Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen secretly used an array and the Primal Chaos Cauldron to draw in Phantom Beasts and collect their Illusion Cores while Gu Daosu pursued an Epiphany at Three Rainbows Waterfall. After Shi Ju shattered the Gu Family’s array and Gu Daosu emerged, Gu Daosu exposed the hidden lake and the sword-wielding cultivator within it.

• Luo Chen used Cloud Chess Water Mirror to watch the battle, enlarged the Primal Chaos Cauldron, and sent his Split Soul inside to collect the Phantom Beasts’ Illusion Cores.
• Madam Xu fought the White Eagle and activated the Mountain Suppression Balance Array, eventually promising the watching cultivators Illusion Cores and the Gu Family’s friendship for help.
• The cultivators joined the fight, but Shi Ju and Qi Xiongcheng secretly collected Illusion Cores with the Purple Sun Gourd before Shi Ju attacked Three Rainbows Waterfall and destroyed the array.
• Gu Daosu emerged from the ruined waterfall with the Unexpected Treasure Mirror and forced the White Eagle back, while Madam Xu survived the clash.
• Gu Daosu used the mirror to reveal the hidden lake where Phantom Beast mist and Illusion Cores had been drawn, then a bloodred Sword Light rose from the marsh.

Luo Chen unleashed the Yuan Tu Blood Sword against the cultivators gathered around him, destroying their defenses and shattering Shi Ju and Qi Xiongcheng’s Purple Sun Gourd. As his enemies regrouped, he collected Illusion Cores with his treasure cauldron and escaped by formation, leaving them behind.

• Heavenly Mountain True Person recognized Luo Chen’s gathering Sword Light as a threat and escaped underground with Yu Xu, while Shi Ju and the others stayed to contend for the Heavenly Secret Pill.
• Luo Chen’s sword broke through the cultivators’ defenses, wounded Dragon Abyss True Person, and killed the Wang Family’s young True Disciple despite his escape attempt.
• The Blood Sword evaded Shi Ju’s Solar True Fire, severed Qi Xiongcheng’s arm, and shattered the Purple Sun Gourd, releasing the Illusion Cores it held.
• Dragon Abyss True Person and Ming Yan retreated, while Madam Xu left the grotto-heaven after warning Gu Daosu not to provoke Luo Chen; Gu Daosu also withdrew.
• Heavenly Mountain True Person dissuaded Yu Xu from attacking Luo Chen, noting that mist and lake water were gathering around him rather than showing signs of depleted Mana.
• Luo Chen used his treasure cauldron to seize Illusion Cores, then escaped the approaching enemies with the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths formation plate.

Luo Chen escaped the damaged teleportation array with Fu Qinglan, while Shi Ju began hunting other disciples for their Illusion Cores. Twenty years later, Luo Chen waited for Fu Qinglan to emerge from seclusion and spotted a vivid green glimmer in the snow.

• Luo Chen teleported to Fu Qinglan but suffered injuries from the flawed array plate, then escaped with her using an earth-traveling talisman.
• Shi Ju and the others found the mountain empty; Shi Ju sent Wang Yifu to search for Luo Chen and Fu Qinglan while he pursued Illusion Cores.
• At Heaven Earth Peak, the Wang Family disciple and Madam Xu identified Luo Chen as the one who eliminated them, while Shi Ju later eliminated Xiang Qi.
• Shi Ju attacked and eliminated more disciples, and Mo ShouZhuo told Ke Lianshan that someone remaining in the competition would comprehend Law Power.
• Twenty years after Fu Qinglan entered seclusion in the far north of Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, Luo Chen noticed a vivid green flash in the snow.

Luo Chen discovered that Fu Qinglan’s uncontrolled Wood Element Origin Power was feeding the Flourishing Decay True Fire, and he sacrificed the Heavenly Secret Pill to help it break through to Tier 5. Seven years later, Shi Ju led Qi Xiongcheng toward the far north to find Luo Chen and Fu Qinglan, while Gu Yuan and Gu Chen also located the source of the gathered Spiritual Opportunity just as Shi Ju arrived.

