Arc 2War, Rebirth, and Penglai

As the great tribulation engulfed the Primordial World, Li Yi mastered the Nirvana Sword Dao and pursued reincarnation while the Blood Prison forces and the rival powers reshaped the battlefield. After refusing the Dragon Clan and losing Penglai Island, Li Yi attained the Great Luo Merit Position through the Power of Samsara.

  • The Blood Prison Five Ancestors founded Blood Prison City, repelled Beast Emperor Shen Ni’s assault, and later harvested corpses from the battlefield as the Six Great Sacred Dynasties fought the Eastern and Western Alliances.
  • The Demon Domain and Fierce Beast Domain invaded, and Li Yi fought among the allied armies as Luo Hou overwhelmed their leaders before Hongjun and Yang Mei intervened.
  • Li Yi comprehended the Rebirth Sword Dao, fused it with the Slaughter Sword Dao to create the Nirvana Sword Dao, and survived a costly duel with a burly Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
  • Hongjun and Yang Mei defeated Shen Ni and drove off Luo Hou, while the Heavenly Dao rewarded those who contributed to the calamity and Li Yi recovered before pursuing reincarnation.
  • Li Yi studied the life cycles of plants and approached Self Reincarnation, then joined the Main Body to awaken the Twelve Ancestral Witches and found Pangu’s Heart and the Sea-Calming Divine Beads on Buzhou Mountain.
  • Li Yi discussed the Dao with Fu Xi and Nuwa, then rejected Ao Fang’s offer to join the Dragon Clan and ordered him off Penglai Island.
  • Ao Xuan attacked Penglai Island with six Grand Unity Golden Immortals, forcing Li Yi to wound two elders and flee with Azure Flood Dragon.
  • Li Yi attained the Great Luo Merit Position by transforming his powers into the Power of Samsara, then met Kunpeng and Old Ancestor Cang Qiong in the Northern Netherworld.
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Ch. 26Blood Prison City, Fierce Beasts' Probe

Silver Bone Ancestor and the others established Blood Prison City and prepared to collect Essence Blood using the techniques Main Body had passed down. When Beast Emperor Shen Ni sent a force to destroy the new city, Main Body’s Nine-Colored Pagoda annihilated the fierce beasts and drove off their commanders, leaving Blood Prison City feared across the Primordial World.

  • Silver Bone Ancestor and the others named their stronghold Blood Prison City, organized its cultivators, and became the Blood Prison Five Ancestors.
  • Beast Emperor Shen Ni ordered thirty Grand Unity Golden Immortals and ten million fierce beasts to probe and destroy Blood Prison City.
  • The fierce beast army arrived outside the city, where Main Body summoned the Nine-Colored Pagoda and killed the beasts while gravely injuring the Grand Unity Golden Immortals.
  • The major factions warned their leaders not to provoke Blood Prison City, and the Fierce Beast Domain made no further response.

Ch. 27Territory Disputes, Rising Turmoil

As the major powers fought over the Three Clans Alliance’s abandoned lands, Luo Hou plotted to inflame the conflict and joined forces with the Beast Emperor. Old Ancestor Lu Ya then prepared the Six Great Sacred Dynasties to attack the Two Great Alliances, leaving the struggle on the verge of a larger war.

  • Luo Hou told Blood Demon that he would let the major powers weaken each other, and revealed that Hongjun, Beast Emperor Shen Ni, Yang Mei, and another being matched his strength.
  • Blood Demon reported that the Beast Emperor had agreed to send troops, and Luo Hou ordered a secret team to frame the rival powers and intensify their fighting.
  • The Six Great Sacred Dynasties and Two Great Alliances clashed over the former Three Clans strongholds, while casualties and suspicion among the factions grew.
  • Venerable Blazing Fire told Old Ancestor Lu Ya that the other five Sacred Dynasties had agreed to join an operation against the Two Great Alliances.
  • Old Ancestor Lu Ya ordered the warbands to prepare to set out, as more than one hundred Grand Unity Golden Immortals anticipated gaining territory and momentum.

Ch. 28Six Dynasties Lay Siege, an Age of Chaos

The Six Great Sacred Dynasties launched a devastating attack on the Eastern and Western Alliances, which joined forces and prepared for a decisive battle. As hundreds of billions of troops advanced, the Blood Prison Five Ancestors and the Fierce Beast Domain prepared to exploit the coming conflict, while Beast Emperor Shen Ni waited for the Demon Domain to act.

