Chapter Summaries

Ying Jue Shen learned that the Eastern King Sect wanted compensation from Su Qing as well as from him and Delong. In seclusion, Su Qing chose to refine a Tier 5 Law Eye puppet from the defiant Spiritual Eye Law Monster, leaving the creature dead and the refinement underway.

• True Lord Taoyuan told Ying Jue Shen that he and Delong owed the Eastern King Sect a Life-Seeking Armor or equivalent armor and Ten Million Spirit Stones, while Su Qing would face separate demands.
• True Lord Taoyuan estimated that Su Qing might need to pay thirty to fifty million Spirit Stones and urged Ying Jue Shen to prepare for the cost.
• After refining the North Sea Giant Kun, Su Qing chose the Tier 5 Law Eye puppet blueprint over the Punching Doll and Azure Bird Martial Saint.
• Su Qing recognized that the captive Spiritual Eye Law Monster met the Law Eye's material requirements and decided to refine it for the Abyssal Secret Realm.
• The Spiritual Eye Law Monster tried to negotiate a salary, but Su Qing killed it and began inscribing runes for the puppet.

Su Qing completed the fifth-tier Dharma Eye Puppet, chose the Pure World White Lotus blueprint for a future refinement, and tested the puppet’s abilities. After using it with his True Eye of Delusion Breaking to glimpse the Eye of the Void’s past and uncertain future, he turned his attention to advancing from Tier 4 to Tier 5.

• Su Qing spent three months refining the Dharma Eye Puppet and completed it with help from the Spiritual Eye Law Monster, the Tool Puppet, and the Small and Large Wood Spirits.
• After reaching the required Puppet Master Proficiency, Su Qing chose the Pure World White Lotus blueprint because its materials seemed easier to obtain than those for the other Tier 6 puppets.
• Su Qing tested the Dharma Eye Puppet’s ability to shrink, merge into his body, conceal itself, and observe West City, where it overheard Ying family members plotting and Rao Tingshan trying to enlist Yao Guangquan in tax evasion.
• Su Qing combined the puppet’s vision with his Golden Eyes of Insight and saw the Eye of the Void’s present state, its past as part of the Six Paths of Samsara Disk, and only scattered scenes of its future.
• Satisfied with his two fifth-tier puppets, Su Qing decided to focus on cultivation and declared that the time was right to advance from Tier 4 to Tier 5.

Su Qing advanced to fifth-tier Body Cultivation by opening a vast Fearless Grotto-Heaven, then used the Azure Dragon and Xingtian Blood Axes to open additional grotto-heavens for the people of Kaiyuan and the Witch Clan. The chapter ended as he began opening the Xingtian Grotto-Heaven in the Far West.

• Su Qing used his deep Fearless Dao Pattern imprint to open an enormous Inner World and moved several lesser Dao Patterns into it.
• Su Qing decided to open external grotto-heavens with the Azure Dragon, Nine Li, and Xingtian Dao Patterns.
• Su Qing opened the Azure Dragon Grotto-Heaven above West City and offered it as a sanctuary for meritorious Kaiyuan Immortal Citizens.
• Su Qing opened the Nine Li Grotto-Heaven at Kaiyuan Coastal City for Witch Clan descendants, and Yao Fei and the other Nine Li Tribe Members knelt in gratitude.
• Su Qing turned north to open the Xingtian Grotto-Heaven for Witch Clan descendants, and the Xingtian Blood Axe split the sky as spiritual energy poured into it.

Su Qing opened three External Grotto-Heavens and made them available to the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s citizens and the Witch Person Tribes, then returned to secluded cultivation. As the grotto-heavens stirred envy across the Myriad Worlds, Liu Gandang tried to rally Penglai’s visiting sects to help his kingdom open one too, but they quickly made excuses to leave.

• Su Qing opened the Azure Dragon, Xingtian, and Nine Li Grotto-Heavens, intending to reserve their benefits for the Kaiyuan Immortal Citizens and Witch Person Tribes, then returned to stabilize his cultivation.
• The Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s citizens celebrated the new grotto-heavens, while He Lian Xian pressured Liang Hai Shun to help him secure a place in the Azure Dragon Grotto-Heaven.
• Liang Hai Shun saw the Far West’s Immortal Citizens rejoicing and lamented that he had become the Peach Deer Longevity God before he could pursue higher cultivation.
• Liu Gandang gathered visiting sect leaders and heirs at the Liu Family Residence, where they denounced Su Qing’s three grotto-heavens out of envy.
• Liu Gandang asked the gathered leaders to help Penglai complete its Yaoguang Dao Pattern and open a grotto-heaven, but they seized on excuses to leave.

