Chapter Summaries

Xu Yan departed to explore the Azure Sea while Red Cat expanded the Demon Race’s influence by scamming spirit-beast buyers and negotiating compensation from the Imperial Spirit Mansion. As the prodigies gathered in Hong Province for the final Prodigy Competition, danger quietly approached from Ice Province.

• Xu Yan left for the Azure Sea’s treasure lands, abyss, and black pool after defeating Li Shao and Hai Bo'er, while Xie Lingfeng watched the defeated prodigies.
• Red Cat sent Zhu Xingzheng to Qing Province to sell spirit beasts with fake Command Tokens, then led the beasts in accusing the Imperial Spirit Mansion of trafficking the Demon Race.
• Red Cat defeated the Imperial Spirit Mansion Master in battle and negotiated compensation before returning to Tianling Province with the Demon Race.
• Li Xuan taught Red Cat a Shapeshifting Technique, and Su Lingxiu gave the Demon Race pills before joining Li Xuan on a visit to Yunshan Province.
• Su Lingxiu claimed fourth place in the Spirit Realm Prodigy Ranking, and the final Prodigy Competition was set to begin in Hong Province three months later.
• Prodigies and powerful figures gathered in Hong Province while Ice Province’s upheaval went unnoticed and danger drew near.

Xu Yan discovered a strange cave in the Azure Sea Black Pool and used it to gain insight into the Void Breaking Realm, though he had not fully comprehended the method before leaving for the prodigy battle. As the Spirit Domain’s competitors gathered in Hong Province, Red Cat arrived with a grand display as the Great Demon King of the Demon Race.

• Xu Yan explored a cave that seemed to pry open the Heaven and Earth Laws, and he used it to approach the threshold of the Void Breaking Realm.
• After more than half a month of study, Xu Yan left the Black Pool with navigation pearls marking the cave, while a strange eye briefly appeared inside it and the cave continued expanding.
• Li Xuan, Wu Tiannan, Meng Chong, Fang Hao, and Su Lingxiu gathered in Hong Province as the final battle of the Prodigy Competition approached.
• Red Cat arrived above the gathering on a golden chair carried by enormous spirit beasts, and the martial artists recognized him as the Great Demon King of the Demon Race.

Red Cat joined the Prodigy Competition, and Xu Yan arrived just as the final battle began. After effortlessly disarming Niu Qiansheng, Xu Yan challenged the entire Thousand Martial Hall, leaving its leaders to decide how to respond.

• Red Cat claimed it was under thirty and qualified as a prodigy, and the Great Zhou Emperor agreed to let it enter the competition.
• Xie Lingfeng and other contenders gathered aboard the Evergreen Pavilion's Flying Ship while Xu Yan was still away; he returned as the final battle began.
• The Great Zhou Emperor announced the competition rules, including quotas for the top-ranked contestants, and the final battle commenced.
• Niu Qiansheng of the Thousand Martial Hall challenged Xu Yan, but Xu Yan turned Niu Qiansheng's sword beam around and took control of his Divine Artifact without drawing his own sword.
• Xu Yan returned the sword and invited the entire Thousand Martial Hall to attack him together, while its leaders hesitated to risk their sect's dignity.

Xu Yan claimed the top spot in the Prodigy Competition, while Meng Chong, Su Lingxiu, Fang Hao, and Red Cat also defeated Spirit Sect challengers. As the Thousand Martial Hall prepared to summon the Venerable, Ice Province’s snow melted and unleashed catastrophic floods that submerged Yun Province and surged toward Great Marsh Province.

• Xu Yan defeated Hu Bubai with ease, secured first place on the Prodigy List, and declined to kill the Thousand Martial Hall prodigy.
• Meng Chong defeated a challenger from Thundercloud Mountain Villa, while Su Lingxiu took third place and Fang Hao used the Qimen Martial Dao to rank fourth.
• Red Cat defeated successive challengers, including Hu Bubai, leaving the top five of the Prodigy Ranking without a Spirit Sect prodigy.
• The Thousand Martial Hall Master ordered his people to prepare to invite the Venerable to descend and kill Xu Yan, Meng Chong, Fang Hao, and Su Lingxiu.
• Warmth poured from the former site of the Quiet Snow Palace as Ice Province’s snow melted, sending torrents into Yun Province.
• Floods devastated Yun Province despite the efforts of Spirit Refining Heavenly Humans, then continued toward Great Marsh Province.

