Chapter Summaries

One Page Scholar and Lin Yan faced three Outer Realm Kings, while cultivators watching from afar resolved to resist the invasion after witnessing Haoran Supreme’s stand. As One Page Scholar sacrificed himself to help Lin Yan escape, Old Man Yan told Lin Yan there was no need to run.

• Martial Venerable Chi Yan and other cultivators watched the battle and vowed to fight the Outer Realm invaders rather than give in to despair.
• Lin Yan retreated with the badly wounded One Page Scholar and admitted he could no longer hold off their three opponents.
• One Page Scholar urged Lin Yan to escape while he stayed behind to unleash his final move and cover his retreat.
• The three Outer Realm Kings attacked, and One Page Scholar charged them with the last of his power.
• Lin Yan prepared to flee, but Old Man Yan told him there was no need to run.

Zhang Qingyuan arrived after breaking through to the Escape One Supreme realm and rescued One Page Scholar from three Outer Realm Gods and Demons. After sending One Page Scholar to safety, Zhang Qingyuan faced the three enemies alone as they launched another attack.

• Lin Yan sensed Zhang Qingyuan approaching and abandoned his preparations to flee.
• The three Outer Realm Kings overwhelmed One Page Scholar, leaving him on the verge of death.
• Zhang Qingyuan appeared between One Page Scholar and the attackers and repelled their combined strike with a single finger.
• Zhang Qingyuan sent One Page Scholar beside Lin Yan and said he would test his new power against the three enemies.
• The three Outer Realm Gods and Demons recognized Zhang Qingyuan as a threat and attacked him together.

Zhang Qingyuan revealed that he had reached the Escape One Realm and fought the three Outer Realm Kings. He left them all injured and hurled a thousand li away with a single punch.

• Heavenly Human Realm cultivators witnessed Zhang Qingyuan's power and recognized him as the genius once rumored to have been gravely injured.
• Zhang Qingyuan faced the three Outer Realm Kings and used the Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique to appear behind them.
• Zhang Qingyuan unleashed a punch infused with the Chaos Great Dao, forcing the three Kings to raise a desperate defense.
• Zhang Qingyuan shattered their defense, injured all three Outer Realm Kings, and blasted them a thousand li away.

Zhang Qingyuan joined the battle and overwhelmed three Outer Realm Kings with his Chaos Great Dao. He killed one and pursued the two who fled.

• Zhang Qingyuan sent the three Outer Realm Kings flying with a single punch, astonishing Lin Yan and One Page Scholar.
• The Outer Realm Kings launched a combined attack, but Old Man Yan stopped Lin Yan and One Page Scholar from intervening.
• Zhang Qingyuan answered with his Chaos Divine Fist and repelled the three Kings’ attack.
• Zhang Qingyuan used his sword to split one Outer Realm King in two and destroy his Divine Soul.
• The two surviving Outer Realm Kings fled, and Zhang Qingyuan prepared to chase them.

Zhang Qingyuan killed the three Outer Realm Kings who had attacked him, astonishing the watching cultivators with his strength. As the battle ended, he sensed another presence in the shattered sky and called on it to reveal itself.

• Zhang Qingyuan cut down one fleeing Outer Realm God and Demon with a sword strike.
• Zhang Qingyuan appeared behind the final Outer Realm King and killed him with One Sword of Spring and Autumn, annihilating his body and consciousness.
• Lin Yan and One Page Scholar praised Zhang Qingyuan, while the watching Heavenly Beings marveled that he had defeated three Escape One Supremes alone.
• Zhang Qingyuan stared into the shattered sky, sensed an unseen enemy, and demanded that it appear before sending a destructive streak of black light into the chaos.

Qingchenzi of Taiqing Dao invited Zhang Qingyuan, One Page Scholar, and Lin Yan to join the Heavenly Court, revealing that it had abandoned the Central Continent to the Outer Realm Kings and planned to restrict cultivation afterward. One Page Scholar faltered under Qingchenzi’s justification, but Zhang Qingyuan rejected it and accused the Holy Sects of protecting their own supremacy.

• Qingchenzi appeared before Zhang Qingyuan, One Page Scholar, and Lin Yan and invited them to join the Heavenly Court.
• One Page Scholar asked how the Heavenly Court had responded to the Outer Realm Kings’ invasion, and Qingchenzi said it had agreed to let them ravage the world in exchange for leaving Heavenly Court members alone.
• Qingchenzi called ordinary beings ants and argued that their deaths would reduce pressure on the Azure Realm’s Spiritual Mechanism and delay the End of Dharma.
• Qingchenzi revealed that the Heavenly Court planned to reclaim cultivation inheritances and forbid cultivation to anyone outside the Holy Sects or Heavenly Court.
• One Page Scholar began doubting his ideals, but Zhang Qingyuan condemned Qingchenzi’s reasoning and accused the Holy Sects of seeking to keep mortals beneath them.

