Chapter Summaries

The Dean told Zhang Qingyuan that Outer Realm Kings were gathering to invade the Azure Realm when the world consciousness weakened, and that an even greater threat might follow. After three years of refining the Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique, Zhang Qingyuan found it had reached a point where it seemed perfect but still had not become an immortal art.

• The Dean explained that powerful Outer Realm Kings had gathered beyond the Azure Realm and warned that the coming great change could leave the Heavenly Court unable to resist them.
• Zhang Qingyuan comforted the Dean but recalled his earlier encounter with a possessed traitor who had warned him about the Heavenly Change, and he questioned whether Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable had been his true enemy.
• The Dean decided to visit the Heavenly Court to warn his old friends, then led Zhang Qingyuan back to Haoran Academy.
• Over the next three years, Zhang Qingyuan used the Proficiency Panel to refine the Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique using his battle experience and what he had witnessed in the chaos.
• Zhang Qingyuan concluded that the technique had no apparent room for improvement, yet it still lacked something needed to become an immortal art.

Zhang Qingyuan reflected on his progress mastering Chaos Great Dao and planned to leave Haoran Academy to pursue a breakthrough into the Dao Severing Escape One realm. Sharing mortal yellow wine with One Page Scholar brought back memories of his parents and his unresolved longing for his former world.

• Zhang Qingyuan concluded that his research had yielded three Chaos Supernatural Abilities powerful enough to threaten Dao Severing Escape One Supremes, though he still felt something was missing.
• Zhang Qingyuan planned to leave Haoran Academy, complete the Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique as an immortal art, and seek a breakthrough through the trial in the Imperial Tomb of the Great Desolate Sacred Dynasty.
• One Page Scholar visited Zhang Qingyuan with two taels of mortal yellow wine, and the two traded familiar jibes as Zhang Qingyuan drank it.
• Zhang Qingyuan remembered his parents brewing yellow wine for him before he had transmigrated and wondered whether he could ever return home to them.

Zhang Qingyuan discovered that Immortal Qi from Immortal Stones could help transform his supernatural abilities into immortal arts, but Haoran Academy was suddenly threatened by an Escape One Supreme. A blood-red message from the Dean warned him not to trust them as the attacker declared the Academy would be erased.

• Zhang Qingyuan prepared to leave Haoran Academy and thanked One Page Scholar for his help.
• One Page Scholar proposed that immortal arts required a transformation involving the essence of immortals, leading Zhang Qingyuan to realize Immortal Qi could advance his techniques.
• Zhang Qingyuan planned to use his remaining Immortal Stones to cultivate the Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique and other immortal arts.
• Three mournful bells rang across Haoran Academy, and One Page Scholar rushed toward the Cave Heaven Secret Realm after crying out about the Dean.
• Zhang Qingyuan received the Dean's blood-red message warning, "Do not trust them!!!"
• An Escape One Supreme's Aura engulfed Haoran Academy, and a voice declared that the Academy would be erased from existence.

Zhang Qingyuan intervened when a Supreme attacked Haoran Academy and tried to seize One Page Scholar, but the Supreme turned his power against Zhang Qingyuan. Zhang Qingyuan evaded the Supreme’s killing strike and counterattacked, leaving their clash underway.

• One Page Scholar questioned the Supreme’s order to disband Haoran Academy and was gravely injured by the Supreme’s Aura.
• The Supreme summoned a Sky-Covering Hand to seize One Page Scholar, but Zhang Qingyuan struck it with a Sword Light and destroyed it.
• Zhang Qingyuan defended One Page Scholar, and the Supreme threatened him, citing Le Xian’s death and the lack of anyone left to protect him.
• The Supreme attacked Zhang Qingyuan with a colossal finger, but Zhang Qingyuan broke free of the frozen space and dodged beyond ten thousand li.
• Zhang Qingyuan sent Five Elements Immortal Light toward the Supreme and asked who he was.

Zhang Qingyuan fought Mingluo Supreme, an Escape One Supreme from the Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land, and used his Five Elements Immortal Technique and Chaos powers to evade attacks and wound him. Enraged, Mingluo vowed to kill Zhang Qingyuan within three moves and launched another attack.

• Mingluo Supreme recognized Zhang Qingyuan's Five Elements Immortal Technique as an inheritance from Yuzhou and attacked him, but Zhang Qingyuan escaped with the Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique.
• Mingluo pursued Zhang Qingyuan with a powerful punch, but Zhang Qingyuan used Chaos: Singularity to counterattack and injure him.
• Cultivators at Haoran Academy watched in disbelief as Zhang Qingyuan fought Mingluo Supreme, while One Page Scholar struggled to rise from the ruins.
• Mingluo declared he would kill Zhang Qingyuan within three moves, appeared before him, and attacked again as Zhang Qingyuan tried to escape.