The Bewitching Witch spread from Ice Province into the flood-stricken provinces, draining the life and souls of those she encountered, while the Spirit Domain’s rulers remained unaware. At the Prodigy Competition, Xu Yan and Meng Chong took first and second place, Li Xuan gained the first layer of the Great Sun Star Indestructible Body, and reports of the catastrophe reached the gathered sect leaders.

• The melting snow flooded Cloud Province and Great Marsh Province, while the Bewitching Witch used the waters and Quiet Snow Palace’s Martial Artists to kill those she encountered.
• A Spirit Refining Heavenly Human escaped the Witch’s attack, warned others about Quiet Snow Palace, and fled toward Hong Province as more investigators disappeared.
• Xu Yan gave divine treasures from the Azure Sea to Meng Chong and Su Lingxiu, and Meng Chong comprehended the first layer of the Great Sun Star Indestructible Body, granting Li Xuan a breakthrough.
• The Prodigy Competition ended with Xu Yan first and Meng Chong second, and the Great Zhou Emperor announced that the top one hundred prodigies would enter a treasure land in one month.
• The Thundercloud Manor Master demanded that the Myriad Worlds Alliance become a Spirit Sect, but Fang Hao refused; messengers then arrived with news of the disasters, and the leaders realized no one from Ice Province had attended.

Ice Province’s melting snow caused catastrophic floods, and a black grotto appeared at the ruins of Quiet Snow Palace. After a Law Condensation Celestial Venerable arrived through a Void Bridge, he abandoned Thousand Martial Hall’s request to punish Xu Yan and ordered the Spirit Domain’s martial artists to gather in Ice Province; Li Xuan and his companions headed there as the disaster spread.

• Ice Province’s snow melted and flooded Cloud Province and Great Marsh Province, prompting experts to rush back and Fang Hao and Wu Tiannan to leave Hong Province to help.
• Fu Yun explained that Thousand Martial Hall had opened a Void Bridge to summon a Venerable, and a late-stage Law Condensation Celestial Venerable descended to answer its call.
• A martial artist from Ice Province reported that a black grotto had appeared at Quiet Snow Palace, and the Celestial Venerable ordered the Spirit Domain’s martial artists to gather there before setting off himself.
• The Thousand Martial Hall Master and Fu Tianhai relayed the order, while Li Xuan, Su Lingxiu, Meng Shushu, Red Cat, Yu Xiaolong, and Xiao Ha traveled toward Ice Province.
• In Yun Province, Wu Tiannan and other experts fought Quiet Snow Palace’s monsters, whose bodies seemed to be occupied by strange souls, and they traced the threat to Ice Province.
• After entering Ice Province, Fang Hao sensed that its unusual warmth had disrupted the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, so he slowed the Flying Ship and warned the Myriad Worlds Alliance forces to wait for Li Xuan.

Bewitching Witch and the possessed women of Quiet Snow Palace attacked the experts gathered in Ice Province, devouring their souls and trapping them as they tried to flee. A Law Condensation Celestial Venerable arrived to confront her, but the chapter ended with him recognizing the strange pink lotus above her and reacting with alarm.

• Bewitching Witch welcomed Wu Tiannan, Xin Mengrou, and the other experts as prey, while Palace Mistress Yu and the women of Quiet Snow Palace revealed their possession by devouring an Imperial Spirit Mansion elder.
• Wu Tiannan, Xin Mengrou, Villa Master Thundercloud, and the other experts attacked, but Bewitching Witch's hand ignored their strikes, seized several people, and consumed their souls.
• Bewitching Witch blocked the group's escape from Ice Province; Fang Hao briefly trapped her with an array before escaping with a Teleportation Talisman.
• A Law Condensation Celestial Venerable arrived, ordered Ice Province sealed, and confronted Bewitching Witch as she absorbed the souls of the Quiet Snow Palace women to increase her strength.
• Bewitching Witch revealed a pink lotus and explained that she had gradually opened a breach into the Spirit Domain; the Celestial Venerable recognized the lotus and grew visibly alarmed.

The Bewitching Witch overwhelmed the Celestial Venerable and sent the Spirit Domain’s gathered experts fleeing, leaving them to seek help from the peerless expert at Evergreen Pavilion. As Li Xuan’s group traveled toward Ice Province, he learned the Witch might be beyond the Celestial Venerable’s strength and prepared himself to intervene.

