Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lingshan returned to Qingxuan City with the Blood God Flower seed stored away and entered the Rogue Cultivator Alliance disguised as Xuantian Shangren. The White-Browed Steward recognized the disguise and revealed how he had seen Xuantian Shangren at the Xuanjiang Domain Centennial Talent Selection Tournament.

• Zhang Lingshan learned that the Blood God Flower seed could parasitize creatures and supposedly revive the dead, then stored it away before setting out with the Black Scaled Nether Snake while Miao Shan stayed behind to cultivate.
• Zhang Lingshan returned to Qingxuan City, found his arrest warrant still posted after four months, and evaded an Alliance steward who inspected passersby for disguises.
• Zhang Lingshan entered the Rogue Cultivator Alliance disguised as Xuantian Shangren and asked to rent a Top-Tier Cultivation Room while waiting for one to become available.
• After Zhang Lingshan demanded to speak with a steward about rare treasures, the White-Browed Steward recognized him as Xuantian Shangren and said he had seen him win ten consecutive matches at the Xuanjiang Domain Centennial Talent Selection Tournament.

Zhang Lingshan bought Flesh and Blood Marvel Pills and other medicines at the Rogue Cultivator Alliance, gaining a large number of Energy Points before entering a Top-Tier Cultivation Room. After the White-Browed Steward identified him as an impostor posing as the dead Xuantian Shangren, he summoned Xuantian Dao remnants to confront him, and Peng Shaolin and Xuanqing set out toward Qingxuan City.

• Zhang Lingshan bought a bottle of Flesh and Blood Marvel Pills, took one, and gained 2 quintillion Energy Points without suffering the warned-about mutation.
• Zhang Lingshan bought another bottle of Flesh and Blood Marvel Pills and a bottle of Fu Ling Blood-Generating Pills, then entered a Top-Tier Cultivation Room.
• The White-Browed Steward told the maid that Zhang Lingshan was impersonating the dead Xuantian Shangren and used a talisman to summon an old contact from Xuantian Dao.
• Elder Huang urged Peng Shaolin to go to the Qingxuan City Rogue Cultivator Alliance and kill the impostor, while Bai Yuqing cautioned that the matter might be a trap.
• Bai Yuqing sent Xuanqing, who had been Senior Brother and Junior Sister with the Dao Son, to accompany Peng Shaolin and investigate who was behind the impersonation.

Zhang Lingshan cultivated in the Rogue Cultivator Alliance’s top-tier room, then fought off three Spirit Essence Realm elders who coordinated their attacks to capture him. He escaped Bai Xia’s formation and turned the trap against Xia Shi while a Black Scaled Nether Snake strangled Qiu Zhi.

• Zhang Lingshan swallowed pills to raise his Energy Points and absorbed the room’s Vital Qi while imprinting Formation Patterns into its array.
• Peng Shaolin brought Xuanqing Shangren to the Rogue Cultivator Alliance, where Xia Shi recognized Zhang Lingshan inside the cultivation room and drove them away.
• Xia Shi, Bai Xia, and Qiu Zhi attacked Zhang Lingshan together, shattering his Heavenly Chasm Blade Intent and binding him in Bai Xia’s Spirit Essence Array.
• Xuanqing Shangren and Peng Shaolin noticed Zhang Lingshan resembled their Dao Son, but doubted he could be the same person after the elders captured him.
• Zhang Lingshan stepped free of the formation chains, which wrapped around Xia Shi’s Lion True Body, as a Black Scaled Nether Snake coiled around Qiu Zhi’s neck.

Zhang Lingshan killed the three Rogue Cultivator Alliance elders and began plundering the Alliance, while Xuanqing mistook him for the returned Dao Son Xuantian and offered to bring him back to Xuantian Dao. He left Xuanqing and Peng Shaolin to gather the treasures, supplying them with Storage Bags as they looted.

