Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen’s ascension ceremony brought powerful guests from across the cultivation world, while Qing Tong met Luo Lingxi and learned he was her older brother. Luo Chen performed unprecedented ascension phenomena, briefly acknowledged Qing Tong, and departed for the Immortal World as the crowd bid him farewell.

• Xu Muxian brought Cheng Haixin and Qing Tong to Yanfu Mountain, where they joined the crowds gathered for Luo Chen’s ascension.
• Luo Lingxi met Qing Tong, recognized her resemblance to Luo Chen, gave her a jade pendant, and suspected she was his younger sister.
• Luo Chen’s Primordial Spirit appeared, drew in immense Spiritual Opportunity, and produced four extraordinary ascension phenomena.
• As Luo Chen departed, he briefly reached Qing Tong, who realized her father had seen and spoken to her.
• Pure Qi descended over Luo Tian Continent, and the ceremony ended as cultivators everywhere chanted their farewell to Luo Chen.

Luo Chen failed to ascend to the Immortal World and was stranded in the universe, where Qixia Yuanjun and Qing Shuang found him and attacked him to seize his Spiritual Opportunity. Qing Shuang sent Luo Chen into the Void Turbulence before Qixia Yuanjun could finish killing him, and the Star Gate closed with Luo Chen's fate uncertain.

• Luo Chen's ascension stalled, and three figures on the Cloud Sea Continent found four rings on the Ascension Platform and concluded that his chance at immortality had been severed.
• Luo Chen reached a dying ocher planet and tried to steady his Dao Heart, but Qixia Yuanjun and Qing Shuang appeared through a Star Gate and revealed they had tracked him using the Same Life, Same Death Gu.
• Qixia Yuanjun attacked Luo Chen to refine his Spiritual Opportunity, but Luo Chen resisted by burning his True Spirit Source Blood and suppressing the Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Scripture's influence.
• Qixia Yuanjun ordered Qing Shuang to help, and Qing Shuang struck Luo Chen, leaving him unable to resist as Qixia Yuanjun drained his Mana and Spiritual Opportunity.
• When Luo Chen tried to self-destruct, Qing Shuang opened a Space Rift and banished him into the Void Turbulence, angering Qixia Yuanjun.
• Qixia Yuanjun entered the Star Gate, and Qing Shuang followed as the gate closed and the collapsing planet was left behind.

After being battered by a cosmic tide, a wounded giant was swept away as a gray butterfly connected to the Calamity Gu vanished. The man awakened in a poor, rain-leaking room, unable to use his Divine Thought, and told the woman caring for him that his name was Luo Chen.

• A gray butterfly emerged from the giant and altered the cosmic tide, sending the giant drifting toward an unknown place.
• Luo Chen woke on a rough bed in a cramped room, his body in pain and his Divine Thought sealed.
• Luo Chen surveyed the dilapidated room as thunder and rain poured outside, and he silently blamed a demon for his condition.
• A woman entered, lit a fire, tended to Luo Chen, and brought him thin porridge.
• The woman noticed Luo Chen was awake and questioned him, and he rasped out his name: Luo Chen.

Luo Chen recovered from his severe injuries while learning from Jing Lan about the Great Cataclysm Realm and its deadly Three Great Calamities. A month later, he finally left the house and reunited with a delighted Jing Lan.

• Luo Chen learned that Jing Lan had found him after Heavenly Wind passed through, and he began trying to heal his shattered meridians by driving his remaining Source Blood with sheer will.
• Jing Lan cared for Luo Chen and told him about her work at the Qingshan Tobacco House, where the new Steward Yan mistreated the workers.
• Jing Lan explained that the remote Qingshan Town faced Heavenly Wind, Ghost Rain, and the Mist of Annihilation, and Luo Chen studied Dreamstone's effects while continuing his recovery.
• After a month, Luo Chen walked out of the house for the first time and saw the green fields beneath three setting suns.
• Jing Lan spotted Luo Chen sitting on the threshold, hurried over, and celebrated that he had finally awakened.

Luo Chen learned from Jing Lan that the Great Cataclysm Realm trapped those who entered and lacked spiritual energy, leaving him unable to use his usual cultivation methods. He began repairing his shattered body with Source Blood and a basic Healing Spell, while resolving to settle his score with Qixia Yuanjun if he ever escaped.

