Chapter Summaries

Li Yuanba and Great Cultivators Jian Tianyi and Wu defended the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion’s resource point, but their sword intents frightened nearly forty attackers into retreating without a fight. On the journey back, Jian Tianyi told Li Yuanba about the Spirit Realm Blessed Land and his past, and the two became good friends.

• Li Yuanba invited Great Cultivator Jian Tianyi to let him take the lead in the coming battle, then shared Fourth Grade Spirit Tea with Jian Tianyi and Great Cultivator Wu as they discussed sword intent.
• As the Great Cultivator Spirit Herbs ripened, Li Yuanba reinforced the defensive formation and joined Jian Tianyi and Wu in releasing their sword intents.
• The gathered Great Cultivators recognized Jian Tianyi and Li Yuanba, lost their nerve, and departed without attacking the resource point.
• Jian Tianyi invited Li Yuanba to join him in ten months for the contest over the Spirit Realm Blessed Land, and Li Yuanba agreed to go with him.
• On Jian Tianyi’s flying boat, Li Yuanba recognized its Central Continent Merchant Guild design, and Jian Tianyi explained that he had captured it as spoils of war.
• Jian Tianyi shared stories and secrets with Li Yuanba during their return to the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion, and the two became good friends.

Li Yuanba completed his Chaos Sword Intent cultivation and joined Jian Tianyi on a dangerous mission to compete for a Spirit Realm Blessed Land. At the gathering of Peak Great Cultivators, tensions eased after Minghai Great Honored One acknowledged Li Yuanba’s strength, while Palace Master Feng discussed the demands of serving a sect.

• Over ten months, Li Yuanba upgraded the Sword Intent in more than two thousand Fourth Grade Energy Flying Swords to Chaos Sword Intent and befriended many sword cultivator Great Cultivators.
• Jian Tianyi took Li Yuanba toward the mission site and warned him that Peak Great Cultivator battles were dangerous and he should fight without holding back.
• Li Yuanba and Jian Tianyi found the other contenders gathered near the Spirit Realm Blessed Land, including Minghai Great Honored One, Great Cultivator Ren Mu, and Palace Master Feng.
• Jian Tianyi confronted Great Cultivator Lin and Great Cultivator Yu after they provoked Li Yuanba, while Minghai Great Honored One and Li Yuanba calmed the gathering by discussing their previous fight.
• Li Yuanba joined the circle of Peak Great Cultivators, and Palace Master Feng told him that advancing further would require both his sect’s support and his contributions to it.

Li Yuanba rejected Palace Master Feng’s offer to find him a Dao companion, then joined the gathered cultivators as they sampled spirit tea from Li Shiming. When Cui Cheng emerged and insulted him, Li Yuanba launched a sudden attack with the Golden Corpse Late Stage and Xingyi Sword, leaving Cui Cheng under pressure as the chapter ended with his fireburst failing to stop them.

• Palace Master Feng offered to introduce Li Yuanba to female cultivators from Luan Phoenix Palace, but he made clear he would remain single, and Great Cultivator Lin and Great Cultivator Yu secretly agreed to cooperate against him.
• Great Cultivator Jian Tianyi brewed Li Shiming’s Fourth Grade Spirit Tea, which Great Cultivator Ren Mu and the other Peak Great Cultivators praised while Great Cultivator Lin and Great Cultivator Yu were left out.
• Cui Cheng emerged displaying his Southern Blazing Fire divine power and insulted Li Yuanba, who immediately attacked him with the Golden Corpse Late Stage and Xingyi Sword.
• Li Yuanba exploited weaknesses in Cui Cheng’s fire shield with his Fourth Grade Sword Foundation and Xingyi Sword, while the Golden Corpse Late Stage kept up its close-range assault.
• Cui Cheng detonated his Southern Blazing Fire in a ring of flames, but Li Yuanba escaped with Close In Distance, Far In Horizon and the armored Golden Corpse Late Stage withstood the blast while continuing its attack.

