Chapter Summaries

After escaping Purple Mountain with the Source Heaven Book and the Fighting Character Secret, Ye Fan began seeking resources through Source Technique while planning to alert the Jiang Family about Jiang Taixu. In Pingyan City, he watched Tu Fei provoke Yaochi during the Jade Pool Saintess’s visit and reflected on Xu Yue’s far more fortunate circumstances.

• Ye Fan left Purple Mountain with Black Emperor, promised to help rescue Jiang Taixu, and returned to Stone Village to build up resources for the Dao Palace Realm.
• Ye Fan tested his Source Technique in Pingyan City’s Stone Workshops, found several pieces of Exotic Source, and stopped after noticing that some workshops tampered with their stones.
• Ye Fan heard that the Jade Pool Saintess was inspecting nearby workshops and went to see her, where he encountered Tu Fei for the first time.
• Tu Fei loudly asked whether Yaochi fairies could marry and called one a concubine of the Yaoguang First Saint Son, prompting a Yaochi woman to threaten him.
• Ye Fan privately compared his struggles to Xu Yue’s advantages and considered demanding a reward from him next time they met.

The Jade Pool Saintess prepared to leave Pingyan City after failing to find a Source Technique expert to examine Yaochi’s nine stones from the Primordial Ancient Mine. Before she could go, the Reincarnation Hall approached Yaochi’s Stone Workshop, hoping to use the saintess and her search to promote its own business.

• Tu Fei praised Xu Yue, and the Jade Pool Saintess decided that Yaochi’s party would visit other cities.
• Ye Fan recognized the stones from the Primordial Ancient Mine and considered using his Source Technique to earn Yaochi’s trust, but he avoided approaching them with his true identity.
• A group from the Reincarnation Hall arrived at Yaochi’s branch workshop and an Elite Reincarnator openly leered at the Jade Pool Saintess.
• Tu Fei mocked the Reincarnation Hall’s bandit-like reputation, while the Elite Reincarnator boasted about buying stolen goods.
• The Elite Reincarnator proposed cooperation or a wager between the Stone Workshops and revealed that the Reincarnation Hall knew why the Jade Pool Saintess was searching the area.

Ye Fan watched Reincarnation Hall win a Source Stone contest against Yaochi, while Xu Yue prepared to develop his Dao Palace Secret Realm and sent out an Earth Deity to keep an eye on Reincarnation Hall. The chapter left Xu Yue acting through his new Dao Palace deity as the Reincarnators continued their dealings with the Holy Lands.

• Ye Fan recalled Reincarnation Hall’s deceptive Stone Workshops and studied its unusual Source Technique methods during its wager with Yaochi.
• A Reincarnator calculated the stones’ value and declared Reincarnation Hall the winner, while the Jade Pool Saintess’s elder handed over the wager and invited them to discuss Source Technique in Holy City.
• Xu Yue reviewed news from Pingyan City and considered starting his Dao Palace cultivation now that Ye Fan was about to enter the Dao Palace Secret Realm.
• Xu Yue explained how he cultivated the Five Elements’ Dao Palace deities as will-infused clones that could eventually merge for greater combat power.
• Xu Yue shaped an Earth Deity outside his body and sent it out to watch for trouble from Reincarnation Hall.

Xu Yue seized control of Azure Mist Sect, forcing its surviving disciples and elders to pretend he had joined as their senior brother. Meanwhile, Ye Fan killed Azure Mist Sect disciples who tried to conscript men and headed for the sect headquarters, unaware that Xu Yue had already taken it over.

• Xu Yue entered Azure Mist Sect territory and announced that he would join the sect.
• Xu Yue used his Earth Deity and Heavenly Momentum to wipe out many Azure Mist Sect members and subdue the survivors.
• Xu Yue honored the sect's founding patriarch, named himself senior brother, and ordered the Thirteenth Elder to become sect master.
• Ye Fan killed Azure Mist Sect disciples who had come to forcibly conscript men at Stone Stronghold.
• Ye Fan reassured Elder Zhang that he would handle the consequences and set off for Azure Mist Sect headquarters.

