Chapter Summaries

Bei Ji Tianzun failed to break Ning Wangshu’s formation and tried to sever Qinglan Sect’s Spiritual Qi vein and seal the sect away. Ning Wangshu returned in time to destroy his sword strike, leaving the two Tianzun facing off above Qinglan Sect.

• Bei Ji Tianzun decided to sever Qinglan Sect’s Spiritual Qi vein and seal the sect after his attacks could not break Ning Wangshu’s formation.
• Leng Qingshuang calmed the elders by reminding them that Ning Wangshu would return for Han Ying, and Han Ying reassured them as well.
• Bei Ji Tianzun swung his Flying Sword at Qinglan Sect’s underground Spiritual Qi vein.
• Ning Wangshu appeared and shattered Bei Ji Tianzun’s sword strike with a giant hand.
• Leng Qingshuang and the Qinglan Sect residents cheered as Ning Wangshu revealed himself above the sect, while Taiyuan City’s onlookers anticipated a battle between the two Tianzun.

Bei Ji Tianzun confronted Ning Wangshu over Beiming’s death and challenged him to restore Beiting Sword Sect’s honor. After revealing he had reached the Late Stage of Mahayana, he alarmed Qinglan Sect, while Leng Qingshuang and Han Ying expressed confidence that Ning Wangshu could withstand him.

• Bei Ji Tianzun demanded an explanation for Ning Wangshu killing Beiming, and Ning Wangshu scorned him and reminded him that Beiting Sword Sect had already been spared after Bei Yi’s apology.
• Bei Ji Tianzun said he had stripped Bei Yi of his position and declared that he had come to avenge Beiming and restore Beiting Sword Sect’s honor.
• Bei Ji Tianzun unleashed his aura and revealed that he had reached the Late Stage of Mahayana, frightening the people of Taiyuan City and Qinglan Sect’s elders.
• Leng Qingshuang steadied the elders by saying she believed in Ning Wangshu and noting that Bei Ji Tianzun had been unable to break Ning Wangshu’s protective formation.
• Han Ying assured Leng Qingshuang and the elders that Bei Ji Tianzun still could not harm Ning Wangshu.

Han Ying revealed that Ning Wangshu had killed a mid-stage Mahayana Earth Immortal, bolstering the Qinglan Sect’s confidence as Bei Ji Tianzun confronted him. After Ning mocked Bei Ji Tianzun’s Late Stage Mahayana cultivation, Bei Ji attacked with the Luo Tian Sword Prison, which surged toward Ning.

• Han Ying told Leng Qingshuang and the Qinglan Sect elders that she had witnessed Ning Wangshu kill a mid-stage Mahayana Earth Immortal.
• Leng Qingshuang and the elders concluded that Ning was at least at the Late Stage of Mahayana and believed he had likely killed Demon Emperor Lei Li.
• Ning mocked Bei Ji Tianzun as a frog at the bottom of a well for boasting about his Late Stage Mahayana cultivation.
• Bei Ji Tianzun angrily unleashed the Luo Tian Sword Prison, forming a massive sword formation that sealed the heavens and earth around Ning.

Ning Wangshu effortlessly shattered Bei Ji Tianzun’s Luo Tian Sword Prison, leaving the Beiting Sword Sect and Qinglan Sect stunned. Bei Ji Tianzun, mocked by Ning Wangshu, prepared to unleash another technique.

• Ning Wangshu destroyed Bei Ji Tianzun’s colossal sword and scattered the Sword Qi with a single finger.
• Bei Ji Tianzun and the Beiting Sword Sect Grand Elders were shocked by how easily Ning Wangshu broke the attack.
• Taiyuan City’s onlookers and Qinglan Sect’s people reacted with amazement, and Leng Qingshuang grew more confident in Ning Wangshu’s strength.
• Ning Wangshu mocked Bei Ji Tianzun and invited him to use his other methods.
• Bei Ji Tianzun, enraged by the taunts, formed a seal and called out, “Gate of Primordial Beginning, open—”

Bei Ji Tianzun summoned the Gate of Primordial Beginning, which released the legendary Taichu Calamity Light and alarmed the people watching in Taiyuan City and the Qinglan Sect. Ning Wangshu judged that the light could not threaten him, while Bei Ji Tianzun taunted him and prepared to test his confidence.

