Chapter Summaries

Zhang Wan discovered that the Dharma Aspect forces were dispersing corpses and souls into spirit lands and preparing defenses against him, so he used their preparations as an excuse to attack them as the Ghost Sea Old Ancestor. He arrived at Savage Blade Manor, where Old Ancestor Chen met his assault with the sect’s formation and blade art.

• Zhang Wan used his Great Sun Golden Eyes to see that the Dharma Aspect forces were feeding scattered blood-and-flesh essence and soul essence into spirit lands and storing some essence in the Yin-Yang Blood Formation.
• Zhang Wan decided to attack the Dharma Aspect forces to suppress them and advance his original goals for the Ghost Sea Old Ancestor alias.
• Zhang Wan flew to Savage Blade Manor, where its grand formation was active and Old Ancestor Chen was waiting.
• Old Ancestor Chen accused Zhang Wan of breaking their agreement, but Zhang Wan attacked with the Netherworld Yin Palm, the Nether Jar’s blood river, and a bone claw.
• Old Ancestor Chen emerged from the formation and struck Zhang Wan with a blade attack accompanied by a dragon and elephant.

Zhang Wan used the Ghost Sea Old Ancestor disguise to defeat Dharma Aspect factions and collect their resources, then discovered that Xu Xiaozi was secretly following him to trade for corpses and souls. After deceiving Xu Xiaozi with a false body, Zhang Wan recognized a Corpse Seal within him and suspected a connection to Corpse Demon Sect.

• Zhang Wan defeated Chen Liang, blocked the Chen clan's filthy blood attack with the Yin Yang Pearl, and forced Chen Liang to hand over resources and collected flesh, blood, and souls.
• Zhang Wan traveled through three hundred kingdoms, defeated and injured the ancestors of more than ten Dharma Aspect factions, and secured resources for True Martial Sect while damaging Ghost Sea Old Ancestor's reputation.
• Zhang Wan sensed a hidden cultivator near Wind Snow Sect, limited Snow Lotus Fairy's injuries, took the sect's resources, and confronted his pursuer after fleeing a thousand miles.
• Xu Xiaozi revealed himself and offered to trade Dharma Aspect spiritual items for corpses and souls; Zhang Wan exchanged a storage bag of corpses for one item and spirit stones.
• Zhang Wan revealed that Xu Xiaozi had traded with a false body while his true self stayed hidden, then detected a Corpse Seal in Xu Xiaozi and suspected his link to Corpse Demon Sect.

Zhang Wan withdrew from his encounter with Xu Xiaozi after suspecting the Thousand Corpse Sect and other Corpse Demon Sect remnants were becoming active. Back at the True Martial Sect, he approved a ruthless plan to integrate the forces the sect had conquered, even as its rapid expansion threatened to weaken its internal control.

• Zhang Wan destroyed his communication jade slip and left after learning that the Thousand Corpse Sect might be tied to active Corpse Demon Sect remnants.
• Xu Xiaozi became curious about Zhang Wan, sent someone to investigate the Ghost Abyss Sect, and considered examining Old Ancestor Pagoda-Holding's Heavenly Talent Gu ability.
• Zhang Wan returned to the True Martial Sect and found that its expansion had left half of its True Cores belonging to absorbed forces.
• The True Martial Sect's True Cores proposed forceful methods to integrate conquered forces, including rewarding compliant martial artists and sending unruly ones to dangerous frontiers.
• Zhang Wan approved the proposal because it would consolidate the sect and make it easier for him to manipulate its affairs.

Zhang Wan strengthened True Martial Sect while cultivating and watching the expanding conflict, then confronted a mysterious expert looting the Dharma Aspect forces. He recognized the attacker as Xu Xiaozi, who saw through Zhang Wan’s True Martial and Ghost Sea disguises.

• Zhang Wan approved plans to use True Martial Sect’s resources to refine Martial Intent Pills and False Cores, and secretly took some for Jade Bone Sect.
• True Martial Sect began cultivating its disciples as Zhang Wan focused on gaining strength and observed the Dharma Aspect forces’ expansion and the massive mortal casualties.
• Zhang Wan learned that a powerful mysterious expert was attacking Dharma Aspect forces and looting their resources, then prepared to face him at True Martial Sect.
• Zhang Wan recognized the attacker as Xu Xiaozi after facing him beneath the sect-protecting formation.
• Xu Xiaozi identified Zhang Wan as either True Martial or Ghost Sea, and Zhang Wan stopped pretending without revealing his true identity.

