Chapter Summaries

After settling the Blood Yama affair, Zhang Qingyuan left the Nine Continents Chamber of Commerce to hide from the Central Continent’s growing attention and focus on cultivation. He found a remote valley and entered the restored Void Heaven Mirror to begin secluded cultivation.

• Zhang Qingyuan reflected that the Chaos Great Dao lacked its own killing techniques, but decided to prioritize raising his cultivation instead of creating them.
• Suspecting that powerful Sacred Lands and sects were stirring rumors about him, Zhang Qingyuan chose to disappear from public view after bidding farewell to Shen Zheng.
• Zhang Qingyuan planned to visit Xiao Jingyun after his seclusion, learn more about the Heavenly Change and the Great Luo Venerable Cult, and seek out the suspected old acquaintance Lin Yan.
• After flying through the void for half a month, Zhang Qingyuan settled in a remote valley and concealed the surrounding area with the Void Heaven Mirror.
• Zhang Qingyuan entered the Cave Heaven Secret Realm within the restored Void Heaven Mirror, which let him carry a secluded cultivation ground with him.

Zhang Qingyuan cultivated in seclusion on the Floating Immortal Island, whose recovery revealed a faint trace of immortal aura and a connection to the Upper Realm. After fifty years, he completed his refinement of the World Origin Power crystal and reached complete Great Dao Integration.

• Zhang Qingyuan reflected on the Floating Immortal Island’s origin as a grain of dust from the Upper Realm’s Celestial Court and recognized it as a powerful place for secluded cultivation.
• Zhang Qingyuan established a cultivation dojo on the island, sat on the White Jade Cushion, and began refining the World Origin Power crystal.
• News of Zhang Qingyuan sending the Nine Yang Sacred Land’s Holy Son flying spread through the Central Continent, raising his fame before public attention gradually faded.
• After fifty years of secluded cultivation within the Void Heaven Mirror, Zhang Qingyuan opened his eyes as he completed Great Dao Integration.

After fifty years of seclusion, Zhang Qingyuan’s magic power reached perfection, and he left the Void Heaven Mirror to prepare his mind for a future breakthrough. He checked the outside world from Yangshan City and was pleased that public discussion of him had faded.

• Zhang Qingyuan reached the limit of his Dao Integration magic power after absorbing a crystallization of World Origin Power.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided to delay using the Nine Revolutions Dao Integration Flower and leave seclusion to restore his state of mind before attempting to break through to Void Heaven.
• Zhang Qingyuan left the Void Heaven Mirror, felt relieved by the vast outside world, and stored the mirror in his sleeve.
• Zhang Qingyuan traveled to Yangshan City in the Xuan'an Realm and read cultivation-world newspapers in a restaurant.
• Zhang Qingyuan found that discussion of him had disappeared after more than fifty years and was pleased that people had likely forgotten him.

After years of staying out of the public eye, Zhang Qingyuan learned that the Central Continent’s major powers had grown unusually quiet and decided to attend a grand auction for information. Meanwhile, his enemies detected his location and sent two assassins to kill him as he traveled toward the auction.

• Zhang Qingyuan read years of Times and noticed that the Central Continent’s major sects and holy lands had reduced their activity, suggesting they might be preparing for a major conflict.
• Zhang Qingyuan learned that the Nine Continents Auction House would hold its greatest auction in a century and decided to attend in search of information.
• In a hidden space, several phantoms learned that the Star Chart Disk had found Zhang Qingyuan and agreed to send Number Three and Number Six to kill him.
• Zhang Qingyuan set out for the auction, knowing that he would need to use several spatial Teleportation Arrays to cross the vast Central Continent.

After emerging from decades of seclusion, Zhang Qingyuan gained a sudden, profound insight into heaven and earth that clarified his cultivation and greatly improved his techniques. Before he could pursue a breakthrough, two powerful black-robed figures ambushed him, and he launched the first attack.

• While traveling above the land, Zhang Qingyuan experienced a surge of insight that clarified his past cultivation and future path.
• Zhang Qingyuan suspected the insight was a reward from the will of heaven and earth, and his Proficiency Panel recorded major gains in his techniques.
• Zhang Qingyuan sensed two hidden figures and challenged them to reveal themselves.
• The two black-robed figures emerged and sealed off the surrounding area, while Zhang Qingyuan sensed they were powerful enemies intent on killing him.
• Zhang Qingyuan attacked without warning with Chaos Divine Fist, and the short, fat Black Robe Figure countered by unleashing a colossal bat-like form.

