Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingyuan arrived with Shen Zheng, Yan Beigui, and Murong Yue at the battlefield over Heaven-Crossing Mountain’s Spirit Stone Vein, where the Nine Continents Chamber of Commerce and Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain were already fighting. Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain’s leaders appeared to confront them, and Zhang Qingyuan faced the furious Lei Yingzi as the standoff began.

• Zhang Qingyuan saw the devastation of the battlefield below and learned from Shen Zheng that the two sides were fighting over a Spirit Stone Vein.
• Zhang Qingyuan reflected on how his strength had lifted him above the cultivators fighting below, while recognizing the gulf between high- and low-level cultivators.
• The Thunder King Old Ancestor, Lei Song, Lei Mie, and Lei Chen arrived with Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain’s forces, and Shen Zheng identified the leaders and Zhang Qingyuan’s likely opponent.
• Shen Zheng traded insults with the Thunder King Old Ancestor as Heavenly Beings from both factions assembled and formed a standoff.
• Lei Yingzi recognized Zhang Qingyuan and vowed to kill him, while Zhang Qingyuan calmly accepted the challenge.

Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain's leaders discussed Zhang Qingyuan and decided Lei Chen should kill him to claim his momentum before challenging Murong Yue. Lei Chen accepted, confident that Zhang Qingyuan was no threat as the Nine Continents Chamber of Commerce's contest approached.

• The Thunder King Old Ancestor recognized Zhang Qingyuan as the man who had humiliated Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain, and Lei Yingzi confirmed it.
• Lei Song defended Lei Yingzi and urged the elders to let Lei Chen kill Zhang Qingyuan and turn his fame into fuel for his own advancement.
• Lei Chen dismissed Zhang Qingyuan as an insignificant Outer Continent cultivator and explained that his real goal was to defeat Murong Yue, his former rival.
• Lei Mie and Lei Song encouraged Lei Chen to kill Zhang Qingyuan before challenging Murong Yue, and Lei Chen agreed.
• The Thunder King Old Ancestor cautioned Lei Chen not to underestimate Zhang Qingyuan, but Lei Chen declared that he was destined to defeat every rival on the Immortal Contention Path.

Shen Zheng and the leaders of Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain faced off, and Zhang Qingyuan stepped forward to battle Lei Chen. Lei Chen unleashed near-peak Dao Integration power and attacked, while both sides watched to see whether Zhang Qingyuan could withstand him.

• Shen Zheng revealed his Void Heaven-level aura, halting the battlefield as his side and Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain confronted each other.
• Lei Chen volunteered to fight Zhang Qingyuan, and Shen Zheng warned Zhang Qingyuan to retreat if the battle turned dangerous.
• Zhang Qingyuan accepted Lei Chen’s challenge and appeared before him in the void.
• Lei Chen unleashed his thunder Great Dao and charged at Zhang Qingyuan with a spear of thunder laws.
• Lei Song, Lei Mie, and the Thunder King Old Ancestor praised Lei Chen’s strength, while Shen Zheng and his companions discussed Zhang Qingyuan’s chances.

Zhang Qingyuan effortlessly blocked Lei Chen’s Thunder Great Dao attack and countered with the higher-level Erlwood Divine Thunder. Lei Chen was defeated and crashed into the earth, leaving Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain’s cultivators stunned.

• Lei Chen unleashed a world-shaking thunder spear, but Zhang Qingyuan stopped it with one hand.
• The cultivators of Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain watched in disbelief, while Shen Zheng realized Zhang Qingyuan’s strength surpassed his expectations.
• Zhang Qingyuan revealed his Erlwood Divine Thunder, suppressing the thunder laws and shattering Lei Chen’s confidence.
• Zhang Qingyuan flicked Lei Chen’s thunder spear back at him, and its transformed power struck Lei Chen into the earth.
• Zhang Qingyuan withdrew his hand and remarked that the fight had been nothing special.

