Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lingshan rescued Zhang Zixin and the others from the Xiao Family, then led his companions toward the edge of the Xuanjiang Domain to escape the Domain Lord. As they crossed into the Inter-Domain Storms, he promised the East Wind Tower Master the Xuantian Wuji Gong and gained her pledge to join Xuantian Dao.

• Xiao Chuxiao told Wu Yuanxiu that Zhang Lingshan had abducted her, and Wu learned that the Xiao Family held Zhang Lingshan's younger siblings.
• Wu Yuanxiu caught Nan Yu contacting Zhang Lingshan, but Zhang Lingshan arrived, killed Wu and the Xiao Family cultivators, and rescued Zhang Zixin and the others.
• Zhang Lingshan gave the Sea Demon King, the Sea Monster King, and the White Tiger Great Demon Divine Dew Jade Pendants, then left them to travel to a demon domain.
• Zhang Lingshan reunited with the East Wind Tower Master and her group, and they set out across the Inter-Domain Storms to leave the Xuanjiang Domain.
• Zhang Lingshan formed a Turtle Shell Shield Dharma Aspect to protect the group, then promised the East Wind Tower Master the Xuantian Wuji Gong, and she pledged to join Xuantian Dao.

As Zhang Lingshan traveled through the Inter-Domain Storms with the East Wind Tower Master and their companions, a pair of bandits attacked them for the Xuantian Formation Plate. Zhang Lingshan learned their methods of fighting and moving through the storms, drove them off, and taught the East Wind Tower Master what he had learned.

• San Kuangsheng told the City Lord's Mansion that Wu Yuanxiu had died and revealed that Zhang Lingshan had ascended from the Nine Provinces Continent less than a year earlier.
• The East Wind Tower Master lost her way in increasingly violent Inter-Domain Storms, and a wave scattered her Dharma Image and injured her.
• A man and woman emerged from the storms, admitted they wanted the Xuantian Formation Plate, and wounded Zhang Lingshan with Blade Intent concealed in the currents.
• Zhang Lingshan copied their Blade Intent technique and learned to travel by stepping onto moving storm currents, then pursued the couple.
• The man threw a ball that released Gray Worms, but Zhang Lingshan severed his Bone Cage before the worms could reach his body.
• The couple escaped inside a Golden Silk Net that pinned the storm currents, and Zhang Lingshan later taught the East Wind Tower Master the techniques he had learned.

Zhang Lingshan fled the heavily defended Henghe Domain after killing its guards, while Yin Henghe sent the Twelve Vajras after him. After Chen Xuanjiang killed Yuchi Vajra, Zhang reached a quieter domain and left Feng Ming, Yan Zhou, Cong Yuan, Peng Shaolin, and the Xuantian Dao disciples behind with resources and a cultivation method.

• Zhang Lingshan crossed into the Henghe Domain, broke through its barrier formation, and killed the guards who attacked him before escaping with their Storage Bags.
• Yin Henghe ordered the Henghe Twelve Vajras to pursue Zhang Lingshan through the Inter-Domain Storms, and they split up to search for him.
• Chen Xuanjiang killed Yuchi Vajra with the Immortal Binding Rope after Yuchi mocked him, then fled before Yin Henghe could arrive.
• Yin Henghe found Yuchi Vajra's remains, recognized the Immortal Binding Rope, and pursued Chen Xuanjiang.
• Zhang Lingshan reached a quieter domain and settled Feng Ming, Yan Zhou, Cong Yuan, Peng Shaolin, and the Xuantian Dao disciples in a mountain forest, leaving them resources and a Dharma Aspect Realm cultivation method imprinted in their souls.

Zhang Lingshan searched the Inter-Domain Storms for the Ruins and discovered that their Bronze Gate was protected by Weapon Patterns. After using his Profound Gold Intent to subdue one, he opened the gate and entered the Ruins with his companions.