• Jing Lan celebrated her birthday with Luo Chen, and he gave her his wishes instead of a gift.
• Luo Chen let Jing Lan sleep in the bed while he took the straw bedding, then asked her about immortals and cultivators in the Great Cataclysm Realm.
• Jing Lan explained that immortals were rare, people could not leave the region, and Smoke Workshop’s Steward Yan was said to be a cultivator.
• Luo Chen discovered his meridians were blocked and ruptured, his soul was sealed, and Qingshan Town had no spiritual energy.
• Luo Chen used a drop of Source Blood to fuel a basic Healing Spell and began treating his wounds.
• Luo Chen reflected on Qing Shuang’s role in his survival and vowed to settle his blood debt with Qixia Yuanjun if he could escape.

Luo Chen helped Jing Lan harvest her Sun-facing Rice and discovered that it contained energy and pure yang power that might aid his recovery. After the harvest, he asked Jing Lan to take him to town, and she agreed.

• Jing Lan explained that the Heavenly Wind brought strange objects into the Great Cataclysm Realm, and Luo Chen learned that the Sun-facing Rice contained energy and pure yang power.
• Luo Chen took over cutting the rice and harvested Jing Lan's field with remarkable speed.
• Luo Chen carried the grain home, where Jing Lan spread it out to dry.
• Luo Chen asked Jing Lan to take him to town after the autumn harvest, and she agreed.

Luo Chen helped Jing Lan finish the harvest and repair her roof before recovering enough of his strength to protect himself. After traveling with Jing Lan to Qingshan Town, he explored Myriad Phenomena Pavilion and found an Azure Lantern that unexpectedly lit in his hand.

• Luo Chen learned from Third Master Pu that Jing Lan had grown up an orphan and heard that the Mist of Annihilation brought strange beasts.
• Jing Lan prepared a lavish meal for Luo Chen and said she would take him to Qingshan Town to seek work at the Smoke Workshop.
• Luo Chen opened his Divine Court, allowing his blood and qi to circulate freely and restoring part of his ability to defend himself.
• Jing Lan and Luo Chen traveled to Qingshan Town, where she explained the Qingshan Tobacco House's Midi Reed fields and its use in making Moxian Smoke.
• Luo Chen explored the town and entered Myriad Phenomena Pavilion, where he picked up an Azure Lantern that glowed with a faint Flame Light.

Luo Chen recognized the Damaged Azure Lantern as a vanished experimental tool and wondered whether its arrival in the Great Cataclysm Realm explained his own presence there. After he protected Jing Lan from Lai Er and the Smoke Workshop investigated him, Steward Yan visited their home, where Luo Chen greeted him as if he had expected him.

• Luo Chen recognized the Azure Lantern at the Myriad Phenomena Pavilion and questioned the shopkeeper about its origins, but left without buying it.
• Luo Chen stopped Lai Er from harassing Jing Lan at the Smoke Workshop, injured him with hidden force, and left town with Jing Lan.
• An elderly man at the Smoke Workshop ordered someone to investigate Luo Chen, while Luo Chen and Jing Lan continued their daily farmwork.
• Steward Yan visited Jing Lan and said Lai Er had died suddenly; Luo Chen returned from fetching water and told Jing Lan to stay home.
• Luo Chen told Steward Yan that he had arrived later than expected.

Steward Yan explained how the Great Cataclysm Realm crippled cultivators and invited Luo Chen to serve the Young City Lord of Remnant Immortal City. After Luo Chen effortlessly defeated Yan, Yan offered him gifts and a booklet called the Great Art of Power Assimilation.

• Steward Yan revealed that he served the Young City Lord of Remnant Immortal City and explained that the Great Cataclysm Realm lacked spiritual qi and severely restricted cultivators.
• Luo Chen connected Yan's account of the Soul-Shaking Thunder Sound to the Ghost Rain and Heavenly Thunder he had experienced.
• Steward Yan asked to test Luo Chen's strength, and Luo Chen agreed.
• Luo Chen easily neutralized Yan's tiger-force punch and defeated him with his speed and strength.
• Steward Yan invited Luo Chen to become the Young City Lord's honored guest and gave him gifts and the Great Art of Power Assimilation.

Luo Chen studied the Great Art of Power Assimilation and decided to strengthen his body by returning to orthodox Body Tempering. After using Source Blood to wash his body, he formed Manifested Force and began rebuilding his strength.

• Luo Chen told Jing Lan she would leave with him when he departed, then asked her to sort Steward Yan's gifts and share the excess with the villagers.
• Luo Chen read the Great Art of Power Assimilation and concluded that, with little mana left, he would rely on his body and Source Blood instead.
• Luo Chen resolved to follow Wang Yuan's Divine Adamantine Battle Qi and use a more refined approach to Body Tempering.
• Luo Chen shattered a drop of Source Blood to wash his body in qi and blood, completing the Blood Spans the Long River step.
• Luo Chen compressed qi and blood into Manifested Force, and the Attribute Panel flickered.