Zhang Qingyuan easily defeated Lei Chen, but Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain’s three void sky-level Heavenly Beings ambushed him, triggering a clash with Shen Zheng, Yan Beigui, and Murong Yue. The chapter ended as the experts’ Cave Heaven powers converged and the surrounding Heavenly Beings fled; an author’s note said the novel would be rushed to its ending this month.

• Zhang Qingyuan pierced Lei Chen with a retaliatory Thunder Spear, leaving the onlookers stunned by his strength.
• Yan Beigui showed eagerness to fight Zhang Qingyuan, while Shen Zheng tried to dissuade him and Murong Yue suggested a duel might benefit Zhang Qingyuan.
• The Thunder King Old Ancestor, Lei Song, and Lei Mie launched a full-strength ambush against Zhang Qingyuan using their Void Realm Cave Heavens.
• Shen Zheng, Yan Beigui, and Murong Yue attacked the three Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain experts in response, while the other Heavenly Beings fled.
• The author said the novel’s setup had become difficult to continue and that the remaining plot would be expedited toward an ending this month.

Zhang Qingyuan survived Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain’s surprise attack by unleashing the Erlwood Divine Thunder, shattering the three Void Heaven Great Powers’ Cave Heavens and severely injuring them. Shen Zheng and the others arrived after the counterattack, stunned by Zhang Qingyuan’s strength as he admitted the technique had been a life-saving trump card.

• Thunder King Old Ancestor, Lei Song, and Lei Mie attacked Zhang Qingyuan together with their Void Realm Cave Heavens.
• Zhang Qingyuan reacted immediately and unleashed the full power of the Erlwood Divine Thunder.
• The Erlwood Divine Thunder shattered the three Cave Heavens and blasted Thunder King Old Ancestor, Lei Song, and Lei Mie tens of thousands of zhang away, severely injuring them.
• Shen Zheng and the others arrived after Zhang Qingyuan had already defeated the attack and stared at him in disbelief.
• Zhang Qingyuan told Shen Zheng that he had used a life-saving trump card and was fortunate to have blocked the attack.

After Zhang Qingyuan repelled a joint ambush by three Void Sky Great Powers from Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain, Shen Zheng and his allies launched a counterattack to destroy the sect. The Thunder King Old Ancestor tried to stop them with the Lightning Immortal Mirror and an offer of compensation, then revealed Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain had a Nine Revolutions Dao Integration Flower as the battle continued.

• Zhang Qingyuan realized the Void Sky realm’s Cave Heaven power had overwhelmed him, and he had survived the three Old Ancestors’ ambush because Erlwood Divine Thunder could contend with their attacks.
• Shen Zheng condemned the Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain Old Ancestors for ambushing Zhang Qingyuan and called for the sect’s destruction; Yan Beigui and Murong Yue prepared to fight alongside them.
• The Thunder King Old Ancestor shouted for them to wait, but Shen Zheng, Zhang Qingyuan, Yan Beigui, and Murong Yue attacked the three injured Old Ancestors together.
• The Thunder King Old Ancestor summoned the Lightning Immortal Mirror to block their assault, but the mirror cracked and was blasted away.
• Shen Zheng rejected the Thunder King Old Ancestor’s offer of compensation and the four attacked again; the Thunder King Old Ancestor then claimed Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain possessed a Nine Revolutions Dao Integration Flower.

Zhang Qingyuan and the Nine Continents Chamber of Commerce defeated Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain after the Thunder King Old Ancestor revealed the Nine Revolutions Dao Integration Flower. Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain surrendered the treasure and other compensation, then planned to ally with outsiders and make Zhang Qingyuan’s fame a target as the Heavenly Change approached.

• The Thunder King Old Ancestor halted the battle by revealing that Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain possessed a Nine Revolutions Dao Integration Flower, and Murong Yue and Yan Beigui explained its value to Zhang Qingyuan.
• Shen Zheng demanded proof and negotiated with the Thunder King Old Ancestor, deciding to spare Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain in exchange for the flower and further compensation.
• The Nine Continents Chamber of Commerce took control of the Top-grade Spirit Stone mine vein while Shen Zheng and the others collected the flower, Top-grade Spirit Stones, and World Origin Power under a secrecy oath.
• The Thunder King Old Ancestor raged over the losses and ordered Lei Mie to accept the conditions of outsiders, arguing that Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain needed backing before the Heavenly Change.
• The Thunder King Old Ancestor ordered word spread that Zhang Qingyuan had defeated three Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain experts alone, hoping the attention would bring him trouble.

