Chapter Summaries

Bi Changsheng endured True Person Xue Chi’s attack by turning his tribulation bolts against him, leaving Xue Chi battered and humiliated. True Person Xue Chi prepared to attack again after the Tribulation Cloud dissipated, while the gathered sect members were astonished by Bi Changsheng’s feat.

• True Person Yu Yang and True Person Yun Chang moved toward Bi Changsheng after True Person Xue He stopped them from intervening, and Xue He decided against starting an all-out war with the Golden Sun Sect and the Purple Cloud Sect.
• True Person Xue Chi’s sea of blood swallowed the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth tribulation bolts but thinned as it did so.
• Bi Changsheng sent the twenty-seventh tribulation bolt at True Person Xue Chi, and it pierced the weakened sea of blood, shattered Xue Chi’s protective radiance, and left him disheveled.
• True Person Xue Chi roared that he would kill Bi Changsheng and prepared another attack after the Tribulation Cloud dissipated.
• The Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect members were shocked that Bi Changsheng had withstood Xue Chi’s attack and struck back despite the gap between their cultivation realms.

The factions watched in shock as Bi Changsheng injured True Person Xue Chi despite remaining at the mid-Golden Core stage. True Person Yu Yang and True Person Yun Chang rushed to protect him, still believing he could not withstand Xue Chi’s next attack.

• Wen Chengwen and other Golden Sun Sect elders marveled at how Bi Changsheng had grown powerful enough to injure a Nascent Soul powerhouse while his cultivation remained at the mid-Golden Core stage.
• Gao Taichu, Yan Xinran, and other Golden Sun Sect disciples and inner-sect powerhouses felt admiration for Bi Changsheng and gave up any thought of competing with him.
• Zhong Wenyao realized his former confidence in his own talent had been narrow-minded after seeing Bi Changsheng’s strength.
• Xue Li, rescued by True Person Xue Chi, admitted to himself that he had lost unjustly and believed he could never catch up with Bi Changsheng.
• True Person Yu Yang and True Person Yun Chang hurried to Bi Changsheng’s side, intending to shield him from Xue Chi’s next attack because they doubted he could withstand it.

True Person Xue He chose to prevent an all-out war after Bi Changsheng injured True Person Xue Chi, and ordered Xue Chi to stand down. The sects avoided a clash for now, but Bi Changsheng remained determined to oppose the Blood God Sect.

• True Person Yu Yang and True Person Yun Chang protected Bi Changsheng, and the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect prepared to fight the Blood God Sect.
• True Person Xue He weighed killing Bi Changsheng against the consequences for his plans, then called True Person Xue Chi back.
• True Person Xue Chi accepted his senior brother's decision and threatened Bi Changsheng before returning to True Person Xue He.
• Bi Changsheng ignored the threat and remained resolved to fight the Blood God Sect whenever his strength allowed.

Bi Changsheng stayed ready to use Jade Burn and the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation if the Blood God Sect attacked again, while True Person Xue He chose to end the five-year war. True Person Yu Yang and True Person Yun Chang accepted his offer, leaving the Blood God Sect's plan and the aftermath of the truce unresolved.

• Bi Changsheng prepared to burn his lifespan and unleash the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation again if True Person Xue He or True Person Xue Chi threatened him.
• True Person Xue He comforted the ashamed True Person Xue Chi and said Bi Changsheng's unexpected strength had changed the outcome.
• True Person Xue He offered to end the war and let the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect keep the territories they had occupied.
• True Person Xue Chi understood True Person Xue He's reasons and accepted his decision without protest.
• True Person Yu Yang and True Person Yun Chang agreed to the offer, ending the five-year war among the three sects.

After the Nascent Soul True Persons agreed to a ceasefire, the Blood God Sect ceded the territories occupied by the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect. Bi Changsheng received praise and thanks from True Person Yu Yang and True Person Yun Chang before the sects withdrew and the war-torn Southern Border returned to peace.

• True Person Xue He and True Person Xue Chi accepted the ceasefire terms and returned to Blood God Sect's mountain gate, while their followers reluctantly prepared to give up territory.
• True Person Yu Yang praised Bi Changsheng for defeating Xue Li and helping secure victory for the Golden Sun Sect.
• True Person Yu Yang reminded Bi Changsheng to thank True Person Yun Chang for protecting him, and Bi Changsheng expressed his gratitude.
• True Person Yun Chang invited Bi Changsheng to visit Purple Cloud Sect, and Bi Changsheng agreed to strengthen ties between their sects.
• True Person Yu Yang took Bi Changsheng back to Golden Sun Sect, while True Person Yun Chang returned to Purple Cloud Sect with Zhong Wenyao.
• The three sects withdrew their forces and established new borders and defenses, bringing five years of war in the Southern Border to a temporary end.

