Chapter Summaries

Shen Zhui mastered the first layer of the Illusory God Dao, discovered that the Merit Barrier dispelled demonic resentment, and spent heavily on equipment before preparing to meet Lin Ze. After secretly changing identities to evade anyone watching him, he contacted Lin Ze, who said he was waiting beyond the city, across the mountains.

• Shen Zhui completed the first layer of the Illusory God Dao and the system upgraded after his accumulated Merit Points exceeded ten million.
• Shen Zhui tested the Merit Barrier and found that it destroyed the resentful demonic blood from a Demon Spirit Bead, though resisting it rapidly consumed Merit Points.
• Shen Zhui sold Jian Shiliu's Flying Swords and other artifacts, then bought defensive spirit weapons, recovery pills, and formation materials for his coming journey.
• Shen Zhui inventoried his new equipment and wealth, then reminded himself to stay cautious about the Venerable's Cave Mansion.
• Shen Zhui disguised himself as several people to conceal his departure from White Cloud Peak and secretly asked Lin Ze where he was.
• Lin Ze replied that he was outside the city, across the mountains.

Shen Zhui and Lin Ze entered a Venerable's Cave Heaven World to search for precious spiritual stones. After finding a building with glowing Moon Pattern Stones, Shen Zhui killed the beasts gathered there so Lin Ze could begin breaking its formations.

• Shen Zhui met Lin Ze outside the city, and they traveled to Sishui River before flying to the island and entering the cave beneath its waterfall.
• The pair crossed the Cave Heaven World's barrier, where the scenery changed to a night-covered realm of ruins and powerful gravity.
• Lin Ze explained that the ruined structures and surviving barrier suggested the realm was a Venerable's Cave Heaven World, and he proposed searching for Moon Pattern Stones.
• Using Shen Zhui's Spirit-Connecting Compass, the pair avoided beasts as they traveled deeper into the ruins and found glowing Moon Pattern Stones in an intact building.
• Shen Zhui transformed into a Shadow Demon Leopard and used Demon Soul Howl to kill eighteen demonic beasts, then slew two King-level Fierce Beasts with his saber.
• Lin Ze arrived and counted eleven Moon Pattern Stones embedded in the building.

Shen Zhui and Lin Ze collected Moon Pattern Stones and explored Ciyun World, where Lin Ze’s cultivation advanced before a hidden demonic beast injured him. Inside Panyang Mansion, Shen Zhui discovered Panyangzi’s message about 360 Divine Ability Mansions and a possible Venerable inheritance, and learned that Panyangzi’s own inheritance lay beneath the statue.

• Lin Ze used his formation skills to obtain eleven Moon Pattern Stones, which he and Shen Zhui divided between them.
• Shen Zhui expanded his Heaven Soul Cave Heaven, while Lin Ze’s Cave Heaven grew enough to advance him to the High-stage Spirit Bridge Realm.
• A concealed demonic beast triggered Panyang Mansion’s formation and severely injured Lin Ze, but he later broke through the formations and entered the mansion with Shen Zhui.
• While searching separately, Shen Zhui found a statue that revealed the mansion belonged to Panyangzi, a Divine Ability Realm subordinate of Ciyun Venerable.
• Panyangzi explained that Ciyun World held 360 Divine Ability Mansions with inheritances and that Ciyun Venerable’s possible Supreme Skill lay at the world’s center.
• Panyangzi told Shen Zhui that his own inheritance was beneath the statue.

Shen Zhui and Lin Ze discovered that obtaining Panyangzi’s inheritance had activated the Ciyun World’s boundary, revealing the locations of most of its Inheritance Mansions. As news of the treasure land spread, sects and the Wu'an Army began investigating, while a Titled Captain considered seeking a Venerable’s inheritance.

