Recaps

Li Qingyuan and the Three Spirits Sect joined tens of thousands of Soul Transformation Cultivators at an ancient continent after the Canglan Immortal Sect summoned the region’s forces. A Nirvana Divine Fruit was discovered there, and Li Qingyuan resolved to obtain it for his cultivation and the future of the Nine Provinces.

• Yang Xiaohe, the Flame Dragon Flood Dragon, and the Second Yuan Clone stayed behind to cultivate while Li Qingyuan’s group continued onward.
• Dian Kui recovered from his injuries and said his Soul Transformation Treasure Body had grown stronger after his battle with Wan Xiaoshan.
• Qin Cang summoned the Canglan Immortal Region’s Immortal Sects and Soul Transformation Cultivators to gather for a major opportunity, while Luo Yun departed to join his own sect’s forces.
• Yan Lingyue, Dian Kui, and You Yanmei led the Three Spirits Sect disciples across the Tai Cang Immortal Realm to a Shattered Continent, where tens of thousands of Soul Transformation Cultivators had gathered.
• Qin Cang explained that the gathered forces had explored only a small part of the ancient continent and that scouts had spotted a Nirvana Divine Fruit.
• Li Qingyuan decided he had to obtain the fruit, which could help him refine the Nirvana Divine Elixir and advance his cultivation.

More than sixty thousand Soul Transformation Cultivators stormed the ancient continent, where Li Qingyuan broke through its barrier and found a Nirvana Divine Tree bearing 112 fruits. As the factions fought to seize it, an Extreme Dao Great Demon slaughtered over a thousand cultivators and their Nascent Soul Infants.

• Qin Cang and the other seven Heavenly Chosen led a joint assault on the ancient continent's barrier, but more than two-thirds of the gathered cultivators could not enter.
• Li Qingyuan used the Mysterious Water Shuttle to pierce the barrier and enter the continent.
• The factions raced through the continent, gathering treasures and battling over resources before discovering a Nirvana Divine Tree with 112 fruits.
• Qin Cang ordered the Canglan Immortal Region disciples to help seize the tree as the Heavenly Chosen and tens of thousands of cultivators charged toward it.
• An Extreme Dao Great Demon unleashed more than a thousand golden auroras, pierced through over a thousand cultivators, and swallowed their Nascent Soul Infants.

A Bloodthirsty Golden Ant ambushed the cultivators at the Nirvana Divine Tree, devouring over a thousand Nascent Souls before the Eight Great Heavenly Chosen joined forces against it. The battle left the group struggling to suppress the Extreme Dao Great Demon, while Ji Kun claimed he knew its weakness.

• The Bloodthirsty Golden Ant revealed itself and devoured the Nascent Souls of over a thousand Soul Transformation Cultivators, prompting the survivors to flee.
• Qin Cang and the other seven Heavenly Chosen decided to join forces against the ant and claim the Nirvana Divine Tree.
• The ant used its golden eyes to trap cultivators in illusions and swept others into its Devouring Vortex.
• The Eight Great Heavenly Chosen attacked together, but the ant easily deflected their strikes with its pincers.
• Twenty-one third-Nirvana cultivators joined the fight, and together with the eight Heavenly Chosen they managed only to suppress the ant slightly.
• Li Qingyuan assessed the ant's formidable strength, while Ji Kun interrupted Zhao Guangzheng's claim that the species had no weaknesses, saying he knew one.

Ji Kun used a drop of his life essence blood to break the Bloodthirsty Golden Ant’s defenses during the battle, allowing Dian Kui and the Eight Great Heavenly Chosen to wound it. The group seized the opening and moved to kill the ant.