After receiving the Nine Revolutions Dao Integration Flower from Shen Zheng, Yan Beigui, and Murong Yue, Zhang Qingyuan chose to delay his breakthrough until his cultivation reached the complete Dao Integration realm. As he began cultivating with his new resources, news of his victory over three Void Heaven Great Powers spread across Central Continent.

• Shen Zheng, Yan Beigui, and Murong Yue gave Zhang Qingyuan the Nine Revolutions Dao Integration Flower as the spoils of their battle.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided not to use the flower until he had raised his cultivation to the complete Dao Integration realm and began cultivating with three hundred Top-grade Spirit Stones.
• Shen Zheng handled the aftermath of the battle, Yan Beigui searched for something using the Nine Continents Chamber of Commerce's intelligence network, and Murong Yue departed with part of the spoils.
• News spread across Central Continent that Zhang Qingyuan had entered the region and defeated three Void Heaven Great Powers with one move while still at the Dao Integration level.

News of Zhang Qingyuan’s overwhelming victory at Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain shook the Central Continent, drawing the attention of its rising geniuses and hidden powers. Lin Yan and his master Carefree Heavenly Venerable learned Zhang Qingyuan’s name and realized he was the person Lin Yan had known in Yuzhou.

• Reports confirmed that Zhang Qingyuan had forced Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain’s Old Ancestors to nearly empty their treasury, shocking the Central Continent Cultivation World.
• Cultivators across the continent learned of Zhang Qingyuan’s rise from the Outer Continents and his extraordinary strength, while Sacred Land powers and hidden Escape One great mighty figures took notice.
• In a Forbidden Land, Lin Yan read the news and Carefree Heavenly Venerable warned him that Zhang Qingyuan would likely be his greatest rival on the Immortal Contention Path.
• Lin Yan declared that his life had never been inferior to anyone’s, citing his Emperor Flame killing two void sky cultivators sent by the Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerable and Lin Yan recognized Zhang Qingyuan’s name and remembered their connection to Yuzhou’s Cloud Water Sect several hundred years earlier.

Lin Yan and Carefree Heavenly Venerable recognized Zhang Qingyuan as a fellow genius from Yuzhou, while Zhang Qingyuan advanced to Dao Integration Mid-Stage and used World Origin Power to restore a Floating Immortal Island. The chapter ended with someone shouting for Zhang Qingyuan to come out.

• Lin Yan identified Zhang Qingyuan as a likely former peer from Yuzhou, and Carefree Heavenly Venerable recalled their shared past.
• Ten years later, Zhang Qingyuan reached Dao Integration Mid-Stage inside the Cave Heaven Secret Realm and realized he had exhausted his Top-grade Spirit Stones.
• Zhang Qingyuan retrieved World Origin Power from the Creation Disc in the Void Heaven Mirror and poured it onto the Floating Immortal Island.
• The Floating Immortal Island began recovering its vegetation, life energy, mountains, and rocks.
• Someone shouted, "Zhang Qingyuan, get the hell out here!!!"

Zhang Qingyuan emerged from his Cave Heaven Secret Realm to find a Nine Yang Sacred Land youth challenging him at the Nine Continents Chamber of Commerce. He casually sent the youth flying and asked the silent onlookers what had happened.

• Zhang Qingyuan left his Cave Heaven Secret Realm after hearing a voice echo through it.
• He found the Nine Continents Chamber of Commerce damaged, with its members wounded and a blue-robed youth demanding a fight.
• The youth accused Zhang Qingyuan of faking his victory over three Void Heaven Great Powers and unleashed the Radiant Sun Great Dao.
• Zhang Qingyuan casually flicked his sleeve and sent the youth flying a thousand li away.
• Zhang Qingyuan asked the onlookers what had happened, and the surrounding world fell silent.

