Chapter Summaries

Xu Yunfan forged a Divine Martial Dao Foundation and won recognition from Clear Source True Monarch and Hundred Peaks True Person. He received a Peak Opening Token and prepared to establish his own Dharma lineage within the Primal Beginning Sect.

• Xu Yunfan completed his Divine Martial Dao Foundation, drawing the attention of the Golden Core True Monarchs present.
• Clear Source True Monarch protected Xu Yunfan, and the rival sects withdrew their Dharma manifestations, accepting the Primal Beginning Sect's control of Suspended Mountain.
• Xu Yunfan thanked Clear Source True Monarch, who acknowledged him and granted him permission to establish a peak.
• Hundred Peaks True Person congratulated Xu Yunfan, offered him a future opportunity and a Dharma treasure, and asked him to come once his realm had stabilized.
• Hundred Peaks True Person gave Xu Yunfan a Peak Opening Token so he could choose a spiritually rich site and establish his own Dharma lineage.

After establishing his foundation and gaining the Battle Character Art, Xu Yunfan returned to the Primal Beginning Sect and used his Peak Opening Token to find a suitable site for True Martial Peak. He began carving a True Martial Demon Suppressing Seal into the token at the chosen location.

• Clear Source True Monarch uprooted Suspended Mountain Blessed Land and drew it into his sleeve.
• Xu Yunfan realized the Battle Character Art gave him precise control over his mana and tested its power with a punch.
• Hundred Peaks True Person advised Xu Yunfan to remain grounded and showed him how Clear Source True Monarch had severed Suspended Mountain’s earth veins.
• Hundred Peaks True Person escorted Xu Yunfan toward the sect, explaining that he could choose three Foundation Establishment cultivation manuals after opening a peak.
• Xu Yunfan followed his Peak Opening Token to a rich site at the convergence of three earth veins and began carving a seal into the token.

Xu Yunfan used the Peak Opening Token to create True Martial Peak and achieved Foundation Establishment, drawing the attention of disciples and schemers within the Primal Beginning Sect. After karmic threads revealed that someone had tried to manipulate him, he let the trail go and focused on securing his new peak.

• Xu Yunfan’s Peak Opening Token transformed the landscape into True Martial Peak, complete with nine Spirit Meridians and thirty-six grotto-heavens.
• Xu Yunfan reached the summit and revealed his Three Heads Six Arms Dharma Image as Primal Beginning Sect disciples realized he had achieved Foundation Establishment.
• Several figures in a great hall discussed Xu Yunfan’s sudden breakthrough and considered other ways to pursue their plans after another lineage had gained a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Xu Yunfan sensed an unknown schemer’s karmic threads dissolving and recognized that someone was erasing their tracks.
• Xu Yunfan chose not to pursue the schemer or risk antagonizing other factions and turned his attention to building his power base.

Xu Yunfan drove away the Foundation Establishment cultivators spying on True Martial Peak and concealed the peak with an array. He planned to return to the Divine Martial Realm and bring Bi Yuan and the others back with him.

• Xu Yunfan used his divine sense and Dharma Image to force the probing True Persons to retreat, destroying several spying artifacts with the Battle Character Art.
• Xu Yunfan placed thirty-six small flags around True Martial Peak and used Blood Crystals to complete the Hidden Star Obscuring Moon Array.
• Foundation Establishment True Persons of the Primal Beginning Sect discussed Xu Yunfan's abilities and whether he might claim the vacant Fruit Position.
• Xu Yunfan finished concealing True Martial Peak and decided to return to the Divine Martial Realm to bring Bi Yuan and the others up.

Xu Yunfan visited A Treasury to claim a promised magical treasure and discovered the True Martial Sword, which resonated with his Divine Martial Dao Foundation. After accepting the sword and seeing memories of its former wielder’s bloody past, he faced the prospect of inheriting its karmic entanglements and was asked to choose a daoist title.

