Chapter Summaries

Bi Changsheng used the Tribulation Cloud to overwhelm True Person Xue Chi and True Person Yue Fang above Jade Cloud Island, while the forces below fought for control of the battle. As the lightning grew stronger and casualties mounted, Xue Chi’s defenses began breaking apart, though he remained only lightly wounded.

• Bi Changsheng repelled True Person Xue Chi and True Person Yue Fang’s attacks with the early bolts of the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, then continued directing lightning at them.
• As the bolts grew stronger, Xue Chi and Yue Fang struggled to defend themselves and focused on escaping rather than killing Bi Changsheng.
• The Blood God Sect members and Li Liangji’s allies fell into a disadvantage against Ying Xinghe, Gao Taichu, Zhong Wenyao, and the other defenders below.
• Bi Changsheng’s strength shocked both sides, giving Gao Taichu and the others hope while undermining the morale of Li Liangji’s group and the Blood God Sect members.
• By the thirty-fifth bolt, the lightning began blasting apart Xue Chi’s Blood God form, and he used the time Yue Fang bought to repair it with condensed blood rivers.

Bi Changsheng controlled the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation against True Person Xue Chi and True Person Yue Fang, preventing them from escaping. True Person Xue Chi was killed when the forty-first bolt destroyed his Nascent Soul, while True Person Yue Fang barely survived the forty-second and witnessed his ally's annihilation.

• Bi Changsheng sent successive tribulation lightning bolts at True Person Xue Chi and True Person Yue Fang as they tried to retreat.
• True Person Xue Chi used his Blood God to defend against the fortieth bolt, but it shattered the Blood God and charred his body.
• True Person Xue Chi's Nascent Soul fled, and True Person Yue Fang attempted to rescue it.
• Bi Changsheng diverted True Person Yue Fang with the forty-second bolt, forcing him to abandon the rescue.
• The forty-first bolt destroyed True Person Xue Chi's Nascent Soul, and True Person Yue Fang saw it happen after surviving the next strike.

After Bi Changsheng killed True Person Xue Chi with tribulation lightning, True Person Yue Fang fled toward the Southern Border, and Bi Changsheng sent the Tribulation Cloud after him. The battle inside Vast Sea Pavilion turned in Bi Changsheng's allies' favor, while Li Liangji and the Blood God Sect lost their last hope of victory.

• Bi Changsheng annihilated True Person Xue Chi's Nascent Soul with tribulation lightning, and True Person Yue Fang decided to escape.
• True Person Yue Fang flew toward the Southern Border while Bi Changsheng directed the Tribulation Cloud to pursue him.
• Zhuang Xinghe, Qian Junyan, Gao Taichu, Zhong Wenyao, and their allies were stunned and celebrated Bi Changsheng's strength.
• Li Liangji and the Blood God Sect members despaired after True Person Yue Fang abandoned them.

True Person Yue Fang destroyed his illusory mountain peak to escape Bi Changsheng’s tribulation lightning, and Bi Changsheng turned back to the battle on Jade Cloud Island. With Yue Fang gone, the South Sea traitors and Blood God Sect fighters lost heart and were overwhelmed by the allied forces.

• True Person Yue Fang sent his illusory mountain peak into the forty-third tribulation lightning bolt and detonated it, destroying the bolt at the cost of severely weakening himself.
• Bi Changsheng used the forty-fourth and forty-fifth tribulation lightning bolts to disperse the explosion’s remaining energy, but Yue Fang escaped beyond his reach.
• Bi Changsheng accepted that Yue Fang had escaped and turned his attention to the battlefield below.
• Li Liangji, the other South Sea traitors, and the Blood God Sect members lost morale, while Zhuang Xinghe, Gao Taichu, Zhong Wenyao, and their allies pressed their attack.
• Large numbers of South Sea traitors and Blood God Sect members fell, leaving Li Liangji and a few other powerful figures struggling to hold on.

Bi Changsheng used the remaining tribulation bolts to kill Li Liangji and eight other South Sea traitors and Blood God Sect members, then the allied forces finished off the survivors. He descended into the Vast Sea Pavilion as the hall’s fighters watched him with awe and complicated feelings.

