Chapter Summaries

The cyan Array Spirit explained that the Zixu Imperial Dynasty had been destroyed after provoking a True God, who also obliterated the Cross-realm Teleportation Arrays. Black Dragon learned that the route he hoped to use to leave the Taiyu Divine Continent had been reduced to ash, while the Array Spirit revealed he wanted freedom from the Vast Void Trial Array.

• The cyan Array Spirit told Black Dragon that he wanted to escape the Vast Void Trial Array but feared losing the source of his power and longevity.
• Black Dragon suggested that the Array Spirit might refine the Vast Void Trial Array into his body and asked whether the Zixu Imperial Dynasty had left behind Cross-realm Teleportation Arrays.
• The cyan Array Spirit revealed that the Zixu Imperial Dynasty had not simply left the Taiyu Divine Continent and implied that a catastrophe had destroyed it.
• The cyan Array Spirit explained that the divine veins had been destroyed and that the Zixu Imperial Dynasty's actions had helped trigger a True God's retaliation.
• The cyan Array Spirit told Black Dragon that the True God had destroyed the Zixu Imperial Dynasty's Cross-realm Teleportation Arrays, including the one in the secret realm, reducing them to flying ash.

Black Dragon learned that a true god had destroyed the Zixu Imperial Dynasty and its Cross-realm Teleportation Array, leaving Yang Chan with no clear way to leave the Taiyu Divine Continent. The Array Spirit traded a Great Teleportation Token for methods to loosen its restrictions and suggested places to search for other arrays, while Black Dragon also prepared to pursue the dragon inside the secret realm.

• Black Dragon learned from the Array Spirit that a true god had destroyed the Zixu Imperial Dynasty, and the secret realm had hidden itself afterward.
• Black Dragon asked about other Cross-realm Teleportation Arrays and a Great Teleportation Token; the Array Spirit admitted it did not know the arrays’ whereabouts but produced a token.
• Black Dragon offered two cultivation methods for escaping some of the Array Spirit’s restrictions in exchange for the token, and the Array Spirit agreed.
• Yang Chan received the Great Teleportation Token, and Black Dragon verified that it was intact.
• The Array Spirit named several powerful factions’ territories as possible places to search for Cross-realm Teleportation Arrays, and Yang Chan promised to repay its information.
• Black Dragon questioned the Array Spirit about the dragon within the Zixu Secret Realm, intending to seize its body and restore his soul body to the Divine Aperture Realm.

Yang Chan left the Vast Void Trial Array with the Array Spirit’s help and reunited with the Qingyuan Sect disciples searching for him. He returned safely to Gu An at Tianxuan Holy Land’s camp, while the trial array’s remaining participants were still unaccounted for.

• The Array Spirit sent Yang Chan outside the Vast Void Trial Array and gave him spiritual herbs, urging him to strengthen his cultivation before searching for the Cross-realm Teleportation Array.
• Yang Chan followed Qingyuan Sect disciples who were searching for him, then let one discover him gathering ordinary spiritual herbs and learned that some Holy Land participants might still be inside.
• Yang Chan returned with the disciples toward Tianxuan Holy Land’s temporary camp, where the Qingyuan Sect members were staying and helping with patrols.
• Gu An greeted Yang Chan with relief, and Yang Chan explained that he had come out early and gathered herbs nearby.
• Gu An advised Yang Chan to tell the disciples before gathering herbs again and considered how Yang Chan’s possible advancement to Senior Alchemist could benefit the Qingyuan Sect.

Yang Chan learned that time passed differently inside the Vast Void Trial Array and discovered he could return to the Zixu Secret Realm through a Cross-realm Teleportation Array. After Meng Qianshang emerged last and the array closed, Princess Qianyue searched the crowd for the thief who had disrupted her trial but failed to find him.

• Yang Chan realized that the Vast Void Trial Array had made several days feel like they had passed while less than a day elapsed outside, and he noted that his Potential Points had not changed.
• Yang Chan learned that the Zixu Secret Realm had no Secret Realm Token and could not be refined, but the Array Spirit had given him a way to return through a Cross-realm Teleportation Array.
• The Tianxuan Saintess and the others waited for the final person to emerge, hoping to find a Secret Realm Token.
• Meng Qianshang, the Saintess of the Supreme Sect, emerged last, and the entrance to the Vast Void Trial Array closed.
• The holy lands and imperial dynasties sensed no Secret Realm Token on Meng Qianshang, while He Zixuan regarded her warily.
• Princess Qianyue searched the crowd for the Little Thief who had disrupted her trial but could not find him.