• Zhang Lingshan left the Sea Demon King, the Sea Monster King, and the White Tiger Great Demon in a remote corner with cultivation resources and the Yellow Crane Heart Sutra.
• Following the East Wind Tower Master's directions, Zhang Lingshan found a hidden hollow in the Inter-Domain Storms and reached the Bronze Gate to the Ruins.
• Zhang Lingshan discovered the gate's Weapon Patterns and tried to imprint one with his blood, but the patterns devoured his divine consciousness and roasted his blood dry.
• Zhang Jinxuan protected the group from a Weapon Pattern attack, and Zhang Lingshan realized he could copy a pattern by spreading blood over the gate without focusing divine consciousness on it.
• As the copied Weapon Pattern drained his blood, Zhang Lingshan consumed pills and spent his Energy Points to raise his Profound Gold Intent to the twenty-first level, suppressing the pattern within his body.
• Zhang Lingshan branded the Weapon Pattern onto the Bronze Gate, opened it, and led the group into the Ruins.

Zhang Lingshan explored the Ruins Hall, learned to use basic Teleportation Array patterns, and began studying the more advanced patterns carved on its walls. Outside, Chen Xuanjiang and Yin Henghe joined forces to open the Bronze Gate, but the Weapon Pattern they revealed made them retreat defensively.

• Zhang Lingshan recognized the hall’s patterns as related to teleportation formations and explored the ruins while the East Wind Tower Master and others studied a Stone Stele.
• Zhang Lingshan branded Pei Tong’s copied Teleportation Array patterns into his bones and successfully teleported a small object between two arrays.
• Zhang Lingshan began branding and comprehending the more complex Teleportation Array patterns carved on the hall’s walls.
• Chen Xuanjiang and Yin Henghe arrived outside the Bronze Gate and agreed to open the ruin together before competing for its treasures.
• Yin Henghe used the Bright Light Mirror to reveal the Bronze Gate’s Weapon Pattern, and both men summoned defenses and stepped back.

Yin Henghe and Chen Xuanjiang broke into He Zhiqiou’s hall expecting to find his accumulated treasures, but discovered it was empty. Suspecting Zhang Lingshan was hidden behind the Formation Patterns on the walls, they began analyzing them while Chen Xuanjiang grew increasingly anxious.

• Yin Henghe identified the hall’s defensive Weapon Patterns as He Zhiqiou’s handiwork and persuaded Chen Xuanjiang to use the Immortal Binding Rope while he attacked the Bronze Gate with his spear.
• Yin Henghe broke open the Bronze Gate, and Chen Xuanjiang rushed inside first before Yin Henghe followed and shut the gate behind them.
• Yin Henghe and Chen Xuanjiang found the hall empty, and Chen Xuanjiang insisted he had taken nothing and could not explain where Zhang Lingshan had gone.
• Yin Henghe suspected the Formation Patterns on the walls concealed another space and asked Chen Xuanjiang to supply Immortal Qi for his Multi-faceted Crystal.
• Chen Xuanjiang fed Immortal Qi from his Shadow Blade into the crystal as it analyzed the patterns, and Yin Henghe questioned why Chen Xuanjiang seemed so anxious.

Zhang Lingshan and his companions explored a treasure-filled hall, where he devoured the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, strengthened his cultivation, and comprehended deeper Teleportation Array Patterns. As he activated the patterns to move everyone to another hall, two unexpected arrivals emerged and shouted for them to be stopped.

• Yin Henghe deduced that Chen Xuanjiang had come to the ruins in pursuit of a person with a great secret, then waited with him.
• Zhang Lingshan explained that he had activated the previous hall’s Teleportation Array Patterns to bring everyone to the treasure-filled hall, and the group agreed that he should take the treasures.
• Zhang Lingshan ate the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, gained Energy Points, and found that the Heavenly Demon Transformation Saint Great Law had advanced through cultivation.
• Zhang Lingshan spent one Zhi of Energy Points to reach the Entry Level of the Xuantian Wuji Gong and discovered that it boosted his cultivation speed, including his progress in the Heavenly Demon Transformation Saint Great Law.
• Zhang Lingshan studied the hall’s deeper Formation Patterns while eating until the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were gone, then prepared to activate the Teleportation Array Patterns.
• As Zhang Lingshan and his companions began teleporting, two figures crashed into the hall, and one shouted for them to be stopped.

