Chapter Summaries

Lin Yue, Su Qingyan, and Baize prepared to leave their hidden valley for Sunset Valley after Baize foresaw fighting spreading toward their refuge. They departed together, hoping the secluded destination would keep them safe.

• Su Qingyan used Firefly Grass with Green Pattern Stone and discovered how her Time Stasis could complement Lin Yue’s Spatial Teleportation.
• Baize shared Spirit Porridge with Lin Yue and Su Qingyan, then warned them that conflict between the Kirin Clan and Dragon Clan might reach the valley.
• Baize told Lin Yue and Su Qingyan about Sunset Valley and its natural Sound Insulation Array, and they agreed to travel there in three days.
• Lin Yue gathered ores and made Flowing Firefly Talismans, Su Qingyan prepared Firefly Grass, and Baize organized his records and mapped their route through Black Wind Forest.
• Lin Yue, Su Qingyan, and Baize checked the Mist Concealment Array and left the valley together for Sunset Valley.

Lin Yue, Su Qingyan, and Baize crossed Black Wind Forest and reached Sunset Valley, where they established a protected temporary base. They settled in beside the spirit spring with Baize’s bestiary to guide future expeditions.

• Baize led Lin Yue and Su Qingyan through Black Wind Forest using Stealth Talismans and warned them about the black wind and vicious beasts.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan defeated a Shadow Leopard by using Heavenly Dao Aura, Time Stasis, and a Space Blade.
• The three crossed the forest’s eye of the wind and entered Sunset Valley, where Baize showed them the natural Sound Insulation Array.
• Lin Yue reinforced the valley entrance and clearing with an Illusion Array and a defensive barrier, while Su Qingyan built cave dwellings and prepared a cooking and crafting area.
• Baize gave Lin Yue a bestiary of nearby vicious beasts, and the three shared spirit tea beside the spring.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan refined a Two Forms Enemy Trapping Formation to strengthen Sunset Valley’s defenses. After Baize warned that the clan war had reached Black Wind Forest, they reinforced the entrance Illusion Array with Warning Talismans and time-based alerts.

• Lin Yue found a natural Formation Core Stone and decided to use it with the Green Pattern Stone and Firefly Grass to make a defensive formation.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan combined the stone’s formation Dao Rhyme with space and time spiritual energy to refine the Two Forms Enemy Trapping Formation.
• Lin Yue embedded and activated the formation, which trapped intruders, blocked teleportation, and slowed their movements.
• Baize warned Lin Yue and Su Qingyan that fleeing rogue cultivators and soldiers might enter Black Wind Forest as the war between the three clans spread.
• Lin Yue reinforced the Illusion Array at the valley entrance while Su Qingyan added time spiritual energy to Warning Talismans, giving them early notice of approaching intruders.

Baize gave Lin Yue and Su Qingyan detailed records of the Primordial Wilderness and taught them about its Innate Gods, creatures, and dangers. He also revealed that Chaos Qi lay hidden beneath Purple Ganoderma Cliff, leaving Lin Yue with a possible path to break through to Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

• Baize gave Lin Yue and Su Qingyan a geography record detailing spirit veins, secret realms, and dangerous places across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Baize explained the origins and habits of Innate Gods such as Zhen Yuanzi and Kunpeng, and warned them about Gonggong and Zhurong.
• Baize gave them a compendium of Primordial creatures and described their abilities, weaknesses, and uses.
• Baize revealed that an innate array concealed Chaos Qi beneath Purple Ganoderma Cliff, and told Lin Yue that his mastery of the Law of Space could help him find it.
• Baize promised to teach them about Heavenly Dao Merit the next day, while Lin Yue and Su Qingyan discussed traveling across the Primordial Wilderness after the war.

Baize told Lin Yue and Su Qingyan that the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans had lost their elite forces and were withdrawing from the struggle for dominance. After the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation ended, Lin Yue and Su Qingyan left to return to the Three Pure Ones Dojo, carrying Baize’s warning about the Demon Clan’s rise and his Communication Jade Talisman.