After the Vast Void Trial Array yielded no Secret Realm Token, Tianxuan Holy Land continued exploring the Zixu Secret Realm. When a dragon’s roar drew them toward an Ink Jade Flood Dragon, Yang Chan and Black Dragon weighed the risks and chose not to pursue it.

• The factions left the Vast Void Trial Array without fighting after confirming that no one had obtained the Secret Realm Token.
• Tianxuan Saintess led Tianxuan Holy Land and Qingyuan Sect deeper into the secret realm, where increasingly powerful foreign races and exotic beasts slowed their progress.
• A dragon’s roar revealed that someone had attacked the Ink Jade Flood Dragon sealed in the secret realm, and Tianxuan Saintess decided to investigate.
• Gu An warned Yang Chan that the dragon could be dangerous and let him choose whether to go.
• Yang Chan asked Black Dragon whether he wanted to pursue the Ink Jade Flood Dragon, but Black Dragon declined because its mixed bloodline, strength, and circumstances made the risk unappealing.

Yang Chan agreed to stay away from Flood Dragon Pool while Gu An and the Tianxuan Saintess prepared to join the expedition there. He considered the risks and the dragon-tainted herbs he would miss, and left open the possibility of seeking a Pureblood Dragon Race member later.

• Black Dragon gave up on pursuing the Ink Jade Flood Dragon, and Yang Chan agreed with the decision to avoid the danger.
• Yang Chan told Gu An he would search for spiritual herbs nearby instead of going to Flood Dragon Pool, and Gu An offered to assign disciples to accompany him.
• Gu An left to join the Tianxuan Saintess, who set out for the dragon's roar with elite Internal Refinement Grandmasters.
• Yang Chan recalled the herbs and weapons associated with Flood Dragon Pool and decided its risks made the dragon-tainted materials not worth pursuing.
• Black Dragon urged Yang Chan to seek a Pureblood Dragon Race member for its dragon-tainted herbs, and Yang Chan said they could consider it if an opportunity arose without excessive danger.

After the major factions killed the Ink Jade Flood Dragon, Gu An returned injured and described the battle’s danger to Yang Chan. The factions resumed searching the Zixu Secret Realm, knowing it might soon close and that they still had not found the Secret Realm Token or Cross-realm Teleportation Array.

• Black Dragon told Yang Chan that the Ink Jade Flood Dragon’s life aura had vanished, and the Tianxuan Saintess and the others soon returned from Flood Dragon Pool with injuries and casualties.
• Tianxuan Holy Land brought back spirit herbs and crates containing parts of the slain Ink Jade Flood Dragon.
• Gu An told Yang Chan how the flood dragon had overwhelmed its many opponents in Flood Dragon Pool until the factions used their strongest methods to subdue it.
• The Tianxuan Saintess and the others resumed breaking arrays because the Zixu Secret Realm was expected to close soon and they had not found the Secret Realm Token or Cross-realm Teleportation Array.
• Gu An warned Yang Chan that the flood dragon’s roar had killed some Outer Refinement disciples and that a true dragon would be far more terrifying.

The Tianxuan Holy Land found the ruins of the Cross-realm Teleportation Array in the Zixu Secret Realm, destroyed by a Great Divine Power User, and decided to search elsewhere. Yang Chan chose to return to the Qingyuan Sect with a batch of spiritual herbs, while Gu An remained in the secret realm.

• The Tianxuan Saintess and her group discovered that a Great Divine Power User had destroyed the super array and found no way forward in the region.
• The Tianxuan Saintess agreed to change direction and continue exploring the Zixu Secret Realm.
• Yang Chan told Gu An that he planned to return to the Qingyuan Sect and continue practicing alchemy.
• Gu An approved Yang Chan's departure, noting the secret realm's dangers and arranging for him to return with a batch of spiritual herbs.

After leaving the Zixu Secret Realm, Yang Chan returned to Yu City and told Han Bingyu to arrange for someone to take over her work before returning with him to the Qingyuan Sect. He decided the realm had yielded enough and that collecting herbs and pursuing its remaining secrets was no longer worth the time.

• Yang Chan left the Zixu Secret Realm with Qingyuan Sect members and headed to Yu City, where Han Bingyu had been collecting spiritual herbs.
• Han Bingyu was surprised and delighted when Yang Chan appeared at her shop after his dangerous stay in the secret realm.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to arrange a replacement and return to the Qingyuan Sect with him.
• Yang Chan concluded that the secret realm’s broken teleportation array, low-potential Ink Jade Flood Dragon, and time-consuming formations gave him little reason to stay.
• Han Bingyu agreed to make arrangements and looked forward to hearing Yang Chan’s stories after they returned.

Yang Chan decided to leave Yu City with the Qingyuan Sect and had Han Bingyu transfer their spiritual-medicine shop to the sect’s management. After she finished arranging the handover, Yang Chan set their departure for the next day, when they could travel with the sect’s returning group.

