Chapter Summaries

Yun Shu discovered a gifted formation talent and a boy with an extraordinary affinity for beasts, then recruited both to his sect. As he prepared to leave with them, a group of blue-robed women arrived.

• Yun Shu tested the woman with a formation diagram, and she solved it with nearly every Formation Pattern correctly placed.
• He Chong revealed that he could understand bees and other parts of nature, then communicated with Yun Shu’s Iron Wire Centipede and learned it was pleading to be spared.
• After consulting the Patriarch, Yun Shu learned that He Chong had exceptional Beast Taming talent and that the woman could become a great Formation Master.
• Yun Shu accepted both as disciples, gave the centipede to He Chong, and paid the two elders enough money to live comfortably.
• A group of blue-robed women entered with celestial music, and Yun Shu told his new disciples to leave with him.

Yun Shu took He Yingying and her younger brother from Weak Water Palace after refusing to let its disciples hold them for more aptitude tests. Steward Hua returned to the sect and reported the incident to the Fifth Elder, who came out to learn which sect had defied Weak Water Palace.

• Yun Shu told the Weak Water Palace disciples that He Yingying was his disciple and that he was taking her with him.
• The Weak Water Palace disciples blocked Yun Shu and demanded that He Yingying remain while they tested her again, while allowing him to take her younger brother only after testing him.
• Yun Shu showed them his Token and released a powerful aura that cowed the disciples, then left with the two children.
• Steward Hua and the other disciples worried about the consequences, but Steward Hua decided to report the encounter to the Fifth Elder.
• Hua Yuxue told the Fifth Elder that a powerful figure from another sect had taken the girl, and the Fifth Elder emerged from her room in anger.

The Weak Water Palace learned that Steward Hua had offended Yun Shu and decided to send a major apology to avoid provoking him further. Yun Shu continued preparing training for his new students when the palace’s congratulations on his appointment as a Wankong Temple Protector reached him.

• Steward Hua reported her encounter with Yun Shu to the Fifth Elder, who recognized him from his appearance and Token and demanded a full account.
• The Fifth Elder brought the matter to the Weak Water Palace Master, who ordered an apology and sent the Great Elder with a grand congratulatory gift for Yun Shu.
• The Weak Water Palace announced its congratulations to Pavilion Master Yun of Myriad Sword Pavilion on becoming a Protector of Wankong Temple.
• Yun Shu continued studying Beast Taming while developing training plans for the two disciples he had placed in the prodigy training camp.

Yun Shu chose not to meet Weak Water Palace’s delegation, but sent Liu Chuan to receive their gifts and offer his personal sword in return. The exchange eased tensions between Weak Water Palace and Myriad Sword Pavilion, and Steward Hua returned Yun Shu’s Token and apologized.

• Yun Shu judged that Weak Water Palace had come to build friendly ties and decided Liu Chuan would receive their gifts in his place.
• Liu Chuan met the delegation, accepted their congratulatory gift, and presented Yun Shu’s personal sword as a return gift.
• The delegation took the returned sword as a sign that Yun Shu had forgiven them and agreed to maintain friendly relations with Myriad Sword Pavilion.
• Steward Hua returned Yun Shu’s Token and apologized through Liu Chuan, who promised to convey her words.
• Weak Water Palace’s delegation departed, while Myriad Sword Pavilion’s disciples watched and discussed the visitors’ grandeur and Yun Shu’s standing.

Yun Shu gave the rare Wind Soul Grass to Liu Chuan to pass to Mu Qing, hoping it could help Mu Qing’s damaged Wind Spiritual Root. He assessed the sect’s growing disciples, recognized He Chong’s unusual aptitude for formations, and gave Li Zheyan a Beast Taming manual to teach and pass down.

• Liu Chuan showed Yun Shu the Wind Soul Grass sent by Weak Water Palace, and Yun Shu decided it should go to Mu Qing rather than be sold.
• Yun Shu visited the Training Ground, where Li Zheyan reported that two disciples had reached the Golden Core Stage and praised the formation talent of the newly arrived siblings.
• Yun Shu watched He Chong train and learned that the boy had advanced to the first level of Body Tempering in a single day.
• Yun Shu concluded that He Chong and his sister could help preserve the sect’s formation inheritance.
• Yun Shu gave Li Zheyan his Beast Taming manual and instructed him to study it before teaching the disciples.

Yun Shu confronted the mid-stage Dao Integration cultivator who had come to avenge Gu Qingtian and claim the promised mine vein. Both resolved to kill the other, and Yun Shu intercepted the fiend’s attempt to summon help before launching his attack.

