Chapter Summaries

Li Qingyun absorbed the Merit Golden Pool’s golden dragons, rapidly developing Vajra true blood in his Eight-armed Naga Divine Body. After Qing Zixian mocked him in the depths, Li Qingyun vowed to suppress him in a month and continued cultivating, aiming to reach the Haotian position within three days.

• Li Qingyun tested the golden dragons and found that his body could absorb them easily, then plunged deeper into the Merit Golden Pool.
• As he absorbed more golden dragons, Li Qingyun’s body expanded, his skin turned golden, and he gained Vajra true blood infused with Binding Patterns.
• Li Qingyun encountered Qing Zixian, who boasted of his status in the Great Heavenly King Hall and scorned Li Qingyun’s physique.
• Li Qingyun told Qing Zixian that he would suppress him in one month, then swam to an unoccupied area of the deep pool.
• Li Qingyun continued absorbing golden dragons as his second and third heads grew, declaring that he would exceed a hundred drops of Vajra true blood and attain the Haotian position in three days.

Li Qingyun's Quan Lei clone refined Vajra true blood in the Merit Golden Pool, reaching the Quasi-Saint seedling baseline and awakening two innate divine abilities. As the clone gained the Eight Saint Dao, Nabalou waited outside the pool, unaware of how powerful Naga Xi had become.

• Li Qingyun's clone moved to an unoccupied area of the Merit Golden Pool after a Tree Connecting Realm Vajra took over his first spot.
• By the second day, Li Qingyun had refined more than eighty drops of true blood and awakened the Great Majestic Dragon Heavenly Eyes.
• Nabalou waited outside the Great Merit Buddha Hall, worrying that Naga Xi was being bullied but reluctant to spend merit to enter the pool.
• At dusk on the third day, Li Qingyun refined his hundredth drop of true blood and roared, drawing the attention of nearby Vajra Heaven Masters.
• Li Qingyun's eight arms gained golden Vajra runes, and he comprehended the Eight Saint Dao.

Li Qingyun’s clone refined merit dragons in the Merit Golden Pool until his Vajra body reached its limit, then left to prove the Super Grade Heavenly Foundation. He began ascending toward Haotian as Vajra disciples gathered to watch.

• Li Qingyun used the Eight Saint Dao and Blood Slaughter Dao to refine merit golden dragons into Vajra true blood, reaching 136 drops before his body could bear no more.
• He left the Merit Golden Pool with a transformed, powerful Vajra physique, astonishing disciples who had previously thought him weak.
• Li Qingyun met Nabalou outside the Buddha hall and chose to prove the Haotian position immediately.
• He rose into the sky and declared that he would prove the Super Grade Heavenly Foundation, drawing a crowd of Vajra disciples.

Li Qingyun revealed the Quan Lei clone’s extraordinary Vajra Heavenly Foundation, reaching three trillion zhang and drawing the attention of the Buddha Cliff ruler, Qingyun Heaven. After declining Qingyun Heaven’s offer, he learned about the Three Western Heavens Clans and their standing among the Twelve Superior Clans.

• Li Qingyun expanded his divine body past one trillion zhang and then stabilized it at three trillion, displaying Super Grade Heavenly Foundation potential.
• Qingyun Heaven arrived at Buddha Cliff, praised Naga Xi’s potential, and invited him to reside in the Great Heavenly King Hall, but Li Qingyun declined.
• Qingyun Heaven accepted Li Qingyun’s refusal and offered to help him in the future.
• Nabalou explained the Vajra Clan’s territory and the Three Western Heavens Clans to Li Qingyun.
• Li Qingyun learned that the Western Heaven Clan ranked third among the Twelve Superior Clans, above the Abyss Clan, and considered why the Abyss Clan’s Nine Saints might resent their standing.

Li Qingyun began shaping the Void Sky within his Quan Lei clone to prepare for Vajra Clan cultivation and the pursuit of merit. As the Three Pure Ones Great Cosmos neared a full revival, he foresaw that its protective Immeasurable Calamity would weaken and leave it exposed to threats from the Outer Void.

