Chapter Summaries

The second batch of reinforcements arrived, and Great Cultivator Wang He led the assembled forces in a coordinated sweep toward the core of Hell Blessed Land. Li Yuanba fought with the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion team and demonstrated the growing power of his Chaos Sword Intent by heavily injuring a concealed Fourth Grade Late Stage Hell Being.

• The second batch of reinforcements arrived, including two hundred Sword Cultivators led by Great Cultivator Teng, and Li Yuanba bestowed the Innate Yi Wood divine ability on them.
• After a day of rest, Great Cultivator Wang He ordered more than five thousand Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators and over fifty Great Cultivators to advance through Hell Blessed Land.
• Li Yuanba fought with the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion team, which was placed on the lightly pressured far-left flank while the Jade Purity Sect fought in the center.
• Li Yuanba and Great Cultivator Lou discussed returning to cultivation after the mission, and Li Yuanba encouraged Lou Wu to attempt a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• A concealed Fourth Grade Late Stage Hell Being attacked, but Li Yuanba's Chaos Sword Intent cut through its defenses and left it unable to fight before a Flying Sword killed it.

The cultivators suffered heavy losses when Fourth Grade Late Stage Hell Beings overwhelmed their scattered formation, so Great Cultivator Wang He reorganized them into a Square Formation. Li Yuanba fought at the formation’s left corner, and Wang He later made an oath with him to maintain peace between Jade Purity Sect and Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion inside Hell Blessed Land.

• Fourth Grade Late Stage Hell Beings attacked the teams, killing dozens of White Emperor Sect cultivators before Great Cultivator Wang He and others stabilized the fighting.
• Great Cultivator Wang He ordered the teams to form a Square Formation, then assigned Li Yuanba to its heavily attacked left corner despite Great Cultivator Lou’s objection.
• Li Yuanba and the Great Cultivators cleared Hell Beings for several hours, but the Great Cultivators exhausted their Spiritual Power trying to outdo his attacks, so Wang He ordered a retreat and rest.
• Great Cultivator Wang He proposed that Li Yuanba and Jade Purity Sect live in peace and cooperate inside Hell Blessed Land, and Li Yuanba agreed to an Oath Contract.
• The Great Cultivators welcomed the agreement, while Great Cultivator Wang He accepted it because he needed the sword cultivators’ cooperation to complete the mission.

Li Yuanba and the cultivators discovered that a Space Crack was producing the Hell Beings, and Great Cultivator Wang He fought to hold it shut while Formation Masters tried to build a stabilizing formation. The rift remained dangerous as the formation work stalled, leaving the cultivators under pressure to finish before more powerful Hell Beings emerged.

• After three days of rest, Li Yuanba and the cultivators resumed their advance, with Nascent Soul cultivators attacking in waves and Great Cultivators taking turns fighting.
• Li Yuanba sensed powerful Space Fluctuations ahead, and Great Cultivator Wang He warned the cultivators that a Space Crack might be nearby.
• The cultivators cleared a path through the Hell Beings and discovered an upright black Space Crack that continuously released them.
• Great Cultivator Wang He used the Sky Strike Thunder Hammer to seal the rift temporarily while the cultivators placed Formation Bases for a spatial stabilizing formation.
• After seven hours, the cultivators cleared the area around the rift, but the Formation Masters said the chaotic energies could make completing the formation take as long as two days.
• As more Fourth Grade Late Stage Hell Beings appeared at the sealed rift, Great Cultivator Wang He pressed the Formation Masters to work faster, but they said the unstable conditions prevented it.

Li Yuanba used IBMz15 to set up a formation that stabilized the Space Crack, then used Radiation-Proof Concrete to shield its Formation Bases from radiation. The reinforced formation was expected to hold for one day, and Li Yuanba asked Great Cultivator Wang He what he planned to do with the extra time.

• Li Yuanba warned Great Cultivator Wang He that continued attacks could collapse the Space Crack and destroy Hell Blessed Land, then offered to help set up the formation.
• With IBMz15 guiding him, Li Yuanba quickly placed the Formation Bases, astonishing the Formation Masters and alarming Great Cultivator Wang He with his ability.
• Great Cultivator Wang He ordered the great cultivators to stop attacking and activate the formation, which stabilized the Space Crack but began failing under radiation.
• Li Yuanba said the formation could last only two hours under the radiation and requested three hundred and sixty Fourth Grade Array Flags to extend it to one day.
• Li Yuanba used a variant of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Grand Formation to shape Radiation-Proof Concrete barriers around the Formation Bases and Spiritual Power Lines.
• Great Cultivator Wang He confirmed that the barriers reduced radiation pollution, and Li Yuanba asked whether Wang He had a backup plan for the extra day.

