Chapter Summaries

Water Yuanzi fought the Old Saint Master of Tianyan Dao Sect, Sword Venerable Xuanri, and Eternal Night Tianzun in Cloud Water Marsh, but his Dao injury left him unable to overcome their combined attacks. The three demanded that he surrender his Yuanling Source, and Water Yuanzi faced them in fury.

• Water Yuanzi attacked the Old Saint Master of Tianyan Dao Sect, Sword Venerable Xuanri, and Eternal Night Tianzun with a sapphire droplet backed by a vast ocean.
• The Old Saint Master of Tianyan Dao Sect, Sword Venerable Xuanri, and Eternal Night Tianzun counterattacked together, shattering the droplet and extinguishing Sword Venerable Xuanri's Flying Sword in the resulting waves and steam.
• Water Yuanzi spat sapphire blood and staggered after the clash.
• The Old Saint Master of Tianyan Dao Sect revealed that Water Yuanzi's Dao injury had reduced him to a fraction of his peak strength.
• Sword Venerable Xuanri and Eternal Night Tianzun urged Water Yuanzi to surrender his Yuanling Source, while Water Yuanzi seethed at their taunts.

Water Yuanzi fought Sword Venerable Xuanri, the Old Saint Master of Tianyan Dao Sect, and Eternal Night Tianzun to protect his Yuanling Source despite his Dao injury. Meanwhile, Ning Wangshu, Han Ying, and Bei Ji Tianzun flew toward Water Yuanzi’s Daoist temple, unaware that he was in danger.

• Sword Venerable Xuanri, the Old Saint Master of Tianyan Dao Sect, and Eternal Night Tianzun attacked Water Yuanzi and threatened to seize his Yuanling Source.
• Water Yuanzi reflected on his failed attempt to ascend and resolved to fight to the death rather than surrender his source.
• Water Yuanzi suppressed his Dao injury with a Secret Technique and fought the three attackers, looking for a chance to kill one of them.
• The Old Saint Master of Tianyan Dao Sect, Sword Venerable Xuanri, and Eternal Night Tianzun continued pressing Water Yuanzi as he fought to hold out.
• Ning Wangshu told Han Ying and Bei Ji Tianzun that they were a few thousand miles from his old friend’s Daoist temple and said Water Yuanzi had reached the peak of the Mahayana stage three thousand years earlier.

Ning Wangshu and Bei Ji Tianzun reached Cloud Water Marsh and sensed a Mahayana Earth Immortal battle deep within, where Ning Wangshu believed his old friend Water Yuanzi might be in danger. When three powerful cultivators from the Three Great Holy Lands barred their way, Ning Wangshu let Bei Ji Tianzun confront them, and the three attacked him.

• Ning Wangshu and Bei Ji Tianzun sensed a fierce Mahayana Earth Immortal battle deep inside Cloud Water Marsh and hurried toward it.
• Three crossing-tribulation true monarchs from Tianyan Dao Sect, Wenjian Cliff, and Nine Heavens Mystic Sect blocked their way and declared the area forbidden.
• Ning Wangshu shattered the barrier raised by the Tianyan Dao Sect true monarch with a wave of his hand.
• Ning Wangshu dismissed the three as ants, and Bei Ji Tianzun asked to handle them himself before insulting them.
• The Tianyan Dao Sect, Wenjian Cliff, and Nine Heavens Mystic Sect true monarchs unleashed their attacks on Bei Ji Tianzun.

Bei Ji Tianzun shattered attacks from three Holy Lands’ Tribulation True Monarchs with a single slap, revealing himself as a Mahayana Earth Immortal and shocking everyone that he served Ning Wangshu as his master. The three sects’ representatives shifted to a more conciliatory but threatening stance and urged Ning Wangshu and his party to leave Cloud Water Marsh.

• Bei Ji Tianzun eagerly welcomed the three Tribulation True Monarchs’ attacks, hoping to show off his strength.
• Bei Ji Tianzun swept aside all three men’s techniques with one slap, leaving the onlookers and attackers stunned.
• The Tianyan Dao Sect’s Tribulation True Monarch identified Bei Ji Tianzun as a Mahayana Earth Immortal, prompting speculation about Ning Wangshu’s power as his master.
• Bei Ji Tianzun confirmed he was a Mahayana Earth Immortal and reveled in reclaiming his imposing bearing.
• The Tianyan Dao Sect’s Tribulation True Monarch invoked the three sects’ Mahayana Earth Immortals and asked Ning Wangshu’s group to take another route.
• The representatives of Wenjian Cliff and the Nine Heavens Mystic Sect offered to let the confrontation pass if Ning Wangshu’s group left.