• Li Zheyan agreed to study the ancient book before teaching its methods to the Training Ground disciples.
• Yun Shu returned to secluded cultivation after the Weak Water Palace matter and sent Communication Talismans to Old Lei to search distant regions.
• On the fourth day, the Patriarch sensed a powerful aura heading toward the Wuji Immortal Sect, and Yun Shu went to meet it.
• A black-clad middle-aged fiend arrived above the ruined sect and demanded to know who had destroyed it; Yun Shu identified himself.
• The fiend revealed that he had come for the mine vein Gu Qingtian promised and decided Yun Shu was too dangerous to leave alive.
• Yun Shu’s white radiance intercepted the fiend’s Talisman, and he attacked with a vast Sea of Thunder and a powerful fist.

Yun Shu fought the Old Fiend, revealing overwhelming strength as a Body Cultivator and trapping him inside the Illusion Immortal Bead’s spatial seal. After the Old Fiend was badly wounded and cornered, he unleashed a powerful attack that tore at Yun Shu’s Nascent Soul.

• The Old Fiend manifested his Demon Fiend Physique and clashed with Yun Shu, but Yun Shu proved stronger and left him lightly injured.
• Yun Shu drew his Long Sword and shattered the Old Fiend’s Soul Leaving Spear, breaking through his Killing Intent and wounding him further.
• The Old Fiend fled as a crimson streak, but Yun Shu’s spatial seal blocked his escape and Yun Shu struck him into the barrier.
• The Old Fiend realized Yun Shu possessed the Illusion Immortal Bead and that Gu Qingtian’s report of a Void Returning Stage opponent had been wrong.
• With no escape left, the Old Fiend unleashed a powerful fluctuation, and Yun Shu felt an intense tearing sensation spread from his Nascent Soul as he resisted.

Yun Shu survived the Old Fiend’s soul attack when the Patriarch captured him and erased his memories, leaving his Primordial Spirit intact. Back at the sect, Yun Shu encouraged Mu Qing’s cultivation, then examined the Old Fiend’s spoils and resolved to keep building his strength without drawing the attention of powerful factions.

• The Patriarch suppressed the Old Fiend’s attack, captured his Primordial Spirit in the Illusion Immortal Bead, and erased his memories at Yun Shu’s request.
• Yun Shu left the Old Fiend’s Primordial Spirit alive to avoid alerting his sect, recovered the corpse and artifacts, and scoured the area with lightning before departing.
• A Rogue Cultivator later found buried objects at the devastated site and credited Pavilion Master Yun for uncovering them.
• Yun Shu met Mu Qing, told him to prioritize cultivation, and gave him a sealed strand of his Wind Attribute Sword Intent to study.
• Yun Shu inspected the Old Fiend’s corpse, broken spear, and other spoils, deciding to keep and melt down the items rather than risk offending the Supreme Great Sect or Li Prefecture Imperial Dynasty.
• Yun Shu considered the Storage Bag, which contained a small Secret Realm he had carved out.

Yun Shu absorbed the Old Fiend Yong Hun’s spiritual items, collected his cultivation techniques and other possessions, and considered how Gu Qingtian had turned Yong Hun against him. The chapter left Yun Shu suspecting that Gu Qingtian’s death was not enough to explain why a Dao Integration Realm expert had come after him.

• Yun Shu absorbed the spiritual items and Spirit Stones from Yong Hun’s Storage Bag, gaining nearly ten million Cultivation Points.
• Yun Shu examined Yong Hun’s Immortal and Demonic cultivation techniques and planned to advance both paths along with his Body Cultivation.
• Yun Shu collected Yong Hun’s Demonic Formation Array materials and notes, then stored the Old Fiend’s corpse in his Storage Bag.
• Yun Shu read Gu Qingtian’s talisman and concluded that Gu Qingtian had stirred up resentment by portraying Yun Shu as an insult to Yong Hun.
• Yun Shu reasoned that Yong Hun’s wish to avenge his Registered Disciple could not fully explain why a Dao Integration Realm expert had come after him.

Yun Shu stabilized his cultivation after defeating the Old Fiend, then accepted an invitation for Myriad Sword Pavilion to compete among the Nine Great Powers. He chose three disciples to train for the competition, which was six months away.

• Yun Shu absorbed Spirit Items until his Cultivation Points reached ten million and triggered a system upgrade.
• Liu Chuan showed Yun Shu an invitation from the Imperial Sword Sect to a Grand Competition, and Yun Shu decided Myriad Sword Pavilion would attend for the prizes and chance to enter an ancient battlefield Secret Realm.
• Yun Shu told Liu Chuan to select three strong Core Disciples, preferably Golden Core cultivators, to prepare for the competition.
• Liu Chuan brought Yun Shu three candidates: one disciple with a Heavenly Spiritual Root and two with common Special Physiques.
• Yun Shu thought Yuan Xi, who had reached Golden Core Peak, was still too powerful to reveal and could compete after reaching Nascent Soul.

