Chapter Summaries

Xu Yunfan brought the incapacitated Liu Yunhua and Pu Yu to his cave dwelling and tried to drain Liu Yunhua’s cultivated essence with the Hundred Desires Devouring Origin Great Method. His technique failed to penetrate a strange, stubborn barrier within her, leaving him surprised and unable to draw anything from her.

• Xu Yunfan used his mana to transport Liu Yunhua and Pu Yu to his cave dwelling on Divine Firmament Peak.
• Liu Yunhua struggled with the lingering effects of Xu Yunfan’s suppression, while Pu Yu trembled in fear.
• Xu Yunfan inspected his cave for detection Magic Arts and then turned his attention to the two women.
• Xu Yunfan invaded Liu Yunhua’s body and spirit and activated the Hundred Desires Devouring Origin Great Method to harvest her essence.
• The devouring force failed to penetrate a peculiar barrier within Liu Yunhua, and Xu Yunfan increased his effort in surprise.

Xu Yunfan learned that Liu Yunhua’s Heaven and Earth Intercourse Yin-Yang Union True Scripture protected her foundation from his devouring method, so he threatened her with Divine Vault Thunder to obtain its teachings. The chapter ended with him demanding that she record the complete Foundation Establishment formula and promising to spare her if she complied.

• Xu Yunfan examined Liu Yunhua and found an inner yin-yang barrier insulating her origin power from his devouring field.
• Liu Yunhua explained that the Heaven and Earth Intercourse Yin-Yang Union True Scripture was a superior inheritance that made her foundation difficult to seize.
• Xu Yunfan stopped his devouring and recalled the scripture’s principles of constructing a self-sustaining inner landscape of yin and yang.
• Xu Yunfan threatened Liu Yunhua with Divine Vault Thunder and demanded that she record the Foundation Establishment formula and its essential principles on a Jade Slip.
• Xu Yunfan swore to spare Liu Yunhua if she made an accurate and complete record.

Xu Yunfan forced Liu Yunhua to hand over the Foundation Establishment chapter of the Heaven and Earth Intercourse Yin-Yang Union True Scripture. As she passed on the art and her insights, he recognized its unusual scope and potential, while remaining wary of letting her go.

• Xu Yunfan threatened Liu Yunhua and Pu Yu with death if Liu Yunhua falsified the technique she was ordered to provide.
• Liu Yunhua abandoned her resistance and begged Xu Yunfan to spare her life.
• Xu Yunfan established a one-way divine-sense channel and ordered Liu Yunhua to begin transmitting the art.
• Liu Yunhua sent the scripture along with her cultivation insights, advancement guidance, and warnings about backlash and inner demons.
• Xu Yunfan studied the scripture alongside two other methods and realized it could harvest from targets beyond human cultivators.

Xu Yunfan understood how the Heaven and Earth Intercourse Yin-Yang Union True Scripture could strengthen his cultivation and replenish his mana. After sparing Liu Yunhua’s life, he began forcibly plundering her cultivation to nourish his own Cave Heaven Prototype.

• Xu Yunfan grasped that the True Scripture could absorb and refine essence from cultivators and heaven and earth to strengthen his inner world.
• The transmission ended, leaving Liu Yunhua severely drained, and Xu Yunfan confirmed that the True Scripture was complete.
• Xu Yunfan agreed to spare Liu Yunhua’s life but demanded compensation for her earlier attempt to use him as a Cauldron.
• Xu Yunfan used the True Scripture to break through Liu Yunhua’s defenses and forcibly draw out her origin.
• Xu Yunfan’s mana increased as his Cave Heaven Prototype absorbed the nourishment from Liu Yunhua.

Xu Yunfan absorbed much of Liu Yunhua’s cultivated essence, leaving her gravely weakened, then refused her plea to take Pu Yu with her. Liu Yunhua departed alone, while Xu Yunfan kept Pu Yu confined in his cave abode and considered how to deal with Liu Yunhua in the future.

