Chapter Summaries

Shi Ji Buddha overwhelmed the exhausted Li Qingyun and Kun clan fighters, destroying Old Cliff Peak’s protective field and devouring Kun Qi and Kun Liu. He pursued the fleeing Kun Jiu and Kun Ba, leaving Li Qingyun alive but considering the catastrophic cost of using a Saint Crystal if forced into a final battle.

• Shi Ji Buddha attacked Li Qingyun and the Kun clan at once, smashing through Old Cliff Peak’s field and collapsing part of the Immortal Slaying Great Formation.
• Shi Ji Buddha struck Kun Jiu with corpse-insects and swallowed the fleeing Kun Qi and Kun Liu in his Buddha’s light.
• Kun Jiu and Kun Ba fled using Kunpeng Transformation, and Shi Ji Buddha chose to pursue them instead of attacking Li Qingyun.
• Li Qingyun recovered inside the formation and resolved that he would use a Saint Crystal only if no other way remained to survive.

After Shi Ji Buddha devastated the Kunpeng clan, the remnant ruins factions called for a coalition to stop him while Li Qingyun assessed how few quasi-saints remained. Li Qingyun then sent Akshobhya Daoist to block Peng Xun’s attainment of the Dao in retaliation for an old grievance, and Akshobhya Daoist struck at the newcomer.

• Shi Ji Buddha destroyed the Kunpeng clan’s grotto-heaven, and nearly all its quasi-saints disappeared, leaving Kun Jiu missing.
• The remnant ruins factions urged Old Gray, Jia You, Pan Xiong, the Nameless Daoist, and Li Qingyun to unite against Shi Ji Buddha.
• Li Qingyun counted roughly thirty surviving quasi-saints across the remnant ruins and recognized how dangerous Shi Ji Buddha had become.
• Peng Xun emerged as a new Sky-Devouring Roc Clan quasi-saint, while Peng Ye watched nervously.
• Akshobhya Daoist appeared on Li Qingyun’s tacit instruction and declared that he would block Peng Xun’s attainment in revenge for the Sky-Devouring Roc Clan’s past obstruction.
• Akshobhya Daoist ordered Peng Xun to return and pressed his palm down toward him.

Peng Xun tried to prove himself a Quasi-Saint, but Akshobhya Daoist and then Li Qingyun stopped him despite an Outer Void Saint’s protection. Li Qingyun sent Peng Xun back to the Sky-Devouring Roc Clan’s water bubble, leaving the Saint furious and vowing to remember him.

• Peng Xun insulted the observing Quasi-Saints and tried to continue hoisting while Akshobhya Daoist struck him down toward his original form.
• An Outer Void Saint shielded Peng Xun with eight pairs of golden-feathered wings and warned the Quasi-Saints not to interfere, forcing Akshobhya Daoist back when he attacked again.
• Li Qingyun arrived, told Akshobhya Daoist to return to the Immortal Slaying Great Formation, and declared that he acted over his karmic enmity with the Sky-Devouring Roc Clan.
• Li Qingyun’s sleeve dispelled the Saint’s golden wings, and he dismissed the Saint’s threat to remember him.
• Li Qingyun’s gaze interrupted Peng Xun’s hoisting and shrank him to a mayfly, sending him back beneath the Sky-Devouring Roc Clan’s great water bubble.

After forcing the Sky-Devouring Roc Clan to accept a ten-year ban on newcomers proving Dao Quasi-Saint, Li Qingyun spent half a month probing the Netherworld Void for opportunities. He sensed Hong Lian Tian emerging from the Cosmos level to prove Dao Quasi-Saint and watched with indifference.

• Li Qingyun ordered Peng Ye to tell the Outer Void Saint that the Sky-Devouring Roc Clan could not have any newcomer prove Dao Quasi-Saint for ten years, and Peng Ye agreed.
• Quasi-Saint onlookers debated Li Qingyun’s strength before departing, while the Roc Clan was left disgraced.
• For half a month, Li Qingyun meditated and probed the Netherworld Void, sensing only an ancient Dao artifact that he decided was not worth pursuing.
• Li Qingyun explained to himself how his two Primordial Marks let him sense ripples in the Netherworld Void and calculate hidden opportunities, though the effort burdened his soul.
• Li Qingyun sensed Hong Lian Tian emerging from the Cosmos level to prove Dao Quasi-Saint, then became indifferent.