Ye Fan reached the Azure Mist Sect, confirmed that its disciples had harmed people he knew, and fought the sect’s elders. A powerful opponent then arrived, and Ye Fan began a fierce battle with the Azure Mist Saint Son.

• Ye Fan disguised himself as a fat Daoist and approached the Azure Mist Sect, where patrol disciples first greeted him politely.
• Ye Fan described the disciples he had encountered and learned they really belonged to the Azure Mist Sect; the patrol disciples then signaled the sect and attacked him.
• Three Dao Palace experts rushed out and attacked Ye Fan, but he used his fists to suppress them despite their higher cultivation.
• The Azure Mist Saint Son intervened to protect the elders, and Ye Fan met his powerful physical attack with a blow of his own.
• Ye Fan and the Azure Mist Saint Son began trading blows as a disciple declared the Saint Son’s status and praised his talent.

Ye Fan and Xu Yue fought across the Northern Region, wrecking more than a dozen small sects before agreeing to meet again after gaining more experience. Ye Fan then headed toward Source City, hoping to impress the Jade Pool Saintess and find a chance to obtain the Empress Xi Scripture, while also considering a visit near the Primordial Ancient Mine.

• Ye Fan unleashed the Fighting Saint Law and forced Xu Yue back, then tried to retreat from Azure Mist Sect territory.
• Xu Yue pursued Ye Fan through the desert, and their clashes carried them through nearby sects, leaving each one looted and devastated.
• Xu Yue ended the fight after judging that neither could defeat the other, and Ye Fan and Xu Yue agreed to settle their rivalry another time.
• Rumors spread that two young Dao Palace Realm cultivators had overturned more than a dozen Northern Region sects, while Ye Fan dismissed the stories he heard in the city.
• Ye Fan learned that the Jade Pool Saintess was in Source City seeking Source Technique masters, and decided to go there and look toward the Primordial Ancient Mine.

Xu Yue reflected on Ye Fan’s Sacred Body cultivation while Ye Fan reached Source City and sought the Jade Pool Saintess. As Ye Fan headed toward the Primordial Forbidden Land, Xu Yue’s Earth Dao Palace deity also arrived, and Churchill followed the Jade Pool group while plotting to seize the Saintess.

• Xu Yue concluded that his Five Elements cultivation suited him better than absorbing Ye Fan’s Dao Palace deities, though he considered visiting the Jade Pool Grand Gathering.
• Ye Fan reached the Dao Palace Third Realm on his way to Source City and decided to seek the Jade Pool Saintess to obtain an invitation to the gathering.
• Ye Fan learned that the Jade Pool Saintess had left Source City and chose to visit the outskirts of the Primordial Forbidden Land to improve his Source Technique.
• Xu Yue’s Earth Dao Palace deity headed directly for the Primordial Ancient Mine while the Jade Pool Saintess traveled nearby with the Dao One and Myriad Beginning Saint Sons and the Great Xia Prince.
• The Jade Pool Saintess’s protector warned her that Churchill was tailing them, while Churchill considered abducting her to extract information about Yaochi.

Xu Yue swept Ye Fan, Yaochi’s party, and others into the Primordial Forbidden Land, where they struggled to find a safe route. The chapter left Churchill fighting Yaochi and Great Xia’s protectors while disguised as the Azure Flood Dragon King.

• A black storm carried Ye Fan into the Primordial Forbidden Land, forcing him to rely on his Source Technique to find a way out.
• Xu Yue admitted that he had used the earth veins and Heavenly Momentum to sweep Ye Fan, the Jade Pool Saintess’s group, and other nearby people into the forbidden zone.
• Old Knife Handle warned his group that they had entered the forbidden land, then led them running when Xu Yue called out to them.
• The Jade Pool Saintess’s protector confronted Churchill, who denied being from the Reincarnation Hall and claimed to be the Azure Flood Dragon King.
• Churchill combined Force and Holy Light to attack Great Xia’s protector and hurl rocks at the Jade Pool Saintess’s protector.

