Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingyuan destroyed Qianyun Mountain’s defenses and killed its Supreme Old Ancestor, leaving the sect unable to resist his command to erase it. News of his victory spread throughout the North Mountain Domain, transforming the balance of power.

• Zhang Qingyuan’s third sword shattered the Supreme Old Ancestor’s ultimate move and left him severely injured, while the impact devastated Qianyun Mountain’s grounds.
• Zhang Qingyuan pierced the Supreme Old Ancestor’s head and destroyed his Divine Soul, killing him as the gathered cultivators bowed in fear.
• Zhang Qingyuan ordered that Qianyun Mountain be struck from the world, and the cultivators below obeyed.
• News spread that Zhang Qingyuan had killed Sect Leader Wu Zunzi and the Supreme Old Ancestor and crushed Qianyun Mountain, shocking the North Mountain Domain.

After Zhang Qingyuan destroyed Qianyun Mountain and rescued the Yue Family, his name spread throughout the North Mountain Domain, heralding a major upheaval. He kept out of sight, deterred rivals with his strength, and gathered Qianyun Mountain’s vast wealth as he prepared for secluded cultivation.

• Qianyun Mountain’s destruction stirred the North Mountain Domain, and Zhang Qingyuan’s name spread, though no one yet connected him to the Immortal-Slaying Demon from Demon City.
• Zhang Qingyuan reflected that he had revealed himself to save the Yue Family, descendants of his Master, Daoist Ming Shui, and accepted that Qianyun Mountain’s assets would now belong to him.
• Zhang Qingyuan planned to refuse challenges and spend the next ten or twenty years cultivating, but he briefly possessed a Yue Family cultivator to destroy Qianyun Mountain remnants and deter rival factions.
• Zhang Qingyuan used the Yue Family to collect Qianyun Mountain’s properties and discovered that its accumulated treasury exceeded his gains from Demon City.

After thirty years of secluded cultivation in Qianyun Mountain, Zhang Qingyuan reached the peak of the Law Domain Realm and fully absorbed his accumulated gains. Unable to advance further through seclusion alone, he decided to leave and deal with the enemies stirring during his absence.

• Zhang Qingyuan used Qianyun Mountain’s resources and the Yue Family’s help to take control of the sect’s major resource outputs.
• He spent thirty years in seclusion, consolidating his foundation and studying techniques, sword Dao abilities, and other gains.
• Zhang Qingyuan advanced to the peak of the Law Domain Realm and believed he could defeat Left Heavenly Venerate in a direct fight.
• He recognized that the bottleneck before the Myriad Transformations Realm could not be overcome by further secluded cultivation alone.
• After hearing the Yue Family Great Elder’s report, Zhang Qingyuan decided to leave Qianyun Mountain and confront the enemies who had grown restless.

Thirty years after a peerless figure destroyed a sect with one palm, people still feared the lingering devastation, but many had begun to forget the events and wonder whether the figure had disappeared. The chapter ends with gazes turning toward Qianyun Mountain.

• An old man told his juniors how a peerless figure had destroyed a sect, leaving a vast palm-shaped abyss and a dangerous region that drew adventurers seeking treasures.
• When a young man asked who had made the strike, the old man panicked and warned the group never to offend the Yue family or other Great Families and Great Powers.
• The narrator described how thirty years had softened the fear and memories of the Cultivation World, especially among the younger generation.
• Some people began to think the figure who had once suppressed the North Mountain Domain had not appeared for thirty years, and they turned their attention toward Qianyun Mountain.

After Qianyun Mountain fell, Zhang Qingyuan crushed more than thirty forces and secured its resources, then withdrew into seclusion while the North Mountain Domain descended into decades of war. As the fighting subsided, the Cave True powers secretly met and increased their covert communications, leaving their intentions unknown.

• Zhang Qingyuan used the Yue Family's strength to destroy more than thirty forces that opposed his takeover of Qianyun Mountain's inheritance.
• Zhang Qingyuan entered seclusion, while the Yue Family guarded the mineral veins and other resources under their control.
• Conflicts spread across the North Mountain Domain as forces sought revenge and territory after Qianyun Mountain's collapse.
• Zhang Qingyuan sent Yue Family members with tokens to erase two dynasties that had ordered the slaughter of common people, warning the cultivation powers not to target mortals.
• After thirty years of war, the first-rate Sects, great families, and dynasties had seized expanded territories, and the fighting largely subsided.
• The Cave True Old Ancestors secretly met, then returned without making public moves as covert Messaging Talisman contacts between their forces increased.