Li Qingyun agreed to stop Hong Lian Tian from proving the Quasi-Saint Dao after Saint Yuanming revealed the Western Heaven’s role in the deaths of the Three Human Saints. As Hong Lian Tian began her advancement, Shi Ji Buddha moved to protect her and attack Third Master Yuan, but Li Qingyun intervened and appeared beside the fleeing Yuan San.

• Saint Yuanming asked Li Qingyun to stop Hong Lian Tian from proving the Dao and revealed that the Western Heaven had killed the Yellow Emperor and Queen Wa, while a rabbit demon had killed Shen Nong.
• Li Qingyun accepted the request and left for the remaining ruins as Hong Lian Tian arrived and began drawing in the ruins’ formless power to elevate herself.
• Third Master Yuan attacked Hong Lian Tian’s protector, River Festival, and overwhelmed her black-water defense with his abyss.
• River Festival called on Shi Ji Buddha to guard Hong Lian Tian, and Shi Ji Buddha attacked Third Master Yuan with a golden Buddha palm.
• Li Qingyun destroyed the golden palm and appeared beside Third Master Yuan, telling him to continue what he had been doing.

Li Qingyun fought Shi Ji Buddha to buy Third Master Yuan time to stop River Sacrifice and Hong Lian Tian, but Hong Lian Tian called on the River Mother Saint to protect her Dao attainment. The Saint’s judgment struck Third Master Yuan despite his resistance.

• Li Qingyun confronted Shi Ji Buddha and used the Dark Tome and his treasures to weaken and injure him while holding him back.
• Third Master Yuan drove off River Sacrifice and reached Hong Lian Tian, then tried to seize her as a blood meal.
• Hong Lian Tian called on the Outer Void Saint to execute the Yuan Clan and protect her Dao attainment.
• The River Mother Saint sent a beam of saintly light at Third Master Yuan and declared that the Yuan Clan must be executed.
• Third Master Yuan resisted the Saint’s judgment with his five rings and the Ruined Ruins’ power, but the remaining Saintly Word Power still struck him.

Li Qingyun stopped Hong Lian Tian’s elevation and confronted River Mother Saint as the Yuan Clan’s scheme triggered the Great Calamity. The fall of another Outer Void Saint sent River Mother Saint rushing away, while Shi Ji Buddha saw an opportunity to regain the Saintly throne.

• River Mother Saint’s soul attack drove Third Master Yuan into a panicked state, and he fled.
• Li Qingyun appeared above Hong Lian Tian and suppressed her attempt to elevate into a Quasi-Saint.
• River Mother Saint’s decree initially blocked Li Qingyun, but he struck Hong Lian Tian with a finger and delayed her ascension by ten years.
• Li Qingyun dismissed River Mother Saint’s threats, then a vast dark-red expanse appeared as another Outer Void Saint fell.
• River Mother Saint accused Li Qingyun of distracting her in cooperation with the Yuan Clan and rushed into the outer void.
• Shi Ji Buddha calculated that River Child Saint had been slain by the Yuan Clan and resolved to use the Great Calamity to reclaim the Saintly throne.

After River Child Saint fell, Li Qingyun urged the Quasi-Saints to endure the Great Tribulation of Annihilation and learned that the Abyss Clan had used the turmoil to strike the River Mother Clan. He agreed to investigate the yellow mud temple domain, then deduced that the calamity might annihilate everything within fifty thousand years of the Ruin Calendar and set out with little confidence in his safety.

• Shi Ji Buddha chose to leave Li Qingyun alive for now, believing he could later consume him for greater fruit power.
• Akshobhya Daoist asked Li Qingyun whether the Quasi-Saints had any hope of surviving the accelerating Great Tribulation, and Li Qingyun urged him to struggle on until the calamity's end.
• Li Qingyun realized the Abyss Clan had carefully arranged River Child Saint's fall while River Mother Saint was distracted by the failed Dao-proclamation in Hong Lian Tian.
• Saint Yuanming confirmed River Child Saint's death and asked Li Qingyun to rescue Gumo from the yellow mud temple domain, while the Abyss Clan prepared to abandon Abyss Lao San.
• After meditating for three days, Li Qingyun deduced that the calamity could annihilate everything within fifty thousand years of the Ruin Calendar and headed toward the yellow mud temple domain.

