Chapter Summaries

Su Yi endured a seemingly endless Spirit Transformation Tribulation, using its destructive force to temper his body, soul, cultivation, and Great Dao Spirit Palace. As he prepared to break through, a forbidden white light appeared in the clouds, revealing that the tribulation would not let him advance easily.

• Su Yi withstood the fourth, fifth, and sixth tribulations, healing his severe injuries with stored Great Dao Source Power.
• After the sixth tribulation, Su Yi faced a seventh and then a succession of unprecedented lightning attacks, while Ying Que, Ning Sihua, and the slovenly old Daoist watched in shock.
• Su Yi repeatedly charged into the tribulation and endured wounds and destruction without retreating, gradually transforming his body, soul, cultivation, and state of mind.
• A Great Dao Spirit Palace began to form above Su Yi, and he used the lightning tribulation to temper it as he approached the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• After declaring that his accumulation was sufficient to transform into Spirit, Su Yi saw an eerie white light emerge from the clouds and realized the tribulation was determined to prevent his breakthrough.

Su Yi shattered the Heavenly Dao’s taboo tribulation with the Nine Hells Sword and absorbed the falling tribulation energy to reach the Spirit Transformation Realm. He stood above the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins as his companions celebrated his breakthrough, which happened on his eighteenth birthday.

• A snow-white streak of Heavenly Dao tribulation light appeared, terrifying Su Yi’s onlookers and threatening to destroy everything around him.
• Su Yi wielded the Nine Hells Sword’s power and severed the tribulation light, splitting the Tribulation Clouds apart with one sword strike.
• Su Yi absorbed the scattered tribulation clouds and lightning, transformed his cultivation, and formed a Great Dao Spirit Palace as he broke into the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Ning Sihua and the others congratulated Su Yi, while the Molten Gold Lion Beast bowed in submission.
• Su Yi reflected that his breakthrough on Dragon Raises Head was the finest gift for his eighteenth birthday.

After breaking through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, Su Yi celebrated his birthday with a banquet and shared his cultivation insights with his companions. He postponed the scruffy old Daoist’s request and, after Qing Wan accepted his plan to wait until she reached the Spirit Transformation Realm for dual cultivation, invited her to stay the night.

• Su Yi invited the scruffy old Daoist to celebrate his birthday and postponed hearing his request until later.
• At the banquet, Su Yi explained Spirit Transformation tribulations and answered the cultivators’ questions about their cultivation.
• After the banquet, Su Yi reflected on consolidating his Dao Xing and refining his Dao intent.
• Cha Jin told Su Yi that Qing Wan had asked her about dual cultivation, and Su Yi said they should wait until Qing Wan reached the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Qing Wan agreed to wait, and Su Yi then told her she could stay the night.

Su Yi taught Qing Wan a dual cultivation method but reassured her he would not force her into it, then began cultivating the Taiyi Spirit Void Chapter after entering the Spirit Transformation Realm. The chapter ended with the slovenly old Daoist claiming Su Yi resembled his brother-in-law.

• Su Yi taught Qing Wan the Cave Subtle Profound Guiding Art and told her they could cultivate together only if she wished after entering the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Qing Wan realized Su Yi had kept her in his room out of consideration, then slept beside him feeling safe and content.
• Su Yi cultivated the Taiyi Spirit Void Chapter, a supreme spirit path scripture whose three demanding requirements he had already surpassed.
• Su Yi planned to condense Primal Beginning Dao Intent, pursue Origin Ultimate, and reforge the Xuanwu Sword with the Qingdu Dao Sword.
• The slovenly old Daoist privately told Su Yi that he resembled his brother-in-law, causing Su Yi to spray out his Spirit Porridge.

Su Yi reunited with Ye Xun, the long-lost founder of Yin Sha Underworld Palace, and learned how a Heavenly Dao Gate jailer had nearly killed him. Ye Xun asked Su Yi to help recover his sealed Dao body in Exquisite Ghost Domain, and Su Yi agreed, leaving them with a destination in Great Xia.

