Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingyuan perfected the Grass Character Sword Art, Spring and autumn, and used it to wound the sealed Dimensional Demon King before escaping the Five Elements Realm. The Demon King failed to find him and began corroding its restraints faster, while vowing to kill Zhang Qingyuan.

• Zhang Qingyuan drank the blue-light essence liquid, restored his strength, and unleashed Spring and autumn at the Dimensional Demon King.
• The sword cut through the darkness and struck the Demon King, whose body was bound by five Great Dao chains that its black liquid was corroding.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized the seal would not hold much longer, opened an exit with the Five Elements Token, and escaped the Five Elements Realm.
• The Dimensional Demon King searched for Zhang Qingyuan but could not find him, and the wound on its palm resisted healing because of the power of time.
• The Demon King vowed that Zhang Qingyuan could not be allowed to live and accelerated its corrosion of the sealing chains.

Zhang Qingyuan escaped the collapsing Black Abyss Forbidden Area after battling a Heavenly Human-level enemy, then returned to the Cloud Water Sect to recover and digest his gains. The Abyssal Demon threat continued to grow as Yuzhou’s Myriad Transformations Great Powers began preparing a joint assault on the forbidden area.

• Zhang Qingyuan escaped the Black Abyss Forbidden Area as its seal neared collapse and Abyssal Demons poured out.
• Zhang Qingyuan resolved to kill the Abyssal Demon King and preserve the Five Elements Realm, which might hold the Five Elements Immortal Scripture inheritance.
• Zhang Qingyuan assessed how the battle had strengthened his foundation and left him with blue liquid to refine, then departed with the Five Elements Token.
• Zhang Qingyuan returned to the Cloud Water Sect and told Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Dao Venerable Xuan Su what had happened, astonishing them with his fight against a Heavenly Human-level existence.
• Zhang Qingyuan entered seclusion to recover and absorb his gains as Yuzhou’s Myriad Transformations Great Powers began joining forces to attack the Black Abyss Forbidden Area.

After the five Myriad Transformations Realm Titans entered the Black Abyss Forbidden Area, only three returned, and the resulting catastrophe unleashed more Abyssal Demons across Yuzhou. While the world fell into turmoil and Zhang Qingyuan cultivated in seclusion, he refined the remaining World Origin Power and increased his Magic Power by thirty percent.

• Only the three Myriad Transformations Realm Titans of the Cloud Water Sect escaped the Black Abyss Forbidden Area, which became a demon den spewing Abyssal Demons.
• Abyssal Demon attacks spread across Yuzhou, forcing families, sects, and other forces to abandon places rich in Spiritual energy and flee.
• Yan Kuangtu broke into Cave True Realm mid-stage and killed an Abyssal Demon commander, while a Rogue Cultivator who obtained an Ancient Inheritance became a Half-step Myriad Transformations Realm Alliance Leader.
• Zhang Qingyuan secluded himself in the Cloud Water Sect's grotto-heaven to refine the World Origin Power left in his body.
• After half a month of cultivation, Zhang Qingyuan completely digested the remaining World Origin Power and increased his Magic Power by thirty percent.

After recovering from his battle and absorbing its lessons, Zhang Qingyuan emerged from a year of seclusion stronger but still unable to defeat Yuzhou’s Abyssal Demon King. Suspecting the Cloud Water Sect’s ancient ruins came from the Taiyi Immortal Sect, he went to ask Old Ancestor Dan Yang about them.

• Zhang Qingyuan wondered about the World Origin Power left by Abyssal Demons and realized it had greatly increased his magic power.
• Zhang Qingyuan considered hunting the Dimensional Demon King sealed in the Black Abyss Forbidden Area, but decided to recover and grow stronger first.
• Zhang Qingyuan suspected the Cloud Water Sect’s ancient ruins were a remnant of the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s lineage and resolved to investigate them.
• Zhang Qingyuan spent a year in seclusion recovering from his injuries and digesting the battle, emerging stronger.
• Zhang Qingyuan concluded he still could not fully defeat Yuzhou’s Abyssal Demon King and went to ask Old Ancestor Dan Yang about the ancient ruins.

