Chapter Summaries

Yun Shu destroyed the Wuji Immortal Sect’s Mountain Protecting Array while enduring Tribulation Transcendence, defeated the Devil Ancestor, and wiped out the sect. The Devil Ancestor warned that his Seventh Realm master would seek revenge, and Yun Shu prepared to face him.

• A bolt of tribulation lightning shattered the Mountain Protecting Array, and Yun Shu repelled Gu Qingtian’s attack with a single punch.
• Gu Qingtian realized Yun Shu was far stronger than expected and fled as black mist, but Yun Shu bound him with white beams of light.
• The Devil Ancestor threatened that his Seventh Realm master would avenge him and identified Yun Shu’s Illusion Immortal Bead.
• Yun Shu killed the Devil Ancestor with the white beams and seized his golden Primordial Spirit.
• Yun Shu surveyed the ruined Wuji Immortal Sect, where nearly everyone had been killed, as distant Divine Senses swept over the area.

After destroying Wuji Immortal Sect, Yun Shu gathered valuable resources and returned to Myriad Sword Pavilion, intent on advancing to the Seventh Realm. He entered seclusion while news of Wuji Immortal Sect's destruction threw the outside world into chaos.

• Yun Shu weathered the tribulation, reached the peak of the Sixth Realm, and learned he had little chance against the Old Fiend in a direct fight.
• Yun Shu collected Spirit Stones, grand-array materials, tools, pills, and Artifact Refining materials from Wuji Immortal Sect's ruins before leaving the cleanup to others.
• Yun Shu returned to Myriad Sword Pavilion and told Liu Chuan that he had destroyed Wuji Immortal Sect, asking him to send people to recover what remained.
• Yun Shu went into seclusion to cultivate with the resources he had gathered, while the news of Wuji Immortal Sect's destruction caused an uproar outside.

Yun Shu reflected on the dangers still ahead and continued cultivating, while the Myriad Sword Pavilion’s leaders discussed his growing strength and the sect’s future. The Sect Master sent the Grey-robed Elder, Chen Hong, and Li Zheyan to search the ruins of the destroyed Wuji Immortal Sect for resources.

• Yun Shu considered the threat posed by the Old Fiend’s Seventh Realm master and chose to rely on his own strength rather than bring out the Old Man.
• The Patriarch praised Yun Shu’s Body Cultivation progress and said he might eventually Shatter the Void, while Yun Shu resumed cultivating as a Sword Cultivator.
• The Sect Master celebrated the destruction of the Wuji Immortal Sect, while Ji Wanfeng worried that Yun Shu’s enemies might endanger the Myriad Sword Pavilion.
• The Grey-robed Elder explained that the pavilion needed to grow cautiously until Yun Shu could protect it, and he noted that its disciples were making progress.
• The Sect Master sent the Grey-robed Elder and Chen Hong to search the Wuji Immortal Sect’s ruins, and the Grey-robed Elder chose to bring Li Zheyan.
• The three arrived at the ruins, where gathered onlookers watched as they entered past the remnants of the sect’s Prohibitions.

Rogue Cultivators and sect representatives surveyed the ruins of the Wuji Immortal Sect as Myriad Sword Pavilion claimed the remaining buildings and asserted its new power. The onlookers debated Yun Shu’s strength, while Chen Hong and the Grey-robed Elder continued searching without correcting their guesses.

• The Grey-robed Elder shattered the Prohibitions, and Chen Hong’s aura stopped the Rogue Cultivators from rushing in to seize the remaining treasures.
• The Grey-robed Elder announced that Myriad Sword Pavilion had destroyed the Wuji Immortal Sect and warned anyone who challenged its claim to the ruins.
• The Buddha’s Son of Wankong Temple said Myriad Sword Pavilion might be rising, and the Rogue Cultivators began speculating about Yun Shu’s realms and abilities.
• A scar-faced man repeated an escaped Wuji Immortal Sect disciple’s claim that Yun Shu had endured three tribulations and possessed late Nascent Soul Stage Body Cultivation, but the crowd dismissed him.
• Chen Hong and the Grey-robed Elder exchanged a glance and kept quiet as speculation grew, then continued their thorough search of the ruins.

Visitors to the ruins of Wuji Immortal Sect speculated about Yun Shu’s strength and feared what his destruction of the sect meant for the Crimson Cloud Domain. As Myriad Sword Pavilion’s representatives salvaged the ruins, the Sect Master of one of the Six Great Upper Sects arrived to observe them.

• A young novice monk left the ruins, frightened by Yun Shu’s power and mindful of his bond of Good Karma with him.
• Chu Tianfeng and the Old Man decided not to interfere, then entered the grounds and reflected on how far Yun Shu had surpassed them.
• Chen Hong and Li Zheyan admired the evidence of Yun Shu’s strength as the Grey-robed Elder assigned the three of them to collect valuables from the ruins.
• A calm middle-aged man, the Sect Master of one of the Six Great Upper Sects, watched the ruins and the Myriad Sword Pavilion members.