At a banquet, Liu Gandang tried to rally the gathered factions to pressure Su Qing into sharing the benefits of Azure Dragon Grotto-Heaven, but none wanted to take the lead. Liu Gandang then threatened Third Prince Yun with the Cloud Dragon Clan’s expulsion from Penglai, and Third Prince Yun agreed to denounce Su Qing.

• Liu Gandang called back the departing guests and argued that Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom should share its Grotto-Heavens with other factions.
• True Monarch Zhong Ze and the other guests recognized that Liu Gandang wanted them to pressure Su Qing, but each tried to make Penglai take responsibility instead.
• Liu Gandang singled out Third Prince Yun and urged him to lead the denunciation of Su Qing and Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.
• Liu Gandang threatened to expel the Cloud Dragon Clan from Penglai unless Third Prince Yun cooperated, citing pressure from the ancient dragon souls of Dragon Fall Sea.
• Third Prince Yun accepted Liu Gandang’s demand and agreed to lead the denunciation of Su Qing and Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

Third Prince Yun publicly denounced Su Qing and Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom for opening three Grotto-Heavens, prompting fierce arguments across the Myriad Worlds and Tianyuan. At the Anti-Demon Alliance vote, major factions backed Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, and even the Ten Thousand Monster Country opposed taking action against it.

• Third Prince Yun released a denunciation accusing Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom of violating the alliance, excluding other races, and hindering Tianyuan’s Spirit Qi resurgence.
• Citizens of Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and other Tianyuan kingdoms cursed the signatories, while Penglai Immortal Kingdom and Pingxi Wuguo stayed silent under criticism.
• True Lord Taoyuan and several Tianyuan powers voted against holding Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom accountable for opening the Grotto-Heavens.
• True Lord Guangxian, True Lord Gu Le, and True Monarch Sanyang also opposed taking action, with the Three Daoist Sects indicating they might open Grotto-Heavens themselves.
• Most remaining factions followed the Three Daoist Sects, and even True Monarch Zhong Ze and the Ten Thousand Monster Country voted against action against Su Qing.

Su Qing hosted the Demon Race to secure their support, then prepared a show of force at Penglai that would let his group enter the Abyssal Secret Realm. He left the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s defenses intact while assembling an expedition, wary that an unknown threat inside the realm could decide the fate of the Celestial Origin Realm and beyond.

• Su Qing persuaded the Demon Race True Monarchs to support him by offering cooperation, supplies, and help opening a future Grotto-Heaven, then declined their offer to attack Penglai on his behalf.
• Su Qing told his closest companions to prepare to go to Penglai, explaining that they would stage a spectacle to gain access to the Abyssal Secret Realm rather than wage war.
• Su Qing gave Liu Yun'er, Ling Ying, Tang Wanqing, and Guo Qiao Lian puppets and talismans for their protection, and warned them that the secret realm’s dangers were unpredictable.
• Su Qing left A-San and other forces to defend the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom while gathering a large puppet army for the expedition.
• Su Qing considered several possible threats within the Abyssal Secret Realm, including an escaped ancient criminal, surviving Evil Demons, or a corrupted Dao Pattern.

Liu Gandang hosted a lavish banquet to strengthen Penglai’s ties with the sects, but Su Qing arrived with a vast army and attacked Penglai Immortal Island. As Liu Gandang rushed to face him and the guests fled, Third Prince Yun tried to escape through the Heavenly Gate, where the Azure Dragon King was waiting.

• Liu Gandang used the banquet to celebrate Penglai’s coalition and planned to have Liu Feng marry Princess Shui Hua as his concubine.
• A panicked Zifeng reported that Su Qing had destroyed Penglai weapons, captured its gods, and surrounded the island with troops and cannons, demanding Third Prince Yun.
• Liu Gandang hurried outside, while the banquet guests decided to flee rather than fight for Penglai.
• Third Prince Yun escaped with several dozen Tier 4 Cloud Dragons and more than a hundred younger dragons, leaving behind the Cloud Dragons it had promised Liu Gandang.
• As Third Prince Yun’s group neared the Heavenly Gate, the Azure Dragon King appeared and blocked their escape.

Su Qing confronted Liu Gandang at the Penglai Immortal Kingdom, exposed the Cloud Dragon Realm’s collusion with demons, and gained public support to investigate Penglai. While Liu Gandang searched for Third Prince Yun, Su Qing befriended Zhao Zhengquan’s daughter Zhao Qian and began courting her.

