Chapter Summaries

As Yang Qingyun fought Sikong Nan, he realized that condensing the Pure Yang Golden Body had repaired the weaknesses in his foundation, allowing him to match Sikong Nan and drive him back. Fearing Yang Qingyun would surpass him, Sikong Nan unleashed a deadly protective jade talisman, leaving Yang Qingyun trapped beneath its attack.

• Yang Qingyun reflected on how the Pure Yang Golden Body had rebuilt his foundation and narrowed the gap between him and peak figures such as Sikong Nan.
• Yang Qingyun's Blade Path will erupted, and he blasted Sikong Nan backward with a powerful strike.
• Sikong Nan feared the younger Yang Qingyun would take his place as the foremost figure of their generation and vowed to kill him.
• Sikong Nan crushed a protective jade talisman bestowed by the Grand Elder of the Profound Spirit Sect and unleashed a pillar of light toward Yang Qingyun.
• Yang Qingyun was caught beneath the talisman's devastating attack as Sikong Nan watched with delight.

Yang Qingyun evaded Sikong Nan’s devastating attack with a jade talisman and killed him while he was immobilized. With the talisman’s speed still active, Yang Qingyun turned toward Xu Jian and Fan Gang.

• Sikong Nan unleashed a tremendous attack that devastated the surrounding land, but Yang Qingyun escaped by crushing a jade talisman.
• Yang Qingyun appeared behind Sikong Nan and pierced him with a lightning-wreathed blade while Sikong Nan recovered from his attack.
• Yang Qingyun struck Sikong Nan with a palm, took his storage pouch, and let his corpse fall into the abyss.
• Yang Qingyun explained that he had waited for Sikong Nan to use his own trump card first so he could counter it and strike during Sikong Nan’s recovery.
• Yang Qingyun charged toward Xu Jian and Fan Gang while the jade talisman’s speed still empowered him.

After killing Sikong Nan, Yang Qingyun used the jade talisman’s remaining power to defeat Xu Jian and pursue Fan Gang. Fan Gang escaped behind a powerful defensive treasure, and Yang Qingyun abandoned the chase as the talisman’s power ran low.

• Yang Qingyun reflected on the limits of his new Grandmaster strength and the greater threats awaiting him.
• Yang Qingyun crossed several miles and killed Xu Jian with one slash after spotting him near the battlefield.
• The surrounding onlookers fled, while Yang Qingyun searched for Fan Gang, who had already begun escaping.
• Yang Qingyun caught up with Fan Gang, but a golden bell phantom blocked his Thunderous Annihilation Slash and knocked him back.
• Yang Qingyun stopped pursuing Fan Gang because the talisman’s power was nearly exhausted and Fan Gang might have more defensive trump cards, then left.

Yang Qingyun returned from defeating the three sects’ top disciples with Xu Jian’s and Sikong Nan’s storage bags, gaining abundant treasures and discovering a jade pendant that pointed to the ancient ruin trial. He rejoined the Sacred Extremity Sect, whose members had secured the valley, and his former companions marveled at how far his strength had surpassed theirs.

• Yang Qingyun failed to comprehend the power granted by the jade talisman and searched Xu Jian’s and Sikong Nan’s storage bags for treasures.
• Yang Qingyun found that Xu Jian’s bag was packed with precious resources and learned that Sikong Nan’s bag held rare treasures guarded by powerful demonic beasts.
• Yang Qingyun discovered an ancient jade pendant in Sikong Nan’s bag that projected a map pointing to the ancient ruin trial.
• Yang Qingyun returned to the valley after the other factions and lurking martial artists had fled, leaving the Sacred Extremity Sect in control.
• Lu Zhengping, Yan Rufan, Fang Qing, and Cui Mingzhou congratulated Yang Qingyun and remarked on how much stronger he had become.

After killing Sikong Nan, Yang Qingyun was welcomed by his fellow disciples, who learned how quickly he had risen from obscurity to surpass them. As the group celebrated their alliance, Yang Qingyun reflected on the Sacred Extremity Sect’s future calamity and hoped his rebirth could change it.

• Lu Zhengping congratulated Yang Qingyun on surpassing the younger generation and resolved to work harder at cultivation.
• Yang Qingyun modestly credited his strength to his golden body and an elder’s protective means, then met the other disciples.
• The disciples discussed Yang Qingyun’s rise from the Viscera Refining Realm to Grandmaster in six or seven years, and Shi Zhengyang silenced one speaker with a palm strike.
• Yang Qingyun learned that Gu Hanlin’s secret mission for the sect’s higher-ups had helped bring the group together against the Profound Spirit Sect.
• Yang Qingyun reflected on the group’s loyalty to the Sacred Extremity Sect and worried about the calamity he remembered from his Previous Life.