Ning Wangshu ordered Bei Ji Tianzun to swiftly kill the three Tribulation True Monarchs and then enter Cloud Water Marsh, where Ning Wangshu feared his old friend was fighting the Three Great Holy Lands’ Mahayana Earth Immortals. Bei Ji Tianzun revealed his Late Stage of Mahayana strength and claimed Ning Wangshu was far stronger, leaving the three envoys and onlookers terrified of their power.

• Ning Wangshu dismissed the Three Great Holy Lands’ offer of peace and ordered Bei Ji Tianzun to kill their three Tribulation True Monarchs before heading into Cloud Water Marsh.
• Bei Ji Tianzun declared that he would kill the three envoys despite their threats that the Three Great Holy Lands’ Mahayana Earth Immortals would retaliate.
• The three envoys warned that Sword Venerable Xuanri, Eternal Night Tianzun, and the Old Saint Master were inside Cloud Water Marsh, and described their cultivation and strength.
• Bei Ji Tianzun revealed that he was a Late Stage of Mahayana Earth Immortal Giant and boasted that he might suppress all three Holy Lands’ Mahayana experts alone.
• The three envoys and nearby onlookers realized that Ning Wangshu was likely a peak Mahayana figure and trembled in fear.

Bei Ji Tianzun killed the three Tribulation True Monarchs and destroyed the Three Great Holy Lands’ flying ships before following Ning Wangshu into Cloud Water Marsh. Deep inside, Water Yuanzi burned its Yuanling Source to fight the three Holy Land leaders, who prepared to suppress its power.

• Bei Ji Tianzun crushed the three Tribulation True Monarchs and obliterated the flying ships of the Three Great Holy Lands.
• Ning Wangshu took Bei Ji Tianzun and Han Ying into Cloud Water Marsh, and two cultivators named Brother Ji and Brother Xu led others in after them.
• Water Yuanzi grew anxious as its Dao injury worsened while it fought the old Saint Master of Tianyan Dao Sect, Sword Venerable Xuanri, and Eternal Night Tianzun.
• Water Yuanzi burned its Yuanling Source, drawing moisture from the surroundings and filling the air with billions of azure droplets.
• The old Saint Master warned that Water Yuanzi’s source attack could heavily injure them, and Eternal Night Tianzun began the Devouring Night Realm technique to suppress it.

Water Yuanzi burned his source to unleash Myriad Water Source Flow against Eternal Night Tianzun, the Old Saint Master of the Tianyan Dao Sect, and Sword Venerable Xuanri. After the three defenders began to fail and Sword Venerable Xuanri and Eternal Night Tianzun faced imminent death, Water Yuanzi suddenly collapsed, causing his water attack to disperse.

• Eternal Night Tianzun, the Old Saint Master of the Tianyan Dao Sect, and Sword Venerable Xuanri unleashed their ultimate techniques against Water Yuanzi.
• Water Yuanzi burned his source and sent a vast flood of water droplets through their attacks, forcing all three opponents to fight at their limits.
• The Old Saint Master of the Tianyan Dao Sect raised a barrier, Eternal Night Tianzun used his darkness, and Sword Venerable Xuanri sent his ten suns crashing down to hold back the flood.
• Sword Venerable Xuanri's ten suns shattered and Eternal Night Tianzun's darkness broke, leaving both men exposed to Water Yuanzi's droplets.
• Water Yuanzi spat blood, collapsed, and lost control of the droplets, which burst into water vapor and dispersed.

After Water Yuanzi’s Dao injury left him helpless, the Old Saint Master of the Tianyan Dao Sect, Sword Venerable Xuanri, and Eternal Night Tianzun prepared to extract his Yuanling Source. Just as they began, an unseen speaker appeared and mocked Water Yuanzi before offering to save him.