  • The Six Great Sacred Dynasties' surprise attack killed nine Daluo Golden Immortals and more than ten thousand Golden Immortals from the Eastern and Western Alliances, along with over a million lesser immortals.
  • Old Ancestor Black Mountain and the other Eastern Alliance elders decided to activate a forbidden formation that would sacrifice Mystic Immortals and heavenly immortals, and Venerable Green Mountain reported that the Western Alliance agreed to cooperate.
  • The Eastern and Western Alliances joined forces and surrounded their encampments with dense, dangerous formations as the Six Great Sacred Dynasties sent hundreds of billions of troops toward them.
  • Silver Bone Ancestor ordered the Blood Prison forces to prepare to collect blood essence and corpses once the war began, promising that their master would accompany them.
  • Beast Emperor Shen Ni learned that the Demon Domain planned to wait until the Six Great Sacred Dynasties and the alliances had revealed their trump cards before advancing, and he prepared the gathered fierce beasts to wait.

Ch. 29A World-Shaking Battle, Killing Intent Soaring to the Heavens

Old Ancestor Lu Ya and the Six Great Sacred Dynasties breached the Eastern and Western Alliances' restrictions and then fought their armies in a devastating battle. The war escalated into mass casualties and self-detonations, with neither side willing to retreat.

  • Old Ancestor Lu Ya, Old Ancestor Yin Yang, Old Ancestor Qian Kun, Ancestor Tun Tian, and the other Sacred Dynasty leaders led a hundred billion troops through the Alliances' restrictions, losing tens of millions of cultivators before breaking through in less than three days.
  • Old Ancestor Black Mountain confronted Old Ancestor Lu Ya and warned that the Demon Domain and Fierce Beast Domain could profit from their conflict, but Old Ancestor Lu Ya rejected his appeal.
  • The armies of the Six Great Sacred Dynasties and the Eastern and Western Alliances charged into battle, unleashing devastating divine abilities that killed cultivators by the millions.
  • As hatred mounted, cultivators on both sides began detonating their Magic Treasures and bodies, and the self-destruction of Golden Immortals and Daluo Golden Immortals caused especially immense losses.
  • Both sides continued using forbidden arts and exhausting their trump cards as the battlefield became a scene of relentless slaughter.

Ch. 30Flesh-and-Blood Millstone, Fiendish Array

The Six Great Sacred Dynasties gained the advantage until Old Ancestor Black Mountain and Old Ancestor Tian Yin activated the Myriad Heavens Fiend Qi Array, sacrificing billions of their own cultivators to unleash it. Lu Ya and the other leaders broke out after three days, but their forces had suffered catastrophic losses and they faced Black Mountain’s allies with murderous anger.

  • The Six Great Sacred Dynasties slowly overwhelmed the Eastern and Western Alliances, while Old Ancestor Black Mountain confirmed that Old Ancestor Tian Yin’s fiend-qi array was ready.
  • Old Ancestor Black Mountain ordered the alliance’s Daluo Golden Immortals to withdraw about 20 billion cultivators, then activated restrictions that killed the more than 10 billion left on the battlefield and turned them into blood-red runes.
  • Six stone pillars rose and formed the Myriad Heavens Fiend Qi Array, which gathered fiend qi and drove many of the Six Great Sacred Dynasties’ cultivators into a frenzy.
  • Lu Ya organized the Zenith Heaven Immortals and Daluo Golden Immortals to attack the array and its pillars, and they broke free after three days.
  • Lu Ya and the other leaders saw that only about 50 billion cultivators remained and glared murderously at Old Ancestor Black Mountain and the others.

Ch. 31The Colossal Battle: Nine Coffins Descend

The leaders of the Six Great Sacred Dynasties and the Two Great Alliances fought one another after their armies withdrew. Their battle was interrupted when nine Black Giant Coffins fell from the sky, leaving everyone stunned.

