Chapter Summaries

Li Qingyun sent the Slaughtering Immortal Sword beyond the Three Pure Ones Great Cosmos to test the void outside, relying on his will and three Dao essences for protection. Once outside, the hostile cloud vapor nearly crushed the sword and shattered two of his essences, leaving him dependent on the Mortal Dao’s Primordial Mark.

• Li Qingyun gathered the Mortal Dao, Jade Pure Dao, and Path of Rebirth essences into a phantom of his will and placed it inside the Slaughtering Immortal Sword.
• Li Qingyun used his authority as master of the Three Pure Ones Great Cosmos to open a narrow passage through the power of the Immeasurable Calamity.
• Several vague figures in the void sensed movement from the Three Pure Ones Cosmos and set out to investigate.
• Li Qingyun drove the Slaughtering Immortal Sword through the final barrier and emerged into the rolling dark cloud vapor outside the cosmos.
• The external force crushed the sword and battered Li Qingyun’s will, shattering his Path of Rebirth and Jade Pure essences.
• As his Mortal Dao essence neared collapse, its Primordial Mark lit up and unleashed its power.

Li Qingyun escaped the Three Pure Ones Great Cosmos in the Slaughtering Immortal Sword, surviving the Outer Void’s crushing force thanks to his Primordial Mark. After glimpsing the terrifying Saints beyond the cosmos, he followed a Six-Winged Great Roc through the remnant ruins and reached a spiritual grotto-heaven, where the roc Daoist introduced himself as a Quasi-Saint.

• Li Qingyun’s Primordial Mark eased the force crushing the Slaughtering Immortal Sword, and he fled the Three Pure Ones Great Cosmos.
• Li Qingyun glimpsed towering Saints beyond the cosmos, whose distant voice nearly contaminated his Dao spirit and will.
• Great Zhunti and the other Saints discussed an abnormal movement near the cosmos, the old calamities, and the possibility of an early Great Tribulation of Annihilation.
• A Six-Winged Great Roc swept past Li Qingyun, and he followed its direction through the remnant ruins.
• Li Qingyun reached a spiritual grotto-heaven and greeted the white-faced Daoist as Roc Saint, prompting the Daoist to reveal he was only a Quasi-Saint.

Li Qingyun approached the white-faced Daoist, a Sky-Devouring Roc Quasi-Saint, hoping to learn about places to settle in the ruins. The Daoist exposed his desire to eat the Slaughtering Immortal Sword and chased Li Qingyun into the dark clouds.

• Li Qingyun accepted the white-faced Daoist’s invitation and landed in his strange grotto-heaven.
• The Daoist asked about Li Qingyun’s origins, and Li Qingyun claimed he was a sentient sword crafted by a Great Master.
• Li Qingyun asked the Daoist about safe places to settle and learned that ancient remnants such as vacuums existed in the ruins.
• The Daoist suddenly declared that he wanted to eat Li Qingyun and struck at him with a giant golden claw.
• Li Qingyun dodged the claw and fled into the dark clouds as the Daoist transformed into a six-winged roc and pursued him.

Li Qingyun escaped Lou Luo’s attempt to devour the Slaughtering Immortal Sword when Akshobhya Buddha intervened, then explored the ruins for three days without finding a Primordial Vacuum. He came across a glowing bronze grotto-heaven whose ancient phantom beckoned him closer, leaving him in sudden terror.

• As Lou Luo lunged to devour Li Qingyun, Akshobhya Buddha struck him with a golden seal, allowing Li Qingyun to flee on the Slaughtering Immortal Sword.
• Lou Luo and Akshobhya Buddha fought fiercely, while Li Qingyun escaped their battle and reflected on the power of the Quasi-Saints in the ruins.
• Li Qingyun spent three days cautiously passing the distant dwellings of six Quasi-Saints but found no Primordial Vacuum.
• Li Qingyun discovered a shattered bronze grotto-heaven glowing amid the dark clouds, where ancient phantoms appeared to debate and practice the Dao.
• An ancient phantom turned toward Li Qingyun, beckoned him closer, and invited him to discuss Primordial matters, filling him with terror.

