Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lingshan used the Light of the Heavens to perfect the Dao Light and Golden Light Immortal Methods, fuse them into the Twin Wings Immortal Method, and begin cultivating his Spirit Mountain Physique. Withered Wood Zen Master also comprehended an ascension method and planned to ascend with Jingxuan, while they waited for Zhang Lingshan to finish.

• Zhang Lingshan entered a beam of the Light of the Heavens, and Wanren Mountain, Jingxuan, and Withered Wood Zen Master each entered another beam to comprehend.
• Zhang Lingshan raised the Dao Light and Golden Light Immortal Methods to perfection and fused them into the Twin Wings Immortal Method, which gave him wings of light and the ability to fly.
• Zhang Lingshan briefly flew upward, fell when his wings vanished, and then resumed cultivating the Spirit Mountain Physique in the light.
• Wanren Mountain awoke after comprehending the Blade Mountain Immortal Method, while Jingxuan said she had comprehended the Vajra Body Refining Path but not an ascension method.
• Withered Wood Zen Master emerged with a True Buddha Dharma Image and said it could carry both him and Jingxuan to the Immortal Realm.
• Withered Wood Zen Master and Jingxuan decided to wait for Zhang Lingshan so they could ascend together.

Zhang Lingshan and the others emerged from the Light of the Heavens onto the Nine Provinces Continent, where they discovered an Ascension Array beneath the vanished Saint Tower. Zhang Lingshan organized the construction of an Ascension Platform and Hall, bringing the continent close to restoring its path to ascension.

• Zhang Lingshan, Withered Wood Zen Master, Jingxuan, and Wanren Mountain ascended through the Light of the Heavens, only to find themselves on the Nine Provinces Continent rather than in the Immortal Realm.
• Withered Wood Zen Master identified a hidden Ascension Array beneath the spot where the Saint Tower had stood and explained that an Ascension Platform and Hall could complete the route to ascension.
• Zhang Lingshan summoned Pei Xingdou, Xu Zhongyin, Zhuo Yu, and Qi Tan to build and protect the Ascension Platform and Hall, and the work began with great enthusiasm.
• Withered Wood Zen Master and Jingxuan reflected on their imminent departure, while Jingxuan wondered whether her disciple had continued her legacy.
• Gongye Chang Geng's Root Mansion servant urged Zhang Lingshan to find the Profound Gold Statue, but Zhang Lingshan punched it apart.
• Zhang Lingshan returned to Spirit Mountain, ate the last Nine Nether Purple Rice with Zhang Zixin, and prepared to oversee the nearly completed Ascension Platform.

Gongye Chang Geng ascended from the Nine Provinces Continent to Xuanjiang Domain, where he discovered the vast and unfamiliar Upper Realm. There he encountered Withered Wood Zen Master and Jingxuan, as well as Zhang Tianshi, Sect Master Ji, and Senior Wu, who were waiting for Zhang Lingshan to ascend.

• Gongye Chang Geng gave up on obtaining the Profound Gold Statue from Zhang Lingshan and rushed to the Ascension Platform, where Withered Wood Zen Master struck him and he declared that he would challenge Zhang Lingshan in the Upper Realm.
• Gongye Chang Geng ascended to Xuanjiang Domain and followed Brother Bao through the Ascension Hall, learning about its registration process, Spirit Coins, and rules against fighting on Ascension Islet.
• Gongye Chang Geng registered as a newly ascended cultivator from the Nine Provinces Continent and found that Withered Wood Zen Master and Jingxuan had arrived there as well.
• Steward Fang summoned three Upper Realm cultivators, who arrived immediately and were greeted as Zhang Tianshi, Sect Master Ji, and Senior Wu.
• Zhang Tianshi asked why Zhang Lingshan had not ascended, and Jingxuan explained that Emperor Zhang was said to be Zhang Tianshi's descendant.

