Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yu headed to the Servant Disciples' gathering place to settle Wu Siyuan's matter, while Wu Siyuan prepared to leave after giving up hope of joining the Outer Sect. He was confronted by his former fiancée Chu Sisi and the Inner Sect disciple Chen Junlin, who humiliated and subdued him.

• Zhang Yu summoned Qing Mu and went to the Servant Disciples' area with Tiantian, while Zhang Lingyun flew to Skull Peak.
• Elder Wang and the Servant Disciples mocked Wu Siyuan for believing Zhang Yu would help him enter the Outer Sect.
• Wu Siyuan gave up hope and gathered his belongings to leave, but encountered his former fiancée Chu Sisi.
• Chu Sisi told Wu Siyuan she had come to see him off, and Chen Junlin stepped forward to taunt him.
• Chen Junlin used his Heaven Ascension Realm pressure to force Wu Siyuan to his knees and mocked him for remaining a failure after thirty years.
• Chu Sisi sided with Chen Junlin and said she was glad she had ended her relationship with Wu Siyuan.

Qing Mu delivered Crimson Flame Peak Master Jiang Ling’s decree promoting Wu Siyuan to Outer Disciple, despite the crowd’s belief that he was being arrested for bribery. As Wu Siyuan accepted his new status, Chen Junlin challenged the decision.

• Qing Mu announced that Crimson Flame Peak Master Jiang Ling had specially promoted Wu Siyuan to Outer Disciple.
• Wu Siyuan accepted the Blood Jade Slip, which marked his new status, and Qing Mu warned the gathered disciples not to bully or harm him.
• Wu Siyuan thanked Zhang Yu, recognizing that Zhang Yu’s support had earned him the promotion rather than his Spirit Stones.
• Chen Junlin objected to Wu Siyuan’s promotion, citing his damaged meridians and stalled cultivation.

Zhang Yu let Wu Siyuan claim Chen Junlin for revenge, and Wu Siyuan insisted on settling their old feud himself. Chen Junlin and Chu Sisi dismissed the threat because Wu Siyuan’s meridians were ruined, while Wu Siyuan’s resolve faltered under the crowd’s mockery.

• Wu Siyuan accused Chen Junlin of crippling his meridians and stealing Chu Sisi thirty years earlier.
• Zhang Yu offered to help Wu Siyuan take revenge, but Wu Siyuan refused and vowed to do it himself.
• Zhang Yu spared Chen Junlin and declared that his life belonged to Wu Siyuan until Wu Siyuan came to claim it.
• Chen Junlin and Chu Sisi privately mocked Wu Siyuan’s chances, and the crowd doubted he could ever recover his cultivation.
• Wu Siyuan heard their scorn and felt his heart sink.

Zhang Yu used his medical skill to restore Wu Siyuan’s meridians, allowing him to break through to the Feathered Realm. Wu Siyuan vowed to kill Chen Junlin, while Zhang Yu held back from intervening and Tiantian offered to avenge him.

• Zhang Yu infused Wu Siyuan with True Qi and healed his damaged meridians.
• Wu Siyuan’s accumulated power erupted, advancing him from the Great Grandmaster peak to the Feathered Realm.
• Wu Siyuan thanked Zhang Yu and vowed to kill Chen Junlin, who mocked his chances of catching up.
• Chu Sisi and the onlookers dismissed Wu Siyuan’s hopes of revenge, while Zhang Yu grew displeased but remembered his promise to let Wu Siyuan deal with Chen Junlin.
• Tiantian noticed Zhang Yu’s mood and offered to take revenge for him.

Tiantian helped Wu Siyuan rise from the Feather Transformation Early Stage to Peak Heaven Ascension Realm, leaving Chen Junlin and Chu Sisi horrified and regretful. Wu Siyuan confronted Chen Junlin over their old grudge, but Chen Junlin attacked first and gained the upper hand while Wu Siyuan struggled to adjust to his new strength.

