Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingyuan searched the Blood Demon Sect’s mountain peak for a way to advance into the Myriad Transformations Realm, but found that the most valuable records had already been looted. With danger looming overhead, he began using Soul Searches to piece together a map of the area and track down what remained.

• Zhang Qingyuan sensed an ominous force over the mountain and resolved to find the advancement method and leave as soon as possible.
• Zhang Qingyuan entered the repository and absorbed more than a million Jade Slips into his possession, despite finding its deepest section already stripped bare.
• Zhang Qingyuan searched the guarded palace chambers but found that the records on the Myriad Transformations Realm had been taken by someone who arrived earlier.
• Zhang Qingyuan saw crimson light and melting space in the distant sky, which he suspected came from a battle between Myriad Transformations Realm giants.
• Zhang Qingyuan began capturing Blood Demon Sect Cultivators and using Soul Searches to combine their map knowledge and chart the mountain peak.

Zhang Qingyuan traced Right Heavenly Venerate Sikong Zhen and others to a sinister abyss behind the great hall, then reached it himself. As he hesitated at the dangerous entrance, Wu Tianyang caught up and attacked him.

• Zhang Qingyuan searched the Blood Demon Sect Cultivators’ memories and learned that Right Heavenly Venerate Sikong Zhen, a Myriad Transformations Realm Core Disciple, and Xiao Jingyun had headed for the cliff abyss.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided to investigate the abyss and swiftly reached the mountain behind the great hall.
• Zhang Qingyuan found the abyss shrouded in vast yin qi and hesitated before its ominous depths.
• Wu Tianyang caught up with Zhang Qingyuan and attacked, seeking revenge for Daoist Lie Feng and the Heavenly Demon Devouring God Technique.
• Zhang Qingyuan turned toward Wu Tianyang and shouted, “Get away!”

Zhang Qingyuan killed Wu Tianyang after overcoming the protection of a Dao talisman, but the talisman’s connection alerted a Five Elements Holy Sect Myriad Transformations Old Ancestor. As the Old Ancestor struck across the void, Zhang Qingyuan faced a grave threat and watched closely for insight into the Myriad Transformations Realm.

• Zhang Qingyuan overturned Wu Tianyang’s attack with a casual wave, revealing power beyond Half-step Myriad Transformations.
• Wu Tianyang’s jade pendant released a protective Dao talisman that blocked Zhang Qingyuan’s strike and alerted the Five Elements Holy Sect Old Ancestor.
• Zhang Qingyuan unleashed a technique derived from the Nameless Immortal Stele and shattered the talisman’s shield, swallowing Wu Tianyang in his attack.
• The Old Ancestor’s divine sense gathered into a powerful attack across the void, and Zhang Qingyuan watched it, hoping to learn the path to Myriad Transformations.

Zhang Qingyuan blocked a strike from the Myriad Transformations Realm and gained a deeper understanding of its power. He plunged into the cliff abyss to escape an indistinct gaze, while the Five Elements Holy Sect’s Myriad Transformations Great Power sensed something during the battle at the Blood Demon Sect.

• A wisp of Myriad Transformations aura unleashed a strike that Zhang Qingyuan met with his Great Zhou Heavenly Five Elements Samsara.
• The clash blasted Zhang Qingyuan backward and injured his fist, but he blocked the attack and quickly regenerated.
• Zhang Qingyuan analyzed the strike and realized that Myriad Transformations cultivators wielded Heaven and Earth through their laws.
• After sensing an indistinct gaze upon him, Zhang Qingyuan let the collision carry him into the cliff abyss, where he hoped to escape observation.
• During the battle with the Blood River Old Ancestor in the Outside the Heavens Chaos, the Five Elements Holy Sect’s Myriad Transformations Great Power suddenly froze in surprise and suspicion.

Blood River Old Ancestor used a sudden surge of Abyssal Demon power to wound Xuan Tong and force the three Five Elements Holy Sect elders into a desperate defense. As they faced him, Old Ancestor Yuan Zhen identified the power’s ancient origin, while Xuan Tong secretly focused on the Five Elements True Dao as his path to advancing further.

