Chapter Summaries

Hong Yun visited West Queen Mother at West Kunlun and received an unusually lavish welcome. As they entered the Profound Yin Hall, the chapter showed that his reputation and strength had made him a figure West Queen Mother was eager to honor.

• West Queen Mother greeted Hong Yun, then scolded Lu Wu for accepting a gourd from him until Hong Yun explained it was a gift.
• West Queen Mother escorted Hong Yun to the Profound Yin Hall, where Nine Heavens Profound Lady and the female immortals welcomed him.
• Hong Yun was pleased by the grand reception and followed West Queen Mother into the hall to take his seat as her guest.
• Nine Heavens Profound Lady wondered why West Queen Mother treated Hong Yun more warmly than she had treated East King Duke.
• The narration explained that Hong Yun's reputation and victories over powerful opponents had earned him the admiration and respect of the Primordial Wilderness.

West Queen Mother welcomed Hong Yun, hoping he could guide her toward beheading a corpse and becoming a Quasi-Saint. Hong Yun realized her need might help him obtain her Western Plain Colored Cloud Realm Banner, and asked whether she had been using her fortune to force a breakthrough.

• West Queen Mother worried that she lacked the strength and allies to support her position as Head of Female Immortals, and struggled to behead a corpse despite her improved fortune.
• Hong Yun visited West Queen Mother, who welcomed him warmly and offered to help with whatever he needed.
• Hong Yun deduced that West Queen Mother wanted guidance on reaching the Quasi-Saint realm and considered trading his advice for her Western Plain Colored Cloud Realm Banner.
• Hong Yun revealed that he already possessed three of the Five Directions Banners and asked West Queen Mother if she had been using her fortune to force a breakthrough.

Hong Yun warned the West Queen Mother that relying on fortune to force a breakthrough could destabilize her cultivation, then offered to discuss the Dao with her. She chose to follow the Three Corpses Immortal Path, and Hong Yun asked about her innate spiritual treasures so he could advise her on slaying the corpses.

• The West Queen Mother asked Hong Yun what he had noticed about her cultivation after he sensed her using fortune to break through.
• Hong Yun explained that fortune could not directly improve her cultivation and warned that forcing a breakthrough could deplete her blessings and lead her astray.
• Hong Yun reassured her that her stalled progress came from lacking someone to discuss the Dao with, then offered to advise her.
• The West Queen Mother said she would follow the Three Corpses Immortal Path because she had been appointed Head of Female Immortals.
• Hong Yun asked which innate spiritual treasures she possessed and whether she had three treasures of the same origin.

Hong Yun advised West Queen Mother on choosing spiritual treasures to sever her Three Corpses and explained how their origins would affect her chance of uniting them to attain Primordial Unity. West Queen Mother was left weighing whether to use the Six Harmonies Void-Breaking Hairpin and Kunlun Mirror or the Plain Colored Cloud Realm Banner.

• West Queen Mother showed Hong Yun the Plain Colored Cloud Realm Banner, Kunlun Mirror, and Six Harmonies Void-Breaking Hairpin.
• Hong Yun examined the Void-Breaking Hairpin and Kunlun Mirror, then recommended the hairpin for her evil corpse and the mirror for her Self Corpse.
• West Queen Mother asked whether the Plain Colored Cloud Realm Banner could sever her good corpse, and Hong Yun warned that doing so would make finding compatible treasures for her other corpses extremely difficult.
• Hong Yun explained that incompatible treasures could prevent the Three Corpses from fusing, block her path to Primordial Unity, and remain unavailable for her use.
• West Queen Mother fell silent as she considered Hong Yun's advice, while he drank Yao Chi Immortal Brew and remembered the female immortals listening below.

Hong Yun discussed the Dao with West Queen Mother in West Kunlun while Candle Dragon encountered East King Duke near Fangzhang Island. East King Duke demanded an explanation for Green Wave Daoist’s death, and Candle Dragon began to suspect Ying Long had caused the Dragon Clan’s karmic debt.

• Hong Yun drank Yao Chi Immortal Brew while discussing the Dao with West Queen Mother, who eventually made her decision.
• Candle Dragon confirmed that the four Huluwa were unharmed and prepared to return to the Dragon Clan without claiming Fangzhang Island.
• East King Duke arrived at the site and released Squid Daoist, who identified it as the place where Green Wave Daoist had been killed by the Dragon Clan.
• Candle Dragon emerged from hiding and challenged Squid Daoist for accusing the Dragon Clan.
• East King Duke told Candle Dragon that the Dragon Clan had killed his disciple and demanded an explanation.
• After East King Duke cited the karmic debt as confirmation, Candle Dragon wondered whether Ying Long had caused it.