• Tiantian poured power into Wu Siyuan, who broke through several realms and reached Peak Heaven Ascension Realm.
• Chen Junlin panicked at Wu Siyuan's breakthrough, while Chu Sisi wept and regretted abandoning him.
• Wu Siyuan thanked Tiantian, who said Zhang Yu had asked her to help; Zhang Yu then told Wu Siyuan to settle his grudge himself.
• Wu Siyuan confronted Chen Junlin over the destruction of his meridians, the loss of Chu Sisi, and years of humiliation.
• Chen Junlin attacked Wu Siyuan before he could adapt to his new cultivation and forced him onto the defensive.

Zhang Yu learned that Tiantian was the weakened incarnation of the Heavenly Dao and could raise him to Early Heavenly Immortal, while the system explained how Supremes sought to overcome the world’s limits and reach Golden Immortal. Realizing the Confucian Supreme’s goal, Zhang Yu ordered Qing Mu to summon the Sect Master and Grand Elder to Crimson Flame Peak, but Qing Mu balked at the task.

• Zhang Yu asked the system about Tiantian, and it revealed that she was the Heavenly Dao Will Incarnation and unmatched by anyone below Supreme.
• Zhang Yu learned that Tiantian could raise him to Early Heavenly Immortal, while the system said he could continue growing through embezzlement toward the Saint Realm.
• The system explained that Supremes condensed their own Great Dao laws but needed to travel between worlds or refine their world to overcome the Golden Immortal barrier.
• Zhang Yu realized that the Supreme of Confucianism intended to refine the world and fuse with the Heavenly Dao to reach Golden Immortal.
• Zhang Yu ordered Qing Mu to go to Main Peak and summon the Sect Master and Grand Elder to Crimson Flame Peak, but Qing Mu refused, citing the impropriety of the request.

Zhang Lingyun tried to learn gentleness from Pink Skull’s manual, but her disciples mistook her awkward behavior for signs that she was in love with Zhang Yu. When Zhang Yu returned with Tiantian, the gossip left him confused, and he went to find Zhang Lingyun practicing expressions in her room.

• Zhang Lingyun tried to greet Crimson Flame Peak’s disciples gently, but they feared her unusual behavior and begged her to spare them.
• After her attempts failed, Zhang Lingyun returned to her room and practiced expressions while reading Pink Skull’s romance manual.
• The disciples speculated that Zhang Lingyun was in love with Zhang Yu and spread suggestive gossip about their master-disciple relationship.
• Zhang Yu returned to Crimson Flame Peak with Tiantian, and the disciples made cryptic remarks about his relationship with Zhang Lingyun.
• Zhang Yu settled Tiantian at his residence, then went to Zhang Lingyun’s quarters and found her practicing gentle expressions in front of a mirror.

Zhang Yu told Zhang Lingyun that Tiantian had raised Wu Siyuan from the Feather Transformation Early Stage to Peak Heaven Ascension Realm, shocking her. Zhang Lingyun attacked Tiantian to test her, but an invisible barrier struck Zhang Lingyun back, leaving her badly injured and desperate to learn who Tiantian was.

• Zhang Yu told Zhang Lingyun that Tiantian had instantly raised Wu Siyuan to Peak Heaven Ascension Realm with a stable foundation and pure true qi.
• Zhang Lingyun questioned Zhang Yu, then became astonished as he recounted what had happened.
• Zhang Lingyun sent a blood-red claw toward Tiantian, but an invisible barrier stopped it and blasted Zhang Lingyun into a wall.
• Tiantian asked why Zhang Lingyun had hit her, and Zhang Yu explained that his master had only meant to test her; Tiantian forgave her.
• Zhang Yu took Zhang Lingyun into the inner room to talk, while Zhang Lingyun stared at Tiantian and wondered where she had come from.

Zhang Yu and Zhang Lingyun learned that Tiantian could raise someone to the Early Heavenly Immortal Realm without restrictions, as long as she replenished her essence with spirit stones. Tiantian then began raising Zhang Yu’s cultivation, leaving him engulfed in a vast force of Heaven and Earth.

