Chapter Summaries

Xu Chunniang joined Zhuge Yun and Kong Huan on a journey to Mount Wuwang, where they planned to use a Heavenly Secrets Pavilion teleportation array. As they traveled, she and Kong Huan reunited and exchanged gifts, while Mo Wujin abandoned them to chase after Zhang Ruoxu's Flying Ship.

• Fu Yunshan objected to Xu Chunniang joining the confidential operation, but Zhang Ruoxu allowed her to come because she possessed the Realm Breaking Talisman.
• Mo Wujin refused to provide a flying artifact and flew after Zhang Ruoxu, so Zhuge Yun carried Xu Chunniang and Kong Huan onward in his flying shuttle.
• Xu Chunniang and Kong Huan caught up after ten years apart, and Kong Huan explained that Mo Wujin was poor despite being a Golden Core Elder.
• Zhuge Yun told Kong Huan to stop talking, but Kong Huan continued exchanging voice transmissions with Xu Chunniang.
• Xu Chunniang gave Kong Huan a gourd of Crimson Wine, and he gave her a Jade Slip recording a cultivator's cave abode that Mo Wujin had provided.

Xu Chunniang, Zhuge Yun, and Kong Huan traveled to a Heavenly Secrets Pavilion branch to meet Mo Wujin and Senior Yu. The group arrived and reunited with Mo Wujin, whose dishonest chess game ended when the visitors appeared.

• Zhuge Yun made Kong Huan pay his share of the flying shuttle fare by copying the Jade Slip that recorded a cave abode’s location.
• Xu Chunniang, Zhuge Yun, and Kong Huan arrived at the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion branch after six days of travel and continued on foot because a formation restricted flight.
• The three found Mo Wujin playing chess with a veiled female cultivator, and Mo Wujin scattered the pieces with a gust of wind to avoid losing.
• The veiled female cultivator, Senior Yu, offered Kong Huan a Jade Box as a first-meeting gift, and he accepted it eagerly.

Xu Chunniang and her companions entered the secret realm after Zhang Ruoxu and Mo Wujin opened a rift, then followed a trace of Yin Sha Qi toward the northwest. The chapter leaves them facing the Myriad Ghosts Soul Locking Grand Formation.

• True Person Yuzhu led Xu Chunniang and the others to Zhang Ruoxu and Fu Yunshan, and Zhang Ruoxu teleported the group near Mount Wuwang.
• Zhang Ruoxu and Mo Wujin opened a gap into the secret realm above a waterfall, then fled as four Golden Core evil cultivators approached.
• Mo Wujin sent Kong Huan's black sword through the closing gap, and Kong Huan reclaimed it upon entering the secret realm.
• Xu Chunniang detected dense Yin Sha Qi to the northwest and warned Zhuge Yun, Kong Huan, and Fu Yunshan before they headed toward it.
• Xu Chunniang discovered that the source of the Yin Sha Qi was the Myriad Ghosts Soul Locking Grand Formation.

Zhuge Yun, Xu Chunniang, Kong Huan, and Fu Yunshan identified the Myriad Ghosts Soul Locking Grand Formation and set out to help their trapped elders by locating its foundation. Zhuge Yun found the formation eye and prepared a thunder pearl enhanced with Xu Chunniang’s Heavenly Fire, then ordered Fu Yunshan to send her spiritual energy into it.

• Xu Chunniang confirmed that the secret realm was sealed by the Myriad Ghosts Soul Locking Grand Formation and explained how it trapped souls.
• Zhuge Yun reassured the group that the Nascent Soul elders were holding off Mount Wuwang’s cultivators, then released three Sun Sparrow Birds to search for the formation foundation.
• Kong Huan used his swordsmanship to form a barrier against the Yin Sha Qi while the group waited for the birds to locate the foundation.
• Zhuge Yun led Xu Chunniang and Fu Yunshan to the formation eye, leaving Kong Huan behind, and prepared to destroy it with a thunder pearl.
• Xu Chunniang infused the thunder pearl with a trace of Heavenly Fire, making its power dangerously unstable, and Zhuge Yun told Fu Yunshan to channel spiritual energy into it.

