Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen settled into his Jade Spring Peak cave mansion and, with Liu Muhan’s help, turned a small gathering for his Golden Core breakthrough into a major ceremony attended by many sect geniuses and backed by Nascent Soul True Persons. Afterwards, Ning Li Zhenren brought him to Mountain Sea Palace to discuss his mission and began explaining a secret about Pill Saint Chu Yan’s ties to the Mingyuan Sect.

• Liu Muhan told Luo Chen that the cave mansion’s previous resident, Jade Spring Peak’s formidable eldest Senior Sister, had vanished on an external mission sixty years earlier.
• Luo Chen asked Liu Muhan to arrange a gathering for his core formation, and she organized invitations, supplies, and help from Jade Spring Peak’s disciples.
• Luo Chen’s ceremony grew into a grand event attended by nearly all eligible Golden Core cultivators, while Nascent Soul True Persons sent congratulatory gifts.
• Luo Chen met with Ning Li Zhenren on Dan Emperor Mountain, where Ning urged him to focus on his Mountain Sea Palace mission.
• Ning Li Zhenren showed Luo Chen Mountain Sea Palace and its records, and Luo Chen asked why Pill Saint Chu Yan had not returned to the Mingyuan Sect after ascending to the Xuan World.
• Ning Li Zhenren reacted to Luo Chen’s question, then privately began revealing the secret so Luo Chen would not offend Chu Yan.

Ning Li Zhenren told Luo Chen that a Mountain Sea World native had destroyed the Heaven Origin Dao Sect’s stronghold there six hundred years earlier, and Luo Chen realized the story was about his own past. As the Heaven Origin Pill Saint Chu Yan arrived at the Su Ling Sect and was welcomed at the Mountain Sea Palace, she noticed Luo Chen and asked who he was.

• Ning Li Zhenren explained how the Heaven Origin Dao Sect monopolized the Mountain Sea World’s talent and warned Luo Chen not to discuss suspicions that its ascended geniuses were controlled.
• Ning Li Zhenren recounted how a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Mountain Sea World destroyed the Dao Sect’s local faction and severed its passage; Luo Chen recognized himself in the tale and resolved to stay hidden.
• Luo Chen decided to practice uniting his Martial Dao Divine Will and Soul Divine Sense to strengthen his disguise.
• The Su Ling Sect spent three years preparing for the arrival of the Heaven Origin Pill Saint, while Luo Chen oversaw preparations at the Mountain Sea Palace.
• Taisu Lingjun welcomed Chu Yan and brought her to the Mountain Sea Palace, where Chu Yan noticed Luo Chen among the gathered cultivators and asked who he was.

Luo Chen disguised himself as Xuan Luo and met Pill Saint Chu Yan, who nearly recognized him and later watched him from afar. While serving as Chu Yan’s attendant during an outing with Taisu Lingjun, Luo Chen overheard them discuss a powerful pill recipe and the Mountain Sea World, where Chu Yan admitted he had met the genius who severed the Two Realms Passage.

• He Yuan introduced Luo Chen as the gifted Xuan Luo, and Chu Yan asked whether they had met before; Luo Chen truthfully said it was their first time meeting in person.
• Taisu Lingjun appointed Luo Chen to manage Mountain Sea Palace and attend Chu Yan during his stay, while Elder Gu Mu warned him to mind his conduct.
• Chu Yan watched Luo Chen from Star Plucking Tower as Luo Chen worried he would have to maintain his disguise for months.
• The next morning, Luo Chen drove Chu Yan and Taisu Lingjun around the sect and overheard them discuss Grand Lord Tianyuan’s difficult pill recipe and the power of Heaven Origin Dao Sect.
• Taisu Lingjun asked whether Chu Yan knew the Mountain Sea World genius who severed the Two Realms Passage, and Chu Yan admitted that he had met him.

Chu Yan revealed how she had helped Luo Chen rise in the Mountain Sea World, and Luo Chen realized she was the source of several pivotal opportunities in his past. While refining a Five Elements Divine Pill before her, he recognized her Pill Art and let his reactions expose that he knew it; Chu Yan appeared to recognize him, then questioned him at the palace gates.

