Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingyuan arrived during the Lei Family’s attack on the Murong Clan and revealed his grudge against the Blood Demon Sect. After the Sect’s two cultivators recognized him and fled, he reached out to stop them.

• The battlefield fell silent under a mysterious force, and Lei Shiyuan and Murong Lan called out to the unknown expert for different reasons.
• Lei Shiyuan secretly crushed a messaging talisman to lure the Lei Family’s Cave True ancestors toward the Murong Clan’s Old Ancestor.
• Zhang Qingyuan appeared and said that he had no concern with the Lei Family but held a grudge against the Blood Demon Sect.
• The two Blood Demon Sect cultivators recognized Zhang Qingyuan from a past encounter and fled in terror.
• Zhang Qingyuan reached out and formed a Sky-Covering Hand to pursue the fleeing cultivators.

Zhang Qingyuan captured two Blood Demon Sect cultivators and turned his attention to Lei Shiyuan, suspecting the Lei Family had ties to the sect. As Zhang Qingyuan attacked Lei Shiyuan, the Lei Family's Old Ancestor intervened and asked him to spare the junior.

• Zhang Qingyuan struck down two fleeing Blood Demon Sect cultivators with his Sky-Covering Hand and dragged them back alive for questioning.
• Lei Shiyuan and Murong Lan reacted to Zhang Qingyuan's overwhelming power, and Lei Shiyuan denied that the Lei Family had any real alliance with the Blood Demon Sect.
• Murong Lan accused the Lei Family of hiring Blood Demon Sect cultivators to ambush her family's Old Ancestor and urged Zhang Qingyuan to punish Lei Shiyuan.
• Zhang Qingyuan said he cared only about information on the Blood Demon Sect and launched a Five Elements palm attack at Lei Shiyuan.
• Lei Shiyuan cried out for his Old Ancestor, who blocked Zhang Qingyuan's attack and asked him to spare the Lei Family junior.

Zhang Qingyuan confronted the Lei Family Old Ancestor after exposing the Lei Family’s cooperation with the Blood Demon Sect, and the elder attacked to silence him. Zhang Qingyuan shattered the elder’s Thunder River with a single punch, leaving the elder shocked and preparing to retreat.

• A newcomer attacked Zhang Qingyuan, but the Lei Family Old Ancestor appeared and asked him to let the matter go.
• Zhang Qingyuan challenged the Lei Family Old Ancestor’s intentions, and the elder revealed his killing intent and attacked.
• Zhang Qingyuan accused the Lei Family of trying to conceal its cooperation with the Blood Demon Sect from the Righteous Alliance.
• The Lei Family Old Ancestor unleashed a vast flood of lightning, and Zhang Qingyuan answered with a punch infused with Five Aggregates energy and the Unique Dao.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s punch shattered the Thunder River, and the Lei Family Old Ancestor realized he was outmatched and decided to retreat.

Zhang Qingyuan fought Lei Wanhong, the middle-stage Law Domain Realm ancestor of the Lei Family, and forced him to flee after one exchange. The surviving Lei and Murong family members were swept away by the battle’s shockwaves.

• Lei Wanhong sensed grave danger from Zhang Qingyuan and decided to escape rather than underestimate him.
• Zhang Qingyuan attacked with a powerful fist, and Lei Wanhong answered with Ten Thousand Thunders Descending.
• Their attacks collided, producing a vast explosion that shattered the surrounding space and swept away the Lei and Murong family members below.
• Zhang Qingyuan was driven back several steps, while Lei Wanhong was hurled hundreds of zhang before fleeing as lightning.
• Zhang Qingyuan was left dumbfounded as Lei Wanhong vanished beyond the horizon.

Zhang Qingyuan let Lei Wanhong escape after sensing a powerful observer nearby, and decided to use the incident to investigate the Blood Demon Sect rather than risk a trap. He accepted Murong Lan’s invitation to visit the Murong Family in Immortal City, gaining a local connection that might help him oppose the Lei Family.

• Zhang Qingyuan sensed a cultivator of the same level watching him and lost Lei Wanhong’s trail while the Lei Family’s Old Ancestor fled.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided not to pursue Lei Wanhong, reasoning that the escape might help him uncover the Blood Demon Sect’s plans and that he should avoid a potential ambush.
• Murong Lan recovered from the battle’s shockwave, thanked Zhang Qingyuan for saving her, and invited him to the Murong Family’s home.
• Zhang Qingyuan accepted Murong Lan’s invitation, hoping the Murong Family could help him investigate the Immortal Scripture and counter the Lei Family.