Li Yuanba investigated the core of Hell Blessed Land, survived an ambush by three White Emperor Sect Great Cultivators, and discovered the Heavenly Passage Compass beneath a mound. He claimed the compass as his own and learned it had been created to control Hell Beings entering through the hell rift.

• Li Yuanba followed the formation’s Spiritual Power lines to the core of Hell Blessed Land and found a mound absorbing radiation energy.
• Three White Emperor Sect Great Cultivators ambushed Li Yuanba with overlapping Gravity Fields, but he repelled their attack and escaped.
• After watching the attackers leave, Li Yuanba returned to the mound and uncovered an enormous compass containing a piece of Hell Aversion Crystal Essence.
• Li Yuanba overcame the compass’s defenses and used a Recognition Incantation to make its Artifact Spirit recognize him as master.
• The Artifact Spirit identified itself as the Heavenly Passage Compass and explained that it had been made to suppress the hell rift and control Hell Beings through a network of eight High Towers.

Li Yuanba secured the Heavenly Passage Compass, then returned to find the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion fighting the White Emperor Sect over the attack on him. He helped kill one White Emperor Sect Great Cultivator, while the other two escaped with Space Receiving Talismans he had given them.

• Li Yuanba took the Heavenly Passage Compass after confirming it could purify Hell Aversion Crystal Essence for weapons-grade material, then left the Hell Blessed Land core intact.
• Li Yuanba told the Great Cultivators that three White Emperor Sect Great Cultivators had attacked him, and Great Cultivator Lou ordered the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion to attack the White Emperor Sect.
• The Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion gained the advantage as Li Yuanba's Innate Yi Wood divine power repaired its injured cultivators, while the White Emperor Sect's Great Cultivators struggled to protect their formation.
• Li Yuanba coordinated with Great Cultivator Lou and struck a White Emperor Sect Great Cultivator from behind with his Chaos Sword Intent, destroying the man's body and Nascent Soul.
• The other two White Emperor Sect Great Cultivators escaped by activating Space Receiving Talismans that Li Yuanba had given them.

Li Yuanba slaughtered the White Emperor Sect cultivators after their Great Cultivators attacked him, then divided the spoils with Great Cultivator Lou and Lou Wu. The battle ended with his strength exposed and his attention turning to the wealth and useful items he had collected.

• Li Yuanba killed the White Emperor Sect Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators with his Form Intention Sword and Samadhi Divine Wind, though many Nascent Souls escaped.
• The Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion cultivators gathered the spoils, and Great Cultivator Lou returned the slain White Emperor Sect Great Cultivator's Soul Crystal Ring to Li Yuanba.
• Li Yuanba learned that the two surviving White Emperor Sect Great Cultivators had left Hell Island, while other sects promised to protest the White Emperor Sect's actions.
• Li Yuanba considered how the battle had revealed his Chaos Sword Intent and how enemies might target his Nascent Soul Middle Stage defenses.
• Li Yuanba claimed the Great Cultivator's corpse and mountain peak magical treasure, gave Lou Wu a Fourth Grade High Level Flying Boat, and passed Great Cultivator Lou spiritual pills.
• Li Yuanba began sorting through the two hundred and ten Mustard Seed Rings taken from the White Emperor Sect cultivators.

Sword Elder arrived at the Hell Blessed Land and sealed the Space Crack with his spiritual treasure flying sword. His display of power left Li Yuanba and the watching cultivators with a vivid sense of a mighty being’s strength.

• Li Yuanba reviewed his spoils and the latest Nameless Sword Canon research while the cultivators waited by the Space Crack.
• Sword Elder appeared as a clone, praised Li Yuanba’s contribution, and ordered the cultivators to retreat a hundred li.
• Sword Elder erased the Spatial Formation and used his Sword Intent to destroy the Hell Beings emerging from the Space Crack.
• Li Yuanba used the Divine Eye Art and IBMz15 to observe and record Sword Elder’s power as nearby rocks crumbled under its residual force.
• Sword Elder swept his spiritual treasure flying sword across the Space Crack, leaving a thin, mercury-like seal over it.