Zhang Qingyuan learned that his reputation as the top of the younger generation had drawn challengers and suspected someone was manipulating events behind the scenes. Though he planned to hide until the attention passed, Yan Beigui asked him to help hunt a mortal enemy, and Zhang agreed out of gratitude.

• Zhang Qingyuan swept the Nine Yang Holy Son away with one sleeve, leaving witnesses convinced he could defeat three Void Heaven opponents at once.
• Shen Zheng and Yan Beigui arrived and Shen Zheng promised to demand an explanation for the attack on the Nine Continents Chamber of Commerce.
• Shen Zheng explained that Zhang Qingyuan's battle with Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain had made him famous as the leading figure among the younger generation.
• Zhang Qingyuan suspected someone was stirring up trouble and said he planned to hide until the attention died down.
• Yan Beigui asked Zhang Qingyuan to help hunt his mortal enemy, and Zhang agreed because he owed Yan and Shen a favor.

Zhang Qingyuan joined Yan Beigui and Shen Zheng in the Monster Beast Mountain Range to attack Blood Yama, Yan Beigui’s mortal enemy. After Blood Yama emerged and proved stronger than before, Zhang Qingyuan and Shen Zheng joined the battle, leaving the fight underway.

• Zhang Qingyuan agreed to help Yan Beigui repay his debt and traveled with him and Shen Zheng to the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Yan Beigui explained that Blood Yama had once belonged to the Great Luo Venerable Cult and was now wanted by several holy lands.
• Shen Zheng concealed the three with a Void Killing Formation around the cliffs where Blood Yama was hiding.
• Yan Beigui attacked the cliffs, prompting Blood Yama to emerge and threaten to turn them into blood food.
• Blood Yama’s strike forced Yan Beigui back, and Zhang Qingyuan and Shen Zheng attacked in response.
• Zhang Qingyuan cast the Immortal Art Yin Yang Taiji Diagram, freezing time and space around Blood Yama.

Zhang Qingyuan, Shen Zheng, and Yan Beigui attacked Blood Yama, but he survived their opening assault and tried to flee. Shen Zheng’s array blocked his escape, leaving the three poised to strike again.

• Zhang Qingyuan trapped Blood Yama in a Taiji Diagram while Shen Zheng and Yan Beigui joined the attack.
• Shen Zheng’s Golden Light obliterated Blood Yama’s apparent body, but Blood Yama suddenly reappeared behind Zhang Qingyuan and attacked him with a blood blade.
• Zhang Qingyuan used the Chaos Great Dao to block the blade and countered with the Five Elements All Heavens Great Cycle, sending Blood Yama flying.
• Blood Yama tried to escape, but he crashed into the void killing array Shen Zheng had prepared.
• Yan Beigui, Zhang Qingyuan, and Shen Zheng attacked Blood Yama from three directions.

Blood Yama sacrificed everything to summon an Outer Heavens being into Blood Pagoda’s body, restoring it and turning it against Zhang Qingyuan, Shen Zheng, and Yan Beigui. Heavenly wrath suppressed the newcomer, and Shen Zheng realized they faced an Escape One-level enemy and urged the others to flee.

• Zhang Qingyuan, Shen Zheng, and Yan Beigui attacked Blood Yama together, but he survived their assault and invoked a blood sacrifice.
• A blood lotus shielded Blood Pagoda as a red light from Blood Yama’s black ring entered its forehead and healed its injuries.
• The being who took over Blood Pagoda’s body dismissed the three cultivators as blood food and revealed its immense power.
• Heavenly wrath descended, and Shen Zheng recognized Blood Pagoda as an Outer Heavens being whose strength the Heavenly Dao was suppressing.
• Shen Zheng warned Zhang Qingyuan that their enemy was at the Escape One level and told him to run.

