Chapter Summaries

Ji Haoyuan cultivated the first layer of the Pure Yang Golden Body Art and discovered how to initially refine the Damaged Bronze Bell, whose power could threaten even Mahayana cultivators at a severe cost to his body. After uncovering evidence that Divine Ruins cultivators were hunting others in the Heavenly Tomb, he awakened a mysterious phantom from a jade-like hand bone, which asked whether he had opened the passage between the upper and lower realms.

• Ji Haoyuan cultivated the first layer of the Pure Yang Golden Body Art and formed a Pure Yang Rule Domain.
• Ji Haoyuan infused the Damaged Bronze Bell with Pure Yang Golden Body Art power, then spent nearly three months initially refining it.
• Ji Haoyuan activated the bell and discovered that its terrifying power could devastate the surrounding void, though using it risked destroying his body.
• Ji Haoyuan broke the restrictions on Senior Brother Gu and the others’ Storage Magic Treasures and found materials and treasures, including items taken from sacred-land and Starry Sky Power Clan cultivators.
• Ji Haoyuan found a jade-like hand bone that released Immortal Light and summoned a phantom, which asked whether the passage between the upper and lower realms had been opened.

Ji Haoyuan learned that Upper Realm immortals planned to descend into the Lower Realm through the Divine Ruins within roughly a hundred years, while a male phantom tried to seize his body. Ji Haoyuan activated a broken bronze bell, and its toll began shattering the phantom.

• The male phantom recognized Ji Haoyuan’s Natal Immortal Bone and decided to take over his body.
• Ji Haoyuan questioned the phantom and learned that opening the inter-realm passage would let Upper Realm immortals descend into the Lower Realm.
• The phantom said the passage might open within a hundred years and that the Divine Ruins would be the place of descent.
• The phantom ended the conversation and prepared to seize Ji Haoyuan’s body.
• Ji Haoyuan activated the Pure Yang Golden Body Art and struck the broken bronze bell, causing the phantom to shatter and release immortal spirit light.

Ji Haoyuan destroyed the phantom guarding an immortal hand bone and absorbed its released energy, advancing to late Dao Integration. He then arrived as Longwu and Ye Yunna faced an ambush, where a Divine Ruins Divine Son offered to make him a follower.

• Ji Haoyuan rang the bronze bell three times, destroying the male phantom and erasing its imprint from the immortal hand bone.
• Ji Haoyuan absorbed the purified Immortal Spiritual Qi released by the cracked bone and advanced to late Dao Integration.
• Ji Haoyuan sensed a familiar aura and rushed toward a battle, finding Longwu and Ye Yunna under attack from Feng Tianjun, Ye Changjun, and four Divine Ruins cultivators.
• Ji Haoyuan drove the attackers back with lightning, and Longwu explained that Feng Tianjun and Ye Changjun had secretly pledged allegiance to Divine Ruins.
• A golden-winged Divine Ruins Divine Son offered Ji Haoyuan the chance to become his follower.

Ji Haoyuan defeated the golden-winged young man and his companions, then learned of a dangerous secret land they had investigated. He decided to explore it alone while urging Longwu and Ye Anna to stay in safer areas.

• Ji Haoyuan claimed he had killed Gu Hai, then attacked the golden-winged young man and his five companions with the Five Thunder Golden Seal.
• Ji Haoyuan's Five-Colored Thunder Dragon killed four of the six, and a second strike killed another survivor and shattered the golden-winged young man's body.
• Ji Haoyuan crippled the golden-winged young man's cultivation and threw him into a perilous place rather than killing him outright.
• Ji Haoyuan left with Longwu and Ye Anna, and Longwu told him about a dangerous secret land she and Ye Anna had found near where the golden-winged young man's group had lingered.
• Ji Haoyuan decided to investigate the secret land and refused Longwu's offer to lead him, advising her to stay in safer areas.