• Su Qing demanded that Liu Gandang hand over Third Prince Yun, but Liu defended Penglai and accused Su Qing of violating the Anti-Demon Alliance’s rules.
• Su Qing detailed the Cloud Dragon Realm’s crimes and presented recorded evidence of its dealings with the demonic realms, turning the watching cultivators against Liu Gandang and Penglai.
• Liu Gandang abandoned his defiance, promised to seek punishment from the Anti-Demon Alliance, and went to search for Third Prince Yun, whom the Azure Dragon King had already taken beneath Dragon Fall Sea.
• Su Qing greeted Zhao Zhengquan and charmed his daughter, Zhao Qian, while Liu Feng watched angrily.
• Su Qing told Zhao Zhengquan that his failure as a Heavenly Official had allowed enemies to infiltrate Penglai.

Su Qing secured permission to enter Penglai and investigate the Liu Family and Third Prince Yun after the dragon escaped, while promising not to punish Penglai’s innocent citizens. The chapter left Su Qing’s group entering Penglai Immortal Island, where Liu Yun'er and others prepared to confront the Liu Family’s past.

• Zhao Zhengquan asked Su Qing to protect Penglai’s innocent citizens, and Su Qing agreed to investigate the Liu Family and Third Prince Yun without reopening Penglai’s old cases.
• Zhao Zhengquan welcomed Su Qing’s group into the Zhao Family, while the He Family Twin Beauties embraced Su Qing and he pushed them away to appease his companions.
• Liu Gandang admitted that Third Prince Yun had escaped through a Spatial Formation, and Su Qing insisted on investigating Penglai despite Liu Gandang’s explanation.
• Liu Gandang opened Penglai’s formations and invited Su Qing’s group onto the island, where the visitors celebrated their entry.
• Su Qing promised Liu Yun'er that she could confront the Liu Family and rebuild her family in Penglai, and Ying Jue Shen, Liang Hai Shun, and Monkey Wang reflected on their ancestors’ lost fortunes there.

Su Qing toured Penglai Immortal City while Liu Gandang and the other leaders tried to contain the scandal over Penglai sheltering Third Prince Yun and the Cloud Dragons’ confirmed collusion with Evil Demons. As they escorted Su Qing to the Zhao Residence, the leaders reluctantly accepted that Liu Yun’er might rebuild the Liu Family in Penglai, and Liu Gandang discovered that Su Qing was holding Zhao Qian’s hand.

• Liu Gandang carefully answered Su Qing’s questions while Zhao Zhengquan’s Heaven Officials guarded the group, Zhao Qian showed them around, and the He Family Twin Beauties arranged attendants for their guests.
• After Su Qing challenged Penglai’s complaints of humiliation, Liu Feng’s men killed an old cultivator who had called for Penglai to resist, then branded him a demonic person.
• Penglai disciples speculated that Liu Yun’er would use Su Qing’s support to rebuild the Liu Family, and that Liu Gandang and the other leaders would have little choice but to allow it.
• Liu Gandang, Zhao Zhengquan, and He Li Zhi secretly argued over Penglai’s past decisions and the Cloud Dragons’ betrayal, then discussed helping fund the Liu Family’s return to appease Su Qing.
• Liu Gandang asked Zhao Zhengquan to have Zhao Qian raise the matter with Su Qing, and Zhao Zhengquan revealed that Su Qing was holding her hand.

Su Qing gained the Dark Moon Dao Pattern through his relationship with Zhao Qian, then heard Penglai's proposed concessions to settle the Cloud Dragon matter. He agreed to let the investigation go while demanding that the Liang, Ying, and Wang families also return to Penglai and join its decision-making.

• Su Qing and Zhao Qian slept together, and he gained the Dark Moon Dao Pattern, whose powers included purging evil, healing, commanding stars, and potentially opening the Great Profound Heaven.
• Zhao Qian told Su Qing that Penglai offered to fund the Liu family's return, yield Western Sea hegemony to Kaiyuan, and open its markets and some Heavenly Court inheritances to exchange.
• Su Qing judged Penglai's offers acceptable and decided not to press a thorough investigation, believing Penglai had been greedy and reckless rather than allied with evil demons.
• Su Qing accepted the second and third matters and required the Liu family to rebuild on the former Huang family site.
• Su Qing also demanded that the Liang, Ying, and Wang families rebuild in Penglai, enter Penglai Sect's decision-making, and regain their former standing.

