Chapter Summaries

Long Xuan and Hua Shisan fought over access to a newly appeared Secret Realm before agreeing to divide its entry quota between humans and demons. In Worry-Free City, Zhang Xuanchen reunited with his family and prepared to warn them that the Central Dragon God Cave Mansion was a trap.

• Long Xuan overpowered Hua Shisan until Hua Shisan summoned the Qingming Sea-Calming Sword, prompting Long Xuan to negotiate an equal division of the Secret Realm's entry quota.
• Zhang Xuanchen bought local treasures, seeds, and a city map in Worry-Free City, then settled into Horizon Restaurant to cultivate.
• Zhang Xuanchen learned that his family had arrived and hurried to greet Great Elder Zhang Zujun, Zhang Hongqing, Zhang Hongxi, Zhang Xuanbing, Zhang Xuanming, and the others.
• Zhang Xuanbing embraced Zhang Xuanchen and explained how worried he had been while his younger brother was away.
• Zhang Xuanchen led the Zhang Family members toward Horizon Restaurant, saying he had an important warning about their lives to share in private.

Zhang Xuanchen warned the Zhang Family that the Secret Realm could kill more than eighty percent of its entrants and urged them to avoid its central region. After encouraging Zhang Zujun about the family’s future, he revealed a huge Earth Core Fire Crystal, shocking everyone.

• Zhang Xuanchen told Zhang Zujun and the others that the Secret Realm was extremely dangerous and that they should head east or stay in the outer regions rather than enter the center.
• Zhang Zujun had the others swear Blood Oaths to keep Horizon Restaurant’s warning secret and told Zhang Xuanchen to put the family’s interests above sentiment.
• Zhang Xuanchen revealed that the Secret Realm was an Inheritance Secret Realm, leaving Zhang Zujun to give up hope of entering and seeking a Golden Core opportunity.
• Zhang Zujun said Zhang Xuanchen’s mother had reached Foundation Establishment Peak and should receive the family’s next Golden Core Pill.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked his relatives to swear Blood Oaths again, then took out a massive Third-tier Top-grade Earth Core Fire Crystal, leaving Zhang Hongqing stunned.

Zhang Xuanchen and the Zhang Family prepared for the Sky Dragon Secret Realm, then arrived at its entrance among a vast crowd of cultivators and demon beasts. Zhang Xuanbing gave Su Muyan Zhang Xuanchen’s sealed instructions as the realm’s opening approached.

• Zhang Xuanchen gave Zhang Zujun a huge piece of Earth Core Fire Crystal, and Zhang Zujun accepted the chance to use it to advance his alchemy.
• The Zhang Family swore Blood Oaths to protect the treasure and planned to leave for the Sky Dragon Secret Realm the next morning.
• Yan Ruyu watched the Zhang Family depart and asked Elder Xu whether Zhang Xuanchen would return safely; Elder Xu said he would.
• Zhang Xuanchen wrote secret instructions for Su Muyan and gave them to Zhang Xuanbing, who promised to have her swear a Blood Oath before reading them inside the Secret Realm.
• Zhang Xuanchen and the Zhang Family reached the unstable entrance, where more than a hundred thousand cultivators and demon beasts gathered under the watch of Qingming True Lord and Chongyuan Black Flood Dragon.
• Zhang Xuanbing handed the Brocade Pouch to Su Muyan.

Zhang Xuanchen entered the Secret Realm and began searching for the Demon Cave, but stopped to claim a Golden Crystal Lingzhi. After he killed a young Gold-devouring Python, its enraged mother charged at him.

• The Secret Realm opened with an age limit and a cap of fifty thousand entrants, and an old cultivator who tried to force his way in was killed by the entrance’s sword light.
• The Nine Splendor Sword Sect entered first, then cultivators and demon beasts fought bloodily for access; the Zhang Family’s eligible members prepared to enter with Spirit Talismans.
• Zhang Xuanchen arrived in a dense jungle, hid his aura, and headed east toward the Demon Cave.
• Zhang Xuanchen spotted a Bihai Immortal Sect cultivator trapped by a Gold-devouring Python but chose to pursue a nearby Golden Crystal Lingzhi instead.
• A smaller Gold-devouring Python attacked Zhang Xuanchen, and he killed it with his sword; its mother released the injured cultivator and charged at him in rage.