• Ji Kun revealed that his essence blood could exploit the Bloodthirsty Golden Ant’s bloodline weakness, and Li Qingyuan arranged for Dian Kui to carry it into battle.
• Dian Kui returned to the battlefield with a storage ring from Ma Chao while the Bloodthirsty Golden Ant fought the Eight Great Heavenly Chosen and other cultivators.
• The Bloodthirsty Golden Ant unleashed golden aurora, killing five cultivators and heavily injuring seven, including You Yanmei.
• Dian Kui struck the ant with the Heavenly Star Hammer, causing Ji Kun’s essence blood to emerge and collapse its defensive secret art.
• Qin Cang and the other seven Heavenly Chosen attacked the exposed Bloodthirsty Golden Ant and urged everyone to stop it from escaping.

Li Qingyuan seized the Nirvana Divine Tree and its fruits from the Bloodthirsty Golden Ant, then fled as the wounded demon and tens of thousands of cultivators pursued him. He broke through a human wall and escaped into the Nine Heavens, but the chase continued.

• The Bloodthirsty Golden Ant burned its Essence Blood, drove back Dian Kui and Qin Cang, and rushed toward the Nirvana Divine Tree.
• Yan Lingyue wounded the Bloodthirsty Golden Ant, but Li Qingyuan appeared, severed its pincer, uprooted the tree, and stored it away.
• Li Qingyuan fled with the severed pincer as the Bloodthirsty Golden Ant and the Eight Great Heavenly Chosen pursued him.
• Cultivators outside the Ancient Continent learned Li Qingyuan had taken the tree and 112 Nirvana Divine Fruits, then formed a barrier to stop him.
• Li Qingyuan fought through the cultivators, killed more than a hundred, and escaped into the Nine Heavens while the Bloodthirsty Golden Ant and the pursuing crowd continued after him.

Li Qingyuan captured the injured Bloodthirsty Golden Ant and sent it into the Mysterious Feminine Space, where Ji Kun began devouring it. He escaped the pursuing cultivators by entering a river with Water Evasion, leaving them to search the area for him and the Nirvana Divine Fruit.

• Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng used the Soul Refining Banner to suppress the injured Bloodthirsty Golden Ant, and Li Qingyuan stored it in the Mysterious Feminine Space.
• Li Qingyuan let Ji Kun devour the Bloodthirsty Golden Ant, whose bloodline fear of Sky Swallowing Chickens left it unable to resist.
• Li Qingyuan taunted the pursuing Eight Great Heavenly Chosen before fleeing as they ordered their forces to attack.
• Ji Kun struck terror into the Bloodthirsty Golden Ant with his bloodline power and began pecking through its chest to devour it.
• Li Qingyuan returned the unconscious Ma Chao to Yan Lingyue, then escaped into a river using Water Evasion.
• Qin Cang and the other Heavenly Chosen ordered the cultivators to seal off the area and search the river and underground for Li Qingyuan.

Yan Lingyue and the others failed to identify the mysterious cultivator who had impersonated Ma Chao, while Li Qingyuan copied the Nirvana Divine Tree and learned about the decline of the cultivation world. The chapter left Ji Kun digesting the Bloodthirsty Golden Ant as Li Qingyuan wondered how much its cultivation would improve.

• Yan Lingyue, Dian Kui, and You Yanmei searched Ma Chao's soul but found that his memories of the mysterious cultivator had been erased.
• Yan Lingyue concluded that the cultivator's transformation and escape skills made him impossible to find, and Dian Kui noted that he had outwitted their sect without seeming hostile to it.
• Li Qingyuan copied the Nirvana Divine Tree in the Mysterious Feminine Space, creating two trees bearing 224 Nirvana Divine Fruits between them.
• Zhao Guangzheng explained how the broken connection between the Three Realms had led to the loss of resources and the decline of immortals, and described the cultivation thresholds added to help cultivators advance.
• Ji Kun devoured the Bloodthirsty Golden Ant's nascent soul and remains, then fell into seclusion to digest the nourishment while Li Qingyuan wondered what realm it would reach.