• The Bewitching Witch fought the Celestial Venerable, gradually trapping him with pink lotus flowers before piercing his armor with a trident.
• Wu Tiannan, Xin Mengrou, and the Great Zhou Emperor realized the Celestial Venerable was losing, and the Celestial Venerable urged everyone to flee and summon a True King.
• The experts panicked when they learned the Gate of the Spirit Domain had disappeared, so Wu Tiannan and Xin Mengrou told them to seek the peerless expert at Evergreen Pavilion.
• Li Xuan gained the Great Wasteland Divine Aspect after more than ten million martial artists cultivated the Great Wasteland martial path.
• Fang Hao told Li Xuan’s group that the Bewitching Witch had defeated their allies and might also defeat the Celestial Venerable, while Li Xuan considered how to suppress her and the sky cavern.

Xu Yan studied the Heavenly Grotto and gained a near-complete understanding of the Void Breaking Realm while Li Xuan held the Bewitching Witch at bay. The Witch reached her peak, and Xu Yan returned to the Evergreen Pavilion after completing his insight.

• Wu Tiannan and the other Spirit Domain powerhouses begged Li Xuan to save them, and Li Xuan took the Flying Ship to the Heavenly Grotto.
• The Bewitching Witch finished devouring a Celestial Venerable’s soul as Xu Yan approached the Heavenly Grotto to study it.
• Palace Mistress Yu tried to bewitch Xu Yan, but he destroyed her body and the soul strand within it with one sword strike.
• The Bewitching Witch prepared to attack Xu Yan, but Li Xuan warned her not to disturb his disciple and ordered her to wait until she reached her peak.
• Xu Yan used the Heavenly Grotto to clarify his understanding of the Void Breaking Realm, then returned to the Evergreen Pavilion as the Bewitching Witch reached her limit.

Li Xuan killed the Bewitching Witch’s manifestation, then sent a warning strike through the Sky Grotto toward her true body. He explored the cavern and concluded it was a breach in Heaven and Earth’s barrier, leaving him wondering what lay beyond it.

• Xu Yan told Li Xuan that he had gained enough insight to approach the Void Breaking Realm and asked to explore the Sky Grotto.
• Li Xuan summoned a golden dragon with the Divine Dragon Descends technique and destroyed the Bewitching Witch’s body in one strike.
• The Bewitching Witch reappeared from the Sky Grotto, and Li Xuan used her aura to send a Fixed Breath God Slaying Sword strike toward her true body as a warning.
• Li Xuan examined the Sky Grotto and sensed an unusual, indestructible aura rising from its bottom.
• Li Xuan concluded that the Sky Grotto had opened a breach in Heaven and Earth’s barrier, which might both protect the world and restrain those within it.

Li Xuan identified the Celestial Grotto’s strange aura as Unchanging Qi and used it to seal the grotto against further intrusions. After the crisis was resolved, he and the prodigies traveled to the Spirit Realm’s ancient Celestial Grotto ruins, where Li Xuan opened its sealed entrance.

• Li Xuan tested a wisp of the aura with the Great Dao Golden Book, learned it was Unchanging Qi, and discovered that it could form powerful restrictions but could overwhelm souls.
• Li Xuan found a mountain-heavy Unchanging Stone and sealed the bottom of the Ice Province Celestial Grotto with Unchanging Qi.
• Wu Tiannan and Xin Mengrou explained that the ancient Celestial Grotto ruins in Hong Province held materials used to forge Divine Artifacts, and Xu Yan proposed visiting them.
• The Spirit Realm leaders agreed to take the top four prodigies to the ruins, and the Master of Thousand Martial Hall and other powerhouses stopped opposing Xu Yan’s group.
• At the ruins, Li Xuan recognized the entrance’s man-made seal, opened it with a flick of his finger, and led the Flying Ship inside.

Wu Tiannan found a box Xue Lingzi had hidden in the Heavenly Grotto Ruins, containing a blood bead and a record of the blood-refining technique and realms beyond the Spirit Realm. Meanwhile, Xu Yan destroyed a remnant soul posing as the source of an immortal inheritance and claimed a blood-red bead.

• Li Xuan determined that the Heavenly Grotto had become a ruin after its Unchanging Qi stopped flowing and its barrier sealed.
• Wu Tiannan followed hidden marks on a mound and uncovered Xue Lingzi's box, which held the Netherworld Blood Bead and a booklet describing the Hundred Prisons Blood Refining Technique and higher realms.
• Wu Tiannan gave the box to Li Xuan, who accepted it without examining its contents.
• A remnant soul in a withered tree tried to tempt Xu Yan with an immortal inheritance, but Xu Yan cut down the tree and destroyed the soul with his sword.
• Xu Yan dug up a blood-red bead from the tree's roots, then unleashed his sword intent and annihilated another blood-colored remnant that appeared nearby.

