Chapter Summaries

Yun Lan discovered that he was the Mu Family's lost Young Family Head, though Mu Chen revealed that his parents were still missing. The Mu Family learned of Yun Lan’s return and gathered to welcome him, while Mu Lie and the eight ancestors eagerly awaited the reunion.

• Yun Lan reunited with his old friend Ancestor Yuwen, who brought him to meet Immortal City Lord Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen recognized Yun Lan’s token and identified him as the Mu Family’s Young Family Head, confirming that he was the lost son of the eldest young master.
• Mu Chen explained Yun Lan’s family background, but Yun Lan realized that his parents were still unaccounted for and worried about their fate.
• News that Mu Yun had returned reached the Mu Family, prompting Mu Lie, the eight ancestors, and countless clan members to gather outside their Small World.
• The eight ancestors argued over who would teach Yun Lan, while Mu Lie looked forward to spending time with his grandson.

Yun Lan returned to the Mu Family and reunited with his grandfather, the Mu Family Immortal Lord, while his parents remained missing. He planned to stay with his family for a while before returning to the Azure Cloud Sect for the Three Academies Tournament.

• The Mu Family Immortal Lord and eight ancestors hurried out to welcome Yun Lan as he arrived on phoenixes with his companions.
• Yun Lan reunited with his grandfather, and Shi Hao and Lin Bai promised to ask their Sect Master to help search for Yun Lan’s missing parents.
• Mu Family clansmen celebrated Yun Lan’s return and discussed his strength and his companions from the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Yun Lan introduced his Senior Brothers, Senior Sister, and Ancestor Yuwen to the Mu Family Immortal Lord, who questioned how such a powerful sect could be so little known.
• Yun Lan told his grandfather he would stay with the Mu Family for a while, then return to the sect for the Three Academies Tournament.

Yun Lan reunited with the Mu Family and received his grandfather’s support before Shi Hao and the Azure Cloud disciples departed to handle Hua Qingyu’s matter with the Phoenix Immortal Clan. Left behind to train with the Mu Family’s ancestors, Yun Lan resolved to cultivate hard for the disciples’ tournament in five months.

• The Mu Family Immortal Lord welcomed Yun Lan home, while the family’s eight ancestors argued over who would teach him their signature techniques.
• The Mu Family Immortal Lord gave Shi Hao and the other Azure Cloud guests Spatial Immortal Treasures, then showed them around the family.
• News of Yun Lan’s return spread across the Eight Great Immortal Continents, drawing congratulatory visitors and bringing widespread attention to the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Hua Qingyu told Yun Lan to stay with his family while she and the others dealt with matters concerning the Phoenix Immortal Clan, and Shi Hao agreed they would call for him later.
• The Mu Family Immortal Lord gave Shi Hao the family’s highest-grade token and promised to protect the Azure Cloud group within the Godly Radiance Heaven Domain.
• Shi Hao and the others departed aboard the Phoenix Immortal, while Yun Lan resolved to train diligently for the disciples’ tournament.

Ancestor Phoenix welcomed Hua Qingyu and her companions to the Phoenix Immortal Kingdom, where Hua Qingyu questioned why the Phoenix Immortal Clan had named her its Heavenly Maiden. Ancestor Phoenix learned that she and her companions came from the Barren Martial Realm, the same lower realm where it had once lived.

• At the Snow Ripple Heaven Domain border, the Howling Moon Silver Wolf ordered fifty True Immortals to hurry toward the Godly Radiance Heaven Domain and arrive within ten days.
• Huang Zhi told Shi Hao and the others that Great Offering Ancestor Phoenix was coming to escort Hua Qingyu, and they realized it was the legendary Phoenix from the Barren Martial Realm.
• Ancestor Phoenix arrived, greeted Hua Qingyu, and took her and her companions ahead while the two Phoenix Immortal Clan elders remained behind.
• Two days later, Ancestor Phoenix brought Hua Qingyu and the others toward the Phoenix Immortal Kingdom and said that the High Priest’s divination had named Hua Qingyu a Heavenly Maiden.
• Ancestor Phoenix asked which lower realm Hua Qingyu came from, and Hua Qingyu told it that she, Shi Hao, and Lin Bai were from the Barren Martial Realm.

Hua Qingyu, Shi Hao, and Lin Bai arrived at the Phoenix Immortal Dynasty with Ancestor Phoenix, who learned about Huangwu’s present situation and pledged to join the fight against the Azure Sky Immortal Sect. As the dynasty welcomed Hua Qingyu, the Phoenix Clan Grand Elder prepared a hidden scheme against her.

