Chapter Summaries

As the Abyssal Demonic Qi nearly broke through the Barbarian Domain, a formation from Lin City transported the entire realm away. Chu He realized the Abyss had attacked during his secluded cultivation and recognized that the Boundary Crossing Stone had sent them toward Nine Realms Mountain.

• Golden fissures spread across the Barbarian Domain’s protective light as the Abyssal Demonic Qi and its Demonic Beasts prepared to invade.
• Zhao Yuling, Lin Xueling, Lin Teng’s family, and the Xia Clan Old Ancestors rushed toward the border, fearing for Chu He as the golden light began to fail.
• A gate rose from Lin City and altar runes covered the Barbarian Domain, then a spinning light swallowed the realm as the golden barrier and the Abyssal giant beast’s palm shattered.
• Chu He awoke in the Book Repository, recognized the Abyss’s attack, and struck the giant beast with a golden palm before the Barbarian Domain vanished.
• The Barbarian Domain traveled through a mysterious tunnel that exhausted its inhabitants, while Chu He looked ahead and identified Nine Realms Mountain as their destination.

After months in the spatial tunnel, Chu He brought the Barbarian Domain into a vast, powerful world and safely guided it onto a mountain peak. He surveyed the three-sun sky and resolved to learn more about this unfamiliar place.

• Chu He saw signs of life and sensed a wary gaze while looking through the spatial tunnel, so he stopped peering outside.
• The Barbarian Domain emerged high above an immense mountain range, where Chu He sensed countless powerful beings and decided to keep a low profile.
• Chu He used the Jade Flute and his will to halt the falling Barbarian Domain, then lowered it gradually toward a mountain peak.
• The mountain’s inhabitants, including several Dao Venerables, fled from the descending continent as Chu He’s flute music spread across the area.
• Chu He stopped playing and let the Barbarian Domain crash onto the cleared mountain peak, where it crushed the terrain and settled into place.
• Chu He breathed the fresh air, noticed the world’s three suns, and decided to study the unfamiliar world before acting further.

Chu He captured several violent foreign races in the Azure Sky Mountain Range and questioned them about the Ninefold Realm, its clans, and its strange suns. After learning what he could, he moved the cooperative captives from the lightning spheres to the oil cauldron.

• Chu He hooked several bloodthirsty foreign races during the chaos in the Azure Sky Mountain Range and took them to the third floor of the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
• After hours beneath the lightning spheres, a Tyrannosaurus rex foreign race told Chu He that the Azure Sky Mountain Range held many clans, including three eighth-rank clans with Heavenly Venerable experts.
• The Tyrannosaurus rex explained that Heavenly Venerable referred to the middle three levels of the nine-level Heaven Treading Realm and described the Ninefold Realm’s nine suns and extreme weather changes.
• The Tyrannosaurus rex said that Nine Realms Mountain was too vast for it to know its full size, and Chu He questioned the other foreign races, who gave largely similar answers.
• Chu He moved the cooperative foreign races to the second floor and threw them into the oil cauldron, where First Tiger told them to lie still.

After the Barbarian Domain entered a new world, its people discovered that cultivation outside the domain was difficult, while Chu He cultivated without trouble. Chu He captured the Nine-Clawed Divine Dragon and questioned the Spirit of the Wild Realm, which explained the realm’s rejection of outsiders and revealed that the Wild Realm’s revival could continue.

• The Human Clan emerged from the Barbarian Domain and found that the surrounding landscape had changed, while Zhao Yuling and Lin Xueling visited Chu He and asked him to tell another story.
• The Human Clan discovered that they could cultivate normally inside the Barbarian Domain but felt rejected and obstructed when cultivating outside it; Chu He found no such difficulty.
• A fissure opened near the Heavenly Stele, and Chu He dragged out and suppressed the Nine-Clawed Divine Dragon.
• Chu He lifted the Heavenly Stele and learned from the Spirit of the Wild Realm that it had been brought to another realm, where outsiders could be suppressed and struggle to cultivate.
• The Spirit of the Wild Realm explained that it consisted of four pieces, that the abyss could not threaten the Wild Realm again for a while, and that the realm’s revival would proceed more smoothly.

Chu He captured the Nine-Clawed Divine Dragon and continued fishing for foreign races seeking opportunities. He encountered a group of young people who realized his hook was catching disguised foreign creatures and suspected he was a powerful Human Clan senior.