Disguised as Zhao Tongxuan, Li Qingyuan traveled toward the central continent and learned that a vast bounty had been stirred up against him. After discovering that the Divine Fire Region had seized an Immortal Beast hunting ground, he infiltrated its barrier and began killing its cultivators before heading toward the swarm’s inner battle zone.

• Li Qingyuan traveled through the Tai Cang Immortal Realm, gathered resources, and heard that more than a dozen heavenly domains had spread a kill order describing his disguise and stolen treasures.
• Li Qingyuan learned from Zhou Chen that more than ten thousand Divine Fire Region cultivators had driven Rogue Cultivators and minor sects away from a five-thousand-strong Immortal Beast Swarm.
• Remembering the people and relatives killed by the Divine Fire Region and its allies, Li Qingyuan decided to begin repaying the Nine Provinces’ blood debt with the Divine Fire Region.
• Li Qingyuan used Zhao Guangzheng’s forbidden art to slip through the barrier, then lured a Peak Soul Transformation Stage Divine Fire Region cultivator into the Mysterious Feminine Space, where Old Zhao devoured his Nascent Soul and refined his divine soul.
• Li Qingyuan changed his appearance and flew toward the inner battle zone, where he found a vast Liusha Domain filled with Quicksand Monsters.

Li Qingyuan disguised as Zhao Feiyu joined thousands of cultivators preparing to hunt Immortal Beasts for their Soul Crystals. When two fourth-Nirvana Beast Kings emerged from the quicksand, Fire God Son confronted one and ordered his sect disciples to hold back the other.

• Li Qingyuan joined a Soul Transformation team and agreed with Senior Disciple Brother that they should hunt Immortal Beasts rather than wait outside for Soul Crystals.
• Immortal Sect cultivators surrounded the quicksand with formations as more than eight thousand Soul Transformation Cultivators gathered.
• Fire God Son appeared, demanded half the Soul Crystals, and promised the rest would be distributed according to each cultivator’s kills.
• Disguised as Zhao Feiyu, Li Qingyuan killed Earth Element Immortal Beasts and collected their Soul Crystals while avoiding stronger opponents.
• Two fourth-Nirvana Beast Kings burst out of the quicksand, and Fire God Son moved to fight one while ordering his disciples to hold back the other.

Li Qingyuan gathered power with Zhao Guangzheng while Fire God Son’s sect seized most of the Immortal Beast Soul Crystals. Li Qingyuan then struck Fire God Son with the Soul Refining Banner and killed him, leaving the Divine Fire Immortal Sect’s disciples stunned.

• Li Qingyuan withdrew after three Divine Fire Immortal Sect cultivators tried to drive him away from the Soul Crystals he had collected.
• Fire God Son killed a fourth-Nirvana Beast King with his Fire God Prayer Beads and resolved to reach Extreme Dao Soul Transformation.
• Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng secretly gathered their power as Fire God Son led his sect to claim most of the Immortal Beast Soul Crystals.
• Fire God Son demanded the remaining crystals from the allied sects and summoned his Fire God Giant when they protested.
• Li Qingyuan pierced the Fire God Prayer Beads’ barrier with the Soul Refining Banner and killed Fire God Son with a single strike.
• The Divine Fire Immortal Sect’s disciples stared in shock as Fire God Son’s body fell.

Li Qingyuan killed the Fire God Son, escaped the Divine Fire Region cultivators, and looted and doubled the treasures in the Fire God Son’s storage ring. He set his sights on the Chief Heavenly Chosen of the Seven Mysteries Region and the Heavenly Frost Region as the blood feud of the Nine Provinces continued.

