Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen discovered that the Shadow Reflection Sect’s unusually dense World Vitality made cultivation dangerously efficient and could cause his Nascent Soul to lose itself to Heaven and Earth Assimilation. He awakened from a daze with help from his Split Souls and Mortal Fate Immortal Mirror, realizing the surroundings were abnormal.

• Luo Chen examined a basic Shadow Gu, then began cultivating with the Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Scripture and noticed his Nascent Soul was unusually restless.
• The Thunderous Echo Cave Master told Luo Chen he planned to gather independent cultivators in Wind Thunder Gorge and build a power, seeking Illuminating Spirit Gu and a method to produce Spirit Stones.
• After the Thunderous Echo Cave Master left, Luo Chen used his Crimson-Eyed Golden Pupils to spot unusually dense spiritual energy and pure World Vitality around the Cultivation Room.
• Luo Chen prepared formation flags, his three Split Souls, and the Mortal Fate Immortal Mirror before resuming cultivation in the palace.
• After several days, Luo Chen’s cultivation became dangerously uncontrolled, and his Split Souls used Soul Voice to wake him from a dazed state.
• Luo Chen realized the World Vitality was concentrated like an ocean and could lull cultivators into gradual Heaven and Earth Assimilation.

Luo Chen broke out of deep cultivation, discovered the Shadow Reflection Sect had used concentrated spiritual qi to trap him and the Thunderous Echo Cave Master, and crushed the sect’s ambush. After Black King looted the sect, Luo Chen found a Jade Box labeled “Spirit Illuminator.”

• Luo Chen realized that the unusually dense World Vitality could draw cultivators into dangerous, effortless cultivation and recalled that the Lantern Bearer had deliberately diverted spiritual qi to trap Qi Tian.
• The Lantern Bearer tried to kill the Thunderous Echo Cave Master to make another Thunder Lantern, while Shadowed Spirit True Person led disciples to ambush Luo Chen.
• Luo Chen arrived with the Chaos Heaven Staff and killed Shadowed Spirit True Person with one strike, then shattered the Lantern Bearer’s lanterns and pinned his body with Life-Stealing Golden Feathers as his Nascent Soul escaped.
• Luo Chen learned that the Thunderous Echo Cave Master had used the Human Refining Gu method on Cheng Bai and lamented Cheng Bai’s death.
• Black King returned with a Storage Bag taken from the Shadow Reflection Sect, and Luo Chen discovered a Jade Box marked “Spirit Illuminator.”

Luo Chen studied and refined an Illuminating Spirit Gu while traveling with Thunderous Echo Cave Master, then learned how the Demon Heart Gu once caused a bloody catastrophe in the Southern Border. The account revealed that a mysterious cultivator had killed the first Demon Heart Gu Emperor through backlash, and Luo Chen wondered where that successor had gone as a sudden cultivation matter drew him back to his cabin.

• Black King found an adult Illuminating Spirit Gu, and Luo Chen studied its use as a means of observing changes during cultivation.
• Luo Chen swallowed the Illuminating Spirit Gu and slowly refined it with his soul inside his Nascent Soul.
• Thunderous Echo Cave Master explained that Demon Heart Gu enabled rapid cultivation and let users convert one another’s mana, which sparked widespread slaughter.
• Thunderous Echo Cave Master said the first Demon Heart Gu Emperor harvested Gu cultivators until a coalition of Southern Border factions pursued him.
• Thunderous Echo Cave Master revealed that a low-level cultivator had killed the Gu Emperor through backlash and then vanished, after which Demon Heart Gu was suppressed across the region.
• Luo Chen pondered the mysterious successor’s whereabouts, then excused himself to attend to a cultivation matter.

Luo Chen refined his Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Scripture with the aid of the Illuminating Spirit Gu, developing a natural air of nobility as he traveled with Thunderous Echo Cave Master to Nine Clouds Immortal City. There, he discovered that powerful Nascent Soul cultivators had gathered amid rumors of a major move by the Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance, and Daoist Zheng Guan recognized him as Tyrant Cultivator Qi Tian.