• Su Yi recognized the disheveled old Daoist as Ye Xun, Little Yezi’s younger brother and the former Mingluo Spirit Emperor.
• Ye Xun explained that a jailer seeking the Azure Green Source had attacked him and his Divine Envoys in Exquisite Ghost Domain, leaving him with only a wisp of his soul.
• Ye Xun said the Bitter Sea Sword Talisman had saved his soul, after which he possessed a battered shell and slowly regained his vitality.
• Su Yi connected Ye Xun’s attacker to the Heavenly Dao Gate jailers and wondered whether he was the being in the Fallen Star Abyss.
• Ye Xun asked Su Yi to help find his Dao body, which he had sealed with a trace of its origin, and Su Yi agreed to go to Exquisite Ghost Domain.

After preparing safeguards for the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins, Su Yi left for Great Xia with Ye Xun. They reached Shanyin City and planned to travel to the Exquisite Ghost Domain, where Su Yi hoped to find a passage to Netherworld Land.

• Su Yi repaired the Nine Absolute Heaven Sealing Formation and made secret talismans before departing, leaving Ning Sihua and the others behind.
• Su Yi refused Wen Lingxue and Yuan Heng’s requests to accompany him, then set off for Great Xia with Ye Xun.
• As they traveled, Su Yi confirmed to Ye Xun that he had reincarnated and planned to return to Netherworld Land to recover the Three-Inch Heavenly Heart and other possessions.
• Seven days later, Su Yi and Ye Xun arrived in Shanyin City and decided to head for the Exquisite Ghost Domain after their meal.
• A burst of discussion in the tavern caught Su Yi’s attention as he was about to speak.

Su Yi and Ye Xun learned that the seven ancient giants were targeting the Great Xia Imperial Family partly because it had sheltered Su Yi, while the new Constellation Ranking omitted him. Su Yi decided to go to Nine Cauldrons City after resolving Ye Xun’s matter, but at the entrance to the Exquisite Ghost Domain, they found many cultivators gathered.

• A tavern storyteller explained that the seven ancient giants wanted the current Emperor Xia to abdicate because the imperial family had sheltered Su Yi after he killed thirteen ancient prodigies and the powers’ leaders at the Heavenly Sun King Residence.
• Su Yi learned that the seven ancient giants and three otherworldly powers now dominated Great Xia, while the former leading sects and the imperial family had declined.
• The cultivators discussed the Constellation Ranking, and Ye Xun objected that Azure Cloud Tower had failed to list Su Yi, who had already reached the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Su Yi said he and Ye Xun would go to the Exquisite Ghost Domain first and then travel to Nine Cauldrons City to help the current Emperor Xia.
• Three days later, Su Yi and Ye Xun arrived at Cloud Mulberry Ridge and noticed numerous cultivators near the Exquisite Ghost Domain’s entrance.

Su Yi and Ye Xun entered the Exquisite Ghost Domain after learning that recent changes had drawn cultivators seeking opportunities there. As ancient factions gathered to pursue a rumored treasure at Black Demon Mountain, a fragment of a magical treasure flew toward Su Yi and Ye Xun.

• Su Yi asked Guan Tieshan why cultivators were flocking to the Exquisite Ghost Domain, and Guan Tieshan explained that recent changes had brought opportunities as well as deadly dangers.
• Su Yi and Ye Xun entered the gorge and disappeared into the Exquisite Ghost Domain.
• Guan Tieshan waited for Cloud Hidden Sword Mountain’s group, then agreed to guide Chu Yunke and the other sword cultivators inside.
• Cultivators outside the gorge discussed the rumored opportunity at Black Demon Mountain and the possibility of a clash between Cloud Hidden Sword Mountain and Yin Sha Underworld Palace.
• Su Yi and Ye Xun crossed a Blood-colored Wasteland while Ye Xun recalled why he had left the Netherworld and wondered whether his sister had faced trouble in his absence.
• A fragment of a magical treasure shot toward Su Yi and Ye Xun, startling Su Yi.

Ye Xun reclaimed a fragment of his ruined sword, Frost Lightning, but cultivators from several powerful factions tried to seize it. After learning the Yin Sha Underworld Palace was offering rewards for such fragments, Ye Xun realized his descendants were gathering his old treasures, though Su Yi said they only wanted the treasures themselves.