Zhang Qingyuan rejected Qingchenzi’s offer to join the Heavenly Court and learned that the Holy Sects and Heavenly Court were connected to Haoran Academy’s destruction and the Dean’s death. After Qingchenzi departed, Zhang Qingyuan considered the hidden strength behind the invasion as One Page Scholar and the Righteous Qi Alliance’s Heavenly Beings wondered whether the world would still perish.

• Zhang Qingyuan denounced the Holy Sects’ plan as selfish, restoring One Page Scholar’s clarity and resolve.
• Qingchenzi defended the Holy Sects’ supremacy and asked Zhang Qingyuan, Lin Yan, and One Page Scholar once more to join the Heavenly Court, but they refused.
• Zhang Qingyuan asked whether the Holy Sects and Heavenly Court were involved in Haoran Academy’s destruction and the Dean’s death, and Qingchenzi confirmed it.
• Zhang Qingyuan vowed to seek justice from the Holy Sects and Heavenly Court, while Qingchenzi warned him to survive the Outer Realm Kings’ invasion before challenging them.
• After Qingchenzi left, Zhang Qingyuan reflected on his strength and the Holy Sects’ confidence, while One Page Scholar and the Righteous Qi Alliance’s Heavenly Beings worried that the world would return to ruin.

Zhang Qingyuan challenged the Heavenly Beings’ fear that cultivation would exhaust the Azure Realm’s origin, arguing that they should seek to strengthen the world rather than abandon cultivation. The others were left stunned by the breadth of his vision.

• One Page Scholar, Lin Yan, and the other Heavenly Beings feared that cultivation would deplete the Azure Realm’s origin until the world died.
• Zhang Qingyuan told them about a mortal nation where a sage’s equal land distribution failed to prevent hunger as the population grew.
• Zhang Qingyuan explained that the sage’s successor used cultivation technology to increase agricultural yields and break the cycle of famine.
• Zhang Qingyuan compared world origin to a cake and urged the Heavenly Beings to expand it instead of merely limiting cultivators.
• Zhang Qingyuan argued that cultivators should pursue realms beyond True Immortals and gain the power to restore or create worlds.
• One Page Scholar and Lin Yan realized how far Zhang Qingyuan’s vision surpassed their own.

Zhang Qingyuan explained how his knowledge of worlds beyond this one gave him a broader perspective on the approaching Dharma Age. Old Man Yan warned that cutting off cultivation could doom a world, then left everyone shaken with a tale of an Immortal King destroying a world whose civilization had been sealed within it; Zhang Qingyuan took comfort in learning that this world’s ascended immortals had created ties beyond it.

• Old Man Yan emerged from Lin Yan's ring and praised Zhang Qingyuan's vision, while Zhang Qingyuan explained that being from Earth let him imagine possibilities beyond this world.
• Old Man Yan said the world's eventual decline could not be stopped by ending cultivation, and One Page Scholar asked him to explain.
• Old Man Yan recounted how an Immortal King had destroyed a world and refined it into an artifact after its self-styled Heavenly Emperor prevented anyone from transcending.
• Zhang Qingyuan feared that an Immortal King might do the same to his world, but Old Man Yan explained that destroying a world brought immense karma and that the isolated world had been an exception.
• Zhang Qingyuan relaxed after learning that thirteen immortals had ascended from this world, entangling them in great karma beyond it.

Zhang Qingyuan secretly agreed to seek out Old Man Yan’s enemy in the Upper Realm in exchange for a secret about the legendary Supreme Dao Realm. After his victory over three Outer Realm Kings became known, he and Lin Yan set out to hunt the remaining invaders.

• Old Man Yan secretly offered Zhang Qingyuan a secret about the Immortal King in return for killing his enemy in the Upper Realm, and Zhang Qingyuan agreed once strong enough.
• Old Man Yan revealed the legendary Supreme Dao Realm, which he said could establish an Immortal King Foundation, and advised Zhang Qingyuan to pursue it before becoming an immortal.
• Old Man Yan said none of the thirteen Immortal Venerables from the Azure Realm had reached the Supreme Dao Realm and dismissed their lower-realm ascensions as shortcuts.
• The crowd discussed the possibility of using the power of Immortal Kings to change the Azure Realm’s declining era, while Old Man Yan returned to Lin Yan’s Storage Ring.
• News spread that Zhang Qingyuan had slain three Escape One Outer Realm Kings, astonishing the Cultivation World across the Nine Continents Continent.
• Zhang Qingyuan and Lin Yan began ambushing lone Outer Realm Kings who were ravaging the Central Continent.