• Ancestor Phoenix learned that Hua Qingyu, Shi Hao, and Lin Bai had come from the Barren Martial Realm’s Eastern Domain and asked about Huangwu and the Phoenix Clan.
• Hua Qingyu explained that Azure Cloud Sect had unified Huangwu and described the Azure Sky Immortal Sect’s attack and the Demon Realm’s destruction.
• Ancestor Phoenix learned of the Azure Sky Immortal Sect’s actions and asked to join Azure Cloud Sect when it moved against them.
• Ancestor Phoenix brought Hua Qingyu and the others to the Phoenix Immortal Dynasty, where a crowd gathered to welcome the Heavenly Maiden.
• The Phoenix Clan Grand Elder confirmed that preparations were complete, then revealed his intent to use Hua Qingyu’s arrival to oppose his lord.

Hua Qingyu arrived at the Phoenix Immortal Clan and was welcomed as its Heavenly Maiden, while Huang Rou and the High Priest considered the clan’s strange Grand Elder and the importance of protecting the Heavenly Maiden. The chapter ended with Hua Qingyu asking why the clan believed she was their Heavenly Maiden and warning that she would not betray the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect.

• The Grand Elder secretly disappeared after vowing that Huang Rou would destroy the Phoenix Immortal Clan, and the High Priest noted his unusual behavior and absence.
• Huang Rou said her senior brother still held a grudge against her and declared that protecting the Heavenly Maiden was the clan’s highest priority.
• The Ancestor Phoenix brought Hua Qingyu, Shi Hao, Lin Bai, and Ancestor Yuwen to the Phoenix Immortal Clan, where Huang Rou and the High Priest welcomed them.
• The High Priest recognized Hua Qingyu as the Heavenly Maiden and said destiny had brought her to the clan at the appointed time.
• Hua Qingyu asked why the clan considered her its Heavenly Maiden and warned that she would refuse any demand to betray the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect.

Hua Qingyu accepted the Phoenix Immortal Clan’s plan to let her remain their Heavenly Maiden while staying loyal to the Azure Cloud Sect. Elder Huang Zhi brought her to the Phoenix Immortal Pool, where the opened palace gates revealed a mist that made her Dao Power boil.

• Hua Qingyu swore she would never betray her sect or disappoint her master, and Shi Hao, Lin Bai, and Ancestor Yuwen backed her stance.
• The Phoenix Immortal Lord demonstrated that she and Hua Qingyu both cultivated Heavenly Phoenix Dao Power and explained how the clan had confirmed Hua Qingyu’s identity.
• The Phoenix Immortal Lord proposed that Hua Qingyu remain with the clan for a time without leaving her sect, and Hua Qingyu agreed after receiving her master’s encouragement through the token.
• The Phoenix Immortal Lord arranged for Hua Qingyu to cultivate with the Phoenix Immortal Pool and Phoenix Flame Crystals, while Shi Hao, Lin Bai, and Ancestor Yuwen were given rooms.
• Elder Huang Zhi escorted Hua Qingyu to the Phoenix Immortal Pool palace, where the guards opened its gates and a mist emerged that made Hua Qingyu’s Dao Power boil.

Hua Qingyu absorbed the Phoenix Immortal Pool’s energy and reached the peak of the Supreme Realm, but the pool suddenly turned black and left her unconscious and gravely injured. As a rebellion erupted across the Phoenix Immortal Clan, Shi Hao and Lin Bai rushed to find her.

• Elder Huang Zhi guided Hua Qingyu to the Phoenix Immortal Pool, where she began absorbing its energy with the Phoenix Genesis Saint Art.
• Shi Hao voiced his unease about how smoothly things had gone, while Ancestor Yuwen reassured him that sect reinforcements would arrive soon.
• After three days of cultivation, Hua Qingyu reached the peak of the Supreme Realm and tried to break through to the Great Emperor Realm.
• The Phoenix Immortal Pool turned black, its corrupted water injured Hua Qingyu, and she fainted before Elder Huang Zhi could pull her out.
• An aged voice announced a rebellion as Phoenix Immortal Clan members began slaughtering one another throughout the territory.
• Shi Hao and Lin Bai sensed the upheaval, called for Ancestor Yuwen, and rushed out to reach Hua Qingyu.

The Phoenix Immortal Clan’s Grand Elder Feng Hun led a rebellion and claimed that Hua Qingyu had died, while Immortal Lord Huang Rou and the High Priest fought to stop him. Shi Hao, Lin Bai, and Ancestor Yuwen found Hua Qingyu poisoned but alive, then escaped the clan with help from Ancestor Phoenix.