Li Qingyun escaped the terrifying ghostly shadow on the Bronze Grotto-heaven, which directed him to a Primordial Vacuum. Unable to collect its inert aura, he returned to ask the shadow for help, and it offered assistance in exchange for a favor.

• The ghostly shadows on the Bronze Grotto-heaven tried to draw Li Qingyun closer, but he used the Primordial Mark to escape their interference.
• The lone shadow pointed Li Qingyun toward something he sought, and he followed its directions through the black clouds.
• Li Qingyun found a vast Primordial Vacuum and tried repeatedly to gather its ancient aura, but the inert strands would not respond.
• Li Qingyun returned to the Bronze Grotto-heaven and asked the gray-robed shadow how to collect the vacuum.
• The shadow explained that the Primordial had died and said it could help Li Qingyun, but he would have to help it in return.

Li Qingyun accepted a gray-robed ghostly shadow’s invitation to help refine the Eternal Life Pill, relying on memories of the Taiqing Moral Heavenly Venerate to understand the pill’s origins. After securing the shadow’s promise that he could leave safely if he pointed out errors, Li Qingyun entered its ghostly domain and began observing the pill refinement.

• The gray-robed ghostly shadow asked Li Qingyun to watch it refine an Eternal Life Pill and correct any mistakes.
• Li Qingyun uncovered memories of the Taiqing Moral Heavenly Venerate’s nearly successful attempt to refine the pill, which had been destroyed by an attack.
• Li Qingyun asked the shadow to follow the rules of hospitality and let him leave safely if he helped; the shadow agreed.
• Li Qingyun entered the bronze fragment’s ghostly domain, where the shadow warned that failure would leave him trapped in its place.
• The shadow opened the ancient Bronze Pill Cauldron and began refining the Eternal Life Pill as Li Qingyun watched.

Li Qingyun resisted the gray-robed phantom’s attempts to manipulate him while it staged the refinement of an Eternal Life Pill. After nearly fifteen days, the phantom overwhelmed his perception, leaving Li Qingyun trapped in a seemingly hopeless predicament just as he recalled Taiqing Heavenly Venerate’s final pill-refining step.

• Li Qingyun saw the White-faced Daoist trapped in the cauldron but ignored his pleas and corrected the gray-robed phantom’s ingredient choices.
• The gray-robed phantom heated the cauldron, and Li Qingyun repeatedly called out its mistakes while the White-faced Daoist’s cries faded away.
• Li Qingyun realized nearly fifteen days had passed and checked that his Primordial Mark remained intact.
• The gray-robed phantom unleashed interference that blurred Li Qingyun’s vision and demanded he watch the pill’s final step or remain trapped in its place.
• Li Qingyun recalled the final scene of Taiqing Heavenly Venerate refining the pill as he searched for a way out.

Li Qingyun bluffed his way past the gray-robed ghostly shadow, obtained a bronze fragment, and used it to collect an ancient Primordial Vacuum. After returning to the Three Pure Ones Great Cosmos, he divided the vacuum and began advancing his identities into the Vacuum Realm.

• Li Qingyun pretended to see the ghostly shadow’s pill-refining illusion and correctly called out the Celestial Venerable’s techniques until the Eternal Life Pill was about to form.
• The gray-robed ghostly shadow ended the illusion, sent Li Qingyun out of the bronze grotto-heaven, and gave him a fragment inscribed with “Collect.”
• Li Qingyun used the fragment to contain the ancient Primordial Vacuum and escaped through a crack in the Immeasurable Calamity force back into the Three Pure Ones Great Cosmos.
• The White-faced Daoist arrived at the edge of the Forbidden Zone, sensed its lost opportunity nearby, and suspected it had vanished there.
• Li Qingyun divided the Primordial Vacuum between Jade Pure’s main body and Shangqing Body, and Jade Pure’s main body broke through into the Vacuum Realm.