• Luo Chen recognized Fu Qinglan’s leaked Wood Element Origin Power in the unusually lush winter vegetation and realized it had accelerated the Flourishing Decay True Fire’s recovery.
• Luo Chen discovered that the Nirvana Sacred Fire was blocking the True Fire’s advance, then fed it the Heavenly Secret Pill after recalling Pill Saint Chu Yan’s advice.
• Over the following years, the Flourishing Decay True Fire neared Tier 5 but remained unable to cross the threshold, while Fu Qinglan’s Origin Power continued to spread through the cave heaven.
• Seven years later, Shi Ju learned from Qi Xiongcheng that Fu Qinglan and the Desolate Rogue were in the far north and set out with him, ordering Wang Yifu to wait for their arrival.
• Gu Yuan and Gu Chen followed a White Eagle into the mountains, detected two concentrations of Spiritual Opportunity, and found Luo Chen in an apparent Epiphany near Fu Qinglan’s cultivation site.
• Shi Ju and his companions arrived amid a destructive rush through the snowy mountains, and Gu Yuan realized they had found the Desolate Rogue.

Seven years after Luo Chen entered the Vitality Ocean while transforming his Flourishing Decay True Fire, Shi Ju and his allies attacked him during an Epiphany. Fu Qinglan defended him and fought the three attackers, but when Lin Jingtang destroyed her shield, Luo Chen struck him with the Blood Sword.

• Luo Chen followed the Flourishing Decay True Fire into the Vitality Ocean, where the Fire Spirit called out to him.
• Shi Ju, Qi Xiongcheng, and Wang Yifu found Luo Chen meditating on a mountain and attacked after destroying his defensive arrays.
• Fu Qinglan protected Luo Chen with the Sky Covering Leaf and revealed that she had comprehended Law True Intent.
• Fu Qinglan fought Shi Ju, Qi Xiongcheng, and Wang Yifu while shielding Luo Chen, but their combined assault wounded her and overwhelmed her defenses.
• Lin Jingtang struck the Sky Covering Leaf with the Startled Bell until it retreated, exposing Luo Chen.
• Luo Chen's Blood Sword pierced Lin Jingtang's Purple Mansion and Nascent Soul as he attacked.

Lin Jingtang tried to kill Luo Chen with the Startled Bell, but Luo Chen broke free, killed him, and rescued Fu Qinglan. Luo Chen refused to leave the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven and began testing his newly comprehended Withering and Flourishing art against Shi Ju, Wang Yifu, Qi Xiongcheng, and the White Eagle.

• Lin Jingtang unleashed the Startled Bell on Luo Chen, while Shi Ju, Wang Yifu, and Qi Xiongcheng stopped Fu Qinglan from intervening.
• Fu Qinglan urged Luo Chen to activate the Illusion Chess Piece, but Lin Jingtang sacrificed more of his Nascent Soul to unleash a deadly bell strike.
• Luo Chen emerged from the broken Startled Bell, split Lin Jingtang's Nascent Soul with his Blood Sword, and pulled Fu Qinglan to safety with his Crimson Chains.
• Luo Chen announced that he would stay and test his new methods, while Lin Bufan retreated and Gu Yuan and Gu Chen withdrew from the fight.
• Shi Ju, Wang Yifu, and Qi Xiongcheng attacked Luo Chen as the White Eagle dove toward him, and Luo Chen raised two fingers and invoked Withering and Flourishing.

Luo Chen used his newly created Wither Bloom Dao Finger to defeat several opponents in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, then returned to face accusations from powerful families. The Heaven Origin Dao Sect’s Sect Master admitted Fu Qinglan to Sitting-Forgetfulness Peak, while the Star Gate’s support left Luo Chen beyond his enemies’ reach.

