Chapter Summaries

After reaching Foundation Establishment, Lu Nan learned the Myriad Dao Method and discovered the demanding requirements of the Myriad Dao Body, then searched Heaven Vein Peak for its rare ingredients. When the secret realm collapsed and powerful beasts emerged, he found an exit but turned back to search for Wu Wan and the other woman as the Azure Lotus Sword Sect elders watched the Soul Erosion Abyss.

• Lu Nan cultivated the Myriad Dao Method, gaining spiritual power ten times the quality of his previous power, and decided to pursue the Myriad Dao Body despite its painful process and rare ingredients.
• Lu Nan searched Heaven Vein Peak and found five ingredients for the Myriad Dao Body, including Jade Marrow Stone.
• After Lu Nan left Central Peak, the nine peaks vanished and powerful demonic beasts appeared throughout the perilous peaks.
• Lu Nan defeated attacking beasts, found a passage out of the secret realm, but turned away to look for Wu Wan and the other woman.
• Outside the Soul Erosion Abyss, Qingchuan and Liu Qilan discussed the likely Heavenly Foundation Establishment candidate, and Ye Hanyan named Lu Nan before they sensed a change.

After the secret realm opened, Lu Nan searched for Su Wan and Wu Wan instead of leaving immediately. He found Su Wan cornered by three powerful demon wolves, and her fate remained uncertain.

• The sect leaders gathered at the Soul Erosion Abyss as the secret realm gate glowed, then rescued their disciples from the Chimei and learned that someone had forged a Heaven grade Dao Foundation.
• Lu Nan searched the perilous peaks for Su Wan and Wu Wan, setting himself a three-day limit and marking the one-use vortex passages he found.
• A group attacked Lu Nan for standing near a passage, but he killed their leader and forced the survivors to identify the women in his portraits.
• The survivors told Lu Nan that they had seen Su Wan near a sword-shaped perilous peak, so he hurried there.
• Lu Nan found Su Wan injured and surrounded by three demon wolves at the third level of Foundation Establishment.

Su Wan was overwhelmed by a demon wolf pack until Lu Nan arrived, saved her, and revealed his identity. After she recovered enough to travel, they set out to search for Wu Wan.

• Su Wan used her cracked Jade Token to kill three demon wolves, but the White Giant Wolf King and its pack surrounded and severely wounded her.
• Lu Nan killed the White Giant Wolf King and the remaining demon wolves, then gave Su Wan a pill and kept watch as she recovered.
• Su Wan woke wary of Lu Nan until he restored his original appearance and recounted their shared experiences, prompting her to recognize him and embrace him.
• Lu Nan asked whether Su Wan knew where Wu Wan was, but Su Wan said she had stayed alone on Earth Vein Peak since arriving in the Secret Realm.
• After Lu Nan helped Su Wan recover enough to travel, they chose a direction and set off to search for Wu Wan.

Lu Nan and Su Wan failed to find Wu Wan and left the Secret Realm, only to discover that its suppression over the Soul Erosion Abyss had vanished. Ye Hanyan rescued them from the Chimei, but a giant blood-red hand captured Lu Nan and dragged him into the abyss as Ye Hanyan and Qingchuan pursued it.

• Lu Nan and Su Wan searched for Wu Wan for another half day, then gave up and headed for an exit.
• A group of seven or eight cultivators tried to seize Su Wan, but Lu Nan killed them all before the pair entered the exit vortex.
• Lu Nan and Su Wan returned to the Soul Erosion Abyss and realized the Secret Realm's suppression had disappeared, leaving them surrounded by Chimei.
• Ye Hanyan summoned a giant sword to rescue Lu Nan and Su Wan, but a massive blood-red hand attacked them from the abyss.
• Lu Nan offered himself in exchange for Su Wan, and the hand released her before capturing him and retreating into the abyss.
• Ye Hanyan and Qingchuan arrived and pursued the blood-red hand into the depths.

