Chapter Summaries

Shen Changchuan considered body refinement to strengthen his Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu's overclocked state, then asked Wei Yuting about the Yuqing Immortal Sect's top young cultivators. Learning how powerful the Daozi and other geniuses were, he left determined to develop methods like Space Slash before the upcoming grand competition.

• Shen Changchuan recognized that strengthening his physique could extend the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu's overclocked state and improve his defenses.
• Wei Yuting visited Shen Changchuan and congratulated him on reaching the Out of Body Stage eighth level.
• Shen Changchuan explained that he had advanced thanks to the Spirit Transformation Pool, while admitting that reaching the Ninth Layer before the grand competition was uncertain.
• Wei Yuting described the Daozi's overwhelming strength and rapid rise, along with the two former Daozi candidates and other powerful disciples.
• Shen Changchuan felt pressured by the Immortal Sect's many geniuses and resolved to develop methods similar to Space Slash.

Wei Yuting left Great Bay Village satisfied after discussing sect management with Shen Changchuan, who worried that his modern organizational ideas might cause problems. Shen Changchuan then spent two months cultivating body-tempering Dharma Gates and discovered they could strengthen his physique and let him sustain the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu’s overclocked state longer.

• Wei Yuting discussed the Dragon Firmament Sect’s development with Shen Changchuan and returned to the sect encouraged by his suggestions.
• Shen Changchuan worried that Wei Yuting might put his borrowed ideas, including performance evaluations and eliminating those at the bottom, into practice.
• Shen Changchuan spent two months cultivating body-tempering Dharma Gates but mastered only two First Order techniques.
• Shen Changchuan found that the techniques improved his physical strength and toughness, extending how long he could maintain the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu’s overclocked state.

Shen Changchuan set aside body-tempering cultivation to focus on reaching the Out of Body Stage ninth level and integrating Space Power into his techniques. After rejecting a dangerous opportunity in an ancient secret realm, he decided to head for the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins, but Cen Yuantong arrived to challenge him over the Yuqing Immortal Sect's reputation.

• Shen Changchuan decided to postpone cultivating the body-tempering Dharma Gates and the Yimu Undying Scripture until after the Immortal Sect Grand Competition.
• Shen Changchuan learned from Nangong Cheng that Outer Region geniuses had gathered in an ancient secret realm to compete for a great opportunity.
• Shen Changchuan chose not to join them and decided to seek the opportunity at the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins instead.
• Cen Yuantong arrived and called Shen Changchuan out, believing that defeating him would restore the reputation and interests of the Daozi's followers.

Cen Yuantong traveled from the Yuqing Immortal Sect to Great Bay Village to punish Shen Changchuan, blaming him for damaging the influence of Daozi's followers. Shen Changchuan stopped Cen Yuantong's attack on the city, and the two began fighting.

• Cen Yuantong journeyed to Tiannan Domain, determined to make Shen Changchuan pay for leaving the Yuqing Immortal Sect unchallenged.
• Cen Yuantong unleashed a giant magical sword toward Great Bay Village, terrifying its residents and threatening to destroy the city.
• Shen Changchuan appeared before the sword and shattered it with a single punch.
• Shen Changchuan called Cen Yuantong a stray dog and confronted him over his attack on the village.
• Cen Yuantong charged at Shen Changchuan and struck at his face with a powerful punch.

Shen Changchuan swiftly defeated Cen Yuantong after the Yuqing Immortal Sect disciple attacked Great Bay Village, leaving him badly injured but alive. Two days later, Shen learned why Cen Yuantong had come and darkened at the realization that Lu Haoxuan’s past troubles had brought him another enemy.

• Cen Yuantong attacked Shen Changchuan, but Shen caught his fist and revealed the power of his overclocked Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu.
• Shen broke Cen Yuantong’s arm, struck his chest, and stomped him into a huge crater, defeating him in only a few moves.
• Shen spared Cen Yuantong after recognizing that he was likely a Yuqing Immortal Sect disciple, and Cen was later imprisoned in the dungeon.
• Two days later, Shen learned the full story from Cen Yuantong and grew angry that Lu Haoxuan’s past had brought him another unwanted confrontation.

Shen Changchuan learned that Daozi’s followers were a faction whose members defended their reputation and shared benefits, and he decided he would not apologize for the conflict. He left Great Bay Village for the Elephant Mountain Sect mountain gate Ruins to strengthen himself before the Immortal Sect Grand Competition.