• Luo Chen’s Wither Bloom Dao Finger drained Qi Xiongcheng and Wang Yifu, broke Wang Yifu’s Natal Magic Treasure, and forced Shi Ju to flee using his fire and lightning bodies.
• Luo Chen destroyed the White Eagle, captured its Illusion Core, and left the cave heaven with Fu Qinglan.
• Gu Yuan wondered whether Luo Chen’s strike was a Divine Ability, while Gu Chen recognized him as an extraordinary genius.
• The Xiang and Lin Family Clan Leaders confronted Luo Chen over the deaths of their allies, but Seven Lamps True Person defended him on behalf of the Star Gate.
• Mo ShouZhuo’s Divine Thought admitted Fu Qinglan to Sitting-Forgetfulness Peak, and Luo Chen left the hall with Seven Lamps Elder as the other families suppressed their anger.

Seven Lamps True Person tried to trade for Luo Chen’s Heavenly Secret Pill, but learned Luo Chen had already taken it and comprehended Flourishing Decay True Intent. After considering a military campaign against the Northern Sea, Luo Chen discovered his Five Elements Dao Physique had begun to awaken and was interrupted by a visit from Fu Chaosheng.

• Seven Lamps True Person offered Luo Chen treasures and a promotion in exchange for the Heavenly Secret Pill, but Luo Chen revealed he had already consumed it and demonstrated his Nascent Soul Third Layer cultivation and Flourishing Decay True Intent.
• Seven Lamps True Person told Luo Chen that the Heaven Origin Dao Sect planned to campaign against the Northern Sea and offered to support his promotion if he earned merit there.
• Luo Chen decided he would return to the Eastern Wasteland after the competition to bring his people to Central Province, then later consider joining the Northern Sea campaign.
• While cultivating, Luo Chen saw that his Attribute Panel classified Flourishing Decay True Intent as Wood and that his Five Elements Dao Physique had begun to glow.
• Fu Chaosheng visited Luo Chen, who greeted him by saying he had kept Luo Chen in the dark.

After leaving the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, Luo Chen accepted Fu Chaosheng’s gifts and invitation to become a Fu Family retainer, then began stabilizing his cultivation and studying formations and swordsmanship. As the grand competition neared its end, Luo Chen sought Seven Lamps Elder’s help to go to the Eastern Wasteland, despite the coming Northern Sea war.

• Luo Chen confronted Fu Chaosheng over the undisclosed time difference, but accepted his gifts of a formation book, a Sword Scripture, and a Soul Essence refining method, along with the Fu Family retainer invitation.
• Luo Chen examined his Attribute Panel, confirmed that the fifty years in the cave heaven had been real, and discovered that his rapid realm increase had left his mana and Nascent Soul unstable.
• Luo Chen reactivated the Wither Bloom Divine Restriction and used the Tier 5 Withering and Flourishing True Fire to temper his mana while studying formations and swordsmanship.
• Heavenly Mountain True Person visited Luo Chen, and Fu Chaosheng explained that Yu Xu had left early after absorbing too much Mirage Dragon Aura.
• Lin Bufan and then Gu Daosu left the cave heaven; Gu Daosu had succeeded in comprehending Origin Power, leaving four true disciples with one month remaining in the competition.
• Luo Chen went to Seven Lamps Elder and asked to travel to the Eastern Wasteland, prompting the elder to question his timing before the Northern Sea war.

Luo Chen prepared to leave the Central Province, while Heaven Origin Dao Sect announced its Grand Competition results and launched a march on the Northern Sea. The chapter ended with Sang Jinghe arriving in Wangwu Mountain to tell Luo Chen he had found a way to cultivate the Demon-Devil Symbiotic Tree.

• Fu Qinglan gave Fu Chaosheng the Chess Classic Collection of Profound Paths to deliver to Luo Chen as a farewell gift.
• Ming Yan emerged from the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven having comprehended Origin Power, while Dragon Abyss True Person and Gu Yuan had failed to do so.
• The sect announced the Grand Competition rewards, including Fu Qinglan's hundred years of personal instruction under Old Ancestor Chun Yuan.
• Mo ShouZhuo declared that Heaven Origin Dao Sect would march on the Northern Sea, and the crowd echoed the call.
• Luo Chen received hundreds of millions of Spirit Stones in cultivation resources at Wangwu Mountain, nearly exhausting his savings.
• Sang Jinghe told Luo Chen that he had found a way to cultivate the Demon-Devil Symbiotic Tree.