• Zhang Yu told Zhang Lingyun that Tiantian could raise someone straight to the Early Heavenly Immortal stage, and Zhang Lingyun warned him to keep the secret.
• Zhang Lingyun was moved by Zhang Yu’s trust and softly called him Brother.
• Tiantian overheard them and explained that raising cultivation was easy for her, though it tired her and required spirit stones to replenish her essence.
• Zhang Yu and Zhang Lingyun realized that Tiantian could help people grasp the laws of Heaven and Earth and potentially create Heavenly Immortals.
• Tiantian pointed at Zhang Yu and poured a vast force of Heaven and Earth into him to raise his cultivation.

After Tiantian helped Zhang Yu become a Heavenly Immortal, his uncontrolled aura destroyed the palace and drew the Soul Refining Sect’s attention. When his Heavenly Immortal Tribulation arrived, Tiantian ordered it to leave, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Tiantian exhausted much of her origin power helping Zhang Yu ascend to the Heavenly Immortal realm, while Zhang Lingyun watched in shock.
• Zhang Yu accidentally released his immense new aura, blowing apart the palace roof and sending pressure across much of the Soul Refining Sect.
• Disciples, elders, and spies focused on Tiantian, while Helian Jue, Xia Hongjue, and Zhou Wentao considered Zhang Yu’s new strength and Tiantian’s abilities.
• A Heavenly Immortal Tribulation gathered overhead, and Zhou Wentao urged everyone to retreat as he feared for the Soul Refining Sect.
• Zhang Yu prepared to face the tribulation, but Tiantian floated up and ordered it not to strike her brother and to leave.

Zhang Yu told the Soul Refining Sect’s leaders that Tiantian had enabled his breakthrough to Heavenly Immortal and explained his connection to Zhang Lingyun. He left Zhou Wentao and Xia Hongjue delighted by his willingness to count himself as part of the sect.

• Zhang Yu asked Zhou Wentao and Xia Hongjue to meet him privately, while Zhang Lingyun took the exhausted Tiantian to rest.
• The sect’s leaders and peak masters competed to host Zhang Lingyun and Tiantian, but Pink Skull took them to Joyous Union Peak.
• Zhang Yu met Zhou Wentao and Xia Hongjue in the Main Peak’s Secret Chamber and confirmed that Tiantian had helped him become a Heavenly Immortal.
• Zhang Yu explained that Jiang Ling and his younger sister, Zhang Lingyun, had fused, and said he considered himself half a disciple of the Soul Refining Sect.
• Zhou Wentao and Xia Hongjue rejoiced at Zhang Yu’s connection to their sect.

Zhang Yu planned to turn the Soul Refining Sect’s 108 Peaks Grand Formation into a portable formation disk and fund it by defeating the Heavenly Immortal forces drawn to Tiantian. He then announced a tenfold increase in recruitment and took personal control of the sect’s resources, leaving Zhou Wentao and Xia Hongjue baffled by the cost.

• Zhou Wentao warned Zhang Yu that Heavenly Immortal forces would soon come after Tiantian, but Zhang Yu said he would kill whoever came.
• Zhang Yu revealed his plan to condense the 108 Peaks Grand Formation into a Portable Formation Disk, and Zhou Wentao and Xia Hongjue pledged the sect’s resources and craftsmen to help.
• Zhang Yu said the Soul Refining Sect’s wealth would not be enough to fund both the formation disk and Tiantian’s recovery, then suggested the approaching forces would provide resources.
• Xia Hongjue and Zhou Wentao agreed to welcome the incoming forces by killing them and seizing their wealth.
• Zhang Yu ordered the Soul Refining Sect to increase its disciple quota tenfold and required his personal approval for every resource transaction.
• Zhou Wentao and Xia Hongjue froze, confused by Zhang Yu’s costly recruitment order.

Emperor Zhou Xuanqing reviewed the Sacred Dragon Divine Dynasty’s threats and ordered plans against Jinglun Academy while sending the Imperial Preceptor to investigate Great Chu. When he learned a girl in the Soul Refining Sect could raise cultivators directly to Early Heavenly Immortal, he suspected the Heavenly Dao Will was involved.