• Li Qingyun reflected that Vajra Clan merit came from the faith and aspiration of beings raised within a Heaven Master's Void Sky, and that merit was needed to enter the Merit Golden Pool and obtain secret arts.
• Li Qingyun assigned the first layer of Quan Lei's nine-layer Chaos Golden Pagoda Void Sky to oceanic beings, including merfolk and nagas.
• Li Qingyun summoned Quan Lei's will to the second layer of Heaven, where Great Emperor Xuanji greeted him and Li Qingyun's true body supplied Spirit Seed Pouches containing beings for his Void Sky.
• Li Qingyun projected that A'li and Houtu had enough spiritual essence to attain Haotian, marking the Three Pure Ones Great Cosmos's approaching revival.
• Li Qingyun foresaw that the Cosmos's revival would weaken the Immeasurable Calamity protecting it and invite Outer Void crises, but resolved not to retreat from a future struggle.

Li Qingyun’s Quan Lei clone used merit to advance to the late River Crossing Realm and headed for the Merit Golden Pool to investigate how merit worked. At the Great Merit Buddha Hall, Qing Zixian confronted him, and the two began fighting.

• Li Qingyun’s clone broke through to the late River Crossing Realm after consuming the merit accumulated from his previous Merit Golden Pool visit.
• Li Qingyun considered whether merit was worth spending, then decided to return to the pool and test his suspicions.
• Li Qingyun left the Minor Heavenly King Buddha Hall without disturbing Nabalou and walked through the Great Heavenly King Buddha Cliff Territory toward the Great Merit Buddha Hall.
• Qing Zixian challenged Li Qingyun over refusing his eldest brother’s offer to join the Great Heavenly King Hall.
• Li Qingyun attacked Qing Zixian with his eight arms, and Qing Zixian countered with all six of his arms.

Li Qingyun emerged from seclusion and crushed Qing Zixian in a fight, but Qingyuntian intervened before he could kill him. Li Qingyun then spent seven days in the Merit Golden Pool, reaching River Crossing Realm consummation and preparing to seek the Shore Reaching Realm.

• Li Qingyun overwhelmed Qing Zixian with his Eight Saint Dao, defeating him in a single move before the watching Vajra disciples.
• Li Qingyun moved to finish Qing Zixian, but Qingyuntian blocked him and ordered the fight to end.
• Li Qingyun warned Qing Zixian and entered the Merit Buddha Hall, while Qingyuntian secretly resolved to find a chance to kill him.
• Li Qingyun entered the Merit Golden Pool and swallowed the gold-threaded swimming dragons, causing the forming drops of true blood to dissipate.
• Li Qingyun spent the full seven days in the pool, gathered 139 drops of true blood, and reached River Crossing Realm consummation.

A'li received Li Qingyun’s spiritual seal and attained Haotian, reaching a heavenly body of three trillion zhang with his help. After she met the Three Pure Ones, Li Qingyun began to tell her that she must learn about the cosmos.

• A'li completed her cultivation and received a spiritual seal from Li Qingyun to begin her ascent to Haotian.
• Li Qingyun used Cosmic Origin Substance and another infusion of power to help A'li break through to a three-trillion-zhang heavenly body.
• Biluo Daoist priest, Houtu, and Zhu Yuyan watched A'li’s transformation and considered what her achievement meant for their own paths to Haotian.
• A'li arrived before the Three Pure Ones, bowed to their statues, and greeted Li Qingyun.
• Li Qingyun congratulated A'li and said it was time to teach her matters concerning the cosmos.

Li Qingyun explained the perilous state of the human Dao to A'li, who vowed to follow him and help revive it. Half a year later, Li Qingyun’s Naga Xi identity reached the Vajra Clan’s sacred hall with five hall masters, where Veda Heaven appeared as they approached the entrance.

