Chapter Summaries

Di Zixuan expected Ling Wuyuan’s clash with the Chasing Maple Dynasty to be settled through mediation, but the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion refused to intervene. Wenying Tower was told to remain neutral and watch how Ling Wuyuan handled the conflict.

• Di Zixuan reflected that Ling Wuyuan had already killed two Enlightened Intent Realm cultivators from the Chasing Maple Dynasty and felt his Floating Rune Warship had been a timely gift.
• Di Zixuan expected Ling Wuyuan to apologize and offer compensation so the Chasing Maple Dynasty would agree to settle the matter.
• Di Zixuan learned that the Tower Master of Wenying Tower had contacted the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion under their agreement to report major developments involving Ling Wuyuan.
• The Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion replied that no intervention was needed because Ling Wuyuan could handle the Chasing Maple Dynasty himself.
• Di Zixuan was stunned that the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion would leave a Spirit Infusion Realm cultivator to face a superpower with multiple True Form Realm cultivators.
• The Tower Master of Wenying Tower instructed Di Zixuan to remain neutral and observe how the conflict unfolded.

Yuan Yujun learned that Ling Wuyuan had taken and used the Chasing Maple Dynasty’s Heavenly Star Gold Stone, making peace talks impossible. Murong Yan explained that the treasure was so rare and valuable that the dynasty would fight to the death to reclaim it.

• Yuan Yujun learned about the Chasing Maple Dynasty’s powerful forces and asked Ling Wuyuan through Pei Yiman whether the conflict could be settled.
• Ling Wuyuan said peace talks were meaningless because he had taken and used something extremely important to the Chasing Maple Dynasty and to himself.
• Pei Yiman identified the seized treasure as Heavenly Star Gold Stone, prompting Murong Yan and the other Grand Elders to react with alarm.
• Murong Yan questioned Pei Yiman while punishing Yan Xiujin, then concluded that the dispute was a Grudge of Blocking the Path and could not be resolved peacefully.
• Murong Yan explained that Heavenly Star Gold Stone could remake a cultivator’s foundation and bones, strengthen innate talent, and potentially help True Form Realm cultivators break through to a higher realm.

Yuan Yujun and Murong Yan advised Ling Wuyuan to hide in the Demon Luo Tree Sea after he angered the Chasing Maple Dynasty by taking the Heavenly Star Gold Stone. Ling Wuyuan refused, saying he was close to the Enlightened Intent Realm and intended to keep clashing with the dynasty, while Pei Yi chose to trust him.

• Yuan Yujun realized the Heavenly Star Gold Stone could help someone at the True Form Realm advance and agreed that the Chasing Maple Dynasty would not forgive Ling Wuyuan for taking it.
• Yuan Yujun suggested Ling Wuyuan hide in the Demon Luo Tree Sea until their side could retrieve him, and Murong Yan agreed.
• Yuan Yujun, Murong Yan, and the others wondered whether they might find more Heavenly Star Gold Stones in the Demon Luo Tree Sea.
• Ling Wuyuan rejected the advice to hide, saying the stone’s energy had brought him close to the Enlightened Intent Realm and he wanted to keep playing around with the Chasing Maple Dynasty.
• Ling Wuyuan told Pei Yi to ask Wenying Tower to maintain its original stance and not interfere in his affairs, and Pei Yi decided to trust his judgment.

Ling Wuyuan decided to take on the Chasing Maple Dynasty after advancing to the Enlightened Intent Realm, while Pei Yi’s companions warned that fighting a True Form Realm cultivator could be far more dangerous than his earlier victory over a Divine Ability Realm opponent. Ling Wuyuan remained confident he could protect himself, as long as his plans did not interfere with returning home.

• Xi Xianlan worried that Ling Wuyuan’s rapid advancement threatened her standing as Senior Disciple Sister.
• Yin Feixue warned that crossing two realms to fight a True Form Realm cultivator was vastly more difficult than Ling Wuyuan’s earlier fight against a Divine Ability Realm cultivator.
• Yuan Yujun, Murong Yan, and the other Grand Elder agreed that Ling Wuyuan should not act rashly, and Yan Xiujin asked Pei Yi to persuade him.
• Pei Yi said she would relay their concerns but trusted Ling Wuyuan to know his limits and protect himself.
• Ling Wuyuan resolved to use the Chasing Maple Dynasty as a challenge after advancing, while keeping his return home as his main priority.

Ling Wuyuan reassured Yuan Yujun and the others that he could protect himself, then focused on mastering his newly elevated power. While training, he discovered that he could control his cells through a nascent ability he called [Cellular Will], and he tested it by pouring medicinal poison into a self-created wound.