• The Nine-Clawed Divine Dragon threatened Chu He and offered him an opportunity, but Chu He promised to nurture it and packed it into his Universe Pouch.
• The Heavenly Stele updated its Strongest and Heavenly Talent rankings after Chu He left.
• Chu He caught more foreign races with his Fishing Rod as they came to the mountains seeking opportunities.
• A blue-robed young man traveling with a group spotted Chu He's fishhook and warned his companions about it.
• The group surrounded Chu He by a fishless pool, where Little Turtle answered their questions and a mirror revealed a beautiful woman to be the ugly foreign race Ghost Mang.
• Chu He caught another woman, and the blue-robed young man told his companions they might have encountered a Human Clan senior and urged them to put everything away.

Chu He spared two captured Ghost Mang and took a group of Great Qian youths with him to explore the Azure Sky Mountain Range. They reached a vast mountain stronghold after learning the youths had been stranded far from home by a Secret Realm.

• The Great Qian youths apologized to Chu He, who returned the Ghost Mang to them despite their offer to let him decide their fate.
• Chu He invited the youths onto his carriage and had one of them guide the unicorn toward the Human Clan's mountain stronghold.
• Chu He warned the youths not to fly high after a huge Fat Bone Clan expert swept across the sky, and Chen Ping revealed that the clan had killed his grandfather.
• During the journey, the youths explained that they had emerged from a Secret Realm near the place where Chu He found them.
• Chu He and the youths reached a vast mountain filled with cities, and the youths realized how dangerous their journey home would have been without him.

Chu He wandered through An City, where Little Turtle unexpectedly caught an embroidered ball meant to choose a husband. The Qin Family offered Chu He the chance to stand in for his pet, but he refused and said he still wanted to roam the world.

• Chu He entered An City with Chen Ping’s group and strolled through its streets on the unicorn.
• The unicorn followed a zither melody to a pavilion where Qin Qingwan was choosing a husband by tossing an embroidered ball.
• The embroidered ball flew to Little Turtle and struck its head, prompting Chu He to tell it to return the ball.
• A middle-aged man from the Qin Family said Chu He could take Little Turtle’s place, but Chu He refused.
• The middle-aged man offered Chu He cultivation resources and a mine if he joined the Qin Family.

Chu He rejected the Qin Family’s offer but the Matchmaking Ball chose him and brought Qin Qingwan onto his cart. As Chu He’s flute left the Qin Family guards struggling to pursue them, Qin Tai ordered the guards to keep following and accepted the unusual situation as fate.

• Chu He refused the middle-aged man’s offer to join the Qin Family, and the man urged him to reconsider without resorting to force.
• The Matchmaking Ball carried Qin Qingwan onto Chu He’s cart, prompting the middle-aged man to let her travel with Chu He while he sought the Old Ancestor’s counsel.
• Chu He praised Qin Qingwan’s qin playing, then played his Jade Flute as the cart left the city.
• The flute music tormented the hidden martial artists, who could not approach the cart, while Qin Qingwan listened entranced and the unicorn pulled ahead of them.
• A woman returned to An City to report what was happening, and Qin Tai told the remaining guards to keep following without panicking unless external enemies appeared.

Chu He played a duet with Qin Qingwan at Starlight Lake, guiding her into a strange artistic state and giving her a score and token. After she returned to An City, she remembered the experience vividly while her father misunderstood what the two had done.

• Chu He gave Qin Qingwan the score for "Plum Blossom Three Variations" and played a qin-and-flute duet with her as the pursuing Men in Black lost track of the carriage.
• The unicorn took the carriage to Starlight Lake and staged a flower-and-rain performance while Qin Qingwan played and entered a strange state.
• An old Shark-tooth Fish restrained its younger kin from attacking and warned them not to provoke major conflicts with the Human Clan.
• Chu He gave Qin Qingwan an Old Master token, then left with the unicorn as she watched the carriage disappear.
• Qin Qingwan returned to An City with the score and embroidered ball, and her father mistakenly assumed Chu He had arranged a romantic outing.

Chu He watched Battle Axe battle Fat Bone and secretly weighed down the alien, giving Battle Axe the opening to strike. Battle Axe’s devastating axe attack engulfed Fat Bone as it threatened war against the Human Clan.

• Chu He fished up treasures and refined pills while riding a unicorn toward the Barbarian Domain.
• Chu He spotted Battle Axe fighting Fat Bone, who was suppressing him while using Human Clan juniors as leverage.
• Chu He sent a bead to weigh Fat Bone down, allowing Battle Axe to land a flurry of axe strikes.
• Battle Axe merged his axes and launched a lightning-wreathed finishing attack as Fat Bone threatened the Human Clan.