Zhang Qingyuan hurried to the Divine Wood Secret Realm after learning that Abyssal Demons threatened the ruins of the Taiyi Immortal Sect. He met the ancient being dwelling within the realm, whose shock at his growth left their conversation in deathly silence.

• Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Dao Venerable Xuan Su told Zhang Qingyuan that Abyssal Demons were targeting the ruins and urged him to seek help from the being in the Divine Wood Secret Realm.
• Zhang Qingyuan rushed to Tianmu Peak, greeted Daoist Tongmu, and entered the Divine Wood Secret Realm without waiting for its scheduled opening.
• Zhang Qingyuan called out to the being in the realm, entered a space vortex, and found a colossal tree that seemed to sustain an entire world.
• The ancient being recognized Zhang Qingyuan and was astonished that he had reached such a high realm in just over two hundred years.
• Zhang Qingyuan explained that more than two hundred years had passed since their last meeting, and the world fell silent.

The Heavenly Godly Wood was astonished by Zhang Qingyuan’s achievements over the past two hundred years, including his mastery of the Five Elements and Yin Yang Great Daos and his powerful physique. After hearing why Zhang Qingyuan sought advice about the Taiyi Sect, it assured him he could enter its grotto-heaven and find an Immortal Scripture connected to him by karma.

• The Heavenly Godly Wood asked Zhang Qingyuan whether spiritual energy had resurged or the Upper Realm had reopened, and Zhang Qingyuan explained that the Mo Calamity had instead depleted Yuzhou’s spiritual energy.
• The Heavenly Godly Wood realized Zhang Qingyuan had mastered the Five Elements and Yin Yang Great Daos and nearly perfected the Glazed Golden Body in only two hundred years.
• Zhang Qingyuan explained that he wanted to visit the Taiyi Sect for a way to strengthen himself against the Dimensional Demon King’s impending escape.
• The Heavenly Godly Wood told Zhang Qingyuan he would be allowed into the Taiyi Sect’s grotto-heaven and that its Immortal Scripture had a karmic connection to him.

Yan Kuangtu reflected on how far That Person had surpassed him while the Cloud Water Sect’s defenders recovered from a devastating battle at Kunwu Mountain. As four Abyssal Demon commanders prepared another assault, Yan Kuangtu rallied the cultivators to brace for the attack.

• The Cloud Water Sect cultivators cleared corpses and repaired their defenses after repelling a fierce strange-beast assault.
• Yan Kuangtu watched the four Abyssal Demon commanders gather more beasts and feared the damaged formation might not withstand their next attack.
• Yan Kuangtu recalled that he and That Person had entered the Cloud Water Sect together, but That Person had risen from an obscure disciple to a Myriad Transformations Realm Titan.
• Yan Kuangtu admitted that his hope of surpassing That Person had been shattered when That Person returned and revealed a fraction of his power.
• Yan Kuangtu noticed the Abyssal Demons preparing to attack again and ordered all personnel to stay alert.

Golden Saint Dao Venerable fled Yuzhou to escape the Cloud Water Sect and headed for a secret route through the Boundary Sea, unaware that the path was blocked by the Holy Buddha Son. The monk sought passage to pursue the remaining descendants of the Great Desolate Dynasty, but the Demon King refused and prepared to attack.

• Golden Saint Dao Venerable recalled how Zhang Qingyuan and the Cloud Water Sect had defeated their alliance, leaving him the sole survivor hiding in the far north.
• Golden Saint Dao Venerable decided to leave Yuzhou using a secret route through the chaos of the Boundary Sea that he had learned from Ning Bufu.
• Golden Saint Dao Venerable vowed to return after reaching the Nine Continents and attaining the Heavenly Human Realm, then set out for the route.
• The Holy Buddha Son confronted a Demon King at the other end of the route and asked to pass so he could pursue the remaining descendants of the Great Desolate Dynasty.
• The Demon King refused, claiming the Holy Buddha Son would become his blood food, and the monk silently resolved to act.

