Chapter Summaries

Outer-region talents prepared to target Shen Changchuan for the Elephant Mountain Sect’s legacy, then rushed into the Enlightenment Cave Heaven after its protective array collapsed. At a ruined palace, Nangong Cheng’s dying companion warned him that someone had deliberately exposed his whereabouts, leaving Shen Changchuan to comfort him.

• Bai Yusheng told Chen Lingfeng that the outer-region talents suspected Shen Changchuan had taken the best treasures from the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins and would attack him if the Enlightenment Cave Heaven yielded little.
• Bai Yusheng proposed that he and Chen Lingfeng cooperate to seize benefits from Shen Changchuan, and Chen Lingfeng considered the offer.
• The grand array around the Enlightenment Cave Heaven shattered, prompting the waiting outer-region talents to charge inside while other cultivators followed from a distance.
• At a ruined palace, Nangong Cheng’s gravely injured companion warned him that someone had intentionally exposed him before dying in his arms.
• Shen Changchuan comforted Nangong Cheng and reflected on the family infighting that had once forced him into hiding.

Nangong Cheng sealed Liuzi’s body in an ice coffin and set out with Shen Changchuan to reach the Enlightenment Cave Heaven before the Divine Calculation Sect broke through its formation. As fighting erupted inside, Luo Jiuzhang harvested the rising tribulation energy, while Shen Changchuan noticed him but moved on.

• Nangong Cheng sealed Liuzi’s body in an ice coffin and vowed to avenge him himself.
• Nangong Cheng told Shen Changchuan that Divine Calculation Sect disciples were close to breaking the Enlightenment Cave Heaven’s outer formation, and they hurried there.
• Luo Jiuzhang gathered tribulation energy with his inscribed tortoiseshell while disciples fought inside the cave heaven.
• Luo Jiuzhang reflected that the conflict would benefit his Heavenly Mystery Calculation, though the coming domain competition and war against the Tianmo Sect promised greater opportunities.
• Shen Changchuan and Nangong Cheng flew past Luo Jiuzhang, and Shen Changchuan identified him as a Divine Calculation Sect disciple before continuing on.

Outer Region prodigies fought over the jade platform that once held the Enlightenment Stone, while Bai Yusheng and Nangong Yunfan clashed at the ninth level of the Out of Body Stage. As the battle reached a stalemate and demons and monsters threatened to gather, Chen Lingfeng urged Bai Yusheng to help him seize the platform.

• Outer Region prodigies formed factions, first eliminating weaker lone competitors and then battling one another for the jade platform.
• Bai Yusheng tried to recruit Nangong Yunfan, but the two revealed they had both reached the ninth level of the Out of Body Stage and exchanged powerful attacks.
• Nangong Yunfan accused Bai Yusheng of attacking a Bai Family disciple, while Bai Yusheng claimed Nangong Yunfan had leaked Nangong Cheng's whereabouts and threatened to expose evidence of it.
• Nangong Yunfan charged at Bai Yusheng as their followers joined the fight, while battles erupted across the Enlightenment Cave Heaven around the platform.
• Chen Lingfeng warned Bai Yusheng that more demons and monsters would gather if the fighting dragged on, then asked him to cover him while he seized the platform.

Bai Yusheng used his Spirit Wandering realm Jade Talisman to scatter the cultivators surrounding Chen Lingfeng and help him seize the jade platform. Chen Lingfeng escaped with a Talisman, but Shen Changchuan and Nangong Cheng arrived outside the valley just as he rushed toward them.

• Bai Yusheng decided to act and unleashed a Jade Talisman containing a strike from the Bai Family's Supreme Old Ancestor.
• Bai Yusheng directed the Old Ancestor's palm at the prodigies surrounding Chen Lingfeng, scattering them and giving Chen Lingfeng a chance to move.
• Bai Yusheng's followers and the phantom blocked attacks aimed at Chen Lingfeng while Chen Lingfeng broke the remaining formations and stored the jade platform in his Storage Bag.
• Chen Lingfeng tore a Talisman and sped away, thanking Bai Yusheng as he fled.
• Shen Changchuan and Nangong Cheng arrived outside the valley, where Chen Lingfeng rushed toward Shen Changchuan and threatened to attack him.