Zhang Xuanchen killed a Gold-devouring Python and Zhou Jiaxin, then fled when another beast approached. Zhang Xuanbing explored a Cave Mansion, found a cultivation method and a warning token, and decided to avoid the Dragon God Cave Mansion and head east.

• Zhang Xuanchen used Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire to burn the Gold-devouring Python, killed it, and collected its Monster Core, snake gallbladder, and Golden Crystal Lingzhi.
• Zhou Jiaxin demanded Zhang Xuanchen’s spoils and threatened him, so Zhang Xuanchen killed her and took her Storage Bag before fleeing east under the Breath Concealment Technique.
• Zhang Xuanbing endured the Cave Mansion’s arrow trap and found a Second-tier Top-grade Artifact spear, a Jade Slip containing the Primordial Spirit Returning Divine Art, and a token pointing toward the Dragon God Cave Mansion.
• Zhang Xuanbing suspected the token was bait, chose to avoid the Dragon God Cave Mansion, and headed east.
• Three bald-headed youths considered robbing Zhang Xuanbing, but backed down after realizing he was at Foundation Establishment.

Zhang Xuanchen found a Spirit Medicine Garden and secretly watched Nine Splendor Sword Sect disciples Chang Yanghong and Li Lian enter it, followed by a concealed blood-robed cultivator. After Chang Yanghong killed the Mystic Armor Ice Lion with talismans, Xue Mingzi attacked and decapitated Li Lian, leaving Chang Yanghong confronting him.

• Zhang Xuanchen reached a valley that appeared to contain a Spirit Medicine Garden after collecting spirit herbs during his journey.
• Chang Yanghong and Li Lian approached the garden, and Zhang Xuanchen overheard them discuss the powerful demon beast guarding it.
• Xue Mingzi appeared after the disciples entered the crevice, and Zhang Xuanchen decided to wait and see what happened.
• Chang Yanghong fought the Mystic Armor Ice Lion, was badly injured, then killed it with two Second-tier Top-grade Spirit Talismans.
• As Li Lian embraced Chang Yanghong, Xue Mingzi attacked from behind, and Chang Yanghong threw Li Lian into the strike, leaving her decapitated.
• Chang Yanghong recognized his attacker as Xue Mingzi.

Chang Yanghong self-detonated to kill Xue Mingzi, but Xue Mingzi survived long enough to escape. Zhang Xuanchen entered the damaged Formation and discovered a trove of valuable spirit medicines, including Seven-leaf Soul Returning Grass.

• Xue Mingzi attacked the wounded Chang Yanghong and overwhelmed him despite Chang Yanghong’s defensive artifacts and other trump cards.
• After exhausting his defenses, Chang Yanghong refused to surrender and self-detonated his dantian, devastating the Spirit Medicine Garden and destroying the Blood Soul Banner.
• Zhang Xuanchen entered the garden and found Xue Mingzi gravely injured, then threw two Blazing Fire Talismans at him.
• Xue Mingzi used Blood Escape to flee before Zhang Xuanchen could stop him.
• Zhang Xuanchen broke through the cracked Formation and found several rare spirit medicines, including Third-grade Top-tier Seven-leaf Soul Returning Grass.

Zhang Xuanchen collected rare spirit medicines from the Spirit Medicine Garden and suspected the Dragon God Cave Mansion was a trap before seeking shelter for the night. At the Cave Mansion, the Blood Fiend Demon Lord plotted to escape by sacrificing its visitors, while the imprisoned Profound Dragon Venerable hoped someone could reach him and stop it.

• Zhang Xuanchen uprooted the Golden Vein Tea Tree, collected the garden's spirit medicines, and found a token guiding him to the Dragon God Cave Mansion.
• Zhang Xuanchen suspected the Cave Mansion might be a Demon Sealing Ground, collected the Mystic Armor Ice Lion's corpse, and left the garden.
• Zhang Xuanchen entered a valley after a dangerous journey, made a concealed cave, and began refining Marrow-Cleansing Grass.
• The Blood Fiend Demon Lord revealed that it intended to blood-sacrifice visitors to the Dragon God Cave Mansion and break its seal.
• Profound Dragon Venerable, trapped as a remnant soul in the Eastern Demon Sealed Land, believed someone might still reach him and destroy the Blood Fiend Demon Lord.

