for his help.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch gave Ling Pengyun two volumes of cultivation insights and promised to hand over the Treasure Iron after they resolved the crisis under oath and contract.
• Ling Pengyun agreed to help the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch and promised to kill any Void Refinement cultivators who crossed his path.

Ling Pengyun and Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch returned to Primordial Unity Immortal City to confront the bandit cultivators, while the besieged Black Snake Heavenly Monarch wondered why Primordial Unity had left without troops. Yan Siyi worried about her husband's mission as the army continued its assault on the Ghost Dao minor realm.

• Ling Pengyun revealed his willingness to kill Void Refinement bandit cultivators, and Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch recognized his own former ruthlessness in Ling Pengyun’s resolve.
• Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch decided to make a name for himself to deter future threats to the Primordial Unity Lineage.
• Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch ordered the army to continue attacking the Ghost Dao minor realm and returned to Primordial Unity Immortal City with Ling Pengyun.
• Yan Siyi worried about Ling Pengyun as she continued attacking the Ghost Dao minor realm with the army.
• Black Snake Heavenly Monarch sensed that Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch had left and wondered whether he planned to face the bandits alone or had found a powerful helper.

The Crimson Feather and White Water Immortal Sects agreed to attack Primordial Unity Immortal City and divide its spoils, while Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch and Ling Pengyun returned to find the city nearly deserted. The chapter ended with four Void Refinement cultivators and their forces approaching, prompting Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch to ask Ling Pengyun for help.

• Black Snake Ghost Dao Heavenly Monarch persuaded four Void Refinement cultivators from the Crimson Feather and White Water Immortal Sects to put more pressure on the Primordial Unity Lineage.
• The Crimson Feather Sect Master proposed attacking Primordial Unity Immortal City directly and killing Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch, and the others agreed to an even division of the spoils.
• The four Void Refinement cultivators swore a Heavenly Dao Oath, signed a Primordial Soul Contract, and led disguised disciples toward Primordial Unity Immortal City.
• Ling Pengyun and Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch returned to the city and saw its trade had nearly collapsed.
• A Primordial Unity Lineage scout reported that four Void Refinement cultivators and a large force were approaching from the southeast, and Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch asked Ling Pengyun for support.

Ling Pengyun agreed to help Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch defend Primordial Unity Immortal City against the White Water Immortal Sect and Crimson Feather Immortal Sect. As the invading armies attacked, Ling Pengyun charged out alone toward their fleet, leaving Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch to lead the city’s cultivators in supporting him.

• Ling Pengyun learned that the White Water Immortal Sect and Crimson Feather Immortal Sect were suspected of backing the attackers, then began secluded cultivation as Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch watched for their approaching armies.
• The two sects arrived near Primordial Unity Immortal City aboard a vast fleet, and their four Void Refinement cultivators ordered an immediate attack.
• Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch activated the Primordial Unity Heavenly Gang Array and deployed three Grade Six Low-Rank Natal Spirit Treasures to defend the city as its cultivators fought back.
• Ling Pengyun recognized the strength of Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch’s treasures and decided the battle might give him a chance to kill a Void Refinement cultivator.
• Ling Pengyun told Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch to hold off the attacks and tie down three enemy Void Refinement cultivators, then flew out alone toward the invading fleet.
• Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch was shocked by Ling Pengyun’s charge and led the city’s cultivators in covering him.

Ling Pengyun charged out of Primordial Unity Immortal City and faced the Crimson Feather Sect Master while the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch and his followers covered him. Ling Pengyun unleashed his Primal Chaos Axe and Five Elements Thunder Flood Dragon, and their clash with the sect master's attacks left the battle ongoing.

• The four Void Refinement cultivators from the Crimson Feather Immortal Sect and White Water Immortal Sect recognized Ling Pengyun as the rogue cultivator behind the Lingxiao Business Alliance and attacked him.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch and his people intercepted most of the attacks aimed at Ling Pengyun.
• The Crimson Feather Sect Master broke through the blockade with his Crimson Feather Flying Sword and three empowered Crimson Feather Spirit Cranes.
• Ling Pengyun donned his Black Flood Dragon Armor and hurled the Primal Chaos Axe, unleashing a strike with Void Refinement early-stage power.
• Ling Pengyun summoned the Five Elements Thunder Flood Dragon with his Five Elements Dharma Bead and sent it against the Crimson Feather Sect Master's attacks.
• The Five Elements Thunder Flood Dragon collided with the incoming attacks, causing deafening explosions and waves of spiritual power.

Ling Pengyun overwhelmed the Crimson Feather Immortal Sect’s defenses and refused the villains’ attempt to recruit him, accepting the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch’s offer instead. As the enemy forces tried to retreat, Ling Pengyun trapped their fleets inside his Nether Void Domain, leaving them with no apparent way out.

