Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen used his Water Source insights to study the Golden Erosion Script and nearly entered the Body Integration Stage, but he withdrew from Dao Integration when he feared the tribulation and instead formed an Origin Clone. He prepared to leave the Ethereal Spirit Palace for the West Pole Continent as Min Tang and Wei Wuji readied their own expedition.

• Luo Chen’s study of the Golden Erosion Script caused his Void Image’s influence to spread across Tail Tooth Mountain, drawing Shen Muzhao into its cultivation effects until Min Tang pulled him away and warned him of the danger.
• Luo Chen’s Void Image became tangible and summoned Body Integration Tribulation Lightning, but he withdrew it before completing Dao Integration, causing the World Vitality to recede and the lightning to dissipate.
• Min Tang found Luo Chen with a powerful Water Source Origin Clone and learned that Luo Chen had reached the Early Void Refinement Stage after receiving the World Vitality.
• Luo Chen explained that he had abandoned Dao Integration because he lacked preparation for the tribulation and feared his Origin Clone might attract the Immortal Slaying Tribulation.
• Min Tang left a message on Luo Chen’s Elder Token to help him in the West Pole Continent, then told him he would soon explore the Immortal Mansion with Wei Wuji; they shared tea and wished each other safe journeys.

Luo Chen traveled from Scorpion Island toward the West Pole Continent to seek a rare ingredient for the Perceiving Illusion Pill at the Yaochi Grand Assembly, while consolidating his new Void Refinement cultivation. During the journey, he successfully condensed his first Divine Ability Seed, then switched to Jiang Mi’s faster Flowing Cloud Flying Boat to reach the assembly in time.

• Luo Chen explained to Jiang Mi that he was heading to the West Pole Continent for the Yaochi Grand Assembly to seek an ingredient for the Perceiving Illusion Pill.
• Luo Chen and his Water Source Origin Clone practiced Thousand Rivers Draw with Golden Erosion Script, and he began working toward condensing Divine Ability Seeds.
• After ten years of travel and repeated attempts, Luo Chen successfully condensed a Divine Ability Seed for Thousand Rivers Draw, greatly increasing its casting speed and power.
• Jiang Mi warned Luo Chen that their slow carriage had covered less than one-tenth of the distance, so she offered her Flowing Cloud Flying Boat.
• Luo Chen accepted the boat, let Jiang Mi keep her Storage Treasure for use on the journey, and continued toward the West Pole Continent aboard the faster vessel.

Forty years later, Luo Chen and Jiang Mi traveled toward the Yaochi Grand Assembly and discussed Yaochi’s power and its alliances. After Moxuzi exploited Luo Chen’s weakened state to attempt a prison break, Luo Chen subdued him, but their fight killed Futuo Sect’s Silver Dragon Sturgeon and brought the sect’s cultivators to confront him.

• Luo Chen and Jiang Mi neared Huntu Continent, where Jiang Mi explained that Yaochi was supported by four other Source Courts and led by the powerful Jinmu Yuanzun.
• True Lord Siji warned Wen Bai not to provoke anyone at the Grand Assembly, then saw the Futuo Sect’s Eight Legions hurry toward the region.
• Luo Chen ordered Jiang Mi to conceal their location as he expelled Moxuzi into a blood sea and fought to stop him from escaping.
• Moxuzi broke through the flying boat’s formation, but Luo Chen used sword techniques and over a thousand Blood God Children to bind and divide his Primordial Spirit again.
• Luo Chen’s blood sea killed the Silver Dragon Sturgeon in Futuo Sect’s cultivation grounds, and the sect’s Spirit Transformation leader confronted him.

Luo Chen escaped the Futuo Sect's pursuit by using Thousand Rivers Travel, then planned to reach the Yaochi Grand Assembly and find a way to control Moxuzi. A year later, he boarded a ship bound for West Pole Continent under the alias Murong Yuan.

• Luo Chen offered to compensate the Futuo Sect for the dead Silver Dragon Sturgeon, but fled when its cultivators demanded he answer to their True Lord.
• Luo Chen stopped the pursuing Futuo Sect cultivators with a wave and escaped by scattering a thousand false auras across the sea.
• The Eight Legions' armored leader ordered the Spirit Transformation Great Power imprisoned and began pursuing Luo Chen with Xue Ling and He Qing.
• Luo Chen reached a harbor, reflected on how Thousand Rivers Travel had concealed his true body, and considered how to control Moxuzi and attend the Yaochi Grand Assembly.
• One year later, Luo Chen used the name Murong Yuan and paid Du Hui five High-Grade Spirit Stones for passage aboard a ship to West Pole Continent.

