Chapter Summaries

Zhang Chen used his Golden Finger points to learn the Five Elements Escape Technique while waiting for the Innate Peacock to emerge and considering how to deal with the Longevity Thief. Xu Er Niu brought him a supply of pills for their eventual trip down the mountain, including a powerful blood-stopping medicine.

• Zhang Chen told Xu Er Niu that her father was away on sect business, then asked about her progress with Inverted Yin Yang and warned her to keep the divine ability secret.
• Zhang Chen visited the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation, found Monk Haichan sealed inside a five-colored cocoon, and confirmed the Life and Death Mark remained on him.
• After a month, Zhang Chen spent his Golden Finger points to learn Fire Escape and Earth Escape, then upgraded to the Five Elements Escape Technique and gained new insight into the Innate Five Elements and Five Colors Divine Light.
• Xu Er Niu brought Zhang Chen bottles of healing and other pills, agreed that they needed poison as well, and gave him a special blood-stopping medicine for a dangerous blade-wielding figure at the foot of the mountain.

Zhang Chen learned that the Blood Demon had become a powerful threat as the Longevity Ancestor prepared to gather Five Manor Temple’s forces for a decisive battle against the Three Great Demon Kings. With the Innate Peacock still in seclusion, Zhang Chen considered how to survive the coming conflict and watched Xiu Liu’s cultivation near the Fruit Realm.

• Xu Er Niu told Zhang Chen about the Blood Demon’s slaughter and its ability to control disciples, and Zhang Chen realized Xiu Liu had become its puppet.
• The Longevity Ancestor wondered why the other Old Ancestors had disappeared and decided to face the Three Great Demon Kings in one decisive battle.
• The Longevity Ancestor ordered Qing Ming to abandon Five Manor Temple’s territories and gather its forces at the Qingcheng Mountain base camp.
• Zhang Chen learned of the planned battle and worried that either outcome could strengthen the Longevity Ancestor or leave him and Xu Er Niu in danger.
• Zhang Chen urged the Innate Peacock to leave its cocoon, but it remained silent, so he returned to prepare contingencies.
• Zhang Chen sensed that Xiu Liu had reached the peak of the Twelfth Order and considered using a Demon King’s or the Longevity Ancestor’s blood to help him break into the Fruit Realm.

The Demon Clan Army attacked Five Manor Temple, and Longevity Ancestor used the Immortal Slaughtering Sword to kill Nine Spirits Yuan Sheng. After the surviving Demon Kings withdrew, Zhang Chen saw that Longevity Ancestor had been injured, leaving the temple to assess the aftermath of the battle.

• The Demon Clan Army invaded Qingcheng Mountain, and Nine Spirits Yuan Sheng challenged Longevity Ancestor.
• Longevity Ancestor revealed the Immortal Slaughtering Sword and wounded Zhang Chen with its killing intent as he watched.
• Longevity Ancestor killed Nine Spirits Yuan Sheng, and the other Demon Kings retreated while threatening to return.
• Great Sovereign Demon King told Zhang Chen that his Five Colors Divine Light could take the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, though Zhang Chen would need the Innate Peacock's help.
• Zhang Chen found Xu Er Niu safe, and they joined the disciples as Longevity Ancestor summoned them to the hall.
• Zhang Chen noticed that Longevity Ancestor looked pale and had visibly aged after the battle.

Xiu Liu broke through to the Fruit Realm and formed a Blood Dao Fruit Position inside Zhang Chen’s crystalline core, giving Zhang Chen authority over Xiu Liu’s power. As blood-red lotuses spread across Qingcheng Mountain, Zhang Chen realized that Fruit Positions granted authority over their respective Great Daos and wondered whether he could become the master of the Immortal Dao.

• The Longevity Ancestor told the Five Manor Temple disciples they had eight to ten years to prepare for the remaining Demon Sages and ordered four senior disciples to train a formation powered by Earth Veins.
• Zhang Chen urged Xu Er Niu to flee the mountain, but she insisted they leave and return together while she continued searching for her father.
• A blood-red light entered Nine Spirits Yuan Sheng’s corpse, consumed it, and emerged as blood clouds and lotuses that descended on the mountains’ living beings.
• The Longevity Ancestor blocked the blood-red lotuses from reaching Five Manor Temple and went to find the newly ascended figure, but Xiu Liu was gone.
• Zhang Chen saw a carp form and swallow a colorful lotus inside his crystalline core, then realized Xiu Liu’s Fruit Position had appeared there and that he could control its power.
• Zhang Chen concluded that Fruit Positions granted authority over their Great Daos and wondered whether he could attain an Immortal Dao Fruit Position.

