Chapter Summaries

Li Qingyun watched Li Xuankun steal the Golden Profound Pearl, then revived Mu Qi and erased his memory of the theft. Yuan Gumo captured Li Xuankun and warned that the clan would try his crimes, but Li Qingyun struck through Yuan Gumo’s Profound Domain after hearing that the Abyss Li Clan might be implicated.

• Li Xuankun killed Mu Qi after taking the Golden Profound Pearl from the Spirit Seed Pouch.
• Li Qingyun revived Mu Qi and erased his memories of Li Xuankun, the divine talisman, and the Spirit Seed Pouch.
• Li Qingyun watched Li Xuankun wound two Abyss Clan Hua Xuan Realm elders before Yuan Gumo appeared and captured him with God Binding Ropes.
• Li Xuankun tried to self-destruct, but Yuan Gumo suppressed him and announced that the clan would publicly try his crimes.
• Li Qingyun heard Yuan Gumo say the Abyss Li Clan might be implicated and punched through Yuan Gumo’s Profound Domain.

Li Qingyun used his Saintly Essence to break Yuan Gumo’s Profound Domain and help Li Xuankun escape, then concealed his involvement. Yuan Changkong and two clan elders arrived at Lingping Heaven to confront Li Qingyun about an urgent matter connected to him.

• Yuan Gumo’s Profound Domain was broken by Li Qingyun’s distant attack, and Yuan Gumo’s attempt to trace the force was crushed.
• Li Qingyun’s Saintly Essence shattered Li Xuankun’s God Binding Ropes, allowing Li Xuankun to flee into the deep void.
• Yuan Gumo pursued Li Xuankun while Li Qingyun erased the traces of his intervention and returned to cultivation.
• Yuan Changkong and two clan elders arrived at Lingping Heaven, but the Dark Green Lamp’s barrier initially blocked them.
• Yuan Changkong told Li Qingyun that the clan’s urgent matter was inseparable from him, while Li Qingyun acted as though he knew nothing.

Li Qingyun faced Yuan Changkong and two clan elders, denying any connection to Li Xuankun while protecting Li Yiyi from their scrutiny. After the elders left empty-handed and Li Xuankun evaded the main branch, Li Qingyun resumed cultivation and saw through Cheng Tangyin that she had become a Great Thousand Heaven Master and entered the Sacred Hall Clan Territory.

• Li Qingyun matched the combined Dao might of Yuan Changkong and two clan elders, then said he had found traces of a mysterious intruder but had severed his ties with Li Xuankun.
• Yuan Changkong and the other elders searched Mu Qi and Yuan Li Mansion but found no evidence of Li Xuankun.
• The elders showed greed toward Li Yiyi, and Li Qingyun blasted one away and ordered all three to leave.
• Li Qingyun comforted Li Yiyi, explained the world's dangers, and summoned Hua Luoshen to guide her.
• The main branch failed to capture Li Xuankun, and Li Qingyun resumed secluded cultivation while keeping watch on the Yuan Clan.
• Li Qingyun's Jade Pure's main body saw that Cheng Tangyin had attained the position of Great Thousand Heaven Master and entered the Sacred Hall Clan Territory.

After Cheng Tangyin attained Haotian, Jia Zhou arrived at the Ling Clan’s hall and demanded that she become his Divine Attendant. Jia Yugui hesitated to refuse him, while Jia Zhou was confident Cheng Tangyin would agree and regarded her as food.

• Cheng Tangyin attained Haotian with a seventy-million-zhang heavenly body, and Li Qingyun advised her not to raise it further.
• Jia Yugui watched Cheng Tangyin’s breakthrough and continued to question why Linglong had chosen a human vessel.
• Jia Zhou arrived on a juvenile Great Kun and restrained his urge to seize Cheng Tangyin after noticing Jia Yugui nearby.
• Jia Zhou appeared before Jia Yugui and, displaying his formidable strength, asked for Cheng Tangyin to serve as his Divine Attendant.
• Jia Yugui said they would have to ask Cheng Tangyin, while Jia Zhou insisted she would agree and thought of her as food.