Ji Haoyuan investigated a hidden place after finding a jade talisman on the golden-winged young man's group, then confronted a powerful being concealed behind pale mist. When the being attacked and threatened his clan, Ji Haoyuan used the bronze bell to destroy its intent and the beetle-like insects forming its face.

• Ji Haoyuan parted from Longwu and Ye Anna, then searched the golden-winged young man's group's Storage Magic Treasures and found an immortal-grade jade talisman.
• Ji Haoyuan followed the talisman's resonance to a mist-filled gorge where Divine Sense could not penetrate.
• A voice behind the pale mist mistook Ji Haoyuan for someone from the Divine Ruins before realizing he was an impostor and attacking him with an intent beyond the Great Ascension realm.
• Ji Haoyuan used the bronze bell to shatter the incoming intent, then saw beetle-like insects form a face on the mist and threaten his clan.
• Ji Haoyuan unleashed the bronze bell's power, destroying the sound-wave ripples and blasting the insects into dust.

Ji Haoyuan and his companions left the Heavenly Tomb and returned to the Myriad Laws Sacred Land, where they discovered Kunyangzi was afflicted by a curse from within the tomb. Ji Haoyuan used Primordial Spirit Heavenly Water to remove the curse and restore Kunyangzi.

• Ji Haoyuan recovered from his injuries with the emerald-green liquid and the Pure Yang Golden Body Art, then found the liquid’s cleansing effects had faded.
• Ji Haoyuan, Longwu, and the others were expelled from the Heavenly Tomb and returned as Great Ascension cultivators battled in the void.
• Luo Changsheng and Taixu Bai brought the group to the Myriad Laws Sacred Land, where they learned that a curse from the Heavenly Tomb was draining Kunyangzi’s life.
• Ji Haoyuan gave Kunyangzi a bottle of emerald-green liquid, which Taixu Bai identified as Primordial Spirit Heavenly Water.
• Kunyangzi drank the Primordial Spirit Heavenly Water, expelled the curse, and fully recovered.

After Kunyangzi recovered with Primordial Spirit Heavenly Water, he revealed that immortals might be present in the Divine Ruins, and Ji Haoyuan disclosed a plan to connect the Upper Realm and Lower Realm. The group learned that the Lower Realm had long been unable to contact its ascended patriarchs and feared they might be endangered or in a different Upper Realm.

• Kunyangzi regained his vitality after taking Primordial Spirit Heavenly Water, and Ji Haoyuan gave more of it to Longwu, Luo Changsheng, and Taixu Bai.
• Kunyangzi reported hearing that traces of immortals existed in the Divine Ruins, and Ji Haoyuan said he believed the news was true.
• Ji Haoyuan told Taixu Bai and the others that the Divine Ruins planned to connect the Upper Realm and Lower Realm in a hundred years.
• Ji Haoyuan asked whether their ascended patriarchs could return, but Longwu explained that the sacred lands and powerful clans had lost contact with their Upper Realm patriarchs.
• Luo Changsheng said their investigation suggested the patriarchs might be targeted or in mortal danger, while Taixu Bai proposed that they may have ascended to a different Upper Realm.

After Ji Haoyuan shared the danger posed by the Divine Ruins, he distributed treasures to allies and entered seclusion to strengthen himself. Meanwhile, Mahayana cultivators gathered to discuss the threat and agreed to complete the Heavenly Barrier, while the True Dragon Clan revealed it had contacted its Old Ancestor in the Upper Realm.

• Taixu Bai warned Ji Haoyuan that Divine Ruins might know about his circumstances and urged him not to venture out.
• Ji Haoyuan gave Tianxuzi a Night Blooming Cereus, helped Jiang Miaoran forge an Innate Physique, and gave treasures to True Person Leixia and others.
• Ji Haoyuan entered his Cave Mansion to cultivate and digest the gains from the Heavenly Tomb.
• Mahayana cultivators gathered above the High Heaven and discussed the Divine Ruins' scheme and the danger of the news spreading.
• Ao Shan revealed that the True Dragon Clan had contacted its Old Ancestor in the Upper Realm but could not yet exchange messages.
• The Eastern Peak Sacred Master proposed completing the Heavenly Barrier, and Taixu Bai and the other cultivators agreed.