  • Lu Ya ordered the remaining fifty billion troops to retreat, leaving the six leaders from each side to face one another.
  • The twelve leaders paired off and began fighting, shaking the land and sky with their immense Magic Power.
  • Lu Ya and Old Ancestor Black Mountain exchanged devastating attacks, leaving both badly injured before they stopped and looked to the other battles.
  • Yin-Yang Ancestor, Ancestor Tun Tian, Old Ancestor Purple Thunder, Old Ancestor Sky Sword, and the others unleashed their ultimate techniques.
  • Nine Black Giant Coffins suddenly fell onto the battlefield, bringing the fighting to a halt.

Ch. 32A Pair of Eyes, the Great Tribulation Begins

The Blood Prison Five Ancestors collected corpses from the battlefield after a pair of merciless eyes warned the combatants not to interfere. The Heavenly Dao announced that the Great Tribulation was beginning, forcing the factions to abandon their battle as Li Yi prepared to use the upheaval to advance his sword path.

  • Silver Bone Ancestor told Lu Ya and the others that Blood Prison City had come to collect the battlefield’s corpses, provoking their anger.
  • A pair of enormous eyes appeared in the sky and warned the combatants that anyone who obstructed Blood Prison City would be erased.
  • Silver Bone Ancestor activated the giant coffin formation, and the people of Blood Prison City collected the corpses before departing with the coffins.
  • The Heavenly Dao warned all beings that the Great Tribulation was beginning, and Lu Ya, Yin-Yang Ancestor, Qiankun Ancestor, and the others deduced that the Fierce Beast Domain and Demon Domain were invading.
  • Li Yi reached the peak of the Slaughter Sword Dao, sensed the coming Great Tribulation, and considered using it to comprehend the Nirvana Sword Dao.

Ch. 33The Great Battle of All Beings, Blood Staining the Azure Sky (Part One)

The Demon Domain and Fierce Beast Domain swept through the Primordial World, slaughtering and corrupting cultivators as survivors fled east to join the resistance. At the eastern border, Luo Hou and Beast Emperor Shen Ni confronted one another while a six-hundred-billion-strong allied army advanced to meet them.

  • Bloodfiend and the Demon Domain's ten great generals led hundreds of billions of troops east, killing or corrupting cultivators throughout the Western Region.
  • Tens of trillions of fierce beasts poured out of the Fierce Beast Domain and ravaged the northern part of the Primordial World, destroying everything in their path.
  • Cultivators fled toward the east, recognizing that they had to unite against the Demon Domain and the Fierce Beast Domain.
  • Luo Hou and Beast Emperor Shen Ni halted their armies at the eastern border and unleashed auras powerful enough to shatter space.
  • Luo Hou and Shen Ni discussed the threat posed by Hongjun and Yang Mei and agreed their chances depended on another powerful figure staying out of the conflict.
  • The Six Great Sacred Dynasties, the Eastern and Western Alliances, the Three Clans Alliance, and gathered cultivators formed a six-hundred-billion-strong army that advanced toward the eastern border with Li Yi among them.

Ch. 34The Battle of All Beings, Blood Staining the Azure Sky (II)

The allied forces of the Primordial World clashed with the armies of the Demon Domain and Fierce Beast Domain in a devastating battle. As Grand Unity Golden Immortals began fighting one another, Li Yi continued slaughtering enemies with his perfected Slaughter Sword Dao, knowing he was not yet strong enough to join them.

  • The allied forces met the armies of the Demon Domain and Fierce Beast Domain near the eastern border, and both sides charged into battle.
  • Dragons, phoenixes, and Qilin unleashed powerful attacks, while the Demon Domain and fierce beasts retaliated with deadly techniques and caused massive casualties.
  • Lu Ya, Ancestor Tun Tian, Old Ancestor Destruction, and other leaders slaughtered enemies, until the Blood Demon and the Fierce Beast Domain experts answered with their ultimate moves.
  • Li Yi used Lotus Manifestation to destroy thousands of surrounding fierce beasts with his perfected Slaughter Sword Dao.
  • Lu Ya and the other Grand Unity Golden Immortals left the main battle to fight opponents of the same realm, creating a separate zone of combat.
  • Li Yi considered joining the Grand Unity Golden Immortals but stayed back and continued attacking fierce beasts and Demon Domain cultivators.