Jia Zhou used a mysterious power to subdue Cheng Tangyin and claimed her as his Divine Attendant, while Jia Yugui failed to stop him. Li Qingyun watched from the Three Pure Ones Great Cosmos and resolved to confront the threat.

• Li Qingyun warned Cheng Tangyin that Jia Zhou was dangerous and urged her to refuse his invitations and temptations.
• Cheng Tangyin returned to the Ling Clan Family's divine hall summit and claimed she needed to enter seclusion to stabilize her realm.
• Jia Zhou blocked Cheng Tangyin from entering the hall and used a secret syllable to daze and control her.
• Jia Yugui attacked Jia Zhou to rescue Cheng Tangyin, but Jia San intervened and blocked her.
• Jia Zhou announced that he was taking Cheng Tangyin away, and Li Qingyun watched with murderous intent.

Cheng Tangyin resisted Jia Zhou’s control and used Li Qingyun’s advice to provoke him into a five-year challenge instead of being taken away. After she confronted Jia Yugui over failing to protect her, Li Qingyun ordered his clan to monitor Jia Zhou and began planning a trap to kill him.

• Li Qingyun advised Cheng Tangyin to challenge Jia Zhou’s pride, and she broke free from his control.
• Cheng Tangyin scorned Jia Zhou and praised Li Qingyun, prompting Jia Zhou to give her five years to prove she could withstand his gaze while he surpassed Li Qingyun.
• Jia Zhou left with his followers, and Cheng Tangyin told Jia Yugui to stop interfering and reproached her for failing to protect the Ling Clan’s young master.
• Li Qingyun sent a divine talisman to Ancestor Land Heaven, ordering Yujun to have the clan watch Jia Zhou and the Sacred Hall Clan.
• Li Qingyun resolved to set a trap that would draw Jia Zhou out so he could kill him publicly.

Li Qingyun’s three identities began secluded cultivation to discover a path to Hua Xuan, while he investigated why Hua Luoshen repeatedly failed to finish the Sacred Hall Clan Dark History. He freed Hua Luoshen and asked her to arrange a future meeting with her eldest brother, a possible newly emerged Hua Xuan expert.

• Yu Qing, Taiqing, and Shangqing agreed to conceal their strength and seek a path to Hua Xuan, then each placed their will in a Heavenly Venerate rank statue to cultivate.
• Two months later, Li Qingyun reached the late stage of the Vacuum Realm and learned that Hua Luoshen’s Sacred Hall Clan conclusion had collapsed for the third time.
• Li Qingyun suspected that either a powerful Sacred Hall Clan existence was interfering or the Dark Tome’s karmic burden was too great for Hua Luoshen to bear, so he decided to forge its final section himself.
• Li Qingyun removed Hua Luoshen’s servitude mark, restored her suppressed cultivation, and gave her a talisman to pass through the Abyss Gate.
• Li Qingyun told Hua Luoshen to ask her eldest brother to meet him at Mayfly Land No. 1 in two years for a game.

Li Qingyun released Hua Luoshen, then completed the Dark Tome’s final account of the Sacred Hall Clan’s treachery despite a fierce karmic backlash. As eerie cold threatened to freeze him before he could finish, the True Blood Heavenly River surged with the strength of ancient clans, letting him write the concluding words, “Thus, Karma Cycle...”

• Li Qingyun escorted Hua Luoshen to the Abyss Gate and let her leave, while Second Master warned him about entering Hua Xuan and urged him to fuse with a sacred bone.
• After Hua Luoshen departed, Second Master privately revealed his plan to use Li Qingyun’s cultivation by persuading him to merge with the bone.
• In Lingping Heaven, Li Qingyun wrote the Dark Tome’s final section about Jia Zhou, using morality and the Primordial Great Dao to brand its contents as eternal truth.
• As Li Qingyun neared the end, the Dark Tome triggered a powerful karmic backlash that filled him with ash-gray corruption and made Daoist Kun suffer inside the book.
• Li Qingyun resisted the freezing force with his Human Race true blood, and ancient phantoms in the True Blood Heavenly River helped him write the final words, “Thus, Karma Cycle...”

