Chapter Summaries

Dragon Taming True Person asked True Person Xuanji to divine who had killed Lei Bao True Person, but the attempt triggered severe backlash because the target’s heavenly secrets were veiled. Meanwhile, Ji Haoyuan obtained Star Crystal Sand at the auction and received a message from Ice Fire True Person.

• Dragon Taming True Person offered True Person Xuanji a Spirit Luck Fruit to divine the identity of Lei Bao True Person’s killer.
• True Person Xuanji used Lei Bao True Person’s belongings as divination mediums, but the tortoiseshell treasure exploded and he suffered bloody tears and a loss of lifespan.
• True Person Xuanji said only a Thousand Mechanisms Sect Grand Elder could overcome the veiling around the target’s heavenly secrets, and warned Dragon Taming True Person against provoking such a powerful figure.
• Dragon Taming True Person apologized and left the Thousand Mechanisms Sect, while True Person Xuanji went to seek one of the sect’s Grand Elders.
• With Zhang Tianyang’s secret assistance, Ji Haoyuan obtained Star Crystal Sand at the Auction in Myriad Law Immortal City.
• Ji Haoyuan received a Message Talisman from Ice Fire True Person as he considered bidding on more items.

Ji Haoyuan joined Ice Fire True Person and Meng Jiyue for a journey into the Sheng Tian Secret Realm, where Ice Fire True Person sought the Ice Fiend Fire Lotus to resolve her cultivation imbalance and advance her Dao path. After strengthening his abilities in seclusion, Ji Haoyuan was ready to set out with them.

• Ice Fire True Person invited Ji Haoyuan to accompany her into the Sheng Tian Secret Realm, and he left Myriad Law Immortal City after saying farewell to Zhang Tianyang.
• At Danding Immortal City, Ice Fire True Person explained that she sought the Ice Fiend Fire Lotus to resolve the conflict in her powers and condense an Ice Fire Dao Body.
• Ji Haoyuan learned that the lotus had to be refined where it grew, making a trusted Dao Protector essential, and agreed to join the expedition.
• Ji Haoyuan cultivated for three months, using Star Crystal Sand to strengthen his Star Battle Body and refining the Mysterious Light Flame Dragon Hood.
• Ice Fire True Person and Meng Jiyue finished preparing, and the three prepared to depart aboard Ice Fire True Person's flying boat.

Ji Haoyuan, Ice Fire True Person, and Meng Jiyue reached the Absolute Sea Desert, where the Sheng Tian Secret Realm was expected to open. They encountered cultivators from the Mountain Sea Alliance and the Five Elements Demonic Sect, then watched the True Word Sect propose a temporary alliance to drive others away.

• Ji Haoyuan and his companions arrived at the spiritually barren Absolute Sea Desert after traveling for over a month.
• Meng Jiyue identified approaching azure-robed cultivators as members of the Mountain Sea Alliance, a major Inner Sea power.
• Ji Haoyuan recognized five approaching cultivators as members of the Five Elements Demonic Sect, sworn enemies of the Yanfa Sect, and warned that their late-Golden-Core leader could pose a serious threat.
• The Five Elements Demonic Sect cultivators spread their Five Elements power across the desert, but a True Word Dharma Domain urged everyone present to abandon conflict.
• Chiyanzi broke the domain's influence with his Lava Domain, and a True Word Sect cultivator proposed joining forces with him to clear other people from the area before the Sheng Tian Secret Realm opened.

The Sheng Tian Secret Realm opened ahead of schedule and scattered Ji Haoyuan, Ice Fire True Person, and Meng Jiyue across its ruins. Alone in a ruined city, Ji Haoyuan searched for the Ice Fiend Fire Lotus with Baozi, then sensed a deadly Sword Light attacking from behind.

• Chiyanzi rejected Huan Zhenzi's proposal and threatened to join forces with the True Word Sect against Ji Haoyuan and the Mountain Sea Alliance.
• Pillars of light rose across the Absolute Sea Desert, and the Sheng Tian Secret Realm opened ahead of schedule.
• Ice Fire True Person warned Ji Haoyuan and Meng Jiyue to prioritize their safety before the three were pulled into the realm.
• Ji Haoyuan arrived alone in a ruined city and found that Ice Fire True Person and Meng Jiyue were nowhere nearby.
• Ji Haoyuan released Baozi and asked it to search for the Ice Fiend Fire Lotus, but it found no nearby treasure.
• A Sword Light approached Ji Haoyuan from behind and revealed its killing intent when it came within ten feet.