• Blood River Old Ancestor struck Xuan Tong while he was distracted, blasting him away and opening a severe wound across his chest.
• Old Ancestor Yuan Zhen and the other Five Elements Holy Sect elders intervened, but Blood River Old Ancestor’s attacks forced them back and injured two of them.
• Old Ancestor Yuan Zhen recognized Blood River Old Ancestor’s growing power as related to the ancient Abyssal Demons and explained their history to the others.
• Old Ancestor Yuan Zhen warned that the longer the battle continued, the more dangerous Blood River Old Ancestor would become.
• Xuan Tong asked how they should deal with Blood River Old Ancestor while secretly coveting the Five Elements True Dao he had sensed.

Old Ancestor Xuantong recognized Zhang Qingyuan’s orthodox Five Elements Great Dao and secretly resolved to capture him to uncover its secrets. Meanwhile, Zhang Qingyuan fell into a ruined realm amid a standoff and was attacked by everyone present.

• Old Ancestor Xuantong recalled Zhang Qingyuan’s strength and realized that he practiced the orthodox Five Elements Great Dao, awakening Xuantong’s ambition to seize his secrets and improve his own cultivation.
• Xuantong claimed that the protection he had left on Wu Tianyang had broken and used the situation to urge Old Ancestor Yuan Zhen to act.
• Old Ancestor Yuan Zhen agreed to use one of the Five Elements Holy Sect’s dwindling methods from the High Ancestor and prepared to slay Blood River Old Ancestor.
• Zhang Qingyuan fell into a ruined Secret Realm beneath the Blood Demon Sect’s Forbidden Land and found himself in the middle of a tense standoff.
• The Half-step Myriad Transformations experts attacked Zhang Qingyuan together, making him the target of the confrontation.

Zhang Qingyuan arrived at the secret realm and was immediately attacked by four Half-step Myriad Transformations cultivators. He unleashed the Five-Finger Mountain technique he had just comprehended, leaving his attackers horrified by its seemingly Myriad Transformations-level power.

• Zhang Qingyuan landed among Right Heavenly Venerate Sikong Zhen, Blood Fiend Venerable Son, a black-robed cultivator, and a cloaked cultivator, breaking their standoff.
• The four cultivators joined forces and attacked Zhang Qingyuan, blasting him backward as he searched for Xiao Jingyun and found no trace of him.
• Sikong Zhen and the other three declared their intent to kill Zhang Qingyuan and claim the secret realm's gains.
• Zhang Qingyuan formed the Five-Finger Mountain seal and pressed it down upon the four cultivators.
• The four cultivators recognized the technique's overwhelming power as resembling that of the Myriad Transformations Realm and were swallowed by its shadow.

Zhang Qingyuan broke through to Half-step Myriad Transformations and used a palm strike that imitated a true Myriad Transformations cultivator’s control of Heaven and Earth. As his Five Fingers Mountain overwhelmed the four opponents, they unleashed their strongest abilities and treasures to resist.

• After witnessing a Myriad Transformations Titan and a Half-step Myriad Transformations Demonic Beast, Zhang Qingyuan advanced from the perfected Law Domain Realm to Half-step Myriad Transformations.
• Zhang Qingyuan used his new understanding to unleash a peak palm strike that summoned a Five Elements Mountain and shattered the four cultivators’ attacks.
• Right Heavenly Venerate Sikong Zhen opened his Blood God Eye and fired a bizarre scarlet beam at the descending mountain.
• The Blood Demon Sect’s Core Disciple sent a demonic blood bowl to block the mountain, while the black-robed cultivator opened a cursed coffin.
• The star-cloaked cultivator used Reverse Star Finger, and all four Half-step Myriad Transformations cultivators attacked together to survive Zhang Qingyuan’s strike.

