Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lingshan subdued the Hundred Worlds Blade, gave the Blade Sect a Reverse Saber inheritance, and brought the Thousand Tribulation Soul Sealing Banner back to Qian Yuan Dao. After learning the banner belonged to Qian Yuan Dao and finding a record of the Qian Yuan Rebirth Method, he began to question the true identities and trustworthiness of Feng Zhengfeng and the Four Elders of Qian Yuan.

• Zhang Lingshan used his Entry Level Time Rule to enter the Hundred Worlds Blade and subdued it within half a day.
• Zhang Lingshan gave Dao Wannian the Thousand Tribulation Soul Sealing Banner, taught the Blade Sect Reverse Saber, and left.
• Zhang Lingshan returned to Qian Yuan Dao and gave Feng Zhengfeng and the Four Elders of Qian Yuan the banner to study.
• Feng Zhengfeng and the Four Elders of Qian Yuan recognized the banner as Qian Yuan Dao's Myriad Tribulation Soul Gathering Banner and suspected Fang Zhengfeng had stolen it after betraying their sect.
• Zhuo Yu found a record of the Qian Yuan Rebirth Method, leading Zhang Lingshan to suspect Feng Zhengfeng and the Four Elders of Qian Yuan were Qian Yuan Dao's ancient powers reborn.

Zhang Lingshan discovered and absorbed the true Myriad Formation Records hidden beneath Qian Yuan Dao, then considered the treasure’s connection to an Upper Realm Body Refining expert and the possible threat of whoever had concealed it. He resealed the chamber, set up monitoring arrays, and prepared to target the weakened Sword Sect while keeping watch on Feng Zhengfeng and the Four Elders of Qian Yuan.

• Zhang Lingshan used the Formation Breaking Plate to undo Qian Yuan Dao’s concealed formations and entered a hidden starry space.
• Streams of light carrying higher-level Formation Patterns entered Zhang Lingshan, and he realized the space held the true Myriad Formation Records, which merged into his Profound Gold Body.
• Zhang Lingshan reasoned that the Myriad Formation Records had belonged to a fallen Upper Realm Body Refining expert and that the person who hid it might still be in the Lower Realm.
• Zhang Lingshan connected the treasure to his Profound Gold Body and considered whether the Celestial Talisman Treasure Record and Spirit Light Black Underworld Twin Swords had belonged to the same expert.
• Zhang Lingshan decided to take the Sword Sect’s Immortal Artifact and absorb its disciples into Spirit Mountain, killing anyone who resisted.
• Zhang Lingshan resealed the hidden chamber, planted Jade Blood Monitoring Array Patterns, searched Qian Yuan Dao with his Heavenly Eye, and left Feng Zhengfeng and the Four Elders of Qian Yuan under watch.

Zhang Lingshan arrived at the divided Sword Sect and offered its members a place in Spirit Mountain as the Great Outbreak approached. Most accepted and Jian Wumei remained loyal to the Sword Sect, while Zhang Lingshan prepared to take the sect’s collected Cultivation Methods and sword arts to protect them.

• Zhang Lingshan gave Feng Zhengfeng and the Four Elders of Qian Yuan Jade Pendants containing his Essence Blood and Void Array Patterns so he could monitor them, then departed for the Sword Sect.
• Jian Wumei and Chu Chen’s factions argued over whether Jian Wumei had disgraced the Sword Sect by surrendering its treasures to Spirit Mountain.
• Zhang Lingshan appeared above the Sword Sect without triggering its protective Formation and invited its members to join Spirit Mountain’s Sword Dao Peak ahead of the Great Outbreak.
• Jian Wumei refused to leave the Sword Sect, but Chu Chen and the other members agreed to join Spirit Mountain after Zhang Lingshan warned them against harboring ulterior intentions.
• Zhang Lingshan bestowed Divine Dew on the Sword Sect members, recorded and perfected their Cultivation Methods, then asked Jian Wumei to hand over the sect’s Cultivation Methods and sword arts.
• Jian Wumei agreed to lead Zhang Lingshan to the Sword Sect’s collected inheritance.