• Zhang Lingshan killed Qiu Zhi, Xia Shi, and Bai Xia after breaking their coordination with his formations and cursed Death Qi.
• Zhang Lingshan ordered the onlookers to leave the Rogue Cultivator Alliance and warned them not to steal its treasures.
• Xuanqing declared that Zhang Lingshan was Senior Brother Xuantian, approached him, and urged him to return to Xuantian Dao.
• Zhang Lingshan agreed to visit Xuantian Dao after looting the Alliance, then asked Xuanqing and Peng Shaolin to gather its valuables.
• Xuanqing revealed her Storage Ring and used it to collect treasures, despite Peng Shaolin's warning that it was a relic from the Dao Master.
• Zhang Lingshan tossed more than a hundred Storage Bags to Peng Shaolin and warned him not to steal anything.

After looting the Rogue Cultivator Alliance, Zhang Lingshan learned that Qingxuan City's City Lord represented the immortals and was a formidable Dharma Aspect Realm expert. He disguised himself and prepared to rescue his friend Nan Yu, while Xuanqing and Peng Shaolin waited outside the city.

• Zhang Lingshan exhausted the Rogue Cultivator Alliance's stored Vital Qi, bringing his Myriad Formation Scripture close to Greater Accomplishment, then accepted the treasures Xuanqing and Peng Shaolin had gathered.
• Xuanqing invited Zhang Lingshan to Xuantian Dao, but he said he first needed to rescue his friend from the city gate tower.
• Xuanqing warned Zhang Lingshan that the City Lord's Mansion represented the Domain Lord and that Qingxuan City's City Lord was a powerful Dharma Aspect Realm expert.
• Zhang Lingshan concluded the City Lord was absent from Qingxuan City and told Xuanqing and Peng Shaolin to wait outside while he went back into the city.
• Zhang Lingshan changed his appearance and took a common boat-shaped flying treasure so he would not be recognized before rescuing Nan Yu.

Zhang Lingshan rescued Nan Yu from Qingxuan City and escaped after using Silent Blade to sever Captain Eagle’s control over his Spirit Essence True Body. He left Nan Yu with supplies and a Jade Pendant to investigate the Xiao Family, while the injured Eagle Minister fled the city after Young Master cast him aside.

• Zhang Lingshan freed Nan Yu from the spear at Qingxuan City’s gate and escaped aboard a Flying Boat as Captain Eagle pursued them.
• Zhang Lingshan used Silent Blade to sever Captain Eagle’s divine sense connection, captured the Eagle True Body in his Pouch Space, and fled.
• Captain Eagle told Young Master that the attacker had used Immortal Divine Sense, but Young Master accused him of making excuses and refused to give him a Nine Revolutions Profound Nether Pill.
• Eagle Minister realized his place in the City Lord’s Mansion was precarious and left Qingxuan City to seek a chance to recover.
• Nan Yu handed Zhang Lingshan the Tao Zeng and his other treasures, including the Five Elements Stone, and Zhang Lingshan gave him a Storage Bag and the Flying Boat.
• Zhang Lingshan gave Nan Yu a Jade Pendant and told him to investigate the Xiao Family in disguise before departing on the Xuantian Formation Plate.

Zhang Lingshan refined the Five Elements Stone in a mountain cave, altering the nearby rules and drawing the attention of three Divine Sword Sect cultivators. After they broke into his cave to seize the supposed Rule Treasure, Zhang Lingshan fought back, leaving Lan Bingning, Shi Pofeng, and Liu Chuan wary of his abilities.

• Zhang Lingshan used the Xuantian Formation Plate to protect himself while he comprehended the Five Elements Rules in the Five Elements Stone.
• Lan Bingning sensed rule fluctuations over Lianfeng Mountain, and Shi Pofeng used his Flying Sand True Body to locate Zhang Lingshan's cave.
• Lan Bingning and Liu Chuan persuaded Shi Pofeng to claim the Rule Treasure, and Lan Bingning shattered Zhang Lingshan's Formation with her Cold Ice Rules.
• Zhang Lingshan unleashed flames from the cave, forcing Shi Pofeng to pull Lan Bingning back while he and Liu Chuan attacked with sand, stone, and sword shadows.
• Lan Bingning trapped Zhang Lingshan's Avici Hellfire in ice and warned Shi Pofeng and Liu Chuan that the flame could kill them, leaving the three on guard as Zhang Lingshan prepared to emerge.