• Baize used his Divination Jade Talisman to show Lin Yue and Su Qingyan the weakened state of the three clans and explained that their greed had brought about their decline.
• Baize warned Lin Yue that Di Jun and Taiyi’s Demon Clan and an alliance of rogue cultivators could rise to contest resources, and urged him to caution the Three Pure Ones.
• Over seven days, the Dragon Clan sealed off the East Sea, the Phoenix Clan closed the Volcano of Immortality, and the Kirin Clan retreated to the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, ending the tribulation.
• Baize gave Lin Yue a Communication Jade Talisman and invited him to visit Bai Ze Valley, while Lin Yue and Su Qingyan thanked him for his guidance.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan packed their belongings, bid farewell to Baize, and set out for the Three Pure Ones Dojo.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan learned that the Dragon Clan had sealed the wounded Ancestral Dragon and was struggling to protect its few surviving young dragons. After choosing a safer route, they returned to the Three Pure Ones Dojo determined to warn their masters against the three clans’ mistakes.

• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan stopped at the Eastern Sea and sensed a sealing array hiding the Dragon Palace.
• A wandering cultivator told Lin Yue and Su Qingyan that the Dragon Clan’s Great Elder and the Water Spirit Deities had sealed the unconscious Ancestral Dragon to prevent a civil war.
• The wandering cultivator explained that the Great Elder had hidden the thirty-odd surviving young dragons in the Water Spirit Secret Realm and closed the Eastern Sea to outsiders.
• Lin Yue thanked the wandering cultivator with a Healing Pill and learned that the western route was safer than the demon-contested southern route.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan took the western route and reached the Three Pure Ones Dojo after about three days.

Lin Yue reported the end of the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation to the Three Pure Ones, then used Chaos Qi hidden in Purple Ganoderma Cliff’s mine to approach a breakthrough. The Phoenix Clan withdrew from the struggle for supremacy, while Lin Yue and Su Qingyan prepared for the turmoil they expected from the rising demon race.

• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan told the Three Pure Ones about Baize’s warning and the possible rise of the demon race, and Lord of Tongtian invited Lin Yue to investigate the mine.
• Lin Yue and Lord of Tongtian found an entrance concealed by an innate formation, and Lin Yue refined the Chaos Qi inside until he was one step from Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• An intelligence elder reported that Yuanfeng had sealed the Volcano of Immortality while Kong Xuan led willing Phoenix Clan members into seclusion at Wutong Valley in the Western Frontier.
• Lin Yue told Su Qingyan that the Phoenix Clan had withdrawn, and the two promised to face future upheavals together.

After the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation, Lin Yue and Su Qingyan returned to the Three Pure Ones Dojo and reported the three clans’ retreat and Baize’s predictions. They resumed their cultivation, with Lin Yue preparing to forge spirit treasures and Su Qingyan entering seclusion.

• Baize told Lin Yue and Su Qingyan that the Ancestral Dragon was sealed, Yuanfeng had returned wounded to the Volcano of Immortality, and Shi Qilin had ordered his son to guard the Hundred Thousand Mountains as the Qilin Clan withdrew from the struggle for dominance.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan decided to return to the Three Pure Ones Dojo, while Baize continued traveling and gave Lin Yue a Primordial Map of spirit treasures and dangerous areas.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan returned to the dojo and recounted the calamity to its disciples before reporting to Laozi, the Primordial Lord of Heaven, and Lord of Tongtian.
• Laozi said the three clans had fallen through greed and defiance of the Heavenly Dao, and the Three Pure Ones agreed to prepare for a new era.
• Lin Yue returned to his abode to sort materials for forging spirit treasures, while Su Qingyan began secluded cultivation.

After the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation, Lin Yue learned that the Yao Race had established the Heavenly Court while the Wu Clan grew powerful across the land. The Three Pure Ones urged their disciples to cultivate diligently and watch the two clans, leaving Lin Yue and Su Qingyan resolved to grow stronger.

