Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen led Luo Tian Sect to the Falling Blossom Three Ghosts’ cave abode, where the group defeated the Ghost Emperors and restored the cave’s protective array. As they continued toward the Ming Water Spring Eye, a Great Ghost Emperor attacked them from the White Jade Plaza.

• Luo Chen used the White Tiger Puppet to cut through a waterfall and reveal the Falling Blossom Three Ghosts, then ordered Luo Tian Sect to attack.
• Wang Yuan, Ling Fengzi, and Bai Mei Ling fought the three Ghost Emperors, while Luo Chen guided their tactics and the others supported them.
• Luo Tian Sect defeated the Ghost Emperors, and Bai Mei Ling absorbed one into the Soul Refining Banner.
• Min Longyu discovered an ancient cave abode; Luo Chen repaired its protective array and said the sect would explore it after securing the Ming Water Spring Eye.
• As the group climbed Yanfu Mountain, Luo Chen had his disciples fight scattered Ghost Cultivators to gain experience and warned them that orthodox cultivators would be more dangerous.
• A Great Ghost Emperor attacked the White Tiger Puppet from the White Jade Plaza, and Luo Chen recognized it as the foe that had dispersed his Fire Phoenix Ignites the Plains spell.

Luo Chen confronted the Ghost Emperors gathered at Yanfu Mountain and overwhelmed them with his illusion techniques, domains, and flames. As Heaven Underworld Palace began to open, Emperor Wang Gui darted inside ahead of the others.

• Bai Mei Ling identified the Ghost Emperor who had broken Luo Chen’s fire technique as a Wang Ghost formed from Ming Water True Essence.
• Luo Chen ordered Deng Taiyue to protect the others, then advanced alone toward the Ghost Emperors gathered outside Heaven Underworld Palace.
• Luo Chen captured five Ghost Emperors with the Soul Refining Banner and used Mirror Flower Water Moon, though the Mother-Child Ghost Fiend resisted his illusion.
• Illusionary Nether Consort proposed that the Ghost Cultivators and Luo Chen wait as equals for the Ming Water Spring Eye, but Luo Chen refused and unleashed his Nascent Soul Domain.
• Luo Chen battled the Ghost Emperors, damaging Illusionary Nether Consort’s umbrella and repelling their attacks with his sword and techniques.
• The gates of Heaven Underworld Palace began to open, and Emperor Wang Gui rushed inside before the others.

Luo Chen sealed Heaven Underworld Palace and defeated its Ghost Emperors, capturing the four Great Ghost Emperors in his Soul Refining Banner. As the Nether Pool stirred, a Black Water Pillar burst through the palace and pierced the Nether Abyss, drawing down a torrent of World Vitality.

• When Heaven Underworld Palace opened, Luo Chen sent the Luo Tian Sect members to wait outside and entered alone.
• Luo Chen shut the palace doors, summoned the Soul Refining Banner and Primal Chaos Cauldron, and attacked the Ghost Emperors gathered around the Nether Pool.
• Luo Chen overpowered the Ghost Emperors and used the Primal Chaos Cauldron's chains to bind the four Great Ghost Emperors.
• Luo Chen burned away their resistance with Nirvana Sacred Fire and sealed all four Great Ghost Emperors inside the Soul Refining Banner.
• When the Nether Pool went still, Luo Chen struck at the figure within, but a Black Water Pillar erupted through the palace roof and pierced the Nether Abyss.

Luo Chen fought Emperor Wang Gui after the Ghost Emperor became assimilated by the Ming Water Spring Eye and transformed into a towering Ming Water Giant. He defeated Wang Gui and tried to seize the Spring Eye, but it resisted and unleashed the Nether Abyss against him.

