Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingyuan and Elder Konghai stopped their battle after realizing the array spirit had trapped them both, then joined forces to break the Time Sand prison. As they shattered the formation, Zhang Qingyuan reflected on Elder Konghai’s connection to Ning Bufu and the secrets surrounding the Taiyi Sect’s destruction.

• After thousands of exchanges, Elder Konghai called for a truce, and Zhang Qingyuan used the pause to recover and absorb their battle experience.
• Elder Konghai warned Zhang Qingyuan that the array spirit had reinforced the prison and trapped him too; Zhang Qingyuan received no answer when he tried contacting it.
• Elder Konghai offered to help Zhang Qingyuan escape and promised connections to Ning Bufu and a route to the Nine Continents Continent, while privately considering whether to honor his promises.
• Zhang Qingyuan agreed to cooperate, reflecting that Ning Bufu had died by his hand and wondering why Ning Bufu and Elder Konghai had joined forces to destroy the Taiyi Sect.
• Zhang Qingyuan and Elder Konghai attacked the cyclical space together, tearing through the white mist and weakening the Time Sand prison.
• The array spirit tried to gather the Cave Heaven Relic’s restrictions to seal them away, but the collapsing prison drained its power and ruined its plan to seize a body.

Zhang Qingyuan and Elder Konghai escaped the Years Prison, but Konghai immediately betrayed him and attacked to seize his Origin Gold Sword Pellet. Their battle revealed that both had concealed their strength, leaving the array spirit hoping they would weaken each other.

• After Zhang Qingyuan and Elder Konghai broke free of the Years Prison, Elder Konghai ambushed Zhang Qingyuan, but Zhang dodged and counterattacked with the Sword Pellet.
• Elder Konghai recognized the Origin Gold Sword Pellet, concluded Zhang Qingyuan had killed Ning Bufu, and revealed that he and Ning Bufu had received guidance from a powerful existence.
• Elder Konghai reneged on his promises and attacked Zhang Qingyuan, while the array spirit watched and hoped their fight would leave them both severely injured.
• Zhang Qingyuan and Elder Konghai clashed, and Zhang Qingyuan discovered that Konghai had been suppressing his strength; Zhang then revealed his own Taiji power and matched Konghai's attack.
• Elder Konghai realized Zhang Qingyuan had also concealed his strength and never trusted their supposed cooperation, and his killing intent toward Zhang intensified.

Elder Konghai used his One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones technique to surround Zhang Qingyuan with two equally powerful avatars, but Zhang Qingyuan countered their assault with the Yin Yang Immortal Method and exposed the technique’s flaw. He turned the avatars against Elder Konghai and killed him with his Sword Pellet, though he was injured in the battle.

• Elder Konghai revealed his One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones technique and attacked Zhang Qingyuan alongside two equal-strength avatars.
• Zhang Qingyuan summoned the Taiji Diagram from the Yin Yang Immortal Method and nullified the three figures’ combined Vast Sea Great Dao attack.
• Elder Konghai unleashed his Heavenly Heart Dao Seal, broke the Taiji Diagram, and pressed his attack against Zhang Qingyuan.
• Zhang Qingyuan used the Demonic Immortal Scripture—Mind-to-Mind Crossing to make Elder Konghai’s two avatars turn their attacks on their true body.
• Zhang Qingyuan endured the weakened attack, then sent his Sword Pellet through Elder Konghai’s head and destroyed his Divine Soul.

Zhang Qingyuan killed Elder Konghai after a hard-fought battle, then absorbed his dissipating avatars to study their Vast Sea Great Dao. Though injured and suffering from clashing powers, he looked beyond the heavens, expecting the array spirit to emerge now that Elder Konghai was dead.

