Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingyuan fought the Abyssal Demon King, who revealed that the world’s path to immortality had been deliberately severed and hinted that the world was destined to perish. The chapter ended with the Abyssal Demon King questioning whether the Upper Realm’s ancient cultivation teachings and the ascension of the thirteen Immortal Venerables had truly benefited the Azure Realm.

• The Abyssal Demon King was shaken by Zhang Qingyuan’s rapid growth and retreated from his golden sword strike.
• The Abyssal Demon King told Zhang Qingyuan that an Upper Realm existence would descend as a Great Tribulation if he approached immortality, because the world’s path forward had been cut off.
• Zhang Qingyuan pressed the attack with his Origin Gold Sword Pellet and Chaos Power, but the Abyssal Demon King blocked him with a black spear and escaped their clashes.
• The Abyssal Demon King argued that the world was destined to perish and that its people might die in a future calamity regardless of Zhang Qingyuan’s choices.
• The Abyssal Demon King asked Zhang Qingyuan whether the Upper Realm’s spread of cultivation and the ascension of the thirteen Immortal Venerables had truly been acts of mercy.

Zhang Qingyuan reflected on why he had chosen to struggle in this world and concluded that the immortal sects had not spread cultivation out of compassion. The Abyssal Demon King warned that the Upper Realm had drained the Azure Realm of its harvest, leaving Zhang Qingyuan shaken by the prospect that his world was being consumed.

• The Abyssal Demon King asked whether Zhang Qingyuan would teach cultivation to mortals in a land with no cultivators, and Zhang Qingyuan recognized that he would not.
• Zhang Qingyuan recalled how he had once embraced a life of lying flat, then began striving after transmigrating because danger threatened his survival and the Proficiency Panel let him see his progress.
• Zhang Qingyuan reasoned that the immortal sects and the Primordial Immortal Venerable must have spread cultivation for their own benefit, not from great love.
• The Abyssal Demon King explained that the Upper Realm had treated the Azure Realm like a field, with thirteen True Immortals taking its harvest and leaving it to grow barren.
• Zhang Qingyuan fell silent as the Abyssal Demon King's warning that he could become raw material to fertilize the fields shook him.

Zhang Qingyuan challenged the Abyssal Demon King about his motives, but the Demon King revealed that he had been stalling while draining the strength of hundreds of millions of Magic Beasts. Zhang Qingyuan struck him with his powerful Grass Character Sword Art, and the distant Yuzhou cultivators were battered by the battle’s shockwaves.

• Zhang Qingyuan questioned the Abyssal Demon King’s account and demanded to know why the Abyssal Demons destroyed worlds.
• The Abyssal Demon King admitted that he had been stalling for time and claimed the Heavenly Dao might regard the demons as saviors.
• The Abyssal Demon King absorbed the demonic aura of hundreds of millions of Magic Beasts, draining their life force and greatly increasing his power.
• Zhang Qingyuan unleashed Grass Character Sword Art · Spring Autumn and struck the Abyssal Demon King with a devastating sword strike.
• The resulting explosion and storm reached the Yuzhou cultivators more than fifteen hundred li away, sweeping weaker cultivators into the sky.

Zhang Qingyuan’s sword attack failed to stop the Abyssal Demon King, who wounded him with a spear strike that pierced his defenses. Zhang Qingyuan moved a thousand li away to prepare for the unavoidable next attack, but the Demon King’s black-dragon spear surged after him as Yuzhou cultivators watched in terror.

• The Abyssal Demon King emerged unharmed from Zhang Qingyuan’s attack and announced that he would make the first move.
• The Demon King’s spear locked onto Zhang Qingyuan through causality and shattered his Five Elements defense before wounding his golden body.
• Zhang Qingyuan recognized the gap in their strength and resolved to risk his life as the Demon King prepared another strike.
• Zhang Qingyuan used Mayfly Between Heaven and Earth to retreat a thousand li, intending to widen the distance rather than escape the causal lock.
• The Abyssal Demon King’s spear transformed into a black dragon and chased Zhang Qingyuan across the void while distant Yuzhou cultivators sensed the battle’s terrifying power.