After escaping Chen Xuanjiang and Yin Henghe, Zhang Lingshan found a hall full of medicinal pills and used them to gain enough Energy Points for major breakthroughs. He reached the middle stage of the Dharma Aspect Realm and perfected both Avici Hellfire and his Immortal Spiritual Body, leaving him far stronger as his pursuers continued analyzing the teleportation arrays.

• Chen Xuanjiang and Yin Henghe arrived too late to stop Zhang Lingshan and the others from teleporting, so Chen Xuanjiang spent another Immortal Artifact, the White Jade Bell, to continue tracking them.
• Zhang Lingshan found shelves of medicinal pills in the next great hall, swallowed a jarful, and urged the others to cultivate while he refined the pills.
• Zhang Lingshan spent Energy Points to perfect Avici Hellfire, then raised the Five Elements Rules to Greater Accomplishment and naturally advanced to the middle stage of the Dharma Aspect Realm.
• Zhang Lingshan absorbed the hall’s Vital Qi of heaven and earth in a torrent, while Zhang Zixin and Zhang Jinxuan began comprehending the aura around him.
• Zhang Lingshan perfected his Immortal Spiritual Body, transforming his Yuan Power into Immortal Spiritual Power and preparing to wield Immortal Artifacts more effectively.

Zhang Lingshan strengthened his cultivation and formations, then sent Zhang Zixin and the others to the next hall while staying behind to confront Yin Henghe and Chen Xuanjiang. When the two arrived and attacked with powerful treasures, Zhang Lingshan activated the formations he had prepared, leaving them caught in a shifting maze.

• Zhang Lingshan consumed medicinal pills, advanced to the late stage of the Dharma Aspect Realm, and used Energy Points to improve his Profound Gold Intent, Lightning Birth Tribulation, and Xuantian Wuji Gong.
• Zhang Lingshan studied and rearranged the Teleportation Array Patterns, preparing an ambush for Yin Henghe and Chen Xuanjiang.
• Zhang Lingshan gave Zhang Zixin Divine Dew, allowing her to break through to the peak of the Dharma Aspect Realm and prepare to protect the others.
• Zhang Lingshan teleported Zhang Zixin, Bai Yuqing, Huang Chang, and the others to the next hall, while the stone stele returned to the first hall.
• Yin Henghe and Chen Xuanjiang teleported into the hall and attacked Zhang Lingshan with an oil lamp and the Elemental Magnetic Jade.
• Zhang Lingshan activated his prepared maze, killing, trapping, and illusion formations, disorienting Yin Henghe and Chen Xuanjiang.

Zhang Lingshan battled Chen Xuanjiang and Yin Henghe, overcoming their targeted treasures with his Avici Hellfire, Saint Tower, and strengthened Five Elements Rules. Chen Xuanjiang lost confidence in his defenses and fled the grand hall aboard the Cold Moon Shuttle.

• Yin Henghe and Chen Xuanjiang broke Zhang Lingshan's formation and used the Elemental Magnetic Jade to restrain his Profound Gold Body.
• Zhang Lingshan sent Avici Hellfire at Chen Xuanjiang, whose Body Purifying Talisman and Illusion God Bell failed to stop it from threatening him.
• Zhang Lingshan's Saint Tower absorbed Yin Henghe's Soul Fixing Nail, while Chen Xuanjiang used Spirit Breaking Sand to repel the Avici Hellfire.
• Chen Xuanjiang tried to bind Zhang Lingshan with the Spirit Binding Hoop, but Zhang Lingshan's Small World carried it toward Yin Henghe instead.
• Chen Xuanjiang realized Zhang Lingshan's Five Elements Rules had become too powerful to counter and fled toward the hall's wall on the Cold Moon Shuttle.

