Chapter Summaries

Ji Haoyuan gave Zuo Qingqing a Cold Jade Ice Soul to relieve her fire baleful energy, and she and Zuo Linjun repaid his kindness by arranging extra consideration for his group at the Dao Palace teleportation array. The next morning, Ji Haoyuan and his companions used his jade talisman to enter ahead of the waiting crowd.

• Ji Haoyuan gave Zuo Qingqing a Cold Jade Ice Soul, which could neutralize the fire baleful energy troubling her cultivation.
• Ji Haoyuan told Miao Zixi to prepare their group to leave for the Dao Palace teleportation array the next day.
• Zuo Qingqing told Zuo Linjun what had happened, and he sent her to offer Spiritual God Tea to Senior Brother Bai in return for looking after Ji Haoyuan's group.
• Ji Haoyuan arrived at the teleportation array with Miao Zixi, Ji Qingfei, and the others, but found twenty-five people already ahead of them in line.
• A Dao Palace attendant recognized Ji Haoyuan as Nanhua and led his group into the array before the waiting crowd, prompting one person to protest.

Ji Haoyuan received a Dao Palace passage token through Zuo Linjun’s connections and used it, along with gifts, to travel smoothly across eight prefectures. After reaching Changting Prefecture, his group sensed that something was wrong.

• Two Dao Palace strongmen seized and threw out a man who had spoken out of turn.
• Bai Haochuan gave Ji Haoyuan a passage token at Zuo Linjun’s request, and Ji Haoyuan discreetly gave Bai Haochuan a Storage Pouch.
• Ji Haoyuan and his group rode the teleportation array to Canglin Prefecture, where their seats shielded them from the strain of teleportation.
• Ji Haoyuan’s group continued through the prefectures, using their token and meeting gifts to avoid trouble at the Dao Palace arrays.
• Half a year later, after crossing eight prefectures, Ji Haoyuan’s group arrived in Changting Prefecture and sensed something was wrong.

Ji Haoyuan and his companions were trapped in Changting Prefecture by a Dao Palace blockade while authorities searched for Demonic Cultivators. Weeks later, a battle between Yuan Cangling and Han Tianqi erupted nearby, and Han Tianqi unleashed a strange Black Light that began affecting Ji Haoyuan.

• Zhou Kangming ordered Ji Haoyuan and his companions to remain in Changting Prefecture while Dao Palace agents searched for hidden Demonic Cultivators, then inspected them with a Demon Revealing Mirror.
• Ji Qingfei and Miao Zixi reported that a Demonic Cultivator had killed a Dao Palace cultivator two months earlier and warned that the prolonged blockade might make them miss the Myriad Laws Sacred Land recruitment assembly.
• Ji Haoyuan and his companions learned they had no way to leave through a special passage and would have to wait, possibly for months or years.
• Ji Haoyuan sensed two Spirit Transformation Venerables fighting tens of thousands of li away and recognized one as a Dao Palace Demon Quelling Envoy.
• Yuan Cangling attacked Han Tianqi with the Demon Slaying Sword, but Han Tianqi began destroying his Primordial Spirit and released a Black Light filled with deathly pale eyes.
• Ji Haoyuan met the gaze of the pale eyes and felt round objects writhing beneath his skin.

After a dying demonic-path Spirit Transformation Venerable’s power afflicted people across the region, Ji Haoyuan and his companions purged the strange aberrations from their bodies and witnessed the Demon Revealing Mirror destroy those who remained cursed. Ji Haoyuan suspected deeper secrets lay behind the incident, strengthening his resolve to enter the Myriad Laws Sacred Land.

• Ji Haoyuan burned away the eyeball-like growths and silenced the whispers invading his mind with golden flames and lightning.
• Ji Haoyuan found Ji Qingfei, Miao Zixi, and the others afflicted by the same aberration, then used flames and lightning to cure them.
• Ji Haoyuan explained that the power seemed to be a projection from a higher-level source and that distant witnesses may also have been affected.
• The formations poured their power into the Demon Revealing Mirror, whose light eradicated demonic qi and killed hundreds of thousands of people still affected by the curse.
• Ji Haoyuan learned that the incident was publicly attributed to a karmic demonic curse, but he remained convinced that the truth was more complicated and resolved more firmly to enter the Myriad Laws Sacred Land.