Li Yuanba overwhelmed Great Cultivator Cui, then disrupted the allied great cultivators’ ambush with Ten Thousand Swords Peak and forced them to retreat. He turned to aid Great Cultivator Jian Tianyi, who remained locked in a difficult fight against Great Cultivator Lin and Great Cultivator Yu.

• Li Yuanba beat Great Cultivator Cui senseless, and Great Cultivator Jian Tianyi challenged him over his ability to guard the entrance.
• Great Cultivator Cui secretly enlisted Great Cultivator Lin and Great Cultivator Yu to attack Great Cultivator Jian Tianyi and Li Yuanba while he kept Palace Master Feng and Great Cultivator Ren Mu occupied.
• Great Cultivator Jian Tianyi engaged Great Cultivator Lin and Great Cultivator Yu as Li Yuanba used Ten Thousand Swords Peak and his swords to wound three outer great cultivators and threaten the rest.
• The outer great cultivators activated their Life-Preserving Jade Talismans and fled, leaving Li Yuanba unable to kill any of them.
• Great Cultivator Jian Tianyi pressed Great Cultivator Lin and Great Cultivator Yu, but their Ice Crystal Fortress Formation helped them withstand his attacks and begin counterattacking.

Li Yuanba broke Great Cultivator Yu and Great Cultivator Lin’s Ice Crystal Fortress Formation, then killed Great Cultivator Lin and captured his Nascent Soul. The surviving cultivators withdrew from the fight over the Great Cultivator Resources, leaving Li Yuanba and Great Cultivator Jian Tianyi to collect the spoils.

• Li Yuanba used the Divine Eye Art and IBMz15 to guide the Form Intention Sword in cracking the Ice Crystal Fortress Formation while Great Cultivator Yu reinforced it with Fourth Grade Array Flags.
• Great Cultivator Yu activated a Life-Preserving Jade Talisman and fled, and Great Cultivator Jian Tianyi cut apart the abandoned formation.
• Li Yuanba had the Golden Corpse Late Stage restrain Great Cultivator Lin, then pierced his brow with the Form Intention Sword and captured his weakened Nascent Soul.
• Great Cultivator Cui, Minghai Great Honored One, Great Cultivator Le, Palace Master Feng, and Great Cultivator Ren Mu withdrew from the contest for the Great Cultivator Resources.
• Great Cultivator Jian Tianyi praised Li Yuanba’s strength and proposed that they collect the spoils of war.

Li Yuanba entered the Boundless Sect’s Spirit Realm Blessed Land, then met Sword Old Ancestor to hand over Great Cultivator Lin’s Nascent Soul in exchange for the Returning Origin Curtain. He inspected Lin Yuan’s Soul Crystal Ring and discovered a powerful flying boat and Mystic Ice Sacred Spirit among its treasures.

• Li Yuanba followed Great Cultivator Jian Tianyi through the empty Spirit Realm Blessed Land, where Jian Tianyi collected the mature spirit herbs from its twenty-six resource sites.
• After Li Yuanba returned to Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion, Jian Wuwei brought him to meet Sword Old Ancestor, who asked about Lin Yuan’s Nascent Soul.
• Li Yuanba gave the Nascent Soul to Sword Elder’s Clone, which kept Lin Yuan’s Soul Crystal Ring, returned the Nascent Soul to the Returning Origin Sect, and gave Li Yuanba a Returning Origin Curtain.
• Li Yuanba activated the Returning Origin Curtain and found that it purified Spiritual Qi and improved cultivation efficiency.
• Li Yuanba claimed Lin Yuan’s Soul Crystal Ring, discovered a Fourth Grade Top-tier Returning Origin Extreme Spirit Boat, and found Mystic Ice Sacred Spirit inside.

Li Yuanba’s victory made him famous, while Great Power Luo Yuan discovered that Li Shiming possessed a Thunder Beast and prepared a powerful clone to pursue him. During Li Shiming’s seclusion, he upgraded Ruyi Mountain Suppressing Peak into a spirit treasure with overwhelming gravity, though its power could not be concealed when used.