• A purple-robed general reported that the dynasty controlled one-third of Earth Province but faced resistance from the Li Family, the Sea Dragon Clan, Jinglun Academy, and Great Chu.
• Zhou Xuanqing ordered the Eastern Border army to avoid the Sea Dragon Clan, the Dark Dragon Guard to undermine Jinglun Academy, and the Imperial Preceptor to investigate Great Chu.
• After the general withdrew, Zhou Xuanqing vowed to kill anyone who stood in the way of his plan to unite Earth Province.
• A black-clad messenger reported that a mysterious girl in the Soul Refining Sect had raised a Feathered Realm cultivator directly to Early Heavenly Immortal.
• Zhou Xuanqing concluded that only the Heavenly Dao Will could grant such power.

Five powerful leaders of the Five Sect Alliance decided to force Zhou Wentao to surrender the Soul Refining Sect’s opportunity, while a mysterious black-clad youth arrived to investigate it. The youth spotted Zhang Yu in the crowded street, leaving their encounter about to begin.

• Cultivators flocked to Wangxian Town after the Soul Refining Sect began selling places at every rank, including Peak Master's Direct Disciple positions.
• Five representatives of the Five Sect Alliance suspected the sect was collecting spirit stones to fuel an opportunity that could create Heavenly Immortals, and they resolved to demand it from Zhou Wentao or destroy the sect.
• After the five representatives vanished, a Black-clothed Figure discussed the Heavenly Dao Will Incarnation and Zhang Yu’s possible Rebellious Dao Seed with his System.
• The Black-Clothed Figure prepared to investigate Little Heavenly Dao and the battle involving Empress Houtu, Donghua, Maitreya, and Zilu, then noticed Zhang Yu in the street.

Zhang Yu took control of the Soul Refining Sect’s finances while the five great sects arrived seeking its breakthrough opportunity. Zhang Lingyun rejected their demand to control it, insisting they trade their own resources in return.

• Zhang Yu put Qing Mu in charge of selling disciple slots and took control of the Soul Refining Sect’s finances as he worked on the formation disk for the 108 Peaks.
• The Heavenly Immortal leaders of the five great sects arrived at the Soul Refining Sect and saw that Zhou Wentao, Xia Hongjue, and Zhang Lingyun had reached the early stage of Heavenly Immortal.
• The Crimson Flame Sect Master invited the Soul Refining Sect to join an alliance against the Holy Dragon Dynasty, which had seized a third of Earth Province.
• The five sect leaders demanded that the Soul Refining Sect place its breakthrough opportunity under their joint control.
• Zhang Lingyun challenged them to open their own sects’ secret realms, techniques, and resources in exchange, and demanded they pay the full price for the opportunity.

Zhang Yu faced the five sect leaders and used the Soul Snatching Chain, empowered by Exterminating Immortal Sword Intent, to destroy the Crimson Flame Sect Master's weapons and cripple him. The four remaining leaders were left horrified by Zhang Yu's power.

• Zhou Wentao and the other two relaxed when Zhang Yu arrived, while the five Mid Heavenly Immortals dismissed him as an Early Heavenly Immortal.
• The Crimson Flame Sect Master attacked Zhang Yu with his crimson flying sword, but Zhang Yu's Soul Snatching Chain knocked it away.
• The five sect leaders recognized the Soul Snatching Chain and mocked Zhang Yu, arguing that his cultivation was too weak to wield it effectively.
• The Crimson Flame Sect Master launched three life-bound immortal artifacts at Zhang Yu, who empowered the Soul Snatching Chain with Exterminating Immortal Sword Intent.
• Zhang Yu's chain shattered all three artifacts and struck the Crimson Flame Sect Master, ruining his foundation and reducing his cultivation to the Early Heavenly Immortal stage.
• The other four sect leaders stared in disbelief and fear at Zhang Yu's terrifying Sword Intent.

Zhang Yu captured five Heavenly Immortals, forced them to swear soul contracts, and ordered them to surrender most of their sects’ resources. As he left the hall, he confronted powerful figures who had gathered in the sky, including leaders from the Sacred Dragon Divine Dynasty, Jixia Academy, and Tianzhu Buddhist Temple.