• Bi Changsheng directed the forty-sixth tribulation bolt at Li Liangji, killing him despite his attempt to protect himself.
• Li Liangji remembered his struggles to cultivate and his wish to change the South Sea’s rules before he died, while Patriarch Li regretted not paying more attention to his son.
• Bi Changsheng struck down eight more enemies with the remaining tribulation bolts, avoiding harm to the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect members.
• Ying Xinghe and the others overwhelmed the remaining enemies and slaughtered them.
• Bi Changsheng put away True Person Xue Chi’s charred corpse and descended into the Vast Sea Pavilion, where the assembled fighters turned to watch him.

After Bi Changsheng spared the South Sea factions for their traitors’ role in the Blood God Sect’s attack, they sent more than thirty Golden Core Cultivators with him to reinforce the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect. He returned safely to the Golden Sun Sect and told True Person Yu Yang about the attack, leaving Yu Yang furious at the Blood God Sect and concerned for him.

• Ying Xinghe and the other South Sea leaders begged Bi Changsheng to forgive them, and he let them go with a warning that it must not happen again.
• Bi Changsheng delayed departure by a day so the wounded could recover, then set out for the Southern Border with more than thirty Golden Core Cultivators from the four great factions of the South Sea.
• Ying Xinghe and the other leaders sent the cultivators to help fight the Blood God Sect, hoping to make amends and stay in Bi Changsheng’s favor.
• Bi Changsheng and his companions traveled at top speed and reached the Golden Sun Sect’s mountain gate after half a month.
• Bi Changsheng told True Person Yu Yang that the Blood God Sect had attacked him during his South Sea mission, and Yu Yang angrily condemned the attackers and asked whether Bi Changsheng was hurt.

Bi Changsheng reported that he had defeated True Person Xue Chi and True Person Yue Fang, killed Xue Chi, and brought his companions back safely from the South Sea. After seeing Xue Chi’s corpse and learning how strong Bi Changsheng had become, True Person Yu Yang accelerated the Golden Sun Sect’s preparations for a counterattack, which would begin after Liu Zhengqing broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Bi Changsheng explained that he had defeated True Person Xue Chi and True Person Yue Fang and killed Xue Chi during the South Sea mission.
• Bi Changsheng presented Xue Chi’s corpse, convincing True Person Yu Yang that his account was true and leaving Yu Yang astonished at his strength.
• True Person Yu Yang decided to accelerate preparations for a counterattack and wait for Liu Zhengqing to reach the Nascent Soul Realm before launching it.
• True Person Yu Yang sent Bi Changsheng back to Purple Bamboo Peak to rest and relayed the operation plan throughout the Golden Sun Sect.
• True Person Yu Yang contacted True Person Yun Chang, who agreed that the Golden Sun Sect’s side no longer needed to fear the Blood God Sect as much.

After Bi Changsheng defeated the Blood God Sect’s strongest cultivators, True Person Yun Chang weighed the Purple Cloud Sect’s options and chose to trust the Golden Sun Sect. True Person Xue He learned that True Person Xue Chi had died, but prioritized the Blood God Sect’s plan in the Central Continent and prepared to abandon its stronghold if attacked.

• True Person Yun Chang considered allying the Purple Cloud Sect with the Blood God Sect, then decided to trust Bi Changsheng and informed the Purple Cloud Sect’s Sect Master of his plans.
• True Person Yue Fang told True Person Xue He that Bi Changsheng had killed True Person Xue Chi and defeated them both in the South Sea.
• True Person Xue He grieved for True Person Xue Chi and felt hatred toward Bi Changsheng, but restrained himself to protect the Blood God Sect’s grand plan.
• True Person Xue He consoled True Person Yue Fang and said the Blood God Sect would abandon its mountain-gate stronghold and operate from the shadows if the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect attacked.

Liu Zhengqing completed True Monarch Refining Sun’s inheritance and began breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, triggering a Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation over Golden Sun Main Peak. The Golden Sun Sect’s leaders gathered, expecting Bi Changsheng to be undergoing the tribulation, until they saw him standing with True Person Yu Yang and realized they did not know who was breaking through.