• Li Qingyun told A'li about the cosmic dangers, the decline of the Three Pure Ones, and the fall of the human Dao.
• A'li overcame her doubts and promised to shoulder her responsibilities as the Grand Disciple before the Taiqing Seat.
• Li Qingyun spent half a year cultivating at Buddha Cliff to earn enough merit to enter the Vajra sacred hall.
• Naga Xi traveled with Nabalou and five other hall masters, who escorted him despite the Great Heavenly King Hall’s hostility.
• At the sacred hall, Li Qingyun sensed the statues’ mysterious wills and saw a three-headed, six-armed Vajra manifestation behind the entrance.
• Veda Heaven descended through the air as Li Qingyun and the other Vajra Heaven Masters neared the top of the steps.

Li Qingyun entered the Vajra Sacred Hall as Naga Xi and found the Vajra Sama Chui Secret Method, despite Veda Heaven’s efforts to obstruct him. After studying several Golden Body methods, his Shangqing Heaven identity fused and improved them into the Shangqing Void Shattering Incantation.

• Veda Heaven arrived at the Sacred Hall, and Li Qingyun conspicuously refused to salute him before paying respects to the Vajra Saint Statue.
• Li Qingyun discovered that the Vajra Sama Chui Secret Method could triple force and began studying its golden stele.
• Veda Heaven blocked Li Qingyun from the stele and taunted him, but Li Qingyun retorted about their shared defeat by Yuan Li Qingyun’s clone.
• Veda Heaven repeatedly followed Li Qingyun as he moved between steles, then left after drawing others’ attention.
• Li Qingyun imprinted the Vajra Sama Chui Secret Method, comprehended it, and spent three days reading two other Golden Body methods.
• Li Qingyun’s Shangqing Heaven identity merged and improved the methods into the Shangqing Void Shattering Incantation.

Li Qingyun’s Naga Xi clone reached the Blackwater Mother River and prepared to break through to the Shore Reaching Realm. Three Tree Connecting Realm Heaven Masters appeared to stop him, and the first, an elderly Hua Xu Clan cultivator, attacked as Naga Xi approached the shore.

• Naga Xi emerged from the Great Burial Pit and was drawn into the Blackwater Mother River, where Li Changsheng, Gu Qiong, and Mutou greeted him.
• Naga Xi told the three Dao disciples to watch for abnormalities as he prepared to cross to the shore and sever his karma.
• Naga Xi declared that no one could stop him and strode toward the riverbank, prompting three Tree Connecting Realm cultivators to appear as his tribulation.
• The three challengers agreed that the elderly Hua Xu Clan Heaven Master would face Naga Xi first.
• Naga Xi asked the elder what karma they had to settle, but the elder refused to answer and summoned a colossal tree shadow to attack him.

Li Qingyun’s clone reached the riverbank despite the Hua Xu Clan elder’s suppression, then used his newfound power to kill the elder and drive the other two Heaven Masters into flight. He caught the fleeing Divine Eye Clan youth and left the middle-aged Vajra Heaven Master still pursued.

• Li Qingyun broke through the Hua Xu Clan elder’s tree-shadow divine ability and landed on the riverbank.
• As his aura transformed upon reaching shore, Li Qingyun struck down and killed the Hua Xu Clan elder.
• Li Qingyun shattered the attacks of the middle-aged Vajra Heaven Master and the Divine Eye Clan youth, forcing them to flee.
• Li Qingyun pursued the pair and split them apart as they tried to escape in different directions.
• Li Qingyun struck the Divine Eye Clan youth, gravely injuring him and leaving him to die.

Li Qingyun’s Naga Xi clone killed a Vajra Heaven Master, then his true Shangqing Heaven identity struck Veda Heaven and shattered his defenses. Meanwhile, Li Qingyun used the Dark Tome from Lingping Heaven to further his plans against Veda Heaven and Jia Zhou.