Xu Chunniang, Fu Yunshan, and Zhuge Yun destroyed six formation nodes, freeing the Nascent Soul cultivators trapped in the Myriad Ghosts Soul Locking Grand Formation. Blood Infant Old Monster detonated the formation and escaped, leaving the secret realm collapsing as Xu Chunniang and her companions waited anxiously for a way out.

• Fu Yunshan used Wood Spiritual Qi to seal thunder pearls, and Zhuge Yun led her and Xu Chunniang to plant them at six formation nodes.
• After the three fled beyond the formation, Fu Yunshan detonated the thunder pearls and destroyed the nodes, freeing the white-robed sword cultivator and provoking Blood Infant Old Monster.
• Blood Infant Old Monster detonated the Myriad Ghosts Soul Locking Grand Formation; four Nascent Soul cultivators and the other trapped cultivators survived the blast behind a protective barrier.
• Blood Infant Old Monster escaped as the secret realm began to collapse, and the white-robed sword cultivator led the others toward the Realm Breaking Talismans.
• Xu Chunniang, Fu Yunshan, and Zhuge Yun met Kong Huan, then stopped when a spatial rift appeared and began devouring its surroundings.
• Zhuge Yun sent sound transmission talismans while the group waited anxiously as the spatial rift expanded and the secret realm grew more unstable.

Xu Chunniang and the others escaped the collapsing secret realm with help from Sword Lord Qingxuan, then waited outside for their masters and the remaining cultivators. Yue Yanru and the other Nascent Soul cultivators emerged, and Qingxuan narrowly escaped as the passage closed; the surviving leaders prepared to decide their next move.

• Xu Chunniang activated the Realm Breaking Talisman, and Sword Lord Qingxuan enlarged the opening so she, Zhuge Yun, Kong Huan, and Fu Yunshan could carry out two unconscious disciples.
• Xu Chunniang and Zhuge Yun found that they had emerged in a barren mountain range west of Mount Wuwang, while cultivators continued streaming out of the secret realm.
• Xu Chunniang reunited with her master, Yue Yanru, who emerged bloodied but alive.
• Lu Yuanming and four Nascent Soul True Lords escaped, but Sword Lord Qingxuan remained behind as the passage shrank despite their efforts to widen it.
• Sword Lord Qingxuan tore open the nearly closed passage with a powerful Sword Qi and leaped out seriously injured.
• A Nascent Soul True Lord from the Cold Mountain Sect proposed that the group return to their sects, and the others looked to Qingxuan for a decision.

After escaping the Blood Infant Old Monster’s formation, Xu Chunniang and the others were summoned by Sect Master Lu Yuanming and rewarded for their role in saving the five sects’ cultivators. The sect offered them contribution points and valuable treasures, while Xu Chunniang discovered that her debt still left her token in the negative.

• The five sects’ cultivators left for their sects to recover after escaping the evil formation, and Xu Chunniang and Kong Huan reflected on how they had destroyed it.
• Lu Yuanming summoned Xu Chunniang, Kong Huan, Zhuge Yun, and Fu Yunshan, praised their contribution, and asked for their Disciple Tokens.
• Kong Huan and Fu Yunshan received five hundred thousand contribution points each, while Xu Chunniang saw that her token still showed negative two hundred and thirty thousand.
• Lu Yuanming announced additional rewards, including a Golden Core Pill, a High-grade Dharma Artifact, and a Talisman Treasure, plus compensation for Xu Chunniang’s Realm Breaking Talisman.
• Lu Yuanming asked whether the four would agree to have their names concealed to avoid attracting attention.

Lu Yuanming consulted the Five Great Sects about confronting Blood Infant Old Monster, but most avoided committing to a campaign. The Myriad Sword Sect’s Sect Master chose to wait for others to weaken the enemy and ordered Qin An to summon Azure Cloud Ranking cultivators to Sword Pool.