Xu Yan destroyed several bewitched remnant souls in the Heavenly Cavern Ruins, while Li Xuan captured one briefly before annihilating the remaining split souls. After the ruins expedition, the Spirit Domain began rebuilding its order, and Li Xuan considered the realms beyond the Divine Bridge as Xu Yan prepared to reach the Void Breaking Realm.

• Xu Yan found and destroyed a blood-red skull remnant soul after refusing its offer of inheritance without a divine treasure.
• Li Xuan identified the remnant souls as fragments of one outsider's split soul, captured one for questioning, and then erased all the souls in the Heavenly Cavern Ruins.
• After the group left the ruins, Xu Yan told Fu Tianhai about a small Heavenly Cavern in the Azure Sea Black Pool, and Fang Hao agreed to seal it with a grand formation.
• Fang Hao took charge of the Myriad Worlds Alliance, Red Cat led the demon race into cooperation with it, and Evergreen Pavilion traveled to Yun Province to treat disaster victims.
• Li Xuan studied Xue Lingzi's Netherworld Blood Bead and the Hundred Prisons Blood Refining Technique, then assessed the strength of the realms beyond the Divine Bridge.
• Xu Yan organized the Void Breaking Realm martial arts method, while Li Xuan concluded that reaching that realm would let him suppress an Immortal Celestial Venerable.

Li Xuan broke through to the Void Breaking Realm after Xu Yan comprehended its martial method, while Xu Yan later broke through to the Supernatural Ability Realm and began awakening powerful innate abilities. The chapter ended with a fleeting flash of lightning appearing around Xu Yan as his breakthrough continued.

• Xu Yan completed his insights into the Void Breaking Realm, prompting Li Xuan to break through and gain a clearer understanding of heaven and earth’s laws.
• Li Xuan reflected on future martial arts paths as Yun Province rebuilt, Fang Hao set off to seal the Azure Sea Black Pool Heavenly Grotto, and Xu Yan prepared to break through.
• Xu Yan reached perfection in the Heart Sword Realm, Meng Chong found the cultivation path of the Bright Blade Realm, and Meng Shushu neared the Divine Intent Realm.
• Xu Yan broke through to the Supernatural Ability Realm, increasing the power of Li Xuan’s supernatural abilities a hundredfold and granting him the innate Mountain River Sacred Bone.
• Xu Yan gave birth to the supernatural abilities Sword Mountain River, Yin Yang Undying Sword, Heaven Severing Sword, and True Dragon's Wrath.
• A faint, nearly imperceptible flash of lightning appeared around Xu Yan as his breakthrough continued.

Xu Yan broke through to the Supernatural Ability Realm, demonstrated his supernatural abilities, and inspired the others to pursue breakthroughs. As the Divine Bridge's opening approached, Meng Chong began his own breakthrough, and Li Xuan received a hundredfold increase in physical strength and the Innate Mountain River Vajra Sacred Bone.

• Xu Yan broke through to the Supernatural Ability Realm and gained the speed supernatural ability One Thought No Trace, bringing his total to five supernatural abilities.
• Xu Yan demonstrated Sword Mountain River and Yin Yang Undying Sword, using the latter to gather and redirect Meng Chong's powerful punches.
• Meng Chong, Su Lingxiu, and the others devoted themselves to cultivation, while the Spirit Realm settled under the Myriad Worlds Alliance and the Demon Race established itself in Tianling Province.
• Xu Yan studied the Supernatural Ability Martial Codex and comprehended two lesser supernatural abilities as the Divine Bridge's opening drew near.
• The Evergreen Pavilion Flying Ship headed toward Jade Province, and Meng Chong began breaking through to the Supernatural Ability Realm in Luo Province.
• Li Xuan received a hundredfold increase in physical strength and the Innate Mountain River Vajra Sacred Bone from Meng Chong's breakthrough, then watched for his first supernatural ability to emerge.

Meng Chong and Su Lingxiu broke through to the Supernatural Ability Realm, and Li Xuan gained their supernatural abilities and further strengthened himself. After Xu Yan and Meng Chong sparred, Su Lingxiu displayed her new abilities, including a concealed attack that startled everyone.

