Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen advanced his talisman-making skills, overcame a shortage of Tier 4 materials by searching Hanyang True Person’s abandoned cultivation grounds, and returned with a large supply of Talisman Skin. Near the entrance to Pill Saint Blessed Land, he sensed Bai Mei Ling fighting an enemy inside Yanfu Mountain.

• Luo Chen mastered Tier 3 Fire Attribute talismans but hit a bottleneck when he tried to make Tier 4 talismans with low-grade materials.
• Heartless Immortal explained that Tier 4 talismans needed stronger materials and gave Luo Chen her supply of Tier 4 Talisman Skin.
• After making several Tier 4 talismans, Luo Chen traveled with the Black Tortoise to Hanyang True Person’s old cultivation grounds and recovered a large quantity of Talisman Skin from secret vaults.
• On the return journey, Luo Chen sensed a familiar presence fighting inside Yanfu Mountain and wondered why Bai Mei Ling had left the sect.

Luo Chen rescued Bai Mei Ling and her disciples from Yan Qianji at Yanfu Mountain, then learned that the sacred mountain contained the Ming Water Spring Eye and left other ghost cultivators to investigate it. After three years of cultivation and talisman-making, he reached Great Perfection in Fire Phoenix Ignites the Plains and discovered Spiritual Opportunity in the surrounding spiritual qi.

• Luo Chen broke Yan Qianji's attack with a fused fiendish ghost, wounded him, and let him escape rather than pursue him.
• Luo Chen learned that Bai Mei Ling had taken Min Longyu and the disciples into Yanfu Mountain, identified it as the Mingyuan Sect's sacred mountain, and brought them back to the Pill Saint Blessed Land.
• Ghost cultivators gathered at Yanfu Mountain after rumors spread that the Ming Water Spring Eye could make its controller master of the Nether Abyss.
• Luo Chen ordered Li Yingzhang to send expeditions into the Ming Abyss ruins, establish another stronghold, and have Bai Mei Ling lead the groups.
• Luo Chen resumed cultivation and talisman-making, reaching Great Perfection in Fire Phoenix Ignites the Plains after three years.
• Luo Chen used his Crimson-Eyed Golden Pupils to spot Spiritual Opportunity in the spiritual qi and began drawing it into his body.

Luo Chen’s attempt to comprehend the Fire Source was interrupted when he discovered that the Calamity Gu had possessed his son, Luo Lingxi, and endangered Luo Tian Sect. After removing the Gu and dealing with the consequences, Luo Chen prepared to resume his cultivation, only to find that the Calamity Gu had vanished from the Primal Chaos Cauldron.

• Luo Chen drew in Spiritual Opportunity and nearly reached the Vitality Ocean, but his Divine Sense recoiled when he sensed a threat within Luo Tian Sect.
• Luo Chen discovered that Sima Hui Niang had used Demon Heart Gu to help Luo Lingxi cultivate and pulled the Calamity Gu from his son’s body.
• Luo Chen sealed the Calamity Gu in the Primal Chaos Cauldron, explained its danger, and promised to find a way for Luo Lingxi to cultivate safely.
• Luo Chen confined Sima Hui Niang for ten years and had the Demon Heart Gu removed from four disciples, compensating them with resources and entrusting their care to Li Yingzhang.
• Luo Chen planned to comprehend a Law True Intent and awaken Canglong, but when he inspected the Primal Chaos Cauldron, he found the Calamity Gu was gone.

Luo Chen comprehended the Fire Source, gaining control over nearby fire and impressing the Luo Tian Sect with his breakthrough. Meanwhile, his Split Soul watched from Heavenly Mountain as Canglong and Han Zhan encountered Ning Yuzhuo, whose rampage ended when a Buddhist cultivator captured him.