Ji Haoyuan destroyed a ruined city’s Corpse Fiends and discovered that they could yield Soul Jade Crystals. Guided by the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox, he reached a blood-red plain and recognized a Spirit Refining Flower, but had not yet picked it.

• Ji Haoyuan killed a Corpse Fiend with his Great Sun Profound Yellow Sword Qi, then burned dozens more and reduced the ruined city to dust.
• The Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox led Ji Haoyuan to a Soul Jade Crystal, which he recognized as a treasure that could strengthen the soul.
• Ji Haoyuan killed hundreds of Corpse Fiends without finding another Soul Jade Crystal, then obtained a smaller one after slaughtering nearly a thousand more.
• The Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox urged Ji Haoyuan to pick a white flower on a blood-red plain, and he recognized it as the soul-refining Spirit Refining Flower.

Ji Haoyuan endured the Spirit Refining Flower’s spiritual trials, awakening with his Divine Sense close to late Golden Core and absorbing the flower’s power. Qingyangzi broke through Ji Haoyuan’s restriction and demanded the opportunity and Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox, but Ji Haoyuan countered by ordering him to surrender his Storage Magic Treasures.

• Ji Haoyuan set up a Tier 3 concealment and protective restriction before approaching the Spirit Refining Flower.
• The flower subjected Ji Haoyuan to visions and heart-questioning trials, which he endured as he pressed forward.
• Qingyangzi arrived and used a Restriction-Breaking Talisman to shatter Ji Haoyuan’s restriction.
• Ji Haoyuan emerged from the trials with his Divine Sense nearing late Golden Core, while the Spirit Refining Flower’s light merged into his mud pill palace.
• Qingyangzi spotted the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox and demanded it and Ji Haoyuan’s gains in exchange for letting him leave.
• Ji Haoyuan confirmed Qingyangzi had destroyed his restriction and demanded that he hand over every Storage Magic Treasure he carried.

Ji Haoyuan killed Qingyangzi after breaking through his True Word Secret Art and destroying his Golden Core. After absorbing the remaining power of the Spirit Refining Flower and two Soul Jade Crystals, Ji Haoyuan advanced his Divine Sense to late Golden Core and prepared to inspect the two Storage Rings.

• Qingyangzi attacked Ji Haoyuan with the True Word Secret Art, but Ji Haoyuan shattered its restraints and blocked its sword-like characters.
• Ji Haoyuan's Flowing Flame Profound Yellow Spear broke through Qingyangzi's golden array and pierced his body.
• Ji Haoyuan destroyed Qingyangzi's fleeing Golden Core and collected two Storage Rings, one of which belonged to a Mountain Sea Alliance cultivator.
• Several days later, Ji Haoyuan absorbed the remaining power of the Spirit Refining Flower and two Soul Jade Crystals, advancing his Divine Sense cultivation to late Golden Core and strengthening his soul domain.
• Ji Haoyuan considered pursuing a mid Golden Core breakthrough in the Dao of Dharma, then turned his attention to the Storage Rings.

Ji Haoyuan searched Qingyangzi’s Storage Ring and found a Tier 3 Talisman crafting method before continuing to hunt for treasures with the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox. The fox led him to a gorge where Fairy Shuiyue and Changqingzi were fighting over a Nether Spirit Fruit and Pure Blood Spirit Jade, and Ji Haoyuan blocked Shuiyue when she tried to draw him into the conflict.

• Ji Haoyuan removed Qingyangzi’s Storage Ring imprint and found several Tier 3 Talismans and a Jade Slip containing Tier 3 Talisman crafting methods, including the Restriction-Breaking Talisman method.
• Ji Haoyuan searched a Mountain Sea Alliance cultivator’s Storage Ring, found only ordinary supplies, then released the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox to continue searching for treasures.
• Changqingzi pursued Fairy Shuiyue through a gorge and demanded both her Nether Spirit Fruit and Pure Blood Spirit Jade.
• Fairy Shuiyue offered Changqingzi the Nether Spirit Fruit, but he insisted she hand over the Pure Blood Spirit Jade as well.
• The Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox led Ji Haoyuan to the gorge, where Fairy Shuiyue urged him to join forces against Changqingzi.
• Ji Haoyuan blocked Fairy Shuiyue’s path and told her he would not get involved in their dispute.