• Xu Yunfan rode to White Peak, where Hundred Peaks True Person led him through A Treasury’s restrictions.
• Hundred Peaks True Person explained that the shabby treasury held the True Martial Sword, once wielded by Divine Martial True Person, who had killed seventeen Foundation Establishment True Persons.
• The True Martial Sword resonated with Xu Yunfan’s scripture and Dao Foundation, revealing that it had been left for a cultivator of the Divine Martial Dao Foundation.
• Xu Yunfan grasped the sword and saw memories of Divine Martial True Person’s massacres and his eventual death at the hands of a True Monarch.
• Xu Yunfan accepted the True Martial Sword despite its dangerous history, and Hundred Peaks True Person told him to choose a daoist title.

Xu Yunfan chose the cultivation title True Martial and discovered that it tied him karmically to another cultivator with a Divine Martial Dao Foundation. In the Bodhi Zen Pure Land, Po Zhang learned of the connection and was urged by the Subtle Truth Bodhisattva to face Xu Yunfan directly.

• Xu Yunfan chose the title True Martial, which formed a powerful karmic link around his Dao Foundation.
• Hundred Peaks True Person warned Xu Yunfan that the Divine Martial Realm suited his future Blessed Land and departed after receiving a summons.
• Xu Yunfan sensed another Foundation Establishment cultivator with a Divine Martial Dao Foundation and suspected Hundred Peaks had set up a contest for the Divine Martial fruit.
• Po Zhang discovered that Xu Yunfan's foundation had shaken his Demon-Subduing Dharma Platform and angrily blamed the Primal Devil Sect.
• The Subtle Truth Bodhisattva explained the karmic ties between the True Martial Sword and the Pure Land's Eight Legions, then instructed Po Zhang to go meet Xu Yunfan.

Subtle Truth Bodhisattva reflected on Bodhi Zen Pure Land’s stalled ambitions, while Xu Yunfan completed his mountain’s array and traveled through the Realm Gate to the Divine Martial Realm. Three Foundation Establishment cultivators followed him through in disguise, and Xu Yunfan sensed them as he journeyed.

• Subtle Truth Bodhisattva concluded that Bodhi Zen Pure Land could not rise without converting the newly ascended True Martial into one of the Eight Heavenly Dragons.
• Three months later, Xu Yunfan finished improving the Hidden Star Obscuring Moon Array and reached Minor Mastery in Introduction to Array Dao.
• Xu Yunfan concealed his Foundation Establishment cultivation, activated the Realm Gate with his Divine Martial realm talisman, and entered the Divine Martial Realm.
• Three concealed cultivators watched Xu Yunfan enter, suppressed their cultivation to peak Qi Refinement, and followed him through the Realm Gate.
• Xu Yunfan sensed the pursuers with his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye and reacted with amusement.

Xu Yunfan ambushed three cultivators who tried to steal his Dao Foundation and killed two before the Purple-Robed Old Man revealed himself as True Person Zhou Xing of Five Elders Peak. Zhou Xing unleashed his Five Elements Dao Foundation, and Xu Yunfan answered with his final True Martial Subduing Demon Sword strike as their clash reached its decisive moment.

• Xu Yunfan pierced the Purple-Robed Old Man's dantian and shattered his Sea of Qi, then manifested a Black Tortoise Dharma Image and unleashed the True Martial Subduing Demon Sword.
• Xu Yunfan shattered one black-robed cultivator's bronze mirror and rock-wall defense, cut him in half, and killed the other after destroying his blood dragons and pursuing his fleeing remnant soul.
• The Purple-Robed Old Man broke his seal and revealed himself as True Person Zhou Xing, unleashing his Mid Foundation Establishment cultivation despite the Divine Martial Realm's suppression.
• Zhou Xing formed his Five Elements Dao Foundation and trapped Xu Yunfan in a domain of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
• Xu Yunfan raised the True Martial Sword and unleashed its final form, True Martial Descends Upon the World, as the Black Tortoise Dharma Image moved to suppress Zhou Xing's Five Elements.

Xu Yunfan killed True Person Zhou Xing and received a reward from the Divine Martial Realm’s Heavenly Dao, then returned to the Dao Sect in a spectacular display. His arrival shattered the mountain-protecting formation, and Bi Yuan recognized him with disbelief.

