Chapter Summaries

Ji Haoyuan left Dongshan Pass alone and traveled toward the Yanfa Sect while hiding his aura, carrying the Fourth-Order Void Breaking Talisman True Person Leixia had given him. Near safety in Sanyang City, a mysterious Hooded Old Man confronted him, forcing him to use the talisman and flee, but the pursuer continued closing in.

• True Person Leixia gave Ji Haoyuan a Fourth-Order Void Breaking Talisman that could carry him three thousand li and alert her master when used.
• Ji Haoyuan left Dongshan Pass alone while Xia Guanglin and Nangong Xue continued toward Heaven Piercing Valley without him.
• After more than half a year of cautious travel, Ji Haoyuan reached Sanyang City, near the boundary of Myriad Law Immortal City.
• A Hooded Old Man appeared before Ji Haoyuan at the eastern gate, and Ji Haoyuan crushed the talisman to escape three thousand li away.
• Ji Haoyuan flew toward the Yanfa Sect on the Flowing Flame Profound Yellow Spear, but his growing sense of danger revealed that the pursuer was no ordinary Nascent Soul True Lord.

Ji Haoyuan fled True Monarch Bihai’s pursuit and survived a powerful strike before True Monarch Xuanyuan arrived to protect him. As Ji Haoyuan prepared to return to the Yanfa Sect, Bihai attacked again, and Xuanyuan blocked him with a barrier.

• Ji Haoyuan burned the indestructible substance in his Golden Core to flee, but True Monarch Bihai caught up and struck him with a gigantic blue palm.
• Ji Haoyuan used Star Core Lightning Burst to block Bihai’s attack, then escaped with severe cracks across his body.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan appeared before Ji Haoyuan and told him to return to the sect while he dealt with Bihai.
• Ji Haoyuan recognized Bihai as the True Monarch behind his transfer to Dongshan Pass and resolved to remember the debt.
• Bihai summoned a vast surge of water and heaven-and-earth Spiritual Energy to attack Ji Haoyuan as he left.
• Xuanyuan raised a Spiritual Energy barrier to block Bihai and told him he would not be able to harm Nanhua.

Ji Haoyuan escaped True Monarch Bihai’s attack with help from True Monarch Xuanyuan, who warned him about Bihai’s grudge and offered protection related to the Fuya Secret Realm. Back at the Yanfa Sect, Ji Haoyuan received ownership of Yuquan Peak as his new residence.

• Ji Haoyuan fled thousands of miles from the battle and sensed that True Monarch Xuanyuan had gained the upper hand against True Monarch Bihai.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan appeared before Ji Haoyuan, accepted his thanks, and praised him for surviving Bihai’s attack.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan warned Ji Haoyuan that Bihai might target him again because he had killed Bi Chenzi, Bihai’s most valued disciple.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan revealed that Bi Chenzi had carried a Fuya Token and offered to have Yanfa Sect True Lords escort Ji Haoyuan to and from the Fuya Secret Realm.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan returned with Ji Haoyuan to the Yanfa Sect and gave him the ownership token for Yuquan Peak, a high-grade Tier 3 Spiritual Peak.

Ji Haoyuan settled on Yuquan Peak and used its resources to strengthen his magic treasure and advance his cultivation. After two years of seclusion, he formed his Domain, reached the late Golden Core stage, and gained the Heavenly Emperor Yuan Hua Gai defensive divine ability.

• Ji Haoyuan accepted True Monarch Xuanyuan's jade plaque and flew to Tiantai Peak.
• On Yuquan Peak, Ji Haoyuan gained access to high-grade Profound Gold and Jade God Spiritual Tea as a guest of the Yanfa Sect.
• Ji Haoyuan fed high-grade Profound Gold to the Yuan Chen Sword Pellet, advancing it to a High-grade Tier 3 Magic Treasure.
• Ji Haoyuan swallowed Thousand Year Jade Dew and entered seclusion, where he cultivated for two years.
• Ji Haoyuan comprehended the ancient sovereigns' artistic conception, gained the Heavenly Emperor Yuan Hua Gai, formed his Domain, and advanced to late Golden Core.

