Chapter Summaries

Shi Lan fought off a mass attack in the mausoleum of the Great Emperor Linglong by unleashing the Five Elements Heavenly Baleful Seal, while she and Tianwu Yangyu searched for a way out. At the Langya Grotto-Heaven entrance, a mysterious black-clad youth passed through the sealed light curtain, stunning the Human Emperors.

• The martial artists targeted Shi Lan and Tianwu Yangyu, and their combined assault wounded Tianwu Yangyu and Tian Bai as Shi Lan prepared to counterattack.
• Shi Lan summoned the Five Elements Heavenly Baleful Seal, blocking the attacks and crushing dozens of martial artists before her Divine Phoenix True Fire burned away their remains.
• Shi Lan asked Tianwu Yangyu about the exit, and he said he knew little and blamed the Tianwu Clan for the disaster.
• The great powers sealed the Langya Grotto-Heaven entrance to keep newcomers out.
• A thin black-clad youth crossed the light curtain unharmed, and a Human Emperor's attack confirmed that imperial laws could not pass through it.

Shi Lan and Tianwu Yangyu realized that Langya Grotto-Heaven held a living ancient God King whose seal was failing. When the altar rose and the God King struggled free, Shi Lan intercepted some of the divine blood drawn toward him, provoking his rage.

• Tianwu Yangyu told Shi Lan that the barrier had exposed the sealed realm to the Lingyang Realm’s Heavenly Dao and that the ancient God King might still be alive.
• Shi Lan noticed the altar and bronze battle halberd awakening as the heavenly pillars cracked and the altar rose.
• A living ancient God King emerged beneath the altar, but the Yin Gods, formation, and halberd forced him back to his knees.
• The God King’s power drained more than a dozen nearby martial artists, while blood essence from the lakes gathered beneath the altar.
• Shi Lan used her Black Domain to intercept some of the blood essence, nearly shattering her Primordial Spirit before the Nameless Immortal Scripture helped her recover.
• The God King roared in ancient words after Shi Lan took the blood essence, and his fury shook Heaven and Earth.

Shi Lan followed a mysterious youth to the altar, where his ancient jade awakened Linglong the Great and opened an escape route from the Langya Grotto-Heaven. As the martial artists fled, the Divine King Xia broke free of his chains and faced Linglong once more.

• Shi Lan considered spending Sword Emperor Guiyun's Dao Fruit to open a passage to the Lingyang Realm as the Divine King's power grew.
• A black-haired youth flew past Shi Lan toward the altar, and she followed him.
• The youth's ancient jade awakened the matching piece in the altar, while Shi Lan's Three Lives Stone joined a blue stone and summoned Linglong the Great.
• Linglong opened a vortex to the Lingyang Realm, and the martial artists rushed through it.
• Xia absorbed the Lingyang Realm's laws, snapped his remaining chains, and challenged Linglong, who declared that she had defeated him before.

Shi Lan escaped the sealed Langya Paradise after the Linglong Great Emperor rescued her group, while Tianwu Yangyu prepared to warn the imperial clans. Inside the paradise, Linglong faced the recovering Ancient God-King and called the Yin Gods to fight beside her again.

• Tianwu Yangyu offered his Emperor's blood, and the Linglong Great Emperor healed him and drew Shi Lan and the others toward the exit.
• The Fragment of the Three Lives Stone returned to Shi Lan, and the Linglong Great Emperor told her they would meet again in the past or the future.
• Shi Lan opened a passage to the Central Heaven Domain; Shen Tianlan and Gu Rongyue stayed behind, while Tianwu Yangyu left to report to the Imperial Court and seek reinforcements.
• Shi Lan and Tian Bai entered the passage as Langya Paradise sealed itself, leaving the Ancient God-King trapped within.
• The Ancient God-King recovered his body but remained weakened by the paradise's isolation from the laws of heaven and earth.
• Linglong declared she would suppress the Ancient God-King again, and the Yin Gods answered that they would fight alongside her.