• Yang Chan chose Qingyuan Sect personnel to run the shop because its reputation depended on the sect, while Han Bingyu’s family had little influence beyond Qingzhou.
• Han Bingyu found a Qingyuan Sect steward to take charge, moved the Han Family’s workers to its own shop, and sent the family several bottles of pills as compensation.
• Han Bingyu reported that one portion of the collected spiritual medicines had gone back to the sect and another was being prepared for travel.
• Yang Chan said they would leave the next day with the sect’s group returning from the secret realm, warning that the crowds in Yu City could invite trouble from people seeking to profit from others.

After a tremendous boom shook Yu City, Zi Xu and Yuan Qiong suspected that a major event had occurred in the Yang Chan Secret Realm and made preparations to leave if danger arose. They focused on Purple Mountain, where the spiritual energy was growing denser and seemed to be leaking out, while the Qingyuan Sect began investigating.

• A tremendous boom from Purple Mountain woke Zi Xu, Han Bingyu, Yuan Qiong, and many people across Yu City.
• Zi Xu recognized that the boom came from the Yang Chan Secret Realm and released the restrictions on the Mysterious Yin Hanging Beads to inform White Dragon about the disturbance.
• Yuan Qiong gathered information at the Qingyuan Sect base, and a steward told her that the hall master had sent people to investigate.
• Yuan Qiong looked toward Purple Mountain with White Dragon and noticed that its spiritual energy had grown denser and appeared to be leaking out.
• Zi Xu told Yuan Qiong to prepare the base and leave immediately if anything else happened.

Zi Xu and White Dragon sensed powerful lifeforms gathering near the Black Dragon Secret Realm and feared its spiritual energy was feeding Purple Mountain. Foreign races poured out of the realm, forcing Zi Xu to recognize that Yu City was no longer safe.

• White Dragon warned Zi Xu that hidden formations or underground lifeforms might exist, while spiritual energy leaked from the Black Dragon Secret Realm into Purple Mountain.
• Zi Xu and White Dragon sensed powerful beings approaching and suspected they were foreign races from the Black Dragon Secret Realm.
• Foreign races rushed out of the Black Dragon Secret Realm in great numbers.
• Zi Xu realized that Yu City and the Tianfeng Dynasty were no longer safe, though traveling in the white night with their belongings would be difficult.

Foreign races surrounded Yu City, and Martial Saint judged that the city could not be defended. He hurried Han Bingyu toward the southern gate to escape, leaving the city’s defense to its general.

• An alarm sounded over Yu City as foreign races encircled the city and prepared to attack.
• The border general gathered the soldiers’ strength through a military formation, raising his combat power to the blood-exchange level temporarily.
• White Dragon explained that the foreign races had surrounded Yu City, and Martial Saint decided they had to leave before the encirclement closed.
• Martial Saint found Han Bingyu and ordered her to follow him; she abandoned her belongings and went without question.
• Martial Saint and Han Bingyu raced toward the southern gate to escape Yu City and return toward Qingyuan Sect.

With Yu City under threat, Yang Chan was trapped inside after the gates closed and returned to the Qingyuan Sect residence to wait for a chance to escape. There, he learned that the Law Enforcement Hall's Hall Master had returned and was gathering everyone in case the city fell.

• The city defender ordered all eight gates of Yu City closed, cutting off Yang Chan's chance to leave.
• Yang Chan judged that the east, west, and north gates were too dangerous and headed for the Qingyuan Sect residence with Han Bingyu.
• Yang Chan decided to hide among the gathered disciples and wait for a safer opportunity to escape.
• A Qingyuan Sect steward found Tong Cong and told him the Law Enforcement Hall's Hall Master had returned and ordered everyone to gather for a possible retreat.
• The steward recognized Yang Chan and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw him safe.

After fleeing the alien army, the Law Enforcement Hall Master rallied Qingyuan Sect disciples to help defend Yu City while Martial Saint and White Dragon assessed their chances of escape. Martial Saint hoped powerful figures trapped in the Black Dragon Secret Realm might still be alive and create an opening, as Yu City faced a likely siege.

• The Law Enforcement Hall Master returned to Yu City after seeing scouts slaughtered by alien races and warned that the aliens were planning to surround the city.
• White Dragon told Martial Saint that the Qingyuan Sect disciples were too weak to rely on and urged him to watch for a chance to escape.
• The Law Enforcement Hall Master roused the disciples by describing the alien threat and calling on them to defend Yu City alongside its soldiers.
• Martial Saint considered whether the Imperial Princes, Imperial Princesses, Holy Sons, and Holy Maidens in the Black Dragon Secret Realm could still be alive and provide a chance to flee.
• White Dragon promised to help Martial Saint find a path to survival, while Martial Saint watched the Black Dragon Secret Realm and waited.