Shen Changchuan and the others witnessed a mysterious black-dressed woman strike down Chen Lingfeng and appear at the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins. She claimed she had come to reclaim her ancestors’ inheritance, leaving the gathered prodigies wary and uncertain of her strength and origins.

• Chen Lingfeng charged toward Shen Changchuan, but a beam of black light struck him and sent him crashing into a crater.
• Shen Changchuan retreated with Nangong Cheng as the gathered fighters halted their battle and surrounded Chen Lingfeng from a distance.
• A black-dressed young woman appeared in the sky, and Shen Changchuan and Nangong Cheng failed to recognize her.
• The woman greeted the gathered prodigies and asked them to let her reclaim her ancestors’ inheritance.
• One prodigy suggested that she might be descended from the remnants of the Elephant Mountain Sect, heightening the crowd’s suspicion of her power.

A mysterious black-dressed woman used a charm technique against the cultivators in the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins, but Chen Lingfeng identified her as a Tianmo Sect quasi-Saintess. She revealed her identity and attacked, and the chapter ended with the crowd realizing her cultivation was only at the peak of the ninth level of the Out of Body Stage.

• The cultivators feared Spirit Wandering realm beings might arrive to claim the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins, so Bai Yusheng agreed to join forces with Chen Lingfeng over the jade platform.
• A black-dressed young woman appeared and used her charm to make most cultivators below the ninth level of the Out of Body Stage fall into illusions.
• Shen Changchuan awakened Nangong Cheng and warned the others not to look at the woman.
• Chen Lingfeng recognized her Black Heart Lotus Needle and Night Star Charm Scripture as Tianmo Sect techniques and asked if she was a quasi-Saintess.
• The woman admitted she had been discovered, declared that she could not leave anyone alive, and unleashed her aura.
• The cultivators realized her aura was at the peak of the ninth level of the Out of Body Stage rather than the Spirit Wandering realm.

Shi Mengting revealed herself as a Saintess candidate descended from the Tianmo Sect’s Elephant Mountain Sect remnants and used Primordial Chaos Heaven Swallowing to shatter a mass attack. As Shen Changchuan prepared to leave, a vast Formation sealed the Enlightenment Cave Heaven valley.

• Shen Changchuan sensed danger and told Nangong Cheng to retreat while dozens of Outer Region geniuses attacked Shi Mengting.
• Shi Mengting unleashed Primordial Chaos Heaven Swallowing, swallowing the attacks and drawing up the surrounding earth in a black-hole vortex.
• The Outer Region geniuses recognized Shi Mengting as an Elephant Mountain Sect remnant and fled in terror.
• Shen Changchuan considered the Elephant Mountain Sect’s surviving branches and decided to leave rather than confront Shi Mengting.
• A massive Formation light screen rose across the Enlightenment Cave Heaven valley, enclosing everyone inside.

Luo Jiuzhang escaped the formation and suspected the Tianmo Sect intended to kill the gathered prodigies, a disaster that could implicate his Divine Calculation Sect. Inside the formation, the black-dressed young woman killed Chen Lingfeng and found the jade platform bearing the Enlightenment Stone’s aura.

• Luo Jiuzhang escaped a hundred li from the formation using his Heavenly Secret Escape Talisman and worried that the trapped prodigies faced slaughter.
• Luo Jiuzhang feared the deaths would bring blame upon the Divine Calculation Sect, so he decided to seek help from the Immortal Sect’s higher-ups or nearby Spirit Wandering experts.
• The black-dressed young woman trapped the gathered prodigies inside her formation as their attacks failed and few dared to challenge her.
• The black-dressed young woman found Chen Lingfeng hiding in the chaos and killed him.
• The black-dressed young woman took Chen Lingfeng’s Storage Bag, erased its Dharma imprint, and discovered the jade platform carrying the Enlightenment Stone’s aura.