A band of black-clad cultivators attacked Zhang Qingyuan’s Spirit Stone mine in the North Mountain Domain, convinced they could kill the guards and escape with the loot. They broke through the camp’s formation and began slaughtering miners, leaving the mine in chaos.

• A group of black-clad cultivators hid near the Spirit Stone mine, which had resumed production under Zhang Qingyuan’s control.
• An emaciated cultivator questioned whether they should attack, but the burly leader persuaded the bandits that they could seize the Spirit Stones and flee unnoticed.
• The burly leader cleaved a huge hole in the mine’s protective formation with his Huan Shou Great Saber.
• The black-clad cultivators rushed into the mining camp and began killing miners as explosions and clashes spread through the camp.

A mysterious patron’s attack on the Spirit Stone mine was crushed when Yue Wenhe arrived and killed the burly man in black and every invading bandit. Afterward, Yue Wenhe’s junior sister praised his swordsmanship, but he recalled how far his master’s power surpassed his own.

• The burly man in black led a sudden assault on the Spirit Stone mine, relying on secretly supplied blueprints of its protective formation.
• Yue Wenhe appeared and annihilated the burly man in black with his Great River Sword Momentum.
• Yue Wenhe pursued and killed all the fleeing black-clad men in the mine camp.
• Yue Wenhe’s junior sister praised his Great River Sword Momentum and said it showed one or two parts of their master’s true teachings.
• Yue Wenhe questioned whether she was mocking him and remembered his master splitting a vast sea with a single sword.

Yue Wenhe reflected on how Zhang Qingyuan’s guidance had transformed his swordsmanship and on the master’s extraordinary accomplishments in swordsmanship, formations, and alchemy. He and the woman at the Qilian Mountain Spirit Stone Mine camp acknowledged that even a fraction of Zhang Qingyuan’s methods would make them formidable.

• Yue Wenhe sheathed his sword and recalled how Zhang Qingyuan’s guidance had helped him develop Great River Sword Momentum and become known as River Sword Son.
• Yue Wenhe remembered seeing Zhang Qingyuan alter Qianyun Mountain’s earth veins to establish a great formation and refine a pill that had eluded the sect for thousands of years.
• Yue Wenhe compared Zhang Qingyuan’s Sword Dao Jade Slip with Qianyun Mountain’s records and concluded that its insights surpassed even those of a former Cave True sword cultivator.
• The woman at the Qilian Mountain Spirit Stone Mine camp agreed that Zhang Qingyuan’s achievements were beyond ordinary cultivators and praised Yue Wenhe’s own accomplishments.

Yue Wenhe returned to Qianyun Mountain after helping defend the Qilian Mountain spirit stone mine, where Zhang Qingyuan had rebuilt the sect into an organized force that attracted and trained cultivators. As attacks continued to threaten the domain, Yue Wenhe saw the sect’s flourishing order and marveled at his Master’s abilities.

• Yue Wenhe and his Junior Sister completed their mission at the Qilian Mountain spirit stone mine and returned to Qianyun Mountain.
• Yue Wenhe saw that unknown forces had repeatedly attacked Zhang Qingyuan’s territory, causing losses despite the sect’s countermeasures.
• Zhang Qingyuan accepted cultivators who endured his trials and organized the rebuilt Qianyun Mountain with a protection array, contribution points, and Jade Slip courses.
• Yue Wenhe entered the sect and received greetings from its members, who regarded him as a senior disciple with special access to Zhang Qingyuan.
• Yue Wenhe admired the well-ordered sect and reflected on Zhang Qingyuan’s extraordinary strength and talent.

Zhang Qingyuan’s transformed Divine Soul and Great Evolution Technique let him perfect a pill recipe, accelerate his cultivation, and manage his growing sect with exceptional efficiency. Yue Wenhe returned to the Law Enforcement Hall and encountered Ku Qiusheng, whose rising pressure and arduous path to discipleship weighed on him.

• Zhang Qingyuan used the Great Evolution Technique to refine Qianyun Mountain’s pill recipe through tens of thousands of deductions and produced high-grade Earth Tier pills that helped him reach the peak of the Law Domain Realm within thirty years.
• Zhang Qingyuan applied his expanded analytical abilities to improve the management of his sect’s forces, though Yue Wenhe and the other outsiders did not know how he achieved it.
• Yue Wenhe arrived at the Law Enforcement Hall to submit the completed mine-guarding mission.
• Ku Qiusheng emerged from the hall, exchanged a nod with Yue Wenhe, and passed him by; Yue Wenhe sensed Ku Qiusheng’s growing pressure and recalled how he had reached Qianyun Mountain as a mortal after being rejected by more than thirty forces.

