Chapter Summaries

True Sun Sect forces rebuilt their forward base on Nanlin Island and prepared another assault, while Thousand Wood Temple and its allies rapidly advanced through Linshui Prefecture’s defenses. The chapter ended with Zi Luan promising to attack Dongfeng Island after the transit station was completed, as Li Miaolin began forming an internal-response force.

• Zichen ordered Nanlin Island turned into a forward transit base, and Le Xin arrived with reinforcements before ordering another attack toward Dongfeng Island.
• Daoist Zi Chen questioned Le Xin about the True Sun Sect’s plans and Thousand Wood Temple’s absence, but Le Xin said the decision came from Master and True Lord.
• Thousand Wood Temple’s forces destroyed Linshui Prefecture’s defenses, restored an island, and used Transfer Talismans to bring in hundreds of cultivators.
• Zi Luan and the others discussed the killing array around Dongfeng Island, while Que Cai revealed she had arranged teleportation arrays for a retreat.
• After Hu Qianqian relayed Liu Shuang’s demand to move faster, Zi Luan said they would attack under cover of darkness in half an hour, and Li Miaolin began forging an internal-response force.

Zi Luan’s forces captured Golden Mountain Island and prepared to assault Dongfeng Island, while intelligence revealed that Yuqing Sect had launched a major attack on Taiyin Sect. On the eighteenth day of the war, Zi Luan led the Third Realm cultivators into battle, and Shan Wei charged an enemy Artifact Cultivator as the assault began.

• Li Miaolin used his Puppetry Technique to turn Linshui Prefecture defenders against one another, and Zi Luan concluded that the enemy had abandoned Golden Mountain Island to defend Dongfeng Island.
• Zi Luan split Golden Mountain Island with his bronze sword, then ordered Liu Shuibin to inspect it and directed troops to collect its golden fir timber.
• Que Cai received news that Yuqing Sect and Taiyin Sect were fighting on a large scale, and Zi Luan suspected Yuqing Sect was coordinating with their campaign.
• After two days of stalled advances, Zi Luan assembled the Third Realm cultivators and assigned combat groups to attack Dongfeng Island alongside True Sun Sect.
• Zi Luan led his group toward the southern front and ordered lower-realm cultivators to withdraw; Hu Qianqian and Hu Yin strengthened Hou Jun and Shan Wei as the battle began.
• Shan Wei charged an enemy Artifact Cultivator attempting to flank Zi Luan.

Shan Wei and Hou Jun fought a Linshui Prefecture Artifact Cultivator, while Hu Qianqian and Wang Nan faced Li Chuan and his allies. As the battle spread, Hu Yin urged Hu Qianqian to abandon mercy and fight to the death.

• Shan Wei used Spirit Explosion to pressure the Artifact Cultivator, and Hou Jun attacked him with Space Jump.
• Shan Wei empowered Hou Jun's iron rod with Shake the Heavens, allowing Hou Jun to shatter the Artifact Cultivator's defensive barrier before Li Chuan blasted him away with a water pillar.
• Shan Wei rescued Hou Jun, and Wang Nan took his place as Hu Qianqian confronted Li Chuan over Linshui Prefecture's interference in mortal warfare.
• Wang Nan fought Li Chuan's two Gold cultivators while Hu Qianqian countered Li Chuan's freezing attacks with spatial distortion and a power that devoured spirituality.
• Li Chuan challenged Hu Qianqian directly, and Shan Wei, Hou Jun, Niu Tian, and Hu Yin joined the fighting as more Linshui Prefecture cultivators moved to assist.
• Hu Yin told Hu Qianqian that the struggle would end only with death, and Hu Qianqian's compassion gave way to bloodthirsty killing intent.

The battle for Dongfeng Island devastated the Central Continent’s coastal regions while Thousand Wood Temple’s forces gained the upper hand and pressed toward the island’s defenses. A dragon-bodied Primordial Spirit suppressed the attacking cultivators, but Bu Qiong freed them and addressed Ao Bing in the deep sea.

• Liu Shuang patrolled a resettlement site near Zhonghui City as the battle’s spiritual turbulence and storms endangered its residents, then flew north with Yang Rong to check another site.
• Hu Qianqian and Hu Yin forced Li Chuan to retreat, while Wang Nan killed one Gold cultivator and chased Li Chuan toward Dongfeng Island before Hu Qianqian warned her not to pursue.
• Zi Luan’s forces cleared the battlefield fog and sent Puppets toward Dongfeng Island, but a Water Spirit killing formation destroyed them as the defenders prepared their grand formation.
• Li Miaolin urged Zi Luan to break the island’s barrier quickly, but a dragon-bodied Primordial Spirit appeared and suppressed the attackers’ Primordial Spirit Consciousness.
• Bu Qiong freed Hu Qianqian and the other cultivators from the dragon’s oppression, then asked Ao Bing what he intended to do.