Zhang Qingyuan exhausted his strength battling the Abyssal Demon King and was impaled while stopping the demon king's spear. He trapped the spear long enough for his Divine Guard Puppet, fused with his avatar and empowered by Immortal Qi, to strike down the Abyssal Demon King.

• Zhang Qingyuan unleashed a series of supernatural abilities and immortal arts against the Abyssal Demon King's spear, but the attack destroyed them all.
• With his Magic Power depleted, Zhang Qingyuan caught the spearhead with his right hand, which the spear pierced through, then knocked the blow away from his head.
• Zhang Qingyuan used his glass-jade bones and injured hand to lock the spear in place and prevent the Abyssal Demon King from pulling it free.
• Zhang Qingyuan's avatar fused with the Divine Guard Puppet, whose remaining Immortal Essence let it reach the Heavenly Human level and prepare a final attack.
• Zhang Qingyuan released his condensed Immortal Qi to freeze the Abyssal Demon King for an instant, allowing the Divine Guard Puppet to pierce through and destroy him.

Zhang Qingyuan killed the Abyssal Demon King with a concealed Divine Guard Puppet, ending the battle and saving Yuzhou. He left to recover as the cultivators celebrated, and the reverence he received further strengthened his Dao Heart.

• Zhang Qingyuan realized the Divine Guard Puppet’s Immortal Qi-infused strike had been far more powerful than he expected, but set aside the mystery to tend to his injuries.
• Zhang Qingyuan confirmed that the Abyssal Demon King’s death had also wiped out the gathered Magic Beasts and Abyssal Demons, then left without taking any spoils.
• Zhang Qingyuan sent word to Old Ancestor Dan Yang, the other, and the Yunshui Sect Master that the battle was over.
• The Yunshui Sect Master relayed the news, and Yuzhou’s cultivators erupted in cheers for Dao Venerable Qing Xuan.
• Zhang Qingyuan heard the cheers as he traveled toward the Cloud Water Sect's Secret Realm, felt pleased, and continued on as his Dao Heart grew more resplendent.

After the Abyssal Demon King’s death, Yuzhou’s cultivators began reclaiming their homes while the Cloud Water Sect dealt with the aftermath. Zhang Qingyuan recovered in seclusion for several years, greatly advancing his Water Element Great Dao, though he regretted gaining no World Origin Power from the Abyssal Demon King.

• The Abyssal Demon King’s death and the destruction of the demonic source left Yuzhou’s Magic Beast threat greatly diminished.
• Yuzhou’s cultivators formed teams, returned to their former homes, and began clearing Magic Beasts and restoring their lands.
• The Cloud Water Sect divided abandoned lands and resources to recover from the battle’s costs.
• Zhang Qingyuan returned to the Cloud Water Sect’s Secret Realm and spent several years healing and cultivating in seclusion.
• Zhang Qingyuan used the demonic qi in his wounds to hone his Water Element Great Dao, bringing it close to Elder Konghai’s former level.
• Zhang Qingyuan lamented that killing the Abyssal Demon King had yielded no World Origin Power.

After recovering from his battle with the Abyssal Demon King, Zhang Qingyuan planned to investigate the Five Elements Realm for clues to the Five Elements Immortal Scripture and pursue his Chaos Great Dao. He left seclusion six years after the battle to find Yuzhou recovering from the Mo Calamity and his name revered as a legend.

• Zhang Qingyuan reflected on how the battle with the Abyssal Demon King had strengthened and refined his cultivation, though he preferred steady training to risking his life for breakthroughs.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided to investigate the Five Elements Realm for information about the Five Elements Immortal Scripture and planned to unite Yin and Yang with the Five Elements to form the Chaos Great Dao.
• Zhang Qingyuan considered the dangers and hidden schemes surrounding the path of ascension and resolved to continue following the difficult path he had chosen.
• Zhang Qingyuan left seclusion six years after the Abyssal Demon King's defeat, with his injuries fully healed.
• Yuzhou's cultivators gradually reclaimed their lands as the demonic aura and Magic Beasts receded, while Zhang Qingyuan became an immortal legend among them.