• Meng Chong broke through and manifested five supernatural abilities, including Boundless Divine Waves, Great Sun Divine Annihilation, and Great Sun Across the Sky.
• Xu Yan and Meng Chong sparred with their supernatural abilities, and Li Xuan judged Xu Yan slightly stronger.
• Su Lingxiu entered seclusion, then broke through to the Supernatural Ability Realm after the Flying Ship entered Jade Province, increasing Li Xuan's Primordial Spirit a hundredfold.
• Su Lingxiu manifested five supernatural abilities: Life and Death Reversal, Heaven and Earth Spirit Flame, Divine Furnace Hundred Refinements, Star Sky Divine Radiance, and Thousand Illusions, No Shadow.
• Su Lingxiu demonstrated her abilities to the others, and her concealed Star Sky Divine Radiance made Du Yuying, the others, and Red Cat realize how dangerous it was.

Li Xuan brought Xu Yan and the others back to the Great Wasteland, demonstrated Void Breaking, and decided to increase the region’s Spiritual Qi. As they traveled toward Canglan Island, they saw how the Great Wasteland had prospered in Xu Yan’s absence, while Bai Yun Kong spotted their passing Flying Ship and went after it.

• Li Xuan reinforced the sealed Gate of the Spirit Domain, then tore open a passage through the void and led the Flying Ship into the Great Wasteland.
• Li Xuan resolved to raise the Great Wasteland’s Spiritual Qi, and Xu Yan urged the group to continue toward Canglan Island.
• Xu Junhe and Kou Ruozhi discussed the Great Wasteland’s stability and their hopes of reaching the Divine Intent Realm, while Mother Xu described her progress studying Array Formation.
• Xu Yan and the others observed the Great Wasteland’s cities, academies, and spirit-herb fields as the Flying Ship traveled toward Canglan Island.
• Bai Yun Kong noticed the unusual azure streak of light passing near his commandery academy, left the gathering, and pursued it.

Xu Yan returned to the Great Wasteland with Li Xuan and his companions, reunited with Bai Yun Kong and his parents on Canglan Island, and began strengthening the people who would govern and protect the realm. The chapter left Xu Yan preparing the Great Wasteland for his eventual departure by guiding its experts and building up Canglan Island’s strength.

• Xu Yan met Bai Yun Kong aboard the Flying Ship, heard how the Great Wasteland had been unified, and guided him toward breaking through into the Pseudo Divine Intent Realm.
• Xu Yan and his companions reunited with Xu Junhe and Mother Xu on Canglan Island, where Red Cat delighted Mother Xu with spirit fruits from the Spirit Domain.
• Li Xuan taught Mother Xu basic Array Formations, while Xu Yan arranged for formation plates to be distributed and installed at important locations across the Great Wasteland.
• Xu Yan guided Xu Junhe’s cultivation, and Xu Junhe broke through to the Divine Intent Realm the next day as Guo Rongshan worked toward the Profound Understanding Realm.
• Xu Yan and his companions trained the Great Wasteland’s officials, promising prodigies, and powerful figures, while Xu Yan arranged measures to keep the realm safe after his departure.

Li Xuan strengthened the Great Wasteland’s spiritual energy while Wu Emperor struggled to obtain treasures and discovered the mysterious voice in his family’s stone house had gone silent. After Wu Emperor revealed the secret to Li Xuan, Li Xuan gave him a cultivation method and pills, leaving him resolved to guard the stone house.

• Li Xuan gradually strengthened the Great Wasteland’s spiritual energy and laws to support its future martial artists.
• Wu Emperor visited his family’s stone house, but its mysterious voice did not answer him.
• After returning to Great Wasteland City, Wu Emperor lost a duel to Qi Emperor, who had received guidance and treasures from Xu Yan.
• Li Xuan returned to Canglan Island and agreed to meet Wu Emperor, who revealed the hidden stone house and its vanished voice.
• Li Xuan gave Wu Emperor a cultivation method and pills, and Wu Emperor promised to keep the stone house secret.

Li Xuan investigated the silent stone house in Wu Kingdom’s imperial palace, then returned to studying the Taicang Book while Xu Yan prepared to leave Great Wasteland World. As Fang Hao broke through in the Spirit Domain, a blood-red being emerged from the Azure Sea Abyss’s Heavenly Grotto.

• Li Xuan sent his Divine Martial True Body into the little stone house, found traces of recently concealed Dao Principles, and left without meeting the hidden presence.
• Li Xuan intensified his study of the Taicang Book and continued developing martial methods for Xu Yan and the other disciples.
• Xu Yan said farewell to his parents, left them resources and protective talismans, then departed with his companions through the Gate of the Spirit Domain.
• At the Azure Sea, Fang Hao began his breakthrough and condensed Supernatural Ability Strange Patterns for his Qimen Martial Dao.
• Blood light filled the Heavenly Grotto beneath the Azure Sea Abyss, and blood-red figures gathered around a scarlet-haired being that rose from the waves.