Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing confronted the Blood Saber Ancestor while the Demon Suppression Division debated whether the Great Zhou Dynasty should intervene. As the Blood Saber Ancestor attacked, Lin Changqing shattered his protective aura and forced him down, leaving their battle escalating.

• The Blood Saber Ancestor arrived and demanded that Lin Changqing surrender the item taken from Blood Saber Valley.
• Lin Changqing defied the Blood Saber Ancestor and said he feared no Great Luo who could not unleash his full strength.
• Aboard the ancient warship, Xing Shan urged the Great Zhou Dynasty to help Lin Changqing, but Ye Ming opposed him and Prince Zhao cautioned against antagonizing the sects.
• The Blood Saber Ancestor attacked Lin Changqing with a vast wave of Blood Fiend blades while the warship's onlookers expected Lin Changqing to lose.
• Lin Changqing cut apart the Blood Fiend blades, summoned the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation Diagram, and shattered the Blood Saber Ancestor's protective Blade Aura.
• The Blood Saber Ancestor formed a thousand-zhang blade from Blood Fiend Qi and slashed at Lin Changqing's formation.

Lin Changqing countered Ye Ming’s attack with a cache of explosive Array Disks, unleashing a destructive vortex that engulfed the battlefield. He escaped using the Square Inch Pagoda, leaving Ye Ming trapped at the vortex’s center.

• Xing Shan fought the war general and then tried to leave the Kunwu Warship, but Old Yun and Prince Zhao’s followers joined forces to stop him.
• Ye Ming accused Lin Changqing of betraying the Demon Suppression Division and attacked him with the Profound Nether Heaven Sealing Palm.
• Lin Changqing destroyed Ye Ming’s first palm with an Array Disk, then Ye Ming unleashed three more palm strikes.
• Lin Changqing detonated more than thirty Array Disks, shattering Ye Ming’s attacks and creating a vast black-hole vortex that swallowed peaks and endangered everyone nearby.
• Ye Ming struggled against the Space-Time Turbulence while Lin Changqing teleported away with the Square Inch Pagoda.

Lin Changqing attacked the badly injured Ye Ming after he escaped the space-time black hole, but Great Zhou’s forces intervened. When Prince Zhao challenged him and a battle general struck, Lin Changqing detonated dozens of array disks, trapping the group in Space-Time Turbulence as Ye Ming struggled to escape again.

• Ye Ming emerged from the space-time black hole badly wounded, and Lin Changqing teleported in and slashed at him.
• Ye Ming blocked Lin Changqing’s attack with a baleful secret treasure, but Lin Changqing prepared to strike again.
• Prince Zhao and the Great Zhou group arrived, blocked Lin Changqing’s second attack, and accused him of acting under orders.
• Lin Changqing mocked Prince Zhao and ignored the battle general, who attacked him with a punch.
• Lin Changqing detonated dozens of array disks, collapsing the surrounding void and engulfing the Great Zhou experts in Space-Time Turbulence.
• The Great Zhou group used defensive treasures to withstand the blast, while the wounded Ye Ming held up a dark-red shield and fled the turbulence.

Lin Changqing killed Ye Ming inside the black-hole vortex, then turned on Prince Zhao after he threatened Lin Changqing’s family and friends. Prince Zhao escaped the vortex, but Lin Changqing caught up with him and blocked his path, intent on killing him.

• Lin Changqing used the Square Inch Pagoda to appear before the weakened Ye Ming and killed him with a strike of the Jingzhe Saber.
• The witnesses were stunned that Lin Changqing had killed a Limit Great Luo Golden Immortal, while Prince Zhao cursed him for destroying an important piece of his plans.
• Prince Zhao threatened that the Great Zhou Dynasty would hunt Lin Changqing and bring misfortune to his family and friends.
• Lin Changqing attacked Prince Zhao, but Prince Zhao transformed into a golden dragon and used the blast to escape the black-hole vortex.
• Lin Changqing teleported out, caught up with Prince Zhao, and blocked his path with his saber, while Prince Zhao felt fear under Lin Changqing’s Spiritual Power.