After Bi Changsheng’s feat against True Person Xue Chi made him famous across the Southern Border, he returned to secluded cultivation at the Golden Sun Sect. A year later, he used the Dao Seeking Art to enter the world’s Origin Space and successfully mastered the Space Artistic Conception.

• News spread that Bi Changsheng had blocked True Person Xue Chi’s attack and injured him, earning Bi the title Little True Person.
• Bi Changsheng ignored the growing fame and resumed secluded cultivation on Purple Bamboo Peak.
• After a year of focusing on space, Bi Changsheng used the Dao Seeking Art to enter the world’s Origin Space.
• Bi Changsheng comprehended the Space Artistic Conception after twenty-three breaths.

Bi Changsheng comprehended the rudimentary Space Artistic Conception in the Origin Space and tested its ability to create space rifts and teleport. After three more months of secluded cultivation, he advanced his comprehension to the one-tenth level, ready to use it to perfect the Nascent Net in his Natal Spirit Realm.

• Bi Changsheng reached the limit of his accumulated understanding in the Origin Space and comprehended the rudimentary Space Artistic Conception.
• After twenty-five breaths of comprehension, Bi Changsheng withdrew from the Origin Space and returned to the secret chamber at Purple Bamboo Peak.
• Bi Changsheng tested the Space Artistic Conception by opening a space rift that threatened ordinary Late Stage of Golden Core cultivators and teleporting ten meters.
• Bi Changsheng continued secluded cultivation at Purple Bamboo Peak rather than seeking spatial inheritances, focusing on advancing his comprehension.
• After three months of study with the Dao Seeking Art, Bi Changsheng comprehended the Space Artistic Conception to the one-tenth level.

Bi Changsheng infused Space Artistic Conception into the Nascent Net, greatly expanding the Natal Spirit Realm and strengthening his magic power. He then resumed secluded cultivation, aiming to raise Thunderous Momentum into an artistic conception before pursuing Yin Yang and Time, and weighed whether to attempt a stronger alternative Heavenly Punishment Artistic Conception.

• Bi Changsheng infused his first-stage Space Artistic Conception into the Nascent Net, causing the Natal Spirit Realm to expand by five hundred thousand square meters and its sky to rise.
• The transformed Natal Spirit Realm returned energy to Bi Changsheng, making his already profound magic power approach that of a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
• Bi Changsheng decided to cultivate Thunderous Momentum into an artistic conception before seeking enlightenment in Yin Yang Artistic Conception and Time Artistic Conception.
• Bi Changsheng considered the Nine Tribulations Thunder Law creator's untried method of combining Thunderous Momentum with Heavenly Punishment Intent to form a more powerful alternative Heavenly Punishment Artistic Conception.

Bi Changsheng successfully combined Thunderous Momentum with Heavenly Punishment Intent to comprehend and advance the Thunder Punishment Artistic Conception, greatly strengthening himself. After checking that the Golden Sun Sect and Southern Border remained peaceful, he began secluded cultivation to comprehend the Yin Yang Artistic Conception.

• Bi Changsheng chose to combine Thunderous Momentum with Heavenly Punishment Intent and comprehended the Thunder Punishment Artistic Conception after four months.
• Bi Changsheng tested the new artistic conception and found that it suppressed opponents, boosted his strength, and surpassed pure Thunder Artistic Conception in its enhancement.
• Bi Changsheng spent another three months raising the Thunder Punishment Artistic Conception to the first level and estimated he could hold his own against True Person Xue Chi without powerful methods.
• Bi Changsheng turned thirty during his secluded cultivation and decided to comprehend the Yin Yang Artistic Conception before the Time Artistic Conception.
• Bi Changsheng rested and checked on the Golden Sun Sect and Southern Border, then returned to secluded cultivation to comprehend the Yin Yang Artistic Conception.

Bi Changsheng searched for a way to accelerate his comprehension of the Yin Yang Artistic Conception and found that the Ice Fire Pool might help. He traveled to the Qu Chun Kingdom and arrived at the striking pool, where he began considering its unusual balance of ice and boiling water.

• After making little progress with the Yin Yang Artistic Conception, Bi Changsheng asked True Person Yu Yang for advice, but Yu Yang had no method to help.
• Bi Changsheng searched the Golden Sun Sect's Scripture Pavilion and found a record describing the Ice Fire Pool in the Qu Chun Kingdom.
• Bi Changsheng left Purple Bamboo Peak after instructing Uncle Fu and the Ginseng Doll, while Little Black remained in seclusion attempting to reach the Golden Core Realm.
• Bi Changsheng traveled to the Ice Fire Pool without notifying the Golden Sun Sect personnel stationed in the Qu Chun Kingdom.
• Bi Changsheng saw that one half of the pool was boiling while the other half was covered in thick ice, with warm vapor rising where they met.