Yue Wenhe reflected on Ku Qiusheng’s rise and reported the damage from a raid on the Spirit Stone Mine to Yue Zongjing, while worrying that a larger threat was gathering. Three hundred li from Qianyun Mountain, a black-clad youth and other Cave True Level figures prepared to challenge the mountain’s strongest cultivator.

• Yue Wenhe recalled how Ku Qiusheng overcame his Spirit-Leaking Physique and passed Qianyun Mountain’s trial, prompting Yue Wenhe to worry about keeping up with his fellow disciples.
• Yue Wenhe reported to Yue Zongjing that Heaven-Piercing Peak and his group had damaged a mine before Yue Wenhe’s party killed them.
• Yue Zongjing warned Yue Wenhe that attacks on the Sect Gate’s assets were increasing and urged him to stay safe on future missions.
• Yue Wenhe wondered whether a person or faction was secretly targeting Qianyun Mountain and sensed that a storm was approaching.
• A black-clad youth at a mountain peak three hundred li from Qianyun Mountain dismissed the local cultivators and vowed to kill the North Mountain Domain’s number one cultivator.

A black-clothed youth known as the Mingluo Spear charged toward Qianyun Mountain, forcing Zhang Qingyuan’s sect-protection formation to activate. The powers behind the attack believed Zhang Qingyuan was weakened by the secret technique he had used thirty years earlier, but the chapter ended with a confident claim that the Mingluo Spear could kill him regardless.

• A terrifying Cave True Realm aura swept toward Qianyun Mountain, alarming Yue Wenhe, Yue Zongjing, and the sect’s cultivators.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s grand formation reacted to the incoming threat and raised a barrier around Qianyun Mountain.
• The black-clothed youth, identified as the Mingluo Spear, vowed to take Zhang Qingyuan’s head and stepped through a tear in space toward the sect.
• The figures accompanying the Mingluo Spear questioned whether attacking was premature, since they had not finished probing Zhang Qingyuan or confirmed his condition.
• A middle-aged cultivator in green robes dismissed their concerns, saying the Mingluo Spear had returned safely from Central Continent and would kill Zhang Qingyuan even if his strength was genuine.

North Mountain Domain’s Cave True Great Powers believed Mingluo Spear had killed Zhang Qingyuan, but they arrived at Qianyun Mountain and froze at the aftermath of the battle.

• The cultivators praised Mingluo Spear for surviving Central Continent and concluded that Zhang Qingyuan had no chance of winning.
• The group set out for Qianyun Mountain after sensing that the battle had ended, confident they would find Zhang Qingyuan dead.
• The Cave True Great Powers arrived to find the mountain damaged, its formation breached, and a headless corpse standing upside down in a crater.
• The short-haired middle-aged man in blue began praising Mingluo Spear, then stopped in shock as he saw the scene before him.

Zhang Qingyuan defeated the Mingluo Spear and left the arriving Great Powers stunned by the spear impaled with their target’s head. He subdued them and called on an unseen observer to reveal themself.

• The Great Powers arrived at Qianyun Mountain and saw the ruined plaza, the Mingluo Spear’s head impaled on his spear, and his headless corpse.
• Zhang Qingyuan calmly greeted the Great Powers as they realized the Mingluo Spear had died within the time it took to drink a cup of tea.
• A blue-clad middle-aged man tried to speak, but he and the other Great Powers were too shaken by the scene to respond properly.
• Zhang Qingyuan told the Great Powers to consider how they would make amends, then seized and sealed their powers before throwing them onto the plaza.
• Zhang Qingyuan called the Great Powers ignorant cannon fodder and challenged the unseen observer who had watched the battle to appear.

Duke Nanshan apologized to Zhang Qingyuan and revealed that the North Mountain Domain powers had been used as cannon fodder in a test against him. After three days of private talks about the Blood Demon Sect, Zhang Qingyuan was left weighing whether to join the Yunzhou Cultivation World's campaign against it.

• Duke Nanshan appeared before Zhang Qingyuan, apologized, and gave him a Storage Talisman containing one thousand High-grade Spirit Stones.
• The defeated elders realized Duke Nanshan had used them to test Zhang Qingyuan and had treated them as cannon fodder.
• Zhang Qingyuan accepted Duke Nanshan's apology and invited him into the great hall to discuss the Blood Demon Sect.
• Zhang Qingyuan and Duke Nanshan spoke privately for three days, while the Law Enforcement Hall Disciples escorted the North Mountain Domain elders to prison.
• Duke Nanshan departed after telling Zhang Qingyuan about the Yunzhou Cultivation World's campaign against the Blood Demon Sect, and Zhang Qingyuan wondered whether to participate.