Chu He defeated Fei Gu, spared it for his senior, and obtained a Myriad Beast Lotus Platform before guiding Xu Qingran toward a breakthrough. Meanwhile, Fei Tao learned that Fei Tai had been captured by a human Dao Venerable Ninth Layer expert and decided to demand his release.

• Battle Axe defeated Fei Gu, while Chu He let its golden bone fragment escape and had Battle Axe take Fei Gu to the Barbarian Domain as tribute.
• Chu He signed in at the Book Repository and received a Myriad Beast Lotus Platform, which he considered using to carry beasts from the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
• Chu He visited Old Master Academy, found Xu Qingran practicing alone, and offered to guide her breakthrough.
• Fei Tao watched a recording of Fei Tai's defeat and learned that humans had captured his younger brother.
• Fei Tao told the guards that a Dao Venerable Ninth Layer expert had captured Fei Tai, then set out to force the Human Clan to release him.

Xu Qingran broke through to the Saint Venerable realm and received Chu He's rewards at Old Master Academy. Meanwhile, the Fat Bone Clan massed at Great Qian's border to pressure the Human Clan over two missing clansmen, while nearby observers predicted that neither side was ready to fight.

• Xu Qingran broke through to the Saint Venerable realm, and Chu He rewarded her with a Little Red Flower and a Certificate of Merit.
• Chu He promised gold, silver, and bronze cups to the first three academy disciples to reach the Dao Venerable realm, and Xu Qingran vowed to pursue the top prize.
• Chu He went fishing near the Barbarian Domain and brought a furious Fat Bone Clan member to see its injured younger brother.
• The Fat Bone Clan brought 380 powerful members to Great Qian's border after the Human Clan denied holding their clansmen.
• Old Mountain Tanuki explained that the Fat Bone Clan was applying pressure rather than preparing for war, since its swift fighters could harass the Human Clan's younger generations.

The Fat Bone Clan confronted the Human Clan over supposedly captured members, and both sides prepared to fight despite the Human Clan denying it had taken anyone. Old Mountain Tanuki realized the Fat Bone Clan had come with Zhu Yan Clan reinforcements, while Chu He headed toward another part of the scene.

• Old Mountain Tanuki and the little mountain tanuki reasoned that the Human Clan would usually have to compromise because the Fat Bone Clan could harass Great Qian with little risk.
• A Fat Bone Clan expert demanded that the Human Clan release its captured brothers, but the Human Clan's Old Ancestors insisted they had taken none.
• A hot-tempered Human Clan Old Ancestor drew his broadsword and challenged the Fat Bone Clan, whose experts surged forward as the Human Clan formed up for battle.
• Chu He arrived on his unicorn, told it to wait, and stepped into the void toward a place beyond the battlefield.
• Old Mountain Tanuki concluded that the Fat Bone Clan had come to provoke the Human Clan and pointed out that the Zhu Yan Clan had arrived as reinforcements.

The Old Ancestors of the Fat Bone Clan and the Zhu Yan Clan plotted to use the Human Clan’s blood to revive the Origin Bead and gain a chance at greater power. Before they could start the battle, an unknown expert pulled them into a golden world and appeared before them.

• The Human Clan and the watching clans were shocked when the Zhu Yan Clan appeared behind the Fat Bone Clan’s forces.
• Old Ancestor Feigu and Old Ancestor Zhu Yan watched from a mountain and revealed their plan to use the coming bloodshed to revive the Origin Bead.
• Old Ancestor Feigu and Old Ancestor Zhu Yan secretly wished to kill each other while pretending to cooperate.
• Old Ancestor Zhu Yan urged the Fat Bone descendants to stop delaying and begin the attack on the Human Clan.
• A mysterious force transported Old Ancestor Feigu and Old Ancestor Zhu Yan into a golden world, where a figure hailed as the Supreme and the Immortal appeared.

Chu He suppressed Old Ancestor Feigu and Old Ancestor Zhu Yan, then forced them to reveal the Origin Bead’s location and powers. He discovered that the treasure could help cultivators crossing worlds understand and convert between different laws.

• Chu He appeared before Old Ancestor Feigu and Old Ancestor Zhu Yan and suppressed them with a world-like pressure.
• Chu He asked where the Origin Bead was, and Old Ancestor Zhu Yan tried to bargain for its freedom.
• Chu He struck Old Ancestor Feigu and said he would find the Origin Bead by killing everyone if they refused to cooperate.
• Old Ancestor Zhu Yan revealed that the Origin Bead was recovering within a Divine Tree in a forbidden area and explained how to summon it.
• Chu He read the fallen Human Clan expert’s records and learned the Origin Bead could aid cultivators crossing worlds in understanding and converting between different laws.