Zhang Wan lured Xu Xiaozi away from True Martial Sect and learned that Xu Xiaozi had come to recruit him into the Sky Alliance. Xu Xiaozi offered a Sky Nether Mirror, which connected its members to the Sky Nether Palace.

• Zhang Wan used the Fighting Star Technique to drive Xu Xiaozi far from True Martial Sect, then stopped to speak with him.
• Xu Xiaozi grew wary of Zhang Wan after seeing him wield two distinct combat systems, the Netherworld Scripture and the Fighting Star Technique.
• Zhang Wan suspected Xu Xiaozi's visit was connected to the Corpse Demon Sect and remarked that Xu Xiaozi might have good fortune to share.
• Xu Xiaozi presented a Sky Nether Mirror and invited Zhang Wan to join the Sky Alliance.
• Zhang Wan recognized the Sky Nether Mirror and understood that the Sky Alliance was a marketplace for powerful martial artists connected through the Sky Nether Palace.

Xu Xiaozi offered Zhang Wan a place in the Sky Alliance to keep him under surveillance and protect the Corpse Demon Sect’s plans. Zhang Wan accepted the offer but refused to reveal his true identity, and Xu Xiaozi eventually settled for tracking him through a Sky Nether Mirror.

• Xu Xiaozi explained the Sky Alliance’s benefits and offered Zhang Wan membership if he joined the force behind Xu Xiaozi and became his companion.
• Xu Xiaozi planned to use the Sky Nether Mirror to monitor Zhang Wan, whose strength could disrupt the Thousand Corpse Sect’s role in the Corpse Demon Sect’s revival.
• Zhang Wan accepted the offer because he feared that refusing would prompt Xu Xiaozi’s allies to search for him and eventually threaten the Jade Bone Sect.
• Xu Xiaozi asked Zhang Wan to reveal his true identity, but Zhang Wan refused, and Xu Xiaozi eventually dropped the demand.
• Xu Xiaozi registered Zhang Wan as True Martial Old Ancestor and delivered a Sky Nether Mirror within half a month.
• Over the following years, Xu Xiaozi visited Zhang Wan occasionally to confirm his whereabouts.

Zhang Wan had used Ashen Divine Concealment to leave a false body under Xu Xiaozi’s watch while his true body cultivated in the Jade Bone Sect. After reaching the Eighth Level of Dharma Aspect, he weighed using the Sky Nether Mirror to seek treasures but rejected the risk, then considered sending a powerful clone instead.

• Zhang Wan’s false body kept Xu Xiaozi occupied while his true body stayed hidden in the Jade Bone Sect, where he cultivated for four years.
• Zhang Wan spent more than 2,300 experience points deducing the Eighth-Level cultivation formula and perfecting three martial techniques, then used 190 more points to break through to the Eighth Level of Dharma Aspect.
• Zhang Wan realized he needed treasures like the Myriad Infant Immortal Herb to ease his growing shortage of experience points.
• Zhang Wan considered using the Sky Nether Mirror to enter the Sky Nether Palace, but abandoned the idea because it could expose his false body and Heaven-Deceiving Inheritance.
• Zhang Wan wondered whether he could send a powerful clone to use the Sky Nether Mirror instead.

Zhang Wan left the Jade Bone Sect to plunder Dharma Aspect forces across the war-torn Martial Spirit Domain, seeking treasures to improve his comprehension. After reaching the increasingly desolate Abyssal Treasure Sea, he entered the rebuilt Spirit Treasure City under the alias Wang Yan and discovered that the Six Laws Alliance had survived there.

• Zhang Wan decided against refining a clone and planned to spend up to three years raiding Dharma Aspect forces while avoiding Void Glimpse powerhouses.
• Before leaving, Zhang Wan gave cultivation resources to Tie Jinge, Zhao Qixin, Zhang Lingshu, Li Wenxing, and Wan Yunfei, and gave Martial Intent Pills to Tie Jinge, Zhao Qixin, and Zhang Lingshu.
• Zhang Wan learned that his nephew Zhang Shifeng had reached the Prenatal realm, reinforced his avatar at the True Martial Sect, and set off under a disguised identity.
• Zhang Wan plundered Dharma Aspect forces on his route to the Abyssal Treasure Sea and saw how war had devastated the Martial Spirit Domain and killed vast numbers of mortals.
• Zhang Wan found the Abyssal Treasure Sea and its surrounding martial cities greatly diminished, then entered the rebuilt Spirit Treasure City as the artifact-refining grandmaster Wang Yan.
• Zhang Wan discovered that the Six Laws Alliance still occupied Hundred Flames Street and that all six of its Dharma Aspect cultivators had survived the chaos.

