Chapter Summaries

Ning Wangshu destroyed a demonic seal and enlarged the passage to the Ancient Demon Realm, leading the cultivators at the Ancient Demon Abyss to believe he planned to invade. The Ancient Demon Clan mistook his actions for help from Lord Moyuan and began pouring through the passage into the Cangyuan Realm.

• Ning Wangshu shattered the demonic seal with a single word, leaving Song Muyang and Xu Huaiyan stunned by his power.
• Ning Wangshu reached through the spatial crack and tore it open, making it more than ten times larger and stable enough for powerful cultivators to pass through.
• Song Muyang, Xu Huaiyan, and Ding Xiao assumed Ning Wangshu intended to enter the Ancient Demon Realm and destroy the Ancient Demon Clan.
• The Ancient Demon Clan warriors attributed the enlarged passage to Lord Moyuan and cheered at the chance to invade the other realm.
• A peak-Mahayana Ancient Demon Clan warrior led the charge through the passage, followed by the Mahayana fighters and millions of soldiers.

Ning Wangshu faced the Ancient Demon Clan’s invasion at the Ancient Demon Abyss as 143 Mahayana Earth Immortals and millions of soldiers poured into the Cangyuan Realm. He sent Beiji Tianzun to stop the army, whose Gate of Primordial Beginning suppressed its attack and began swallowing the invaders.

• Ning Wangshu waited as a spatial crack opened and 143 Ancient Demon Clan Mahayana Earth Immortals emerged, nearly a third of them Earth Immortal Giants or stronger.
• Song Muyang, Xu Huaiyan, and Ding Xiao recognized that the Cangyuan Realm could not match the enemy’s numbers and trusted Ning Wangshu to defend them.
• Millions of Ancient Demon Clan soldiers poured through the crack, and their commander ordered them to attack the cultivators guarding the Ancient Demon Abyss.
• Ning Wangshu told Beiji Tianzun to handle the army, and Beiji Tianzun summoned the Gate of Primordial Beginning with Myriad Phenomena Return to the Void.
• The Gate of Primordial Beginning crushed the army’s attack and began suppressing and devouring its soldiers, stunning Song Muyang and Xu Huaiyan with Beiji Tianzun’s power.

Yaoli revealed her Demon God-level strength and defeated more than 140 Ancient Demon Clan Mahayana experts with a single palm strike. The wounded demons called for reinforcements and prepared to form the Ancient Demon Zhenxian Formation.

• An Ancient Demon Clan peak Mahayana expert attacked the Gate of Primordial Beginning, but Yaoli stopped his giant axe with one hand.
• Several peak Mahayana experts attacked Yaoli, who revealed an aura that the Ancient Demon Clan recognized as Demon God-level.
• Brother Huyan activated the demon seal given to him by Lord Moyuan while the Ancient Demon experts joined forces against Yaoli.
• Yaoli struck with a colossal palm, injuring all 140-plus Ancient Demon Clan Mahayana experts and blasting more than half of them away.
• Song Muyang, Xu Huaiyan, and Ding Xiao watched in shock as the Ancient Demon experts called for the Ancient Demon Zhenxian Formation.

Yaoli used her half-immortal power to suppress the Ancient Demon Clan’s Mahayana forces while Bei Ji Tianzun’s Gate of Primordial Beginning devoured their army. The Ancient Demon Clan formed the Ancient Demon Zhenxian Formation, but Yaoli unleashed the Star River Falling Immortal Technique to break it.

• Yaoli struck the Ancient Demon Clan’s Mahayana powerhouses, injuring them and leaving Bei Ji Tianzun free to act.
• Bei Ji Tianzun drove the Gate of Primordial Beginning to devour and annihilate nearly half of the Ancient Demon Clan army.
• The Ancient Demon Clan powerhouses formed the Ancient Demon Zhenxian Formation and tried to hold out until Lord Moyuan arrived as reinforcements.
• Yaoli cast the Star River Falling Immortal Technique, summoning starry rivers that descended toward the formation.
• The Ancient Demon Clan powerhouses and the cultivators watching recoiled in terror as Yaoli’s starry rivers reached them.

