Chapter Summaries

Yang Haoran and Sun Xingwu protected Li Qingyuan and forced the Myriad Dragon Ancestor to retreat, while Sun Xingwu made the Myriad Flowers Ancestor promise an explanation for the deaths of Aalai disciples. After Li Qingyuan revealed the invasions of the Nine Provinces Domain, Yang Haoran defeated three Dao Venerables and secured compensation for its cultivators, leaving Li Qingyuan to choose which sect to join.

• Yang Haoran accepted the Yang Clan decree recognizing Li Qingyuan as an Outer Clan Disciple and stood against the Myriad Dragon Ancestor, while Sun Xingwu also vowed to protect Li Qingyuan.
• The Myriad Dragon Ancestor withdrew, and Sun Xingwu confronted the Myriad Flowers Ancestor over Hua Xibai's role in the deaths of Aalai disciples, forcing her to promise an explanation.
• Yang Haoran and other powerful sects invited Li Qingyuan to join them, but Li Qingyuan hesitated because the Azure Profound Immortal Sect had a sacred relic that could upgrade his Mysterious Feminine Space.
• Li Qingyuan told Yang Haoran that cultivators from the Divine Fire, Seven Mysteries, and Heavenly Frost Regions had invaded and obstructed the Nine Provinces Domain's revival.
• Yang Haoran dragged Seven Profound, Divine Fire, and Heavenly Frost into the void and defeated them, then ordered their sects disbanded and their resources given to the Nine Provinces cultivators through Li Qingyuan.

Li Qingyuan distributed Heavenly Thunder Bamboos to the cultivators who had helped him and accepted Yang Haoran’s protective avatar jade slip, while declining to join the Haoran Immortal Sect. He joined the Azure Profound Immortal Sect alongside Bing Ling'er, then asked Cangxuan Old Ancestor for permission to return to the Nine Provinces and make arrangements.

• Li Qingyuan thanked the gathered cultivators and gave Heavenly Thunder Bamboos to Yang Xuan, Sun Mulan, several Heavenly Domains, and others who had supported him.
• Yang Haoran accepted the bamboos, gave Li Qingyuan an avatar jade slip for protection, and departed with the Haoran Heavenly Domain after Li Qingyuan declined to become his disciple.
• Li Qingyuan joined the Azure Profound Immortal Sect, and Bing Ling'er also entered the sect.
• Cangxuan Old Ancestor concluded the Hundred Regions Battle of Spirit Transformation Immortal Seedlings and told the cultivators to return to their sects.
• Li Qingyuan asked Cangxuan Old Ancestor for permission to visit the Nine Provinces and arrange matters for its cultivators.

Li Qingyuan secured a place in Cangxuan Sect and gained powerful allies and treasures after the conflict over the Nine Provinces was settled. With Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable offering compensation and a route to the Azure Profound Heaven Domain, Li Qingyuan was teleported back to the Nine Provinces Domain, ready to support its revival.

• Cangxuan Old Ancestor gave Li Qingyuan a Cangxuan Token, promised him entry to Cangxuan Sect in a year, and sent the Heavenly Chosen cultivators away.
• The other Dao Venerables departed, while Seven Profound Dao Venerable and Divine Fire Dao Venerable left for their own Heaven Domains rather than risk confronting Yang Haoran.
• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable apologized to Li Qingyuan and offered Heavenly Origin Void Pills, Heavenly Silkworm Ice Silk, and ten Nirvana Yin Yang Ganodermas as compensation.
• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable promised to purge Sacred Heart Sect and offered Li Qingyuan and Bing Ling'er passage through the Heavenly Frost Region's grand teleportation formation.
• Li Qingyuan reflected on his return and the Nine Provinces Domain's revival, then the Tai Cang Immortal Stage teleported him back to where he had come from.

A century after the Nine Provinces began expanding and its cultivators grew stronger, its leaders gathered at Heaven Pillar Mountain to discuss the threat from beyond the domain. Five Void Refining Dao Lords broke through the World Barrier and arrived to destroy the Nine Provinces, leaving its defenders facing overwhelming odds.

• The Nine Provinces continued expanding as wandering continents merged with it, while Heaven Pillar Mountain became a major cultivation center and Spirit Transformation cultivators emerged across the domain.
• Li Yunzhou, Li Yunfan, Zhao Tongxuan, Ao Jiao, and other leaders met at Heaven Pillar Mountain and discussed the danger posed by forces beyond the domain.
• Ao Jiao reassured the leaders that Li Qingyuan and other senior cultivators would protect the Nine Provinces after returning from the Hundred Regions Battle.
• Eighteen Void Refining auras struck the World Barrier, but only five cultivators broke through the Heavenly Dao's resistance and descended.
• Lei Jian, Fire Dragon, Human Sword, Ice God, and Azure Profound declared their intent to destroy the Nine Provinces, and their pressure cracked Heaven Pillar Mountain and terrified its defenders.

Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable learned that the Three Sects had sent five Dao Lords into the Nine Provinces to exterminate its inhabitants, risking the wrath of Yang Haoran and the Cangxuan Old Ancestor. He and the other Dao Venerables punished the Three Sects and sent hundreds of Dao Lords into the Nine Provinces to protect it, but the invaders’ fate remained unknown.

• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable returned to the Heavenly Frost Region with Bing Ling'er, who went into seclusion while he traveled to the Myriad Severance Mountain Range.
• Sacred Heart Spirit Lord told Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable that Ice God Dao Lord and other Dao Lords had entered the Nine Provinces to kill its inhabitants.
• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable failed to force his way through the Heavenly Dao Vortex and learned that five Dao Lords had already invaded the Nine Provinces.
• Divine Fire Dao Venerable and Seven Profound Dao Venerable attacked Divine Sword Spirit Lord and Purple Green Spirit Lord, then seized and imprisoned them along with Sacred Heart Spirit Lord.
• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable struck the Three Sects from the rolls and ordered cultivators from the Three Domains to enter the Nine Provinces and protect its inhabitants.
• Several hundred Dao Lords rushed into the Heavenly Dao Vortex as the three Dao Venerables urged them to hurry.

The five Void Refining Dao Lords attacked the Nine Provinces cultivators, but Li Qingyuan returned in time and heavily injured four with Golden Thunder World Annihilation. He confronted Lei Jian and unleashed Five Thunders Bombardment against all five Dao Lords, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Li Yunzhou and Li Yunfan led the Nine Provinces cultivators in activating a grand formation, but Azure Profound Dao Lord shattered it and the five Dao Lords prepared to kill and plunder the cultivators.
• Lei Jian attacked Li Yunzhou, Li Yunfan, Zhao Tongxuan, and other Spirit Transformation cultivators with Thunder Finger while the other Dao Lords moved against the Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan arrived from beyond Nine Provinces and used Golden Thunder World Annihilation to heavily injure four Dao Lords while Lei Jian blocked the attack with his Thunder Fire Golden Bowls.
• The Nine Provinces cultivators recognized Li Qingyuan as the Human Emperor, and he declared that the invaders would die.
• Lei Jian ordered the injured Dao Lords to seize Li Qingyuan's relatives and the Nine Provinces cultivators while he held Li Qingyuan back.
• Li Qingyuan charged with the Thunder God Halberd and unleashed Five Thunders Bombardment, astonishing Lei Jian with the ancient lightning divine ability.

Li Qingyuan unleashed the Five Thunders Bombardment against Lei Jian and four other Outer Domain Void Refining Dao Lords, badly injuring them despite Lei Jian’s desperate defense. As the four tried to attack Nine Provinces’ cultivators, Li Qingyuan sent his Extreme Dao allies to intercept them, while Old Zhao and Ji Kun pursued Lei Jian.

• Li Qingyuan struck all five Void Refining Dao Lords with the Five Thunders Bombardment, breaking through their defenses and severely injuring them.
• Lei Jian used the Lightning Fire Undying Body to withstand the attack, then held off Old Zhao and Ji Kun while the other four Dao Lords recovered.
• The four injured Dao Lords fled toward Nine Provinces’ cultivators and Li Qingyuan’s descendants, but Li Qingyuan sent Extreme Dao Soul Transformation cultivators to stop them.
• Miao Le, Ao Run, Li Xianhuang, and the Second Yuan Clone led more than thirty Nine Provinces cultivators in surrounding and attacking the four Dao Lords.
• Li Qingyuan ordered Old Zhao and Ji Kun to kill Lei Jian and seize his soul, but Lei Jian fled toward the Heavenly Dao Vortex.

Ji Kun, Old Zhao, and the Nine Provinces forces defeated five Void Refining Dao Lords, while Li Qingyuan returned to lead the counterattack. The Nine Provinces cultivators celebrated their victory and proclaimed that their domain would rise.