• The Primal Chaos Cauldron absorbed the Tier 5 Calamity Gu and repaired its cracks, leaving Luo Chen to wonder whether the mysterious Gray Radiance inside it was responsible.
• Luo Chen advanced his Flame Dragon Descends talisman-making and comprehended the Fire Source, allowing him to command and transform nearby spiritual qi and summon fire dragons and phoenixes.
• Luo Chen's display at Dan Mountain alarmed the Luo Tian Sect; Ling Fengzi realized Luo Chen had comprehended a second Law True Intent, while Luo Chen's Split Soul watched from Heavenly Mountain.
• Canglong declined Han Zhan's advances, then invited him to watch a robbery in the Mass Burial Grounds, where Ning Yuzhuo of the Primal Devil Sect defeated his attackers.
• Ning Yuzhuo challenged Canglong and Han Zhan but left to pursue fleeing survivors; a Buddhist cultivator then captured him in a golden alms bowl, and Canglong prepared to part ways with Han Zhan.

Canglong became Ice Fortress’s Sect Master, strengthened the sect, and later turned back to cultivation as its factions divided. Luo Chen left Pill Saint Blessed Land carrying her ice coffin and headed for Upper Abyss Abandoned City, where she could undergo her Nascent Soul tribulation.

• Canglong refused a marriage alliance with the Fallen Cloud Sect, accepted the Ice Fortress Master position, and later gave up the sect’s claim to the Soaring Sky Secret Realm while building ties with the Fallen Cloud Sect.
• Canglong uncovered Shang Hu’s secret contacts with demon beast clans, and Gu Xiaorou killed him after his defeat in the Death Ice Sea.
• Ice Fortress flourished under Canglong, but its disciples split into factions as resources dwindled, so she abandoned mundane affairs and devoted herself to cultivation.
• After learning that Han Zhan had reached the Nascent Soul Stage, Canglong recognized her own stagnation, advanced to Late Stage Golden Core, and followed Red Dog when he appeared again.
• Luo Chen took the ice coffin containing Canglong from Pill Saint Blessed Land, while Li Yingzhang vowed to protect the Luo Tian Sect in his absence.
• Bai Mei Ling directed Luo Chen to Upper Abyss Abandoned City as a suitable tribulation site and reported that Ghost Gods feared the Nirvana Sacred Fire above the Nether Abyss.

Luo Chen helped Canglong undergo a second Nascent Soul tribulation, drawing an exceptionally powerful lightning storm as he aided her with the Mortal Fate Immortal Mirror. As Canglong faced the final nine bolts, Luo Chen punched into the lightning and sent his Sword Pellets, wrapped in molten Nine Yang Geng Metal, toward the thunderclouds to refine a treasure.

• Feng Yinuo visited Chu Mo with Frost Ice Wine, and they discussed the destruction of their families and sects before sensing a strange cold spreading through the city.
• Golden Core cultivators saw a vast spiritual-qi phenomenon and tribulation clouds gathering above Old Freak Ge's cultivation grounds, where Luo Chen was helping the sleeping Canglong undergo tribulation.
• Canglong awoke after refining a mid-grade Nascent Soul Pill, thanked Luo Chen, and flew out to face the tribulation with the Moonlight Ice Fortress and her flying sword.
• Luo Chen revealed his identity to Ge Wangji, accepted him as a Luo Tian Sect guest elder, and gave him a Nascent Soul Pill.
• Canglong endured the first two rounds of the tribulation, but nine immense lightning bolts descended in the final round.
• Luo Chen stepped in front of Canglong, punched into the lightning, and sent five Sword Pellets wrapped in molten Nine Yang Geng Metal into the thunderclouds.

Luo Chen protected Canglong through her Nascent Soul tribulation and used the lightning to refine his Sword Pellets, then traveled with her through the Azure Nether to visit the dying Fu Old. As Luo Chen recounted his past, they reached their destination and heard an aged voice welcome them.

• Luo Chen destroyed the tribulation lightning threatening Canglong and used the Heavenly Tribulation to refine five Sword Pellets, defeating a golden Thunder Dragon before the clouds dispersed.
• Canglong completed her breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm, and Luo Chen departed the Upper Abyss Abandoned City with her and Ge Wangji aboard the Frost Eagle Flying Shuttle.
• Luo Chen told Canglong that he was heading east to meet Fu Old of the Divine Talisman Sect, who had contacted him for a final reunion as his lifespan neared its end.
• Canglong asked about Luo Chen’s cultivation and his experiences, and he began recounting his past while they traveled through the Azure Nether.
• After the pair’s conversation continued beneath the stars, an aged voice greeted them, saying that they had finally come.

