Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingyuan confronted Chen Lei, the Black Prison Heavenly Prison’s warden, after Chen Lei descended and tried to stop the rescue of Qi Tiandao. Zhang Qingyuan launched a lethal sword strike as Chen Lei summoned the power of all nine prison levels, sending a terrifying disturbance across Shenjing.

• Chen Lei descended into the ninth prison level, suppressing the rescuers and prisoners with his Heavenly Human aura and declaring that he would stop them from freeing Qi Tiandao.
• Chen Lei formed a giant hand from the clouds and reached for Qi Tiandao and the Carefree Old Daoist’s group, but Zhang Qingyuan destroyed it with a punch.
• Zhang Qingyuan recognized that Chen Lei did not seem human and recalled his Sword Pellet from the Carefree Old Daoist.
• Zhang Qingyuan attacked Chen Lei with the Grass Character Sword Art’s One Sword of Spring and Autumn, making Chen Lei feel an unprecedented threat to his life.
• Chen Lei revealed his true body, gathered the power of all nine prison worlds, and unleashed a force whose disturbance spread across Shenjing.

Zhang Qingyuan killed Chen Lei with a single sword that shattered all nine levels of the Black Prison Heavenly Prison. With a terrifying presence from Shenjing awakening, he gathered the rescued cultivators into the Profound Heaven Mirror and fled beyond the heavens.

• Chen Lei unleashed the accumulated power of the Black Prison Heavenly Prison, but Zhang Qingyuan's sword struck him down and cleaved through all nine prison levels.
• Qi Tiandao and the other rescued cultivators witnessed Zhang Qingyuan's power and realized the sword was comparable to a peak Dao Integration Heavenly Being's strength.
• Zhang Qingyuan sensed a Void Sky-level presence awakening in Shenjing and urged the others to leave.
• The Great Zhou Divine Emperor's aura froze the rescued cultivators in fear, so Zhang Qingyuan used the Profound Heaven Mirror to take them in.
• Zhang Qingyuan glanced toward Shenjing and flew beyond the heavens.

Zhang Qingyuan stopped fleeing and confronted the Great Zhou Divine Emperor, whose strength rivaled a Void Heaven Heavenly Being. Their clash revealed that Zhang Qingyuan could contend with that level of power, and the emperor resolved to kill him.

• The Great Zhou Divine Emperor appeared before Zhang Qingyuan and accused him of breaking into the Black Prison Heavenly Prison and disrupting his plans.
• Zhang Qingyuan attacked with Great Zhou Heavenly Five Elements Samsara, combining his perfected Five Elements Great Dao and Immortal Qi.
• The Great Zhou Divine Emperor countered with a palm strike, and their collision shattered the surrounding void.
• Zhang Qingyuan was driven back eight steps while the Great Zhou Divine Emperor retreated one, but Zhang Qingyuan realized his strength had grown enough to contend with a Void Heaven Heavenly Being.
• The Great Zhou Divine Emperor recognized Zhang Qingyuan's Five Elements Great Dao and recalled his use of One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones, then decided to suppress and kill him personally.

Zhang Qingyuan battled the Great Zhou Divine Emperor across the heavens, while officials in Shenjing discussed the clash and secured the capital. Zhang Qingyuan unleashed the Immortal Technique Five Directions Great Annihilation, leaving the battle poised for its impact.

• The head of the Yin Yang Division, the Chief Embroidered-Clothes Guard Commander, and the master of the Black Ice Platform discussed the battle and decided to guard Shenjing and deal with threats in the capital.
• Zhang Qingyuan suffered damage from the Great Zhou Divine Emperor's attacks, but his Immaculate Golden Body endured the backlash of their Void Sky-level clashes.
• Zhang Qingyuan told the Great Zhou Divine Emperor he would end the battle, but the emperor refused to let him leave alive.
• Zhang Qingyuan unleashed his perfected Five Elements Great Dao and a wisp of Immortal Qi, frightening the Great Zhou Dynasty's dragon energy.
• Zhang Qingyuan cast the Immortal Technique Five Directions Great Annihilation.