• Bei Ji Tianzun unleashed his power and opened a mysterious gateway in the void.
• The gateway emitted Taichu Calamity Light, which cut apart and erased a distant mountain peak.
• Onlookers in Taiyuan City recognized the light and feared it could destroy heaven and earth.
• Leng Qingshuang and the Qinglan Sect elders worried that Ning Wangshu might not withstand the attack.
• Ning Wangshu assessed the light as powerful but below the Immortal Dao level and said he had underestimated Bei Ji Tianzun's technique.
• Bei Ji Tianzun mocked Ning Wangshu and spread the Taichu Calamity Light across the sky without attacking yet.

Ning Wangshu effortlessly annihilated Bei Ji Tianzun’s Taichu Calamity Light, then faced the Gate of Primordial Beginning. His fist light struck the gate despite its devouring power, leaving Bei Ji Tianzun horrified.

• Bei Ji Tianzun unleashed the Taichu Calamity Light at Ning Wangshu, but Ning Wangshu erased it with a step into the air.
• The people of Taiyuan City, Leng Qingshuang, and the Qinglan Sect elders were stunned by Ning Wangshu’s power.
• Bei Ji Tianzun invoked the Gate of Primordial Beginning’s Myriad Phenomena Return to the Void and sent it suppressing toward Ning Wangshu.
• Ning Wangshu launched a fist light that resisted the gate’s suction and slammed into its doors, shocking Bei Ji Tianzun.

Ning Wangshu shattered Bei Ji Tianzun’s Gate of Primordial Beginning with one punch, gravely wounding him and convincing Taiyuan City that Ning Wangshu was among the world’s strongest. Bei Ji Tianzun admitted defeat and offered to make peace with Ning Wangshu and the Qinglan Sect.

• Ning Wangshu destroyed the Gate of Primordial Beginning with a punch, causing Bei Ji Tianzun to spit blood and leaving him and the Beiting Sword Sect elders stunned.
• The people of Taiyuan City marveled at Ning Wangshu’s power and speculated that he might be the number one person in the world.
• The Qinglan Sect elders and Leng Qingshuang rejoiced at Ning Wangshu’s strength and the protection his friendship with their former Sect Master could bring.
• Ning Wangshu taunted Bei Ji Tianzun, who admitted he was no match and offered an apology, compensation, and a promise that the Beiting Sword Sect would no longer slight the Qinglan Sect.

Ning Wangshu rejected Bei Ji Tianzun’s offer to apologize and threatened to destroy the Beiting Sword Sect for violating its oath and attacking Qinglan Sect. The chapter ended with Ning Wangshu effortlessly capturing Bei Ji Tianzun as he tried to flee, leaving him terrified by Ning Wangshu’s overwhelming strength.

• Ning Wangshu refused Bei Ji Tianzun’s apology and compensation, declaring that the Beiting Sword Sect would be destroyed for breaking its oath and attacking Qinglan Sect.
• Bei Ji Tianzun threatened to escape and later take revenge on Qinglan Sect, warning that Ning Wangshu could not guard it forever.
• Ning Wangshu mocked Bei Ji Tianzun’s plan to flee and summoned a giant hand to seize him from dozens of miles away.
• Ning Wangshu suppressed Bei Ji Tianzun’s spiritual power and pulled him back, while Bei Ji Tianzun realized he had no chance against Ning Wangshu.

Ning Wangshu effortlessly captured Bei Ji Tianzun after the Beiting Sword Sect ancestor failed to flee, stunning Taiyuan City and bringing joy to the Qinglan Sect. As Bei Ji Tianzun begged for his life, Ning Wangshu paused to consider his response, leaving the captive’s fate undecided.