Zhang Chen kept Xiu Liu under his control after the latter entered the Fruit Realm, assigned him to weaken the Longevity Ancestor, and examined the transformed Blood Transformation Divine Blade. He also ordered Xiu Liu to seek the Emperor's Daughter and collect Immortal Dao cultivation formulas, then spotted the Longevity Ancestor watching the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation.

• Zhang Chen summoned Xiu Liu and saw that, despite his new Fruit Realm strength, Xiu Liu still feared him and knelt in submission.
• Zhang Chen ordered Xiu Liu to lurk near Five Manor Temple and attack the Longevity Ancestor after his battle with the Demon Sages, weakening him for another killer.
• Xiu Liu presented the Blood Transformation Divine Blade, which Zhang Chen recognized as a living blade, and Zhang Chen gave it back for Xiu Liu to use against the Longevity Ancestor.
• Zhang Chen tasked Xiu Liu with finding the Emperor's Daughter and gathering as many Cultivating Immortality and Refining Qi formulas as possible.
• Zhang Chen inspected the Innate Peacock inside the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation and then saw the Longevity Ancestor staring at the formation from outside.

Zhang Chen obtained a fragment of the Supreme Purity Righteous Method and learned that Taiping Dao could not cultivate it because heaven and earth lacked a spiritual opportunity, prompting him to investigate why Immortal Dao remained incomplete. Worried that Xu Er Niu’s Grass Return Pill technique might harm her, he asked to examine its incantation, and she agreed on the condition that she would take the blame if they were discovered.

• Longevity Ancestor inspected Zhang Chen’s Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation before leaving, making Zhang Chen suspect he wanted to use it.
• Xiu Liu brought Zhang Chen a collection of cultivation techniques, and Zhang Chen found the Qi Refining section of the Supreme Purity Righteous Method in its final volume.
• Xiu Liu told Zhang Chen the method came from Taiping Dao and that no one there had cultivated it successfully because heaven and earth lacked a spiritual opportunity.
• Zhang Chen suspected his Light of the Righteous God might supply the missing opportunity and asked Xiu Liu to bring him Taiping Dao’s original techniques.
• Zhang Chen worried Xu Er Niu’s Grass Return Pill technique might be flawed, so he went to her residence and asked to see its incantation.
• Xu Er Niu agreed to teach Zhang Chen the incantation if he promised to blame her and deny knowing what he had cultivated if the ancestor discovered them.

Zhang Chen recognized a path for Xu Er Niu to transform the Grass Return Pill into a Ginseng Fruit Tree through Inverted Yin Yang, while the Innate Peacock’s long nirvana continued. In the thirteenth year, the two Demon Sages returned with an army to attack Five Manor Temple as Zhang Chen worried that the Longevity Ancestor might win and grow stronger.

• Zhang Chen urged Xu Er Niu to cultivate Inverted Yin Yang and secretly reverse the completed Grass Return Pill into a fruit tree, and she agreed to trust his instructions.
• Xiu Liu reported that he could not obtain the remaining Taiping Dao Qi Refining Technique because the Demon Sages were missing and the sect’s Mountain Gate was protected by a talisman formation.
• The Innate Peacock’s egg changed over the years, solidifying in the eleventh year and cracking in the twelfth, while Zhang Chen continued studying it inside the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation.
• In the thirteenth year, the two Demon Sages returned with a vast Demon Clan Army and challenged the Longevity Ancestor, while Five Manor Temple’s disciples formed up to meet them.
• The Longevity Ancestor fearlessly answered the Demon Sages, and Zhang Chen anxiously watched the battle from beside the Innate Peacock’s egg.

Zhang Chen watched the Longevity Ancestor battle two Demon Race saints while the Innate Peacock finally emerged from his egg. The demon saints seized the Immortal Slaughtering Sword and apparently cut the Longevity Ancestor in two, but the Innate Peacock identified the apparent death as a Substitute Death Method.