• Luo Chen's allies waited outside the Heaven Underworld Palace, then discovered Emperor Wang Gui had emerged fused with the Ming Water Spring Eye and was drawing on World Vitality.
• Emperor Wang Gui struck Luo Chen through the palace gates, but Luo Chen recovered and transformed into a thousand-zhang, three-headed, six-armed giant to fight him.
• Luo Chen's Fire Element attacks weakened under the Nether Abyss's influence, so he used the Great Five Elements Sword Formation and Wither Bloom Dao Finger to stop Wang Gui's recovery.
• Luo Chen split the Ming Water Giant with the Yuan Tu Sword and killed Emperor Wang Gui's soul with the Soul Weaving Needle.
• Luo Chen grabbed the Ming Water Spring Eye, but it pierced his palm and tried to flee; he used the Primal Chaos Cauldron to restrain it as the Spring Eye summoned the Nether Abyss against him.

Luo Chen subdued the Ming Water Spring Eye and returned to the Pill Saint Blessed Land, where the Luo Tian Sect welcomed him as its Supreme Elder. His return brought word of trouble involving the Spring Eye and reached Sima Hui Niang, who remained by the frozen Lingxi.

• Luo Chen used the Primal Chaos Cauldron, two Divine Fires, and Flood Suppressing Divine Light to pull the Ming Water Spring Eye into the cauldron and suppress it.
• Deng Taiyue and the Luo Tian Sect members found Luo Chen alive among the White Jade Plaza ruins, and Gu Cai Yi embraced him in relief.
• Luo Chen told his companions he had matters planned for the Spring Eye and led them back toward the Pill Saint Blessed Land.
• Yao Mingyue told Sima Hui Niang that Luo Chen had returned and was facing trouble related to the Ming Water Spring Eye; Sima Hui Niang stayed behind to care for frozen Lingxi.
• Li Yingzhang, the Black Tortoise, and the gathered disciples welcomed Luo Chen as he arrived at the Blessed Land entrance.

Luo Chen returned to Small Stone Flat and freed his son Luo Lingxi from the Demon Heart Gu’s restraint, reuniting the family after years of suffering. After dinner, Luo Chen left to meet Deng Taiyue, who asked whether Luo Chen could now refine the Clarified Butter Pill.

• Luo Chen learned that Sima Hui Niang had used her blood and vitality to protect Luo Lingxi in the Ice Extreme Seal for ten years.
• Canglong removed Luo Lingxi from the Blood-Piercing Profound Ice, and Luo Chen used the Fourth Order Demon Heart Gu to help him devour his symbiotic gu and sealed the powerful insect inside him.
• Luo Lingxi awakened safely, recognized Sima Hui Niang and Luo Chen as his parents, and shared a family dinner with them.
• Luo Chen recommended that Luo Lingxi become Li Yingzhang’s disciple so he could build a stable foundation and learn about the Luo Tian Sect.
• Luo Chen went to meet Deng Taiyue, who said he had prepared the medicinal herbs and asked whether the Clarified Butter Pill could now be refined.

Luo Chen secured Deng Taiyue’s oath to aid him against the Heaven Origin Dao Sect in exchange for the Clarified Butter Pill, then mobilized Luo Tian Sect to prepare for war and advance his cultivation. The chapter ended with Luo Chen beginning a major effort to deduce and refine the pill with the Grand Pill Institute.

• Luo Chen told Deng Taiyue that he was preparing to fight the Heaven Origin Dao Sect and asked him to join his side; Deng Taiyue swore a Great Dao Oath to help after receiving the Clarified Butter Pill and verifying Law True Intent.
• Luo Chen sent Deng Taiyue away with ten Nascent Soul Pills to auction in the Eastern Wasteland and gather Sky Qi.
• Luo Chen gave Sang Jinghe Golden Dragon Lion Source Blood to test on the Demon-Devil Symbiotic Tree, assigned Bai Mei Ling to collect ghosts in the Nether Abyss, and ordered Li Yingzhang to strengthen Luo Tian Sect’s cultivators.
• Luo Chen wondered where the living but missing Black King had gone and considered his plans for recovering his incomplete Life Soul and confronting Old Ancestor Liancheng if necessary.
• Qu Lingjun led the Grand Pill Institute’s alchemists to meet Luo Chen, who began directing them to help deduce and refine the Clarified Butter Pill.