• Luo Chen used the Illuminating Spirit Gu to spot flaws in his cultivation and rapidly improved his mastery of the Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Scripture by correcting them.
• After six months, Thunderous Echo Cave Master brought Luo Chen to Nine Clouds Immortal City, where Luo Chen's newly cultivated bearing made him seem naturally noble.
• Luo Chen and Thunderous Echo Cave Master overheard rumors that the Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance was gathering experts for a major undertaking and entered the city despite the brewing danger.
• Luo Chen sensed seven Nascent Soul True Persons in the city, while Thunderous Echo Cave Master was astonished by his precise count.
• Hu Jin welcomed Luo Chen and Thunderous Echo Cave Master on Daoist Zheng Guan's orders and led them to the palace.
• Daoist Zheng Guan greeted Luo Chen as Tyrant Cultivator Qi Tian, leaving Thunderous Echo Cave Master surprised and another Nascent Soul expert wondering whether Luo Chen was the person he suspected.

Luo Chen met Bei Puti and Daoist Zheng Guan in Nine Clouds Immortal City, where he learned that rising spirit qi and Nascent Soul cultivators Going Astray might signal a catastrophic Spirit Qi Tidal Surge tied to the Life and Death Gate. After hearing Bei Puti’s history, Luo Chen recognized an aura connected to Old Ghost Nan Qi and prepared to cultivate at Mi Realm Mountain.

• Luo Chen and Thunderous Echo Cave Master met Bei Puti, the Luo Sect’s Left Envoy, and introduced themselves as cultivators from Wind Thunder Gorge.
• Bei Puti sought the Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance’s method for preventing Going Astray but hesitated to risk making the Luo Sect an enemy of the Life and Death Gate.
• Daoist Zheng Guan warned that intensifying spirit qi could bring a Spirit Qi Tidal Surge, with the Life and Death Gate at the root of the calamity.
• Luo Chen and his companions arranged to attend Mi Realm Mountain’s Nascent Soul exchange gathering, and Luo Chen judged Zheng Guan’s warning possibly alarmist.
• Thunderous Echo Cave Master described the Luo Sect’s past upheaval involving Nan Yiqi, and Luo Chen recognized Bei Puti’s familiar aura as connected to Old Ghost Nan Qi from the Northern Sea.

Luo Chen and Thunderous Echo Cave Master arrived at Chengjun Hall to enter Mi Realm Mountain, where Luo Chen’s clash with Ning Yuzhuo was stopped by Daoist Zheng Guan. Luo Chen crossed the dangerous Sumeru Passage unaided and reached Sumeru Mountain ahead of the others, drawing the Purple Robe Marquis’s attention as he headed uphill.

• Luo Chen and Thunderous Echo Cave Master went to Chengjun Hall, where they found more than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators waiting to enter Mi Realm Mountain.
• Ning Yuzhuo attacked Thunderous Echo Cave Master with his domain, but Luo Chen shielded him and challenged Ning Yuzhuo until Daoist Zheng Guan intervened.
• Daoist Zheng Guan opened the Sumeru Passage and used a Magic Treasure to protect the group, but Luo Chen entered ahead of everyone without its protection.
• Luo Chen navigated the spatial severance inside the passage and emerged unharmed at Sumeru Mountain before the rest of the cultivators arrived.
• The Purple Robe Marquis learned that Luo Chen was Tyrant Cultivator Qi Tian, while Luo Chen ignored him and started up Sumeru Mountain.

Songyang True Person and Red Leaf Granny discussed the Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance’s plan to attack the Life and Death Gate and the motives of those seeking to join. After learning about Southern Border’s formidable cultivators and the alliance’s ties to the Heaven Origin Dao Sect, Luo Chen decided to join so he could search for the Demon Heart Gu Emperor and study Mi Realm Mountain’s spatial restrictions.