Luo Chen met the dying Fu Old, who asked him to take three promising Divine Talisman Sect disciples and safeguard their resources and inheritance at the distant Luo Tian Sect. After discovering that Chen Dongling was the daughter of his old acquaintance Chen Shuyi, Luo Chen agreed to take the three, then invited Fu Old to witness a major event.

• Fu Old told Luo Chen that Heaven Origin Dao Sect was pressuring Eastern Wasteland sects to fight the demon army gathering beyond the Far Eastern Six Domains.
• Fu Old explained that the Divine Talisman Sect lacked suitable successors and asked Luo Chen to take three chosen disciples to the Luo Tian Sect.
• Luo Chen met the three disciples, and Chen Dongling revealed that her late mother, Chen Shuyi, had known Luo Chen as Pill Dust Master.
• Fu Old entrusted Luo Chen with the sect's resources and much of its inheritance, and Luo Chen agreed to arrange for the disciples' cultivation.
• As Luo Chen prepared to leave with the three disciples, he invited Fu Old to come watch a major event.

Luo Chen invaded the Five Elements Divine Sect to confront Supreme Elder Divine Origin and collect a debt for the elder’s role in the danger he faced in Medicine King Domain. After Luo Chen destroyed Divine Origin Peak and subdued the sect’s Nascent Soul cultivators, Divine Origin finally challenged him, and the battle began.

• Divine Fire Sect Master decided to visit Divine Origin Peak and persuade his Senior Brother to join the Heaven Origin Dao Sect’s Star Gate for the sect’s protection in the coming war.
• Luo Chen appeared on Divine Origin Peak, fought its Starry Cloud Dragon formation, and used his power with Black King to collapse the mountain.
• Luo Chen faced Divine Fire, Qi Emei, Yao Hong, and the other Nascent Soul cultivators, declaring that he had come to settle the debt for Divine Origin’s involvement in the attack in Medicine King Domain.
• Luo Chen’s Nascent Soul Domain pinned down the four cultivators until Divine Origin released his own domain and Divine Fire ordered the sect to attack.
• Divine Fire attacked with his Source True Fire, but Luo Chen seized it and began drawing it out of him as the other three Nascent Soul experts joined the fight.

Luo Chen confronted the Five Elements Divine Sect and swiftly defeated its three newly ascended Nascent Soul cultivators before drawing out Divine Origin True Person. He discovered that Divine Origin had pursued a perilous path toward Spirit Transformation and wanted Luo Chen’s body, so their battle escalated into a clash of treasures.

• Luo Chen dismissed the attacks of Qi Emei and the other two Nascent Souls, then crushed them with his Azure Sun Great Handprint.
• The Divine Fire Sect Master activated the Sect Protecting Great Array, but Luo Chen challenged Divine Origin and found him beneath the shattered Divine Origin Peak.
• Divine Origin and Luo Chen exchanged handprints, and Divine Origin recognized Luo Chen’s Nascent Soul Sixth Layer cultivation.
• Luo Chen explained that Divine Origin had opened his Purple Mansion Barrier to draw in World Vitality, while Divine Origin revealed he wanted Luo Chen’s body to escape that dangerous path.
• Luo Chen and Divine Origin sent their Natal Magic Treasures against each other, and Luo Chen prepared five Sword Pellets to continue the fight.

Luo Chen fought Divine Origin True Person at the Five Elements Divine Sect, breaking through his defenses and seemingly killing him with the Yuan Tu Blood Sword. Divine Origin then transformed into a vast Primordial Spirit by absorbing World Vitality and his disciples, and he began pulling in cultivators who had practiced the Nascent Origin Divine Art as he turned his attention to Luo Chen.