Lin Changqing confronted Prince Zhao with more than fifty Array Disks, demanding his life after Prince Zhao threatened his family and friends. Prince Zhao refused Xing Shan’s proposed oath and used Great Zhou’s National Destiny to withstand the disks’ explosions, leaving the surrounding witnesses condemning his disregard for the people.

• Lin Changqing surrounded Prince Zhao with more than fifty Array Disks and rejected his offer to spare Lin Changqing’s family in exchange for release.
• Lin Changqing prepared to detonate the disks, but Xing Shan and other figures emerged from the black-hole vortex and urged him to spare Prince Zhao.
• Xing Shan demanded that Prince Zhao swear not to harm Lin Changqing or his family and friends, but Prince Zhao refused and threatened to kill Lin Changqing.
• Prince Zhao unleashed Great Zhou’s Power of National Destiny, manifesting a giant Golden Flood Dragon as Lin Changqing detonated the Array Disks.
• The Golden Flood Dragon swallowed the explosions, while onlookers condemned Prince Zhao for consuming the dynasty’s National Destiny and endangering its people.

After Prince Zhao used Great Zhou’s national destiny to survive Lin Changqing’s attack, Lin Changqing withdrew and arranged for his family and allies to stay safe. As the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven’s opening approached, Prince Zhao began maneuvering to replace Xing Shan and claim two entry slots for the Demon Suppression Division.

• Lin Changqing abandoned further attacks on Prince Zhao, hid in the Heaven Escaping Shuttle, and sent Lin Yongfan instructions to use the village’s emergency refuge.
• Lin Yongfan, Lin Hu, and the other leaders ordered Green Mountain Village to gather its members and relocate voluntarily into the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
• Lin Changqing warned Gu Chensha and Du Mingyue to stay safe, then waited for the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven to open.
• Prince Zhao returned to the Kunwu Warship without Xing Shan and declared that the dispute with Lin Changqing was over.
• Prince Zhao proposed filling two vacant Demon Suppression Division slots, prompting the others to suspect he intended to exclude Xing Shan and compete for the openings.

Lin Changqing showed Xing Shan that Prince Zhao was auctioning the Demon Suppression Division’s Kunwu Warship slots, then explained how the Emperor’s struggle against Great Zhou’s powerful clans had drawn the Division into a dangerous alliance. Xing Shan revealed that the cooperation had initially succeeded but had begun to go wrong.

• Lin Changqing invited Xing Shan aboard the Heaven Escaping Shuttle and thanked him for supporting him in the Demon Suppression Division.
• Lin Changqing showed Xing Shan a live image of Prince Zhao auctioning the Demon Suppression Division’s two Kunwu Warship slots to powerful families.
• Xing Shan realized Prince Zhao was testing the Demon Suppression Division on behalf of someone behind him and explained that the Division was independent of the Imperial Court.
• Lin Changqing identified the entrenched aristocratic clans and powerful families as Great Zhou’s greatest hidden danger, matching the current Emperor’s view.
• Xing Shan explained that the Emperor had enlisted the Demon Suppression Division to suppress the clans, but their initially successful cooperation had later begun to seem wrong.

Xing Shan explained that the Emperor had used the Demon Suppression Division to weaken the aristocratic clans while secretly seeking control of the Division. Lin Changqing bargained with Xing Shan for access to the Origin Realm Scripture Pavilion as they prepared to face the consequences of their conflict with Prince Zhao and Ye Ming’s supporters.

• Xing Shan told Lin Changqing that the Emperor had infiltrated the Demon Suppression Division and that Prince Zhao had tested its strength by trying to seize the Cangwu Warship spot.
• Lin Changqing offered to take Xing Shan with him, then asked him to help resolve the Demon Suppression Division’s response to Ye Ming’s death.
• Xing Shan warned that the Division would demand sufficient benefits to overlook Lin Changqing killing Ye Ming, and Lin Changqing set the matter aside until after the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven opened.
• Lin Changqing negotiated with Xing Shan and secured one month in the Origin Realm Scripture Pavilion, despite Xing Shan’s warning that Ye Ming’s supporters would make entering and leaving dangerous.
• Xing Shan vowed to settle his score with Prince Zhao, while Lin Changqing said he could seek shelter among the Outer Domain Sects if Great Zhou became hostile and looked beyond the Heaven Escaping Shuttle.