• Shen Zhui and Lin Ze opened Panyangzi’s Storage Ring and found his cultivation technique and Divine Ability Secret Method, “Water Moon Heaven,” which Lin Ze accepted.
• Lin Ze shared what he had learned from the Stele Forest about Ciyun Venerable’s era and death, but he had found no map of the Ciyun World.
• When Lin Ze began cultivating “Water Moon Heaven,” its inheritance Jade Slip flew into the sky and triggered a change in the world boundary.
• Shen Zhui and Lin Ze recorded the positions of 332 Inheritance Mansions from the descending blue pillars of light and decided to notify their allies before exploring further.
• The brief burst of blue radiance drew attention from nearby sects and the Wu'an Army, and the Extreme Dao Sect Master ordered disciples to scout the location.
• A Commandant informed a Titled Captain in Blazing Fire Hall about the phenomenon, and the Captain considered pursuing the suspected Cave Heaven World and its Venerable inheritance.

After the Ciyun World emerged, Shen Zhui and Lin Ze prepared for thousands of experts to enter while arranging to sell information about the Legacy Mansions they had found. Shen Zhui shared valuable locations with Lu Yuanwei, who warned him that Li Chengfeng and King Liang’s people were also entering the world.

• Lu Yuanwei told Shen Zhui that the armies and Sect Alliance were racing to control access to the Ciyun World, and Shen Zhui agreed to remain inside with Lin Ze.
• Xia Jing ordered Li Chengfeng to enter the Ciyun World for a chance at the Divine Ability Realm and promised to create an opportunity to kill Shen Zhui.
• Lu Yuanwei, Lan Hai, and the Six Harmonies Sect’s Holy Son negotiated how many experts each side could send into the world and capped entrants at the Third-tier Divine Ability Realm.
• Shen Zhui and Lin Ze reported that they had looted thirty-six Legacy Mansions and collected more than forty Divine Ability Secret Methods, then decided to sell locations of weaker mansions.
• Shen Zhui gave Lu Yuanwei locations for more than a hundred Legacy Mansions and identified around forty that could benefit his master; he also asked Lu Yuanwei to account for Lin Ze’s contribution.
• Lu Yuanwei agreed to arrange rewards and notify Cheng Xin, then warned Shen Zhui that Li Chengfeng and King Liang’s people had entered the Ciyun World.

Shen Zhui gathered valuable stones and an inheritance in Ciyun World, killed a White-browed Elder who tried to rob him, and learned that Li Chengfeng was offering rewards for his location. Shen Zhui retaliated by announcing a reward for Li Chengfeng’s death, and Li Chengfeng received word of the threat.

• Shen Zhui failed to enter several Inheritance Mansions before gaining the Lei Chenzi inheritance, including the Pure Micro Thunder Law, Moon Pattern Stones, and Five Elements Stones.
• Shen Zhui used a Fire Element Stone to strengthen his Cave Heaven World and improve his understanding of fire-element Powers of Heaven and Earth.
• A White-browed Elder and seven Spirit Bridge Peak disciples tried to rob Shen Zhui, but fled when they learned his identity; Shen Zhui chased down and killed the elder.
• Hao Lihai told Shen Zhui that Li Chengfeng was offering a reward to anyone who revealed Shen Zhui’s location, prompting Shen Zhui to send out a retaliatory message.
• Li Chengfeng arrived near the Broken Rift Valley searching for Shen Zhui, then learned someone had offered the location of a top-thirty Inheritance Mansion to whoever killed him.

Li Chengfeng learned that Shen Zhui had exposed the location of a valuable Inheritance Mansion, prompting repeated assassination attempts that wounded him and killed several of his men. Shen Zhui then negotiated with a mysterious Black Robe Cultivator before accepting a call from King Liang's Heir, Xia Jing.