The black-dressed young woman used her mastery of Space Power to slaughter the prodigies trapped in the Enlightenment Cave Heaven. Shen Changchuan recognized her ability and wondered whether he could obtain her method of controlling space.

• The black-dressed young woman reflected on the Enlightenment Stone and resolved to reclaim what her ancestors had lost by growing stronger.
• Huang Li attacked the black-dressed young woman with his Wolf-Tooth Mace, but she evaded the blow and killed him with Sword Qi.
• The black-dressed young woman moved through the trapped prodigies, killing seven or eight of them as their attacks failed to touch her.
• Shen Changchuan recognized that the black-dressed young woman had truly mastered Space Power despite her Out of Body Stage ninth level cultivation.
• Shen Changchuan considered whether he could learn her method of controlling Space Power.

Shen Changchuan watched the Tianmo Sect Saintess candidate massacre the other prodigies and used his Insightful True Eyes to study her methods. When Bai Yusheng, the Nangong Heir Apparent, and the others unleashed Spirit Wandering realm attacks, she escaped their locks and dodged them with Space Power, leaving the survivors facing her again.

• Shen Changchuan reconsidered his chances in the Immortal Sect Grand Competition after realizing how far the peak prodigies surpassed ordinary geniuses.
• Shen Changchuan hid behind cover, concealed his aura, and activated the Insightful True Eyes to observe the black-dressed young woman.
• Bai Yusheng, the Nangong Heir Apparent, and the other peak prodigies used Jade Talismans to unleash Spirit Wandering realm attacks against the black-dressed young woman.
• The black-dressed young woman used her silver bracelet to break the attacks' Spiritual Sense locks, then crossed space to evade them.
• The attacks devastated the ground and shook the great formation, while the black-dressed young woman reappeared before the pale, terrified survivors.

Shen Changchuan saw through how the Tianmo Sect Saintess candidate used a silver bracelet and a matching Movement Technique to wield borrowed spatial power, easing his fear of the Immortal Sect Grand Competition. As she slaughtered the Outer Region prodigies and most of them fell, Shen Changchuan finally emerged from hiding and made his move.

• Shen Changchuan used his Perfect Level Insightful True Eyes to deduce that the black-dressed young woman's silver bracelet was a Spirit Tool that enabled her spatial movement, rather than proof she had mastered Space Power.
• Shen Changchuan concluded that her reliance on an external treasure meant the gap between him and the top sect prodigies was smaller than he had feared, and considered developing a Movement Technique to work with the Void Escape Gu.
• The black-dressed young woman began slaughtering the Outer Region prodigies, evading their attacks with the silver bracelet as their attempts to escape the light curtain failed.
• Bai Yusheng, the Nangong Heir Apparent, and the other survivors used their trump cards, but over seventy percent of the gathered Outer Region prodigies died.
• As the remaining prodigies sank into despair, Shen Changchuan emerged from the shadows and made his move.

Shen Changchuan discovered how to disrupt the Tianmo Sect Saintess candidate’s spatial movement and struck her while she could not escape. He left her wounded and vulnerable to further attacks.

• The Tianmo Sect Saintess candidate was struck by an unseen attacker and teleported away, bleeding and shocked by the interference with her Sky Control Bracelet.
• She tried to escape again but sensed a dangerous spatial disturbance and blocked the incoming attacker with a palm strike.
• The attacker overwhelmed her defense and sent her flying, revealing himself as Shen Changchuan.
• Shen Changchuan realized that disrupting the bracelet also broke the coordination between its spatial power and her Demonic Charm Dance.