Zhang Qingyuan unleashed a Five Elements Immortal Technique that nearly killed the Great Zhou Divine Emperor, then escaped while the emperor remained near Shenjing. The injured emperor resolved to stop Zhang Qingyuan’s growth by sending someone after him.

• Zhang Qingyuan used his mastery of the Five Elements Great Dao and the Great Evolution Technique to cast the Five Elements Immortal Technique.
• The Great Zhou Divine Emperor countered with the Great Zhou Dynasty’s dragon qi, and their attacks collided with devastating force across Qingzhou.
• The Great Zhou Divine Emperor survived but suffered injuries and lost thirty percent of the dynasty’s destiny/luck.
• Zhang Qingyuan fled without leaving a trace, and the Great Zhou Divine Emperor chose not to pursue him because his power depended on remaining near Shenjing.
• The Great Zhou Divine Emperor devised a plan to have someone seek out Zhang Qingyuan.

After the Black Prison Heavenly Prison was devastated, the Great Zhou Divine Emperor met the Holy Maiden, who warned him about the Holy Cult’s plans. Aboard her warship, the Holy Maiden dismissed his attempt to blame Zhang Qingyuan and admitted that Zhang had caught her interest.

• The Great Zhou Divine Emperor arrived above the ruined Black Prison Heavenly Prison and discovered that its core was gone.
• The Holy Maiden appeared with a black-robed elder and reminded the Great Zhou Divine Emperor that he would face consequences if the Holy Cult’s plan failed.
• The Great Zhou Divine Emperor warned the Holy Maiden that Zhang Qingyuan’s strength might disrupt the plan, but she left without responding.
• Aboard the warship, the Holy Maiden called the Divine Emperor’s warning a clumsy attempt to divert disaster and said Zhang Qingyuan had piqued her interest.

Zhang Qingyuan escaped the Great Zhou Divine Emperor after their battle, then recovered his strength and advanced his understanding of the Five Elements Immortal Scripture. Back at the Flying Immortal Alliance, he learned a Heaven-Shaking secret from the Myriad Transformations Dao Venerables he had rescued.

• Zhang Qingyuan fled through the Void, confirmed the Great Zhou Divine Emperor was not pursuing him, and reunited with his two incarnations, whose power restored much of his strength.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized that casting the Five Elements Immortal Technique had raised his comprehension of the Five Elements Immortal Scripture to ninety-nine percent.
• Zhang Qingyuan traveled through a chaotic passageway toward the Flying Immortal Alliance.
• News spread across Qingzhou that Zhang Qingyuan had broken into the Black Prison Heavenly Prison, freed its prisoners, and escaped the Great Zhou Divine Emperor after their battle.
• Zhang Qingyuan returned to the Flying Immortal Alliance and learned a Heaven-Shaking secret from the rescued Myriad Transformations Dao Venerables.

After learning that the Great Zhou Divine Emperor had secretly imprisoned dozens of Myriad Transformations Dao Venerables, Zhang Qingyuan heard the survivors vow revenge. Carefree Old Daoist then summoned him to examine the gravely weakened Qi Tiandao, whose body was bound by indestructible chains of Great Zhou destiny.

• Dao Venerable Xuan Su and the other survivors told Zhang Qingyuan that the Great Zhou Divine Emperor had secretly captured nearly thirty Myriad Transformations cultivators and imprisoned them in the Black Prison Heavenly Prison.
• The old Dao master of Xuanqing Dao and other survivors called for revenge, while some warned that the Emperor remained powerful even without the dynasty's Destiny/Luck.
• Carefree Old Daoist urgently brought Zhang Qingyuan away from the survivors to help the unconscious Qi Tiandao.
• Carefree Old Daoist explained that golden chains inside Qi Tiandao were draining his strength and had resisted all attempts to break or refine them.
• Zhang Qingyuan examined Qi Tiandao and frowned as he saw the state of his body.

Zhang Qingyuan attempted to save Qi Tiandao from the curse Great Zhou Divine Emperor had planted in him, despite judging the chances of success to be under ten percent. He used his perfected Five Elements Great Dao and a wisp of Immortal Qi to suppress and refine the curse, while Carefree Old Daoist and Wu Fei watched in astonishment.