• Li Qingyuan took the Fire God Son’s storage ring and Huo Shennian Zhu, then urged the gathered cultivators to attack the Divine Fire Immortal Sect.
• The Divine Fire Region cultivators recognized Li Qingyuan, surrounded him, and tried to stop him, but he empowered Zhao Guangzheng through Three Origins Union and broke through their formation barrier.
• Li Qingyuan escaped using Wood Evasion and Water Evasion, then declared that the Fire God Son’s death was only the beginning of his revenge against the Divine Fire, Heavenly Frost, and Seven Mysteries Regions.
• Li Qingyuan opened the Fire God Son’s storage ring and found Beast King Soul Crystals, Soul Crystals, Huo Shennian Zhu, spirit stones, and other valuable resources.
• Li Qingyuan used his duplication ability to double the treasures and announced that he and Zhao Guangzheng would pursue the Chief Heavenly Chosen of the Seven Mysteries Region and the Heavenly Frost Region.

Li Qingyuan infiltrated the Seven Mysteries Region and killed Tai Xuanzi, then targeted Bing Ling'er after slipping into the Heavenly Frost Region's force. His ambush on her failed when her defenses activated and Long Xiao appeared, leaving Li Qingyuan facing an Extreme Dao Soul Transformation Cultivator.

• Li Qingyuan disguised himself as a Seven Mysteries Region disciple, ambushed Tai Xuanzi after he killed a Beast King, seized his treasures, and escaped through the cultivators surrounding them.
• Li Qingyuan decided to target Bing Ling'er and infiltrated the Heavenly Frost Region's force while changing his identity and aura.
• Bing Ling'er led the capture of demonic beasts on a Shattered Continent, strengthening the Heavenly Frost Region's force with spirit-beast and Daoist partner contracts.
• Bing Ling'er defeated the fourth-Nirvana Black Feather Golden Roc with her Ice Soul Divine Needles and flying sword.
• Li Qingyuan attacked Bing Ling'er from behind, but an Extreme Dao defensive treasure repelled his strike, and she cried out to Brother Long Xiao.
• Long Xiao appeared and attacked Li Qingyuan with earthen spikes and a black dragon of Sword Qi, prompting Li Qingyuan to realize he had walked into a trap.

Li Qingyuan fought his way out of Long Xiao and Bing Ling’er’s siege, using the Fire God Prayer Beads to blast open an escape route. He vanished underground beyond their formation, while Bing Ling’er vowed to kill him when he went to Tai Cang Immortal Mountain.

• Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng blocked Long Xiao’s sword strike, then Li Qingyuan broke through the encircling cultivators while Zhao Guangzheng defended against Long Xiao and Bing Ling’er.
• Long Xiao activated a formation that hardened the ground and impeded Li Qingyuan’s Earth Evasion Technique, forcing him back aboveground to face the attackers.
• With Long Xiao, Bing Ling’er, and thousands of cultivators closing in, Li Qingyuan detonated all nine Fire God Prayer Beads, injuring Bing Ling’er and blasting the surrounding cultivators away.
• Li Qingyuan threatened the pursuers with a second string of Fire God Prayer Beads and escaped beyond the formation while the cultivators scattered.
• Li Qingyuan burrowed underground and vanished; Long Xiao and Bing Ling’er’s attacks devastated the nearby landscape, and Bing Ling’er swore to kill him at Tai Cang Immortal Mountain.

Bing Ling'er learned that her killing tribulation had not passed, while Li Qingyuan prepared to strengthen his weapon after escaping the battle. The chapter ended with Li Qingyuan planning to fuse the Jianmu Divine Tree Branch into his Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword.

• Sima Chong divined that Bing Ling'er's killing tribulation remained, and Bing Ling'er explained Elder Sima's warning about a devastating calamity.
• Long Xiao comforted Bing Ling'er and considered the benefits of their planned marriage and dual cultivation, while Bing Ling'er weighed the advantages of becoming his Dao companion.
• A thousand miles away, Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng assessed Long Xiao's strength and agreed that Li Qingyuan needed to improve his combat power.
• Li Qingyuan examined his Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword and produced a Jianmu Divine Tree Branch to upgrade his natal magic treasure.
• Li Qingyuan decided against reviving the branch and entered seclusion to improve his weapon.