Ao Shan privately told Taixu Bai, Luo Changsheng, the Eastern Peak Sacred Master, and other powerful cultivators that the True Dragon Clan's contacted old ancestor was likely an impostor. He left them alarmed by warning that the impostor had promised the return of many old ancestors and major changes to their world.

• Ao Shan secretly invited select Mahayana cultivators to the True Dragon Clan's Dragon Court Secret Hall because he distrusted some attendees and needed to discuss matters in confidence.
• Ao Shan revealed that his clan's contacted old ancestor was likely fake, citing his real ancestor's warning that a future contact would mean Ao Shan had died.
• Ao Shan's revelation shocked the gathered cultivators, who feared the patriarchs contacted by their own factions could also be impostors.
• Taixu Bai asked what the false ancestor had said, and Ao Shan reported that many old ancestors would return and the world would undergo prolonged, sweeping changes.
• Ao Shan said the connection between the Upper and Lower Realms was merely the beginning, leaving the gathered cultivators deeply unsettled.

Taixu Bai warned the Eastern Peak Sacred Master and other Mahayana cultivators that the True Dragon Clan might be manipulating them to distrust their ascended patriarchs and divide their allies. Six months later, Ji Haoyuan had reached the peak of the Dao Integration Realm and was summoned by the bracelet after the Heavenly Barrier had been completed.

• Taixu Bai told the Eastern Peak Sacred Master and the others that the old dragon’s claims might be true but that his motives and position were suspicious.
• The Eastern Peak Sacred Master promised to investigate the True Dragon Clan’s possible betrayal and said they would show no mercy if it were confirmed.
• Ji Haoyuan reached the peak of the Dao Integration Realm, learned the Pure Yang Great Hand Seal, began refining the Soul Extinguishing Spear, and cultivated the fourth transformation of the Seven Transformations of Heaven Robbery.
• Ji Haoyuan’s bracelet trembled and unleashed a terrifying sword-qi presence, compelling him to leave his secluded cultivation cave mansion.
• Ji Haoyuan learned that the sacred lands and Starry Sky Power Clans had completed the Heavenly Barrier two months earlier.

Ji Haoyuan followed the bracelet’s guidance to a desolate Great Star, where witnessing mysterious figures demonstrate the Dao let him master the Three Hearts Years Secret Manual. He recognized the manual’s immense power and wondered what debt he might owe the peerless female immortal who guided him.

• Ji Haoyuan left the Myriad Laws Sacred Land and followed the bracelet beyond the Central Divine Continent to a storm-wracked, uninhabited Great Star.
• As Ji Haoyuan crossed the star, he found enormous human-made tombs and sensed that something was following him, though his Divine Sense revealed nothing.
• A group of indistinct figures appeared before Ji Haoyuan and demonstrated an unfamiliar Dao that seemed to span past, present, and future.
• Ji Haoyuan entered enlightenment and mastered the Three Hearts Years Secret Manual, gaining abilities to shift harm to his past self, borrow power from his future self, and guard his present mind.
• Ji Haoyuan appreciated the opportunity but remained wary that his growing karma with the female immortal would require repayment.

Ji Haoyuan learned that the old cultivation methods led to decay and death, and resolved to forge a new path. Then people from the Upper Realm arrived and tried to search his soul, but he escaped their restraints.

• Ji Haoyuan heard ancient figures lament that the current methods and Dao could not free cultivators from decay and death.
• After the figures faded, Ji Haoyuan resolved to create new methods and forge a path beyond the old ways.
• Several people from the Upper Realm appeared and the Man in Green tried to inspect Ji Haoyuan’s memories and search his soul.
• Ji Haoyuan used the Three Hearts Years Secret Manual to break free and escape thousands of miles away.
• The Man in Green and his companions were surprised by Ji Haoyuan’s escape and regarded him as unusual prey.