Zhang Wan returned to Wang's Artifact Refining Workshop and learned that the Luo and Bo Families were threatened after their ancestors died. He took the willing members into his service, defeated True Lord Hong to protect them, and later accepted Luo Qiu and Bo Quan as nominal disciples before preparing to leave them with trump cards.

• Zhang Wan visited Wang's Artifact Refining Workshop, reunited with Luo Qiu and Bo Quan, and learned that Luo Lie and Bo Jinxiang had died in the Abyssal Treasure Sea.
• Luo Qiu and Bo Quan asked Zhang Wan to protect their clans, and he offered protection only if they became his forces; the clans split over the decision.
• Zhang Wan announced that the willing faction of the Luo and Bo Families served him, then defeated True Lord Hong and forced him to offer compensation.
• Zhang Wan summoned Luo Qiu and Bo Quan, said he planned to leave them trump cards before departing, and took them as nominal disciples.

Zhang Wan gave Luo Qiu and Bo Quan cultivation techniques, resources, and False Cores, then told them to protect their Lineages and gather intelligence while he was away. He bought an Abyssal Treasure Ship and Abyssal Treasure Beast Plate, preparing to enter the Abyssal Treasure Sea to hunt for rare treasures.

• Zhang Wan bestowed Dharma Aspect-level techniques, cultivation resources, and a False Core on each of Luo Qiu and Bo Quan, warning them to guard the gifts and use the False Cores only as a last resort.
• Zhang Wan told Luo Qiu and Bo Quan he would leave Spirit Treasure City after at least half a year, instructed them to stay and gather intelligence, and gave them jade slips to contact him.
• Luo Qiu and Bo Quan worried about choosing trusted Lineage members to receive the False Cores, since an unloyal recipient might rebel and lead their clansmen away.
• Zhang Wan purchased an Abyssal Treasure Ship and an Abyssal Treasure Beast Plate to prepare for hunting in the Abyssal Treasure Sea.
• Zhang Wan decided to hunt Abyssal Treasure Beasts himself because the top-tier treasures he sought were difficult to obtain through artifact refining or purchase.

Zhang Wan entered the Abyssal Treasure Sea to hunt Abyssal Treasure Beasts and gathered a substantial haul with ease. After venturing deeper, he sensed a Second Level Dharma Aspect Martial Artist secretly following him, unaware that Zhang Wan had noticed him and seen his impending death.

• Zhang Wan sailed into the Abyssal Treasure Sea aboard his Abyssal Treasure Ship and passed beyond the range of other martial artists.
• Zhang Wan hunted general- and commander-level Abyssal Treasure Beasts, keeping useful treasures and feeding worthless ones to the Spirit Devouring Demonic Flame.
• Zhang Wan found that Abyssal Treasure Beasts remained plentiful and suspected remnants of treasures from slain Void Hollow and Void God powerhouses had nurtured new beasts.
• Over two days, Zhang Wan killed dozens of commander-level Abyssal Treasure Beasts and an Abyssal Treasure King Beast with single palm strikes.
• Zhang Wan noticed a Second Level Dharma Aspect Martial Artist spying on and following him, and recognized that the man was nearing death.

Zhang Wan defeated and captured Xu Qiming, a Second Level Dharma Aspect martial artist from the Thunder Fire Domain, during his hunt in the Abyssal Treasure Sea. After returning to Spirit Treasure City with a rich haul, Zhang Wan considered using Xu Qiming’s identity to seek opportunities in the Thunder Fire Domain.

• Zhang Wan defeated an Abyssal Treasure King Beast, then seized an ambusher’s thunder mace and subdued him with the Great Sun Flame Blade.
• Zhang Wan captured the man’s divine soul, collected his body and treasures, and learned that he had no powerful backer.
• After seven days in the Abyssal Treasure Sea, Zhang Wan turned back, having collected four stalks of Low-grade Dharma Aspect Pure Yang Grass but not the comprehension-enhancing treasure he sought.
• Back at Wang's Artifact Refining Workshop in Spirit Treasure City, Zhang Wan consumed one stalk of Pure Yang Grass and saved the rest for his second sister and other trusted subordinates.
• Zhang Wan identified his captive as Xu Qiming of the Thunder Fire Domain and considered using his identity to pursue inheritances and resources there.