• Feng Hun appeared before Immortal Lord Huang Rou and the High Priest, admitted to backing the rebellion, and claimed Hua Qingyu had perished.
• Huang Rou stayed to fight Feng Hun while the High Priest hurried to the sacred hall to protect Hua Qingyu.
• Shi Hao, Lin Bai, and Ancestor Yuwen reached the sacred hall, where they found Hua Qingyu unconscious beside the poisoned Phoenix Immortal Pool.
• Shi Hao carried Hua Qingyu out while Elder Huang Zhi held off two rebellious guards, and Ancestor Phoenix arrived and burned the guards to ashes.
• Ancestor Phoenix escorted Shi Hao, Lin Bai, Ancestor Yuwen, and Hua Qingyu out of the Phoenix Immortal Clan’s Small World.

After the Grand Elder seized control of the Phoenix Immortal Clan, he ordered the execution of dissenting clansmen and issued the Phoenix Decree to hunt down Huang Rou, the High Priest, the Great Offering, and the Azure Cloud Sect members who escaped. The decree stirred the Eight Great Immortal Continents, and powerful figures from the Azure Cloud Sect arrived, ready to confront the Phoenix Immortal Clan.

• The Grand Elder declared that unwilling clansmen would be killed and learned that the Great Offering had escaped with the Azure Cloud Sect members and the still-living Heavenly Maiden.
• The Grand Elder struck an elder who addressed him by the wrong title, then ordered the Phoenix Decree issued across the Heaven Domain.
• The Phoenix Decree accused Huang Rou, the High Priest, the Great Offering, and their allies of plotting against the domain and listed the Azure Cloud Sect members as targets.
• Cultivators across the Eight Great Immortal Continents considered hunting the listed targets for the rewards, noting the Azure Cloud Sect's ties to the Mu Family.
• Several dozen powerful Azure Cloud Sect figures arrived on the fifth-ranked great continent and vowed to confront the Phoenix Immortal Clan.

Little White and fifty Immortal Beasts arrived in the Eight Great Immortal Continents, and Little White threatened to destroy the Phoenix Immortal Clan for targeting Azure Cloud Sect disciples. The Phoenix Immortal Clan’s factions and the Mu Family reacted to the arrival, while Huang Rou prepared to reclaim her clan and Yun Lan learned that Shi Tian and the others were safe.

• Little White unleashed its Nine Revolutions Half-Step Golden Immortal aura and announced that the Phoenix Immortal Clan would be destroyed for harming Azure Cloud Sect disciples.
• Cultivators and major powers across the Eight Great Immortal Continents sensed Little White’s pressure and chose to wait rather than become involved.
• Huang Rou learned that the Great Offering had escorted the Heavenly Maiden to the Godly Might Immortal Continent and ordered her remaining elders and clansmen to prepare to reclaim the Phoenix Immortal Clan.
• The Grand Elder’s allies assured him that Domain Lord Yang would protect the Phoenix Immortal Clan, then ordered him to gather resources and report the Azure Cloud Sect’s arrival.
• Mu Lie reassured Yun Lan that the Sixth and Seventh Old Ancestors had gone to receive Shi Tian and the others, and that a powerful Azure Cloud Sect expert had arrived to protect them.

Mu Lie rallied the Mu Family and the Eight Great Immortal Continents to attack the Phoenix Immortal Clan after its Grand Elder betrayed the clan and targeted Azure Cloud Sect disciples. At the Mu Family residence, Hua Qingyu remained unconscious as the elders discovered that her cultivation technique was slowly dissolving the deadly Fallen Immortal Powder.

• Mu Lie announced that the Mu Family would besiege the Phoenix Immortal Clan and summon the major powers of the Eight Great Immortal Continents.
• Ancestor Phoenix carried Shi Hao, Lin Bai, and the unconscious Hua Qingyu toward the Mu Family, where the Sixth and Seventh Ancestors came to receive them.
• The Mu Family Sixth Ancestor identified Fallen Immortal Powder in Hua Qingyu's body and said her cultivation technique was gradually dissolving the poison.
• Lin Bai recounted the group's recent journey and the upheaval at the Phoenix Immortal Clan in a short poem.
• The Mu Family's call to arms spread across the Eight Great Immortal Continents, and people predicted the Phoenix Immortal Clan would be overwhelmed.