Zhang Qingyuan crushed the four Half-step Myriad Transformations Realm cultivators’ attacks, then captured and killed Right Heavenly Venerate Sikong Zhen and the Blood Fiend Venerable Son. He obtained the method for advancing to Myriad Transformations Realm, but still had to plan how to escape the Secret Realm under the Five Elements Holy Sect’s Myriad Transformations Old Ancestor’s watch.

• The four Half-step Myriad Transformations Realm cultivators blocked Zhang Qingyuan’s strike, destroying his Five-Finger Mountain and fleeing in different directions.
• Zhang Qingyuan pursued Right Heavenly Venerate Sikong Zhen, seized and suppressed him, then turned to chase the Blood Fiend Venerable Son.
• Zhang Qingyuan caught and suppressed the injured Blood Fiend Venerable Son, while the other two cultivators escaped beyond sight.
• Zhang Qingyuan searched the two men’s Storage Spaces and found the method for advancing to Myriad Transformations Realm along with their other spoils.
• Zhang Qingyuan considered returning to study the method and how to escape the Secret Realm without drawing the attention of the Five Elements Holy Sect’s Myriad Transformations Old Ancestor.

Zhang Qingyuan considered exploring the mysterious Heaven-Mending Pavilion, but Xiao Jingyun revealed its connection to Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable and a possible path to immortality. Wary of the pursuer behind him, Zhang Qingyuan left the Secret Realm while Xiao Jingyun entered the ruins.

• Zhang Qingyuan studied the Heaven-Mending Pavilion ruins and wondered whether to investigate or escape before his pursuer caught up.
• Xiao Jingyun emerged from hiding, praised Zhang Qingyuan’s strength, and explained that Heaven-Mending Pavilion had once been the enemy of Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable.
• Xiao Jingyun suggested the ruins might contain the secret to becoming an Immortal, but Zhang Qingyuan declined to explore them and hurried away.
• Xiao Jingyun entered the Heaven-Mending Pavilion ruins after Zhang Qingyuan departed.
• Zhang Qingyuan left the Secret Realm and raced through the abyss’s netherworld yin winds, guided by his sixth sense.

Zhang Qingyuan fled to a remote wilderness and waited for Old Ancestor Xuantong, who pursued him to seize the Five Elements True Dao. Xuantong unleashed a world-darkening attack, leaving Zhang Qingyuan facing the full force of a Myriad Transformations Realm cultivator.

• Zhang Qingyuan raced away from the Blood Demon Sect's stronghold and reached a dangerous wilderness on Yuzhou's border.
• Zhang Qingyuan rested on a mountaintop and recalled the Jade Slip's guidance on advancing to Myriad Transformations.
• Old Ancestor Xuantong arrived and declared that Zhang Qingyuan could not escape, coveting his Five Elements True Dao.
• Old Ancestor Xuantong swept out his sleeve, suppressing the laws of the world and plunging the region into darkness.
• Cultivators and villagers a thousand li away felt Xuantong's pressure and panicked as they witnessed the sky darken.

Zhang Qingyuan broke Old Ancestor Xuantong’s Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve and wounded him with a sword, provoking the Myriad Transformations Realm cultivator to unleash a devastating attack. Old Ancestor Xuantong’s strike annihilated the surrounding area, leaving Zhang Qingyuan’s fate uncertain.

• Old Ancestor Xuantong trapped Zhang Qingyuan in his Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve and planned to strip away his Five Elements True Dao and refine his Divine Soul.
• Zhang Qingyuan broke free by cutting through the sleeve with his sword and slashed Old Ancestor Xuantong across the face.
• Enraged by his injury, Old Ancestor Xuantong used the Five Gods Heaven-Shattering Strike against Zhang Qingyuan.
• Old Ancestor Xuantong’s attack shattered and annihilated the surrounding heaven and earth, while a destructive storm swept across the nearby borderlands.

Zhang Qingyuan surprised Old Ancestor Xuantong with a devastating attack that wounded the Myriad Transformations Realm expert, but Xuantong quickly healed while Zhang was left badly weakened. The battle continued with Xuantong restored and furious, and Zhang having spent most of his strength.