• Xu Yunfan used the True Martial Sword to destroy True Person Zhou Xing’s Five Elements Dao Foundation and kill him, earning a wisp of clear qi from the Divine Martial Realm’s Heavenly Dao.
• Xu Yunfan realized that killing otherworldly cultivators might earn him Heavenly Dao rewards and help him forge a cave heaven.
• Xu Yunfan returned to the Dao Sect atop Black Tortoise-patterned clouds and accidentally shattered its mountain-protecting formation with his aura.
• Elder Shen mourned the destruction of his treasured Formation Flag as the mountain’s defensive talismans burst apart.
• Bi Yuan recognized Xu Yunfan as his disciple and stared at his overwhelming presence in shock and delight.

Xu Yunfan returned to the Divine Martial Realm after reaching Foundation Establishment in the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm, and reunited with his master, Bi Yuan. He gave Bi Yuan a cultivation scripture and prepared to lead Dao Sect elders toward the Immortal Dao as the realm’s Heavenly Dao reacted to his return.

• Xu Yunfan noticed that the Dao resonance on a hall plaque resembled the aura of a battle flag he had seen in the Taihua Realm, while his presence overwhelmed nearby young disciples.
• Xu Yunfan told Bi Yuan that only three years had passed in the Divine Martial Realm, though he had established Foundation Establishment and earned the right to establish a peak in the Taihua Realm.
• Xu Yunfan gave Bi Yuan the True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture, which could help him break through the Ninth Realm’s limits.
• Xu Yunfan warned that the Divine Martial Realm’s heavens were about to change, and thunder and rolling clouds appeared over the clear sky.
• After Xu Yunfan explained why he had returned, Bi Yuan agreed to ring the Dao Sect’s great bell and summon the Ninth-Realm elders to decide whether to accompany him.

Bi Yuan gathered the Dao Sect’s long-lived Supreme Elders and introduced Xu Yunfan, who had established his foundation in the upper realm and could offer them a chance at renewed life. Xu Yunfan revealed his mastery of the True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture, stirring the elders’ decayed auras.

• The Dao Sect’s ancient bell rang nine times, summoning powerful elders from their secluded retreats.
• The Purple-Robed Old Man, Martial Aunt Qingming, a dirt-shelled elder, and the previous Sect Master’s incense-powered dharma body arrived at Qingwei Hall.
• Xu Yunfan examined the elders and recognized the unusual clarity of the previous Sect Master’s incense dharma body.
• Bi Yuan introduced Xu Yunfan to the twelve ninth-realm grandmasters and said he had established his foundation in the upper realm.
• Xu Yunfan manifested the Black Tortoise Dharma Image with the True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture, stirring the elders’ auras.

Xu Yunfan revealed that the Martial Dao Root came from an Immortal Scripture, offering the twelve Dao Sect elders a chance to keep cultivating. After his True Martial aura subdued them, they agreed to follow his decree and prepare to cross into the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm with him.

• The Hemp-Clad Old Daoist recognized Xu Yunfan's Dao patterns as an Immortal Scripture, and Xu Yunfan told the elders they could use it to continue cultivating.
• Xue Zhen volunteered to go with Xu Yunfan, and Bi Yuan explained that the twelve elders feared losing their chance to advance.
• Xu Yunfan dismissed the elders' threat with True Martial Sword Qi and ordered them to meet him in three days for a realm-breaking talisman crossing.
• Xu Yunfan's Foundation Establishment aura suppressed the elders' powers and scattered their hostile thoughts, leading all twelve to bow and obey him.

Xu Yunfan returned to Heavenly Crafting Cave and reunited with his master, Zhan Yan, offering to take him away. As they forged a sword together, Xu Yunfan's cultivation transformed the ordinary blade into an Eighth Order Divine Weapon, leaving Zhan Yan amazed by how far his disciple had surpassed the world.