After reaching Qingxuan Prefecture, Ji Haoyuan decided to approach the Myriad Laws Sacred Land directly while his companions settled down. He used an elder token to enter Myriad Laws Sacred Mountain, where several late Deity Transformation Great Venerables came to investigate.

• Twenty days after the blockade was lifted, Ji Haoyuan and his party left Changting Prefecture and reached Qingxuan Prefecture about half a year later.
• Ji Qingfei asked whether they should await the disciple recruitment assembly or seek out the Myriad Laws Sacred Land, and Ji Haoyuan chose to go ahead alone.
• Ji Haoyuan told Ji Qingfei, Miao Zixi, and the others to find a place to settle, then set out for the Sacred Land in three days.
• At Myriad Laws Sacred Mountain, Ji Haoyuan used his elder token to pass through the restrictions, and the token's resonance alerted the sect stewards.
• Several late Deity Transformation Great Venerables arrived and were surprised that a Nascent Soul cultivator carried an elder token that had clearly reacted.

Ji Haoyuan revealed that he was Ancestor Tianyuan’s disciple and used Tianyuan’s token to seek entry into the Myriad Laws Sacred Land. The stewards brought him inside and the Elders began debating whether to accept him, but a dissenting voice challenged the proposal.

• Ji Haoyuan told the stewards that he was Ancestor Tianyuan’s disciple from the Southern Wasteland Domain and had come to return to the sect.
• The stewards recognized that the matter required the Elders’ decision and escorted Ji Haoyuan through the mountain gate.
• A steward settled Ji Haoyuan on a Spiritual Peak while the others took the token’s aura to Chongming Hall.
• Elder Pei and Junior Sister Dai argued that Ji Haoyuan should be accepted into the Sacred Land because of his connection to Martial Uncle Tianyuan.
• An unidentified speaker interrupted Junior Sister Dai and objected that allowing Elders’ descendants to enter freely would make a farce of the Sacred Land’s admissions.

Qin Shan pushed to admit Ji Haoyuan to the Myriad Laws Sacred Land as an ordinary inner sect disciple, despite Dai Yunfang and Junior Brother Pei arguing for a higher rank. Senior Brother Lu settled the dispute in Qin Shan’s favor, and Qin Shan’s companion hinted that Ji Haoyuan could later challenge the Myriad Laws Diagram to become a true disciple.

• Qin Shan entered Chongming Hall and proposed making Ji Haoyuan an outer sect disciple, then offered ordinary inner sect status after Dai Yunfang objected.
• Dai Yunfang argued that Ji Haoyuan deserved elite or core inner sect status, while Qin Shan threatened consequences if they continued to resist.
• Senior Brother Lu ruled that Ji Haoyuan would enter the inner sect as an ordinary disciple.
• Qin Shan left with his companions, and the hook-nosed middle-aged man suggested Ji Haoyuan could challenge the Myriad Laws Diagram for a chance to become a true disciple.

Lu Yuanshan and the other elders discussed Ji Haoyuan’s chance to enter the Myriad Laws Diagram, while Qin Shan’s group counted on its eighth trial to stop him. Ji Haoyuan received ordinary inner disciple status, then learned he could use the Diagram to rise through the ranks.

• Dai Yunfang and Pei Guanghua objected to Feng Zitao suggesting Ji Haoyuan attempt the Myriad Laws Diagram, but Lu Yuanshan said he would provide a life-saving treasure if Ji chose to try.
• Qin Shan told Feng Zitao and Junior Brother Fang that passing the first seven trials would not be enough for elite inner disciple status, since the rules now required passing the eighth.
• Two days later, Nangong Jin gave Ji Haoyuan an identity token and told him the elders had made him an ordinary inner disciple.
• Nangong Jin explained that Ji could enter the Myriad Laws Diagram once and become an elite inner disciple by passing seven trials, a core inner disciple by passing nine, or a true disciple by passing all ten.