Luo Chen repaired and strengthened the Profound Dust Armor with the Black Tortoise’s Origin Blood and four Five Elements Lotus Seeds, then identified the complete Clarified Butter Pill recipe and refined it before Luo Tian Sect’s disciples. As he drew Spiritual Opportunity into the pill, he confirmed the Pill Saint Blessed Land held the very resource he needed.

• Luo Chen took the Black Tortoise’s Origin Blood Pearl and used it with four Five Elements Lotus Seeds to reforge the Profound Dust Armor, keeping the Water Lotus Seed for later.
• After a year of failed experiments, Luo Chen identified the Clarified Butter Pill recipe and instructed Qu Lingjun to prepare its ingredients, including Crushed Star Sand and Bodhi Wood.
• Luo Chen suspected the Gray Radiance inside the Primal Chaos Cauldron had helped it suppress the Ming Water Spring Eye and decided to test its power while refining the pill.
• Luo Chen invited Luo Tian Sect’s disciples to observe as he refined the Clarified Butter Pill and demonstrated his pill techniques.
• Luo Chen used Refining Heaven Secret to capture Spiritual Opportunity and fuse it into the pill, drawing on the Spiritual Opportunity he discovered within the Pill Saint Blessed Land.

Luo Chen refined Clarified Butter Pills successfully in three of twelve attempts, then tried and failed to refine the Ming Water Spring Eye. To strengthen his soul and condense a Primordial Spirit, he used the Soul Nourishing Banner’s ghosts to pressure himself as he cultivated the Moonlight Pure Heart Mantra.

• Luo Chen used Refining Heaven Secret to refine five Clarified Butter Pills on his first attempt, then succeeded in two more of the remaining refinements, producing fifteen pills in total.
• Luo Chen sent the pills to Divine Beauty Peak to be nourished and entered Dan Chen Hall for deep cultivation after recovering from three days of sleep.
• Luo Chen amplified Dan Chen Hall’s spiritual qi with two Spirit Gathering Arrays and tried to refine the Ming Water Spring Eye, but its consciousness counterattacked and wounded him.
• Luo Chen tried to merge his Nascent Soul with his divine soul while reciting the Moonlight Pure Heart Mantra, but the fusion failed because his cultivation of the mantra was insufficient.
• Luo Chen entered the Soul Nourishing Banner and endured attacks from its imprisoned ghosts while reciting the mantra, causing its proficiency to rise rapidly.

Luo Chen condensed a Primordial Spirit with the Moonlight Pure Heart Mantra and briefly stirred Heaven and Earth, but could not break through to Spirit Transformation because his foundation and Life Soul remained incomplete. He chose to seek a way to recover his Life Soul in Central Province, then resumed secluded cultivation while those around him worried about the powerful enemy he seemed to be preparing for.

• Luo Chen endured the ghosts' pressure for five years, cultivating the Moonlight Pure Heart Mantra until he condensed a Primordial Spirit that spread across Dan Mountain and drew spiritual energy from the Pill Saint Blessed Land.
• Luo Chen failed to advance to Spirit Transformation, concluded that his incomplete Life Soul and insufficient foundation were the main obstacles, and decided that recovering his Life Soul in Central Province was his first choice.
• Luo Chen discovered that his cultivation had reached Nascent Soul Sixth Layer 90/100 and resolved to refine the Ming Water Spring Eye before pursuing further advancement.
• Qu Lingjun delivered the fifteen nurtured Clarified Butter Pills, and Luo Chen took the gourd and ordered everyone not to disturb his renewed seclusion unless it was a matter of life and death.
• Wang Yuan told Ling Fengzi, Canglong, and the others that Luo Chen was acting urgently because a powerful enemy was watching him, and urged them to cultivate harder so they might help.

Luo Chen erased the Ming Water Spring Eye’s consciousness and discovered it held a readily accessible Water Source Law True Intent, which the Mingyuan Sect may have preserved as a legacy for its descendants. After weighing the risks, he prepared to attempt comprehension with a Clarified Butter Pill and began absorbing the Water Source.