Zhang Lingshan claimed the Sword Sect’s Rainfall Sword Immortal Artifact, brought the Sword Sect’s inheritance to Spirit Mountain, and went to Ghost Gate seeking Energy Points. He offered Yin Hong and the other Ghostly Entities a way to return to life, then began testing it on one of them.

• Zhang Lingshan subdued the Immortal Artifact sword behind the Sword Saint Ancestor’s Thatched Cottage and claimed the Rainfall Sword.
• Zhang Lingshan left Jian Wumei behind at the Sword Sect and established Sword Dao Peak at Spirit Mountain.
• Zhang Lingshan confronted Wu Chengxian at Talisman Dao Peak, ordered Celestial Crane Daoist to supervise him, and gave him Divine Dew to refine.
• Zhang Lingshan headed to Ghost Gate to gain Energy Points and met Yin Hong, who had gathered the Ghostly Entities to plead for mercy.
• Zhang Lingshan offered Yin Hong and the Ghostly Entities a chance to return to life, then used his vital energy and blood and Divine Dew to test the method on one of them.

Zhang Lingshan revived Ghost Gate disciples, then burned away the swamp’s Poison Barrier and followed Yin Hong to the Resentful Ghost Pool to investigate the Ghost Gate’s inheritance. The chapter ended with Yin Hong warning him that no living person had ever entered the pool, and Zhang Lingshan had yet to decide whether to go in.

• Yin Hua'er returned to life, discovered her Spirit Sense Dharma Body could combine yin and yang, and inspired other Ghost Gate disciples to ask Zhang Lingshan to revive them.
• Zhang Lingshan restored many Ghost Gate disciples to life and burned away the swamp’s Poison Barrier, gaining 10 quadrillion Energy Points.
• Zhang Lingshan accompanied the newly revived disciples to the Ghost Gate and learned that its inheritance and Immortal Artifact were held in the Resentful Ghost Pool.
• Yin Hong told Zhang Lingshan that she had founded the Ghost Gate after entering the Resentful Ghost Pool and killing its resentful ghosts.
• Zhang Lingshan inspected the empty-looking pit, and Yin Hong warned him that no living person had ever entered it.

Zhang Lingshan seized the Ghost Path Immortal Artifact and discovered that its method burned his flesh to strengthen his Divine Consciousness, while Yin Hong’s Corrosion Method was only a weaker imitation. After restoring Yin Hong and deciding to study the artifact later, he began harvesting ghosts for Energy Points and perfected the Illusion Brush, which let him create a Fire Dragon that consumed the Yin Ghost Pool.

• Zhang Lingshan broke the Resentful Ghost Pool and took the Ghost Path Immortal Artifact, whose influence made his soul burn his flesh and raised his Divine Consciousness to one million.
• Zhang Lingshan restored Yin Hong to life, identified her Corrosion Method as a weaker Ghost Path technique, and told her to cultivate Qi and Blood Bell.
• Yin Hong led Zhang Lingshan to the Yin Ghost Pool, where he inhaled its ghosts and gained Energy Points.
• Zhang Lingshan used the Energy Points to raise Illusion Brush to Perfection and created a Fire Dragon Swallowing the Sun that burned the Yin Ghost Pool’s ghosts into smoke for him to consume.

Zhang Lingshan went to the Talisman Sect with Wu Chengxian and Celestial Crane Daoist to seek Yin Yang Talisman Water and investigate the Yin Yang Talisman and the genuine Celestial Talisman Treasure Record. Xi Bufan refused to surrender the Sect’s treasures, but after entering the Sect, Zhang Lingshan simply asked for more tea, leaving his intentions unclear.

