Chapter Summaries

Tang Chen organized Yanhuang Hall’s cultivation and businesses, then traveled to Blue Fire Star to trade for High-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones. After settling their first exchange with Qing Yan, he offered a higher commission in hopes of increasing future supplies.

• Tang Chen explained the value of Origin Spirit Stones, and Zhang Tianning proposed using them for Yanhuang Hall salaries.
• Tang Chen assigned Tang Xiao and Tang Hao to improve artifact refining and told Zhang Tianning to establish a Pill Hall if he found pill refiners.
• Tang Chen distributed High-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones, and nine months later Qian Daoliu, Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, Zhang Tianning, and eleven other elders had reached Level 1 Mysterious Immortal.
• Tang Chen traveled to Blue Fire Star and exchanged 3,000 High-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones from Qing Yan for 315,000 High-Grade Origin Spirit Stones.
• Tang Chen offered Qing Yan a higher commission if he could arrange larger future exchanges.

Huang Tian approved a plan to protect Qing Yan’s High-Grade Elemental Spirit Stone exchange business on Blue Fire Star and use the stones to advance the Huang Tian Realm. He also assigned Yanhuang Hall’s members new production and sales duties before Tang Chen prepared to leave for Blue Fire Star.

• Qing Yan agreed to exchange High-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones for Tang Chen and asked for guards to protect his restaurant on Blue Fire Star.
• Tang Chen distributed ten High-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones to each council member and admitted he had agreed to Qing Yan’s request without authorization to deploy guards.
• Huang Tian arrived, examined a High-Grade Elemental Spirit Stone, and ordered two thousand stones for the Huang Tian Realm’s evolution.
• Huang Tian assigned Tang Chen to lead one hundred Level 8 Golden Immortals to Blue Fire Star and placed Bo Saixi in charge of the Security Hall’s work.
• Huang Tian ordered Tang Hao’s Artifact Refining Hall to deliver one thousand sets of Peak-grade Immortal Artifacts in three months and told Zhang Tianning to arrange a shop after Flender emerged from seclusion.
• Tang Chen prepared to go to Blue Fire Star and reminded the others to complete Huang Tian’s assignments.

Huang Tian gathered Origin Spirit Stone veins to advance Huang Tian Realm and began purifying its Heavenly Dao. Meanwhile, Qing Yan was cornered on Blue Fire Star over the High-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones he had traded, and he called for help as Emperor Yu’s men threatened him.

• Huang Tian searched distant planets for Origin Spirit Stone veins and collected thirteen High-Grade Elemental Spirit Stone veins, fifty High-Grade Origin Spirit Stone veins, and three hundred and fifty-two Mid-Grade Origin Spirit Stone veins.
• Huang Tian found that Yanhuang Hall’s members had grown stronger, then placed all the collected Origin Spirit Stone veins into Huang Tian Realm’s planetary core, causing the realm and its Heavenly Dao to advance.
• Huang Tian summoned the Heavenly Dao of Huang Tian Realm and used a Gray Flame to begin purifying its laws.
• On Blue Fire Star, Emperor Yu’s forces confronted Qing Yan over his trades of High-Grade Elemental Spirit Stones and demanded that he reveal his financier.
• Qing Yan refused, mocked Emperor Yu, and sent word for help, but Emperor Yu’s attendants surrounded him with killing intent.

Zhao Wuji used his Gravity Domain and Great Strength Vajra Palm to defeat and kill Immortal Emperor Lixing and his forces after they threatened to confiscate Tang Chen’s spirit stones. After Tang Chen’s guards claimed the spoils, Ao Wuming arrived to challenge Tang Chen again, and Zhao Wuji offered to fight him before Tang Chen stopped him and explained that Zhao Wuji still needed to master his power.

• Qing Yan welcomed Tang Chen and his hundred Level 9 Golden Immortal guards, then told him that Emperor Yu’s subordinates wanted to confiscate their spirit stones.
• Zhao Wuji trapped Immortal Emperor Lixing and his men in his Gravity Domain, then killed Lixing with repeated Great Strength Vajra Palms.
• Zhao Wuji ordered the guards to kill Lixing’s remaining Golden Immortals and gave the captured Spatial Rings to the Guard Team as spoils.
• Ao Wuming arrived and challenged Tang Chen to fight again, while Jun Luoyu and Jiang Yan also joined them.
• Zhao Wuji volunteered to fight Ao Wuming, but Tang Chen stopped him and said he could not win until he had mastered his power.