Lu Nan and Wu Wan encountered the white-haired young man who owned the Blood Hand, and he questioned Lu Nan about the woman in red and the Earth Fiend Spirit Swords. He offered Lu Nan a task in exchange for five swords and an incomplete blade, leaving Lu Nan examining the words “Summon Rain and Call Wind” on its hilt.

• Lu Nan found Wu Wan among the ruins, then met a white-robed young man who appeared behind him.
• The young man questioned Lu Nan about the woman in red, who he said had been devoured by an expert, and asked about her spirit sword.
• The young man revealed that he knew Lu Nan possessed Into Water and other Earth Fiend Spirit Swords, and asked whether Lu Nan had comprehended their divine ability.
• The young man offered Lu Nan five Earth Fiend Spirit Swords and an incomplete sword if he agreed to help with a task.
• Lu Nan examined the incomplete sword and found the blurred words “Summon Rain and Call Wind” beneath its hilt.

Lu Nan negotiated with Bai Yu to teach him the Corpse Shedding divine ability in exchange for compensation and a Heavenly Dao oath. When Ye Hanyan and Qingchuan were shown under attack in the Soul Erosion Abyss, Lu Nan persuaded Bai Yu to save them as the first of nine promised favors.

• Lu Nan questioned Bai Yu about the favor, and Bai Yu asked him to comprehend and transmit an Earth Fiend Divine Ability in exchange for compensation.
• Bai Yu revealed he was a Return to Void cultivator, while Lu Nan demanded protection, compensation, medicinal ingredients, and a Heavenly Dao oath.
• Bai Yu swore the oath, then gave Lu Nan a spirit sword whose divine ability was Corpse Shedding, explaining that he was a remnant soul seeking a chance to revive.
• Bai Yu showed Lu Nan an image of Ye Hanyan and Qingchuan losing a fight against Blood Shadows and Chimei in the Soul Erosion Abyss.
• Lu Nan asked Bai Yu to rescue Ye Hanyan and Qingchuan in exchange for one of nine promised favors, and Bai Yu agreed.

Lu Nan subdued the Corpse Shedding Sword and began comprehending its divine ability while Wu Wan guarded him. Outside the abyss, Ye Hanyan and the others fought Soul Erosion Abyss’s Blood Shadows, and the chapter ended with a Heavenly Being shattering Ye Hanyan’s giant sword.

• Lu Nan bound the Corpse Shedding Sword, absorbed it into his body, and began comprehending its divine ability as Wu Wan set up defensive Array Plates and guarded him.
• Ye Hanyan and Qingchuan sensed Lu Nan and Wu Wan inside Soul Erosion Abyss, prompting Qingchuan to send a message to Liu Qilan.
• Liu Qilan and other sect experts arrived, but four Blood Shadows confronted them, and fighting broke out when Qingchuan refused to leave without the trapped prodigy.
• Ye Hanyan unleashed a gigantic sword against the Blood Shadows as sect experts watched from a distance and more powerful auras rose from the abyss.
• A burly Heavenly Being appeared and shattered Ye Hanyan’s giant sword with a punch, leaving her vomiting blood.

The Fist Demon seized and humiliated Ye Hanyan and Liu Qilan, but the white-haired youth intervened and forced him to release them. After the youth helped Lu Nan obtain the Corpse Shedding cultivation method, Lu Nan confronted him about his two masters being humiliated.

• The Fist Demon demanded that Ye Hanyan remain in the Soul Erosion Abyss, and Qingchuan and Jiang Qing tried to stop him.
• The Fist Demon struck Jiang Qing, then sealed Ye Hanyan and Liu Qilan’s cultivation and seized them.
• The white-haired youth appeared and stopped the Fist Demon from killing Qingchuan and Jiang Qing, then made him hand over the two women.
• Ye Hanyan and Liu Qilan thanked the white-haired youth, and Ye Hanyan decided that the group would return first.
• The white-haired youth told Lu Nan how to inscribe the Corpse Shedding cultivation method into his consciousness, and Lu Nan completed the transfer.
• Lu Nan told the white-haired youth that his two masters had been humiliated, leaving the youth speechless.