• Xu Yunfan entered Heavenly Crafting Cave, reunited with Zhan Yan, and knelt to tell him he had come to take him away.
• Zhan Yan brushed aside Xu Yunfan's heartfelt words and asked him to help finish forging a sword.
• Xu Yunfan infused the sword blank with True Martial Malevolent Qi and other auras, and his hammering caused the earthfire to form a Black Tortoise Phantom around it.
• The completed Eight-Sided Han Sword became an Eighth Order Divine Weapon, drawing in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and displaying seven glowing star apertures.
• Zhan Yan took the sword and swung it, sending a trail of azure flame through the air and splitting the earthfire pool in two.

Xu Yunfan gave Zhan Yan an eighth-order divine sword and invited him to the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm, but Zhan Yan chose to remain in Heavenly Crafting Cave and preserve Divine Weapon Ridge’s legacy. Xu Yunfan then led twelve old cultivators to the Taihua Realm, where the spiritual qi of True Martial Peak began healing and transforming them.

• Xu Yunfan offered Zhan Yan the divine sword and asked him to accompany him, but Zhan Yan refused because he wanted to stay at Heavenly Crafting Cave and continue forging.
• Three days later, Xue Zhen and eleven other old cultivators joined Xu Yunfan after entrusting their Dao lineages to their disciples.
• Xu Yunfan saluted the Casting Hall as Zhan Yan hammered at his forge, then used a Boundary-Breaking Talisman to take the twelve old cultivators to the Taihua Realm.
• Xu Yunfan brought the group to True Martial Peak and warned them to remain within its boundaries because they were still mortals in the Primal Devil Sect’s territory.
• The spiritual qi of True Martial Peak restored the old cultivators, as Xue Zhen’s chains began to emerge from his body and the Azure Nether Old Woman’s sword bone fused with her spine.

Xu Yunfan and the others revived as spiritual energy surged through True Martial Peak, but the tide threatened to destroy Zhang Ziyang’s Spiritual Body. Xu Yunfan began purifying a demonic Blood Banner to preserve Zhang Ziyang, sacrificing much of the banner’s power in the process.

• Xu Yunfan’s spiritual energy restored Mud Old Man’s body, and Mud Old Man thanked him.
• Zhang Ziyang’s Spiritual Travel Dharma Body shed its black mist and regained his clear blue-robed appearance before he thanked Xu Yunfan for his rebirth.
• Xu Yunfan warned that Xue Zhen lacked a physical body and would need a rare treasure to return to the orthodox path.
• A sudden spiritual tide erupted from True Martial Peak’s earth veins and nearly scattered Zhang Ziyang’s Spiritual Body.
• Bi Yuan urged Xu Yunfan to save Zhang Ziyang, so Xu Yunfan used his True Martial Magic Power to cleanse the Myriad Souls Blood Banner of its fiendish energy.

Xu Yunfan purified the Blood Banner and transformed it into a star-charted Myriad Souls Banner, then used it to preserve Zhang Ziyang’s collapsing Spiritual Body. Zhang Ziyang agreed to obey Xu Yunfan, who next turned to address the other survivors.

• Xu Yunfan cleansed the Blood Banner’s Blood Fiend aura with True Martial Magic Power, converting its tainted souls into Daoist Soldiers and a Heavenly Cycle Star Chart.
• Xu Yunfan consumed the remaining corrupted Foundation Establishment Essence Souls and reshaped the banner’s skull ornament into a Black Tortoise Seal Button.
• As Zhang Ziyang’s Spiritual Body began to vanish, Xu Yunfan used the banner’s Azure Light Chains and his essence blood to draw Zhang Ziyang inside and restore him with starlight.
• Zhang Ziyang thanked Xu Yunfan for saving him and promised to obey his commands, while Xu Yunfan explained that he would have to reside in the banner for now.
• Xu Yunfan turned toward the remaining old pieces of wood and let the Hidden Star Obscuring Moon Array’s clouds and mist recede.

Xu Yunfan brought the twelve old monsters to True Martial Peak and used his magic power to renew their meridians so they could begin cultivating in the Taihua Realm. After stabilizing them with an array, he ordered them to return daily for three months and warned them not to cultivate on their own.