Tang Chen prepared to fight Ao Wuming, but the arrival of Xue Tianya and Xue Yi brought Jun Luoyu’s grievance over A Jiao’s death into the open. Ao Wuming and Xue Tianya argued over their relative strength, while Tang Chen pressed Ao Wuming to stop talking and fight.

• Tang Chen challenged Ao Wuming to withstand his next attack, and Ao Wuming told everyone to leave before their duel.
• Xue Tianya and Xue Yi arrived, and Jiang Yan and Jun Luoyu confronted Xue Tianya over how A Jiao had been given to Xue Yi and later killed.
• Jun Luoyu said he would kill Xue Tianya if he had not promised A Jiao he would not take revenge, while Xue Yi defended killing her.
• Tang Chen pieced together A Jiao’s history and rebuked Ao Wuming for delaying their fight after his acquaintances arrived.
• Xue Yi objected when Ao Wuming claimed confidence in defeating him and Xue Tianya, and Xue Tianya argued that their combined strength would injure Ao Wuming.

Tang Chen killed Blood Devil Emperor Xue Tianya and Xue Yi with a single strike, ending Jun Luoyu’s vendetta. Jun Luoyu decided to return to Blue Water Star to cultivate, and Jiang Yan chose to go with him.

• Tang Chen revealed a Mid-grade Divine Tool-level sword and killed Xue Tianya and Xue Yi with one slash.
• Ao Wuming was shocked by Tang Chen’s strength, while Jun Luoyu thanked Tang Chen for avenging A Jiao.
• Tang Chen stopped Jun Luoyu from kneeling, explained why he had killed the father and son, and offered to help if enemies pursued them to Blue Fire Star.
• Jun Luoyu told Ao Wuming he would return to Blue Water Star and enter seclusion to improve his strength.
• Jiang Yan decided to accompany Jun Luoyu, and the two departed through Teleportation.

Qin Yu cultivated the thirty-six Meteor Tear hand seals for fifty years and broke through to the second level of the Earth Soul space. With his soul realm strengthened, he began preparing to advance from the late Dark Star stage to the Black Hole realm by absorbing a Level 7 Golden Immortal's nascent soul.

• Huang Tian refined the Heavenly Dao, causing the Huang Tian Realm to expand into a vast new world with dense Origin Spirit Qi, and Yanhuang Hall members entered seclusion to cultivate.
• Qin Yu trained in the first level of his Earth Soul space, gradually increasing the number of hand seals he could form as his Soul Power grew.
• After fifty years of cultivation, Qin Yu formed twelve hand seals at once and broke through into the second level of the Earth Soul space.
• Qin Yu awoke in his secret chamber and decided to attempt a breakthrough from the late Dark Star stage into the Black Hole realm.
• Qin Yu melted down and swallowed a Level 7 Golden Immortal's nascent soul, and his Dark Star began absorbing its energy and changing.

Qin Yu’s Dark Star evolved into a black hole that devoured energy and transformed his consciousness as he entered the Black Hole Realm. After stabilizing the black hole with Golden Immortal nascent souls, he sent his consciousness through its passage and reached a sight that left him dumbfounded.

• Qin Yu’s Dark Star collapsed into a black hole, which began devouring energy throughout the Azure Feather Immortal Manor.
• Qin Yu sensed an ancient aura pass through the black hole and merge with his consciousness, transforming him as he entered the Black Hole Realm.
• Qin Yu refined Level 8 and Level 9 Golden Immortal nascent souls with Blue Pig Heavenly Fire to stabilize the black hole.
• Qin Yu fed the black hole thirty Level 8 and ten Level 9 Golden Immortal nascent souls, then stopped it from devouring more energy.
• Qin Yu discovered that the golden ring of light held only a fraction of the energy he had fed the black hole and sent his consciousness through the passage to investigate its other end.