• Luo Chen used the perfected Great Five Elements Sword Formation to trap Divine Origin True Person and shatter his Crystalline Flying Sword.
• Luo Chen overcame Divine Origin's spells and Inexhaustible Spring with the Flourishing Decay Divine Fire, then feigned vulnerability to a soul attack before splitting Divine Origin's body and Nascent Soul with the Blood Sword.
• Divine Origin's divided Nascent Soul regenerated and began absorbing the Mana, blood essence, and souls of Five Elements Divine Sect disciples to transform into a Primordial Spirit.
• Luo Chen discovered that Divine Origin was being assimilated by heaven and earth, making his Primordial Spirit difficult to damage, and retreated as the Divine Sect cultivators fled.
• Divine Origin used the Nascent Origin Divine Art to drag in and swallow Qi Emei and two other Nascent Soul Cultivators, then declared that Luo Chen was next.

Luo Chen used a reversed Wither Bloom Dao Finger to push Divine Origin True Person beyond his control of World Vitality, causing his attempted Spirit Transformation to collapse and annihilating him and the Five Elements Divine Sect’s bound souls. After the Spirit Qi rain transformed the Five Elements Domain, Luo Chen parted ways with Canglong and Fu Old, and set off south with Black King.

• Divine Origin True Person drew in World Vitality across the Five Elements Domain, and Luo Chen recognized that his obsession with breaking through came from the same Five Spirit Roots struggles he had faced.
• Divine Origin swallowed Luo Chen, but Luo Chen endured with the Town Prison Soul Technique and reversed his Wither Bloom Dao Finger to make Divine Origin absorb more World Vitality.
• Divine Origin’s Primordial Spirit swelled beyond his control and collapsed, scattering Spirit Qi across the domain and erasing him and the souls he had forcibly preserved.
• Lingmu True Person, Skyscraper Old Ghost, and the other remnant souls dispersed in the Spirit Qi rain; Luo Chen killed the grieving Divine Fire Sect Master and returned to the Frost Eagle Flying Shuttle.
• Luo Chen sent Canglong and the juniors back to Luo Tian Sect, while Fu Old returned to the Divine Talisman Sect; Luo Chen then departed south with Black King, and Fu Old died three days later.

Luo Chen killed Divine Origin and left the Five Elements Domain, while Shi Ju identified him as the attacker but was recalled before pursuing him. Luo Chen headed south to find the Demon Heart Gu Emperor and a Fourth Order Demon Heart Gu for Luo Lingxi, and Black King offered him something to inspect.

• Spiritual rain fell across the Five Elements Domain, and cultivators who entered the ruined Five Elements Divine Sect fought over the dead disciples’ belongings.
• Shi Ju investigated the destruction, recognized the Azure Sun Great Handprint and traces of Fire Source power, and identified Luo Chen as the one who had killed Divine Origin.
• Shi Ju pursued Luo Chen south but received an order from the Old Ancestor to prepare for an attack on the Demon Race, so he returned to the ruins.
• A subordinate told Shi Ju that the Divine Sect’s inheritance had vanished, and Shi Ju wondered whether Luo Chen had taken it.
• Luo Chen recovered on Black King's back after killing Divine Origin and resolved to seek the Demon Heart Gu Emperor for a Fourth Order Demon Heart Gu to help Luo Lingxi.
• Black King eagerly told Luo Chen that he had something good to show him.

Luo Chen discovered Breath Soil inside Divine Origin True Person’s damaged Five-Colored Pagoda and began dismantling it to strengthen his Primal Chaos Cauldron. In the Southern Border, Mountain Seeker Cheng Bai stumbled upon Luo Chen forging a treasure and was pulled before the mysterious cultivator.

• Black King gave Luo Chen Divine Origin True Person’s books and the damaged Five-Colored Pagoda, which Luo Chen examined and decided not to repair.
• Luo Chen detected a trace of Breath Soil in the pagoda and began burning away its formations to recover it and other useful materials for his Primal Chaos Cauldron.
• Mountain Seeker Cheng Bai entered the Wilds of Mist to capture a Broken Tail Alligator Dragon and its rumored Formless Gu Larva.
• Following the alligator dragon’s tracks, Cheng Bai found it and other demon beasts subdued near a barren mountain where lightning and dark clouds gathered.
• Cheng Bai realized a powerful cultivator was forging a supreme Magic Treasure, but a rough voice stopped him and dragged him to the mountain.
• A tall, handsome young-looking cultivator in black armor emerged from the mountain and questioned Cheng Bai about the Thunderous Echo Cave Master.