• Frost Lightning's fragment flew to Ye Xun, who recognized it as the sword destroyed in his battle with a jailer tens of thousands of years earlier.
• Cultivators led by a Spirit Transformation Realm expert from the Qi Clan Family demanded the fragment, and Ye Xun relied on Su Yi while provoking them.
• Vice Sect Leader Sun Shangliu of the Water Cloud Sect arrived and clashed with the Qi Clan Family over the fragment.
• Yue Xingshan of the Dragon Elephant Spirit Sect arrived, and Su Yi learned that the Yin Sha Underworld Palace was rewarding cultivators who collected divine-object fragments.
• Ye Xun felt gratified that the Yin Sha Underworld Palace was gathering the fragments of his sword, but Su Yi said they were only after the treasures he had left behind.

Yue Xingshan and the other groups backed off when Guan Tieshan arrived with Cloud Hidden Sword Mountain, but the newcomers also demanded Ye Xun's Frost Lightning Dao Sword fragment. When Senior Brother Han attacked Su Yi, Su Yi casually shattered his golden Sword Qi, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Yue Xingshan persuaded the Python Robe Middle-Aged Man's group and Sun Shangliu's Water Cloud Sect cultivators to yield the treasure, then demanded that Ye Xun hand it over.
• Guan Tieshan arrived with Chu Yunke and Cloud Hidden Sword Mountain experts, causing Yue Xingshan and the others to bow and step aside.
• Guan Tieshan revealed that Chu Yunke wanted Ye Xun's Frost Lightning Dao Sword fragment, and Ye Xun refused to surrender it.
• Senior Brother Han stepped forward to seize the treasure, while Ye Xun retreated behind Su Yi and insulted the Cloud Hidden Sword Mountain cultivators.
• Senior Brother Han launched a golden Sword Qi attack at Su Yi, who destroyed it with a casual flick of his sleeve.

Su Yi effortlessly killed Han Feiguan after Han attacked him, shocking everyone from Cloud Hidden Sword Mountain and the gathered onlookers. Chu Yunke suppressed his anger and declared that the matter would end there.

• Su Yi brushed aside Han Feiguan's initial sword strike, revealing that his strength had been underestimated.
• Ye Xun provoked Han Feiguan, and Su Yi dismissed him as too weak to be a worthy opponent.
• Han Feiguan unleashed Long Sky One Sword, but Su Yi shattered the attack with a finger flick and killed him with the same strike.
• Ye Xun mocked the dead Han Feiguan and argued with Cloud Hidden Sword Mountain's white-haired elder and Chu Yunke.
• Chu Yunke restrained his anger and said that today's matter would end there.

Su Yi confronted Chu Yunke and the Cloud Hidden Sword Mountain cultivators over their attempt to seize a divine-object fragment. After effortlessly defeating their combined assault, he killed them all, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Chu Yunke first appeared ready to concede, but after his fellow disciples urged him on, he challenged Su Yi to a fight to the death.
• Su Yi told Chu Yunke and the others to attack together, and the Cloud Hidden Sword Mountain cultivators unleashed their combined sword techniques.
• Su Yi shattered their assault with one strike, then killed the Profound Robe Man and the white-haired elder as the others tried to flee.
• Su Yi killed the Ink Dress Girl and the Colorful Clothes Woman, dismissing their pleas and warnings.
• Chu Yunke asked Su Yi's identity, recognized the name Su Yi, and was killed by a torrent of swords, completing the slaughter of all six Cloud Hidden Sword Mountain experts.

Su Yi and Ye Xun traveled to Black Demon Mountain to find Ye Xun’s abandoned Dao body, while news of Su Yi’s return spread through the Exquisite Ghost Domain. They reached the forbidden area and confronted Yin Sha Underworld Palace guards as the palace’s experts prepared to recover Lord Mingluo Spirit Emperor’s Dao body.

