Chapter Summaries

Jian Changhe and Yang Zhengshan recruited True Monarch Chihua to join the Tianyun Sword Sect’s bid for council seats in True Sun Immortal City. As they traveled back, an unseen pursuer ambushed them, and Yang Zhengshan faced a powerful attacker while Jian Changhe fought a demonic beast.

• True Monarch Chihua revealed that Heavenly Sword True Monarch had been his Guardian and agreed to ally with the Tianyun Sword Sect for the council-seat contest.
• Jian Changhe and Yang Zhengshan learned that True Monarch Chihua had formed his core at ninety-nine and discussed his exceptional talent as they departed.
• Jian Changhe detected someone following them through the Great Void, and Yang Zhengshan sensed the pursuer had been waiting for them to leave the Hua Xian Sect.
• A scaled bird-beast attacked Yang Zhengshan and Jian Changhe, while a Square Seal struck Yang Zhengshan and badly damaged his Dao body.
• Yang Zhengshan confronted the hidden attacker, who demanded to know why he had visited the Hua Xian Sect, while Jian Changhe fought the demonic beast.
• Yang Zhengshan summoned the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron and Azure Wood Violet Lightning Sword and unleashed a river of thunder, but the attacker blocked it with a Square Seal.

Yang Zhengshan tried to lure a powerful Golden Core cultivator away from Jian Changhe, but the man pursued him through the Great Void and trapped him with his mountain-based Divine Ability. After his concealment was exposed, Yang Zhengshan called on Golden Crow and prepared to use the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace to seek a chance to escape.

• Yang Zhengshan fled in the opposite direction from Jian Changhe to draw the man away, but the man pursued him and used mountain phantoms to attack.
• Yang Zhengshan repeatedly shuttled through the Great Void, yet the man followed and used Kunyuan Ten Thousand Peaks and the Square Seal to restrict his movement.
• Yang Zhengshan concealed his Qi Mechanism with the Jade Gourd's Azure Mist Hidden Dust while he studied the man's abilities and weighed his escape options.
• The man shook the Great Void with an earthy-yellow banner, weakening Yang Zhengshan's concealment until a trace of his Qi Mechanism was exposed.
• Yang Zhengshan summoned the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace, supplied it with Spirit Stones, and began channeling magic power into it.

Yang Zhengshan fled through the Great Void while using the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace, his Wither and Flourish Divine Ability, and the Seven Treasures Soul Suppressing Pagoda to delay True Lord Chiyuan. Que Lingyu rescued Jian Changhe from Chiyuan’s Black Gold Scaled Night-Owl, but she and Jian Changhe could only hope Yang Zhengshan escaped on his own.

• Yang Zhengshan used the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace to hold back the square seal and fled as True Lord Chiyuan pursued him.
• Yang Zhengshan drained both their lifespans with his Wither and Flourish Divine Ability, then trapped Chiyuan’s soul for one breath with the Seven Treasures Soul Suppressing Pagoda and widened his lead.
• Jian Changhe fled toward Baiyun Immortal City while the Black Gold Scaled Night-Owl pursued him, until Que Lingyu arrived and blocked the demon.
• Que Lingyu recognized the Black Gold Scaled Night-Owl as True Lord Chiyuan’s spirit pet, subdued him with her speed, and forced him to wear the Wind Binding Ring.
• Jian Changhe told Que Lingyu that Chiyuan was hunting Yang Zhengshan, and Que Lingyu concluded they could not locate the two men in the Great Void without a message from Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan fled through the Wanhua Mountain Range as Chiyuan pursued him, using Golden Crow and his Wither and Flourish Divine Ability to buy time. As Chiyuan caught up again, an unseen woman offered help in exchange for a condition, and Yang Zhengshan called for her aid, but Chiyuan attacked once more.

• Yang Zhengshan fled from Chiyuan, and Golden Crow briefly delayed the pursuit with Solar True Fire fueled by Yang Zhengshan's Top-grade Spirit Stones.
• Chiyuan used Kunyuan Ten Thousand Peaks to break through Golden Crow's defense and continued chasing Yang Zhengshan toward the Hua Xian Sect.
• Yang Zhengshan unleashed his Wither and Flourish Divine Ability, frightening Chiyuan into retreating before escaping again.
• Chiyuan realized Yang Zhengshan had only bluffed and resumed the chase as a beautiful woman watched from the sky.
• The unseen woman offered to drive Chiyuan away if Yang Zhengshan agreed to a condition, and Yang Zhengshan asked her for help after mistaking her identity.
• Chiyuan searched for the unseen helper, dismissed Yang Zhengshan's plea as a bluff, and sent the Zhenyue Seal smashing toward him.