After three years of cultivation, Ji Haoyuan broke through to the peak of Tier 3 body refinement and comprehended the Four Symbols Divine Thunder. When he emerged from seclusion, Miao Zixi reported that the Human-Demon war was nearing its end and tensions between Yanfa Sect and True Word Sect had escalated toward war.

• Ji Haoyuan spent three years tempering his body with Lei Chen Star Sand and comprehended Geng Metal Heavenly Thunder.
• Ji Haoyuan fused the new thunder with his Three Talents Divine Thunder to create the Four Symbols Divine Thunder and reached the peak of Tier 3 body refinement.
• After consolidating his cultivation for several months, Ji Haoyuan left his Cave Mansion and received Miao Zixi’s records of Yuquan Peak’s resources.
• Miao Zixi told Ji Haoyuan that the nearly ten-year war between the Human Race and Demon Race was drawing to a close, after heavy losses on both sides.
• Miao Zixi reported that Yanfa Sect and True Word Sect had clashed after a Yanfa Sect Golden Core Elder was killed, leaving Ji Haoyuan convinced that war between the sects was unavoidable.

Ji Haoyuan attended an Elder Hall deliberation after Yanfa Sect summoned its Golden Core Elders. True Monarch Xuanyuan announced that the war between the Human Race and the Demon Race would soon end, while the remaining matters were still to be explained.

• Miao Zixi gave Ji Haoyuan visiting cards and gifts from Golden Core Elders, and he arranged for her to prepare return gifts and visits.
• Three bell chimes summoned Ji Haoyuan and the other available Golden Core Elders to the Elder Hall.
• Zhang Tianyang told Ji Haoyuan that the deliberation would likely concern the war with the Demon Race and the conflict with the True Word Sect.
• True Person Beichen and other Elders greeted Ji Haoyuan, and he exchanged courtesies with cultivators from both factions.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan, True Monarch Fuguang, and True Monarch Baihua appeared and announced that the Demon Race would soon withdraw from Human Race territory.

True Monarch Xuanyuan announced that Yanfa Sect’s conflict with the True Word Sect had reached the point of open attacks, then explained the coming Fuya Secret Realm expedition and its seven entry tokens. After the meeting, Zhong Tianhao approached Ji Haoyuan to propose a transaction.

• True Monarch Xuanyuan said Yanfa Sect cultivators could attack True Word Sect cultivators when confident, while warning them to flee if they sensed danger.
• True Monarch Fuguang explained that the Fuya Secret Realm offered a chance at Nascent Soul formation and would be entered by Human Race Golden Core cultivators and Tier 3 Great Demons.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan announced that seven Fuya Tokens would be awarded through magical combat after the Human-Demon War, with Golden Core cultivators and Guest Elders eligible to compete.
• Ji Haoyuan and Zhang Tianyang left the Elder Hall and encountered Zhong Tianhao and other family-faction cultivators.
• Zhong Tianhao greeted Zhang Tianyang, then asked Ji Haoyuan if he would hear a transaction proposal.

Ji Haoyuan refused Zhong Tianhao’s offer to trade for the Fuya Token, which the True Word Sect had revealed and made him a target. He later learned more about Zhong Tianhao from Zhang Tianyang, while the Human-Demon War ended and the Yanfa Sect’s Golden Core cultivators began returning.

• Zhong Tianhao asked Ji Haoyuan to trade the Fuya Token he had taken from Bi Chenzi, explaining that news of it had spread from the True Word Sect.
• Ji Haoyuan refused to trade the token despite Zhong Tianhao’s warning that many people were after it, and Zhong Tianhao left after saying they would meet again in the Fuya Secret Realm.
• Zhang Tianyang invited Ji Haoyuan to Myriad Law Immortal City to discuss Zhong Tianhao, and Ji Haoyuan accepted.
• Half a month later, the Human-Demon War ended, the Demon Beasts retreated, and the Human Race began rebuilding cities and repairing damaged Earth Veins and Spiritual Veins.
• Golden Core cultivators stationed outside Yanfa Sect, including True Person Leixia, Shi Siyao, and Zhou Kun, began returning.