Bi Changsheng comprehended the Yin Yang Artistic Conception at the Ice Fire Pool after three years and planned to continue cultivating there. Meanwhile, a covert group completed an array in an underground cavern near the Golden Sun Sect, preparing to unleash a hidden scheme.

• Bi Changsheng recognized that the balance between the Ice Fire Pool’s boiling water and ice could aid his comprehension of the Yin Yang Artistic Conception.
• After three years of cultivation beside the pool, Bi Changsheng comprehended the Yin Yang Artistic Conception and tested its power.
• Bi Changsheng decided to remain at the Ice Fire Pool until he reached the one-tenth realm of the Yin Yang Artistic Conception.
• Dozens of black-robed men finished arranging numerous high-grade formation arrays in a cavern beneath a plain near the Golden Sun Sect.
• The black-robed men reported to their Hall Master that all the formation arrays were complete and ready to activate.

The Blood Kill Hall Master and the Blood God Sect members completed a vast array beneath the ground near the Golden Sun Sect, intended to unleash its full power when activated. After hiding the cavern and reporting back, a similar array was established near the Purple Cloud Sect.

• The Blood Kill Hall Master ordered the Blood God Sect members to activate the fourth-order arrays they had built in the underground cavern.
• The Blood Kill Hall Master linked the arrays and fused a high-grade Pulse Stabilizing Pearl into them, completing the enormous array.
• The Blood Kill Hall Master reflected on the Blood God Sect’s years of planning, material costs, and training for the mission assigned by its Nascent Soul Ancestor.
• The Blood Kill Hall Master led his group out through the underground passage, blocked it, and returned to the Golden Sun Sect to report.
• Blood God Sect members established a similar enormous array near the Purple Cloud Sect and returned to the Blood God Sect.

Bi Changsheng completed his comprehension of the Yin Yang Artistic Conception at the Ice Fire Pool and was interrupted by two rival sects’ disciples. After driving them away with a sliver of his aura, he left for the Golden Sun Sect.

• Bi Changsheng raised the Yin Yang Artistic Conception to the one-tenth level after comprehending it in the Origin Space.
• Fan Fengmao and Nie Jiaxu led Biyan Cave and Guanqing Valley disciples into a battle that approached Bi Changsheng’s location.
• Fan Fengmao, Nie Jiaxu, and the others recognized Bi Changsheng, apologized for disturbing him, and begged for mercy.
• Bi Changsheng released a sliver of his aura and told the disciples to get lost, sending them flying backward.
• The two groups fled the Ice Fire Pool, abandoned their fight, and returned to their respective sects.
• Bi Changsheng boarded his flying boat and headed for the Golden Sun Sect.

The Blood God Sect Master reported that the sect had completed the formations True Person Xue He had ordered across the Southern Border, including near the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect. Xue He ordered the sect to prepare for action, then used a long-distance formation disk to learn that the next step would begin once the east completed its plan.

• The Blood God Sect Master told True Person Xue He that the Blood God Sect had finished setting up the assigned formations after more than thirty years of work.
• True Person Xue He praised the Blood God Sect Master and ordered him to gather the sect's forces and await further instructions.
• The Blood God Sect Master suspected Xue He planned to attack the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect, and felt both excited and worried about the prospect of another war.
• After the Blood God Sect Master left, True Person Xue He activated a massive formation disk and sent news of the completed plan to someone far away.
• The other party told True Person Xue He to wait until the east completed its plan before beginning the next step, and Xue He agreed.

True Person Xue He reflected on the formations he had secretly placed across the Southern Border and reaffirmed his resolve to carry out his plan. Back at the Golden Sun Sect, Bi Changsheng infused his Nascent Net with his first-level Yin Yang Artistic Conception, transforming his Natal Spirit Realm and raising his magical power to the Nascent Soul Realm level.

• True Person Xue He shut down the formation disk after receiving the information he sought, then reflected on the enormous formations he had secretly placed, including one beneath the Blood God Sect.
• True Person Xue He steadied his resolve, accepted that his plan could not be turned back, and returned to cultivation.
• Bi Changsheng returned to the Golden Sun Sect and entered his Natal Spirit Realm to pour his Yin Yang Artistic Conception into the Nascent Net.
• Bi Changsheng’s Natal Spirit Realm expanded and its matter began forming a circulating system, nearly doubling its overall quality.
• Bi Changsheng absorbed the energy released by the transformation, breaking his magical power past its limit to a level equivalent to the Nascent Soul Realm and gaining confidence against most Nascent Soul cultivators.