Zhang Tianshi, Ji Mengxuan, and the Old Hag of Wu Mountain learned that Zhang Lingshan had restored the Nine Provinces Continent and planned to capture him when he ascended. Meanwhile, Zhang Lingshan finished refining the Nine Nether Purple Rice and went to Pill Dao Peak to prepare to refine the Heaven and Earth Pill.

• Jingxuan explained that Zhang Lingshan had built the Ascension Platform where the Saint Tower had once stood, and Zhang Tianshi suspected Zhang Lingshan had taken the tower.
• The Old Hag of Wu Mountain seized Gongye Chang Geng and put him in a bag, intending to investigate his connection to Profound Gold.
• Jingxuan told Zhang Tianshi that Zhang Lingshan had restored the Nine Provinces Continent and was called its Great Emperor, prompting Zhang Tianshi to plan to capture him.
• Zhang Tianshi took Withered Wood Zen Master and Jingxuan to his Talisman Making Pavilion, where they were kept under guard while he questioned them about Zhang Lingshan.
• Withered Wood Zen Master and Jingxuan found that Ascension Islet’s restricted spiritual energy left them unable to cultivate, and Withered Wood Zen Master feared Zhang Lingshan would be captured.
• Zhang Lingshan refined the last of the Nine Nether Purple Rice, then went to Pill Dao Peak to begin preparing for the Heaven and Earth Pill.

Zhang Lingshan prepared Spirit Mountain for his eventual ascension, warned his followers about the dangers awaiting them in the Upper Realm, and tried to restore the Saint Tower. As he and Zhang Zixin began refining the Heaven and Earth Pill, Zhang Zixin insisted that she would ascend with him, leaving their plans unresolved.

• Zhang Lingshan learned that Gongye Chang Geng, Withered Wood Zen Master, and Jingxuan had ascended, then instructed Zhuo Yu to strengthen the Ascension Platform's protective Formation.
• Zhang Lingshan warned his followers not to ascend before him or reveal their connection to him in the Upper Realm, and left Spirit Mountain's future leadership and Ascension Platform arrangements to Pei Xingdou and the others.
• Zhang Lingshan tried to restore the Saint Tower by embedding its top divine pearl, but it showed no new powers after he spent half a month repairing it.
• Zhang Zixin used her Pill Qi as a catalyst for the Heaven and Earth Pill, and Zhang Lingshan nourished her with his blood so she could store it as Divine Dew.
• Zhang Zixin told Zhang Lingshan she wanted to ascend with him and offered to merge with the Heaven and Earth Furnace to protect him, but he urged her to focus on refining the pill while they considered a solution.

Zhang Lingshan completed the Heaven and Earth Pill, gained a potential extra life, and prepared to ascend with Zhang Zixin. Before leaving, he yielded to his parents’ demand that he father heirs, while Ming Feng'er decided to bear his child to secure the Ming Family’s future and his protection after ascension.

• Zhang Lingshan and Zhang Zixin refined the Heaven and Earth Pill, and Zhang Lingshan swallowed the Seven-Colored Pill Rhyme to strengthen himself and gain 111 quintillion Energy Points.
• Zhang Zixin insisted on accompanying Zhang Lingshan when he prepared to ascend, and he agreed to her condition.
• Zhang Lingshan’s parents urged him to father children before ascending, and he agreed to leave them heirs with women they had chosen.
• Ming Feng'er decided to go to Spirit Mountain and bear Zhang Lingshan’s child, arguing that his talent and future protection could safeguard the Ming Family.
• Ming Xiaofeng objected to Ming Feng'er’s plan but declared that he would ascend and become stronger than Zhang Lingshan.

Zhang Lingshan delayed ascending until his children were born and their Cultivation Methods were settled, then accepted the Dang Family's Red Letter Supreme Mystery Scripture after discovering its hidden power. The scripture awakened the artifact spirit of the Xuantian Mirror, who offered to help protect Zhang Lingshan from the Upper Realm's rules if he gathered the mirror's fragments.