Zhang Qingyuan used his perfected Taiyi Immortal Scripture and newly created Chaos Divine Fist to severely injure the giant bat monster, then destroyed it with One Sword Samsara. The tall, thin Black Robe Figure called Number Three watched without intervening, leaving Zhang Qingyuan to question why he had let his companion die.

• Zhang Qingyuan's Chaos Divine Fist pierced the giant bat monster's black power and blasted a huge hole through its body.
• Zhang Qingyuan recalled that he had perfected the Taiyi Immortal Scripture during his seclusion, strengthening his Spiritual Sense and allowing him to conceal the Chaos Divine Fist's true power.
• Zhang Qingyuan followed up with One Sword Samsara as the wounded giant bat monster cried out to Number Three for help.
• The giant bat monster was destroyed by Zhang Qingyuan's sword strike while Number Three remained motionless.
• Zhang Qingyuan asked Number Three why he had watched his companion die without trying to save him.

Zhang Qingyuan learned that the organization Netherworld was secretly killing the Azure Realm’s gifted prodigies, then faced its Number Three Cleaner in battle. The chapter ended as their powers collided and tore open the sky.

• Zhang Qingyuan questioned the tall, gaunt black-robed man after the man let his companion die without intervening.
• The black-robed man revealed that he belonged to Netherworld, an organization working to suppress the Azure Realm’s rising geniuses.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized Netherworld’s killings had helped keep other prodigies from rising to prominence and made him a conspicuous target.
• The Number Three Cleaner attacked Zhang Qingyuan with a devastating palm strike.
• Zhang Qingyuan recognized that his opponent was nearing Dao Severing, challenged him, and met his attack with his own power.

Zhang Qingyuan fought the tall, thin black-robed man, whose dark Dao had nearly reached transcendence, and countered his Black Abyss World-Suppressing Stele with Punishment on behalf of Heaven—Erlwood Divine Thunder. The clash badly wounded the black-robed man, while Zhang Qingyuan remained standing in the chaos.

• Zhang Qingyuan and the black-robed man battled with power that shook the heavens and terrified cultivators across millions of li.
• The black-robed man unleashed the Black Abyss World-Suppressing Stele, using darkness to suppress Zhang Qingyuan and devour the Great Dao.
• Zhang Qingyuan answered with Punishment on behalf of Heaven—Erlwood Divine Thunder, which pierced the black stele and tore through the black-robed man's Great Dao.
• The collision devastated the surrounding world, and the black-robed man spat blood and was blasted tens of thousands of zhang away.
• Zhang Qingyuan told the wounded man that his companion might have shared the burden if he had not stood by while that companion died.

Zhang Qingyuan used most of his magic power to destroy two Netherworld assassins, then reconsidered the dangers of his growing fame. He abandoned his trip to the auction house and returned to seclusion in the Void Heaven Mirror.

• Zhang Qingyuan struck down the tall, thin black-robed cultivator with Chaos Great Dao after Erlwood Divine Thunder shattered the man's Dark Great Dao.
• Zhang Qingyuan collected the Storage Spaces of the two assassins and left the devastated battlefield, while searchers later confirmed the attackers had died.
• Zhang Qingyuan found seven hundred Top-grade Spirit Stones among the assassins' belongings and worried that his reputation had made him a target.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided to lie low until he grew far stronger and gave up on visiting the auction house.
• Zhang Qingyuan flew to a desolate wilderness, released the Void Heaven Mirror, and entered it to resume seclusion.

Zhang Qingyuan used the Nine Revolutions Dao Integration Flower to open a perfect Void Realm Cave Heaven and advance to the peak of the early Void Heaven stage. After ten years in seclusion, he emerged and headed to a Cultivation City to learn what had changed in Central Continent.

• Zhang Qingyuan entered seclusion in the Void Heaven Mirror and refined the Nine Revolutions Dao Integration Flower.
• Rumors spread that an Escape One had devastated Yujing's auction, destroying much of the Primordial Ancient City and crippling the prospects of many young cultivators.
• Zhang Qingyuan opened a flawless Void Realm Cave Heaven, advanced to Void Heaven, and reached the peak of the early stage.
• Zhang Qingyuan left the Void Heaven Mirror, tested his new power with a thousand-li teleportation, and traveled a hundred thousand li.
• Zhang Qingyuan descended into a Cultivation City to gather information about Central Continent.

After reading ten years of current affairs papers, Zhang Qingyuan learned of the Yujing upheaval and growing conflicts across Central Continent, and worried that the Heavenly Change might be approaching. His thoughts were interrupted when cultivators attacked the remote city where he was staying, while he sensed agitation in the Heavenly Dao.