• Zhang Qingyuan took Elder Konghai's storage device and pulverized his corpse to prevent any chance of resurrection.
• The death of Elder Konghai stirred blood-red phenomena across the Void Sky, and Zhang Qingyuan reflected on how the Demonic Immortal Scripture had helped him win.
• Zhang Qingyuan considered following Elder Konghai's example by perfecting the seven Great Daos of Yin Yang and the Five Elements before pursuing the Chaos Great Dao.
• Zhang Qingyuan used Demonic Immortal Scripture · Devouring God Return to Ruins to swallow Elder Konghai's two fading avatars and their Vast Sea Great Dao.
• The swallowed Great Dao clashed with the Immortal Qi in Zhang Qingyuan's dantian, worsening his unstable condition, but he looked beyond the heavens for the array spirit.

Zhang Qingyuan thwarted the formation spirit’s attempt to possess him by using the Divine Guard Puppet to destroy the grand formation’s core. He erased the spirit and confirmed that the threat in Taiyi Cave Heaven was over.

• The formation spirit mobilized the grand formations to seal Zhang Qingyuan’s power and tried to possess his body.
• Zhang Qingyuan revealed that he had anticipated the betrayal and prepared a backup plan before fighting Elder Konghai.
• The Divine Guard Puppet, secretly sent ahead by Zhang Qingyuan, shattered the core of the Taiyi Sect grand formation.
• The damage to the core opened a hole in the formation spirit and stopped its attack.
• Zhang Qingyuan erased the formation spirit and breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang Qingyuan destroyed the formation spirit and survived the collapse of the Taiyi Sect Cave Heaven Relic formation, then examined Elder Konghai’s notes. He discovered that One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones came from the Upper Realm and that its origin connected Elder Konghai and Ning Bufu to a mysterious, powerful figure.

• Zhang Qingyuan destroyed the formation spirit, leaving the Taiyi Sect Cave Heaven Relic without a threat and triggering the formation’s uncontrolled collapse.
• Zhang Qingyuan recovered his strength and inspected Elder Konghai’s Storage Bag, finding cultivation notes but few material resources.
• Zhang Qingyuan learned that Elder Konghai had received the original One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones technique from the Upper Realm and later greatly improved it.
• Zhang Qingyuan found clues that Ning Bufu had shared Elder Konghai’s opportunity and obtained the Origin Gold Sword Pellet.
• Zhang Qingyuan searched the Jade Slips for details but found that records of the Upper Realm figure were vague, suggesting a power capable of erasing memories.

After uncovering Elder Konghai’s records, Zhang Qingyuan realized that powerful figures from the Upper Realm had shaped the Azure Realm’s history and might threaten his future. He gathered the Taiyi Sect’s remaining treasures, obtained the Taiyi Immortal Scripture, and returned to the Cloud Water Sect.

• Zhang Qingyuan learned from Gui Yuanxin’s memories and Elder Konghai’s records that an Immortal Venerable had severed the Azure Realm’s connection to the Upper Realm and that Upper Realm figures had directed the destruction of the Taiyi Sect.
• Zhang Qingyuan resolved to become an Immortal, discover the secret of his transmigration, and cultivate Yin Yang and the Five Elements Dao Laws toward the Chaos Great Dao.
• Zhang Qingyuan assessed his gains, including a Divine Guard Puppet, Immortal Qi, World Origin Power, and the nearly complete Vast Sea Great Dao.
• Zhang Qingyuan explored the Taiyi Sect’s Cave Heaven Secret Realm, where backlash from the damaged formations had destroyed many treasures and spiritual medicines.
• Zhang Qingyuan passed the trials in the Inheritance Secret Ground, obtained the Taiyi Immortal Scripture, and returned from Kunwu Mountain to the Cloud Water Sect.

Zhang Qingyuan returned from Kunwu Mountain through a Yuzhou devastated by Abyssal Demons and Magic Beasts, determined to strengthen himself enough to confront the Abyssal Demon King. At the Cloud Water Sect, he found refugees gathering below and the Sect preparing to relocate, then entered its great hall and was welcomed by his Senior Brother.