• Xu Yunfan shielded the old monsters from the Taihua Realm’s spiritual qi after it overwhelmed their weakened bodies.
• Xu Yunfan used the Meridian-Renewing Bridge Method to awaken Spirit Pivots and rebuild the old monsters’ meridians.
• Xu Yunfan warned the old monsters not to tamper with their Spirit Pivots and told them their martial foundations could help extend their lives by a century.
• Xue Zhen’s blood pellet formed a minor circulation in his new meridians, and spiritual qi began healing his old wound.
• Xu Yunfan ordered the old monsters to sit beneath his azure barrier every day during the Chen hour for three months and not cultivate alone.
• Xu Yunfan formed a Spirit Gathering Array that drew starlight into gentle Spirit Mist around the group.

Xu Yunfan reported his ambush by a Primal Beginning Sect Foundation Establishment Cultivator to Hundred Peaks True Person, who recognized signs of a deeper plot and summoned Clear Source True Monarch. The True Monarch traced the interference to Nine Abyss, then poured Universe Clear Qi into Xu Yunfan, causing his Black Tortoise Phantom to take tangible form.

• Xu Yunfan explained the True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture to the gathered cultivators, then flew to White Peak to report his ambush to Hundred Peaks True Person.
• Xu Yunfan showed Hundred Peaks True Person the Black Banner and revealed that the attacker had shattered a Twin Lotus jade pendant while activating the Blood River Great Array.
• Hundred Peaks True Person recognized a hidden method, sealed the area, and sent a Golden Talisman to summon Clear Source True Monarch.
• Clear Source True Monarch examined the Blood Banner and discovered that Nine Abyss had disrupted heavenly secrets with the Reincarnation Mirror.
• Clear Source True Monarch told Xu Yunfan about his past with Nine Abyss and the Marriage Record Book, then poured Universe Clear Qi into Xu Yunfan until his Black Tortoise Phantom became tangible.

Clear Source True Monarch gave Xu Yunfan the Azure Dragon Thunder Bead Calamity-Sealing Fortune-Suppressing Art and a Profound Sky Thunder Pearl, while warning him that the power came with responsibilities. Back on True Martial Peak, Xu Yunfan began reviewing his cultivation and the gains from his journey.

• Clear Source True Monarch taught Xu Yunfan the Azure Dragon Thunder Bead Calamity-Sealing Fortune-Suppressing Art and told him to cultivate until the time came to act.
• Clear Source True Monarch accepted Xu Yunfan's Myriad Souls Banner and vanished into the Carrying Destiny Lamp, then bestowed the Profound Sky Thunder Pearl on him.
• Hundred Peaks True Person explained the pearl's cultivation and concealment abilities and warned Xu Yunfan not to reveal it casually.
• Xu Yunfan told Zhang Ziyang that Nascent Soul Dao Masters stood above Golden Core True Monarchs in the Primal Beginning Sect.
• Xu Yunfan returned to True Martial Peak, activated its restrictions, arranged the Myriad Souls Banner and Profound Sky Thunder Pearl, and began examining his cultivation.

Xu Yunfan imprisoned Yu Congling in the Myriad Souls Banner, then began cultivating the Myriad Chariots Sword Transformation Art. When the Profound Sky Thunder Pearl restrained his unstable sword qi, he realized he first needed to cultivate the Azure Dragon Thunder Bead Calamity-Locking Fortune-Suppressing Art and was transported into a sea of lightning.

• Xu Yunfan decided to seek cultivation opportunities later and took out the Jade Slip for the Myriad Chariots Sword Transformation Art.
• Yu Congling challenged Xu Yunfan over his failure to free her, but he used the Myriad Souls Banner to draw in her remnant soul and bind her as its main soul.
• Xu Yunfan began forming a strand of natal sword qi in his Dantian and struggled to control it when it tried to burst from his body.
• The Profound Sky Thunder Pearl released an Azure Dragon-shaped bolt of lightning that locked down the sword qi.
• Xu Yunfan realized he needed to cultivate the Azure Dragon Thunder Bead Calamity-Locking Fortune-Suppressing Art first, extended his divine sense into the thunder pearl, and found himself in a sea of lightning.