Chapter Summaries

Xu Yunfan tortured the Empress of Heaven with the Hundred Desires Peak’s secret art to force her to reveal the Hidden World Dao Fruit. After the Heavenly Emperor fell, he asked where the Great Yin Profound Mirror Dao Fruit was hidden.

• The Empress of Heaven refused to reveal the Hidden World Dao Fruit despite Xu Yunfan’s threats and the Heavenly Dao’s warnings.
• Pudu True Monarch, Clear Source True Monarch, and Cave Void True Monarch combined their powers to kill the Heavenly Emperor.
• The Heavenly Emperor’s death devastated the Empress of Heaven, while Xu Yunfan realized the Dao Fruit’s concealment would soon weaken.
• Xu Yunfan tore the Empress of Heaven’s Palace Attire and used the Heaven and Earth Intercourse Yin-Yang Union True Scripture to torment and drain her.
• Xu Yunfan asked the broken Empress of Heaven how to obtain the Hidden World Dao Fruit and where the Great Yin Profound Mirror Dao Fruit was hidden.

Xu Yunfan forced the Empress of Heaven to reveal the Great Yin Profound Mirror Dao Fruit’s location, then captured her as a Banner Spirit. He followed the Dao Fruit’s guidance to Mirror Star Abyss, where he found an inverted starry sky absorbing the Heavenly River’s power.

• Xu Yunfan used the Heaven and Earth Intercourse Yin-Yang Union True Scripture to make the Empress of Heaven reveal that the Heavenly River’s end lay in Mirror Star Abyss.
• Xu Yunfan absorbed the Empress of Heaven into the Zhou Tian Star Spirit Banner, turning her into a powerful Banner Spirit and receiving a surge of cultivation feedback.
• Xu Yunfan sensed the Heavenly Emperor’s resistance had ended and hurried toward the Dao Fruit’s location before the True Lords discovered it.
• Xu Yunfan followed the Golden Essence Light Qi through the increasingly unstable Heavenly River to its terminal vortex.
• Xu Yunfan found an inverted starry sky that formed a crystal wall, absorbed the Heavenly River, and concealed an abyss of Ultimate Yin Law power.

Xu Yunfan discovered that the Great Yin Profound Mirror Dao Fruit could be collected, but taking it himself would expose him to the realm’s True Monarch invaders. Zhang Ziyang proposed using the Empress of Heaven’s bound soul to collect it instead, provided Xu Yunfan kept absolute control of her.

• The Empress of Heaven explained that the Great Yin Profound Mirror Dao Fruit was the Heaven Realm’s final fortress of origin and that taking it would end the rise of Great Yin Power there.
• Xu Yunfan prepared his Town Origin Refining Fire Cauldron to collect the Dao Fruit, then halted when the Zhou Tian Star Spirit Banner revealed a connection to it.
• The Empress Star Soul warned Xu Yunfan that collecting the Dao Fruit would expose the remnant Heaven Dao and make him the realm’s last favored child of fortune and a target for the outer demons.
• Xu Yunfan realized that Pudu, Qingyuan True Monarch, and Void Insight could attack him if they detected his connection to the Dao Fruit.
• Zhang Ziyang advised Xu Yunfan to use the Empress of Heaven’s soul to collect the Dao Fruit while retaining control of her core true-spirit imprint.

Xu Yunfan used the Empress Star Soul and the Star Spirit Banner to steal the Great Yin Profound Mirror Dao Fruit while the True Monarchs were distracted. He fled the Heavenly Court ruins and hid in a lava cave, where he began severing any karmic traces that could lead others to him.

• Xu Yunfan decided that risking the Empress Star Soul to retrieve the Dao Fruit was his only chance to avoid disaster.
• Xu Yunfan commanded the Empress to use her shared origin with the realm’s Dao Fruit to retrieve the Moon Wheel Treasure Mirror, threatening to destroy her if she disobeyed.
• The Empress used the Star Spirit Banner’s power to retrieve the mirror without triggering the Heavenly Dao or the three True Monarchs, and Xu Yunfan drew it into the banner.
• Xu Yunfan recalled the banner and fled through the chaotic Heavenly Court ruins, avoiding contested areas and choosing a concealed route.
• Xu Yunfan reached a desolate region beyond the Heavenly Emperor’s power barrier and hid in a lava cave beneath a canyon.
• Xu Yunfan used karma deduction to trace possible connections to the stolen Dao Fruit and severed uncertain traces with the Cave Shadow Eclipse Heaven Talisman.