Li Qingyun consumed vast amounts of Ring Shadow Qi Root and broke through a qualitative transformation in his Shangqing Heaven body, gaining immense Brute Force. He left the story by accidentally striking Heavenly Palaces in deep space, whose owners recognized his Abyss Clan avatar and withdrew rather than challenge him.

• Li Qingyun kept his realm in check because Blackwater contamination prevented him from safely breaking through into the Vacuum Realm.
• Hequ Mountain grew into a powerful force as Bai Yutian tightened recruitment, managed its three hundred retainers, and arranged protection for Li Changsheng and the other Shangqing disciples.
• Li Qingyun consumed the billionth strand of Ring Shadow Qi Root that month and used the Path of Rebirth to break through his heavenly body's bottleneck.
• Li Qingyun's new Brute Force shattered a Vacuum Realm Heavenly Palace, and its Sky-Devouring Roc Clan Heaven Master fled after recognizing his Abyss Clan avatar.
• Li Qingyun's punch dented a Hua Xuan Heavenly Palace, and a Divine Eye Clan Big Shot withdrew into it after recognizing him.

Li Qingyun used gray-golden Origin Substance to fill the Blackwater Mother Rivers throughout the Great Thousand World, provoking a violent response from the pollution and plunging the world into chaos. With half the rivers cleared, he pressed on with the perilous effort, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Li Qingyun examined his expanded inner void heaven and began pouring gray-golden sacred soil into the Blackwater Mother Rivers.
• Cheng Tangyin reassured Li Qingyun’s descendants as they gathered in alarm, while she reflected on her wish to leave the Great Thousand World for the Land of the Universe.
• The first river tributary neared completion, and the enraged blackwater stirred panic, sacrifices, and rebellion among the living beings.
• Li Qingyun’s descendants, Cheng Tangyin, and Li Qing'an suppressed polluted beings while Li Qingyun continued filling the rivers.
• After half a day, Li Qingyun had filled at least half the blackwater regions and accelerated his effort, risking a tenfold worsening of the pollution if he failed.

Li Qingyun eradicated the last Blackwater Mother River creature and cleansed the Great Thousand of its pollution. He prepared Cheng Tangyin to prove the Dao of Haotian in Sacred Hall Clan territory, then advanced his Shangqing Heaven identity to the peak Tree Connecting Realm; Tangyin finished fusing with Sacred Hall Clan true blood and was ready to face her tribulations.

• The final blackwater distributary produced a gray, thread-covered monster that corrupted many beings and nearly summoned a terrifying decree, but Li Qingyun suppressed and destroyed it.
• Li Qingyun issued a purification decree that removed polluted lands and exterminated corrupted beings across the Great Thousand.
• Li Qingyun gave Cheng Tangyin a drop of Sacred Hall Clan true blood and the Dao essence and knowledge she needed to withstand its fusion and travel to the clan territory.
• Li Qingyun received Cheng Tangyin, Li Qing'an, Li Qingshi, and other descendants and concubines before his projection faded away.
• Li Qingyun's retainers gathered vexation thoughts for him, and a month later his Shangqing Heaven identity reached the peak Tree Connecting Realm.
• Cheng Tangyin completed her fusion with the Sacred Hall Clan true blood, and Li Qingyun prepared for her to undergo her tribulations.

Cheng Tangyin ascended from the mortal world and was guided to the Sacred Hall Clan, where she assumed the identity of its Young Master, Linglong. After returning to the Ling Clan, she faced pressure to meet First Madam before proving the Vast Heaven, while Li Qingyun watched from afar and advised her how to respond.

• Li Qingyun opened a passage through his Heavenly Skin, and Cheng Tangyin emerged into the cosmos before a golden guidance light carried her away.
• Cheng Tangyin arrived at an ancient divine hall, where the Ling Clan’s Great Thousand Heaven Masters welcomed her as their Young Master returning from tribulations.
• Cheng Tangyin ordered the Ling Clan to send resources to her secret hall so she could prove the Vast Heaven, and the attendants obeyed.
• A Shore Reaching Realm woman led Cheng Tangyin deeper into the hall and asked whether she would first pay respects to First Madam.
• Li Qingyun warned Cheng Tangyin to decline the meeting and prove the Vast Heaven first, but the woman said First Madam had ordered her to come at once.
• Cheng Tangyin hesitated, and Li Qingyun told her to rebuke the woman and go to the original owner’s residence.