• Songyang True Person told Red Leaf Granny that the alliance planned to attack the Life and Death Gate with support from the Heaven Origin Dao Sect, while many newcomers hoped to seize the Sacred Land’s resources.
• Songyang True Person and Red Leaf Granny watched the climbers and considered recruiting Qi Tian, whom they saw walking at the front.
• Luo Chen studied Mi Realm Mountain’s stable overlapping spaces and wondered whether their spatial restrictions could help stabilize the Nether Abyss and counter Qing Shuang’s Space Laws.
• Zheng Guan welcomed the arrivals and announced that the ten-day exchange gathering would begin the next day.
• Thunderous Echo Cave Master told Luo Chen that Li Tian Shi owned the High-Order Body Tempering Art and warned him about the alliance’s powerful members.
• After Thunderous Echo Cave Master left, Luo Chen decided to join the Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance to search for the Demon Heart Gu Emperor and remain in Mi Realm Mountain; the next day, Nascent Soul cultivators gathered at its summit.

Luo Chen attended the Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance’s exchange gathering, where Songyang True Person laid down strict rules and Li Tian Shi lectured on Gu cultivation. After arranging a private meeting, Luo Chen learned that Li Tian Shi had a high-grade body refinement technique for sale, and the chapter ended with Li Tian Shi asking whether Luo Chen wanted to buy his Hundred Poisons Body Refinement Technique.

• Luo Chen arrived at Mi Realm Mountain and saw that the Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance had gathered more than forty True Persons, including several cultivators he recognized.
• Songyang True Person welcomed the visitors, banned coercive trades and combat, and warned that anyone who fought within Mi Realm Mountain would be killed.
• Luo Chen took a prominent seat, told Bei Puti that the person he resembled was called the Nan Qi Old Ghost, and agreed to spar with Purple Robe Marquis.
• Li Tian Shi lectured on understanding Gu insects as manifestations of the Great Dao and cultivating in harmony with them to pursue Law True Intent.
• Luo Chen met Purple Robe Marquis and Li Tian Shi privately, and Li Tian Shi asked whether he wanted to purchase the Hundred Poisons Body Refinement Technique.

Luo Chen agreed to help Li Tian Shi explore a Primordial Era secret realm in exchange for the Hundred Poisons King Gu, its body tempering technique, and help joining the Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance. As the exchange meeting ended, Luo Chen began investigating whether the elusive Burial Old Man was the Demon Heart Gu Emperor, then witnessed Zhan Bingtao of the Heaven Origin Dao Sect arrive.

• Luo Chen accepted Li Tian Shi's offer to obtain the Hundred Poisons King Gu and its technique by helping investigate a dangerous secret realm that might contain the original Same Life, Same Death Gu formula.
• Luo Chen asked Li Tian Shi to recommend him for the Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance and investigate the Demon Heart Gu Emperor, and Li Tian Shi agreed to both requests.
• Luo Chen traded for rare poisons and began preparing to cultivate the Hundred Poisons Body Refinement Technique, while Thunderous Echo Cave Master visited and warned him that the Burial Old Man might be the Demon Heart Gu Emperor.
• Thunderous Echo Cave Master left Mi Realm Mountain, and Luo Chen saw the Burial Old Man at the exchange meeting the next day, wondering why Li Tian Shi and Purple Robe Marquis had not connected him to the Demon Heart Gu Emperor.
• Zhan Bingtao of the Heaven Origin Dao Sect arrived at the hall to pay a visit.

At Mi Realm Mountain, Luo Chen helped Songyang True Person break Zhan Bingtao’s challenge and watched the Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance ally with the Heaven Origin Dao Sect to attack Life and Death Gate. After the gathering, Luo Chen studied the mountain’s spatial restrictions, and Purple Robe Marquis gave him the Hundred Poisons King Gu.

• Zhan Bingtao challenged the alliance’s strength, and Luo Chen intervened to break the clash between their Nascent Soul Domains, earning the alliance leaders’ public support.
• Zhan Bingtao revealed that Life and Death Gate’s internal changes had caused the Southern Border’s anomalous conditions, and the Heaven Origin Dao Sect and the Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance agreed to cooperate against it.
• Purple Robe Marquis explained that the Fierce Peak Seal used the Fierce Peak Gu to protect Nascent Souls from Heaven and Earth Assimilation while slowing cultivation.
• After the gathering ended, Songyang True Person claimed there was a thirty percent chance of opening Life and Death Gate’s forbidden defense without borrowing Spirit Transformation power, and Zhan Bingtao agreed that the chance was sufficient.
• Luo Chen stayed at Mi Realm Mountain to study its natural spatial restrictions, then caught Purple Robe Marquis using his Body Transformation Blood Spring technique.
• Purple Robe Marquis gave Luo Chen a Storage Bag from Li Tian Shi, and Luo Chen found the Hundred Poisons King Gu inside.

