Chapter Summaries

Ancestor Yan Tian revealed that Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley would release the thirty-nine detained Dao Sages in exchange for thirty-nine High-Grade Saint Veins, while secretly inflating the ransom to benefit the Setting Sun Divine Palace. He asked the Western Wastes factions to provide the remaining thirty-four veins after pledging five from his own palace.

• The Western Wastes Dao Sages realized Ancestor Yan Tian had summoned them to share the cost of ransoming the hostages, not to wage war.
• Dao Sage He Wen urged Ancestor Yan Tian to save the detained Dao Sages, and Ancestor Yan Tian argued that their loss would endanger the Western Wastes.
• Ancestor Yan Tian claimed Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley had demanded thirty-nine complete High-Grade Saint Veins for the hostages' release, though Dao Sage Luo Yang and the others knew the original demand had been twenty-five.
• The gathered Dao Sages protested the enormous ransom and demanded to know who would pay it.
• Ancestor Yan Tian pledged five High-Grade Saint Veins from the Setting Sun Divine Palace and asked the other factions to contribute the remaining thirty-four.

Ancestor Yan Tian tried to persuade the Western Wastes factions to surrender their High-Grade Saint Veins as ransom, promising access to the Setting Sun Divine Palace’s veins and a chance to benefit from a future Supreme-Grade Saint Vein. Most of the Dao Sages refused and left, leaving fewer than thirty at the palace.

• Western Wastes Dao Sages objected that surrendering their only High-Grade Saint Veins would destroy their factions’ foundations.
• Ancestor Yan Tian offered five of the Setting Sun Divine Palace’s High-Grade Saint Veins for them to borrow and claimed the palace was working to create a Supreme-Grade Saint Vein.
• Ancestor Yan Tian promised that factions giving up a vein could cultivate at the palace and that the palace would help them pursue the Supreme Sage realm if its plan succeeded.
• A blue-robed Dao Sage rejected the offer and teleported away, prompting other Dao Sages to leave as well.
• Fewer than thirty Western Wastes Dao Sages remained, and Ancestor Yan Tian’s face darkened in anger.

Ancestor Yan Tian persuaded twenty-odd Dao Sages to join the Setting Sun Divine Palace by falsely promising they could cultivate with a Supreme-Grade Saint Vein. He planned to keep them bound to the palace after taking their High-Grade Saint Veins, while the question of ransoming the detained Dao Sages remained unresolved.

• After most of the hundred and seventy Dao Sages rejected his offer, Ancestor Yan Tian prepared to seize their High-Grade Saint Veins by force.
• Twenty-odd Dao Sages asked whether the Setting Sun Divine Palace could combine saint veins into a Supreme-Grade Saint Vein, and Yan Tian falsely promised it could.
• The Dao Sages agreed to provide twenty-two High-Grade Saint Veins and merge their sects into the Setting Sun Divine Palace.
• Yan Tian welcomed their decision and imagined using the enlarged palace to dominate the Western Wastes and eventually the Southern Border.
• After the Dao Sages left to gather their veins, Yan Tian told Dao Sage Luo Yang that they would have to accept the deception once they had given up their veins.
• Dao Sage Luo Yang asked whether Yan Tian still needed to take twenty-five High-Grade Saint Veins to Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley to ransom the detained Dao Sages.

Ancestor Yan Tian gathered twenty-five High-Grade Saint Veins and brought them to Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley to ransom thirty-nine captive Dao Sages, convinced their return would help the Setting Sun Divine Palace dominate the Western Wastes. Moon-Tide Dao Sage agreed to release the captives, while the Southern Border Dao Sages watched the valuable ransom with barely restrained greed.