Wang Ping traveled to Bu Qiong’s dojo after she intervened in the conflict between Rongyang and Ao Bing, while Guan Xi reported that her operation had succeeded. The chapter left Wang Ping at tea with Bu Qiong as Rongyang and Ao Bing played chess to settle the dispute over compensation.

• Ao Bing appeared at Dongfeng Island and agreed to visit Bu Qiong’s dojo with Cang Ji to discuss the conflict with Rongyang.
• Wang Ping used a Blessing Talisman to clear the storm over the disaster-stricken region, increasing his Sky-Veiling Talisman fusion progress to 70/100.
• Wang Ping and Yulian surveyed the damaged Shang'an Port before traveling toward Shanwu Road after receiving invitations from Rongyang and Bu Qiong.
• Wang Ping reached Bu Qiong’s dojo, where Rongyang and Ao Bing were playing chess with Cang Ji as referee.
• Guan Xi messaged Wang Ping that the operation had succeeded, and Bu Qiong explained that the chess match would determine who paid compensation for the losses.

Wang Ping and his allies ended their conflict with Linshui Prefecture after Rongyang won a chess wager against Ao Bing, and their forces withdrew with the spoils of war. Wang Ping later considered Zi Luan’s path to the Fourth Realm, surveyed the turmoil across the world, and received Xuanqing’s spirit body from Guan Xi.

• Ao Bing accused Rongyang of plotting to continue the Demon Race war, but Rongyang denied it while Cang Ji urged them not to stir up more trouble.
• News from West Continent distracted Ao Bing during the chess match, allowing Rongyang to win; Ao Bing and Cang Ji then departed.
• Rongyang, Wang Ping, and Zhi Gong ordered their disciples to withdraw from the Southeast Sea Region, while the cultivators at Golden Mountain Island prepared to retreat with their plunder.
• Wang Ping explained to Yulian that Zi Luan’s increased Primordial Spirit strength could improve his chances of advancing to the Fourth Realm, and said he might give Zi Luan a spot if one were available.
• Wang Ping surveyed the divided Datong Dynasty and attempted to use his Fortune Array to foresee a clash between the True Sun Sect and Linshui Prefecture, but the futures remained unclear.
• Guan Xi arrived near Thousand Wood Temple and handed Wang Ping a sealing crystal containing Xuanqing’s spirit body before leaving.

Wang Ping learned that he owed the True Sun Sect a favor and that True Monarch Lieyang expected him to use the Sky-Veiling Talisman to conceal and twist Heavenly Secrets during a Fire Spirit fusion. He also arranged for Zi Luan to approach Huai Mo about the Yuqing Sect’s Fourth Realm quota, leaving the two old friends to discuss Wang Ping’s proposal.

• Wang Ping inspected Xuanqing’s sealed physical body with Yulian and concluded that it could help Tongyu advance, though the Taiyin Sect still lacked a quota.
• Wang Ping visited True Lord Yuanwu, who explained that the True Sun Sect had taken the lead in the Xuanqing affair and that Wang Ping now owed Lieyang help concealing and twisting Heavenly Secrets during his fusion with the remaining Fire Spirit.
• Yuanwu warned Wang Ping that Xuanqing had nearly lost his humanity, then spoke with the Star Demoness about the powerful old cultivators and accepted Master Kai Gong’s invitation to discuss Buddhist doctrine.
• Liu Shuang told Wang Ping that the southern Imperial Court wanted to enter Zhonghui City and that the Xia Family was plotting to assassinate the emperor and purge Wang descendants; Wang Ping directed her to manage relations among the disciples without interfering too deeply.
• Wang Ping contacted Zi Luan and asked him to secretly receive Huai Mo; half a month later, Zi Luan met Huai Mo at Wolf Head Mountain and asked about his interest in the Yuqing Sect’s Fourth Realm quota.

Wang Ping offered Daoist Huai Mo a chance to advance to the Fourth Realm by giving him access to Xuanqing’s sealed spiritual body and the secret art it might contain. Over the next ten years, the cultivation world stayed mostly quiet as the Dao Palace grew in influence, but Ao Bing began preparing a Second Seat meeting about the Central Province Divine Artifact.

