Chapter Summaries

Tao Yaoyao and her allies struggled for half a year to protect Shi Yan in the Azure Lotus Pool as the hostile crowd besieged their formation. When Shi Yan emerged, he healed Shang Faqiong, took the Illusory Sky Shuttle, and confronted the attackers in fury.

• Tao Yaoyao recalled how the Azure Lotus Pool’s light drew cultivators to the pool and forced her to summon Liya, Zhuo Xi, and their allies to protect Shi Yan.
• With the Secret Realm overdue to open and the defenders exhausted, Tao Yaoyao considered asking Xi Du and Lin Qiaojing for help.
• The Azure Lotus Pool’s light and the Dao Laws vanished, making the Secret Realm crack as the crowd accused Mie of taking its treasure.
• The attackers battered Shang Faqiong’s Protective Formation until Shang Faqiong collapsed after burning her Essence Blood.
• Shi Yan emerged from the pool, and a pale blue flame healed Shang Faqiong as she fell asleep.
• Shi Yan took the Illusory Sky Shuttle, dispelled the formation, and demanded to know who had been looking for him.

Shi Yan emerged from the Protective Formation and confronted You Yu’s forces, killing Lao Shan and refusing to surrender what he had obtained in the Azure Lotus Pool. As thousands prepared to attack, Shi Yan revealed his overwhelming strength by appearing before You Yu and launching a punch.

• Shi Yan asked who had been looking for him and ignored Lao Shan’s threats.
• Shi Yan severed Lao Shan’s wings, then burned him to ashes when he threatened him with the Lao Family’s allies.
• Shi Yan told You Yu he would not hand over his Azure Lotus Pool gains and challenged anyone else who wanted to attack.
• You Yu rallied over ten thousand people, including nearly twenty Pseudo-Saints, while Tao Yaoyao, Liya, and several faction leaders quietly withdrew their forces.
• Shi Yan checked his system panel, vanished, reappeared in front of You Yu, and threw a punch while declaring that none of them would speak again.

Shi Yan annihilated You Yu’s ten-thousand-strong army with a single punch, then relied on his allies and the Spatial Rift Python to deter the remaining factions from attacking. He rewarded those who had protected him and gave Tao Yaoyao the Divine Cicada’s Shed Shell she had sought.

• Shi Yan’s punch wiped out You Yu’s army, leaving only the hand that held the divine artifact fan.
• Tao Yaoyao recognized Shi Yan’s attack as a weakened form of Divine Martial Enlightenment, while Shi Yan concealed how thoroughly the punch had drained him.
• The Spatial Rift Python and Three-Headed Wolf King appeared to guard Shi Yan, and Lin Qiaojing and Xi Du brought their forces to his side.
• The Nether God Mountain, Ancient Origin River, Phantom Diagram, and the other factions withdrew rather than challenge Shi Yan’s allies and beasts.
• Shi Yan thanked Tao Yaoyao, Liya, Zhuo Xi, and the others with rewards, then presented Tao Yaoyao with the Divine Cicada’s Shed Shell.

Shi Yan gave Tao Yaoyao a Divine Cicada's Shed Shell and prepared to confront the forces waiting outside the Secret Realm. He revealed that he was Mie, leaving his companions stunned and the Virtual God Tower contingent intimidated as he challenged them to repeat their complaints.

• Shi Yan gave Tao Yaoyao the Divine Cicada's Shed Shell and told the Nine-Turn Divine Cicada to keep its aura hidden.
• Shi Yan told the others to keep their distance, asked Zhuo Xi and Sen Liu to take the sleeping Shang Faqiong with them, and bid them farewell.
• Shi Yan shed his Mie disguise and revealed his true identity to Tao Yaoyao, Zhuo Xi, Sen Liu, and the gathered warriors.
• Shi Yan joined Liya and challenged the Virtual God Tower contingent to repeat the complaints they had made earlier.
• A leader from the Mo Long Virtual God Tower addressed Shi Yan as Young Master Shi, hoping Mo Shan's connection to the Sky Demon Pavilion would protect him.

Shi Yan emerged from seclusion and calmed the guards before warning everyone to flee as the Secret Realm opened and the Pseudo-Saints faced their tribulation. Left with Zhuo Xi and Sen Liu, he faced Zhuo Xi’s anger over his deception, while Sen Liu explained his struggles and revealed her own love for him.

• Shi Yan reassured Zhang Fan and the other guards, thanked them for standing watch, and promised Liya would reward them.
• Shi Yan warned everyone that the Secret Realm was opening and the Pseudo-Saints’ tribulation made the area dangerous, so the teams scattered.
• Shi Yan transferred the Nine-Turn Divine Cicada and its shed shell to Liya, then sent her away with instructions to meet Mo Shan and listen to Kong Yiyi.
• After Liya left, Zhuo Xi held her sword near Shi Yan’s throat and demanded to know why he had lied to her.
• Sen Liu stopped Zhuo Xi and asked if she had fallen in love with Mie, then described Shi Yan’s dangers and sacrifices as she urged Zhuo Xi to understand him.
• Zhuo Xi dropped her sword as Sen Liu’s tearful defense of Shi Yan revealed her own feelings for him.

Shi Yan reunited with Zhuo Xi and Sen Liu, then rose into the sky as the Green Lotus Secret Realm opened to the outside world. After tribulations killed most of the Pseudo-Saints emerging from the realm, nearly two hundred furious figures surrounded Shi Yan, and a Saint Lord from the Lao Family accused him of killing two of its prodigies.

• Zhuo Xi apologized to Shi Yan, accepted that he was the person she cared for, and left with Shang Faqiong after promising to return for sword practice.
• Sen Liu's skin turned fair as her cultivation advanced, and she insisted on protecting Shi Yan; he sent her to find Meng Xuan at the Sky Demon Pavilion instead of fighting beside him.
• Shi Yan spread his blood-red wings, strengthened Sen Liu with their flames, and flew upward as the sky shattered and the Secret Realm opened to the stars.
• People poured out of the Secret Realm, but tribulation clouds appeared and forced them to scatter as Pseudo-Saints faced heavenly tribulations.
• Nearly two hundred figures, including at least fifty Saint Lords, surrounded Shi Yan, and a Saint Lord from the Lao Family accused him of killing two of its prodigies.