• Zhang Lingshan taught the Qi and Blood Divine Bell to the beauties who bore his sons and stayed behind to deduce Cultivation Methods for his more than three hundred children.
• Zhang Zixin asked Zhang Lingshan why he had not ascended, and he explained that he wanted to settle his children's affairs first.
• Dang Zi'an brought Zhang Lingshan the Red Letter Supreme Mystery Scripture on behalf of his father, Dang Tianfeng, and Zhang Lingshan accepted it after discovering its hidden drop of blood.
• Zhang Lingshan used his Heavenly Eye on the blood and was drawn into an illusion, where a beam of light became a bronze mirror and revealed the White-Clothed Little Person.
• The White-Clothed Little Person identified himself as the Xuantian Mirror's artifact spirit and explained that finding the mirror's fragments could help shield Zhang Lingshan from the Upper Realm's rules.

Zhang Lingshan restored the Xuantian Mirror with Little Xuan’s help, but the mirror trapped his soul in a vision of an Upper Realm spear attack before Little Xuan freed him. He placed the mirror in his Heavenly Eye and began refining the Xuantian Formation Plate so he could gather the Nine Provinces Continent’s fortune.

• Little Xuan explained that Zhang Lingshan needed a treasure to gather fortune, and Zhang produced the Xuantian Formation Plate.
• Zhang gave Little Xuan Divine Dew, allowing him to repair the Xuantian Mirror from its fragments.
• The repaired mirror drew Zhang’s soul into a white space, where a vision of Xia Ru striking Xuantian Shangren with a golden spear nearly overwhelmed him.
• Little Xuan helped Zhang escape the vision, and Zhang praised him and let him place the Xuantian Mirror inside his Heavenly Eye.
• Zhang began refining the Xuantian Formation Plate by placing it at his heart, intending to gather the continent’s fortune.

Zhang Lingshan discovered that the Nine Mansion Treasuries could collect fortune, then learned that Nan Yu had led the Sea Demon King and Sea Monster King into Sea Province. He prepared to ascend through the South Sea passage, brought Zhang Zixin along, and arrived in Sea Province to confront the invaders.

• Zhang Lingshan collected ten mu of fortune over three years as the Flower Sea and Overlord Cave left the Nine Provinces Continent, but noticed that the South Sea remained.
• Nan Yu begged Zhang Lingshan to save Sea Province, then confessed that he had found a passage to Wen Hai County and accidentally led the Sea Demon King and Sea Monster King onto land.
• Zhang Lingshan agreed to use the South Sea Ascension Channel, buried nine clones for future descents, and notified his family and trusted allies that he was about to ascend.
• Zhang Zixin caught Zhang Lingshan preparing to leave without her and demonstrated how she could summon the Fire Spirit Beast, convincing him to bring her along.
• Zhang Lingshan used the Mountain Shifting Technique to take Zhang Zixin and Nan Yu to Sea Province, where he ordered the Sea Monsters and sea beasts to withdraw or die.

Zhang Lingshan rescued Sea Province, subdued the Sea Demon King and Sea Monster King, and set off with them and Nan Yu for the Great Waterfall, where Nan Yu claimed to have a treasure that could help them ascend. On the journey, they encountered the Golden Armor Mysterious Turtle, whose uncontrolled golden armor threatened everything in its path.

• Zhang Lingshan annihilated the sea demons and sea monsters attacking Sea Province, then killed a Sea Demon General with a glance.
• The Sea Demon King and Sea Monster King sought Zhang Lingshan’s help to ascend, while Nan Yu revealed he had a treasure that could help them travel against the Great Waterfall’s current.
• Zhang Lingshan ordered the kings to take him to the Great Waterfall, carried Zhang Zixin on the Sea Monster King, and held Nan Yu so he could not escape.
• As the kings carried the group through the South Sea, Zhang Lingshan saw unusual creatures and learned that many had fallen from Wen Hai County in the Upper Realm.
• The group heard the Golden Armor Mysterious Turtle’s cry, and the Sea Demon King warned that its uncontrolled golden armor created deadly waves of golden blades.