• Shen Changchuan considered how Daozi’s cousin had built a faction under Daozi’s name and how Inner Sect factions competed for missions, rankings, and other benefits.
• Shen Changchuan realized the faction’s response to Lu Haoxuan’s mistreatment was tied to its reputation and interests, but he refused to apologize for the conflict.
• Shen Changchuan recalled that the accusation involving his maternal grandfather was baseless and resolved not to swallow the insult from Daozi’s followers.
• Shen Changchuan sealed Cen Yuantong’s cultivation, imprisoned him in the dungeon, and settled the aftermath in Great Bay Village.
• Shen Changchuan left for the Elephant Mountain Sect mountain gate Ruins to seek the Comprehension Secret Realm and learn more powerful spells before the Immortal Sect Grand Competition.

Shen Changchuan learned that a mysterious ruin had drawn cultivators to the Endless Desert and worried it might be connected to the Elephant Mountain Sect. After killing a gang that tried to ambush him, he followed Shen Chong’s map to a secluded hill and used a token to open a void vortex into the ruins.

• Shen Changchuan asked a passerby why Tiannan Domain’s border city had become crowded and learned that a secret realm had appeared in the desert half a year earlier.
• Shen Changchuan suspected the newly discovered ruins might be those of the Elephant Mountain Sect and decided to investigate.
• The passerby gathered accomplices to ambush Shen Changchuan, but Shen Changchuan killed them and searched their memories for information about the ruins.
• Shen Changchuan learned the gang knew little beyond rumors that many Out of Body Stage cultivators had entered the ruins and that Qi Induction cultivators had not returned.
• Shen Changchuan followed Shen Chong’s map to an isolated hill, activated his token, and entered the void vortex that appeared.

Shen Changchuan reached the ruined Floating Palace Cluster of the Elephant Mountain Sect and searched for the secret realm that could improve his comprehension. Outside, Bai Yusheng and others watched the Divine Calculation Sect arrange a divination, while an unidentified speaker challenged their assumptions about its power.

• Shen Changchuan carefully crossed the broken space and arrived before the enormous Floating Palace Cluster.
• Shen Changchuan failed to learn from the traces left by the Supreme Experts and wondered where the comprehension-enhancing secret realm was located.
• Outside the ruins, Bai Yusheng and several dozen people gathered around a reflected space as the Divine Calculation Sect's sunglasses-wearing figure directed their preparations.
• Bai Yusheng and the others praised the sect's divination, but an unidentified speaker warned that its power came at a price.

At the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins, Chen Lingfeng revealed that he had come both for the sect’s treasures and to stand up for his Junior Brother, Xiong Kuangdao. He planned to challenge Shen Changchuan after the ruins matter was settled, while Bai Yusheng encouraged him and hoped he would weaken Shen Changchuan before the Immortal Sect Grand Competition.

• Those gathered discussed the Divine Calculation Sect’s restrictions and speculated that the sect had engineered rumors about the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins.
• Chen Lingfeng introduced himself to Bai Yusheng and the others as a disciple of the East Sea Wandering Knight.
• Bai Yusheng recognized Chen Lingfeng as a famed Out of Body Stage expert and wondered whether he had come to avenge Xiong Kuangdao.
• Chen Lingfeng said he had come mainly to explore the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins, but also intended to stand up for his Junior Brother by testing Shen Changchuan.
• Chen Lingfeng boasted that he would give Shen Changchuan thirty or fifty moves, and Bai Yusheng praised him while hoping he would damage Shen Changchuan’s prospects at the Immortal Sect Grand Competition.

Shen Changchuan discovered Thunderflame Mountain in the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins and learned that its spiritual energy could rapidly strengthen his physique and accelerate body-tempering Dharma Gates. He faced dangerous spatial rifts guarding the mountain but hesitated to abandon the opportunity.

• Shen Changchuan crossed the ruined Elephant Mountain Sect gate and found Thunderflame Mountain surrounded by lethal spatial rifts.
• Shen Changchuan hesitated to approach the mountain because its Space Power could slice him apart, though he believed the site might resolve his predicament and remain unexplored.
• Shen Changchuan recalled that his seven days searching the ruins had yielded modest treasures, while Shen Chong had likely taken the most valuable items.
• Shen Changchuan found ancient records explaining that Thunderflame Mountain transformed spiritual energy into Thunder Flame spiritual energy that strengthened cultivators and sped up body-tempering Dharma Gates.
• Shen Changchuan realized that rapidly improving his physique there could make his body-tempering Dharma Gates advance quickly on the Progress Bar Panel.

