Chapter Summaries

Shi Yuan defeated the remaining challengers and claimed the Crystal Key while Gu Yang cultivated in seclusion and completed his Body Realm. After condensing a Martial Dao Golden Body, Gu Yang fused it with his Indestructible Golden Body to awaken the Profound Yellow Indestructible Body.

• Shi Yuan sent Yan Jin fleeing, crushed a Sand Clan cultivator who tried to ambush him, and claimed the Crystal Key as the other cultivators retreated.
• Gu Yang traveled through the Small World, survived dangers and battles, and refined his command of the Indestructible Golden Body.
• Gu Yang secluded himself in a valley and deepened his understanding of the Indestructible Golden Body through cultivation.
• Gu Yang began condensing a Martial Dao Golden Body by guiding his Blood Qi with his Martial Dao True Intent and Soul Secret Power.
• Gu Yang completed his Martial Dao Golden Body, which fused with his Indestructible Golden Body and elevated his talent to Profound Yellow Indestructible Body.
• Gu Yang reached complete perfection in the Body Realm.

Gu Yang comprehended the Profound Yellow Indestructible Body, strengthening his body and gaining an early understanding of the Power of Heaven and Earth. Elsewhere, all nine keys were claimed, and he learned that the Inheritance Hall would open in seven days.

• Gu Yang explored the Profound Yellow Indestructible Body’s golden and dark particles, discovering their power to strengthen his muscles, bones, and cultivation.
• Gu Yang synchronized his breathing and consciousness with nature, and his state of mind and realm advanced as he began comprehending the Power of Heaven and Earth.
• A Fey Race cultivator defended her crystal from a group of challengers, killing many before leaving with it.
• An Alien Race cultivator claimed the ninth key after a bloody battle, completing the set of nine keys.
• Gu Yang sensed violet mist and heard that the Inheritance Hall would officially open in seven days.

After learning that the Inheritance Hall would open in seven days, Gu Yang followed the Small World’s guidance to its gateway and joined Canglan and Fan Wanyang among the nine key holders. The gateway opened, but the true hall lay beyond a wilderness, where four Alien Race geniuses attacked the three humans and a battle began.

• Gu Yang sensed the Inheritance Hall’s location in the purple-mist space, then traveled through the Earth Abyss Minor World to its gateway.
• Gu Yang met Canglan and Fan Wanyang at the gateway, and the nine cultivators inserted their crystals to open it.
• Gu Yang, Canglan, and Fan Wanyang agreed to defend themselves rather than attack the Alien Races first, then entered the gateway with the others.
• The cultivators emerged in a wilderness instead of the Inheritance Hall, and Shi Yuan and Zi Li set off toward the mountains.
• Four Alien Race geniuses charged Gu Yang, Canglan, and Fan Wanyang, who fought back as the battle began.

Gu Yang, Fan Wanyang, and Canglan fought four Alien Race prodigies in a battle meant to overwhelm the Human Race trio. Fan Wanyang and Canglan remained locked in fierce contests, while Gu Yang crushed the Dread Race and Sand Clan prodigies, leaving the Alien Race fighters shaken by his overwhelming power.

• Fan Wanyang engaged the Sea Giant prodigy with his sword, while Canglan fought Black Feather in the sky and Gu Yang faced the Dread Race and Sand Clan prodigies.
• Fan Wanyang evaded the Sea Giant’s powerful hammer blows and gradually wore him down, but the Sea Giant’s defense and regeneration kept the fight at a stalemate.
• Canglan overwhelmed Black Feather’s feather blades with his silver armor and struck him down with a powerful palm seal, though Black Feather quickly rose and renewed his attack.
• Gu Yang activated the Profound Yellow Indestructible Body, stopped the Dread Race prodigy’s tail and the Sand Clan prodigy’s sandstorm, then seized the Dread Race prodigy and shattered his defenses with a punch.
• Gu Yang struck the Sand Clan prodigy with another fierce punch, sending him flying as the surrounding Alien Race prodigies recognized Gu Yang’s overwhelming strength.

Gu Yang killed the fleeing Dread Race Prodigy and reached the Inheritance Hall with Fan Wanyang and Canglan. Inside, the hall separated them and assessed Gu Yang’s physique, ending as its crystal ball began to shine brightly.

• Gu Yang pursued the Dread Race Prodigy, shattered his scales, and killed him by crushing his neck.
• Gu Yang arrived at the Inheritance Hall, where Fan Wanyang and Canglan told him they had not encountered the other Alien Race members.
• Gu Yang entered the hall with Fan Wanyang and Canglan, but its power separated them.
• A ring of light scanned Gu Yang and activated his Innate Soul Secret Power, Heart of Slaughter, Golden Dragon Egg, Five Viscera Five Spirits, and Profound Yellow Indestructible Body.
• The ring of light condensed into a point above Gu Yang and vanished, after which the hall’s crystal ball began to shine.

