Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen hosted a Golden Core gathering, traded rare pills for resources, and built connections while continuing to cultivate and avoid dangerous assignments. When the Human Allied Army attacked Supreme Emperor Mountain, the Ao Xiao Wolf Court launched a massive assault on the base camp, and Demon Emperor Ao Xiao clashed with a Nascent Soul True Person.

• Luo Chen hosted Golden Core Cultivators from several sects, traded rare pills for resources, and received a Fire Spirit Diamond from Nalan Feng.
• Hundred Flowers Fairy invited Luo Chen and the Luo Tian Alliance to join a future attack on Great Snow Mountain, but Luo Chen said he would consider it.
• Mu Yunyan and Linghu Jie praised Luo Chen’s Divine Sense and discussed maintaining ties with him, while Cheng Yan directed them to keep the Luo Tian Alliance away from the coming battle at Supreme Emperor Mountain.
• Luo Chen spent the following year cultivating, refining pills, studying formations, and completing mostly safe duties before accepting another patrol mission.
• After the Human Allied Army attacked Supreme Emperor Mountain, more than a hundred cultivators left Sword Holding Hall, and Luo Chen warned the base camp that over ten thousand demon beasts and at least twenty Third Order Demon Kings were approaching.
• Demon Emperor Ao Xiao struck at the base camp, and a Nascent Soul True Person on Thousand Leaves Peak met him in a collision that shook the surrounding land and damaged the peak.

Han Zhan held Wolf Emperor Ao Xiao at bay while the demon wolf army overwhelmed the Fallen Cloud Sect's base camp, and Luo Chen revealed his strength to defeat several Wolf Kings before facing the golden wolf. The repaired defensive formation gave the survivors a chance to retreat, but the wolves pressed their assault as the chapter ended.

• Han Zhan used the Dual Polarity Five Elements Sword Formation and a Nascent Soul Stage puppet to hold Wolf Emperor Ao Xiao at a standoff while the wolf army attacked the base camp.
• Luo Chen joined Cheng Yan and the Fallen Cloud Sect cultivators in battle, then destroyed two Early Stage Tier 3 Wolf Kings with his Mountain Collapse spell.
• Linghu Jie received a message that the sect was in danger and led the Sword Holding Hall back toward Thousand Leaves Peak.
• A piercing howl disrupted Luo Chen's flying wheels, but he recovered and killed another Wolf King before the golden wolf charged him.
• Luo Chen transformed into a great-roc-like true body and collided with the golden wolf, who sent him flying back toward the camp.
• The Fallen Cloud Sect repaired its defensive formation, but the demon wolves surrounded the survivors and charged the formation.

Ao Xiao’s assault devastated the Fallen Cloud Sect before reinforcements from the Sword Holding Hall arrived and drove the demon beasts back. Han Zhan explained why he had not risked fighting Ao Xiao, while the badly wounded Luo Chen woke and learned the sect’s survivors owed much to his stand against a Golden Wolf King.

• Ao Xiao revealed that he had used the Fallen Cloud Sect’s scattered forces to strike its main camp, and Han Zhan refused his demand to withdraw from the Howling Moon Mountain Range.
• Ao Xiao identified Han Zhan’s Nascent Soul Puppet as an Extracorporeal Incarnation, while Han Zhan sensed that the Fallen Cloud Sect had not yet lost everything.
• Lin Qingxuan and the Sword Holding Hall cultivators returned, killed an attacking Wolf King, and helped the defenders as the demon beasts retreated.
• Cheng Yan accused Han Zhan of letting sect members die, and Han Zhan explained that a battle with Ao Xiao could have killed thousands; Cheng Yan left repeating that he was not a True Person.
• Han Zhan used nether light to help Luo Chen awaken, and Heartless Immortal supported him as he went to recover and seek the Luo Tian Alliance cultivators.
• Heartless Immortal learned Luo Chen had slain three Wolf Kings and held off a Late Stage Third Order Golden Wolf King, while Luo Chen examined the wound and lingering golden light in his chest.