• The Innate Peacock hatched, transformed into human form, and told Zhang Chen to wait until the battle ended before collecting the corpses.
• Zhang Chen gave the Innate Peacock his five Innate Feathers, but the peacock could not refine or control them.
• The Innate Peacock predicted the Longevity Ancestor would outwit the two Demon Race saints despite their strength.
• The Ox-Head Demon Saint used a Black Jade Ring to take the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, and the Rhino-Head Great Saint struck the Longevity Ancestor with a white jade ring.
• The Ox-Head Demon Saint cleaved the apparently helpless Longevity Ancestor in two, but the Innate Peacock said he had used the Substitute Death Method.

Longevity Ancestor defeated the Rhino-Head Great Saint’s attack, but the Innate Peacock confronted him over his ancient betrayal. The Peacock badly wounded Longevity Ancestor, who begged to submit, leaving Zhang Chen and Xu Er Niu watching anxiously.

• Longevity Ancestor killed the Rhino-Head Demon Saint, while the Bull-Head Great Saint’s true spirit escaped and the Rhino-Head Great Saint fled.
• The Innate Peacock appeared above Five Manor Temple and accused Longevity Ancestor of betraying him tens of thousands of years earlier.
• Longevity Ancestor and the Innate Peacock exchanged blows as Zhang Chen watched and learned that combat technique mattered greatly to those wielding the power of the Fruit.
• The Innate Peacock severed Longevity Ancestor’s arm and sent him crashing into a mountain.
• Longevity Ancestor begged the Innate Peacock to spare him and offered to submit.

Zhang Chen secretly aided the Innate Peacock in defeating Longevity Ancestor, but Longevity Ancestor trapped the Peacock with the Ascension Pool and confronted Zhang Chen. As Zhang Chen fled toward the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation with Xu Er Niu, Xiu Liu appeared to block Longevity Ancestor’s attack.

• Zhang Chen secretly collected Longevity Ancestor’s severed arm, then watched the Innate Peacock disarm and defeat Longevity Ancestor with the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Zhang Chen urged the Innate Peacock to kill Longevity Ancestor, but Longevity Ancestor released the Ascension Pool and trapped the Peacock beneath it.
• Longevity Ancestor confronted Zhang Chen about his betrayal, and Zhang Chen immobilized Xu Er Niu and threatened to use her as leverage.
• Zhang Chen carried Xu Er Niu down the mountain and ran toward the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation, prompting Longevity Ancestor to reach for him.
• Xiu Liu appeared between Zhang Chen and Longevity Ancestor’s giant hand and attacked with the Blood Transformation Divine Blade.

Xiu Liu intervened to help Zhang Chen, but Longevity Old Ancestor overwhelmed him with the Ascension Pool and forced him into the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation. Inside, Zhang Chen warned Xu Er Niu about the Ancestor and prepared to find another way out.

• Xiu Liu wounded Longevity Old Ancestor with the Blood Transformation Divine Blade, then battled him after explaining that he had been forced to intervene.
• Longevity Old Ancestor used the Ascension Pool to heal his wound and overpower Xiu Liu, while Zhang Chen and Xu Er Niu spoke inside the formation.
• Xu Er Niu promised to protect Zhang Chen, and he told her to escape and stop trusting the Ancestor if he died.
• Xiu Liu retreated into the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation after Longevity Old Ancestor struck him, then panicked at the formation's power.
• Zhang Chen rebuked Xiu Liu for losing his composure and prepared to seek another chance to escape.

Zhang Chen lured Longevity Ancestor into the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation and revealed that the other great experts had already died inside it. Longevity Ancestor tried to use the Ascension Pool to overpower the formation, but his attack was dissolved, leaving him stunned.

• Zhang Chen provoked Longevity Ancestor by offering the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror and claiming the formation would kill him.
• Longevity Ancestor entered the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation under the Ascension Pool’s protective light, despite Zhang Chen’s warnings and Xu Er Niu’s plea to spare him.
• Zhang Chen told Longevity Ancestor that the other ancestors had all died in the formation, then promised he would soon join them.
• Zhang Chen activated the formation and evaded Longevity Ancestor’s giant hand by dissolving into yellow sand with Xu Er Niu.
• Longevity Ancestor hurled the Ascension Pool at the formation, but its power was dissolved, and he demanded to know the formation’s origin.

Zhang Chen and Xiu Liu cornered Longevity Ancestor inside the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation, using the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror to disrupt the Ascension Pool and free the Innate Peacock to resist him. Longevity Ancestor’s aura weakened, and his attempt to bargain by threatening Zhang Chen with a ball of true spirit left him stunned when Zhang Chen showed no concern.