As the survivors fled the Primordial Forbidden Land, they encountered another group of people and learned that everyone had been swept there by the black wind. Xu Yue’s claim to the Azure Mist Saint Son title drew the Dao Yi and Myriad Beginning Saint Sons’ scorn, and he left the Dao Yi Saint Son battered after their confrontation.

• The Jade Pool Saintess, Great Xia Prince, and Dao Yi Saint Son fled with the surviving seniors while black figures chased them through the sandstorm.
• Old Knife Handle’s group found themselves surrounded, and one cultivator killed himself rather than face the forbidden zone’s horrors.
• The fleeing groups met, realized the newcomers were human, and gathered around the Holy Land heirs for help.
• Xu Yue, still disguised as Duan De, greeted Ye Fan, who addressed him as the Azure Mist Saint Son, drawing the other Saint Sons’ attention.
• The Dao Yi and Myriad Beginning Saint Sons mocked Xu Yue’s title and sect, so Xu Yue invoked Shaking Light’s endorsement and attacked the Dao Yi Saint Son.
• Xu Yue twisted the Dao Yi Saint Son’s arm and punched him into a rocky mountain, then called him weak.

Xu Yue defeated the Dao Yi Holy Son with one strike, then faced a lethal attack from a Dao Yi Holy Land Dragon Transformation expert. He sent the expert’s Great Power Magic Treasure flying back toward him, leaving the fight at a deadly turning point.

• Xu Yue’s defeat of the Dao Yi Holy Son shocked the gathered cultivators, including the Great Xia Prince and the Jade Pool Saintess.
• A Dragon Transformation expert from Dao Yi Holy Land attacked Xu Yue with a small tower to avenge the Holy Son and protect his own standing.
• The Jade Pool Saintess and the Great Xia Prince recognized that the tower’s attack could threaten even them, while the Jade Pool Saintess regretted being unable to intervene.
• Xu Yue insulted the Dragon Transformation expert and struck the descending tower with his Earth Deity, sending the Great Power’s Magic Treasure flying back at its wielder.

Xu Yue humiliated the Wan Chu Saint Son after defeating the Dao Yi elder, but a Primordial Creature awakened in the Life Forbidden Zone and forced the group to flee. Xu Yue broke the Wan Chu Saint Son’s leg and left the Wan Chu expert behind to cover the retreat.

• Xu Yue mocked the Wan Chu Saint Son and acknowledged Ye Fan’s improved strength while the group prepared to leave the Life Forbidden Zone.
• A bizarre aura rose from the shattered stone mountain, and a winged, four-armed Primordial Creature appeared before the group as black wind spread around them.
• The Wan Chu Saint Son taunted Xu Yue and suggested the strongest cultivators should stay behind to cover the retreat.
• Xu Yue pretended to agree, then struck the Wan Chu Saint Son’s leg with the gold tower when he tried to flee.
• Xu Yue warned the Wan Chu expert not to follow, forcing him to stay behind with the injured Wan Chu Saint Son while the others escaped.

Xu Yue’s group retreated through the Primordial Forbidden Land, taking in the injured Wan Chu Saint Son as they went. Churchill, posing as the Azure Flood Dragon King, caught them and demanded a Saint weapon ransom for the Jade Pool Saintess and Great Xia Prince.

• Xu Yue refused to help the battle behind them, and the Jade Pool Saintess and Great Xia Prince accepted his decision.
• The wounded Wan Chu cultivator caught up with the group, entrusted the Wan Chu Saint Son to them, and then fell behind.
• Churchill appeared with a Saint weapon stained with blood, suggesting that Yaochi’s elderly mighty woman and the Great Xia Prince’s protector had been defeated.
• The Wan Chu Saint Son and Dao Yi Saint Son recognized Churchill’s supposed Azure Flood Dragon King identity but kept his true identity secret and asked him for help.
• Churchill agreed to rescue the two Saint Sons, then demanded a Saint weapon ransom for the Jade Pool Saintess and Great Xia Prince.
• The Great Xia Prince calmly offered a Great Accomplishment King’s weapon in place of a Saint weapon.