Lu Nan persuaded Bai Yu to force Fist Demon to apologize, and Bai Yu subdued Fist Demon before the gathered sects. After Bai Yu left, the witnesses departed, while Ye Hanyan, Qingchuan, Jiang Qing, and Liu Qilan wondered which of them had such a powerful friend.

• Lu Nan demanded Fist Demon's death, then offered Bai Yu two divine abilities to secure his intervention.
• Bai Yu stopped Ye Hanyan's group and forced the watching sects to enter the Soul Erosion Abyss.
• Bai Yu ordered Fist Demon to apologize and compensate Ye Hanyan's group, but Fist Demon refused and chose to fight.
• Bai Yu struck Fist Demon with phantom fingers, injuring him and making him apologize, though he refused compensation.
• Bai Yu left, and the sects departed after resolving to keep the incident secret.
• Ye Hanyan, Qingchuan, Jiang Qing, and Liu Qilan admitted they did not know Bai Yu and wondered whose friend he was.

Lu Nan discovered the Great Five Elements Escape hidden in one of Bai Yu’s spirit swords while Bai Yu pressured him to teach divine abilities. Lu Nan then used the escape technique to vanish with Wu Wan, leaving Bai Yu searching the ruins.

• Jiang Qing, Qingchuan, and the others left the Soul Erosion Abyss and returned toward the Flying Boat.
• Bai Yu demanded that Lu Nan teach him divine abilities, but Lu Nan argued their deal was void because Bai Yu had not completed the task.
• Bai Yu agreed to let Lu Nan and Wu Wan leave after teaching him two divine abilities, while warning Lu Nan not to flee the ruins.
• Lu Nan bound the five spirit swords and discovered that the last contained the Great Five Elements Escape; he began comprehending it as Bai Yu watched.
• After a day, Lu Nan ignored Bai Yu’s demand and embraced Wu Wan, then used the Great Five Elements Escape to disappear with her.
• Bai Yu found the ruins empty and spread his Divine Sense in pursuit.

The red figure seized Bai Yu, took his Corpse Shedding divine ability, and compelled him to lead her to his lair. After escaping the Soul Erosion Abyss, Lu Nan and Wu Wan reached the Cang Kingdom and learned that Bai Wu Commandery was about a month away.

• Bai Yu abandoned his pursuit of Lu Nan, but the red figure appeared and overpowered him.
• The red figure took the Corpse Shedding divine ability from Bai Yu and ordered him to lead her to his base, where she settled into seclusion.
• The Fist Demon hid underground, while Lu Nan and Wu Wan escaped and Lu Nan recovered from using the Great Five Elements Escape.
• Lu Nan and Wu Wan found hunters pursuing a black-furred wild boar, and Lu Nan killed it with Sword Qi.
• The hunters told Lu Nan that they were in Two Realms Mountain in the Cang Kingdom, about a month from Bai Wu Commandery, and Lu Nan gave them Healing Pills before leaving with Wu Wan.

Lu Nan and Wu Wan returned to Bai Wu Commandery, which Lu Nan regarded as his hometown, and learned that Spirit Treasure Pavilion was holding a major auction. They joined the crowded auction as it began, where a Jin Yuan Pill sold for far more than it would cost Lu Nan to refine.

• Lu Nan and Wu Wan entered Bai Wu Commandery, and Lu Nan told her it was his hometown in the Cang Kingdom.
• Lu Nan explained that Senior Bai was a former business partner who had become an enemy, while Wu Wan recounted how she had searched for Lu Nan and been confined in the ruins.
• Lu Nan concealed that he had obtained Heavenly Qi, and a waiter told them Spirit Treasure Pavilion was holding an auction attended by cultivators.
• Lu Nan and Wu Wan entered the auction after Lu Nan revealed his cultivation aura to the guards.
• Auctioneer Yun'er opened the event and sold a second-rank high-grade Jin Yuan Pill for two hundred and thirty-five Low-grade Spirit Stones.