Li Qingyun entered the Yellow Mud Temple Domain with Third Master Yuan Guǐ, hoping to trade him to Mud Granny for Yuan Gumo. Mud Granny accepted the offering, but Yuan Gumo’s fate remained unknown.

• Li Qingyun found Third Master Yuan Guǐ outside the domain, nearly transformed into a Blackwater Guǐ and still obsessed with devouring Yuan Gumo.
• Li Qingyun entered the temple domain with Third Master Yuan Guǐ and resisted its corrupting influence.
• Mud Granny invited them into the Yellow Mud Temple, where Li Qingyun saw murals depicting a Yellow Clad Female Daoist.
• Li Qingyun offered Third Master Yuan Guǐ to Mud Granny in exchange for Yuan Gumo, who had previously sought refuge in the temple.

Li Qingyun entered the Yellow Mud Temple with Third Master Yuan Guǐ and found Mud Granny guarding a jar that held Yuan Gumo. After the River Mother Saint revealed herself through Third Master Yuan Guǐ and fought Mud Granny, Li Qingyun took the jar and triggered Mud Granny’s attack.

• Mud Granny tried to devour Third Master Yuan Guǐ after declaring that he had come to pay tribute, but the River Mother Saint emerged through him and broke her binding.
• The River Mother Saint and Mud Granny fought as their black water and yellow-mud arms clashed inside the temple.
• Li Qingyun slipped away from their battle and found an ancient jar beneath paintings of Yellow-Clad Daoist Women.
• Li Qingyun opened the jar and found Yuan Gumo’s surviving head inside, preserved by a strand of yellow-mud aura.
• Li Qingyun took the jar and replaced its lid, prompting Mud Granny to abandon the fight and pounce at him.

Li Qingyun battled Mud Granny in the Yellow Mud Temple, using the Human Dao Lamp and Great Dao power to defeat her and capture her yellow mud qi. As the domain collapsed, he learned the Yellow Clad Female Daoist had been Huang Yun, while Third Master Yuan Guǐ escaped and the lamp absorbed the temple’s remains.

• Li Qingyun summoned the Human Dao Lamp, whose fire burned Mud Granny, and fought his way toward the temple gate, but the doors slammed shut and sent him back.
• Li Qingyun refused to return the jar containing yellow mud qi and fought Mud Granny for several days, while Third Master Yuan Guǐ retreated and watched him from the temple’s depths.
• Li Qingyun used the Primordial Mark and Jade Pure Profound Light to crush Mud Granny’s weakened form, then collected her collapsing yellow mud qi in the jar.
• As the Yellow Mud Temple domain disintegrated, the Yellow Clad Female Daoist revealed her name was Huang Yun and asked Li Qingyun to preserve it on the jar; he agreed.
• Third Master Yuan Guǐ fled through a crack, while Li Qingyun helped the Human Dao Lamp absorb the collapsing domain, adding a temple shadow and increasing its wonders.

Li Qingyun left the vanished Yellow Mud Temple domain with the strengthened Human Dao Lamp, while four Nine-Ring Quasi-Saints learned that several other ancient domains had disappeared as well. They formed a plan to monitor and suppress Li Qingyun and Shi Ji Buddha, and Yuan Gumo returned from the Huang Yun Altar with his body restored and cultivation greatly improved.

• Li Qingyun discovered that the Human Dao Lamp's shadow had gained nearly fifty percent more defensive power and stronger abilities to steady the mind and dispel anomalies.
• Jia You, Pan Xiong, Old Gray, and the Nameless Daoist gathered at the site of the vanished Yellow Mud Temple domain, where the Nameless Daoist revealed that Buddha Head Mountain, Anomalous Thought Hall, and another domain had also disappeared.
• Jia You and Pan Xiong recalled their clans' prophecies that domain relics would vanish during the Great Calamity and that those who gained their opportunities might enter sainthood.
• Jia You proposed that the group monitor and stop Li Qingyun and Shi Ji Buddha from claiming more domains, and the others agreed to the plan.
• Li Qingyun summoned Yuan Gumo from the Huang Yun Altar, and Yuan Gumo reshaped his body with Yellow Mud aura before leaving with his cultivation at Two Rings Great Perfection.

Li Qingyun absorbed two streams of yellow mud qi and advanced to the Seven-Ring Environment, then began seeking opportunities for himself and his disciples across the Outer Ruin. After sending Akshobhya Daoist to the Four Gates Pagoda Field, he dispatched an illusory shadow toward Weird Sword Forest, drawing the attention of the Gray Spirit Clan.