• The Yuzhou Dao Alliance suffered a crushing defeat, leaving most of Yuzhou engulfed in war against Abyssal Demons and Magic Beasts.
• Zhang Qingyuan hurried back to the Cloud Water Sect instead of stopping to help fleeing people, planning to absorb his gains and eventually confront the Abyssal Demon King.
• Zhang Qingyuan returned to find Cloud Water Sect Disciples and Deacons packing valuables as countless refugees gathered below the Sect Gate.
• Zhang Qingyuan learned from the refugees that the Cloud Water Sect was preparing to withdraw and entered the great hall.
• Zhang Qingyuan's Senior Brother greeted him and said he had been worried something had happened to him.

Dao Venerable Xuan Su told Zhang Qingyuan that the Dao Alliance had been routed by Abyssal Demons and that the Cloud Water Sect was preparing to leave Yuzhou. Zhang Qingyuan said he could stand against the Dimensional Demon King after digesting his gains, and Xuan Su decided to buy him time to cultivate.

• Dao Venerable Xuan Su explained that the Black Abyss seal was weakening and the Dao Alliance had formed to resist the growing Mo Calamity.
• Wang Xuanji led the Dao Alliance army into battle, but Abyssal Demon Generals and an overwhelming Magic Beast force defeated it and shattered the cultivators' resolve.
• Dao Venerable Xuan Su said the Cloud Water Sect was preparing to abandon Yuzhou because the Dimensional Demon King might soon break free.
• Zhang Qingyuan reassured Dao Venerable Xuan Su that he could stand against the Dimensional Demon King after digesting his gains from the Taiyi Sect Ruins.
• Dao Venerable Xuan Su agreed to gather the Sect's strength and defend Yuzhou while Zhang Qingyuan entered seclusion to cultivate.

Zhang Qingyuan chose to refine World Origin Power to strengthen himself against the Abyssal Demon King, while preserving the Spirit Crystal as backup energy for the Divine Guard Puppet. He began absorbing the World Origin Power, and his aura steadily increased.

• The Cloud Water Sect halted its relocation preparations, gathered forces, and built a strong defensive line near the Cloud Water Mountain Range on Myriad Transformations Dao Venerable's orders.
• Zhang Qingyuan entered the Cloud Water Sect's Cave Heaven Secret Realm and decided to refine World Origin Power before studying his other gains from the Taiyi Sect Ruins.
• He chose to reserve the Spirit Crystal as backup energy for the Divine Guard Puppet and sealed the Immortal Stone in a black jade box.
• Zhang Qingyuan drank the jade bottle of World Origin Power and used a mysterious seal to refine it within his dantian.
• His aura rose steadily as the World Origin Power was refined.

As the Mo Calamity intensified, the Cloud Water Sect endured relentless attacks while Zhang Qingyuan remained in seclusion. Yan Kuangtu fought on the front lines, hoping Zhang Qingyuan would emerge with the power to end the crisis.

• A terrifying aura erupted above the Black Abyss Forbidden Area, and the Abyssal Demons and Magic Beasts across Yuzhou grew more numerous and attacked human strongholds.
• The Magic Beast tide destroyed cities and factions across Yuzhou, leaving the Cloud Water Sect to face the fiercest assault at the Border Pass.
• Yan Kuangtu defeated an Abyssal Demon and reflected on how studying the Dao Essence power Zhang Qingyuan had left behind had greatly strengthened him.
• Yan Kuangtu accepted that he could never catch up to Zhang Qingyuan, though striving against him had made Yan Kuangtu one of the Cloud Water Sect's strongest young cultivators.
• Yan Kuangtu charged into the Magic Beast horde, determined to buy Zhang Qingyuan time to emerge from seclusion and end the crisis.

Dao Venerable Xuan Su clashed with an Abyssal Demon power, then recovered from his injuries while reflecting on the demons’ strength and the mysteries surrounding them. His disciple questioned whether the Cloud Water Sect should risk everything resisting the demon tide while Qing Xuan Dao Ancestor remained in seclusion.