• Lu Yuanming sent the Carefree Sect disciples away to protect them, then used the Mirror of Clarity to ask the Five Great Sects what they would do about Blood Infant Old Monster.
• The Marvelous Pill Sect declined to fight, the Boundless Sect agreed to eliminate evil cultivators, and the Cold Mountain Sect cited its distance from Mount Wuwang.
• Lu Yuanming concealed his master’s role in the rescue, while the Myriad Sword Sect’s Sect Master privately considered the Carefree Sect’s junior disciples a potential future threat.
• Qin An asked whether the Myriad Sword Sect would act after his Grandmaster was gravely injured, and the Sect Master said they would wait for the Carefree Sect and Boundless Sect to weaken Mount Wuwang’s evil cultivators.
• The Sect Master ordered Qin An to issue Divine Sword Orders and invite cultivators on the Azure Cloud Ranking to gather at Sword Pool.

Xu Chunniang and Kong Huan heard that the Myriad Sword Sect had issued Divine Sword Orders and discussed attending its Sword Pool Assembly. At the Carefree Sect treasury, they chose their rewards, and Xu Chunniang offered Kong Huan a chance to trade Talisman Treasures as they left.

• Xu Chunniang and Kong Huan learned that Azure Cloud Ranking cultivators could attend the Myriad Sword Sect's Sword Pool Assembly with Divine Sword Orders, and Kong Huan said he would go.
• Yue Lingzheng brought Xu Chunniang and Kong Huan into the Carefree Sect treasury and gave each a bottle of Golden Core Pills.
• Kong Huan chose a sword among the High-grade Dharma Artifacts, while Xu Chunniang followed a voice transmission and selected a Mountain and River Diagram.
• Xu Chunniang and Kong Huan each randomly chose a Talisman Treasure, then left the treasury with Yue Lingzheng.
• Kong Huan asked whether Xu Chunniang's Talisman Treasure contained a sword technique, and Xu Chunniang held hers out to offer a trade.

Xu Chunniang learned that Su Chen had disappeared in Black Moon Demonic Cave ten years earlier and went there to investigate. She reached the cave’s deepest area and found a complete fourth-grade sealing formation, but no sign of Su Chen.

• Xu Chunniang and Kong Huan traded Talisman Treasures, then agreed to explore a cave dwelling together next month.
• Xu Chunniang checked the Affairs Hall records for Su Chen and learned that he had entered Black Moon Demonic Cave ten years ago and never returned.
• Convinced Su Chen might still be alive, Xu Chunniang quietly entered Black Moon Demonic Cave to search for him.
• Xu Chunniang descended through the cave for ten days, defeating the Demonic Beasts that blocked her path.
• Xu Chunniang found a complete fourth-grade sealing grand formation in the cave’s depths and continued searching the surrounding area for clues.

Xu Chunniang discovered and dismantled a ruined teleportation formation hidden in the Black Moon Demonic Cave, then refined much of the Mountain and River Diagram before joining Kong Huan's cave-abode expedition. The group of four set off together, and Kong Huan introduced Spirit Battle Chess during the journey.

• Xu Chunniang found a concealed chamber containing a ruined teleportation formation and suspected Su Chen had escaped through it ten years earlier.
• Xu Chunniang copied the formation diagram, removed and recorded its components, then destroyed the chamber's remaining traces.
• Xu Chunniang refined twenty-seven layers of the Mountain and River Diagram's control formations before her divine sense proved insufficient for the last six.
• Xu Chunniang sold spiritual wine and prepared for the expedition with Kong Huan, then met him and Zhuge Yun alongside Fu Yunshan on the appointed day.
• Kong Huan led the four cultivators toward the cave abode aboard a flying shuttle and introduced Spirit Battle Chess, then began a match with Fu Yunshan.

Xu Chunniang and Fu Yunshan watched Zhuge Yun defeat Kong Huan in Spirit Battle Chess, destroy his board, and warn him to focus on cultivation and avoid getting involved with women. Kong Huan misunderstood Zhuge Yun’s concern, but accepted ten thousand spirit stones as compensation, leaving Xu Chunniang and Fu Yunshan puzzled.