After securing the Lunar Dao Fruit, Xu Yunfan hid his traces and began absorbing World Root Qi in the shattered Boundary Heaven to strengthen his Cave Heaven Prototype and advance his cultivation. Over several days, his prototype stabilized and grew stronger as his proficiency increased.

• Xu Yunfan confirmed that the Star Banner and Empress of Heaven had concealed the Dao resonance linking him to the Lunar Dao Fruit, leaving him safe from the True Monarchs' attention.
• Xu Yunfan chose to absorb the World Root Qi filling the shattered Boundary Heaven and sat down to cultivate with the True Scripture of the Unyielding Nine Heavens.
• His Cave Heaven Prototype devoured the surrounding Root Qi, earning him proficiency and gradually stabilizing its chaotic edges.
• Xu Yunfan spent the following days guiding Root Qi into the prototype while the True Monarchs continued dismantling the Boundary Heaven.
• His prototype's lightning grew into violet dragons, its stars formed faint trajectories, and its stability increased as the realm barrier loosened.

Xu Yunfan completed the True Scripture of the Unyielding Nine Heavens and broke through to Late Foundation Establishment after years of cultivation in the Boundary Heaven ruins. He summoned the Empress of Heaven to help him harmonize yin and yang.

• Xu Yunfan absorbed the last torrent of Boundary Heaven Root Qi, bringing the True Scripture of the Unyielding Nine Heavens to perfection.
• The Cave Heaven Prototype settled into his sea of consciousness, and Xu Yunfan naturally advanced to Late Foundation Establishment.
• Xu Yunfan considered his next steps: stabilizing his realm, comprehending Innate Immortal Golden Nature, and pursuing the Divine Vault Jade Purity Nine Heavens Myriad Transformations Unyielding Dao Fruit rather than the Great Yin Profound Mirror Dao Fruit.
• Xu Yunfan summoned the Empress of Heaven from the Zhou Tian Star Spirit Banner and ordered her to help him harmonize yin and yang.
• Xu Yunfan began circulating the Heaven and Earth Intercourse Yin-Yang Union True Scripture, and the Empress of Heaven responded with anticipation.

Xu Yunfan used the Heaven and Earth Intercourse Yin-Yang Union True Scripture to drain the Empress of Heaven’s accumulated Pure Primordial Yin Power, stabilizing his Late Foundation Establishment cultivation. He discovered the Great Yin Treasure Mirror within the Star Spirit Banner, rejected refining its Dao Fruit as his own foundation, and planned to use it to help condense his Immortal Golden Nature.

• Xu Yunfan absorbed the Empress of Heaven’s Pure Primordial Yin Power, strengthening his cultivation while leaving her severely weakened.
• Xu Yunfan returned the Empress of Heaven to the Star Spirit Banner and examined the Great Yin Treasure Mirror within its core region.
• Xu Yunfan recognized that the mirror embodied the Great Yin Profound Mirror Dao Fruit and considered its immense power.
• Xu Yunfan decided not to refine the Great Yin Treasure Mirror as his foundational Dao Fruit, since doing so would endanger his path in the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm.
• Xu Yunfan planned to find a way to borrow the mirror’s Dao Fruit authority and use it to assist in condensing his Immortal Golden Nature.

After three years of secluded cultivation in the collapsing Boundary Heaven, Xu Yunfan emerged to hunt for Foundation Establishment experts and gather Star Lords for his banner. He destroyed a Heart-Piercing Thorn launched from nearby ruins, while its attacker remained concealed.

• Xu Yunfan sensed the Bodhi Zen Pure Land joining the battle for the Western Buddha Head's Buddha Tathagata Dao Fruit and decided to exploit the chaos to hunt cultivators.
• After completing three years of cultivation, Xu Yunfan left his abyssal retreat and saw the Boundary Heaven being devoured by the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm's Heavenly Dao.
• A Heart-Piercing Thorn flew from collapsed palace ruins toward Xu Yunfan's back as he surveyed the devastated realm.
• Xu Yunfan struck the flying needle with his bare fist, shattering it, and heard its attacker grunt in shock.