Su Qing arranged for the Liu, Liang, Wang, and Ying Families to rebuild in Penglai and join forces under Liu Yun'er, then went to meet True Monarch Zhong Ze and the All Heavens Sects stationed there. He intended to smooth over the Eastern King Sect dispute while giving the sects an opportunity to offer him tribute.

• Su Qing told Liang Hai Shun, Monkey Wang, and Ying Jue Shen that he would help rebuild their families in Penglai, but they initially refused because the favor seemed too great or risky.
• Su Qing explained that Penglai Sect would reimburse thirty percent of their reconstruction costs and instructed the four families to follow Liu Yun'er and cooperate with the Zhao Family.
• Su Qing sent the three men to begin preparations and said the Liu Family's construction at the former Huang Family site would help them enter the Abyssal Secret Realm unnoticed.
• True Monarch Zhong Ze invited Su Qing to meet with several sects stationed in Penglai, and Su Qing went to address the matter of the Eastern King Sect's stolen battle armor and cultivate ties with the sects.
• True Monarch Zhong Ze and the sect representatives welcomed Su Qing with praise, and the gathering began formal rituals before they could discuss business.

Su Qing met with True Monarch Zhong Ze and representatives of several All Heavens Sects, who sought the same freedom and status Liu Gandang had granted them while they awaited their sects’ Void Refining Great Powers. Su Qing instead demanded cultivation taxes and open trade and exchange, making clear that Penglai must prioritize its own cultivators and that he intended to take charge of the Immortal Kingdom.

• True Monarch Zhong Ze told Su Qing that the All Heavens Sects intended to compete for authority once their Void Refining Great Powers arrived, but wanted to develop undisturbed in Penglai until then.
• Su Qing considered the sects’ request reasonable in principle, while planning to make Penglai a secondary base supporting his Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.
• Su Qing rejected the agreements the sects had made with Liu Gandang and said Penglai must belong first to its own people.
• Su Qing proposed annual cultivation taxes based on each sect’s cultivator levels and headcounts.
• Su Qing challenged the sects to open shops and share their Hundred Arts techniques, warning that refusal to exchange or cooperate would not be tolerated.

Su Qing imposed strict taxes, cooperation, residency, and conduct rules on the Eastern King Sect and other All Heavens sects in Penglai, backed by Celestial Origin Realm’s reputation-score system and Anti-Demon Alliance authority. True Monarch Zhong Ze and the other sect leaders resisted but recognized that leaving Penglai would cost them their Blessed Land and a century of investment, and Zhong Ze began considering whether Liu Gandang could block Su Qing’s plans.

• Su Qing laid out strict terms for the All Heavens sects in Penglai, including back taxes, shared technologies, local employment, travel restrictions, and equal enforcement of Penglai law.
• Su Qing explained that sect reputation scores could bring rewards or expulsion, while a parallel system protected All Heavens sects from Tianyuan Local Powers.
• True Monarch Zhong Ze and the other sect representatives protested Su Qing’s terms and threatened to fight or relocate, but Su Qing warned that an attack on him would bring Anti-Demon Alliance forces to Penglai.
• True Monarch Zhong Ze invoked Su Qing’s debt over the fifth-tier armor, but Su Qing accepted responsibility and dared Zhong Ze to act, leaving the threat without leverage.
• True Monarch Zhong Ze concluded that the Eastern King Sect could not afford to abandon Penglai’s Blessed Land and its century of investment, and he thought Liu Gandang might be able to stop Su Qing if given enough support.

Su Qing summoned Liu Gandang to settle his demands on the All Heavens Sects, expecting Liu to support Penglai’s interests. Liu endorsed Su Qing’s conditions, leaving the sect leaders with little choice but to sign the Dao Pacts as Su Qing prepared to leave for the Abyssal Secret Realm.

• True Monarch Zhong Ze urged the All Heavens Sects to rely on Liu Gandang to oppose Su Qing, so Su Qing summoned Liu to the Eastern King Sect’s residence.
• The sect leaders welcomed Liu Gandang and pledged to back his authority, expecting him to resist Su Qing’s demands.
• Liu Gandang instead approved Su Qing’s demands, believing Su Qing could help Penglai extract benefits from the sects.
• Su Qing gave the sect leaders an ultimatum: sign 123 Dao Pacts or leave Penglai to make room for other sects.
• True Monarch Zhong Ze accepted the stack of Dao Pacts, resigned to signing because the sects could neither safely fight Su Qing nor refuse his terms.

Monkey Wang prepared for the dangerous Abyssal Secret Realm expedition by raising a family and asking Su Qing to bless his children, prompting Su Qing to recognize that his companions shared his foreboding. Su Qing and Tong Chang decided to make the expedition public and recruit powerful forces from across the heavens to share its risks.