Shen Changchuan struck the Tianmo Sect Saintess candidate twice and sent her flying, leaving the surviving Outer Region prodigies stunned. As Bai Yusheng explained Shen Changchuan’s strength to Nangong Yunfan, the gathered prodigies began to reassess the Tiannan Domain genius they had once dismissed.

• Shen Changchuan ambushed the Tianmo Sect Saintess candidate, struck her again, and sent her flying while the surviving Outer Region prodigies watched in disbelief.
• The survivors recognized Shen Changchuan and questioned how he could hit the Saintess candidate after she had evaded all their attacks.
• Nangong Yunfan asked Bai Yusheng what he knew about Shen Changchuan while they continued defending against the Saintess candidate’s attacks.
• Bai Yusheng recalled Shen Changchuan defeating Xiong Kuangdao and described his broad abilities and exceptional strength.
• Bai Yusheng reconsidered his earlier disdain for Shen Changchuan and the Tiannan Domain after witnessing Shen Changchuan overpower the Saintess candidate.

Shen Changchuan pursued the Tianmo Sect candidate Saintess after crippling her spatial movement and injuring her, though he knew she remained stronger. As she raised a spatial shield with the ancient Sky Control Bracelet, she grew intent on killing him and taking his spatial artifact.

• Bai Yusheng abandoned his belief that he could defeat Shen Changchuan after witnessing him suppress the Tianmo Sect candidate Saintess.
• Shen Changchuan recognized that his earlier attacks had succeeded because he caught the candidate Saintess off guard, then pursued her as she flew backward.
• Shen Changchuan struck at the candidate Saintess with a powerful punch imbued with Space Power, leaving her unable to evade through space.
• The candidate Saintess used the ancient Sky Control Bracelet to form a spatial shield against Shen Changchuan's attack.
• The candidate Saintess coveted Shen Changchuan's spatial artifact and resolved to kill him and seize it.

Shen Changchuan and the black-dressed young woman clashed with attacks powered by Space Power, devastating the Enlightenment Cave Heaven. Shen Changchuan then unleashed You Longzi’s sealed soul strike, but just as it was about to hit, she sacrificed an arm and a leg to escape.

• The black-dressed young woman poured her mana into the ancient Sky Control Bracelet and blocked Shen Changchuan’s Space Power-infused fist.
• The collision created a vast shockwave that tore open a miles-wide abyss and forced the distant Outer Region geniuses to retreat.
• Shen Changchuan recognized the young woman’s weakness to soul attacks and crushed the Jade Talisman containing one strike from You Longzi.
• Shen Changchuan used the Void Escape Gu to disrupt space and prevent the young woman from escaping with her bracelet.
• As You Longzi’s soul attack descended, the young woman exploded one arm and one leg into blood mist and vanished.

Shen Changchuan seized the Tianmo Sect Saintess candidate’s storage bracelet just as a peak Spirit Wandering realm attacker struck, forcing him to counter with a Jade Talisman. As the collision threatened to overwhelm him, Ming Xuanyang shattered the Enlightenment Cave Heaven’s formation and attacked, prompting the injured Tianmo Sect Saintess candidate and her protector to prepare to withdraw.

• The Tianmo Sect Saintess candidate escaped by self-detonating her limbs, and Shen Changchuan seized the bracelet she left behind.
• A black strike from a peak Spirit Wandering realm attacker rushed toward Shen Changchuan, who countered with the power sealed in a Jade Talisman.
• The attacks collided, unleashing a devastating Mana Torrent that battered Shen Changchuan and cracked the formation around the Enlightenment Cave Heaven.
• The formation shattered, and Ming Xuanyang sent a mana-formed Sky Covering Great Hand crashing down from the sky.
• The old woman urged the grievously wounded Tianmo Sect Saintess candidate to withdraw, while the candidate cursed Ming Xuanyang’s arrival and questioned why he was in the Tiannan Domain.