• Ji Kun and Old Zhao overwhelmed Lei Jian, with the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm absorbing his lightning and Ji Kun destroying his Lightning Fire Undying Body.
• Old Zhao seized Lei Jian’s soul and gave his lightning-element Nascent Soul to the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm to consume.
• Miao Le, Ao Run, Li Xianhuang, the Second Yuan Clone, and the other Nine Provinces cultivators defeated four more wounded Dao Lords, whose souls Old Zhao swallowed.
• Li Qingyuan gave the damaged bodies of the five Dao Lords to the Nine Provinces cultivators to refine into puppets.
• The Nine Provinces cultivators learned that Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun had reached Void Refining and cheered for the Human Emperor and the rise of the Nine Provinces.

Li Qingyuan organized the revived Nine Provinces under the Human Emperor Hall, distributed resources and appointments, then entered seclusion to refine his gains. As the new hall was completed, his Nine Revolutions Profound Technique broke through to the Second Revolution Early Stage Completion.

• Li Qingyuan praised the Nine Provinces cultivators' progress, ordered them to welcome the Yang Clan, and reassured them that the Yang Family would protect the domain from Outer Realm Cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan abolished the Great Profound Dynasty, retained the Human Emperor Hall, and appointed Miao Le, Zhao Guangzheng, and Ji Kun to senior roles while distributing resources and Heavenly Origin Void Pills.
• Li Qingyuan sealed off Heaven Pillar Mountain to cultivate, while Miao Le, Zhao Guangzheng, Ji Kun, and the cultivators built the Human Emperor Hall and its protective formation.
• When the Human Emperor Hall was completed, Li Qingyuan's Profound Technique surged into the Second Revolution Early Stage Completion, manifesting a thousand-zhang Dharma Manifestation.

Li Qingyuan perfected the Thunder Fire Indestructible Golden Body and greatly increased his physical strength through secluded cultivation. With the time approaching, he gathered the Nine Provinces cultivators to confront the Outer Realm cultivators.

• Old Zhao shared Lei Jian’s memories, revealing the Thunder Fire Indestructible Golden Body art and its stages.
• Li Qingyuan cultivated the Undying Thunder Body, increasing his physical power by fifteen percent.
• Li Qingyuan used the Mysterious Feminine Space to complete the art’s final volume and cultivated the Undying Fire Body.
• After exhausting his Fire Attribute resources, Li Qingyuan formed the Undying Thunder Fire Body, doubling his physical strength and temporarily reaching Mid Void Refining Stage in physical power.
• Li Qingyuan ordered the Outer Realm Spirit Transformation cultivators brought to him and called the Nine Provinces cultivators to ascend and meet the Outer Realm cultivators.

Yang Jue and Song Tian arrived with thousands of Three Domains cultivators to investigate the Nine Provinces, where tens of thousands of Spirit Transformations had vanished. Li Qingyuan led a group of thirty-eight powerful cultivators out of the Heavenly Dao Vortex, then revealed Lei Jian’s corpse to Thunder Fire Spirit Lord.

• Yang Jue arrived with Yang Clan experts and warned the Three Dao Venerables that the Immortal Alliance Treaty would punish them if Li Qingyuan had failed to stop the five invading Dao Lords.
• Song Tian arrived with three thousand Yang Clan Heavenly Chosen, and the Dao Venerables assembled seven thousand top-tier Spirit Transformations to investigate the Nine Provinces.
• Li Qingyuan led thirty-eight cultivators up through the Heavenly Dao Vortex and greeted Yang Jue, Song Tian, and the three Dao Venerables.
• Li Qingyuan explained that five Dao Lords had invaded the Nine Provinces and that he had fought them, including Lei Jian, a powerful mid-stage Void Refining cultivator.
• Thunder Fire Spirit Lord demanded to know where Lei Jian was, and Li Qingyuan produced his corpse.

After Li Qingyuan displayed Lei Jian’s corpse, Yang Jue stopped Thunder Fire Spirit Lord from attacking and forced him to back down. Li Qingyuan secured compensation from the three Dao Venerables, then demanded Thunder Fire Immortal Sect’s destruction and its resources, prompting Thunder Fire Spirit Lord to flee.

• Li Qingyuan showed Thunder Fire Spirit Lord Lei Jian’s corpse, and the enraged Spirit Lord attacked him.
• Yang Jue repelled Thunder Fire Spirit Lord with a single strike and demanded an explanation for Lei Jian’s invasion of the Nine Provinces.
• Li Qingyuan displayed Haoran Dao Venerable’s jade slip and the Cangxuan Token, pressuring the three Dao Venerables to honor their agreement.
• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable handed Li Qingyuan Sacred Heart Sect’s resources, while Seven Profound Dao Venerable and Divine Fire Dao Venerable surrendered the resources and Natal Magic Treasures of Purple Green Sect and Divine Sword Sect.
• Li Qingyuan demanded Thunder Fire Spirit Lord’s Natal Magic Treasure and the destruction of Thunder Fire Immortal Sect, threatening to summon Haoran Dao Venerable.
• Thunder Fire Spirit Lord fled when the three Dao Venerables told Li Qingyuan to wait.