Zhang Qingyuan arrived in Immortal City and accepted the Murong Family Old Ancestor’s hospitality after helping Murong Lan survive a calamity. As they exchanged insights about the Cave True Realm, Zhang Qingyuan realized that the rapid cultivation he had gained from the Five Elements Core Pill had destabilized his foundation.

• Zhang Qingyuan marveled at Immortal City’s vast, prosperous cultivation world and reflected on how little he had traveled during his decades of secluded cultivation.
• Murong Lan and the others led Zhang Qingyuan to the Murong Family residence, where Old Ancestor Murong personally welcomed him and thanked him for saving Murong Lan.
• Old Ancestor Murong dismissed the Murong Family members to handle the aftermath and invited Zhang Qingyuan to stay with the family and seek their help.
• Zhang Qingyuan accepted the invitation and spent his time discussing cultivation with Old Ancestor Murong, whose centuries of Cave True Realm experience gave him valuable guidance.
• Through their exchange of insights, Zhang Qingyuan discovered that the cultivation gained from consuming the Five Elements Core Pill had left his foundation somewhat unstable.

Zhang Qingyuan stabilized and strengthened his Law Domain Realm foundation through half a month of Dao discussions with Old Ancestor Murong. He accepted an invitation to a Cave True-level exchange gathering, then asked Murong about the Thirteen Ancient Immortal Scriptures and noticed his reaction.

• Zhang Qingyuan used Old Ancestor Murong's guidance to temper his foundation and realized he could approach the Early Law Domain Realm Peak with the Five Elements Core Pill's remaining power.
• Old Ancestor Murong was astonished by Zhang Qingyuan's rapid progress and admitted he had run out of teachings to share.
• Murong told Zhang Qingyuan about a Cave True-level exchange gathering in Immortal City scheduled for two months later and offered him an invitation.
• Zhang Qingyuan accepted the invitation and asked Murong whether he knew about the Thirteen Ancient Immortal Scriptures.
• Murong's pupils contracted and his expression stiffened at Zhang Qingyuan's question.

Old Ancestor Murong explained that the legendary Primordial Thirteen Immortal Scriptures were paths said to lead Cave True cultivators to ascension, though he had never seen one. Zhang Qingyuan resolved to reach the end of the cultivation path and become an Immortal.

• Zhang Qingyuan asked Old Ancestor Murong about the Primordial Immortal Scripture and explained that he had found its name in a senior's handwritten notes.
• Old Ancestor Murong said the Primordial Thirteen Immortal Scriptures were legendary paths that could lead cultivators beyond the Cave True Three Realms to true ascended Immortals.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized that cultivation had an ultimate destination and resolved to reach the world's peak and become an Immortal.
• Old Ancestor Murong admitted that he had never seen the Immortal Scriptures and reflected with melancholy on how his youthful ambitions had faded.

After digesting his exchanges with Old Ancestor Murong, Zhang Qingyuan explored Immortal City and sensed that something was hidden beneath it. The chapter ended with his Spiritual Sense feeling veiled within the city.

• Old Ancestor Murong silently shared wine with Zhang Qingyuan and reflected on the young cultivator’s extraordinary talent.
• Zhang Qingyuan secluded himself at the Murong Family residence to digest his gains from half a month of Dao exchanges.
• The Murong Family Clan Leader gave Zhang Qingyuan an invitation to a Cave True Exchange Meeting scheduled for two months later and said Old Ancestor Murong had entered seclusion.
• After another month of cultivation, Zhang Qingyuan explored Immortal City alone and marveled at its crowds and prosperity.
• Zhang Qingyuan sensed something concealed beneath Immortal City, and his Spiritual Sense felt covered by a thin veil.

Zhang Qingyuan investigated the strange summons Little Fire felt throughout Immortal City, then heard a local legend about the city’s ancient past. He found no immediate source for the mystery, but the legend gave him something to consider as he continued observing the city.

• Zhang Qingyuan asked Little Fire why it had been acting strangely, and Little Fire said a summons from its bloodline had been calling to it since they arrived in Immortal City.
• Little Fire could not identify where the summons came from, only that it seemed to come from the whole city, so Zhang Qingyuan decided to keep observing rather than investigate immediately.
• Zhang Qingyuan sat quietly in a restaurant and immersed himself in the tumult of ordinary life, tempering his spirit without drawing anyone’s attention.
• A storyteller recounted an ancient legend that Immortal City had once been Demon City, where a human hero led the Human Race to defeat the demons and devils.
• Zhang Qingyuan noted that myths might preserve hidden information, but when Little Fire asked what he had learned, he said nothing.

Zhang Qingyuan considered what an old storyteller’s legend might reveal about Immortal City before a cultivator abducted the storyteller’s granddaughter and threatened the people who opposed him. The chapter left Fa Zai facing the cultivator’s threat to turn him into a conscious living corpse and force him to kill his loved ones.