Zhang Wan bought the Enlightenment Incense and Longevity Cushion to improve his comprehension, then used them to begin deducing martial techniques before attending the Sacred Origin Sect’s auction. He held back while Dharma Aspect experts bid fiercely for a Void Glimpse Realm cultivation inheritance, hoping their spending would leave them less able to compete with him later.

• Zhang Wan reinforced the seal on Xu Qiming’s soul and left seclusion, planning to keep him alive for possible future use.
• After learning the Sacred Origin Sect’s next auction was seven days away, Zhang Wan had Luo Qiu and Bo Quan investigate past auction items and prices.
• Zhang Wan sold unneeded resources and searched nearby martial cities, buying Enlightenment Incense and a Longevity Cushion.
• Zhang Wan cultivated with the two treasures and spent several days deducing the five accompanying martial techniques that remained below Dharma Aspect Upper Grade.
• Zhang Wan attended the Sacred Origin Sect’s auction under an assumed name and watched Dharma Aspect experts compete for a cultivation inheritance that could lead to Void Glimpse Realm.

Zhang Wan attended the Sacred Origin Sect auction, bought pills for his subordinates, and watched bidders compete for rare treasures. When the Thousand Soul Tree Fruit he sought went up for auction, he stood his ground against Stark Sun Old Ancestor, leaving the bidding poised for a confrontation.

• Zhang Wan bought Martial Intent Pills and cultivation pills for his subordinates, reserving the best for his second sister.
• Zhang Wan watched two Void Glimpse powerhouses outbid other martial artists for the Seven Treasures Gourd.
• Zhang Wan's Great Sun Source Heart reacted to Primal Chaos Earth, but he suppressed it and memorized the auction details for future investigation.
• Zhang Wan joined the fierce bidding for the Thousand Soul Tree Fruit after its price drove away most competitors.
• Stark Sun Old Ancestor threatened Zhang Wan, who answered with a show of strength and promised to beat him within a hundred moves.

Zhang Wan won the Thousand Soul Tree Fruit after provoking the Stark Sun Old Ancestor into a costly bidding contest, then left the auction and lured three Dharma Aspect powerhouses into pursuing him. In the Abyssal Treasure Sea, he used false bodies to split the pursuers apart, leaving them unable to sense one another.

• A Sacred Origin Sect Void-Vision martial artist stopped Zhang Wan and the Stark Sun Old Ancestor from escalating their quarrel at the auction.
• Zhang Wan outbid the Stark Sun Old Ancestor for the Thousand Soul Tree Fruit, spending most of his spirit stones, then left the auction house with it.
• The Stark Sun Old Ancestor and two other Dharma Aspect powerhouses followed Zhang Wan out of Spirit Treasure City and into the Abyssal Treasure Sea.
• Zhang Wan detected the tracking methods the three men had planted on him and transferred them onto three false bodies.
• Zhang Wan sent the false bodies in separate directions, causing each pursuer to follow a different mark until they lost track of one another.

Zhang Wan lured the three Stark Sun Old Ancestor apart in the Abyssal Treasure Sea and used a false body packed with Lightning Annihilation Seeds to ambush one of them. The Stark Sun Old Ancestor survived Zhang Wan’s follow-up attack, and the two began a fierce close-quarters battle.

• Zhang Wan used false bodies and Ashen Divine Concealment to split the three Stark Sun Old Ancestor and chose to target the one whose spiritual light he recognized.
• The Stark Sun Old Ancestor caught up with Zhang Wan’s false body and attacked it with the Scarlet White Bone Sword while maintaining multiple layers of defense.
• Zhang Wan’s false body cursed the Stark Sun Old Ancestor, then exploded with more than a dozen Lightning Annihilation Seeds, blasting him backward and breaking through his defenses.
• Zhang Wan waited along the Stark Sun Old Ancestor’s retreat path and struck him with the Great Sun Divine Fist and Mixed Yang Saber Palm, knocking away his protective treasures and heavily injuring him.
• The Stark Sun Old Ancestor rapidly healed, counterattacked, and fought Zhang Wan in close quarters as Zhang Wan relied on the strength of his Great Sun Five Elements Melting Furnace True Body.

Zhang Wan fought the Stark Sun Old Ancestor with his spirit artifacts, martial techniques, and divine-soul attacks, gaining the upper hand through a powerful eruption. The Stark Sun Old Ancestor countered with a secret technique and superior martial arts, but Zhang Wan pressed the battle, confident he could outlast him and determined to finish him quickly.