Ch. 35Peerless Demon Ancestor, the Fall of the Great Powers

Luo Hou stopped the battle and challenged Lu Ya and the other leaders, then overwhelmed them with his demonic arts. As Qiankun Ancestor, Yin-Yang Ancestor, and Lu Ya escaped, Luo Hou sensed Hongjun and Yang Mei appearing in the distance.

  • Luo Hou ordered Blood Demon and the Fierce Beast Domain experts to stand down and gave Lu Ya and the others one chance to attack him.
  • Ao Zhan attacked Luo Hou, who struck him back and shattered four of his five claws.
  • Lu Ya, Swallowing Heaven, and the other great powers unleashed their ultimate techniques against Luo Hou.
  • Luo Hou used Devour All Under Heaven to swallow the attacks and consume Swallowing Heaven, Old Ancestor Golden Body, Old Ancestor Destruction, and others.
  • Qiankun Ancestor and Yin-Yang Ancestor escaped in transformed forms, and Lu Ya fled as a streak of light.
  • Luo Hou let the three escape and recognized Hongjun and Yang Mei in the distance.

Ch. 36Four-way Showdown, Heaven and Earth Shattered

Luo Hou and Shen Ni confronted Hongjun and Yang Mei after the two rescued the alliance by wiping out the charging forces. The four ancient powers fought over the Primordial World's great momentum, leaving the battlefield below stunned by their overwhelming strength.

  • Luo Hou's assault devastated the alliance's top experts, and Li Yi prepared to withdraw as the alliance's morale collapsed.
  • Hongjun and Yang Mei arrived and reduced hundreds of millions of ferocious beasts and countless Demon Domain cultivators to ash with two sweeps of azure light.
  • Shen Ni confronted Hongjun and Yang Mei, while the four powers' competing plans to claim the Primordial World's great momentum became clear.
  • Yang Mei and Shen Ni transformed their attacks into a clash of the Hollow Willow Tree's branch and Shen Ni's Blood-Eyed Tyrannosaurus form.
  • Luo Hou summoned his Supreme Heavenly Demon Incarnation and attacked Hongjun, who countered with a Taiji Diagram.
  • Hongjun, Yang Mei, Luo Hou, and Shen Ni battled above the battlefield, shattering space and conjuring destructive forces as the survivors watched in awe.

Ch. 37Blood Prison Reappears, the Main Body Battles Luo Hou

The Main Body arrived on the battlefield as the four great experts continued their stalemate, while the Blood Prison Five Ancestors harvested Essence Blood through the Black Giant Coffins and blood-red tower. After the armies suffered enormous losses, the Main Body easily withstood Luo Hou’s strongest attacks and departed, leaving the other experts shocked by his power.

  • A mysterious will immobilized Blood Demon and the other Demon Domain experts, then the Blood Prison Five Ancestors arrived and connected nine Black Giant Coffins to their blood-red tower.
  • The Demon Domain and Fierce Beast Domain armies charged the alliance as Li Yi fought, while blood-red nets gathered Essence Blood from the fallen across the battlefield.
  • After more than half the fighters had died, Luo Hou and the others stopped fighting, and Hongjun led the surviving alliance cultivators away.
  • The Main Body emerged from the blood-red tower, and Luo Hou attacked him with his Supreme Heavenly Demon Incarnation and a black sun.
  • The Main Body remained unharmed by Luo Hou’s black sun and stopped the Demonic Shadow’s punch with one hand, then left with the Blood Prison Five Ancestors and the nine coffins.

Ch. 38The Five Great Supremes, Two Powers Face Off

After five hundred thousand years of border skirmishes, the allied forces and the Fierce Beast Domain and Demon Domain prepared for a final battle. Li Yi reflected on the slaughter and his growing understanding of life, then withdrew to a remote mountain to prepare for a breakthrough in the Power of Life.

  • Hongjun and Yang Mei unified the allied forces, then entered seclusion while the Three Clans gained influence.
  • The two powers spent five hundred thousand years gathering strength as raids and local clashes continued across their borders.
  • Li Yi became known as the Green Lotus Sword Master after killing nearly ten thousand Golden Immortals and surviving pursuits by Grand Unity Golden Immortals.
  • Li Yi reviewed the spiritual treasures he had acquired, including the Earth Suppressing Bead, Blood Spirit Pagoda, and Purple Cloud Halberd.
  • Li Yi recognized that his experiences of life and death had brought him close to manifesting the Rebirth Sword Dao.
  • Li Yi settled on a remote barren mountain, calmed his mind, and prepared to draw upon the Power of Life.