Yan Kuangtu fought three late Cave True Realm Abyssal Demon Generals to protect Kunwu Mountain, but their combined attacks left him gravely wounded and near defeat. After ordering the Cloud Water Sect Cultivators to retreat, he burned himself to unleash power beyond his peak and prepared to fight for his life.

• Yan Kuangtu endured repeated attacks from the Abyssal Demon Generals, suffering severe injuries and being driven back.
• A Cave True Realm Cloud Water Sect Cultivator rushed to reinforce Yan Kuangtu, but a black Light Pillar struck him down and left his life uncertain.
• People below praised Yan Kuangtu's strength and recalled that he remained beneath That Person's shadow.
• The three Abyssal Demon Generals overwhelmed Yan Kuangtu, forcing him to order the Cloud Water Sect Cultivators on Kunwu Mountain to retreat.
• Yan Kuangtu burned himself to summon power beyond his peak and resolved to fight the Abyssal Demon Generals to the death.

Zhang Qingyuan arrived at Kunwu Mountain and effortlessly killed three late-stage Cave True Realm Abyssal Demons, then healed the wounded cultivators. After speaking with Yan Kuangtu, he entered the secret realm to seek the relic connected to the Cloud Water Sect’s ancestors.

• As Yan Kuangtu prepared to make a final stand, Zhang Qingyuan appeared and froze the world, then destroyed the three Abyssal Demons with a glance.
• Zhang Qingyuan praised the cultivators and healed their injuries, including Yan Kuangtu’s wounds and damage to his Divine Soul.
• Yan Kuangtu thanked Zhang Qingyuan and guided him toward the secret realm entrance while the others began clearing the battlefield.
• Zhang Qingyuan entered the secret realm, hoping the Taiyi Immortal Sect would not disappoint him.

Zhang Qingyuan entered the Taiyi Sect’s forbidden inheritance site and learned that his mastery of the Taiyi Spirit Refining Technique qualified him to take one of three trials. Confident his strength could overcome the highest grade, he chose to pursue the trial that granted an Immortal Scripture.

• Zhang Qingyuan entered the sealed cave on Kunwu Mountain and met a phantom that recognized his Taiyi Spirit Refining Technique.
• The phantom declared Zhang Qingyuan eligible to choose one Heavenly-, Earth-, or Human-grade trial for a Taiyi Sect inheritance.
• Zhang Qingyuan asked what each grade offered and whether he could obtain an Immortal Scripture or immortal arts.
• The phantom explained that the trials tested potential for the Heavenly Human Dao Ancestor, Myriad Transformations, and Cave True realms, and warned that the Heavenly trial could nearly kill him.
• Zhang Qingyuan judged that his combat strength made the highest trial attainable and chose the one that rewarded an Immortal Scripture.

Zhang Qingyuan chose to challenge the highest inheritance trial to obtain Taiyi Sect’s Immortal Scripture. He faced the Divine Guard Puppet, a Heavenly Human-level opponent, and met its attacks head-on, leaving the Formation Spirit Phantom stunned by the clash.

• Zhang Qingyuan rejected the three lower trials and chose the trial for Taiyi Sect’s Immortal Scripture.
• The Formation Spirit Phantom summoned a black-armored Divine Guard Puppet and explained that defeating it would qualify Zhang Qingyuan for the core immortal inheritance.
• The Divine Guard Puppet attacked Zhang Qingyuan with the power of a newly entered Heavenly Human.
• Zhang Qingyuan recognized the opponent’s weaknesses as a Puppet and decided to use it as a whetstone.
• Zhang Qingyuan and the Divine Guard Puppet exchanged several evenly matched blows that shattered the sky and collapsed vast stretches of land.
• The Formation Spirit Phantom stopped and stared in horror at the battle.

Zhang Qingyuan fought the Divine Guard Puppet to a standstill and found a weakness in its rigid attacks. After a devastating clash left both of them momentarily vulnerable, he seized his chance and sent his Spiritual Sense into the Puppet’s Niwan Palace to strike its core imprint.