Zhang Lingshan endured Yin Henghe’s Hundred Weapons Scroll and unleashed a vast storm of flames while Chen Xuanjiang and Yin Henghe tried to capture him. He killed Chen Xuanjiang, took the Elemental Magnetic Jade and Spirit Binding Hoop, and turned to face Yin Henghe.

• Zhang Lingshan reflected Yin Henghe’s Soul Fixing Nail back at him, and Chen Xuanjiang returned to join Yin Henghe against Zhang Lingshan.
• Yin Henghe unleashed the Hundred Weapons Scroll, but Zhang Lingshan’s Profound Gold Body withstood the weapons and began assimilating them.
• Chen Xuanjiang tried to pull Zhang Lingshan in with the Elemental Magnetic Jade, but Zhang Lingshan unleashed a storm of expanding, exploding fire whirlwinds.
• Yin Henghe used a Silver Hairpin to weaken the flames, allowing Chen Xuanjiang to place the Spirit Binding Hoop on an illusion while Zhang Lingshan shifted behind him.
• Zhang Lingshan killed Chen Xuanjiang with the Yin Yang Sword, swallowed him for Energy Points, took the Elemental Magnetic Jade and Spirit Binding Hoop, and faced Yin Henghe.

Zhang Lingshan captured Yin Henghe and questioned him and Extreme Soul Immortal Venerable about reaching the Immortal Realm. After learning their Mortal Realm belonged to the Great Qing Dynasty, they discovered the hall’s Teleportation Array Patterns could provide a way there.

• Zhang Lingshan trapped Yin Henghe in a Formation, took his Storage Ring, and asked how to reach the Immortal Realm.
• Zhang Lingshan questioned Extreme Soul Immortal Venerable, who explained the three routes to the Immortal Realm and warned that unauthorized travelers could be sent to the Great Prison.
• Zhang Lingshan asked Yin Henghe which Immortal Realm faction controlled their Mortal Realm, and Yin Henghe answered that it was the Great Qing Dynasty.
• Extreme Soul Immortal Venerable sensed Teleportation Array Patterns carved around the hall and recognized them as cross-world patterns that could send them to the Immortal Realm.
• Extreme Soul Immortal Venerable urged Zhang Lingshan to find and complete the remaining patterns, which might lead directly outside the Great Qing Dynasty.

Zhang Lingshan arrived at a great hall where an Incense and Fire Divine Cult ritual was turning his companions into Human Candles, and learned that a nearly dying cultivator was hiding inside a statue. While preparing to deal with the threat, he discovered that absorbing metal from magical weapons increased his Profound Gold Body’s experience, and resolved to find more artifacts to strengthen it.

• Zhang Lingshan teleported to the pitch-black hall, where Zhang Zixin and the others sheltered beneath the Heaven and Earth Furnace as their Divine Dew Pendants burned.
• Extreme Soul Immortal Venerable identified the hall as a method for entering the Incense and Fire Divine Cult and revealed that a nearly dying cultivator was hiding inside the statue.
• Zhang Lingshan decided to kill the cultivator quickly rather than study the formations, while keeping secret that his Avici Hellfire had been weakened.
• Zhang Lingshan inspected Chen Xuanjiang’s Storage Ring, found the Elemental Magnetic Jade, and realized it could drain the metal power of his Profound Gold Body.
• Zhang Lingshan absorbed the metal layer from the Shadow Blade and saw his Profound Gold Body’s experience rise, prompting him to seek more artifacts for its advancement.

Zhang Lingshan restored the Avici Hellfire and used it to attack the living figure inside the statue, trapping him with his Qi and Blood Flame and Thunder Ray. The figure identified himself as He Zhiqiou, a former World Lord, and realized Zhang Lingshan had mastered the Five Elements Rules and understood his Teleportation Array Pattern.