Luo Chen learned Sang Jinghe’s theory for cultivating the Demon-Devil Symbiotic Tree, settled his exchange at Wangwu Mountain, and left Central Province for the Eastern Wasteland. During the journey, he began studying a Sword Scripture that required gathering Spirit Essence from the Nine Heavens to improve his use of the Yuan Tu Sword.

• Sang Jinghe proposed using Desolate Beast blood and Fish-Dragon scales to nourish the Demon-Devil Symbiotic Tree, and Luo Chen praised his research but noted that suitable blood would be difficult to obtain.
• Luo Chen spent most of his remaining Spirit Stones completing an exchange with Tian Xuan, accepted the Chess Classic Collection of Profound Paths from Fu Hongzhang on Qing Lan’s behalf, and departed Wangwu Mountain.
• Luo Chen met Zhou Yunshen on the road and told him he was heading to the Eastern Wasteland rather than joining the campaign against the Northern Sea.
• At Heaven Star Port, Luo Chen obtained a Clearance Certificate and set out east aboard the Flying Cloud Carriage.
• Luo Chen studied the Thousand Skies Myriad Transformations Sword Scripture and learned that wielders of Flying Swords had to gather Nine Heavens Spirit Essence to cultivate Sword Qi.

Luo Chen left the Six Royal Flying Cloud Carriage and ascended to the Nine Heavens to gather Sky Qi for the Thousand Skies Myriad Transformations Sword Scripture. After collecting seven strands of Crimson Sky Qi, he headed toward the Eastern Wasteland and encountered Thunder Dao Child Zhang Che cultivating in the Azure Nether.

• Luo Chen left Black King to protect Zhang Jingqing, Tian Xuan, and Sang Jinghe, marked the carriage with a locating formation, and flew toward the Nine Heavens.
• Luo Chen resisted the vast universe's assault on his Dao heart with help from Han Zhan, then used the Primal Chaos Cauldron to collect Crimson Sky Qi while avoiding Aurora Beasts.
• Luo Chen gathered seven strands of Crimson Sky Qi over several months and decided to continue toward the Eastern Wasteland rather than remain in the Azure Nether.
• Luo Chen encountered Thunder Dao Child Zhang Che of the Mingyuan Sect cultivating amid a domain of lightning, then hurried down toward the mortal world.

Luo Chen returned to the Eastern Wasteland, reached Entry Level in the Thousand Skies Myriad Transformations Sword Scripture, and arrived at Dongyang Port with his companions. The group passed the Mingyuan Sect’s border checks and continued toward Divine Origin Immortal City, while Chi Zhong prepared to report Luo Chen’s arrival.

• Luo Chen rejoined Zhang Jingqing, Tian Xuan, and Sang Jinghe aboard the carriage and learned that their journey over the past six months had been uneventful.
• Luo Chen used Achievement Points to reach Entry Level in the Thousand Skies Myriad Transformations Sword Scripture, then sealed the Yuan Tu Sword inside his right arm to nurture its Crimson Sky Sword Qi.
• At the Mingyuan Sect’s Ming Water patrol, Luo Chen identified himself as a Star Gate Guest Elder, and Chi Zhong verified his token and opened the passage.
• Chi Zhong told Luo Chen that the Heavenly Origin Commerce League’s headquarters was in Divine Origin City and gave him directions there.
• The carriage passed Dongyang Port’s Demon Revealing Mirror without exposing Tian Xuan, and Chi Zhong handed Luo Chen a verified Clearance Certificate and a map.
• After Luo Chen departed, Chi Zhong told a junior disciple he would report the arrival of the Star Gate Guest Elder Luo Chen to Martial Uncle Lu.