While recovering from his injuries, Luo Chen learned that the battle had cost the Luo Tian Alliance five lives and left three cultivators missing, forcing him to confront his overconfidence. The Fallen Cloud Sect’s devastating losses delayed the war, while Luo Chen discovered that the Dragon Slaying Art could help purge the Golden Wolf King’s Demon Qi.

• Luo Chen treated his internal injuries, and Han Zheng delivered healing pills, Black Emperor Ointment, and Spirit Dissolving Liquid on behalf of the Fallen Cloud Sect.
• The Heartless Immortal told Luo Chen that five of his ten Luo Tian Alliance cultivators had died, three were missing, and Zeng Yilong and Wan Ting had survived with injuries.
• Luo Chen grieved the casualties and reflected that his recent success had made him arrogant about his strength and his ability to protect others.
• Golden Core cultivators discussed the Fallen Cloud Sect’s crippling losses and debated whether its reinforcements meant it planned to resume the war soon.
• Luo Chen found that the Dragon Slaying Art could sever the Golden Wolf King’s Demon Qi, and planned to combine it with Wither Bloom Fire and Spirit Dissolving Liquid to expel the Qi.

Luo Chen recovered from his injuries after the battle at Thousand Leaves Peak, received Sima Hui Niang’s letter urging him to protect himself, and prepared for the coming decisive battle. As Fallen Cloud Sect and its allies gathered a vast force at Heaven Drum Plains, Han Zhan Zhenren finally declared war on the Ao Xiao Wolf Court.

• Luo Chen eliminated the Golden Wolf King’s Demon Qi, healed his internal injuries, and used Black Emperor Ointment to recover from his external wounds.
• Xu Huanzhen delivered Sima Hui Niang’s letter, which described Luo Tian Sect’s progress and urged Luo Chen to return safely; Luo Chen sent letters back and asked that Myriad Images Sect be watched closely.
• Zeng Yilong insisted on staying to witness the decisive battle, and Luo Chen agreed to protect him if he obeyed orders.
• Luo Chen discovered that Black Emperor Ointment had advanced his Body Tempering Realm and began considering trading the Tier 2 Spirit Communication Pill Recipe for its recipe.
• Fallen Cloud Sect assembled its forces, including a Sky Sail Warship, as cultivators gathered around Heaven Drum Plains.
• Han Zhan Zhenren appeared on Thousand Leaves Peak and declared the war, and the gathered forces answered with cries to fight.

Luo Chen watched the Human Allied Army use the Sky Sail Warship, its Spirit Energy Cannons, and the Fallen Cloud Sect's puppets to rout the Ao Xiao Wolf Court at Heaven Drum Plains. As Wolf Emperor Ao Xiao intervened and challenged Han Zhan, the battle's fate shifted to a clash between Nascent Soul powers.

• Luo Chen boarded the Fallen Cloud Sect's Sky Sail Warship, where Mu Yunyan showed him its Spirit Energy Cannons and Floating Boats.
• The cannons and the cultivators' attacks shattered the demon wolf army's charge, and the Fallen Cloud Sect deployed its puppet forces while Gongye Qian ordered precise cannon fire against Second-Order Demon Wolves.
• Luo Chen sent Zeng Yilong to fight a Late-Stage Tier 2 Demon Wolf as the Wolf Kings and five outside Demon Kings threatened the allied forces and the warship.
• The Moon God Envoy and seven other Golden Core powerhouses appeared, forcing the five Demon Kings to flee, while Luo Chen helped Yu Jiaolong kill a Mid-Third Order Demon King.
• Luo Chen warned that Nascent Soul True Persons would decide the domain's fate, and the wounded Grey Wolf King called for Wolf Emperor Ao Xiao, who arrived and challenged Han Zhan to battle.

Luo Chen watched as Han Zhan and Wolf Emperor Ao Xiao fought, then saw Han Zhan’s allies help defeat Ao Xiao and capture his Nascent Soul. Han Zhan ordered the Human Race forces to clear the Ao Xiao Wolf Court’s remnants and summoned named Golden Core cultivators to accompany them to Great Snow Mountain.