• Ling Wuyuan insisted he could handle the danger from [Wenying Tower], so Yuan Yujun and the others replied to the tower according to his wishes.
• Ling Wuyuan divided his attention among countless streams of true qi to refine his control over his increased power.
• Ling Wuyuan observed that his cells had shrunk and begun generating faint psychic power, giving him direct control over them through an ability he called [Cellular Will].
• Ling Wuyuan opened a wound in his palm, controlled its blood and tissues, and poured medicinal poison into it.

Ling Wuyuan tested a deadly medicinal poison and discovered that his cells absorbed it as nourishment while rapidly healing his wound without a trace. The next day, the ruler of the Chasing Maple Dynasty learned that Wenying Tower knew the target’s identity but would not reveal it because of a cooperation agreement.

• Ling Wuyuan let the medicinal poison enter his wound and found that his cells were immune to it and absorbed it as nourishment.
• Ling Wuyuan healed the wound in less than a tenth of a second, leaving no scar or internal damage.
• The ruler of the Chasing Maple Dynasty heard that nearly every organization still needed time to identify the target.
• The ruler of the Chasing Maple Dynasty learned that Wenying Tower knew the target’s identity but would not sell the information under its cooperation agreement.

Kang Canglan realized that the holder of the [Heavenly Star Gold Stone] could be far more dangerous than he had assumed, but he and the other rulers of the [Chasing Maple Dynasty] still resolved to reclaim it. The chapter left them waiting for information that might reveal the target’s identity while determined to risk everything for the treasure.

• Kang Canglan recognized that the other party’s partnership with Wenying Tower suggested they had formidable strength, backing, or rare skills.
• Kang Canglan suspected Wenying Tower was warning him that the target would be difficult to provoke, but he refused to abandon the [Heavenly Star Gold Stone].
• Kang Canglan concluded that other factions might have clues to the target’s identity and expected those records to surface with more time.
• Kang Canglan shared what he knew with the other two True Form Realm cultivators of the [Chasing Maple Dynasty].
• The two cultivators agreed with Kang Canglan that they must reclaim the treasure, which they saw as their only hope of advancing further.

Five days after Ling Wuyuan found the Heavenly Star Gold Stone, a pale green pillar of light erupted from that location, sending shockwaves across the Demon Luo Tree Sea. Ling Wuyuan decided the upheaval would help him avoid attention and resumed preparing to enter the Enlightened Intent Realm, reflecting on why divination could not clearly reveal him.

• A pale green pillar of light erupted where Ling Wuyuan had found the Heavenly Star Gold Stone, and its shockwaves sent creatures across the region fleeing.
• Ling Wuyuan observed the pillar through a rune-powered mirror and suspected a new underground anomaly or a battle between Subterranean Beasts and the Demon Luo Tree Sea's demonic beast overlords.
• Ling Wuyuan hoped the distant fighting would draw attention away from him, then returned to adjusting his condition as he neared the Enlightened Intent Realm.
• Ling Wuyuan sensed repeated attempts to investigate him through divination and recalled that Yuan Yujun had found him exceptionally difficult to divine.
• Ling Wuyuan suspected his passage between worlds, or Abyssal Divine Speed, caused the interference that obscured him from divination.

Ling Wuyuan reflected on how his unusual [Abyssal Divine Speed] resisted divination and how his own talent for reading fate and karma surpassed ordinary diviners. He expected the [Chasing Maple Dynasty] might try to intercept him as he left the [Demon Luo Tree Sea], and looked forward to defeating them after absorbing the [Heavenly Star Gold Stone] again.

• Ling Wuyuan recalled how Yuan Yujun had failed to divine his whereabouts when he was still weak, discovering only that he was alive.
• Ling Wuyuan recognized his exceptional natural talent for divination and prophecy, which also informed his [Doomfall Calamity].
• Ling Wuyuan decided not to mislead those divining him because he believed they lacked the power to search for him inside the [Demon Luo Tree Sea].
• Ling Wuyuan anticipated that the [Chasing Maple Dynasty] might try to block his route out of the forest after he absorbed the [Heavenly Star Gold Stone] for the second time.
• Ling Wuyuan resolved that he would rather defeat any pursuers openly than flee from them.

Kang Canglan struggled to locate Ling Wuyuan and retrieve the [Heavenly Star Gold Stone], while news arrived that True Form Realm beings were fighting in the Demon Luo Tree Sea. He ordered the Chasing Maple Dynasty to prepare for a possible beast tide and continued searching for a divination expert.

• Kang Canglan learned that his people still could not locate the target because powerful interference concealed their traces.
• Kang Canglan ruled out bribing Wenying Tower and told his diviners to keep searching for the target’s approximate direction.
• An official reported that True Form Realm beings were fighting in the Demon Luo Tree Sea and that fleeing beasts might form a huge beast tide.
• Kang Canglan connected the disturbance to the passage leading to the underground world and ordered troops and experts to defend the border.
• Kang Canglan called on civilian cultivators to hunt beasts for compensation, then considered how to recruit a True Form Realm divination expert to find the [Heavenly Star Gold Stone].