Yang Zhengshan was rescued from Chiyuan by Qingyuan Fox Venerable, who took him to the Qingyuan Fox Clan’s cave heaven and demanded that he repay her. As she probed his sea of consciousness beside the clan’s sacred tree, Yang Zhengshan sensed its vast life force and faced pressure to reveal his secrets.

• Qingyuan Fox Venerable stopped Chiyuan’s Zhenyue Seal, reclaimed it, and used her bewitching power to make Chiyuan retreat into the Great Void.
• Yang Zhengshan resisted Qingyuan Fox Venerable’s bewitchment with help from the Life Realm Immortal Palace and followed her into the Qingyuan Fox Clan’s cave heaven.
• Qingyuan Fox Venerable showed Yang Zhengshan the Qingling Amber Sacred Tree and explained that it had formed through the divine soul of the clan’s first Demon Venerable.
• Qingyuan Fox Venerable demanded repayment for saving Yang Zhengshan and tested his divine soul, discovering his soul-protecting treasure and an unknown presence in his sea of consciousness.
• As Qingyuan Fox Venerable’s divine soul pressure seeped toward his sea of consciousness, Yang Zhengshan focused on the sacred tree’s immense life force and considered whether he could draw upon it.

Yang Zhengshan examined the Qingling Amber Sacred Tree after Qingyuan Fox Venerable asked him to find out why it had stopped bearing fruit. He concluded that the real problem was Qingyuan Cave Heaven’s lack of a master, leaving its future uncertain.

• Qingyuan Fox Venerable tested Yang Zhengshan, then asked him to cure the Qingling Amber Sacred Tree, which had not borne fruit for a thousand years.
• Yang Zhengshan inspected the sacred tree and Qingyuan Cave Heaven, but found no problems with the tree’s energy circulation, spiritual energy, veins, or celestial bodies.
• Yang Zhengshan learned that the first Demon Venerable’s soul had fused with the sacred tree, which served as the cave heaven’s master despite having no awareness of its own.
• Yang Zhengshan realized Qingyuan Cave Heaven was effectively ownerless because the Fox Clan had never gained control of it.
• Yang Zhengshan explained that an unmaintained cave heaven would gradually drift toward the Main World, altering its Qi Mechanism, and said Qingyuan Cave Heaven needed a master.

Yang Zhengshan explained that Qingyuan Cave Heaven’s decline could be stopped by making Qingyuan Fox Venerable its master, and she successfully refined the Sacred Tree. After rewarding him and letting him leave, Qingyuan Fox Venerable suspected that he had revealed a greater secret about the Wanhua Mountain Range’s grotto-heavens.

• Yang Zhengshan explained that the changing Qi Mechanism was weakening Qingyuan Cave Heaven and advised Qingyuan Fox Venerable to refine the Sacred Tree as a Spirit Artifact and become its master.
• Qingyuan Fox Venerable spent two days beneath the Sacred Tree, then thanked Yang Zhengshan for helping preserve her clan’s home.
• Qingyuan Fox Venerable hosted Yang Zhengshan in Cloud Valley and gave him Qingxin Stalactite Milk, a Qingling Amber Fruit, the Zhenyue Seal, and the Flowing Shadow Shuttle.
• Yang Zhengshan accepted the gifts and said he would leave to check on Jian Changhe and the situation outside Qingyuan Cave Heaven.
• Yang Zhengshan departed through the Great Void, while Qingyuan Fox Venerable wondered whether he had uncovered a secret about the other grotto-heavens and the Wanhua Demon Emperor.

Yang Zhengshan returned to Baiyun Immortal City after escaping Chiyuan True Lord and prioritized securing board seats in True Sun Immortal City over seeking revenge. Meanwhile, the Yang clan’s Vermilion Bird Cloud Boat arrived at Great Sun Mountain and was attacked by Sand Nightmare Beasts.

• Yang Zhengshan told Jian Changhe and Que Lingyu to set aside their plans to pursue Chiyuan and focus on the board seats in True Sun Immortal City.
• Que Lingyu agreed to travel to True Sun Immortal City with Baiyun True Lord while Yang Zhengshan and Jian Changhe stayed to guard Baiyun Immortal City.
• Yunxiao and Yang Zhengshan entered seclusion to cultivate and comprehend Divine Path Intent.
• The Vermilion Bird Cloud Boat, designed by Ma Qiuyan and built by Spirit Source Land’s artisans, flew openly toward Great Sun Mountain.
• Zhang Baishan and Zhang Ying recognized the flying boat as belonging to Immortal Clan Yang.
• A group of Sand Nightmare Beasts attacked the Vermilion Bird Cloud Boat with a sand-filled yellow wind, alarming Ning Yun and Li Jianning.