Zhang Lingshan escaped a confrontation with Divine Sword Sect disciples Shi Pofeng, Lan Bingning, and Liu Chuan, who later learned he had likely used the lost Star Shifting Technique. Le Bingyun concluded that surviving its spatial toll meant Zhang Lingshan had condensed a Profound Gold Body.

• Shi Pofeng offered Zhang Lingshan one hundred thousand Spirit Coins for the Rule Treasure, but Zhang Lingshan attacked him with Heavenly Chasm Blade Intent and wounded him despite his Illusion Body Armor.
• Shi Pofeng, Lan Bingning, and Liu Chuan revealed their names, and Zhang Lingshan slipped into the mountain cave before vanishing from Lianfeng Mountain.
• The three Divine Sword Sect disciples traveled to the Dangyun Mountain Range and recounted the battle to Lan Bingning's master, Le Bingyun.
• Le Bingyun identified Zhang Lingshan's escape as the lost Star Shifting Technique and explained that surviving its spatial tearing required a Profound Gold Body.

Le Bingyun learned that Zhang Lingshan possessed the legendary Profound Gold Body and mobilized the Divine Sword Sect to seek him out. Zhang Lingshan returned to Xuanqing and Peng Shaolin, who recognized the danger posed by the sect and were stunned by his account of fighting its disciples.

• Le Bingyun had Lan Bingning, Shi Pofeng, and Liu Chuan create an image of Zhang Lingshan, then said she would coordinate with the sect leaders to capture him and share the Profound Gold Body’s secrets.
• Le Bingyun told the three disciples to focus on the martial contest until they reached the Dharma Aspect Realm, while assuring Lan Bingning that she would share in the opportunity.
• Zhang Lingshan appeared beside Xuanqing and Peng Shaolin, reassured Xuanqing, and invited them onto his Flying Boat.
• Zhang Lingshan said Lan Bingning, Shi Pofeng, and Liu Chuan had attacked him, and Xuanqing and Peng Shaolin explained that the Divine Sword Sect had helped destroy Xuantian Dao.
• Xuanqing identified Shi Pofeng’s Illusion Body Armor as a treasured defense passed down by his master, and Zhang Lingshan realized it had stopped his slash from killing Shi Pofeng.
• Peng Shaolin was left wondering whether Zhang Lingshan’s late True Essence Realm cultivation concealed his true strength.

Zhang Lingshan used the Extreme Yin Ghost Seal to greatly increase his Divine Consciousness, but the Corrosion Method consumed most of his flesh and blood and may have allowed a ghostly entity to influence him. After recovering with Xuanqing’s Sky Mending Pills, he arrived at Xuantian Dao’s hidden reed-marsh encampment, where the disciples rejected him as an impostor and one attacked him.

• Zhang Lingshan learned that He Yunhuan had given Shi Pofeng the Illusion Body Armor, then handed the Flying Boat’s direction controls to Xuanqing and secluded himself.
• Zhang Lingshan used the Extreme Yin Ghost Seal to fuel the Corrosion Method, raising his Immortal Divine Sense from 18 quintillion to 68 quintillion while burning away his flesh and blood.
• Zhang Lingshan suspected a ghostly entity in the seal had affected his self-control, put it away, and took pills to begin recovering.
• Xuanqing and Peng Shaolin were shocked by Zhang Lingshan’s gaunt appearance, and Xuanqing gave him two bottles of Sky Mending Pills to restore his disguise.
• Xuanqing brought Zhang Lingshan to Xuantian Dao’s temporary base in a reed marsh, where the disciples called him an impostor and surrounded the Flying Boat.
• Zhang Lingshan mocked the marsh encampment, and an enraged figure lunged at him with a yellow Flame True Body.