Zhang Qingyuan saw Cloud Water Sect recovering from the Mo Calamity and decided to restore Xuan Shui Sect in memory of his master, Daoist Ming Shui. After learning that Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Senior Brother Xuan Su were fighting a Myriad Transformations Realm Abyssal Demon at Golden Extremity Sect’s former grounds, he traveled to the Five Elements Realm and found the Five Elements Immortal Scripture.

• Zhang Qingyuan saw Cloud Water Sect’s mountains and Spirit Veins restored with the help of Spirit Plants, some of which had been cultivated using his techniques and Essence of Gui Water.
• Remembering Daoist Ming Shui’s wish to rebuild Xuan Shui Sect, Zhang Qingyuan decided he should fulfill it using Moon Liên Islands as a foundation.
• Zhang Qingyuan learned from the Sect Master that Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Senior Brother Xuan Su had gone to fight a Myriad Transformations Realm Abyssal Demon General at Golden Extremity Sect’s former Sect Gate.
• Zhang Qingyuan suspected there was an inside story behind the Abyssal Demon General’s presence and decided to investigate after obtaining the Five Elements Immortal Scripture.
• Zhang Qingyuan entered the Black Abyss Forbidden Area and used the Five Elements Tokens to open a cavern in the devastated Five Elements Realm.
• Zhang Qingyuan found the Five Elements Immortal Scripture hidden in the land of inheritance.

Zhang Qingyuan found a complete Five Elements Immortal Scripture and was nearly swept onto its predecessor’s path as he studied it. He realized the scripture was Daoizing him and pulled back before it could assimilate his Great Dao.

• Zhang Qingyuan compared the incomplete inheritances he had gathered with the complete Five Elements Immortal Scripture inscribed on the immortal stele.
• He studied the scripture’s Five Elements teachings and three supreme immortal methods, causing his comprehension and aura to surge.
• Zhang Qingyuan prepared to use the scripture’s path to break through the Heavenly Gate, but abruptly sensed that something was wrong.
• He recalled that powerful predecessors’ paths could Daoize later cultivators and assimilate their own Great Dao.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized the stele had nearly forced him to follow its predecessor and claim that Heavenly Human Dao Ancestor’s Dao Fruit.

Golden Saint Dao Venerable learned that Zhang Qingyuan had killed the Abyssal Demon King, but the Holy Buddha Son dismissed the feat as a result of the demon’s weakened state. The two planned to capture Cloud Water Sect cultivators at the Golden Extremity Sect Ruins and use them to lure Zhang Qingyuan into a trap.

• Golden Saint Dao Venerable extracted a middle-aged cultivator’s memories and discovered that Zhang Qingyuan had killed the Abyssal Demon King six years earlier.
• Golden Saint Dao Venerable recalled joining forces with the Holy Buddha Son, who also held a grudge against Zhang Qingyuan, to return to Yuzhou and kill him.
• The Holy Buddha Son argued that the Abyssal Demon King had been greatly weakened and insisted Zhang Qingyuan could not truly have reached the Heavenly Human Dao Ancestor realm.
• Golden Saint Dao Venerable proposed capturing Old Ghost Danyang and Xuan Su at the Golden Extremity Sect Ruins to lure Zhang Qingyuan into an ambush.
• The Holy Buddha Son agreed to the plan, and Golden Saint Dao Venerable declared that Zhang Qingyuan was doomed.

Golden Saint Dao Venerable doubted whether Holy Buddha Son could defeat Zhang Qingyuan, while a bound young man cursed them for plotting against the hero who had saved Yuzhou. Holy Buddha Son demonstrated the power of a Heavenly Human Dao Ancestor, reassuring Golden Saint Dao Venerable and leaving the young man in despair.

• The bound young man condemned Golden Saint Dao Venerable and Holy Buddha Son for scheming against Zhang Qingyuan, whom his family revered as the Immortal who had founded their inherited martial skill.
• Golden Saint Dao Venerable grew furious and prepared to kill the young man, but Holy Buddha Son calmed him with Buddhist power.
• Holy Buddha Son showed them a vision of himself slaying an Abyssal Demon King and explained the power of the Heavenly Human Dao Ancestor realm.
• Golden Saint Dao Venerable praised Holy Buddha Son as a legendary Buddha of the Heavenly Human Realm and lost his doubts.
• Holy Buddha Son displayed his strength to secure Golden Saint Dao Venerable's help in finding Zhang Qingyuan, while the young man sank into despair.