Qin Yu’s Black Hole triggered a cosmic energy surge across the Immortal, Devil, and Demon Realm, drawing the attention of powerful factions and reclusive experts to Maple Moon Star. As dangerous energies gathered outside the star, people fled or converged on Hidden Emperor Star, while the cause remained unknown.

• Qin Yu’s Black Hole connected to another region and drew immense cosmic energies toward Maple Moon Star, alarming experts throughout the realms.
• Experts and recluses traced the energy disturbance to Maple Moon Star, and news of the event spread across the Immortal, Devil, and Demon Realm.
• Leaders and reclusive experts debated the cause, but none could explain why the disturbance spanned the entire cosmos.
• Terrifying energies gathered outside Maple Moon Star without harming Hidden Emperor Star, frightening residents and prompting many to flee through Interstellar Teleportation Arrays.
• The three strongest people on Hidden Emperor Star recognized that they could not withstand even a fraction of the gathered energies as factions sent experts toward the star system.

After reaching the early Black Hole stage, Qin Yu investigated the strange space where his energy resided, but a mysterious senior summoned him to witness a spectacle over Maple Moon Star. Terrifying cosmic energies addressed Qin Yu as a “little friend” and produced brilliant fireworks, leaving the powerful figures of the Immortal, Devil, and Demon Realm speculating about his identity.

• Qin Yu discovered that the energy he had refined occupied a tiny, isolated territory in a vast paste-like space beyond his Black Hole passage.
• A voice summoned Qin Yu from the Azure Feather Immortal Manor before he could open the Jiang Lan Realm.
• Terrifying energies gathered over Maple Moon Star and formed the words, “Little friend, we are waiting for you.”
• Emperor Yu and other major figures speculated about who the little friend was, and Emperor Yu decided to travel to Maple Moon Star.
• A thunderous voice urged Qin Yu to hurry up and cultivate, then cosmic energies collided in spectacular fireworks that left Maple Moon Star unharmed.

Huang Tian explained that the fireworks celebrated Qin Yu’s breakthrough and warned him about powerful figures gathering on Maple Moon Star. After learning a body-tempering technique, Huang Tian created a new version of the Heaven-Reaching Profound Technique and sent it to everyone under his command, greatly accelerating their cultivation.

• Huang Tian told Qin Yu that his Black Hole realm breakthrough had drawn a celebration from the God Realm and warned him that greedy Immortal, Devil, and Demon Realm experts had gathered on Maple Moon Star.
• Qin Yu returned to the Azure Feather Immortal Manor, while Huang Tian used the Space Law to learn Ye Qu’s Nine Revolutions Dark Gold Body technique.
• Huang Tian cultivated the technique, confirmed it was suitable for Yanhuang Hall’s members, and planned to combine it with the Heaven-Reaching Profound Technique.
• Five days later, Huang Tian created version 3.0 of the Heaven-Reaching Profound Technique and sent golden seeds of it to everyone under his command.
• Yanhuang Hall’s members began cultivating with the new technique and rapidly improved their strength, while Tang Chen struggled to suppress his cultivation to avoid a Divine Tribulation.
• Huang Tian sent Gray Flame into Tang Chen, purifying his Immortal Essence Power another hundredfold and greatly increasing his combat strength.

The Hidden Emperor and other powerful figures gathered in the Hidden Territory to discuss the immense disturbance on Maple Moon Star and the mysterious voice that called for an unknown young friend to cultivate quickly. They could not identify the young friend, and Emperor Yu left just before Emperor Xuan arrived.

• The Hidden Emperor welcomed Emperor Yu and said he did not know who had caused the extraordinary disturbance on Maple Moon Star.
• Emperor Yu described the convergence of cosmic energies and asked who the mysterious young friend was; the Hidden Emperor said the person was likely from Maple Moon Star.
• Emperor Qing arrived, followed by the Asura Devil Emperor Ziru Xue and the Black Devil Emperor Gong Pang.
• The gathered emperors discussed the voice that had spoken across the realm and its overwhelming power, but the Hidden Emperor still had no answer about the young friend.
• Emperor Yu excused himself and vanished into the bamboo grove, and Emperor Xuan Xuan Xi appeared shortly afterward.