Yang Qingyun entered the ancient trial and discovered that its palace bore the name Xuantian Sect, which reminded him of a rumored connection to the Xuantian Realm. His jade pendant resonated with the plaque and suddenly transported him away.

• A spatial portal opened above the shattered valley, and the Sacred Extremity Sect members and other martial artists entered the trial.
• Murong Lanying hesitated until everyone else had entered, then followed them through the portal.
• Yang Qingyun noticed that the jade pendant from Sikong Nan's storage pouch had begun glowing and warming, but entered the trial anyway.
• Inside, Yang Qingyun found a vast palace with a plaque reading Xuantian Sect and wondered whether it was connected to the Xuantian Realm.
• The jade pendant resonated with the plaque, erupted with blinding light, and engulfed Yang Qingyun, making him vanish from the plaza.

Yang Qingyun found himself trapped in a strange gray space and fought off waves of paper-like figures that appeared to be part of a trial. After defeating four attackers, he faced eight more and still had no idea how to escape.

• Yang Qingyun suspected his jade pendant had brought him to the gray space, then killed a paper-like figure that attacked him.
• Two identical figures appeared, and Yang Qingyun defeated them after a fierce fight.
• Four more figures emerged, forcing Yang Qingyun to battle them for dozens of exchanges before killing them all.
• Eight identical figures appeared next, leaving Yang Qingyun grimly wondering when the attacks would end.

Yang Qingyun fought eight Grandmaster-level strange figures, discovered that keeping one alive prevented the next wave from appearing, and used the delay to recover his strength. After killing the last figure, he faced a new wave of sixteen enemies and charged into battle.

• Yang Qingyun studied the eight figures’ attacks and defeated them, but left the last one alive with one arm severed.
• He dodged the weakened figure while using a thousand-year Spirit Ginseng and other treasures to restore his Gang Qi.
• Yang Qingyun kept the figure alive for three hours and confirmed that no new wave appeared while it remained alive.
• He killed the figure, and sixteen strange Grandmaster-level figures emerged from spatial ripples.
• Yang Qingyun gripped his saber and charged at the sixteen figures.

Yang Qingyun fought successive waves of Grandmaster-level paper-figure enemies in a spatial trial, overcoming sixty-four opponents at the cost of severe injuries and nearly all his strength. Instead of another wave appearing, a beam of light healed and purified him, and he broke through to the mid Grandmaster Realm, apparently clearing the trial.

• Yang Qingyun defeated sixteen enemies, then recovered using Xu Jian’s heavenly treasures and advanced toward the peak of the early Grandmaster Realm.
• Thirty-two enemies appeared, and Yang Qingyun used his full strength to defeat them, suffering injuries and consuming a third of his supplies before reaching the peak of the early Grandmaster Realm.
• Sixty-four enemies appeared, and Yang Qingyun fought desperately until he defeated them, leaving himself grievously wounded and nearly out of strength.
• Yang Qingyun considered using Mu Xiangzi’s offensive and defensive jade talismans to escape, but the remaining figure he had left alive suddenly self-destructed.
• The gray light vanished, and a milky-white beam healed Yang Qingyun, removed his accumulated medicinal toxins and hidden injuries, and purified his soul.
• Yang Qingyun absorbed insights from the battles and broke through to the mid Grandmaster Realm.

Yang Qingyun cleared the ancient grotto heaven’s brutal trial, gained the Nine Heavens Star Soul Brightening Technique, and was expelled after three months. Outside, the sect experts’ overwhelming auras made him keep a low profile, but his mid Grandmaster Realm cultivation drew their attention.

• Yang Qingyun recovered from the trial and absorbed the milky-white radiance, which healed and tempered him while helping him improve his cultivation.
• A flash of spiritual light entered Yang Qingyun’s forehead and imparted the Nine Heavens Star Soul Brightening Technique, which he recognized as the trial’s true reward.
• Yang Qingyun returned to the Xuantian Sect hall, noticed signs of a battle at the palace entrance, and chose not to explore further.
• A white light swept through the ancient grotto heaven and expelled Yang Qingyun and the other cultivators after three months.
• Yang Qingyun sensed the terrifying auras of the sect experts gathered above and tried to conceal his strength, but the experts noticed that he alone had reached the mid Grandmaster Realm.

Yang Qingyun’s rise to the mid Grandmaster Realm drew the attention of the sect ancestors, while Old Daoist Yuan mocked him and praised the Profound Spirit Sect’s Sikong Nan. When the Ancient Grotto-Heaven trial ended, Yuan discovered that only three unfamiliar Profound Spirit Sect disciples had returned, and Sikong Nan was missing.