Lu Nan recognized a mysterious auction item as Gold-Devouring Liquid, a rare material needed to cultivate the Myriad Dao Body, and won it after outbidding a man who tried to provoke him. After collecting the treasure, he declined Yun'er’s invitation to dinner and left with Wu Wan.

• Lu Nan spotted the Gold-Devouring Liquid at the auction and bid on it while pretending he only liked its appearance.
• A plump man raised the price to provoke Lu Nan, but Lu Nan bid three thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones and won the item.
• Wu Wan questioned Lu Nan’s purchase, and he brushed off her concern about its price.
• Lu Nan collected the Gold-Devouring Liquid from Yun'er and paid the three thousand Spirit Stones.
• Yun'er invited Lu Nan to dinner, but Wu Wan told him to return to the sect, and Lu Nan left with her.

Lu Nan and Wu Wan killed a fat man and his followers after they ambushed the pair outside the city, then returned to the Artifact Refining Sect. After Lu Nan told Liu Qilan about their time in the Soul Erosion Abyss, she asked whether they knew who had achieved Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

• Wu Wan warned Lu Nan that the fat man’s group was following them, and they led the pursuers into a forest.
• Lu Nan killed the fat man’s companions and beheaded the fat man after learning he had wanted to kill Lu Nan and take Wu Wan as his concubine.
• A middle-aged man appeared at the scene, collected the fat man’s body, and vowed to avenge him.
• Wu Wan flew Lu Nan back to the Artifact Refining Sect on her treasure gourd, and they reunited with Liu Qilan at Ninth Peak.
• Lu Nan recounted what he could about the Soul Erosion Abyss, and Liu Qilan asked whether they knew who had achieved Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

Lu Nan returned safely to the Azure Lotus Sword Sect and reunited with Ye Hanyan, who brought him back despite Liu Qilan's protests. He revealed that he had forged a Heaven grade Dao Foundation, and Ye Hanyan agreed to help him obtain rare medicinal ingredients after he asked for them.

• Liu Qilan and Jiang Qing welcomed Lu Nan and Wu Wan back, confirmed their Foundation Establishment cultivation, and discussed the unknown cultivator who achieved Heavenly Foundation Establishment.
• Ye Hanyan arrived with Qingchuan, took Lu Nan back to the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, and left Wu Wan with Jiang Qing.
• At the Sect Master Hall, Lu Nan told Ye Hanyan and Qingchuan about Bai Yu and the Soul Erosion Abyss, then revealed his nine Dao Foundations when they asked about the Heaven grade Dao Foundation.
• Ye Hanyan praised Lu Nan and offered to support him, so he requested rare medicinal ingredients for an ancient alchemy formula.
• Ye Hanyan agreed to help but required Lu Nan to promise her one thing.

Lu Nan learned that the Three Sects Competition would begin in one month and agreed to compete in the Foundation Establishment arena. At the sect treasure vault, he gathered medicinal ingredients and met Zhan Qiu, who discovered Lu Nan’s Heaven grade Dao Foundation and gave him additional ingredients from his list.

• Ye Hanyan and Qingchuan explained the Three Sects Competition to Lu Nan and said he would only need to compete in the Foundation Establishment arena.
• Ye Hanyan gave Lu Nan a Jade Token and sent him to collect medicinal ingredients from the sect treasure vault.
• Lu Nan followed the token to the hidden treasure vault and gathered more than half the ingredients needed for the Myriad Dao Body before his one shichen ran out.
• Lu Nan showed the black-robed elder his ingredient list and explained that he was a third-grade Alchemist.
• The elder identified himself as Zhan Qiu, recognized Lu Nan’s nine Dao Foundations and Heaven grade Dao Foundation, and gave him the listed ingredients the vault possessed.

