Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lingshan defeated Ji Chengdan, Bei Suifeng, Bao Bingbing, and the Four Elders of Qian Yuan, then learned the Jade Pendant made him Qian Yuan Dao’s Dao Protector. After binding the four elders to his service, he went to Bao Bingbing’s cave and discovered the Mystic Ice Divine Spear.

• Ji Chengdan fled and was killed by Zhang Lingshan, who then killed Bei Suifeng and Bao Bingbing while Zhang Weigang escaped.
• Zhang Lingshan saved Feng Zhengfeng from the lifespan-draining pill’s effects, and Feng Zhengfeng explained that the Four Elders of Qian Yuan had attacked Zhang Lingshan.
• Feng Zhengfeng recognized the Jade Pendant as the key to Qian Yuan Dao’s mountain gate, making Zhang Lingshan its Dao Protector and condemning the elders for attacking him.
• The Four Elders of Qian Yuan offered their souls to Zhang Lingshan, who accepted them and ordered them to help Feng Zhengfeng find a Lifespan Extending Pill and collect Mystic Ice Mountain’s belongings.
• Zhang Lingshan searched Bao Bingbing’s cave for the Mystic Ice Divine Spear and found a massive, ordinary-looking spear that sent a chill through him.

Zhang Lingshan tried to claim the Mystic Ice Divine Spear and learned from Sun Qingzhu how to obtain the Mystic Ice Divine Art. He discovered that Ji Mengxuan could appear through portraits and intended to possess Sun Qingzhu, leaving him wary of the other portraits held across Mystic Ice Mountain.

• Zhang Lingshan found that the Mystic Ice Divine Spear resisted his flames, then crushed the Jade Slip after Ji Mengxuan’s image threatened him instead of teaching him the Mystic Ice Divine Art.
• Zhang Lingshan gave Divine Dew to people at Mystic Ice Mountain to learn their Cultivation Methods, but he did not obtain the Mystic Ice Divine Art.
• Sun Qingzhu told Zhang Lingshan that Bao Bingbing had taught her the Mystic Ice Divine Art and revealed Bao Bingbing’s plan to fuse with the Mystic Ice Divine Spear.
• Sun Qingzhu gave Zhang Lingshan her Jade Slip and explained how she concealed conflicting Cultivation Methods in her Dantian Mansion; Zhang Lingshan recognized Mystic Ice Mountain’s Founding Ancestor as Ji Mengxuan from Sun Qingzhu’s portrait.
• Ji Mengxuan appeared in the portrait and tried to possess Sun Qingzhu, so Zhang Lingshan burned the portrait and warned Sun Qingzhu that other copies were held by Mystic Ice Mountain’s peak masters.

Zhang Lingshan expanded his Dantian Mansion, mastered the Mystic Ice Divine Art, and claimed the Mystic Ice Divine Spear after destroying Mystic Ice Mountain. As he departed, he sensed two Heavenly Chasm People approaching, and Sun Qingzhu warned that their arrival on the Nine Provinces Continent brought devastation.

• Zhang Lingshan concealed his flame power, expanded his Dantian Mansion to 2,134 mu, and began cultivating the Mystic Ice Divine Art.
• Zhang Lingshan absorbed Mystic Ice power across Mystic Ice Mountain until his art reached Perfection, then demonstrated its power by striking the air with a phantom mountain.
• Zhang Lingshan took the Mystic Ice Divine Spear from Bao Bingbing's cave abode, refined it, and reduced the cave to rubble.
• Zhang Lingshan left Mystic Ice Mountain with Feng Zhengfeng and the others, while Sun Qingzhu remained to deal with the surviving disciples.
• Zhang Lingshan sensed two people approaching and showed their images in an ice mirror; Sun Qingzhu identified them as Heavenly Chasm People and warned that their arrival brought devastation.

Zhang Lingshan met two visitors from the Heavenly Chasm Side who sought Bao Bingbing’s help with a Mystic Ice Cave Dwelling. He agreed to guide them there and refine the Profound Ice sealing its entrance, unaware that the two men planned to turn on him once they left the Nine Provinces Continent.