• Luo Chen took Zeng Yilong to a sparsely populated area, activated a formation for protection, and watched Han Zhan fight Ao Xiao.
• Ao Xiao overwhelmed Han Zhan’s incomplete sword formation, but Han Zhan revealed the Five Sword Pellets and formed the complete Dual Polarity Five Elements Sword Formation.
• Ao Xiao transformed into his enormous true form and struck down Han Zhan’s incarnation, but Han Zhan escaped and restrained Ao Xiao’s Nascent Soul with the Demon Locking Pagoda.
• Jade Cauldron True Person, Tianyezi, the Cloud Crane Couple, and other allies attacked Ao Xiao, destroying his body and forcing his Nascent Soul to flee.
• Han Zhan and his allies captured Ao Xiao’s Nascent Soul in the Demon Locking Pagoda, ending the battle.
• Han Zhan ordered cultivators below Golden Core to clear the Wolf Court’s remnants and summoned named Golden Core cultivators to go with him to Great Snow Mountain.

Luo Chen joined a coalition of Golden Core cultivators and five Nascent Soul masters on an expedition to conquer Great Snow Mountain. Their apparent advantage collapsed when Lady Qing Shuang emerged from the White Bone Dao Palace and killed Cloud Crane True Person with one punch.

• Han Zhan and four Nascent Soul allies captured Wolf Emperor Ao Xiao, and Luo Chen boarded Wind Thunder Palace for the expedition to Great Snow Mountain.
• Hundred Flowers Fairy promised the assembled sects half of Great Snow Mountain's territory and support for future domain conquests.
• Bo Shuang, Yinyue, and an Ice Fortress elder joined the expedition, while Han Zhan returned the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect's disciples' remains and agreed to let Tianyezi study the Demon Locking Pagoda.
• The five Nascent Soul masters discussed the risks of violating the Founding Pact and arrived at Great Snow Mountain with thirty Golden Core cultivators.
• The White Bone Mysterious Snake revealed Lady Qing Shuang, prompting the five Nascent Soul masters to flee, but Qing Shuang killed Cloud Crane True Person with a single punch.

Qing Shuang annihilated the Human Race cultivators who had pressed into Great Snow Mountain, killing Jade Cauldron True Person and destroying twelve cities before confronting Zhang Che at the Accumulated Thunder Nine Mountains. After returning to the White Bone Dao Palace, she captured He Qingzi and left the White Bone Mysterious Snake to consult Di Tian about reclaiming the lost Demon Race territories.

• Qing Shuang killed Cloud Crane True Person, captured the Golden Core Cultivators at Wind Thunder Palace, and defeated Han Zhan, taking his Nascent Soul.
• Qing Shuang pursued the fleeing cultivators, captured He Qingzi, killed Tianyezi, and destroyed Broken Moon Immortal City and eleven other cities while chasing Jade Cauldron True Person.
• Qing Shuang killed Jade Cauldron True Person beneath the Accumulated Thunder Nine Mountains and warned Zhang Che not to attack her.
• Zhang Che recognized Qing Shuang’s mastery of Space Laws and decided to report her to the Mingyuan Sect as news of her rampage spread across the Eastern Wilderness.
• Qing Shuang returned to the White Bone Dao Palace, captured He Qingzi, and told the White Bone Mysterious Snake to consult Di Tian about reclaiming the Howling Moon Mountain Range and Jade Cauldron Domain.

Luo Chen and the other captured cultivators languished under a powerful spatial restriction while He Qingzi took them one by one for Soul Search. When Luo Chen was finally brought to Truth Crossing Hall on Cangwu Mountain, Nether Spring recognized him and asked, "You're Luo Chen?"

• Vast Righteousness Child failed to break the restriction, and Luo Chen concluded that only mastering the Seven Fundamental Restrictions or the Dragon Slaying Art might counter it.
• He Qingzi took Vast Righteousness Child and other prisoners for interrogation, and they returned with severe soul damage; Jin Buque died after the Netherworld Yin Crow broke his Soul Restriction.
• He Qingzi came for Luo Chen, led him through Cangwu Mountain, and brought him into Truth Crossing Hall to meet Nether Spring.
• Nether Spring fixed its gaze on Luo Chen, withdrew its strange force, and asked whether he was Luo Chen.