• Chu Yan told Taisu Lingjun that she had aided the alias Luo Hai by arranging his entry into Tianyuan, guiding him to an Epiphany, and gifting him a Heavenly Secret Pill, then revealed that his real name was Luo Chen.
• Luo Chen realized Chu Yan had caused his Epiphany on Heaven Earth Peak and had given him the pill that helped him comprehend Flourishing Decay True Intent, and he worried that his Mountain Sea World Pill Arts would identify him.
• Chu Yan taught the Su Ling Sect’s Pill Refiners and reorganized their Pill Dao approach, while Luo Chen answered her questions and gained her and Taisu Lingjun’s approval.
• At Dean He’s request, Luo Chen began refining a Five Elements Divine Pill before Chu Yan, who intervened with Refining Heaven Secret to suppress a surge of conflicting Pill Qi and help complete five low-grade pills.
• Luo Chen recognized Chu Yan’s Pill Art and showed astonishment, understanding, and delight; after he thanked her, Chu Yan accepted his thanks and left the hall with him following as steward.
• At the Mountain Sea Palace gates, Chu Yan asked Luo Chen whether he had really learned so little from her intervention.

Luo Chen’s Alchemy Dao technique exposed his identity to Chu Yan, who departed after urging him to pursue pill refining. After studying Demon Caves and the Demon Suppression Trial, Luo Chen planned to reach Nascent Soul beyond the sect and gain a place in the trial; he began secluded cultivation with Five Elements Divine Pills.

• Chu Yan recognized Luo Chen’s connection to the Refining Heaven Secret after he demonstrated its alchemical technique, but she kept his identity secret.
• Chu Yan left the Su Ling Sect and spoke of the Demon Suppression Trial, which would offer great opportunities but carry serious risks.
• Luo Chen studied records about Demon Caves and learned that the trial involved clearing Demon Moss and dispersing caves while facing spatial rifts and Devil Race fighters.
• The Su Ling Sect rewarded Luo Chen with Profound True Hall, and he spent a year refining Five Elements Divine Pills.
• Luo Chen planned to cultivate to the Golden Core Great Perfection, leave the sect to form his Nascent Soul, and then apply for the Demon Suppression Trial.
• Luo Chen entered secluded cultivation in the Jade Stream Cave Mansion with a large supply of Five Elements Divine Pills.

Ning Fu became a Three-Pattern Alchemist and learned that Xuan Luo had advanced far beyond her, while Luo Chen prepared to leave the Su Ling Sect on a low-risk mission. Luo Chen departed after securing the task and receiving protective gifts from Dan Emperor Mountain’s elders, intending to return as a Nascent Soul cultivator.

• Ning Fu met Ning Li Zhenren at Mountain Sea Palace, where he congratulated her on becoming a Three-Pattern Alchemist and offered to let her assist with Tier 4 Pill refinement.
• Ning Li Zhenren told Ning Fu that Xuan Luo had returned to Jade Spring Peak for secluded cultivation and might reach the Middle Stage Golden Core, then warned her not to expect to keep pace with him while dividing her attention.
• Luo Chen tempered his Five-Colored Golden Core with Heavenly Star Yuan Magnetic Divine Thunder and reviewed his Achievement Points as he prepared for Nascent Soul Formation.
• Luo Chen examined the recovering Flourishing Decay Divine Fire, then nurtured the Boundless Grass with Heavenly Dew and crushed Empty Prism Apertures before sealing his cave dwelling.
• Luo Chen accepted a distant, low-risk task through the External Affairs Hall and paid Luo Hu for help finding it; Luo Hu realized the Senior Brother was Xuan Luo after Luo Chen had left.
• Luo Chen informed Dan Emperor Mountain’s Elders that he was traveling, received protective gifts from several Nascent Soul True Persons, and departed the Su Ling Sect.

Luo Chen traveled from the Su Ling Sect toward Gray Triangle, where he hoped to find Phoenix Eye Black Obsidian Moss and a Fourth-Tier Spirit Vein suitable for his Nascent Soul breakthrough. After an unknown powerful expert passed nearby and a Heavenly Phoenix cultivator searched the sect, Luo Chen arrived at Cui Yan Mountain and prepared to enter Gray Triangle.