• Water Yuanzi’s Dao injury erupted, and he crashed into a crater while Sword Venerable Xuanri, Eternal Night Tianzun, and the Old Saint Master of the Tianyan Dao Sect rejoiced.
• The three agreed to divide Water Yuanzi’s Yuanling Source and the resources of Cloud Water Marsh, then descended to subdue him.
• Sword Venerable Xuanri and Eternal Night Tianzun taunted the helpless Water Yuanzi and boasted about advancing their cultivation with his source.
• The Old Saint Master of the Tianyan Dao Sect urged the others to extract Water Yuanzi’s source, and all three began forming spells.
• A voice from above mocked Water Yuanzi for being overpowered by younger cultivators and said it would save him because he had once protected its path.

Ning Wangshu arrived with Bei Ji Tianzun and another figure to save Water Yuanzi from Sword Venerable Xuanri and the others. Bei Ji Tianzun intercepted Xuanri’s attack, leaving the enemy stunned by his power and by Ning Wangshu’s status as his master.

• Ning Wangshu appeared before Water Yuanzi, who recognized him as Little Ghost and excitedly welcomed him.
• Ning Wangshu called Sword Venerable Xuanri, Eternal Night Tianzun, and the Old Saint Master of the Tianyan Dao Sect ants, while Water Yuanzi sat down to watch.
• Sword Venerable Xuanri attacked Ning Wangshu with the Great Sun Hanging Sky Sword Art—Cut Heaven.
• Bei Ji Tianzun stepped in to defend Ning Wangshu, revealing Late Stage of Mahayana strength and calling him his master.
• Bei Ji Tianzun’s Giant Sky-Propping Palm struck Xuanri’s Flying Sword and sent it flying.

Bei Ji Tianzun faced attacks from Sword Venerable Xuanri, Eternal Night Tianzun, and the Tianyan Dao Sect's Old Saint Master, then revealed his power by summoning Taichu Calamity Light. The three attackers and Water Yuanzi were stunned as the divine light swept from the Gate of Primordial Beginning.

• Sword Venerable Xuanri summoned Ten Suns in the Sky—Sunfall and attacked Bei Ji Tianzun.
• Eternal Night Tianzun joined Xuanri, unleashing Eternal Night Covering the Sky Finger against Bei Ji Tianzun.
• Bei Ji Tianzun taunted the Tianyan Dao Sect's Old Saint Master into joining the fight, and the Old Saint Master struck with Tianyan Guiji—Die.
• Bei Ji Tianzun opened the Gate of Primordial Beginning and released Taichu Calamity Light.
• The Tianyan Dao Sect's Old Saint Master, Sword Venerable Xuanri, Eternal Night Tianzun, and Water Yuanzi were astonished by the divine light's power.

Bei Ji Tianzun fought the Old Saint Master of the Tianyan Dao Sect, Sword Venerable Xuanri, and Eternal Night Tianzun, using the Gate of Primordial Beginning to overwhelm their attacks. The gate was ultimately destroyed, but the three opponents were badly hurt, and the Old Saint Master feared what Ning Wangshu’s power might be.

• Bei Ji Tianzun’s Taichu Calamity Light clashed with the three opponents’ techniques, but their combined attacks wore it away.
• The Old Saint Master of the Tianyan Dao Sect urged Sword Venerable Xuanri and Eternal Night Tianzun to attack Bei Ji Tianzun again.
• Bei Ji Tianzun summoned the Gate of Primordial Beginning, which swallowed Eternal Night Tianzun’s black hole and crushed Sword Venerable Xuanri’s ten suns, injuring both.
• The gate broke apart after the Old Saint Master’s hazy gray light clung to it and Bei Ji Tianzun forced the light away.
• The Old Saint Master realized the three had barely fought Bei Ji Tianzun to a draw and worried about the strength of Ning Wangshu, his master.

Ning Wangshu confronted the Old Saint Master of the Tianyan Dao Sect, Sword Venerable Xuanri, and Eternal Night Tianzun after Bei Ji Tianzun could only hold them to a draw. He effortlessly suppressed all three, leaving them stunned when he revealed he had never claimed to be at the peak of the Mahayana Stage.