• Li Qingyun watched Yuan Gumo depart and reflected on the good fortune that had helped him survive and advance.
• Li Qingyun absorbed the yellow mud qi from the Huang Yun Altar, reached the Seven-Ring Environment, and resolved to pursue opportunities throughout the Outer Ruin.
• Li Qingyun considered helping his disciples attain Quasi-Saint status once he obtained more furnace ash, while ruling out exterminating the Gray Spirit Clan to acquire it.
• After meditating and calculating opportunities, Li Qingyun directed Akshobhya Daoist to the Four Gates Pagoda Field.
• Li Qingyun sent an illusory shadow carrying Dao artifacts to Weird Sword Forest, and a Gray Spirit Clan elder set out to watch it.

Li Qingyun entered the Six-Ring Weird Sword Forest, where he examined its Sword Ancestor steles and tested the Human Dao Lamp against its sword wraiths. Old Gray followed him and tried to pry out the secret of the Yellow Mud Temple, then angered Li Qingyun by taking two sword wraiths; Li Qingyun confronted him with a threat.

• Old Gray approached Li Qingyun outside the Weird Sword Forest, boasted about five Quasi-Saint true spirits in his clan, and invited him to a blessing ceremony.
• Li Qingyun entered the forest alone and found its ancient sword steles, all inscribed with the words Sword Ancestor.
• Old Gray followed Li Qingyun and questioned him about how he had contained the Yellow Mud Temple, but Li Qingyun ignored him and moved on.
• Several Six-Ring sword wraiths attacked Li Qingyun, but the Human Dao Lamp repelled them.
• Old Gray seized two of the defeated sword wraiths and collected their sharp force, prompting Li Qingyun to angrily threaten him.

Li Qingyun’s illusory will fought Old Gray in the Weird Sword Forest, but Old Gray destroyed the shadow and seized the Human Dao Lamp and Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda. When Li Qingyun’s true self confronted him outside the forest, the relics suddenly broke free of Old Gray’s grasp and flew back to their owner.

• Li Qingyun attacked Old Gray after the elder insulted him, but Old Gray’s ten thousand monster-beard gray snakes shattered his Great Dao power.
• Li Qingyun used the Human Dao Lamp and Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda to resist and counterattack, but Old Gray anticipated his methods and drove him toward the edge of the Weird Sword Forest.
• Old Gray landed a full-strength strike as Li Qingyun’s illusory will tried to leave the domain, shattering the lamp-temple barrier and tearing the shadow apart.
• Old Gray collected the Human Dao Lamp and Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, then sealed sword sprites to gather enlightenment objects for five juniors before leaving the forest.
• Li Qingyun’s true self confronted Old Gray outside the domain and demanded the relics back, but Old Gray refused to return the lamp without conditions.
• The lamp and pagoda erupted with force and flew out of Old Gray’s grasp as Li Qingyun beckoned them back.

Li Qingyun confronted Old Gray for obstructing his cultivation and trying to seize his Dao vessels, then used the Cosmic Fire Furnace and a series of attacks to severely injure him. When Jia You, Pan Xiong, and the Nameless Daoist intervened to save Old Gray, Li Qingyun found himself isolated against the other Demon Buddha Alliance leaders.

• Li Qingyun revealed that the Human Dao Lamp and Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda had returned to him, then questioned why Old Gray had dared to obstruct him despite the Cosmic Fire Furnace’s restraint over the Gray Spirit Clan.
• Old Gray claimed that his Nine-Ring Peak cultivation had freed him from the furnace’s restraint, but Li Qingyun used the furnace to reveal a heavenly serpent incense-candle shadow within his aura.
• Li Qingyun pressed Old Gray with his Great Dao’s Power, disrupted him with the Chaos Banner, and struck him with the Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, shattering most of his Heavenly Serpent Ring and badly injuring him.
• As Li Qingyun moved to finish Old Gray, Jia You, Pan Xiong, and the Nameless Daoist appeared and blocked his attack.
• Jia You and Pan Xiong urged Li Qingyun to stop, while the Nameless Daoist’s intervention also showed his support for Old Gray, leaving Li Qingyun opposed by the other Demon Buddha Alliance leaders.