Nether Spring revealed that the Five Elements Divine Sect had targeted Luo Chen for his potential to form a Primordial Fetus Dao Body and recruited him to make Emperor Flow Paste for the demons. After leaving Truth Crossing Hall, Luo Chen realized Nether Spring had trapped him in a powerful illusion, then followed He Qingzi to his new quarters on Cangwu Mountain.

• Nether Spring explained that five Nascent Soul cultivators with Five Elements Spirit Roots could reverse-refine a Primordial Fetus Dao Body, and Luo Chen understood why Jin Buque had courted him for the Five Elements Divine Sect.
• Nether Spring released Luo Chen's Mana, inspected his Emperor Flow Paste, and demanded that he refine high-grade batches in exchange for serving Truth Crossing Hall.
• Nether Spring identified herself as the vice hall master and ordered Luo Chen to remain on Cangwu Mountain, where He Qingzi would fulfill his requests.
• After leaving the hall, Luo Chen realized Nether Spring had ensnared him in an illusion and marveled that he had been unable to resist her words.
• He Qingzi led Luo Chen down the mountain toward his quarters and warned him that many powerful Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators watched over Truth Crossing Hall.

Luo Chen learned about Cangwu Mountain’s powerful halls and began refining Emperor Flow Paste in a supreme-grade Tier 3 Spirit Land while captive cultivators and the Eastern Wilderness struggled with the aftermath of the battle at Great Snow Mountain. As the Luo Tian Alliance debated whether it could survive without him, a figure arrived and claimed he would fill the gap.

• Luo Chen asked He Qingzi about the masters of Day Sky Hall and Profound Understanding Hall, learning that Qing Shuang led the former and Qixia Yuanjun led the latter.
• He Qingzi arranged a supreme-grade Tier 3 cave abode for Luo Chen, who realized Nether Spring wanted him to produce high-grade Emperor Flow Paste and planned to limit his output to preserve his usefulness.
• Captive Golden Core Cultivators assumed Luo Chen had died, while news of the defeat at Great Snow Mountain spread and left the Eastern Wilderness’s sects and frontier forces in turmoil.
• At Snow Wolf Plain, Sima Hui Niang insisted Luo Chen was alive, while Di Wuqi warned that the Luo Tian Alliance lacked the strength to withstand a demon-beast counterattack without him.
• A figure entered the palace and declared he would fill the gap, releasing such powerful Gang Qi that the hall became like a Furnace Realm.

News of the Joyful Union Old Ancestor’s arrival calmed the Human Race cultivators in the Howling Moon Mountain Range while Luo Chen was forced to refine Emperor Flow Paste and teach demon birds. Nether Spring revealed the Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Scripture, offering Luo Chen a way to escape the limits of his Five Spirit Roots and cultivate the Fire Dao.

• The Joyful Union Old Ancestor arrived in Broken Moon Immortal City, easing fears among the Human Race cultivators, who suspected he had come to answer for his sect’s members provoking the Demon Race.
• On Cangwu Mountain, Nether Spring explained to Qing Shuang that she had arranged for the Eastern Wilderness Demon Court to take the captured Human Race cultivators, keeping the prisoners’ fate out of Cangwu Mountain’s hands.
• Nether Spring told Qing Shuang that Luo Chen’s Wither Bloom Fire resembled Nirvana Sacred Fire and that she wanted him to master it and refine Transformation Pills.
• Luo Chen refined Emperor Flow Paste before Cangwu Mountain’s demon birds and resented being ordered to teach them, but He Qingzi summoned him to the Day Sky Hall.
• Nether Spring questioned Luo Chen about his cultivation path and offered him the Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Scripture, claiming it could let him switch to the Fire Dao, overcome his limitations, and reach the Great Vehicle Stage.

Luo Chen learned the Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Scripture and discovered that refining his mixed Mana into pure Fire Attribute Mana could lead him to the First Nirvana Realm. He entered seclusion to burn away his Wood Attribute Mana, leaving the Withering and Flourishing True Fire refining his Golden Core as he pursued the transformation.