• Zi Luan brought Daoist Huai Mo to Thousand Wood Temple, where Wang Ping discussed Yuqing Sect’s Fourth Realm and offered him an opportunity to advance.
• Wang Ping gave Huai Mo a Wood Cultivator Puppet carrying the crystal that sealed Xuanqing’s spiritual body, and Huai Mo said he now had a seventy percent chance of advancing.
• Wang Ping and Yulian hoped Huai Mo would become a dependable ally for Yuqing Sect, while Wang Ping felt that giving away the spiritual body had brought some karma to a close.
• Over the following ten years, the three Imperial Courts prospered despite political unrest, and the Dao Palace greatly expanded its authority and influence.
• Wang Ping’s fusion progress increased only slightly as he spent the years at ease, while Ao Bing began preparing a Second Seat meeting to discuss the Central Province Divine Artifact.

Wang Ping attended the reopened Second Seat meeting, where the participants addressed the Moon Outpost and began discussing the struggle for the Central Province Divine Artifact. The meeting moved to its second proposal without settling the artifact dispute.

• Wang Ping entered the meeting with Yulian and exchanged greetings with Bu Qiong and Mansu before the other participants arrived.
• Rongyang demanded that Ao Bing pay him compensation, but Kai Yun urged them to settle their personal grievance privately.
• Ao Bing presented three agenda items: the Moon Outpost, the Central Province Divine Artifact, and First Day’s activity in the Northern Continent.
• Mansu accused Ao Bing of misrepresenting the Star God Alliance’s proposal and explained that Daoist Yunsong should be transferred to the front lines while the Moon Outpost was reorganized.
• Bu Qiong called for a vote, and the participants approved the motion; Mansu said the Star God Alliance would handle the reorganization itself.
• Ao Bing moved the meeting on to the proposal concerning ownership of the Central Province Divine Artifact.

At the Second Seat meeting, the leaders approved restrictions on cultivators participating in the struggle for the Central Province Divine Artifact, then clashed over whether to stop First Day’s formation in Northern Continent. Rongyang rejected compromise and withdrew, leaving war between the True Sun Sect and its opponents imminent.

• Ao Bing proposed barring cultivators above the Second Realm from the Divine Artifact struggle, and the meeting approved a stricter rule barring cultivators above the Immortal Realm while allowing Qi practitioners to enter the mortal world.
• Rongyang demanded Ao Bing settle the previous war indemnities, and Ao Bing argued that the amount had never been agreed upon.
• Ao Bing introduced Kai Yun’s proposal to suppress First Day, but Rongyang refused unless Ao Bing repaid the indemnities; Bu Qiong abstained and Prefect Yuxing opposed the proposal.
• Cang Ji insisted that First Day’s formation in East Continent must stop, and Rongyang answered that the True Sun Sect would go to war rather than yield.
• Rongyang severed the meeting connection and vanished; Kai Yun asked Wang Ping to persuade him, but Wang Ping and Zhi Gong ended their connections without taking a position.

Kai Yun prepared to respond to True Sun Sect’s actions by sending Ao Bing to seize the Liangjiang region while he sought peaceful talks with Changqing and Zhi Gong. At Thousand Wood Temple, Wang Ping gathered his disciples and informed them that the struggle over the Central Province Divine Artifact could begin, with Immortal Realm cultivators barred from taking part.

• Kai Yun agreed that Ao Bing could seize the Liangjiang region in Linshui Prefecture’s name while Cang Ji arranged support and supplies.
• Kai Yun learned that First Day’s advancement to the Fourth Realm had begun and planned to speak with Changqing and Zhi Gong before resorting to war.
• Kai Yun sent Ming Xin to Central Province with a calling card for Zi Luan to deliver to Thousand Wood Temple.
• Hu Qianqian, Xia Weny, Xuan Ling, Liu Shuang, Que Cai, Zi Luan, and Li Miaolin gathered at Wang Ping’s dojo.
• Wang Ping announced the Second Seat meeting’s restrictions on the Central Province Divine Artifact struggle and ordered Liu Shuang to recall Taiyan Sect cultivators of the Second Realm and above.

Wang Ping directed the Dao Palace to enforce the rules of the Central Province Divine Artifact struggle while discreetly supporting the True Sun Sect. As rival cultivators weighed the Taiyan Sect’s future and Hu Qianqian warned the southern Demon Race factions to stay out of trouble, signs of wider disorder emerged.