Yun Shu planned training for three promising disciples, then explored the upgraded system’s new Attribute Points and used them to advance his auxiliary professions. With the story’s major conflict set to begin in six months, he continued preparing for the coming calamity.

• Yun Shu let a disciple with a Profound Yin Physique choose Water Attribute cultivation, Formation Arrays, and Demonic Path cultivation, then asked the other two disciples about their interests and began planning their training.
• Old Lei sent Yun Shu details about a talented Sword Cultivator in another Great Domain, and Yun Shu decided to approach him after handling matters closer to home.
• The system finished upgrading, converting Yun Shu’s Cultivation Points into Attribute Points and allowing him to spend them to raise auxiliary-profession experience.
• Yun Shu used Attribute Points to raise Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Formation Arrays, Talismans, and Beast Taming to the peak of Sixth Tier, while recognizing that he still needed practical study to master them.
• Yun Shu planned to have his clone teach the Core Disciples and continued improving his Immortal Path Cultivation in preparation for the next calamity.

Yun Shu heard that the Ancient Mine’s creatures were growing stronger, accepted Chen Hong’s Blood Crystal Stones, and assigned his incarnation to train three promising youths. The chapter left Yun Shu focused on strengthening the sect while postponing an investigation of the dangerous mine.

• Chen Hong reported that the Ancient Mine’s creatures kept multiplying and that Nascent Soul Realm Flying Corpses had appeared, then gave Yun Shu a Storage Bag of Blood Crystal Stones.
• Yun Shu told Chen Hong to keep clearing creatures from the outskirts and return if Nascent Soul-level threats appeared, while deciding to avoid entering the Ancient Mine for now.
• Yun Shu’s incarnation finished deducing cultivation methods and materials, and Yun Shu introduced it to three youths who would train for the Nine Great Immortal Sects’ Grand Competition.
• Yun Shu considered Mu Qing’s unreconnected Wind Spiritual Root and resolved to keep nourishing it while Mu Qing continued cultivating.
• Li Zheyan praised the Transmission Elder’s expertise, and Yun Shu revealed that the elder was his incarnation assigned to train disciples.
• He Chong began cultivating the Spirit Refining Art and received the Patriarch’s Formation Array insights, while the incarnation also taught him and his sibling.

Yun Shu traveled to the Heavenly Sword Sect to find Du Yuan, a gifted Sword Cultivator he hoped would carry on the sect’s sword teachings. He found Du Yuan still in the outer sect, where the youth killed a disciple who blocked his way, leaving his future uncertain.

• Yun Shu left the sect after instructing Mu Qing and traveled to Qing Xuan Domain to seek a Sword Cultivator for the Myriad Sword Pavilion.
• Yun Shu entered the Heavenly Sword Sect unnoticed and went to the outer sect to find Du Yuan.
• Yun Shu saw a group of disciples try to extort Du Yuan’s monthly Spirit Stones and threaten him with violence.
• Du Yuan killed a disciple who blocked his escape, then walked away as the others discussed how to report the incident.
• Yun Shu watched Du Yuan leave and recognized his fierce refusal to yield as the spirit of a Sword Cultivator.

Yun Shu and the Patriarch discovered that Du Yuan possessed a Clear Heart Sword Body and watched as his sect framed him for killing an extortionist. The Old Man rescued Du Yuan and took him as a disciple, but the Patriarch suspected he planned to seize Du Yuan’s body once he reached Foundation Establishment.

• The Patriarch identified Du Yuan’s Clear Heart Sword Body and Yun Shu decided to keep an eye on him.
• Du Yuan returned to his room after killing a disciple who had tried to take his Spirit Stones.
• Elder Han’s disciples accused Du Yuan of murder, and Elder Han ordered him sent to the Punishment Hall to have his cultivation crippled and be expelled.
• The Old Man appeared, accused Elder Han of shielding his son, and asked Du Yuan to become his disciple.
• Du Yuan agreed to follow the Old Man, and the Patriarch told Yun Shu he suspected the Old Man intended to possess Du Yuan’s body.

Yun Shu revealed Du Yuan’s flawless Sword Heart and recruited him into the Myriad Sword Pavilion, where the youth began his cultivation. Meanwhile, Little Jiu’er faced his fourth Nascent Soul tribulation as Yun Shu underwent two tribulations of his own.

• Yun Shu explained that the Heavenly Sword Sect had mistaken Du Yuan’s White Mist phenomenon for a crippled physique and revealed his exceptional Sword Heart.
• Yun Shu offered Du Yuan a place in the Myriad Sword Pavilion, and Du Yuan accepted after learning he could leave if the sect could not support his cultivation.
• Yun Shu brought Du Yuan to the Myriad Sword Pavilion and assigned the Transmission Elder to handle his affairs while he cultivated toward the Golden Core Stage.
• Little Jiu’er underwent his fourth Nascent Soul tribulation, while Yun Shu began undergoing two tribulations at once.
• Thunderstorms ravaged the Snow Mountain for several days, and the nearby Demon Race members feared the returning expert’s power.