• Yin Hong witnessed Zhang Lingshan’s Fire Dragon Swallows Sun vanish without its heat lingering and became deeply reverent of him.
• After restoring three hundred sixty thousand ghosts, Zhang Lingshan checked his Panel and found he had gained 48 quadrillion Energy Points.
• Zhang Lingshan asked Wu Chengxian about Yin Yang Talisman Water, then set out for the Talisman Sect with Wu Chengxian and Celestial Crane Daoist.
• Xi Bufan welcomed the visitors but refused to let Zhang Lingshan take the Yin Yang Talisman, and offered him a copied Celestial Talisman Treasure Record instead.
• Zhang Lingshan declined the copy, offered Xi Bufan the Azure Nether Sword, and insisted on entering the Talisman Sect; Xi Bufan invited him inside.
• After Xi Bufan served tea, Zhang Lingshan praised it and asked for more, puzzling Xi Bufan and Wu Chengxian.

Zhang Lingshan entered the Talisman Sect seeking the Yin Yang Talisman, while Celestial Crane Daoist stalled Xi Bufan with a fake Zhang Lingshan. After the deception was exposed, Xi Bufan rallied the sect to suppress Zhang Lingshan inside the treasure, and Wu Chengxian prepared a way to rescue him if needed.

• Xi Bufan grew suspicious of the silent Zhang Lingshan and attacked him with a packet of tea, but Celestial Crane Daoist blocked it with Yellow Talismans.
• Wu Chengxian tried to stop Xi Bufan with an illusion of his master, but Xi Bufan broke it with the Rune Array, revealing that Zhang Lingshan had never been there.
• Celestial Crane Daoist told Xi Bufan that Zhang Lingshan had come for the Yin Yang Talisman, so Xi Bufan rushed to the treasure and bound it with Runic Chains.
• Xi Bufan threatened Celestial Crane Daoist to force Zhang Lingshan out, then became alarmed when Celestial Crane mentioned that Zhang Lingshan had moved the Heaven and Earth Furnace to Mount Lingshan.
• Xi Bufan led tens of thousands of Talisman Sect disciples in pouring runes into the Yin Yang Talisman to suppress Zhang Lingshan, while Wu Chengxian gave Celestial Crane Daoist a Jade Slip and planned a rescue.

Zhang Lingshan absorbed the talisman runes from the Yin Yang Talisman, then emerged amid Xi Bufan’s attack on Wu Chengxian and Celestial Crane Daoist. He revealed that he had been safe inside Wu Chengxian’s Canvas and praised the two for their efforts.

• Zhang Lingshan entered the Yin Yang Talisman and discovered it held two pages of the Celestial Talisman Treasure Record that imprinted their talisman runes into his body.
• Zhang Lingshan gained the Yin Yang Talisman's runes and left behind new, usable Yin Yang Talismans for Xi Bufan and the Talisman Sect.
• Wu Chengxian and Celestial Crane Daoist tried to escort Zhang Lingshan out, but Xi Bufan attacked them with the Talisman Sect's runes.
• Wu Chengxian and Celestial Crane Daoist prepared to face death after their escape attempt failed and Xi Bufan ordered them killed.
• Zhang Lingshan's sigh deflected Xi Bufan's attack, and he emerged from Wu Chengxian's Canvas unharmed.

Zhang Lingshan claimed the Yin Yang Talisman, killed Xi Bufan, and appointed Wu Chengxian as the Talisman Sect’s new Sect Master. Before leaving, Zhang Lingshan shared his Talismans Dao with the sect, leaving Wu Chengxian and Celestial Crane Daoist amazed by his mastery.

• Zhang Lingshan summoned the Yin Yang Talisman, and Xi Bufan collapsed after Zhang Lingshan secretly drained his life force with the Life and Death Wheel.
• Zhang Lingshan appointed Wu Chengxian as the Talisman Sect’s Sect Master and gave him the Yin Yang Talisman to study with Celestial Crane Daoist.
• Zhang Lingshan told the Talisman Sect disciples to prepare to fight the Foreign Alien Species and formed a huge character, “Talisman,” above the sect for them to comprehend.
• Wu Chengxian and Celestial Crane Daoist watched the character appear and wondered when Zhang Lingshan had become so proficient in Talismans Dao.