Moyuan learned that Huyan Bo’s invasion force had encountered a Demon God-level being, so he and Ming Kuang set out for the Spatial Crack. In the Cangyuan Realm, Yaoli’s attack shattered the Ancient Demon Zhenxian Formation and left only thirty or forty of the more than 140 Ancient Demon Mahayana powerhouses alive.

• Moyuan received Huyan Bo’s distress call reporting a Demon God-level being in the realm their forces had invaded.
• Moyuan and Ming Kuang agreed to go to the Spatial Crack while the other three Ancient Demon powerhouses continued repairing the passage formation.
• The remaining Ancient Demon powerhouses activated the formation and sent Moyuan and Ming Kuang to the Spatial Crack.
• Yaoli’s Star River Falling Immortal Technique struck the Ancient Demon Zhenxian Formation and broke it within seconds.
• Yaoli’s attack killed most of the Ancient Demon Mahayana powerhouses, leaving only thirty or forty alive, many of them gravely wounded.

Yaoli destroyed the Ancient Demon Clan army in the Ancient Demon Abyss and moved to kill its surviving experts, but two powerful Ancient Demons arrived from the Spatial Crack and stopped her attack. The survivors identified them as the Demon God Lords Moyuan and Ming Kuang, setting the stage for a confrontation.

• Bei Ji Tianzun used the Gate of Primordial Beginning to wipe out the millions-strong Ancient Demon Clan army, leaving only thirty or forty of its more than a hundred Mahayana experts alive.
• The cultivators in the Ancient Demon Abyss were stunned by Yaoli's overwhelming power, while Bei Ji Tianzun mocked the survivors' threat of retaliation.
• Yaoli summoned a giant palm to kill the remaining Ancient Demon Clan experts.
• Ning Wangshu and Yaoli sensed two figures emerging from the Spatial Crack, and the newcomers' demonic light shattered Yaoli's giant palm.
• Song Muyang, Xu Huaiyan, and Ding Xiao recognized the newcomers as Half-Immortals, while the survivors rejoiced that Lords Moyuan and Ming Kuang had come to save them.

Ning Wangshu effortlessly struck Moyuan and Ming Kuang out of the sky after they vowed revenge for the Ancient Demon Clan’s dead. The survivors were left in disbelief, while Song Muyang and the cultivators of the Ancient Demon Abyss celebrated their confidence that Ning Wangshu could protect the Cangyuan Realm.

• Moyuan and Ming Kuang learned from Huyan Bo that Yaoli and Bei Ji Tianzun had killed millions of their people and more than a hundred Mahayana experts, and they vowed to avenge the dead.
• The surviving Ancient Demon Clan experts assumed Moyuan and Ming Kuang would kill Yaoli and dismissed Bei Ji Tianzun as no threat.
• Ning Wangshu called Moyuan and Ming Kuang tiny ants and sent them flying with a single slap before they could react.
• The Ancient Demon Clan experts refused to believe their Demon God lords had been defeated so easily.
• Song Muyang and the cultivators of the Ancient Demon Abyss cheered and taunted the Ancient Demon Clan, reassured by Ning Wangshu’s strength.

Ning Wangshu revealed himself as a True Immortal, overwhelmed Moyuan and Ming Kuang, and searched their souls. Their memories showed him a damaged passage to the Upper Realm, which he hoped to repair so he could reach Taihuang Huangzeng Heaven and find Anran.

• Moyuan and Ming Kuang were sent flying by Ning Wangshu and feared his overwhelming strength.
• Ning Wangshu pressed down on the pair again, and Moyuan recognized him as a True Immortal while Ming Kuang begged for mercy.
• Song Muyang, Xu Huaiyan, Ding Xiao, and the gathered cultivators were stunned to learn that Ning Wangshu was an Immortal.
• Ning Wangshu used the Soul Capture Technique to search Moyuan and Ming Kuang's memories.
• Ning Wangshu learned that a damaged formation connected the Ancient Demon Realm to the Upper Realm and considered repairing it to reach Taihuang Huangzeng Heaven and find Anran.

Ning Wangshu discovered a possible route to the Upper Realm and resolved to prepare before attempting it, while rescuing Shen Anran remained on his mind. After wiping out the Ancient Demon Clan, he entered the Ancient Demon Realm with Yaoli, leaving the surviving Cangyuan cultivators to wonder how he and other Half-Immortals had attained their power.

