Chapter Summaries

Li Qingyuan and Miao Le fused their powers to manifest the Jianmu Divine Tree, which absorbed Shuangling’s attacks and crushed him. The survivors were left stunned after Shuangling’s body and soul were destroyed.

• Shuangling unleashed his Spirit Official Dharma Form and Nine Layers of Heavenly Thunder, shattering the group’s attacks and grievously wounding them.
• Yang Jian’s Heavenly Eye Divine Light clashed with Shuangling’s Thunder Fire War Chariot, but Shuangling’s Dharma Form retained much of its power.
• Life Soul Fetal Light prepared to sacrifice himself to help Yang Jian and the others escape, then sensed a change and stopped.
• Li Qingyuan and Miao Le fused their Longevity Seeds, Primordial Spirit Small Trees, and swords to manifest the Jianmu Divine Tree.
• Shuangling poured his thunder, fire, and mana into attacking the World Tree, but it absorbed his powers and shattered his Dharma Form.
• The World Tree crushed Shuangling, destroying his body and soul as everyone present watched in shock.

After Shuangling’s death, the wounded cultivators contended over the treasures left behind by the Life Soul Fetal Light. The five treasures chose Yang Jian, Yang Can, Sun Potian, and Li Qingyuan, who discovered that one had rapidly expanded his Mysterious Feminine Space.

• Li Qingyuan and Miao Le exhausted their strength defeating Shuangling, then took elixirs to recover as their allies gathered to guard them.
• More than one hundred and fifty uninjured rogue cultivators asked for a share of the treasures, but Lotus Holy Child and Li Qingyuan warned them off.
• The Life Soul Fetal Light broke free of Shuangling’s barrier and announced that he would distribute the five treasures left by his master before he dissipated.
• The five balls of light injured many cultivators as they flew to their chosen recipients: Yang Jian, Yang Can, Sun Potian, and Li Qingyuan, who received two.
• One treasure entered Li Qingyuan’s Mysterious Feminine Space, which refined it and expanded rapidly.

Li Qingyuan expanded the Mysterious Feminine Space into a Small World and received the Heavenly Emperor’s Nine Dragon True Qi inheritance, which required mastering Nine Elements Vital Energy and Heavenly Dao Yellow Might. After he and the other inheritors awoke, they exchanged remarks before Life Soul Fetal Light declared its mission fulfilled and urged them to revive the Three Realms.

• Li Qingyuan’s Mysterious Feminine Space expanded to thirteen thousand zhang across, forming a Small World filled with treasured plants and materials.
• Li Qingyuan absorbed the Nine Dragon True Qi inheritance and learned that cultivating the divine ability required Nine Elements Vital Energy and Heavenly Dao Yellow Might.
• Li Qingyuan, Yang Jian, Yang Can, and Sun Potian awakened after receiving inheritances, while the other gathered cultivators had obtained none.
• Yang Jian declined to reveal his inheritance, and Li Qingyuan warned a curious questioner that the inheritance’s Dao Rhyme could destroy their Primordial Spirit.
• Lotus Holy Child agreed with Yang Jian and Li Qingyuan to meet again and contend for the Mahayana Stage.
• Life Soul Fetal Light told the gathered cultivators its mission was fulfilled and urged them to achieve success in the Immortal Dao and revive the Three Realms.

After the Thousand Year Trial ended, the cultivators departed through passages opened by the nineteen immortal artifacts as the Giant World collapsed. In the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the Immortal Venerables awaited the returnees, and Purple Cloud Fairy sensed Li Qingyuan’s remarkable progress.

• Li Qingyuan and the other cultivators paid their respects as Life Soul Fetal Light vanished, then gathered with their factions for the end of the trial.
• The Ancient Bell rang, and the nineteen immortal artifacts illuminated the Giant World as the giant corpse disintegrated and the world collapsed, destroying the Three Corpse Insects.
• Li Qingyuan led eighteen Body Integration Spirit Lords and over a hundred thousand Void Refining Cultivators from the Hundred Domains of Cangxuan after the Tai Cang Immortal Mirror while other factions and Immortal Ancient beings departed through spatial passages.
• Cangxuan Immortal Venerable and Ancient Dragon Immortal Venerable discussed the returning cultivators and how many Azure Profound prodigies might become Spirit Lords.
• Purple Cloud Fairy sensed a disturbance in the Primordial Void Realm and admired how much Li Qingyuan had advanced in a thousand years.