Zhang Lingshan began arranging for Zhang Zixin to cook Nine Nether Purple Rice while he set up a protective Formation on Pill Dao Peak. Gongye Chang Geng then confronted him through a false body, demanding the Profound Gold Statue, but Zhang Lingshan crushed it without revealing what he knew.

• Zhang Zixin accepted Xi Bufan’s Yin Yang Talisman Water and began cooking one grain of Nine Nether Purple Rice, which would take three days.
• Zhang Lingshan used the Xuantian Formation Plate to set up a reinforcement Formation protecting Pill Dao Peak during the cooking.
• A subordinate told Zhang Lingshan that Gongye Chang Geng had requested an audience, and Zhang Lingshan went to meet him personally.
• Gongye Chang Geng demanded the Profound Gold Statue, while Zhang Lingshan realized he was speaking to a false body and concealed whether he had the statue.
• Gongye Chang Geng claimed the statue could only be refined by him and offered to take Zhang Lingshan to the Upper Realm, but Zhang Lingshan rejected his claims and crushed the false body’s head.

Zhang Lingshan traveled with Zhao Suifeng to the Zhao Family of Sky Province to learn how to open the Root Mansion. After they broke through the family’s protective array, Zhao Suifeng killed a relative who had insulted his parents, and someone recognized Zhang Lingshan.

• Gongye Chang Geng sent another false body to watch Zhang Lingshan near Spirit Mountain while Zhang Lingshan waited for him to make a move.
• Zhao Suifeng explained that his family specialized in the Root Mansion, and Zhang Lingshan agreed to help him open it if Zhao Suifeng helped him learn the method.
• Zhao Suifeng revealed that Zhao Wentian, the Heaven Ranking Ninth, was his family’s ancestor, and Zhang Lingshan took him through the Mist Realm toward the Zhao Family.
• Zhang Lingshan and Zhao Suifeng crashed through the Zhao Family’s protective array and landed in a plaza crowded with family talents.
• After Zhao Wentian humbly greeted them, Zhao Suifeng asked Zhang Lingshan to uphold justice against the person who insulted his parents, then killed the woman Zhang Lingshan singled out.
• A voice questioned whether the imposing newcomer was Zhang Lingshan.

Zhang Lingshan visited the Zhao Family to learn how to open the Root Mansion, then traveled with Zhao Suifeng to the Heavenly Foot Sect to ask for its method. Big Foot Elder welcomed him and heard his request, but had not yet agreed to help.

• Zhang Lingshan revealed himself to the Zhao Family and asked Zhao Wentian for the Root Mansion method, but Zhao Wentian said the Heavenly Foot Sect controlled access to it.
• Zhao Wentian gave Zhang Lingshan the Heavenly Foot Sect's location and received his assurance that Spirit Mountain would protect the Zhao Family from trouble.
• After Zhang Lingshan and Zhao Suifeng left, Zhao Wentian rebuked the Zhao Family members who criticized Zhang Lingshan, while Zhao Liefeng began looking forward to the Great Outbreak as an opportunity to catch up.
• Zhang Lingshan and Zhao Suifeng reached the Heavenly Foot Sect, where disciples cultivated by rubbing Wind Blades with their feet near the Heavenly Chasm.
• Big Foot Elder welcomed Zhang Lingshan into the Heavenly Foot Hall, and Zhang Lingshan asked Sect Master Zhu to help him open the Root Mansion.

Zhang Lingshan refused the poisoned Heavenly Foot Grass and uncovered a plot by eight Heavenly Chasm People to kill him. After Big Foot Elder died, they launched a full attack on Zhang Lingshan, and one attacker invoked a Blood-Colored Mark that triggered explosions across the Heavenly Foot Sect.