• Xu Yunfan refined Liu Yunhua’s yin essence over several days, leaving her nearly powerless and close to death.
• Xu Yunfan told Liu Yunhua that he had spared her, but refused to let her take Pu Yu away.
• Liu Yunhua left the cave abode alone, furious and despairing but unable to resist Xu Yunfan.
• Xu Yunfan considered Liu Yunhua a future threat and regretted lacking a way to place restrictions on her.
• Xu Yunfan adjusted Pu Yu’s restraints so she could move slightly but could not escape his cave abode.

After defeating Liu Yunhua, Xu Yunfan set aside a suspicious clue to the Divine Vault Sword and focused on stabilizing his cultivation, while Celestial Evolution True Person revealed that Liu Yunhua’s ordeal had been a test. Xu Yunfan continued cultivating, unaware that the sect master was watching his progress and plotting around the scripture and treasure clue.

• Xu Yunfan stored the clue to the Divine Vault Sword and focused on perfecting his Cave Heaven before advancing to Late Foundation Establishment.
• Liu Yunhua returned to Hundred Desires Peak badly injured and reported to Celestial Evolution True Person that she had completed her task.
• Celestial Evolution True Person gave Liu Yunhua jade marrow to preserve her life and said her encounter with Xu Yunfan had tested his strength and foundation.
• Celestial Evolution True Person planned to see whether Xu Yunfan could keep the Heaven and Earth Intercourse Yin-Yang Union True Scripture and the clue he had taken.
• Xu Yunfan continued cultivating with the scripture, while Pu Yu sat terrified in a corner of his cave abode.

After nearly three years of secluded cultivation, Xu Yunfan strengthened his cultivation and inspected Divine Firmament Peak’s affairs. He then headed to the Primal Beginning Sect’s Scripture Repository Tower to exchange for two secret arts.

• Xu Yunfan resisted pursuing the Sinking Star treasure clue or seeking revenge, choosing instead to cultivate in seclusion.
• After nearly three years, Xu Yunfan gained fifty proficiency points in the True Scripture of the Unyielding Nine Heavens and stabilized his Cave Heaven Prototype.
• Xu Yunfan inspected Divine Firmament Peak’s operations and found that its disciples had managed the peak’s businesses well.
• Xu Yunfan used the Clear Source True Monarch’s decree to travel to the Scripture Repository Tower and exchange for two secret arts.

Xu Yunfan searched the Primal Beginning Sect's Scripture Repository Tower and selected the Cave Shadow Eclipse Heaven Talisman to disrupt divination and karmic ties, along with the Sun Moon Mystic Pivot to temper his body. As he left with the scriptures, he encountered Li Wei, a senior aide to the Sect Master, who greeted him with praise.

• Xu Yunfan presented Clear Source True Monarch's decree and entered the Scripture Repository Tower.
• Xu Yunfan found and chose the Cave Shadow Eclipse Heaven Talisman for concealing and disrupting Heavenly Secrets and karmic connections.
• Xu Yunfan selected the Sun Moon Mystic Pivot as a method to strengthen and protect his body.
• Xu Yunfan removed both scriptures using the True Monarch's decree and headed for the exit.
• Li Wei approached Xu Yunfan, praised his cultivation, and exchanged greetings with him.

Li Wei asked Xu Yunfan to forge a Nine Hells Suppressing Prison Tower for Pudu True Monarch, and Xu Yunfan agreed after receiving its blueprint. As he left the Scripture Repository Tower, a furious young disciple from Hundred Desires Peak blocked his path.

• Li Wei told Xu Yunfan that Pudu True Monarch needed a tower to suppress captured Eastern Wasteland demons and isolate their corruption.
• Li Wei gave Xu Yunfan a jade talisman containing the tower's forging blueprint and invited him to forge it at Celestial Furnace Peak.
• Xu Yunfan agreed to make the tower, while privately considering the opportunity to improve his artifact-refining skills and deepen his understanding of space.
• After Li Wei departed, Xu Yunfan left the Scripture Repository Tower with the secret art jade slip he had obtained there.
• A weakly cultivated youth in the robes of a Hundred Desires Peak disciple confronted Xu Yunfan and blocked his way.