• Luo Chen condensed his Primordial Spirit with the Moonlight Pure Heart Mantra, assessed its power and short duration, then used it to erase the Ming Water Spring Eye’s consciousness.
• Luo Chen refined the spring eye and realized that it contained the Water Source Law True Intent, which Chong Ming had likely relied on to comprehend the same law.
• Luo Chen considered the dangers of comprehending Water Source while already possessing Fire Source, but decided the potential increase in his command of World Vitality was worth trying.
• Luo Chen rested, prepared warning measures, and took a Clarified Butter Pill before releasing the Primal Chaos Cauldron’s restraint on the spring eye.
• Luo Chen’s Nascent Soul entered the spring eye’s water vapor, and he began absorbing the Water Source as a legacy once held by the Mingyuan Sect.

Bo Hanjun escaped a group of Golden Core cultivators with a Shouyang Auction invitation, while Luo Chen’s plan to sell Nascent Soul Pills drew the attention of powerful sects. In the Pill Saint Blessed Land, Luo Lingxi accepted Li Yingzhang’s advice to build a firm foundation, but a destructive tornado suddenly descended upon Dan Mountain.

• Bo Hanjun defeated seven Golden Core cultivators, escaped with their Storage Bags, and took a Zhang Family invitation to the Shouyang Auction.
• Nine Spirits Yuan Jun recognized that the auction’s ten Nascent Soul Pills likely came from Luo Chen and agreed to attend and buy one for her sect.
• Deng Taiyue learned that all the invitations had been delivered and reflected that Luo Chen planned to strengthen the Eastern Wilderness Cultivation World ahead of a possible war.
• Li Yingzhang advised Luo Lingxi to stop rushing his cultivation and focus on building a solid foundation, and Luo Lingxi accepted the guidance.
• A vast tornado filled with Ming Water, Golden Flame, and destructive power descended toward Dan Mountain, alarming Li Yingzhang and Luo Lingxi.

After comprehending the Water Source, Luo Chen triggered a cataclysmic surge of Primordial Qi, Ming Water, and Nirvana Sacred Fire that threatened him and the Pill Saint Blessed Land. He chose to use ultimate Nirvana to erase his divine soul, and the tornado collapsed as his aura vanished, leaving Wang Yuan and the others stunned.

• Li Yingzhang rushed toward Dan Mountain, but Wang Yuan stopped him and ordered him to organize an evacuation of the Pill Saint Blessed Land.
• Wang Yuan, Ling Fengzi, Cang Long Immortal, and Yu Jiaolong watched the Water-Fire Tornado devastate Dan Mountain, and Wang Yuan prepared to rescue Luo Chen if his cultivation failed.
• Luo Chen realized that comprehending the Water Source had summoned an inexplicable force that drew in overwhelming Primordial Qi, Ming Water, and Nirvana Sacred Fire.
• Luo Chen absorbed the Ming Water with the Primal Chaos Cauldron and the Nirvana Sacred Fire with the Blood Jade Three Flame Fan, but neither method could contain the disaster.
• Luo Chen tried to withstand the Primordial Qi and conceal his divine soul, then chose to use ultimate Nirvana and shattered his Split Souls and Main Soul.
• The Water-Fire Tornado collapsed after Luo Chen's aura vanished, leaving Wang Yuan and the others staring in shock as Ming Water and Golden Flame spread across the ruins.

Li Canghai allied with the Northern Sea demons to pursue his own path to immortality, then found a dying Black Dragon whose master was unknown. In Ranke Mountain, Liancheng struggled to revive the Rotten Ke Go Board and learned Luo Chen had returned, while Qing Luan reacted to Luo Chen undergoing Divine Soul Nirvana.