Zhang Lingshan convinced the Xuantian Dao elders that he might be their lost Daozi and demanded a Spirit Essence Realm cultivation method. Huang Chang agreed to teach him the Xuantian True Fire Technique if he killed the Heavenly Demon Sect demoness Dou Xiangxiang, and Zhang accepted the challenge.

• Zhang Lingshan swallowed nearly half of Huang Chang's Flame True Body before Xuanqing stopped the elders from attacking him.
• Xuanqing claimed Zhang Lingshan was the lost Daozi Xuantian Shangren, and he produced the Xuantian Formation Plate to support his claim.
• Zhang demanded the Dharma Aspect Realm inheritance method, but Bai Yuqing said it was stored on Xuantian Island and Xuanqing offered Spirit Essence Realm methods instead.
• Huang Chang refused to teach the Xuantian True Fire Technique unless Zhang proved his loyalty by killing Dou Xiangxiang and bringing back her head.
• Zhang agreed, and Huang Chang gave him a Jade Slip describing Dou Xiangxiang's charm arts and the Xuantian Dao disciples who had betrayed their sect for her.

Zhang Lingshan convinced the Xuantian Dao elders that he was Xuantian Shangren by demonstrating the Xuantian Transformation and revealing the Xuantian Mirror. After receiving a Lihuo Essence to improve his transformation, he entered seclusion and swallowed it, but the essence immediately set his insides ablaze.

• Huang Chang gave Zhang Lingshan a map to Zixuan City and urged him to kill Dou Xiangxiang, while Bai Yuqing ordered Xuanqing to accompany him.
• Zhang Lingshan transformed into Shi Pofeng, and Bai Yuqing confirmed his Xuantian Transformation was genuine.
• Zhang Lingshan revealed the Xuantian Mirror and its Artifact Spirit, Little Xuan, convincing Xuanqing and the others that he was Xuantian Shangren.
• Zhang Lingshan used the mirror to transform Xuanqing into Lan Bingning, then asked the elders for treasures to help him improve his transformation.
• Huang Chang gave Zhang Lingshan a Lihuo Essence, and Zhang Lingshan entered a formation-protected seclusion and swallowed it whole.
• The Lihuo Essence erupted inside Zhang Lingshan, setting his internal organs ablaze.

Zhang Lingshan struggled to balance the Lihuo Essence and Mystic Ice Tree while Bai Yuqing left to find Cold Jade Crystal. When Bai Yuqing returned, three powerful enemies followed him to the Xuantian Dao camp, where Bai Qixing revealed himself as a former undercover agent and attacked Zhang Lingshan’s Formation.

• Zhang Lingshan’s Mystic Ice Tree drained energy from his Immortal Spiritual Body and the surrounding cold energy, so Bai Yuqing sent out a search for cold ice-type treasures.
• Bai Yuqing returned with Cold Jade Crystal, but Zhang Lingshan sensed enemies approaching and pulled the Xuantian Dao disciples inside his Formation while he refined it.
• Bai Yuqing admitted that he had suspected he was being followed, and three peak Spirit Essence Realm cultivators appeared above the Formation.
• Bai Yuqing recognized the young man leading them as Bai Qixing, his former disciple who had betrayed Xuantian Dao.
• Bai Qixing said he had been an undercover agent and offered Bai Yuqing a chance to leave, but then summoned a giant and sent a Heavy Hammer crashing toward Zhang Lingshan’s Formation.

Zhang Lingshan protected Xuanqing and the Xuantian Dao disciples from Bai Qixing’s group while refining the Lihuo Essence and Cold Jade Crystal. After the Burly Man broke through their defenses and attacked Xuanqing, Zhang Lingshan switched places with her and killed him with his own hammer, leaving the other attackers shocked.