• Ancestor Yan Tian told Dao Sage Luo Yang and the others that trading twenty-five High-Grade Saint Veins would free thirty-nine Dao Sages and stir conflict among Southern Border factions, leaving the Setting Sun Divine Palace poised to benefit.
• Twenty-two Dao Sages returned with High-Grade Saint Veins sealed in Precious Orbs, and Ancestor Yan Tian added three more from the palace's Forbidden Land to make twenty-five.
• Ancestor Yan Tian set out alone for Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley, planning to ransom the thirty-nine captives and strengthen the Setting Sun Divine Palace with their loyalty.
• Ancestor Yan Tian displayed the twenty-five Precious Orbs before Moon-Tide Dao Sage and the assembled Southern Border Dao Sages, who recognized the intact High-Grade Saint Veins and reacted with excitement.
• Ancestor Yan Tian demanded that Moon-Tide Dao Sage exchange the ransom for the captives, and Moon-Tide Dao Sage ordered them released.

Moon-Tide Dao Sage exchanged twenty-five Precious Orbs containing High-Grade Saint Veins for the release of thirty-nine Western Wastes Dao Sages. When Dao Sage Hanyue demanded that Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley share the ransom with the Southern Border Dao Sages, Moon-Tide Dao Sage erupted in fury and unleashed his power.

• Ancestor Yan Tian handed Moon-Tide Dao Sage twenty-five Precious Orbs after confirming that the thirty-nine Western Wastes Dao Sages had been brought out.
• Moon-Tide Dao Sage inspected the orbs, released the captives, and watched Ancestor Yan Tian lead them away from Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley.
• Moon-Tide Dao Sage thanked the Southern Border Dao Sages and told them to leave, promising to host a banquet later.
• Dao Sage Hanyue demanded a share of the High-Grade Saint Veins, arguing that the Southern Border Dao Sages had helped secure them.
• Moon-Tide Dao Sage erupted in fury and sent a vast tide of Dao Sage power crashing toward Dao Sage Hanyue.

Ancestor Yue Xi drove off Dao Sage Hanyue and the other Southern Border Dao Sages, protecting Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley’s claim to the twenty-five High-Grade Saint Veins. Ancestor Qingxuan stayed behind, convinced a mysterious powerhouse backed the valley, and asked Yue Xi why he was unafraid of isolation or attack.

• Ancestor Yue Xi struck Dao Sage Hanyue, wounded him, and warned the Southern Border Dao Sages not to covet Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley’s twenty-five High-Grade Saint Veins.
• The Southern Border Dao Sages realized Yue Xi’s warning applied to all of them and departed rather than risk attacking the valley.
• Dao Sage Hanyue swallowed his humiliation and left after declaring that Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley could keep the veins without their support.
• Ancestor Qingxuan told Yue Xi he would not claim a share of the veins, while suspecting a mysterious powerhouse stood behind the valley.
• Ancestor Qingxuan asked Yue Xi whether he feared Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley would be isolated or attacked over the veins.

After Ancestor Qingxuan left Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley, the Heaven Moon Tribe summoned Southern Border’s Dao Sages to discuss the twenty-five High-Grade Saint Veins. Jin Shiyue revealed his formidable strength and proposed persuading Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley to share them.

• Ancestor Qingxuan left Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley, suspecting that turmoil in Southern Border and the Western Wastes could threaten the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect.
• The Heaven Moon Tribe spread news of Dao Sage Hanyue’s injury and used an ancient Moonlit Convergence Array to gather 192 Dao Sage avatars.
• Jin Shiyue welcomed the gathered Dao Sages and let them examine his power, revealing a strength that rivaled or surpassed Moon-Tide Dao Sage’s.
• A Rogue Cultivator Dao Sage named Jiang Tong demanded that the Heaven Moon Tribe offer a share of the spoils rather than use the others as cannon fodder.
• Jin Shiyue denied wanting to become Southern Border’s overlord and said he wanted to discuss persuading Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley to give up some High-Grade Saint Veins.

Jin Shiyue persuaded the Southern Border Dao Sages to form an alliance to force Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley to share its twenty-five High-Grade Saint Veins. The gathering agreed to elect an Alliance President, and Jin Shiyue was nominated to lead the alliance first.