Ji Haoyuan seized the Profound Fiend Treasure Spirit, a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Charm, just as it emerged in the Sheng Tian Secret Realm. Fairy Shuiyue and Changqingzi surrounded him and demanded the treasure, and the chapter ended as Changqingzi attacked him with a vast net of vines.

• Ji Haoyuan ignored Fairy Shuiyue and rushed into the gorge after the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox urged him to hurry.
• The Profound Fiend Treasure Spirit emerged, and Fairy Shuiyue and Changqingzi recognized it as a rare Heaven and Earth Spiritual Charm.
• Ji Haoyuan trapped the fleeing treasure with his Divine Sense and seized it with a lightning-wreathed mana hand before sealing it in his Storage Ring.
• Fairy Shuiyue and Changqingzi surrounded Ji Haoyuan and threatened him, demanding that he hand over the treasure.
• Ji Haoyuan refused and warned them that taking it by force would make them enemies.
• Changqingzi summoned a vast net of vines and sent it crashing down toward Ji Haoyuan.

Ji Haoyuan killed Fairy Shuiyue and Changqingzi with three bolts of Heavenly Lightning and the Earth Spirit Flame, then examined the treasures in their Storage Rings. He planned to use his gains to grow stronger in the Sheng Tian Secret Realm and began with the Spirit Nether Fruit.

• Fairy Shuiyue attacked Ji Haoyuan with a water-blue ring as Changqingzi joined the assault.
• Ji Haoyuan unleashed the Earth Spirit Flame and three kinds of Heavenly Lightning, destroying Fairy Shuiyue and Changqingzi along with their Golden Cores.
• Ji Haoyuan collected their Storage Rings and later found a Spirit Nether Fruit, Pure Blood Spirit Jade, two Soul Jade Crystals, and the Withered Wood Nirvana Art among their gains.
• Ji Haoyuan discovered the Profound Fiend Treasure Spirit but decided to consult the Yanfa Sect's Scripture Repository before refining it into his Flowing Flame Profound Yellow Spear.
• Ji Haoyuan resolved to use his treasures to improve his strength and took out the Spirit Nether Fruit.

Ji Haoyuan used the Spirit Nether Fruit to break through to mid Golden Core, then refined his body with the Pure Blood Spirit Jade. After three years in a blood cocoon, he emerged with late Tier 3 body-refinement cultivation and demonstrated his new power.

• Ji Haoyuan consumed the Spirit Nether Fruit and broke through to mid Golden Core, increasing his mana ninefold.
• After consolidating his cultivation for several months, Ji Haoyuan crushed the Pure Blood Spirit Jade and began replacing his blood while practicing the Starry Sky Battle True Scripture.
• Ji Haoyuan remained inside a blood cocoon as two years passed, then another year passed while its heartbeat and Starlight grew stronger.
• The blood cocoon cracked and shattered, and Ji Haoyuan emerged with a transformed body and late Tier 3 body-refinement cultivation.
• Ji Haoyuan tested his strength by pushing forward, unleashing rampant lightning and the silhouette of a Great Star.

Ji Haoyuan unleashed his newly reborn Indestructible Star Thunder Body and rushed to help the badly wounded Meng Jiyue, who was being hunted by two Five Elements Demonic Sect cultivators. His spear destroyed their Nether Spring Poison Water and shattered the mountain formed by Heavenly Sovereign Huang’s seal, leaving the attackers startled.

• Ji Haoyuan’s Indestructible Star Thunder Body erupted with thunder and starlight as he sensed Meng Jiyue fleeing nearby.
• Heavenly Sovereign Huang and Blackwater True Person pursued the wounded Meng Jiyue, using a Mysterious Yellow Great Seal and Nether Spring Poison Water to slow and injure her.
• Meng Jiyue raised her Heavenly Fragrance Treasure Pill to counter the poison, but the attackers’ combined assaults left her close to death.
• Ji Haoyuan’s flaming spear swept into the Nether Spring Poison Water, evaporating it and destroying the phantoms within.
• Ji Haoyuan’s spear struck the mountain formed by the Mysterious Yellow Great Seal, causing the mountain to explode and the seal to fly backward.