• Zhang Qingyuan learned that he had narrowly avoided the disaster at the Four Seas Auction House by leaving to strengthen himself, and he wondered whether the Nine Continents Chamber of Commerce had been affected.
• Zhang Qingyuan found no reports of trouble for the Nine Continents Chamber of Commerce and resolved to help Shen Zheng if needed.
• Zhang Qingyuan read reports of worsening warfare across Central Continent and recalled Blood Yama's warning about the Heavenly Change.
• Several hundred to a thousand cultivators attacked the city walls, prompting the guards and local Cultivation Families to defend the city as disorder spread inside.
• Zhang Qingyuan sensed that the Heavenly Dao had grown agitated and wondered whether this was the Heavenly Change Blood Yama had foretold.

Yanxing Gate captured Zhujiang City, and Zhang Qingyuan initially chose not to intervene in the factional war. When he learned that Gongsun Wen had ordered the slaughter of everyone in the city, including its mortals, Zhang Qingyuan decided to act.

• Changsun Wen defeated Zhujiang City Lord with a sword strike, and Yanxing Gate took control of the city.
• Yanxing Gate attacked the city’s Great Families, while Changsun Wen denied promising to spare them.
• Zhang Qingyuan observed the fighting with his Spiritual Sense and chose to remain uninvolved, viewing himself as a passerby.
• Gongsun Wen ordered his subordinates to kill every cultivator and mortal in Zhujiang City to keep their surprise attack on the Song Kingdom secret.
• Zhang Qingyuan turned cold with anger and declared that Yanxing Gate was courting death.

Yanxing Gate herded Zhujiang City's residents into the center and began a massacre, prompting rogue cultivators to fight back. Zhang Qingyuan intervened, stopped Gongsun Wen's sword attack, and beheaded him, while the battle against Yanxing Gate continued.

• Yanxing Gate cultivators drove the city's residents into the center and surrounded them as Gongsun Wen ordered the massacre.
• A hidden cultivator with True Essence Ninth Layer attacked Gongsun Wen and fled, drawing him away while the gathered rogue cultivators resisted Yanxing Gate.
• Gongsun Wen struck down the fleeing cultivator and unleashed a storm of sword shadows against the ruined tavern.
• Zhang Qingyuan caught one sword shadow, erased the others, and challenged Gongsun Wen over the order to massacre the city.
• Gongsun Wen tried to invoke the Yanxing Gate Sect Master, but Zhang Qingyuan killed him by severing his head.

Zhang Qingyuan killed Gongsun Wen and crushed Yanxing Gate’s attackers with a single shout, saving the city from a planned massacre. He left after ensuring the residents understood the danger of retaliation and reflected on the need to grow stronger.

• Yanxing Gate cultivators charged Zhang Qingyuan after Gongsun Wen’s death, but his shout sent them crashing into the city and left them severely injured.
• The surviving Yanxing Gate cultivators realized Zhang Qingyuan was a Cave True Great Power, while the city’s residents watched in shock.
• Zhang Qingyuan reflected that his overwhelming power made him seem godlike to the city’s people, yet he might still be insignificant beside beings from beyond the heavens.
• Zhang Qingyuan departed as the residents thanked him and began leaving the city to avoid Yanxing Gate’s retaliation.
• Zhang Qingyuan used his Divine Sense to confirm the residents were evacuating and felt relieved that his actions had protected them.

After killing Gongsun Wen, Zhang Qingyuan unknowingly cultivated amid ordinary people and stabilized his Void Sky realm. He learned that Yanxing Gate had threatened to execute a hundred thousand Zhujiang City residents unless the murderer surrendered, and set out for Yujing while considering a visit to Xiao Jingyun’s holy land.

• Hong Daoping ordered Yanxing Gate to find Gongsun Wen’s killer within half a month and bring him back for execution.
• Yanxing Gate seized Zhujiang City residents and threatened to execute them unless the murderer surrendered within ten days.
• Zhang Qingyuan walked through the mortal world with his aura restrained and, through his encounter with its people, stabilized his Void Sky realm.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided to travel to Yujing to study the traces of an Escape One expert’s attack and possibly visit Xiao Jingyun’s holy land.
• As Zhang Qingyuan departed, he heard the grievance of people afraid Yanxing Gate would punish them if it failed to catch the killer.

Zhang Qingyuan learned that Yanxing Gate had seized Zhujiang City's residents and was prepared to kill them to draw him out, so he decided to confront the Sect. As Hong Daoping ordered an even broader slaughter, Zhang Qingyuan arrived at Yanxing Gate and revealed himself.