Lu Yiren approached Lin Changqing to buy an entry slot to the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven, and he demanded a Spirit Treasure in exchange. After she paid with the Sky-Shaking Bow, more than a hundred powerful cultivators gathered to seek entry slots from him.

• Xing Shan told Lin Changqing that Lu Yiren was a mysterious powerhouse who had killed thousands of Eternal Life Alliance Demonized Warriors.
• Lu Yiren asked Lin Changqing to sell her an entry slot, and he demanded one Spirit Treasure as payment.
• Lu Yiren gave Lin Changqing the Low-Grade Acquired Spirit Treasure Sky-Shaking Bow, and he accepted her as a guest aboard the Heaven Escaping Shuttle.
• A red-robed man asked Lin Changqing to sell him a slot, drawing more than a hundred powerful cultivators who offered treasures and other valuables for entry.

Lin Changqing auctioned the remaining Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven slots aboard the Heaven Escaping Shuttle, setting a price of two Low-Grade Acquired Spirit Treasures or equivalent treasures. The Green Robe Ancestor bought the first slot, and a Black Robed Man offered Aurora Purple Cloud Iron fused with the origin of the Law of Severance for another as the bidding continued.

• Lin Changqing silenced the gathered cultivators with his pressure and announced that only seven slots remained.
• Green Robe offered two Low-Grade Acquired Spirit Treasures for a slot, and Lin Changqing accepted before Xing Shan warned him that Green Robe was a powerful, treacherous demonic cultivator.
• Lin Changqing set the price at two Low-Grade Acquired Spirit Treasures or equivalent valuables, prompting most of the crowd to leave and the remaining cultivators to complain.
• Lin Changqing rejected requests to lower the price and pointed out that Green Robe had accepted it without hesitation.
• A Black Robed Man presented violet-gold metal, and Lin Changqing identified it as Aurora Purple Cloud Iron fused with a trace of the origin of the Law of Severance.

Lin Changqing traded the final seven Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven spots aboard his Heaven Escaping Shuttle for rare treasures, including Aurora Purple Cloud Iron that could strengthen his Jingzhe Saber. He and the other entrants waited aboard the shuttle as Xing Shan warned that the grotto-heaven would likely open within a day or two and could bring great danger.

• Lin Changqing accepted the Black Robed Man's Aurora Purple Cloud Iron in exchange for a spot and recognized that its Law of Cutting origin could greatly upgrade his Jingzhe Saber.
• Lin Changqing persuaded others to bid for the remaining six spots, then chose the six highest-value offers and brought the winners aboard his Heaven Escaping Shuttle.
• Lin Changqing ordered the unsuccessful bidders to leave the area around his shuttle, and they withdrew without challenging him.
• Lin Changqing invited the new passengers to choose rooms and wait aboard the shuttle until the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven opened.
• Xing Shan warned Lin Changqing that the grotto-heaven could open within a day or two and that its arrival might bring a major disturbance or great danger.

Lin Changqing finished reforging the Jingzhe Saber just as the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven began emerging, unleashing a devastating shockwave that killed even Grand Unity Golden Immortals. With the entrance expected to stabilize in three days and powerful enemies gathering, Lin Changqing urged Xing Shan to join forces with him to seek the Method of Becoming a Saint.

• Lin Changqing reforged the Jingzhe Saber into a high-grade Houtian Spirit Treasure using Aurora Purple Cloud Iron and one hundred and eight kinds of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• The Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven began emerging, and its destructive radiance swept across the surrounding region, killing cultivators who failed to escape, including Grand Unity Golden Immortals.
• Xing Shan told Lin Changqing that the entrance would take roughly three days to stabilize and that the Eternal Life Alliance, White Lotus Sect, and Seven Killers Association had allied against him.
• Xing Shan warned that the allied forces had sent Grand Luo Golden Immortals and advised Lin Changqing to seek help from Lu Yiren and the black-robed man.
• Lin Changqing questioned Xing Shan about the Method of Becoming a Saint and proposed that they join forces, pointing out that Xing Shan had been isolated from the others in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
• Lin Changqing told Xing Shan that they were both members of the Demon Suppression Division and that he was Xing Shan's most suitable ally.