After the Hell Blessed Land mission ended, Li Yuanba returned safely to Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion while the other cultivators studied Sword Elder’s seal. Li Shiming began purifying Hell Aversion Crystal Essence with the Heavenly Passage Compass, then both Li Shiming and Li Yuanba entered cultivation.

• Li Yuanba sensed that Sword Elder’s solidified sword intent had sealed the Space Crack and, at Great Cultivator Lou’s urging, used a Space Receiving Talisman to leave Hell Blessed Land.
• Great Cultivator Wang He tried to use his Space Receiving Talisman to pursue Li Yuanba, but Great Cultivator Lou told him the talismans had been disabled after the mission ended.
• Li Yuanba brought Hell Aversion Crystal Essence and the Heavenly Passage Compass to Li Shiming, who set them up in Half-Life Blessed Land so the compass could purify the radiation into higher-quality essence.
• Li Shiming gave Li Yuanba the Great Cultivator Advancement Spiritual Pills, and Li Yuanba returned to Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion to begin semi-secluded cultivation.
• Li Shiming resumed cultivating the Heavenly Human Art while the Heavenly Passage Compass’s Artifact Spirit monitored the purification process.

Ten years into seclusion, Li Yuanba attended his disciple Lou Wu’s attempt to advance to the Nascent Soul middle stage and discussed the Space Receiving Formation with Great Cultivator Lou. He left to kill a Sea Beast threatening the breakthrough, while Lou Wu’s advancement continued.

• Li Yuanba and Great Cultivator Lou watched Lou Wu begin his breakthrough on an island, where three Great Cultivator Spiritual Meridians supported the promotion.
• Great Cultivator Lou praised Li Yuanba’s rapid cultivation, and Li Yuanba asked about negotiations to build Space Receiving Formations for Luan Phoenix Palace and Great Thunderclap Temple.
• Lou Wu’s sword intent surged as his breakthrough passed its most important step, while Li Yuanba sensed a mid-stage fourth-grade Sea Beast approaching.
• The Sea Beast attacked Li Yuanba and showed signs of preparing a Sound Wave Attack that could disrupt Lou Wu’s advancement.
• Li Yuanba used Xingyi Sword and his Fourth Grade Sword Foundation to kill the Sea Beast before it could release the attack.

Lou Wu advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, while Li Yuanba returned to seclusion and spent twenty years supporting Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion’s growth through his pills. Li Shiming reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Peak without sensing a bottleneck and began advancing toward the Nascent Soul Late Stage as his five Nascent Souls transformed their Divine Power energy into Five Elements Rule energy.

• Li Yuanba killed a Deep Sea Kongming Beast, gave its corpse to Great Cultivator Lou for Lou Wu, and entrusted Lou Wu’s congratulatory Spiritual Pills to his father.
• Lou Wu stabilized his breakthrough at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, received the Deep Sea Kongming Beast, and followed Great Cultivator Lou back to Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion to update his records and arrange his Cave Dwelling.
• Li Yuanba returned to seclusion, and Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion continued to prosper with his Space Receiving Formation and Fourth Grade High Level Spiritual Pills.
• Twenty years later, Li Shiming reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Peak with all five Nascent Souls and found that he had no bottleneck blocking his advancement.
• Li Shiming drew Spiritual Qi from the Heavenly Human Blessed Land and used five idle brains to guide it as his five Nascent Souls began advancing and transforming their energy into Five Elements Rule energy.

Li Shiming advanced his five Nascent Souls from the Nascent Soul Middle Stage to the Great Cultivator realm, comprehending several Rule Marks and strengthening his body. He began replenishing his depleted Spiritual Power with Great Cultivator pills, but realized his supply would not keep pace with his cultivation.

• Li Shiming cultivated the Heavenly Human Art until his five Nascent Souls crossed into the Great Cultivator realm and gained Five Elements Rule Marks.
• Li Shiming recalled his observations in the Half-Life Blessed Land and formed Thunder and Lightning Rule Marks inside his Nascent Souls.
• Li Shiming used his One Hundred Ninety-One Brains to comprehend the Sword Intent Monument’s rules and form a Chaos Sword Intent Rule Imprint before leaving the advancement state.
• Li Shiming completed the Heavenly Human Art’s first Great Cultivator-level strengthening of his physical body through all five Nascent Souls.
• Li Shiming checked his supply of one hundred and thirty-six Great Cultivator high-grade Spiritual Pills, swallowed five, and returned to cultivation while worrying that his reserves were insufficient.