Zhang Xuanchen purified his body, reached the Qi Refining Tenth-Layer Peak, and escaped a Tianlan Sect cultivator before becoming surrounded by Crocodile Dragons. He unleashed his Spirit Fire across the swamp and fled, leaving the beasts caught in a spreading inferno.

• Profound Dragon Venerable decided he would destroy the Secret Realm if no one arrived before the Blood Fiend Demon Lord broke free.
• Zhang Xuanchen used three Marrow-Cleansing Grasses to purge impurities, then broke through to the Qi Refining Tenth-Layer Peak.
• A Tianlan Sect female cultivator tried to lure a Sabertooth Tiger toward Zhang Xuanchen, but he fled and left her to face the beast.
• Zhang Xuanchen was ambushed by a Mid-Second Stage Swordback Crocodile Dragon and surrounded by its Crocodile Dragon pack.
• Zhang Xuanchen hurled Spirit Fire into the swamp, igniting the area and killing some of the low-level Crocodile Dragons before he left.

Zhang Xuanchen disguised himself after using Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire to destroy the Swordback Crocodile Dragon's territory, but Long Zhantian arrived and crushed the beast. Long Zhantian recruited Zhang Xuanchen to help him fight a pride of Golden Lions in exchange for the treasures in their territory, and Zhang Xuanchen agreed with a condition.

• Zhang Xuanchen masked his appearance as the Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire burned through the Swampland and the Swordback Crocodile Dragon charged him.
• The Swordback Crocodile Dragon struck Zhang Xuanchen and blasted his Ice Shield, but Zhang Xuanchen prepared to flee rather than waste more Spirit Talismans.
• Long Zhantian descended and crushed the Swordback Crocodile Dragon, then recognized Zhang Xuanchen's Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire.
• Zhang Xuanchen introduced himself as Li Feiyu, and Long Zhantian asked him to help fight the Golden Lions while he sought the Aperture Opening Spirit Flower.
• Zhang Xuanchen agreed to help on the condition that he could flee if Long Zhantian failed to hold back the two late-stage Golden Lions.

Zhang Xuanchen and Long Zhantian reached the Purple Gold War Lion pride, where Long Zhantian charged into battle and tossed Zhang Xuanchen among the lions. Zhang Xuanchen used his spirit fire to engulf the surrounding lions, impressing Long Zhantian, who promised him the other treasures in the cave.

• Long Zhantian destroyed the Bone Feather Vultures pursuing him and Zhang Xuanchen with lightning and Dragon Breath.
• Long Zhantian explained that Purple Gold War Lions resisted lightning and promised not to kill Zhang Xuanchen after obtaining the Aperture Opening Spirit Flower.
• The pair reached the lion pride, and Long Zhantian attacked the Lion King and his mate while throwing Zhang Xuanchen toward another group of lions.
• Surrounded by dozens of Purple Gold War Lions, Zhang Xuanchen used Wind Scroll and Repelling Fire Ring to create an opening, then spread Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire through the pride.
• Long Zhantian watched Zhang Xuanchen burn the lions and promised that he could keep every treasure in the cave besides the Aperture Opening Spirit Flower.

Zhang Xuanchen and Long Zhantian defeated the Purple Gold War Lions and found an Aperture Opening Spirit Flower and Thousand-year Stone Milk in their cave. Zhang Xuanchen persuaded Long Zhantian to help him secretly take two lion cubs out of the Secret Realm, leaving the dragon baffled by the request to nurse them.

• Long Zhantian protected Zhang Xuanchen, then used the Mystic Flood Dragon Art to fight the Lion King and Lion Queen while Zhang Xuanchen killed the other lions with Ice Sword Talismans and Sword Qi.
• Zhang Xuanchen investigated the lion cave from a distance, discovered two Purple Gold War Lion Cubs inside, and waited while Long Zhantian battled the adult lions.
• Long Zhantian returned badly injured, thanked Zhang Xuanchen, and entered the cave with him to find an Aperture Opening Spirit Flower and a pool of Thousand-year Stone Milk.
• Zhang Xuanchen used Long Zhantian's guilt over the cave's treasures to ask him to take the two lion cubs out of the Secret Realm and secretly hand them over.
• Long Zhantian agreed to help but protested that he was a dragon and could not nurse the cubs.