• Zhang Lingshan confronted the Scholar Man and Burly Man above the ruined Mystic Ice Mountain and learned they had come seeking Bao Bingbing’s Profound Ice refining skills.
• The Scholar Man explained that they had found a Mystic Ice Cave Dwelling beneath the Heavenly Chasm, and Zhang Lingshan claimed his refining ability surpassed Bao Bingbing’s.
• The Scholar Man negotiated a share of the cave’s contents for Zhang Lingshan, while the Burly Man secretly planned to attack him after they escaped the Nine Provinces Continent’s suppression.
• Zhang Lingshan followed the two men into the dangerous Heavenly Chasm, protecting himself with the Myriad Manifestations Divine Weapon as they traveled through storms and blazing fire.
• The group reached the cave entrance, and Zhang Lingshan noted that it was not at the bottom of the Heavenly Chasm before the Burly Man asked him to refine the sealing Profound Ice.

Zhang Lingshan refined the Mystic Ice sealing the cave entrance, gaining vast Energy Points as Burly Man and Scholar Man entered the opened dwelling to search for treasure. Inside, they uncovered illusions and Ji Mengxuan replicas, then watched a hidden figure flee toward the entrance before an unknown person caught it.

• Zhang Lingshan refined the Mystic Ice with the Mystic Ice Divine Art, while Burly Man and Scholar Man expected the process to freeze him to death.
• Zhang Lingshan continued refining the ice and gained 1000 trillion Energy Points in less than fifteen minutes as the cave entrance gradually opened.
• Burly Man entered the cave first, and Scholar Man followed; after their search revealed nothing, Scholar Man realized they were trapped in an illusion.
• Burly Man tore through illusions of Ice Spirit Stones, revealing lifeless women resembling Ji Mengxuan, while Scholar Man struck a hidden figure with Steel Nails.
• The hidden figure fled toward the entrance, but an unknown person caught it, leaving Burly Man and Scholar Man stunned.

Zhang Lingshan killed the two intruders, claimed their treasures, and learned that the soul trapped in the cave was the Painting Saint Wu Chengxian. Wu Chengxian explained how his rule-based painting powers worked, while Zhang Lingshan questioned why Ji Mengxuan had commissioned his portrait.

• Zhang Lingshan blocked the cave entrance, absorbed the Burly Man’s lightning, then killed him and the middle-aged scholar with his Heavenly Eye.
• Zhang Lingshan discovered that the Silver Mask formed protective armor and soothed the mind, and he found a Lightning Spirit Pearl and a jade slip detailing Heavenly Chasm anomalies and maps.
• Zhang Lingshan released the soul body and learned that it was Wu Chengxian, who claimed Ji Mengxuan had trapped him in the cave after stealing his Storage Bag.
• Wu Chengxian explained that becoming a saint meant comprehending and using part of heaven and earth’s rules, and Zhang Lingshan inferred that Ji Mengxuan had used the portrait to house a separated consciousness.
• Wu Chengxian was astonished when Zhang Lingshan explained the purpose of Ji Mengxuan’s portrait.

Zhang Lingshan brought the Painting Saint Wu Chengxian back from the Heavenly Chasm and learned that Ji Mengxuan and the Central Province Zhang Family ancestor had descended to devour the Nine Provinces Continent’s destiny. After Wu Chengxian arrived at Spirit Mountain, he chose to join it and urged Zhang Lingshan to issue a Daoist Proclamation.

• Zhang Lingshan told Wu Chengxian that Ji Mengxuan had ascended and planned to devour the Nine Provinces Continent’s destiny, then carried him out of the Heavenly Chasm.
• Zhang Lingshan restrained Wu Chengxian’s soul with the Myriad Manifestations Divine Weapon and explained that Ji Mengxuan and the Central Province Zhang Family ancestor had descended through Manifestation.
• Zhang Lingshan met Feng Zhengfeng, Sun Qingzhu, and the others, sent the Four Elders of Qian Yuan to retrieve Dang Zi'an, and led the rest back to Spirit Mountain.
• Wu Chengxian was astonished by Spirit Mountain’s scale and asked to join, promising to use paintings and Spirit Qi Lines to bless the sect.
• Zhang Lingshan allowed Wu Chengxian to use the Myriad Manifestations Divine Weapon, and Wu Chengxian urged him to issue a Daoist Proclamation before formally establishing the sect.