Ch. 39Experiencing Life, the Rebirth Sword Dao

Li Yi comprehended the Power of Life, transformed the barren mountain, and broke through to Peak Golden Immortal. He named the sword dao wielded through life force the Rebirth Sword Dao and considered how to balance it with the Power of Slaughter.

  • Li Yi reflected on his past lives and concluded that living was the highest pursuit.
  • As Li Yi's understanding deepened, green light gathered around him and plants transformed the barren mountain into a vibrant immortal mountain.
  • Li Yi realized that life joined matter and will through the Power of Life, drawing that power into his body and transforming his will and lotus manifestation.
  • Li Yi reached Peak Golden Immortal and tested his paired lotuses, which drained a mountain's life force and destroyed it with black sword auras.
  • Li Yi considered using the Power of Life to weaken enemies and support allies, then named its sword dao the Rebirth Sword Dao.

Ch. 40Battle Resumes: Slaughter and Salvation

After fifty thousand years of seclusion, Li Yi nearly harmonized the Power of Slaughter and the Power of Life and gained a deeper understanding of nirvana. When the final battle began, he slaughtered enemy forces with his twin lotus while reviving alliance cultivators, and the powers fused faster as the battlefield raged.

  • Li Yi spent fifty thousand years refining the transformation between the Power of Slaughter and the Power of Life and comprehending the Nirvana True Meaning.
  • The alliance assembled more than seven trillion cultivators as the Fierce Beast Domain and the Demon Domain advanced, and both sides clashed at the border.
  • Li Yi unleashed black lotuses that annihilated nearly a million fierce beasts and tens of thousands of Demon Domain cultivators.
  • Li Yi wielded the Slaughter Sword Dao and Rebirth Sword Dao together, destroying enemies with black light and reviving wounded alliance cultivators with green light.
  • Li Yi drove into the enemy ranks as the two powers fused faster, slaughtering enemies until many began avoiding him.

Ch. 41Nirvana Sword Dao, Crippling a Grand Unity Golden Immortal

Li Yi attained sudden enlightenment on the battlefield and comprehended the Nirvana Sword Dao, then used it to fight a Grand Unity Golden Immortal. Though Li Yi crippled the enemy with a devastating slash, both were badly injured, and Li Yi escaped into a black giant coffin.

  • Li Yi entered sudden enlightenment, transformed the Twin Lotuses into a Taiji Diagram, and harmonized the Powers of Slaughter and Life.
  • Li Yi tested his newly comprehended Nirvana Sword Dao by annihilating ferocious beasts beneath the Taiji Diagram.
  • A burly Grand Unity Golden Immortal ambushed Li Yi, but Li Yi trapped him in the Taiji Diagram and drained much of his vitality.
  • The burly man destroyed the Taiji Diagram by exploding hundreds of Houtian Spiritual Treasures, badly injuring Li Yi and losing much of his own strength.
  • Li Yi unleashed a Nirvana Sword Dao slash that shattered the burly man's demonic blade and forced him to explode his body and flee as a blood-red soul.
  • Too injured to pursue, Li Yi flew to a black giant coffin and slipped inside.

Ch. 42Li Yi Dared to Kill Without Restraint Because of the Black Giant Coffin

Li Yi hid in the Black Giant Coffin to recover while the Four Supremes fought over the fate of the battlefield. Shen Ni and Luo Hou sacrificed themselves in a devastating blast, after which Hongjun and Yang Mei survived and eliminated the remaining combatants.

  • Li Yi reflected on his strength and the cost of his final sword move while using the Power of Life to heal inside the Black Giant Coffin.
  • Hongjun, Yang Mei, Luo Hou, and Shen Ni entered the battle, displaying their powerful treasures as the armies continued to suffer heavy losses.
  • Shen Ni attacked Yang Mei with the God Slaying Spear while Luo Hou’s Demonic Shadow assaulted Hongjun.
  • Hongjun trapped Luo Hou beneath a Jade Butterfly of Creation fragment, and he and Yang Mei joined forces against Shen Ni.
  • Shen Ni self-destructed, and Luo Hou sacrificed his Demonic Shadow, creating a black hole that swallowed most of the remaining fighters.
  • Hongjun retrieved the Jade Butterfly of Creation and left, while Yang Mei killed nearly all the surviving ferocious beasts and Demon Domain cultivators before departing.