• Li Qingyun’s clone pursued and defeated the middle-aged Vajra Heaven Master, who called on Veda Heaven for help.
• Veda Heaven shielded the middle-aged Heaven Master and tried to punish Naga Xi, but Li Qingyun’s Shangqing Heaven identity struck him with a Void-Shattering Strike and shattered his Indestructible Vacuum.
• Naga Xi’s clone killed the middle-aged Heaven Master and returned to the Vajra Clan’s cosmic passage while Gu Qiong regretted that he had left.
• Wounded Veda Heaven asked the Vajra Clan Heaven Masters to investigate the attacker and suspected the handsome figure who came to mind.
• In Lingping Heaven, Li Qingyun used the Dark Tome to cast a distant spell tied to the Vajra Clan’s dark history, intending to draw Veda Heaven into his plans against Jia Zhou.

After reaching Vacuum Realm Great Perfection, Li Qingyun prepared to kill Jia Zhou and learned that the Abyss Clan planned to hunt Li Xuankun. He left for Number Eight Mayfly Land, intending to kill Jia Zhou and then interfere with the clan’s scheme.

• Li Qingyun completed his secluded cultivation and reached Vacuum Realm Great Perfection, while deciding to seek a way to transform into Profound without relying on a Profound Pearl.
• Li Qingyun checked on Li Yiyi, then traveled to Xuan Kun Tower and asked Wu Yujun for an Abyss Token.
• Wu Yujun gave Li Qingyun a high-grade Abyss Token and told him Yuan Jiu Shao had reincarnated and returned to Vast Heaven.
• Wu Yujun revealed that the clan had located Li Xuankun’s hiding place, possibly Number Seventy-nine Mayfly Land, and suspected Yuan Changkong had used her to draw Li Qingyun into the matter.
• Li Qingyun decided to kill Jia Zhou first, then disrupt the Abyss Clan’s planned encirclement of Li Xuankun.

Li Qingyun discovered that the Female Corpse Siming’s burial site had become sealed by a mysterious aura, then used the Great Burial Pit’s resentment to empower the Dark Tome and stir conflict among his enemies. At Hequ Mountain, Hua Jianying arrived with four Hua Xuan Heaven Masters and challenged Shangqing Heaven, while Li Qingyun’s retainers had already evacuated.

• Li Qingyun found that a Cosmic Great Coffin-like aura had sealed the Female Corpse Siming’s nursing ground, and his divination showed the change was still favorable to him.
• At the Number Eight Mayfly Land’s exit platform, Li Qingyun found that the Great Burial Pit’s eternal resentment strengthened the Dark Tome’s spellcasting by thirty percent.
• Li Qingyun used the Dark Tome to target Hua Jianying, Veda Heaven, the River Mother Clan, and Jia Zhou, hoping to throw the Primordial Beginning Era into chaos.
• At Hequ Mountain, Li Qingyun ordered Bai Yutian and his retainers to leave before his enemies arrived, and they dispersed in an apparently chaotic but coordinated retreat.
• Hua Jianying arrived with four Hua Xuan Heaven Masters, declared that he would flatten Hequ Mountain, and challenged Shangqing Heaven to fight.
• Onlookers gathered at Hequ Mountain and marveled that Hua Jianying dared to challenge Shangqing Heaven, though none expected him to prevail.

Li Qingyun’s Shangqing Heaven identity fought Hua Jianyin and four Hua Xuan Heaven Masters, then feigned weakness to draw in more enemies. Veda Heaven and several River Mother Clan big shots joined the attack, leaving Li Qingyun surrounded in deep space.

• Li Qingyun challenged Hua Jianyin and the four Hua Xuan Heaven Masters to attack him together.
• Hua Jianyin’s sword strike left only a fading mark on Li Qingyun’s palm, and Li Qingyun knocked him back with a punch.
• Hua Jianyin called on his four companions to attack, and Li Qingyun fought them as the group descended into deeper space.
• Li Qingyun wounded two late-stage Hua Xuan cultivators with the Immortal-Trapping and Immortal-Slaying swords, then acted as though the attackers had driven him to the brink.
• Veda Heaven and several Hua Xuan Big Shots of the River Mother Clan attacked Li Qingyun while he was surrounded.