Li Qingyun withdrew from the Demon Buddha Alliance after testing whether Jia You and the others would support Old Gray, then helped Akshobhya Daoist find new fortunes. When Shi Ji Buddha attacked the Gray Spirit Clan, Li Qingyun arrived and seized the fallen clan members’ corpses from him.

• Li Qingyun left after Jia You, Pan Xiong, and the Nameless Daoist stopped him from killing Old Gray, concluding that the Demon Buddha Alliance’s leaders were bound together by their interests.
• Shi Ji Buddha attacked the injured Old Gray and the Gray Spirit Clan, but Jia You arrived and drove him away.
• Akshobhya Daoist returned with six-ring Daoist attainments after gaining fortune in the Four Gates Pagoda Field, and Li Qingyun directed him toward another site of fortune.
• Shi Ji Buddha later launched a surprise attack on the Gray Spirit Clan, wounded Old Gray, and killed or incapacitated several Gray Spirit quasi-sages while the other alliance leaders were trapped elsewhere.
• Li Qingyun appeared and pulled the fallen Gray Spirit quasi-sages’ corpses out of Shi Ji Buddha’s grasp, provoking the Buddha’s anger.

Li Qingyun clashed with Shi Ji Buddha, who revealed power beyond Nine Rings and shattered Li Qingyun’s defenses. Li Qingyun escaped with nearly all the Gray Spirit Quasi-Saints in his furnace, while Shi Ji Buddha turned to pursue Old Gray as his overwhelming power began to fade.

• Li Qingyun used the Cosmic Fire Furnace to reclaim two Gray Spirits from Shi Ji Buddha, enraging the Buddha and prompting him to attack.
• Shi Ji Buddha unleashed power beyond Nine-Ring Peak, broke through Li Qingyun’s defenses, and nearly overwhelmed him.
• Shi Ji Buddha’s roar killed every Gray Spirit Clan member except Old Gray, while Li Qingyun retreated from the attack.
• Li Qingyun collected the fallen Gray Spirit Quasi-Saints in his furnace and withdrew toward the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Shi Ji Buddha abandoned his pursuit of Li Qingyun to hunt Old Gray, and his power beyond Nine Rings rapidly receded.

Li Qingyun discovered the Heavenly Serpent Ancient Fragrance in the Gray Spirit Clan territory and reunited it with the Cosmic Fire Furnace after promising to protect its descendants. The furnace gained a vast supply of Cosmic Fire Qi, and Li Qingyun resolved to reach the Supreme Being Realm within a thousand years.

• Li Qingyun followed the Cosmic Fire Furnace’s pull into Heavenly Serpent Cave and broke through the Gray Spirit Clan’s sealed bronze wall.
• He found the Heavenly Serpent Ancient Fragrance, whose secret patterns protected a world containing the Gray Spirit Clan’s surviving descendants.
• Li Qingyun learned that the incense had escaped the furnace long ago, formed a domain to survive the Great Calamity, and sacrificed its spirit to preserve its descendants.
• Li Qingyun promised not to exterminate the Gray Spirits, and the Heavenly Serpent Ancient Fragrance returned to the Cosmic Fire Furnace.
• Li Qingyun realized the incense could provide enough Cosmic Fire Qi to stabilize his Nine-Ring Environment and resolved to reach the Supreme Being Realm within a thousand years.

After reaching the Eight-Ring realm, Li Qingyun summoned A'li, Houtu, and Cheng Tangyin to prove the Dao beyond the Three Pure Ones Great Cosmos. Their ascension alarmed the upper-clan Quasi-Saints, and the chapter ended with Li Qingyun warning them not to interfere.

• Li Qingyun refined the Cosmic Fire Qi for half a year and broke through from Seven-Ring to Eight-Ring.
• Li Qingyun judged Shi Ji Buddha to be his chief rival but believed his own potential would eventually surpass her limits.
• Li Qingyun ordered A'li, Houtu, and Cheng Tangyin to leave the cosmos and prove the Dao as Quasi-Saints.
• Three Pure Ones disciples gathered to see the women off, while Li Zuo and other peak Hua Xuan figures longed to follow them.
• Jia You and Pan Xiong considered seeking help from the Outer Void Saints to stop the ascensions, while Old Gray urged them to attack Li Qingyun's formation.
• Li Qingyun warned that anyone who obstructed his disciples would die, revealing his Eight-Ring strength to Jia You and the others.