Luo Chen used the supplies Steward Yan sent to support his cultivation and rapidly advanced through Qi and Blood Transformation while preparing to form Pill Force. As Ghost Rain began, he sensed something watching him from outside his home.

• Steward Yan sent Luo Chen food, oil, and the Damaged Azure Lantern, which Luo Chen let Jing Lan keep.
• Luo Chen mastered Manifested Force, Hidden Force, and Transformative Force in less than a month, then began studying Pill Force and Core Embrace.
• Jing Lan prepared warm clothes for their year-end journey and reminded Luo Chen to light a Dreamstone before the Ghost Rain.
• A thunderclap and cold rain marked the start of Ghost Rain, which Luo Chen recognized as a dangerous calamity.
• While Luo Chen cultivated through the storm, he sensed a furtive presence spying on him beyond the wooden door.

Luo Chen discovered that the entity outside during the Ghost Rain was a Ghost Nightmare, and realized such creatures might help break Qixia Yuanjun’s seal on his Main Soul. He returned indoors to continue cultivating, leaving his plan to pursue the possibility for later.

• Luo Chen used his Crimson-Eyed Golden Pupils and the Damaged Azure Lantern to observe the ghostly entity outside, then let it enter his body and destroyed it with his blood and qi.
• Luo Chen identified the entity as a Ghost Nightmare and recalled that Dreamstone smoke protected the villagers from these creatures during Ghost Rain.
• Luo Chen reasoned that the Great Cataclysm Realm might contain many Ghost Nightmares, including powerful ancient ones, because cultivators there lacked strong divine souls to eliminate them.
• Luo Chen realized Ghost Nightmares might be able to break Qixia Yuanjun’s Divine Soul Seal and free his Main Soul, restoring uses such as opening his Storage Ring.
• Luo Chen decided not to act immediately, returned inside, closed the doors and windows, and resumed cultivating.

Luo Chen traveled with Steward Yan’s caravan toward Remnant Immortal City and learned about Ghost Rain, Ghost Nightmares, and the city’s Dreamstone resources. The caravan was then confronted by a mounted group of Meteor Bandits disguised by their charging white horses as an avalanche.

• Luo Chen and Jing Lan joined Yan Song’s caravan and traveled toward Remnant Immortal City.
• Yan Song described his injury, his ties to the Young City Lord, and the city’s businesses and succession.
• Luo Chen asked Yan Song about Ghost Rain and learned that Dreamstone could block Ghost Nightmares.
• Luo Chen sensed trouble approaching, and Yan Song saw a herd of white horses charging across the snow with armed riders.
• Yan Song recognized the riders as Meteor Bandits.

The Meteor Bandits attacked the City Lord's Mansion's convoy, and their leader quickly overwhelmed Steward Yan. Luo Chen's blood-red attacks killed the bandits, and he subdued their leader, leaving the convoy free to continue onward.

• Steward Yan explained the Meteor Bandits' reputation to Luo Chen as they surrounded the convoy.
• The bandits' leader rejected Yan Song's appeal and ordered his men to attack.
• Steward Yan charged the leader but was defeated by his saber strike.
• After Yan Song asked for help, Luo Chen sent out blood-red rays that killed the bandits.
• The leader charged Luo Chen's carriage but was subdued, and Jing Lan relayed Luo Chen's order to continue onward.

Luo Chen learned that the Meteor Bandits’ attack on the City Lord’s Mansion caravans was tied to the rivalry between Xiao Feng and Xiao Yun. He remained at the Peak Blood River Realm while converting his Source Blood into countless Pill Force seeds, preparing for an extraordinary breakthrough.

• Steward Yan thanked Luo Chen for stopping the bandits and took the interrogated brute away.
• Luo Chen recalled that the brute had revealed the Meteor Bandits’ origins, their chief Tong Huaijin, and the coordinated attacks on five caravans.
• Luo Chen connected the raid to Xiao Yun’s effort to undermine his brother Xiao Feng and gain the city lord’s position.
• Luo Chen told Jing Lan not to worry, then resumed converting Source Blood into qi and blood, force, and Pill Force seeds.
• Luo Chen continued storing countless Pill Force seeds in his body, aiming to forge a Heaven and Earth Furnace when he broke through.