• The Dao Sages complained that Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley had kept all twenty-five High-Grade Saint Veins for itself.
• Jin Shiyue urged the Dao Sages to establish a Southern Border Alliance and issue a united demand for the Saint Veins.
• Jin Shiyue argued that an alliance would protect its members from retaliation by Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley.
• The Dao Sages agreed that the alliance should elect a leader and hold a new election every hundred years.
• A Dao Sage nominated Jin Shiyue as the alliance's first leader.

The Moon-Tide Dao Sage gave Li Yun all twenty-five High-Grade Saint Veins, and Li Yun promised to protect Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley from its enemies. Just as the valley’s Dao Sages began to relax, representatives of the Southern Border Alliance arrived to deliver an official resolution.

• The Moon-Tide Dao Sage brought Li Yun the twenty-five High-Grade Saint Veins extorted from the Setting Sun Divine Palace and offered them all to him.
• The Moon-Tide Dao Sage warned Li Yun that the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect and Southern Border Dao Sages might be plotting against Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley over the veins.
• Li Yun accepted all twenty-five High-Grade Saint Veins and vowed that no one would force their way into Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley while he remained there.
• The Moon-Tide Dao Sage returned to the Main Peak Hall and reassured Moon Spring, Moon Void, and the other Dao Sages that Li Yun would protect the valley.
• Representatives of the Southern Border Alliance called for Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley’s Dao Sages to come out and receive the alliance’s first official resolution.

Silver Moon Dao Sage delivered the Southern Border Alliance’s demand that Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley surrender its twenty-five High-Grade Saint Veins. Moon-Tide Dao Sage rejected the alliance’s authority and dared its members to fight their way into the valley, leaving the dispute on the brink of violence.

• Moon-Tide Dao Sage led Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley’s Dao Sages to confront Silver Moon Dao Sage and the other Dao Sages gathered outside the gates.
• Silver Moon Dao Sage began to present the alliance’s Golden Scroll, but Moon-Tide Dao Sage challenged the alliance’s legitimacy and threatened the visitors with force.
• Yuan Xu Dao Sage explained that more than 190 Dao Sages had formed the Southern Border Alliance under Jin Shiyue’s leadership.
• Silver Moon Dao Sage announced that the alliance demanded Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley hand over its twenty-five High-Grade Saint Veins within three days.
• Moon-Tide Dao Sage rejected the resolution, declared the alliance had no authority over the valley, and warned that anyone attempting to seize its property would face a fight to the death.

Moon-Tide Dao Sage rejected the Southern Border Alliance’s demand for Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley’s High-Grade Saint Vein, forcing Silver Moon Dao Sage to retreat rather than risk a war. At the alliance’s temporary headquarters, Jin Shiyue seized on the valley’s defiance to urge the members to defend the alliance’s authority.

• Moon-Tide Dao Sage declared that Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley would not recognize the Southern Border Alliance’s resolution and challenged the alliance to fight for the High-Grade Saint Vein.
• Silver Moon Dao Sage threatened the valley, threw it the Golden Scroll, and left without declaring war because the alliance’s members were not ready to fight.
• Silver Moon Dao Sage and the other Dao Sages returned to the Heaven Moon Tribe and denounced Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley.
• Sage Yuan Xu Dao and his companions made especially fierce accusations against the valley, stirring anger among some alliance members.
• Jin Shiyue joined the denunciations and warned that failing to enforce the alliance’s first resolution could disgrace the alliance and its members.

Jin Shiyue urged the Southern Border Alliance to attack Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley, but Dao Sage Ten Directions warned that the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect and other powers might intervene. The alliance backed away from an immediate siege and agreed to send envoys to sound out the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect.

• The Dao Sages rallied behind Jin Shiyue and proposed marching on Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley to force it to submit.
• Dao Sage Ten Directions warned that the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect might defend the valley and that a siege could draw powerful forces into a wider war.
• The Dao Sages reconsidered the attack and suggested giving Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley time to submit peacefully.
• Jin Shiyue agreed to send volunteers to the Eastern Domain to learn the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect's position.