Zhang Lingshan prepared to issue Spirit Mountain’s Daoist Proclamation and gathered his friends and family so they could share in the fortune it would bring. After he brought the Little Girl to Spirit Mountain, Wu Chengxian and Bai Zhiyao recognized her as the legendary Great Dao Purple Heart Pill, whose cultivation could grant the Great Dao.

• Wu Chengxian explained that Zhang Lingshan needed to issue a Daoist Proclamation to gain Heavenly Dao recognition and urged him to summon his relatives and friends before doing so.
• Zhang Lingshan welcomed Wu Chengxian to Spirit Mountain as its Talismans Dao Protector, then sent Hou Juncheng and Du Lao Jiu to bring his younger brother and friends to the sect.
• Bai Zhiyao used the Soul Returning Fruit to treat Zhang Lingchuan, while Zhang Lingshan released the Little Girl and told her they had escaped the Pill Sect and killed Ji Chengdan.
• Wu Chengxian sensed a powerful presence in Zhang Lingshan’s room and urged him to seize the supposed treasure, but Zhang Lingshan introduced the Little Girl as his friend.
• Bai Zhiyao and Wu Chengxian identified the Little Girl as the Great Dao Purple Heart Pill, which could grant a cultivator the Great Dao if it matured.

Zhang Lingshan named the Great Dao Purple Heart Pill Zhang Zixin and brought her into Spirit Mountain’s plans to use the Heaven and Earth Furnace to suppress its fortune. After Zhang Zixin helped place the furnace at Pill Dao Peak, she offered to help Zhang Lingshan refine the Barren Willow Branch so he could comprehend the Rule of Desolation.

• Zhang Lingshan refused to mature the Great Dao Purple Heart Pill at the cost of treasures, named her Zhang Zixin, and welcomed her as his younger sister.
• Zhang Lingshan summoned Zhuo Yu, Han Ruier, Feng Zhengfeng, and the Four Elders of Qian Yuan to plan where to place the Heaven and Earth Furnace.
• Zhang Lingshan hauled the furnace out of his Pouch Space, and Zhuo Yu proposed building Pill Dao Peak to house it and suppress Spirit Mountain’s fortune.
• Zhang Lingshan practiced alchemy under Zhang Zixin’s guidance while Zhuo Yu and the others built the peak and its formation.
• Zhang Zixin controlled the Heaven and Earth Furnace into place at Pill Dao Peak, where its pill essence light blessed Spirit Mountain and flowed toward Mountain Master Peak.
• Zhang Zixin said the Heaven and Earth Pill would have to wait and offered to help Zhang Lingshan refine the Barren Willow Branch with the furnace’s enhancement.

Zhang Lingshan refined Azure Awareness Pills, used Barren Willow Branch liquid to comprehend the Rule of Death, and transformed his Life and Death Wheel before heading to Overlord Cave to test his power. There, Huo Wuye and Xiang Guang had emerged and begun reclaiming Overlord Sect while plotting to use Xiang He and confront Zhang Lingshan.

• Zhang Lingshan refined more than a hundred Azure Awareness Pills and raised his mental power to 900k before it reached a bottleneck.
• Zhang Lingshan swallowed Barren Willow Branch liquid, comprehended the Rule of Death, and spent one jing of Energy Points to reach Entry Level.
• Zhang Lingshan’s Life and Death Wheel transformed, and he headed through the Mist Realm toward Overlord Province to test his power at Overlord Cave.
• Huo Wuye and Xiang Guang emerged from Overlord Cave, used the sect’s formations to summon everyone, and confronted Yue Jinglei on Overlord Mountain.
• Yue Jinglei told Xiang Guang that Zhang Lingshan had killed the Xiang Family and that Xiang He had survived; Xiang Guang ordered Yue Jinglei to retrieve him.
• Xiang Guang and Huo Wuye discussed their increased strength and planned to use Xiang He while preparing to confront Zhang Lingshan.