• Xu Chunniang lost to Kong Huan at Spirit Battle Chess after a flood ruined the villagers’ fields.
• Zhuge Yun wagered that the loser would grant the winner a request, then used wolves to overrun Kong Huan’s village and win.
• The spirit sphere shattered during Zhuge Yun’s victory, and he declared that the strong made the rules.
• Zhuge Yun privately warned Kong Huan to keep his distance from the female disciples and focus on cultivation, citing their master’s past.
• Kong Huan misunderstood the warning, then pointed out that Zhuge Yun had destroyed his six-thousand-spirit-stone board.
• Zhuge Yun paid Kong Huan ten thousand spirit stones, while Xu Chunniang and Fu Yunshan wondered what was going on.

Xu Chunniang and her companions reached the lake marked on Kong Huan’s Jade Slip and found a Water Repelling Formation concealing a cave abode beneath it. After Xu Chunniang dissolved the formation and recovered her strength, the group prepared to enter.

• Xu Chunniang organized her insights on the Dao of Formations while Fu Yunshan wondered about the others’ secrets and Zhuge Yun spent the journey teaching Kong Huan swordsmanship.
• The four reached the lake and dove together, with Xu Chunniang detecting a spiritual energy fluctuation near the bottom.
• They found a Water Repelling Formation, and Xu Chunniang explained that breaking it by force would flood the cave abode.
• Xu Chunniang spent half a day refining a formation talisman to dissolve the formation, then recovered with help from Zhuge Yun and Fu Yunshan.
• Xu Chunniang returned their borrowed items and offered Zhuge Yun and Fu Yunshan spirit wine, which Fu Yunshan protested accepting.

Xu Chunniang and the others were pulled through a mysterious black sphere into a vast, unfamiliar space. They discovered that its mortals worshipped the Thousand-Eyed Beast and found low-level cultivators in the imperial capital, leaving the group to investigate the place and its connection to the beast.

• Kong Huan took Fu Yunshan’s spirit wine, and Xu Chunniang used a formation talisman to lead the group through the Water Repelling Formation.
• Kong Huan approached the black sphere beneath the formation, causing it to spin and emit white light that transported all four into another space.
• Zhuge Yun found that the space was vast and low in spiritual energy, and the group set out on foot to investigate.
• Xu Chunniang spoke with a farm woman and learned that the mortals there devoutly worshipped the Thousand-Eyed Beast.
• Zhuge Yun identified the beast as an Evil Eye Beast thought extinct in the Qianluo Realm, and Xu Chunniang suspected the black sphere had been its eye.
• The group traveled south through settlements where everyone worshipped the Thousand-Eyed Beast, then found Qi Refinement cultivators living peacefully with the mortals in the imperial capital.

Xu Chunniang and her companions learned that the Thousand-Eyed Beast trapped outside cultivators in its world and discovered several supposed ways to leave. After finding the War Hall and Reincarnation Pool routes full of punishing rules, they were left doubting whether escape was possible.

• Xu Chunniang and her companions questioned a Qi Condensation cultivator, who explained the Thousand-Eyed Beast's rules and said outsiders could leave by raising one hundred descendants.
• The group traveled to a cultivator city, where a guard warned them to obey the rules and handed them jade tokens.
• At a teahouse, the group learned that winning one hundred duels or surviving nine reincarnations could also grant escape, but the proprietor advised them not to try.
• Kong Huan read the War Hall rules and discovered that challengers had to win one hundred consecutive battles with only three chances to call a truce.
• Xu Chunniang and her companions went to the Reincarnation Pool and found its rules similarly discouraging.

Kong Huan and the others learned that the Reincarnation Pool was another deadly trap, and Xu Chunniang reasoned that the Evil Eye Beast's world lay in the Outer Heavens. When a powerful cultivator secretly addressed them, Xu Chunniang boldly invited the stranger to reveal themself.