• Zhang Qingyuan wondered whether Immortal City had once been called Demon City and whether the legend hinted at what the city concealed.
• A True Essence Realm cultivator in black abducted the storyteller’s granddaughter and threatened the old man when he pleaded for her release.
• The onlookers and a patrol squad avoided intervening, but Fa Zai stepped forward to condemn the cultivator.
• Uncle Liang tried to pull Fa Zai back and apologized to the cultivator, but Fa Zai broke free and said he would accept responsibility alone.
• The cultivator used his aura to paralyze the crowd and told Fa Zai he would make him a conscious living corpse who killed his loved ones.

Fa Zai was saved from a True Essence Realm cultivator by a hidden Senior, who also placed a Cultivation Method in his mind. As Uncle Liang scolded him for risking his life, Fa Zai resolved to cultivate and protect his loved ones.

• The gaunt cultivator attacked Fa Zai for intervening on behalf of the storyteller's granddaughter and Uncle Liang.
• A mysterious power froze the tavern and street, swallowed the cultivator through a Void Vortex, and restored time without anyone else noticing what had happened.
• Fa Zai thanked the unseen Senior, while a knowledgeable True Essence Realm cultivator fled in fear of a hidden Great Power.
• Uncle Liang scolded Fa Zai for challenging an Immortal and warned him to consider his mother before acting recklessly.
• Fa Zai realized a Cultivation Method had appeared in his mind and resolved to cultivate so he could protect others and give his loved ones better lives.

Zhang Qingyuan saved a young man from a Blood Demon Sect cultivator and searched the cultivator’s memories to learn why the sect had infiltrated North Mountain Domain. A powerful figure hidden in those memories detected Zhang Qingyuan, and Zhang Qingyuan sensed the figure’s presence beyond Immortal City.

• Zhang Qingyuan restrained the tall, thin cultivator in an isolated pocket of space while he finished his meal.
• Zhang Qingyuan explained that he had saved the young man because the encounter reminded him of his youthful wish to uphold justice.
• Zhang Qingyuan recognized the cultivator as a member of the Blood Demon Sect and invaded his Sea of Consciousness to search his memories.
• The memories revealed the sect’s infiltration, its connection to the Lei Family, and the arrival of an important figure on a mission.
• A figure in blood-red robes emerged in the cultivator’s memories and attacked Zhang Qingyuan with the force of a monstrous Blood Sea, killing the cultivator.
• Zhang Qingyuan identified the figure as being at Peak Law Domain Realm and looked toward the sky as the figure opened its eyes outside Immortal City and asked who had disturbed it.

Left Heavenly Venerate ordered Sun Tian'en to accelerate the Blood Demon Sect’s nearly completed formation beneath Immortal City. Sun Tian'en warned him that an unfamiliar young powerhouse had appeared in the city.

• A powerful blood-colored figure lost a faint aura near Immortal City when an unseen force crushed it, and he searched for the Blood Demon Sect’s hidden bases with Divine Sense.
• The Great Protector, Sun Tian'en, inspected the nearly completed altar and formation that secretly surrounded Immortal City and drew on its Earth Vein.
• Sun Tian'en reflected that the Blood Demon Sect’s mission concerned the legendary Demon City and that Left Heavenly Venerate would likely claim the greatest rewards.
• Left Heavenly Venerate appeared before Sun Tian'en and demanded to know when the plan could begin.
• Sun Tian'en reported that the formation would be ready in about three months, and Left Heavenly Venerate ordered him to speed up and stop concealing their activities.
• Sun Tian'en told Left Heavenly Venerate that Lei Wanhong had reported an unfamiliar young powerhouse in Immortal City.

The Left Heavenly Venerate ordered the Great Protector to kill Zhang Qingyuan and the Murong Family's elder while retrieving what the clan possessed. He gave the Great Protector a Jade Talisman and instructed him to join forces with the Fourth Protector and Lei Wanhong, leaving the Great Protector confident he could swiftly defeat his targets.

• The Left Heavenly Venerate learned that Zhang Yuan had advanced to the Cave True Realm and ordered the Great Protector to bring back his head to spite Sikong Zhen.
• The Great Protector claimed Zhang Yuan was too strong to face alone, but the Left Heavenly Venerate dismissed Lei Wanhong's assessment and threatened him.
• The Left Heavenly Venerate gave the Great Protector a Jade Talisman containing one powerful strike and ordered him to enlist the Fourth Protector and Lei Wanhong.
• After the Left Heavenly Venerate vanished, the Great Protector kept the Jade Talisman as a trump card and left, confident he could kill Zhang Yuan and the Murong Family's elder before they activated their formation.