After several True Form Realm Demon Kings sealed the passage to the underground world, they investigated how it had opened and suspected that Heavenly Star Gold Stone had enabled its rapid expansion. The Demon Kings agreed to conceal the news and search the devastated battlefield, unaware that a human cultivator had already taken the stone.

• Several True Form Realm Demon Kings sealed the spatial-temporal passage after it devastated part of the Demon Luo Tree Sea, though they knew its coordinates had been stolen and it might open again.
• A horned Demon King asked whether the truth behind the passage had been uncovered, and a black wolf said Heavenly Star Gold Stone might have stabilized it.
• The Demon Kings discussed how the stone could explain the passage's rapid growth and lamented that it might have been taken away or lost in the battle.
• The black wolf persuaded the other Demon Kings to join forces, keep the matter secret, and search the battlefield for the stone.
• The Demon Kings began their search without knowing that a human cultivator had already taken the Heavenly Star Gold Stone.

After ten days of recovery, Ling Wuyuan broke through to the Enlightened Intent Realm and discovered the new powers created by his transformation. His strength increased enough that he believed he could destroy the Floating Rune Warship, and he realized he might return to the Southern Region sooner than expected.

• Ling Wuyuan broke through the barrier to the Enlightened Intent Realm and formed a spiritual force field that strengthened his defenses against physical and mental attacks.
• Ling Wuyuan's body and soul transformed, and he learned to float by controlling the spiritual energy around him.
• Ling Wuyuan shaped his translucent shield to conceal his figure, aura, and disturbance to the airflow, achieving near-perfect invisibility.
• Ling Wuyuan reshaped his energy fields into blades, armor, and a sphere of light that multiplied his power enough to threaten the Floating Rune Warship.
• Ling Wuyuan realized his increased strength could help him return to the Southern Region much sooner than expected.

After his breakthrough, Ling Wuyuan assessed his new strength and planned to use the Heavenly Star Gold Stone again once he had stabilized, then share it with Yuan Yujun and her companions. Meanwhile, the Chasing Maple Dynasty found Kang Canglan, who met with a gray-robed old man in a border city.

• Ling Wuyuan judged that reaching the Divine Ability Realm would let him return home, though he still considered forbidden lands and ancient ruins dangerous.
• Ling Wuyuan hoped the Chasing Maple Dynasty would track him down so he could test his strength against them.
• Ling Wuyuan decided to wait until his strength stabilized before absorbing the Heavenly Star Gold Stone again, and planned to share its remaining energy with Yuan Yujun and her companions.
• The Chasing Maple Dynasty found Kang Canglan in a small border city and brought him to the person most likely to divine Ling Wuyuan's whereabouts.
• Kang Canglan sat at a wooden table, where a smiling gray-robed old man welcomed the arrival of a big deal.

Kang Canglan asked a renowned diviner to locate Ling Wuyuan using a Memory Crystal containing Hua Lishu’s memories, but the old man recoiled and fled before touching it. After Kang Canglan left, the old man returned, still terrified and staring at his twitching arm.

• Kang Canglan introduced himself as ruler of the Chasing Maple Dynasty and asked the old man to find someone in exchange for rare treasures or manuals.
• Kang Canglan presented a Memory Crystal containing Hua Lishu’s memories of Ling Wuyuan as a divination medium.
• The old man’s arm twitched before he touched the crystal, and he abruptly refused the job and vanished.
• Kang Canglan realized the reaction suggested Ling Wuyuan concealed a great secret, unleashed psychic power that darkened the skies, then left the city.
• The old man returned after Kang Canglan departed, visibly shaken as he examined his still-twitching arm.

An old divination master narrowly avoided a deadly Torrent of Karma when he nearly accepted Kang Canglan’s memory crystal. Kang Canglan and his distant companion recognized the danger but decided to make one more attempt to obtain the Heavenly Star Gold Stone.

• The old man’s Innate Divine Ability warned him that accepting Kang Canglan’s memory crystal would lead to certain death, so he fled.
• After the clouds dispersed, the old man considered hiding to avoid being caught up in the dangerous karma.
• Kang Canglan told his companion that the old man had sensed danger and refused to meet him.
• Kang Canglan and his companion concluded that something behind their target could terrify even a True Form Realm cultivator.
• Despite the risk, Kang Canglan and his companion agreed to try once more for the Heavenly Star Gold Stone.

Di Zixuan investigated the Chasing Maple Dynasty’s relentless search for Ling Wuyuan and ordered continued surveillance as other factions grew curious about its motives. Kang Canglan persuaded Bai Dinghan to perform a divination by drawing him into a partnership, leaving Bai Dinghan unaware that he had been maneuvered into helping.