Candle Dragon faced East King Duke’s demand that the Dragon Clan surrender Green Wave Daoist’s killer, but refused to hand over anyone connected to Hong Yun’s disciples. The dispute escalated when Candle Dragon killed Squid Daoist in front of East King Duke.

• Candle Dragon realized karma had implicated the Dragon Clan in Green Wave Daoist’s death and prepared to shoulder the accusation rather than expose Hong Yun’s disciples.
• East King Duke demanded that Candle Dragon hand over the Dragon Clan member responsible, offering to let the matter go in exchange for one life.
• Candle Dragon challenged Squid Daoist’s account, and Squid Daoist admitted he had not witnessed Green Wave Daoist’s death.
• Candle Dragon struck Squid Daoist down, leaving East King Duke stunned by the public killing.

East King Duke attacked Candle Dragon after being insulted, but Candle Dragon effortlessly defeated his transformed Dragon Head Cane. East King Duke's rage and malice grew, while Candle Dragon stood firm in defense of the Dragon Clan and Hong Yun's allies.

• East King Duke transformed his Dragon Head Cane into a lightning-wreathed pure-yang dragon and sent it at Candle Dragon.
• Candle Dragon summoned his enormous true-form phantom, whose bloodline pressure stopped the attack and forced the dragon back into a cane.
• East King Duke regretted his impulsive attack, then became consumed by humiliation and malice when Candle Dragon blocked him effortlessly.
• Candle Dragon recalled the Dragon Clan's ties to Hong Yun and decided he would not yield to East King Duke or trade Huluwa and Wu Tian's lives for his subordinates.

East King Duke provoked Candle Dragon to awaken the evil in his heart and break through toward the Quasi-Saint realm. He unleashed the Jianmu Domain, shattered Fangzhang Island’s protective array, and trapped part of the island as Candle Dragon faced the spreading wooden restraints.

• Candle Dragon attacked East King Duke to warn him against making excessive demands.
• East King Duke realized that he needed to inflame his evil thoughts to sever a corpse and advance toward the Quasi-Saint realm.
• East King Duke defended himself with the Dragon Head Golden Staff and summoned the Tong Tian Jianmu Tree.
• East King Duke’s Jianmu Domain absorbed the surrounding water-aspected spiritual energy and shattered Fangzhang Island’s Innate Great Array.
• Candle Dragon confirmed Ying Long and the others were safe, then roared as streams of Jia Wood Qi spread across his body.

Candle Dragon fought East King Duke inside the Jianmu Domain, using his Divine Eye Domain to resist the Tong Tian Jianmu Tree’s Innate Jia Wood Qi. As East King Duke compressed the domain and drained Candle Dragon’s strength, Candle Dragon prepared to break free.

• Candle Dragon realized East King Duke was using him as a whetstone to cut off his evil corpse and accepted the challenge.
• East King Duke trapped Candle Dragon in the Jianmu Domain, where Innate Jia Wood Qi repeatedly regenerated and restricted his control of the laws and spiritual energy.
• Candle Dragon opened his Divine Eye and formed a smaller Time Law domain around his body, wearing away the incoming Innate Jia Wood Qi.
• East King Duke compressed the Jianmu Domain around Candle Dragon, increasing the pressure and forcing him to spend more magical power and vital energy.
• After Fangzhang Island fell outside the shrinking domain, Candle Dragon no longer worried about the four little ones and announced that he would break the Jianmu Domain.

East King Duke spotted Wu Tian’s Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus and decided to seize it to sever his Evil Corpse, while Candle Dragon fought to stop him. The chapter ended with Candle Dragon still trying to break free of the Jianmu domain as East King Duke headed toward Fangzhang Island.

• East King Duke attacked Candle Dragon with the Purple Mansion Pure Yang Sword as Candle Dragon tried to escape the Jianmu domain.
• Wu Tian raised the lotus platform to show the others the commotion, and East King Duke recognized it as the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Candle Dragon realized East King Duke intended to steal Wu Tian’s true form and struck the sword with his tail, suffering a wound but knocking the sword away.
• East King Duke recalled the damaged Purple Mansion Pure Yang Sword and turned toward Fangzhang Island, ignoring Candle Dragon’s warning.
• East King Duke claimed the lotus platform as compensation for his disciple’s death and continued toward Wu Tian while Candle Dragon struggled to break out of the Jianmu domain.