Zhang Lingshan rescued the Golden Armor Mysterious Turtle from parasites and brought him along to the Upstream Waterfall. Nan Yu revealed that his Tao Zeng could carry them upward, and the group prepared to ascend to the Upper Realm.

• Zhang Lingshan shielded the group from the Golden Armor Mysterious Turtle's Golden Saber Giant Wave and lifted the turtle with seawater.
• Zhang Lingshan removed the parasites from the Golden Armor Mysterious Turtle and healed him, then invited him to carry the group toward the waterfall.
• The Sea Demon King guided everyone on the turtle's back to the Upstream Waterfall while Zhang Lingshan maintained the Qi and Blood Divine Bell.
• Nan Yu revealed his Tao Zeng, explaining that the waterfall would turn its water into mist and carry it upward, and disclosed that he needed Zhang Lingshan's and the turtle's vitality and blood.
• Nan Yu deflected the Sea Monster King's attack and explained why he had returned to the Nine Provinces Continent to enlist Zhang Lingshan's help.
• Zhang Lingshan asked the Golden Armor Mysterious Turtle whether he wanted to return to the Upper Realm with them.

Zhang Lingshan, Nan Yu, the Sea Demon King, the Sea Monster King, Zhang Zixin, and the Golden Armor Mysterious Turtle used Tao Zeng to ascend through the waterfall toward the Upper Realm. Zhang Lingshan kept Tao Zeng moving at great speed and destroyed falling creatures along the way, and the group finally saw the sky and sun above.

• The Golden Armor Mysterious Turtle and Zhang Zixin entered Tao Zeng, and Nan Yu demonstrated that it could rise through the waterfall.
• Zhang Lingshan held Nan Yu in his grasp and supplied qi and blood to accelerate Tao Zeng while the others took turns contributing.
• When the Sea Monster King's qi and blood proved too impure to maintain their speed, Nan Yu and the Sea Demon King gave Zhang Lingshan pills and treasures to replenish him.
• Nan Yu restored his Divine Consciousness with pills as Zhang Lingshan continued powering Tao Zeng, alarming Nan Yu with his seemingly effortless strength.
• A Shell Creature fell toward Tao Zeng, and Zhang Lingshan destroyed it with his Heavenly Chasm Blade Intent before accepting more treasures as replenishment.
• The group continued ascending through falling creatures, and the Sea Demon King spotted the sky, clouds, and sun ahead.

Zhang Lingshan and his companions reached the Upper Realm and found Wen Hai County reduced to scorched earth by an ancient battle. After the Golden Armor Mysterious Turtle regained his human form and joined Zhang Lingshan’s family, Zhang Xinhai and Zhang Xinsheng left to search for other land while Zhang Lingshan investigated the flames.

• Nan Yu escaped in a small boat after everyone was thrown from Tao Zeng, and Zhang Lingshan led the others toward land by following Zhang Zixin’s sense of human presence.
• After three days of travel, the group reached the sea beside a scorched continent, and Zhang Lingshan retrieved a black ball from the seabed.
• The Golden Armor Mysterious Turtle swallowed the ball, transformed into a boy, and received the name Zhang Jinxuan from Zhang Lingshan.
• Zhang Lingshan named the Sea Demon King Zhang Xinhai and the Sea Monster King Zhang Xinsheng, then saw Zhang Xinhai fail to extinguish the scorched earth’s flames with seawater.
• Zhang Xinhai and Zhang Xinsheng left to search the sea for other land, while Zhang Lingshan asked Little Xuan whether he recognized the flames.

Zhang Lingshan began transforming into an Immortal Spiritual Body in the barren sea region, using the Xuantian Mirror to draw in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. He advanced his Spirit Power into Immortal Divine Sense and discovered that the sea's Immortal Spiritual Power was polluted and low-grade.

