Chapter Summaries

Lu Tianxu unleashed the Golden Extremity Sect’s Divine Dragon Burying Heaven Tribulation to kill Zhang Qingyuan before the Cloud Water Sect could intervene. The Golden Dragon crashed down on Zhang Qingyuan, leaving him facing the greatest crisis of his life.

• Lu Tianxu realized Zhang Qingyuan could match Cave True Law Domain power and feared the Cloud Water Sect would rescue him if the battle continued.
• Lu Tianxu decided to use his strongest trump card and invoked the Divine Dragon Burying Heaven Tribulation.
• A five-clawed Golden Dragon appeared, shattering space and terrifying the Cave True Realm cultivators watching.
• Several Cave True cultivators tried to intervene, but others intercepted them as the Golden Dragon descended upon Zhang Qingyuan.
• Zhang Qingyuan faced the dragon strike as an unprecedented crisis threatened to kill him.

Zhang Qingyuan survived Lu Tianxu’s Divine Dragon Burying Heaven Tribulation by unleashing his Minor Immortal Slaying Sword Array, though the clash left him severely injured. Lu Tianxu attacked again, confident Zhang Qingyuan could not resist, but Zhang Qingyuan smiled and said it was over.

• Lu Tianxu unleashed the Golden Extremity Sect’s Divine Dragon Burying Heaven Tribulation against Zhang Qingyuan.
• Zhang Qingyuan summoned the Minor Immortal Slaying Sword Array and used it to meet Lu Tianxu’s attack.
• The collision devastated the area around Jietian Peak, forcing nearby cultivators to retreat as the blast obscured its result.
• Zhang Qingyuan survived the explosion but was badly injured, while Lu Tianxu remained unharmed.
• Lu Tianxu moved in and sent a golden palm down to finish Zhang Qingyuan, who smiled and said, “That’s right. It’s over!”

Zhang Qingyuan survived Lu Tianxu’s Divine Dragon Burying Heaven Tribulation but suffered severe injuries, then revealed his hidden Five Elements Divine Ability as Lu Tianxu attacked again. The Great Zhou Heavenly Five Elements Samsara engulfed Lu Tianxu, leaving the surrounding cultivators stunned by the devastating blast.

• Zhang Qingyuan escaped the Divine Dragon Burying Heaven Tribulation with Mayfly Between Heaven and Earth, but the strike left him gravely wounded by Dao Injuries.
• Lu Tianxu, believing Zhang Qingyuan was nearly defeated, spent nearly all his remaining Cave True Essence Power on a palm strike.
• Zhang Qingyuan revealed the Great Zhou Heavenly Five Elements Samsara, summoning five stars that merged into a divine wheel.
• Lu Tianxu realized he could neither withstand nor evade the divine wheel, and its radiance engulfed him.
• The blast devastated Jietian Peak and sent the nearby cultivators retreating in terror.

Zhang Qingyuan’s Five Elements supernatural ability devastated Jietian Peak and left Lu Tianxu barely alive. With both men gravely injured, they charged at each other to settle the fight.

• Onlookers realized the terrifying blast had come from Zhang Qingyuan’s supernatural ability and marveled that a True Essence Realm cultivator had wielded such power.
• The blast flattened Jietian Peak and tore open the surrounding space, revealing the chaos beyond.
• Lu Tianxu emerged as a skeletal remnant, having survived the attack with help from his Half-Spirit Artifact and his hardened bones.
• Lu Tianxu charged at Zhang Qingyuan, consumed by hatred and determined to kill him despite his ruined body.
• Zhang Qingyuan gathered his remaining strength and charged Lu Tianxu head-on, declaring that the victor would live and the loser would die.

Zhang Qingyuan and Lu Tianxu fought a savage close-quarters battle in the Dark Abyss, trading devastating injuries until Lu Tianxu was reduced to a nearly lifeless torso. As Zhang Qingyuan reveled in his revenge, his Sea of Consciousness began an unexplained transformation toward a higher level.

• Zhang Qingyuan endured Lu Tianxu’s attack and shattered his jaw with a Five Elements Dao Charm-enhanced punch.
• Lu Tianxu charged back, and Zhang Qingyuan healed enough to meet him in a brutal fight without defense or evasion.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s suppressed fury erupted as the two battered each other in the Dark Abyss.
• Zhang Qingyuan pulverized Lu Tianxu’s shoulder, leaving the skeletal opponent with only his upper body and a fading aura.
• Zhang Qingyuan sensed that Lu Tianxu was close to death, while an inexplicable transformation began in Zhang Qingyuan’s Sea of Consciousness.

As Zhang Qingyuan gained the upper hand against Lu Tianxu, the pressure of their battle triggered a profound transformation in him. Lu Tianxu, driven mad by jealousy and the loss of his future, burned his Divine Soul to launch a final attack, and Zhang Qingyuan spotted a possible opening to survive.