Li Qingyuan received the Thunder Fire Glazed Lamp as punishment was imposed on the Thunder Fire Spirit Lord, while Nine Provinces welcomed the Yang Family’s leadership. After Yang Jue prepared to establish a sect, Li Qingyuan returned to the Human Emperor Hall with Miao Le to reconnect before traveling with Bing Ling’er.

• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable, Divine Fire Dao Venerable, and Seven Profound Dao Venerable captured the Thunder Fire Spirit Lord, sealed his cultivation, and gave Li Qingyuan his unmarked Thunder Fire Glazed Lamp and storage ring.
• Yang Jue and Song Tian accepted the punishment, and Li Qingyuan thanked them before the people of Nine Provinces welcomed the Yang Family’s arrival.
• Li Qingyuan relinquished the common rule of Nine Provinces, dissolved the Great Profound Dynasty, and retained the Human Emperor Hall as a faction.
• Yang Jue agreed to await Nine Provinces’ return and accepted the allegiance of its Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen, planning to establish a sect and formally take disciples.
• Bing Ling’er reminded Li Qingyuan of their agreement to travel to the Azure Profound Immortal Sect, and Miao Le introduced herself as his Dao companion.
• Li Qingyuan returned to the Human Emperor Hall with Miao Le, while Yang Jue remained behind to await his lineage’s Immortal Seedlings.

Li Qingyuan said farewell to Miao Le and entrusted her with guarding Human Emperor Hall and the Nine Provinces, leaving her the Thunder Fire Glazed Lamp. He then gave Ao Run the Sacred Heart Seal to aid her cultivation, but she surprised him by forcibly kissing him.

• Li Qingyuan entrusted Wind Thunder Hall, Human Emperor Hall, and the Nine Provinces’ affairs to Miao Le before sharing eighteen days of dual cultivation with her, which strengthened both their cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan gave Miao Le the Thunder Fire Glazed Lamp and taught her how it could help her defend Human Emperor Hall; she promised to guard the Nine Provinces and wait for his return.
• Li Qingyuan departed, and Miao Le began refining the Thunder Fire Glazed Lamp.
• Li Qingyuan gave Ao Run the Sacred Heart Seal to aid her comprehension of Ice and Water Laws and her breakthrough to Void Refining.
• Ao Run seized Li Qingyuan and kissed him after he dodged her first attempt.

Li Qingyuan rejected Ao Run’s advances, then prepared his family for his departure to the Azure Profound Immortal Sect by giving them powerful treasures and resources. As the Nine Provinces bid farewell to their Human Emperor, he entered the Heavenly Dao Vortex and traveled toward the wider immortal world.

• Li Qingyuan pushed Ao Run away and refused to accept her as his mount or companion, urging her to remain in the Nine Provinces and pursue cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan gave Li Xianhuang protective treasures and resources, and entrusted Li Yunzhou with the Divine General Spirit Lord’s sealed sword for future Li Clan leaders.
• Li Yunzhou and Li Yunfan wished Li Qingyuan success, and he said farewell to his daughter and grandsons.
• Li Qingyuan transformed into a Heavenly Thunder Escape Light and entered the Heavenly Dao Vortex as cultivators and living beings across the Nine Provinces bowed and called farewell to their Human Emperor.
• Li Qingyuan looked back on the peaceful Nine Provinces, asked his teacher whether he had served well as Human Emperor, and continued toward the Azure Profound Immortal Sect.

Li Qingyuan left the Nine Provinces and arrived at Heavenly Frost Gate, where Bing Ling'er welcomed him. The Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable sent Li Qingyuan, Bing Ling'er, and her protector Bing Lang to the Azure Profound Heaven Domain to begin their journey to the Azure Profound Immortal Sect.

• Li Qingyuan thanked Yang Jue and his guardians, declined the chance to take Haoran Dao Venerable as his master, and left for Heavenly Frost Gate.
• Yang Jue and the Spirit Lords praised Li Qingyuan, then discussed the Yang Clan's Divine Son and his extraordinary bloodline and strength.
• Two Heavenly Frost Gate disciples recognized Li Qingyuan and invited him inside after notifying Bing Ling'er.
• Bing Ling'er welcomed Li Qingyuan and took him to meet her father, the Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable, who told them to travel to the Azure Profound Immortal Sect before the deadline passed.
• The Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable activated the teleportation formation, sending Li Qingyuan, Bing Ling'er, and Bing Lang toward the Azure Profound Heaven Domain.

