Chapter Summaries

An Le defeated Zhao Xianyou in the Eighth Heaven void by drawing on the River of Time, but discovered Zhao Xianyou’s Primordial Spirit remained bound to Ascension Land. He seized the Green Copper Innate Eight Trigrams Mirror and Zhao Xianyou’s supreme treasures, then pursued the half Destruction Origin Talisman back to the Human World, where his emergence left Zhao Tianyan and the gathered armies in despair.

• An Le used River Pull to draw forth the River of Time and crush Zhao Xianyou’s body, though Zhao Xianyou’s Primordial Spirit did not appear.
• First Master and Third Master realized Zhao Xianyou’s Primordial Spirit was bound to Ascension Land and might not have been destroyed.
• An Le used the Mind Long River, the True Great Dao of Time, and the Ancestor Sword Spirit to overcome True Martial Emperor’s will and take control of the Green Copper Innate Eight Trigrams Mirror and three Third Tier Supreme Treasures.
• An Le followed the half Destruction Origin Talisman through the void toward the Human World.
• In Lin'an City, the half Origin Talisman emerged from a Space Rift, followed by An Le, and Zhao Tianyan collapsed in despair as the gathered experts saw him return.

An Le defeated Zhao Xianyou’s reincarnated body, but discovered that the Ascension Land was protected by the Eternal Immortal Peach Array, which restored Zhao Xianyou’s Primordial Spirit. As the Yuan Meng Emperor retreated north of the Canglang River and prepared for war, An Le sought a way to seal the array and learned that doing so might require sacrificing his sword.

• An Le emerged from the void after defeating Zhao Xianyou, and the allied forces celebrated while the Upper Realm cultivators panicked.
• Left Prime Minister Boyan ordered the Yuan Meng Iron Cavalry to retreat north of the Canglang River, and the Yuan Meng Emperor accepted that Yuan Meng had no way back.
• An Le asked the Human World Origin to delay his tribulation, then watched the tribulation clouds withdraw and planned to undergo tribulation after his spirit cultivation reached the Eleventh Realm.
• An Le destroyed Zhao Xianyou’s Primordial Spirit, but it reappeared in a new peach; Zhao Xianyou revealed that the Eternal Immortal Peach Array protected the Ascension Land.
• The Ancestor Sword Spirit said she could not break the Saintly Immortal Array but offered to seal it, then told An Le that the price would be his sword.

An Le chose to seal the Saintly Immortal Array with Bamboo Sword Green Mountain, learning that the sword was the broken Human World Ancestor Sword. As Zhao Jiu stopped True Martial Emperor from intervening, An Le’s seal took hold and the Ascension Land shrank into Flying Tiger Mountain, while Zhao Jiu vanished into the netherworld.

• The Ancestor Sword Spirit revealed that Bamboo Sword Green Mountain was the remnant of the Human World Ancestor Sword, and An Le agreed to use it to seal the Saintly Immortal Array.
• An Le infused Bamboo Sword Green Mountain with the Ancestor Sword Spirit and sent it toward the Peach Blossom Separate Courtyard, where it multiplied into countless swords and formed a sealing array.
• An Le severed part of his Primordial Spirit to empower the seal and drew a wisp of violet-gold Time Qi from the emperor’s phantom.
• Zhao Jiu separated from Zhao Xianyou’s Primordial Spirit, preventing True Martial Emperor from crossing worlds to disrupt An Le’s seal.
• Zhao Jiu bid farewell to An Le and faded away, while Bamboo Sword Green Mountain struck the Peach Blossom Separate Courtyard and sealed the Ascension Land.
• The Ascension Land contracted into a speck of light and sank into Flying Tiger Mountain, where the battered Bamboo Sword Green Mountain came to rest.

An Le sealed the Ascension Land, cutting off the Upper Realm’s influence and trapping its Tenth Realm practitioners in the Human World, then began recovering as the allied army took Lin'an. When True Martial Emperor reached through the Heavenly Gate to break the seal, the Sacred Teacher appeared and shattered his attack, leaving the Ascension Land sealed.

• An Le sealed the Ascension Land with Bamboo Sword Green Mountain, ending the flow of Upper Realm spiritual energy and depriving its Tenth Realm practitioners of their alternative immortality.
• An Le began recovering while Lu Yishan ordered the allied army to take Lin'an and the Old Sword Saint and Old Celestial Master to suppress the Upper Realm practitioners.
• The allied army stormed Lin'an, killing those who resisted and capturing those who surrendered, while the Kunpeng King and the Dragon Lords blocked escape routes.
• The Heavenly Gate opened, and True Martial Emperor demanded that An Le remove the seal before reaching through the gate to attack him and Flying Tiger Mountain.
• An Le unleashed his treasures and called on the Sacred Mountains, and the Sacred Teacher crossed their seven runic steps to shatter True Martial Emperor’s arm and preserve the seal.