Xu Yunfan humiliated Qi Hanfeng, who begged him to release Pu Yu and swore revenge after Xu claimed she was his Cauldron. As Xu walked away, he secretly manipulated Qi Hanfeng's Thread of Karma.

• Xu Yunfan pressured Qi Hanfeng with his Foundation Establishment aura, and Qi Hanfeng demanded to know whether he had taken Senior Sister Pu Yu.
• Xu Yunfan said Pu Yu was his prey and Cauldron, then rejected Qi Hanfeng's plea to trade his life for hers.
• Qi Hanfeng knelt and begged Xu Yunfan, but Xu Yunfan mocked him and threatened him for daring to question a True Person.
• Qi Hanfeng declared that he would repay the humiliation one day, then collapsed as Xu Yunfan turned away.
• Xu Yunfan secretly stirred Qi Hanfeng's Thread of Karma with an unseen movement of his finger.

Xu Yunfan used the Cave Shadow Eclipse Heaven Talisman to strip Qi Hanfeng of his fortune and brand him with calamity, and Qi Hanfeng was soon killed by a Shadow Devouring Hyena. Back in his cave abode, Xu Yunfan reflected on the encounter and examined the fate-stabilizing art at the core of his cultivation.

• Xu Yunfan stole Qi Hanfeng's fortune and condensed it into a Calamity Seed that marked Qi Hanfeng's life soul.
• A Shadow Devouring Hyena broke into the plaza and killed Qi Hanfeng before fleeing with his head.
• The disciples and hidden observers reacted to Qi Hanfeng's sudden death, while Xu Yunfan returned to his cave abode on Divine Firmament Peak.
• Xu Yunfan considered that someone might seek him out over Qi Hanfeng's death but remained unafraid of a confrontation.
• Xu Yunfan examined the Azure Dragon Thunder Bead Calamity-Locking Fate-Subduing Art and its role in stabilizing his fortune and fate.

Xu Yunfan realized that steadily cultivating the True Scripture of the Unyielding Nine Heavens might let him attain its supreme Dao Fruit without completing a deadly ritual. He resolved to raise his proficiency in secret and began studying the Cave Shadow Eclipse Heaven Talisman.

• Xu Yunfan reviewed his cultivation progress and noted that his Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi neared Great Accomplishment and his Myriad Chariots Sword Incantation had reached Great Accomplishment.
• Xu Yunfan sensed the Divine Vault Dao Fruit and learned that its traditional Dao-attainment ritual required killing powerful cultivators and cleansing the realm of those who consumed its foundations.
• Xu Yunfan realized that each increase in his scripture proficiency strengthened his connection to the Dao Fruit, suggesting he could attain it without the dangerous ritual.
• Xu Yunfan thanked the Pure Yang Ancestor for transmitting the scripture and decided to increase his proficiency by learning new arts.
• Xu Yunfan studied the Cave Shadow Eclipse Heaven Talisman, gaining one point of proficiency.

Xu Yunfan cultivated the Cave Shadow Eclipse Heaven Talisman and Sun Moon Mystic Pivot, strengthening his connection to the Divine Vault Dao Fruit. In the Divine Martial Realm, Han Shi found a spatial rift and crossed into a realm overflowing with spiritual qi.

• Xu Yunfan used several months of secluded cultivation to advance his secret arts and refine his body and divine soul.
• Xu Yunfan's connection to the Divine Vault Dao Fruit gradually became clearer as his proficiency increased.
• Han Shi sensed the hundred-year spatial disturbance and realized that a rift to the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm had appeared.
• Han Shi followed the spatial pull across the barren land and found a flickering black rift.
• Han Shi plunged through the rift and absorbed the abundant spiritual qi on the other side, restoring his vitality and strength.