Li Qingyuan, Bing Ling'er, and Bing Lang arrived in the Azure Profound Heaven Domain, where Li Qingyuan learned about its rich spiritual energy and the cultivation opportunity tied to the Heavenly Origin Spirit Vein. After demonstrating his remarkable Lightning Evasion Technique, Li Qingyuan reached the Azure Profound Immortal Sect, where a giant hand appeared and summoned the visitors upward.

• Li Qingyuan learned that Bing Lang commanded the Black Ice Guard and had been at Peak Void Refining Stage for a thousand years.
• Li Qingyuan discovered that the Azure Profound Heaven Domain had far denser Heaven and Earth Vital Energy, and Bing Lang explained that Void Refining Cultivators received access to it once every thousand years.
• Bing Lang led Li Qingyuan and Bing Ling'er toward the Azure Profound Immortal Sect, and Li Qingyuan pursued them with his Lightning Evasion Technique.
• After ten days of flight, Li Qingyuan and Bing Ling'er announced their arrival at the Azure Profound Immortal Sect.
• A gigantic hand descended from the clouds and invited Li Qingyuan, Bing Ling'er, and Bing Lang to climb onto its palm.

Li Qingyuan and Bing Ling'er were brought to Tiandu Peak to choose masters from the Azure Profound Immortal Sect’s three Supreme Elders. After Old Zhao recognized the mysterious Zixiao and urged Li Qingyuan to learn her longevity technique, Li Qingyuan chose Wu Mengzi as his master.

• The giant hand carried Li Qingyuan and Bing Ling'er away, while Bing Lang was flung aside and told to wait until his disciple took a master and obtained a cultivation cave abode.
• The Azure Profound Immortal Sect’s elders discussed Li Qingyuan’s talent and welcomed his arrival as a potential Immortal Venerable.
• Cangxuan Old Ancestor brought Li Qingyuan and Bing Ling'er to Tiandu Peak and summoned the Supreme Elders Ye Yuzhen, Wu Mengzi, and Zixiao to choose disciples.
• Zixiao declined to take disciples, Wu Mengzi offered to accept Li Qingyuan, and Ye Yuzhen offered to take Bing Ling'er as a registered disciple.
• Old Zhao recognized Zixiao as the mysterious cultivator he had seen more than a hundred thousand years earlier and advised Li Qingyuan to become her disciple to learn her longevity technique.
• Li Qingyuan bowed to Wu Mengzi and chose him as his master.

Li Qingyuan became Wu Mengzi’s third direct disciple and followed him to Boundless Peak, where Wu Mengzi explained the Immortal Venerable Hall’s secret method of becoming immortal. The chapter left Li Qingyuan determined to join the Hall and choose a cultivation cave on the mountain.

• Li Qingyuan respectfully accepted Wu Mengzi as his master, while Bing Ling'er became Ye Yuzhen’s disciple and Purple Cloud Fairy departed.
• Wu Mengzi took Li Qingyuan to Boundless Peak and explained its name and his history as its former chief.
• Wu Mengzi revealed that the immortal road was severed but that the Immortal Venerable Hall possessed a secret method of becoming immortal.
• Wu Mengzi explained how exceptional cultivators could join the Hall, and Li Qingyuan vowed to pursue immortality and earn entry.
• Wu Mengzi gave Li Qingyuan a token allowing him to choose a cultivation cave among Boundless Peak’s subsidiary peaks.

Li Qingyuan toured Boundless Peak’s branch peaks with Old Mo and learned about their residents and available cultivation caves. At the eighth branch peak, he claimed Shan Changqiu’s Seventh-Tier cave mansion and revealed that Wu Mengzi was his master.

• Old Mo explained the spirit veins and cave mansions of Boundless Peak’s branch peaks as he showed Li Qingyuan around.
• Li Qingyuan learned that his senior brother was a Body Integration Spirit Lord and his senior sister occupied a Seventh-Tier cave mansion.
• At the eighth branch peak, Li Qingyuan chose the cave mansion occupied by Shan Changqiu, the peak head’s eldest direct disciple.
• Old Mo called Shan Changqiu out of seclusion and asked him to vacate the cave mansion for Li Qingyuan.
• Li Qingyuan showed Shan Changqiu the Supreme Elder Token and introduced himself as Wu Mengzi’s disciple.