Luo Chen reached Divine Origin City and learned that the Eastern Wasteland had lost twelve domains to the demon war, while survivors were gathered into the Doomed Legion. Hoping to find Sima Hui Niang among them, he paid to teleport to White Crane Region and left his companions in Gu Zuokai’s care; True Person Lu then reported Luo Chen’s identity and abilities to Mingyuan Sect.

• Luo Chen controlled the Cloud Carriage to Divine Origin City and was welcomed by Gu Zuokai, a member of the Gu Family.
• Gu Zuokai told Luo Chen that twelve Eastern Wasteland domains had fallen, three were front-line battlefields, and the Doomed Legion had formed from displaced cultivators.
• Luo Chen feared for Sima Hui Niang and asked about reaching the front lines, then arranged for Gu Zuokai to escort his companions to White Crane Region.
• Luo Chen paid with Grand Origin Pills and used Dongyang Sect’s Teleportation Array to travel to White Crane Region.
• Chi Zhong told True Person Lu that Luo Chen was a Star Gate Guest Elder, and True Person Lu recorded Luo Chen’s cultivation, swordsmanship, and pill-refining abilities.

Luo Chen arrived at the White Crane Sect and learned that the Luo Tian Sect’s Ten-Decisive Duel stemmed from a succession dispute involving Sima Hui Niang, Yao Mingyue, and Si Wenjun. At Soaring Sky Pass, Qi Emei and Fiend Dragon Child prepared to fight in the fifth duel, their former closeness overshadowed by their allegiance to opposing factions.

• Luo Chen reached the White Crane Sect, where Idle Crane True Person welcomed him and Zhao Wu told him about the Luo Tian Sect’s Ten-Decisive Duel.
• Zhao Wu explained that Sima Hui Niang had appointed Yao Mingyue as her successor instead of her younger brother, Si Wenjun, whose original name was Sima Wenjie, creating a rift within the sect.
• Zhao Wu warned that surviving sects were challenging the White Crane Sect for resources and territory, including the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect and its ally, Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion.
• At Soaring Sky Pass, cultivators gathered to watch the fifth duel of the Luo Tian Sect’s Ten-Decisive Duel, between Qi Emei and Fiend Dragon Child.
• Qi Emei urged Fiend Dragon Child, whose name was Zeng Yilong, to look at her and said the Luo Tian Sect could return to its former state if her faction won.
• Fiend Dragon Child said Qi Emei could not defeat him, but she began using the Five Elements Divine Sect’s secret arts as their battle approached.

Fiend Dragon Child faced Qi Emei in the fifth fight and overcame her Red Thread Dragon Binding Technique after deciding to put aside their old relationship. He won without killing her, while the next confrontation between Luo Tian Sect and Sima Wenjie's faction loomed.

• Divine Fire Zhenren explained to Ran Feng that Qi Emei's Red Thread Dragon Binding Technique could counter Fiend Dragon Child, and that their old bond might make him hesitate.
• Qi Emei attacked with her flying sword, Five Elements spells, and Innate One Qi Great Handprint, then trapped Fiend Dragon Child in a net of red threads after he held back from striking her.
• Fiend Dragon Child destroyed his wings to break free, used Giant Spirit Transformation, and overwhelmed Qi Emei with a relentless assault.
• Fiend Dragon Child defeated Qi Emei but threw her out of the Battle Arena instead of killing her, then followed Wang Yuan away with the Luo Tian Sect disciples.
• Gu Cai Yi told Fiend Dragon Child that his friendship with Qi Emei had stayed his hand only this once, while Sima Wenjie warned that the next match against Min Longyu's side would be difficult.
• Hong Ling of the Jade Cauldron Sword Cultivators stepped forward beside Sima Wenjie.

Luo Tian Sect lost its fourth duel when Hong Ling defeated Min Longyu, leaving the sect close to losing control to Si Wenjun’s faction. As Wang Yuan planned the next matches, Qu Lingjun arrived with his Golden Core wife, Meng Qin’er, offering help.