• Water Yuanzi told Ning Wangshu that Bei Ji Tianzun alone could not defeat the three opponents, and Bei Ji Tianzun apologized for failing to win.
• Ning Wangshu praised Bei Ji Tianzun, dismissed Water Yuanzi's criticism, and faced the Old Saint Master of the Tianyan Dao Sect, Sword Venerable Xuanri, and Eternal Night Tianzun.
• The three opponents argued that their combined strength and ability to escape would let them resist Ning Wangshu.
• Ning Wangshu raised his hand and summoned a giant palm that sealed the three opponents' spiritual energy and crushed them into craters.
• The three opponents asked how Ning Wangshu could suppress them so easily, and he replied that he had never said he was at the peak of the Mahayana Stage.

Ning Wangshu was revealed as the Extreme Dao Celestial Venerable who ascended to the Immortal Realm three thousand years ago, and his captives struggled to accept that he was a true immortal. He killed Sword Venerable Xuanri with a single gesture, leaving the Old Saint Master and Eternal Night Tianzun facing the same fate.

• Water Yuanzi identified Ning Wangshu as the Extreme Dao Celestial Venerable, astonishing the Old Saint Master of the Tianyan Dao Sect, Sword Venerable Xuanri, and Eternal Night Tianzun.
• Water Yuanzi explained that Ning Wangshu's effortless defeat of the three proved his strength had surpassed the limits of the Human World and suggested he had become an immortal.
• The Old Saint Master and Eternal Night Tianzun accepted that they were likely to die, while Sword Venerable Xuanri rejected the claim that Ning Wangshu was the Extreme Dao Celestial Venerable.
• Ning Wangshu told Sword Venerable Xuanri that his belief would not change his death and killed him with a point between the brows.

Ning Wangshu killed Sword Venerable Xuanri, the Old Saint Master of the Tianyan Dao Sect, and Eternal Night Tianzun, then healed Water Yuanzi's Dao injury with an immortal art. At Water Yuanzi's Cave Mansion, Ning Wangshu explained that the Immortal Realm differed from what he had expected and that trouble had brought him back to the Cangyuan Realm less than a month ago.

• Ning Wangshu killed the Old Saint Master of the Tianyan Dao Sect and Eternal Night Tianzun after killing Sword Venerable Xuanri.
• Ning Wangshu cast a Zhe Technique into Water Yuanzi and began healing its Dao injury.
• Water Yuanzi circulated its spiritual energy for over two hours, then recovered completely and thanked Ning Wangshu.
• Ning Wangshu, Water Yuanzi, Bei Ji Tianzun, and Han Ying went to Water Yuanzi's Cave Mansion to talk.
• Ning Wangshu told them he had become an immortal after a difficult time in the Immortal Realm and had returned to the Cangyuan Realm by chance less than a month ago.

Ning Wangshu told Water Yuanzi that his ascension was likely a unique exception, prompted by a call from the Immortal Realm, and that no one else in Cangyuan Realm could ascend without sensing the same call. Water Yuanzi reluctantly accepted that he might never become an immortal, while Ning Wangshu warned that a crisis in the Immortal Realm could one day force him to return to Cangyuan Realm.

• Ning Wangshu explained that Water Yuanzi’s failed attempt to ascend had caused his Dao injury and that Ning Wangshu’s own success might not be replicable.
• Ning Wangshu said he had sensed a call from the Immortal Realm before ascending and believed no one else could open the Immortal Gate without sensing it too.
• Water Yuanzi realized he might never ascend and was deeply disappointed by the loss of hope.
• Ning Wangshu comforted Water Yuanzi by warning that a major crisis threatened the Immortal Realm and might force him to hide in Cangyuan Realm.
• Water Yuanzi accepted that he lacked the Immortal Fate and joked that Ning Wangshu could keep him company if he ever returned.

Ning Wangshu agreed to back Water Yuanzi as he sought revenge on the Three Great Holy Lands for their attempt to seize his source. While their cultivators plundered Cloud Water Marsh, Water Yuanzi went to deal with them, ending the chapter with a chilling threat.