Bi Changsheng spent three years struggling to comprehend the Time Artistic Conception, then emerged from seclusion to visit with Uncle Fu and Little Black. The Golden Sun Sect and Southern Border remained peaceful, but True Person Xue He received orders from the Blood God Sect’s allies to advance their plan and prepare for reinforcements.

• Bi Changsheng spent three years comprehending the Time Artistic Conception but remained far from mastering it.
• Bi Changsheng emerged from seclusion, advised Uncle Fu to rest, and chatted with him in the courtyard.
• Little Black, who had broken through to the Golden Core Realm and transformed into human form, joined Bi Changsheng and Uncle Fu.
• True Person Xue He activated a cross-domain formation platform and received messages ordering him to begin the next stage of the plan and prepare to receive reinforcements.

True Person Xue He prepared the Blood God Sect to begin its planned attack on the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect, while arranging to receive allies from another region through a Cross-domain Teleportation Array. The allies arrived as a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator and fifty Golden Core cultivators, leaving the Blood God Sect Master confident they could seize dominance in the Southern Border.

• True Person Xue He reached an agreement with people on the other side of the array platform and summoned the Blood God Sect Master to report on the sect's preparations.
• True Person Xue He confirmed the operation against the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect was ready, but instructed the Blood God Sect Master to prepare the Cross-domain Teleportation Array to receive his friends.
• The Blood God Sect Master arranged for the array to be filled with more than ten million Spirit Stones, and True Person Xue He activated it the next day.
• True Person Xue He connected the array to another region, and a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator followed by fifty Golden Core cultivators stepped through the Space Gate.
• The Blood God Sect Master was astonished by the allies' strength and imagined the Blood God Sect could defeat both rival sects and become the Southern Border's sole dominant power.

True Person Xue He welcomed True Person Yue Fang and fifty Golden Core Cultivators from the Central Continent, then mobilized the Blood God Sect to attack the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect. The Blood God Sect’s twelve armies overran the border defenses and pushed deep into both sects’ territories, leaving widespread destruction behind.

• True Person Xue He welcomed True Person Yue Fang and the fifty cultivators sent from the Central Continent to aid the Blood God Sect.
• True Person Xue He and True Person Yue Fang discussed their plan to throw the Southern Border into chaos, while the Blood God Sect briefed the newcomers on the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect.
• The Blood God Sect gathered its forces and those of its subordinate groups, then formed twelve armies led by its hall masters, Xue Li, and the Sect Master.
• The twelve armies broke through the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect’s border defenses and slaughtered the Golden Core Cultivators stationed there.
• The Blood God Sect’s armies reclaimed the territories it had previously ceded and advanced into the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect’s lands, destroying subordinate forces along the way.

After the Blood God Sect seized territory from the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect, True Person Yu Yang ordered the Golden Sun Sect to mobilize and counterattack. Bi Changsheng assembled and led one of six units toward the front lines, while the Purple Cloud Sect also prepared a large-scale response.

• The Blood God Sect reclaimed its lost territory and occupied a tenth of the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect's lands, killing more than ten direct-line Golden Core Cultivators.
• Bi Changsheng received the invasion alert and traveled to Golden Sun Main Peak for a meeting with the sect's Golden Core Cultivators.
• True Person Yu Yang ordered the Golden Sun Sect to mobilize its forces and strike back at the Blood God Sect.
• The Golden Sun Sect formed six powerful units, assigning Bi Changsheng to lead one while its senior leaders commanded the others.
• Bi Changsheng assembled his unit in less than half a day, and the six units set out aboard Swords of Judgment as the Purple Cloud Sect formed six units of its own.

True Person Yu Yang and True Person Yun Chang agreed that the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect would support each other as they investigated the Blood God Sect’s unexplained offensive. Bi Changsheng led his squad to Ze'an Kingdom to attack the Blood God Sect force there, where they encountered fleeing young cultivators being pursued.

• True Person Yu Yang and True Person Yun Chang suspected the Blood God Sect’s simultaneous attacks had an unexplained cause and agreed their sects would advance and retreat together.
• True Person Yu Yang followed Bi Changsheng’s squad to the battlefield to watch for Nascent Soul Cultivators and protect Bi Changsheng.
• Bi Changsheng led more than a dozen Golden Core Cultivators, over a thousand Foundation Establishment cultivators, and nearly fifty thousand Qi Refining cultivators aboard a Sword of Judgment.
• Bi Changsheng’s squad reached Ze'an Kingdom and headed for Flowing Bright Tower’s stronghold to attack the Blood God Sect squad occupying it.
• A group of young cultivators fled along the squad’s route, and several exhausted Qi Refining cultivators offered to stay behind and delay the Blood God Sect pursuers.