Linglong and the ancient God King fought a devastating battle in Langya Cave Heaven as the Yin Gods answered her call and became Yang Gods. A young man watched unseen, reflecting on the Origin Epoch and the later severing of access to the ancient past.

• Linglong awakened the Yin Gods guarding Langya Cave Heaven, turning them into Yang Gods who gathered to aid her.
• Linglong struck the ancient God King with her bronze halberd, and their weapons collided with enough force to shake the sealed world.
• A black qilin named Moyuan caught Linglong, while the ancient God King suffered a wound that Great Dao laws kept from healing.
• Linglong faced the dead, including a little girl, and rejected the ancient God King’s accusation that her sacrifice served an illusory greater good.
• Linglong and the ancient God King resumed their fight, shattering the blood-red moon and breaking Linglong’s halberd while notching his spear.
• An unseen young man watched the battle and recalled how later eras lost access to the Origin Epoch after the Heavenly Dao collapsed and the Great Dao severed the passage between past and present.

Linglong and the Ancient God King fought to the brink of exhaustion until a young man used blood-red talismans to link them and drain the God King's blood qi into Linglong. The God King forced the talisman from his spirit platform by blowing up his forehead, leaving the young man stunned by his apparent Heavenly Dao protection.

• The Ancient God King's spear shattered the Yang God avatar's arm, killing hundreds of Yang Gods, and Linglong regained her battle intent.
• Linglong and the God King abandoned their weapons and fought at close range, trading grievous wounds as their strength dwindled.
• A young man sent two blood-red talismans into the God King and Linglong, linking them and sealing the God King's sea of consciousness.
• Linglong strengthened the talismans and drained the God King's blood qi into her dharma body, weakening him while restoring her strength.
• The God King exploded his forehead to force out the talisman, and the young man wondered how he could survive such an attack on his spirit platform.

Shi Lan underwent her Spirit Transformation tribulation in the Central Heaven Domain and used her Black Domain to devour the thunderclouds, while Tianwu Yangyu and Yongmu reached the Imperial Palace to address an ancient God King’s possible escape. As Liu Yunzheng discussed the crisis, a mysterious figure appeared and volunteered to make the trip.

• Shi Lan emerged from the Langya Grotto-Heaven with Tian Bai, and her Spirit Transformation tribulation began in the Central Heaven Domain.
• Shi Lan sent Tian Bai away, endured the lightning, and expanded her Black Domain to swallow the tribulation clouds.
• Tianwu Yangyu waited with Yongmu outside the Imperial Palace, worried that an ancient God King might break free.
• Yongmu led Tianwu Yangyu into the palace, where they met Liu Yunzheng and the four great Lords.
• Liu Yunzheng explained that the Emperor was in Yellow Springs and could not return, then turned toward a figure who had appeared at the palace entrance.
• The mysterious figure said he would make the trip.

Wanggu arrived in the Langya Grotto-Heaven and used the human history books to bind the Ancient Divine King. As the Divine King asked what Yao had done wrong, Wanggu admitted that Gu Ye was the one at fault.

• Liu Yunzheng watched the human history books tear open a passage through space and time and disappear.
• Linglong weakened as she fought the Ancient Divine King, while the young man considered how to escape.
• A crimson halberd shattered the seal on the Langya Grotto-Heaven, letting the Lingyang Realm's laws restore the Divine King's strength.
• Wanggu entered the grotto-heaven, pinned the Divine King to the earth with his halberd, and revealed that he had once been known as Gu Ye.
• The human history books bound the Divine King in transparent chains, and Wanggu told him that Yao had done nothing wrong and Gu Ye was at fault.

Wang Gu sealed the Divine King away and learned that the human race would hold three of the five Great Dao pillars ten thousand ages in the future. Linglong sent the young man home with the Linglong Ancient Jade, while the surviving Yang Gods carried spirit coffins through her gateway; the chapter ended as they arrived in the Chengtian Domain amid an Imperial Clan military buildup.