Ji Haoyuan rescued Meng Jiyue by killing Heavenly Sovereign Huang and Blackwater True Person, then learned that Jiang Miaoran was in danger near the Ice Fiend Fire Lotus. He flew with Meng Jiyue toward the Valley of Extinction to help his senior sister.

• Ji Haoyuan broke through the Five Elements Demonic Sect cultivators’ attacks and killed Heavenly Sovereign Huang and Blackwater True Person.
• Ji Haoyuan collected the two cultivators’ Storage Rings and asked Meng Jiyue whether she was injured.
• Meng Jiyue told Ji Haoyuan that Jiang Miaoran had found the Ice Fiend Fire Lotus and was facing cultivators from the Five Elements Demonic Sect and the True Word Sect.
• Ji Haoyuan agreed to go help Jiang Miaoran, and Meng Jiyue pointed out the Valley of Extinction.
• Ji Haoyuan carried Meng Jiyue on the Flowing Flame Profound Yellow Spear and sped toward the valley.

Ji Haoyuan and Meng Jiyue arrived as Chiyanzi, Huan Zhenzi, Absolute Sword True Person, and Gu Yunzi attacked Ice Fire True Person while she refined the Ice Fiend Fire Lotus. Ji Haoyuan promised to protect her, but Chiyanzi and Huan Zhenzi unleashed their Golden Core Domains, causing him and Meng Jiyue to lose their spiritual power and fall.

• Ice Fire True Person refined the Ice Fiend Fire Lotus behind her Golden Armor Spirit Talisman barrier as Chiyanzi, Huan Zhenzi, Absolute Sword True Person, and Gu Yunzi attacked it.
• Chiyanzi and Huan Zhenzi struck the barrier with their abilities, spreading cracks across it as Ice Fire True Person continued refining the lotus.
• Ji Haoyuan and Meng Jiyue arrived and intercepted Chiyanzi's Flame Saber Aura with a spear strike and three bolts of heavenly lightning.
• Ji Haoyuan told Ice Fire True Person to continue refining the lotus while he handled the attackers.
• Chiyanzi unleashed his Golden Core Domain, and Huan Zhenzi used his domain to forbid spells, treasures, and abilities, causing Ji Haoyuan and Meng Jiyue to fall from the air.

Ji Haoyuan used his Three-Colored Thunder Pill to resist Huan Zhenzi and Chiyanzi’s Golden Core Domains and turned its power against their allies. The thunder swallowed Absolute Sword True Person and Gu Yunzi, leaving the two Late Golden Core cultivators facing Ji Haoyuan’s dangerous potential.

• Ji Haoyuan caught Meng Jiyue as she fell, pushed her beyond the range of the Golden Core Domain, and stayed to confront Huan Zhenzi and Chiyanzi.
• Ji Haoyuan condensed Three-Colored Thunder into a thunder pill and hurled it at Huan Zhenzi and Chiyanzi, shaking their Golden Core Domains.
• Huan Zhenzi and Chiyanzi restored their domains, but Ji Haoyuan redirected the thunder toward Absolute Sword True Person and Gu Yunzi.
• Absolute Sword True Person and Gu Yunzi used their defenses against the thunder, but it shattered them and swallowed both cultivators.

Ji Haoyuan revealed himself as a Tier 3 Body Refining Grand Cultivator and broke through Chiyanzi and Huan Zhenzi’s Golden Core Domains. He overwhelmed their attacks and crushed Huan Zhenzi with a Great Star.

• Chiyanzi and Huan Zhenzi fully activated their Golden Core Domains to suppress Ji Haoyuan.
• Ji Haoyuan unleashed the power of a Tier 3 Body Refining Grand Cultivator and shattered the Domains, restoring the Valley of Extinction to view.
• Chiyanzi merged with his Flame Giant and attacked with a massive saber aura while Huan Zhenzi used declarations to wound Ji Haoyuan and forbid his flight.
• Ji Haoyuan healed his wounds with lightning, countered Chiyanzi’s saber with a lightning spear, and sent a Great Star crashing toward Huan Zhenzi.
• Huan Zhenzi’s protective rune shattered, and Ji Haoyuan’s Great Star crushed him and the mysterious light above him.