The Sacred Teacher destroyed the Heavenly Gate to stop True Martial Emperor from interfering in the Human World, while its remnants replenished the world's spiritual energy and strengthened An Le. With Lin'an under his allies’ control, An Le entered Heavenly Profound Hall to confront the defeated Zhao Family Emperor.

• The Yuan Meng Emperor and Boyan watched the Sacred Teacher block True Martial Emperor’s attempt to descend through the Heavenly Gate.
• The Sacred Teacher entered the Heavenly Gate and shattered it, cutting off True Martial Emperor’s access to the Human World.
• An Le absorbed temporal power from the Heavenly Gate’s wreckage as spiritual-energy rain revived the Human World.
• An Le thanked the Sacred Mountain Lords, then ordered Lu Yishan and the others to take control of Lin'an and deal with Upper Firmament cultivators who resisted.
• An Le entered Heavenly Profound Hall, where the Zhao Family Emperor asked whether he still had a chance.

An Le killed Zhao Tianyan in Heavenly Profound Hall, ending the Great Zhao Dynasty, then absorbed its National Fortune into the Emperor Dao Fruit. The transformed Dao Fruit condensed a mysterious Golden Droplet, which the Ancestor Sword Spirit recognized as Emperor's Power.

• An Le rejected Zhao Tianyan’s pleas for mercy and told him to choose a dignified death, but Zhao Tianyan activated a flawed array and a damaged Origin Pearl to attack him.
• An Le stopped Zhao Tianyan effortlessly and killed him with Sword Qi, destroying his Primordial Spirit.
• At dawn, the allied experts gathered at White Jade Plaza as Zhao Tianyan’s death signaled Great Zhao’s fall and its National Fortune began to collapse.
• An Le drew Great Zhao’s National Fortune into the Emperor Dao Fruit, which transformed and condensed a mysterious Golden Droplet.
• The Ancestor Sword Spirit sensed the Golden Droplet and exclaimed that it contained Emperor’s Power.

After absorbing Great Zhao’s national fortune, An Le prepared to unify the lands south of the Canglang River and launch a Northern Expedition against Yuan Meng. In the Upper Realm, True Martial Emperor resolved to find the Ancestor Sword and break the Ascension Land’s seal, while An Le began reforging Mo Chi with powerful treasures.

• The Ancestor Sword Spirit identified the droplet An Le had condensed as Emperor’s Power, and An Le promised it a future droplet while compensating it with five clusters of the power of the True Great Dao of Time.
• An Le tasked Lu Yishan with reorganizing Lin'an and other captured cities, ordered generals to secure cities abandoned by Yuan Meng, and called for preparations to begin a Northern Expedition.
• An Le warned that the Yuan Meng Emperor was fusing with the Nine Central Land Dragon Veins, urged the generals and strategists to strengthen themselves, and distributed Origin Pure Qi to aid their cultivation.
• At Penglai Immortal Island, True Martial Emperor accepted responsibility for the failed Ascension Land scheme and vowed to break its seal; after the other powerhouses departed, he detected the trail of the Ancestor Sword’s true body and pursued it.
• Back at the Seventh Sacred Mountain, An Le summoned Mo Chi, three Third Tier Supreme Treasures, and the Green Copper Innate Eight Trigrams Mirror, then set the Five Animals to devour the mirror’s power.

An Le suppressed the True Martial Emperor’s attempt to reclaim the Green Copper Innate Eight Trigrams Mirror and fused the Purple Firmament Thunder Spear into Mo Pool. After consolidating his Eleventh Realm breakthrough, he visited Jinguan City, where Yu Jie asked what state name he would choose, then sought the Old Sword Saint’s advice about breaking through with his mind.

• An Le used the Five Mountain River Cauldrons and the Mountain and River Diagram to suppress the Green Copper Innate Eight Trigrams Mirror while the Five Spirit Animals devoured its power.
• The True Martial Emperor contacted An Le through the mirror, threatened him, and revealed that the Sacred Realm was the Upper Realm’s version of the Ascension Land; An Le severed the connection and kept devouring the mirror’s energy.
• An Le fused the Purple Firmament Thunder Spear into Mo Pool, raising the sword’s rank, then spent a day consolidating his Eleventh Realm cultivation and recognized that he still lacked a path to a mental breakthrough.
• An Le met Yu Jie in Jinguan City, where Yu Jie asked what national title the allied forces would adopt; An Le said they would decide after reclaiming the Central Land and predicted the Northern Expedition would begin soon.
• At Sword Pool Palace, An Le told the Old Sword Saint about his difficulty advancing his Mind Long River, and the Old Sword Saint offered to advise him.