• Su Yi left Yue Xingshan, Sun Shangliu, and the others behind after defeating Cloud Hidden Sword Mountain’s experts, and the witnesses realized that Su Yi had returned.
• Ye Xun told Su Yi that the jailer who had nearly killed him wielded a golden vertical-eye mark that could intimidate the soul and weaken opponents.
• Ye Xun sensed the remaining origin aura of his abandoned Dao body in Black Demon Mountain, and Su Yi warned that recovering his former strength would still be difficult.
• Su Yi knocked unconscious two Spirit Transformation Realm guards from Yin Sha Underworld Palace after Ye Xun said he did not want the palace’s disciples and descendants killed.
• Elder Gu and four Spirit Appearance Realm cultivators used bronze Dao Platforms to prepare to salvage Lord Mingluo Spirit Emperor’s Dao body from a ravine.

Xuan Zhi Saintess objected as Yin Sha Underworld Palace cultivators began refining Mingluo Spirit Emperor’s remains, but Ye Xun and Su Yi arrived before the process could continue. Ye Xun revealed that he was the Palace’s Grandmaster, and Elder Gu threatened Su Yi when he refused to leave.

• Xuan Zhi Saintess warned Elder Gu that desecrating Mingluo Spirit Emperor’s remains would betray their ancestor, but Elder Gu ordered the cultivators to refine the remains for their source power.
• The divine relic fragments flew from the bronze Dao Platforms to Ye Xun as he and Su Yi emerged from the Blood-colored Mist.
• Xuan Zhi Saintess recognized Su Yi, and Ye Xun declared himself the Yin Sha Underworld Palace’s Grandmaster, though Elder Gu and the others did not believe him.
• Ye Xun explained that he had avoided seeking help from his descendants and had intervened only after seeing them refine his Dao body.
• Elder Gu accused Su Yi of killing Nie Feng and Mo Xingzhe, then gave him the choice to leave or die.

Su Yi confronted the Yin Sha Underworld Palace elders at the burial ground and revealed the strength of his Spirit Transformation Realm cultivation. After killing Gu Yuanxiu and cutting through the other four elders’ combined attack, he left the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Ye Xun remained dazed as Gu Yuanxiu threatened Su Yi and Xuan Zhi urged him to leave.
• Su Yi advanced instead, and his Great Dao Light Wheel shattered Gu Yuanxiu’s Blood Fiend Spirit Refining Fist and stopped his Nether Serpent Spear.
• Su Yi struck Gu Yuanxiu with a palm, broke his spear, and crushed him to death beneath his foot.
• The red-robed Old Man and the other three Spirit Appearance Realm elders attacked Su Yi together with their treasures.
• Su Yi unleashed a sword strike that cleaved apart the elders’ combined attack and sent all four flying with severe injuries.

Su Yi defeated Gu Yuanxiu’s group, helped Ye Xun claim the source power of his Dao body, and left Black Demon Mountain. At the Exquisite Ghost Domain’s exit, he recognized Zhang Yuntao, who warned him to leave before the cultivators nearby recognized him.

• Su Yi killed the four Spirit Appearance Realm attackers who remained after their assault, while Xuan Zhi watched in shock.
• Ye Xun absorbed the source power of his Dao body to begin reshaping his body, and Su Yi sealed the source power inside his Great Dao Spirit Palace.
• Su Yi told Xuan Zhi that Ye Xun was the Mingluo Spirit Emperor, then left her alive and departed Black Demon Mountain.
• Su Yi found the collapsed passage to the Netherworld Land and considered his plans to condense Primal Beginning Dao Intent and reforge his swords.
• At the Exquisite Ghost Domain’s exit, Su Yi recognized Zhang Yuntao, who urgently told him to leave before the cultivators beside him recognized him.

Su Yi reunited with Zhang Yuntao and learned that the Dongguo Clan had subdued several Great Xia sects, while Wen Xinzhao was being watched at Cloud Heaven Divine Palace. He agreed to visit the palace and face Dongguo Feng if he was there.