Churchill tried to ransom the captured Saint Sons and Saintesses as the group followed Old Knife Handle toward safety through the Primordial Forbidden Land. At Falling Sun Ridge, Xu Yue revealed a revived Saint Weapon after finding Crimson Blood Phoenix Gold, and Churchill summoned his military formation to contest him as the forbidden land stirred with life.

• Churchill dismissed the threats from the Jade Pool Saintess and treated Xu Yue as another valuable captive after learning he was the Azure Mist Saint Son.
• The group followed Old Knife Handle’s route through the Life Forbidden Zone, and Churchill killed several awakened Primordial Creatures with his halberd.
• At Falling Sun Ridge, Xu Yue found a piece of Crimson Blood Phoenix Gold, which the Dao Yi elder identified as immortal gold left from Great Emperor Hengyu’s weapon-making.
• Churchill reached for the divine material, but Xu Yue produced a Saint Weapon that quickly revived and overwhelmed Churchill’s unrecovered weapon.
• Churchill summoned his subordinates and activated a Primary Military Formation to stand against Xu Yue, while the forbidden land’s living inhabitants remained an unseen threat.

Xu Yue used the King Kong Ring to resist Churchill’s holy halberd and Reincarnation Hall military formation, while the clash awakened Supremes in the Primordial Ancient Mine. After realizing the intruders had not come as part of Void Emperor’s scheme, the Supremes decided to seize them.

• Xu Yue brought out the King Kong Ring, startling the Jade Pool Saintess and the Great Xia Prince with its autonomous revival.
• Churchill summoned his followers into a Primary Military Formation and used its power to revive his holy halberd.
• Churchill’s halberd clashed with Xu Yue’s King Kong Ring, and Ye Fan watched the battle while vowing to reach such strength himself.
• The military formation’s aura awakened ancient beings in the Primordial Ancient Mine, who suspected Void Emperor had sent it as a scheme.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes learned that the confrontation was unrelated to Void Emperor and decided to capture the people who had come to their doorstep.

A Golden Great Sage emerged from the Primordial Ancient Mine, captured Churchill and prepared to kill the others after they disturbed the forbidden land. Xu Yue intervened by unleashing an unusual power that stunned the mine’s Supremes, then revealed a bottle containing an ordinary-looking drop of blood.

• The ancient emperor of the Ancient Golden Clan ordered a peak Great Sage to capture the formation at the Primordial Ancient Mine’s entrance.
• The Golden Great Sage seized Churchill and his military formation, then declared that the intruders deserved death.
• As the Great Sage’s killing intent threatened Xu Yue, Ye Fan, the Jade Pool Saintess, and the others, Xu Yue remarked that they could have simply left.
• The space around Xu Yue’s group twisted, and the Great Dao vanished from the area, shocking the Primordial Ancient Mine’s Supremes, who recognized the Immortal Dao.
• Xu Yue produced a small bottle containing a drop of blood and said the forbidden land let him use more power without worrying about harming the world.

Xu Yue crushed a vial containing mysterious blood, unleashing power from the Sixth Secret Realm that the ancient Supremes mistook for the Immortal Domain. Its decrees erased the Golden Great Sage and transformed the Primordial Ancient Mine into a place where harming others was forbidden.

• As imperial wills gathered around them, the Golden Clan Great Sage demanded to know what Xu Yue had revealed, while the others wondered about the drop of blood.
• Xu Yue said the blood came from his fortuitous encounter and crushed the vial, briefly opening a passage to the Sixth Secret Realm.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes sensed the realm's immense power and mistook it for the Immortal Domain, pleading to be taken in.
• The Earth Deity decreed that anyone who offended immortal majesty would be damned, and the Golden Great Sage turned to ashes.
• The Earth Deity decreed that no evil could be committed within the Primordial Forbidden Land, making the Primordial Ancient Mine a safe zone where offenders would be suppressed or erased.

The Primordial Forbidden Land became the Primordial Immortal Land after the Earth Deity’s decrees, drawing cultivators from across the Big Dipper. At Yaoguang Holy Land, Xu Yue sent the Ancient Emperor Qilin to arrange for Ye Fan to receive Undying Divine Phoenix Medicine true blood so the Divine King could survive and later aid Ye Fan’s cultivation.