• Wang Ping told Liu Shuang that Immortal Realm cultivators could remain stationed outside the struggle, but the Third Seat conference must punish anyone who violated the rules.
• Li Miaolin, Zi Luan, and Que Cai discussed the True Sun Sect’s rivals and the chance for the Taiyan Sect to obtain a Fourth Realm quota, then agreed to keep their positions united.
• Wang Ping instructed Hu Qianqian to use the Dao Palace’s authority to protect harmony between Human Way cultivators and the Demon Race during the struggle.
• Hu Lin reported that aquatic beings had been captured while investigating the Prefectural Army’s movements in Nanlin Road, and Hu Qianqian told him to watch over their Disciples and cultivate.
• Hu Qianqian gathered representatives of the southern Demon Race factions, passed on Wang Ping’s warning, and threatened anyone who deceived her Disciples.

Ao Hong asked Wang Ping to help create an opportunity to sabotage Ao Bing’s plans, and Wang Ping agreed to let Hong Ze and Liu Shuang handle the details. Wang Ping then visited Rongyang at the True Sun Sect and began sampling his Fire Spirit-infused liquor, while Yulian asked to see the Fire Spirit.

• Wang Ping failed to deduce fixed individuals’ true futures, and Yulian explained that observing the future would change it.
• Ao Hong told Wang Ping that Ao Bing planned to seize Pingzhou Road, Guest Pass, and Qingpu Road, then use a Divine Art Array to advance to the Fifth Realm.
• Ao Hong revealed that he could disrupt Ao Bing’s mind for ten breaths and asked Wang Ping to give Ao Bing room to act; Wang Ping agreed to have Hong Ze and Liu Shuang discuss the plan.
• Wang Ping sent Liu Shuang instructions, then left with Yulian to visit Rongyang at the True Sun Sect.
• Rongyang welcomed Wang Ping and Yulian to the flame-covered mountain and served them Fire Spirit-purified liquor.
• Yulian asked Rongyang to show them the Fire Spirit.

Rongyang showed Wang Ping, Yulian, and Zhi Gong the True Sun Sect’s Fire Spirit and explained how it supported the sect and tested disciples’ chances of advancing. After hearing Ao Hong’s plans, Rongyang agreed to cooperate and asked Wang Ping to arrange a private meeting.

• Rongyang explained that the True Sun Sect’s fiery disposition came from its Fire Spirit Vein and that its advancement practices had grown from centuries of experience.
• After Zhi Gong arrived, Rongyang led Wang Ping, Yulian, and Zhi Gong underground to see the Fire Spirit beneath the sect.
• Wang Ping discovered that an array gathered spirituality from across the region and that the Fire Spirit absorbed it, producing an abundant supply of Fire Spirit aura.
• Rongyang explained how the sect used the Fire Spirit’s consciousness to simulate Morning Fire and Yang Fire for disciples preparing to advance.
• Wang Ping described Ao Hong’s plans, and Rongyang agreed to yield Qingpu Road, advance northwest, and consider giving Ao Hong an artifact to eliminate Ao Bing.

Wang Ping and his companions watched Rongyang attempt an artificial ascension and then traveled to Northern Continent, where Xu Chun was preparing Qu Xuan to ascend with the True Fire Banner. The chapter ended with Xu Chun confronting Rongyang, Wang Ping, and Zhi Gong near the crimson pillar of light.

• Rongyang demonstrated an artificial ascension by fusing Dawnfire into a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but the attempt failed and the formation restored the cultivator.
• Wang Ping sensed Wen Yang and another violent aura confined beneath the magma, while Rongyang explained Wen Yang’s condition and agreed to take the group to Northern Continent.
• Daoist He Feng and Xu Chun watched over Qu Xuan, whom they planned to help ascend using the Heart Fire Pill and the True Fire Banner.
• Xu Chun declared that the True Sun Sect could not threaten them and promised to defend their claim to the True Sun inheritance.
• Wang Ping, Rongyang, and Zhi Gong arrived above Northern Continent, where Xu Chun and Daoist He Feng came to meet them.

Wang Ping helped prepare Northern Continent for a possible invasion by Vajra Temple and the Taiyin Sect, then accepted Master Kaiyun’s invitation to negotiate. The chapter ended as Wang Ping and Kai Yun met in Jinhuai City and began discussing Buddhist and Daoist teachings over tea.

• Rongyang warned Xu Chun and Daoist He Feng that Vajra Temple and the Taiyin Sect might attack Northern Continent, while True Sun Sect would support them but expected them to defend themselves.
• Rongyang, Wang Ping, and Zhi Gong discussed defending Ice City, including the Northern Emperor’s Divine Arts and the need to conceal Northern Continent’s Heavenly Secrets.
• Ming Xin delivered Master Kaiyun’s calling card, and Wang Ping agreed to meet Kaiyun half a month later at the Dao Palace compound in Jinhuai City.
• Wang Ping secretly established arrays across Northern Continent to conceal its Heavenly Secrets as wars spread across Central Continent.
• Kai Yun arrived for his meeting with Wang Ping, and they sat down to tea while Yulian began discussing Zen with him.