• A clash between a Cloud Water Sect great power and an Abyssal Demon tore open the sky, forcing cultivators and Magic Beasts to flee the battlefield.
• Dao Venerable Xuan Su revealed that an Abyssal Demon had left ominous demonic essence in his palm and credited Zhang Qingyuan’s guidance with helping him withstand the attack.
• Dao Venerable Xuan Su wondered why the Heavenly Dao did not suppress the foreign Abyssal Demons, then used his Magic Power and Dharma Principle to remove the demonic essence and recover.
• Dao Venerable Xuan Su told his disciple to rest, but the disciple asked why the Cloud Water Sect did not withdraw from the Yunzhou Mountain Range in case Qing Xuan Dao Ancestor failed.

Dao Venerable Xuan Su reassured the Cloud Water Sect that Zhang Qingyuan would overcome his bottleneck and stop the Abyssal Demon King, while worrying that he might not emerge from seclusion in time. In the Cave Heaven Secret Realm, Zhang Qingyuan finished refining World Origin Power and began investigating the Immortal Stone’s mysterious energy.

• Dao Venerable Xuan Su confronted his Core Disciple about doubts spreading through the Cloud Water Sect and allowed frightened members to flee overseas.
• Dao Venerable Xuan Su declared that Zhang Qingyuan would succeed, explaining that the Sect had halted its evacuation and built defensive lines to buy him time.
• The Core Disciple accepted Dao Venerable Xuan Su’s assurance and left to pass on his order.
• Dao Venerable Xuan Su worried that the Sect’s defenses might not hold long enough, especially after a Myriad Transformations Realm Abyssal Demon appeared.
• Zhang Qingyuan completed refining the bottle of concentrated World Origin Power, increasing his Magic Power by more than fifty percent, then examined the Immortal Stone and wondered about its power.

Zhang Qingyuan failed to refine the immortal stone with his Magic Power, so he used a wisp of immortal qi to make it resonate with the stone. A year later, the Cloud Water Sect’s defenses against the Abyssal Demon army were close to collapse, and the defenders feared the ancient demon would soon escape its seal.

• Zhang Qingyuan found that his Five Elements Furnace could not alter the immortal stone or release its nearly exhausted immortal essence.
• Zhang Qingyuan drew the immortal qi suppressed in his dantian into the Cloud Water Sect Secret Realm and brought it into contact with the immortal stone.
• The immortal qi and the stone resonated, beginning an unfathomable transformation as Zhang Qingyuan watched.
• A year passed, and the Cloud Water Sect’s defensive line grew increasingly precarious under the Abyssal Demon army’s relentless attacks.
• A scar-covered cultivator urged the exhausted defenders to hold out for Zhang Qingyuan, while another feared he would not have time to stop the ancient demon from breaking free.

The Abyssal Demon King broke free of his seal and ordered an invasion of the Cloud Water Sect, while Zhang Qingyuan emerged from seclusion after condensing his first wisp of Immortal Qi. The Demon King’s army advanced toward the Sect as Zhang Qingyuan prepared to confront it.

• The Abyssal Demon King emerged from the Black Abyss Forbidden Area and learned that the demons had taken seven-tenths of Yuzhou but had avoided attacking the Cloud Water Sect out of fear of Zhang Qingyuan.
• The Abyssal Demon King killed the Demon General who reported to him, condemned his subordinates for their cowardice, and ordered the demons to mobilize against the humans.
• The Abyssal Demon King’s forces and the Magic Beasts gathered and surged toward the Cloud Water Sect for a decisive battle.
• Zhang Qingyuan opened his eyes in the Cave Heaven Secret Realm after spending a year refining Immortal Essence into his first wisp of Immortal Qi.
• Zhang Qingyuan sensed the approaching Abyssal Demon King and declared that it was time to leave seclusion.

A terrifying Abyssal Demon king descended upon the border pass battlefront, overwhelming its defenders with darkness and pressure. Just as the cultivators were about to be consumed, a powerful voice shattered the darkness and divided the sky between blackness and golden light.

• The Abyssal Demon king’s immense darkness swept toward the border pass, freezing the exhausted cultivators and halting the fighting.
• Yan Kuangtu recognized the approaching presence as the Abyssal Demon king and despaired that he could not witness how far his longtime rival would go.
• The king commanded the cultivators to kneel, plunging their senses into darkness and threatening to drag anyone who obeyed into the abyss.
• An unseen speaker challenged the king, and a burst of power shattered the darkness and restored the cultivators’ senses.
• Golden divine light split the sky against the Abyssal Demon king’s darkness, dividing the world above the battlefront in two.