Hua Qingyu awoke in the Mu Family palace and broke through to the Great Emperor Realm after a phoenix guided her out of darkness. As Shi Hao and the others learned that their powerful ally had arrived, Little White descended on Mu Family Immortal City with fifty True Immortal Realm demon beasts to protect the Azure Cloud Master's Direct Disciples.

• Hua Qingyu followed a phoenix phantom through the darkness in her subconscious and awakened as a Great Emperor.
• Shi Hao and the others entered the palace, reunited with Hua Qingyu, and explained that the Phoenix Immortal Clan's Grand Elder had poisoned her and hunted them.
• Shi Hao's token vibrated with immortal light, signaling that their senior had arrived.
• Little White appeared over Mu Family Immortal City with fifty True Immortal Realm demon beasts and announced that the Azure Cloud Master had sent him to protect the Direct Disciples.
• Mu Chen and the people in the city recognized Little White's overwhelming force and realized the Azure Cloud Master's pet was the mysterious senior who had once conveyed words across the Eight Great Immortal Continents.

Little White arrived at the Mu Family with a host of immortal beasts to protect Azure Cloud Sect’s disciples, then learned that the Phoenix Immortal Clan had hunted them and poisoned Hua Qingyu. Enraged, Little White prepared to attack the Phoenix Immortal Clan, while Mu Lie offered the Mu Family’s support and warned that other forces were gathering.

• Mu Chen respectfully escorted Little White and fifty immortal beasts to the Mu Family Small World.
• Mu Lie and the Mu Family’s elders welcomed Azure Cloud’s arrivals as Little White descended and greeted Shi Hao, Lin Bai, Hua Qingyu, and Yun Lan.
• Little White explained that its master had sent it to protect the disciples and that the other immortal beasts had submitted to Azure Cloud Sect.
• Shi Hao told Little White how the Phoenix Immortal Clan had hunted them and how Ancestor Phoenix had taken them away from the clan.
• Little White flew into a rage over Hua Qingyu’s poisoning and called for Shi Hao to join it in crushing the Phoenix Immortal Clan.
• Mu Lie offered the Mu Family’s help and noted that many other great forces were also on their way.

Little White led Shi Hao and the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect’s beasts to confront the Phoenix Immortal Clan, while Mu Lie mobilized the Mu Family and Ancestor Phoenix warned Huang Rou that help was coming. Little White reached the Phoenix Immortal Dynasty’s capital and headed for the clan’s Small World, where Feng Hun prepared for battle with four hidden lords backing him.

• Little White dismissed the need for elaborate plans, then took Shi Hao and four others with fifty immortal beasts toward the Heaven Phoenix Immortal Continent for a phoenix feast.
• Mu Lie assembled the Mu Family’s experts and ordered them to follow the Azure Cloud forces, while Ancestor Phoenix secretly informed Huang Rou and the High Priest that help was coming.
• Two days later, Little White arrived above the Phoenix Immortal Dynasty’s capital, shattered its protective formation with his aura, and headed for the clan’s Small World after Shi Hao pointed out the way.
• Feng Hun ordered the Phoenix Immortal Clan’s experts to prepare for battle and sought support from four hidden lords, who assured him that the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect would soon be dealt with.
• As the Phoenix Immortal Clan’s Small World shook, Little White declared that he would break in because its people refused to come out.

Little White led fifty True Immortal demon beasts in an assault on the Phoenix Immortal Clan’s stronghold, while the Mu Family and Huang Rou’s loyalists advanced through the Phoenix Immortal Dynasty toward its capital. The Grand Elder called on four God Domain Hall figures to stop the slaughter, but they hesitated before Little White and threatened the Azure Cloud Sect with retaliation from the Domain Lords.

• Little White shattered the Phoenix Immortal Clan’s protective array and ordered fifty demon beasts to eat the fleeing clansmen.
• The demon beasts slaughtered Phoenix clansmen as Little White watched, while Shi Hao, the others on its back, and Ancestor Yuwen looked on in shock.
• The Mu Family’s forces advanced through the Phoenix Immortal Dynasty, whose cities surrendered as the main clan fought for survival.
• Huang Rou and the High Priest rallied the dynasty’s cities by exposing the Grand Elder’s crimes and calling on them to join the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect.
• The Grand Elder arrived at the stronghold and begged four God Domain Hall figures to intervene, but they warned Little White that the Domain Lords would retaliate.