Li Qingyun’s Shangqing Heaven avatar pretended to weaken as Veda Heaven and several clans’ Big Shots attacked him, while Jia Zhou waited to devour his blood. As Shangqing Heaven entered the Chaos layer, Jia Zhou emerged and ordered Veda Heaven to withdraw.

• River Mother Clan cultivators and other concealed Big Shots joined Veda Heaven in attacking Shangqing Heaven, and Li Qingyun killed one River Mother Clan cultivator before feigning exhaustion.
• Veda Heaven and the attackers overwhelmed Shangqing Heaven, driving him back as Hua Jianyin and his allies watched from the rear.
• Jia Zhou arrived with Jia San and Jia Si, recognized Shangqing Heaven’s valuable blood, and moved through the Chaos layer to pursue him.
• Shangqing Heaven retreated into the Chaos layer, where his Primordial Vacuum let him move freely, and Veda Heaven tried to intercept him.
• A Secret Gold figure emerged from the Chaos layer and commanded Veda Heaven to withdraw.

Li Qingyun lured Jia Zhou into attacking his Shangqing Heaven identity, then revealed his strength and battered the bloodsucking monster in the Chaos Deep Space. Jia Zhou fled, but Li Qingyun's hidden swords intercepted him.

• Veda Heaven and the pursuing Hua Xuan Realm cultivators halted in fear when Jia Zhou appeared above Li Qingyun.
• Jia Zhou attacked Li Qingyun with a cage of Secret Gold runes, but Li Qingyun unleashed Void Shatter and shattered the cage and Jia Zhou's defenses.
• Li Qingyun and Jia Zhou clashed repeatedly, and Jia Zhou's chest was injured before both his arms were destroyed.
• Jia Zhou realized Li Qingyun had feigned weakness and fled through the Chaos Deep Space.
• Li Qingyun sent the hidden Immortal-Slaying and Immortal-Trapping swords after Jia Zhou, and they annihilated the Secret Gold Little People he used to block them.

Shangqing Heaven revealed his strength and pursued Jia Zhou, who realized Li Qingyun had manipulated him into the confrontation. Li Qingyun’s true body trapped Jia Zhou at the Sacred Hall Clan passage, but Jia Zhou began unsealing the power within his Secret Gold body.

• Shangqing Heaven escaped Jia Zhou’s attack and drove off the River Mother Clan cultivators and their allies who tried to kill him.
• Jia Zhou fled through deep space, realized Li Qingyun had stirred his craving for Shangqing Heaven’s blood, and reached the Sacred Hall Clan passage.
• Li Qingyun’s Taiqing identity appeared and sealed Jia Zhou in a vast azure-dark net of power.
• Jia San and Jia Si attacked Li Qingyun, who swept them away and wounded them.
• Jia Zhou released ancient runes from his Secret Gold body and declared that his true body’s sealed power could overcome Li Qingyun.

Jia Zhou’s ancient presence nullified Li Qingyun’s power and Great Dao, but Li Qingyun countered with an edict that forced the ancient monster back into Jia Zhou. With the threat temporarily suppressed, Li Qingyun turned his power on Jia Zhou again.

• Jia Zhou transformed into an aged, mysterious being and nullified Li Qingyun’s power with an edict.
• Li Qingyun used the saintly essence of the Mortal Dao, but Jia Zhou’s second edict made it pass through him harmlessly.
• As Jia Zhou began an edict against blasphemers, Li Qingyun invoked his three Celestial Venerable statuses to decree that things dead before time began could not be reborn.
• Li Qingyun’s edict wounded him and forced the ancient presence out of Jia Zhou, returning Jia Zhou to his youthful form.
• Li Qingyun pointed at Jia Zhou and unleashed his power to suppress him.