After thirteen years of refining the Jianmu Divine Tree branch, Li Qingyuan transformed the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword into an Extreme Dao Magic Treasure and gained a tremendous cultivation breakthrough. He then advanced the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique and prepared to leave seclusion for the Three Domains.

• Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng refined the Jianmu Divine Tree branch for ten years, then spent three more years fusing its spiritual liquid into the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword.
• The evolved sword erupted with Sword Qi that shattered the Fifth Tier Formation and Soul Refining Banner restrictions, revealing its Extreme Dao power.
• Zhao Guangzheng tested the sword's sharpness, and Li Qingyuan returned it to his body, receiving feedback that raised his magic and physical cultivation to Middle Soul Transformation Stage Perfection and his Nascent Soul Power to Peak Soul Transformation Stage.
• Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng relocated three thousand li away, where Li Qingyuan cultivated for several months and advanced the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique to Late First Revolution.
• Li Qingyuan assessed his increased combat strength and announced that he would leave seclusion and challenge cultivators across the Divine Fire Region, Heavenly Frost Region, and Seven Mysteries Region.

After thirteen years of conflict in the Tai Cang Immortal Realm, Li Qingyuan entered its inner region disguised as Zhao Tongxuan and reached the ruins of a Mahayana Immortal Sect. There, he saw a vast Heavenly Thunder Bamboo forest guarded by a Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation, and began considering whether he could withstand it to claim the bamboo.

• Li Qingyuan learned that three hundred thousand Soul Transformation Cultivators had died in the Tai Cang Immortal Realm and that the surviving cultivators were pouring into its inner region.
• Li Qingyuan disguised himself as Zhao Tongxuan and followed other cultivators toward a Mahayana Immortal Sect ruin.
• Li Qingyuan and tens of thousands of cultivators discovered a Heavenly Thunder Bamboo forest beneath a sea of lightning powered by the bamboo.
• Thousands of cultivators were killed by the Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation when they tried to seize the bamboo.
• A fourth-Nirvana cultivator crossed the lightning sea without touching the bamboo, prompting others to rush toward the ruins.
• Li Qingyuan set his sights on crossing the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo forest itself and wondered whether he could survive the tribulation.

Li Qingyuan entered the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo’s lightning field and endured the Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation, using it to strengthen his body and lightning techniques. He began uprooting a bamboo stalk while repeated strikes continued to temper him, leaving nearby cultivators stunned.

• Li Qingyuan touched a Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, triggering a five-colored lightning strike that shattered three of his Fire God Prayer Beads and badly injured him.
• Li Qingyuan survived the strike as the Longevity Seed and Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation Technique absorbed the tribulation’s power.
• Li Qingyuan scratched the bamboo with an axe, then decided to pull it out by its roots instead of cutting it down.
• Li Qingyuan asked Zhao Guangzheng for help, and Zhao Guangzheng channeled power through the Ghost Cultivator Body as Li Qingyuan tugged at the bamboo.
• Repeated lightning strikes hit Li Qingyuan as his treasures and techniques absorbed the tribulation, while he continued uprooting the bamboo.
• A third-Nirvana prodigy watched Li Qingyuan survive and began eyeing a stalk of Heavenly Thunder Bamboo himself.

Li Qingyuan endured the Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation as he harvested Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, using the lightning to temper his cultivation and killing cultivators who tried to seize his prize. After three years and fifty-one stalks, he kept harvesting as a crowd of returning cultivators arrived and Dian Kui confirmed the rumors about him.

• A Soul Transformation cultivator attacked a Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, triggered the Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation, and was destroyed by its lightning.
• Li Qingyuan endured the tribulation while pulling out his first Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, then used the bamboo and lightning to drive off and kill cultivators who tried to take it.
• Li Qingyuan stored the first stalk in the Mysterious Feminine Space, where the Light of Fortune turned it into two matching High-grade Treasure Tree spiritual roots.
• Over three years, Li Qingyuan harvested fifty-one Heavenly Thunder Bamboos and used the tribulation to improve his cultivation, while other cultivators watched helplessly.
• Thousands of top-tier Soul Transformation Cultivators returned from the Mahayana Immortal Sect ruins, and Dian Kui was stunned to learn the rumors about Li Qingyuan were true.