Li Qingyuan returned from the Trial Ground with a hundred thousand survivors and eighteen Body Integration Spirit Lords, shocking the Azure Profound Realm’s powerful cultivators with his rise to the Integrated Body Middle Stage. Myriad Dragon Ancestor demanded to know what had happened to Long Xuantian, while Ancient Dragon Immortal Venerable enforced the Immortal Alliance Convention and warned everyone not to expose others’ treasures or opportunities.

• The Tai Cang Immortal Mirror returned the Cangxuan heavenly chosen to the Azure Profound Realm and departed after the Immortal Venerables and sect leaders saluted it.
• Li Qingyuan emerged in a Peak Seventh Tier Golden Chariot with eighteen Body Integration Spirit Lords and an army of one hundred thousand Void Refining cultivators, including the Body Integration Peak Stage Diana.
• Cangxuan Old Ancestor, Wu Mengzi, and the other powerful cultivators were astonished that Li Qingyuan had advanced from Late Void Refining Stage to Integrated Body Middle Stage in roughly a thousand years.
• Myriad Dragon Ancestor demanded to know whether Li Qingyuan had killed Long Xuantian, but Cangxuan Old Ancestor and Wu Mengzi invoked the Immortal Alliance agreement protecting returned survivors from reprisals over Trial Ground grudges.
• When a Spirit Lord began to reveal that Li Qingyuan possessed a ninth-tier treasure, Ancient Dragon Immortal Venerable killed him and warned the gathered cultivators against exposing anyone’s Trial Ground opportunities.

After the Trial Ground, Li Qingyuan returned to Azure Profound Heaven Domain as cultivators across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths recounted his exploits. The chapter left him renowned as the strongest Body Integration Realm cultivator, with his reputation spreading rapidly.

• Ancient Dragon Immortal Venerable departed, and the gathered cultivators stopped questioning Li Qingyuan about his supreme treasure.
• Sun Potian and Sun Mulan thanked Li Qingyuan and invited him to Aolai, while Yang Jue praised the Yang Family Divine Son's strength.
• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable rewarded Bing Ling'er and encouraged her to consider Li Qingyuan as a Dao companion.
• Cangxuan Old Ancestor promoted Azure Profound Immortal Sect disciples and promised to protect Li Qingyuan, who later told Wu Mengzi that the Centaur woman was his ally.
• Cultivators returning to their domains recounted how Li Qingyuan and his Dao companion helped defeat the Trial Ground's powerful enemies.
• Stories of Old Demon Qingyuan spread throughout the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, establishing Li Qingyuan as the leading Body Integration Realm cultivator.

After hearing Li Qingyuan’s account of the trial, Wu Mengzi learned that he and Miao Le had killed a Half-step Dao Venerable, while Xiao Baiyi discovered that Li Qingyuan had reached Body Integration Middle Stage and achieved the same feat. Xiao Baiyi entered seclusion to catch up, and Wu Mengzi resolved to cultivate harder as Li Qingyuan’s rise put pressure on them both.

• Wu Mengzi reassured Li Qingyuan and Miao Le that the Azure Profound Realm was safe for them, then dismissed them to rest.
• Mo Ni told Wu Mengzi that Li Qingyuan and Miao Le had killed a Half-step Dao Venerable, astonishing him with Li Qingyuan’s strength.
• Xiao Baiyi broke through to Body Integration Late Stage, then learned from Shan Changqiu that Li Qingyuan and Mo Ni had become Spirit Lords and that Li Qingyuan had reached Body Integration Middle Stage.
• Xiao Baiyi initially disbelieved Shan Changqiu’s claim that Li Qingyuan and Miao Le had killed a Half-step Dao Venerable, but Mo Ni showed him her memories of the trial’s final battle.
• After seeing the memory, Xiao Baiyi entered seclusion and vowed not to emerge until he reached Body Integration Peak.
• Wu Mengzi returned to his cave abode and resolved to reach Late Mahayana Stage before Li Qingyuan could catch up to him.

Li Qingyuan returned to Eighth Peak and accepted Zuoqiu Ling’s offer to become its Mountain Lord, then promoted his Spirit Lord allies to Gold Robe Elders and appointed Kong Huan a Black Robe Elder. He later asked Diana whether she wished to remain his ally or leave, leaving her decision unresolved.

• Li Qingyuan returned to Eighth Peak with his Spirit Lords, where Zuoqiu Ling and Huyan Xin welcomed him and offered him the Mountain Lord Seal.
• Li Qingyuan accepted the Mountain Lord position, refined the seal, and was acclaimed by Eighth Peak’s cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan used the peak’s treasury to appoint his Spirit Lord combatants, except Diana, as Gold Robe Elders and assigned other cultivators to robe ranks.
• Li Qingyuan appointed Kong Huan a Black Robe Elder and dismissed the assembled cultivators to their duties.
• Li Qingyuan and Miao Le privately met Diana, and Li Qingyuan offered to dissolve their Ally Contract if she wanted to leave.