Little White destroyed the Phoenix Immortal Clan after its Grand Elder threatened the Azure Cloud Sect and killed four Origin Immortals. Mu Lie later met Huang Rou aboard the Mu Family's immortal ship, where she revealed that the clan's fall weighed on her and Mu Lie remembered the Dao Injury scar he had given her long ago.

• Little White used the Illusion Breaking Divine Pupil to obliterate the four Origin Immortals who threatened the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Little White recognized Feng Hun as the Grand Elder who had ordered the hunt for the sect's disciples and the poisoning of its direct disciple, then killed the phoenixes and leveled the Phoenix Immortal Clan's residence.
• Little White led Shi Hao and the others away, and Mu Lie and the Mu Family ancestors arrived to find the Phoenix Immortal Clan destroyed.
• Huang Rou and the Phoenix Immortal Clan's High Priest met Mu Lie and told him that the clan's six ancestors had survived.
• Aboard the Mu Family's immortal ship, Huang Rou lamented that the Phoenix Immortal Clan had fallen under her watch, and Mu Lie remembered that he had caused the scar on her cheek during their travels long ago.

After the Phoenix Immortal Clan fell, Huang Rou and Mu Lie warned Little White that the Domain Lord and the God Domain Hall would retaliate against the Azure Cloud Sect. Little White dismissed the threat, leaving the gathered powers to face the possibility of a conflict with the rulers of the Lower Heavens.

• Huang Rou told Mu Lie that Feng Hun had pledged allegiance to the Domain Lord, whose four Origin Immortals had ambushed and controlled the Phoenix Immortal Clan's six ancestors.
• Huang Rou and Mu Lie concluded that the Azure Cloud Sect was their only hope against the Domain Lord.
• News of the Phoenix Immortal Clan's destruction spread across the Eight Great Immortal Continents, and major powers gathered at the Mu Family to pay their respects and see the Azure Cloud Sect's experts.
• Huang Rou explained that the Phoenix Immortal Clan's traitors had deserved their fate, while Hua Qingyu defended Huang Rou and the survivors as victims.
• Mu Lie and Huang Rou warned Little White that the God Domain Hall's Domain Lord would seek revenge for the deaths of his four guards.
• Little White said it had killed the guards and dismissed the God Domain Hall as no threat to the Azure Cloud Sect.

Little White ordered the Eight Great Immortal Continents to submit to the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect, and the major forces quickly accepted it as their sovereign. Meanwhile, Li Yin returned to Azure Cloud Sect with Zhao beside him.

• Mu Lie and Huang Rou pledged the Mu Family and Phoenix Immortal Clan to Azure Cloud, and Little White demanded that all Godly Radiance submit within five days.
• Mu Lie announced the submission in the Mu Family hall, and the gathered leaders and experts agreed to follow Azure Cloud.
• Little White proclaimed Azure Cloud sovereign across the Eight Great Immortal Continents, prompting forces throughout the Heaven Domain to pledge allegiance.
• Over the following days, the Mu Family, Phoenix Immortal Clan, and countless other forces submitted, leaving no opposition across the Eight Continents.
• Li Yin returned to Azure Cloud Sect with a fair, plump young man beside him and told Zhao that the sect was just ahead.

Li Yin brought Zhao Jinzhu to Azure Cloud Sect, where the Black Emperor admitted him for assessment and Good Treasure Daoist returned from treasure hunting. Feng Qingyang received rewards for completing the quest to sweep through the Godly Radiance Heaven Domain and discussed the Domain Lords and God Domain Hall with Ancestor Li Qingyun.

• Li Yin brought Zhao Jinzhu to Azure Cloud Sect after receiving an elder's permission for him to take the basic assessment to become a Servant Disciple.
• The Black Emperor greeted Li Yin and told Zhao Jinzhu that the elder had discussed his admission and that he could enter the sect.
• Good Treasure Daoist returned from treasure hunting and gave the Black Emperor a Spatial Immortal Treasure, while Zhao Jinzhu was awed by his power.
• Feng Qingyang received a Cultivation Enhancement Card, a Purple-Golden Summoning Card, the Sect Fortune Diagram, and access to the Eight Immortal Continents after Azure Cloud Sect's name shook the Godly Radiance Heaven Domain.
• Feng Qingyang told Ancestor Li Qingyun that the Godly Radiance Heaven Domain had submitted to Azure Cloud Sect and that its Domain Lord's four guards had been slain.
• Feng Qingyang explained that the Twelve Heaven Domains were governed by Domain Lords from the God Domain Hall, leaving Ancestor Li Qingyun astonished at how quickly Azure Cloud Sect had grown.