• Ning Wangshu suppressed and captured Bei Ji Tianzun when he tried to escape, shocking the Beiting Sword Sect elders and the people of Taiyuan City.
• The people of Taiyuan City praised Ning Wangshu’s overwhelming strength, while Leng Qingshuang and the Qinglan Sect celebrated their patron’s victory and imagined the sect’s future prosperity.
• Ning Wangshu taunted Bei Ji Tianzun, who apologized and begged to serve him in exchange for his life.
• Ning Wangshu paused to consider Bei Ji Tianzun’s plea, and Bei Ji Tianzun anxiously awaited his decision.

Ning Wangshu spared Bei Ji Tianzun and made him his servant, planning to use him as a protector and mentor while he cultivated in seclusion. After sealing Bei Ji Tianzun with the Primal Spirit Planting Divine Technique, Ning Wangshu began examining his memories and the secrets of the Gate of Primordial Beginning.

• Ning Wangshu decided that Bei Ji Tianzun’s strength and longevity made him useful as a future protector, attendant, and cultivation teacher for Han Ying.
• Ning Wangshu offered to spare Bei Ji Tianzun if he served him, and Bei Ji Tianzun gratefully accepted the role of servant.
• Bei Ji Tianzun opened his soul willingly, and Ning Wangshu placed an Immortal Light seal inside it.
• Ning Wangshu revealed that the seal was the Primal Spirit Planting Divine Technique, which let him control Bei Ji Tianzun and inspect his thoughts and memories.
• Ning Wangshu used the technique to search Bei Ji Tianzun’s memories, focusing on the Gate of Primordial Beginning.

Ning Wangshu spared Bei Ji Tianzun and the Beiting Sword Sect, but made the sect obey the Qinglan Sect. After discovering a secret technique and clues to a mysterious place in Bei Ji Tianzun’s memories, Ning Wangshu decided to investigate it.

• Bei Ji Tianzun pleaded for Ning Wangshu to spare the Beiting Sword Sect, and Ning Wangshu agreed on the condition that it obey the Qinglan Sect’s orders.
• Ning Wangshu discovered information about the Gate of Primordial Beginning and the mysterious place where Bei Ji Tianzun had been trapped for thousands of years, and resolved to visit it.
• The Beiting Sword Sect’s Grand Elders accepted Bei Ji Tianzun’s submission as a fortunate escape from destruction.
• The people in Taiyuan City saw Bei Ji Tianzun bow to Ning Wangshu and speculated that the seal had made him Ning Wangshu’s servant.
• Leng Qingshuang and the Qinglan Sect’s elders were surprised that Ning Wangshu spared Bei Ji Tianzun, but accepted his decision.

Ning Wangshu told Bei Ji Tianzun that he was the legendary Extreme Dao Celestial Venerable, explaining the overwhelming power that had defeated him. Bei Ji Tianzun realized that his master was an immortal, and the two prepared to go to Qinglan Sect.

• Bei Ji Tianzun ordered Beiting Sword Sect’s Grand Elders to follow Qinglan Sect’s lead and returned to Ning Wangshu.
• Ning Wangshu agreed to explain the seal he had placed in Bei Ji Tianzun’s primordial spirit and confirmed that its power surpassed the cultivation realm.
• Ning Wangshu reminded Bei Ji Tianzun how easily he had defeated him and revealed his title as Extreme Dao Celestial Venerable.
• Bei Ji Tianzun recognized Ning Wangshu as the ascender who had opened the Immortal Gate three thousand years earlier.
• Bei Ji Tianzun realized that Ning Wangshu was an immortal, and Ning Wangshu casually confirmed it.

Ning Wangshu revealed his status as a True Immortal and told the Qinglan Sect that he had killed Demon Emperor Lei Li, ending the Heavenly Demon Clan threat. Before preparing to leave, he arranged for the Beiting Sword Sect to assist Qinglan Sect whenever needed.