Lu Nan harvested mature herbs from his Mysterious Space and brought them to the Spirit Treasure Pavilion to sell. While meeting Fu Ye, he learned of rumors about Ye Hanyan and Liu Qilan’s capture and asked her to investigate who had sold the intelligence; Master Liu then arrived to appraise his herbs.

• Lu Nan left the treasure vault, saw that his Jade Token had crumbled, and decided to seek rare herbs through the Spirit Treasure Pavilion.
• Lu Nan harvested the mature herbs in his Mysterious Space, checked that his room’s formation remained untouched, and flew to Mountain Market.
• At the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, Lu Nan met Fu Ye, who told him that a great demon had caused heavy losses in the Azure Desolate Secret Realm and that Ye Hanyan and Liu Qilan had been captured and humiliated.
• Lu Nan questioned Fu Ye about who had sold the intelligence, and she promised to investigate.
• Lu Nan presented his medicinal herbs for sale, and Fu Ye returned with Master Liu, a fourth-rank Alchemist, to appraise them.

Lu Nan sold his ancient medicinal herbs at the Spirit Treasure Pavilion and spent most of the proceeds on cultivation resources, including a rare Dragon Beard Fruit. He left with supplies for seclusion and asked Fu Ye to watch for eleven herbs he still needed.

• Liu Ming appraised Lu Nan's herbs and bought them for 536,000 High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Fu Ye explained Liu Ming's authority as the branch's chief Alchemist and Golden Core Venerable, then prepared Lu Nan's payment.
• Lu Nan ordered talisman materials, medicinal herbs, and formation diagrams, and bought a fifteen-thousand-year Dragon Beard Fruit for 120,000 High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Fu Ye supplied the requested resources, leaving Lu Nan with 5,000 High-grade Spirit Stones, and gave him the pavilion's herb seeds and seedlings as a gift.
• Lu Nan asked Fu Ye to keep an eye out for the eleven medicinal herbs he still needed.

Lu Nan left the Spirit Treasure Pavilion after Fu Ye agreed to search for medicinal herbs, then encountered Ye Bei being extorted in the Market. He helped expose the scheme to Azure Lotus Sword Sect enforcers and left the Market with Ye Bei following him.

• Fu Ye promised to look for Lu Nan's medicinal herbs at the main pavilion, and Lu Nan thanked her before leaving the Elegant Pavilion.
• Lu Nan spotted Ye Bei surrounded by youths demanding a thousand Spirit Stones for a supposedly broken item and initially tried to walk away.
• Ye Bei recognized Lu Nan and ran to him for help, prompting Lu Nan to challenge the extortionists and explain the situation to arriving Azure Lotus Sword Sect enforcers.
• The enforcers arrested the youths, and the crowd praised the sect's handling of the incident.
• Lu Nan left the Market, but Ye Bei followed and thanked him as Lu Nan prepared to fly away on his sword.

Ye Bei offered Lu Nan the Nirvana Flower in exchange for helping him compete in a Ye Family trial, and revealed his ties to the Azure Lotus Sword Sect. Lu Nan agreed to await further news, then returned home questioning whether Ye Bei’s offer and knowledge of the flower were part of a scheme.

• Ye Bei stopped Lu Nan from leaving and offered him the Nirvana Flower if he helped in a family trial, with an extra condition possible if Lu Nan won.
• Ye Bei explained that the trial involved hunting demonic beasts and showed Lu Nan an exclusive map to a ruin where the flower was located.
• Ye Bei introduced himself as a member of the Azure Leaf Lineage of the Azure Lotus Sword Sect and revealed that the Sect Leader was his aunt.
• When Lu Nan mentioned Soul Erosion Abyss, Ye Bei reacted with alarm and asked him to keep what he knew secret, explaining that the Sect’s powerful experts could not leave their post.
• Ye Bei said the ruin would emerge in the Three Veins of Demonic Beasts and proposed meeting Lu Nan the next day; Lu Nan agreed and flew home.
• Lu Nan considered Ye Bei’s unusual behavior and wondered whether the Nirvana Flower offer was a scheme and how Ye Bei knew he needed it.