Zhang Qingyuan completed his Water Element Great Dao and found a way to remove the Five Elements Immortal Stele from the ruined realm. As he prepared to return to the Cloud Water Sect, a message arrived and provoked his fury.

• Zhang Qingyuan awakened from the Immortal Stele’s influence and advanced the Water Element Great Dao to perfection.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided the corrupted Five Elements Realm was unsuitable for cultivation and investigated whether he could move the Immortal Stele.
• After more than half a month, Zhang Qingyuan used the Five Elements Tokens and a Great Divine Ability to remove the Immortal Stele and seal it for transport.
• Zhang Qingyuan prepared to leave for the Cloud Water Sect, but a golden Messaging Talisman arrived.
• Zhang Qingyuan read the message and unleashed a terrifying aura, vowing that someone would pay.

Zhang Qingyuan learned that Golden Saint Dao Venerable had captured Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Xuan Su Old Ancestor to lure him into a trap. After seven days, Zhang Qingyuan arrived at the ruined Golden Extremity Sect and saw the two elders hanging from its highest peak.

• Zhang Qingyuan received news that Golden Saint Dao Venerable had captured Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Xuan Su Old Ancestor and demanded that he come alone to save them.
• Golden Saint Dao Venerable resolved to rebuild the Golden Extremity Sect and serve the Great Sumeru Temple in exchange for a chance to advance his cultivation.
• Golden Saint Dao Venerable met the Holy Buddha Son, who ordered him to hang the captives in a conspicuous place to ensure Zhang Qingyuan came.
• Seven days later, Zhang Qingyuan tore through the Ninth Heavens and arrived at the former Golden Extremity Sect Gate.
• Zhang Qingyuan saw Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Xuan Su Dao Ancestor hanging from the mountain, and stepped forward with killing intent.

Zhang Qingyuan rescued Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Dao Venerable Xuan Su, then faced Holy Buddha Son inside the Golden Bell Formation. Holy Buddha Son unleashed a Heavenly Human Realm attack, but Zhang Qingyuan shattered it with his Five Elements Immortal Scripture punch.

• Zhang Qingyuan cut through the Buddhist essence binding Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Dao Venerable Xuan Su and brought them to safety.
• Golden Saint Dao Venerable activated the Golden Bell Formation, trapping Zhang Qingyuan and the others within its hundred-li enclosure.
• Holy Buddha Son revealed himself as No-Mind and used his Buddhist power to inspire conversion among the spectators and overwhelm Golden Saint Dao Venerable.
• Holy Buddha Son grew angry at Zhang Qingyuan’s calm response and summoned a colossal Buddha phantom to strike him with a world-crushing palm.
• Zhang Qingyuan punched upward with the Five Elements Immortal Scripture, shattered the sky, and destroyed Holy Buddha Son’s attack, leaving him horrified.

Zhang Qingyuan shattered Holy Buddha Son’s ultimate technique and destroyed his golden body, but a Buddha phantom summoned by Holy Buddha Son’s hidden safeguard forced Zhang Qingyuan to escape the clash. He survived with the unconscious Golden Saint Dao Venerable, while Holy Buddha Son’s Divine Soul fled beyond pursuit.

• Zhang Qingyuan shattered Holy Buddha Son’s Great Sumeru Sacred Buddha Palm and struck him with a Five Elements Great Sun Star, exploding his head and leaving his body headless.
• Holy Buddha Son’s Divine Soul escaped from his body, and Zhang Qingyuan began to pursue him.
• Holy Buddha Son invoked a life-saving means that summoned a powerful Buddha phantom, forcing Zhang Qingyuan to vanish and send out two prepared One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones avatars.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s avatars attacked the Buddha phantom with Immortal Qi, and their collision devastated the region around the Golden Extremity Sect ruins.
• Zhang Qingyuan reappeared carrying the unconscious Golden Saint Dao Venerable and concluded that Holy Buddha Son had escaped, though only as a Divine Soul.