• Su Yi encountered Zhang Yuntao alongside Dongguo Clan cultivators, and Zhang assured him that Wen Xinzhao was safe.
• Zhang told Su Yi that Dongguo Feng had defeated Cloud Heaven Divine Palace and that other powerful figures had subdued the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect, Qing Yi Dao Sect, and Mahayana Zen Temple.
• Zhang explained that Dongguo Feng sought a duel with Su Yi over Dongguo Yun's death, while Dongguo Clan experts kept Wen Xinzhao under watch at Cloud Heaven Divine Palace.
• Su Yi told Zhang to leave Wen Xinzhao's situation to him and learned that the Dongguo Clan had come to the Exquisite Ghost Domain seeking a rumored fortune.
• The Fire Robe Man challenged Su Yi to meet Dongguo Feng, and Su Yi said he would visit Cloud Heaven Divine Palace and would accept the challenge if Dongguo Feng was there.

After Su Yi reappeared and killed Chu Yunke and five Cloud Hidden Sword Mountain experts, news of his strength spread across Great Xia. The ancient factions began plotting against him and the Great Xia Imperial Family, while the Yin Sha Underworld Palace decided to wait and see.

• Old Sparrow warned the Dongguo Clan experts not to attack Su Yi, and they learned that he had killed Chu Yunke and five other Cloud Hidden Sword Mountain experts.
• Chi Jiansu told Old Blind Man that Su Yi had appeared in the Exquisite Ghost Domain, and Old Blind Man hurried toward Nine Cauldrons City to see him.
• The Great Emperor Xia ordered Weng Jiu to prepare Azure Cloud Courtyard and strengthen Nine Cauldrons City's defenses in anticipation of Su Yi's arrival and the ancient factions' moves.
• The Huan Clan's Old Ancestor ordered his people to contact the other six major powers and plan to destroy Su Yi and the Great Xia Imperial Family together.
• The Yin Sha Underworld Palace's masked Palace Master questioned Xuan Zhi about Su Yi, then agreed to postpone revenge and watch how events unfolded.

Wen Xinzhao learned that the Dongguo Clan had confined her and her companions to Cloud Heaven Divine Mountain to draw Su Yi into a duel with Dongguo Feng. Su Yi arrived in Tian Yang Province and traveled toward the mountain with a group seeking entry to Cloud Heaven Divine Palace, where their guide asked whether he had a recommendation.

• Wen Xinzhao practiced her sword on Cloud Heaven Divine Mountain and worried about when Su Yi would return.
• Yu Jiuzhen told Wen Xinzhao that she, Cold Smoke True Person, and Qing Ya could not leave because the Dongguo Clan wanted Su Yi to come settle their grievances.
• Dongguo Feng said Su Yi had agreed to come, offered to let Wen Xinzhao and her companions leave, and declared that he would fight Su Yi openly.
• Yu Jiuzhen told Wen Xinzhao that Su Yi had entered the Spirit Transformation Realm after killing Chu Yunke and other cultivators, easing some of her worry.
• Dongguo Feng meditated with his sword, Killing Heart, as he prepared for the coming battle.
• Su Yi traveled toward Cloud Heaven Divine Mountain with a group of young cultivators and elders, and their Middle-aged Scholar guide asked whether anyone had recommended him to Cloud Heaven Divine Palace.

Su Yi traveled with a group of young cultivators to Cloud Heaven Divine Palace, where they dismissed his claims that he had come to take Wen Xinzhao away and was Su Yi himself. The palace’s headmaster, Yu Jiuzhen, recognized him at the gate, leaving the group stunned as Su Yi’s arrival disrupted preparations for his rumored duel with Dongguo Feng.

• Su Yi told his traveling companions he had come to take Wen Xinzhao from Cloud Heaven Divine Palace because it had submitted to the Dongguo Clan, but they dismissed his claims.
• The group reached Cloud Heaven Divine Palace, where Wei Ting said the sect had postponed its assessment to prepare its Mountain Protection Array for a battle involving Su Yi and Dongguo Feng.
• Su Yi corrected Wei Ting, saying he had come to take Wen Xinzhao away, not specifically to duel Dongguo Feng, but the young cultivators accused him of impersonating Su Yi.
• Yu Jiuzhen arrived at the Mountain Gate and recognized Su Yi, startling the headmaster, the palace’s experts, and the group that had mocked him.