• Zhang Qingyuan matched the Divine Guard Puppet’s Heavenly Human-level power with his refined Chaos Power, astonishing the Formation Spirit Phantom.
• The Formation Spirit Phantom suspected the Divine Guard Puppet had weakened and recalled that a sword-dao prodigy had taken the Supreme Annihilation Divine Heavenly Sword several hundred years earlier.
• Zhang Qingyuan studied the Puppet through hundreds of exchanges and identified a flaw in its stiff, monotonous attacks.
• Zhang Qingyuan combined his Immeasurable Maha Golden Body and Glazed Golden Body to meet the Puppet’s punch head-on, cracking his body but knocking the Puppet backward.
• Zhang Qingyuan used the instant the Puppet stiffened to drive his Spiritual Sense into its Niwan Palace and attack its core imprint.

Zhang Qingyuan tried to seize control of the Divine Guard Puppet, but touching its core seal unleashed a wisp of Immortal Qi that nearly destroyed his Divine Soul. He survived by comprehending and deploying the Demonic Immortal Scripture, then claimed the Puppet as his own.

• Zhang Qingyuan found the Divine Guard Puppet's core and reached for the ancient seal Rune controlling it.
• The seal released a wisp of Immortal Qi that attacked Zhang Qingyuan's Spiritual Sea and threatened to annihilate his Divine Soul.
• Facing death, Zhang Qingyuan comprehended the Demonic Immortal Scripture and unleashed Devouring God Return to Ruins to swallow the Immortal Qi.
• Zhang Qingyuan stripped the seal of its Divine Soul imprint and took control of the Divine Guard Puppet.

Zhang Qingyuan subdued the Heavenly Human-level Divine Guard Puppet but struggled to contain the wisp of Immortal Qi he had devoured. As he refined the Qi and drew on his accumulated insights, the Formation Spirit Phantom was left stunned by his victory.

• Zhang Qingyuan seized control of the Divine Guard Puppet after using the Demonic Immortal Scripture’s Devouring God Return to Ruins to devour the Immortal Qi threatening him.
• The Immortal Qi retaliated inside Zhang Qingyuan’s dantian, while his injuries from the fight left his aura unstable.
• Zhang Qingyuan sat cross-legged in the void and poured his Magic Power into suppressing and refining the Immortal Qi.
• Zhang Qingyuan drew on decades of study and his earlier encounter with Immortal Qi as he absorbed insights from the refining process.
• The Formation Spirit Phantom, which had expected Zhang Qingyuan to die in the trial, was astonished that he had defeated and refined the Divine Guard Puppet.

The Formation Spirit recognized that Zhang Qingyuan’s strength might let him defeat the enemy trapped beneath the Taiyi Sect Ruins and asked him for help. After Zhang Qingyuan suppressed the Immortal Qi within him and passed the trial, the Formation Spirit began explaining how the Taiyi Sect had fallen and its enemy had been trapped.

• The Formation Spirit recalled its failed attempt to recruit Qi Yiming and feared that the enemy imprisoned beneath the ruins would eventually escape.
• Zhang Qingyuan spent several days suppressing the Immortal Qi he had absorbed, gaining insight into its mysteries.
• The Formation Spirit congratulated Zhang Qingyuan for passing the trial and acknowledged his ability to contend with a Heavenly Human and seize the Divine Guard Puppet.
• Zhang Qingyuan asked about the Taiyi Sect’s Immortal Scripture, and the Formation Spirit said it needed his help before granting him access.
• The Formation Spirit recounted how a powerful enemy destroyed the Taiyi Sect six thousand years earlier but became trapped in the Kunwu Mountain Secret Realm Grotto-Heaven during the sect’s final counterattack.

Zhang Qingyuan learned that obtaining the Taiyi Sect's Immortal Scripture required defeating a long-imprisoned enemy nearing the Heavenly Human Realm, while the Divine Guard Puppet's power source was almost depleted. The Formation Spirit Phantom offered him resources and the Cave Heaven World as rewards for victory, but Zhang Qingyuan recognized the offered World Origin Power as the same blue liquid he had obtained from a Myriad Transformations Realm Abyssal Demon.