After the Wuji Immortal Sect fell, Yun Shu’s followers salvaged its remaining wealth and returned with nearly three million Mid-grade Spirit Stones. Yun Shu kept most of the resources to advance his own cultivation and ordered the Myriad Sword Pavilion to take over and liquidate the sect’s industries.

• A middle-aged observer decided not to challenge the Myriad Sword Pavilion over the Wuji Immortal Sect’s ruins and quietly left.
• The Grey-robed Elder, Li Zheyan, and Senior Brother Chen Hong spent nearly half a month stripping the ruins and Spirit Veins, estimating their haul at nearly a hundred million Spirit Stones.
• Yun Shu emerged from seclusion after reaching the Seventh Realm, having nearly exhausted his Spirit Stones and Cultivation Points.
• Liu Chuan delivered nearly three million Mid-grade Spirit Stones from selling Yun Shu’s Demonic Sword and collecting and selling spoils from the Wuji Immortal Sect.
• Yun Shu gave Liu Chuan one hundred thousand Spirit Stones for repairs and talented disciples, while keeping the rest for his own cultivation.
• Yun Shu ordered Senior Brother Chen Hong to take over the Wuji Immortal Sect’s industries and withdraw their Spirit Stones, and he retained seven hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones.

Yun Shu continued cultivating after destroying the Wuji Immortal Sect, while the Myriad Sword Pavilion flourished under the reputation his battles had brought it. Shangguan Yi accepted his place beneath Yun Shu and hoped to witness the sect’s future rise.

• Yun Shu swallowed two million Mid-grade Spirit Stones and continued cultivating in seclusion inside the Myriad Sword Pavilion.
• The pavilion’s disciples learned Yun Shu had destroyed the Wuji Immortal Sect, and their reverence for him grew as the sect gained respect across the Crimson Cloud Domain.
• Outer Sect Disciples worked harder, several advanced into the Inner Sect, and the pavilion added direct-entry slots and encouraged disciples to share their cultivation experience.
• Shangguan Yi reflected on Yun Shu’s strength, abandoned resentment over losing the Sect Master position, and said he hoped to live long enough to see the Myriad Sword Pavilion prosper.
• Liu Chuan told Yun Shu that Shangguan Yi had emerged from seclusion without reaching the Golden Core Stage, and Yun Shu acknowledged the news while continuing his own cultivation.

Yun Shu received Chu Huangyue’s offer to enter a Supreme Great Sect as an Inner Sect Disciple, but chose to remain with his sect and rely on his own strength. After returning to his room, he learned that Chu Huangyue had perfected the Great Five Elements method, inspiring him to treat her as a rival in cultivation.

• Liu Chuan gave Yun Shu a Teleportation Talisman from Chu Huangyue containing a letter and a Token.
• Yun Shu learned Chu Huangyue had recommended him to her Supreme Great Sect and offered him direct entry as an Inner Sect Disciple.
• Yun Shu declined the offer, and Liu Chuan also refused when Yun Shu offered him the Token.
• Yun Shu returned to his room and discovered that Chu Huangyue had cultivated his Great Five Elements method to perfection.
• The Patriarch said that only Yun Shu and Chu Huangyue might have the talent and perseverance to reach that level.

Yun Shu received news that Chu Huangyue was nearing Spirit Transformation and resolved to cultivate harder. After learning of a valuable Spirit Stone mine contested by Wankong Temple, he went to inspect it and summoned the temple’s leaders to negotiate.

• Yun Shu read Chu Huangyue’s letter and returned to cultivation, conserving the resources Snow Mountain Elder had left for the sect and Little Jiu'er.
• Liu Chuan informed Yun Shu that Chen Hong had gathered 1.5 million Mid-grade Spirit Stones from Wuji Immortal Sect’s businesses and that Wankong Temple was mining a valuable border vein.
• Yun Shu traveled to the mine and saw Wankong Temple’s monk overseeing workers who had formerly served Wuji Immortal Sect.
• Yun Shu introduced himself to the frightened monk and ordered Wankong Temple’s four Head Seats to come to Myriad Sword Pavilion to discuss the mine.

Yun Shu listened to rogue cultivators exaggerate his power, then met with Wankong Temple’s four leaders to negotiate the Spirit Mine left behind by the destroyed Wuji Immortal Sect. The monks proposed a contest to divide the mine, but Yun Shu’s counteroffer left the negotiations at a stalemate.