• Li Chengfeng learned that Jiang Tianming had claimed a Ninth-tier Divine Ability inheritance and implied he owed Shen Zhui a favor, so Wen Qingfeng urged him to gather his scattered allies.
• A Spatial Sword Cultivator attacked Li Chengfeng's group, wounding Li Chengfeng and killing one Divine Ability Realm expert and three High-stage Spirit Bridge experts before escaping.
• Shen Zhui learned of the attack and celebrated Li Chengfeng's misfortune, though he regretted that the assassination had failed.
• A Black Robe Cultivator asked Shen Zhui for Venerable inheritance locations in exchange for killing Li Chengfeng, and Shen Zhui agreed to provide intelligence after the kill.
• The Black Robe Cultivator killed the Colonel whose token he had used, took his appearance, and vanished; afterward, Shen Zhui accepted a communication from King Liang's Heir, Xia Jing.

Shen Zhui rejected Xia Jing’s offer to join King Liang’s Estate, then discovered that Xia Jing had used their conversation to help divine his location. As battles and rumors swirled through Ciyun World, Shen Zhui left to investigate the place where Li Chengfeng had enslaved citizens and controlled Wu'an Army soldiers.

• Xia Jing asked Shen Zhui to reveal the inheritance locations and offered to help him kill Li Chengfeng if he joined King Liang’s Estate, but Shen Zhui refused.
• Xia Jing arranged for diviners to locate Shen Zhui, and Shen Zhui used the Mysterious Sky Bronze Mirror to identify Xia Jing as the one tracking him.
• Shen Zhui escaped as Yun Duo, Jiang Tianming, and the Black Demon drew attention through major battles in Ciyun World, while rumors accused Shen Zhui of harming his fellow soldiers.
• Great Zhou and the Sect Alliance learned that the dead Ciyun World Venerable had belonged to an ancient Buddhist sect.
• Shen Zhui left Ciyun World and told Yu Ziqi that they had found the place where Li Chengfeng enslaved Subordinate Zhou Citizens and used soul seals to control Wu'an Army soldiers.

Shen Zhui learned that Li Chengfeng had secretly enslaved soldiers and civilians to mine the Poisonous Marsh for enormous profits, with help from officials and a system of falsified inspections. After warning Yun Duo that members of the Yun Clan and White Cloud Peak might also be implicated, Shen Zhui said he planned to impeach Li Chengfeng.

• Yu Ziqi showed Shen Zhui a map marking three hidden strongholds in the Poisonous Marsh and explained that Li Chengfeng had concealed the operation to evade taxes and claim its profits.
• Yu Ziqi reported that Li Chengfeng had enslaved Subordinate Zhou Citizens and Wu'an Army soldiers, falsified battle losses, and borrowed soldiers to evade inspections.
• Yu Ziqi warned Shen Zhui that the Yun Clan and possibly White Cloud Peak were also involved, then accepted a Blood Origin Crystal Core from Shen Zhui.
• Shen Zhui sent the intelligence to Yun Duo, who recognized that many of his clansmen and associates might be implicated and vowed to investigate and cut ties with them.
• Shen Zhui told Yun Duo that he intended to impeach Li Chengfeng.

Shen Zhui obtained the Bright Venerable Golden Body from Nangong Yan so he could gather irrefutable evidence against Li Chengfeng. After capturing Liu He and learning that a Divine Contract prevented him from revealing Li Chengfeng’s secrets, Shen Zhui took him toward Ciyun World to remove the contract, but encountered guards at its entrance.

• Shen Zhui persuaded Nangong Yan to request the Bright Venerable Golden Body and received it with a warning that it recorded everything and had to be protected.
• Shen Zhui traveled to the Poisonous Marsh and waited three days for someone to emerge, hoping to investigate Li Chengfeng’s operations.
• Shen Zhui recognized Liu He among a small squad, captured him, and questioned him about Li Chengfeng’s Soul Servants.
• Liu He could not disclose the secrets because a Divine Contract bound him, so Shen Zhui carried him toward Ciyun World, where contracts could be erased.
• Shen Zhui approached Ciyun World’s guarded entrance, where a Daoist at the Second Stage Divine Ability Realm ordered him to stop.