• Zhang Lingshan used mental-power pills, Yin Qi treasures, and his Immortal Divine Sense to restore the Avici Hellfire while deriving a plan to condense a Ghost Dao Dharma Aspect.
• Zhang Lingshan sent the restored Avici Hellfire into the statue, stored Zhang Zixin and the others in the Pouch Space, and filled the grand hall with his Qi and Blood Flame.
• A Light Shadow fled from the statue, but Zhang Lingshan trapped him with Thunder Ray and the flame domain; the Light Shadow recognized that Zhang Lingshan controlled the Avici Hellfire and Thunder Ray.
• The Light Shadow introduced himself as He Zhiqiou and offered to take Zhang Lingshan to the Immortal Realm if he helped create Human Candles for the Incense and Fire Divine Cult.
• Zhang Lingshan refused to lower his defenses, and He Zhiqiou realized that Zhang Lingshan understood his Teleportation Array Pattern and had used the Five Elements Rules to seal the grand hall.

Zhang Lingshan defeated He Zhiqiu’s humanoid formation by using his Profound Gold Body to absorb its array patterns. He Zhiqiu handed Zhang Lingshan his Storage Ring and died, leaving his revenge against He Qiankun unresolved.

• He Zhiqiu attacked Zhang Lingshan with a sword, a hidden silver needle, and a formation that trapped him in an immense space.
• He Zhiqiu revealed that his plan had been to turn intruders into Human Candles and use their power to ascend.
• Zhang Lingshan released his Mysterious Gold Blood into the formation and absorbed its array patterns with his Profound Gold Body and Derive Myriad Techniques.
• He Zhiqiu recognized Zhang Lingshan’s Profound Gold Body, admitted defeat, and gave him his Storage Ring.
• He Zhiqiu asked Zhang Lingshan to kill He Qiankun in the Immortal Realm, then died after saying his lifespan was exhausted.
• Zhang Lingshan regretted that He Zhiqiu’s flesh and soul had been wasted.

Zhang Lingshan absorbed He Zhiqiou’s formation patterns and treasures, advancing his Profound Gold Intent before learning that entering the Immortal Realm required a medium. As he weighed the danger of others discovering his Profound Gold Body, he found a possible way to survive and decided He Zhiqiou would take the blame.

• Zhang Lingshan searched for signs that He Zhiqiou had survived, then engraved the formation patterns from He Zhiqiou’s formation into his bones.
• Zhang Lingshan questioned Extreme Soul Immortal Venerable about reaching the Immortal Realm and learned that teleportation required a suitable medium.
• Zhang Lingshan absorbed some of He Zhiqiou’s weapons, raising his Profound Gold Intent to the twenty-third level and greatly speeding up his recording of the Teleportation Array Patterns.
• Extreme Soul Immortal Venerable explained that the Great Qing Dynasty’s medium was kept where the Domain Lords and World Lords resided, but refused to clarify how the array worked.
• Zhang Lingshan considered the danger of the Mortal Realm learning about his Profound Gold Body, devised a possible escape plan, and decided He Zhiqiou could take the blame.

Zhang Lingshan faked He Zhiqiou’s ascension, took the comprehension stele, and left the hall disguised as Chen Junhao. Lost in the Inter-Domain Storms, he captured a bandit who explained how to find Domains, and Zhang Lingshan followed the Domain Guiding Grass toward one.

• Zhang Lingshan scattered burning Divine Dew through the halls to make it appear He Zhiqiou had left behind Incense and Fire Power while ascending.
• Zhang Lingshan learned from Extreme Soul Immortal Venerable how to claim the comprehension stele and drew it into his sea of consciousness.
• Zhang Lingshan transformed himself into Chen Junhao and entered the Inter-Domain Storms, but failed to find a weak void and avoided inspecting the Storage Rings he had taken.
• A rugged bandit mistook Zhang Lingshan for Chen Junhao, and Zhang Lingshan broke his shoulders, took his Storage Ring, and demanded to know how to reach a Domain.
• The bandit explained that Domain Guiding Grass pointed toward the nearest Domain, so Zhang Lingshan took the grass and stored the bandit in a Spirit Beast Bag as a guide.
• Zhang Lingshan followed the Domain Guiding Grass across the Inter-Domain Storms.