Lin Yan killed an Escape One-level Outer Realm God and Demon, completing his third such victory during the counterattack. Zhang Qingyuan then reported that the campaign had to end, with three slain Outer Realm Kings lying before him.

• Lin Yan overwhelmed the Blood Sea Nether Rakshasa Dao with golden flames and injured the Outer Realm God and Demon.
• Lin Yan ignored the enemy’s threat that the Blood Origin Great Emperor would avenge it and killed it with a concentrated sphere of Emperor Flame.
• Lin Yan reflected that he had grown strong enough to easily slay an Escape One-level Outer Realm God and Demon after battles coordinated by One Page Scholar.
• Lin Yan contacted Zhang Qingyuan through the communication Magic Tool and asked how many enemies he had killed.
• Zhang Qingyuan said the counterattack had to end and sat atop one of three slain Escape One-level Outer Realm Kings.

Zhang Qingyuan killed three Outer Realm Kings who had set a trap for him, then discussed their deaths and the threat of the Blood Origin Great Emperor with Lin Yan. He returned toward the Righteous Qi Alliance, resolved to strengthen his techniques before facing stronger enemies.

• Three Outer Realm Kings ambushed Zhang Qingyuan, but he killed them in less than a quarter of an hour.
• Zhang Qingyuan told Lin Yan that the Outer Realm Kings had begun investigating their missing allies, threatening the advantage of their hidden operations.
• Lin Yan warned Zhang Qingyuan about the Blood Origin Great Emperor, whose backing suggested he was a powerful Escape One Supreme.
• Zhang Qingyuan considered the ranks of Escape One Supremes and worried about the strength of the True Kings and Great Emperors among the invaders.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided to return to the Righteous Qi Alliance and use his Immortal Stones to upgrade his movement technique and another Supernatural Ability into immortal arts.
• Zhang Qingyuan stored the three corpses in a Storage Bag and disappeared into the void.

Zhang Qingyuan suspended the hunt for the wary Outer Realm Gods and Demons and prepared to improve his immortal arts. At Taiqing Dao, Qingwei rejected Qingchenzi’s demand that he abandon his convictions, escaped after Qingchenzi attacked him, and was declared a traitor.

• Zhang Qingyuan noted that the Outer Realm Gods and Demons had gone into hiding, then considered using his two Immortal Stones to advance his techniques.
• Qingchenzi confronted Qingwei at Taiqing Dao and criticized him for caring about ordinary people and opposing the sect’s plans.
• Qingwei affirmed that every living being had the right to live and condemned Qingchenzi for abandoning his humanity.
• Qingchenzi struck Qingwei and said he would be held at Taiqing Mountain because he knew too much.
• A battle erupted at Taiqing Mountain, and Qingwei escaped beyond the heavens.
• The Sect Leader of the Taiqing Sect declared Qingwei a defector and ordered disciples to report him and kill him on sight.

Qingchenzi sent word about the three Sons of Fortune to draw the Outer Realm Kings’ attention toward them, while the Righteous Qi Alliance rose to prominence after its leaders drove back an invasion. After a year of seclusion, Zhang Qingyuan completed two new immortal arts and left to face the expected retaliation.

• Qingchenzi realized Qingwei had escaped, then sent a Messaging Talisman warning others that Qingwei might join the three Sons of Fortune.
• The Outer Realm Gods and Devils ravaged the Cultivation World of Central Continent, but three young Escape One Supremes formed the Righteous Qi Alliance and forced the invaders to retreat temporarily.
• Zhang Qingyuan completed the transformation of the Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique and another Supernatural Ability into immortal arts during his year of seclusion.
• Zhang Qingyuan tested his new movement art, stabilized his Escape One cultivation, and further increased his strength by digesting his battle experience.
• Zhang Qingyuan left seclusion to assess the situation and prepare for the Outer Realm Kings’ anticipated retaliation.

Zhang Qingyuan visited the East Boundary, where the Righteous Qi Alliance had established a safe haven amid the chaos caused by the Outer Realm Kings. Seeing people rebuild their lives, he reflected that his struggle to protect them had been worth it, then reunited with Shen Zheng and Yan Beigui.

• The Righteous Qi Alliance settled in the East Boundary, using the Imperial Mountains and Seas as a natural defense while refugees rebuilt their lives.
• Zhang Qingyuan walked through a bustling marketplace and contrasted its lively crowds with the devastated towns he had seen during the Outer Realm Kings’ attacks.
• Zhang Qingyuan reflected that his power allowed him to preserve the beauty of ordinary life and that fighting the Outer Realm Kings had been worth it.
• Zhang Qingyuan spotted Shen Zheng and Yan Beigui drinking at a tavern and joined them.
• Shen Zheng and Yan Beigui welcomed Zhang Qingyuan, and the three resumed friendly conversation despite his rise to Escape One Supreme.