Han Shi headed for the Myriad Chariots Sword Sect after Xu Yunfan manipulated him into believing his sword path had advanced. As Xu Yunfan prepared for upheaval in the Eastern Wasteland, Blood Old Demon attacked Divine Firmament Peak, and Xu Yunfan realized the disturbance at the Scripture Repository Tower had drawn out its true master.

• Han Shi lamented that he lacked a Foundation Establishment sword incantation, blamed Xu Yunfan for his suffering, and resolved to kill him.
• Han Shi sensed the Myriad Chariots Sword Sect’s mountain gate and set off to join it.
• Xu Yunfan confirmed that his Realm Gate and cognitive barrier had guided Han Shi toward the sect, then considered the coming King of Freedom Buddha ritual and his need to improve his cultivation.
• Blood Old Demon’s Late Foundation Establishment pressure battered Divine Firmament Peak, injuring disciples and straining its protective formation.
• Bi Yuan ordered the disciples to activate the Minor All-Heaven Lightning Guiding Formation and unite against the attacker.
• Xu Yunfan sensed the attack from his cave residence and realized the incident at the Scripture Repository Tower had drawn out Blood Old Demon.

Xu Yunfan activated Divine Firmament Peak’s formation to withstand Blood Old Demon, who accused him of destroying Qi Hanfeng, his planned body for possession. Xu Yunfan exposed Blood Old Demon’s scheme and suggested the old demon was being used as a weapon, leaving Blood Old Demon furious and the confrontation unresolved.

• Xu Yunfan activated Divine Firmament Peak’s thunderbolt formation, neutralizing the pressure from the approaching Blood Old Demon.
• Xu Yunfan mocked Blood Old Demon and defended his refusal to yield, citing the formations protecting Divine Firmament Peak.
• Blood Old Demon accused Xu Yunfan of using the Cave Shadow Eclipse Heaven Talisman and Divine Firmament Peak’s thunderous aura to cause Qi Hanfeng’s death.
• Xu Yunfan revealed that Blood Old Demon had raised Qi Hanfeng as a body for possession after five life reincarnations.
• Xu Yunfan warned that Blood Old Demon’s final chance at reincarnation might be lost and suggested someone was using him against Xu Yunfan.
• Blood Old Demon erupted in anger after Xu Yunfan struck at his secret and his failing hopes.

Blood Old Demon unleashed his Late Foundation Establishment Blood Sea against Xu Yunfan, who answered with his powerful thunder Dao Foundation. Their opposing domains collided above Divine Firmament Peak, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Blood Old Demon lost control of his rage and summoned the filthy Blood Sea to engulf Divine Firmament Peak.
• Xu Yunfan noticed that Blood Old Demon's Cave Heaven Prototype was unstable and stepped beyond the peak's protective formation to meet the attack.
• Xu Yunfan manifested his Purple Zenith All-Heavens Myriad Transformation Thunder Mansion Dao Foundation and its Nine Heavens Demon-Locking Primordial Chaos Lightning Rune Formation.
• Xu Yunfan expanded his Purple Mansion Annihilation Heavenly Fiend Thunder Domain into the descending Blood Sea, and the two energies began to annihilate each other.

Xu Yunfan fought Blood Old Demon in a clash between their Dao Foundations, and his Heavenly Fiend lightning held off the older cultivator’s vast blood sea despite the pressure. As Blood Old Demon drew on his reserves to wear Xu Yunfan down, Xu Yunfan sensed that Ice Soul True Person and Black Heart Old Monster were watching the battle.