Zhang Lingshan pursued Xiang Guang and Huo Wuye into Overlord Cave, overpowering them and forcing Xiang Guang to flee toward the Black Abyss. The Demon Lords learned Zhang Lingshan had entered the cave and began assessing the threat as his flames grew stronger while burning through it.

• Zhang Lingshan attacked Huo Wuye with his Life and Death Wheel, breaking through Huo Wuye’s Void God Fist and Xiang Guang’s divine might from the Ruyi Divine Staff.
• Xiang Guang took control of Huo Wuye’s body and escaped into Overlord Cave with the Void Escape Technique, while Zhang Lingshan followed and burned through the cave as he absorbed its Spiritual Qi.
• At Red Powder Manor, the Demon Lords discussed leaving Overlord Cave and seeking revenge on Zhang Lingshan before Wind Demon and Sand Demon sensed Xiang Guang approaching.
• Xiang Guang warned the Demon Lords that Zhang Lingshan was too powerful to fight and fled toward the Black Abyss, leaving the demons behind to face him.
• Wind Demon and Sand Demon sensed Zhang Lingshan entering Overlord Cave, where his fire dragons burned the terrain and grew stronger as they advanced.
• Bai Yuanzhen ordered Cloud Demon to use his clouds to sense Zhang Lingshan’s approach more accurately.

Zhang Lingshan attacked the Nine Great Demon Lords at Red Powder Manor, breaking their formation and devouring Blood Demon and Bone Demon. The remaining demons unleashed their ultimate killing moves against him, while Xiang Guang watched from above the Black Abyss and believed Zhang Lingshan was doomed.

• Cloud Demon warned the other demons that Zhang Lingshan's flames could overcome even his Nine Heavens Cloud Mist Cover, and Bone Demon urged them to retreat.
• Red Demon argued that they had to fight Zhang Lingshan, and Bai Yuanzhen ordered the Nine Great Demon Lords to gather their forces and prepare for battle.
• Zhang Lingshan saw through and shattered the demons' formation with his Flame Saber, then absorbed the qi and blood of their subordinates caught in the burning fissures.
• Blood Demon attacked with the Qi and Blood Divine Pot, but Zhang Lingshan swallowed and refined its demonic face, seized the pot, and devoured Blood Demon.
• Zhang Lingshan stopped Bone Demon with his Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound Technique and swallowed her, while Red Demon and the other demon lords launched their killing moves together.
• Xiang Guang watched the Nine Great Demon Lords unleash their ultimate attack against Zhang Lingshan and believed he could not survive.

Zhang Lingshan defeated the Demon Lords, gained 90 quadrillion Energy Points, and burned his way into Black Abyss while Bai Yuanzhen fell victim to Xiang Guang’s possession. As Xiang Guang waited for a chance to escape, Zhang Lingshan began raising his Red Cloud Dao Art to Perfection.

• Zhang Lingshan survived the Demon Lords’ combined attack, killed Mud Demon, and used his transformations to devour or destroy the remaining Demon Lords as Bai Yuanzhen fled to Black Abyss.
• Zhang Lingshan gained 90 quadrillion Energy Points, raised the Rule of Life and Rule of Death to Minor Accomplishment, and healed his injuries.
• Zhang Lingshan burned through the Overlord Cave and Black Abyss, turning the Black Spirits into Energy Points.
• Xiang Guang tricked Bai Yuanzhen into trying to contact the Overlord Cave Heavenly Dao, then possessed his body after the Black Spirits weakened Bai Yuanzhen.
• Xiang Guang planned to escape using the Void Escape Technique, but Zhang Lingshan’s flames advanced through Black Abyss as he prepared to raise his Red Cloud Dao Art to Perfection.

Zhang Lingshan perfected the Red Cloud Dao Art, killed Xiang Guang, Yue Jinglei, and Xiang He, and cleared the Black Abyss before returning through the Mist Realm. The chapter ended with Xiahou Ge and four Dao Light Sect disciples surrounded by Zen Master Foyuan and the Golden Light Sect’s Eighteen Golden Armored Bronze Men.