• Hong Ling overwhelmed Min Longyu’s arrays, but Gu Cai Yi conceded before he could use his life-bound array disc and die with her.
• Min Longyu realized his survival mattered to Luo Tian Sect and apologized to Gu Cai Yi for arguing with her.
• Wang Yuan said he would fight the next morning and had summoned Qin Yuanjiang for the second match, while Gu Cai Yi and Sima Hui Niang should be saved for later.
• Qu Lingjun arrived at the inn with his wife, Meng Qin’er, and introduced her as a Golden Core cultivator from Wind Flower Palace.

Wind Moon Fairy and Senior Sister Hua discussed intervening in the Luo Tian Sect’s internal conflict, while Five Elements Divine Sect and Skyscraper Cliff planned their next moves against the sect. Sima Wenjie embraced his bid to seize the Luo Tian Sect, convinced that its inheritance and resources should have belonged to him.

• Wind Moon Fairy argued that Wind Flower Palace had to counter Five Elements Divine Sect’s attempt to absorb the Luo Tian Sect, and revealed that Qin Er would aid Qu Lingjun in exchange for his Tier 2 Spirit Communication Pill recipe.
• Divine Fire Zhenren told Ran Feng that Pill Dust Master was alive and that Five Elements Divine Sect still sought to control him, then joined Skyscraper Old Ghost and Sima Wenjie to discuss the next duel.
• Skyscraper Old Ghost proposed that Yin Sixiang fight Wang Yuan and promised a True Artifact capable of restraining body cultivators; Sima Wenjie insisted that defeating Wang Yuan would break the Luo Tian Sect’s resolve.
• After Divine Fire Zhenren left, Sima Wenjie promised Skyscraper Old Ghost that he would obtain the Micro Dust Origin Art once he became sect master.
• Alone, Sima Wenjie brooded over the resources and inheritance he believed the Luo Tian Sect had denied him, and justified taking control of the sect.

Wang Yuan battled Yin Sixiang in the Ten-Decisive Duel, overcoming his spells and Four Symbols Law Domain before Skyscraper Cliff trapped him beneath its immense weight. As Wang Yuan began a desperate transformation to break free, a familiar young man appeared and held up the cliff, telling him to leave the rest to him.

• The Soaring Sky City Lord announced that Wang Yuan and Yin Sixiang would fight, drawing a crowd to the Battle Arena.
• Wang Yuan attacked Yin Sixiang, who used successive Five Elements spells to block him, slow him, and strike from a distance.
• Yin Sixiang trapped Wang Yuan in the Four Symbols Law Domain, but Wang Yuan transformed into a giant and shattered its attacks.
• Yin Sixiang used a miniature mountain that expanded into Skyscraper Cliff and pinned Wang Yuan beneath it.
• As Wang Yuan began a costly Demonlike Transformation, an unfamiliar young man appeared on his shoulder and held up the cliff.

Luo Chen returned to Soaring Sky Pass, saved Wang Yuan in the Battle Arena, and exposed the Five Elements Divine Sect and Skyscraper Old Ghost’s interference. After reuniting with the Luo Tian Sect and confronting the traitor Sima Wenjie, he affirmed his return to Wang Yuan and the gathered cultivators.

• Luo Chen broke into the Battle Arena, crushed Yin Sixiang with a summoned mountain, and destroyed Skyscraper Old Ghost’s Destiny True Artifact with bone-white flames.
• Luo Chen’s attack revealed that Skyscraper Old Ghost had secretly controlled Skyscraper Cliff during Wang Yuan’s fight, and Wang Yuan greeted Luo Chen as the sect’s Supreme Elder.
• Luo Chen reunited with Gu Cai Yi and the Luo Tian Sect members, then seized Sima Wenjie and had Min Longyu restrain him.
• Luo Chen and Wang Yuan discussed the 110 years since Luo Chen’s departure and Wang Yuan’s efforts to protect the sect, including his change in cultivation path.
• Luo Chen entered the City Lord’s Mansion and announced to the gathered cultivators, “Everyone, I’m back!”