• The Divine King told Wang Gu that the Heavenly Dao had shaped the conflicts of the Primordial Era, and Wang Gu admitted guilt but no regret.
• Wang Gu used the human race's history book to seal the Divine King in a cocoon and return him to slumber.
• Linglong asked the young man about the future, learned that the human race held three Great Dao pillars, and gave him the cracked Linglong Ancient Jade with a warning about changing time and space.
• Linglong opened a gateway to send the young man home, while the surviving Yang Gods carried spirit coffins through it and Wang Gu departed.
• Imperial Clans gathered warships and weapons around Linglong's residence in the Chengtian Domain, preparing for the Divine King's escape.
• Linglong's gateway opened above the valley, and coffins and illusory figures emerged as the awakened Heavenly Extreme Saber restrained its aura.

Linglong returned to the ancient homeland of Langya Grotto-Heaven with the coffins of her fallen companions, after her arrival stirred the laws of heaven and inspired a Human Emperor to advance. She buried them in the coastal abyss, kept her promise to bring them home, and transformed into the Dao.

• Linglong’s remnant soul appeared in the vast coffin, resonated with Lingyang’s laws, and faced the Heavenly Dao’s warning that the world was incomplete.
• Linglong recited an ancient heart-cleansing sutra, helping a Human Emperor enter the Realm of the Celestial Firmament while another remained trapped by obsession.
• Linglong and the Yang Gods departed through a domain gate as those gathered bowed and wished for humanity to endure.
• Linglong arrived at the former homeland of Langya Grotto-Heaven, where the Yang Gods faded and returned to their coffins.
• Linglong opened an abyss in the shore, placed the coffins of her loved ones inside, and said she had kept her promise to bring them home.
• Linglong merged with heaven and earth and transformed into the Dao.

Shi Lan arrived in Cangtian Prefecture, learned her family’s location through the Demon-Suppressing Army, and prepared to return to them. At Lone Cloud City’s Battle Merit Hall, Huangfu Chi came of age and joined the Demon-Suppressing Army.

• Shi Lan examined her cultivation and system status as she traveled toward Lone Cloud City, intending to find her family and then search for Wu Lingkong.
• Shi Lan used her pale-gold Demon-Suppressing Token at the Battle Merit Hall to request her family’s location and received it in a sealed letter.
• Shi Lan noticed the young woman Xiao Xing and her brother, then left the hall eager to return home.
• Huangfu Chi told Uncle Tian that he had come of age and wanted to join the Demon-Suppressing Army.
• Huangfu Chi bound a Demon-Suppressing Token with his blood, and his name appeared on it.

Shi Lan read about the Central Heaven Domain’s government and prodigy rankings before hurrying toward Shi Tianlu, eager to go home. At the Imperial Palace, Taishi returned from the Nine Hells with the souls of fallen heroes, but his half-white hair suggested that the journey had taken a toll.

• Shi Lan reviewed a letter describing the Central Heaven Domain and noticed Tian Wuyangyu and Gao Linyuan on the Prodigy Register.
• Shi Lan dismissed the rankings and sped up toward Shi Tianlu, focused on returning home.
• Liu Yunzheng led the Human Emperors in opening the Yellow Springs Road so Taishi could return from the Nine Hells.
• Taishi emerged bloodied and battered, and Liu Yunzheng offered him pills and ordered further aid.
• Taishi released the souls of fallen heroes from the Heaven-Piercing Treasure Record, and the Human Emperors gathered them to restore their descendants.
• After the others left, Taishi told Liu Yunzheng he was fine, though his hair had turned half white.

Taishi returned Lingchu from the Yellow Springs, then took him to the Illusory Star Domain to restore his Yin-Yang balance and train him to become strong enough to protect humanity. Shi Lan learned about resurrection and reincarnation from Samsara before reuniting warmly with her father, Shi Tianlu.