Ji Haoyuan learned about the dangerous Myriad Laws Diagram trials and completed his registration at the Myriad Laws Sacred Land. When he tried to select a cultivation peak, Nangong Jin discovered that no excellent independent Fourth-Order Spiritual Peaks were available and confronted Shang Huaishan.

• Ji Haoyuan recognized that his identity as Ancestor Tianyuan's descendant would draw opposition and asked Nangong Jin to explain the Myriad Laws Diagram.
• Nangong Jin explained that the diagram held ten perilous trials, which could only be passed by comprehending each trial's Dao methods, and that few disciples had cleared all ten.
• Nangong Jin accompanied Ji Haoyuan to the Affairs Hall to complete his registration and select a cultivation-ground Spiritual Peak.
• An Affairs Hall cultivator said no excellent independent Fourth-Order Spiritual Peaks remained, and Nangong Jin suspected someone had arranged the shortage.
• Shang Huaishan appeared, dismissed Nangong Jin's pressure on the cultivator, and took over the matter.
• Nangong Jin asked Shang Huaishan to provide Ji Haoyuan with an excellent Fourth-Order cultivation-ground Spiritual Peak.

Shang Huaishan tried to pressure Ji Haoyuan into taking Huoyan Peak, a dangerous choice reserved for Yao Chenfei, but Ji Haoyuan and Nangong Jin turned the scheme back on him. They chose Leilin Peak, whose sixty-year challenge period had arrived and whose owner was Shang Huaishan's junior, leaving Shang Huaishan furious but constrained by the Sacred Land's rules.

• Shang Huaishan pressured Ji Haoyuan and offered him Huoyan Peak, which Yao Tianguang had reserved for his younger brother, Yao Chenfei.
• Nangong Jin recognized the offer as a scheme meant to make Ji Haoyuan back down or provoke the Yao brothers.
• Ji Haoyuan asked whether he could challenge for a Spiritual Peak whose term had expired.
• Nangong Jin named Leilin Peak, a fine Fourth-Order peak owned by Shang Huaishan's junior.
• Shang Huaishan threatened Ji Haoyuan, but Nangong Jin defended the challenge as permitted by the Sacred Land's rules.

Ji Haoyuan rejected Shang Huaishan’s offer of Rainfall Peak and chose to challenge Leilin Peak instead. He issued the challenge with Nangong Jin’s support, setting up a duel against the peak’s master and securing a cultivation abode needed for his future plans.

• Shang Huaishan offered Ji Haoyuan the residency token for Rainfall Peak, but Ji Haoyuan refused and chose Leilin Peak.
• Nangong Jin mocked Shang Huaishan and left the Affairs Hall with Ji Haoyuan, while Shang Huaishan vowed to retaliate against Ji Haoyuan.
• Ji Haoyuan explained that he had chosen to offend Shang Huaishan decisively because conflict was unavoidable, and Nangong Jin promised to shield him.
• Ji Haoyuan inscribed a challenge on his identity jade plaque, sending it to Leilin Peak and announcing the duel to nearby disciples.
• A young man in brown robes inside a Leilin Peak Cave Mansion sensed the challenge and abruptly changed expression.

Ji Haoyuan challenged Shang Jie to a duel and offered the Fifth-Order Dragon Pattern Cloud Umbrella as the stake. Shang Jie accepted, and the two activated the duel arena’s protective formations as their fight was about to begin.

• Shang Jie learned that Ji Haoyuan, using the name Nanhua, had challenged him to a duel and demanded a suitable stake.
• Ji Haoyuan presented the Dragon Pattern Cloud Umbrella, and Shang Jie agreed to wager against it.
• Shang Jie and Ji Haoyuan headed to the duel arena with Nangong Jin and the watching disciples following them.
• Shang Huaishan urged Shang Jie to take the treasure, and Shang Jie promised not to disappoint him.
• Ji Haoyuan and Shang Jie activated the arena formations, which enclosed the duel ground in a curtain of light.