• Ancestor Gao praised Yang Qingyun’s breakthrough, and the other sect ancestors decided to investigate the previously overlooked disciple.
• Old Daoist Yuan insulted Yang Qingyun and boasted that Sikong Nan surpassed the younger generation of the other sects.
• The trial participants emerged from the Ancient Grotto-Heaven and returned to their groups.
• Old Daoist Yuan saw that only three Profound Spirit Sect disciples had returned and demanded to know where Sikong Nan and the others were.
• The terrified disciple Yuan seized collapsed and wet himself.

After the Xuantian Sect trial, Yang Qingyun explained why he had missed the main hall and revealed his mid-stage Grandmaster Realm cultivation, while his fellow disciples offered to share their inheritances with him. Old Daoist Yuan learned that Yang Qingyun had killed Sikong Nan, and Ancestor Gao mocked him over the loss.

• Lu Zhengping asked Yang Qingyun why he had not appeared during the struggle for the Xuantian Sect's main hall, and Yang Qingyun said a token had sent him into a dangerous trial space.
• Lu Zhengping, Yan Rufan, and other disciples offered to copy their ancient inheritances for Yang Qingyun in gratitude for his help.
• Yang Qingyun revealed that he had reached the mid-stage Grandmaster Realm through the special trial and thanked the gathered disciples.
• Old Daoist Yuan killed a terrified Profound Spirit Sect disciple, then questioned the two survivors about what had happened inside the ancient heavenly abode.
• The surviving disciples told Old Daoist Yuan that Yang Qingyun had slain Sikong Nan, and Ancestor Gao mocked him for having praised Sikong Nan as the leading genius of his generation.

Old Daoist Yuan and Ancestor Gao nearly fought after Gao mocked the Profound Spirit Sect, but Hong Yuanguang’s challenge shifted the confrontation toward Yang Qingyun. With several sect ancestors backing a contest between the younger generation, Hong Yuanguang publicly challenged Yang Qingyun, leaving every gaze fixed on him.

• Old Daoist Yuan unleashed his aura at Ancestor Gao, and their powers tore open the clouds as the younger martial artists felt overwhelmed.
• Yang Qingyun remained steady under the pressure as the Nine Heavens Star Soul Brightening Technique refreshed his spirit and stirred his battle intent.
• Hong Yuanguang asked Old Daoist Yuan to stop his pressure and requested a chance to challenge the person who killed Sikong Nan.
• Ancestor Gao rejected Hong Yuanguang’s request and protected Yang Qingyun, while Old Daoist Yuan defended the challenge and provoked Gao.
• Sword Elder and Old Freak Wuxin supported a contest between the younger generation, and Old Daoist Yuan saw an opportunity to use Hong Yuanguang against Yang Qingyun.
• Hong Yuanguang challenged Yang Qingyun to fight for the honor of their sects, drawing the attention of everyone present.

Ancestor Gao threatened to fight to the death to protect Sacred Extremity Sect’s younger disciples, but Yang Qingyun chose to face Hong Yuanguang himself. The confrontation between the elders subsided as everyone turned their attention to the two challengers.

• Ancestor Gao challenged Old Daoist Yuan, Old Ghost Jian, and Old Freak Wuxin to choose someone to fight him to the death if they pressed the sect’s younger geniuses.
• Yang Qingyun thanked Ancestor Gao for protecting him, then volunteered to fight Hong Yuanguang.
• Yang Qingyun resolved that advancing and surviving the coming upheavals required him to keep moving forward and take control of his own fate.
• Ancestor Gao accepted Yang Qingyun’s decision and withdrew his aura while remaining ready to protect him.
• Old Daoist Yuan and the others grew wary as the elders’ confrontation paused and attention shifted to Yang Qingyun and Hong Yuanguang.

Yang Qingyun faced Hong Yuanguang in a battle that exposed the strength of the foundation he had built from treasures consumed during the Ancient Paradise Grotto trial. Though Hong Yuanguang remained slightly stronger, the watching ancestors recognized Yang Qingyun as an extraordinary talent with the potential to become a Void-Realm Celestial Being.

• Yang Qingyun accused Hong Yuanguang of taking advantage of Old Daoist Yuan's predicament, but Hong Yuanguang dismissed him and attacked with a powerful palm strike.
• Yang Qingyun met Hong Yuanguang's attack with Thunderous Annihilation Slash, and the clash sent Yang Qingyun farther back while surprising Hong Yuanguang by blocking his full-powered strike.
• Hong Yuanguang unleashed another palm attack, but Yang Qingyun evaded it and countered with Thunderous Annihilation Slash, forcing Hong Yuanguang back and leaving him shaken.
• Yang Qingyun recalled how the trial's milky-white radiance had healed him and fully absorbed the heavenly treasures from Xu Jian and Sikong Nan, strengthening his foundation and removing their side effects.
• The Void Realm Ancestors watched Yang Qingyun's performance and marveled at his foundation, speculating that he could become another Void-Realm Celestial Being for the Sacred Extremity Sect.