Li Qingyun completed the Dark Tome by resisting a Sacred Hall Clan Saint’s attempt to stop him and writing that retribution never failed. The completed book strengthened his power and began cursing Jia Zhou, who sensed the danger but could not identify its source.

• A Saint of the Sacred Hall Clan manifested on the Dark Tome and urged Li Qingyun to stop writing, but Li Qingyun dispersed the phantom with Human Race true blood.
• Li Qingyun wrote “Retribution never fails,” completing the Dark Tome and allowing the ancient phantoms to depart after thanking him.
• Li Qingyun felt the completed tome suppress the ill-omened aura around him and declared that Jia Zhou would die two years later according to the book.
• Li Qingyun used the Dark Tome to swallow the Second Master Saint bone so he could taint the methods left within it.
• Jia Zhou spat out hundreds of dead Secret Gold Little People, tried to deduce who was cursing him, and suffered further backlash from his attempt.

Li Qingyun’s Shangqing Heaven incarnation went to Sacred Hall Mountain to avenge his retainers after Sacred Hall Clan disciples attacked them. He overwhelmed Monan and forced him to kneel, while sensing a powerful Sacred Hall Clan presence nearby.

• Li Qingyun learned that Sacred Hall Clan disciples had wounded and killed some of his retainers near Treasure Tree Mountain.
• Li Qingyun suppressed Sacred Hall Mountain with his Primordial Vacuum power and demanded that its defenders come out.
• Three Sacred Hall Clan disciples argued about Li Qingyun’s challenge, and Monan went out to negotiate while their guardian was in seclusion.
• Li Qingyun imprisoned Monan, rejected his demand for proper courtesies, and forced him to kneel in the void.
• Monan roared in defiance as Li Qingyun sensed a powerful Sacred Hall Clan aura nearby and considered taking control of Treasure Tree Mountain.

Li Qingyun forced Monan to bow and ordered the execution of Sacred Hall Clan disciples who had attacked his retainers. After driving back Lord Tan, he had two disciples beheaded and ordered Monan killed as well.

• Li Qingyun crushed Monan’s resistance with his Dao might and forced his head into the ground.
• Two Sacred Hall Clan disciples attacked Li Qingyun, but he destroyed their tree shadows and left them gravely wounded.
• Li Qingyun ordered his retainers to kill the wounded disciples, but Lord Tan arrived and froze one retainer before he could strike.
• Li Qingyun blasted Lord Tan back into the void, then the retainers beheaded both Sacred Hall Clan disciples.
• Monan offered five million spirit seeds to end the conflict, but Li Qingyun rejected the offer and ordered his retainers to kill him.

Li Qingyun’s avatar Shangqing Heaven fought Lord Tan, whose obscurity aura made him increasingly powerful and difficult to kill. Lord Tan completely degenerated into an Obscurity Monster, while Yuan Wei Bai fled Number Eight Mayfly Land.

• Lord Tan’s approaching degeneration and Shangqing Heaven’s battle made Yuan Wei Bai despair over his possession of Yellow Tower Heaven’s body, so he secretly fled toward the Yuan Clan passageway.
• Lord Tan attacked Shangqing Heaven with overwhelming power, but Li Qingyun struck him with the Slaughtering Immortal Sword and pierced his brow.
• Lord Tan survived the wound as obscurity aura repaired his body, and Li Qingyun discovered the aura was trying to infect him.
• Li Qingyun used sacred essence to resist the infection and repeatedly punched holes through Lord Tan, but the obscurity aura restored him.
• Lord Tan lost his last trace of clarity and became an Obscurity Monster, alarming the watching factions.

Li Qingyun used the Dark Tome to suppress and absorb the Obscurity qi surrounding Lord Tan, then killed him by piercing the mysterious pearl in his heart. He secretly refined the Sinful Thoughts released by the pearl and left a trace of Obscurity qi on himself to conceal his intentions.