• Di Zixuan learned that the Chasing Maple Dynasty was still pursuing Ling Wuyuan and had begun seeking diviners, suggesting it had suffered a major loss.
• Di Zixuan ordered his confidant to keep watching the Chasing Maple Dynasty and Ling Wuyuan, while other factions also began wondering about the hidden truth.
• Kang Canglan visited Bai Dinghan and asked him to perform a divination.
• Bai Dinghan demanded a high price and some of the information Kang Canglan had concealed, while Kang Canglan pretended to resist the demand.
• Kang Canglan negotiated until Bai Dinghan agreed, secretly intending to draw him into the matter as a partner and share the pressure.

Bai Dinghan agreed to help Kang Canglan and the Chasing Maple Dynasty pursue the Heavenly Star Gold Stone, and they established safeguards for their alliance. After examining the Memory Crystal, Bai Dinghan used his divine ability to investigate Ling Wuyuan’s movements, though the target’s chaotic karma made the task difficult.

• Bai Dinghan decided to cooperate with Kang Canglan after learning the Chasing Maple Dynasty sought the Heavenly Star Gold Stone.
• Bai Dinghan and Kang Canglan negotiated an alliance to seize the treasure and face outside threats together, with two other True Form Realm members joining the agreement remotely.
• Bai Dinghan took the Memory Crystal, while Kang Canglan realized Bai Dinghan’s divination skill was far weaker than the old man’s.
• Bai Dinghan viewed Ling Wuyuan through the memory fragments and concluded that his face must be disguised because his strength seemed impossible for someone so young.
• Bai Dinghan used his divine ability and found Ling Wuyuan’s karma too vast and chaotic to trace easily, but said he could obtain basic information about the target’s movements after two or three days of preparation.
• Kang Canglan urged Bai Dinghan to begin preparing immediately.

Ling Wuyuan sensed the Chasing Maple Dynasty’s investigation and allowed it to obtain only limited information while his perception of fate and karma grew stronger. Bai Dinghan divined Ling Wuyuan’s route through the Demon Luo Tree Sea and told Kang Canglan they could ambush him in about ten days, though they still needed to identify his background and possible reinforcements.

• Ling Wuyuan sensed distant threads of influence, chose not to block the investigation, and selectively let a few scraps of information leak through.
• Ling Wuyuan felt new powers tied to fate and karma emerging within him and became increasingly aware of the dangers in the Demon Luo Tree Sea.
• Bai Dinghan finished his divination and told Kang Canglan that he had found the target’s coordinates, travel direction, and true name.
• Bai Dinghan marked the target’s route on a map and predicted that the target would reach a country near the Demon Luo Tree Sea’s border in about ten days.
• Bai Dinghan warned Kang Canglan that the target might have reinforcements waiting and said they needed to investigate the target’s background.
• Kang Canglan learned the target’s name was Ling Wuyuan and said he would seek information about him.

Fu Mengxue’s expedition emerged from a towering wall of seawater with only three days left before reaching the Golden Mist Continent. She learned that the continent’s branch was nearing a crisis and decided her group would defend its own territory while local powers used the sea folk invasion to test their juniors.

• Fu Mengxue’s Floating Rune Warship burst through the immense wall of water, and she reflected that the voyage had gone smoothly despite the world’s dangers.
• An attendant told Fu Mengxue they were about three days from the Golden Mist Continent and that seawater was about to spread into neighboring regions.
• Fu Mengxue learned that the branch faced no major problems yet, but would soon meet external crises as the sea folk advanced.
• Fu Mengxue ordered her group to guard its territory and stay out of the conflict, reasoning that the continent’s local powers had not acted and were using the invasion to force cooperation and temper their juniors.
• Fu Mengxue acknowledged that nearly a hundred countries had fallen and hundreds of billions had died, but believed the continent had to withstand the disaster to have a future.

Fu Mengxue prepared the Floating Rune Warship and considered how to assess Ling Wuyuan before arranging to bring him back from the Northern Domain. A call from Yuan Yujun and the others left her stunned by reports that Ling Wuyuan was fighting several True Form Realm cultivators and seemed to be winning.

• Fu Mengxue ordered her personnel to finish adjusting the Floating Rune Warship's formation barrier before it continued toward the branch.
• Fu Mengxue pondered the headquarters' instruction to assess whether Ling Wuyuan justified breaking the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion's rules.
• Fu Mengxue rejected making Ling Wuyuan travel alone from the Northern Domain to the Southern Region as a test and decided to arrange for people to bring him back.
• Yuan Yujun and the others contacted Fu Mengxue, who heard that Ling Wuyuan was fighting several local True Form Realm cultivators and seemed to have the upper hand.
• Fu Mengxue dismissed the report as fabricated nonsense and questioned whether the people contacting her were awake.