Zhang Qingyuan recovered a Buddha finger tied to Great Sumeru Temple and chose to remain in Yuzhou while he studied his many gains. After helping Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Dao Venerable Xuan Su recover, he perfected the Water Element Great Dao and greatly increased his strength.

• Zhang Qingyuan examined the Buddha finger and realized that its power could have badly injured him, raising his vigilance toward Great Sumeru Temple and his interest in Central Continent.
• Zhang Qingyuan carried the unconscious Golden Saint Dao Venerable out of the ruins with the rescued Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Dao Venerable Xuan Su, then returned to the Sect.
• Zhang Qingyuan spent six months using the Water Element Great Dao to erase the Buddha essence that Holy Buddha Son had left inside Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Dao Venerable Xuan Su.
• Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Dao Venerable Xuan Su stayed in seclusion to digest the benefits of their recovery while Zhang Qingyuan emerged from the Secret Realm.
• Zhang Qingyuan perfected the Water Element Great Dao, briefly influencing water-element cultivation across tens of thousands of miles and gaining the strength to contend with ordinary early Heavenly Human Realm Dao Ancestor Great Powers.

Fifty years after the Mo Calamity, Zhang Qingyuan had grown far stronger through secluded cultivation but reached a bottleneck. He decided to leave Yuzhou and explore the wider Azure Realm, with the ancient realm road used by the Golden Saint Dao Venerable drawing his interest.

• Two generations after the Mo Calamity, Yuzhou recovered as the Cloud Water Sect became the Cultivation World's holy land while Zhang Qingyuan remained in seclusion.
• Zhang Qingyuan made major progress in the Five Elements Immortal Scripture and other methods, though he had not reached the Heavenly Human Dao Ancestor realm.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized that his cultivation had reached a bottleneck and that he needed to leave seclusion to seek further insight.
• Zhang Qingyuan recalled learning from the Golden Saint Dao Venerable that the Holy Buddha Son belonged to the Great Sumeru Temple and had once sought him in Yunzhou.
• Zhang Qingyuan became interested in the ancient realm road connecting Yuzhou to another continent and decided it was time to leave Yuzhou.

Zhang Qingyuan rebuilt the Xuan Shui Sect in Yuzhou to fulfill his Master's final wish and prepared it to thrive without relying on his fame. After leaving extensive inheritances and plans for the sect, he left its future in the hands of its own cultivators.

• Zhang Qingyuan ordered the reorganization of the Yuelian Islands and the rebuilding of the Xuan Shui Sect, with help from Old Ancestor Dan Yang, Dao Venerable Xuan Su, and the Cloud Water Sect.
• The Xuan Shui Sect was successfully reestablished, though Zhang Qingyuan and the Cloud Water Sect's two Myriad Transformations Old Ancestors did not attend its founding ceremony.
• Zhang Qingyuan and Yang Wanying settled the sect's framework and development plans, and he refined the Water Element Lineage's inheritances with the Great Evolution Technique.
• Zhang Qingyuan placed advanced cultivation methods, his insights, and some of his own inheritances in the sect, concealing one legacy within the Scripture Pavilion for worthy readers to discover.
• Zhang Qingyuan left the Xuan Shui Sect to build its standing through its own strength, considering his Master's wish fulfilled.

After leaving inheritances in the Cloud Water Sect and arranging matters in Yuzhou, Zhang Qingyuan prepared to travel beyond the region in search of the Five Elements and Yin Yang Immortal Scriptures. Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Dao Venerable Xuan Su joined him, and the three departed together.

• Zhang Qingyuan left his cultivation insights in the deepest part of the Cloud Water Sect’s Inheritance Secret Realm, protected by tests of aptitude, perseverance, and comprehension.
• Zhang Qingyuan prepared to follow the ancient interrealm road, seek the Five Elements Immortal Scripture, and visit the secret realm containing the Yin Yang Immortal Method fragment.
• Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Dao Venerable Xuan Su asked Zhang Qingyuan to let them travel with him beyond Yuzhou and Haizhou to seek opportunities and meet other cultivators.
• Zhang Qingyuan agreed to travel with Old Ancestor Dan Yang and Dao Venerable Xuan Su, and the three flew beyond the horizon.