• Big Foot Elder gave Zhang Lingshan the Heavenly Foot Sect's remaining Heavenly Foot Grass and explained how it could open and expand a Root Mansion.
• Zhang Lingshan returned the Storage Bag, then set out with Zhao Suifeng as eight Heavenly Chasm People surrounded them.
• The Tall Crowned Gaunt Old Man revealed he had poisoned the Heavenly Foot Grass and threatened to destroy the Heavenly Foot Sect.
• Zhang Lingshan accused Big Foot Elder of betraying the Nine Provinces and killed him as he was about to urge Zhang Lingshan to surrender.
• The eight Heavenly Chasm People attacked Zhang Lingshan with chains, Profound Ice, and lightning, while one invoked Sacrifice and caused explosions throughout the Heavenly Foot Sect.

Zhang Lingshan saved the Heavenly Foot Sect disciples from the Heavenly Chasm People’s Sacrifice Method and defeated the invaders as they tried to flee. He took the sect’s treasury of Heavenly Foot Grass and other treasures, then left the survivors with a chance to join Spirit Mountain if they helped protect the Nine Provinces Continent.

• Zhang Lingshan used Blood Mist Divine Dew to help the surviving Heavenly Foot Sect disciples resist the Sacrifice Marks.
• The Elder with High Crown ordered the Heavenly Chasm People to retreat, but Zhang Lingshan killed the Seal-Holding Man at the sect entrance and then defeated the remaining seven with black smoke.
• A Heavenly Foot Sect elder thanked Zhang Lingshan and offered to take him to the treasury, where the sect kept more Heavenly Foot Grass.
• Zhang Lingshan collected the treasury’s treasures with his Teleportation Grand Formation and Teleportation Rune, then told the Heavenly Foot Sect survivors they could earn a chance to join Spirit Mountain by protecting the Nine Provinces Continent.

Zhang Lingshan met Weapon Sect Master Qi Tan after destroying the Heavenly Foot Sect’s ambush, then went with him to the Weapon Sect to refine Heavenly Foot Grass and open his Root Mansion. Qi Tan guarded him and offered help as Zhang Lingshan began consuming the grass.

• Qi Tan arrived with four Weapon Sect elders to rescue the supposedly kidnapped Heavenly Foot Sect Master, but Zhang Lingshan told them the sect had betrayed the Nine Provinces and been destroyed.
• Zhang Lingshan summoned a surviving Heavenly Foot Sect elder, whose account confirmed that eight Heavenly Chasm People had set a trap and that Zhang Lingshan had defeated them and broken their Sacrifice Method.
• Qi Tan thanked Zhang Lingshan for saving the survivors and invited him to the Weapon Sect, where he promised to provide Heavenly Foot Grass.
• Zhang Lingshan accepted Qi Tan’s support for his mission to restore the Nine Provinces’ Heaven and Earth Rules and Ascension Channel, then began refining Heavenly Foot Grass.
• Qi Tan warned Zhang Lingshan not to consume the grass too quickly and used a Compass to surround him with cooling azure radiance as Zhang Lingshan continued opening a space in his heels.

Zhang Lingshan expanded his Root Mansion by consuming Heavenly Foot Grass, then agreed to help Sky Province resist the Heavenly Chasm People's Sacrifice Method by supplying his Divine Dew. After leaving the Weapon Sect, he announced that he would cross the Heavenly Chasm and strike first, despite Zhao Suifeng warning that the other side's stronger rules would suppress him.

• Zhang Lingshan expanded his Root Mansion to three hundred and sixty-two mu by refining the Heavenly Foot Grass Qi Tan had provided.
• Qi Tan asked Zhang Lingshan to share a way to counter the Heavenly Chasm People's Sacrifice Method, and Zhang Lingshan explained that his blood could protect people from it.
• Zhang Lingshan filled a large crock with Divine Dew, replenishing himself with pills and treasures from the Weapon Sect as Qi Tan watched in awe.
• Qi Tan promised to seal and distribute the Divine Dew through Dharma Artifacts, and Zhang Lingshan left the Weapon Sect.
• Zhang Lingshan announced that he would cross the Heavenly Chasm and strike first, while Zhao Suifeng warned that the stronger rules on the other side would suppress him.