Zhang Qingyuan evaded Mingluo Supreme’s attacks with his perfected Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique, proving that Mingluo could not defeat him alone. Mingluo then revealed that One Page Scholar was a sentient spirit born from Haoran Academy’s books and warned that Supremes would hunt him as a potential artifact-making treasure.

• Mingluo Supreme attacked Zhang Qingyuan, but Zhang used the Yin-Yang Immortal Art and his Chaos movement technique to escape each strike.
• Zhang Qingyuan explained that three years of refining the Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique had let him evade an Escape One Supreme’s lock-on and remain undefeated against Mingluo alone.
• Mingluo Supreme stopped attacking and admitted he could not catch Zhang Qingyuan with his current movement technique.
• Mingluo Supreme said Zhang Qingyuan could not protect One Page Scholar and revealed that he was a sentient soul born from Haoran Academy’s books, later given a human body through cultivation.
• Mingluo Supreme warned that Supremes would covet One Page Scholar as material for enhancing or forging a Sacred Artifact, possibly even an immortal artifact.

Zhang Qingyuan refused Mingluo Supreme’s demand to surrender One Page Scholar, his friend, and faced a second Escape One Supreme, Master Huichan. As Zhang fled, Huichan trapped the surrounding world in his Buddha Kingdom in Palm.

• Zhang Qingyuan realized One Page Scholar’s unusual nature came from being a wisp of soul born from the Endless Sea of Books.
• Zhang Qingyuan refused to hand One Page Scholar to Mingluo Supreme or use him to forge an immortal artifact.
• Mingluo Supreme summoned Master Huichan to bring Zhang Qingyuan into the Buddhist faith and question him about One Page Scholar.
• Master Huichan’s Buddha light contaminated nearby spectators, while Zhang Qingyuan fled from the two Escape One Supremes.
• Master Huichan cast Buddha Kingdom in Palm, turning the world around Zhang Qingyuan into a golden prison.

Zhang Qingyuan was trapped between Master Huichan and Mingluo Supreme, so he used Utmost Sublimation and the Erlwood Divine Thunder to severely injure them both. Just as his strength failed, Emperor Yan, Lin Yan, intervened with a golden flame attack and carried Zhang Qingyuan away.

• Master Huichan used Buddha Kingdom in Palm to slow Zhang Qingyuan, while Mingluo Supreme attacked him with the Heaven-Grinding Seal.
• Zhang Qingyuan countered Mingluo Supreme with Five Elements All Heavens Great Cycle, then escaped the sealing attack when their clash broke through the Buddha light.
• Facing both Supremes, Zhang Qingyuan used the Great Desolate Dynasty's Utmost Sublimation secret technique and unleashed the Erlwood Divine Thunder.
• The divine thunder shattered Master Huichan's golden bell and tore through Mingluo Supreme's black hole defense, severely injuring both Supremes and exhausting Zhang Qingyuan.
• Emperor Yan, Lin Yan, appeared and engulfed Master Huichan and Mingluo Supreme in a golden flame flower as a red figure rescued Zhang Qingyuan and fled.

Mingluo Supreme and Master Huichan survived Lin Yan’s attack and destroyed Haoran Academy before retreating. Zhang Qingyuan reunited with Lin Yan, his old friend from the Cloud Water Sect, and they reflected on the centuries that had passed.

• Mingluo Supreme and Master Huichan emerged badly injured after the golden flames subsided and vowed to pursue Lin Yan and Zhang Qingyuan after recovering.
• Mingluo Supreme turned his attention to Haoran Academy and struck it with a devastating black palm.
• The attack destroyed Haoran Academy and devastated the surrounding land, killing or trapping those who remained there.
• Half a day later, Zhang Qingyuan and Lin Yan reunited in a distant mountain range and recognized each other as old friends from the Cloud Water Sect.
• Lin Yan recalled how most of the people from his youth had died over the centuries, leaving him alone with those memories.

After reuniting with Lin Yan, Zhang Qingyuan explained the Cloud Water Sect’s rise and revealed that his apparent collapse after fighting two Supremes was part of a risky plan. He expected to recover and use the power from his sacrifice to sever his Dao and advance toward the Escape One Supreme realm.