• True Person Xue He told the Blood God Sect’s Sect Master that the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect were preparing to attack, while concealing the decision to abandon the sect and True Person Xue Chi’s death.
• Liu Zhengqing finished absorbing True Monarch Refining Sun’s inheritance and decided to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm to help Bi Changsheng and the others.
• Liu Zhengqing began transforming his Divine Soul, and a Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation formed over Golden Sun Main Peak.
• Golden Sun Sect leaders mistook the tribulation for Bi Changsheng’s, then gathered at Golden Sun Main Peak to witness it.
• Bi Changsheng arrived and stood beside True Person Yu Yang, prompting the gathered leaders to realize that someone else was undergoing tribulation.

Liu Zhengqing underwent the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation at Golden Sun Peak, absorbing its lightning to temper his body with the Hundred Refinements Become Immortal inheritance. The Golden Sun Sect’s leaders watched in shock as bolt after bolt struck him and was absorbed.

• True Person Yu Yang brought Bi Changsheng before the Golden Sun Sect’s upper echelons and left them guessing about who was undergoing tribulation.
• The Tribulation Cloud gathered above Golden Sun Peak, and Liu Zhengqing flew out to meet the first bolt without defending himself.
• Golden spiritual radiance appeared around Liu Zhengqing and absorbed the bolt, revealing his ability to turn tribulation lightning into energy that strengthened his body.
• Liu Zhengqing circulated Hundred Refinements Become Immortal and absorbed successive bolts of the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation to temper himself.
• The Golden Sun Sect’s upper echelons and Bi Changsheng watched Liu Zhengqing’s unusual method in astonishment, while True Person Yu Yang recognized the inheritance behind it.

Liu Zhengqing completed the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation and broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, reaching the peak of the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. He reunited with Bi Changsheng and True Person Yu Yang, while Golden Sun Sect members began piecing together his identity.

• Liu Zhengqing absorbed all fifty-four bolts of the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, and the golden light around his Divine Soul transformed into a Nascent Soul.
• Liu Zhengqing's cultivation surged to the peak of the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, though he failed to break through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• True Person Yu Yang was shocked by Liu Zhengqing's deep foundation, while Bi Changsheng had expected his rapid advancement.
• Liu Zhengqing reflected that the aged inheritance resources had supported him less than True Monarch Refining Sun had intended.
• Liu Zhengqing flew down to greet Bi Changsheng and True Person Yu Yang, who congratulated him on his breakthrough.
• Golden Sun Sect elders grew confused by the greetings, while the Sect Master and a few others recalled Liu Zhengqing as a disciple with a Heavenly Spiritual Root.

Liu Zhengqing emerged from seclusion as a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator, was honored as True Person Zhengyang, and reunited with Uncle Fu and Bi Changsheng’s companions. His breakthrough stirred the Southern Border and shocked the Purple Cloud Sect, while the great sects prepared for an all-out assault on the Blood God Sect.

• Liu Zhengqing revealed his Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation, astonishing the Golden Sun Sect’s leaders and disciples.
• True Person Yu Yang introduced Liu Zhengqing to the sect’s high-ranking members, and news of his breakthrough spread across the Southern Border.
• The Golden Sun Bell rang nine times, and True Person Yu Yang bestowed Liu Zhengqing the title True Person Zhengyang in a promotion ceremony.
• Liu Zhengqing reunited with Uncle Fu on Purple Bamboo Peak, and Bi Changsheng gave them space to reconnect before introducing Liu Zhengqing to Little Black and the Ginseng Doll.
• Bi Changsheng and his companions spent time with Liu Zhengqing and Uncle Fu as the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect prepared to attack the Blood God Sect.
• The Purple Cloud Sect’s Sect Master told True Person Yun Chang about Liu Zhengqing’s breakthrough, leaving True Person Yun Chang shocked by the unfamiliar cultivator’s sudden rise to Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

True Person Yun Chang learned that Liu Zhengqing had reached the Nascent Soul Realm and decided the Purple Cloud Sect would firmly ally with the Golden Sun Sect against the Blood God Sect. At the Blood God Sect, True Person Yue Fang learned of Liu Zhengqing’s breakthrough and asked how it would affect their plans.