Ji Haoyuan joined Yanfa Sect’s Golden Core cultivators at the Duofa Platform for the contest for Fuya Token slots. True Monarch Yanfa arrived to preside over the contest and promised the winner a reasonable request and a powerful imitation Fourth-grade treasure.

• Ji Haoyuan hosted True Person Leixia, Shi Siyao, and Zhang Tianyang for tea and learned that his loved ones had survived the war.
• The sect bells rang, and Ji Haoyuan and the others went to the Duofa Platform for the Fuya Token contest.
• Ji Haoyuan saw that more than a hundred Golden Core cultivators had gathered, including familiar faces and returning members of the sect.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan, True Monarch Fuguang, and True Monarch Baihua arrived and bowed to True Monarch Yanfa, the sect leader and Supreme Grand Elder.
• True Monarch Yanfa announced that he would preside over the contest and award the winner a reasonable request and a Seven-Story Pagoda, an imitation Fourth-grade treasure.

Ji Haoyuan entered the dueling competition despite already possessing a Fuya Token, explaining that he also wanted to compete for the sect leader’s treasures. He effortlessly sent True Person Shanyao’s Blade Mountain flying and shattered his Golden Core Domain, then asked whether Shanyao still wished to continue.

• True Monarch Yanfa explained that duels ended when someone conceded or was defeated, and that killing an opponent was forbidden.
• Fifty cultivators joined the competition, and Ji Haoyuan, True Person Leixia, and Zhang Tianyang received their group numbers.
• Ji Haoyuan faced True Person Shanyao, who questioned why he was competing despite already having a Fuya Token.
• True Person Shanyao summoned his Golden Core Domain and Lifebound Artifact, the Blade Mountain, to attack Ji Haoyuan.
• Ji Haoyuan struck the Blade Mountain away and shattered the mountains formed by Shanyao’s domain with a lightning-wreathed finger.
• Ji Haoyuan calmly asked True Person Shanyao whether he still wanted to continue.

Ji Haoyuan defeated True Person Shanyao and watched the duels narrow to the strongest contenders before beginning his final match against Zhong Tianhao. Zhong Tianhao’s first of three promised moves failed when Ji Haoyuan destroyed his Ink Storm, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Ji Haoyuan made True Person Shanyao concede, then the duels continued among the Golden Core cultivators.
• True Person Beichen defeated Zhang Tianyang, and True Person Leixia later defeated Beichen in a fierce duel.
• True Person Leixia warned Ji Haoyuan that Zhong Tianhao had a soul-targeting Secret Art before Ji Haoyuan faced him on the Duofa Platform.
• Zhong Tianhao said he would make three moves and Ji Haoyuan agreed to withstand them.
• Zhong Tianhao unleashed an Ink Storm threaded with lightning, but Ji Haoyuan’s flame-and-starlight spear ignited and dispersed it.

Ji Haoyuan defeated Zhong Tianhao and won first place in Yanfa Sect’s dueling competition. True Monarch Yanfa then invited him to become an official elder and revealed that the sect’s founding patriarch came from the Myriad Laws Heavenly Sect in the Central Heaven Domain.

• Zhong Tianhao attacked Ji Haoyuan with the Dust Severing Sword, but Ji Haoyuan used One Sword Breaks Myriad Laws to defeat it.
• Zhong Tianhao launched a soul attack, and Ji Haoyuan cut it apart with a phantom blade, prompting Zhong Tianhao to concede.
• Ji Haoyuan sparred with several other challengers, and True Monarch Yanfa declared him the competition’s champion.
• True Monarch Yanfa awarded Zhong Tianhao, Beichen, Lei Xia, and others Fuya Tokens, then asked Ji Haoyuan to speak privately.
• True Monarch Yanfa invited Ji Haoyuan to become an official Yanfa Sect elder and revealed the sect’s founding patriarch had come from the Myriad Laws Heavenly Sect in the Central Heaven Domain.