Luo Chen learned from Du Hui about Yaochi Saintess Shang Nu, whose past was tied to a promise Luo Chen had made to the Heaven Refining Devil Monarch, while he continued his journey toward West Pole. On West Pole, a young Yaochi Saintess ordered a search for the cultivator who had disrupted Futuo Sect’s operations, then heard his name was Luo Chen.

• Luo Chen gave Du Hui spirit wine and learned that registered low-level cultivators traveled to the Yaochi Grand Assembly through a designated route while Futuo’s patrols searched for someone.
• Du Hui told Luo Chen that Yaochi Saintess Shang Nu had slain a Saint Ancestor incarnation two thousand years earlier and now stood near the Peak Integrated Body realm.
• Luo Chen recalled the conditions tied to the Heaven Refining Devil Monarch’s inheritance, including a promise to refine pills for Shang Nu, and wondered whether the old Demon Cave incident involved the Devil Monarch.
• Luo Chen decided to focus on constructing his Wood Element Void Image during the voyage and try separating its Origin Power from the Flourishing Decay True Intent.
• A young Yaochi Saintess ordered Granny Qian to cooperate with Futuo Sect in finding the cultivator who had damaged its Silver Dragon Sturgeon grounds.
• The young Saintess learned that the wanted cultivator was named Luo Chen.

Luo Chen reached the West Pole Continent and sought a Mind Stabilization Pill’s ingredients to help condense his second Void Image. Keeping his identity concealed, he arranged an ultra-long-distance teleportation to Kuimu City and vanished from Chao'an City’s Teleportation Hall.

• Luo Chen realized that a Mind Stabilization Pill could steady his Primordial Spirit enough to help him condense a Wood Element Void Image, and decided to gather its ingredients at the Yaochi Grand Assembly.
• Du Hui warned Luo Chen about the Three-Headed Jiao in the Three Dragon Sea, and Luo Chen quietly drove one away before they reached Three Dragon Port.
• After landing on the West Pole Continent, Luo Chen searched local markets for medicinal herbs, then decided to ask Ye Zhengchun in Kuimu City to help gather the materials.
• Luo Chen paid for an ultra-long-distance teleportation from Chao'an City to Kuimu City under the name Murong Yuan, while concealing his identity because the Futuo Sect was hunting him.
• Luo Chen entered the Teleportation Hall with the Young City Lord Guo Ziwei and two Spirit Transformation cultivators, then departed under the protection of a Great Displacement Token.

Luo Chen arrived in Kuimu City under the name Murong Yuan and sought out the Ye Family Old Ancestor, Ye Zhengchun, on behalf of Min Tang of the Ethereal Spirit Palace. The Ye Family agreed to begin gathering Luo Chen’s requested medicinal herbs, and Ye Linfeng learned that Ye Zhengchun would return the next day.

• Guo Ziwei and his companions noticed that Foundation Establishment cultivator Murong Yuan had emerged from the teleportation without apparent discomfort.
• Luo Chen learned that Ye Zhengchun was the Ye Family’s Void Refinement Old Ancestor and went to the Ye Mansion to visit him.
• Ye Linfeng received Luo Chen, learned of his connection to Min Tang, and heard his request to gather medicinal herbs for payment.
• Ye Linfeng’s jade tablet conveyed Ye Zhengchun’s order to gather the herbs without seeking a reward beyond their purchase cost, and said he would return the next day with Little Five.
• Ye Ningbo questioned Ye Linfeng about Luo Chen’s visit and noticed that his herb list included ingredients for pills related to the Primordial Spirit.

Luo Chen learned from Ye Ningbo that the Nirvana Void Fruit was believed extinct, but Ye Zhengchun later revealed that it might appear at a Private Trade Fair and offered to recommend Luo Chen as a buyer. The chapter left Luo Chen with a possible lead on the main ingredient for the Perceiving Illusion Pill.

• Ye Ningbo questioned Luo Chen about his medicinal herb list, and he explained that most of it was for a high-grade Primordial Spirit pill while the Nirvana Void Fruit served another purpose.
• Ye Ningbo told Luo Chen the Nirvana Void Fruit had disappeared from the Xuan World, then offered to gather his herbs and asked to watch him refine pills.
• Ye Ningbo returned to her friends and left with them for Kunqiu to collect Luo Chen's medicinal herbs.
• Ye Zhengchun visited Luo Chen, read Min Tang's message, and reflected on his old friendship with him.
• Ye Zhengchun tested Luo Chen's Divine Thought and noticed his mana, Divine Thought, and Dao resonance seemed to indicate different cultivation levels.
• Luo Chen asked Ye Zhengchun about the Nirvana Void Fruit, and Ye Zhengchun said it might appear at a Private Trade Fair and offered to recommend him.