Ji Haoyuan defeated Shang Jie despite Shang Jie's Lesser Five Elements Divine Thunder, revealing strength beyond that of an ordinary inner sect disciple. Shang Huaishan erupted in anger, and Ji Haoyuan challenged Nangong Jin to clarify whether the duel rules forbade injuring an opponent.

• Shang Jie attacked Ji Haoyuan with a lightning serpent, but Ji Haoyuan split it apart with the Purple Lightning Thunder Dragon Saber.
• Shang Jie unleashed the Lesser Five Elements Divine Thunder, and Ji Haoyuan vanished as it engulfed the platform.
• Shang Huaishan noticed that Ji Haoyuan had tampered with space and grew wary of him.
• Ji Haoyuan struck Shang Jie with a massive bolt of lightning and pulled his nearly ruined body from the golden cloud.
• Shang Huaishan released his Great Venerable aura in fury, and Ji Haoyuan asked Nangong Jin whether duel rules prohibited injuring an opponent.

Ji Haoyuan defeated Shang Jie, took control of Leilin Peak, and told Nangong Jin that he planned to challenge the Myriad Laws Diagram soon. Meanwhile, the Elders of Chongming Hall discussed a changed qualification rule that had left Dai Yunfang and Pei Guanghua furious.

• Ji Haoyuan and Nangong Jin left Shang Huaishan with no chance to vent his anger, and Ji Haoyuan received Leilin Peak's master token.
• Nangong Jin warned Ji Haoyuan that Shang Huaishan might retaliate, and Ji Haoyuan said he planned to challenge the Myriad Laws Diagram soon.
• Nangong Jin agreed to consult the Elders of Chongming Hall and told Ji Haoyuan they would provide a protective item for the challenge.
• Nangong Jin left for Chongming Hall, where Dai Yunfang questioned Lu Yuanshan about whether Qin Shan knew of the changed Myriad Laws Diagram rules.

Nangong Jin told Lu Yuanshan, Dai Yunfang, and Pei Guanghua that Ji Haoyuan wanted to challenge the Myriad Laws Diagram. Lu Yuanshan supported the attempt and gave Nangong Jin a jade pendant to protect Ji Haoyuan, while Shang Huaishan told Shang Jie to focus on reaching Spirit Transformation as he planned to settle the matter later.

• Nangong Jin reported Ji Haoyuan's wish to challenge the Myriad Laws Diagram, despite the new requirement to clear eight stages and his reduced chances of success.
• Dai Yunfang urged Lu Yuanshan to make Ji Haoyuan wait until he reached Spirit Transformation, but Lu Yuanshan asked Nangong Jin what he thought of Ji Haoyuan.
• Nangong Jin said Ji Haoyuan was not one to change his mind easily, and Lu Yuanshan decided to let him try, saying the sect would still have a place for him whether he succeeded or failed.
• Lu Yuanshan gave Nangong Jin a jade pendant to deliver to Ji Haoyuan, explaining it would keep him safe inside the Myriad Laws Diagram.
• Shang Jie asked Shang Huaishan whether they would let Ji Haoyuan's defiance go unanswered, and Shang Huaishan said he would address it later and ordered Shang Jie to focus on breaking through to Spirit Transformation.

Ji Haoyuan entered the Myriad Laws Tower to challenge the Myriad Laws Diagram and encountered a fiery tree-like trial on the first floor. Meanwhile, two Affairs Hall cultivators arrived at Leilin Peak to confront him, unaware he had already left.

• After Nangong Jin delivered Lu Yuanshan's words and a protective jade pendant, Ji Haoyuan applied to challenge the Myriad Laws Diagram.
• The Law Suppression Hall sent Ji Haoyuan a personal Dharma Seal, and he set out for the Myriad Laws Tower after notifying Nangong Jin.
• A Gray-robed Elder accepted Ji Haoyuan's Dharma Seal and opened the tower doors, while Ji Haoyuan respectfully entered.
• Two Affairs Hall cultivators arrived at Leilin Peak, sent a summons into its formation, and waited angrily when no one answered.
• On the first floor, Ji Haoyuan saw a vast void transform into a colossal tree bearing blazing fruits, then sat cross-legged as its power swept toward him.