An Le sought a way to advance his Third Tier Mind Long River and discovered that the Sword Bell held sword intent capable of strengthening it. After taking the Sword Bell and consulting the Six-Eared Macaque and two Academy masters, he tried to contact the Confucian Saint within the Wenqu Stele, and the scene before him transformed.

• An Le touched the Sword Bell, drawing out the memories and mental sword intent of buried swords while Sword Pool Palace disciples and the Old Sword Saint gained insight.
• After five days of comprehension, An Le learned the Sword Bell was a mental treasure, received permission from Su Muzhe to take it, and absorbed it into his Mind Long River.
• An Le visited the Six-Eared Macaque, who gave him a Divine Needle and suggested seeking a breakthrough in the Buddha Sea at Buddha Land Spirit Mountain.
• An Le visited Wang Banshan and Zhu Huoxi at the Academy, where they explained that the Wenqu Stele contained the Confucian Saint's intent and might help his spiritual cultivation.
• An Le sent his spiritual power into the Wenqu Stele, which drew it inside as the scene before him changed dramatically.

An Le met the Confucian Saint within the Wenqu Stele and gained insight into spiritual cultivation, then strengthened his body until the Supreme Treasure Five Animals reached the third tier. The chapter left Yuan Meng’s capital shaking during the emperor’s attempt to fuse the dragon veins, and Boyan feared that he had failed.

• An Le entered the Wenqu Stele, climbed Book Mountain, and spoke with the Confucian Saint, who explained that a powerful body was essential for advancing the spirit toward the Saint Tier.
• An Le returned from the Wenqu Stele with more vast righteousness, shared the Confucian Saint’s guidance with Wang Banshan and Zhu Huoxi, and resolved to strengthen his body without restraint.
• An Le cultivated on Seventh Mountain for three days, and on the fourth day his five spirit animals all advanced to the third tier as he comprehended the sixth chapter of the Human Dao Ancestral Scripture.
• Boyan and Tulei discussed the approaching allied forces and hoped the Yuan Meng Emperor could gain enough power by fusing the dragon veins.
• When violent tremors shook Yuan Meng Great Capital for an unusually long time, Boyan feared that the Yuan Meng Emperor’s attempt had failed.

The Yuan Meng Emperor merged with five dragon veins but could not reach six, so he gave subsidiary vein power to the Five Elements Talisman Armor Generals, enfeoffing them as the Five Elements Kings in exchange for their loyalty and sanity. An Le learned that Yuan Meng was preparing Eleventh Realm fighters, then visited Li Xuanji on Fourth Sacred Mountain and refined its Mountain River Cauldron as he began planning special training for his allies.

• After a six-hour earthquake, the Yuan Meng Emperor emerged and told Boyan, Turei, Sango, Tie Bi, and the Five Elements Talisman Armor Generals that he had merged with five dragon veins but could not merge with six.
• The Yuan Meng Emperor explained that subsidiary dragon veins could raise others to the Eleventh Realm but would turn them into mindless fighters in battle; Boyan and the Five Elements Talisman Armor Generals volunteered, and he chose the five generals.
• The Yuan Meng Emperor enfeoffed the Five Elements Talisman Armor Generals as the Yuan Meng Five Elements Kings and infused them with dragon vein power.
• On Seventh Mountain, An Le realized the Yuan Meng Emperor was empowering his subordinates and considered how to prepare the Old Sword Saint and Old Celestial Master for the coming war.
• An Le visited Li Xuanji on Fourth Sacred Mountain, discussed the sealed Ascension Lands and the dangers facing the Human World, and refined the sixth Mountain River Cauldron while forming a plan for special training.

After refining the sixth Mountain River Cauldron, An Le crossed the Canglang River and visited the ruined Lianhua Temple to settle old grievances and investigate its Demon Subduing Pagoda. He discovered that the pagoda concealed an Upper Realm Buddha and a Sacred Demon, leaving their fate unresolved.