• Li Qingyun learned that Lord Tan had become an Obscurity Monster and resolved to destroy him before he could endanger the universe.
• Taiqing Body gave Li Qingyun the Dark Tome, which absorbed and suppressed the Obscurity qi.
• Li Qingyun fought Lord Tan and used the Slaughtering Immortal Sword to pierce the monster's heart and strike its mysterious pearl.
• After Lord Tan fell, Li Qingyun drew in the released Obscurity qi and refined most of it with the Dark Tome.
• Li Qingyun left a faint layer of Obscurity qi on his body, appearing tainted while hiding that he had absorbed the Sinful Thoughts.

Li Qingyun defeated Lord Tan, spared Monan, and challenged the Sacred Hall Clan’s Saint Disciple to come face him. As the clan elders debated Li Qingyun’s motives, he waited for Monan’s arrival and rewarded Bai Yutian with a High-grade Treasure Tree opportunity.

• Li Qingyun spared Monan after killing Lord Tan, then ordered him to tell the Sacred Hall Clan that he would fight Monan and keep Treasure Tree Mountain until then.
• The watching factions discussed Li Qingyun’s challenge, while Bai Yutian entered the Chaos Tree Chamber to claim the approaching High-grade Treasure Tree opportunity he had given her.
• Li Qingyun waited at Sacred Hall Mountain for the Sacred Hall Clan’s retaliation and Monan’s arrival.
• Yuan Guyuan and Yuan Changkong suspected Li Qingyun had stirred up the conflict to distract the Yuan clan from Li Xuankun’s appearance in Lingping Heaven and the possibility of him receiving a Golden Profound Pearl.

Jia Zhou refused Li Qingyun’s challenge and sent Jia Yuxu to confront him instead. At Sacred Hall Mountain, Jia Yuxu challenged Li Qingyun’s avatar and urged his true body to come fight her, but their opening clash left the outcome uncertain.

• Jia Zhou told Jia San to inform the clan chief that Jia Yuxu should answer Li Qingyun’s challenge while he focused on advancing to Vacuum Realm Great Perfection.
• Li Qingyun considered how to strengthen his Heavenly body and decided that Quan Lei should infiltrate the Western Heaven Vajra Clan to seek its supreme art.
• Jia Yuxu breached Li Qingyun’s Eightfold Vacuum and arrived at Sacred Hall Mountain, where she introduced herself and announced her reasons for coming.
• Jia Yuxu said she wanted to defeat Li Qingyun’s avatar and true body, then invited his true body to come discuss the Dao with her.
• Li Qingyun attacked Jia Yuxu with a finger strike, and she blocked it with a counterstrike that shattered the surrounding void and jade table.
• Jia Yuxu urged Li Qingyun to come in person, declaring that she would shatter his reputation as an invincible Quasi-Saint seedling.

Li Qingyun’s Shangqing Heaven identity fought Jia Yuxu to test his strength against the Sacred Hall Clan’s strongest Hua Xuan cultivator. After three days and nights, Jia Yuxu still held the advantage and again asked Li Qingyun’s main body to meet with her.

• Li Qingyun sent his Shangqing Heaven identity to face Jia Yuxu in the Eightfold Vacuum, while Jia Yuxu invited his main body to discuss the Dao Path.
• Li Qingyun shattered Jia Yuxu’s golden thread defenses with his Cosmic Origin Substance Brute Force, but her arcane body matched his strength and sent him retreating farther than she did.
• Li Qingyun considered combining the powers of his three identities, then rejected the idea because he wanted to draw Jia Zhou out without frightening him away.
• The battle continued for three days and nights as Jia Yuxu gradually suppressed Li Qingyun’s identity, though she held back from pursuing a decisive victory.
• Jia Yuxu struck Li Qingyun back again and asked whether his main body would meet her to seek a possibility of sainthood together.