• Little Xuan warned Zhang Lingshan that the scorched earth held Avici Hellfire, and Zhang Lingshan decided to strengthen himself before attempting to refine it.
• Zhang Zixin gave Zhang Lingshan her natal true essence, helping him comprehend the Immortal Spiritual Body and choose to spend 100 quintillion Energy Points advancing it.
• Zhang Lingshan's body began consuming his qi and blood, so Little Xuan activated the Xuantian Mirror to gather Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi around him.
• Zhang Lingshan struggled to fill his half-baked Immortal Spiritual Body in the barren sea while Zhang Zixin helped purify spiritual power and the Golden Armor Mysterious Turtle absorbed it from seawater.
• Zhang Lingshan spent 1000 quadrillion Energy Points advancing his Spirit Power into Immortal Divine Sense and stabilized it with Immortal Spiritual Power.
• Zhang Lingshan's new perception revealed that the sea's Immortal Spiritual Power was chaotic and polluted, which explained the strange condition of the Sea Monster King.

Zhang Lingshan repeatedly endured the remnant Avici Hellfire until the Panel recorded it, then absorbed enough of it to clear the scorched earth. Zhang Jinxuan returned to land and revealed memories of his parents’ deaths, leaving Zhang Lingshan wondering whether the young turtle’s mother had hoped he would remain safe in the Lower Realm.

• Zhang Lingshan sealed his Immortal Divine Sense and repeatedly exposed his body to the Scorched Earth until the Panel recorded Avici Hellfire.
• Zhang Lingshan absorbed the remnant flames for two days and nights, raising his Avici Hellfire experience to 20 quintillion and making the ground safe to cross.
• Zhang Zixin stepped onto the cleared ground and called Zhang Jinxuan out of the sea; he had completed a transformation and taken human form.
• Zhang Lingshan offered Zhang Jinxuan Divine Dew, but Zhang Jinxuan could not digest it because it conflicted with his bloodline.
• Zhang Jinxuan told Zhang Lingshan that a White-haired, Gold-crowned Man had chased his parents, who threw him into a waterfall to save him and left a Form-Shaping Golden Elixir for him.
• Zhang Jinxuan explained that his mother had planted a memory in him that awakened near the Form-Shaping Golden Elixir, while Zhang Lingshan wondered why she had not given him information about their enemy.

Zhang Lingshan led his companions out of the vast Scorched Earth and began cultivating Immortal Spiritual Qi in a mountain cave. As their cultivation stirred a powerful roar, two men and two women in yellow appeared, leaving the Sea Demon King fearing they were trapped between hostile forces.

• The Sea Demon King found flame-free land, and Zhang Lingshan reunited with him and the Sea Monster King before setting out across the Scorched Earth.
• Zhang Lingshan perfected the Star Shifting Technique, discovered it could transfer the Power of Heaven and Earth, and tested its shifting ability by consuming much of his qi and blood.
• Zhang Lingshan rejoined the others, and they crossed five more days of Scorched Earth before reaching the Upper Realm's Immortal Spiritual Qi.
• Zhang Lingshan, Zhang Zixin, and Zhang Jinxuan cultivated in a mountain cave while the Sea Demon King and the Sea Monster King guarded its entrance.
• A powerful roar shook the forest, and two men and two women in yellow appeared near the cave, alarming the Sea Demon King.

Zhang Lingshan watched as the Sea Demon King and Sea Monster King fought four Yellow Crane Sect disciples who mistook them for demons threatening their mountain. After the Sea Demon King turned the fight around, Zhang Lingshan ordered him to capture the disciples, leaving Senior Brother Wang exhausted and awaiting the elder’s arrival.