Gu Yang explored all five inheritance halos, encountering Soul Blossom, God-Slaying Blade, Nine Breaths Qi Absorption, Infinite Battle Body, and Five Elements Heaven Opening Record. After recognizing the final inheritance as a method for cultivating Five Elements Power, he had not yet chosen an inheritance.

• Gu Yang entered the first halo and briefly connected with the Soul Blossom inheritance before returning to the hall without accepting it.
• Gu Yang explored the silent darkness of the second halo, identified the God-Slaying Blade, and left without taking its slaughter power.
• Gu Yang entered the third halo and instinctively practiced nine breaths of the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption Method before his vision returned to the hall.
• Gu Yang experienced battle in the fourth halo and discovered its Infinite Battle Body inheritance, which developed the physique through combat.
• Gu Yang struck the seemingly ordinary world in the fifth halo, revealed its Five Elements Power, and identified the Five Elements Heaven Opening Record.

Gu Yang chose the Five Elements Heaven Opening Record after comprehending the Five Elements Power and received the cultivation manual in his sea of consciousness. He learned that the art belonged to the ancient Five Elements Sect and could eventually let cultivators wield World Power and create Small Worlds.

• Gu Yang comprehended the primordial forms and effects of Fire, Wood, Earth, Metal, and Water Power, sensing them strengthen and harmonize within him.
• Gu Yang chose the Five Elements Heaven Opening Record from the five inheritances, and a beam from the crystal ball struck his brow.
• Gu Yang found the jade-colored manual in his sea of consciousness and studied its methods for cultivating, combining, and wielding the five elements.
• Gu Yang learned that the Five Elements Sect had been an ancient super force founded by a God Ascension powerhouse and that the Five Elements Heaven Opening Record was its supreme cultivation art.
• Gu Yang learned that mastering the five elements could produce World Power, allowing cultivators to open Small Worlds before achieving God Ascension.

After leaving the Inheritance Hall, Gu Yang searched the Earth Abyss Minor World for a way out and killed the fleeing Sand Race Prodigy. Canglan told him about a suspected Spatial Passage inside a stationary Spirit Tide, and Gu Yang headed southwest to investigate.

• Gu Yang was teleported out of the Inheritance Hall and decided to find an exit from the Earth Abyss Minor World.
• Gu Yang encountered a group of beast-like Alien Race beings, killed them when they attacked, and continued searching.
• Gu Yang found Canglan fighting the Sand Race Prodigy, who tried to escape underground when Gu Yang arrived.
• Gu Yang killed the Sand Race Prodigy by destroying the crystal that served as his Life Core.
• Gu Yang asked Canglan about a way out, and Canglan pointed him toward a Spirit Tide over two hundred miles southwest that might conceal a Spatial Passage.

Gu Yang reached the Spirit Tide and abandoned his plan to escape alone, choosing instead to lead the Human Race cultivators toward the Spatial Passage. He helped them enter the passage and left the trapped Alien Race cultivators behind as he exited the Small World.

• Cultivators of many races fought together against the Spirit Tide as they struggled to reach the only known exit from the Small World.
• Gu Yang arrived, rescued a young Human Race cultivator, and told the Human Race group he would lead them through the Spirit Tide.
• Gu Yang crushed the Spirit Creatures in their path while the Human Race cultivators formed up behind him and advanced toward the Spatial Passage.
• Other races gathered behind Gu Yang as he cleared the route to the passage, then he made way for the Human Race cultivators to enter.
• After the Human Race group passed through, Gu Yang ignored the trapped Alien Race cultivators and left the Small World.

After leaving the Spirit Tide, Gu Yang was stranded in a mysterious wilderness and uncovered patterns that transported him into a hidden space. The other cultivators returned safely to the entrance without him, prompting alarm over his disappearance and a Canglong Island Elder to hurry off and inform King Qin.

• Gu Yang emerged from the Spatial Passage into a barren wilderness, where he sensed energy in the ground's cracks and followed them.
• Gu Yang discovered patterned markings, activated them with his spiritual power, and revealed a rune-covered stone slab.
• The slab engulfed Gu Yang in five-colored light and transported him into a Mysterious Space hidden in the wilderness.
• The other Human Race cultivators returned to the underground cave and told their faction leaders that Gu Yang had saved them in the Spirit Tide, but he was missing.
• The cultivators and faction elders grew concerned about Gu Yang's disappearance, and a Canglong Island Elder left to notify His Highness King Qin.