Kai Yun sought Wang Ping’s help regarding First Day’s movements in the north, offering Vajra Temple’s support for rebuilding Taiyan Sect and restraining the Third Prince. Wang Ping agreed to a tacit arrangement with Kai Yun, then watched the conflicts spread across Northern and Central Continent while his own Disciples became involved in regional struggles.

• Kai Yun offered to support Wang Ping’s plans for Taiyan Sect and oppose the Third Prince in exchange for information about True Sun Sect’s intentions, but Wang Ping refused to reveal anything about its core interests.
• Wang Ping proposed that the conflict be handled like a sect competition with an understanding to stop at the touch, and Kai Yun accepted their confidential verbal agreement.
• Wang Ping told Rongyang about Kai Yun’s visit, and Rongyang proposed using the fighting to make Taiyin Sect suffer losses while First Day and Sun Sect clashed with it.
• Vajra Temple and Taiyin Sect captured Ice City’s port and later most of the Ice Mountain Archipelago, while the Third Prince’s forces seized much of Pingzhou Road and fought for control of Liangjiang.
• Wang Ping watched the widening conflicts as his Disciples joined them, including Zi Luan, Li Miaolin, and Que Cai backing the local army, while Xia Weny clashed with Xuan Ling over mining and a crippled relative.

After five years of stalemate in Central Province, the Northern Continent’s war intensified as a Northern Kingdom Divine Technique Envoy turned the tide at Thunderclap Strait. The envoy advanced on the Ice Mountain Archipelago, where a green array and Command Flag countered the spreading Divine Art.

• The regimes in Central Province remained locked in a fragile standoff, while daily battles continued at Thunderclap Strait in the Northern Continent.
• An Immortal Realm Earth Vein cultivator attacked the opposing Artifact Cultivator with a Power Pill, and the Artifact Cultivator used a Gold Spirit magic array to contain the blast.
• A Divine Art Array restored the Northern Continent Qi practitioners and struck the Artifact Cultivator, whose demon-possessed artifacts turned on him and killed him.
• The Northern Kingdom Divine Technique Envoy appeared beside the Earth Vein cultivator, condemned the artifacts, and flew toward the Taiyin Sect and Vajra Temple encampments.
• The envoy unleashed golden Divine Art lines over the Ice Mountain Archipelago, prompting its people to pray as a green magic array and Command Flag absorbed the overflowing spirituality.

Lian Ji and Ming Hui discussed the escalating Divine Technique Envoy attacks and the danger posed by the Northern Emperor, while Wang Ping continued his travels through West Continent during his declared seclusion. The chapter ended with Wang Ping meeting Feng Chuan in Great Flood Town and gaining another point of Sky-Veiling Talisman fusion progress after the New Dynasty moved against the Great Harmony Imperial Court.

• Lian Ji refined the hostile spirituality gathered by the Command Flag, and Ming Hui demonstrated how the people’s hatred could make the Ice Mountain Archipelago’s spirituality turn chaotic.
• Ming Hui said their deductions were being obscured, possibly by Prefect Changqing, and agreed that they needed to end the conflict swiftly while Lian Ji favored using force.
• Wang Ping visited Great Flood Town in West Continent with Yulian, paid for an ID Badge, and observed the town’s clans, customs, and Scattering Beans to Create Soldiers constructs.
• Wang Ping met the Qi practitioner Feng Chuan, discussed Central Province and West Continent, and gave him his secular name.
• Wang Ping’s Sky-Veiling Talisman fusion progress rose to 75 after the New Dynasty decided to deploy heavy troops against the Northwestern Court.

Wang Ping traveled through West Continent, helped Feng Chuan’s tribe, and killed a Yuqing Sect cultivator who sent demons to test him. He then received word that Xiao Zhu was about to attempt a breakthrough and hurried back to Thousand Wood Temple.

• Wang Ping accepted Feng Chuan’s request to heal the tribe’s children in exchange for ten Iron Bamboos.
• Wang Ping visited a waterfall, where Yulian froze the Lesser Demons sent to attack him.
• Wang Ping located and killed the Yuqing Sect cultivator behind the attack, then freed the frozen forest with Wood Spirit energy.
• Wang Ping watched two strongholds hold a bloody duel before Shuang’er messaged that Xiao Zhu was about to attempt a breakthrough.
• Wang Ping used several transfers to return to Thousand Wood Temple.