After the Myriad Wonders World absorbed twenty-five High-Grade Saint Veins, Li Yun gained the Myriad Wonders Dao Scripture and used its cultivation boost to perfect his Primordial Emperor Nature. He nearly merged with the Tianhua Domain’s Primordial Order, then broke free and glimpsed hidden Supreme Sages competing for its Primordial Authority.

• Li Yun watched the Southern Border Alliance hesitate over attacking the Heaven Moon Tribe, then turned his attention to the Myriad Wonders World after it absorbed the twenty-five High-Grade Saint Veins.
• The Myriad Wonders World neared the level of a Plane World, raised Li Yun’s cultivation speed boost to three hundred million times, and transformed the Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture into the Myriad Wonders Dao Scripture.
• Li Yun received the forty-eighth page, learned how to establish a Dao through Primordial Emperor Nature, and resumed cultivating.
• After five days, Li Yun reached 100% Primordial Emperor Nature perfection and began resonating with the Tianhua Domain.
• Li Yun severed his connection to the Tianhua Domain before he could merge with its Primordial Order, then sensed hidden Supreme Sages vying for its Primordial Authority.

Li Yun discovered that damaged Supreme-Grade Saint Veins in Tianhua Domain's Secret Realms had allowed hidden Supreme Sages to emerge, then began cultivating in seclusion to advance his strength. Meanwhile, Jin Shiyue led the Southern Border Alliance on its first visit to the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect, where the alliance's lavish gifts stunned its hosts.

• Li Yun learned through the Primordial Order that Tianhua Domain contained Secret Realms with damaged Supreme-Grade Saint Veins and hidden, imperfect Supreme Sages.
• Li Yun decided to avoid the Supreme Sages and used the Myriad Wonders System's three-hundred-millionfold acceleration to pursue the Forty-Eighth Layer of the Myriad Wonders Emperor Scripture.
• Jin Shiyue led ten Dao Sages from the newly founded Southern Border Alliance to visit the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect in person.
• Saint Emperor Nanweng and Ancestor Qingxuan led twelve Dao Sages to welcome Jin Shiyue and his companions, then hosted them in the reception hall.
• Jin Shiyue offered gifts, including an intact High-Grade Saint Vein, to establish friendly relations, leaving the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect's Dao Sages astonished.

Jin Shiyue visited the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect as the new president of the Southern Border Alliance and explained that the alliance had excluded Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley. The sect’s Dao Sages questioned the alliance’s authority, while Ancestor Qingxuan congratulated Jin Shiyue and left the dispute unresolved.

• Jin Shiyue presented the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect with lavish gifts, including a complete High-Grade Saint Vein, and Ancestor Qingxuan accepted them.
• Jin Shiyue announced that more than 190 Southern Border Dao Sages had formed the Southern Border Alliance and chosen him as its first Alliance President.
• Ancestor Qinghong asked why Ancestor Yue Xi was not president and why Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley had no representatives at the visit.
• Jin Shiyue explained that many Southern Border Dao Sages opposed Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley, which had been excluded from the alliance despite his attempts to mediate.
• Dao Sage Hanyue argued that the alliance could reject Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley’s standing, but Ancestor Qinghong challenged its ability to expel the valley.
• Ancestor Qingxuan stopped Qinghong’s questioning and congratulated Jin Shiyue on founding the alliance and becoming its president.

Jin Shiyue asked the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect to ally with the Southern Border Alliance, and Ancestor Qingxuan accepted the request for discussion rather than deciding on his own. After hearing Qingxuan’s report, Azure Heaven Ancestor questioned why the sect would hesitate to form an alliance and an Eastern Domain Alliance.

• Jin Shiyue offered the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect an alliance with the Southern Border Alliance, while Ancestor Qingxuan weighed the risks of opposing the Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley.
• Ancestor Qingxuan said he needed to consult the sect’s other Dao Sage ancestors, and Jin Shiyue agreed to wait at the sect.
• Ancestor Qingxuan had Saint Emperor Nanweng escort Jin Shiyue and his party to a secluded valley, then awakened the sect’s Dao Sage ancestors.
• Ancestor Qingxuan explained the Southern Border Alliance’s request to Azure Heaven Ancestor, who called the alliance a good opportunity and asked what Qingxuan was worried about.