Luo Chen learned that a Private Trade Fair might offer a Nirvana Void Fruit, then traveled to Kunqiu Immortal City to secure access to its markets. After selling a vast haul of resources at the Ancient-Modern Pavilion for 2.3 million Top Grade Spirit Stones, he obtained a Gold Radiance guest token and prepared to ask about buying a Talisman Puppet.

• Ye Zhengchun told Luo Chen that a Private Trade Fair might have a Nirvana Void Fruit, though its timing was uncertain and its entry requirements included strong Divine Thought and proof of assets.
• Luo Chen asked Ye Zhengchun about a Secret Technique to control an Integrated Body Great Venerate, but Ye Zhengchun said he knew of no such method.
• Ye Zhengchun discussed the West Pole Continent and the Yaochi Source Court with Luo Chen, then accepted his last jar of Fallen Immortal Tea and promised to watch for Trade Fair news.
• Luo Chen entered Kunqiu Immortal City during the Yaochi Grand Assembly and brought a large collection of resources to the Ancient-Modern Pavilion.
• Gu Yuan arranged for Talisman Puppets to evaluate Luo Chen's goods and valued them at 2.3 million Top Grade Spirit Stones, earning Luo Chen a Gold Radiance guest token.
• Luo Chen indicated to Gu Yuan that he wanted something from the pavilion, then looked toward Number Eighteen.

Luo Chen attended the Taibai Trade Fair, trading nine-thousand-year Lightning Struck Wood for Star Gold that might help Kong Kong Er recover. On the fair’s third day, he exchanged a Spirit Treasure for spatial material and learned that another cultivator knew of a Nirvana Void Fruit, leaving them to negotiate privately after the fair.

• Luo Chen bought two Talisman Puppets from Gu Yuan and received an invitation to Ancient-Modern Pavilion’s upcoming Trade Fair.
• Luo Chen entered Taibai Hall’s confidential trade fair and watched Void Refinement Cultivators barter rare resources.
• Luo Chen traded nine-thousand-year Lightning Struck Wood for Star Gold, hoping it would help Kong Kong Er recover from damage to its Primordial Qi.
• On the third day, Luo Chen exchanged a Spirit Treasure short sword for Dongming Sand and offered two other treasures for spatial materials, Star Gold, or news of a Nirvana Void Fruit.
• The cultivator who had traded for the Lightning Struck Wood told Luo Chen he knew of a Nirvana Void Fruit and asked to discuss it privately after the fair.

Luo Chen traded an Azure Water Dragon-Chong Beast Bone to Fuyunzi for an ordinary Nirvana Void Fruit and an invitation to explore a dangerous Spirit Medicine Garden for rarer fruits. His first attempt to refine the Perceiving Illusion Pill failed because the fruit lacked sufficient medicinal power, and he hurried to find Ye Xuangan after hearing of a secret art that could affect a Grand Venerable’s Primordial Spirit.

• Fuyunzi explained the Azure Water Dragon-Chong Beast Bone’s value and invited Luo Chen to join an expedition for Three-Mark Nirvana Void Fruits in half a year.
• Luo Chen exchanged the beast bone for a One-Mark Nirvana Void Fruit, then gathered other ingredients for the Perceiving Illusion Pill.
• Luo Chen used the Primal Chaos Cauldron to attempt the Sixth-Order pill, but the fruit’s insufficient medicinal power left him with a harmful ruined pill.
• Luo Chen concluded that he needed at least a Two-Mark Nirvana Void Fruit and began considering how to preserve the main ingredient’s medicinal power during future failures.
• After receiving word of a secret art that could affect a Grand Venerable’s Primordial Spirit, Luo Chen left the Ye Family estate to find Ye Xuangan at the Ancient-Modern Pavilion auction.

Luo Chen attended the Ancient-Modern Pavilion Trade Fair and met Ye Xuangan and Ye Ningbo. He outbid an Integrated Body Great Venerate for an Azure Jade Lion Tree that might help him break through his Wood Element Void Image bottleneck, then asked Ye Xuangan about the Spiritual Soul Secret Technique, which Ye Xuangan revealed was actually an immortal technique.

• Luo Chen used his Gold Radiance VIP Token to enter the Ancient-Modern Pavilion and asked the Talisman Puppet maid to locate Ye Xuangan.
• The Central Heavenly Maiden obtained Ye Xuangan’s consent, and Luo Chen was transferred to the Ye family’s private room, where he met Ye Xuangan and Ye Ningbo.
• Luo Chen noticed the Azure Jade Lion Tree and learned that it might help him condense his Wood Element Void Image.
• Luo Chen entered the bidding against an Integrated Body Great Venerate and secured the Azure Jade Lion Tree for one hundred thousand top-grade spirit stones.
• After the auction, Luo Chen asked Ye Xuangan for details about the Spiritual Soul Secret Technique, and Ye Xuangan said it was an immortal technique.