Diana chose to stay with Li Qingyuan and build an alliance, while he entered seclusion and traded with the Female Immortal Corpse. He established Wind Thunder Peak with an Eighth Tier Spirit Vein and was appointed Deputy Chief of Boundless Peak, leaving Xiao Baiyi worried about his own succession.

• Diana asked to remain in the Azure Profound Realm, hoping to help Li Qingyuan and eventually secure aid for her clan and her cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan entered the Mysterious Feminine Space, where the Female Immortal Corpse traded for a Kidney Water Immortal Crystal and one additional chance to act during his Mahayana Stage.
• The Female Immortal Corpse lost control of her Ice Law when Li Qingyuan asked about her identity, freezing the space before she recovered and apologized.
• Li Qingyuan installed an Eighth Tier Spirit Vein on the Eighth Peak and offered Seventh-Tier Spirit Veins to the other seven peaks of his lineage.
• Wu Mengzi named the Eighth Peak Wind Thunder Peak and appointed Li Qingyuan its Mountain Lord and Deputy Chief of Boundless Peak.
• Xiao Baiyi worried that Li Qingyuan's new appointment had cost him his expected place as the next Chief of Boundless Peak.

Li Qingyuan established Wind Thunder Peak, rewarded Xiao Baiyi and Mo Ni, and appointed its leaders before beginning cultivation with Miao Le. Bing Ling'er arrived and insisted on joining them, leaving Li Qingyuan flustered.

• Li Qingyuan gave Xiao Baiyi and Mo Ni Dragon Phoenix Fortune Elixirs and Heaven and Earth Origin Stones, and revealed that he was a Peak Seventh Tier alchemist offering to refine elixirs for the sect.
• Li Qingyuan returned to Wind Thunder Peak, assigned duties to its elders and followers, and established a seven-member Elder Council with Diana as an honorary elder.
• Li Qingyuan arranged for Bing Ling'er to leave Ye Yuzhen's tutelage and become an elder under Wu Mengzi, then entered closed-door cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan and Miao Le prepared to cultivate their Combined Attack Technique through dual cultivation, but Bing Ling'er entered the cave mansion and insisted on joining them.

Li Qingyuan dual cultivated with Miao Le for fifty years, deepening their mastery of the Longevity Seed and combined techniques, then spent another fifty years with Bing Ling'er. After both women left to cultivate in seclusion, Li Qingyuan was exhausted by the century of dual cultivation.

• Li Qingyuan and Miao Le fused their Longevity Seeds and Primordial Spirit Small Trees, then dual cultivated for fifty years and improved their cultivation and understanding of the Jianmu Divine Tree Slash.
• Miao Le left the secret chamber and told Li Qingyuan she would enter seclusion to break through to the Integrated Body Middle Stage.
• Bing Ling'er emerged from her own cultivation, praised Miao Le, and later entered Li Qingyuan's chamber to dual cultivate with him.
• Bing Ling'er and Li Qingyuan dual cultivated for another fifty years, strengthening his body, Primordial Spirit, and mana.
• Bing Ling'er left to enter seclusion, while Li Qingyuan collapsed and complained that he could not endure any more.

After a century in seclusion, Li Qingyuan inspected Wind Thunder Peak and found it flourishing under his leadership. Two chiefs began nine-colored heavenly tribulations, and Purple Cloud Fairy summoned Li Qingyuan to Wo Yun Peak, where he arrived and asked why she had called him.

• Li Qingyuan emerged from seclusion, surveyed Wind Thunder Peak’s orderly administration, and praised its peaceful state.
• Nine-colored thunderclouds gathered over Boundless Main Peak as Huang Tian challenged the Five Elements Great Heavenly Tribulation.
• A second nine-colored tribulation formed over Five Extremes Peak as the Five Extremes Chief began his own trial.
• Purple Cloud Fairy called Li Qingyuan to Wo Yun Peak while both chiefs’ tribulations were underway.
• Ling Chuxue escorted Li Qingyuan to Purple Cloud Fairy, and Li Qingyuan paid his respects and asked what she wanted.

Li Qingyuan learned from Purple Cloud Fairy that the Great Dream Heart Sutra’s supreme realm could make dream characters real, then watched the Great Heavenly Tribulations conclude. Huang Tian Chief failed his tribulation and resigned from his post to recover, while Wu Ji Zi succeeded.