Gu Yang entered the Five Elements Secret Ground and cultivated the Five Elements Heaven Opening Record, awakening the full potential of his Five Viscera Five Spirits. He condensed his first Five Elements Magic Power and broke through to the Longevity Realm.

• Qin Wujiu learned that Gu Yang had disappeared, rejected a search party, and decided to wait rather than risk the others’ lives.
• Gu Yang recognized the five-colored space as a Five Elements Secret Ground and began cultivating the Five Elements Heaven Opening Record there.
• Gu Yang’s Five Viscera Five Spirits transformed, strengthening his body and linking him to the Five Elements Power.
• Gu Yang used his Soul Secret Power to draw in and comprehend the five elements, rapidly advancing his cultivation.
• Gu Yang condensed black, red, yellow, green, and white Magic Power droplets and officially broke through to the Longevity Realm.

Gu Yang entered the Longevity Realm and tested the power of his Five Elements Mana before an ancient teleportation array carried him to the Star Domain. There, Xing Ji recognized his cultivation method and sent him away with a mysterious ring, while Qin Wujiu and King Qianhuan continued searching for him in the cavern.

• Gu Yang broke through to the Longevity Realm, gained Five Elements Mana, and began cultivating the Five Elements Heaven Opening Record.
• Gu Yang tested his new Magic Power by controlling the metal, wood, water, fire, and earth elements, then tried to use it to leave the Five Elements Secret Ground.
• Qin Wujiu questioned rescued aliens about Gu Yang, and they confirmed that he had entered the Spatial Passage before disappearing from the cavern.
• Gu Yang accidentally activated an ancient spatial teleportation array and arrived in the Star Domain, where he met Xing Ji, its Star Spirit.
• Xing Ji recognized the Five Elements Heaven Opening Record, gave Gu Yang a starlight ring, and vanished as the stars shifted around Gu Yang.

Gu Yang explained to Qin Wujiu how he obtained the Five Elements Heaven Opening Record, broke through to the Longevity Realm, and met Xing Ji in the Star Domain. After inspecting the starlit ring, Gu Yang contacted Xing Ji and learned that it could connect him to the Five Elements Secret Ground, though he still remained cautious of the Star Spirit.

• Qin Wujiu brought Gu Yang to his bamboo residence and questioned him about his sudden breakthrough to the Longevity Realm.
• Gu Yang recounted obtaining the complete Five Elements Heaven Opening Record in the Earth Abyss Minor World and cultivating in the Five Elements Secret Ground.
• Gu Yang told Qin Wujiu about meeting Xing Ji in an unfamiliar starry sky and handed over the starlit ring for inspection.
• Qin Wujiu returned the ring and advised Gu Yang to keep it safe until an expert could appraise it on Canglong Island.
• Gu Yang activated the ring in his hut and spoke with Xing Ji, who explained that Five Elements Seeds could use the Star Domain to enter the Five Elements Secret Ground.
• Xing Ji explained that the ring held Star Power and anchored the Star Domain, and Gu Yang ended their conversation still wary of him.

After returning from the Earth Abyss Minor World, Gu Yang reunited with his family on Outpost Island and promised to protect and guide his younger sister, Gu Yingying. After spending seven peaceful days at home and improving her martial training, he left again to continue his own path.

• Gu Yang returned to Canglong Island and hurried to Outpost Island, where Wang Caihua, Gu Dashan, and Gu Yingying welcomed him home.
• Gu Yang told his family about his experiences and revealed that he had reached the Longevity Realm and expected to become a Canglong Island Deacon.
• Gu Yang visited the Martial Academy and asked the Academy Dean to look after Gu Yingying, who was diligently training there.
• Gu Yang spent seven days at home and personally taught Gu Yingying the Blood Nourishing Stance Art, helping her stance and strength improve.
• Gu Yang said goodbye to his parents and left Outpost Island to continue cultivating.

After returning to River Heart Island, Gu Yang studied the Five Elements Heaven Opening Record and chose to focus on its defensive techniques. Over the following weeks, he mastered all five elemental defenses, forming an increasingly impregnable protection as a new prompt appeared before him.

• Gu Yang returned to River Heart Island and studied the Five Elements Heaven Opening Record, learning its techniques for all five elements.
• Gu Yang decided to cultivate the five defensive techniques first, beginning with Steel Armor and reaching Entry Level after seven days.
• After resting, Gu Yang cultivated Vine Wood Armor and then mastered the Water Shield Technique.
• Gu Yang completed the Fire Element defensive technique, Flame Barrier, after ten days of cultivation.
• Gu Yang cultivated Stone Garment for half a month, bringing it to Entry Level and stacking all five defenses together.
• A new prompt appeared before Gu Yang.