• The Sect Master of the Purple Cloud Sect told True Person Yun Chang that Liu Zhengqing had been secretly cultivated by True Person Yu Yang and had recently broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• True Person Yun Chang concluded that the Golden Sun Sect’s growing strength made its dominance of the Southern Border unstoppable and was relieved he had not defected to the Blood God Sect.
• True Person Yun Chang ordered the Sect Master to send a congratulatory gift to the Golden Sun Sect for True Person Zhengyang’s breakthrough, signaling the Purple Cloud Sect’s loyalty.
• True Person Xue He told True Person Yue Fang that a Golden Sun Sect disciple had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, and True Person Yue Fang initially assumed it was Bi Changsheng.
• True Person Xue He identified the new Nascent Soul expert as Liu Zhengqing, and True Person Yue Fang was astonished to hear that Liu Zhengqing had entered the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm upon breaking through.
• True Person Yue Fang asked True Person Xue He what they should do, recognizing that the Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect together now surpassed their strength.

True Person Xue He and True Person Yue Fang learned that Central Continent could send no reinforcements, leaving them to endure another half month. At Purple Bamboo Peak, Uncle Fu reunited with Liu Zhengqing, shared his final words, and died peacefully.

• True Person Xue He contacted Central Continent and learned that no reinforcements were available, though their target might be located within half a month.
• True Person Xue He and True Person Yue Fang agreed to stake everything on surviving the final stretch.
• Bi Changsheng and the others watched as Uncle Fu’s condition declined after he saw Liu Zhengqing safe and accomplished.
• Uncle Fu recalled his life, thanked Bi Changsheng, and urged Liu Zhengqing to follow and help him.
• Liu Zhengqing promised to listen to Bi Changsheng, and Uncle Fu looked at them, Little Black, and the Ginseng Doll before dying peacefully.

After Uncle Fu died, Bi Changsheng and the others buried him in Bi Changsheng's Natal Spirit Realm and struggled with their grief. In a sudden enlightenment while mourning, Bi Changsheng grasped the embryonic form of the Time Artistic Conception and approached the one-tenth stage.

• Liu Zhengqing embraced Uncle Fu's body and wept, while Bi Changsheng, Little Black, and the Ginseng Doll mourned silently.
• Bi Changsheng and the others buried Uncle Fu in Bi Changsheng's Natal Spirit Realm, where Liu Zhengqing carved a gravestone for him.
• After leaving the grave, Bi Changsheng returned to his cultivation chamber but could not calm his mind, so he let his thoughts drift to memories of Uncle Fu.
• Bi Changsheng unexpectedly entered sudden enlightenment and used the Dao Seeking Art to send his Divine Soul to the Origin Space, where he rapidly comprehended time.
• Bi Changsheng grasped the embryonic form of the Time Artistic Conception and continued advancing toward the one-tenth stage.

Bi Changsheng entered sudden enlightenment and, with the Dao Seeking Art, comprehended the first-stage Time Artistic Conception before his Divine Soul forced him out of the Origin Space. He tested his new ability on a blade of grass and considered how deeper mastery might let him reverse time.

• Bi Changsheng combined sudden enlightenment with the Dao Seeking Art and reached the first stage of the Time Artistic Conception in less than a second.
• His Divine Soul warned him after twenty-five seconds in the Origin Space and stopped the Dao Seeking Art, returning him safely to his body.
• Bi Changsheng realized he had entered sudden enlightenment and regretted that he could not remain in that rare state.
• Bi Changsheng went to a bamboo grove on Purple Bamboo Peak and used the Time Artistic Conception to make a blade of grass complete a year of growth in a dozen breaths.
• Bi Changsheng concluded that his current control over time was limited and that true mastery might require the ability to reverse time.