• Luo Chen studied the Xuan World's geography and reasoned that its strongest powers controlled the most advanced Teleportation Array technology.
• Luo Chen sensed a life-threatening presence near his carriage and continued onward without revealing his strength.
• A man in a Black and Red Feather Robe searched the Su Ling Sect for the Body Integration cultivator who had killed Lie Yu, while Taisu Lingjun returned to a meeting about selecting Demon Suppression Trial candidates.
• Taisu Lingjun assigned Gu Mu to organize a competition for the remaining three trial slots, scheduled forty years later.
• Luo Chen reached Cui Yan Mountain, where Fan Wen told him about the nearby sects, rogue cultivators, and Liu Muhan's mission.
• After questioning Fan Wen about Phoenix Eye Black Obsidian Moss and the Gray Triangle trade fairs, Luo Chen entered Gray Triangle.

Luo Chen traced the source of the Phoenix Eye Black Obsidian Moss and uncovered a hidden Ancient Daoist Temple beneath the Cui Shi River. He reunited with Liu Muhan and her companions at the river, then revealed the temple as the likely source of the stolen Wood Attribute spiritual energy.

• Luo Chen learned the Gray Triangle had once been the heartland of the Great Soul Gate, obtained an invitation to the Huiji Trade Fair, and asked a shopkeeper to look for a rogue cultivator with a black mole.
• At the trade fair, Luo Chen bought a bone fragment containing the foundational Soul Splitting Art and reasoned that the complete inheritance might remain with the Great Soul Gate or its successor sects.
• Luo Chen recognized Huang Wei, used Mirror Flower Water Moon to learn where he had found the Phoenix Eye Black Obsidian Moss, and gave him a Nine Seas Qi Transformation Pill.
• Luo Chen followed Huang Wei's information to the Cui Shi River, where he encountered Liu Muhan and five other Su Ling Sect cultivators investigating the loss of Wood Attribute spiritual energy.
• Luo Chen sensed that the spiritual energy flowed beneath the river and used his Flying Sword to split the water, revealing an Ancient Daoist Temple on the riverbed.

Luo Chen discovered that the Phoenix Eye Black Obsidian Moss grew because a hidden space was cultivating Nine Nether Demon Moss and draining the surrounding Wood Attribute spiritual energy. After fighting off the space’s defenders, he sent Liu Muhan and the others away, destroyed their escape route, and declared that he would use the Black Jade Space for his Nascent Soul Formation.

• Luo Chen showed Liu Muhan and Lu Zhenqiu the Liuhong Sword, then joined them in examining the Phoenix Eye Black Obsidian Moss at the nameless Taoist temple.
• Luo Chen identified Demonic Qi within the moss and entered the temple, where he found a Three Heads Six Arms statue absorbing spiritual energy and discovered a hidden space inside its mouth.
• Luo Chen recognized the Nine Nether Demon Moss carpeting the Black Jade Space and realized someone was cultivating it to practice devilish arts.
• The space’s master sent Golden Core enemies to attack the five intruders, and Luo Chen, Liu Muhan, Lu Zhenqiu, and the two Foundation Establishment cultivators fought back.
• Luo Chen forced Liu Muhan onto the Teleportation Array and ordered Lu Zhenqiu to take her and the others away, then destroyed the array and declared the space his Nascent Soul Formation site.
• Luo Chen’s blood qi emerged as his aura rose, and he prepared to face the space’s attackers alone.

After escaping the Black Jade Space, Liu Muhan and Lu Zhenqiu vowed to seek the sect’s help to rescue Xuan Luo, while Luo Chen defeated the space’s defenders and discovered that one was Jade Spring Peak’s missing Senior Sister Jiang Huang. He captured the Poro Maoqiu and learned it belonged to the Fudi Lineage, which had been brought to the Xuan World by the Heaven Refining Devil Monarch.