• Longevity Ancestor’s Ascension Pool resisted Zhang Chen’s formation, so Zhang Chen gave Xiu Liu a talisman and sent him to harass Longevity Ancestor.
• Longevity Ancestor struck Xiu Liu with Purple Firmament Divine Lightning, erasing most of the Blood Transformation Divine Blade.
• Zhang Chen used the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror against the Ascension Pool, destabilizing it and allowing the Innate Peacock to fight Longevity Ancestor from within.
• Xiu Liu attacked with his Blood God Sons as Zhang Chen maintained the formation, and Longevity Ancestor’s aura and magical power began to weaken.
• Longevity Ancestor offered to return Zhang Chen’s true spirit and then threatened to destroy it, but Zhang Chen dismissed the threat and insisted Longevity Ancestor would die.

Zhang Chen and the Innate Peacock cornered the Longevity Ancestor, who lost control of the Ascension Pool and begged for his life. Just as the Innate Peacock prepared to kill him, he revealed to Xu Er Niu that he was her biological father and presented a Jade Lock as proof.

• Zhang Chen used the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror to disrupt the Ascension Pool while the Innate Peacock struggled against the Longevity Ancestor inside it.
• After three days of fighting, Xiu Liu broke through the Longevity Ancestor's barrier but was destroyed by a bolt of lightning from the Ascension Pool.
• The Innate Peacock seized the Ascension Pool and knocked the Longevity Ancestor down, while Zhang Chen wondered about the pool's secrets.
• The Longevity Ancestor tried to bargain for his life, but Zhang Chen ordered the Innate Peacock to kill him.
• The Longevity Ancestor revealed that he was Xu Er Niu's biological father and showed her a Jade Lock as proof.

Cornered by Zhang Chen and the Innate Peacock, the Longevity Ancestor tore out Qingcheng Mountain’s Dragon Vein and fused with it, shattering the formation and unleashing chaos across the mountains. He then attacked Zhang Chen, while the Innate Peacock hoped heavenly punishment would strike before the Longevity Ancestor could kill them.

• Zhang Chen restrained Xu Er Niu and ordered the Innate Peacock to kill the Longevity Ancestor, while Xiu Liu reassembled himself and was told to protect Xu Fu.
• The Longevity Ancestor summoned a barrier, and Xiu Liu and the Innate Peacock sensed a terrifying danger as the Longevity Ancestor prepared a desperate move.
• The Longevity Ancestor tore the Dragon Vein from Qingcheng Mountain, destroying the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation and throwing the laws of heaven and earth into chaos.
• The Dragon Vein fused into the Longevity Ancestor, devastating the mountain range and preventing Zhang Chen and the Innate Peacock from escaping by technique.
• The Innate Peacock warned that heavenly punishment might descend on the Longevity Ancestor for stealing the Dragon Vein, while Zhang Chen asked to borrow the Ascension Pool.
• After completing the fusion, the Longevity Ancestor declared that he would kill Zhang Chen first and launched a dragon-powered punch at him.

Zhang Chen, the Innate Peacock, and the Longevity Old Ancestor were caught in heavenly punishment after the Qingcheng Mountain Dragon Vein was damaged. As Purple Firmament Divine Lightning battered them, Zhang Chen obtained the Ascension Pool Refining Incantation but remained trapped beneath the pool, facing overwhelming danger.

• The Innate Peacock tried to flee with Zhang Chen when Purple Firmament Divine Lightning covered Qingcheng Mountain, but heavenly punishment trapped them in place.
• Zhang Chen and the Innate Peacock hid beneath the Ascension Pool, while the lightning struck them and the Longevity Old Ancestor; the Innate Peacock knocked the Longevity Old Ancestor away when he tried to shelter under it.
• The lightning caused the Ascension Pool to drop a purple skill cluster, which Zhang Chen picked up and identified as the Ascension Pool Refining Incantation.
• The Longevity Old Ancestor kept trying to reach the Ascension Pool, and the combined lightning grew stronger, badly injuring him, scorching the Innate Peacock, and vaporizing Zhang Chen's arm.
• Zhang Chen called on the Great Sovereign Demon King, who warned that this heavenly-punishment lightning was far stronger than ordinary Purple Firmament Divine Lightning and refused to reveal himself.