Li Yuanba suspended alchemy commissions and entered full seclusion while Li Shiming emerged from a year of cultivation with his Great Cultivator realm stabilized. Li Shiming tested his sword and thunder abilities, then recognized that using the Divine Firmament Thunder Pearl could draw the attention of the Jade Purity Sect.

• Li Yuanba sent Hongfa Honored One instructions to suspend all alchemy commissions while he entered full seclusion, disappointing Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion cultivators who had booked his services.
• A year later, Li Shiming left seclusion with his Great Cultivator realm stabilized and decided to return to the Northern Shu Continent after familiarizing himself with his new strength.
• Li Shiming tested Traceless Illusion Sword and Sky Strike Thunder Hammer, using Chaos Sword Intent and Chaos Spiritual Power to assess his improved combat abilities.
• Li Shiming drew on the Divine Firmament Thunder Pearl to strengthen Falling Thunder Art and found the attack stronger than Great Cultivator Wang He's strongest observed strike.
• Li Shiming decided not to take out the Divine Firmament Thunder Pearl because the Jade Purity Sect's mighty figure was searching for it and might target him.

Li Shiming brought Little Phoenix and the Phantom Spirit Dragon out of seclusion, strengthened his Silver Wing Spirit Gu Insects, and set off for the Eastern Qi Continent to visit his Master and fellow sect members. On the voyage, he rediscovered the value of Fourth Grade Spirit Tea and decided to trade it for cultivation resources.

• Li Shiming reunited with Little Phoenix and the Phantom Spirit Dragon and promised to help them advance by finding resources.
• Li Shiming marked the eight remaining Silver Wing Spirit Gu Insects as his own and discovered that they could grow stronger by absorbing his Chaos Spiritual Power.
• Li Shiming decided to cultivate all eleven Silver Wing Spirit Gu Insects and stopped Little Phoenix from eating them.
• Li Shiming boarded the White Emperor Light Cloud Boat with Little Phoenix and the Phantom Spirit Dragon and set a route for the Eastern Qi Continent.
• Li Shiming used the Mountain and River Universe Fan to harvest and stir-fry Fourth Grade Spirit Tea, then realized he could trade it for resources.

Li Shiming encountered a five-ship merchant caravan led by Great Cultivators Qian Yi and Lu, who recognized him and decided to kill him for the White Emperor Sect’s favor and his flying boat. Li Shiming revealed the power of his Traceless Illusion Sword and killed Qian Yi in a single strike, leaving Lu facing him.

• Li Shiming’s warning Formation detected a Central Continent Merchant Guild caravan of five Far Sailing Boats, and Great Cultivator Qian Yi greeted him.
• Great Cultivator Lu recognized Li Shiming, and Qian Yi realized he had become a Great Cultivator since their previous meeting.
• Qian Yi and Lu decided to attack Li Shiming, hoping to eliminate a threat to the Central Continent Merchant Guild and claim his White Emperor Light Cloud Boat.
• Li Shiming sensed their intentions and sent his invisible Traceless Illusion Sword behind Qian Yi while Lu prepared to fight.
• Qian Yi attacked with his Jade Ruler, but Li Shiming’s Chaos Sword Intent pierced through Qian Yi’s defenses and killed him before he could activate his Life-Preserving Jade Talisman.
• Li Shiming caught Qian Yi’s falling Fourth Grade Top Tier Jade Ruler and put it away.

Li Shiming killed Great Cultivator Lu after testing the close-combat sword techniques from the "Nameless Sword Canon," then wiped out the Central Continent Merchant Guild’s far-sailing caravan with his Realm Pressure. He took control of the five Far Sailing Boats and headed for the Eastern Qi Continent, bringing Great Cultivator Luo Pei along as an escort.

• Great Cultivator Lu delayed using his Life-Preserving Jade Talisman while layering defenses, allowing Li Shiming to appear behind him and wound him with a close-combat sword strike.
• Li Shiming explained that his close-combat sword cultivation came from the Jade Slip Great Cultivator Lu had given to Li Yuanba, then killed Great Cultivator Lu with the Fourth Grade Sword Foundation.
• Li Shiming entered the caravan’s Defensive Formation and used Realm Pressure to kill its cultivators, then searched the five Far Sailing Boats and seized their cargo.
• Li Shiming turned the Far Sailing Boats toward the Eastern Qi Continent, deciding to sell their valuable resources there.
• Li Shiming summoned Great Cultivator Luo Pei to accompany the caravan and noticed that the Heavenly Ghost could now potentially advance to Fourth Grade Late Stage.