• Lin Yan and Zhang Qingyuan reminisced about their years in the Cloud Water Sect and discussed how the Sect had become Yuzhou’s holy land after the Mo Calamity.
• Lin Yan noticed Zhang Qingyuan’s failing aura and asked about his condition after his attack on the two Supremes.
• Zhang Qingyuan explained that he had refined the Great Desolate Sacred Dynasty’s sacrificial technique into Utmost Sublimation, which stopped before destroying him completely.
• Lin Yan realized Zhang Qingyuan had left an avatar as a backup and praised his methods.
• Zhang Qingyuan said he would heal for ten days or half a month, then attempt to sever his Dao and break through to Escape One Supreme.

After Haoran Academy was destroyed, Old Man Yan explained that ancient Holy Sects had long wanted it gone because it spread cultivation knowledge and weakened their influence. One Page Scholar overcame his despair and vowed to seek justice himself, while Zhang Qingyuan also promised to avenge the academy and its Dean.

• One Page Scholar blamed himself for Haoran Academy's destruction, believing the attackers had targeted it because he fled.
• Old Man Yan emerged from Lin Yan's ring and told One Page Scholar that the academy would have been destroyed whether or not he was there.
• Old Man Yan explained that Haoran Academy's teachings had spread secrets about Essence, Qi, and Spirit, threatening the ancient Holy Sects' power.
• Zhang Qingyuan wondered whether the Dean's death was connected to the ancient Holy Sects and vowed to seek justice after reaching Escape One.
• One Page Scholar cast off his despair and declared that he would seek justice for Haoran Academy himself.

Lin Yan learned from Old Man Yan that the Outer Realm Kings would invade after the Heavenly Change, while the Heavenly Court’s remaining factions would likely abandon the Azure Realm. Zhang Qingyuan entered seclusion inside the Void Heaven Mirror and began drawing on his stored power to break through toward the Escape One Supreme realm, leaving the Cave Heaven World in chaos.

• Lin Yan asked Old Man Yan about the coming great change and learned that the Outer Realm Kings planned to invade the Azure Realm once the Heavenly Dao stopped suppressing them.
• Old Man Yan explained that Le Xian’s death and Haoran Academy’s destruction had left the Heavenly Court’s guardian faction defeated, and the ancient Holy Sects would likely stand aside during the invasion.
• Lin Yan resolved to cultivate harder despite feeling overshadowed by Zhang Qingyuan, while Old Man Yan judged that Zhang Qingyuan and One Page Scholar had strong chances of advancing to Escape One Supreme.
• Zhang Qingyuan entered seclusion inside the Void Heaven Mirror after several days of recuperation and began drawing out the power stored within his body.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s breakthrough unleashed power that tore apart the Cave Heaven World and caused disasters throughout it as a transformation began deep within him.

After years in seclusion, Zhang Qingyuan broke through to the Escape One realm and realized his strength now surpassed that of ordinary Escape One Supremes. A message then enraged him, and he left the Chaos Void at once.

• Zhang Qingyuan emerged from a boundless chaos and broke through to the Escape One realm amid a world-shaking tribulation.
• Zhang Qingyuan examined his new power and judged himself capable of defeating Mingluo Supreme and Master Huichan together.
• Zhang Qingyuan noted that he still needed to stabilize his realm, cultivate immortal arts, and explore the Imperial Tomb within the Void Heaven Mirror.
• Zhang Qingyuan received a Messaging Talisman, flew into a rage at its contents, and vanished beyond the heavens.

A Heavenly Change weakened the Azure Realm’s defenses, allowing the Outer Realm Kings to enter through the Heavenly Abyss after the white-robed old man let them pass. Their invasion began an ancient Great Tribulation across the realm.

• The sky darkened and turned blood-red, throwing fate into chaos and unsettling cultivators throughout the Azure Realm.
• At the Heavenly Abyss, the retreating Heavenly Dao Consciousness gave the Outer Realm Kings an opportunity to enter the Azure Realm.
• The white-robed old man reminded the kings to avoid the ancient Holy Sects, then stepped aside and let them through.
• Wang asked why the old man did not stop the invasion, and the old man said the lives of ordinary mortals did not concern the Holy Sects.
• The Outer Realm Kings poured into the Azure Realm, beginning the Great Tribulation.

A mysterious darkness descended on the Central Continent and slaughtered the people of a city before moving on to ravage cities and sects across the land. The continent was left drowning in blood as countless living beings were killed and consumed.

• A black cloud covered a city of a million people, and its City Lord Mansion Old Ancestor was pierced and drained by a black chain.
• Black mist tentacles descended on the city, devouring its inhabitants and leaving no survivors.
• A dark being consumed the blood-and-flesh essence of the city’s people and flew toward another city.
• Similar attacks destroyed cities and sects across the Central Continent, killing and devouring countless beings.