Xu Yunfan killed Zimo True Person and absorbed his soul into the Zhou Tian Star Spirit Banner, then hunted vulnerable cultivators and Heaven Realm survivors while concealing his presence in the ruined battlefield. He left with his attention fixed on gathering more Banner Spirits, avoiding Primal Beginning Sect disciples whose deaths could draw the attention of powerful True Monarchs.

• Xu Yunfan caught Zimo True Person attempting to flee and killed him with Purple-Gold Lightning and the Zhou Tian Star Spirit Banner.
• The banner assimilated Zimo True Person into a Star Lord, and Xu Yunfan resolved to fill its constellations before seeking higher-quality spirits.
• Xu Yunfan concealed his aura and traces with the Threefold Karma Secret Technique and his Heavenly Machine Supreme Treasure bracelet while searching the ruins for targets.
• Xu Yunfan avoided unprovoked direct inheritors of the Primal Beginning Sect because their deaths could expose him to retaliation from True Monarchs.
• Xu Yunfan focused his hunt on vulnerable Heaven Realm True Immortals, rogue sect members, and other isolated cultivators in the battlefield ruins.

Xu Yunfan harvested Heaven Realm immortals with the Star Spirit Banner before confronting Yang Jian, who attacked him after Xu Yunfan claimed to have killed Nezha. Xu Yunfan withstood Yang Jian’s Heavenly Eye and evaded his halberd, leaving them poised to continue their battle.

• Xu Yunfan captured a Snow Soul Fairy, a poison-wielding Gu Immortal, and Barefoot Immortals, strengthening the Star Spirit Banner as the Heaven Realm collapsed.
• Xu Yunfan subdued a Heaven Realm star official near the ruins of a Star Gazing Platform, then encountered Yang Jian.
• Xu Yunfan provoked Yang Jian by claiming he had killed Nezha, and Yang Jian attacked him with the Heavenly Eye Illusion-Breaking Golden Light and his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Halberd.
• Xu Yunfan’s Cave Heaven Prototype protected his soul from Yang Jian’s golden light, and he dodged the halberd strike with lightning movement.
• Xu Yunfan criticized Yang Jian’s reliance on close combat, and Yang Jian angrily accused him of avoiding a direct fight.

Xu Yunfan defeated Yang Jian and refined him into a Banner Spirit in the Star Spirit Banner. Yang Jian then asked Xu Yunfan to travel north to Crouching Dragon Cliff and bring Nezha’s remnant soul into the banner.

• Xu Yunfan unleashed his Divine Vault Thunder Gang Armor and overpowered Yang Jian in a clash of strength.
• Xu Yunfan used the Zhou Tian Star Spirit Banner to suppress and capture the injured Yang Jian.
• After three days and nights, the banner finished refining Yang Jian while preserving his consciousness.
• Yang Jian asked Xu Yunfan to find the Pengyuan divine general at Crouching Dragon Cliff and bring Nezha’s remnant soul into the banner.

Xu Yunfan seized Nezha’s remnant soul from the lotus guarded by Nezha’s master and captured it in the Zhou Tian Star Spirit Banner. When the fat Taoist attacked to reclaim his disciple, Xu Yunfan’s Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi destroyed the Fly Whisk, leaving the Taoist holding only its jade handle.

• Xu Yunfan accepted Yang Jian’s proposal to bring him to Nezha’s location and carefully checked the site for traps.
• Xu Yunfan found Nezha’s master guarding a Lotus Platform that held Nezha’s remnant soul, and overheard him mention the legendary Other Shore Heavenly Boat.
• Xu Yunfan appeared and snatched the Lotus Platform and Nezha’s remnant soul into the Zhou Tian Star Spirit Banner.
• Nezha’s master attacked Xu Yunfan with his Fly Whisk, but Xu Yunfan’s Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi refined its strands until only the jade handle remained.

Xu Yunfan captured the fat daoist and absorbed the Grand Unity True Person’s knowledge, including the Five Tribulation Averting Mantra. Yang Jian then told him that Sun Wukong remained alive beneath Five Finger Cliff, and Xu Yunfan considered bringing the weakened Great Sage into his banner.