• Li Qingyuan drank with Purple Cloud Fairy and accurately predicted that Huang Tian Chief would fail his tribulation but survive, while Five Extremes Chief would succeed but suffer severe injuries.
• Purple Cloud Fairy explained that the Great Dream Heart Sutra’s supreme realm could materialize dream clones, allowing one person to fight armies or entire worlds.
• Wu Ji Zi endured the Earth Great Heavenly Tribulation and succeeded, while Huang Tian Chief’s artifact broke and the Nine Layers of Heavenly Thunder badly injured him.
• Cangxuan Old Ancestor and Wu Mengzi treated the barely breathing Huang Tian Chief, who awoke despairing that his path to Mahayana had ended.
• Huang Tian Chief requested permission to resign and enter seclusion, and Wu Mengzi agreed while promising to appoint Shan Changqiu as an auxiliary peak’s mountain master if he advanced to the Integrated Body Middle Stage.

Li Qingyuan gave Zixiao two rare Eighth Tier Spirit Plants in exchange for an Eighth Tier Yellow Millet Dream, and she promised to share the Primordial Five Elements Paste if she brewed it successfully. He returned to Boundless Peak, where Wu Mengzi appointed him Great Chief of the branch and the assembled cultivators paid their respects.

• Zixiao explained that the Primordial Five Elements Paste could help an Integration Peak Cultivator trigger the Five Elements Great Heavenly Tribulation and, if they survived, reach Mahayana.
• Li Qingyuan gave Zixiao a Three Union Golden Crow Fruit and a Green Wood Divine Fruit, and she exchanged them for her last flask of Eighth Tier Yellow Millet Dream while promising to split the finished wine with him.
• On the way back, Yun Yan the Elixir Master proposed deriving a Primordial Five Elements Pill from the wine-brewing method as an alternative to the Fourth Revolution Golden Core.
• Wu Mengzi appointed Li Qingyuan Great Chief of the Boundless Peak branch, named Xiao Baiyi Deputy Chief, and declared Wind Thunder Peak Li Qingyuan's dao field.
• Xiao Baiyi, Mo Ni, and the gathered Spirit Lords and Elders bowed to Li Qingyuan and welcomed him as Great Chief.

Li Qingyuan cultivated for two hundred years, advancing his body, magical power, and Primordial Spirit while preparing to break through to the Third Revolution Late Stage. As the three-hundred-year deadline arrived, Miao Le survived a Seven-colored Peak Heavenly Tribulation, and Li Qingyuan announced the contest for Wind Thunder Peak's Mountain Lord.

• Li Qingyuan became Boundless Peak's Great Chief, appointed Xiao Baiyi Deputy Chief, and gave Wind Thunder Peak's Gold Robe Elders three hundred years to prepare for a contest to choose its Mountain Lord.
• Li Qingyuan entered secluded cultivation and used body-tempering pills to advance his fleshly body to Peak Mid Body Integration Stage over two hundred years.
• Li Qingyuan relied on Yuan Stones and qi-refining pills to raise his magical power to Peak Mid Body Integration Stage and his Primordial Spirit to the utmost limit of the Integrated Body Late Stage.
• Li Qingyuan decided to stabilize his three treasures before taking the Third Revolution Golden Core and attempting the Third Revolution Late Stage.
• Miao Le endured a Seven-colored Peak Heavenly Tribulation at Miao Le Immortal Mansion, cleaving and absorbing its lightning to nourish her Thunder God Body.
• Li Qingyuan announced that the contest for Wind Thunder Peak's Mountain Lord had begun.

Li Qingyuan convened a contest to choose Wind Thunder Peak’s new Peak Master, drawing Body Integration cultivators from across the lineage and attracting spectators from Azure Profound’s other veins. Ji Kun withdrew to pursue a breakthrough, and the first five matches began with the contenders’ abilities still undecided.

• Kong Huan sounded the Wind Thunder Drum, gathering Wind Thunder Peak’s elders and cultivators at the Wind Thunder Stage as Li Qingyuan and Diana presided.
• Ji Kun announced that he was entering seclusion to break through to the Integrated Body Late Stage and forfeited the Peak Master competition.
• Li Qingyuan explained the random draw for eleven contenders, and Er Yuan drew the Empty Number to advance directly.
• The contenders drew their matchups: Bing Ling'er faced Spirit Magpie, Old Zhao faced Flying Bear, White Crane faced Little Flame, the Golden Plume Divine Chicken faced Huyan Xin, and Miao Le faced Zuoqiu Ling.
• Li Qingyuan activated the protective formation, spectators from Azure Profound’s other veins gathered, and the five battles began simultaneously.