• Bei Ji Tianzun realized Ning Wangshu was a True Immortal and stopped questioning how he had returned to the Cangyuan Realm.
• Ning Wangshu brought Bei Ji Tianzun to the Qinglan Sect, where Leng Qingshuang and the elders welcomed him.
• Ning Wangshu told Leng Qingshuang that he had killed Demon Emperor Lei Li and that the Northern Region clans were hunting the scattered Heavenly Demon Clan.
• Ning Wangshu said he had ordered Bei Ji Tianzun to make the Beiting Sword Sect assist Qinglan Sect whenever asked.
• Ning Wangshu announced that it was time to leave, leaving Leng Qingshuang both pleased by his arrangements and saddened by his departure.

Ning Wangshu departed Qinglan Sect with Han Ying and Bei Ji Tianzun, then revealed that the Stone Tablet behind Bei Ji Tianzun’s Gate of Primordial Beginning might contain a powerful immortal art. They headed for the Central Lands first, with the Chaotic Star Sea planned afterward.

• Ning Wangshu told Leng Qingshuang that Shen Chuxia might return someday, then left Qinglan Sect with Han Ying and Bei Ji Tianzun.
• Ning Wangshu introduced Han Ying as a descendant of an old friend, and Bei Ji Tianzun respectfully greeted her.
• Ning Wangshu said he would travel to the Central Lands to meet an old friend and investigate something before going to the Chaotic Star Sea.
• Ning Wangshu explained that the Stone Tablet where Bei Ji Tianzun learned the Gate of Primordial Beginning likely contained a powerful, top-tier immortal art.
• Bei Ji Tianzun was shocked to learn that his secret art was only a small part of the tablet’s immortal art and understood why it had helped him escape the mysterious place.

Han Ying learned that Ning Wangshu was the legendary Extreme Dao Celestial Venerable and a true immortal, while Bei Ji Tianzun accepted his status as Ning Wangshu’s servant without resentment. Ning Wangshu revealed how his soul seal could inspect Bei Ji Tianzun’s memories and said he would investigate the mysterious place in the Chaotic Star Sea after his trip to the Central Plains.

• Han Ying reacted with disbelief when Ning Wangshu identified the technique as immortal arts, and he asked whether she had heard of the Extreme Dao Celestial Venerable.
• Han Ying recalled rumors that the Extreme Dao Celestial Venerable had ascended three thousand years earlier, and Bei Ji Tianzun told her that Ning Wangshu was that immortal.
• Ning Wangshu confirmed his identity, and Han Ying understood how he had defeated Cangxuan Tianzun and subdued Bei Ji Tianzun.
• Bei Ji Tianzun asked how Ning Wangshu knew his memories, and Ning Wangshu explained that his soul seal could probe them like the Soul Searching Technique.
• Ning Wangshu said he would visit the Chaotic Star Sea to investigate the place that had trapped Bei Ji Tianzun, who realized it could not hold a true immortal.

News that Ning Wangshu had destroyed Tianjue Hall and defeated its three Half-Immortal Hall Lords spread across Taiyuan City and the Eastern Wasteland, astonishing those who heard it. Leng Qingshuang and the Qinglan Sect elders recognized Ning Wangshu as the man behind the rumors, while farther regions remained skeptical.

• Rumors reached Taiyuan City that Ning Wangshu had killed Demon Emperor Lei Li, destroyed Tianjue Hall, and subdued its three Half-Immortal Hall Lords.
• Taiyuan City residents were shocked by reports that Half-Immortals could surpass Mahayana Earth Immortals without ascending to the Immortal Realm.
• Leng Qingshuang and the Qinglan Sect elders realized Ning Wangshu was the Half-Immortal responsible for the Northern Domain events.
• Leng Qingshuang concluded that no one in the world could match Ning Wangshu and called him invincible beneath the heavens.
• The news spread through the seventy-two prefectures of the northern Eastern Wasteland, where investigators confirmed it, then traveled farther as many people dismissed it as exaggerated rumor.