• Zhang Qingyuan pressed his advantage, shattered Lu Tianxu’s lower body, and forced him onto the defensive.
• Lu Tianxu recognized that Zhang Qingyuan was transforming through battle and grew enraged at his extraordinary opportunity.
• Lu Tianxu burned his Divine Soul and unleashed his remaining power in a desperate attack meant to kill Zhang Qingyuan.
• Zhang Qingyuan faced the overwhelming attack with an unusually clear mind and saw an opening that offered a chance of survival.

Zhang Qingyuan saw a fatal flaw in Lu Tianxu’s uncontrolled self-destruction and used his Sword Pellet to kill him. The surrounding Cave True Great Powers sensed the eruption but could not see the battle’s outcome.

• Lu Tianxu burned his Divine Soul and remaining cultivation to unleash a final attack on Zhang Qingyuan.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s breakthrough sharpened his perception, and the Great Evolution Technique revealed the weak point in Lu Tianxu’s surging power.
• The Cave True Great Powers gathered outside the Dark Abyss felt a deadly aura and braced themselves, unsure what had happened within.
• Zhang Qingyuan launched his Sword Pellet through Lu Tianxu’s skull and struck the center of his unstable energy.
• Lu Tianxu’s power collapsed from within, and the Sword Pellet shattered his consciousness, killing him.

After Zhang Qingyuan killed Lu Tianxu, he broke through the Heaven and Earth Profound Pass and stood on the threshold of the Cave True Realm. The extraordinary advancement alarmed the watching Cave True cultivators, who began a vast battle over whether to kill him.

• Lu Tianxu died after the Sword Pellet pierced his skull and destroyed his consciousness, leaving Zhang Qingyuan unsure how to react to his victory.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit reached their peak, and he shattered the Heaven and Earth Profound Pass, gaining one foot across the threshold of the Cave True Realm.
• Cave True cultivators outside the battlefield sensed the immense advancement phenomenon and realized that the threat within had disappeared.
• A Cave True Great Power of the Golden Extremity Sect warned that Zhang Qingyuan’s talent could let him reach Three Flowers Condensation and Five Qi Returning to Origin, and insisted that he could not be allowed to live.
• More than a dozen Cave True Great Powers began fighting, setting off the largest Cave True melee in over three hundred years.

A battle at Jietian Peak drew in Cave True Cultivators who feared Zhang Qingyuan’s future rise would upset Yuzhou’s balance of power. Two Myriad Transformations Realm Titans intervened, leaving the battle’s outcome and Zhang Qingyuan’s fate unknown as news of his victory over Lu Tianxu spread across the Cultivation World.

• Cave True Cultivators joined the battle at Jietian Peak, fearing Zhang Qingyuan could one day make the Cloud Water Sect powerful enough to dominate Yuzhou.
• The fighting devastated Jietian Peak and the surrounding area, but no one died before two Myriad Transformations Realm Titans intervened.
• The Titans’ auras overwhelmed the cultivators, who could only glimpse two figures confronting each other across layers of void and could not learn the battle’s outcome.
• Word spread that Zhang Qingyuan had slain Lu Tianxu of the Golden Extremity Sect while still a True Essence Realm Cultivator, shaking the Yuzhou Cultivation World.

News of Zhang Qingyuan killing Lu Tianxu and condensing the Three Flowers Above shook the Yuzhou Cultivation World, prompting sects and Great Powers to prepare for possible conflict. Unaware of the turmoil, Zhang Qingyuan reflected on his gains and realized he was nearly ready to enter Cave True.

• Cultivators across Yuzhou praised Zhang Qingyuan as a peerless prodigy after he slew Lu Tianxu, survived his Divine Dragon Burying Heaven Tribulation, and drew many Cave True Great Powers into battle.
• The Golden Extremity Sect convened its Cave True Great Powers to discuss Zhang Qingyuan, while its leaders disagreed over whether to strike against him and the Cloud Water Sect.
• Other Great Powers recalled cultivators, activated Mountain Protecting Formations, and contacted allies as tensions spread throughout Yuzhou.
• Zhang Qingyuan remained unaware of the unrest and rejoiced that avenging Lu Tianxu had cleared his Dao Heart and helped him condense the Three Flowers Above.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized that the Heaven and Earth Profound Pass had opened and that only sufficient energy and Cave Heaven Dao Essence stood between him and Cave True.

After recovering from his battle with Lu Tianxu, Zhang Qingyuan reflected on the benefits and injuries he had gained and went to thank Daoist Ming Shui for saving his life. He found Daoist Ming Shui seated at a cliff with his life force gone.