Ji Haoyuan rapidly cleared the Myriad Laws Diagram’s first nine trials, comprehending Five Elements, Yin-Yang, lightning, and spatial abilities along the way. The ninth trial ended with him facing an opponent identical to himself, who immediately attacked.

• Ji Haoyuan comprehended the Five Elements and condensed the Seed of Five Elements Divine Ability, then used Yin-Yang power to defeat the black-and-white Daoist.
• Ji Haoyuan cleared the first seven trials, while the Gray-robed Elder watched his progress and Nangong Jin worried about the mission assigned to him.
• Ji Haoyuan mastered Purple Firmament Divine Lightning and cleared the eighth trial by destroying the blurry figure.
• Ji Haoyuan demonstrated teleportation and the Void Concealment Technique, then cleared the ninth trial.
• Ji Haoyuan found himself facing an identical copy, which surged with golden flames and charged at him.

Ji Haoyuan faced a powerful copy of himself in the Myriad Laws Tower and realized the trial tested his understanding of the Myriad Laws Diagram. He comprehended its true meaning, gained the Formless Thousand Transformations True Scripture, and broke through to the Primordial Spirit realm as his tribulation began.

• A mysterious light restored Ji Haoyuan after his copy repeatedly blasted his body apart, and he realized the revivals had a limit.
• Ji Haoyuan drew on the power within himself and destroyed the copy’s physical-strength attack, but the trial continued with a barrage of spells and divine abilities.
• Ji Haoyuan recognized the purpose of the trial and immersed himself in his experiences within the Myriad Laws Tower.
• The Gray-robed Elder recognized that Ji Haoyuan had comprehended the true meaning of the Myriad Laws Diagram as his techniques merged into a divine ability seed.
• Ji Haoyuan received the Formless Thousand Transformations True Scripture and crossed into the Primordial Spirit realm, triggering his tribulation.

Ji Haoyuan overcame the Primordial Spirit tribulation, turning its inner demon trial into a stronger divine ability. Heaven and earth rewarded him with a powerful Primordial Spirit Manifestation and the ability to perceive and manipulate spatial nodes.

• The Gray-robed Elder watched Ji Haoyuan face the Primordial Spirit lightning tribulation and offered to help him afterward.
• Ji Haoyuan defended his Primordial Spirit from the lightning with the Yellow Heaven Canopy Technique, a five-colored barrier, and Purple Firmament Divine Lightning.
• Ji Haoyuan used the Grand Azure Lotus Platform to withstand the Primordial Spirit Tribulation Fire.
• Ji Haoyuan examined the inner demon illusion and strengthened his Inner Demon Curse Seal into the Inner Demon Tribulation Seal.
• Seven-Colored Rosy Clouds rewarded Ji Haoyuan, whose Primordial Spirit grew to a hundred zhang and gained the ability to sense spatial nodes, teleport, and shatter space.

Ji Haoyuan advanced from newly attained Spirit Transformation to the fourth level with the Gray-robed Elder’s aid, and his magic treasures became Spirit Treasures. The Elder revealed that Ji Haoyuan had obtained one of the Myriad Laws Sacred Land’s Seven Great True Canons, leaving him to consider the Sacred Land’s deeper inheritance.

• The Gray-robed Elder used the Myriad Laws Tower’s power to stabilize Ji Haoyuan’s cultivation and raise it toward mid-stage Spirit Transformation.
• The Flowing Flame Profound Yellow Spear and Yuan Chen Sword Pellet gained spirituality and became Spirit Treasures.
• After several months of cultivating the Formless Thousand Transformations True Scripture, Ji Haoyuan reached the fourth level of Spirit Transformation.
• At the tower’s exit, Ji Haoyuan thanked the Gray-robed Elder and confirmed his suspicion that the Elder was the Myriad Laws Diagram’s artifact spirit.
• The Gray-robed Elder explained that the Formless Thousand Transformations True Scripture was one of the Sacred Land’s Seven Great True Canons and a path toward Mahayana and immortal cultivation.