Zhang Lingshan learned about the Mortal Realm’s domain rankings and used a Direction Ball to travel with his new slave Yuan Jun. After choosing the Ghost King Domain to seek a Ghost Dao Dharma Aspect method, he faced ghost cultivators who asked why he had come.

• Zhang Lingshan arrived in the Dust Domain with Yuan Jun, who explained its nature and offered his Soul Imprint to become Zhang Lingshan’s slave.
• Yuan Jun told Zhang Lingshan about the Mortal Realm’s domain rankings, the upcoming competition, and the ascension opportunity tied to the top ten.
• Zhang Lingshan found a Direction Ball in He Zhiqiou’s Storage Ring and used it to travel toward the Spring Domain, then redirected Yuan Jun to the Ghost King Domain to seek a Ghost Dao Dharma Aspect method.
• Zhang Lingshan and Yuan Jun entered the Ghost King Domain, where ghost cultivators noticed their living bodies and the Direction Ball.
• Zhang Lingshan told the ghost cultivators he wanted a method to condense a Ghost Dao Dharma Aspect and offered them benefits for helping him.

Zhang Lingshan traded Divine Dew for Ghost Dao Dharma Aspect techniques in the Ghost King Domain and used his abilities to safely record them. After collecting several methods, including the Ghost Fetus Dharma Aspect, he and Yuan Jun left through the weak hollow into the Inter-Domain Storms area.

• Zhang Lingshan gave Hu Gui and the other ghosts Divine Dew Pendants in exchange for a demonstration of the Black Prison Dharma Aspect.
• Hu Gui warned Zhang Lingshan that fast transmission was dangerous, but Zhang Lingshan chose it and destroyed the Black Prison with Lightning Birth Tribulation while Derive Myriad Techniques recorded it.
• Zhang Lingshan rewarded Hu Gui with Divine Dew Crystals, frightening the ghosts with how quickly he had recovered from the transmission.
• Several ghosts offered their Dharma Aspects, including the Abyss, Nether Snake, Great Yin, and Ghost King Dharma Aspects.
• A young ghost revealed that he knew the Method of Condensing Ghost Fetus, which Zhang Lingshan also accepted.
• Zhang Lingshan collected the Ghost Dao Dharma Aspects offered by the ghosts, then left with Yuan Jun for the Inter-Domain Storms area.

Zhang Lingshan traveled toward Spring Domain after trading with ghosts for Ghost Dao Dharma Aspect methods, while they secretly kept the Divine Dew Treasure Crystals and chose not to report him. On the way, Zhang Lingshan killed Ruyi Vajra despite learning that the World Lord had summoned him to investigate the Henghe Domain Lord’s death, leaving Yuan Jun shaken by his master’s ruthlessness.

• The ghosts decided not to report Zhang Lingshan and absorbed the Divine Dew Treasure Crystals he had given them.
• Zhang Lingshan continued toward Spring Domain with Yuan Jun while comprehending the Ghost Dao Dharma Aspects.
• Ruyi Vajra blocked their path, demanded the Direction Ball and Storage Rings, and trapped them with his Ruyi Cover.
• Zhang Lingshan appeared behind Ruyi Vajra and seized him, while Ruyi Vajra revealed that the World Lord had summoned the Twelve Vajras to investigate the Henghe Domain Lord’s death.
• Zhang Lingshan concluded that the World Lord could not directly locate him, then killed and devoured Ruyi Vajra.
• Zhang Lingshan told Yuan Jun to keep a lower profile, and Yuan Jun wondered whether following him was wise.