Gu Yang fused five defensive cultivation methods into the Lesser Five Elements Barrier and tested its powerful protection. After Qin Wujiu checked on the Star Ring, he escorted Gu Yang to register as a Canglong Island Deacon, leaving Gu Yang as the island’s youngest Deacon.

• Gu Yang fused Steel Armor, Vine Wood Armor, Water Shield Technique, Flame Barrier, and Stone Garment into the Lesser Five Elements Barrier.
• Gu Yang tested the new barrier against saber strikes, physical attacks, and Magic Power, and discovered it could strengthen individual elemental defenses and counterattack.
• Qin Wujiu summoned Gu Yang after returning from Mo State and asked whether the Star Ring had shown any new activity.
• Qin Wujiu took Gu Yang to the Deacon Pavilion, where Gu Yang signed the register and left his soul imprint.
• Gu Yang officially became a Canglong Island Deacon and the youngest Deacon in the island’s history.

Gu Yang returned to the Heavenly Pass, defeated the guardians through the twenty-ninth stage, and charged into battle against the Mountain God at the thirtieth. Meanwhile, news of his breakthrough to the Longevity Realm and his deeds in the Earth Abyss Minor World spread across Canglong Island and Cangzhou, leaving his former rival Canglan determined to catch up.

• Gu Yang entered the Heavenly Pass and used the Lesser Five Elements Barrier to defeat the Phantom Warriors on the twenty-third stage.
• Gu Yang advanced through the stages until he faced the Mountain God, the guardian of the thirtieth stage, and charged as it brought down its Stone Pillar.
• News spread that Gu Yang had become a Deacon after breaking through to the Longevity Realm and had gained renown for his deeds in the Earth Abyss Minor World.
• Qin Hu and Liu Qing praised Gu Yang and encouraged each other to work harder on their cultivation.
• Canglan struggled with the news that Gu Yang had surpassed him and resolved to cultivate more diligently.
• Martial artists across Canglong Island and Cangzhou discussed Gu Yang’s achievements, making his name widely known.

Gu Yang defeated the Mountain God on the thirtieth level of the Heavenly Pass and continued through increasingly difficult challenges. After defeating the Star-Armored War God on the thirty-fifth level, he entered the Light Gate toward the thirty-sixth, despite knowing he could not defeat its guardian.

• Gu Yang exploited the Mountain God's sluggish movements, severed its arm, and pierced the emerald-green crystal on its chest, defeating it and passing the thirtieth level.
• Gu Yang entered the Light Gate and fought his way through the Heavenly Pass, growing stronger until he reached the thirty-fifth level.
• Gu Yang fought the Star-Armored War God, enduring its attacks with the Lesser Five Elements Barrier while searching for an opening.
• Gu Yang struck the War God's heart, shattered its Star Armor, and defeated it, though the battle left him exhausted.
• Gu Yang entered the Light Gate to the thirty-sixth level despite knowing that he could not defeat its guardian.

After catching up with Qin Hu, Gu Yang returned to River Heart Island and resumed cultivating the Five Elements Heaven Opening Record. Finding his progress too slow, he asked Xing Ji to take him to the Five Elements Secret Ground, where he began cultivating amid its abundant elemental power.

• Gu Yang met Qin Hu in the Deacon district, and they discussed the Earth Abyss Minor World, their Longevity Realm cultivation, and their plans.
• After Qin Hu left, Gu Yang returned to River Heart Island and spent the night cultivating the Five Elements Heaven Opening Record.
• Gu Yang found that his proficiency had increased by only one point and decided he could not accept the slow pace of ordinary cultivation.
• Gu Yang summoned Xing Ji and asked him to open a passage to the Five Elements Secret Ground.
• Xing Ji took Gu Yang through the Star Domain to a vast Five Elements Secret Ground, where Gu Yang began absorbing its elemental essence.

After three months cultivating in the Five Elements Secret Ground, Gu Yang returned to Canglong Island and told Qin Wujiu about his discoveries. When the moon appeared to fall, Qin Wujiu sent Gu Yang into the Dragon River Realm for safety, where Gu Yang searched the arriving crowd for his family.

• Gu Yang cultivated the Five Elements Heaven Opening Record for three months, improving his cultivation and understanding before leaving the Five Elements Secret Ground.
• Gu Yang met Qin Wujiu and explained how he had used the Star Ring to enter the Five Elements Secret Ground.
• As Gu Yang walked beneath the night sky, the moon grew larger and dimmer, alarming the people of Canglong Island.
• Qin Wujiu told Gu Yang to enter the Dragon River Realm and assured him that Canglong Island would protect his family.
• Gu Yang entered the crowded Dragon River Realm, helped an elderly man, and began searching for his family.