Li Qingyun guided Cheng Tangyin as she impersonated Linglong within the Sacred Hall Clan and rebuilt her cultivation. After Jia Yugui came to inspect her, Cheng Tangyin kept her door shut and maintained the image of a defiant daughter, but Jia Yugui remained suspicious.

• Li Qingyun guided Cheng Tangyin to rebuke a black-robed woman and return to her private hall, where she received nearly ten million spirit seeds.
• Cheng Tangyin began consuming the spirit seeds to restore her cultivation and approach the Haotian position.
• Jia Yugui arrived at Cheng Tangyin’s hall and demanded that Linglong come see her.
• Li Qingyun advised Cheng Tangyin to refuse the visit and present herself as rebellious toward Jia Yugui.
• Cheng Tangyin claimed she was in a critical stage of seclusion, and Jia Yugui eventually left while resolving to inspect her later.

Li Qingyun quietly broke through Shangqing Heaven to the Supreme Vacuum Realm, then received a massive gift from an Abyss Clan envoy seeking to undermine him. In his Taiqing identity, he prepared to request access to the clan’s Huaxuan profundities while seeking a path that did not depend on the Outer Void Saints.

• Li Qingyun judged Jia Yugui a formidable threat and began planning with Cheng Tangyin for their coming confrontation.
• Shangqing Heaven secretly realized the Supreme Vacuum profundities and completed his breakthrough without alerting the Twelve Superior Clans.
• An Abyss Clan envoy delivered Li Qingyun spirit seeds and rare treasures from his master, and Li Qingyun accepted the gifts while recognizing the clan’s attempt to sabotage his avatar.
• Li Qingyun concluded that his achievements qualified him to apply to visit the Profound Enlightenment Chamber for Huaxuan knowledge.
• Li Qingyun resolved to learn what Huaxuan entailed and find a way to advance without relying on opportunities bestowed by the Outer Void Saints.

Li Qingyun received a hidden request from Li Xuankun for a high-grade Hua Xuan opportunity and visited Xuan Kun Tower, where he directed Yuanbao to cultivate with White Origin Substance. He learned that Yuan Henli planned to destroy his cultivation and enter reincarnation, then received an invitation to Yuan Henli’s farewell banquet.

• Mu Qi gave Li Qingyun a secret divine talisman from Li Xuankun, who asked him to find a high-grade Hua Xuan opportunity in the clan’s Profound Enlightenment Chamber.
• Li Qingyun warned Mu Qi to keep the message secret and traveled unseen to Xuan Kun Tower.
• Yuanbao proudly showed Li Qingyun that he had reached the late River Crossing Realm and comprehended a thread of Saintly Essence of the Great Dao.
• Li Qingyun ordered Yuanbao to absorb White Origin Substance in the Land of the First Cosmos and told him to pay for his own guards.
• Li Qingyun learned that Yuan Henli was selling off his treasures and planned to shatter his cultivation and enter reincarnation.
• Mu Yu brought Li Qingyun Yuan Henli’s invitation to a Shattered Cultivation Reincarnation Banquet, where Yuan Henli asked to put aside their past enmity.

Li Qingyun dismissed Yuan Henli’s schemes and entered the Abyss Clan’s Mysterious Profound Secret Ground to seek a Hua Xuan opportunity. After challenging Yuan Qingsu for her place, he was stopped by First Master, who questioned whether his mid Vacuum Realm cultivation qualified him for the opportunity.

• Li Qingyun mocked Yuan Henli, destroyed the invitation, and traveled through the Abyss Clan grounds to the Ancient Stone Hall.
• Li Qingyun confronted the five Vacuum Realm elites waiting outside the hall and rejected their objections to his arrival.
• Yuan Qingsu claimed her lineage and insisted on her place, but Li Qingyun swept his sleeve at her and shattered her Hidden Void Vacuum defense.
• First Master appeared and dispersed Li Qingyun’s attack before reprimanding the juniors.
• Li Qingyun recognized First Master from the Ruined Wasteland and greeted him, while First Master noted that Li Qingyun had reached mid Vacuum Realm and questioned his bid for a Hua Xuan opportunity.