• Liu Muhan tried to return for Xuan Luo, but Lu Zhenqiu stopped her when they saw the Teleportation Array had failed, and they resolved to ask the sect’s elders to rescue him.
• Luo Chen defeated two Nascent Soul Demon Generals, recognized the sword-wielding Jiang Huang, and subdued her without killing her.
• Luo Chen seized the Poro Maoqiu, recognized its race, and used Soul Search to uncover its past and its talent for hiding memories.
• Maoqiu admitted it was a Devil Race Remnant from the Fudi Lineage and said the Heaven Refining Devil Monarch had brought the clan into the Xuan World ten thousand years earlier.

Luo Chen defeated Maoqiu by turning Jiang Huang’s sword art against him, then used an illusion to give her a cover story for Maoqiu’s death. In the Black Jade Space, he spent years preparing to form a Five Elements Nascent Soul, while Yao Xi and Youhuang sensed his breakthrough and moved to locate him.

• Luo Chen learned that Maoqiu had cultivated the Nine Nether Demon Moss to expand the Demon Cave and realized Maoqiu had used it to control cultivators and attack him.
• Jiang Huang unleashed the Heavenly Waterfall Sword Art and killed Maoqiu, while Luo Chen constructed an illusion giving her a false memory of the events.
• Luo Chen carried the sleeping Jiang Huang to the Five Turbidities Prosperity Tower and decided to leave the Demon Moss on himself as a possible pretext to enter the Demon Suppression Trial.
• Luo Chen spent three years balancing his Five Elements Mana, then cultivated for ten more years as his Golden Core gathered five-colored radiance.
• Yao Xi and Youhuang sensed spiritual energy converging toward the Black Jade Space and realized someone there was breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage.
• Yao Xi recognized that the spiritual energy led into the space and asked Youhuang to help her locate its exact position.

Luo Chen completed his Nascent Soul formation, created the Five Spirits Dao Domain, and rebuilt his Purple Mansion while his Primal Chaos Cauldron began evolving toward a Dao Artifact. After Yao Xi and Youhuang brought him and Jiang Huang back to the Su Ling Sect, their unstable conditions and Demon Moss infection left their future uncertain.

• Luo Chen formed a powerful Nascent Soul with five domains that fused into the Five Spirits Dao Domain, then rebuilt his shattered Purple Mansion over ten years.
• Luo Chen began nourishing the Primal Chaos Cauldron with both mana and Gang Qi, believing this could lead it to become a Dao Artifact.
• Yao Xi entered the Black Jade Space through the Reverse Spirit Channel and found Jiang Huang and Xuan Luo alive; Jiang Huang told her their enemies were dead.
• Youhuang joined Yao Xi, Jiang Huang, and Xuan Luo as they left the Black Jade Space and returned toward the Su Ling Sect.
• Yao Xi and Youhuang discussed Jiang Huang's soul backlash, the disciples' unstable Nascent Souls, and their Nine Nether Demon Moss infection.
• Yao Xi resolved to seek help from the Su Ling Sect's Spirit Transformation elders, while Youhuang suggested the dangerous Demon Suppression Trial as a possible last resort.

Luo Chen and Jiang Huang returned to the Su Ling Sect, where the elders debated how to treat their Demon Infection before deciding they would seek Demon Marrow Diamonds in the Demon Suppression Trial. Back at Jade Spring Peak, their fellow disciples welcomed them, and Yao Xi prepared them for the trial, which would begin in about twenty years.

• The Su Ling Sect's elders debated two Demon Infection treatments, then summoned Yao Xi to weigh in on what should be done for Luo Chen and Jiang Huang.
• On the way to Jade Spring Peak, Luo Chen told You Huang he would choose the Demon Marrow Diamond method and believed he could eventually develop pills to resolve its aftereffects.
• Luo Chen and Jiang Huang reunited with their fellow disciples at Jade Spring Peak, where they learned Wan Jiuzhang had reached the Nascent Soul Stage and joined a welcoming banquet.
• Yao Xi announced that Luo Chen and Jiang Huang would enter the Demon Suppression Trial, and set about preparing them for it in the twenty years before it began.
• Yao Xi ordered Jiang Huang to recover her divine soul and Luo Chen to stabilize his cultivation, gave him a defensive True Artifact, and handed both disciples jade slips detailing the Demon Marrow Diamond method.