Luo Chen refined the Hundred Poisons King Gu and used it to cultivate the Hundred Poisons Body Refinement Technique, loosening his Body Tempering bottleneck while studying spatial restrictions. The Purple Robe Marquis brought intelligence about major developments, and Luo Chen learned that fighting had begun in the Eastern Wasteland.

• Luo Chen inspected the Hundred Poisons King Gu, refined it with his essence blood, and implanted it in his body.
• Luo Chen fed the King Gu poisonous creatures and cultivated the Hundred Poisons Body Refinement Technique, rapidly improving his proficiency and beginning to loosen his Body Tempering bottleneck.
• Luo Chen studied natural Spatial Restrictions and discovered that some objects vanished into the void when a Storage Bag shattered.
• Luo Chen theorized that Qing Shuang crossed space by breaking and passing through its restrictions.
• The Purple Robe Marquis gave Luo Chen intelligence about the Demon Heart Gu Emperor and other major events in the Mountain Sea World.
• Luo Chen read the intelligence and learned that fighting had begun in the Eastern Wasteland.

Luo Chen learned that the Heaven Origin Dao Sect had reignited the war in Eastern Wasteland by blaming Qing Shuang for destroying the Five Elements Divine Sect, while Qing Shuang retaliated by crushing her enemies. He examined leads on the vanished Demon Heart Gu Emperor and told the Purple Robe Marquis that he might abandon body tempering for Qi Refining, while Li Tian Shi prepared aid for his cultivation and their plans for the Yin-Yang Remnant Realm.

• The Purple Robe Marquis told Luo Chen that the Heaven Origin Dao Sect had blamed Qing Shuang for destroying the Five Elements Divine Sect and used the accusation to launch a war.
• Luo Chen learned that Qing Shuang had defeated Nine Spirits Yuan Jun, pursued him for more than a hundred thousand li, and attacked branches of three major sects.
• Luo Chen read Li Tian Shi's intelligence on Southern Border's Great Cultivators and narrowed the possible identities of the Demon Heart Gu Emperor to five suspects.
• Luo Chen told the Purple Robe Marquis that he might use the Demon Heart Gu to convert his vital essence into Qi and pursue Nascent Soul cultivation if body tempering failed him.
• Li Tian Shi gave the Purple Robe Marquis three Fourth Order poison gu for Luo Chen and said the Blood Transformation Gu formula was nearly ready for the Yin-Yang Remnant Realm.

Luo Chen used three Fourth Order poison Gu from Li Tian Shi to advance his body cultivation, but the Mother-Child Traction Gu triggered a dangerous reaction that nearly made him lose control. After forcing the Gu out and saving the dying Hundred Poisons King Gu with a drop of Zhen Ling Su, Luo Chen’s body dissolved until only his Nascent Soul remained.

• The Purple Robe Marquis delivered three Fourth Order poison Gu from Li Tian Shi, and Luo Chen accepted them without paying their full value after learning Li Tian Shi wanted him strong for the Yin-Yang Remnant Realm expedition.
• Over nearly half a year, Luo Chen refined the Stiff Poison Gu and Fallen Immortal Feather, raising his Body Tempering progress to sixty-five and taking on the Yaksa Form.
• Luo Chen met Li Tian Shi, the Purple Robe Marquis, Fan WuJiu, and Red Leaf Granny, then returned to his cave to refine the Mother-Child Traction Gu.
• After three days, Luo Chen used his Divine Fires to expel the Gu and suppress the collapsing Hundred Poisons King Gu, realizing the three lingering poisons had nearly overwhelmed him.
• Luo Chen fed the Hundred Poisons King Gu a drop of Zhen Ling Su, which strengthened it but caused his body to dissolve into blood, leaving only his Nascent Soul Infant.