Li Qingyuan continued harvesting Heavenly Thunder Bamboo as thousands of powerful cultivators gathered around him, then traded one bamboo to Yan Lingyue for a Nirvana Divine Fruit, Spirit Stones, and a promise to protect his escape. After twenty days, Yan Lingyue received the bamboo, and Dian Kui offered an Immortal Beast Soul Crystal to trade for one next.

• Eight thousand returning cultivators watched Li Qingyuan endure the Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation while pulling out Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, and Yan Lingyue, Dian Kui, and You Yanmei recognized him.
• Yan Lingyue offered Li Qingyuan a Nirvana Divine Fruit and agreed to provide two hundred thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones and hold off an Extreme Dao Soul Transformation Cultivator for fifteen minutes when he left.
• Yan Lingyue swore upon her Dao Heart to keep her promise, then gathered the Spirit Stones and completed the trade with Li Qingyuan.
• Li Qingyuan spent twenty days harvesting another Heavenly Thunder Bamboo before handing it to Yan Lingyue, who thanked him and considered how it would strengthen her magic treasure.
• Dian Kui offered Li Qingyuan a fourth-Nirvana Immortal Beast Soul Crystal and asked to trade for a Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.

Li Qingyuan traded Heavenly Thunder Bamboos to hundreds of cultivators for Soul Crystals and other resources while enduring the Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation. During the years-long work, he broke through to the Late Soul Transformation Stage, shocking everyone who learned he had been only at the Middle Soul Transformation Stage.

• Li Qingyuan negotiated with Dian Kui for two fourth-Nirvana Immortal Beast Soul Crystals and a promise to hold off an Extreme Dao Soul Transformation cultivator, then gave him a Heavenly Thunder Bamboo after twenty days.
• Li Qingyuan made further trades for Heavenly Thunder Bamboos, including with an Extreme Dao Soul Transformation cultivator, the Feiyun Sect, and hundreds of other cultivators seeking them.
• Zhao Guangzheng celebrated as Li Qingyuan's trades brought vast resources and Immortal Beast Soul Crystals into the Mysterious Feminine Space.
• Over five years, Li Qingyuan extracted 107 Heavenly Thunder Bamboos while enduring the Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation.
• The Soul Transformation Lightning Tribulation merged into the Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation, and Li Qingyuan broke through to the Late Soul Transformation Stage in both cultivation and physical strength.
• Dian Kui and the other cultivators were stunned to discover that Li Qingyuan had endured the tribulation while only at the Middle Soul Transformation Stage.

After reaching the Late Soul Transformation Stage, Li Qingyuan harvested hundreds of Heavenly Thunder Bamboos while tempering himself in the weakening Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation. When the tribulation weakened enough for others to cut bamboo, Yan Lingyue and Dian Kui joined the struggle.

• Yan Lingyue and Dian Kui concluded that Li Qingyuan was too powerful to make an enemy of, and wondered whether he might be Ma Chao.
• Li Qingyuan entered the Late Soul Transformation Stage after years of tempering in the Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation, then decided to claim the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.
• Over five years, Li Qingyuan uprooted 183 more stalks, bringing his total harvest to 342, and noticed that the tribulation was weakening after a third of the bamboo was removed.
• Eight Extreme Dao Soul Transformation cultivators began resisting the lightning and cutting down Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, prompting Li Qingyuan to cancel further trades and harvest more stalks himself.
• After waiting for the right moment, Yan Lingyue and Dian Kui attacked to cut down Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.