• The Earth Deity transformed the Primordial Forbidden Land into a vibrant Blessed Land, and Xu Yue said the power behind it came from Immortal Blood found in the Archaic Forbidden Land.
• The Jade Pool Saintess invited Xu Yue and Ye Fan to Yaochi’s stone-appraising convention; Ye Fan and Xu Yue accepted, while Old Knife Handle declined.
• The Primordial Immortal Land’s transformation drew cultivators from across the Big Dipper, and the Holy City of the Northern Region was moved there, though the ancient mine had disappeared.
• At Yaoguang Holy Land, the Ancient Emperor Qilin told Xu Yue that the Jiang Family had excavated its Divine King and might face opposition after Ye Fan revealed Purple Mountain’s secret.
• Xu Yue sent the Ancient Emperor Qilin to Purple Mountain to borrow Undying Divine Phoenix Medicine true blood from the Wushi Bell and arrange for Ye Fan to receive it.

Ye Fan survived the Four Extremities Heavenly Tribulation and reached minor accomplishment in his Sacred Body, but the great Dao damaged his foundation and Jiang Taixu used his own blood to restore Ye Fan’s path. As Jiang Taixu weakened, factions gathered to claim the Mother Qi of All Things, while Ye Fan defeated a series of younger challengers and strengthened his reputation.

• Ye Fan accumulated resources in the Primordial Immortal Land, reached the limit of the Dao Palace Realm, and helped bring Jiang Taixu out of Divine Source.
• Jiang Taixu protected Ye Fan from hostile factions, then used his All-Father blood to reconnect Ye Fan’s path after the great Dao damaged his foundation during the Four Extremities Heavenly Tribulation.
• Ancient Emperor Qilin watched Ye Fan stand beside the dying Jiang Taixu and understood why Xu Yue had taken an interest in him.
• Jiang Taixu agreed that members of the younger generation could challenge Ye Fan after he entered the Four Extremities Realm.
• Perfected Four Extremities cultivators carrying Holy Lord weapons challenged Ye Fan, but he defeated them and gained a reputation alongside the Azure Mist Saint Son.

Ye Fan returned to Yan Capital to reunite with his old classmates before attempting to extend his life, while the factions pursuing him remained wary of the All-Father’s deterrence. Xu Yue arrived with Pang Bo, and the reunion was interrupted by the Black Emperor’s suspicious first impression of Xu Yue.

• Jiang Taixu left with the Cauldron of Myriad Mother Qi, drawing away threats from Ye Fan and leaving the God-King Seal as a deterrent.
• Ye Fan returned to Yan Capital to meet Zhang Wenchang and his other old friends, while rumors spread that his life source was damaged and he had little time left.
• Zhang Wenchang and Ye Fan drank together and wondered whether Xu Yue would come from his seclusion at Yaoguang Holy Land.
• Xu Yue arrived and revealed Pang Bo, whose former possessor had left his body and whose cultivation had reached the Four Extremities Realm.
• The Black Emperor eyed Xu Yue and questioned whether he was the Yaoguang First Saint Son.

Xu Yue, Ye Fan, and Black Emperor shared a meal in Yan Capital before Ye Fan prepared to travel alone to the Archaic Forbidden Land. Before he left, Nannan appeared, and Ye Fan entrusted her to Xu Yue, who used a Companion Colored Stone to help preserve her memories.

• Xu Yue joked about cooking Black Emperor, and Ye Fan briefly imagined dog-meat hotpot before refusing to eat his friend.
• Black Emperor was thrown out into the snow, where Ye Fan tossed him a bone that he eagerly devoured.
• The next day, Ye Fan entrusted Black Emperor, the Source Heaven Book, and the Fighting Character Secret to Xu Yue before setting off for the Archaic Forbidden Land.
• Nannan found Ye Fan, who recognized his instinctive concern for her and asked Xu Yue to look after her while he was away.
• Xu Yue placed Nannan's Companion Colored Stone in her forehead, saying it would likely keep her from losing her memories.