Li Qingyun refused the Quasi-Saint Great Master’s demand that he leave the Mysterious Profound Stone Hall and waited outside while cultivating. After more than two months of deliberate delay, he decided to use the Dark Tome to strike back.

• The Great Master told Li Qingyun that the Profound Enlightenment Chambers were occupied and ordered him to return later, but Li Qingyun invoked his priority under clan rules and sat down to wait.
• The Great Master withdrew into the stone hall, while Li Qingyun cultivated with spirit seeds and Yuan Qingsu and the others waited behind him.
• Yuan Chi emerged after failing his profound enlightenment, and the Great Master told him to remain inside and steady his state of mind.
• Yuan Yan later emerged with a low-grade Hua Xuan opportunity, and the Great Master ordered him to stabilize his aura inside the hall for another month.
• After waiting more than two months and realizing the Great Master was deliberately delaying him, Li Qingyun opened the Dark Tome to the Abyss Clan’s dark history.

Li Qingyun used the Abyss Clan’s dark history to send ill luck through the stone hall, unsettling its old master and those inside. He entered the high-grade Profound Enlightenment Chamber, while Yuan Qingsu chose the low-grade chamber, and began seeking a Hua Xuan opportunity.

• Li Qingyun turned the Abyss Clan’s tragic history into ill luck that spread through the stone hall and made the old master fear calamity.
• The old master stopped confronting Li Qingyun and allowed him and Yuan Qingsu to enter the hall.
• Li Qingyun met Yuan Yan, whose boast about his Hua Xuan progress led Yuan Qingsu to warn him that he might have angered the old master.
• Li Qingyun claimed the high-grade Profound Enlightenment Chamber, and Yuan Qingsu chose the low-grade chamber.
• Li Qingyun entered the high-grade chamber and sent his will into its nebula-like vortex to seek the secrets of Hua Xuan.

Li Qingyun resisted a test that tried to strip away his secrets, realizing the Abyss Clan’s Outer Saints were making him prove his patience. After waiting them out, he passed into an ancient space where a profound pearl and an ancient alien bone awaited him as the Hua Xuan method and opportunity.

• Li Qingyun sensed that the clouds in the nebular vortex were stripping away his secrets, so he guarded his core will with Saintly Essence of the Great Dao and stopped rising.
• Li Qingyun spent days searching for another way to gain a Hua Xuan opportunity while his strand of will remained suspended in the clouds.
• The Abyss Clan’s Outer Saints judged Li Qingyun’s selfish desires and decided to keep him waiting so he would learn to cherish the opportunity.
• Li Qingyun waited for more than twenty days while cultivating, confident he could seek another route to Hua Xuan if needed.
• Li Qingyun’s will finally rose after the Outer Saints let him pass, and he entered an ancient space containing a golden profound pearl and an ancient alien bone.

Li Qingyun obtained a golden High-grade Profound Pearl and a superior method for reaching Hua Xuan, then discovered the pearl had been secretly contaminated with three strands of dangerous power. He sent a warning along with the pearl to Li Xuankun, leaving its fate in the hands of his absent relative.

• Li Qingyun read the superior Hua Xuan method from the strange bone and pretended to delight in obtaining the golden Profound Pearl.
• The Saints beyond the void discussed how Li Qingyun would bear their three portions of calamity power and predicted his Dao Path would end at Quasi-Sainthood.
• Elder Uncle offered Li Qingyun a Saint Bone for the pearl, but Li Qingyun refused and kept it.
• Li Qingyun probed the pearl and found three strands of foreign pollution hidden within its Saintly Essence.
• Li Qingyun gave Mu Qi the pearl and a warning for Li Xuankun, intending to repay a favor and alert him to the danger.