Ji Haoyuan confronted a group of arrogant immortals who had descended from the Upper Realm and learned that their power was suppressed in the mortal world. After the Burly Strongman attacked him again, Ji Haoyuan unleashed his strength and sent the strongman flying, then pursued him.

• The Man in Green ordered Ji Haoyuan to approach, but Ji Haoyuan refused and challenged the group’s arrogance.
• The Burly Strongman attacked Ji Haoyuan with a giant hammer, and Ji Haoyuan blocked the strike with his Dao Severing Heaven Breaking Hammer, though the clash injured him.
• The Woman in Colorful Clothes explained that the immortals’ strength was suppressed because the realms had not yet fully merged.
• The Man in Green sensed Ji Haoyuan’s hostile thoughts and threatened to slaughter his clan and everyone connected to him.
• The Burly Strongman attacked again, and Ji Haoyuan summoned two hammers and drew on the power of his Dragon Snake Phantom to send him flying.
• Ji Haoyuan pursued the Burly Strongman through the void, swinging both hammers at him.

Ji Haoyuan fought Wu Kui, an immortal whose unleashed power nearly overwhelmed him, while the world’s laws punished the immortals for exceeding their limits. The Man in Green and the Woman in Colorful Clothes joined Wu Kui to capture Ji Haoyuan, but he revealed he had been waiting for their combined attack as a bell rang through the void.

• Wu Kui unleashed his sealed power and battered Ji Haoyuan, who survived by healing himself with Primordial Spirit Heavenly Water and his cultivation techniques.
• Ji Haoyuan realized that heaven and earth were punishing Wu Kui for using power beyond the world’s laws.
• The Man in Green and the Woman in Colorful Clothes decided to join Wu Kui and capture Ji Haoyuan to uncover his secrets.
• The three immortals wove a net of laws over Ji Haoyuan, who had been waiting for this moment.
• A resonant bell toll sent invisible soundwaves crashing into the descending net of laws.

Ji Haoyuan used the Damaged Bronze Bell against the Man in Green, the Woman in Colorful Clothes, and Wu Kui, despite the immense strain on his body. The bell killed Wu Kui and the Woman in Colorful Clothes, while the Man in Green’s fate remained unclear.

• Ji Haoyuan shattered the attackers’ net of rules with the Damaged Bronze Bell and grievously wounded their immortal bodies.
• The Man in Green demanded the bell and offered reconciliation, but Ji Haoyuan ignored him and activated the bell again.
• The Man in Green and the others unleashed an Immortal sword at Ji Haoyuan, but the bell smashed it and pressed on through their defenses.
• Wu Kui’s body and Primordial Spirit were destroyed by the bell.
• The Woman in Colorful Clothes begged Senior Brother Yuan for help, but the bell destroyed her body and Primordial Spirit as well.

Badly wounded after the battle, Ji Haoyuan faced the surviving Man in Green, who began healing and moved to kill him. Ji Haoyuan suddenly recovered and reached Mahayana, then killed the Man in Green with the Soul Extinguishing Spear and Pure Yang Divine Lightning.

• Ji Haoyuan found himself gravely injured among the ruins, but the Man in Green emerged alive from the crater and began healing.
• Ji Haoyuan raised the Damaged Bronze Bell to bluff the Man in Green, but the Man in Green saw through the trick and charged.
• As the Man in Green closed in, a strange power healed Ji Haoyuan and raised his cultivation to Mahayana, while the Soul Extinguishing Spear appeared in his hand.
• Ji Haoyuan struck the Man in Green with the Soul Extinguishing Spear, then pulled him back from his attempted escape through space.
• The Soul Extinguishing Spear tore the Man in Green apart, and Pure Yang Divine Lightning struck his remains until the battle ended.