Lin Changqing concluded that the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven existed beyond this world and speculated that it might connect to other worlds. When Mu He and the White Lotus Sect arrived, Lin Changqing attacked their lotus platform with thirty Array Disks.

• Lin Changqing used his Spiritual Power to probe the gateway and concluded that the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven lay outside this world.
• Xing Shan warned Lin Changqing that the Eternal Life Alliance and White Lotus Sect were approaching.
• Mu He arrived on a lotus platform, taunted Xing Shan, and accused Lin Changqing of causing losses to the White Lotus Sect in Yun Province.
• Lin Changqing detonated thirty Array Disks, unleashing Space-Time Turbulence that swallowed the White Lotus Sect's lotus platform.

Lin Changqing devastated the White Lotus Sect with thirty detonated Array Disks, then killed one of its wounded Grand Luo Golden Immortals while Xing Shan drove off Mu He and the survivors. Xing Shan explained that the White Lotus Sect’s Wusheng Laomu and other foreign powers were Quasi-Saints seeking to control their world, leaving Lin Changqing to consider the Method of Becoming a Saint in the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven his possible path forward.

• Lin Changqing directed the force of thirty exploding Array Disks at the White Lotus Sect’s lotus platform, destroying it and severely injuring the sect members caught in the blast.
• Lin Changqing pursued the escaping White Lotus Sect and killed a badly wounded Grand Luo Golden Immortal with a single slash.
• Mu He attacked Lin Changqing, but Xing Shan shattered the attack and struck at the White Lotus Sect with his giant axe.
• Mu He used the White Lotus Escape to carry himself and the remaining White Lotus Sect members away before Xing Shan’s axe could hit them.
• Xing Shan told Lin Changqing that Wusheng Laomu and the Moon God were powerful foreign beings above Grand Luo but below Saints, a realm known as Quasi-Saint.

Lin Changqing learned from Xing Shan that Quasi-Saints still faced eventual death and that the Method of Becoming a Saint was the path to true immortality. As the gate to the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven began fusing rapidly with the world, Lin Changqing ordered his passengers to wait another day, while five of them resented his control.

• Xing Shan told Lin Changqing that the Demon Suppression Division, the imperial clan, the military, Jixia Academy, and powerful sects possessed Quasi-Saints.
• Xing Shan explained that Quasi-Saints had passed the Five Decays of Heaven and Man to extend their lives, and that one recorded expert had survived the process nine times.
• Lin Changqing resolved to seek the Method of Becoming a Saint, while Xing Shan warned that the White Lotus Sect and Eternal Life Alliance would be more eager to kill him after his victory over the White Lotus Sect.
• Lin Changqing sensed the gate fusing with the world at an accelerating pace, and Xing Shan realized the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven would fully open within about a day.
• Lin Changqing refused to let his passengers approach the gate early and told them they could leave without a refund if they would not follow his orders.
• Lu Yiren, the Green Robe Ancestor, and the Black Robed Man followed Lin Changqing into the cabin, while the other five passengers stayed on deck and secretly complained about him.

Lin Changqing led the Heaven Escaping Shuttle through the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven’s deadly entrance using a token and a pure-yang treasure. After entering, he threatened Yang Dong into leaving and found that Xing Shan had recruited several people into their alliance.

• The Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven opened, and people without tokens and pure-yang treasures burned to ashes when they approached its gateway.
• Lin Changqing took the Heaven Escaping Shuttle toward the gateway, where his token and strange treasure protected the group and gave them marks that allowed them to enter.
• Lin Changqing and his companions arrived in the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven, and several passengers announced they would split up.
• Lin Changqing threatened Yang Dong with Array Disks, forcing him to leave; four others followed, while Xing Shan and three allies stayed with Lin Changqing.