• Ling Pengyun’s Five Elements Thunder Flood Dragon and Primal Chaos Axe suppressed the Crimson Feather Sect Master’s attacks, while the Boat Protection Formation barely held.
• The Crimson Feather Sect Master and his allies tried to recruit Ling Pengyun, but the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch increased his offer, and Ling Pengyun agreed to help the Primordial Unity Lineage.
• Ling Pengyun used five Ice Cold Profound Needle Talismans alongside his other attacks to rapidly weaken the Boat Protection Formation.
• Unable to win Ling Pengyun over, the Crimson Feather Sect Master and the other villains began retreating and used Grade Six talismans to cover their escape.
• Ling Pengyun unleashed the Nether Void Domain, trapping the Crimson Feather Immortal Sect and White Water Immortal Sect fleets inside a sealed spatial curtain.
• The trapped cultivators found they could neither contact the outside world nor break through the Nether Void Domain.

The Crimson Feather Sect Master used the Crimson Feather Myriad Beasts Great Law to sacrifice his spirit beasts and boost his cultivation, then fought Ling Pengyun’s group so Chi Qiu Heavenly Monarch and some White Water Immortal Sect cultivators could escape. Ling Pengyun continued attacking, satisfied that he had trapped two Void Refinement Early Stage cultivators and many other enemies.

• The Crimson Feather Sect Master told Chi Qiu Heavenly Monarch to flee and preserve the sect’s legacy if an opportunity arose.
• The Crimson Feather Sect Master used the Crimson Feather Myriad Beasts Great Law, draining his spirit beasts’ vital essence and raising his cultivation to Void Refinement Fifth Layer at the cost of his life.
• The Crimson Feather Sect Master and the White Water Immortal Sect cultivators fought Ling Pengyun’s group and weakened the Nether Void Domain until a breach opened.
• Chi Qiu Heavenly Monarch and the White Water Immortal Sect’s reserved cultivators escaped through the breach while the remaining cultivators stayed behind to cover them.
• Ling Pengyun kept attacking and judged that trapping two Void Refinement Early Stage cultivators and many ordinary cultivators already met his expectations.

After the enemy cultivators’ strength faded, Ling Pengyun and the Primordial Unity Lineage finished the battle and divided the spoils. Ling Pengyun collected two Void Refinement cultivators’ treasures and considered using them to reforge his own natal spirit treasures.

• As the Crimson Feather Sect Master and the other cultivators weakened, Ling Pengyun killed the Crimson Feather Sect Master and a White Water Immortal Sect Void Refinement cultivator, capturing their primordial spirits.
• Ling Pengyun, the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch, and the others slaughtered the remaining enemy cultivators, ending the battle outside Primordial Unity Immortal City.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch offered Ling Pengyun the two enemy Void Refinement cultivators’ spoils and seventy percent of the ordinary spoils, and Ling Pengyun accepted.
• Ling Pengyun collected the Crimson Feather Sect Master’s Crimson Feather Flying Sword and Fire Cloud Magic Shield, along with the White Water Magic Bead and other possessions.
• Ling Pengyun considered refining the acquired spirit treasures into materials to reforge his own natal spirit treasures.

After defeating the Crimson Feather Immortal Sect and White Water Immortal Sect forces, Ling Pengyun collected a vast haul and planned to use the captured Void Refinement Primordial Spirits to strengthen his family. He arranged with the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch to pressure the two sects’ remaining forces while he tracked down the escapees.

• Ling Pengyun collected spiritual treasures and captured Primordial Spirits, planning to seek inheritances from them before asking Old Sect Master Frost or the Ice Profound Celestial Monarch to refine Void Refinement Spiritual Items.
• Ling Pengyun gathered the battle’s remaining spoils, including ordinary cultivators’ treasures, flying vessels, and battle formations, and planned to feed them to the Five Elements Primordial Scripture.
• Ling Pengyun revealed that he had secretly marked the fleeing enemies with his Lingxiao Pursuit Method and intended to track and kill them.
• Ling Pengyun asked the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch to attack the Crimson Feather Immortal Sect and White Water Immortal Sect’s Spirit Lands, offering the Primordial Unity Lineage thirty percent of their ordinary Spirit Lands in return.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch agreed to Ling Pengyun’s proposal.

Ling Pengyun agreed to pursue the fleeing cultivators from the White Water Immortal Sect and Crimson Feather Immortal Sect while Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch moved against their ordinary Spirit Lands. The escaped cultivators reached a hidden underground cave, where the chapter left their refuge undiscovered.

• Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch questioned whether Ling Pengyun could catch and kill the fleeing Void Refinement cultivator and the sect elites, and Ling Pengyun said he was confident and warned that the two sects could retaliate later.
• Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch led Primordial Unity Lineage disciples toward the ordinary Spirit Lands of the White Water Immortal Sect and Crimson Feather Immortal Sect, while Ling Pengyun sent Lingxiao Business Alliance personnel to oversee them.
• Ling Pengyun sensed the restrictions he had placed on the fugitives and pursued them with the Lingxiao Evasion Technique after they left their sect headquarters.
• The fugitives gathered in a concealed underground cave protected by a Grade Six Low-Rank grand formation and containing a powerful Fifth Grade Peak spirit vein.