Zhang Qingyuan reunited with Shen Zheng and Yan Beigui, then inspected the Righteous Qi Alliance’s defenses as its members prepared for the Outer Realm Kings’ counterattack. The attack began when a dark abyss spread across the sky.

• Shen Zheng told Zhang Qingyuan and Yan Beigui that Rao'an City had been destroyed and that he and Yan Beigui had killed the Outer Realm God or Demon responsible.
• Shen Zheng explained that ancient Holy Sects and Sects had refused to aid the Central Continent, leading him and Yan Beigui to join the Righteous Qi Alliance.
• Zhang Qingyuan spotted the Thunder King of Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain and heard that its cultivators were helping the Alliance resist the Outer Realm Gods and Demons.
• One Page Scholar showed Zhang Qingyuan the Alliance’s reinforced defenses and preparations for an imminent attack.
• A dark abyss spread across the sky, and Zhang Qingyuan and One Page Scholar recognized that the Outer Realm Kings’ counterattack had begun.

Seven Outer Realm Kings attacked the Righteous Qi Alliance while Lin Yan was away, and Zhang Qingyuan joined One Page Scholar to defend it. As the alliance prepared its defenses, the grand formation began to fail under the attackers’ assault.

• Seven terrifying auras appeared above the city, forcing the Righteous Qi Alliance to shield its people with a formation.
• One Page Scholar asked Zhang Qingyuan to hold back three enemies while he coordinated the formation against the other four, and Zhang Qingyuan agreed.
• One Page Scholar ordered the alliance cultivators to their positions and oversaw the evacuation of low-level rogue cultivators.
• The Outer Realm Kings taunted the defenders, and one of them struck the formation with a massive black hand.
• The formation protecting the alliance suddenly cracked and collapsed in one direction.

Zhang Qingyuan fought seven Outer Realm Kings after the Righteous Qi Alliance’s formation was destroyed, while One Page Scholar uncovered Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain’s betrayal. The chapter ended with Lei Chen claiming Zhang Qingyuan had stolen the flower that should have made him an Escape One Supreme.

• The Outer Realm Kings shattered the Righteous Qi Alliance’s Formation Light Curtain, and Zhang Qingyuan told One Page Scholar to withdraw while he held them back.
• Zhang Qingyuan faced the seven Outer Realm Kings and launched his Chaos Divine Fist as they attacked him together.
• One Page Scholar traced the formation’s breach to Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain and confronted Thunder King Old Ancestor and the traitors.
• Lei Chen accused Zhang Qingyuan of stealing Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain’s Nine Revolutions Dao Integration Flower and taking the advancement that should have been his.

Lei Chen blamed Zhang Qingyuan for Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain’s decline, but One Page Scholar exposed the Sect’s betrayal and attacked its members. The Outer Realm Kings ignored their former allies, leaving their infiltration force dead as the battle above continued.

• Lei Chen accused Zhang Qingyuan of ruining his chance to become an Escape One Supreme by taking the Nine Revolutions Dao Integration Flower.
• Shen Zheng and Yan Beigui rebutted Lei Chen, while Thunder King Old Ancestor revealed that Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain had pledged allegiance to the Outer Realm Kings centuries earlier and helped break the Great Desolate Sacred Dynasty’s formation.
• One Page Scholar condemned Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain for betraying the world and dismissed its members as disposable chamber pots to the Outer Realm Kings.
• One Page Scholar struck the Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain group, and Thunder King Old Ancestor begged Great King Lou Fan for help, but received no response.
• One Page Scholar’s attack crushed Thunder King Old Ancestor and the others, while the battling Outer Realm Gods and Demons treated their deaths as the loss of a spent pawn and focused on their powerful opponent.

Zhang Qingyuan fought off a siege by seven Outer Realm Kings, using his immortal art-level movement technique to evade their attacks and strike from unexpected angles. He left two Kings severely injured or dead while the remaining attackers continued their furious assault.

• The Outer Realm Kings sealed the sky with dark laws and attacked Zhang Qingyuan, but he used silver light to evade their strikes and appear behind one King.
• Zhang Qingyuan struck the King’s head with his merged Yin Yang Great Dao, severely injuring him and reducing his combat power by more than half.
• The other Kings’ attacks shattered Zhang Qingyuan’s afterimage, while he reappeared a thousand miles away using the Chaos Dragon Kun Roaming Body Technique.
• Zhang Qingyuan evaded the seven Kings’ successive attacks and said his immortal art-level movement technique made him invincible among those of the same realm.
• Zhang Qingyuan appeared behind another King and killed him with a spear of Erlwood Divine Thunder, scattering the gathered Kings with the resulting Sea of Thunder.