Lin Changqing led Xing Shan, Lu Yiren, Black Robe, and Green Robe Ancestor east through the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven, following Black Robe’s Method of Gazing Qi in search of the Method of Becoming a Saint. After they encountered a powerful puppet battling a sword immortal, Lin Changqing suspected both combatants had come from another world.

• Green Robe Ancestor urged the group to seek the Pure Yang Sect’s central region, but Black Robe used his Method of Gazing Qi to point them east, where the qi was densest.
• Lin Changqing agreed to follow Black Robe and told the others that their alliance required trust, winning their acceptance of the plan.
• The five traveled east aboard Lin Changqing’s Heaven Escaping Shuttle, with Black Robe adjusting their course for three days while the shuttle evaded native creatures.
• Black Robe spotted a fierce battle between a sword-wielding human and a giant golden-armored puppet, and Xing Shan identified the puppet as an example of the ancient Puppet Technique.
• Green Robe Ancestor judged the puppet to possess Limit Great Luo strength, while Lu Yiren wondered who the unknown sword immortal was.
• Lin Changqing suspected that the sword immortal and Puppet Master had come from another world, strengthening his theory that the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven connected to other worlds.

Lin Changqing recognized that the glowing sphere contained a top-grade Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, not an Innate Spirit Treasure, and let the others rush into its restriction. As the Puppet Master battled the Sword Cultivator and fought off Lu Yiren, Green Robe Ancestor, and the Black Robe Figure, Lin Changqing vanished from the Heaven Escaping Shuttle and appeared beside the sphere.

• Lin Changqing spotted a glowing sphere beneath the battling Sword Cultivator and Puppet Master, while Green Robe Ancestor urged the group to go around them.
• Green Robe Ancestor, the Black Robe Figure, and Lu Yiren mistook the sphere for an Innate Spirit Treasure and raced toward it, but a restriction blasted them away.
• Lin Changqing revealed through his thoughts that the sphere held a top-grade Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure containing several Law Origins, which he hoped to forge into defensive armor.
• The Puppet Master warned the intruders to leave, then attacked Lu Yiren, Green Robe Ancestor, and the Black Robe Figure when they refused to retreat.
• Lu Yiren and the other two fought back as the Puppet Master released three additional puppets, while Lin Changqing vanished from the shuttle and appeared a hundred zhang from the sphere.

Lin Changqing seized the treasure inside the light barrier and fought off the Sword Cultivator and Puppet Master with the Jingzhe Saber. After the Puppet Master fled and launched a spiritual attack, Lin Changqing destroyed his Mental Will and hypnotized him, leaving him under Lin Changqing’s control.

• Lin Changqing passed through the restriction, sealed the treasure, and put it in his Spatial Ring while Xing Shan and Lu Yiren’s group watched.
• The Puppet Master attacked Lin Changqing, who returned to the Heaven Escaping Shuttle and cut apart the puppet’s palm with the Jingzhe Saber.
• Lin Changqing pursued the Puppet Master, used the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation to bring down the puppet, and forced the man out.
• The Puppet Master launched a spiritual attack, but Lin Changqing’s Mind Storm shattered it, destroyed his Mental Will, and hypnotized him.

Lin Changqing killed the Puppet Master after extracting his identity and inheritance, confirming that Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven connected to multiple worlds. He agreed with his allies to divide opportunities and share the Method of Becoming a Saint, then sensed a brutal battle ahead.

• Lin Changqing hypnotized the Puppet Master and learned that he belonged to Puppet Gate in Xuantian Continent, while the Sword Cultivator fled after witnessing the Puppet Master's defeat.
• The Green Robe Ancestor, Lu Yiren, and the black-robed figure worried that Lin Changqing would keep the greatest rewards for himself, and Xing Shan understood their concerns.
• Lin Changqing killed the Puppet Master, took his inheritance and Spatial Ring, and stored away the crippled puppet.
• Lin Changqing told his companions that Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven projected into the myriad heavens and that experts from many worlds were competing for the Method of Becoming a Saint.
• Lin Changqing and his four companions agreed to share the Method of Becoming a Saint if they obtained it and to divide other opportunities according to their contributions.
• Lin Changqing prepared to continue onward and glimpsed a bloody, brutal battle in the future.