After joining the Demon Suppression Trial, Luo Chen moved to Dan Emperor Mountain and arranged for Lü Su to gather ingredients for pills while preparing to refine the Two Forms Pill again. In seclusion, he began experimenting with engraving Divine Ability Seeds onto his Mysterious Script Talismans, but had not yet chosen which ability to engrave first.

• Luo Chen left Jade Spring Peak with Wan Jiuzhang, reflected on his likely departure from the Su Ling Sect, and promised to help heal Jiang Huang's injured soul.
• Luo Chen packed his belongings, met Liu Muhan, Lu Zhenqiu, and their former mission companions, then submitted their mission at the External Affairs Hall, drawing attention because of his Demon Infection.
• Luo Chen asked Lü Su to gather ingredients for the Soul Nourishing Pill and the Two Forms Pill, intending to treat Jiang Huang and strengthen the Wither Bloom Fire Seed.
• Luo Chen settled into his side hall at Dan Emperor Mountain, planted the Boundless Grass, and entered the Cultivation Room to study his five Mysterious Script Talismans.
• Luo Chen considered engraving a Divine Ability Seed onto the talismans and weighed which of his many Divine Abilities to choose first.

Luo Chen struggled to inscribe Starfire Burn World as a Divine Ability Seed, but while cultivating he resonated with the Metal Attribute and comprehended the Metal Origin. His Five Elements Dao Physique fully revived, and the Su Ling Sect’s elders recognized his breakthrough.

• Luo Chen chose Starfire Burn World as the first Divine Ability to inscribe, but years of effort failed to condense its Divine Ability Seed.
• While recovering his Five Elements Nascent Soul, Luo Chen sensed a powerful force resonating with him and spent ten years immersed in cultivation.
• Liu Muhan’s Natal Magic Treasure and countless other Metal Attribute treasures flew into the sky as Metal Attribute spiritual qi surged through the Su Ling Sect.
• Elder Tiange recognized the signs of the Great Divine Ability of the Realm of Soldiers and led Tie Ma Zhenren to Dan Emperor Mountain, where they found Xuan Luo at the center of the phenomenon.
• The Su Ling Sect’s Spirit Transformation elders gathered and realized Xuan Luo had comprehended the Metal Origin at the Nascent Soul Stage.
• Luo Chen awakened the Metal Origin from within his body, and the Five Elements Dao Physique completely revived.

Luo Chen restored his Five Elements Dao Physique and discovered that it let him cultivate all techniques, strengthen Divine Abilities, and multiply his mana, especially when paired with his Chaos Undying Body. As the Demon Suppression Trial approached, he began investigating whether Golden Erosion Script could help him inscribe Divine Ability Seeds.

• Luo Chen confirmed that his revived Five Elements Dao Physique coexisted with his Chaos Undying Body and let him circulate techniques of every element without obstruction.
• Luo Chen tested the physique’s traits and found that it enhanced matching Law Supernatural Abilities by thirty percent and made his cultivation surge through Five Elements mana circulation.
• Luo Chen concluded that the Chaos Undying Body let him endure the mana-multiplication process, and he resumed cultivation to master the physique’s three major traits before the Demon Suppression Trial in three years.
• Jiang Huang searched for Luo Chen on True Person Yao Xi’s orders, while Lü Su told her that Luo Chen had gone to the Library Pavilion in the Skill Transmission Hall.
• Luo Chen studied the Myriad Words Compendium and considered using Golden Erosion Script to record Divine Ability Seeds on Mysterious Script Talismans, recalling that the Wuyou Realm Master had taught him part of the script.

Luo Chen joined Jiang Huang at Suwang Hall for the Su Ling Sect’s final preparations before the Demon Suppression Trial. As the sect learned that this trial might be unusually dangerous and True Lord White Tiger would be present, Luo Chen wondered whether he would meet his old acquaintance.