• Li Yuanba’s defeat of eight top Great Cultivators and capture of Great Cultivator Lin’s Nascent Soul raised his reputation, and he delivered the Mystic Ice Sacred Spirit and Lin’s corpse to Li Shiming.
• After more than a century in seclusion, Great Power Luo Yuan found that Jade Purity Sect had failed to recover the Divine Firmament Thunder Pearl and lacked a Peak Great Cultivator.
• Great Power Luo Yuan learned that Li Shiming had a Thunder Beast, then formed a powerful clone and equipped it with the source of Jade Purity Blessed Land’s lightning rule.
• Li Shiming refined Ruyi Mountain Suppressing Peak in the Server Room Space, engraving two billion Gravity Runes and one billion Fortification Runes before it became a spirit treasure.
• Ruyi Mountain Suppressing Peak gained Gravity and Fortification Rule Imprints and the power to crush enemies beneath its immense weight, but Li Shiming could not conceal its spirit-treasure quality when using it.

Li Shiming fled across the ocean after Great Power Luo Yuan’s clone pursued him, then decided to turn and fight when he realized his pursuer was an energy clone. He opened the battle with spirit treasures and a barrage of Thunder Cloud Arts.

• Li Shiming detected a powerful threat approaching the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and fled using Close In An Instant.
• Great Power Luo Yuan’s clone tracked Li Shiming’s spatial fluctuations and pursued him across the ocean with Thunder Escape.
• Li Shiming used IBMz15’s calculations and his observations of Great Powers to conclude that his pursuer was an energy clone, not Luo Yuan’s true body.
• Li Shiming stopped fleeing, prepared forty Thunder Cloud Arts, and attacked Great Power Luo Yuan’s clone with the spirit-treasure Sky Strike Thunder Hammer and Ruyi Mountain Suppressing Peak.
• Great Power Luo Yuan’s clone failed to suppress Li Shiming, then struggled against the Ruyi Mountain Suppressing Peak’s Gravity Field as forty Thunder Cloud Arts struck from above.

Li Shiming escaped Great Power Luo Yuan’s clone by using an unfamiliar Teleportation Ring after his ice techniques and attempt to flee failed. He arrived at an unknown distant location, while his Phantom Clone told Yin Shilan to remain in Luan Phoenix Palace and promised to send two Golden Corpse Late Stage to protect the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

• Great Power Luo Yuan’s clone withstood Li Shiming’s Thunder Methods, so Li Shiming used forty Ice Seal Heaven and Earth techniques to freeze it in an iceberg.
• Great Power Luo Yuan’s clone released Thunder and Lightning Rule origin, broke free, paralyzed Li Shiming, and disrupted his Close In An Instant.
• As Great Power Luo Yuan’s clone approached, Li Shiming activated the Teleportation Ring and vanished through an ancient spatial grand relocation.
• Great Power Luo Yuan recognized the teleportation method but could not trace Li Shiming, and decided against targeting the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect or Yin Shilan.
• Li Shiming’s Phantom Clone recovered and told Yin Shilan that he had teleported far away and would not return soon.
• The Phantom Clone told Yin Shilan to stay in Luan Phoenix Palace and said Li Shiming would send two Golden Corpse Late Stage back to protect the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

Li Shiming arrived at a mysterious mountain palace called the Divine Hall, resisted the bell’s attempt to implant a hidden consciousness, and learned his Teleportation Ring needed twenty years to recharge. After he reached the palace and encountered six unfamiliar Peak Great Cultivators, a demonic cultivator attacked him, and Li Shiming unleashed ten empowered Falling Thunder Arts.