• Bai Qixing and the Burly Man struck at the Formation, and the Burly Man shattered Bai Yuqing’s Jade True Body.
• Zhang Lingshan absorbed Bai Yuqing’s scattered jade fragments, used the Eagle True Body to aid his refinement, and entrusted Xuanqing with controlling the Xuantian Formation Plate in the mist.
• The Red-Skirted Woman locked onto the Xuantian Formation Plate with Red Pattern, while her companion stopped Zhang Lingshan’s qi-and-blood flames from reaching it.
• The Burly Man attacked Xuanqing, but Zhang Lingshan used Immortal Divine Sense to halt the strike and switched places with her.
• The Burly Man’s hammer hit Zhang Lingshan’s shoulder, which quickly healed; Zhang Lingshan seized the hammer and smashed the Burly Man dead with one blow.

Zhang Lingshan survived Bai Qixing’s ambush, drove him and his companions away, and finished refining the Lihuo Essence and Cold Jade Crystal. After receiving the Xuantian True Fire Technique, he learned that Dou Xiangxiang remained in Zixuan City and prepared to go kill her.

• Bai Qixing ambushed Zhang Lingshan with a hidden strike, but Zhang instantly recovered, prompting Bai Qixing and his two companions to retreat.
• Xuanqing guided the Xuantian Formation Plate away while Zhang continued refining the treasures and healing.
• Zhang consumed the Lihuo Essence and Cold Jade Crystal, increasing his Immortal Spiritual Body and Energy Points, then gave Storage Bags to Bai Yuqing and Huang Chang.
• Huang Chang taught Zhang the Xuantian True Fire Technique and explained that Zhang needed to reach True Essence Realm Perfection before cultivating it.
• Huang Chang revealed that his Perception Fire Seed let him sense his traitorous disciple Song Shuyuan, who remained with Dou Xiangxiang in Zixuan City, and Zhang decided to kill her.

Zhang Lingshan feared that using the Star Shifting Technique had exposed his Profound Gold Body, so he improved his disguise and set out for Zixuan City with Xuanqing to kill Dou Xiangxiang. As they arrived, someone recognized him as Immortal Master Yu Yang and asked whether he had come for the Zixuan Pure Heart Art.

• Bai Yuqing explained that the Star Shifting Technique revealed Zhang Lingshan's Profound Gold Body, which could attract the pursuit of Dharma Aspect Realm experts.
• Zhang Lingshan spent 100 gai Energy Points to advance Xuantian Transformation to Greater Accomplishment and changed his appearance to Immortal Master Yu Yang.
• Zhang Lingshan agreed to let Xuanqing accompany him to kill Dou Xiangxiang, and she disguised herself before they traveled toward Zixuan City.
• Zhang Lingshan and Xuanqing arrived at Zixuan City, where they pretended to be husband and wife and introduced themselves as Immortal Master Yu Yang and Chuxiao.
• Someone recognized Zhang Lingshan as Immortal Master Yu Yang and asked whether he had come for the Zixuan Pure Heart Art.

Zhang Lingshan and Xuanqing encountered Xiao Yi and Zhao Yuqing in Zixuan City, where the pair mistook Zhang Lingshan for the weakened Yu Yang and suspected he knew something about Zhang Lingshan. After Xiao Yi followed them with his divine consciousness, Zhang Lingshan left the city to lure the two after him and kill them.

• Xiao Yi and Zhao Yuqing introduced themselves to Zhang Lingshan, who recognized them as the survivors from his encounter at the Saint Tower on the Nine Provinces Continent.
• Xiao Yi and Zhao Yuqing boasted about reaching the Spirit Essence Realm and mocked Zhang Lingshan's apparent decline, while Zhang Lingshan concealed his identity and claimed he had heard Zhang Lingshan was dead.
• After Zhang Lingshan and Xuanqing left, Zhao Yuqing suspected that Yu Yang had met Zhang Lingshan and that his cultivation decline was connected to him; Xiao Yi agreed they should capture Yu Yang for information and loot.
• Xiao Yi used his divine consciousness to follow Zhang Lingshan through Zixuan City, and Zhang Lingshan sensed the pursuit.
• Zhang Lingshan told Xuanqing to find lodging and left the city alone, intending to kill Xiao Yi and Zhao Yuqing; they followed him outside the gates on flying magical treasures.