• Zhang Qingyuan assessed how his battle with Lu Tianxu had advanced his understanding of the Cave True realm, while his Five Elements Dao Law gradually wore away his wounds.
• Zhang Qingyuan recalled that Daoist Ming Shui had saved him from the Heaven and Earth Tower master's attack and decided to thank him.
• Zhang Qingyuan wondered why Daoist Ming Shui had appeared after supposedly returning to the Nine Provinces Continent and grew uneasy at the memory of his master's strange behavior.
• Zhang Qingyuan hurried to a cliff behind the mountain and found Daoist Ming Shui seated there, dead.

After Daoist Ming Shui died saving Zhang Qingyuan, Zhang Qingyuan read his final message and learned that his master had left him a path forward in the Nine Continents Continent. With Yuzhou too dangerous for him to remain, Zhang Qingyuan prepared to leave and take Daoist Ming Shui’s remains home for burial.

• Zhang Qingyuan read Daoist Ming Shui’s Jade Slip and learned that his master regretted leading their lineage away from the sect and believed he had been an unqualified master.
• Zhang Qingyuan reflected that the dangers and opportunities of his cultivation journey had helped him reach his current strength, and told Daoist Ming Shui that he never regretted becoming his disciple.
• Zhang Qingyuan bowed to Daoist Ming Shui’s remains, stored them away, and planned to bury him beneath the old scholar tree in his hometown.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided to leave Yuzhou because its cultivation powers might target him and remaining within Cloud Water Sect’s protection would confine him.
• Zhang Qingyuan learned from Daoist Ming Shui’s Jade Slip of a vast Cave Heaven Secret Realm in his hometown that could help him complete his Law Domain, and resolved to travel to the Nine Continents Continent.

Zhang Qingyuan decided to leave Yuzhou for the Nine Provinces Continent, where a Cave Heaven Secret Realm might help him break through without consuming the Cloud Water Sect’s scarce resources. He quietly returned to the sect to settle his affairs, while its disciples celebrated his victory and an old peer reflected on how far their paths had diverged.

• Zhang Qingyuan concluded that Yuzhou was too dangerous for him and that staying within the Cloud Water Sect’s territory would feel like a cage.
• Zhang Qingyuan chose to travel to the Nine Provinces Continent, drawn by Daoist Ming Shui’s clue to a Cave Heaven Relic rich in Cave Heaven Dao Essence.
• Zhang Qingyuan considered how his Five Elements Dao Law would require far more resources than an ordinary cultivator’s breakthrough, burdening the Cloud Water Sect and its other disciples.
• Zhang Qingyuan disguised himself and quietly returned to the Cloud Water Sect Gate to settle his affairs before departing Yuzhou.
• Cloud Water Sect disciples praised Zhang Qingyuan’s achievement, while a veteran Inner Sect disciple who had entered alongside him recalled their shared beginnings and felt melancholy about his own stagnation.

Zhang Qingyuan returned to Cloud Water Sect and revisited the places tied to his past, gaining an unexpected insight that slightly accelerated the erosion of his Dao Injury. He left his old courtyard behind, where Hu Junshan continued to care for it and unexpectedly sensed a rhythm in his work.

• An old disciple recalled how Zhang Qingyuan had surpassed his former prospects and felt overwhelmed by the gap between them.
• Zhang Qingyuan walked through the changed Sect Gate, and memories of his cultivation journey gathered into an insight that helped wear away his Dao Injury.
• Zhang Qingyuan visited the small courtyard where he had lived in the Outer Sect and recognized that Hu Junshan had been maintaining it.
• Zhang Qingyuan sighed and vanished before Hu Junshan arrived, leaving him to sweep and repair the empty house.
• While repairing the courtyard, Hu Junshan felt his movements become smoother and sensed a rhythm in the sounds of his hammer and nails.

Zhang Qingyuan secretly used his new insight into Dao Law to grant an honest young man a powerful hammer technique, testing an ability that seemed to exceed the methods of Cave True Law Domain cultivators. He left the courtyard with a deeper understanding of his path, while the young man continued practicing.

• The honest-faced young man awoke with an iron hammer and found that it felt like an extension of his body.
• He practiced swinging the hammer, unknowingly following a profound technique Zhang Qingyuan had imparted to him.
• Zhang Qingyuan watched unseen and reflected on how his Dao Law and divine consciousness had shaped the young man's enlightenment.
• Zhang Qingyuan considered how his ability might relate to his Three Flowers, Five Elements Dao Law, and a realm beyond Cave True Law Domain.
• Zhang Qingyuan left the courtyard as the honest-faced young man continued practicing with the hammer.

Zhang Qingyuan revisited places and friends from his early years in the sect before preparing to leave Yuzhou for the Nine Continents Continent. He parted from Zhao Yuanyang after leaving gifts for him and Jade Slips for Shen Hongzhou and Headmaster Liu, bringing his worldly ties to an end.