Shen Zhui returned to Ciyun World, learned how the Wu'an Army had benefited from his intelligence, and uncovered Liu He's account of Li Chengfeng's enslavement operations. He then disguised himself as Liu He and headed to a hidden Poisonous Marsh stronghold to gather evidence, where a guard challenged his late arrival.

• Old Demon Huang attacked Shen Zhui, but Shen Zhui resisted and Yun Duo intervened; Huang retreated after discovering Shen Zhui's identity.
• Yun Duo told Shen Zhui that the Wu'an Army had secured many inheritances in Ciyun World and explained the tightened security and unusual inheritance trials.
• Shen Zhui entered Ciyun World and removed Liu He's Divine Contract, prompting Liu He to reveal Li Chengfeng's slave trading, military cover-ups, and operations in the Poisonous Marsh.
• Shen Zhui decided to record evidence at one of the Poisonous Marsh's three strongholds using the Bright Venerable Golden Body.
• Shen Zhui transformed into Liu He's appearance and entered a hidden passage through a cliff, where an armored Early Spirit Bridge expert asked why Commander Liu had arrived late.

Disguised as Liu He, Shen Zhui infiltrated the Poisonous Marsh, recorded evidence of its abuses, and submitted a memorial impeaching Li Chengfeng and Xia Jing. The Law Enforcement Hall acted at once, suspending Li Chengfeng’s duties and ordering him to face trial as Shen Zhui’s investiture approached.

• Shen Zhui passed Guo Shen’s inspection by offering him a gift and entered the Poisonous Marsh disguised as Liu He.
• Shen Zhui witnessed thousands of people laboring without protection amid poisonous fumes and used the Bright Venerable Golden Body to record the mountain-belly space.
• Shen Zhui found Liu He’s records of personnel, funds, and people subjected to Li Chengfeng’s Soul Restriction Technique, then left the Poisonous Marsh.
• Shen Zhui wrote a memorial impeaching Li Chengfeng and Xia Jing for abusing authority, colluding with outsiders, cultivating evil techniques, and enslaving soldiers and civilians.
• Yan Zheng brought Shen Zhui’s memorial to Marquis Wu'an, then ordered Li Chengfeng’s arrest and Xia Jing’s summons while postponing Li Chengfeng’s investiture.
• Law Enforcement Hall cultivators intercepted Li Chengfeng as he left the Ciyun World and suspended his duties pending trial.

The Law Enforcement Hall arrested Li Chengfeng after Shen Zhui impeached him and Xia Jing, throwing the Wu'an Army into turmoil. As the trial approached, Shen Zhui strengthened his abilities and calmly presented the Bright Venerable Golden Body to the investigators.

• The Law Enforcement Hall identified Shen Zhui as Li Chengfeng's accuser, sealed Li Chengfeng with the Five Spirits Sealing Technique, and took him away for trial.
• Wen Qingfeng learned that the heir's communications were sealed and ordered the group back to Ten Thousand Peaks City.
• News of Shen Zhui's impeachment spread through the Wu'an Army, prompting officials to speculate about a clash between Marquis Wu'an and King Liang's Estate.
• Xia Jing questioned his servants about evidence and the cleanup of the suspected sites, then ordered them to deal with his failed diviners.
• Shen Zhui reached the second level of the Illusory God Dao and the third level of the Hidden Yuan Saber Art while absorbing Moon Pattern Stones and Five Elements Stones.
• Nangong Yan and three other Law Enforcement Hall experts arrived at Shen Zhui's residence, and Shen Zhui came out carrying the Bright Venerable Golden Body.

Shen Zhui presented ten charges against Li Chengfeng at a Deity Judgment hearing, while the officials held Xia Jing’s appearance in reserve. Just as Shen Zhui was about to submit evidence from the Poisonous Marsh, the hearing was suspended because Xia Jing had arrived.