Ch. 43Merit Descends, the Small World Is Created

After the calamity, Li Yi used the Golden Light of Merit to advance his cultivation and perfect his Nirvana Sword Dao. Meanwhile, the Main Body created a vast Small World for the Blood Prison cultivators, as the three tribes began claiming territory across the Primordial World.

  • The Heavenly Dao rewarded contributors to the calamity with Golden Light of Merit, and Li Yi returned to Penglai Island to recover.
  • After fifty years of seclusion, Li Yi reached the peak of the Golden Immortal realm and completed his Nirvana Sword Dao.
  • Li Yi tested his perfected sword techniques, then resolved to pursue the Reincarnation Sword Dao and advance to Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
  • The Main Body created and expanded a Small World, where the Blood Prison Five Ancestors moved the nine Black Giant Coffins and the Grand Unity Golden Immortals entered seclusion.
  • With Hongjun, Yang Mei, and many Grand Unity Golden Immortals withdrawn, Ancestral Dragon, Heavenly Phoenix, and Ancestor Lin led their tribes in claiming territory and subduing other races.

Ch. 45The Three Clans Make Their Declarations, and the Powerful React

After two million years of peaceful expansion, the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans declared themselves rulers of their respective kinds, angering powerful beings across the Primordial World. On Penglai Island, Li Yi began to grasp Self Reincarnation by observing the life cycles of plants, bringing him closer to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

  • Li Yi struggled to advance his understanding of reincarnation while Azure Flood Dragon slept, then realized that life and death could illuminate the cycle between existence and nonexistence.
  • The Dragon Ancestor declared the Dragon Clan Lord of Scales and Armor, the Phoenix Clan claimed dominion over Flying Birds, and the Qilin Clan proclaimed itself Lord of Beasts.
  • Li Yi condemned the clans' declarations, while a being trapped in a Western Region black hole cursed Hongjun, Yang Mei, and the clans; Hongjun and Yang Mei also reacted with displeasure.
  • Li Yi planted short-lived flowers and plants on Penglai Island and observed their life cycles, gradually understanding the levels of reincarnation and crossing the threshold into Self Reincarnation.

Ch. 46The Ancestral Witches Awaken, Li Yi Appears

Li Yi and the Main Body traveled to Buzhou Mountain as the Twelve Ancestral Witches emerged from their blood cocoons. After greeting them and concealing their connection, Li Yi began considering how to help them cultivate, then sensed a hidden presence nearby.

  • The Main Body sensed that the Twelve Ancestral Witches were about to awaken and traveled with Li Yi to their cave on Buzhou Mountain.
  • The twelve blood cocoons burst open, and Dijiang, Jumang, Rushou, Gonggong, Zhurong, Tianwu, Qiangliang, Xizi, Zhujiuyin, Shebishi, Houtu, and Xuanming took form.
  • The Ancestral Witches greeted the Main Body and Li Yi, who told them to call him Green Lotus Sword Master and keep his connection to the Main Body secret.
  • The Main Body examined the Ancestral Witches and revealed that their souls were fused with their flesh and baleful energy, prompting Li Yi to consider creating a cultivation method for them.
  • Li Yi wondered how the rest of the Witch Clan had come to exist, then sensed a terrifying fluctuation in the cave and suspected something valuable was hidden there.

Ch. 47A Shocking Secret: Pangu's Heart

Li Yi and the Main Body studied Pangu’s Heart, gaining insights into Pangu’s power and the Dao. Li Yi left to explore Buzhou Mountain and discovered twelve Sea-Calming Divine Beads, then decided to seek fellow cultivators.