Zhang Qingyuan confronted the Abyssal Demon King, who offered him immortality in exchange for betraying the Azure Realm. Learning that the Myriad Worlds might offer a path home, Zhang Qingyuan rejected the offer and began fighting, while the battle’s aftershocks destroyed the defensive line and forced the cultivators to flee.

• The Abyssal Demon King revealed that it had taken human form to wield its power and invited Zhang Qingyuan to submit to its Emperor.
• The Abyssal Demon King spoke of the Myriad Worlds, giving Zhang Qingyuan renewed hope that he might return to his previous world.
• Zhang Qingyuan rejected the offer of borrowed immortality and declared that only battle would settle matters.
• Zhang Qingyuan and the Abyssal Demon King exchanged blows at tremendous speed, shattering the sky and unleashing destructive energy across the land.
• The battle’s aftershocks broke the defensive formations and drove the cultivators to flee; Dao Venerable Xuan Su shielded them and joined Old Ancestor Dan Yang on a mountain peak.

Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Dao Venerable Xuan Su watched Zhang Qingyuan battle the Abyssal Demon King, unable to follow their movements but confident in Zhang Qingyuan’s strength. Four Abyssal Demon Generals then appeared and attacked them, and the two prepared to hold them off while the survivors fled.

• Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Dao Venerable Xuan Su watched the devastating clash between Zhang Qingyuan and the Abyssal Demon King from afar.
• Dao Venerable Xuan Su said Zhang Qingyuan had grown strong enough to contend with the Abyssal Demon King, and Old Ancestor Dan Yang reflected that the Demon Generals had likely avoided the Sect because they feared Zhang Qingyuan.
• Four Abyssal Demon Generals appeared in the void and announced they would kill Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Dao Venerable Xuan Su before their King swept across the realm.
• Old Ancestor Dan Yang sent the nearby survivors ten li away, then joined Dao Venerable Xuan Su to face the four Demon Generals.

Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Dao Venerable Xuan Su faced four Abyssal Demon Generals until Xuan Su summoned Zhang Qingyuan’s incarnation to protect them. The incarnation revealed its limited Cave True Realm cultivation but showed it could still challenge the Demon Generals.

• Old Ancestor Dan Yang said he could not hold out long against the four Demon Generals, and Dao Venerable Xuan Su activated a Jade Talisman.
• A light figure resembling Zhang Qingyuan emerged, making the Demon Generals halt in alarm.
• One Demon General attacked the figure, but Zhang Qingyuan’s incarnation raised a barrier that blocked the claw strike.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s incarnation explained that it was only a Cave True Realm copy created with the One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones technique.
• Zhang Qingyuan reflected that the incarnation needed resources or centuries of meditation to approach his main body’s strength, and said it could still fight the Demon Generals.

Zhang Qingyuan and his allies fought the Abyssal demons while Zhang faced the Abyssal Demon King in the chaos. Zhang rejected the King’s offer and revealed power enough to make the King realize how much he had grown.

• Four Abyssal Demon Generals charged at Zhang Qingyuan, but Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Dao Venerable Xuan Su joined his avatar to fight them.
• Old Ancestor Dan Yang’s rescued companions withdrew from the battlefield, leaving the three allies to face the Generals.
• The Abyssal Demon King urged Zhang Qingyuan to join him and argued that crossing worlds was too perilous, but Zhang said he would break free through his own strength.
• Zhang Qingyuan countered the King’s Sky-Covering Hand with Great Zhou Heavenly Five Elements Samsara, and their collision drove them apart.
• The King claimed that people might sacrifice Zhang to pursue transcendence and cited the Huangtian Cult Master Ning Bufu; Zhang answered with a vast sword strike that nearly hit the King.
• The Abyssal Demon King realized that Zhang Qingyuan had grown strong enough to contend with him in only a few years.