After surviving his fifth tribulation, Yun Shu learned that the Five Dragon Pool would open in a month and decided to take Little Jiu'er there to seek resources and a possible bloodline baptism. He left the sect in Liu Chuan’s care and set out for the Desperate Land, looking beyond the Crimson Cloud Domain for ways to advance.

• Yun Shu recognized his fifth tribulation as the Fate Tribulation and learned that his fate involved a contest whose outcome remained unclear.
• The Snow Mountain Elder told Yun Shu about hidden sects and ancient races, then recommended that he take Little Jiu'er to the Five Dragon Pool when it opened in about a month.
• Yun Shu learned that the Five Dragon Pool was a dangerous site coveted by the Demon Emperor Hall, where demons under fifty could undergo a baptism that might purify Little Jiu'er's bloodline.
• Yun Shu agreed to explore the Five Dragon Pool, reasoning that its resources and the chance to fight powerful experts could help his cultivation.
• Yun Shu left Spirit Stones and instructions with Liu Chuan, then departed with Little Jiu'er for the Five Dragon Pool.

Yun Shu arrived at the Five Dragon Pool with the Patriarch and disguised himself among the gathered demons by quickly cultivating a Demon Race technique. As he learned about the pool and its baptism, he waited for it to open.

• Yun Shu and the Patriarch reached the Dragon Pool Forbidden Land after traveling for half a month and saw the Five Dragon Pool surrounded by gathered demons.
• Yun Shu asked the Patriarch for a Demon Race technique so he would not stand out, and the Patriarch taught him the Heavenly Demon Treasure Technique.
• Yun Shu mastered the technique in half an hour, revealed his Demonic Energy, and slapped a Golden Core-stage Ox Demon who had looked down on him.
• The Patriarch was astonished by Yun Shu's speed and aptitude for cultivating Demon Race techniques.
• Yun Shu mingled with the demons and learned that Dragon Qi around the pool could benefit even those outside its central baptism area.
• Yun Shu observed that at least two Dao Integration Realm demons were present, while most of the gathered prodigies were at the Nascent Soul Level.

Yun Shu watched the Five Dragon Pool open and learned that its dangers included a lethal age restriction. He followed the demons toward the entrance, but the pool swallowed one of them as he stepped inside.

• Yun Shu learned from the Patriarch that the Demon Emperor Hall was powerful but constrained by Heavenly Tribulations and remained hostile to humans.
• Yun Shu spent half a month cultivating, reaching the threshold of the Eighth Realm and using up nearly half his Attribute Points.
• The Great Mountain shook as golden light and Immortal Qi emerged, and Yun Shu warned the Little Guy to suppress any unusual display of his Heavenly Demon Bloodline.
• The Five Dragon Pool opened, and a demon over fifty was erased by its prohibition when he tried to enter.
• Yun Shu followed the demons toward the Dragon Pool, where a powerful force swallowed one of them.

Yun Shu entered the Five Dragon Pool by disguising himself with Demonic Energy and used the Illusion Immortal Bead to conceal himself and Little Jiu'er. While she underwent the bloodline baptism, he began harvesting the Dragon Pool's Spirit Herbs, leaving the Demon Race disciples puzzled.

• Yun Shu observed that the pool swallowed those below the Golden Core Stage and learned that only those fifty or younger could enter.
• With the Patriarch's guidance, Yun Shu passed the Prohibitions by masking himself in Demonic Energy.
• Yun Shu activated the Illusion Immortal Bead and concealed himself and Little Jiu'er from the watching elder and the Demon Race disciples.
• Yun Shu tossed Little Jiu'er into the pool, where the water formed a cocoon around her as her bloodline purification began.
• Yun Shu and the Patriarch hid their actions behind an Illusion Realm, and Yun Shu started pulling up the True Dragon-aura Spirit Herbs while the other disciples focused on their baptism.

Yun Shu collected the stones around the Dragon Pool and discovered that its water could yield Attribute Points, then descended into the golden depths to investigate the Dragon Bones. He found a weakened Remnant Dragon and attacked it, but its nearly indestructible bones stopped his first strike.

• Yun Shu used puppets to gather the stones around the Dragon Pool while the Demons entered their cocoons to evolve.
• Yun Shu tested the pool water, gained five Attribute Points from a small bottle, and realized its power faded after it was removed from the pool.
• Yun Shu entered the pool and resisted its powerful force with his Lightning Tribulation Body as he descended toward the bottom.
• Patriarch warned Yun Shu that five Dragon Bones lay below, including a weakened Remnant Dragon with strength at the Seventh Realm.
• Yun Shu approached the Remnant Dragon and struck its tail with his fist, but the Dragon Bone remained unmoved and left his fist trembling.