• Zhang Lingshan used his perfected Red Cloud Dao Art to catch Xiang Guang and destroy his soul, then searched Bai Yuanzhen’s corpse and kept it for his younger sister’s corpse refining.
• Zhang Lingshan found the Darkness Spirit Pearl at the bottom of the Black Abyss, collected thousands of Storage Bags, and discovered a barrier blocking the abyss’s far end.
• Yue Jinglei brought Xiang He back to the Overlord Sect and begged Zhang Lingshan to remove the Gu Worm in his head, but Zhang Lingshan killed him and then burned Xiang He to nothingness.
• Zhang Lingshan set the Overlord Sect ablaze and rampaged through the Mist Realm toward Jade Province, killing the mist demons and Evil Beings in his path.
• Zen Master Foyuan and the Eighteen Golden Armored Bronze Men appeared to ambush Xiahou Ge and his four companions, leaving Xiahou Ge suspecting that a traitor had revealed their route.

Xiahou Ge and his Dao Light Sect companions were cornered by Zen Master Foyuan, and Xiahou Ge exposed Teng Jinyan as a traitor before Zhang Lingshan arrived and killed Foyuan. Zhang Lingshan revealed he was the Spirit Mountain Master and brought the group to Spirit Mountain, where Xiahou Ge wanted to discuss an urgent matter.

• Zen Master Foyuan offered to let Xiahou Ge and his companions leave after three days, while Teng Jinyan urged them to surrender and Xiahou Ge accused her of betraying the Dao Light Sect.
• Xiahou Ge called to a blazing figure for help, and the arriving Zhang Lingshan recognized him and agreed to intervene.
• Zhang Lingshan burned Foyuan to ashes and destroyed the eighteen Golden Armored Bronze Men after Xiahou Ge explained they were controlled puppets.
• Xiahou Ge told Zhang Lingshan that Dao Light Sect Master Teng Qingshan had divined that the sect's survival depended on Spirit Mountain, and Zhang revealed that he was its master.
• Rather than ask Zhang to defend the Dao Light Sect, Xiahou Ge asked him to take the group to Spirit Mountain, and Zhang carried them there through the Mist Realm.

Xiahou Ge brought the poisoned Dao Light Sect Master, Teng Qingshan, to Spirit Mountain, where Zhang Lingshan and Bai Zhiyao removed the Gu Worm and saved him. Zhang Lingshan gave Teng Qingshan a drop of Divine Dew to aid his recovery, then discovered that Teng Qingshan’s Dao Light Immortal Method required an astonishing amount of Energy Points and hurried to cultivate it himself.

• Xiahou Ge asked Zhang Lingshan to protect his companions and privately pleaded for him to save Teng Qingshan, whom he had brought in a Spirit Beast Bag.
• Bai Zhiyao drew the Gu Worm from Teng Qingshan with Golden Needles, and Zhang Lingshan roasted and ate it while Cloud Life Essence and healing pills restored Teng Qingshan.
• Teng Qingshan woke and learned that Zhang Lingshan was Spirit Mountain’s Mountain Master, while Bai Zhiyao explained that Zhang Lingshan had been chiefly responsible for saving him.
• Zhang Lingshan offered Teng Qingshan a drop of Divine Dew, and Teng Qingshan caught it and began refining it with his cultivation method.
• Zhang Lingshan’s Panel revealed that the Dao Light Immortal Method required 10 quadrillion Energy Points for Entry Level, so he rushed to his seclusion chamber and used Stat Points on it.

Zhang Lingshan discovered that the Dao Light Immortal Method had transformed his blood into jade-like Blood Like Jade, then led Xiahou Ge to the Golden Light Sect to obtain its Immortal Method. After defeating the Golden Light Sect Master and making him refine Divine Dew, Zhang Lingshan’s Panel recorded the Golden Light Immortal Method.