• Luo Chen copied the Myriad Words Compendium and learned that the elderly librarian, Senior Brother Li, had died of old age.
• Jiang Huang met Luo Chen and asked whether she had really saved him from a Poro Devil Race cultivator, while Luo Chen maintained the illusion that she had.
• Luo Chen and Jiang Huang arrived at Suwang Hall, where Taisu Lingjun gathered the ten Nascent Soul candidates and seven Spirit Transformation elders.
• Elder Tiange explained the Demon Cave’s dangers, random teleportation, Demon Moss, valuable resources, and the need for caution during the trial.
• Taisu Lingjun warned the candidates to cooperate, placed a Lotus Brand on each of them, and gave He Lan a Spirit Treasure Light Split made from her Suwang Sword.
• Taisu Lingjun revealed that True Lord White Tiger and True Lord Black Tortoise would oversee the trial, suggesting it would be more dangerous than usual; Luo Chen wondered whether he would meet True Lord White Tiger.

Elder Tiange singled out Luo Chen to teach him the Great Divine Ability of the Realm of Soldiers, leaving him a temporary primer that Luo Chen could use once. After the Nascent Soul cultivators finished refining their protective treasures, Taisu Lingjun reaffirmed their participation in the Demon Suppression Trial, and Elder Gu Mu told them to assemble in one month for the journey to the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.

• Elder Tiange took Luo Chen to the cliff and demonstrated the Great Divine Ability of the Realm of Soldiers because Luo Chen had comprehended Metal Origin.
• Luo Chen used his Crimson-Eyed Golden Pupils to study the technique as Elder Tiange condensed its attack into a golden spear primer in Luo Chen's palm.
• Luo Chen explained that he had learned how to use Mana to lever World Vitality, and Elder Tiange promised to teach him more after the Demon Suppression Trial.
• Luo Chen returned to Suwang Hall, where the other Nascent Soul cultivators finished refining protective treasures prepared by the Spirit Transformation elders.
• Taisu Lingjun rejected suggestions to withdraw Luo Chen from the trial and told the ten Nascent Souls to strive for the sect's sake.
• Elder Gu Mu told the group to gather at the mountain gate in one month and follow him to the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.

Luo Chen refined Soul Nourishing Pills and Two Forms Pills while preparing for the Demon Suppression Trial, then used the latter to awaken the Flourishing Decay Divine Fire. The fire emerged as a Fire Tree Golden Flower in the Heavenly Fire Pool, where True Person Jinglian began searching for it.

• Yao Xi advised Jiang Huang to protect himself during the Demon Suppression Trial, while Luo Chen said Elder Tiange's guidance had brought him close to a Law Supernatural Ability.
• Luo Chen declined He Yuan's gathering invitation and returned to Mountain Sea Palace to refine pills, producing enough Soul Nourishing Pills to repair Jiang Huang's soul injuries.
• Golden Core Cultivators gathering Red Venerable Fruits in the Heavenly Fire Pool witnessed a Fire Tree Golden Flower appear amid violent tremors and fled as the Earthfire erupted.
• True Person Jinglian suppressed the Heavenly Fire Pool, sensed that its strange fire might be a Fifth-Rank Divine Fire, and ordered the cultivators to search for it.
• Luo Chen fed the Flourishing Decay Divine Fire seven Two Forms Pills, and it awakened as a Fire Tree Golden Flower in his Pill Room.

Luo Chen revived the Wither Bloom Divine Fire, fed it the Yin-Yang Extreme Dao Flame, and renamed it the Chaos Myriad Spirit Fire. He then boarded the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Palace for the Demon Suppression Trial, but thoughts of the Mountain Sea World and his former Dao lineage left him troubled before he resolved to keep cultivating during the journey.

• Luo Chen fed the revived Wither Bloom Fire Spirit the Yin-Yang Extreme Dao Flame, and it revealed the many fires it had absorbed, including an evolved image of the Nirvana Sacred Fire.
• Luo Chen named the flame the Chaos Myriad Spirit Fire and let it settle beside his Nascent Soul in his Purple Mansion.
• Luo Chen left the Pill Room when the one-month deadline arrived and went to the Su Ling Sect's Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Palace to join the journey to the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.
• He Lan welcomed Luo Chen aboard the palace and explained its vast interior and many functions.
• Luo Chen recalled the Dao lineage he had left in the Mountain Sea World and worried that its cultivators might be stranded after ascending.
• He Lan encouraged Luo Chen, who thanked him and said he would continue his seclusion and absorb his recent insights during the trip.