• Zhang Qingyuan examined the curse draining Qi Tiandao and warned Carefree Old Daoist that removing it would be extremely difficult.
• Wu Fei knelt and begged Zhang Qingyuan to try to save his master, and Zhang agreed despite the slim chance of success.
• Zhang Qingyuan sent away the assembled Flying Immortal Alliance members, leaving only Wu Fei and Carefree Old Daoist to witness his attempt.
• Zhang Qingyuan unleashed his perfected Five Elements Great Dao and formed a Heaven and Earth Furnace around Qi Tiandao.
• Zhang Qingyuan added a wisp of Immortal Qi to the furnace and began refining the foreign curse inside Qi Tiandao, leaving Wu Fei and Carefree Old Daoist stunned.

Zhang Qingyuan entered Qi Tiandao’s Sea of Consciousness and used the Five Elements Heaven and Earth Furnace to destroy the Great Zhou Divine Emperor’s curse, containing its self-destruction before it could tear apart Qi Tiandao’s consciousness. As Zhang Qingyuan spotted something through the shattered space, the Great Zhou Divine Emperor sensed the curse’s destruction and realized the young cultivator had grown stronger.

• Zhang Qingyuan entered Qi Tiandao’s consciousness space and sealed the golden dragon curse inside a Five Elements cage.
• Zhang Qingyuan pierced the dragon with a punch, and the wounded curse began to self-destruct.
• Zhang Qingyuan contracted the Five Elements Heaven and Earth Furnace to contain the explosion, clearing the curse while leaving Qi Tiandao’s Sea of Consciousness injured.
• The Carefree Old Daoist and Wu Fei were blasted away by the explosion’s residual power.
• Zhang Qingyuan noticed something through a shattered part of the consciousness space.
• The Great Zhou Divine Emperor sensed that his curse had been destroyed and concluded that Zhang Qingyuan had grown much stronger.

The Great Zhou Divine Emperor resolved to break free of the Imperial Dynasty’s Destiny/Luck restraints and kill Zhang Qingyuan, while Qi Tiandao awakened as an empty shell with only days to live. Before his death, Qi Tiandao began to explain the truth to Zhang Qingyuan and revealed that he was another incarnation of the Great Zhou Divine Emperor.

• The Great Zhou Divine Emperor judged Zhang Qingyuan a threat but believed the sect’s Holy Maiden might stop him, and planned to break free of the Imperial Dynasty’s Destiny/Luck restraints within three years.
• Qi Tiandao awakened after the imperial destiny power dissipated and told Zhang Qingyuan that his origin was gone and he had only two or three days to live.
• Qi Tiandao apologized to Zhang Qingyuan, then met with the Flying Immortal Alliance’s leaders to announce his impending death and arrange his final affairs.
• That night, Zhang Qingyuan met Qi Tiandao on a mountain peak, where Qi Tiandao revealed that he was another incarnation of the Great Zhou Divine Emperor.

Qi Tiandao revealed how the Great Zhou Divine Emperor had used clones and the Flying Immortal Alliance in a ten-thousand-year plan to escape his bond to the dynasty’s destiny and luck. Zhang Qingyuan learned that the Emperor’s scheme was near completion and involved sacrificing imprisoned cultivators and weakening Great Zhou.

• Zhang Qingyuan asked why Qi Tiandao’s goals conflicted with those of the Great Zhou Divine Emperor, whose clone he was.
• Qi Tiandao explained that the Divine Emperor had founded Great Zhou to use its destiny and luck to reach the Heavenly Being realm, then discovered the Land of Divine Ruins and obtained the One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones technique.
• Qi Tiandao revealed that the Divine Emperor had joined the Great Luo Venerable Cult and used its Three-Aspect Secret Technique to separate his past self, which became Qi Tiandao and was sent to infiltrate the Flying Immortal Alliance.
• Qi Tiandao said the Divine Emperor had secretly allowed Great Zhou to grow corrupt and used the Flying Immortal Alliance as a hidden weapon to weaken the dynasty’s destiny and luck.
• Qi Tiandao revealed that the Divine Emperor had imprisoned Myriad Transformations cultivators in the Black Prison Heavenly Prison to bear the backlash of severing his bond to Great Zhou, and that the plan was nearing success.