• Li Shiming arrived at the foot of a mountain in the void and climbed its white jade steps as bell sounds cleansed his soul and tried to implant a secretive consciousness.
• Li Shiming used IBMz15 to block and analyze the implanted consciousness, then discovered his Teleportation Ring could return him to the Eastern Qi Continent after twenty years of recharging.
• Li Shiming reached the palace gates and studied the bronze-stud array that opened them before six unfamiliar Peak Great Cultivators arrived.
• A gaunt demonic cultivator lunged at Li Shiming with black mist while the three righteous cultivators warned him and called for the attacker to stop.
• Li Shiming summoned the Sky Strike Thunder Hammer and cast ten Falling Thunder Arts empowered by the Divine Firmament Thunder Pearl, forcing the demonic cultivator to retreat.

Li Shiming forced the demonic cultivators to accept a truce and joined the six Great Cultivators entering the Divine Hall. After passing through its gate, he discovered a dangerous landscape filled with restrictions and valuable Spirit Trees.

• Li Shiming’s ten Falling Thunder Arts damaged Great Cultivator Zong Jing’s soul-linked skeleton, ending their fight and prompting the demonic cultivators to seek cooperation.
• Li Shiming kept his sect secret, declared he cared only about the Divine Hall’s gains, and remained neutral between the righteous and demonic sides.
• Great Cultivator Shen Ze opened the gate with a Jade Token, and Li Shiming followed two Great Cultivators through the darkness into the Divine Hall.
• Li Shiming narrowly withdrew his Divine Sense after it triggered a hidden restriction, then studied the danger with his Divine Eye Art and IBMz15.
• The righteous and demonic Great Cultivators explained how to survive the restrictions, and the next pair entered after Li Shiming had waited with the first two.

Li Shiming joined six Peak Great Cultivators to explore the Divine Hall, where they formed a soul-bound peace contract and advanced together through dangerous restrictions. After three days of collecting abundant resources, the group rested at the edge of their map before a Golden Giant Eagle appeared overhead.

• Great Cultivator Shen Ze gave Li Shiming a rough map, and the seven Great Cultivators signed a peace contract with their True Names.
• Great Cultivator Shen Ze led the group along a mountain path, where Li Shiming helped the others destroy a Wind Blade restriction with his Falling Thunder Art.
• The group collected Spirit Herbs and other valuable resources while advancing slowly, and Li Shiming discovered that Spiritual Power recovered poorly inside the Divine Hall.
• After crossing a mountain peak, Great Cultivator Ji Chuang divided the group's three-day harvest, which exceeded expectations thanks to Li Shiming's help.
• A Fourth Grade Late Stage Golden Giant Eagle appeared in the sky, and Great Cultivator Shen Ze used his Treasure Mirror to shield the group.

Li Shiming and six Peak Great Cultivators encountered a Golden Winged Great Peng, then reached the Sensing God Monument, where Li Shiming gained a profound cultivation comprehension. The monument let him experience the path to Peak Great Cultivator, but it ended before he could learn how to break through to Mighty Expert.

• The Great Cultivators spotted a Golden Winged Great Peng and explained that the Divine Hall's sky restrictions affected outside cultivators, not the divine beast.
• After the Golden Winged Great Peng flew away, Li Shiming led the group toward three Fourth Grade Asking the Dao Tea Trees, claimed them as part of his share, and continued exploring.
• The group reached the Sensing God Monument, and Great Cultivator Shen Ze invited Li Shiming to comprehend it first.
• Li Shiming's Heavenly Human Art began circulating as the monument drew his main brain into a state of accelerated cultivation and growing comprehension of the Five Elements Rule.
• The monument's comprehension carried Li Shiming's main brain to Peak Great Cultivator and the verge of a breakthrough, but it ended before he could experience the breakthrough to Mighty Expert.

Li Shiming left the Sensing God Monument and used a hidden Drone Satellite to monitor the Peak Great Cultivators while exploring the Divine Hall alone. He reached the Divine Beast Garden, where his Teleportation Ring opened the gate, though its status within the Divine Hall remained unknown.