• Lin Yue refined materials in seclusion and found their spiritual energy had grown more concentrated after the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation.
• Di Jun and Taiyi united the Yao Race and established the Heavenly Court as the Wu Clan, led by Ancestor Witch Houtu, occupied vast lands.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan discussed the possibility of war between the Wu and Yao Clans, then held hands as they resolved to protect the Primordial Wilderness.
• A bell summoned Lin Yue and Su Qingyan to the Three Pure Ones Hall, where Laozi described the changing order of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven told the disciples to cultivate harder and watch the Wu and Yao Clans, while Lord of Tongtian urged them to stay true to the Primordial Great Dao.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan resolved to work harder at their cultivation and follow their masters’ teachings.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan returned to the Three Pure Ones Dojo and continued cultivating until Ancestor Hong Yun arrived to discuss forming an alliance of Innate Gods. They were selected to help prepare the alliance and began visiting gods, facing refusals and unreasonable demands as they tried to persuade them.

• Lin Yue cultivated with the Taiji Diagram fragment and the principles of the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, while Su Qingyan advanced her understanding of the Law of Time.
• Ancestor Hong Yun visited the Three Pure Ones and proposed uniting Innate Gods to maintain balance between the demon clan and the Wu Clan.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan overheard the discussion, and the Three Pure Ones agreed to have disciples help prepare the alliance.
• The Three Pure Ones selected Lin Yue and Su Qingyan, along with other disciples, because of their performance in the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan joined Ancestor Hong Yun and the other disciples in visiting Innate Gods, patiently trying to persuade those who rejected the alliance or made unreasonable demands.

The Three Pure Ones rewarded Lin Yue and Su Qingyan for helping prepare the alliance, giving them cultivation treasures suited to their studies. After gaining new insights into the Laws of Yin-Yang and Time, Lin Yue and Su Qingyan shared their discoveries and ended the chapter holding hands.

• The Three Pure Ones summoned Lin Yue and Su Qingyan and praised their work preparing the alliance.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven gave Lin Yue a Stone of Space Law, and Lord of Tongtian gave Su Qingyan the True Scripture of Time Profundity.
• Laozi bestowed the complete Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram on Lin Yue, who returned to his cave and gained deeper insight into the Law of Yin-Yang.
• Su Qingyan studied the True Scripture of Time Profundity in her cave and made progress in cultivating the Law of Time.
• Lin Yue visited Su Qingyan, and they shared their cultivation insights before expressing their affection and sitting together hand in hand.

Lin Yue cultivated the Yin-Yang Dao Rhyme in seclusion, balanced his spiritual power, and strengthened the Sky-Crossing Sword before learning that the demon clan had gathered near the Daoist grounds. He left with Su Qingyan to report to their masters and prepare for a possible attack.

• Lin Yue studied Laozi's Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram and gained new insight into balancing Yin and Yang, advancing toward the Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage.
• Lin Yue combined Yin-Yang Dao Rhyme with the Law of Space to pass through a cave wall, then infused the Sky-Crossing Sword with Yin-Yang power to create a more subtle Spatial Rift.
• Lin Yue's Yin-Yang Spiritual Power became imbalanced, but he calmed himself and used Su Qingyan's Heart-Cleansing Talisman to restore balance over three days and nights.
• Su Qingyan contacted Lin Yue to warn him that demon clan cultivators had gathered near Green Wind Valley, less than a hundred li from the Daoist grounds.
• Lin Yue opened his cave and left with Su Qingyan to report his gains and the demon clan's activity to their masters at Purple Ganoderma Cliff.

Lin Yue upgraded the Sky-Crossing Sword and used its power to break through to the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. As he and Su Qingyan celebrated, Elder Xuanqing received word that the demon race had made its move.

• Elder Xuanqing summoned Lin Yue and Su Qingyan to the Council Hall, where the Three Pure Ones discussed a demon force gathering near Green Wind Valley.
• Lin Yue told the Three Pure Ones that he had mastered Yin-Yang Balance and reached the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, and Laozi confirmed his Dao foundation was stable.
• Lord of Tongtian gave Lin Yue Grand Unity Mysterious Iron to upgrade the Sky-Crossing Sword, and Su Qingyan guarded his cave abode while he refined it.
• After seven days and nights, Lin Yue completed the Sky-Crossing Sword as a Grand Unity Spiritual Treasure and began his breakthrough.
• Lin Yue advanced through the Early, Middle, and Late Grand Unity Golden Immortal stages before reaching the peak, while Su Qingyan concealed and protected his cultivation.
• Lin Yue reunited with Su Qingyan, who said she was close to her own breakthrough, but Elder Xuanqing's Communication Jade Talisman then signaled that the demon race had made its move.