• Yun Shu overheard rogue cultivators speculate about his strength and reputation, while he reflected on how the Myriad Sword Pavilion should claim its share of the Spirit Mine.
• Liu Chuan finished writing the Talismans, and all four leaders of Wankong Temple arrived at the Myriad Sword Pavilion to meet Yun Shu.
• Yun Shu proposed that the Myriad Sword Pavilion take the seventy-percent share the Wuji Immortal Sect had held.
• A Wankong Temple monk proposed a contest between three disciples from each sect, with the winner receiving sixty percent of the Spirit Mine.
• Yun Shu offered to fight all three Wankong Temple disciples alone, leaving the monks unable to accept and the negotiations unresolved.

Yun Shu negotiated a mining agreement with Wankong Temple, securing Myriad Sword Pavilion forty percent of the Spirit Stones and the Spirit Vein. The two sects planned to begin mining the next day, with Yun Shu choosing Shangguan Yi to oversee the work.

• The Great Monk offered Wankong Temple’s terms, and Yun Shu agreed to forty percent of the Spirit Stones while Wankong Temple gave up its claim to the Spirit Vein.
• Yun Shu and the Great Monk agreed to jointly hire Rogue Cultivators to mine the Spirit Mine and aimed to finish within a month.
• The Great Monk and the other monks left to prepare a mining plan and begin work the next day.
• Yun Shu told Liu Chuan he planned to send Shangguan Yi to watch over the mine, and Liu Chuan agreed he was a suitable choice.

Yun Shu directed Liu Chuan to negotiate with Wankong Temple over the Spirit Mine while he focused on cultivating with the sect’s Spirit Stones. On the twentieth day, Liu Chuan reported that the workers had found the Spirit Vein, and Yun Shu went to the mine as Rogue Cultivators discussed their meager wages.

• Yun Shu told Liu Chuan to have Shangguan Yi negotiate with Wankong Temple and secure the Spirit Stones within a month.
• Liu Chuan gave Yun Shu Spirit Stones exchanged by Chen Hong, then left as Yun Shu returned to cultivating.
• Yun Shu absorbed a million Spirit Stones and continued strengthening his Seventh Realm Body Cultivator cultivation.
• Liu Chuan reported that the Spirit Vein had been found on the twentieth day, and Yun Shu immediately went to the Spirit Mine.
• Rogue Cultivators at the mine complained that they received only one Low-grade Spirit Stone a day and speculated about the sects’ profits.

Yun Shu discovered and took a powerful Spirit Vein from the mine, then absorbed it after returning to Myriad Sword Pavilion, gaining 2.3 million Cultivation Points. With his strength growing and old grudges still awaiting resolution, he returned to seclusion to improve his cultivation and body.

• Yun Shu learned from a Wankong Temple Head Seat that a high-grade Spirit Vein had appeared in the mine and entered to inspect it.
• Yun Shu found the translucent, five-colored Spirit Vein, sealed it with runes, and stored it in a magical artifact.
• Yun Shu returned to Myriad Sword Pavilion and absorbed the Spirit Vein, gaining 2.3 million Cultivation Points and bringing his total to 5.1 million.
• Yun Shu reflected on the sect's inherited grudges and his need to grow stronger while keeping his full abilities hidden.
• Yun Shu returned to seclusion, set aside developing a new Body Cultivation Method, and continued improving the Indestructible Body of Heavenly Tribulation.

Yun Shu completed the Spirit Mine excavation settlement with Wankong Temple and agreed to become its Protector, strengthening ties between the two sects. He accepted the temple’s Token after learning the honor had once belonged to Patriarch Ling Yi.

• Yun Shu cultivated the Seventh Realm of the Four Symbols Hegemonic Body Art as Spirit Stones arrived from the mine.
• Liu Chuan delivered Myriad Sword Pavilion’s share of more than three and a half million Spirit Stones, and Yun Shu gave Shangguan Yi insights to help him reach the Golden Core Stage.
• Yun Shu inspected the depleted Spirit Mine with Wankong Temple’s Great Monks and discussed his connection to their Body Cultivation Method.
• The Great Monks offered Yun Shu the position of Wankong Temple’s Protector, and the Patriarch confirmed that Ling Yi had once held the title.
• Yun Shu agreed to the appointment and accepted Wankong Temple’s Token, establishing a closer alliance between the sects.

Yun Shu and Wankong Temple formalized friendly ties, prompting Myriad Sword Pavilion and Wankong Temple to signal their cooperation to the cultivation world. Back at the sect, Yun Shu reviewed its progress and learned Liu Chuan had begun cultivating seriously.

• The four Great Monks showed Yun Shu the completed mine before leaving, and Yun Shu and Liu Chuan returned to the sect.
• Yun Shu told Liu Chuan to announce the connection with Wankong Temple so other powers would think twice before targeting them.
• Liu Chuan began cultivating, hoping to reach the Nascent Soul Realm within ten years, while Mu Qing took over the sect’s affairs.
• Yun Shu reviewed Mu Qing’s report and found that the sect had made little progress, with no Golden Core disciples yet.
• News of the two great sects’ growing ties spread, and some major sects pulled back their moves while others doubted the connection would amount to real cooperation.