Zhang Lingshan crossed the Heavenly Chasm and discovered that the Mystic Heaven Continent’s sects practiced Cultivation Methods sharing an origin with those of the Nine Provinces Continent. After concluding that the continents had once been one, he met the Heavenly Eye Great Sage and proposed merging them to complete the rules and open the Ascension Channel; the Great Sage challenged him to endure Mystic Heaven Continent’s rule suppression.

• Zhang Lingshan crossed the Heavenly Chasm, gathered treasures, and used Divine Dew to control guards on the Mystic Heaven Continent.
• Zhang Lingshan learned that the guards belonged to the Mystic Fire Sect and raised its Cultivation Methods to Perfection after discovering their shared origins with his own.
• Zhang Lingshan subdued cultivators from several more sects and concluded that the Mystic Heaven Continent had once been part of the Nine Provinces Continent.
• The Heavenly Eye Great Sage confronted Zhang Lingshan, who proposed merging the continents and completing the rules of the Nine Provinces Continent.
• Zhang Lingshan and the Heavenly Eye Great Sage agreed to settle who would lead the merger through a contest, and the Great Sage unleashed Mystic Heaven Continent’s rules to crush him.

Zhang Lingshan resisted the Heavenly Eye Great Sage’s attempt to suppress him, explored the Bottom of the Heavenly Chasm, and began comprehending its powerful Blade Intent. He returned to the Weapon Sect with plans to merge Mystic Heaven Continent with Nine Provinces Continent, then learned that Wen Hai County was the Upper Realm.

• Zhang Lingshan’s Spirit Mountain Physique withstood the Heavenly Eye Great Sage’s rules, and the Great Sage refused to accept defeat because Zhang had not escaped the Lower Realm.
• Zhang Lingshan left Mystic Heaven Continent, descended to the Bottom of the Heavenly Chasm, and deduced that its Blade Marks had caused the chasm’s strange phenomena.
• Zhang Lingshan used Cloud Life Essence to heal himself while letting the Blade Marks tear at his body, gaining insight into Heavenly Chasm Blade Intent.
• Zhang Lingshan returned to the Weapon Sect and asked Qi Tan to forge a chain and Long Nail so he could pull Mystic Heaven Continent toward Nine Provinces Continent.
• Zhang Lingshan told Qi Tan about Xi Zhenglong and Wen Hai County, and Qi Tan explained that Wen Hai County was the Upper Realm.
• Zhang Lingshan rejected the idea that the South Sea island palace was a passage to the Upper Realm and said they should merge the continents, perfect the Heaven and Earth Rules, and repair the Ascension Channel.

Zhang Lingshan uncovered Zhang Weigang’s hidden shell and used the Time Rule to witness how Zhang Weigang tortured Gongye Chang Geng for Profound Gold secrets. Studying the shell and his own Mysterious Gold Body, Zhang Lingshan discovered something unexpected about the Profound Gold Patterns.

• Zhang Lingshan told Qi Tan that his Divine Dew could stop people from Mystic Heaven Continent attacking Nine Provinces Continent, then left for Spirit Mountain.
• Zhang Lingshan killed Gongye Chang Geng’s servant at Spirit Mountain, prompting Gongye Chang Geng to rage and then wait for the Great Outbreak.
• Zhang Lingshan went to the ruined Demon Suppression Sect and uncovered Zhang Weigang’s hidden Vertical Coffin, which contained an empty shell covered in incomplete Profound Gold Patterns.
• Zhang Lingshan used the Time Rule to witness Zhang Weigang torturing Gongye Chang Geng, who pretended to submit while hiding his hatred and a plan involving the shell.
• Zhang Lingshan examined the Profound Gold Patterns on Zhang Weigang’s shell and his own Mysterious Gold Body, making a startling discovery.