Qi Tiandao explained why his main body had taken his Dao Fruit and source Magic Power, then shared memories of his past with Zhang Qingyuan. Their conversation helped Zhang Qingyuan understand the importance of his true self, and Qi Tiandao gave him the Three-Aspect Secret Technique before fading away.

• Qi Tiandao explained that his main body had taken his Dao Fruit and source Magic Power but left his crippled shell alive because his past self was a burden to abandon.
• Qi Tiandao recalled watching the evening clouds with the woman he had loved, while Zhang Qingyuan listened beside him.
• Zhang Qingyuan reflected on his friends, family, and memories, and felt his Dao Heart become clearer as he understood where his true self lay.
• Qi Tiandao gave Zhang Qingyuan a Jade Slip containing the Three-Aspect Secret Technique and his cultivation insights.
• Zhang Qingyuan vowed to do his utmost to stop the Great Zhou Divine Emperor from bringing disaster upon the world, and Qi Tiandao faded away.

On a colossal warship, the Holy Maiden teased Guo Taiping by claiming she had fallen for Zhang Qingyuan, provoking him to rush off in jealous fury. After Guo Taiping left to confront Zhang Qingyuan, the Holy Maiden’s Fourth Uncle worried about the consequences and reflected on the unusual rise of young prodigies as the Immortal Contention Path approached.

• The Holy Maiden told Guo Taiping that she had fallen for a handsome cultivator named Zhang Qingyuan and wondered whether he would accept her confession.
• Guo Taiping recognized Zhang Qingyuan’s name, promised to assess him gently, then left the warship while privately vowing to kill him.
• The Holy Maiden’s Fourth Uncle emerged from the shadows and warned her that provoking Guo Taiping could cause trouble for the Great Luo Venerable Cult.
• The Holy Maiden insisted Guo Taiping had acted of his own accord, and Fourth Uncle withdrew after sensing the force of her innate charm.
• Fourth Uncle considered Zhang Qingyuan’s extraordinary rise among young cultivators and wondered whether he served an ancient holy land or an Upper Realm figure, noting that the interrupted Immortal Contention Path had made events more intriguing.

After Qi Tiandao’s death, Zhang Qingyuan studied the secret technique and inheritance left in his Jade Slip, rejecting the path of severing his past self. Qi Tiandao’s mnemonic helped Zhang Qingyuan resolve the final flaw in his understanding, and he completed the Five Elements Immortal Scripture.

• Zhang Qingyuan studied Qi Tiandao’s Three-Aspect Secret Technique and concluded that severing his past self would deny his identity and lead him astray.
• Zhang Qingyuan found Qi Tiandao’s warning about the dangers of revealing his perfected Five Elements Power and read the mnemonic, “The Dao is one, and it is also all.”
• Zhang Qingyuan spent three days using the Great Evolution Technique to ponder the mnemonic and realized that the Five Elements Great Dao was both unified and individually distinct.
• Zhang Qingyuan broke through his bottleneck and completed the Five Elements Immortal Scripture.

Forced conscription and elite excess drove Shenjing’s people into mass suffering, severely injuring the Great Zhou Dynasty’s dragon aura. The Great Zhou Divine Emperor used the dynasty’s weakness to sever his karmic bond to its destiny and vowed to kill Zhang Qingyuan, but Qi Tiandao arrived demanding to know where Zhang Qingyuan was.

• Forced labor to rebuild the Black Prison Heavenly Prison, along with the court’s defeat by the Flying Demon Alliance, left Shenjing’s poor starving, freezing, and dying while nobles feasted.
• The suffering and despair of the people weakened the Great Zhou Dynasty’s dragon aura, which cried out and fell into slumber.
• The Great Zhou Divine Emperor used the dynasty’s weakened destiny and his preparations to sever his karmic connection to it, becoming stronger instead of sharing its injury.
• The Great Zhou Divine Emperor seized the dim golden dragon and vowed to personally kill Zhang Qingyuan.
• Qi Tiandao burst into the Dragon Court and demanded that the Great Zhou Divine Emperor reveal where Zhang Qingyuan was.