• North Departure Great Saint and Sea Emperor Whale agreed to help Li Canghai weaken the Heaven Origin Dao Sect with sea demons in exchange for his yielding the North Sea Cultivation World.
• Li Canghai revealed that he sought Ranke Mountain’s spiritual opportunity to ascend, then found a Black Dragon collapsing among unconscious Black Scale Pythons and caught it with the Mountain Sea Seal.
• Ke Lianshan told Old Ancestor Liancheng that he needed the dormant Rotten Ke Go Board to recover his Life Soul and reach Spirit Transformation, but only its Artifact Spirit’s recognized cultivators could activate it.
• Old Ancestor Liancheng learned Luo Chen had joined Qing Luan in defeating the Hanging Temple array and hesitated over whether to recruit or kill him, until he noticed the Lanke Artifact Spirit was weakening.
• Qing Luan trembled as Luo Chen began Divine Soul Nirvana, and the voice from Profound Understanding Hall recognized his spiritual resolve before she settled back into her hazy light.

Canglong admitted she wanted to repay Luo Chen’s kindness by becoming his Dao companion, and hurried to Ming Lake when she sensed he had awakened. Luo Chen woke after completing the final nirvana, gaining a divine soul with signs of Spirit Transformation but discovering that an overwhelming mass of impure World Vitality had left his body and Nascent Soul in a precarious state; he asked Canglong if her feelings were true.

• Canglong told Heartless Immortal that she regretted not repaying Luo Chen and would accept becoming his Dao companion if he asked.
• Canglong sensed a vortex forming in Ming Lake, sent Heartless Immortal to notify the sect, and crossed the lake toward it.
• Luo Chen awakened inside the Primal Chaos Cauldron and realized his completed Divine Soul Nirvana had given his divine soul signs of Spirit Transformation.
• Luo Chen discovered that impure World Vitality had swollen his Nascent Soul and damaged his meridians, leaving him struggling to refine and control the mana.
• Canglong entered the cauldron, and Luo Chen asked whether the feelings she had expressed outside were true; she blushed.

After awakening at Nascent Soul Ninth Layer, Luo Chen stabilized his mana by cultivating with Canglong and used her Seven Aperture Exquisite Body to refine and contain some of the World Vitality. He examined his newfound strength and Primordial Spirit, then resolved to give Canglong proper status before journeying to Central Province.

• Luo Chen told Canglong he would not force her, and she agreed to let him use her Seven Aperture Exquisite Body after learning he had reached Nascent Soul Ninth Layer.
• Luo Chen and Canglong cultivated inside the Primal Chaos Cauldron, while the excess World Vitality roiled Ming Lake and the Luo Tian Sect elders decided not to disturb him.
• Luo Chen refined his mana through Canglong's heart aperture, left her his pure yang mana, and sealed some World Vitality within her for her future cultivation.
• After Canglong awakened days later, Luo Chen confirmed his condition had stabilized and spent time with her beyond cultivation.
• Luo Chen examined his Attribute Panel, noted his reduced lifespan, advancing Hidden Five Elements Dao Physique, and Nascent Soul Ninth Layer, then tested his Primordial Spirit's endurance for about an hour.
• Luo Chen watched Canglong sleep and decided to give her proper status before leaving for Central Province.

Luo Chen emerged from seclusion, returned to Luo Tian Sect, and learned the state of its factions before announcing plans to explore the Nether Abyss and take Canglong as his Dao companion. He then revealed that he would leave the sect for an unknown length of time, throwing the gathered disciples into turmoil.

• Luo Chen emerged from Ming Lake with Canglong and publicly held her hand, signaling that she had become his Dao companion.
• Sima Hui Niang told Gu Cai Yi that she had encouraged rumors about Canglong and intended the two women to contend for Luo Chen's affection until her son Lingxi grew up.
• Luo Chen heard reports on Luo Tian Sect and supported Sect Master Li Yingzhang's authority over the allocation of cultivation pills.
• Luo Chen announced that he would mass-produce Magic Tools to let sect members safely explore the Nether Abyss.
• Luo Chen declared his intention to become Dao companions with Canglong, but Canglong declined a public celebration and he agreed to respect her wishes.
• Luo Chen announced that he was leaving Luo Tian Sect for an uncertain length of time, prompting an uproar in the hall.