Luo Chen adopted the identity of the body cultivator Tyrant Cultivator Qi Tian and agreed to accompany Cheng Bai to Wind Thunder Gorge, where the Thirty-Six Cave Masters faced the Feng Family. After sealing his calamity-attracting Primal Chaos Cauldron and preparing other treasures, Luo Chen became interested in Southern Border Gu that could aid cultivation.

• Cheng Bai explained that Thunderous Echo Cave Master was a rogue cultivator and the only Nascent Soul among Wind Thunder Gorge’s Thirty-Six Cave Masters, whose territory the Feng Family sought to seize.
• Luo Chen revealed that he was not a Nascent Soul cultivator but could withstand ordinary True Persons with his fists, then discovered that his Primal Chaos Cauldron had attracted stray tribulation lightning after absorbing the Calamity Gu and other materials.
• Luo Chen sealed the Primal Chaos Cauldron and prepared several other treasures, choosing weapons that would suit his invented body-cultivator identity.
• Cheng Bai explained that a Formless Gu could help its user master movement arts, prompting Luo Chen to consider whether Gu might also improve his slow body-tempering progress.
• Luo Chen crushed the barren mountain with a gesture, flew off with Cheng Bai, and introduced himself as Qi Tian, known as Tyrant Cultivator.

Luo Chen arrived at Wind Thunder Gorge, agreed to help Thunderous Echo Cave Master defend it from the Feng Family in exchange for a high-level Body Tempering technique, and began investigating the Southern Border’s Gu-based cultivation path. As the deadline for surrendering the gorge approached, Thunderous Echo Cave Master doubted Luo Chen’s strength and prepared to use the Formless Gu, then called Cheng Bai back.

• Cheng Bai guided Luo Chen through Wind Thunder Gorge, where Luo Chen tested the Blade Wind and learned that Cheng Bai had secretly notified Thunderous Echo Cave Master.
• Thunderous Echo Cave Master tested Luo Chen, revealed that his Thunder Frog Gu let him wield thunder within the gorge, and warned him that Feng Bu Yan planned to seize the area.
• Luo Chen agreed to face the Feng Family if they sent no Spirit Transformation expert, provided Thunderous Echo Cave Master offered a satisfying reward and access to a high-level Body Tempering technique.
• Luo Chen refined a Strength Gu and concluded that Southern Border’s Gu-based Body Tempering path might help him advance, while resolving to obtain the higher-level technique.
• Thunderous Echo Cave Master told Cheng Bai that the Formless Gu could not help him master the Lightning Flash Art before the Feng Family’s deadline, doubted Luo Chen’s boast, and considered seeking other allies.
• After his Letter Gu brought no replies, Thunderous Echo Cave Master stared at the Formless Gu with a ruthless glint and called Cheng Bai back.

Feng Bu Yan led the Feng Family to seize Wind Thunder Gorge, but the Thunderous Echo Cave Master resisted with the gorge’s terrain and lightning. Luo Chen and the White-Robed Monk entered the fight, leaving Luo Chen facing the monk after blocking his demonic and Buddhist blade aura.

• Feng Bu Yan led more than ten thousand Feng Family cultivators toward Wind Thunder Gorge with Goat Daoist and the White-Robed Monk as hired allies.
• The Thunderous Echo Cave Master rallied the gorge’s independent cultivators to defend their strongholds, and Feng Bu Yan entered the gorge to challenge him.
• The Thunderous Echo Cave Master used lightning and the terrain to pursue Feng Bu Yan, while Goat Daoist joined the fight with his wooden staff.
• Luo Chen appeared in black armor as Tyrant Cultivator Qi Tian and snapped Goat Daoist’s Natal Staff with his bare hand.
• The White-Robed Monk sent a blade aura containing demonic and Buddhist Qi, but Luo Chen crushed it and struck back with a giant palm.
• Luo Chen flew out of Wind Thunder Gorge and demanded the White-Robed Monk’s name.