Blood Yama trapped Zhang Qingyuan, Shen Zheng, and Yan Beigui in a vast blood-colored domain and attacked them with overwhelming power. As they realized they could not escape or defeat him by ordinary means, Zhang Qingyuan proposed using a move against him and asked whether the others had trump cards.

• Shen Zheng warned that Blood Yama had colluded with an otherworldly realm, and Zhang Qingyuan, Shen Zheng, and Yan Beigui fled.
• Blood Yama spread a blood-colored lotus across ten thousand li, slowing the trio while the Heavenly Dao's thunder struck at him.
• Blood Yama unleashed a massive sword attack, and Yan Beigui, Zhang Qingyuan, and Shen Zheng combined their strongest moves to withstand it.
• The clash blasted the trio back, and they concluded that the blood domain made escape impossible.
• Shen Zheng explained that Blood Yama was likely a near-immortal Escape One existence whose imperfect possession and Heavenly Dao suppression had limited his power.
• Zhang Qingyuan asked Yan Beigui and Shen Zheng whether they had a trump card and said he had a move that might help.

Zhang Qingyuan called upon Heaven’s power and unleashed Erlwood Divine Thunder against Blood Yama while Shen Zheng and Yan Beigui fought to hold him off. The thunder destroyed Blood Yama’s incarnation, but he warned Zhang Qingyuan that they would meet again.

• Shen Zheng and Yan Beigui agreed to rely on Zhang Qingyuan and summoned their Void Realm Cave Heavens to attack Blood Yama.
• Blood Yama unleashed his Blood Sea power, overwhelming the battlefield and blasting Shen Zheng and Yan Beigui away.
• Zhang Qingyuan reached out to the Heavenly Dao and summoned its power to unleash Erlwood Divine Thunder.
• Blood Yama transformed the surrounding world into a vast Blood Sea, but the thunder tore through it and struck him.
• Blood Yama accepted his defeat, warned Zhang Qingyuan they would meet again, and was annihilated by the thunder.

Far beyond the Azure Realm, powerful beings argued over an impending Heavenly Change and whether to invade, while an old cultivator vowed to keep the passage sealed. Unaware of the conflict, Zhang Qingyuan destroyed Blood Yama with Erlwood Divine Thunder and discovered a radiant crystal of World Origin Power.

• Beings from beyond the Azure Realm argued over the failed invasion and threatened to attack when the Heavenly Change arrived.
• An aged cultivator refused to abandon the defense, declaring that the abyssal passage would remain sealed as long as he lived.
• The conversation ended, and the passage beyond the heavens fell silent.
• Zhang Qingyuan's Erlwood Divine Thunder annihilated Blood Yama and devastated the surrounding land, leaving a vast dark abyss.
• Zhang Qingyuan spotted a fist-sized crystal of World Origin Power floating near where Blood Yama had been destroyed.

Zhang Qingyuan defeated Blood Yama with the Heavenly Dao’s aid and harvested a vast crystal of World Origin Power. After thanking him for avenging their blood feud, Shen Zheng and Yan Beigui departed with him, while Zhang Qingyuan anticipated further gains from comprehending the Heavenly Dao.

• Zhang Qingyuan sealed the dissipating World Origin Power crystal in a jade box and judged it would provide enough resources to reach the perfected realm of Dao Integration Heavenly Being and help him reach the Void Sky realm.
• Shen Zheng and Yan Beigui arrived, and Zhang Qingyuan explained that Heaven’s wrath had empowered his Erlwood Divine Thunder against Blood Yama.
• Yan Beigui concluded that Blood Yama had been expelled and hunted because he had colluded with beings from beyond the domain, then thanked Zhang Qingyuan for avenging his blood feud.
• Shen Zheng also thanked Zhang Qingyuan for saving them, and Zhang Qingyuan brushed off their formalities by recalling his debt to them over the Nine Revolutions Dao Integration Flower.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s Erlwood Divine Thunder advanced to Great Accomplishment, and he suspected that comprehending the Heavenly Dao after returning might bring another unexpected gain.