Qin Yu opened the first layer of the Jiang Lan Realm, gaining a space where time passed ten times faster and Origin Spirit Qi was ten times denser. He began cultivating inside it, drawing vast amounts of Origin Spirit Qi from the surrounding realm.

• Qin Yu channeled his power into the Jiang Lan Realm and opened its first layer, hearing Uncle Lan say that two more layers stood between him and meeting Li'er.
• Qin Yu entered the first-layer world and discovered that time passed ten times faster and Origin Spirit Qi was ten times denser than outside.
• Qin Yu realized the Jiang Lan Realm was a vast, powerful defensive space that could shelter him even from an expert on Emperor Yu's level.
• Qin Yu began drawing Origin Spirit Qi into the Jiang Lan Realm and started cultivating Three Souls Nine Refinements within it.

Huang Tian left the Stellar Transformations World with his followers and was sent into a higher-level world, where Zhu Ganglie’s drunken outburst revealed his monstrous form to the Gao family. He abducted Gao Cuilan and declared that he would keep her in the rear courtyard, leaving her family in grief.

• Lin Meng asked Huang Tian to leave the Stellar Transformations World, and Huang Tian agreed to wait until his returning subordinates arrived.
• Tang Chen returned to Maple Moon Star with the guards, and Huang Tian’s immortal estate crossed the World Sea before an unknown attack sent it into a higher-level world.
• At a Mid-Autumn banquet in Gao Family Village, Zhu Ganglie drank heavily and ranted about being Marshal Tianpeng and losing his military authority.
• Zhu Ganglie’s monstrous form terrified the Gao family, and Gao Cuilan stood frozen as her parents and the villagers fled.
• Zhu Ganglie used a black wind to seize Gao Cuilan and told Old Master Gao that she would live in the rear courtyard.

After returning to his cave, Zhu Ganglie encountered Huang Tian, the powerful owner of the cave and the Huang Tian Immortal Estate. Huang Tian learned about Zhu Ganglie’s role in the upcoming Journey to the West and decided to keep his identity hidden as the pilgrimage approached.

• Old Master Gao returned to Gao Family Village, while the Gao family failed to enter the rear courtyard and grew terrified of Zhu Ganglie.
• Zhu Ganglie cultivated at Cloud Stack Cave on Fuling Mountain and reflected on his plans to gain the chance to reach the Quasi-Saint realm after the pilgrimage.
• The Huang Tian Immortal Estate appeared in the cave, and Huang Tian revealed himself after Zhu Ganglie tried to attack him.
• Zhu Ganglie told Huang Tian his name, cultivation, history as Marshal Tianpeng, and reason for joining the scripture-seeking party.
• Huang Tian told Zhu Ganglie to keep the cave and remember that they had never met, while he resolved to avoid the approaching pilgrimage.

Huang Tian studied Zhu Ganglie’s memories, helped him cultivate, and assessed the major powers of the Journey to the West World. After Zhu Ganglie reached Early Great Luo Golden Immortal, Huang Tian introduced himself and left, intent on making the scripture pilgrimage more difficult for Buddhism.

• Huang Tian absorbed Zhu Ganglie’s knowledge and used Gray Flame to refine his Magic Power, body, and Nascent Soul while accelerating time in Cloud Stack Cave.
• Huang Tian surveyed the Earth Immortal Realm and found Zhen Yuanzi, Tathagata Buddha, and the Jade Emperor at Three Corpses Quasi-Saint Great Perfection, with Tathagata and the Jade Emperor possessing advantages in power or treasures.
• Huang Tian decided to establish a powerful sect and interfere with the Journey to the West Great Tribulation so Buddhism would not gain merit too easily.
• After one day outside and ten thousand years inside, Zhu Ganglie exhausted the Gray Flame’s power and reached Early Great Luo Golden Immortal, with combat strength rivaling a mid-stage Quasi-Saint.
• Huang Tian told Zhu Ganglie his name and that he was the master of Yanhuang Hall, then teleported east.

Huang Tian established Yanhuang Hall in a new mountain region, assigned Xiong Ba and Bo Saixi missions, and began restoring and upgrading his immortal estate. Bo Saixi subdued Ao Lie at Eagle Sorrow Gorge, but he refused to join because Guanyin had ordered him to await the scripture-seeking party.