• Nether Spring gave Luo Chen the Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Scripture and said the Burning Wood True Art would let him switch to it seamlessly.
• Luo Chen used his Attribute Panel to reach Entry Level, then refined the phoenix feather to acquire the faint Phoenix Bloodline needed to cultivate the scripture.
• Luo Chen found that the new method greatly improved his cultivation speed, but realized he needed to convert his Wood Attribute Mana into Fire Attribute Mana to reach the First Nirvana Realm.
• Luo Chen completed his Emperor Flow Paste work, requested leave, and prepared his cave mansion for seclusion.
• Luo Chen began burning his Wood Attribute Mana with the Burning Wood True Art while circulating the Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Scripture, and his Withering and Flourishing True Fire enveloped his Golden Core.

Luo Chen completed the Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Scripture’s three tribulations, transforming his cultivation into pure Fire Attribute Mana and greatly increasing his cultivation speed. After a year refining pills for Cangwu Mountain, he was ordered to attempt the Transformation Pill, but the chapter ended as Qing Shuang revealed three Late Nascent Soul cultivators outside the mountain.

• Nether Spring and Qing Shuang watched Luo Chen overcome the Qi Sea, Spirit Root, and Golden Core Tribulations, leaving him with a red Golden Core and pure Fire Attribute Mana.
• Luo Chen discovered that the scripture boosted his cultivation speed, strengthened his fire techniques and treasures, and helped him refine Emperor Flow Paste and control the Flourishing Decay True Fire.
• After refining a Third-Order Demon Beast with his true fire, Luo Chen found that his maximum lifespan had increased by one year.
• Nether Spring gave Luo Chen Qixia Yuanjun’s Transformation Pill recipe, which used a cultivator’s Nascent Soul and essence blood to let a Third-Order Demon Beast transform and cultivate faster, and pressured him to refine it.
• Qing Shuang shattered a concealed veil outside Cangwu Mountain, revealing Joyful Union Old Ancestor, Five Elements Divine Origin, and Heavenly Extremes Hui Ping, while Nether Spring dragged Luo Chen back into Truth Crossing Hall and told him to stay put.

Luo Chen remained trapped on Cangwu Mountain after Qing Shuang defeated three Human Race Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators, and he spent the following year under Nether Spring’s watch while studying the Transformation Pill. As he searched the treasury for ingredients, he found an unusual deep-red streak inside a Fire Spirit Diamond and wondered whether it was blood.

• Luo Chen sensed powerful auras awaken inside Truth Crossing Hall, but Nether Spring returned alone after Qing Shuang defeated the three Human Race Great Cultivators outside Cangwu Mountain.
• Luo Chen saw Qing Shuang hovering over the battlefield and learned from the defeated cultivators that she had grievously wounded one of them and shattered his Glazed Golden Body.
• The three Human Race Great Cultivators agreed to leave the matter to the Mingyuan Sect, while an unnamed emperor told his followers not to provoke Cangwu Mountain and said Qing Shuang protected Qixia Yuanjun’s territory.
• A year later, Nether Spring questioned He Qingzi about Di Tian’s request for Ao Xiao and Luo Chen’s progress studying the Transformation Pill recipe.
• Luo Chen selected medicinal ingredients in Cangwu Mountain’s treasury and found a deep-red streak inside a Fire Spirit Diamond that looked like blood.

Luo Chen sought Tianyezi’s help refining a Primal Chaos Cauldron so he could make a Natal Magic Treasure suited to his cultivation and refine Transformation Pills. After Nether Spring and Qing Shuang approved the plan, Tianyezi accepted the blueprint and Luo Chen’s materials, but Thunder Prison Divine Peng appeared when Luo Chen revealed a Thousand-Year Thunder Essence.