Li Shiming returned to the Eastern Qi Continent after improving Great Cultivator Luo Pei’s Water Rule Imprint and met Liu Ziyun, who told him the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was under pressure. He arranged to exchange the five Far Sailing Boats and their cargo for Fourth Grade Late Stage resources for his spirit pets, leaving the fleet with Liu Ziyun while the deal was prepared.

• Li Shiming used his understanding of water rules to strengthen Great Cultivator Luo Pei’s Water Rule Imprint and guide his cultivation of the Overwhelming Blackwater Technique.
• After more than forty days at sea, Li Shiming’s caravan reached the Eastern Qi Continent, where Liu Ziyun approached and recognized him.
• Li Shiming told Liu Ziyun that he had killed two Central Continent Merchant Guild great cultivators who tried to rob him and had taken their five Far Sailing Boats.
• Liu Ziyun told Li Shiming that the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was being fiercely suppressed by three sects backed by the Jade Purity Sect and the White Emperor Sect.
• Li Shiming agreed to sell the five Far Sailing Boats and their goods to Liu Ziyun’s faction in exchange for Phoenix Clan and Dragon Clan Fourth Grade Late Stage resources.
• Li Shiming proposed signing a Contract and handing over the boats and cargo while Liu Ziyun spent up to a year preparing the resources.

Li Shiming returned toward the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and found its core territory occupied by cultivators from Tai Chu Sect, Veiled Sun Sect, and Lotus Flower Temple. Little Phoenix and the Phantom Spirit Dragon fought them and then faced a Great Honored One, whose Buddhist formation halted their attacks.

• Li Shiming flew toward the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect after handing the Central Continent Merchant Guild its caravan and goods under contract.
• Li Shiming ordered Little Phoenix and the Phantom Spirit Dragon to drive away the sect cultivators occupying the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect's territory.
• The Phantom Spirit Dragon killed several Nascent Soul cultivators with surprise attacks, while Little Phoenix burned three others with its Nirvana Flame.
• A Great Honored One from Lotus Flower Temple trapped Little Phoenix inside a Golden Bell, but the Phantom Spirit Dragon poisoned his defenses and forced him to withdraw the damaged bell.
• The Great Honored One formed a defensive barrier with 108 Buddhist Beads, stopping Little Phoenix's and the Phantom Spirit Dragon's attacks as Li Shiming watched.

Li Shiming returned to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect as a Great Cultivator, capturing Great Venerable Guang Ling near the mountain gate and bringing Luo Pei with him. He learned the sect was in a crisis and found his master, Great Cultivator Hu, gravely injured, then prepared to treat him.

• Li Shiming approached Great Venerable Guang Ling, warned him against trespassing near the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, then defeated and sealed him after Guang Ling threatened the sect.
• Li Shiming took Guang Ling's Buddhist Beads and handed the captive to Luo Pei before contacting his master and meeting Yue Shan outside the sect.
• Yue Shan and Great Cultivator Ding Lifei escorted Li Shiming and Luo Pei into the sect, where Ding updated their identity jade discs and appointed Luo Pei a Guest Elder.
• Great Cultivator Ding brought Li Shiming to Great Cultivator Hu's residence, where Li Shiming discovered his master was severely injured and missing his left leg.
• Li Shiming learned that a cultivator from the Tai Chu Sect had injured Great Cultivator Hu and gave him a Limb Regrowth Pill.

Li Shiming restored Great Cultivator Hu’s lost leg and learned that the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was besieged by three rival sects backed by Jade Purity Sect and White Emperor Sect. He returned to the Library Pavilion to receive the sect’s inheritance, while Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng insisted he learn it before joining the fight.

• Li Shiming used his Innate Yi Wood Divine Power after Great Cultivator Hu took a Limb Regrowth Pill, healing his injuries and regrowing his left leg.
• Li Shiming gave Great Cultivator Hu five Spiritual Pills to speed his recovery, and Great Cultivator Hu explained how the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect had been driven back to its mountain gate.
• Great Cultivator Hu urged Li Shiming to receive the sect’s inheritance instead of pursuing the names of the great cultivators who had injured him.
• Li Shiming went to the Library Pavilion and met Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng, who thanked him for the Longevity Spirit Fruits he had once provided.
• Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng began teaching Li Shiming the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect’s inheritance and presented him with a hundred Jade Slips to memorize.