• Senior Brother Wang sensed demonic aura on the Sea Demon King and Sea Monster King, and the Yellow Crane Sect disciples attacked them after Xu Shan sent a Paper Crane for help.
• The Sea Demon King failed to stop the Paper Crane, while Senior Brother Wang and the others pressed their attacks on the two brothers.
• The Sea Demon King called for Zhang Lingshan, who told him the disciples were weak and urged him to use his strength.
• Taking confidence from Zhang Lingshan’s words, the Sea Demon King struck Xu Shan and the other disciples with a gale and moved to devour them.
• Senior Brother Wang used his blood to restore two sword lights and wound the Sea Monster King, then collapsed as the others raised the Yellow Cloud Cover.
• Zhang Lingshan ordered the Sea Demon King not to kill the disciples and to capture them because he had questions for them.

Zhang Lingshan captured a Yellow Crane Sect group and learned from Xu Shan that he and the Sea Demon King were in the Mortal Realm, not the Immortal Realm. After taking Xu Shan’s jade slip, he learned about ascension rules and became interested in finding the Source River to cultivate with Immortal Spiritual Qi.

• The Sea Demon King netted Senior Brother Wang, while Zhang Lingshan revealed that he had intercepted the group’s paper crane with the Star Shifting Technique.
• The Sea Demon King threatened to eat three captives, and Xu Shan warned him that the Yellow Crane Sect had powerful disciples and Heaven Origin Realm elders.
• Zhang Lingshan asked about cultivation realms, and Senior Brother Wang explained the realm hierarchy and the difference between Immortal Spiritual Qi and local origin power.
• Xu Shan explained that they were in the Xuanjiang Domain of the Mortal Realm and described Identity Jade Tokens, proper ascension, and the dangers faced by smugglers.
• Xu Shan offered Zhang Lingshan a jade slip containing the Ascension Hall’s location and information about Identity Jade Tokens, and he took it from her hand.
• Zhang Lingshan concluded that he needed Immortal Spiritual Qi and asked Little Xuan where the Source River was.

Zhang Lingshan sought a Transformation Realm Cultivation Method from the Yellow Crane Sect and effortlessly subdued the White Tiger Great Demon. After Huang Yuantang refused to take him to the Sect Master, Zhang Lingshan seized his Sword Token, and Huang Yuantang attacked while ordering the others to warn the sect.

• Zhang Lingshan questioned Xu Shan about the Yellow Crane Sect's Transformation Realm Cultivation Method and decided to summon an elder directly.
• Xu Shan activated the paper crane, and a White Tiger Great Demon arrived and demanded that Zhang Lingshan hand over what was inside the cave.
• Zhang Lingshan defeated the White Tiger Great Demon and forced it to submit as his mount.
• Huang Yuantang arrived with two Yellow Crane Sect elders, apologized for the disciples, and refused Zhang Lingshan's request to meet the Sect Master.
• Zhang Lingshan demanded the Transformation Realm Cultivation Method and took Huang Yuantang's Sword Token with a gesture.
• Huang Yuantang ordered the other elders to warn the Sect Master and activated his Sword Box, sending a barrage of treasured swords at Zhang Lingshan.

Zhang Lingshan forced the Yellow Crane Sect elders to take him to their sect so he could borrow its Transformation Realm Cultivation Method. After using his flame to improve Sect Master Huang Yuanhe’s body, Zhang Lingshan received the method and entered the sect’s cultivation chamber with the White Tiger Great Demon to study and experiment.

• Zhang Lingshan subdued Huang Yuantang’s group and had the elders release Senior Brother Wang, Xu Shan, and the other disciples.
• Zhang Lingshan and his companions followed Huang Yuantang to the Yellow Crane Sect, where Huang Yuanhe awaited them on Sect Master Peak.
• Huang Yuanhe tried to refuse Zhang Lingshan’s request for the Transformation Realm Cultivation Method, but Zhang Lingshan’s flame made him suffer until it cleansed impurities from his body.
• Huang Yuanhe agreed to hand over the method and let Zhang Lingshan’s group cultivate at the sect.
• Zhang Lingshan took the Yellow Crane Sect’s cultivation booklet into the chamber with the White Tiger Great Demon to study its cultivation and test his Divine Dew.