• Zhang Qingyuan discovered that the Divine Guard Puppet's golden crystal had less than one-tenth of its energy remaining and decided to keep the puppet sealed unless absolutely necessary.
• The Formation Spirit Phantom explained that the enemy trapped before the hidden realm's gate was nearing the Heavenly Human Realm and had a formidable Dao Heart.
• The Formation Spirit Phantom offered Zhang Qingyuan the Immortal Scripture, mastery of the Cave Heaven World, and everything within it if he defeated the enemy.
• Zhang Qingyuan told the Formation Spirit Phantom that the Divine Guard Puppet's core crystal was nearly depleted and asked whether it could provide another power source.
• The Formation Spirit Phantom gave Zhang Qingyuan a Spirit Crystal and a bottle of World Origin Power, saying they could power the puppet for half an hour.
• Zhang Qingyuan recognized the blue liquid as the same substance he had obtained after killing a Myriad Transformations Realm Abyssal Demon.

Zhang Qingyuan accepted the Formation Spirit Phantom’s terms and entered the sealed space to confront Elder Konghai, an ancient powerhouse whose strength approached the Heavenly Human Realm. Konghai attacked him immediately, and their clash tore open the sky before the space rapidly healed around them.

• Zhang Qingyuan took the Spirit Crystal and World Origin Power essence, then followed the Formation Spirit Phantom through a Space Channel.
• The Formation Spirit Phantom warned Zhang Qingyuan that Elder Konghai had destroyed the Taiyi Sect and might now rival a Heavenly Being.
• Elder Konghai sensed a change in his prison and prepared for the arrival of a visitor.
• Zhang Qingyuan emerged from a Space Channel, and Elder Konghai attacked him with a Sky-Covering Hand.
• Zhang Qingyuan countered with a Great Sun Wheel, and their collision shattered the sky before the surrounding space quickly recovered.

Zhang Qingyuan discovered that the Years Mist made Elder Konghai’s prison nearly impossible to escape, then refused Konghai’s offer to join forces and fought him. Their first exchange left Zhang Qingyuan impressed by Konghai’s near-limit Vast Sea Great Dao, while Konghai grew jealous and resolved to kill him before launching another attack.

• Zhang Qingyuan realized that the Years Mist rapidly repaired any damage to the prison and understood why Elder Konghai had been trapped for thousands of years.
• Elder Konghai offered Zhang Qingyuan a partnership to break the Years Grand Formation, but Zhang Qingyuan refused and attacked, citing his promise and his duty to Yuzhou.
• Zhang Qingyuan and Elder Konghai clashed, and the exchange tore open the Years Mist before the prison began to recover.
• The Formation Spirit Phantom watched the evenly matched fighters and hoped their battle would leave both wounded, giving it a chance to escape.
• Zhang Qingyuan judged that Konghai had nearly perfected his Vast Sea Great Dao, while Konghai was shocked by Zhang Qingyuan’s strength and became consumed by jealousy.
• Elder Konghai’s jealousy turned into murderous intent, and he unleashed a second, world-filling punch at Zhang Qingyuan.

Zhang Qingyuan fought Elder Konghai, whose Vast Sea Great Dao and blood-powered origin strike pushed him to the brink. Zhang Qingyuan met the attack with his Five Elements Samsara technique, and the two clashed in a blast that nearly shattered the Cave Heaven Relic, while the Formation Spirit Phantom watched and waited to claim the victor.

• Elder Konghai's Vast Sea Great Dao overwhelmed the surrounding vacuum, and Zhang Qingyuan realized how much a Great Dao cultivated near its limit could teach him.
• Zhang Qingyuan summoned his Five Elements Divine Wheel to dispel Elder Konghai's suppression, evaded his punch, and struck back with the Supreme Annihilation Divine Heavenly Sword.
• Elder Konghai sacrificed his origin to unleash a Blood Sea attack, and Zhang Qingyuan sensed the danger as the Vast Sea Great Dao formed a blood sun.
• Zhang Qingyuan used Great Zhou Heavenly Five Elements Samsara to meet Elder Konghai's blood-sun strike, and their collision nearly tore apart the Flowing Sands of Time trap and Cave Heaven Relic.
• The Formation Spirit Phantom marveled at the fighters' strength and decided the survivor would become its target.