After borrowing power from his future self to kill the Man in Green, Ji Haoyuan’s cultivation fell from peak Dao Integration to early Dao Integration, but he used the setback to repair his Dao Heart and reconsider his path. As he left the yellow Great Star, Feng Lie Saint Monarch ambushed him and revealed that he had come to avenge a private grudge.

• Ji Haoyuan felt the side effects of borrowing power from his future self and watched his cultivation fall to early Dao Integration.
• Ji Haoyuan examined his Dao Heart and realized his past cultivation arts were poorly suited to the changed world.
• Ji Haoyuan resolved to reassess his path, and his Dao Heart became whole after several days on the yellow Great Star.
• A Mahayana cultivator ambushed Ji Haoyuan as he left the star, and he countered with the Pure Yang Great Hand Seal and Five Thunder Golden Seal.
• Ji Haoyuan pierced the giant palm with the Soul Extinguishing Spear and exposed his attacker as Feng Lie Saint Monarch.
• Feng Lie Saint Monarch said he had come to avenge a private grudge, not to settle a dispute between their sects.

Ji Haoyuan fought Feng Lie Saint Monarch over an old grudge but was interrupted by a colossal monster that devoured space and threatened the Lower Realm. Both fighters fled as the monster swallowed the void around them.

• Feng Lie Saint Monarch refused to discuss the reasons for Ji Haoyuan's past actions and attacked him for revenge.
• Ji Haoyuan used the Soul Extinguishing Spear to withstand several attacks, though Feng Lie Saint Monarch wounded him and prepared to finish him with a crimson flag.
• A gigantic tentacled monster appeared, and its mouths devoured space so completely that it could not recover.
• Ji Haoyuan and Feng Lie Saint Monarch recognized the monster's threat and fled as it swallowed the space where they had stood.

After losing cultivation, Ji Haoyuan spent ten years forging the Path of Dao Integration, a foundation built from his own comprehension rather than any single technique. When he emerged, he learned that Void Devouring Beasts, the Divine Ruins, and mysterious new secret realms had brought sweeping changes to the Lower Realm.

• Ji Haoyuan escaped the octopus-like monster, returned to the Myriad Laws Sacred Land, and reported it to Taixu Bai and Luo Changsheng.
• Ji Haoyuan reviewed his cultivation and decided no existing technique would serve as his Fundamental Method; he would create a foundation from his own comprehension.
• Over ten years of seclusion, Ji Haoyuan forged the Path of Dao Integration and became stronger than he had been before his realm fell.
• Jiang Miaoran, Miao Zixi, True Person Leixia, and the others told Ji Haoyuan that the factions had named the space-devouring monsters Void Devouring Beasts and killed those that appeared.
• Ji Haoyuan learned that the Divine Ruins had grown closer to summoning a true immortal into the Lower Realm, while mysterious secret realms—including some containing treasures above the eighth rank—had appeared across it.

Ji Haoyuan told Taixu Bai that he had dealt with three Lower Realm immortals and described the Immortal Marks he encountered, prompting his master to warn him to keep the matter secret and protect himself. Taixu Bai revealed that the Lower Realm’s rules were changing and that Upper Realm secret realms could admit Mahayana cultivators, leaving Ji Haoyuan facing a world poised for upheaval.

• Jiang Miaoran told Ji Haoyuan that Taixu Bai had overwhelmed three Morality Sacred Sect Mahayana cultivators when he went to demand answers about the Divine Ruins.
• Taixu Bai told Ji Haoyuan that the Divine Ruins had repeatedly demanded his surrender and started wars with their sect over him.
• Ji Haoyuan recounted how he had dealt with three Lower Realm immortals and described the divine sons and Immortal Marks he had encountered in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Taixu Bai learned that Ji Haoyuan’s earlier loss of cultivation had been the price of using power beyond his own, then instructed him to keep the secret and let others protect him.
• Ji Haoyuan asked about changes to the Lower Realm’s rules, and Taixu Bai confirmed that its power ceiling was likely to rise and that Upper Realm secret realms could admit Mahayana cultivators.