• Ning Wangshu decided to refine his Immortal Treasures and raise his cultivation before repairing the formation in the Ancient Demon Realm and seeking the Upper Realm.
• Ning Wangshu killed Moyuan and Ming Kuang, and Yaoli killed the surviving Ancient Demon Clan Great Ascension experts, eradicating the clan.
• Ning Wangshu sent Bei Ji Tianzun back to Niu Family Village and entered the Spatial Crack to the Ancient Demon Realm with Yaoli.
• Song Muyang thanked Ning Wangshu for saving the Cangyuan Realm, and Ning Wangshu said he could not stand by after cultivating there for ten thousand years.
• Song Muyang, Xu Huaiyan, and Ding Xiao speculated that Ning Wangshu and the Half-Immortals may have gained their power from ancient immortal relics containing immortal aura.

Song Muyang, Xu Huaiyan, and Ding Xiao agreed to search for immortal relics that could help them become immortals and left the Ancient Demon Abyss without telling Daoist Xu their suspicions. In the Ancient Demon Realm, Ning Wangshu explained to Yaoli that he had come to kill two remaining Half-Immortal enemies and investigate an array that might lead to one of the Immortal Realm’s Thirty-Three Heavens.

• Song Muyang proposed that relics containing immortal Qi might let them become immortals within the Cangyuan Realm, and Xu Huaiyan and Ding Xiao agreed.
• The three decided not to wait for Daoist Xu or share their theory with him, fearing the Central Plains sacred lands would claim the relics first.
• Song Muyang, Xu Huaiyan, and Ding Xiao instructed the cultivators guarding the Ancient Demon Abyss and departed to seek immortal relics.
• Yaoli asked why Ning Wangshu had brought her to the Ancient Demon Realm, and he said he intended to slay the two remaining Ancient Demon Clan Half-Immortals.
• Ning Wangshu revealed that a damaged array in the Ancient Demon Realm could connect to one of the Immortal Realm’s Thirty-Three Heavens, giving Yaoli a possible route to the Immortal Realm.

Ning Wangshu and Yaoli secured the Ancient Demon Realm formation before returning to Niu Family Village, where Ning Wangshu promised lasting protection and sent Bei Ji Tianzun to destroy Qianyuan Dao Sect. After bidding farewell to the village, Ning Wangshu departed with Yaoli, Bei Ji Tianzun, and Han Ying.

• Ning Wangshu killed the two remaining Ancient Demon Clan Half-Immortals, sealed the damaged formation, and returned to the Cangyuan Realm with Yaoli.
• Niu Chenbi and the villagers thanked Ning Wangshu after hearing that Yan Ciyun, Yan Xunhe, and the Qianyuan Dao Sect members in the Ancient Demon Abyss had been killed.
• Ning Wangshu placed a Dharma Seal in the village's ancestral statue and told Niu Chenbi that Bei Ji Tianzun would destroy Qianyuan Dao Sect.
• Bei Ji Tianzun went to Qianyuan Dao Sect and returned after destroying it.
• Ning Wangshu left Niu Family Village with Yaoli, Bei Ji Tianzun, and Han Ying.

Ning Wangshu took Yaoli, Bei Ji Tianzun, and Han Ying to Thousand Absolute Ridge and began cultivating in seclusion while helping Yaoli refine Immortal Force to become a true immortal. Meanwhile, Xu Yian returned to Ancient Demon Abyss with reinforcements and discovered that Song Muyang, Xu Huaiyan, and Ding Xiao were missing.

• Ning Wangshu agreed to take Yaoli to Thousand Absolute Ridge, where he would help her become an immortal before she returned to Yaotai Xianmeng.
• Ning Wangshu and his companions reached Thousand Absolute Ridge, and he sealed off the ridge and assigned Bei Ji Tianzun to oversee Han Ying's cultivation.
• Ning Wangshu gave Yaoli Immortal Force from the Xuantian Divine Fire Furnace and sealed it around her so she could refine it.
• Ning Wangshu and Yaoli began cultivating in seclusion inside the great hall at Thousand Absolute Ridge.
• Xu Yian returned to Ancient Demon Abyss with two or three dozen Mahayana Earth Immortals from Central Earth's sacred lands and found Song Muyang, Xu Huaiyan, and Ding Xiao missing.