The Great Zhou Divine Emperor left to pursue his secret plan, believing Guo Taiping would kill Zhang Qingyuan on his behalf. At the Flying Immortal Alliance, Zhang Qingyuan agreed to watch over the sect while the Carefree Old Daoist investigated the Great Zhou’s suspicious construction projects, but an attacker soon arrived and struck at Zhang Qingyuan.

• The Great Zhou Divine Emperor reflected on how he had manipulated Guo Taiping into targeting Zhang Qingyuan, then departed to continue his plan after severing his connection to Great Zhou’s Destiny/Luck.
• The Carefree Old Daoist told Zhang Qingyuan that the Flying Immortal Alliance Leader had been captured and that the Great Zhou’s mass construction projects might conceal a deeper scheme.
• Zhang Qingyuan recalled Qi Tiandao’s warning about the Great Zhou Divine Emperor’s true plan and urged the Carefree Old Daoist to proceed cautiously.
• A black-robed attacker broke through the Flying Immortal Alliance’s Mountain Protecting Formation and unleashed a devastating saber strike at Zhang Qingyuan.
• Zhang Qingyuan summoned his Sword Pellet and countered the attacker with a sword strike.

Guo Taiping attacked Zhang Qingyuan, accusing him of seducing his Junior Sister, and Zhang led him away from the Flying Immortal Alliance to prevent their battle from harming its cultivators. Beyond the Nine Heavens, Zhang reflected on the Chaotic Nothingness before Guo caught up and their great battle began.

• Guo Taiping’s blade collided with Zhang Qingyuan’s attack, shattering the void, and Zhang confined the destructive impact to protect the Flying Immortal Alliance.
• Guo accused Zhang of seducing his Junior Sister and charged at him again, so Zhang flew toward the Nine Heavens to move their fight away from the sect.
• The two Heavenly Being-level fighters vanished into the sky, leaving the people of the Flying Immortal Alliance shaken as the torn space slowly healed.
• Beyond the Nine Heavens, Zhang Qingyuan marveled at the chaotic stars and resolved to reach the Outer Heavens one day.
• Guo Taiping caught up with Zhang, who wielded the Sword Pellet and unleashed Chaos Power as their battle erupted.

Zhang Qingyuan clashed with Guo Taiping, a powerful cultivator from the Great Luo Venerable Cult, and learned that Guo’s jealousy-fueled cultivation method amplified his strength. As Guo unleashed his Immortal Scripture, Zhang Qingyuan prepared to counter with Chaos Power, and their battle remained unresolved.

• Zhang Qingyuan exchanged blows with Guo Taiping and realized that the seemingly peak Dao Integration cultivator could match a void sky-level opponent.
• Guo Taiping identified himself as a member of the Great Luo Venerable Cult and said he had come to kill Zhang Qingyuan for cultivation.
• Guo Taiping explained that he cultivated the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Chapter of the Great Luo Immortal Scripture, which drew power from extreme emotions.
• Zhang Qingyuan inferred that Guo Taiping had grown jealous after hearing about him from a Junior Sister and recognized the dangers of the Great Luo Venerable Cult’s cultivation method.
• Guo Taiping’s jealousy surged, multiplying his aura, while Zhang Qingyuan resolved to avoid revealing his Five Elements methods and gathered Chaos Power to fight back.

Zhang Qingyuan fought Guo Taiping in the Nine Heavens Above, but Guo’s Great Luo Immortal Scripture overwhelmed his Chaos Power and drove him back. Unable to keep defending with his current techniques, Zhang decided to reveal the Five Elements Immortal Scripture and end the battle quickly before anyone could learn his secret.

• Zhang Qingyuan’s Chaos Power clashed with Guo Taiping’s Immortal Scripture, but Guo pierced through it and sent him flying back.
• Zhang Qingyuan steadied himself with his Immaculate Golden Body, but Guo Taiping immediately attacked with a blood-colored blade strike.
• Zhang Qingyuan countered with the Supreme Annihilation Divine Heavenly Sword, but Guo shattered it and pressed his attack onward.
• Zhang Qingyuan used the incomplete Yin Yang Immortal Method’s Taiji Diagram to block the remaining blade force, but the impact wounded him and dimmed his golden light.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized Guo Taiping would wear him down and decided to use the Five Elements Immortal Scripture, intending to conceal it and destroy every trace.