Ji Haoyuan accepted True Monarch Yanfa’s offer to become a formal Elder of the Yanfa Sect after learning that the sect might provide a way beyond the Southern Wasteland Domain. He discovered that the sect’s ancestor, Tianyuan, had been a Void Refinement Divine Monarch who opened a Void Passage, though its location still needed to be found.

• True Monarch Yanfa explained that cultivators seeking realms beyond Spirit Transformation would need to leave the Southern Wasteland Domain, and that the Yanfa Sect might soon have a path out.
• Ji Haoyuan weighed the benefits of joining the Yanfa Sect as a formal Elder against the loss of some freedom and accepted True Monarch Yanfa’s invitation.
• True Monarch Yanfa sent Message Talismans to summon witnesses and offered to answer Ji Haoyuan’s questions before the formal induction.
• True Monarch Yanfa explained the realms above Spirit Transformation and said that only a sect led by a Dao Integration Heavenly Monarch could be called a Heavenly Sect.
• True Monarch Yanfa revealed that the Yanfa Sect’s ancestor was Tianyuan, a Void Refinement Divine Monarch from the Myriad Laws Heavenly Sect who had opened the Void Passage.
• True Monarch Yanfa confirmed that the passage leading beyond the Southern Wasteland Domain was Tianyuan’s Void Passage, but said its location had yet to be found and confirmed.

Ji Haoyuan became an official Elder of Yanfa Sect and decided to give his extra Fuya Token to Ice Fire True Person, with plans to invite her as a Guest Elder and bring suitable family members into the sect. He left to return home, while Lin Qingwu began undergoing tribulation near Crimson Cloud Sect with Ice Fire True Person watching anxiously.

• True Monarch Yanfa announced Ji Haoyuan's appointment as an official Elder, and Ji Haoyuan paid respects at the Ancestral Hall and left a Soul Lamp.
• Elders visited Ji Haoyuan at Yuquan Peak, where True Person Leixia advised him to invite Ice Fire True Person as a Guest Elder before giving her his extra Fuya Token.
• Ji Haoyuan told True Person Leixia that he planned to return home and assess which family members might be suitable to join Yanfa Sect.
• Ji Haoyuan left Yanfa Sect for Heaven Piercing Valley and the Hongduan Mountain Range to bring Ice Fire True Person to the sect and visit his family.
• Lin Qingwu began undergoing tribulation near Crimson Cloud Sect as Ice Fire True Person watched with concern, and a sound of something cutting through the air came from afar.

Ji Haoyuan gave Lin Qingwu a Tribulation-Avoiding Profound Jade when she began her Golden Core tribulation. Lin Qingwu survived all three lightning strikes, recovered through heavenly blessings, and successfully formed her Golden Core.

• Ji Haoyuan arrived and learned from Ice Fire True Person that Lin Qingwu could no longer suppress her cultivation and faced a dangerous tribulation.
• Ji Haoyuan gave Lin Qingwu a third-tier Tribulation-Avoiding Profound Jade, increasing her confidence before the tribulation began.
• Lin Qingwu used her shield, banner, Bronze Treasure Mirror, and flying sword to withstand the first two lightning strikes.
• A powerful third strike descended, and Lin Qingwu used the Tribulation-Avoiding Profound Jade to divert most of the lightning before barely blocking the rest with spiritual artifacts and Daoist arts.
• Heavenly halos and spiritual dew healed Lin Qingwu, her aura broke through to the third tier, and Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person congratulated her on forming her Golden Core.

Ji Haoyuan rewarded Lin Qingwu for forming her Core and invited Ice Fire True Person to become a Guest Elder of the Yanfa Sect, giving her a Fuya Token as well. Half a month later, they arrived at Heaven Piercing Valley to find the Ji Family stronger, where Ji Bochang and Ji Qingfei received a sudden message.

• Lin Qingwu thanked Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person for helping her through her Core Formation, and accepted their congratulatory gifts.
• Ji Haoyuan invited Ice Fire True Person to join the Yanfa Sect as a Guest Elder, and she accepted his token.
• Ji Haoyuan gave Ice Fire True Person a Fuya Token so she could enter the Fuya Secret Realm with him.
• After Lin Qingwu consolidated her cultivation, Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person traveled to Heaven Piercing Valley, where the Ji Family could mobilize twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Ji Bochang and Ji Qingfei received a message while the Ji Family Elders were meeting in the main hall.