As the Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation weakened, Li Qingyuan and the cultivators harvested Heavenly Thunder Bamboo while some used the lightning to temper themselves. When the tribulation diminished further, the scramble turned into a bloody battle, and Li Qingyuan prepared to escape amid the chaos.

• Yan Lingyue and Dian Kui endured the weakened tribulation as they repeatedly struck Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, while other fourth-Nirvana cultivators tried and some suffered grave injuries or died.
• Li Qingyuan watched Yan Lingyue, Dian Kui, and three others withstand the lightning, then continued uprooting Heavenly Thunder Bamboo as more cultivators arrived over the following months.
• After a year, the tribulation weakened into a Four-Colored Soul Transformation Lightning Tribulation, prompting cultivators of every Nirvana level to rush for the remaining bamboo and fight one another.
• Li Qingyuan collected 394 Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, advanced to the Late Soul Transformation Stage, and traded away 290, leaving 104 in the Mysterious Feminine Space to be copied and transplanted.
• As cultivators slaughtered one another, Li Qingyuan told Old Zhao to devour their divine souls and help him escape through the chaos.

Li Qingyuan and Old Zhao devastated their attackers with the Soul Refining Banner and Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword, forcing an Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen to destroy his body and flee as a Nascent Soul. The fight over Heavenly Thunder Bamboo continued until a Void Refining Demon Emperor emerged from the black sea, leaving Li Qingyuan horrified.

• Old Zhao unleashed the Soul Refining Banner, capturing more than three thousand cultivators’ souls and drawing the attention of the battlefield to Li Qingyuan.
• Li Qingyuan invoked the Dao Heart Oath to stop three former allies from attacking, while Yan Lingyue and Dian Kui blocked two other cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan fought four attackers, shattered one opponent’s Extreme Dao Magic Treasure, and pierced the cultivator’s heart with the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword.
• The wounded Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen self-destructed his physical body, but Li Qingyuan survived the blast and pursued his fleeing Nascent Soul.
• Li Qingyuan’s pursuers let him go, while the other cultivators resumed fighting over Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.
• A thousand-zhang Void Refining Demon Emperor appeared amid the thunder, and Li Qingyuan recognized the threat from several dozen miles away.

Li Qingyuan and Old Zhao discovered that the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo was guarded by a Void Refining Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm, which blasted Li Qingyuan before he escaped underground. The enraged worm slaughtered fleeing cultivators and caught up to three Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen.

• Old Zhao explained that the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm had evolved by devouring its companions and had mastered Lightning Law.
• The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm struck Li Qingyuan from a hundred li away, shattering his sword and injuring him, but Li Qingyuan escaped underground and healed with pills.
• The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm realized Li Qingyuan and its 104 stolen Heavenly Thunder Bamboos had vanished.
• Yan Lingyue, Dian Kui, You Yanmei, and thousands of cultivators fled when the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm revealed its Lightning Domain.
• The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm killed fleeing Soul Transformation cultivators, took their Storage Bags and Heavenly Thunder Bamboos, then caught up to three Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen.

The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm unleashed its Lightning Law Domain and Five Elements Union against the cultivators who had destroyed its Heavenly Thunder Bamboo. Although the Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen broke through the seal’s weakening barrier, the Worm intercepted their escape and struck again with Heavenly Thunder World-Ending.

• The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm rejected the cultivators’ pleas and blamed them for cutting and destroying its Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, then sealed tens of thousands of Soul Transformation cultivators within a hundred-li domain.
• The Worm’s lightning killed tens of thousands of cultivators and destroyed their treasures, while the survivors realized they had to join forces to escape.
• Nine Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen and other top-tier cultivators attacked the seal together, widening cracks as the Worm abandoned some trapped cultivators to reinforce its domain.
• The cultivators used their strongest techniques to break through the spatial blockade and charged toward the opening, but the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm teleported ahead of them.
• The Worm unleashed another Heavenly Thunder World-Ending, and the Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen despaired as the Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation surged down.