• Su Qing granted Azure Dragon fortune to Monkey Wang's many children after Monkey Wang explained that he had married more than a hundred wives to secure the Wang Family's future.
• Monkey Wang's precautions and Gao Erqiang's request for Substitute Dolls convinced Su Qing that the Abyssal Secret Realm might hold grave danger.
• Su Qing and Tong Chang met at the Heavenly Master's Mansion's Penglai office and agreed to invite demonic, reincarnation, Buddhist, Penglai, Daoist, shaman, demon, and dragon forces to the expedition.
• Su Qing and Tong Chang decided to announce a public expedition and share the risks and rewards with cultivators across the heavens.
• Su Qing informed Ying Jue Shen, True Lord Taoyuan, and their other companions, who welcomed the call for help after learning that Su Qing was also uneasy.

Su Qing’s invitation to explore the Abyssal Secret Realm drew few capable volunteers because cultivators feared his reputation and suspected the realm was perilous. The demonic sects and several immortal kingdoms began deciding to join, while Brother 17 and Brother 260 pressured the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom to go; the expedition had yet to depart.

• Su Qing found that no powerful sects had accepted his invitation, and Gao Erqiang, Ying Jue Shen, True Lord Taoyuan, Fire Phoenix Princess, and others explained that cultivators distrusted him and feared the Abyssal Secret Realm’s dangers.
• Su Qing ordered his people to accommodate Yao Fei’s arriving shamans and announced that the realm could take only ten thousand cultivators before he set out.
• Shi Li Jing and True Monarch Bo Hei debated the risks and importance of the Abyssal Secret Realm, then decided to lead the Desiring Demon Sect and Rakshasa Sect there with their cultivators.
• Jiang Long ordered all Thousand Islands Cultivators at Golden Core and above to join the expedition, while Tiger Subduing sought Brother 17 and Brother 260’s advice.
• Brother 17 told Tiger Subduing that Su Qing had threatened to have the two brothers live in the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom if its cultivators refused to go, and Tiger Subduing agreed to depart.

Su Qing prepared to lead cultivators into the Abyssal Secret Realm to reclaim Yama Palace and prevent Black Wukong and the Demonic Buddha from unleashing a calamity, while concealing the full danger from those joining him. As the operation approached, the Demonic Buddha secretly sent the Great Sage Who Covers the Seas and more than a million Western Sea Demonic Beasts into the realm ahead of the others.

• Liu Gandang pressed Su Qing for secret information about the Abyssal Secret Realm, but Su Qing refused to promise safety or reveal anything beyond what he had already disclosed.
• Su Qing shut the Su Mansion's doors to visitors and reviewed the operation's goals: reclaim Yama Palace and the Six Paths of Samsara Disk, stop Black Wukong, and prevent Mount No Buddha's Evil Demons from intervening.
• Su Qing considered how Black Wukong could become a world-threatening Samsara Demon Lord if it gained control of the underworld's power, and resolved that the cultivators had to act before it escaped the realm.
• The Great Sage Who Covers the Seas led more than a million Western Sea Demonic Beasts through a Spatial Rift into the Abyssal Secret Realm a day before Su Qing's group, unnoticed by diviners and the immortal kingdoms.
• The Demonic Buddha had manipulated the future Su Qing saw: it intended either to help Black Wukong bring about a demonic calamity or to exploit the Azure Dragon King after most of Tianyuan Realm's strength entered the secret realm.

Su Qing, Gao Erqiang, and Tong Chang assembled a vast coalition of cultivators and forces in Penglai for the expedition into the Abyssal Secret Realm. With the North Sea Giant Kun ready as their mobile fortress, Su Qing called everyone aboard to prepare for entry.

• Gao Erqiang stood at the expedition's forefront as a celebrated fighter and ruler, backed by his Guardian Deity Generals and the Heaven-Pouncing Condor.
• Su Qing assembled his Puppet Army and three fifth-tier Puppets, while the North Sea Giant Kun offered the coalition a flying camp.
• Tong Chang joined the Three Heroes of Tianyuan as Heavenly Master, lord of Langya, and renowned talisman master.
• More than a hundred fifth-tier True Monarchs, including True Monarch Xiao Xia, True Monarch Qing Feng, and True Monarch Hu De, gathered with thousands of lower-tier cultivators and their allies.
• Su Qing announced that everyone should board the North Sea Giant Kun and prepare to enter the secret realm.