Li Jianning and Li Jianan tested their sword arts by slaying a pack of Sand Nightmare Beasts as the Vermilion Bird Cloud Boat traveled to True Sun Immortal City. Hong Fuxiu and the others established the Yang Family’s presence there, while negotiations seated three new council members and left Yellow Springs Old Ancestor and True Monarch Chiyuan unable to challenge the city.

• Li Jianning and Li Jianan flew beyond the Vermilion Bird Cloud Boat’s protection and killed more than a dozen Sand Nightmare Beasts with their sword arts.
• Hong Fuxiu, Ning Yun, Li Jianning, and Li Jianan arrived in True Sun Immortal City and discussed which businesses the Yang Family should open.
• Zhongli Xiayi gave Hong Fuxiu’s group a token and arranged four shops for them to buy; they also purchased two cave-abode courtyards and began preparing to open their shops.
• Baiyun True Lord, Que Lingyu, and True Monarch Chihua joined True Sun Immortal City’s council and gained a share of its profits in exchange for helping protect it.
• Yellow Springs Old Ancestor accepted that he could not oppose True Sun Immortal City, while True Monarch Chiyuan hid to recover from his losses and feared Yang Zhengshan’s Wither and Flourish Divine Ability.

After celebrating Baiyun True Lord’s council seat, Yang Zhengshan refined the Flowing Shadow Shuttle and dealt with the uncooperative Zhenyue Seal. He then began seclusion to comprehend the Great Void Dao Intent.

• Baiyun True Lord and Yang Zhengshan agreed to call one another Senior Brother and Junior Brother, and Yang Zhengshan took the fifth place among the five fellow disciples.
• Yang Zhengshan entered seclusion in Longevity Palace and established a connection with the Flowing Shadow Shuttle.
• Yang Zhengshan tested the Flowing Shadow Shuttle and found that it increased his Great Void travel speed by up to fifty percent and his ordinary flying speed by thirty percent.
• When the Zhenyue Seal refused to acknowledge him, Yang Zhengshan erased its Spirit of Artifact and took control of the spiritual artifact.
• Yang Zhengshan planned to have Ning Yun gather materials for Heavenly Spirit Liquid to improve his spiritual artifacts.
• Yang Zhengshan began cultivating the Void-Refining Scripture and Azure Flower Thunder Art while focusing his seclusion on comprehending the Great Void Dao Intent.

Yang Zhengshan spent ten years comprehending the Great Void Dao Intent while the Spirit Source Land expanded and prospered. He finally awakened with a new divine ability, Body Transformation into Formlessness, after realizing his own understanding of the Great Void.

• Over ten years, Jade Capital City grew into a prosperous industrial center, while the Spirit Source Land established plans for five cities with distinct roles.
• Yu Qingyi gave Ding Qiu pills and advice as he prepared to attempt the first breakthrough to the Divine Soul Realm in the Spirit Source Land.
• Yu Qingyi learned that Yang Qingyu had successfully established her foundation and held a celebration with Yang Qinting and Li Qianqian.
• Yang Zhengshan awakened from his ten-year seclusion after comprehending the Great Void and gaining the divine ability Body Transformation into Formlessness.

Yang Zhengshan deepened his understanding of Body Transformation into Formlessness and watched Ding Qiu break through to the Divine Soul Realm. Later, Ning Yun reported the Spirit Source Land’s profits from True Sun Immortal City and warned that Ancestor Chixia’s declining lifespan was drawing interest in the Xia Xian Sect, but Yang Zhengshan chose not to get involved.

• Yang Zhengshan emerged from seclusion, met Yang Chuxuan, and entered the Great Void Twelve Golden Crystal Lotus to study how the Life Realm Immortal Palace could integrate into Great Void.
• Ding Qiu broke through to the Divine Soul Realm, and Yang Zhengshan congratulated him while urging Yang Mingzhao and the other Yang Family descendants to cultivate diligently.
• Yang Zhengshan spent time with Yu Qingyi tending plants in the expanding Spirit Source Land, then returned to Longevity Palace after receiving Ning Yun’s message.
• Ning Yun reported rumors that Ancestor Chixia of the Xia Xian Sect was nearing the end of his lifespan; Yang Zhengshan decided the Spirit Source Land would stay out of the resulting struggle.
• Ning Yun presented the profits from the last ten years, explaining that the Spirit Source Land’s True Sun Immortal City shops earned one hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones annually, while the Tianyun Sword Sect provided Yang Zhengshan an even larger share of resources.