• Water Yuanzi and Ning Wangshu reminisced about their past before Ning Wangshu asked how Water Yuanzi planned to retaliate against the Three Great Holy Lands.
• Water Yuanzi said he would settle accounts with the Tianyan Dao Sect, Wenjian Cliff, and Nine Heavens Mystic Sect, and asked Ning Wangshu to support him.
• Ning Wangshu agreed to accompany Water Yuanzi, who set out to clear the trespassers from his Daoist temple.
• Cultivators from the Three Great Holy Lands hunted demonic beasts in Cloud Water Marsh and celebrated their plan to claim its treasures and Water Yuanzi's source.
• As the cultivators prepared to split up, Water Yuanzi's chilling voice warned them to save their merrymaking for the Yellow Springs Road.

Water Yuanzi revealed that he had survived the Three Great Holy Lands’ Heavenly Venerables and killed them, then annihilated the Holy Lands’ forces at Cloud Water Marsh. He warned the other cultivators to leave his Daoist temple within fifteen minutes.

• Water Yuanzi appeared before the Three Great Holy Lands’ cultivators and confirmed that he had survived his encounter with their three leaders.
• The cultivators refused to believe their leaders were dead and attacked Water Yuanzi.
• Water Yuanzi released a rain of water droplets that killed all several hundred cultivators from the Tianyan Dao Sect, Wenjian Cliff, and the Nine Heavens Mystic Sect.
• Water Yuanzi warned more than a thousand other cultivators in Cloud Water Marsh to leave within fifteen minutes or die there.

After Water Yuanzi drove the cultivators from Cloud Water Marsh, he and Ning Wangshu set out to destroy the Three Great Holy Lands that had tried to seize his origin. They chose Tianyan Dao Sect as their first target, while considering whether ancient Wenjian Cliff might possess methods that could challenge them.

• Cultivators fleeing Cloud Water Marsh speculated that the Three Great Holy Lands’ leaders had lost, then hurried away after Water Yuanzi gave them a chance to escape.
• Water Yuanzi returned to his cave mansion and agreed with Ning Wangshu to leave Bei Ji Tianzun and Han Ying there while they went to settle matters.
• Ning Wangshu and Water Yuanzi chose Tianyan Dao Sect as their first target because it was nearby and its Saint Master had likely instigated the attack.
• Water Yuanzi vowed to destroy Tianyan Dao Sect, Nine Heavens Mystic Sect, and Wenjian Cliff in turn for coveting his origin while he was injured.
• Ning Wangshu explained that Wenjian Cliff’s lineage reached back to the Immortal Relic Era, and assured Water Yuanzi he could destroy it if its ancient methods proved troublesome.

At Tianyan Dao Sect, disciples discussed the Old Saint Master’s expedition to Cloud Water Marsh before Water Yuanzi and Ning Wangshu arrived at the sect. Water Yuanzi surrounded the sect with immense waves, and its Sect Master and elders gathered to confront the attackers.

• Senior Brother Lin told a young disciple that the Old Saint Master had joined Wenjian Cliff and the Nine Heavens Mystic Sect to hunt the injured being in Cloud Water Marsh and seize his origin.
• Senior Brother Lin and the young disciple hoped the expedition would succeed and bring treasure and spirit medicines to Tianyan Dao Sect.
• Water Yuanzi and Ning Wangshu arrived outside Tianyan Dao Sect, and Water Yuanzi told Ning Wangshu to watch his back.
• Water Yuanzi unleashed boundless moisture that formed monstrous waves and sealed off Tianyan Dao Sect.
• The sect’s disciples and elders sensed the attack, and the Sect Master appeared with hundreds of figures to confront the intruder.

Water Yuanzi revealed himself to the Tianyan Dao Sect and announced that he would destroy it after killing its elder and defeating the three powerful figures who had tried to seize his origin. The Tianyan Saint Master and his sect learned that the Old Saint Master was dead, and Water Yuanzi prepared to send them after him.

• Water Yuanzi dismissed the Tianyan Saint Master's threats and vowed to destroy the Tianyan Dao Sect.
• A Tribulation True Monarch attacked Water Yuanzi, who killed him instantly with a wave of water.
• Water Yuanzi revealed his identity as the being from Cloud Water Marsh and said Sword Venerable Xuanri, Eternal Night Tianzun, and the Old Saint Master had tried to seize his origin.
• The Tianyan Saint Master and the sect's disciples realized Water Yuanzi had likely killed their Old Saint Master and the other two experts.
• Water Yuanzi confirmed that the three experts were dead and promised to send the Tianyan Dao Sect members to join them in the Yellow Springs.