• Shen Zhui asked why Xia Jing was absent, and Wen Qingfeng appeared in his place to defend the young lord.
• Wu Renyi and Zhao Gongming argued that Xia Jing did not need to attend until Shen Zhui provided evidence, so Shen Zhui focused on Li Chengfeng.
• Yan Zheng activated the Deity Judgment Barrier, which sealed supernatural powers and made everyone’s spoken words count as testimony.
• Shen Zhui listed ten charges against Li Chengfeng, who denied them and countered with accusations against Shen Zhui.
• Shen Zhui brought out a box of records and account books from the Poisonous Marsh, but Yuan Yongzhi interrupted as Yan Zheng announced that Xia Jing had arrived.

Shen Zhui presented the Bright Venerable Golden Body’s recordings to expose the Poisonous Marsh’s mass enslavement and implicate Li Chengfeng, while Xia Jing and Wen Qingfeng tried to cast doubt on the evidence. After investigators ruled out any Outer Sect involvement and found Li Chengfeng’s subordinates dead with Soul Restriction Techniques planted in them, Yan Zheng proposed moving the case to divine judgment and sentencing.

• Xia Jing entered the hearing, tried to pressure Shen Zhui with military rank, and was sealed by the deity barrier after Shen Zhui requested equal treatment for all impeached parties.
• Shen Zhui presented the Bright Venerable Golden Body, which displayed his infiltration of the Poisonous Marsh and revealed the abuse and enslavement of more than sixty thousand people.
• Wen Qingfeng argued that the recordings did not prove Li Chengfeng was responsible, and Xia Jing suggested that outsiders or a Venerable might have deceived the golden body.
• Shen Zhui asked Yan Zheng to announce the Law Enforcement Hall’s investigation, and Nangong Yan reported that no Outer Sect practitioners above the Divine Ability Realm were involved.
• Nangong Yan reported that Li Kuang and several squad leaders had died after Soul Restriction Techniques were planted in them, and Yan Zheng proposed moving Li Chengfeng’s case to divine judgment and sentencing.

Shen Zhui uncovered the Law Enforcement Hall officials’ efforts to block divine sentencing for Li Chengfeng and secretly used the Merit Barrier to free his powers from the Deity Judgment Barrier’s suppression. He forced Li Chengfeng to confess to enslaving 1,752 people, triggering the barrier to sentence him.

• Wu Renyi and Yuan Yongzhi opposed divine sentencing for Li Chengfeng, arguing that the evidence could have been falsified and that the Trial of the Heart could harm an innocent Titled Captain.
• Shen Zhui pointed out that Li Chengfeng had not yet officially become a Titled Captain, but Wu Renyi and Yuan Yongzhi still rejected Yan Zheng’s proposal to sentence him.
• Shen Zhui discovered that activating the Merit Barrier let his spiritual power and spiritual consciousness escape the Deity Judgment Barrier’s suppression, though extending it consumed large amounts of Merit Points.
• Shen Zhui approached Li Chengfeng under the pretense of questioning him, then used the Illusory God Dao’s Soul Confusion to control him.
• Li Chengfeng confessed that he had enslaved 1,752 people, including Li Kuang and Huang Peng, and the Deity Judgment Barrier enveloped him in a pillar of light.

Shen Zhui’s impeachment secured Li Chengfeng’s conviction and Xia Jing’s confinement, weakening King Liang’s influence while drawing notice across Ten Thousand Peaks City. As preparations began for Shen Zhui’s investiture, the Department of Ceremonies announced that he had been promoted to Divine Might Colonel.