Lin Yue drove the demon race from its camp at Falling Cloud Mountain while Su Qingyan broke through to the middle stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm and mastered Spacetime Resonance. The Three Pure Ones then sent them to collect Great Dao Fragments together so they could prepare to attempt the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

• Lin Yue accepted the Three Pure Ones' order to take a hundred core disciples to Falling Cloud Mountain and prevent Taiyi's demons from establishing a camp, while Su Qingyan chose to guard the dojo through cultivation.
• Su Qingyan secluded herself in the Heart-Calming Cave and reached the early stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm by refining her Time Dao Seed with Yin-Yang Dao Rhyme.
• Su Qingyan fused the Space Dao Rhyme from Lin Yue's Void Black Stone Pendant with her Law of Time, mastered Spacetime Resonance, and advanced to the middle stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
• Lin Yue returned after destroying the demon camp's formation foundations and seizing spirit-vein treasures, and he and Su Qingyan reunited beneath a ginkgo tree.
• The Three Pure Ones gave Lin Yue and Su Qingyan Origin Sensing Talismans and ordered them to travel together, collect Great Dao Fragments, and prepare to break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

The Three Pure Ones Dojo held a Dao Discussion Assembly where disciples shared cultivation insights, including Su Qingyan’s lessons on controlling the Law of Time and Lin Yue’s battlefield experience with the laws. The assembly ended with Lin Yue and Su Qingyan preparing to set out the next day to collect Great Dao Fragments.

• Laozi opened the assembly and invited disciples of every cultivation level to share their insights.
• Zhao Lin demonstrated how Five Elements Mutual Generation could strengthen and replenish a formation.
• Su Qingyan explained that steadiness and a calm state of mind were essential to controlling the Law of Time.
• Lin Yue shared how combat had taught him to use the Yin-Yang Space Slash more effectively, and Laozi praised his insight.
• Laozi announced that Lin Yue and Su Qingyan would depart the next day to collect Great Dao Fragments, and they pledged not to disappoint the dojo.

Lin Yue taught the core disciples battlefield tactics for fighting the demon clansmen, earning their respect before setting out with Su Qingyan to collect Great Dao Fragments. The pair left the Daoist grounds together and entered the Primordial Wilderness.

• Elder Xuanqing summoned a hundred core disciples, and Lin Yue used a demonstration to teach them to exploit ley lines and disrupt demon clansmen’s spiritual energy.
• Lin Yue explained how to destroy a camp’s Spirit Gathering Array or target a rogue demon clan cultivator’s demonic aura core.
• Lin Yue warned the disciples against pursuing retreating enemies or chasing credit and treasure, then answered their questions with Su Qingyan.
• The disciples applauded Lin Yue and apologized for having doubted him, while Elder Xuanqing gave Lin Yue and Su Qingyan supplies for their journey.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan clasped hands and walked through the Mountain Protection Grand Array into the Primordial Wilderness to seek Great Dao Fragments.

Primordial Lord of Heaven decided to ask Lin Yue to become his Personal Disciple after Laozi and Lord of Tongtian agreed that Lin Yue had the character and talent to take on greater responsibility. Meanwhile, Lin Yue and Su Qingyan infiltrated Dragon Fall Valley, took three Great Dao Fragments, and escaped the Golden Crow Guard.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven praised Lin Yue's character, comprehension, and foundation, then proposed teaching him the Jade Purity Mind Method and secrets of the Pangu Banner as his Personal Disciple.
• Laozi and Lord of Tongtian supported Primordial Lord of Heaven's plan, and he decided to speak with Lin Yue after Lin Yue and Su Qingyan returned with the Great Dao Fragments.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan found the Golden Crow Guard searching Dragon Fall Valley and devised a plan to reach the Dragonfall Altar without fighting them directly.
• Su Qingyan trapped two demons at the valley entrance with Time Stasis while Lin Yue drew Dragon Qi from the remains, disrupting the Golden Crow Guard's Flame Formation.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan reached the altar and took three Great Dao Fragments, but the altar shook and revealed the golden dragon's remnant soul.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan escaped under the remnant soul's protection and stopped to recover, with the Origin Sensing Talisman still indicating nearby fragments.