• Kong Huan learned that escaping through the Reincarnation Pool required abandoning his body and surviving nine reincarnations, while Zhuge Yun concluded that the Evil Eye Beast's rules offered no safe path out.
• Zhuge Yun asked Xu Chunniang whether she had a Realm Breaking Talisman, and she explained that one could not break the ancient, stable world they inhabited.
• Xu Chunniang proposed that the world lay in the Outer Heavens, where the Evil Eye Beast could evade the Qianluo Realm's restrictions on Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• An unseen cultivator praised the group's deduction and spoke to them through Zhuge Yun's intact barriers, revealing power far beyond theirs.
• Xu Chunniang asked the hidden cultivator to show themself, alarming Fu Yunshan and Kong Huan.

Xu Chunniang and the others met a powerful black-robed old man who confirmed they were trapped in the Outer Heavens and dismissed their apparent routes to escape. He said he needed to observe them before revealing more, then crushed Zhuge Yun with invisible pressure when he asked for a definite timeline.

• Xu Chunniang challenged the unseen senior, who entered the room and overwhelmed the four newcomers with his divine sense.
• The black-robed old man revived Kong Huan, Fu Yunshan, and Zhuge Yun with spiritual power after Xu Chunniang resisted his pressure the longest.
• Zhuge Yun explained that the three supposed paths out of the city were traps, and the old man confirmed the space was in the Outer Heavens.
• Xu Chunniang inferred that the old man had a reason for approaching them, and he said he would observe them until the time was right.
• The black-robed old man rejected Zhuge Yun's request for a definite timeline and forced him to the ground with invisible pressure.

Zhuge Yun and the others learned more about the Pseudo Realm while waiting for the black-robed old man’s plans to advance. He recruited them to fight demon beasts as part of an escape plan, and Xu Chunniang asked to challenge opponents in the War Hall.

• After the black-robed old man left, Zhuge Yun and the others decided to wait, gather information, and learn the city’s rules.
• The group learned that the Evil Eye Beast had created the Thousand Eye Realm, where incomplete laws restricted cultivators to pseudo-Golden Core cultivation.
• A year after their arrival, the black-robed old man returned and said preparations had reached their final stage.
• The black-robed old man told the four to fight demon beasts and promised that survivors could follow him, though they might die in the attempt.
• Xu Chunniang asked permission to take part in War Hall challenges, and the black-robed old man reacted with surprise.

Xu Chunniang entered the War Hall to pursue its rewards for consecutive victories and faced Jia Yi, an incarnation of the Evil Eye Beast whose cultivation had been suppressed to the Foundation Establishment Realm. Their first clash broke her right arm, but she remained in the arena, preparing to continue.

• Xu Chunniang told the black-robed old man she wanted to challenge the War Hall for its rewards, and he warned her not to touch the Reincarnation Pool or seek someone to bear children.
• Kong Huan, Fu Yunshan, and Zhuge Yun followed Xu Chunniang to the War Hall, where she inserted her identity jade token and entered the arena.
• Jia Yi, Yi Er, and Bing San appeared as Nascent Soul Realm incarnations, and Jia Yi entered the arena to face Xu Chunniang.
• Jia Yi suppressed his cultivation to the first layer of Foundation Establishment and charged at Xu Chunniang.
• Xu Chunniang met Jia Yi's attack, had her right arm broken, and steadied herself in midair without leaving the arena.

Xu Chunniang defeated Jia Yi with Heartfall Flame and the Mountain and River Diagram, then faced Yi Er in the arena. Yi Er attacked with the Eye of Chaos, and although Xu Chunniang resisted its effects, she remained visibly strained as the battle continued.

• Xu Chunniang ambushed Jia Yi with Heartfall Flame and bound his limbs with chains.
• Xu Chunniang trapped Jia Yi in the Mountain and River Diagram and struck him with the White Rod Spear, forcing him to concede.
• Yi Er mocked Jia Yi, then entered the arena as Xu Chunniang replenished her strength and treated her broken arm.
• Xu Chunniang asked Yi Er how the false world had come to be, but he refused to answer and attacked with the Eye of Chaos.
• Xu Chunniang awoke from the Eye of Chaos’s madness, though her expression remained strained and her hair had come loose.