Shen Changchuan survived the Tianmo Sect Saintess candidate’s escape and resolved to reach the Spirit Wandering realm so he could control his own fate. After the crisis passed, Luo Jiuzhang of the Divine Calculation Sect introduced himself and explained that Martial Uncle Ming had arrived in time.

• The Tianmo Sect Saintess candidate recognized Shen Changchuan, vowed to reclaim her losses, and escaped with Aunt Song through a spatial fissure.
• The figure who had unleashed the Sky Covering Great Hand let his mana vanish and disappeared without explanation.
• Shen Changchuan regained his footing, reflected on how close he had come to death, and resolved to become strong enough to control his own life.
• Luo Jiuzhang introduced himself to Shen Changchuan and said Martial Uncle Ming had arrived in time to support him.

Shen Changchuan learned from Luo Jiuzhang that Shi Mengting’s attack had caused heavy casualties among the prodigies and even killed several Spirit Wandering cultivators. He left the ruins while Nangong Cheng stayed to help his clan, and planned to seek refuge at the Dragon Firmament Sect as he inspected the spoils taken from Shi Mengting.

• Shen Changchuan thanked Luo Jiuzhang for arranging reinforcements and heard that Shi Mengting was a Tianmo Sect Saintess candidate whose motives for entering the ruins were unclear.
• Luo Jiuzhang told Shen Changchuan that Shi Mengting’s Dao Protector had killed several Spirit Wandering cultivators, and that the Immortal Sects would likely retaliate over the incident.
• Nangong Cheng declined to leave with Shen Changchuan because he needed to help the injured Nangong Yunfan and the surviving Nangong Family disciples.
• Shen Changchuan departed after Bai Yusheng and others expressed gratitude for his intervention.
• Shen Changchuan decided to seek refuge at the Dragon Firmament Sect’s mountain gate and examined the storage bracelet he had taken from Shi Mengting.

Shen Changchuan left the Elephant Mountain Sect ruins and assessed his gains, including a bracelet filled with resources and a jade platform that enhanced comprehension. He realized the Enlightenment Stone might be driving the immortal sects’ renewed plans against the Tianmo Sect, then resolved to return and strengthen himself.

• Shen Changchuan flew toward Great Bay Village on Little Wind and reflected on the trip’s rewards, including his thunder-and-flame body tempering and the hidden benefits of Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu.
• Shen Changchuan examined the bracelet left by the Tianmo Sect Saintess candidate and found vast stores of cultivation resources that could help him reach the Out of Body Stage ninth level.
• Shen Changchuan discovered that the jade platform in the bracelet enhanced his comprehension and gave him a clearer direction for developing spells that used the Void Escape Gu’s Space Power.
• Shen Changchuan connected the jade platform to the legendary Enlightenment Stone and suspected it had helped the Elephant Mountain Sect produce three Mysterious Pill realm experts.
• Shen Changchuan realized the immortal sects might be preparing to attack the Tianmo Sect to prevent it from using the Enlightenment Stone, and he decided to return and focus on improving his strength.

Shen Changchuan returned to Great Bay Village and arranged to move his maternal relatives to safety before going into seclusion at the Dragon Firmament Sect. His mother and maternal grandfather refused to accompany him, leaving Han Qinhu and several elderly villagers behind to guard the village as Shen Changchuan departed.

• Shen Changchuan returned to Great Bay Village and planned to hide at the Dragon Firmament Sect until the danger from Shi Mengting passed.
• Shen Changchuan arranged secret escape routes and urged Han Yue'er and Han Qinhu to take shelter at the Dragon Firmament Sect, but both refused.
• Han Qinhu insisted on staying to watch over Great Bay Village, and the rest of the Han Family eventually left while he remained with several elderly villagers.
• Shen Changchuan bowed toward Great Bay Village in gratitude for Han Qinhu's years of work and support that had helped him rise.