After sensing a terrifying Blood Demon Sect presence in Immortal City, Zhang Qingyuan chose caution and stayed hidden rather than seek revenge. He attended Old Ancestor Murong’s seven-day Exchange Meeting, where discussions with other Cave True Realm cultivators gave him new insights.

• Zhang Qingyuan escaped after a powerful aura sensed him through a cultivator’s memories, then erased his traces and concluded that he was no match for the Blood Demon Sect titan.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided to postpone revenge, return to cultivation, and remain in Immortal City until the Exchange Meeting ended so he could sell his treasures and convert his spoils.
• More than ten days later, Zhang Qingyuan used Old Ancestor Murong’s invitation to enter the Exchange Meeting, where the other Cave True Realm cultivators treated him as a trusted peer.
• Zhang Qingyuan took part in the seven-day Exchange Meeting, trading treasures and discussing Dao techniques with the other cultivators, and gained useful insights.

After the Exchange Meeting, Zhang Qingyuan gained new insights into the Cave True Realm, traded for Nine-Aperture Divine Gold, and began feeding it to his Sword Pellet to help restore its Spirit Artifact grade. He then decided to leave Immortal City, first heading to see Old Ancestor Murong and warn him about the Blood Demon Sect.

• Zhang Qingyuan learned from the Exchange Meeting’s discussions and expanded his connections with Cave True Realm cultivators in the North Mountain Domain.
• Zhang Qingyuan traded spoils from Lu Shijie and Fan Gongliang for one hundred and fifty High-grade Spirit Stones and five Dharma Stabilizing Pills.
• Zhang Qingyuan exchanged Ten-Thousand-Year Purple-Gold Emerald Bamboo Wood for Nine-Aperture Divine Gold, which its owner valued more for forging a compatible Spirit Artifact.
• Zhang Qingyuan placed the Nine-Aperture Divine Gold in his dantian, where the Sword Pellet began absorbing it to recover its Spirit Artifact power.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided to leave Immortal City and went to the Murong Family’s residence to greet Old Ancestor Murong and warn him about the Blood Demon Sect.

Murong Pengxian helped the Great Protector, the Lei Family's Old Ancestor, and a masked Cave True cultivator ambush the Old Ancestor Murong in his secret chamber, leaving him gravely wounded and surrounded. The attackers demanded the Xie Family's Demon City token, which the Great Protector claimed was now in the hands of the Blood Saint Sect.

• The Great Protector's blood-colored strike broke through the Secret Chamber's defenses and wounded the Old Ancestor Murong before he could defend himself.
• Murong Pengxian appeared and revealed his betrayal by helping the attackers bypass the chamber's Defensive Formation.
• The Great Protector, the Lei Family's Old Ancestor, and a masked Cave True cultivator surrounded and suppressed the wounded Old Ancestor Murong.
• The Great Protector demanded the token from Demon City and said the Blood Saint Sect possessed the Xie Family's token.

Old Ancestor Murong rejected Murong Pengxian’s betrayal and fought the three Cave True Great Powers, but they overwhelmed him. As the Blood Demon Sect’s Great Protector prepared to finish him off, a mysterious azure lotus struck and badly wounded the protector.

• Murong Pengxian admitted he had considered submitting the Murong Family to the Blood Demon Sect, and Old Ancestor Murong condemned him for betraying his ancestors.
• Old Ancestor Murong taunted Lei Wanhong, declaring that his enemies would never find the token, then gathered his remaining power into a blood-red halberd.
• The Blood Demon Sect’s Great Protector, Lei Wanhong, and the Fourth Protector attacked together and shattered Old Ancestor Murong’s strike, leaving him gravely wounded.
• The Great Protector prepared to kill Old Ancestor Murong, but a silent azure lotus pierced through his chest and shattered his bones.

Zhang Qingyuan ambushed Lei Wanhong, the Fourth Protector, and the Great Protector, severely injuring the Great Protector and stopping their combined attack with his Five Elements Round Wheel. He revealed his fused Five Elements Dao power and attacked all three, while the Great Protector called for them to join forces and kill him.

• The Great Protector was severely wounded by a sudden attack, and Lei Wanhong and the Fourth Protector launched a joint counterattack.
• Zhang Qingyuan blocked their attacks with his Five Elements Round Wheel, which remained unmoved by their combined power.
• Zhang Qingyuan reflected that fusing his Five Elements paths before advancing had given him strength beyond ordinary Cave True cultivators.
• Zhang Qingyuan confronted the three Blood Demon Sect cultivators and declared that they would not leave after ambushing Brother Murong.
• Zhang Qingyuan attacked with the fused Five Elements Great Dao, and the injured Great Protector recognized him and ordered the others to attack together.