People from the ravaged Central Continent begged Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land to intervene, but its officials abused and cast them out, declaring the sect would remain sealed off from outside affairs. Yan Beigui burned with rage at the injustice, while Shen Zheng restrained him from attacking the Sacred Land.

• Blood-headbanded refugees knelt at Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land's gate and pleaded for its Old Ancestors to save Central Continent from the slaughtering gods and devils.
• A young man smashed his head against the steps and begged the Sacred Land to uphold justice, prompting a purple-robed official to order the crowd beaten and expelled.
• When the young man pleaded again, the official struck him, and golden-armored guards shattered his cultivation and dragged him away.
• The purple-robed official announced that Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land would stay out of external affairs and ordered outsiders without ties to its disciples to leave the surrounding region within three days.
• Yan Beigui tried to attack the Sacred Land in fury, but Shen Zheng restrained him and warned him not to throw his life away.

Yan Beigui and Shen Zheng discovered that the Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land had sealed itself off rather than confront the Outer Realm Demon massacring a city. They chose to fight the Demon themselves, and their battle began beneath the blood-red sky.

• Yan Beigui denounced the sacred lands for abandoning Central Continent, while Shen Zheng explained how they had long profited from offerings by other powers and their people.
• After a vast evil Aura shook the horizon, Yan Beigui and Shen Zheng flew toward its source near the territory of the Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land.
• The two found a city engulfed in blood-red mist as the Demon seized fleeing people and crushed them, and they charged in to stop the slaughter.
• A light curtain sealed the region behind them, and a mighty voice from the Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land warned the Demon not to cross its boundary, confirming that the Sacred Land would not intervene.
• Yan Beigui attacked the Demon with a ten-thousand-zhang blade light, severing its blood-colored arms, while Shen Zheng joined him as the Demon struck back.

After defeating an Outer Realm Devil, Yan Beigui and Shen Zheng learned that a resistance alliance led by an Escape One Supreme had formed to fight the invasion. Lin Hao took them to join the Righteous Qi Alliance, whose leader was the famed One Page Scholar.

• Yan Beigui and Shen Zheng defeated an Outer Realm Devil but lamented the devastation across Central Continent and the absence of the Supremes.
• They mourned Zhang Qingyuan, believing his injuries and ruined Dao Path had resulted from the Sacred Lands’ actions.
• Lin Hao arrived and invited Yan Beigui and Shen Zheng to join the Righteous Qi Alliance in resisting the Outer Realm Devils.
• Lin Hao explained that the Alliance had spread across eighteen realms and had recently slain eleven Outer Realm Devils, including three at the void sky level.
• Lin Hao revealed that the Alliance Leader, the Haoran Supreme, was the renowned One Page Scholar.

One Page Scholar explained to Lin Yan why he had raised a banner against the Outer Realm Kings despite the overwhelming odds: someone had to preserve the will to resist. He affirmed that he was carrying on Haoran Academy’s inheritance and had not changed, only come to understand his path.

• Lin Yan warned One Page Scholar that his public resistance would draw the Outer Realm Kings’ attention and bring more deaths.
• One Page Scholar argued that the sealed holy sects and absent Escape One Supremes had left the people without hope or a leader to resist.
• One Page Scholar recalled how the Supreme Sage Teacher had named him and how witnessing ordinary people’s lives clarified his purpose, leading him to break through to Escape One Supreme.
• One Page Scholar said he had raised Haoran Academy’s banner to carry forward the path of establishing the heart for Heaven and Earth and destiny for the myriad people.
• Lin Yan said One Page Scholar had changed, but One Page Scholar replied that he had always been himself and had only come to understand what he must do.

Yan Beigui and Shen Zheng arrived at the Righteous Qi Alliance and witnessed the alliance prepare for an incoming attack by Outer Realm Kings. One Page Scholar and Lin Yan confronted the darkness, and Lin Yan launched the first strike against the three Kings.

• Lin Hao guided Yan Beigui and Shen Zheng to the Righteous Qi Alliance, where they saw many Heavenly Beings gathered to fight the Outer Realm Gods and Demons.
• A wave of oppressive darkness approached the alliance, and One Page Scholar ordered everyone to evacuate.
• One Page Scholar attacked the darkness with a massive palm, which collided with a palm emerging from the void.
• Three Outer Realm Kings revealed themselves and discussed dividing One Page Scholar and Lin Yan as food.
• Lin Yan stepped forward and unleashed golden flames toward the darkness.