• Blood Old Demon sent his Blood Filth Sea against Xu Yunfan’s thunder domain, while Xu Yunfan’s divine lightning purified much of the blood sea and repelled its filthy power.
• Xu Yunfan and Blood Old Demon’s Dao Foundation phenomena clashed above Divine Firmament Peak, astonishing Bi Yuan and the other disciples with their apparent parity.
• Blood Old Demon realized Xu Yunfan’s lightning domain was unusually stable, while Xu Yunfan endured the assault with support from his Cave Heaven Prototype and cultivated techniques.
• Xu Yunfan expanded his thunder domain and taunted Blood Old Demon, who unleashed the reserves accumulated across five lifetimes to erode the lightning from its edges.
• Xu Yunfan sensed that Ice Soul True Person and Black Heart Old Monster were observing the battle from nearby peaks.

Xu Yunfan unleashed the Nine Heavens Palace Five Elements Yin-Yang Thunder Domain Grand Formation against Blood Old Demon’s desperate attempt to seize his Dao foundation. The formation empowered Xu Yunfan to manifest a towering Purple Abyss Myriad Transformations Thunder Venerable Avatar, which raised a Heavenly Punishment Thunder Halberd as the battle reached a decisive point.

• Xu Yunfan warned Blood Old Demon to retreat, but Blood Old Demon refused and declared his intent to seize Xu Yunfan’s Dao foundation to extend his life.
• Blood Old Demon burned his remaining lifespan and foul essence to unleash the Blood Sea Devours Heaven Dao-Foundation-Seizing Art.
• Xu Yunfan activated the Nine Heavens Palace Five Elements Yin-Yang Thunder Domain Grand Formation, drawing on the power of heaven, earth, and Divine Firmament Peak.
• Celestial Evolution True Person and Lu Chuan recognized the grand formation’s extraordinary design and power.
• Xu Yunfan withdrew the Purple Mansion Thunder Domain’s protection and manifested the Purple Abyss Myriad Transformations Thunder Venerable Avatar.
• The avatar formed a Heavenly Punishment Thunder Halberd from the grand formation’s power.

Xu Yunfan trapped Blood Old Demon in a Heaven and Earth Furnace formed from the grand formation and Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi, then used its refining power and myriad thunders to dismantle his blood-sea Dao foundation. As Blood Old Demon’s power and connection to a turbid Dao Fruit were stripped away, Xu Yunfan declared he would borrow his cultivation to help himself ascend.

• Xu Yunfan filled the Ninefold Heavenly Palace Five Elements Yin Yang Thunder Domain Grand Formation with Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi and turned its interior into a Heaven and Earth Furnace around Blood Old Demon.
• Blood Old Demon realized Xu Yunfan’s power approached Foundation Establishment Perfection and screamed in horror as his blood sea began dissolving in the furnace.
• Xu Yunfan unleashed the formation’s myriad divine thunders and placed the Myriad Souls Banner within it so Zhang Ziyang and its souls could undergo a cleansing lightning baptism.
• Xu Yunfan used earth-fiend thunder, demon-cleansing lightning, and golden sword-qi lightning to pin down, purify, and divide Blood Old Demon’s blood sea.
• The Heaven and Earth Furnace extracted Blood Old Demon’s life source and Dao-foundation fragments, severing his connection to a turbid Dao Fruit as his foundation collapsed.
• Xu Yunfan told Blood Old Demon he would borrow his Dao cultivation to help himself ascend and promised to guide him back onto the Immortal Dao if he reached Golden Core someday.

Xu Yunfan stopped Blood Old Demon from detonating his Dao Foundation and used the lightning formation to refine it into a pill. The formation faded, leaving Xu Yunfan exhausted and the dark-gold pill floating before him.

• Blood Old Demon began detonating his five-lifetime Dao Foundation, threatening to devastate Divine Firmament Peak and the surrounding land.
• Xu Yunfan summoned nine thunder chains to anchor the formation and pierce Blood Old Demon's source, stopping the detonation and shattering his Dao Foundation.
• Xu Yunfan used the Eight Sceneries Divine Fire and countless lightning strikes to purify and refine Blood Old Demon's source.
• After half an hour, the formation and Thunder Venerable manifestation faded, leaving Xu Yunfan pale and unsteady.
• A dark-gold pill marked with nine Purple Gold Patterns floated where Blood Old Demon had been.