Zhang Qingyuan decided to join the campaign against the Blood Demon Sect, hoping to uncover how to advance to the Myriad Transformations Realm. He prepared to face the sect and the schemes of Duke Nanshan, relying on his knowledge from Left Heavenly Venerate's memories and his own strength.

• Zhang Qingyuan recalled how the Blood Demon Sect had hunted him and how he had later killed Left Heavenly Venerate and gained his memories.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided to visit the Blood Demon Sect because he still knew almost nothing about the path to the Myriad Transformations Realm.
• Zhang Qingyuan considered returning to the Cloud Water Sect only as a last resort, since he feared the price of asking its leaders for help.
• Zhang Qingyuan suspected Duke Nanshan and other forces had hidden motives, recalling their tense secret contest over the previous three days.
• Zhang Qingyuan resolved to proceed cautiously, trusting his knowledge of the Blood Demon Sect's sect gate and the strength he had built over thirty years.

Duke Nanshan explained why he had not killed Zhang Qingyuan, judging that fighting him could leave him badly injured before the campaign against the Blood Demon Sect. After half a month, Zhang Qingyuan secured the allegiance and assets of five North Mountain Domain Old Ancestors, then set out to join Duke Nanshan’s campaign.

• A Southern Mountain Region cultivator questioned Duke Nanshan for sparing Zhang Qingyuan, and Duke admitted Zhang could seriously injure him in a fight.
• Duke Nanshan ordered his followers to keep their agents in the North Mountain Domain and continue their plans after Zhang Qingyuan died.
• Zhang Qingyuan sealed the five Law Domain Realm Old Ancestors who had attacked him and gained their allegiance and family assets.
• Zhang Qingyuan departed Qianyun Mountain to join Duke Nanshan in the effort to encircle and suppress the Blood Demon Sect.

Zhang Qingyuan arrived at a border city crowded with cultivators gathering for the Five Elements Holy Sect’s coming battle against the Blood Demon Sect. Before he could enter the city, a white-robed young man attacked him, then identified Zhang and charged again, leaving their confrontation underway.

• Zhang Qingyuan and Duke Nanshan reached the border city with two peak Law Domain Realm cultivators, while Zhang sensed malice from all three companions.
• Duke Nanshan explained that the Five Elements Holy Sect had surrounded the Blood Demon Sect and blocked its escape routes, with the final assault approaching.
• As Duke Nanshan led Zhang toward the city, a powerful attack struck from behind, but Zhang deflected it with a flick of his hand.
• Zhang confronted a white-robed young man, who confirmed Zhang’s identity and declared that he deserved to die.
• The young man unleashed his power, raised his sword, and charged at Zhang Qingyuan.

Zhang Qingyuan fought Wu Tianyang of the Five Elements Holy Sect after Wu accused him of killing Daoist Lie Feng. Duke Nanshan intervened before the two could resume fighting and urged them to put the dispute aside while the Holy Sect besieged the Blood Demon Sect.

• Wu Tianyang attacked Zhang Qingyuan with a powerful sword strike, drawing the attention of nearby cultivators.
• Zhang Qingyuan countered with a colossal mountain formed from his cultivated powers and blasted Wu Tianyang back.
• Zhang Qingyuan demanded to know what Wu Tianyang wanted, and Wu accused him of killing his uncle, Daoist Lie Feng.
• Zhang Qingyuan refused to back down and challenged Wu Tianyang to keep fighting if he wished.
• Duke Nanshan stepped between them and urged Wu Tianyang to postpone the dispute until the Holy Sect's campaign was over and the matter could be investigated.

Wu Tianyang withdrew after the Five Elements Holy Sect ordered its cultivators to return for the imminent all-out assault, leaving his clash with Zhang Qingyuan unresolved. Zhang and Duke Nanshan exchanged courtesies while concealing their suspicions, and Wu Tianyang later dismissed Zhang’s strength to his fellow disciples.

• A Sect Token message summoned Wu Tianyang and the Five Elements Holy Sect cultivators, forcing them to leave before fighting Zhang Qingyuan again.
• Wu Tianyang threatened Zhang Qingyuan before departing, while the onlookers dispersed to prepare for the Blood Demon Sect siege.
• Duke Nanshan apologized for being unable to help, and Zhang Qingyuan reassured him while privately suspecting that Wu Tianyang’s arrival had been arranged.
• A Five Elements Holy Sect cultivator suggested asking their elders to eliminate Zhang Qingyuan, but Wu Tianyang refused.
• Wu Tianyang told his companions that Zhang Qingyuan’s apparent advantage came from a single trump card and claimed he could have killed him if the assault had not been imminent.