Luo Chen defeated Goat Daoist and forced Ning Yuzhuo back, making Feng Bu Yan withdraw his army from Wind Thunder Gorge. After the gorge’s ownership was negotiated, Luo Chen questioned the weakness and restraint of Southern Border cultivators, then warned the Thunderous Echo Cave Master against probing his origins.

• Luo Chen recognized the White-Robed Monk as Ning Yuzhuo and beat back his attacks, breaking his blade light and forcing him to retreat.
• Luo Chen challenged Feng Bu Yan and the other two to attack together, but Feng Bu Yan ordered the Feng Family army to withdraw.
• The Thunderous Echo Cave Master thanked Luo Chen and proposed that Wind Thunder Gorge belong to them, while Luo Chen wondered why the Sacred Land, the Life and Death Gate, could no longer intervene.
• Luo Chen moved into a cave abode as one of Wind Thunder Gorge’s Thirty-Six Cave Masters and asked for Body Tempering Cultivation Methods while reflecting on his opponents’ constrained strength.
• The Thunderous Echo Cave Master reported that Feng Bu Yan had accepted the territorial agreement and asked them to perform one task, then admitted Feng Bu Yan wanted to learn Luo Chen’s origins.
• Luo Chen warned the Thunderous Echo Cave Master that probing into another person’s secrets invited disaster.

Luo Chen studied Southern Border body-tempering methods, developed a speed technique, and exposed a flaw in Thunderous Echo Cave Master's Lightning Flash Art. After learning that Feng Bu Yan had turned against Demon Buddha Jue Ning, Luo Chen and Thunderous Echo Cave Master set out for Mi Realm Mountain as cultivators across the Southern Border converged there.

• Luo Chen persuaded Thunderous Echo Cave Master to support his claim that he was a cultivator from Wind Thunder Gorge and asked when they would leave for Mi Realm Mountain.
• Luo Chen studied the body-tempering methods submitted by Wind Thunder Gorge cultivators and adapted a speed method using Tier 3 Swift Travel Gu.
• Luo Chen raced Thunderous Echo Cave Master and identified a flaw in his Lightning Flash Art that allowed opponents to track and restrain him.
• Thunderous Echo Cave Master revealed that Feng Bu Yan had recruited him to help ambush Demon Buddha Jue Ning, who escaped by exploiting that flaw.
• Thunderous Echo Cave Master hesitated to let Luo Chen examine the Lightning Flash Art, then chose to refine it himself.
• Three days later, Luo Chen and Thunderous Echo Cave Master departed for Mi Realm Mountain as cultivators from across the Southern Border gathered there.

Luo Chen and Thunderous Echo Cave Master reached the Shadow Reflection Sect and met its master, the Lantern Bearer, after discussing Mi Realm Mountain and the closed circles of Southern Border cultivators. The Lantern Bearer claimed he had missed helping Thunderous Echo because of a cultivation deviation, while he wondered whether Luo Chen was the one leading the pair.

• Thunderous Echo Cave Master told Luo Chen about Mi Realm Mountain, the Great Cultivator Songyang True Person, and the difficulty outsiders faced joining Southern Border cultivator circles.
• Luo Chen asked whether Thunderous Echo Cave Master had experienced the Demon Heart Gu calamity, but the Lantern Bearer called to them from below before he could answer.
• Thunderous Echo Cave Master explained that the Lantern Bearer had once introduced him to the Nascent Soul circle but had failed to respond when the Feng Family attacked Wind Thunder Gorge.
• Luo Chen and Thunderous Echo descended to the Shadow Reflection Sect, where Lantern Bearer greeted them and learned Luo Chen was a Body Refining Cultivator.
• Lantern Bearer said a cultivation deviation had prevented him from helping Thunderous Echo, then invited them to discuss it inside.
• Luo Chen walked toward the mountain gate first, and Lantern Bearer wondered whether Tyrant Cultivator Qi Tian was the leader.