As aliens attacked Yu City, Yang Chan and White Dragon assessed the danger and considered escaping while the alien Blood-Changing Martial Saints held back. The human factions suspected that powerful people trapped in the Tianxuan Secret Realm might still be alive and sent forces to investigate, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The defending general led Yu City's soldiers against the aliens while searching for a chance to retreat, and Yang Chan judged that the city could not hold out indefinitely.
• Yang Chan and White Dragon speculated that the alien experts were waiting to learn whether humans had hidden trump cards before committing to battle.
• Some aliens withdrew from Yu City and moved toward people entering the Jingzhao Secret Realm, while Yang Chan saw that a distant city was also fighting powerful attackers.
• The Qingyuan Sect, Yang Chan Sacred Land, and Great Zhou Dynasty sent teams toward the Tianxuan Secret Realm to check on the people inside and potentially free them from its restrictions.

The Holy Sons, Saintesses, Imperial Princes, Imperial Daughters, and other experts emerged from the Zixu Secret Realm as alien races attacked the battlefield. The factions joined the fight against the Sin Clan, while the alien experts remained baffled that they could not sense the legendary aura of the gods.

• The factions had broken the super formation beneath the Zixu Secret Realm, freeing the Sin Clan but becoming trapped alongside them when the formation judged them accomplices.
• The alien races emerged from the secret realm and joined the battle, while a massive alien beast flew out wounded.
• The Holy Sons, Saintesses, Imperial Princes, and Imperial Daughters recognized the alien races and charged into battle, determined to kill them.
• The alien experts breathed in the Taiyu Divine Continent’s aura but sensed none of the legendary power said to lead to godhood.
• The narration revealed that a True God's attack had destroyed everything within the Cross-realm Teleportation Array, leaving only ruins.

Yang Chan and Han Bingyu helped fight the nonhumans outside Yu City as the defenders turned the battle around. With the fighting escalating and the nonhumans regaining their Blood Exchange-level strength, Yang Chan urged Han Bingyu to leave for Qingyuan Sect and wait for the outcome.

• Yang Chan rallied the crowd at Yu City's south gate, and martial artists and city defenders joined the assault on the nonhumans.
• Yang Chan used a Famous Artifact-grade concealed weapon to kill a nonhuman Internal Refinement expert who threatened Han Bingyu, then helped her kill her opponent.
• The defenders broke the nonhumans' encirclement and began surrounding them near the east and west gates as battles intensified around Purple Mountain.
• Saintess Tianxuan and He Zixuan recognized that the nonhuman Martial Saints had regained their Blood Exchange-level strength after leaving the Sin Cleansing Demon Subjugation Array.
• Yang Chan reminded Han Bingyu to put survival first, and the two left Yu City for Qingyuan Sect to await the battle's outcome.

Yang Chan and Han Bingyu fled Yu City as alien races broke free of the Zixu Secret Realm and seized a border city. As human powers received the alarming reports, the Old Emperor and other factions prepared to respond, united by the priority of eliminating the foreign threat.

• Yang Chan and Han Bingyu left Yu City at once, while Black Dragon scouted ahead and warned that the alien races were breaking their restraints.
• Yang Chan and Han Bingyu increased their speed as battle continued behind them, and Taiyu carried Han Bingyu to help her keep up.
• White Jade Capital received reports that alien races had emerged from the Zixu Secret Realm and seized Yu City, then prepared to send reinforcements.
• Old Emperor Yang Yu received the intelligence, and Qi Zhixue urged him to act because the crisis threatened all humanity.
• The Old Emperor and the major human factions treated the alien races as a shared enemy, putting the external threat ahead of their internal conflicts.

Old Emperor Yang Yu learned that numerous alien experts with Blood-Changing combat power had emerged from the Zixu Secret Realm and threatened both the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Tianfeng Dynasty. He ordered the major factions to be notified and began considering defenses and an alliance, while Princess Qianyue’s fate remained secondary to the danger facing the dynasty.

• Old Emperor Yang Yu read a secret report about alien experts with Blood-Changing combat power and ordered the news sent to the major factions.
• Old Emperor Yang Yu recognized that the Great Zhou Dynasty could not face the aliens alone and hoped the Tianfeng Dynasty and other factions would provide support.
• Grand Protector Qi Zhixue read the report and grew more serious about the threat to the Great Zhou Dynasty.
• Old Emperor Yang Yu and Qi Zhixue discussed preparing defenses and joining forces with the neighboring Tianfeng Dynasty before the aliens could threaten the capital or border cities.