Zhang Xuanchen entrusted the Purple Gold War Lion Cubs to Long Zhantian, who believed he was the benefactor foretold by Turtle Prime Minister and set out to recover. Elsewhere, Zhang Hongxi gave Chu Yun her token to avoid a confrontation while keeping the formation inheritance she had found.

• Long Zhantian agreed to care for Zhang Xuanchen’s two Purple Gold War Lion Cubs until they could leave the Secret Realm.
• Zhang Xuanchen gave Long Zhantian a Parent-Child Communication Talisman and took most of the Thousand-year Stone Milk and a token before leaving.
• Long Zhantian drank the remaining Stone Milk, healed, and concluded that Zhang Xuanchen was the benefactor described in Turtle Prime Minister’s prophecy.
• Chu Yun demanded Zhang Hongxi’s token, promising to take her to the final opportunity if she handed it over.
• Zhang Hongxi gave Chu Yun the token and left, keeping secret the Array Inheritance she had obtained.

Zhang Xuanchen reached the Demon Sealing Ground, where his Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire burned away the Demon Qi, and reunited with Zhang Xuanming and other Zhang clansmen. He learned that Hong Han and several others had followed a token toward the Secret Realm Center, while the clansmen with him had begun to doubt the warnings about the eastern destination.

• Chu Yun tried to seize Zhang Hongxi’s opportunity, but she revealed her Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivation and fled from him.
• Ye Xingyun concealed himself inside a boulder and prepared to attack Chu Yun to avenge the arm Chu Yun had severed.
• After more than two months of travel, Zhang Xuanchen reached the Blood-Purple Mist of the Demon Sealing Ground and used his Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire to burn through the Demon Qi.
• Zhang Xuanchen discovered Zhang Xuanming nearby, removed his face armor, and learned that four other Zhang clansmen were sheltering in a concealed cave.
• Zhang Hongkun told Zhang Xuanchen that Hong Han, Hong Yan, Hong Mei, and five others had followed a token toward the Secret Realm Center after finding no opportunity in the Demon Sealing Ground.

Zhang Xuanchen realized the tokens were bait designed to draw cultivators toward the Secret Realm’s center, then entered the Demon Qi to seek a way to save his clansmen. Protected by the Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire, he defeated a Blood Demon and pressed deeper, where a much stronger enemy appeared.

• Zhang Xuanchen warned his clansmen that the opportunity tokens were likely part of a scheme, and Zhang Xuanhu confirmed that a token had appeared inside a beast killed by a Qi Refining cultivator.
• Zhang Xuanchen concluded that the Demon Qi might hold a way to save Zhang Honghan and the others, despite Zhang Hongkun's objections.
• Zhang Xuanchen entered the Demon Qi, where the Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire protected him from its erosion.
• Zhang Xuanchen killed a Blood-colored Meatball with his Clear Wind Sword and collected its Blood Core, discovering that it contained pure Soul Power.
• Zhang Xuanchen marked his path as he traveled deeper, then encountered a three-meter-tall Blood Shadow with Foundation Establishment Early Stage strength.

Zhang Xuanchen killed a powerful Blood Demon with his newly named Blazing Flame Evil Vanquisher technique, then pressed deeper into the Demon Qi while dozens of Blood Demons pursued him. The Profound Dragon Venerable watched him through the Three Lives Samsara Mirror and considered him a possible next master for the artifact.

• Zhang Xuanchen drew the Crimson Profound Sword and fought the Blood Demon, dodging its claws and tail as his Spirit Qi dwindled.
• Zhang Xuanchen trapped the Blood Demon in flames, destroyed its blood-colored attacks with sword qi, and cleaved it in two with a crimson-gold sword phantom.
• Zhang Xuanchen named the technique Blazing Flame Evil Vanquisher, took pills and the Blood Crystal, and rushed deeper as dozens of Blood Demons gave chase.
• The Profound Dragon Venerable used a Bronze Mirror to watch the wounded Zhang Xuanchen fleeing through the Demon Qi.
• Sansheng told the Profound Dragon Venerable that Zhang Xuanchen's past and present lives were a mass of chaos, and Li Xuanlong hoped the youth might restore the Three Lives Samsara Mirror.