Luo Chen evolved the Hundred Poisons King Gu to the Fourth Order and advanced his body tempering to the Late-Stage Ancient Wilderness Fourth Order, revealing an aura that shook Mi Realm Mountain. As the Southern Border war began, he joined Li Tian Shi and others on a journey toward the Life and Death Gate, where two unexpected allies arrived.

• Luo Chen used Zhen Ling Su poison and his Nirvana method to help the Hundred Poisons King Gu reach the Fourth Order, then reconstituted his body with transformed, poisonous Source Power.
• Luo Chen's new aura shattered his cave formation and drew the attention of Mi Realm Mountain's experts, who congratulated him after he emerged.
• Half a year later, the Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance and the Heaven Origin Dao Sect began their campaign, destroying Sword Control Villa and advancing toward the Life and Death Gate.
• Luo Chen traveled with Purple Robe Marquis, Li Tian Shi, Red Leaf Granny, and others, and learned that he had reached the Late-Stage Ancient Wilderness Fourth Order after a century at the Middle Stage.
• Meng Shentong and Bai Xuanjun joined the group, and Li Tian Shi introduced them as the Luo Sect Supreme Elder and the White Bone Sect Master.

Li Tian Shi revealed the history and location of the Yin-Yang Remnant Realm, explaining how he had prepared to enter it and why the Golden Lion Empire guarded it for the Life and Death Gate. Luo Chen and the others reached the Golden Lion Empire before the allied army arrived, intending to enter the realm before Li Tian Shi’s double allegiance was discovered.

• Meng Shentong tested Luo Chen’s mental defenses, but Luo Chen identified himself as Tyrant Cultivator Qi Tian and broke the probing technique with his voice.
• Li Tian Shi explained that the Yin-Yang Remnant Realm was formed around the sealed remains of Yin-Yang Child, whose death and Law True Intent had once threatened the world.
• Li Tian Shi admitted that he had entered the realm as a Golden Core cultivator, studied changes in Mi Realm Mountain, and developed a method to enter and leave the realm.
• Li Tian Shi distributed Hundred Thoughts Sachets designed to protect the group from lingering True Intent, and Luo Chen recognized their exceptional craftsmanship.
• Li Tian Shi revealed that the realm lay in the Golden Lion Empire, whose rulers were descendants tasked with guarding it for the Life and Death Gate.
• Li Tian Shi said he had become the empire’s National Teacher and urged the group to enter before the allied forces discovered his ties to the Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance.

Luo Chen and his companions reached the Golden Lion Empire, where Li Tian Shi’s plan to enter the Yin-Yang Realm triggered a confrontation with the empire’s ancestors. Luo Chen forced open a crack in the Bronze Gate as the Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance arrived at the border.

• Meng Shentong apologized to Luo Chen, asked him to report any news of Nan Yiqi, and warned him to beware of Li Tian Shi’s schemes.
• Li Tian Shi led the group into the Golden Lion Empire and used their conspicuous arrival to draw out its hidden defenders.
• The Golden Lion Emperor warned his Old Ancestor that Li Tian Shi had brought six powerful Nascent Soul cultivators, so the Old Ancestor sent the Third and Fifth Ancestors to meet them.
• The Third and Fifth Ancestors discovered that the guests in the Mind Cultivation Hall were Puppet Human Gu decoys and realized the real group was trying to enter the Yin-Yang Realm.
• Red Leaf Granny found a weak point in the Bronze Gate, and Luo Chen used his strength to open a narrow crack without breaking it.
• The Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance’s army surged toward the Golden Lion Empire’s border.

Li Tian Shi, Red Leaf Granny, and their companions entered the Yin-Yang Remnant Realm while the Golden Lion Empire faced an invasion by the Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance and Heaven Origin Dao Sect. Inside, Luo Chen recovered from forcing open the Bronze Gate as the group searched for their target, but a golden beam suddenly attacked Li Tian Shi and him.