• Shen Zhui urged Yan Zheng to enforce the divine judgment, and Li Chengfeng was sentenced to execution while Xia Jing was confined pending investigation.
• The central court approved the proceedings, and Shen Zhui left Ten Thousand Peaks City believing Qilian Mountain had been uprooted but regretting that he could not bring down Xia Jing.
• News of the verdict spread, prompting Ye Tianming to tell Ye Yu to serve under Shen Zhui and leaving Pang Tong wary of Shen Zhui.
• Xia Jing’s father rebuked him for hesitating during the judgment, removed him from King Liang’s Estate affairs, and ordered him to focus on cultivation until his confinement ended.
• Zhao Gongming announced that Shen Zhui had been promoted to Divine Might Colonel.

Shen Zhui was appointed Divine Might Colonel and granted a baron's title at a grand imperial investiture, strengthening his standing in the Wu'an Army. He then visited Heaven's Heart Hall to choose a Divine Weapon, where Lu Yuanwei secured permission for him to receive an additional Daoist Magic Divine Weapon.

• The Human Emperor chose the title Divine Might Colonel for Shen Zhui, drawing crowds of congratulators to his estate as he declared his intent to advance and win a marquisate.
• On April 25, Shen Zhui attended the investiture at Heaven's Heart Hall and received the Divine Might Colonel appointment, a baron's title, and other imperial rewards.
• Wen Qingfeng watched Shen Zhui's promotion with resentment, while Shen Zhui noted the hostile Colonels and Commandants in the crowd.
• Lu Yuanwei advised Shen Zhui to fuse a Fourth-tier Divine Weapon into his God Slaying Saber, but Shen Zhui said he planned to go to Ciyun World and wanted a weapon to use in the meantime.
• Lu Yuanwei appealed to Brother Cheng for another Daoist Magic Divine Weapon for Shen Zhui, and Brother Cheng grudgingly agreed.

Shen Zhui pushed his spiritual consciousness to its limits in the Star Treasure Pavilion and chose a mysterious set of Demon Suppressing Pearls after sensing it call to him. The chapter ended with Lu Yuanwei and Cheng Jiao questioning the unusual weapon and Shen Zhui’s name for it.

• Cheng Jiao opened the Star Treasure Pavilion’s selection process, and Shen Zhui amplified his spiritual consciousness with the Five Senses Shifting Great Method.
• Shen Zhui passed over numerous divine weapons, including a suitable thunder-path garment and the Sun Moon Qiankun Rings, as he searched farther into the stars.
• After nearly half an hour, Shen Zhui reached his limit but sensed a dark star with nine satellites calling to him and imprinted his spiritual consciousness on it.
• Shen Zhui returned with ten beads, and Cheng Jiao identified them as the Demon Suppressing Pearls, while Shen Zhui said he had thought they were the Soul Suppressing Pearl.
• Lu Yuanwei questioned Shen Zhui’s risky choice, and Cheng Jiao explained that the old, difficult-to-activate set might rival a Tier 5 Divine Weapon and asked why Shen Zhui had called it the Soul Suppressing Pearl.

Shen Zhui claimed the Nine Star Soul Devouring Pearl and learned its powers, though activating it strained his spiritual power. After the Wu'an Army punished those involved in the Qilian Mountain crimes, Marquis Wu'an Zhao Xing publicly honored Shen Zhui and created Falling Snow Peak as his place of cultivation.

• Shen Zhui refused Cheng Jiao’s offer to exchange the Soul Suppressing Pearls and claimed the set as his own.
• Shen Zhui opened all ten Cave Heavens to activate the core pearl, learned the set’s true name and abilities, and decided he could use it against evil enemies.
• The Law Enforcement Hall announced executions and other punishments for those involved in the soul-ban enslavement case, including Li Chengfeng and King Liang’s Heir Xia Jing.
• Marquis Wu'an Zhao Xing flattened Qilian Mountain and publicly recounted Shen Zhui’s achievements before accompanying him on an inspection of Ten Thousand Peaks City.
• Marquis Wu'an formed a new mountain at Clear Water River, and Shen Zhui named his place of cultivation Falling Snow Peak.