Ji Haoyuan drove off Huan Zhenzi and Chiyanzi while Ice Fire True Person refined the Ice Fiend Fire Lotus and advanced to late Golden Core. With three or four years left before the Sheng Tian Secret Realm closed, the group planned to hunt down their enemies, especially the True Word Sect cultivators.

• Huan Zhenzi escaped Ji Haoyuan with a Void Escape Talisman after his substitute took the fatal blow, and Chiyanzi also fled.
• Ice Fire True Person emerged from her breakthrough after half a year, forming the Ice Fire Dao Body and reaching late Golden Core.
• Ji Haoyuan, Ice Fire True Person, and Meng Jiyue congratulated one another and discussed their gains in the Sheng Tian Secret Realm.
• Ji Haoyuan proposed eliminating the Five Elements Demonic Sect and True Word Sect cultivators in the secret realm to prevent future retaliation.
• Meng Jiyue agreed that the True Word Sect was a priority, but Ji Haoyuan noted that finding cultivators hiding in the vast secret realm would be difficult.

Meng Jiyue used her Life-Slaying Treasure Pill to locate the weakened Huan Zhenzi, who sent a horde of Tier 3 Corpse Fiends to disrupt Ice Fire True Person’s breakthrough. Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person attacked the fiends while Ji Haoyuan took Meng Jiyue southeast to stop Huan Zhenzi from escaping.

• Ice Fire True Person said Meng Jiyue could help find Huan Zhenzi, and Meng Jiyue explained that her Life-Slaying Treasure Pill had secretly marked him with her killing intent.
• Meng Jiyue sensed that Huan Zhenzi was nearby in the southeast, and the three detected a horde of Tier 3 Corpse Fiends approaching.
• Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person realized Huan Zhenzi had sent the fiends to interfere with Ice Fire True Person’s breakthrough.
• Ji Haoyuan struck a late Tier 3 Corpse Fiend with lightning as Ice Fire True Person attacked it with flames, avoiding her ice-element power to conceal her breakthrough.
• Ji Haoyuan took Meng Jiyue through the horde and raced southeast toward Huan Zhenzi to prevent his escape.

Ji Haoyuan and Meng Jiyue ambushed Huan Zhenzi while he used Sha-Absorbing Incense to draw Corpse Fiends toward the Valley of Extinction and disrupt Ice Fire True Person’s breakthrough. Ji Haoyuan’s attack badly wounded Huan Zhenzi, who spent decades of his lifespan to recover and began using a Jade Scroll to escape.

• Huan Zhenzi burned Sha-Absorbing Incense to attract Corpse Fiends and hoped they would endanger Ice Fire True Person’s breakthrough and distract Ji Haoyuan.
• After sensing the turmoil in the Valley of Extinction, Huan Zhenzi saw a starlit, lightning-wreathed hand destroy his mountain hollow.
• Ji Haoyuan and Meng Jiyue appeared, and Huan Zhenzi realized Meng Jiyue had likely exposed his location.
• Ji Haoyuan’s starry-sky technique crushed Huan Zhenzi, who used the Jade Scroll’s “Restore” art and sacrificed nearly sixty years of lifespan to heal.
• Huan Zhenzi began activating the Jade Scroll’s “Escape” art, but Ji Haoyuan’s gaze gave him a sudden sense of foreboding.

Ji Haoyuan, Ice Fire True Person, and Meng Jiyue killed Huan Zhenzi after preventing his escape and breaking through his Golden Armor Spirit Talisman. Days later, they examined his Storage Ring and found valuable treasures and a high-grade Tier 3 technique inheritance.

• Ice Fire True Person froze Huan Zhenzi as Ji Haoyuan struck him with tri-colored lightning and she attacked with her Crimson Sword Light.
• Huan Zhenzi activated the Golden Armor Spirit Talisman and tried to escape with the Jade Scroll, but Ji Haoyuan used Phantom God Heavenly Blade to stop him.
• Ice Fire True Person's Frostfire Lotus broke through the barrier and burned Huan Zhenzi and his Golden Core to ash.
• Ji Haoyuan, Ice Fire True Person, and Meng Jiyue collected Huan Zhenzi's Storage Ring and departed.
• Several days later, the three found spirit stones, pills, treasures, and techniques in the Storage Ring, including the high-grade Tier 3 Vacuum Shield inheritance.