Cultivators gathered at the Cloud Water Marsh learned that the Three Great Holy Lands planned to attack it and kill a peak Mahayana supreme being who had been injured trying to force open the Immortal Gate. The arrival of the Holy Lands’ Flying Ships left the crowd awaiting the assault.

• A well-dressed man greeted Brother Xu near the Cloud Water Marsh, and they discussed joining the Three Great Holy Lands’ expedition to seek treasures.
• The well-dressed man told Brother Xu that a peak Mahayana supreme being lived in the marsh and had suffered a severe Dao injury after failing to force open the Immortal Gate.
• He explained that the Three Great Holy Lands intended to surround and kill the injured supreme being, whose essence could extend the Old Saint Master of the Tianyan Dao Sect’s life and help other Tianzun-level figures advance.
• Brother Xu and the well-dressed man discussed the shocking news and the Old Saint Master’s motive for taking part in the attack.
• A rumble sounded overhead, and magnificent Flying Ships bearing dark banners approached the gathered cultivators.

The three Holy Lands arrived at Cloud Water Marsh with powerful leaders and hundreds of cultivators, then moved in to attack. Their representatives barred all other cultivators from approaching, drawing a trench as a warning.

• The Tianyan Dao Sect, Wenjian Cliff, and Nine Heavens Mystic Sect arrived at Cloud Water Marsh aboard their Flying Ships.
• The Tianyan Dao Sect's Old Saint Master, Sword Venerable Xuanri, and the Eternal Night Tianzun agreed to lead their forces into the marsh.
• Hundreds of cultivators from the three Holy Lands entered Cloud Water Marsh while nearby cultivators prepared to follow them.
• Several Holy Land representatives struck back cultivators who tried to approach and ordered the crowd to leave.
• A Nine Heavens Mystic Sect representative declared the area off-limits and carved a massive trench in the ground as a warning.

The Three Great Holy Lands barred outsiders from entering Cloud Water Marsh, and a Nine Heavens Mystic Sect representative killed those who protested. Ji told Xu they should wait nearby, hoping the battle against the marsh’s supreme being might give them a chance to search for treasures before escaping.

• The Nine Heavens Mystic Sect’s representative killed several people who objected to the Three Great Holy Lands’ ban on entering Cloud Water Marsh.
• The representatives of the Three Great Holy Lands threatened the crowd, and many people left or retreated in fear.
• Ji told Xu that the Three Great Holy Lands were hunting an injured peak-Mahayana supreme being while their other forces cleared the marsh.
• Ji suggested they wait for the battle to create an opportunity to enter the marsh and search for treasures, then flee if danger arose.
• Xu agreed to stay with Ji and wait to see what happened.

A battle inside Cloud Water Marsh unleashed terrifying shock waves, and onlookers concluded that the Three Great Holy Lands’ Tianzun were fighting a hidden Mahayana expert. The three sects’ Tribulation True Monarchs watched from their Flying Ships as the battle continued out of sight.

• A thunderous blast and a dreadful aura erupted from deep within Cloud Water Marsh, followed by divine lights and shock waves that destroyed fleeing beasts.
• A Body Integration expert told the gathered cultivators that the clash was at the Tianzun level and that the Three Great Holy Lands had likely confronted a Mahayana Earth Immortal.
• Onlookers discussed the strength of the Three Great Holy Lands’ three Tianzun and speculated about how many powerful figures Cloud Water Marsh concealed.
• The brocade-clad man and the blue-robed man agreed that the battle involved the supreme being with a Dao injury and considered waiting for a chance to enter Cloud Water Marsh for treasures.
• The three Tribulation True Monarchs aboard the sects’ Flying Ships noticed the battle’s effects, exchanged glances, and resumed watching the marsh.