• An Le told Li Xuanji that he could defeat the Yuan Meng Emperor but feared the emperor might fuse with all nine dragon veins and risk a mutual death.
• An Le met Ye Longsheng, Di Zang, Li You'an, and other generals beside the Canglang River, where they reported that half the allied army had crossed and was awaiting the northern expedition.
• An Le crossed into the northern lands and reached Lianhua Temple, where he made Master Du Hai his Dao slave and took the Buddha Enlightenment Stone.
• An Le opened the Demon Subduing Pagoda, killed a murderous three-thousand-year-old bat demon, and slew the demons marked by bloodlight while sparing the others.
• An Le and Du Hai discovered an Upper Realm Buddha's corpse inside the pagoda, guarding a cage that contained a Sacred Demon.

An Le discovered that Lianhua Temple’s Demon Subduing Pagoda concealed a living Seven Emotions Saint Demon and learned of the danger it posed to the human world. After resisting its seductive power with the Slaying Desire Time Dao Fruit, he deliberately let the demon attack his mind so he could temper his Mind Long River, leaving the Saint Demon realizing he had been using her.

• An Le identified the force inside Lianhua Temple’s Demon Subduing Pagoda as a Saint Demon and entered the pagoda with Master Du Hai while devil qi spread across Mount Jiuhua.
• An Le used Purple Time Qi to glimpse the Saint Demon’s past and formed the Slaying Desire Time Dao Fruit.
• The female Seven Emotions Saint Demon used her power of desire against An Le and Du Hai, but An Le activated Slaying Desire to break free and sent Du Hai to safety.
• An Le repeatedly deactivated Slaying Desire to endure the Saint Demon’s attacks, then used it to restore his clarity and strengthen his Mind Long River.
• The female Saint Demon realized An Le had been provoking her so he could temper his mind.

An Le repeatedly used the Seven Emotions Saint Demon's power of desire to temper his mind, then transported her sealed cage to the Sacred Realm. When Third Senior Sister arrived, the frightened Saint Demon agreed to help An Le cultivate, leaving Third Senior Sister and An Le facing an awkward misunderstanding.

• An Le resisted the Seven Emotions Saint Demon's fire of desire, using Slaying Desire to clear his mind and strengthen his Mind Long River.
• The female Saint Demon recognized that An Le possessed a mental sacred artifact and refused to keep wasting her power of desire on him.
• An Le threatened to kill the Saint Demon and revealed that he was the Sacred Teacher's fourth closed-door disciple.
• An Le uprooted the Demon Subduing Pagoda from Mount Jiuhua and used the Sacred Realm Token to bring it and the Saint Demon to the Sacred Realm.
• Ge Hongtu and Shangguan Qingwan recognized the captive as a Seven Emotions Saint Demon, and Shangguan Qingwan summoned Third Senior Sister.
• When Third Senior Sister arrived with a powerful aura, the female Saint Demon agreed to release as much power of desire as An Le wanted, prompting An Le to ask Third Senior Sister to let him explain.

An Le brought the female Saint Demon into the Sacred Realm, where Third Senior Sister helped him use its power of desire to temper his mind. He broke through to the Saint tier and condensed a Time Origin Pearl, then prepared to face the weakened demon with the Ancestor Sword of the Upper Realm.

• Third Senior Sister recognized the Buddha Land master's sacrifice and advised An Le to return his corpse to the Buddha Land after storing it safely.
• Taking the master's corpse disrupted the cage's Buddhist seal, and the female Saint Demon unleashed her power of desire in a bid to escape.
• An Le asked Third Senior Sister to let the demon's power of desire temper his Mind Long River, and she contained the outburst while he endured it.
• An Le overcame the desire assault, advanced his Mind Long River to the Saint tier, and condensed a Time Origin Pearl as his Spirit Refining Realm reached the Eleventh Realm.
• Third Senior Sister offered An Le the chance to kill the weakened demon, and he summoned the Ancestor Sword of the Upper Realm to combine with his Mind Long River in a Great Yin Yang Sword Wheel.

An Le killed the Seven Emotions Saint Demon and claimed most of her Saint Demon Origin, then realized the Demon Subduing Pagoda could transport people between the Human World and the Sacred Realm. He brought the Old Sword Saint and Wang Yansheng through the pagoda, revealing a new way to train Human World experts.

• An Le used the Ancestor Sword of the Upper Realm and his Saint-rank Mind Long River to overwhelm the female Saint Demon while Third Senior Sister kept her trapped.
• An Le killed the female Saint Demon with the Mountain and River Diagram and Void Loose Hand, then received about seventy percent of her Saint Demon Origin.
• Third Senior Sister warned An Le that other Saint Demons would recognize the aura of a Saint Demon slayer and target him, then returned to the Human World Pass.
• An Le realized the Demon Subduing Pagoda could carry people between the Human World and the Sacred Realm, and took it back to Jinguan City.
• An Le brought the Old Sword Saint and Wang Yansheng inside the pagoda, returned to the Sacred Realm, and let them walk out without Sacred Realm Tokens.