• Old Ancestor Xuantong searched the ruined void for Zhang Qingyuan after his Great Annihilation strike but found no trace of him.
• Zhang Qingyuan appeared behind Xuantong and unleashed Great Zhou Heavenly Five Elements Samsara, a strike powerful enough to threaten his life.
• Old Ancestor Xuantong summoned his Heavenly Heart Dao Seal and met Zhang’s attack with his full power.
• The clash sent Xuantong flying and severely injured him, while the surrounding void erupted in a catastrophic explosion.
• Old Ancestor Xuantong rapidly healed his wounds and vowed to kill Zhang Qingyuan.
• Zhang Qingyuan remained suspended in the air with a pale face and weak aura after expending more than eighty percent of his strength.

Zhang Qingyuan used his strongest attack to shatter Old Ancestor Xuantong’s defenses and severely injure him, but Xuantong recovered and launched a devastating counterattack. As Xuantong’s black-hole technique closed in, Zhang Qingyuan revealed a wisp of Immortal Qi and unleashed the Burial Immortal Tribulation.

• Zhang Qingyuan’s peak strike broke Old Ancestor Xuantong’s defenses and left him severely injured.
• Old Ancestor Xuantong healed his visible wounds and resolved to kill Zhang Qingyuan before he could enter the Myriad Transformations Realm.
• Old Ancestor Xuantong unleashed the Five Elements Devouring Heaven Art, combining five black holes into a vortex that threatened to swallow Zhang Qingyuan.
• Zhang Qingyuan faced the approaching attack and decided to use the trump card he had obtained from Demon City.
• A wisp of Immortal Qi appeared around Zhang Qingyuan, and he unleashed the Burial Immortal Tribulation.

Zhang Qingyuan used the Immortal Qi hidden in the Nameless Immortal Stele to strike Old Ancestor Xuantong with a sword attack that fused the Five Elements Great Dao and myriad Dao arts. The devastating clash shook the surrounding lands, and Xuantong’s aura then vanished, leaving his allies fearing the worst.

• Zhang Qingyuan decided to spend his hidden strand of Immortal Qi to survive Old Ancestor Xuantong’s pursuit.
• Zhang Qingyuan fused the Immortal Qi, the Five Elements Great Dao, and the Nameless Immortal Stele’s Myriad Dao Convergence Method into a Sword Pellet strike.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s sword collided with Xuantong’s black-hole attack, unleashing a blast that shook the region and alarmed cultivators across the frontier.
• Old Ancestor Yuan Zhen and another Five Elements Holy Sect elder sensed the distant clash but hesitated to go help because of their injuries.
• Old Ancestor Yuan Zhen and the other elder sensed Xuantong’s aura vanish and realized something had happened to him.

Zhang Qingyuan defeated and killed Old Ancestor Xuantong by wielding a wisp of Immortal Qi, triggering celestial signs that spread across Yunzhou. Though the weapon’s backlash nearly destroyed him, he healed and discovered a tiny trace of Magic Power Dao Charm within his Five Elements Dao Law.

• Cultivators across the borderlands sensed Old Ancestor Xuantong’s aura vanish as the sky darkened and blood rain fell, confirming that a Great Power had died.
• A knowledgeable old man predicted that the death of an ancient peerless titan would bring change to Yunzhou.
• Zhang Qingyuan emerged from the shattered space in the forest Forbidden Land, badly injured by the backlash from using Immortal Qi.
• Zhang Qingyuan used Wood Element power to heal his wounds and restored his body.
• Zhang Qingyuan examined his Five Elements Dao Law and found a faint trace of Magic Power Dao Charm within it.

After killing Old Ancestor Xuantong with an attack infused with Immortal Qi, Zhang Qingyuan glimpsed a trace of its essence and fled with Xuantong’s damaged Spatial Ring. The Five Elements Holy Sect discovered the battlefield and began investigating, while Zhang Qingyuan headed for the North Mountain Domain to prepare for a breakthrough into the Myriad Transformations Realm.