Lin Yue, Su Qingyan, and Baize secured a Chaos Great Dao Fragment from a Taotie-guarded cave in the Buzhou Mountain Range and returned to the Three Pure Ones Dojo. Primordial Lord of Heaven offered to make Lin Yue his Personal Disciple, but Lin Yue politely declined and chose to continue cultivating under Lord of Tongtian and Master Laozi as the demon clan’s threat loomed.

• Lin Yue, Su Qingyan, and Baize used illusion, Time Dao, and Yin-Yang Space Slashes to disrupt the Taotie guarding a cave and retrieve a Chaos Great Dao Fragment.
• Baize declined a share of the fragment, warned that the demon clan might soon target the Three Pure Ones Dojo, and set off for the western Primordial Wilderness while Lin Yue and Su Qingyan hurried home.
• Elder Xuanqing told Lin Yue that Primordial Lord of Heaven was waiting for him in the Council Hall.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven offered to take Lin Yue as his Personal Disciple and teach him the Jade Purity Mind Method and the mysteries of the Pangu Banner.
• Lin Yue declined the offer, explaining that he wanted to remain on his existing path under Lord of Tongtian and Master Laozi, and Primordial Lord of Heaven accepted his choice.
• Su Qingyan reassured Lin Yue as they left the Council Hall and walked together toward their cave dwelling.

After Lin Yue declined Primordial Lord of Heaven's offer, Lord of Tongtian praised his loyalty and passed down his artifact-refining knowledge and the Chaos Spirit Refining Art. Lin Yue set out to study and upgrade the Sky-Crossing Sword with Su Qingyan at his side.

• Lord of Tongtian heard that Lin Yue had declined Primordial Lord of Heaven's offer and praised him for staying loyal to his master.
• Lin Yue explained that he had refused because he valued Lord of Tongtian's and Master Laozi's guidance and wanted to continue learning artifact refining.
• Lord of Tongtian gave Lin Yue the Tongtian Artifact Refining Record and told him to use Chaos Refined Gold and the Chaos Great Dao Fragment to upgrade the Sky-Crossing Sword.
• Lord of Tongtian taught Lin Yue the Chaos Spirit Refining Art to help him refine the fragments' Dao Rhyme and strengthen his origin and Sea of Consciousness.
• Su Qingyan met Lin Yue outside Purple Haze Cave, and he invited her to join him at the Artifact Refining Pavilion to discuss the book's teachings.

Baize returned to the Three Pure Ones Dojo with news that the demon clan planned to target it after the Heavenly Court Grand Ceremony, then left to seek an alliance with Ancestor Witch Xuan Ming. Lin Yue used Baize’s advice to upgrade the Sky-Crossing Sword and hurried with Su Qingyan to warn their three masters.

• Baize told Lin Yue and Su Qingyan that Di Jun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, and Fuxi were preparing the Heavenly Court Grand Ceremony and planned to attack the Three Pure Ones Dojo afterward.
• Baize gave Lin Yue a demon clan troop deployment map and advised him how to fuse the Chaos Great Dao Fragment with the Chaos Refined Gold.
• Baize gave Su Qingyan a Deduction Talisman and left for the northern reaches to meet Ancestor Witch Xuan Ming.
• Lin Yue followed Baize’s method, softened the fragment over the Artifact Refining Furnace, and upgraded the Sky-Crossing Sword to a Supreme Taiyi Spiritual Treasure.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan set off for Purple Ganoderma Cliff to give their three masters the deployment map.