While the Human Clan and the Fat Bone and Zhu Yan Clans prepared for battle, Chu He secretly entered Great Qian to retrieve the Origin Bead. The armies remained locked in a tense standoff as Chu He's fishing hook reached the bead inside a ruin.

• The plump Old Man sensed that the two opposing Old Ancestors had vanished and guarded the Human Clan's formation against a suspected ambush.
• The Fat Bone and Zhu Yan Clan experts fell silent when the plump Old Man appeared, and both sides raised their auras as distant clans watched or fled.
• Chu He carried Old Ancestor Feigu and Old Ancestor Zhu Yan across the battlefield, then tunneled underground toward the Origin Bead's location.
• The plump Old Man and both armies maintained their standoff for an hour while the mountain tanukis and other clans watched and waited.
• Chu He's fishing hook entered an opened ruin and reached toward a chaotic-colored bead.

Chu He stole the Origin Bead from the Iron Tree but was trapped when the ruins sealed the surrounding space, while his burst of aura triggered a battle between the Human Clan and the Fat Bone Clan and Zhu Yan Clan. As the clans fought, a White Fox elder explained how the Human Clan's military formation gave them an advantage, though he expected the opposing clans' Heavenly Position Old Ancestors to turn the battle.

• Chu He used blood wine to make the Iron Tree's flower bloom, hooked the Origin Bead, and took it before the flower could snap shut.
• The Iron Tree sealed the surrounding space, preventing Chu He from leaving with the Origin Bead.
• The Human Clan mistook the eruption of aura for the start of the clash and sent killing swords toward the Fat Bone Clan and Zhu Yan Clan.
• The plump Old Man stayed in place, suspecting the aura was a diversion, while the clans' younger fighters began battling.
• White Foxes placed bets on the battle as an old fox explained that the Human Clan's military formation amplified its power and predicted the opposing Heavenly Position Old Ancestors would change the fight.

Chu He emerged in Great Qian and discovered a powerful creature concealed beneath the earth, pinning it down as a Heavenly Demon confronted him. After a bolt of purple lightning struck the demon, Chu He realized something about the situation and decided to eliminate it.

• The White Fox clan's mirror shattered when golden light from Great Qian blinded those watching the battle.
• Chu He broke through space and found a hidden creature beneath the ground, then used a golden palm to suppress it and still the tremors.
• A massive demonic face appeared in the sky, and Chu He identified it as a Heavenly Demon.
• The Heavenly Demon demanded that Chu He surrender the Origin Bead, but Chu He pressed his golden gaze against its blood-red light.
• The Heavenly Demon unleashed its power, and purple lightning struck it, making its illusory head vanish as a cry of pain rose from underground.
• Chu He looked toward the sky, seemed to understand something, and decided to kill the creature.

Chu He dragged the heavenly demon Mo Mang out from beneath Great Qian with a golden fishing net and continued to overpower it. The retreating clans watched in shock as the mysterious Human Clan senior revealed the hidden threat beneath their land.

• Chu He cast a golden fishing net into the earth as the Fat Bone Clan and Zhu Yan Clan ordered their forces to retreat.
• The plump Old Man led the Human Clan experts in evacuating the weaker juniors while Chu He confronted the presence beneath the ground.
• Mo Mang threatened Chu He and offered to return the Origin Bead, but Chu He tightened the net and struck its head with a golden palm.
• Chu He dragged Mo Mang above ground, where it struggled and unleashed flames but remained trapped and suppressed.
• The retreating crowd and the plump Old Man saw Mo Mang's immense power and realized how formidable the golden Human Clan senior was.

Chu He battered Mo Mang into submission and captured it, then learned that the vision in the sky marked the opening of the Demon Realm’s Ancestor Hall. Troubled by the overwhelming presence behind the vision, Chu He returned to the Barbarian Domain and headed to the Heavenly Stele for answers.

• Chu He repeatedly hammered Mo Mang while divine thunder suppressed its attempts to gather strength, then seized the half-dead demon in his palm.
• A vision of the Demon Realm’s Ancestor Hall appeared in the sky, and Mo Mang briefly saw a chance to break free before the image vanished.
• Chu He questioned Mo Mang, who identified the vision as the Ancestor Hall opening and warned that its ancestor would avenge it.
• Great Qian’s people watched Chu He depart and wondered about the demons, the buried threat, and the powerful Human Clan senior; Qin Qingwan found the senior strangely familiar.
• Chu He returned to the Barbarian Domain with captured Fat Bones and Zhu Yans, sensed a disturbance from the Heavenly Stele, and went to investigate.