• Zhang Wan used the Demonic Flame Furnace and Spirit Devouring Demonic Flame to battle the Stark Sun Old Ancestor's White Bone Scorpion and Dream Blood Butterfly while attacking the old man himself.
• Zhang Wan suppressed the Stark Sun Old Ancestor in close combat, breaking his defensive talisman and cleaving apart his magic robe despite the old man's healing medicinal fragrance.
• The Stark Sun Old Ancestor used a secret technique to boost his power and temporarily suppress Zhang Wan with his superior martial techniques.
• Zhang Wan sent soul seals at the Stark Sun Old Ancestor, who used a jade pendant to defend himself and attacked Zhang Wan with his fine divine needle.
• Zhang Wan summoned the Black Sun Tower to block the divine needles as both fighters deployed their remaining methods, and he resolved to defeat the Stark Sun Old Ancestor as quickly as possible.

Zhang Wan defeated the Stark Sun Old Ancestor by outlasting him with layered defenses and unleashing more than twenty Lightning Annihilation Seeds at close range. After collecting his opponent’s remains and the nearby treasures, Zhang Wan left the battlefield before other fighters could arrive.

• Zhang Wan used several artifacts to restrain the Stark Sun Old Ancestor while replenishing his magical power with the Great Sun Source Heart.
• Zhang Wan struck with seven real blade attacks, then detonated more than twenty Low-grade Dharma Aspect Lightning Annihilation Seeds at close range.
• Zhang Wan survived the explosion behind layers of defenses, while the Stark Sun Old Ancestor suffered severe injuries and damage to his Dharma Aspect.
• Zhang Wan caught the weakened Stark Sun Old Ancestor, destroyed his Nether Bird Dharma Aspect, and suppressed his soul with the Black Sun Tower.
• Zhang Wan collected the old ancestor’s belongings and subdued the White Bone Scorpion and Dream Blood Butterfly before storing the demonic flame and leaving.
• Zhang Wan chose not to pursue the two remaining Dharma Aspect cultivators, avoiding the risk of exposing his false body and Heaven-Deceiving Inheritance.

After sealing Stark Sun and evading his pursuers, Zhang Wan hid in Qiankun City and used the Thousand Soul Tree Fruits and Enlightenment Incense to greatly strengthen his martial techniques. He left seclusion with one fruit remaining as the city auction was about to begin.

• Zhang Wan escaped the Abyssal Treasure Sea, changed his appearance, and went to Qiankun City to avoid suspicion after sealing Stark Sun.
• Zhang Wan broke the tracking artifacts in Stark Sun's storage pouch and learned that Stark Sun was the Supreme Grand Elder of the Cloud Sun Sect.
• Zhang Wan considered taking advantage of the Cloud Sun Sect's efforts to conceal Stark Sun's disappearance, but chose to strengthen himself first.
• Zhang Wan used the Longevity Cushion and Thousand Soul Tree Fruits to perfect his martial techniques, raising all eight matching techniques to the high-grade Dharma Aspect tier and two to the top-grade tier.
• Zhang Wan repaired the Star Mist and Yin Yang Pearl, kept the final Thousand Soul Tree Fruit, and ended his seclusion as the Qiankun City auction began.

Zhang Wan used Enlightenment Treasures to advance his martial techniques, secured Spirit Treasure City, and left the Abyssal Treasure Sea. At the Cloud Sun Sect, he stole intelligence and inheritances before luring out and suppressing two Dharma Aspect experts.

• Zhang Wan won an Enlightenment Treasure at the Qiankun City auction, then spent two months cultivating until four martial techniques reached supreme-grade Dharma Aspect and his cultivation reached the late Eighth Level of Dharma Aspect.
• Zhang Wan returned to Spirit Treasure City, where Luo Qiu and Bo Quan reported that a clansman had used a False Core pill to become a False Core martial artist and that they had arranged successors to manage Wang's Artifact Refining Workshop.
• Zhang Wan gave Luo Qiu and Bo Quan defensive treasures, revealed his true identity, and later hunted in the Abyssal Treasure Sea without finding another worthwhile Enlightenment Treasure.
• Zhang Wan left the Abyssal Treasure Sea and entered the Cloud Sun Sect under Ashen Divine Concealment, where he read its secret reports and copied its inheritances.
• Zhang Wan attacked the Cloud Sun Sect's protective grand formation in disguise, drew out its two Dharma Aspect experts, and severely injured and suppressed them.