An Le brought Pei Min and Wang Yansheng from the Human World into the Sacred Realm, then led them to the Immortal Prodigy Monument to test their strength and earn its rewards. When five mighty experts from the Immortal Ancient Families ambushed him in the Upper Realm, An Le killed them with his supreme treasures and Sacred-Grade Mind Sword, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned.

• An Le confirmed that the Demon Subduing Pagoda could bring Human World cultivators into the Sacred Realm and brought Pei Min and Wang Yansheng there to cultivate.
• An Le took Pei Min and Wang Yansheng to challenge the Immortal Prodigy Monument, and Pei Min defeated a Kirin Family immortal prodigy to claim the seventieth rank.
• Wang Yansheng began his own challenge while An Le's arrival drew attention from Upper Realm cultivators and a Hidden Void Boat from the Black Tortoise Immortal Ancient Family approached.
• Five mighty experts from the Immortal Ancient Families emerged from the Hidden Void Boat and used the Five Elements Divine Beast Killing Array to attack An Le.
• An Le destroyed the five experts' bodies with his Supreme Treasure Five Animals and severed their primordial spirits with a Sword Bell mental strike.

An Le killed five mighty experts of the Five Great Immortal Ancient Families and challenged an Immortal King before returning to the Sacred Realm. Shentu Luobing of Penglai Immortal Island appeared to test An Le’s Time Origin Talisman, and their battle began with Shentu invoking the Vast Sea Immeasurable technique.

• An Le crushed the five mighty experts, collected their half Origin Talismans and spatial treasures, and considered how the Human World’s depleted Origin would limit its cultivators.
• The Immortal Kings of the Five Great Immortal Ancient Families discussed their losses and decided to wait for Penglai Immortal Island to act before sending an Immortal King against An Le.
• Penglai Immortal Island sent Shentu Luobing to deal with An Le, while First Emperor Ying Qin learned of An Le’s victory and anticipated attacking the Five Great Immortal Ancient Families with him.
• An Le reassured Wang Yansheng after his defeat on the Immortal Prodigy Monument, then led his companions toward the Sacred Realm and challenged any waiting Immortal King to appear.
• Shentu Luobing emerged with a sea suspended in the sky, identified himself as an Immortal King of Penglai Immortal Island, and told An Le he could return to the Sacred Realm if he withstood the attack.
• Shentu Luobing revealed the Origin Talismans in his eyes and began his Vast Sea Immeasurable technique against An Le.

An Le revealed a completed Time Origin Talisman and fought Shentu Luobing, a Seed Immortal King, until Shentu conceded and departed. As An Le headed for the Sacred Realm barrier, a hidden White Tiger Family Immortal King ambushed him, and An Le answered with a devastating Time Sword that killed him.

• Shentu Luobing trapped An Le in his Boundless Sea domain, but An Le exposed its limits and revealed the Time Origin Talisman.
• An Le used his Mind Long River, Mountain and River Diagram, and other powers to break free and clash with Shentu Luobing, who then acknowledged An Le's strength and chose to leave.
• An Le began heading toward the Sacred Realm barrier after Shentu Luobing departed.
• A hidden White Tiger Family Immortal King attacked An Le with a tiger-claw strike powered by the Thunderstorm Origin Talisman.
• An Le summoned the River of Time and the Ancestor Sword of the Upper Realm to unleash a Real and Illusory Sword Qi strike, killing the White Tiger Immortal King.

After recovering in the Sacred Realm, An Le gained a Time Dao Fruit from a scene of Shentu Luobing challenging Third Senior Sister, then returned to the human world to face his Eleventh Realm Origin Tribulation. The chapter ended with An Le drawing Ink Pool as the tribulation descended upon Seventh Mountain.

• An Le severed the White Tiger Family Immortal King's fleshly body with a Time sword, leaving the Immortal King's Primordial Spirit alive and greatly weakened.
• An Le recovered in the Sacred Realm and used Purple Time Qi drawn from Shentu Luobing to witness Shentu challenging Third Senior Sister and losing to her.
• An Le condensed the Companion Martial Time Dao Fruit, which enhanced his Dao Fruits, physical body, and Primordial Spirit beside Third Master.
• An Le discussed bringing human cultivators to the Sacred Realm with Shangguan Qingwan and Ge Hongtu, then used the Sacred Realm Token to return to the human world.
• An Le arrived at Seventh Mountain as the Eleventh Realm Origin Tribulation gathered, raised Ink Pool, and began crossing the tribulation.