East King Duke ignored Candle Dragon’s warning about Hong Yun and attacked the four Huluwa on Fangzhang Island to seize the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus. He trapped them inside his Jianmu Domain and cut off their connection to Fire Cloud Cave, leaving them facing his sword.

• Candle Dragon warned East King Duke that the four targets were Hong Yun’s disciples, but East King Duke decided the lotus was worth the risk.
• The four Huluwa spotted the Pure World White Lotus and discussed bringing it back to Fire Cloud Cave to nurture another junior disciple.
• East King Duke’s Jianmu Domain broke Fangzhang Island’s formation, and the four climbed onto Wu Tian’s lotus platform to watch him fight Candle Dragon.
• East King Duke approached the four, and Bai Li sensed his malice and warned everyone to run.
• East King Duke trapped the four in his Jianmu Domain, severed their connection to Fire Cloud Cave, and thrust his Purple Mansion Pure Yang Sword at them.

Candle Dragon burned his blood essence to break out of East King Duke’s World Tree Domain and shield Wu Tian and the others, but East King Duke’s sword grievously wounded him. Candle Dragon still stood in East King Duke’s way and threatened to fight to the death over the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus.

• Candle Dragon burned his blood essence and used his divine-eye ability to break through East King Duke’s World Tree Domain and reach Fangzhang Island.
• Candle Dragon intercepted East King Duke as the Purple Mansion Pure Yang Sword resumed its attack.
• East King Duke drove the Purple Mansion Pure Yang Sword through Candle Dragon’s back, severely worsening his injuries.
• Ying Long and Bai Li cried out as Huluwa and Wu Tian watched Candle Dragon suffer while protecting them.
• Candle Dragon faced East King Duke and vowed to fight to the death rather than let him take the lotus platform.

East King Duke attacked Candle Dragon and threatened the four disciples trapped beside him. Huluwa shielded Wu Tian, Bai Li, and Ying Long from a blow, leaving the group injured but together as the space around them began to shatter.

• East King Duke attacked Candle Dragon with the Dragon Head Golden Staff and Purple Mansion Pure Yang Sword while Candle Dragon protected Ying Long and the others.
• Huluwa used his treasure gourd to draw the Innate Pure Yang Qi from Candle Dragon's wound and treat him, but stayed behind when Candle Dragon urged the disciples to leave.
• Bai Li persuaded the group to escape, but East King Duke broke through Candle Dragon's defenses and attacked them with the Purple Mansion Pure Yang Sword.
• Wu Tian raised the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, and Huluwa put his treasure gourd in front of it to shield his junior sisters.
• The blow sent the four disciples flying into Candle Dragon; Huluwa took the brunt of the impact, and Wu Tian called him Eldest Senior Brother as he reassured the group.
• The space around the four disciples began to crack and shatter.

Hong Yun arrived after East King Duke injured Huluwa and checked that his four disciples had survived without damage to their foundations. He confronted East King Duke over the attack, while Huluwa insisted East King Duke’s followers had started the fight.

• East King Duke’s strike triggered the divine senses Hong Yun had left on his four disciples, and Hong Yun rushed to them through space.
• Hong Yun examined the injured disciples and found that Huluwa was hurt most badly but would recover, while their foundations remained intact.
• Candle Dragon apologized for failing to protect the disciples, and Hong Yun reassured him that he did not blame him.
• Hong Yun accused East King Duke of bullying his disciples and demanded to know if he wanted to die.
• East King Duke argued that Hong Yun’s disciples had killed his followers and owed him an explanation, while Huluwa said East King Duke’s followers had attacked first and tried to steal their opportunity and his junior sister’s lotus platform.

East King Duke severed his Evil Corpse with the Purple Mansion Pure Yang Sword and broke through to the Quasi-Saint realm. Hong Yun rejected his offer to call their injuries even and demanded the Innate Spiritual Root Tong Tian Jianmu Tree as compensation, leaving East King Duke furious and resisting.

• East King Duke regained his senses and realized the time had come to sever his corpse.
• East King Duke used the Purple Mansion Pure Yang Sword to form his Evil Corpse and advanced to the Quasi-Saint realm.
• East King Duke proposed calling things even, citing his injured follower and Wu Tian's killing of another follower.
• Hong Yun rejected the proposal and demanded the Innate Spiritual Root Tong Tian Jianmu Tree as compensation for his injured disciple.
• East King Duke used the Dragon Head Golden Staff to block Hong Yun and recalled the Jianmu Domain and Tong Tian Jianmu Tree into his body.