Shen Changchuan reached Thunderflame Mountain to use its power to accelerate his body-tempering cultivation, despite the deadly spatial rifts surrounding it. He forced his way to the summit with the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu and Void Escape Gu, then entered the stable pool of spiritual liquid to begin tempering his body.

• Shen Changchuan assessed Thunderflame Mountain's shifting spatial rifts and decided the potential gains justified the danger.
• Shen Changchuan activated the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu, raising his strength to the peak of the Out of Body Stage eighth level.
• Shen Changchuan used the Void Escape Gu's Space Power to smash through the spatial rifts and reach the summit, suffering several cuts along the way.
• Shen Changchuan saw the silver-white spiritual liquid and magma in the crater, then leaped into it to begin Thunder Fire Body Tempering.

After battling Shen Chong, the black-dressed young woman recovered and decided to abandon her pursuit of the Zhou Family’s target. She left to pursue the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins and the Enlightenment Stone, which she believed she needed to secure the position of Saintess.

• The black-dressed young woman coughed up blood after fighting Shen Chong, and her elderly protector helped her recover.
• The black-dressed young woman praised Shen Chong’s strength, while the elderly woman dismissed him as a backwater prodigy who relied on hidden means.
• The elderly woman warned that Shen Chong had nearly wiped out the Zhou Family and their original target might be gone.
• The black-dressed young woman decided to leave Shen Chong and the Zhou Family to their conflict and focus on another target.
• The black-dressed young woman insisted that the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins and its Enlightenment Stone were essential to her bid to become Saintess.

After a month cultivating in Thunderflame Mountain, Shen Changchuan reached the limit of what his body could absorb from the Thunderflame essence, while advancing to the middle phase of the Out of Body Stage eighth level. His greatest gain was completing many body-tempering Dharma Gates, and he left with greater confidence in reaching the ninth level before the Immortal Sect Grand Competition.

• Shen Changchuan stopped cultivating after his body reached its limit absorbing the Thunderflame essence.
• Shen Changchuan discovered that he had advanced to the middle phase of the Out of Body Stage eighth level and was nearing the late-phase bottleneck.
• Shen Changchuan inspected his Progress Bar Panel and found that more than forty body-tempering Dharma Gates had reached mastery, while over seventy others had reached at least minor accomplishment.
• Shen Changchuan recognized that Thunderflame Mountain's body-tempering benefits had saved him five or six years of arduous cultivation.

After tempering his body on Thunderflame Mountain, Shen Changchuan emerged able to withstand spatial rifts and believed he could survive attacks from Spirit Wandering cultivators. Though his strength gave him confidence in pursuing higher realms, he continued toward the Comprehension Secret Realm to seek a way to master Space Power and form the Space Slash.

• Shen Changchuan emerged from spatial traversal with only faint marks on his skin, despite spatial rifts shredding his clothes.
• Shen Changchuan credited his extraordinary physical defense to his accumulated body-tempering Dharma Gates and the Yimu Undying Scripture.
• Shen Changchuan judged that his physique could let him survive several attacks from a Spirit Wandering cultivator and escape with the Void Escape Gu.
• Shen Changchuan rejected the idea of retiring somewhere remote and resolved to pursue higher cultivation realms.
• Shen Changchuan continued onward to search for the Comprehension Secret Realm and a way to fuse Space Power into the Space Slash.

Nangong Cheng fled from Bai Jingyuan after discovering a plot involving a divine item, but Bai overwhelmed him and prepared to kill him. Just as Bai’s spear struck, an unknown figure emerged from a shattered space and stopped it with one hand.

• Nangong Cheng accused Bai Jingyuan of ambushing him, while Bai admitted he wanted to kill him for witnessing a secret and coveting a divine item.
• Bai Jingyuan’s superior speed let him catch Nangong Cheng, who turned and slashed at him in a desperate counterattack.
• Bai Jingyuan broke Nangong Cheng’s blade with his blood-colored spear and blasted him into a mountain.
• Bai Jingyuan prepared to kill the trapped Nangong Cheng and threatened to kill his friend Shen Changchuan afterward.
• A jade-white hand reached through broken space and seized Bai Jingyuan’s spear, and an unknown figure stepped out to confront him.

Shen Changchuan saved Nangong Cheng from Bai Jingyuan after emerging from seclusion and learning that thousands of cultivators had entered the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins. He chased Bai Jingyuan down, but Bai revealed a decree talisman containing a Spirit Wandering realm technique.