Yang Zhengshan returned to the Tianyun Sword Sect, learned of an upcoming Golden Core trading fair, and prepared to attend while keeping the sect’s internal power struggles at a distance. He then received True Monarch Chixia, who asked him to look after the Xia Xian Sect after Chixia’s death and offered him a scroll in return.

• Yang Zhengshan returned to the Tianyun Sword Sect and learned from Baiyun True Lord about the Immortal Fate Trading Fair, which would be held in three months.
• Yang Zhengshan told Yang Jizhen and Kou Ta to focus on cultivation, promised to provide Kou Ta with resources for a future Golden Core attempt, and said he would support Yang Jizhen in time.
• Cloud Skiff brought True Monarch Chixia to meet Yang Zhengshan, and Chixia asked about Yang Zhengshan’s past conflict with Chiyuan and his friendship with the Qingyuan Fox Venerable.
• True Monarch Chixia asked Yang Zhengshan to take care of the Xia Xian Sect after his death and presented him with a scroll as a thank-you gift.

Yang Zhengshan accepted Chixia’s Lava Divine General in exchange for asking Qingyuan Fox Venerable to hear Chixia’s apology. Qingyuan Fox Venerable explained the old feud, ended the Qingyuan Fox Clan’s harassment of the Xia Xian Sect, and hinted that the sect’s worship of the Wanhua Dao Master involved deeper secrets.

• Chixia offered Yang Zhengshan a Lava Divine General and asked him to introduce him to Qingyuan Fox Venerable so he could apologize for an old offense.
• Yang Zhengshan agreed to make the introduction, and Chixia gave him the Lava Divine General regardless of whether the meeting succeeded.
• Yang Zhengshan visited Qingyuan Fox Venerable, who recognized Chixia’s request and said the feud began when Chixia injured a junior of the Qingyuan Fox Clan a thousand years earlier.
• Qingyuan Fox Venerable told Yang Zhengshan that the Qingyuan Fox Clan would stop troubling the Xia Xian Sect and asked him to pass the message to Chixia.
• Qingyuan Fox Venerable revealed that the Xia Xian Sect worshiped the Wanhua Dao Master, but said the deeper reasons would only make sense when Yang Zhengshan reached a higher level.

Yang Zhengshan thanked Chixia for his guidance and then attended the Immortal Fate Trading Fair with Baiyun True Lord. The fair began in a concealed palace, where Yang Zhengshan offered three pills and spotted a Third-grade Spiritual Item that suggested its owner was a sea demon.

• Chixia thanked Yang Zhengshan for passing on Qingyuan Fox Venerable's words, then stayed four days at Tianyun Sword Sect and taught him about Dao Intent, the Golden Core Realm, and traveling through the Great Void.
• After Chixia left, Baiyun True Lord warned Yang Zhengshan that Chixia was also known as the Red Demon, and Yang Zhengshan returned to cultivation to absorb his lessons.
• More than two months later, Yang Zhengshan accompanied Baiyun True Lord to the Immortal Fate Trading Fair, and they agreed to enter and leave separately to avoid suspicion over valuable trades.
• Yang Zhengshan concealed himself outside the cave until the other attendees had entered, then used its teleportation array to reach a hidden palace hall where more than ninety cultivators gathered.
• Yang Zhengshan placed a Supreme Demon Core Pill, a Tongming Pill, and a Lightning Tribulation Pill on his desk, then noticed five Fourth-grade Spiritual Items and a gourd of Deep Sea Yin Spring Paste that led him to suspect its owner was a sea demon.

At the trade fair, Yang Zhengshan exchanged pills and a formation diagram for spiritual items, including Deep Sea Yin Spring Paste needed to refine the Nine Tripod Divine Pill. After the fair, a powerful battle erupted nearby, and Yang Zhengshan fled before realizing someone was pursuing him.

• Yang Zhengshan traded his pills for more than twenty kinds of Third-grade Spiritual Items, then exchanged the Phantom Moon Sky Fox Formation diagram for fifty drops of Deep Sea Yin Spring Paste.
• Yang Zhengshan left the trade fair through a Teleportation Array and hid in the Great Void using Body Transformation into Formlessness.
• A battle between two powerful cultivators shook the Great Void, so Yang Zhengshan abandoned his concealment and fled with the other attendees.
• Yang Zhengshan noticed a pursuer following him and decided to head for Qingyuan Gate, which was closer than Baiyun Immortal City.