Luo Chen learned that Yaochi might reveal an immortal technique affecting Primordial Spirits at the Qingsheng Gathering, and obtained a chance to attend through Ye Xuangan. He returned to cultivate with the Azure Jade Lion Tree, using it to attempt to condense a Wood Origin Void Image.

• Ye Xuangan told Luo Chen that Yaochi's Qingsheng Gathering might feature an immortal technique related to Primordial Spirits, and that the Ye Family had received an invitation for three attendees.
• Luo Chen left the Ancient-Modern Pavilion and returned to his residence to refine the Azure Jade Lion Tree he had acquired.
• Luo Chen awakened the Azure Jade Lion Tree with his Primordial Spirit and Divine Thought, causing it to manifest as an azure lion amid strands of light.
• Luo Chen separated his Flourishing Decay True Intent from Wood Origin and focused on using Wood Origin to condense a new Void Image.

Luo Chen concealed the instability caused by the Flourishing Decay True Intent and joined the Ye family siblings on their journey to Yaochi for the Qingsheng Gathering. They reached Yaochi, a mountain gate fused with an immortal world fragment, and were directed toward the gathering.

• Ye Xuangan and Ye Ningbo summoned Luo Chen, who masked the aura instability caused by the Flourishing Decay True Intent.
• Luo Chen learned that the Ye family had nearly gathered the herbs for his Mind Stabilization Pill and planned to refine it after the gathering.
• Luo Chen followed the Ye family siblings through Kunqiu’s clouds toward Yaochi, which floated above the city.
• Ye Xuangan explained that a former Lord of Yaochi had fused an immortal world fragment with the mountain gate.
• A golden-armored squad inspected the invitation and escorted Luo Chen and the Ye family siblings toward the Langhuan Wonderland.

Luo Chen and the Ye siblings arrived at Yaochi for the Qingsheng Gathering, where he learned the gathering was meant to attract powerful allies for the Holy Maiden and that this one focused on spells. They reached the Langhuan Wonderland, and Luo Chen led the way inside with confidence.

• Luo Chen noticed the Yaochi female cultivators’ soul-affecting field and roused Ye Xuangan and Ye Ningbo with a snort.
• Golden Armor captain Yun Zheng introduced himself to Luo Chen and learned that he was a Void Refinement cultivator named Murong Yuan.
• Yun Zheng explained that the Qingsheng Gathering brought together influential Spirit Transformation cultivators and renowned rogue Void Refinement cultivators for the Holy Maiden to recruit.
• Luo Chen learned that the Langhuan Wonderland stored books and supported Dharma deduction, and that this gathering would focus on spells favored by the current Holy Maiden.
• The group reached the silver-white waterfall entrance, and Luo Chen led Ye Xuangan and Ye Ningbo toward the passage into the Langhuan Wonderland.

Luo Chen and the other guests entered the Seven-Colored Light Gate to reach the Qingsheng Gathering, where Yaochi promised spells and three rare, mostly incomplete immortal arts. The gate asked Luo Chen to choose a spell category, and he selected Wood Element before discovering that the offered gift came with a catch.

• Luo Chen discovered that Divine Sense was restricted inside the hall and joined the Ye siblings with Guo Ziwei, Xun Youyou, and Lü Heng.
• Granny Qian appeared with a seven-colored gate and announced that guests could learn spells on the way to the gathering venue.
• Granny Qian confirmed that three mostly incomplete immortal arts were hidden within the gate, prompting the guests to enter.
• An emotionless voice asked Luo Chen to choose a spell category, and he selected Wood Element.
• Luo Chen encountered the first Yaochi spell and realized that accepting the greeting gift would not be easy.

Luo Chen analyzed and improved the mana-hungry healing spell Universal Rain of Sweet Dew during the Qingsheng Gathering, impressing Yaochi Saintess Shi Feiyuan. As the gathering continued, the Law-Washing Heavenly Pond revealed that Luo Chen had touched upon the Divine Ability Technique World Tree.

• Luo Chen studied Universal Rain of Sweet Dew and devised three ways to improve its mana efficiency and battlefield usefulness.
• Shi Feiyuan received Luo Chen's completed spell analysis, praised his insight, and ordered her attendants to keep an eye on Murong Yuan, Luo Chen's identity at the gathering.
• Shi Feiyuan assessed the spells submitted by other participants while Granny Qian explained that the gathering's final stage tested three incomplete immortal arts.
• The Law-Washing Heavenly Pond rippled, and Shi Feiyuan recognized Luo Chen's Wood Element Divine Ability as World Tree.