• Taishi told Liu Yunzheng that his injuries left him at least three hundred years to live, then brought Lingchu back from the Yellow Springs with the Tongtian Treasure Record.
• Taishi shattered the tribulation clouds and transported Lingchu and Liu Yunzheng to an uninhabited mountain range in the Illusory Star Domain, where he explained that Lingchu could grow to Emperor Grade beyond the Heavenly Dao's strict oversight.
• Taishi said he would personally train Lingchu and balance the boy's Yin and Yang with pure Yang energy, while Liu Yunzheng agreed to oversee matters in his absence.
• In Yisha Prefecture, Shi Lan asked Samsara whether people could be resurrected and whether anyone could retain memories from a past life, then left to continue her journey.
• Shi Lan followed a secret letter to Liuyuan and reunited with Shi Tianlu, warmly calling him Father and taking his hand.

Shi Lan returned home after resolving the threat to her lifespan, reunited with Su Lanyue and her brothers, and prepared to help Shi Qinghu advance. She struggled to choose a spiritual blood for his second Heavenly Foundation because the two most powerful options might cause an uncontrollable mutation.

• Shi Tianlu welcomed Shi Lan home and canceled his commission for lifespan-restoring treasures after learning she was safe.
• A merchant association manager recognized Shi Lan's Demon-Suppressing Token and left without demanding compensation.
• Shi Lan rested at home, where Su Lanyue found her and welcomed her back.
• Shi Yiming and Shi Qinghu returned, and the family shared a quiet dinner.
• Shi Lan examined Shi Qinghu and considered which spiritual blood to use for his second Heavenly Foundation, fearing the effects of the Demon Emperor's blood or the Ancient God King's blood.

Shi Lan used her innate spiritual blood to forge Shi Qinghu a second Dao Foundation, accelerating his path toward the Earthly Baleful Realm. After the system announced that she had earned ten million Prestige Points, the Profound King examined new rankings spanning all three races and noticed Shi Lan among the top prodigies.

• Shi Lan used her innate spiritual blood to forge a flawless second Dao Foundation in Shi Qinghu's Dantian.
• Shi Qinghu finished cultivating two days later and said he expected to enter the Earthly Baleful Realm within three months.
• Shi Qinghu left to find medicinal herbs to replenish Shi Lan's essence blood.
• Shi Lan received a system notification that she had earned ten million Prestige Points and unlocked time-flow adjustment in the virtual combat space.
• An old man brought the Profound King updated rankings covering humans, devils, and demons across the Lingyang Realm.
• The Profound King noticed Shi Lan ranked twenty-seventh on the Record of Heavenly Talents, with her cultivation listed as Myriad Forms Realm (suspected).

The Profound King halted plans targeting Shi Lan and decided to invite her to the Cloudrest Immortal Palace after learning how exceptionally young she was. As Shi Lan considered how to use her surging reputation points, Samsara warned that her rapidly advanced cultivation had left her state of mind underdeveloped, and she began forming a plan to address it.

• The Profound King learned Shi Lan might have reached the Myriad Manifestations Realm at an extraordinary age and ordered preparations targeting her suspended while he arranged an invitation to the Cloudrest Immortal Palace.
• The updated rankings caused a frenzy across the Lingyang Realm, and Shi Lan's reputation value climbed close to twenty million.
• Shi Lan's family reacted to her ranking, with Shi Qinghu objecting that she deserved a higher place and Su Lanyue worrying the attention would endanger her.
• Shi Lan asked Samsara how to use her reputation points, and Samsara advised her to focus on tempering her state of mind rather than seeking external aids.
• Samsara explained that Shi Lan's rapid cultivation and consumption of spiritual essence would cause a future bottleneck, so she needed experience and time to develop her state of mind.
• Shi Lan stroked Tian Bai's head as a plan began to take shape in her mind.