Azure Cloud Heaven Sect's Dao Sages debated whether to ally with the Southern Border Alliance, weighing its opportunities against the danger of antagonizing Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley. Dao Sage Xuanji warned that Jin Shiyue might be seeking the sect's support to strengthen his own position, but Azure Heaven Ancestor's next remark reignited the hall's excitement.

• Azure Heaven Ancestor and several Dao Sages urged Ancestor Qingxuan to support an alliance, dismissing his concerns about Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley.
• Ancestor Qingxuan explained that he had intervened in the dispute with the Setting Sun Divine Palace because he suspected Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley had a mysterious expert, but Cang Xing mocked his suspicions and argued that the valley had profited without thanking him.
• Cang Xing listed the benefits of allying with the Southern Border Alliance, including using it to unite the Eastern Domain and expand the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect's influence.
• Dao Sage Xuanji opposed joining hastily, warning that Jin Shiyue might be using the sect's reputation to secure control of the Southern Border Alliance and that an alliance could make Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley an enemy.
• Azure Heaven Ancestor made a remark that sent the hall's enthusiasm surging again.

Azure Heaven Ancestor decided that the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect would ally with Jin Shiyue’s Southern Border Alliance despite Ancestor Qingxuan’s warnings about Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley. Jin Shiyue welcomed the agreement and proposed that the sect first establish an Eastern Domain Alliance, which could sign the pact on the Eastern Domain’s behalf.

• Azure Heaven Ancestor dismissed Ancestor Qingxuan’s concerns and approved an alliance with the Southern Border Alliance, arguing that its benefits outweighed the risk from Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley.
• Ancestor Cangxing led several Dao Sages to meet Jin Shiyue and announced that the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect would formally ally with his Southern Border Alliance.
• Jin Shiyue celebrated the alliance and planned to return to the Southern Border to destroy Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley.
• Jin Shiyue suggested that the Azure Cloud Heaven Sect form an Eastern Domain Alliance before signing a pact with the Southern Border Alliance.

The Moon-Tide Dao Sage learned that the Eastern Domain Alliance had allied with the Southern Border Alliance, leaving Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley facing an imminent attack. Jin Shiyue ordered every Southern Border Dao Sage to assemble and destroy the valley when he returned.

• The Moon-Tide Dao Sage and the other Dao Sages feared the alliances forming against Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley and placed their hopes in Li Yun.
• A message confirmed that the Eastern Domain Alliance had formed under the Azure Heaven Ancestor and signed a pact with the Southern Border Alliance.
• Jin Shiyue attended the Eastern Domain Alliance's celebration, then left with ten Dao Sages to return to the Southern Border.
• Before Jin Shiyue arrived, his order reached the Southern Border Alliance, commanding every Dao Sage to assemble and destroy Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley.

As the Southern Border Alliance prepared to destroy Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley, the Eastern Domain Alliance and the Setting Sun Divine Palace watched for chances to expand. The Setting Sun Divine Palace had quietly absorbed most of the Western Wastes and was poised to seize the remaining powers and profit from the Southern Border conflict.

• Southern Border Dao Sages gathered to attack Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley as Jin Shiyue sought to establish the Southern Border Alliance's reputation.
• Azure Heaven Ancestor ordered the Eastern Domain Alliance to prepare to enter the Southern Border and exploit any trouble, hoping to draw Southern Border Dao Sages to their side.
• Ancestor Yan Tian had united the forces behind thirty-nine Dao Sages and expanded the Setting Sun Divine Palace by absorbing Western Wastes powers.
• The Setting Sun Divine Palace became the Western Wastes' supreme power, with only minor forces left to absorb before it could rule the entire region.
• Western Wastes Dao Sages praised Ancestor Yan Tian's plan and expected to reclaim the twenty-five High-Grade Saint Veins many times over.