Luo Chen prepared the Luo Tian Sect for his departure, revealed that he intended to recover his missing Life Soul from the Heaven Origin Dao Sect, and considered using a refined spring-eye avatar to infiltrate its branches. Before leaving, he inspected Bai Mei Ling’s million-ghost Soul Refining Banner, but found it still lacked the power to form a Spirit Transformation-level Main Soul.

• Luo Chen recorded cultivation methods and his Soul Splitting Art insights for the Luo Tian Sect’s Library Pavilion, then told Wang Yuan that the Heaven Origin Dao Sect was his enemy; Wang Yuan pledged to help if needed.
• Luo Chen refined Nether Crossing Boats for the sect and planned to use the spring eye to create a powerful avatar that could infiltrate Heaven Origin Dao Sect branches and reclaim his Life Soul.
• At the Pill Saint Blessed Land, Luo Chen learned that Lingxi had entered seclusion to attempt Foundation Establishment and gave Gu Cai Yi a sealed Nascent Soul Pill to open after one hundred years.
• Luo Chen met Bai Mei Ling, who presented a Soul Refining Banner containing more than a million low-level ghosts gathered over twenty years.
• Luo Chen added several dozen Ghost Emperors from his Soul Nourishing Banner to the Soul Refining Banner, but judged them insufficient to create a Spirit Transformation-level Main Soul; Bai Mei Ling asked to accompany him.

Luo Chen traveled through the Nether Abyss and visited Deng Taiyue at Mount Tai Sect, bringing him Clarified Butter Pills and revealing his new Water Source Law True Intent. After offering Deng Taiyue three promises in exchange for help, Luo Chen learned that Dongyang Sect’s Grand Elder would likely refuse to join the fight against Heaven Origin Dao Sect.

• Luo Chen read Sang Jinghe’s findings and concluded that the Demon-Devil Symbiotic Tree needed higher-level beast blood or the heartblood of Ancient Demons and Ancient Devils to grow.
• Luo Chen revealed that his Nirvana Fire Spirit had absorbed the remaining Nirvana Sacred Fire, and he decided to deal with it after the coming operation.
• Luo Chen and Bai Mei Ling left the Nether Abyss aboard the Frost Eagle Flying Shuttle to visit an old friend before departing the Eastern Wasteland.
• Luo Chen arrived at Great Boulder Peak, where Stone Daredevil detected him, and learned that Deng Taiyue’s Epiphany three hundred years earlier had come from observing the Stone Spirit gain awareness.
• Luo Chen gave Deng Taiyue three Clarified Butter Pills, accepted Sky Qi, and promised him his insights, an enduring alliance, and help finding a Fifth Order Spirit Vein if he advanced toward Spirit Transformation.
• Deng Taiyue said most people might accept Clarified Butter Pills as payment, but Dongyang Sect’s Grand Elder would not.

Luo Chen learned about the Dongyang Sect Grand Elder’s strength and his alliance with the Heaven Origin Dao Sect, then traveled to the Dongyang Sect to meet him. There, Luo Chen used an unknown ability on Shi Chuanting, a Nascent Soul True Person from one of the Twelve Great Houses.

• Deng Taiyue told Luo Chen that Great Dharma Master Xuan Du had died sealing the Hanging Temple, leaving sixteen eminent monks to carry on its lineage.
• Deng Taiyue described the Dongyang Sect Grand Elder’s rise to Nascent Soul Great Perfection and his service to the Heaven Origin Dao Sect, while Luo Chen decided to visit him rather than attack him.
• Stone Daredevil warned Deng Taiyue that Luo Chen’s presence felt as formidable as a Spirit Transformation Great Power.
• Luo Chen told Bai Mei Ling that he was heading to the Dongyang Sect, then arrived there several days later and observed its thriving, well-funded community.
• Luo Chen entered a courtyard after overhearing two Nascent Soul True Persons discuss the Old Ancestor’s orders to watch him, then used a strange ability to make Shi Chuanting reveal his name.