• Zhang Qingyuan reflected on what he had learned from wielding the Immortal Qi and left the shattered battlefield with Old Ancestor Xuantong’s Spatial Ring.
• Nearby cultivators approached the battlefield, but Old Ancestor Yuan Zhen and another Myriad Transformations Realm Old Ancestor arrived first and confirmed Xuantong’s death.
• Old Ancestor Yuan Zhen used a Secret Technique on Xuantong’s remains to seek memories of the killer, while his companion reported finding no traces of the enemy.
• Zhang Qingyuan hurried through the void toward the North Mountain Domain, organizing his gains and methods for advancing into the Myriad Transformations Realm.
• After taking stock of the items and cultivation methods he had collected, Zhang Qingyuan was satisfied with his harvest.

Zhang Qingyuan examined the surviving contents of Old Ancestor Xuantong’s Storage Ring and found abundant treasures and records that could help him reach the Myriad Transformations Realm. Expecting the Five Elements Holy Sect to retaliate, he decided to hide in a secret realm and race to break through before they found him.

• Zhang Qingyuan discovered that the damaged Storage Ring still held vast resources, including three Top-grade Spirit Stones and rare cultivation pills.
• Zhang Qingyuan found Jade Slips containing Five Elements Sect techniques and martial arts, plus Old Ancestor Xuantong’s cultivation notes and records of past breakthroughs to the Myriad Transformations Realm.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized the Five Elements Holy Sect would likely pursue him after he killed Old Ancestor Xuantong, and that his exhausted Immortal Qi left him unable to face several Myriad Transformations Dao Venerables.
• Zhang Qingyuan chose the Secret Realm in the Qingyang Monster Beast Mountain Range as a concealed place to attempt his breakthrough, since Qianyun Mountain was no longer safe.
• Zhang Qingyuan resolved to advance before the Five Elements Holy Sect found him, while remaining in Yunzhou to seek opportunities in the sect’s foundations.

Zhang Qingyuan returned to Qianyun Mountain to arrange for his followers to lie low before heading to a hidden Secret Realm in the Qingyang Monster Beast Mountain Range. There, he began secluded cultivation to break through to the Myriad Transformations Realm.

• Zhang Qingyuan instructed the Yue Family Great Elder and his Named Disciples to hide and told his other followers to remain at Qianyun Mountain.
• Zhang Qingyuan heard rumors about Dao Venerable Xuan Tong’s death and concluded that the Five Elements Holy Sect might be too damaged to retaliate soon, though he did not trust the rumors.
• Zhang Qingyuan completed arrangements for Qianyun Mountain and slipped away without drawing attention.
• Zhang Qingyuan entered the hidden Secret Realm in the Qingyang Monster Beast Mountain Range and concealed it with an illusory formation.
• Zhang Qingyuan took out the method for advancing to the Myriad Transformations Realm and Dao Ancestor Xuan Tong’s notes, then began his breakthrough cultivation.

Zhang Qingyuan studied the path to the Myriad Transformations Realm and began a perilous breakthrough, sending his Divine Soul into the source sea of the world's Dao Laws. Meanwhile, Old Ancestor Yuan Zhen and Dao Venerable Xuanming discussed the missing sect treasure and suspected Zhang Qingyuan might possess it.

• Zhang Qingyuan learned that advancing to the Myriad Transformations Realm required condensing his Dao Law Domain into a Law Dao Seal and risking Daoization by the laws of heaven and earth.
• Zhang Qingyuan used the Great Evolution Technique to digest inherited records and raise his understanding to Half-step Myriad Transformations (99/100).
• Zhang Qingyuan began his breakthrough by sending his Divine Soul beyond the secret realm into the source sea of the myriad Dao Laws.
• Dao Venerable Xuanming told Old Ancestor Yuan Zhen that the Five Elements Holy Sect's sect treasure remained missing and might have been taken by Blood River Old Monster or Zhang Qingyuan.