Ji Haoyuan met privately with Ji Bochang and Ji Qingfei to discuss bringing Ji Family disciples to the Yanfa Sect after becoming one of its Elders. He agreed to take only three carefully chosen youths, while Ji Qingfei stayed behind to serve the family, and Ji Haoyuan gave Ji Bochang Eastern Green Jade Marrow before promising to seek a remedy for his damaged foundation.

• Ji Bochang and Ji Qingfei met Ji Haoyuan and the Ice Fire True Person on the Back Mountain, where Ji Haoyuan explained his new position as an Elder of the Yanfa Sect and the reason for his return.
• Ji Bochang warned Ji Haoyuan that bringing too many Ji Family disciples to the Yanfa Sect could invite misconduct and make Ji Haoyuan responsible for their actions.
• Ji Haoyuan asked Ji Bochang to choose three disciples with good character to accompany him to the Yanfa Sect.
• Ji Qingfei declined to go with Ji Haoyuan, saying the family needed him and he already had sufficient cultivation resources; Ji Haoyuan reminded him to prioritize cultivation and strength.
• Ji Haoyuan gave Ji Bochang Eastern Green Jade Marrow to preserve his vitality and promised to look for spiritual items that could repair his damaged foundation in the Fuya Secret Realm.

Ji Haoyuan entrusted the Ji Family with resources and a Tier 3 flying demonic beast as its Guardian Spirit Beast, then brought three Ji Family disciples to join the Yanfa Sect. After settling in with Ice Fire True Person, he received a summons from True Monarch Xuanyuan and took her to Xuanyuan Peak.

• Ji Haoyuan brought Ji Dongbai, Ji Dongming, and Ji Dongchen before him and arranged for them to join the Yanfa Sect.
• Ji Haoyuan gave Ji Bochang and Ji Qingfei a Storage Ring of family resources and a Beast Taming Token containing a Tier 3 flying demonic beast.
• Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person left Heaven Piercing Valley with the three young disciples and traveled to the Yanfa Sect.
• Ji Haoyuan had a steward handle the disciples' admission and brought Ice Fire True Person to stay at Yuquan Peak while her Spiritual Peak was being built.
• Ji Haoyuan received a summons from True Monarch Xuanyuan and took Ice Fire True Person to Xuanyuan Peak to meet him.

Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person learned the Fuya Secret Realm would open in the Boundless Sea, and prepared to travel there with Yanfa Sect cultivators. Three True Lords led the group as they departed for a teleportation array.

• True Monarch Xuanyuan welcomed Ice Fire True Person and gave her a Cold Ice Fire Jade as a meeting gift.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan announced that the Fuya Secret Realm would open in the Boundless Sea in half a month and that the group would leave in three days.
• True Person Kongxuan explained that the group would use a teleportation array to reach the outer sea before flying onward.
• Ji Haoyuan, Ice Fire True Person, and six other cultivators gathered in the Elder Hall, where their fellow travelers greeted Ice Fire True Person courteously.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan, True Monarch Fuguang, and True Monarch Baihua arrived and led the group out toward a teleportation array.

Ji Haoyuan and the Yanfa Sect group traveled from Yuantong Pass through Tianhe City and onward toward Boundless Sea. After several days of travel, they reached the azure sea and the towering peak that marked their destination.

• True Monarch Xuanyuan, True Monarch Fuguang, True Monarch Baihua, and eight Great Golden Core Cultivators arrived at Yuantong Pass and used its teleportation array.
• The group arrived in Tianhe City, presented their identity tokens and fee, and continued through the teleportation array toward Haitang Pass.
• Several days later, the group left an Immortal City, and True Monarch Xuanyuan said they would travel the remaining distance themselves.
• Three days later, Ji Haoyuan and the others reached Boundless Sea and saw a smooth, towering peak rising from the azure water.