Xu Yian and the Central Soil Mahayana cultivators learned that a True Immortal and a Half-Immortal had defeated the Ancient Demon Clan forces at the Ancient Demon Abyss and entered the Ancient Demon Realm. They decided to follow them through the spatial crack, hoping to punish the demons, find resources, and meet the True Immortal, unaware that Ning Wangshu and Yaoli had already returned.

• Xu Yian and the Central Soil cultivators were stunned to hear that a True Immortal and a Half-Immortal had destroyed the invading Ancient Demon Clan forces and slain two Half-Immortal demons.
• Xu Yian learned that the True Immortal and his disciple had entered the Ancient Demon Realm and had not been seen returning.
• Xu Yian asked the other Mahayana Earth Immortals whether they should keep guarding the Ancient Demon Abyss or enter the demon realm.
• The Mahayana Earth Immortals urged an invasion to exploit the Ancient Demon Clan's losses, search for resources, and pay their respects to the True Immortal.
• Xu Yian left some cultivators to guard the abyss and led the rest through the spatial crack into the Ancient Demon Realm, unaware that Ning Wangshu and Yaoli had already returned.

News of a true immortal appearing at the Ancient Demon Abyss shook the Cangyuan Realm, while Ning Wangshu remained in seclusion, unaware that people did not know he was the immortal. After the Central Plains holy lands’ expedition into the Ancient Demon Realm suffered heavy losses, both realms fortified the spatial crack and settled into a tense standoff.

• Xu Yian and the Central Plains Mahayana Earth Immortals entered the Ancient Demon Realm after sending messengers to report what had happened at the Ancient Demon Abyss.
• News spread across the Cangyuan Realm that a true immortal had annihilated the invading army, though people did not realize that the immortal was Ning Wangshu.
• Ning Wangshu secluded himself in Thousand Absolute Ridge to refine Immortal Force, while Yaoli cultivated and Bei Ji Tianzun occasionally guided Han Ying.
• A month later, reports said only two or three in ten of the Central Plains expedition’s cultivators had escaped, and nearly half its Mahayana Earth Immortals had died.
• The Ancient Demon Clan built defenses around the spatial crack instead of invading, while the Cangyuan Realm’s holy lands and allied domains fortified the opposite side.
• Both realms, fearing powerful enemies and uncertain of Ning Wangshu’s fate, refused to cross the spatial crack and maintained a tense defensive standoff.

Ning Wangshu advanced to the Mid-stage Mysterious Immortal Realm while Yaoli completed her baptism and became a Heavenly Immortal. After discussing whether she should ascend now or later, Yaoli chose to wait until Ning Wangshu was ready to return to his part of the Immortal Realm.

• Ning Wangshu refined more than half the Immortal Force in the Xuantian Divine Fire Furnace and advanced to the Mid-stage Mysterious Immortal Realm.
• Yaoli transformed the last of her spiritual energy into Immortal Force and became a Heavenly Immortal.
• Ning Wangshu returned to seclusion while Yaoli stabilized her cultivation, and several years later he emerged after refining all the furnace's remaining Immortal Force.
• Ning Wangshu told Yaoli that he expected to remain in the Cangyuan Realm for several hundred years or perhaps a thousand before returning to his part of the Immortal Realm.
• Yaoli decided to wait for Ning Wangshu and then attempt to ascend directly to the part of the Immortal Realm where he lived.

Ning Wangshu broke through to the Late-stage Mysterious Immortal Realm while Yaoli informed the Mahayana Earth Immortals of Yaotai Xianmeng about the risks of attempting ascension. Han Ying asked to visit Moon Tomb City to see her younger brother Han Chen and check on the Han family, and Bei Ji Tianzun agreed to accompany her.