• Zhang Yu dragged the five fleeing Heavenly Immortals’ souls back into the hall and made them choose between submission and having their souls destroyed.
• The five Heavenly Immortals offered their soul seals, and Zhang Yu bound them with contracts that placed their lives under his control.
• Zhang Yu ordered the five to deliver seventy percent of their sects’ resources to Crimson Flame Peak within three days.
• Zhang Lingyun watched Zhang Yu’s overwhelming power and resolved to become more proactive in keeping him by her side.
• Zhang Yu sensed hidden figures in the sky and ordered them to reveal themselves.
• Shadow Kill, Headmaster Zhu Wuya, Master Wrathful Buddha, and a silver-armored man appeared around Zhang Yu.

Baizi Xuan, Shadow Kill, and Wrathful Buddha turned on Zhu Wuya as rival factions gathered at the Soul Refining Sect to claim Tiantian, the Heavenly Dao Incarnation. Zhu Wuya fled in defeat, and the three remaining powers began arguing over who would control Tiantian.

• Zhu Wuya demanded that the gathered factions help Jixia Academy seize Zhang Yu and the Soul Refining Sect, but Baizi Xuan, Wrathful Buddha, and Shadow Kill accused Confucianism of coveting the Heavenly Dao Incarnation.
• Zhu Wuya threatened the other factions by warning that Confucianism's supreme would eventually escape, but Baizi Xuan, Shadow Kill, and Wrathful Buddha resolved to strike first.
• Baizi Xuan, Shadow Kill, and Wrathful Buddha attacked Zhu Wuya together, overwhelming his defenses and forcing him to flee.
• Zhu Wuya threatened Zhang Yu and the Soul Refining Sect as he escaped, leaving Confucianism the first faction defeated.
• Baizi Xuan, Shadow Kill, and Wrathful Buddha ignored Zhang Yu and the Soul Refining Sect and disputed who should claim Tiantian.

Zhang Yu drew on the Soul Refining Sect’s formations to reach Heavenly Immortal Peak, then summoned the Great Sun Tathagata Dharma Manifestation against Wrathful Buddha. Baizi Xuan and Shadow Kill joined Wrathful Buddha in attacking the manifestation, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Zhang Yu linked the Soul Refining Sect’s 108 formations to the earth veins and raised his cultivation to Heavenly Immortal Peak.
• Baizi Xuan, Shadow Kill, and Wrathful Buddha agreed to strike Zhang Yu before he could build more momentum, while Zhang Lingyun considered Pink Skull’s suggestion.
• Shadow Kill sent the twelve Shadow Guards at Zhang Yu, and Wrathful Buddha attacked with Buddha Kingdom in the Palm.
• Zhang Yu summoned the Great Sun Tathagata Dharma Manifestation, which shattered Wrathful Buddha’s attack and threatened to crush him.
• Baizi Xuan and Shadow Kill launched their divine abilities alongside Wrathful Buddha’s renewed attack against Zhang Yu’s Tathagata palm seal.

Zhang Yu unleashed the Exterminating Immortal Sword Intent through the Soul Snatching Chain and overwhelmed the three attackers. As Baizi Xuan fled and Shadow Kill and Wrathful Buddha attacked Zhang Yu from behind, Zhang Yu’s response left Baizi Xuan stunned.

• Zhang Yu activated the Soul Refining Sect’s 108 grand formations, channeling their power into himself and the Immortal-Exterminating Sword fragment.
• The sword intent spread across a hundred thousand li, frightening all nearby creatures and drawing the attention of the sword-wielding young man and the Black-Clad Youth.
• Baizi Xuan, Shadow Kill, and Wrathful Buddha joined forces against Zhang Yu, who transformed the Soul Snatching Chain into a blood-dark sword and struck.
• Zhang Yu’s sword intent shattered Baizi Xuan’s Galaxy Sword Dragon and surged toward him, forcing Shadow Kill and Wrathful Buddha to attack Zhang Yu from behind.
• Baizi Xuan began retreating, believing the two attacks would make Zhang Yu defend himself, but he suddenly cried out in shock.