• Xu Yunfan used the Zhou Tian Star Spirit Banner and Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi to refine the fat daoist and draw his soul into the banner beside Nezha.
• Xu Yunfan refined the Grand Unity True Person’s memories and learned about the Boundary Heaven’s immortal paths and the Five Tribulation Averting Mantra.
• Yang Jian emerged from the banner and reported that Sun Wukong was sealed beneath Five Finger Cliff but still clung to a remnant of his soul and will.
• Yang Jian confirmed Sun Wukong could enter the banner and might become a Star Spirit general capable of contending with a Heavenly Immortal.
• Xu Yunfan recognized Sun Wukong’s potential and considered making him a vanguard in the banner.

Xu Yunfan followed Yang Jian to the Western Five Finger Cliff and found a fiercely defiant Demonic Monkey trapped beneath Tathagata’s Buddhist seal. When the monkey refused to submit, Xu Yunfan tried to seize its soul with the Star Spirit Banner, but its will resisted, so he began using the Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi to overpower it.

• Xu Yunfan followed the Star Spirit Banner through the dying Heaven Realm toward the Western Five Finger Cliff.
• Xu Yunfan found the battered Demonic Monkey pinned beneath the cliff and offered to save it if it submitted to him.
• The Demonic Monkey refused and threatened to kill Xu Yunfan if it escaped.
• Xu Yunfan attacked its remnant soul with the Star Spirit Banner, but the monkey’s fierce will struck back through his divine sense.
• Xu Yunfan activated the Eight Sceneries of Xuan Capital and unleashed his cloud qi to sustain himself and the banner.

Xu Yunfan used the Star Spirit Banner and Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi to defeat the Fierce Monkey’s remnant soul and absorb it, but the soul’s rebellion nearly destabilized the banner. He suppressed the upheaval and began refining the monkey’s soul, whose golden flames started to take on the cold hue of stardust.

• Xu Yunfan empowered the Star Spirit Banner with Creation Cloud Qi, and its Star Rocket battered the Fierce Monkey’s remnant soul and cracked the Five Finger Buddha Seal.
• The Fierce Monkey summoned a colossal ape dharma form and fought back, but Xu Yunfan’s starlight burned through it until he absorbed the soul into the banner.
• The Fierce Monkey’s will threw the banner’s inner world into chaos, knocking the Yang Jian, Nezha, and Grand Unity True Person Star Spirits from their stable positions.
• Xu Yunfan cast thirty-six Supreme Clarity Demon Cleansing Fiend talismans and formed a Seven-Colored Treasure Lotus to stabilize the banner’s inner space.
• Xu Yunfan used his Natal Essence to strengthen the lotus and distort time inside the banner, gradually refining the Fierce Monkey’s soul as stardust hues spread across it.

Xu Yunfan used the Star Spirit Banner, starlight, and Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi to refine the Demonic Monkey into a Banner Spirit, leaving it subdued and acknowledging him as master. After storing the banner, he saw the ruined Boundary Heaven being plundered, with Pudu True Monarch extracting its World Root Qi.

• Xu Yunfan spent twenty days tempering the Demonic Monkey with the Star Spirit Banner until its resistance was broken and it became a Banner Spirit.
• Xu Yunfan confirmed that the Demonic Monkey had accepted him as its master, but chose to leave it alone rather than comfort or erase it.
• Xu Yunfan withdrew his divine sense and stored the Star Spirit Banner after inspecting the stabilized Myriad Stars Array and its linked star spirits.
• Xu Yunfan surveyed the collapsing palaces and shattered landscape of the Boundary Heaven.
• Pudu True Monarch used his Dharma form and magical power to draw World Root Qi from the core of the Heaven Realm.

As the Heaven Realm collapsed under Pudu True Monarch and the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm’s devouring, Xu Yunfan gathered rare remnants and escaped toward the Vanguard Platform. He reached Clear Source True Monarch’s temporary residence and was granted entry.

• Xu Yunfan searched the crumbling Heaven Realm for treasures and fragments of Dao resonance, then flew toward the exit as its Boundary Heaven neared destruction.
• Xu Yunfan passed over the ruined mortal kingdoms without stopping and reflected on his connection to the Primal Beginning Sect’s role in the devastation.
• Xu Yunfan reached the void platform before the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm’s entrance, concealed his cultivation from the Golden Core True Monarchs, and approached Clear Source True Monarch’s stone hall.
• Xu Yunfan bowed and introduced himself as a disciple of the lower branch, and Clear Source True Monarch’s hall opened to him.