Zhang Chen returned from the Spiritual World with the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror, the Yin Yang Millstone, and the Five Elements Escape Technique, then resumed cultivating in the Daoist Temple. After noticing his lifespan was running short, he resolved to find the Longevity Tree Coffin, while Five Six Teacher began to suspect the Feng Shui Array had failed to harm him.

• Zhang Chen awoke in the Daoist Temple after returning from the Spiritual World and discovered he could use the Five Elements Escape Technique in the Material World.
• Zhang Chen recovered the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror, considered his gains from the Primordial Land, and fell asleep from exhaustion.
• Zhang Chen spent the following days refining treasures and studying techniques, but avoided the Ascension Pool because he feared Old Mud Loach and heavenly punishment.
• Zhang Chen saw white hairs in the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror and decided he needed to find the Longevity Tree Coffin, then vowed to protect Little Bean from Yellow Heaven Dao.
• Five Six Teacher brought supplies to Zhang Chen and noticed he looked vigorous and acted more boldly than before.
• Five Six Teacher wondered whether something had gone wrong with the Feng Shui Array because Zhang Chen showed no sign of being harmed.

Five Six Teacher discovered that the Feng Shui Array was working but could not explain why Zhang Chen showed no signs of harm, while Zhang Chen secretly concealed the effects of his Blood Dao transformation. After making plans against the Pacifying Border Prince's Mansion and the Yellow Heaven Dao, Zhang Chen entered the Spiritual World and learned that his previous visit had taken him to a buried era, not the Second Heaven.

• Five Six Teacher received word that the Feng Shui Array had caused no apparent change in Zhang Chen and went to He Lu Temple to investigate.
• Five Six Teacher examined Zhang Chen, mistook his concealed energy disorder and healthy complexion for signs of illness, and failed to find a problem with his bones or the array.
• Zhang Chen let Five Six Teacher search the temple, then privately considered how to turn the Pacifying Border Prince's Mansion against the Yellow Heaven Dao.
• As snow fell, Zhang Chen drank by the window and thought of reuniting with his siblings after overcoming his enemies.
• Zhang Chen entered the Spiritual World and found himself standing on a boundless black sea instead of Qingcheng Mountain.
• The Great Sovereign Demon King told Zhang Chen that his previous visit had taken him to an era buried in time and space, and Zhang Chen complained that he had not been warned.

After returning from the past, Zhang Chen focused on uncovering the fate of Xu Er Niu and the great battle, while refining the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror and preparing for New Year's Eve. Chen Xu visited him with wine, reported turmoil and a possible troop movement in the northern lands, and received a cultivation method from Zhang Chen.

• Zhang Chen wondered whether the Ascension Pool could reveal clues about Xu Er Niu and the final battle, then resolved to seize it.
• Zhang Chen mastered the fortune gained in primordial space-time, refined the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror, and learned he could not use Water Control Technique to move snow.
• Zhang Chen decorated the Daoist Temple for New Year's Eve and welcomed Chen Xu, who brought wine and company.
• Chen Xu told Zhang Chen that martial folk were flocking to the northern lands for mysteries from the Immortal Realm and that the Pacifying Border King might have sent a Million Strong Army inland.
• Zhang Chen gave Chen Xu the Demon Race Visualization Diagram method, and Chen Xu gratefully promised to repay him.

Zhang Chen and Chen Xu celebrated the New Year, discussed their plans, and learned that the Pacifying Border Prince's Mansion was plotting against Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen refused Chen Sanliang's offer to escape, then spent January and February cultivating as a deadline approached.

• Chen Xu thanked Zhang Chen for teaching him the Contemplation Method, and the two brothers shared their ambitions over wine.
• Zhang Chen warned Chen Xu about the Ascension Pool in the Pacifying Border King's ancestral tomb and told him of his plans to visit Jiangnan.
• Chen Sanliang arrived with a space-containing lantern and offered to hide Zhang Chen, but Zhang Chen refused to leave the northern lands.
• Zhang Chen and Chen Xu drank through New Year's Eve, then Chen Xu transformed into a small snake and disappeared at dawn.
• Zhang Chen identified the Immortal Cultivation Secret Method, the Longevity Tree Coffin, and stopping Zhang Shicheng's dragon transformation as urgent goals, then cultivated through January.
• By the end of February, Zhang Chen had refined the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror's fourth Innate Restriction and strengthened his command of it.