Zhang Xuanchen escaped the Blood Demons and was brought before Profound Dragon Venerable, who offered to pass on his legacy. Zhang Xuanchen immediately accepted, and Sansheng welcomed the prospect of having him as her next master.

• Sansheng tearfully clung to Profound Dragon Venerable, who comforted her and said he needed a steady new master for her.
• Zhang Xuanchen outran the pursuing Blood Demons, found a concealed place, and set up four formations before treating his injuries.
• Profound Dragon Venerable pulled Zhang Xuanchen into his cave with a spatial vortex and offered him his legacy so he could slay the Demon Lord.
• Zhang Xuanchen immediately knelt and accepted Profound Dragon Venerable as his master, reasoning that securing his survival came first.
• Sansheng laughed at Zhang Xuanchen's quick acceptance and explained that Profound Dragon Venerable wanted him to become her next master.

Zhang Xuanchen accepted Profound Dragon Venerable Li Xuanlong as his master and began preparing for Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment using the Divine Dragon Hegemony Body Art and True Dragon Essence Blood. Meanwhile, Zhang Xuanbing entered the Demon Qi to search for him after learning he had been missing inside for seven days.

• Li Xuanlong explained the dangers and requirements of Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, and Zhang Xuanchen vowed to attempt it.
• Li Xuanlong passed the first volume of the Divine Dragon Hegemony Body Art to Zhang Xuanchen and gave him a drop of True Dragon Essence Blood to begin cultivating.
• Zhang Xuanchen endured intense pain as Li Xuanlong sealed most of the dragon blood's energy and ordered him to circulate the art.
• Zhang Xuanbing met Zhang Hongkun at a cave and learned Zhang Xuanchen had entered the Demon Qi seven days earlier.
• Zhang Xuanbing rejected Zhang Hongkun's warning and flew into the Demon Qi to find Zhang Xuanchen.

Zhou Tianjian and other cultivators reached the Dragon God Cave Mansion, but Blood Fiend Demon Lord kept its barrier closed while waiting for more people to gather. Ten days later, Zhang Xuanchen broke through to the Second Revolution Middle Stage of the Divine Dragon Hegemony Body Art, leaving him able to shatter a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator with his physical strength alone.

• Zhou Tianjian found the Dragon God Cave Mansion with Liu Yunshu and vowed to seize the Nine Splendor Sword Sect leadership by killing or subduing Luo Lingshuang and Xia Xiangtian.
• More than several thousand cultivators attacked the Golden Light Barrier, but none could damage it.
• Xie Qiufeng used a Third-grade Mid-tier Lightning Talisman against the barrier, yet it remained intact.
• Blood Fiend Demon Lord watched the cultivators and made cracks appear in the barrier to give them hope while waiting for more humans and demon beasts to arrive.
• Ten days later, Zhang Xuanchen opened his eyes after reaching the Second Revolution Middle Stage, and Li Xuanlong explained that True Dragon Essence Blood had helped unlock his body.

Zhang Xuanchen perfected his Essence, Qi, and Spirit under Li Xuanlong’s guidance as the Secret Realm’s Golden Light Barrier finally shattered. Outside the barrier, the Zhang Family members prepared to compete for the opportunity, unaware of Zhang Xuanchen’s breakthrough.

• Li Xuanlong refused to preserve his remnant soul and told Zhang Xuanchen to perfect his Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• After half a month, Zhang Xuanchen brought his Essence, Qi, and Spirit to perfection, and Li Xuanlong used six elemental treasures to help form his Dao foundation.
• At the cracked Golden Light Barrier, more than thirty thousand surviving humans and other beings gathered to await its collapse.
• Zhang Honghan and his companions killed a pursuing Ironback Wolf, then drove off two cultivators who tried to claim its corpse with a Golden Saber Talisman.
• Zhang Hongman criticized Zhang Xuanchen for keeping the Zhang Family from entering the Secret Realm, while Zhang Honghan warned the group to act cautiously.
• The Golden Light Barrier shattered.