• Ning Wangshu refined the Immortal Dao origins of twelve immortal artifacts, broke through to the Late-stage Mysterious Immortal Realm, and continued consolidating his cultivation in seclusion.
• Yaoli returned to Yaotai Xianmeng and explained the risks of ascension to its Mahayana Earth Immortals, offering Ning Wangshu's help to tear open the Cangyuan Realm's barrier for those willing to try.
• Yaoli returned to Thousand Absolute Ridge, where Han Ying asked Bei Ji Tianzun to accompany her to Moon Tomb City so she could see her younger brother Han Chen and learn how the Han family was faring.
• Han Ying told Bei Ji Tianzun that she planned to help the Han family rise once she was strong enough, then return to Thousand Absolute Ridge to pursue greater cultivation.
• Bei Ji Tianzun agreed to escort Han Ying to Moon Tomb City and protect her and the Han family during the visit.

Han Ying prepared to return to Moon Tomb City with Bei Ji Tianzun’s protection, while Yaoli approved their departure and gave Han Ying a protective talisman. In Moon Tomb City, the Yue Family hosted Old Master Yue’s seventieth birthday, where guests praised Yue Taxing’s rise in Lingxu Sect and the family’s growing influence.

• Han Ying happily accepted Bei Ji Tianzun’s offer to escort her to Moon Tomb City and asked to leave as soon as possible.
• Bei Ji Tianzun and Han Ying visited Yaoli, who approved their journey and gave Han Ying a talisman infused with immortal power.
• Bei Ji Tianzun took Han Ying from Thousand Absolute Ridge and set off for Moon Tomb City in Jingzhou.
• Yue Zhiyan welcomed Xiao Rui, Xi Qinghe, and other guests to Old Master Yue’s seventieth birthday celebration.
• Guests in the Yue Family’s main hall discussed the family’s rise and Yue Taxing’s prospects as a future leader of Lingxu Sect.

Yuechen’s seventieth birthday drew influential guests who honored him because of his grandson, Yue Taxing, a favored disciple of Lingxu Sect. Grand Elder Dong Chong’an arrived with Lingxu Sect disciples and presented Yuechen with a suspiciously described birthday gift, leaving the gathering on edge.

• Yuechen arrived at his birthday celebration and received respectful greetings from Xiao Rui, Elder Xi, and the other guests.
• The guests praised Yue Taxing and speculated that his standing in Lingxu Sect had brought the Yue Family such honor.
• Yue Zhiyan escorted Grand Elder Dong Chong’an and several Lingxu Sect disciples into the hall, surprising the guests with the sect’s high-level delegation.
• Dong Chong’an declined the seat of honor and announced that Lingxu Sect had brought Yuechen a special birthday gift.
• A Lingxu Sect disciple produced a wooden box and offered it to Yuechen while smiling strangely.

Dong Chong'an and the Lingxu Sect presented Yuechen with a wooden box for his seventieth birthday, which contained Yue Taxing’s severed head. Yuechen and Yue Zhiyan were overcome with grief as the Lingxu Sect mocked the Yue Family, leaving the reason for Yue Taxing’s death unexplained.

• Yuechen accepted the Lingxu Sect’s birthday gift and opened the wooden box at the disciple’s urging.
• Yuechen saw Yue Taxing’s head inside, cried out in anguish, and nearly collapsed as Yue Zhiyan rushed to support him.
• The guests recognized the head, and Xiao Rui and Xi Qinghe suspected that something had gone wrong within the Lingxu Sect.
• Yue Zhiyan recognized his son’s head and nearly fainted before demanding to know why the Lingxu Sect had brought it as a gift.
• A Lingxu Sect disciple said they had brought the head to see the Yue Family’s reaction, and Dong Chong’an and the others laughed smugly.

Dong Chong'an revealed that the Lingxu Sect had killed Yue Taxing and Sect Master Xia Muqian, then ordered the Yue Family massacred. The guests fled, leaving Yuechen and Yue Zhiyan to face the attack.

• Lingxu Sect disciples said Yue Taxing had been killed for challenging their power and implied that Xia Muqian could no longer protect him.
• Dong Chong'an told Yuechen and Yue Zhiyan that Xia Muqian was dead and admitted that the rebels had killed him and Yue Taxing.
• Dong Chong'an gave the birthday guests ten breaths to leave or be killed, and nearly all of them fled with Xi Qinghe and the Qiyun Sect members.
• Dong Chong'an blamed the Yue Family for Yue Taxing's fate and dismissed Yue Zhiyan's curse of retribution.
• Dong Chong'an ordered the Lingxu Sect disciples to attack the Yue Family.