Shi Lan used an intermediate lottery to win pills, cultivation techniques, magical treasures, and strange items, then fused with the Candle Dragon Demon Eyes. She began an advanced lottery, whose passage carried her divine sense across the cosmos to a sacrificial rite in the Fierce Nether King Realm.

• Shi Lan spent four million reputation points on forty intermediate lottery draws, winning an Ancient Spirit Origin Pill, a fragment of the Heavenly Demon Scripture, powerful treasures, and other rewards.
• Shi Lan suppressed the resistance of the artifact spirits in her new treasures and assessed the lottery’s cultivation techniques and unusual items.
• Shi Lan fused with the Candle Dragon Demon Eyes, gaining an offensive divine art that held Red Lotus Karmic Fire.
• Shi Lan started the advanced lottery, and her divine sense followed its passage through the cosmos at extraordinary speed.
• Shi Lan’s divine sense reached the Fierce Nether King Realm, where a sea of dark figures gathered around a young woman and a blood-lit battle halberd for a large sacrificial rite.

Shi Lan witnessed Rakshasas awaken the Crimson Crow War Halberd, only for an ape demon to attack and the halberd to be stolen by chaotic radiance. Her divine sense saved the dying young woman and was drawn into the pendant at her neck before Shi Lan returned to the Shi Mansion with the system confirming the halberd as an eight-star item.

• The young woman led the Rakshasas in a blood sacrifice to awaken the Crimson Crow War Halberd.
• An ape demon seized the halberd and attacked the Rakshasas, but the awakened weapon severed its arm and pinned it to a cliff, killing it.
• Chaotic radiance enveloped the halberd and carried it away, leaving Shi Lan's divine sense behind as the young woman lay near death.
• Shi Lan used her divine sense and pure yin energy to preserve the young woman's life, then was pulled into the dark green pendant at her neckline.
• Shi Lan returned to the Shi Mansion in the Lingyang Realm, where the system identified the Crimson Crow War Halberd as an eight-star item with its artifact spirit activated.

Shi Lan subdued the rebellious spirit of the eight-star Crimson Crow War Halberd and began nurturing it in her sea of consciousness. Afterward, she learned the Wan Household had sent compensation for Yuan Wuwu stealing her military achievements and chose to accept it.

• Shi Lan took out the Crimson Crow War Halberd, whose Killing Intent froze the room while Tian Bai protected them with a barrier.
• After a day and night of resisting the halberd, Shi Lan persuaded its spirit to seal itself and fall asleep, then drew the weapon into her sea of consciousness to nurture it.
• Shi Lan and Tian Bai left the damaged room after Shi Lan had Tian Bai dispel the barrier.
• Shi Tianlu brought Shi Lan a letter and compensation gifts from Wan Ziyao, head of the Wan Household, apologizing for Yuan Wuwu stealing her military achievements.
• Shi Lan accepted the gifts and learned that an unknown person had also sent her an invitation.

Shi Lan left home to overcome a cultivation bottleneck and traveled toward Wuyang Prefecture to visit Wu Lingkong. There, Gu Tiancheng of the Tianyang Dao intercepted her and offered her the position of Daoist Sect Holy Maiden.

• Shi Lan received an invitation from Yunlai Immortal Palace and gave Shi Tianlu her system-drawn cultivation resources and the method for controlling the purple zombie before departing with Tian Bai.
• Shi Lan told Shi Tianlu she did not know when she would return, and Shi Tianlu urged her to stay cautious while Shi Qinghu watched her leave.
• Shi Lan used a teleportation formation to reach Wuyang Prefecture, where Gu Tiancheng and his companions blocked her path in a desolate mountain range.
• Gu Tiancheng introduced himself as a Tianyang Daoist and explained that the Daoist Sect wanted Shi Lan, who had no sect backing her, to join as its Holy Maiden.
• Gu Tiancheng promised that his Celestial Master Dao would devote all its strength to protecting Shi Lan if she accepted.