Jia Yuxu revealed secrets about Hua Xuan and the Primordial Beginning Era, offering Li Qingyun a path to avoid the Mysterious Beads while warning that sainthood may be impossible in this era. She left her own origins unexplained until Li Qingyun’s main body arrived.

• Li Qingyun dismissed Jia Yuxu’s talk of sainthood, but followed her back into the hall to hear her out.
• Jia Yuxu brewed Primordial Life Leaf tea, and Li Qingyun drank it, feeling its power flow into his Yang Spring Sea.
• Jia Yuxu used an ancient Stone Bead to block outside observation and told Li Qingyun that the Mysterious Beads beyond the void should not be swallowed.
• Jia Yuxu explained that a Quasi-Saint senior could harvest a Heart of the Ruin from the Outer Ruin to replace a Mysterious Bead and provide a path into Hua Xuan.
• Jia Yuxu said the Primordial Beginning Era had lost the opportunities needed for sainthood, so generations of gifted cultivators had stopped at Quasi-Sainthood.
• Jia Yuxu declined to explain how she knew these secrets until Li Qingyun’s main body arrived.

Li Qingyun rejected Jia Yuxu’s proposal to join her Seed God Dao, saying it was too early to pursue the chance at Sainthood. After Jia Yuxu ordered him to leave Sacred Hall Mountain within three days, Li Qingyun turned his attention to awakening his Eight-armed Naga avatar and sending it to the Vajra Clan.

• Jia Yuxu revealed that her Seed God Dao required her to unite with a powerful Quasi-Saint seedling and asked Li Qingyun to become her partner in pursuing Sainthood.
• Li Qingyun consulted his Taiqing and Jade Pure identities, and the three agreed to refuse Jia Yuxu for now.
• Li Qingyun’s Shangqing identity told Jia Yuxu that he would not consider her proposal before reaching the Hua Xuan Realm.
• Jia Yuxu gave Li Qingyun three days to leave Sacred Hall Mountain and said her clan would reclaim it.
• Jia Yuxu left, privately suspecting that Li Qingyun’s avatar was acting independently and planning to warn Yuan Li Qingyun.
• Li Qingyun’s Jade Pure Body decided to awaken Quan Lei, his Eight-armed Naga avatar, and send him to the Vajra Clan to obtain Western Heaven’s supreme Golden Body Profound Technique methods.

Li Qingyun reincarnated as Quan Lei in the Vajra Clan territory and learned that his new identity was the disgraced Naga Xi. Guided by his supposed brother Nabalou, he headed to the Merit Golden Pool to reshape his body, while Vajra disciples mocked him along the way.

• Li Qingyun used the Path of Rebirth and the Dark Tome to shield Quan Lei’s return to the universe, and golden light carried him into the Vajra Clan territory.
• A mysterious hand cleared Li Qingyun’s blurred vision, revealing the clan’s grand Buddhist halls and the ancient incense burner.
• Nabalou introduced himself as Naga Xi’s nominal older brother and offered to take him to the Merit Golden Pool and his Minor Heavenly King Palace.
• Nabalou explained that Naga Xi had lost his former achievements but might retain his Great Majestic Eight Arms and rebuild his foundation.
• Vajra disciples mocked Naga Xi’s weak mortal body and past arrogance, while Nabalou defended him and Li Qingyun remained calm.

Li Qingyun entered the Vajra Clan’s Merit Golden Pool to complete his golden body and ignored warnings from weaker disciples as he ventured into its deep waters. He sank beneath the surface, leaving the shallow-water rookies laughing and expecting him to retreat in panic.

• Nabalou led Li Qingyun to the Buddhist hall and explained the Vajra Clan’s requirements for attaining Haotian.
• Nabalou paid one merit for Li Qingyun to enter the Merit Golden Pool, then waited outside.
• Li Qingyun saw Vajra disciples absorbing golden threads in the pool and growing missing heads or arms.
• Despite warnings from the shallow-water disciples, Li Qingyun crossed into the deep water, confident in his body’s hidden foundation.
• Li Qingyun sank beneath the surface as the rookies mocked him and predicted he would soon flee back to the shallows.