  • Li Yi and the Main Body entered the blood-red space and found Pangu’s Heart above a Blood Pool filled with sentient spiritual blood.
  • Li Yi received visions of Pangu and insights into his cultivation, while the Main Body reconstructed Pangu’s form and continued its deductions.
  • Li Yi left the space, released Dijiang and the others from the cave, and began searching Buzhou Mountain for treasures.
  • After two hundred years of searching, Li Yi found a formation that resisted his spiritual perception and broke it by force.
  • Li Yi captured twelve escaping beads from the collapsed formation and recognized them as the Sea-Calming Divine Beads.
  • Li Yi decided to seek fellow cultivators and discuss the Dao with them.

Ch. 48Fu Xi and Nuwa Discuss the Dao for a Thousand Years

Li Yi reached the summit of Buzhou Mountain and met Fu Xi and Nuwa, then joined them in discussing their Daos. After a thousand years of conversation, the three remained together, with Fu Xi and Nuwa having learned more about the world beyond the mountain.

  • Li Yi climbed to the summit of Buzhou Mountain and met Fu Xi and Nuwa, both peak Golden Immortals.
  • Fu Xi explained his Dao of calculation and formations, while Nuwa shared her Dao of creation.
  • Li Yi demonstrated his Dao of intent and the sword, revealing a twin lotus and a Taiji Diagram formed from sword energy.
  • The three praised one another’s insights, and Li Yi advised Fu Xi and Nuwa to improve their combat skills.
  • Li Yi told Fu Xi and Nuwa about major events in the Primordial World as they discussed the Dao for a thousand years.

Ch. 49The Dragon Clan Visits, and Conflict Begins to Brew

Ao Fang visited Penglai Island to recruit Li Yi into the Dragon Clan, but Li Yi rejected his offer and ordered him to leave after Ao Fang threatened him. Ao Fang departed vowing revenge and claiming he would take Penglai Island.

  • Ao Fang arrived at Penglai Island and assessed Li Yi, hoping to recruit the renowned Green Lotus Sword Master for the Dragon Clan.
  • Li Yi welcomed Ao Fang to the island, where Ao Fang marveled at its spiritual treasures and Blessed Land.
  • Ao Fang offered Li Yi the position of honorary elder and promised resources and a path to greater cultivation, but Li Yi politely refused.
  • Ao Fang threatened Li Yi over living in Dragon Clan territory, and Li Yi ordered him to leave.
  • Ao Fang left Penglai Island and vowed to kill Li Yi and claim the island for himself.

Ch. 50The Dragon Clan Attacks, Abandoning Penglai

Ao Xuan led the Dragon Clan in an attack to seize Penglai Island, forcing Li Yi to fight them after evacuating his treasures and spiritual companions. Outnumbered, Li Yi fled after badly wounding two elders, and Ao Xuan was left guarding the island while fearing Li Yi would return.

  • Ao Fang told Ao Xuan about Penglai Island, and Ao Xuan decided the Dragon Clan would claim it.
  • Sensing danger, Li Yi sent the Azure Flood Dragon away and prepared to defend Penglai Island.
  • Ao Xuan arrived with six Grand Unity Golden Immortals and attacked Li Yi's protective formation, which collapsed after a day and night.
  • Li Yi ambushed and crippled one elder, then fought Ao Xuan and the Dragon Clan as they joined forces against him.
  • Li Yi badly wounded another elder with the Nirvana Sword Dao and escaped, promising to return for Penglai Island.

Ch. 51The Depths of Beiming, Proving the Dao as a Grand Unity Golden Immortal

Li Yi secluded himself in the Northern Netherworld to comprehend reincarnation and break through to the Great Luo Realm. After five hundred years, he attained the Great Luo Merit Position with a new Power of Samsara, then met Kunpeng and Old Ancestor Cang Qiong.

  • Li Yi fled with Azure Flood Dragon to an underwater crag in the Northern Netherworld and began seclusion, ordering Azure Flood Dragon not to disturb him.
  • Li Yi contemplated Self Reincarnation for five hundred years as his life and slaughter powers transformed and a black-and-green cocoon formed around him.
  • Li Yi understood reincarnation and broke through, transforming his magic power into the silvery-white Power of Samsara and attaining the Great Luo Merit Position.
  • Li Yi sensed two visitors drawn by his breakthrough and met Kunpeng and Old Ancestor Cang Qiong above the sea.
  • Old Ancestor Cang Qiong explained that he had hidden in the Northern Netherworld to escape the great tribulation, and he and Kunpeng departed after exchanging insights with Li Yi.
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