• Huang Tian deployed Yanhuang Hall’s members across the region, gave them the Thirty-Six Heavenly Constellations Great Divine Ability, and ordered Xiong Ba to subdue the black bear of Black Wind Cave.
• Huang Tian sent Bo Saixi to recruit Ao Lie, then returned to the Huang Tian Immortal Estate to refine its treasures while Tang Chen organized the hall’s defenses and duties.
• Bo Saixi reached Eagle Sorrow Gorge and used Overturning Rivers and Seas to wake Ao Lie from his slumber.
• Ao Lie attacked Bo Saixi and arrogantly demanded that she become his consort, but she subdued him with a single palm strike.
• Bo Saixi identified herself as a Guardian Elder of Yanhuang Hall and demanded that Ao Lie join, but he refused, explaining that Guanyin had ordered him to await the scripture-seeking party.

Bo Saixi fought Guanyin over who would take Ao Lie as a mount, and drove her away with the Thirty-Six Heavenly Constellations Great Divine Ability. The chapter ended with Bo Saixi capturing Ao Lie while Guanyin fled to report to Western Heaven Spirit Mountain.

• Guanyin arrived at Eagle Sorrow Gorge and claimed Ao Lie as the scripture seeker's destined mount, while Bo Saixi insisted on taking him back under the Hall Master's orders.
• Bo Saixi used Standing Without Shadow to evade Guanyin's attack, then battered her lotus platform's barrier with Summoning Wind and Rain.
• Tang Chen, Qian Daoliu, Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao arrived, and Tang Chen affirmed that Ao Lie belonged with their group.
• Guanyin's barrier collapsed after Bo Saixi's attack intensified, and Guanyin fled using Earth-Traveling Golden Light to seek reinforcements.
• Bo Saixi shrank Ao Lie to a speck and put him into her sleeve despite his warning that Western Heaven Spirit Mountain would retaliate.

Xiong Ba forced the Black Bear Demon to submit and brought it toward Yanhuang Hall. The Black Bear Demon was left astonished by the sect’s strength as they entered its defended territory on foot.

• Xiong Ba confronted the Black Bear Demon at Black Wind Cave, and the demon attacked him with its Black Cherry Iron Spear.
• When the Black Bear Demon retreated into its cave, Xiong Ba shook the mountain with Shake Heaven and Quake Earth, killing several Minor Demons and damaging the nearby Guanyin Zen Temple.
• Xiong Ba demanded that the Black Bear Demon submit or die, then convinced it with promises of resources and a High-grade Innate Spirit Treasure Flying Sword.
• The Black Bear Demon packed its belongings and followed Xiong Ba, who used Earth-Traveling Golden Light to take it near Yanhuang Hall.
• A Guard Team let Xiong Ba and the Black Bear Demon pass, and Xiong Ba explained that they had to walk the final million li because of the sect’s defenses.

Black Bear Demon arrived at Yanhuang Hall and learned that its members’ powerful cultivation techniques gave them strength to defeat opponents across realms. Xiong Ba took him to have his spear reforged and begin cultivation, while Striped Tiger revealed he had advanced beyond Xiong Ba.

• After ten hours of travel, Xiong Ba brought Black Bear Demon to Yanhuang Hall, where Black Bear Demon was astonished by the Spirit Treasure houses.
• Huang Tian instructed Xiong Ba to teach Black Bear Demon Version 3.0 of the Heaven-Reaching Profound Technique and arrange a High-grade Acquired Spirit Treasure weapon for him.
• Black Bear Demon asked to have his Black Cherry Spear reforged, and Xiong Ba promised to take him to the Artifact Refining Hall and house him with the Black Bear Tribe.
• Striped Tiger told Black Bear Demon that Bo Saixi had defeated Bodhisattva Guanyin and captured Little White Dragon, impressing Black Bear Demon with Yanhuang Hall’s strength.
• Striped Tiger boasted that he had reached the Late Taiyi Golden Immortal Stage, angering Xiong Ba, who left for the Artifact Refining Hall with Black Bear Demon.