Yang Qingyun fought Hong Yuanguang, using his superior combat techniques to wound him before Hong unleashed the Four Symbols Golden Body. Yang Qingyun met him with his Pure Yang Golden Body, but Hong’s greater cultivation realm began to suppress him and force him backward.

• Yang Qingyun used his battle experience and keen perception to counter Hong Yuanguang’s attacks and exploit his openings.
• Hong Yuanguang doubted his own skill, and Yang Qingyun struck through his defenses, knocking him back and wounding his chest.
• Hong Yuanguang decided to rely on his greater strength and unleashed the Four Symbols Golden Body.
• Yang Qingyun activated his Pure Yang Golden Body and charged into a direct clash with Hong Yuanguang.
• Hong Yuanguang’s greater cultivation and forceful attacks suppressed Yang Qingyun and drove him backward.

Yang Qingyun battled Hong Yuanguang, enduring his stronger opponent’s relentless attacks while waiting for him to commit fully. Yang Qingyun then used Mind Slash to kill Hong Yuanguang as Ancestor Gao held Old Daoist Yuan back.

• Old Daoist Yuan marked Yang Qingyun as a rival sect genius to kill, while Ancestor Gao grew concerned that Yang Qingyun had learned the dangerous Great Zhou Heaven Yin Yang Technique.
• Hong Yuanguang pressed his realm advantage with powerful, wide-ranging attacks, driving Yang Qingyun backward and drawing golden blood.
• Believing Yang Qingyun was close to defeat, Hong Yuanguang unleashed his strongest attack to kill him before anyone could intervene.
• Yang Qingyun used Mind Slash, freezing Hong Yuanguang with spiritual force and Blade Path will as Old Daoist Yuan tried to interfere.
• Ancestor Gao blocked Old Daoist Yuan, and Yang Qingyun crossed Hong Yuanguang in midair, leaving him dead with a blood line down his forehead.

Yang Qingyun killed Hong Yuanguang with his fully charged Mind Slash, provoking Old Daoist Yuan before Ancestor Gao escorted him and the others safely back to the Sacred Extremity Sect. He resolved to lie low, aware that his fame and the coming sect calamity had left him in danger.

• Yang Qingyun unleashed Mind Slash and killed Hong Yuanguang, gaining new insight into the Blade Path will.
• Old Daoist Yuan threatened Yang Qingyun with killing intent, but Ancestor Gao blocked it; Yuan then took the remaining Profound Spirit Sect disciples and left.
• The other sects and Void Realm cultivators departed, and Ancestor Gao led Yang Qingyun's group back to the Sacred Extremity Sect without an ambush.
• Yang Qingyun reflected that his rise to prominence had been forced by his need to grow stronger and prepare for the coming calamity.
• Yang Qingyun decided to keep a low profile for as long as possible.

Yang Qingyun planned to stay in the Sacred Extremity Sect and cultivate cautiously after drawing the attention of the Profound Spirit Sect. Ancestor Gao praised his achievements and gave him a spiritual saber and two secret techniques to help him survive the dangers ahead.

• Yang Qingyun resolved to slow his cultivation and polish his strength while keeping a low profile.
• The disciples sold or exchanged their Ancient Grotto-Heaven treasures with Ancestor Gao, while Yang Qingyun kept his small remaining harvest.
• Lu Zhengping and the others said farewell to Yang Qingyun and left to digest their gains and copy the promised Ancient inheritance.
• Ancestor Gao praised Yang Qingyun for killing Sikong Nan and Hong Yuanguang, then gave him the Thunderclap Saber.
• Ancestor Gao gave Yang Qingyun two jade slips containing an aura-concealment technique and the Muscle-Tendon Changing Bone-Shifting Art, warning him to protect himself from rival sects.

Yang Qingyun received secret arts from Ancestor Gao and prepared to cultivate in seclusion after returning from the ancient grotto-heaven. At the Internal Affairs Hall, he encountered Lin Fan confronting the Chu princes and their followers, and Lin Fan revealed that he had reached the Innate Realm.

• Ancestor Gao gave Yang Qingyun arts for concealing his aura and changing his appearance, encouraging him to help restore the Sacred Extremity Sect to its former glory.
• Yang Qingyun visited Iron Bone Mountain to report his return to Mu Xiangzi, but found that his master and Ninth Senior Brother were absent.
• Yang Qingyun headed to the Internal Affairs Hall to ask about elite inner sect disciples and suitable cultivation chambers.
• At the hall, the Sixth Prince and his companions threatened Lin Fan and criticized Yun Wan'er for protecting him.
• Lin Fan revealed that he had reached the Innate Realm two months earlier, declared himself an inner sect disciple, and vowed to defeat Hua Dutian.