Xu Yunfan received recognition and a major reward from Clear Source True Monarch for leading the assault on the Heaven Realm. Clear Source True Monarch still doubted Xu Yunfan’s loyalties because of his connection to Pure Yang True Monarch, leaving the promised opportunity clouded by suspicion.

• Clear Source True Monarch praised Xu Yunfan for being the first to enter the Heaven Realm’s core Heavenly Court and credited him with the campaign’s foremost merit.
• Xu Yunfan humbly credited the Primal Beginning Sect, Clear Source True Monarch, and his fellow disciples for the victory.
• Clear Source True Monarch noticed Xu Yunfan’s Late Foundation Establishment cultivation and questioned whether he was a reincarnated True Person, but Xu Yunfan denied it.
• Clear Source True Monarch reconsidered entrusting Xu Yunfan with a confidential mission because Xu Yunfan had ties to Pure Yang True Monarch of the Myriad Chariots Sword Sect.
• Clear Source True Monarch offered Xu Yunfan an opportunity to sense and condense Immortal Golden Nature, and Xu Yunfan feigned delighted gratitude while concealing the lunar Immortal Golden Nature he already possessed.

Xu Yunfan declared absolute loyalty to Clear Source True Monarch despite his ties to Pure Yang Ancestor, then returned to the Primal Beginning Sect and discovered that his clone Han Shi had formed Wrathful Kill Sword Intent and advanced to Mid Foundation Establishment. The chapter ended as Xu Yunfan began sharing Han Shi’s breakthrough and realized Han Shi had passed the Myriad Chariots Sword Sect’s core Foundation Establishment Ritual.

• Clear Source True Monarch questioned whether Xu Yunfan’s connection to Pure Yang True Monarch would compromise sect duties, and Xu Yunfan proclaimed unwavering loyalty to the Primal Beginning Sect.
• Clear Source True Monarch accepted Xu Yunfan’s declaration and told him to seek out Lu Chuan after they returned to the Taihua Spiritual Void Realm.
• Xu Yunfan returned to Divine Firmament Peak and used the Cloud Scroll Clone art to inspect Han Shi through their shared link.
• Xu Yunfan discovered that Han Shi had formed Wrathful Kill Sword Intent, created a Mounting Heaven Sword Seat, and reached Mid Foundation Establishment.
• Xu Yunfan used the Attribute Panel to share Han Shi’s breakthrough insights and recognized that Han Shi had completed the Myriad Chariots Sword Sect’s core Foundation Establishment Ritual.

Xu Yunfan absorbed Han Shi’s Wrathful Kill Sword Intent and discovered Wukong was resonating with a Buddhist fruit position that the Bodhi Zen Pure Land planned to establish in the Eastern Wasteland. He severed Wukong’s connection to the World Honored One Tathagata, but the fruit position’s imminent arrival threatened to turn the region into a Buddhist kingdom and provoke the other supreme sects.

• Han Shi stabilized his sword seat, and Xu Yunfan absorbed his Wrathful Kill Sword Intent through the Attribute Panel, gaining a version thirty percent stronger than Han Shi’s.
• Xu Yunfan observed Wukong following Sanzang through the Eastern Wasteland and saw Buddhist light gathering in Wukong’s sea of consciousness.
• Xu Yunfan realized Wukong’s worship of the World Honored One Tathagata had connected him to the Buddha, but trusted the Attribute Panel’s Forced Control to keep the connection from taking control.
• Xu Yunfan absorbed Wukong’s gains and severed the Tathagata’s image from his clone.
• Xu Yunfan deduced that Sanzang’s group had completed the Bodhi Zen Pure Land’s ritual to bring the King of Freedom Buddha Fruit Position to the Eastern Wasteland, using Wukong as its intended vessel.
• Xu Yunfan recognized that planting the fruit position would make the Eastern Wasteland a Buddhist kingdom and drive a wedge between the Primal Beginning Sect and the Myriad Chariots Sword Sect.