• Shen Changchuan learned through soul-searching that Outer Region prodigies had opened a breach into the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins, drawing thousands of cultivators into the area.
• Shen Changchuan searched the ruins for the Comprehension Secret Realm and spotted Nangong Cheng being hunted by Bai Jingyuan.
• Shen Changchuan saved Nangong Cheng, then pursued Bai Jingyuan when he fled.
• Shen Changchuan caught up to Bai Jingyuan and attacked him with a space-crushing fist shadow.
• Bai Jingyuan produced a decree talisman sealing a Spirit Wandering realm technique, and Nangong Cheng shouted for Shen Changchuan to dodge.

Shen Changchuan survived a Spirit Wandering realm sword strike unleashed by Bai Jingyuan’s protective decree, astonishing Nangong Cheng. He concluded that his strengthened physique could withstand attacks from early Spirit Wandering realm cultivators, giving him a way to escape them.

• Bai Jingyuan’s decree unleashed a Spirit Wandering realm sword strike at Shen Changchuan, and Nangong Cheng regretted not stopping the pursuit.
• Shen Changchuan’s aura surged to the Ninth Layer, and he charged directly into the sword radiance.
• The collision devastated the surrounding land and mountains, while Nangong Cheng was forced down by the storm.
• Nangong Cheng reached the impact site and found Shen Changchuan alive, lightly wounded, and carrying the unconscious Bai Jingyuan.
• Shen Changchuan judged that the attacker was likely an early Spirit Wandering realm cultivator and concluded that his physique could endure such an attack before he escaped with the Void Escape Gu.

After surviving a Spirit Wandering realm attack, Shen Changchuan assessed his limits and learned from Nangong Cheng about the Outer Region prodigies’ plans in the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins. Nangong Cheng revealed that they sought both the sect’s seized inheritance and the Enlightenment Stone.

• Shen Changchuan recovered from his injuries and concluded he could withstand a few attacks from a Spirit Wandering realm cultivator, though he could not yet defeat one.
• Nangong Cheng praised Shen Changchuan’s strength, and Shen clarified that the attack had been only a casual strike from a newly advanced Spirit Wandering realm cultivator.
• Shen Changchuan thanked Nangong Cheng for warning him about the Outer Region prodigies and asked about the situation in the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins.
• Nangong Cheng explained that he belonged to the Nangong Family of the Qilian Domain, had returned to his family, and had reached the Out of Body Stage Fifth Layer.
• Nangong Cheng revealed that the Outer Region prodigies had come to claim the Elephant Mountain Sect’s seized inheritance and seek the Enlightenment Stone.

Nangong Cheng explained the history of the Elephant Mountain Sect’s Enlightenment Stone and why its fragments remained a target for cultivators exploring the ruins. Shen Changchuan, worried that his half-brother Shen Chong might have taken the fragments already, agreed to follow Nangong Cheng’s lead and investigate.

• Nangong Cheng explained that the Enlightenment Stone had helped the Elephant Mountain Sect produce three Mysterious Pill experts before the sect’s ruins vanished into the void.
• Nangong Cheng said that fragments and stones bearing the Enlightenment Stone’s aura might still remain in the Comprehension Secret Realm and could improve lower-level cultivators’ comprehension.
• Shen Changchuan worried that Shen Chong might have already taken the Enlightenment Stone fragments during an earlier exploration of the ruins.
• Nangong Cheng offered to lead Shen Changchuan to the place where he had been hunted down, hoping to retaliate against those who had attacked him.
• Shen Changchuan accepted Nangong Cheng’s offer and resolved to search for the fragments.

Outer Region geniuses worked together to break the damaged Formation around the Enlightenment Cave Heaven while wary of the onlookers gathering nearby. Bai Yusheng and Chen Lingfeng discussed their rivalry with other factions and revealed that Chen Lingfeng’s real interest lay in taking Shen Changchuan’s gains.

• A Divine Calculation Sect disciple used a tortoise shell to direct the Outer Region geniuses as they attacked the damaged Formation around the Enlightenment Cave Heaven.
• Bai Yusheng said the outsiders gathering nearby would likely force the factions to fight, and defended having Bai Jingyuan pursue Nangong Cheng as a warning to others.
• Chen Lingfeng questioned Bai Yusheng’s motives, and Bai Yusheng acknowledged the old grudges between the Bai Family and the Nangong Family.
• Bai Yusheng suggested that Chen Lingfeng still intended to target Shen Changchuan after leaving the Ruins, and Chen Lingfeng admitted that Shen Changchuan’s gains were what interested him.