Miao Le and Bing Ling'er demonstrated overwhelming combat power in the tournament, while the other group winners were decided and the second round began. Miao Le won her next match, Bing Ling'er lost to Jin Ling, and Old Zhao and Er Yuan were still fighting.

• Miao Le defeated Zuoqiu Ling with one powerful sword strike, leaving the onlookers convinced of her strength.
• Bing Ling'er overwhelmed Spirit Magpie with her Ice Soul Silver Needle, and Spirit Magpie conceded before the needles struck his eyes.
• Golden Plume Divine Chicken defeated Huyan Xin, Little Flame defeated White Crane, and Old Zhao beat Flying Bear after Flying Bear conceded.
• Li Qingyuan started the second round and drew Miao Le against Little Flame, Old Zhao against Er Yuan, and Bing Ling'er against Jin Ling.
• Miao Le easily defeated Little Flame, while Bing Ling'er fought Jin Ling with her strongest techniques but ultimately lost.
• Old Zhao and Er Yuan continued their spectacular battle.

Er Yuan and Old Zhao fought to a draw and withdrew from the contest for Wind Thunder Peak’s Peak Master, leaving Miao Le and the Golden Plume Divine Chicken to decide the result. Miao Le defeated Jin Ling with the Earth Marsh Sword Array, became Peak Master, and told Li Qingyuan she would accompany him on the immortal path.

• Er Yuan’s clone and Old Zhao fought for several hundred exchanges, injured one another, and withdrew from the Peak Master contest.
• Li Qingyuan began the final battle between Miao Le and the Golden Plume Divine Chicken, which used its bloodline power to reach the Integrated Body Late Stage.
• Miao Le traded lightning and sword attacks with Jin Ling, then summoned the Earth Marsh Sword Array.
• Miao Le’s sword array shattered Jin Ling’s Golden Rooster manifestation and defeated the Golden Plume Divine Chicken.
• Jin Ling and Wind Thunder Peak’s cultivators acknowledged Miao Le as Peak Master, and Miao Le told Li Qingyuan she would follow him on the immortal path.

After Miao Le became Wind Thunder Peak’s Mountain Lord and Li Qingyuan established a governing council, he entered seclusion to advance his Nine Revolutions Profound Technique and Primordial Spirit. He broke through to the Third Revolution Late Stage and then raised his Primordial Spirit to Integrated Body Peak.

• Li Qingyuan appointed Miao Le as Wind Thunder Peak’s Mountain Lord and established the Boundless Peak Nine Elders Council with himself as chief.
• Li Qingyuan entered seclusion to temper his essence, qi, and spirit before pursuing the Third Revolution Late Stage.
• After ten years, Li Qingyuan swallowed a Third Revolution Golden Core and broke through the bottleneck on his 108th attempt.
• Li Qingyuan’s Profound Technique Heavenly Eye grew stronger, and his Primordial Spirit began to advance as well.
• Li Qingyuan used Primordial Spirit Tribulation Elixirs and the Jianmu Meditation Method during another two and a half years of seclusion.
• Li Qingyuan’s Primordial Spirit broke through to Integrated Body Peak.

Li Qingyuan and Er Yuan upgraded the Earth Marsh Sword Array by forging a full set of seventh-tier swords, bringing them to the rank of seventh-tier artifact refining grandmasters. After forty-six and a half years, Li Qingyuan finished the array and declared it could challenge an Integrated Body Peak Stage cultivator, just as Ji Kun broke through to the Integrated Body Late Stage.

• Li Qingyuan decided that his Integrated Body Peak Stage Primordial Spirit would let him strengthen the Earth Marsh Sword Array enough to close the gap against peak-stage opponents.
• Li Qingyuan and Er Yuan studied artifact-refining notes and forged the Three Hundred Sixty-Five Heavenly Cycle Flying Swords, eventually producing five seventh-tier low-grade swords.
• Li Qingyuan and Er Yuan forged the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Flying Swords, with several swords reaching the seventh-tier middle grade.
• Li Qingyuan and Er Yuan completed four seventh-tier middle-grade Four Seasons Flying Swords after two more years of secluded forging.
• Li Qingyuan finished upgrading the Earth Marsh Sword Array after forty-six and a half years and said it could force an Integrated Body Peak Stage cultivator to avoid its full power.
• Ji Kun underwent heavenly lightning tribulation, broke through to the Integrated Body Late Stage, and proclaimed his rise to its summit.