• Zhang Qingyuan sensed Yanxing Gate's actions across the Southern Yue Territory and learned that it had taken Zhujiang City's residents hostage.
• Zhang Qingyuan reflected on Yanxing Gate's long-standing arrogance and decided to destroy the Sect.
• Hong Daoping demanded that his subordinates find Zhang Qingyuan and threatened to kill more people if necessary.
• A violent shock rocked Yanxing Gate as someone attacked its Mountain Protecting Formation.
• Zhang Qingyuan broke into the great hall and announced that he had come to them himself.

Zhang Qingyuan revealed his overwhelming power at Yanxing Gate and confronted Sect Master Hong Daoping, exposing the resentment in his thoughts. When Yanxing Gate’s Old Ancestor rushed out of seclusion to attack, Zhang Qingyuan calmly raised his hand to meet him.

• Zhang Qingyuan released his terrifying aura, overwhelming Yanxing Gate’s disciples and leaving many dead from fear.
• Hong Daoping begged Zhang Qingyuan for forgiveness, but Zhang Qingyuan revealed that he knew Hong Daoping was secretly counting on the Old Ancestor to kill him.
• Zhang Qingyuan turned his attention toward Yanxing Gate’s rear mountain and criticized the sect as its Old Ancestor’s aura erupted.
• Yanxing Gate’s Old Ancestor charged from the rear mountain, and Hong Daoping rejoiced at his arrival.
• Zhang Qingyuan raised his palm toward the approaching Old Ancestor and lightly pressed down.

Zhang Qingyuan annihilated Yanxing Gate after suppressing its Supreme Old Ancestor and killing Hong Daoping. By devouring the Old Ancestor’s soul, he discovered Yanxing Gate had secretly served the Great Luo Venerable Cult.

• Zhang Qingyuan crushed the Yanxing Gate Supreme Old Ancestor with a palm strike, shattering his Heavenly Heart Dao Seal and severely injuring him.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s aura killed Hong Daoping before he could beg for mercy.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s attack destroyed Yanxing Gate’s Sect Gate and killed or crippled most of its cultivators.
• Zhang Qingyuan pulled the injured Old Ancestor’s Divine Soul from his body and devoured it with the Heavenly Demon Devouring God Technique.
• Zhang Qingyuan learned from the Old Ancestor’s memories that Yanxing Gate had been a hidden stronghold of the Great Luo Venerable Cult.

Zhang Qingyuan destroyed Yanxing Gate, seized its hidden reserves and sect treasures, and left Southern Yue Territory while avoiding a direct confrontation with the Great Luo Venerable Cult. News of Yanxing Gate’s fall spread across the region, stirring upheaval and vengeance against its surviving followers.

• Zhang Qingyuan tore through Yanxing Gate’s protective formation, uncovered its secret chamber, and seized its treasures, including over two thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones and a large store of World Origin Power.
• Zhang Qingyuan looted Yanxing Gate’s remaining treasures and records, then departed after reflecting on the sect’s history of cruelty and the Great Luo Venerable Cult’s past atrocities.
• Zhang Qingyuan killed the Yanxing Gate cultivators who had taken over a hundred thousand Zhujiang City civilians hostage, then crossed out of Southern Yue Territory.
• Renowned figures confirmed Yanxing Gate’s destruction, and the news sent shockwaves through Southern Yue Territory.
• Cultivators turned against Yanxing Gate’s surviving disciples, allies, and lackeys, while victims of the sect began seeking vengeance.

News of Yanxing Gate’s destruction brought celebration and painful memories across the Southern Yue Territory, while Zhang Qingyuan traveled to Yujing after destroying its stronghold. Over three years, he absorbed his gains and advanced to the mid-stage void sky realm, arriving confident that he no longer needed to fear Escape One Titans.

• A beggar celebrated Yanxing Gate’s destruction, and townspeople recalled how the sect had destroyed his family and condemned him to beggary.
• A passerby defended the beggar, saying he had stood up for ordinary people against Yanxing Gate and that the sect’s destruction was just retribution.
• Across the Southern Yue Territory, people celebrated Yanxing Gate’s fall, while Zhang Qingyuan left the region unaware of their reactions.
• Zhang Qingyuan traveled toward Yujing, hoping to study traces left by the clash of Escape One titans there more than ten years earlier.
• During the three-year journey, Zhang Qingyuan absorbed the resources he had taken from Yanxing Gate and advanced to the mid-stage void sky realm.
• Zhang Qingyuan arrived in Yujing, newly confident in his strength.