Yun Shu surveyed Myriad Sword Pavilion’s growing strength and resumed cultivating, while a talisman from the Hall of Life and Death prompted him to visit its headquarters. He met with its guards and was summoned to see Yuan Xi.

• Yun Shu noted that Shangguan Yi had reached the Golden Core Stage, giving Myriad Sword Pavilion two Golden Core cultivators alongside Li Zheyan.
• Yun Shu cultivated toward the Eighth Realm and worried that his resources would soon be insufficient to advance further.
• Yun Shu received a talisman from the Hall of Life and Death and went to its headquarters to deliver it to Yuan Xi.
• Yun Shu considered whether the Hall of Life and Death should eventually relocate, but decided it could wait until Yuan Xi reached the Nascent Soul Stage.
• A guard escorted Yun Shu through several checkpoints and told him that Yuan Xi wanted to see him.

Yun Shu met with Yuan Xi and Old Lei to review the Hall of Life and Death’s growth and investigate reports of corpses attacking people near the Ancient Mine. After receiving intelligence records on the Crimson Cloud Domain’s powers, he began by reading his own profile.

• Yuan Xi and Old Lei welcomed Yun Shu as the Hall Master, and Old Lei reported that the Life Hall’s intelligence network reached nearly all of the Nine Great Powers.
• Yuan Xi said the Death Hall had fifty Golden Core assassins, had expanded into four neighboring Great Domains, and could handle most forces below their top experts.
• Yun Shu gave Yuan Xi cultivation methods for the Nascent Soul Realm and asked why he had been summoned.
• Yuan Xi reported that corpses were flying from the Ancient Mine and attacking people, with some reaching the False Core Stage; Yun Shu said he would investigate.
• Old Lei brought intelligence files on the Crimson Cloud Domain’s top powers, and Yun Shu read his own profile, which rated him at the peak of the Fifth Realm and gave him full marks in six categories.

Yun Shu reviewed intelligence on the Crimson Cloud Domain, gave Yuan Xi a few resources, and then went to inspect the Ancient Mine. He stayed outside its edge, where he saw the Crimson Mist had grown darker and more violent, leaving the cause of the change unknown.

• Yun Shu examined records on the major powers and Rogue Cultivators, finding their estimates of his sect’s strength largely accurate.
• Yun Shu entrusted Yuan Xi with cultivation techniques and a few resources, including Spirit Medicines and a Fourth Tier Long Sword, while leaving the Hall of Life and Death to operate on its own.
• Yun Shu left the Myriad Sword Pavilion and traveled to the nearby Ancient Mine, whose vast reach extended into neighboring Great Domains.
• Yun Shu remained at the Ancient Mine’s edge because of its dangers and the risk of being transported into its depths.
• Yun Shu observed that the Crimson Mist inside the Ancient Mine had deepened in color and grown unusually violent.

Yun Shu investigated the Ancient Mine’s emerging Flying Corpses, judged the depths too dangerous to enter, and sent Chen Hong to hunt at its outer edge. With the Female Protagonist’s departure and the sect’s destruction less than half a year away, Yun Shu began planning to recruit promising figures and strengthen the sect.

• Yun Shu and the Patriarch concluded that a hidden force was gathering and restraining the Flying Corpses inside the Ancient Mine, so Yun Shu left rather than risk entering its depths.
• Back at the sect, Yun Shu gave Chen Hong a hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones and ordered him to hunt Flying Corpses near the Ancient Mine and bring back their Killing Intent crystals.
• Yun Shu realized that the coming Flying Corpses could yield many Cultivation Points and that the Female Protagonist’s departure and the sect’s destruction were approaching in a little over half a year.
• Yun Shu decided to leave a clone at the sect and recruit talented figures within the Great Domain, beginning with a young genius in Formation Arrays.

Yun Shu investigated He Yingying, a girl born beneath Weak Water Palace with the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace phenomenon, and found her living as an ordinary mortal despite the attention she had once drawn. After testing her, he discovered she had only a faint trace of a Spiritual Root and left her future uncertain.

• Yun Shu asked Old Lei to investigate He Yingying, and Old Lei sent out Talismans to gather information.
• Old Lei delivered a detailed report, and Yun Shu went to Weak Water Palace the following day.
• Yun Shu entered He Yingying’s home and heard her mother insist she marry soon to support the family.
• He Yingying placed her hand on Yun Shu’s Testing Stone, but its faint water-blue glow quickly disappeared.
• Yun Shu learned that He Yingying had barely any Spiritual Root and still could not sense Spiritual Energy after half a month of practice.