• Li Shiming thanked Great Cultivator Shen Ze for letting him comprehend the Sensing God Monument first, then set off alone to explore.
• Li Shiming sent a Drone Satellite to monitor the monument and discovered the Golden Winged Great Peng flying toward a possible route to the Divine Beast Garden.
• Li Shiming summoned Little Phoenix and the Phantom Spirit Dragon, traveled faster, and continued collecting Great Cultivator Resources while tracking the righteous and demonic Great Cultivators.
• After two days, Li Shiming reached a walled garden and learned that the restrictions destroyed a Drone Satellite sent above it.
• Li Shiming touched the wall, causing a door marked “Divine Beast Garden” to appear, and his Teleportation Ring opened the gate before he could touch it.

Li Shiming entered the Divine Beast Garden and defeated the Golden Winged Great Peng, triggering the garden’s contract rules and making it his spiritual pet. After healing it and feeding it a Beast Yuan Pill, he introduced it to Little Phoenix, the Phantom Spirit Dragon, and the Thunder Beast, and the Golden Winged Great Peng accepted its new place among them.

• Li Shiming entered the Divine Beast Garden, confirmed he could fly there, and set out to subdue the Golden Winged Great Peng.
• The Golden Winged Great Peng used Space Movement to ambush Li Shiming, but he evaded its strike and countered with Ruyi Mountain Suppressing Peak and twenty Falling Thunder Arts.
• The wounded Golden Winged Great Peng tried to escape, but Li Shiming stopped it with close-range attacks and knocked it unconscious.
• The Divine Beast Garden’s rules produced an Ancient Contract Paper, automatically contracting the Golden Winged Great Peng to Li Shiming when it lost the ability to move.
• Li Shiming healed the Golden Winged Great Peng and gave it a Fourth Grade Late Stage high-grade Beast Yuan Pill, which helped it accept him.
• Li Shiming introduced the Golden Winged Great Peng to Little Phoenix, the Phantom Spirit Dragon, and the Thunder Beast, and it welcomed its companions.

Li Shiming used the Golden Winged Great Peng to slow Great Cultivator Shen Ze while racing toward another opportunity in the Divine Hall. The three Demonic Great Cultivators reached the Divine Beast Garden only to find nine divine beasts blocking them, then left and headed for a backup target as Li Shiming continued forward with Great Cultivator Luo Pei, Little Phoenix, and the Phantom Spirit Dragon.

• The Golden Winged Great Peng reunited with its old friend, the Thunder Beast, while Li Shiming learned it could not carry him through the Divine Hall’s prohibitions.
• Li Shiming set out toward the likely route of the three righteous Great Cultivators and sent the Golden Winged Great Peng to harass them without attacking.
• Great Cultivator Shen Ze used his Treasure Mirror to hide himself and his companions whenever the Golden Winged Great Peng appeared, slowing their advance.
• Great Cultivator Leng Hong, Great Cultivator Zong Jing, and Great Cultivator Qiu Zhi reached the Divine Beast Garden and found nine divine beasts watching them, so they abandoned the attempt and chose a backup target.
• The three Demonic Great Cultivators blamed Li Shiming for the disruption and proceeded along a route slowed by more prohibitions.
• Li Shiming continued toward his target with Little Phoenix and the Phantom Spirit Dragon resisting attacks while Great Cultivator Luo Pei collected resources in defensive armor.

Li Shiming entered the Heavenly Secret Garden and discovered that its five Heavenly Secret Treasures were cores of Blessed Lands; he used his five Nascent Souls to claim all five before the Divine Hall sent him out. On the final day, Shen Ze, Ji Chuang, and Liao Yi reached the garden and argued over who would collect its treasures, with Shen Ze entering first while the other two waited tensely.