• Li Tian Shi and the others entered the Bronze Gate after Luo Chen forced it open, and Hong Ye sealed it behind them with a formation.
• The Golden Lion Emperor warned Third Ancestor and Fifth Ancestor that the Fierce Peak Zombie Alliance and Heaven Origin Dao Sect had invaded, prompting them to prepare to defend the empire and postpone opening the gate.
• Zhan Bingtao and the Sungyang Alliance Master planned to conquer the Golden Lion Empire quickly, and Heaven Origin Spirit Energy Cannons began destroying its City Protecting Arrays.
• Inside the Yin-Yang Remnant Realm, Li Tian Shi sent out special Gu insects to search for their target while Hong Ye reinforced the gate and Luo Chen examined the golden landscape and its lion statues.
• Fan WuJiu and Purple Robe Marquis killed the Golden Lion Fourth Ancestor, but a golden beam then shot from a distant palace toward Li Tian Shi and Luo Chen.

Li Tian Shi’s group trapped the Yin-Yang Remnant Realm behind Red Leaf Granny’s barrier, but the Golden Lion Empire’s cultivators split them apart with the Yellow Wind Great Array. As Luo Chen tried to reunite with the others, awakened Golden Dragon Lions attacked him.

• Red Leaf Granny completed a Void Clarity Realm barrier around the bronze gate, and Li Tian Shi set out to find the Dead Gate using his Yin Chasing Flying Ants.
• The Yellow Wind Great Array separated the intruders, and Lion Minister and Golden Lion Second Ancestor planned to defeat them individually within seven days.
• Luo Chen used his Hundred Thoughts Sachet to follow a faint connection toward Li Tian Shi’s group while the wind limited his sight and Divine Sense.
• A Golden Dragon Lion statue awakened and attacked Luo Chen, but he shattered it with a kick.
• More Golden Dragon Lions charged Luo Chen, who drew two Life-Stealing Golden Feathers and prepared to fight them.

Luo Chen overwhelmed Kuang Nanzi, the Golden Lion Empire’s second ancestor, and killed him after breaking the Yellow Wind Formation and preventing his escape. He discovered that the Golden Dragon Lions left behind diluted Desolate Beast Source Blood that might help cultivate his Demon-Devil Symbiotic Tree, so he decided to delay meeting Li Tian Shi and the others.

• Golden Lion Second Ancestor sent Golden Dragon Lions to wear Luo Chen down, but Luo Chen destroyed them with a Fire Phoenix technique and forced him out of hiding.
• Luo Chen used an Emptiness Restriction to seal the Yellow Wind Formation, questioned Kuang Nanzi, and learned why he was in the realm and what the Yang Realm contained.
• Kuang Nanzi tried to bargain and then fought back, but Luo Chen subdued him with the Law Suppressing Five Elements Cones and killed him with the Chaos Heaven Staff.
• Luo Chen gathered the red liquid left by the Golden Dragon Lion statues and suspected it was diluted Desolate Beast Source Blood that could nourish his Demon-Devil Symbiotic Tree.
• Luo Chen decided to delay his rendezvous with Li Tian Shi and the others, destroyed Kuang Nanzi’s Divine Sense imprint on the Storage Ring, and took the Dragon Lion Crystal Core.

Luo Chen reached the Dead Gate and used his immense physical strength to force it open, while the Sungyang Alliance and its allies prepared to exploit the breach. As a powerful hand struck toward the gate, Old Ancestor Liancheng called on Divine Lord You Li to appear.

• Li Tian Shi emerged from the Yellow Wind Formation with the Lion Minister’s corpse and explained that he needed the others to protect him through the Netherworld.
• Luo Chen arrived with a gourd of Desolate Beast Source Blood, recognized that the Dead Gate was an incomplete Spirit Treasure, and agreed to repay Li Tian Shi by opening it.
• Luo Chen studied the gate, spent three days preparing, and then transformed into a towering Yaksa giant to push it open despite the gate draining his life force.
• Zhan Bingtao and the Sungyang Alliance Master saw the breach from afar, and Zhan Bingtao summoned Old Ancestor Liancheng to strike the Life and Death Gate.
• Old Ancestor Liancheng’s enormous hand attacked the gate, and his voice challenged Divine Lord You Li to show himself.