• Zhang Qingyuan left the little house where his journey had begun after casually giving an honest young man a chance to learn the Hammer Technique.
• Zhang Qingyuan passed through the Seventeenth Branch and the Eighty-Seventh Branch, briefly recalling his past in each place.
• Zhang Qingyuan visited his friends and Headmaster Liu, but found only Zhao Yuanyang still in the sect.
• Zhao Yuanyang told Zhang Qingyuan that his father had died and that he had taken on the family responsibilities; their conversation revealed how time had changed their friendship.
• Zhang Qingyuan gave Zhao Yuanyang cultivation insights, Techniques, and Martial Arts, and left Jade Slips for Shen Hongzhou and Headmaster Liu.
• Zhang Qingyuan departed from the Zhao Family, believing his worldly ties had finally come to an end.

Zhang Qingyuan met a powerful figure within Cloud Water Sect, then arranged protection for his relatives, friends, and foundation before leaving Yuzhou for the Nine Provinces Continent. The chapter ended with him departing alone through the Intercontinental Teleportation Array.

• Zhang Qingyuan said goodbye to Zhao Yuanyang and went to the Main Peak, where the Mystic Water Peak Master escorted him to meet an important figure.
• Zhang Qingyuan stayed on Cloud Water Sect's mountain for three days before quietly leaving, and the Law Enforcement Hall secretly sent elites to protect his relatives and friends.
• Zhang Qingyuan returned to the Moon Liên Islands and arranged the future of the islands and the Zhang Clan Members, relying on Cloud Water Sect's support to keep them safe.
• Zhang Qingyuan crossed the sea to the Intercontinental Teleportation Array, said farewell to Yuzhou, and vanished in its light.

Old Master Chang led the Chang Family Escort Agency in transporting valuable goods while sheltering the sickly Young Master Zhang, despite his son’s suspicions. After hearing the name Five Elements Holy Sect, Zhang wondered whether the Nine Continents Continent also had a Five Elements Sect.

• Old Master Chang personally escorted the Zhao Family Merchant Guild’s valuable shipment, hoping the profits would help his grandson Chang Fei enter North Mountain Academy.
• The convoy carefully passed through a gorge where Old Master Chang feared an ambush, then camped for the night.
• Old Master Chang checked on the pale, coughing Young Master Zhang and allowed him to rest with the convoy.
• Old Master Chang’s son urged him to kill Zhang, suspecting he might be a spy, but Old Master Chang refused and rebuked him.
• A scream rang out from the central tent, while Zhang silently reacted to the mention of the Five Elements Holy Sect.

Zhang Qingyuan traveled through the Nine Continents Continent while recovering from severe injuries sustained during his escape from the Blood Demon Sect. He joined the Chang Family Escort Agency on the way to his hometown and resolved to find his Master's Cave Heaven Secret Realm, leaving the Blood Demon Sect grudge for later.

• Zhang Qingyuan's injuries worsened after spatial storms, a Blood River Seal, and repeated battles with Blood Demon Sect pursuers.
• He killed three Half-step Cave True Realm Blood Demon Sect Cultivators, then used information extracted from a wounded enemy to suppress the seal and escape the sect's pursuit.
• Zhang Qingyuan disguised himself as a mortal and traveled for more than a year toward the hometown where Daoist Ming Shui's Cave Heaven Secret Realm was located.
• He joined Old Master Chang's escort convoy because Lujun was also his destination and he had heard news of the Five Elements Holy Sect.
• Zhang Qingyuan wondered whether the Five Elements Holy Sect was connected to the Ancient Five Elements Sect, then coughed blood as he suppressed his injuries and swore to remember the Blood Demon Sect's grudge.

Zhang Qingyuan traveled with the Chang Family Escort Agency while recovering from severe injuries, postponing his search into the Five Elements Holy Sect and focusing on reaching Xizi Town to fulfill his Master's final wishes. As night fell, he sensed a powerful hostile presence surrounding the escort camp.

• Zhang Qingyuan decided to recover and advance into Cave True before investigating the Five Elements Holy Sect, and resolved to visit his Master's descendants in Xizi Town.
• The Chang Family Escort Agency established a guarded night camp, and its members quietly wondered why Old Master Chang had taken in Zhang Qingyuan.
• Old Master Chang shared Hundred-Year Drunken Flower Shade with Zhang Qingyuan, and they chatted until the old man left somewhat drunk.
• Zhang Qingyuan heard the escort guards gossip about Old Master Chang's unusual attention toward him and suspected the old man had perceived something.
• Zhang Qingyuan sensed malice spreading through the dark forest and realized a powerful figure had targeted the escort team.