• Luo Chen visited the fourth basement level, collected Tianyezi’s Essence Blood, and asked him to help refine a cauldron-type Natal Magic Treasure.
• Nether Spring offered Luo Chen the Azure Origin Cauldron, but his first attempt at refining a Transformation Pill failed because the Nascent Soul power was difficult to control and the cauldron did not suit him.
• Luo Chen persuaded Nether Spring and Qing Shuang to let him pursue the Primal Chaos Cauldron, and Qing Shuang agreed to watch Tianyezi as he worked.
• Tianyezi recognized the Primal Chaos Cauldron blueprint and agreed to refine it after Luo Chen supplied the promised medicine and a large stock of materials.
• Luo Chen revealed a Thousand-Year Thunder Essence, and Thunder Prison Divine Peng appeared, staring intently at the flower.

Tianyezi forged Luo Chen a High-Grade Natal Magic Treasure, the Oneness of Primordial Chaos cauldron, with help from Han Zhan and Qing Shuang. Luo Chen left the dungeon with the cauldron bound to him, while Nether Spring claimed three more blossoms of Thousand-Year Thunder Essence.

• Tianyezi began refining Luo Chen’s Natal Magic Treasure and taught him how the five principal materials would form the essence of Primal Chaos.
• While processing the dark-red Fire Spirit Diamond, Tianyezi nearly lost control after sensing the blood inside it, but Qing Shuang sealed its aura and calmed him.
• Tianyezi forged a cauldron embryo, then discovered the strange blood was melting it and ordered Luo Chen to supply more materials, including Thousand-Year Thunder Essence and Ice Soul Cold Marrow.
• Tianyezi asked Qing Shuang to use her Space Laws to help the materials merge, and she agreed after Luo Chen offered her two blossoms of Thousand-Year Thunder Essence.
• Tianyezi and Han Zhan completed the arrays as Qing Shuang infused the cauldron with Demon Power, producing the High-Grade Oneness of Primordial Chaos cauldron, which Luo Chen bound to himself.
• After Qing Shuang restored Tianyezi’s restrictions and they left the dungeon, she demanded three more blossoms of Thousand-Year Thunder Essence for Nether Spring, and Luo Chen handed them over.

Luo Chen studied and began tempering his newly refined Primal Chaos Cauldron, learning its powers and limitations from Tianyezi. After another failed attempt at a Transformation Pill earned him his first bit of progress, he felt homesick for the Luo Tian Sect, while Qing Shuang sensed that something was wrong.

• Tianyezi explained that the Primal Chaos Cauldron could suppress, trap, seize, nurture, and refine, but its excess impurities made it difficult for Luo Chen to control.
• Luo Chen began tempering the cauldron with Source True Fire, burning away impurities before returning it to his Qi Sea to be nourished with Mana.
• Luo Chen used the cauldron's divided inner spaces in his latest Transformation Pill attempt, but the pill failed; his Attribute Panel nevertheless recorded Transformation Pill Entry Level 1/100.
• Luo Chen reflected on his three years away from the Luo Tian Sect and wondered how Sima Hui Niang, Gu Cai Yi, Wang, Qu Lingjun, and the others were faring.
• Qing Shuang watched Luo Chen from Day Sky Hall, then told a black shadow that she had a bad feeling.

Luo Chen refined the Transformation Pills, broke through to the Golden Core Third Layer, and discovered Tianyezi had secretly prepared the Primal Chaos Cauldron to become a Spirit Treasure and help him escape. Tianyezi used it to free himself and Han Zhan as a black-robed elder from Mingyuan Sect arrived.

• Luo Chen successfully refined five Transformation Pills and gave four to Nether Spring, who hoped they would let her transform into human form.
• Nether Spring activated Truth Crossing Hall's grand formation to end the snowfall, while Luo Chen entered seclusion and advanced to the Golden Core Third Layer.
• Luo Chen noticed a strange wind inside the Primal Chaos Cauldron and confronted Tianyezi, who admitted he had left a hidden contingency in the treasure.
• Luo Chen realized Tianyezi intended to use the Primal Chaos Cauldron's emerging Artifact Spirit to escape and take over his body.
• A tremendous boom interrupted them, and Tianyezi used the cauldron's chains to free himself and extract Han Zhan's Nascent Soul from prison.
• Tianyezi and Han Zhan looked beyond Cangwu Mountain as an old man in black approached, and Tianyezi recognized that Mingyuan Sect had finally made its move.