• Zhang Lingshan checked his Panel, confirmed that his blood had become Blood Like Jade, and decided to seek the Golden Light Immortal Method.
• Zhang Lingshan told Xiahou Ge they would attack the Golden Light Sect, and Teng Qingshan urged Xiahou Ge to lead him there.
• Zhang Lingshan and Xiahou Ge entered the Golden Light Sect’s hidden grounds, where Zhang Lingshan broke the Maze Formation and burned through its guarding monks.
• Zhang Lingshan entered the Golden Tower, destroyed the Golden Light Sect Master’s Buddha Golden Body, and defeated the old monk.
• Zhang Lingshan gave the Golden Light Sect Master Divine Dew, causing him to circulate his Cultivation Method as he refined it.
• Zhang Lingshan’s Panel recorded the Golden Light Immortal Method, and he wondered what it would transform.

Zhang Lingshan destroyed the Golden Light Sect, rescued the Dao Light Sect from its internal and external enemies, and brought Teng Qingshan and selected disciples into Spirit Mountain. After Hu Feng presented him with a Water Spirit Pearl, Zhang Lingshan issued a Daoist Proclamation that united many paths under Spirit Mountain and triggered heavenly thunder and healing spiritual rain across the Nine Provinces Continent.

• Zhang Lingshan killed the Golden Light Sect's old monk, gave Xiahou Ge the Golden Tower, and burned the sect to the ground.
• Zhang Lingshan killed the Dao Light Sect's Grand Elder and burned away the enemies surrounding the sect, then accepted Teng Qingshan and his selected followers into Spirit Mountain along with the Dao Light Immortal Method.
• Hu Feng offered Zhang Lingshan a Water Spirit Pearl and received a drop of Divine Dew, then agreed to gather the Demon Alliance to join Spirit Mountain.
• Zhang Lingshan issued a Daoist Proclamation welcoming inheritances and paths from across the Nine Provinces Continent into Spirit Mountain and declaring that he would protect the continent.
• Heavenly thunder sounded across the Nine Provinces Continent, healing spiritual rain fell, and mortals witnessed spring's return and called it a miracle.

After Zhang Lingshan’s Daoist Proclamation was acknowledged by the Heavenly Dao, Spirit Mountain’s leaders began passing down their respective Dao inheritances and its fortune surged. Meanwhile, Zhang Yuming became the Zhang Family Ancestor’s new vessel, and the Ancestor vowed to make Zhang Lingshan pay for challenging the Ancient Sects.

• Zhang Lingshan’s proclamation drew down the Great Dao’s rosy light, transforming Spirit Mountain and blessing its disciples.
• Wu Chengxian, Zhuo Yu, Guan Weigong, Zhang Zixin, Zhao Huanyang, Snake Zhengming, Bai Zhiyao, and Feng Sirui each began taking responsibility for passing down their Dao inheritances.
• Zhang Lingshan’s Energy Points rose to 100 quadrillion, but he chose not to upgrade his immortal methods because the Nine Provinces Continent’s rules could not support them.
• Zhang Yuming returned to the ruins of Zhang Family City and collected treasures before Zhang Yanshi brought the Zhang Family Ancestor to him.
• The Zhang Family Ancestor took over Zhang Yuming’s body, regained his peak strength, and swore that Zhang Lingshan would face the wrath of those under heaven.

Chu Siming received a Sword Seal from the Sword Saint Ancestor and set out to kill Zhang Lingshan and reclaim the twin swords. Meanwhile, Chen Youming's disciples and the Ming siblings decided to travel to Lingshan, though they expected the Eight Ancient Sects to attack.

• Chu Siming recognized Zhang Lingshan's Daoist Proclamation, feared his growing power, and was summoned by the Sword Saint Ancestor.
• After Chu Siming reported that he had broken through the Sword Tribulation, the Sword Saint Ancestor bestowed a Sword Seal and ordered him to kill Zhang Lingshan and retrieve the Spirit Light Black Underworld Twin Swords.
• Chen Youming and his disciples discussed Zhang Lingshan's proclamation, then agreed to go see Lingshan.
• Ming Feng'er and Ming Xiaofeng recognized Zhang Lingshan as the man who had once hitched a ride on their boat.
• Ming Xiaofeng persuaded Ming Feng'er to travel through the Mist Realm with him to Lingshan, hoping to protect its disciples and see Mu Huanyue.