Zhang Lingshan killed Xiao Yi and Zhao Yuqing with a formation, then consumed their Thousand Year Blood Ganoderma and perfected the Myriad Formation Scripture, gaining Formation Qi Stream. After Xuanqing called for help, he rescued her from Xuantian Dao disciples in Zixuan City, while Senior Brother Song chose not to pursue them.

• Zhang Lingshan trapped Xiao Yi and Zhao Yuqing in formations, killed them, absorbed their souls, and took their Storage Bags.
• Zhang Lingshan found two Thousand Year Blood Ganoderma and refined them, advancing the Myriad Formation Scripture to Perfection and unlocking Formation Qi Stream.
• After testing Formation Qi Stream, Zhang Lingshan heard Xuanqing call for help and flew back to Zixuan City.
• Zhang Lingshan found Xuanqing captured by eight Xuantian Dao disciples, used Formation Qi Stream to distract them, and rescued her from the two men holding her.
• Senior Brother Song recognized Zhang Lingshan as a dangerous opponent after seeing his Black Scaled Nether Snake and let him leave with Xuanqing.
• The disciples discussed the strange sensation Zhang Lingshan had caused, speculating that his powerful Divine Consciousness had made them hallucinate.

Zhang Lingshan brought the wounded Xuanqing to a luxurious cave-abode room, where they became intimate and she recovered some of her damaged foundation. When he named Xia Ru as the person who had harmed Xuantian Shangren, Xuanqing realized Moon God Palace might have orchestrated Xuantian Dao’s destruction, and Zhang Lingshan vowed to take revenge.

• Zhang Lingshan spent one hundred thousand Spirit Coins to bring Xuanqing to an upper room, gave her Cloud Life Essence, and began cultivating in the rich Heaven and Earth Vital Qi.
• Xuanqing initiated intimacy with Zhang Lingshan, and afterward said the experience had partly repaired her damaged foundation.
• When Xuanqing asked who had harmed him, Zhang Lingshan named Xia Ru, shocking Xuanqing, who recalled Xia Ru’s engagement to Xuantian Shangren and Moon God Palace’s failure to aid Xuantian Dao.
• Xuanqing concluded that Xia Ru and Moon God Palace might have been behind Xuantian Dao’s destruction, while Zhang Lingshan vowed to kill Xia Ru, Moon God Palace’s master, and the other forces that had attacked the sect.
• Xuanqing urged Zhang Lingshan not to listen to Xia Ru or hesitate when they met, and Zhang Lingshan promised to attack her immediately.

Zhang Lingshan mastered the Xuantian True Fire Technique, broke through to the early stage of the Spirit Essence Realm, and used providence to help Xuanqing recover and reach the peak of the Spirit Essence Realm. After deciding to pursue Dou Xiangxiang and the others, they left their cave residence and learned that the East Wind Tower Master, a Dharma Aspect Realm expert, wanted to meet Zhang Lingshan.

• Zhang Lingshan advanced the Xuantian True Fire Technique to Entry Level, burned impurities from his body, improved his Immortal Spiritual Body, and broke through to the early stage of the Spirit Essence Realm.
• Zhang Lingshan began deducing a Berserk Transformation Spirit Essence True Body while Xuanqing worried about the cave residence’s mounting cost.
• Zhang Lingshan used providence and the Divine Dew Blood Membrane to raise Xuanqing’s potential, helping her recover her vitality and reach the peak of the Spirit Essence Realm.
• Zhang Lingshan learned that Xuanqing had no Dharma Aspect Realm cultivation method and rejected the Zixuan Pure Heart Art, then decided to target Dou Xiangxiang and the others.
• Zhang Lingshan and Xuanqing left the cave residence, where an East Wind Tower attendant invited Zhang Lingshan to meet the Tower Master; Xuanqing recognized the Tower Master as a Dharma Aspect Realm expert.