Hong Yun overwhelmed East King Duke and trapped him in a formation, demanding the Tong Tian Jianmu Tree as compensation for his disciple's injury. East King Duke remained cornered and hoped Dao Ancestor Hongjun would intervene.

• Hong Yun attacked East King Duke with the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler after he refused to hand over the Tong Tian Jianmu Tree.
• East King Duke tried to escape through the void, but Hong Yun struck him back out and wounded him.
• Zhen Yuan Zi rushed from the Fire Cloud Cave World, saw Hong Yun had the fight under control, and joined Candle Dragon in protecting the four Huluwa.
• East King Duke summoned the Tong Tian Jianmu Tree and wrapped its Jianmu Domain around himself as armor, but Hong Yun continued battering him.
• Hong Yun used four Innate Five Directions Banners to trap East King Duke in a Four Symbols Great Array, astonishing the watching mighty beings.

Hong Yun persuaded West Queen Mother not to use the Western Plain Colored Cloud Realm Banner to sever a corpse, then asked her for the banner. West Queen Mother gave it to him freely, hoping to build a connection with Hong Yun and his allies.

• Zhen Yuan Zi recognized the Western Plain Colored Cloud Realm Banner and assumed Hong Yun had won over West Queen Mother, telling the four little ones they might soon have another Martial Mother.
• Hong Yun recalled how he had advised West Queen Mother at the Main Hall of Mysterious Yin not to use the banner to sever a corpse.
• West Queen Mother agreed that Hong Yun’s reasoning made sense and understood that he had been considering her future cultivation.
• Hong Yun offered to exchange something for the banner, but West Queen Mother stopped him and gave it to him without asking for anything in return.
• West Queen Mother hoped that helping Hong Yun would build goodwill with him and give her allies against the pressures of her position.

West Queen Mother gave Hong Yun the Western Plain Colored Cloud Realm Banner and asked him for advice on severing corpses, so he shared his insights into the Dao of Space. When Hong Yun sensed that his disciples were in danger, he hurried away after transmitting his world-creation experience to West Queen Mother.

• West Queen Mother gave Hong Yun the Western Plain Colored Cloud Realm Banner and asked him not to forget her when good treasures became available.
• West Queen Mother planned to use the Six Harmonies Void-Breaking Hairpin and Kunlun Mirror to sever her Evil Corpse and Self Corpse, and Hong Yun advised her to refine the hairpin and deepen her understanding of space.
• Hong Yun sensed that his disciples were in danger and sent West Queen Mother his insights from creating the Fire Cloud Cave World through a touch of their souls.
• Hong Yun stepped through space and vanished to rescue his disciples, leaving the nearby female immortals stunned by his sudden intimacy with West Queen Mother.

Hong Yun fought East King Duke over the East Sea and demanded that he hand over the Innate Spiritual Root Tong Tian Jianmu Tree. As Hong Yun kept East King Duke trapped in the Four Symbols Great Array, he threatened to humiliate him before the Primordial Wilderness.

• West Queen Mother learned that Hong Yun was fighting East King Duke and watched the battle closely.
• Hong Yun spoke with Zhen Yuan Zi while the four little ones ate Ginseng Fruit and recovered from their injuries.
• Huluwa offered Candle Dragon the blood essence he had collected, but Candle Dragon declined, saying it would not help his injuries.
• Zhen Yuan Zi asked what Hong Yun intended to do with East King Duke, and Hong Yun demanded the Tong Tian Jianmu Tree.
• Hong Yun threatened to keep East King Duke trapped and beat him senseless in front of everyone, leaving East King Duke imagining the humiliation to come.

Hong Yun continued humiliating East King Duke in battle, while Hongjun worried that the conflict would disrupt his plans. Hongjun ordered Taiqing to rescue East King Duke, drawing the Three Pure Ones into the fight.

• Hong Yun struck East King Duke with the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler while the Four Symbols Great Array trapped him.
• East King Duke summoned his Evil Corpse and attacked the array, vowing to fight Hong Yun to the death, and Hong Yun continued battling him.
• Hongjun watched the fight and sent an edict to Kunlun Mountain ordering Taiqing to save East King Duke.
• Taiqing told Yuan Shi and Tong Tian that their teacher had ordered him to intervene, and the Three Pure Ones reacted with dismay.