Yang Zhengshan confronted the stranger who had marked him through the Deep Sea Yin Spring Paste and discovered he was Shui Ji, a Demon King from the Deep Sea Profound Palace. After wounding Shui Ji and draining some of his lifespan, Yang Zhengshan pursued him through the Great Void as Shui Ji begged for mercy.

• Yang Zhengshan recognized the trade-fair stranger’s attack and used the Azure Wood Violet Lightning Sword to repel his ice arrows.
• Yang Zhengshan identified the attacker as a sea demon and used the Soul Returning Formation and Spirit-Swallowing Dharma Body to injure him.
• The attacker pierced Yang Zhengshan’s palm with a trident, but Yang Zhengshan recovered and vanished into the Great Void.
• Yang Zhengshan used his Wither and Flourish Divine Ability to drain Shui Ji’s lifespan, forcing him to flee.
• Yang Zhengshan chased Shui Ji with the Flowing Shadow Shuttle, and Shui Ji identified himself as a member of the Deep Sea Profound Palace and begged to be spared.

Yang Zhengshan pursued Shui Ji after their trade-fair encounter, captured him when he was caught in another Golden Core battle, and collected his treasures. He returned to Baiyun Immortal City, where he and Baiyun True Lord agreed to lie low, then distributed some of his gains among his companions and sect.

• Yang Zhengshan chased Shui Ji through the Great Void until Shui Ji was caught in the aftermath of two Golden Core cultivators' battle, allowing Yang Zhengshan to seize him and flee.
• Yang Zhengshan extracted Shui Ji's divine soul and gathered his Demon Core, blood, body parts, Spirit Artifacts, and Storage Bags, finding a gourd of Yin Spring Pulp and many other rare Spiritual Items.
• Yang Zhengshan erased Shui Ji's hidden divine soul marks from the loot before returning to the Life Realm Immortal Palace and then Baiyun Immortal City.
• Baiyun True Lord told Yang Zhengshan that Old Ghost Huangquan had attacked and injured him, and the two agreed to stay indoors and enter seclusion.
• Yang Zhengshan gave Shui Ji's trident to Yang Jizhen to study, supplied Red Soul with Divine Soul Power, gave Ning Yun Moon Essence Qi, and placed Yin Spring Pulp in Merit Hall for exchange.

As Tianji Pavilion investigated the disappearance of True Monarch Changming, its inspectors angered the Wanhua Demon Court by searching Qingyuan Cave Heaven. Qingyuan Fox Venerable suspected the disappearance might be tied to a great calamity or a hidden scheme connected to the Sun True Sect’s long decline, while the Blazing Phoenix Clan refused Tianji Pavilion entry without Tianji Shangren himself.

• Yang Zhengshan continued cultivating at an unhurried pace while Golden Core powers searched for cultivators who had vanished after the Immortal Fate Trading Fair.
• Tianji Pavilion sent True Monarch Huagai, True Monarch Dingchen, and True Monarch Jiechen to inspect the Wanhua Mountain Range for clues to True Monarch Changming’s disappearance.
• Qingyuan Fox Venerable confronted Huagai over the search, while a Tianji Pavilion cultivator’s lapse around the fox women heightened tensions in Qingyuan Cave Heaven.
• Su Jiangxue demanded that Tianji Pavilion leave, and Qingyuan Fox Venerable warned that Changming’s disappearance might signal a great danger or a scheme connected to the Sun True Sect’s decline and the Struggle for Authority.
• Huagai and the other inspectors went to Burning Heaven Palace, where Li Yan barred them from the Blazing Phoenix Clan’s sacred land and demanded that Tianji Shangren come in person.

Tianji Pavilion left the Blazing Phoenix Clan after Li Yan refused to let them meet Phoenix Venerable, and Huagai decided not to investigate the Demon Ruins Land. At the Pill Hall, Yang Zhengshan refined Dao Spirit Paste with Fengling’s guidance and then asked about refining the Nine Tripod Divine Pill, but Fengling said his alchemy was not yet strong enough.

• Li Yan refused Huagai’s request to meet Phoenix Venerable and sent the Tianji Pavilion group away.
• Huagai ruled out visiting the Demon Ruins Land, believing Wanhua Demon Emperor had not been involved.
• Yang Zongyuan refined a high-grade Demon Core Pill with Fengling’s guidance, impressing Yang Zhengshan.
• Yang Zhengshan refined Dao Spirit Paste with help from Yang Zongyuan, Fengling, and the Golden Crow, then rewarded Fengling with two bottles.
• Yang Zhengshan asked Fengling about refining the Nine Tripod Divine Pill, and Fengling bluntly said Yang Zhengshan’s alchemy was not yet good enough.