Bi Changsheng infused the Nascent Net in his Natal Spirit Realm with the mysteries of time, completing its cultivation and greatly strengthening the realm and himself. He severed the net from the Five Elements Spirit Veins and imprinted it into the realm, triggering another transformation.

• Bi Changsheng tested his Time Artistic Conception and found he could slow time around a blade of grass by ten times, less effectively than he could accelerate it.
• Bi Changsheng entered his Natal Spirit Realm and infused the Nascent Net with the mysteries of time, causing its aura to fully become one of chaos.
• The Natal Spirit Realm expanded by four hundred thousand square meters, its sky rose by over a hundred meters, and its overall quality increased by nearly fifty percent.
• The realm sent energy to Bi Changsheng, raising his dharmic power to the equivalent of a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator.
• Bi Changsheng severed the Nascent Net from the Five Elements Spirit Veins and imprinted it into the Natal Spirit Realm, causing the realm to tremble and transform again.

After the Nascent Net was inscribed, Bi Changsheng’s Natal Spirit Realm expanded and his dharmic power surged, though he did not break through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage. The Creation Green Lotus advanced to the third grade, leaving Bi Changsheng to reflect that the years spent building the Nascent Net had been worth it.

• The Natal Spirit Realm doubled its land area to four million square meters, its sky rose above two thousand meters, and its quality improved as laws began to gestate within it.
• Energy from the realm’s transformation raised Bi Changsheng’s dharmic power to the peak of the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, but he failed to break through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Bi Changsheng saw the Creation Green Lotus begin its advancement after the realm’s enhancement fed back energy to it.
• The six eighteen-petaled lotuses withered, and the Creation Green Lotus produced nine buds that bloomed into twenty-seven-petaled lotuses, marking its advancement to the third grade.
• Bi Changsheng examined the stronger Creation Green Lotus and reflected that the sacrifices he had made to build the Nascent Net were worth it.

Bi Changsheng assessed the Natal Spirit Realm’s progress and expected its walls to begin transforming into a Boundary Membrane in two years, allowing him to advance to the Nascent Soul Realm. Meanwhile, the Golden Sun Sect launched its counterattack against the Blood God Sect and eliminated the invaders within its territory, preparing to advance into Blood God Sect territory next.

• Bi Changsheng concluded that the Natal Spirit Realm needed about two more years to gather enough energy for its spatial walls to begin transforming into a Boundary Membrane.
• Bi Changsheng returned from the Natal Spirit Realm to his cave abode after considering how his cultivation plans had changed.
• True Person Yu Yang ordered nearly three-quarters of the Golden Sun Sect’s disciples to sweep through its territory and hunt Blood God Sect members.
• Bi Changsheng, True Person Yu Yang, and Liu Zhengqing stayed in the rear to oversee the operation and guard against unexpected threats.
• Blood God Sect members retreated toward their own territory, but Golden Sun Sect disciples intercepted and killed many of them.
• After about ten days, the Golden Sun Sect had purged its territory of the invaders, killing nearly one-fifth of the Blood God Sect members who had entered it.

Golden Sun Sect, Purple Cloud Sect, and the South Sea forces purged Blood God Sect from their territories amid ten days of devastating fighting that killed roughly one hundred thousand cultivators. With Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect gathering at the border of the three sects’ territories, Bi Changsheng, True Person Yu Yang, and Liu Zhengqing met True Person Yun Chang to discuss their next move against Blood God Sect.

• Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect drove Blood God Sect forces from their territories, while the South Sea forces also pushed back their invaders after difficult fighting.
• Blood God Sect retaliated, but Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect had already ordered their people to withdraw, leaving only a few unlucky cultivators trapped and killed.
• Roughly one hundred thousand cultivators died during ten days of turmoil, nearly half of them from Blood God Sect and its subordinate forces.
• Golden Sun Sect and Purple Cloud Sect gathered their forces in a region bordering all three major Southern Border sects, while Bi Changsheng and the South Sea forces planned to attack later from their own territory.
• Bi Changsheng, True Person Yu Yang, and Liu Zhengqing met True Person Yun Chang, who asked how the allied forces should proceed against Blood God Sect.