• Li Shiming used the Teleportation Ring to enter the Heavenly Secret Garden and confirmed that he could fly there without restrictions.
• After sitting on the Stone Meditation Mat, Li Shiming learned that the garden nurtured Heavenly Secret Treasures needed to establish a Blessed Land.
• Li Shiming linked each of his five Nascent Souls to a different Heavenly Secret Treasure and collected all five before being sent outside the garden.
• Li Shiming chose to spend his remaining time collecting Great Cultivator Resources rather than exploring the other locations.
• Shen Ze, Ji Chuang, and Liao Yi arrived at the Heavenly Secret Garden injured and negotiated over who would collect its treasures first.
• Shen Ze entered the garden first while Ji Chuang and Liao Yi, with their Contract suspended, watched each other warily.

Shen Ze, Ji Chuang, and Liao Yi found no Heavenly Secret Treasures in the Heavenly Secret Garden and blamed Li Shiming for taking their opportunity. After the Divine Hall expelled its visitors, Li Shiming emerged with a powerful Heavenly Secret Treasure aura, drawing both demonic- and righteous-path Great Cultivators toward him.

• Shen Ze searched the Heavenly Secret Garden twice, found no Heavenly Secret Treasure, and emerged injured after concluding that Li Shiming had taken one first.
• Ji Chuang and Liao Yi also found the garden empty, and the three righteous-path Great Cultivators turned their anger toward Li Shiming.
• Li Shiming waited for the Divine Hall's ten-day countdown to end, was expelled, and absorbed the surrounding Spiritual Qi while his companions remained recalled.
• Leng Hong joined Zong Jing and Qiu Zhi to hunt Li Shiming, but they detected a strong Heavenly Secret Treasure aura and flew toward it first.
• Shen Ze and the other righteous-path Great Cultivators prepared to flee separately, then stopped after sensing the same Heavenly Secret Treasure aura.

Li Shiming fought off three Demonic Path Peak Great Cultivators who tried to ambush him, killing Great Cultivator Leng Hong and Great Cultivator Zong Jing while Great Cultivator Qiu Zhi escaped. After sensing that the three watching Righteous Path cultivators were also hostile, Li Shiming turned his attention toward them.

• Three Righteous Path Great Cultivators watched from a distance as Great Cultivator Leng Hong, Great Cultivator Zong Jing, and Great Cultivator Qiu Zhi surrounded Li Shiming.
• Li Shiming escaped their attacks with Close In Distance, Far In Horizon and retaliated with Falling Thunder Arts from the Sky Strike Thunder Hammer and Divine Firmament Thunder Pearl.
• When the Demonic Path cultivators tried to retreat, Li Shiming killed Great Cultivator Leng Hong with the Traceless Illusion Sword and let Great Cultivator Qiu Zhi escape with a Great Power Jade Talisman.
• Li Shiming closed in on Great Cultivator Zong Jing, broke through the white skeleton's defense, and killed him with lightning and his Fourth Grade Sword Foundation.
• Li Shiming collected the corpses and white skeleton, then prepared to confront the three Righteous Path Great Cultivators who had watched the fight.

Li Shiming trapped and killed three righteous-path Great Cultivators by turning their own formation against them and unleashing forty Thunder Cloud Arts. When reinforcements arrived, he had already escaped into the ocean, leaving them to discover the cultivators' disappearance.

• Great Cultivator Shen Ze urged Great Cultivators Liao Yi and Ji Chuang to join forces and await reinforcements rather than flee from Li Shiming.
• Shen Ze raised a water-curtain barrier, Liao Yi formed a defensive palace with his chessboard and Black and White Chess Pieces, and Ji Chuang prepared his Flying Sword to counterattack.
• Li Shiming sent forty Thunder Cloud Arts against the group, then entered Liao Yi's formation and changed it so that it trapped the three cultivators and let the lightning through.
• Li Shiming's lightning killed Shen Ze, Liao Yi, and Ji Chuang; he collected their bodies and magical treasures, then fled by Close In An Instant and water escape.
• Mirror Moon Sect reinforcements arrived, found no trace of Shen Ze or the other Great Cultivators, and ordered their sect to notify Purple Cloud Sect and Star Constellation Sect.