Luo Chen continued cultivating during the caravan’s journey and rejected Jing Lan’s request to cultivate because her Moonstone Physique and age made Body Tempering unsuitable. The caravan reached Remnant Immortal City, where General Chu arrived to escort Luo Chen to a banquet prepared by the Young City Lord.

• Luo Chen perfected his Body Refinement breakthrough by forming a Heaven and Earth Furnace with his abundant qi and blood.
• Jing Lan asked Luo Chen to teach her cultivation, but he refused because her Moonstone Physique had hardened meridians and blocked acupoints.
• Luo Chen reflected that Jing Lan’s Moonstone Physique would have been excellent for Qi Refining in a world with spiritual qi.
• The caravan arrived at the immense Remnant Immortal City, and Jing Lan was stunned by its size and grandeur.
• General Chu came from the city, confirmed Luo Chen’s identity, and invited him to the Young City Lord’s banquet.

Luo Chen attended Xiao Feng’s banquet celebrating the return of three merchant caravans and was recognized as an outside immortal cultivator who had helped protect one. The banquet ended in tense silence after Xiao Feng asked the guests to support him in a coming contest over who would rule Remnant Immortal City.

• Luo Chen observed the banquet and learned that Granny Yu and Chi Huo had returned their caravans, while Xiao Zirui had suffered a setback against the Meteor Bandits.
• Xiao Feng arrived with Steward Yan and thanked the guests for helping the caravans return safely.
• Xiao Feng revealed that Luo Chen had slain dozens of Meteor Bandits, prompting the guests to realize he was an outside immortal cultivator.
• Xiao Zirui remained dismissive of Luo Chen, believing immortal cultivators were no stronger than mortals in the Great Cataclysm Realm.
• Xiao Feng warned that Wuyou City's envoy would arrive in spring and asked the guests to support him if Martial Combat to Determine Master took place.

Luo Chen learned that Xiao Feng was preparing to contest control of Remnant Immortal City through martial combat, while Uncle Tie warned that Luo Chen’s hidden strength made him dangerous to provoke. Xiao Feng sought to recruit him as a retainer, and Luo Chen demanded access to the City Lord’s Mansion’s books.

• Luo Chen listened as Xiao Feng and the others discussed the vacant city lord position and the coming Martial Combat to Determine Master.
• Xiao Zirui criticized Luo Chen after he left, but Granny Yu cautioned that his former cultivation might have been far greater than it appeared.
• Uncle Tie told Xiao Feng that Luo Chen seemed to possess threat comparable to an Unleaking Realm expert and advised against provoking him.
• Xiao Feng decided to have Xiao Sanniang recruit Luo Chen as a retainer while they assessed his strength.
• Luo Chen asked to borrow and read the City Lord’s Mansion’s books at any time, and Xiao Sanniang left the decision to Xiao Feng.

Luo Chen settled into his new residence as Xiao Feng appointed him a guest elder and granted him free access to the City Lord's Library Pavilion. He borrowed a large collection of ordinary books to learn about the world, while Xiao Zirui grew resentful over the favor he received.

• Luo Chen kept ten servants, assigned Jing Lan to learn residence management from Uncle Zhong, and went to rest.
• Steward Yan reported Luo Chen's feats to Xiao Feng, who rewarded Yan with a city post and agreed to Luo Chen's conditions.
• Xiao Feng personally escorted Luo Chen to the Library Pavilion, where Luo Chen offered to help if Xiao Feng faced trouble.
• Luo Chen spent the morning on the first floor, borrowing a large stack of books about the region, its customs, and the Martial Dao.
• Luo Chen sensed that Uncle Tie was watching him, while Xiao Zirui angrily complained that Luo Chen could borrow books freely despite being a newcomer.

Luo Chen studied the dangers of the Great Cataclysm Realm and discovered that a powerful immortal cultivator named Xiao Lan had once been stranded there. He was then visited by Xiao Feng, who sought his help with the upcoming Martial Combat to Determine Master.

• Luo Chen considered the risks of refining more Pill Seeds and bathed to recover from injuries sustained while drifting through the realm.
• Luo Chen read about the Three Great Calamities, the Mist of Annihilation, and the short lifespans of Body Refining Cultivators.
• Luo Chen discovered in the Remnant Immortal Essays that Xiao Lan had reached the Void Refinement Stage, failed to escape the Great Cataclysm Realm, and founded Remnant Immortal City.
• Luo Chen copied Xiao Lan's cultivation insights and wondered whether other stranded immortal cultivators might possess useful methods.
• Xiao Feng arrived to ask Luo Chen for help with the Martial Combat to Determine Master.